TP-Link TL-WA830RE V2 Bedienungsanleitung

TL -W A830RE 30 0Mbps Wireless N Range Extender Rev: 2.0.0 1910010 701[...]

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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 . Antenn as not inc l uded in t his list or havi[...]

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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.: TL -W A 830RE T[...]

CONTENT S Package C onten ts .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................................... 2 1.1 Product Overview ................................................................................[...]

4.7.7 Reboot ............................................................................................................. 46 4.7.8 Password ......................................................................................................... 47 4.7.9 System Log ...................................................................................[...]

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 ir eles s N Range Ext ender  Ethernet Cab le  One P ower Ada pter for TL - W A 830RE 30 0Mbps Wireless N Range Ext ender  Quick Insta llation G uide  One Resourc e[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 2 Chapt er 1 Introduc tion 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. It will enlarge your existing w ireless netw ork and mob ility within your w ireless netw ork while also a[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 3 LAN Off There is no d evice link ed to the corresp onding port On There is a dev ice linke d to the correspo nding port but no activ ity Fl ashi ng There is an a ctive dev ice linked to t he corresp onding por t W LAN Off The Wireless f unctio n is disabl ed Fl ashi ng The Wireless f u[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 4 Chapt er 2 Hardw are I nstallat ion 2.1 Before Y ou Begi n Please read this User Gu i de care fully be fore insta lling and using the equip ment. The operatin g distance ran ge of your wireless connect ion can v ary significant l y depen ding on the phy sica l position o f the wireles [...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 5 2.2 Basic Requirement s  U se only the pow er adapt er provided with your Range Ext ender .  T he electri cal outl et shall be inst alled near the devi ce and shall be easi ly acces sible .  P lace your Rang e Extend er in a well - ventilated pla ce far from direc t sunlight ,[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 6  Not e: 1. Above is the typical wireless connec tion of TL - W A830RE in R ange Extender mode. W hile, if yo u want to conne ct your computer equ ipped with w ireless adapter to a w ired ne twork wire lessly . P lