Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product TL-WA830RE TP-Link
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TL -W A830RE 30 0Mbps Wireless N Range Extender Rev: 2.0.0 1910010 701.
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FCC ST A TEME NT This equip ment has been tested and found t o comply with t he limits for a Class B digital dev ice, pursuant t o part 15 of the FC C Rules. T hese li mits ar e designed t o provi de reasona bl e protect ion against harm ful interferen ce in a residentia l insta llation.
CE Mark Warning This is a class B product. In a domest i c enviro nment, this product may cause r adio inter feren ce, in which case the us er may be required t o take adeq uate me asures. This device has bee n desi gned to operate w ith the antenna s listed below, and having a maxi mum gain of 4 dBi .
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TP - LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD TP - LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Building 24 (floors 1, 3, 4, 5 ) , and 28 (floors 1 - 4) Central Science and Technology Park, Shennan Rd, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China DE CL A R A TI ON OF CO NFORMITY For the follow ing equi pment: Product Des cript ion: 30 0M b ps Wireless N Range Exte n der Model No.
CONTENT S Package C onten ts .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................................... 2 1.
4.7.7 Rebo ot ............................................................................................................. 46 4.7.8 Pass word ......................................................................................................... 47 4.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 1 Packag e Cont ents The following item s shou ld be found in your pack age : One TL - W A83 0RE 30 0 Mbps W irel ess N Ran ge Exte nd.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 2 Chapt er 1 Introduct ion 1.1 Product Overview The TL - W A83 0RE 30 0Mbps Wireless N Range Extender is dedicated to Small O ffice/Ho me Office (SOHO) wir eless networ k solutions.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 3 LAN Off There is no dev ice linked to t he correspond i ng port On There is a devic e linked t o the correspo nding por t but no activ i.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 4 Chapt er 2 Hardw are Install ation 2.1 Before Y ou Begin Please read this User Gu i de care fully be fore insta lling and using the equip ment.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 5 2.2 Basic Requirement s U se only the power ad apter provided wit h your Ran ge Extender . T he electr ical out let shall be instal led near the device and shall be ea sily acce ssible .
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 6 Not e: 1. Above is the typical wireless connection of TL - W A830RE in Range Extender mode. Whi le, if you want to conne ct your computer equ ipped with w ireless adapter to a w ired ne twork wire lessly .
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 7 Chapt er 3 Quick Installa tion Guide This chapt er will guide y ou to configure your P C to commun icate wit h the Range Exte nder and to configure and m anage th e TL - W A830RE 30 0Mbps Wireless N Range Extender easily with a W eb - bas ed u til ity.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 8 Figure 3-3 Quick S et up Sta r t 3. And then Fi gure 3-4 will appear for y ou to choose oper ation mode a nd region. There are tw o Operatio n Modes, including Range Extender and Ac cess Point.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 9 Figure 3-6 Q uick Setup – Av ai lable Wireless Networ ks Next, W ire l ess Settin gs page will appear as show n in Figure 3-7 , where y ou need to enter the Wireless Pas sword of your selecte d target networ k .
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 10 Figure 3-8 Q uick Setup – Rev iew Settings Not e: It ’ s recommen ded to clic k the Export Se ttings button to sav e these sett ings as a txt file for your future refere nce. B. If c hoos ing Access P oint , pleas e ta ke the following steps to fini sh your qui ck set up.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 11 Figure 3- 10 Quic k Setup – Review Set tings Not e: 1. It ’ s recommend ed to c l ick t he Export S ettings button to sav e these settings as a txt file for your futur e referenc e.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 12 Chapt er 4 Configur e the Dev ice This Chapt er desc ribes h ow to con figure your Range Extender via the web - based managemen t page.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 13 Firm ware Versio n - This field d isplay s the current firmware v ersion o f the Range Ext ender . Hardware V ersio n - This field displ ays the cur rent hardwar e version o f the Ra nge Extend er .
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 14 4.2 Quick Setup Please refer t o Chapter 3 Qu i ck Insta llation G uide . 4.3 WPS WPS ( Wi - Fi Protected Set up ) can help you to quickly and securely connect t o a network.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 15 Figure 4-3 W PS - Enab led Operatio n Mode - Displa ys the cur rent operatio n mode of the device. WPS Status - To en able or disable t he W PS funct ion here. Current PIN - The current value of the device 's PIN is di splayed her e.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 16 Figure 4-4 Add A New Dev ice Step 2: Cho ose “ Press the button of the n ew dev ice in two mi nutes ” and clic k Conne ct . Step 3: For the configur ation o f the wireless ada pter, plea se choos e “ Pu sh the but ton on my access poi nt or wireless ro uter.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 17 Figure 4-6 T he WPS Config uration Screen of W ir eless Ada pter Me thod Tw o: Enter the PIN into my Range Ext ender Step 1: Con figure t he wirel ess adapter .
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 18 Step 3: Cho ose Enter the new dev ice's PIN and e nte r the PIN code of the wire less adapt er in the field beh ind PIN in the previous f igure.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 19 Figure 4-7 T he WPS Configurat ion Scree n of W ireless Adapt er Not e: The defaul t P IN code of the Rang e Ex tender can b e found i n its lab el or th e W PS configura tion sc reen as Figur e 4- 3.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 20 4.4 Ne tw or k The Networ k option allows you to customiz e your local networ k manua lly by changing the de fault settings of the Range Extender . Selecting N e tw or k will enable y ou to configur e the IP para meters of Networ k on this page.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 21 Wireless Adv anced allows you to configure so me advanced par ameters for the Rang e Extender .
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 22 SSI D ( Set Serv ice Identifi er) - Ident ifies your w ireless netw ork name. Create a name up to 32 characters and ma k e sure all wireless points in the w ireless net work w ith the sa m e SSI D.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 23 Figure 4- 12 W ire l ess Sett ings in Range Extender mode 2 Operatio n Mode - T hree Operation Mo des are supported, inclu ding: Acc ess Point , Ra nge Extender mod e 2 and Range Ext ender mode 1 .
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 24 Mode - If all of the wireless devices conne cted with this device can con nect in t he same transmiss ion mode (eg. 802. 11b), you can c hoose "Only " mode (eg. 11b on ly).
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 25 Region - Select y our regi on fro m the drop - dow n list. This f ield spec ifies the region where th e wire l ess func tion of t his device can be us ed.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 26 1) A ccess Po int Figure 4- 14 W irel ess Secu ri ty - Access Point Operat ion Mo de - Show s the current oper ation mode. Disable S ecurity - Check this box rad i o butt on to disable w ireless s ecurity .
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 27 WPA /W P A2 -E nterprise - Sele ct W PA /WPA2 based on Radius Ser ver. • Version - You can se lect one o f followi ng version s. 1) Automatic - Sel ect WP A or W P A2 automatically based on th e wireless st ation's capability and request .
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 28 2) Range Exte n der mo de 2 Figure 4- 15 W irel ess Secu ri ty – Range Extender mode 2 Operatio n Mode - Shows the current operation mode. Disable S ecurity - Check this box rad i o butt on to disabl e wireless s ecurity .
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 29 1) Automatic - Selec t Shared Key or Open System aut henticatio n type aut omat ically based on the w ireless st ation's cap ability and request. 2) Shared Key - Select 802.11 Share d Key authent ication type.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 30 3 ) Range Ext ender mode 1 Figure 4- 16 W irel ess Secu ri ty – Range Exten der mode 1 Operatio n Mode - Shows the current operation mode. Disable S ecurity - Check this box rad i o butt on to disable w ireless s ecurity .
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 31 1) Automatic - Selec t S hared Key or Open System aut henticat ion ty pe automa tically based on the w ireless st ation's cap ability and request. 2) Shared Key - Select 802.11 Share d Key authent ication type.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 32 The Wireless M AC Addre ss Filtering feature allow s you t o control wireless sta tions accessing th e device , whic h depend o n the statio n's MAC a ddress es. Operatio n Mode - S how s t he c ur rent operation mode.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 33 3. Click the Sa ve button. Clic k the Enable All but ton to make all entri es enab led C lick the Disable All button to ma ke all entries d isabled.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 34 Figure 4- 19 W irel ess Ad van ced Operatio n Mode - S how s t he c ur rent Operat ion Mo de. T ransmit Pow er - S pecif ies the transmit power of the dev ice . You can se lect Hi gh , M id d le or Low which y ou would like.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 35 Figure 4- 20 S ta ti st i cs of t he device at tac hed wir eless st ations Operatio n Mode - S how s the c ur rent operation mo de .
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 36 Figure 4- 21 Throughput Monitor Rate - Th e Throug hput unit. Run Tim e - How long this funct i on is runn ing. Transmit - W ireless t ransmit rate infor mation. Receiv e - W ir eless rece ive rate in formation.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 37 4.6.1 DHCP Settings S electing DHCP > DHCP Setting s will enable you to set up the Range Extender as a D HCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server , which pro vides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PCs that are connect ed to the syst em on the LAN.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 38 End IP A ddress - This fie ld specifi es the last addr ess in the I P Address poo l. 192.168.0 .199 is the default end IP addre ss. Address Lea se Time - Enter the amount of ti me for the PC to connect t o the Range Exte nder with its curr ent assigned d ynamic I P address.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 39 4.6.3 A ddress Reserv ation S electing DH CP > Address Reserv ation will enab le you to sp ecify a res erved IP a ddres s f or a PC on the LAN, so th e P C will alway s obtain the sam e IP a ddress each t ime when it a cce sse s the Range Exten der .
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 40 4.7 S y stem T ools Sy stem Tool s option h elps you t o opti mize the co nfiguration of y our devic e. SNMP can he lp yo u to manage t he devic e locally or re m otely w ith specified softwa re.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 41 Figure 4- 28 SNMP Settings SNMP A gent - Select the radio butt on before Enabl e will enable this funct ion if y ou want to have remote co ntrol thro ugh SNMPv1/v 2 agent with MIB - II.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 42 4.7.2 Diagnostic Selecting S ystem Tools > Diagnos tic allow y ou to check the connectio ns of your net work component s on the s creen show n in Figure 4- 29 .
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 43 with expired T T L values and are inv isible to the tr aceroute too l . In this ca se, a row of asterisks ( *) is display ed for that hop. IP A dd ress - Enter t he IP Address (suc h as 202.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 44 Figure 4- 31 Ping Watch Dog Ut ility Enab le - Turn on/off Pin g Watch Dog. IP A dd ress - The IP a ddress of the target host whe re the Ping W atch Dog Uti lity is s end ing ping packet s.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 45 Not e: 1. There is no ne ed to upgr ade the fir mware unles s the new firmw are has a new feature you want to use. However , when experien cing proble m s caused by t he device itself, you can try to upgrade the f irmware.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 46 Figure 4- 34 Save or Restore t he Configur ation Clic k Backu p to sav e all config uratio n settings t o your loca l computer as a file.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 47 4.7.8 Pass word Selecting Sy stem Tool s > Password allows y ou to change the factory default user na me and password of the devi ce on the scr een sh own in Figur e 4- 36 .
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 48 Figure 4- 37 Syste m Log The devi ce can keep lo gs of all traffic. You can quer y the logs to find what happene d to the dev ice . Log Ty pe - By selecting t he log ty pe, only logs of t his type will be show n.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 49 A ppendix A : A p plicati on Ex amp le The TL -W A830RE re lays signal b etween its st ation s and the root AP for gr eater w ireless range. It allows you t o connect the device with a R outer aro und eith er with or w ithout any Ethernet cab le.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 50 Step 3 : Co nfigure y ou r PC to connect to the netw ork wirelessly . (Oper ation in W indows XP is taken as an exa mple here.) 1) Clic k Start , right - click My Net work Conne ction s and select Properties .
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 51 5) Then the fo llowing pag e will displ ay, w hich indicates y our successful conne ction to the wir ed networ k via wireless means .
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 52 A ppendix B: Facto ry Defau lts Item De fault Value Common Default Settings Userna me a dmi n Password adm in IP Ad dr ess 192. 168. 0. 254 Subnet Mas k 255.255. 255.0 Dom ain http://tplink extende r.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 53 A ppendix C: Troubleshoot ing 1. How do I r estore my Range Extender’s configuration to its factory default se ttings? With the Ran g.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 54 5. Why does the wirel ess t ransmissi o n rate spe ed down, w hile the wir eless signal is stronger after repea ted by TL - WA 830RE? I.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 55 A ppendix D: Speci ficati ons General Standards and Prot ocols IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.1 1n, 802.11b and 80 2.11g, TCP/IP, D HCP Saf ety & Em i ssio n FCC 、 CE Ports One 10/100M Aut o - Negot iation L AN RJ45 port Wireless Frequency Band 2.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 56 A ppendix E : Gl ossary 802.11b - The 802.11b standard sp ecifies a wireless netw orking at 11 Mbps u sing direct - se quence s pread - spect rum (DSS S) techn ology and operating in the unlice nsed r adio spectru m at 2.
TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 57 improves on t he authent i cation a nd encry ption features of WEP (Wired Eq uivalent Pr ivacy). In fact, WPA was d eveloped by the networ king indust ry in res ponse t o the shor tcomin gs of W EP.
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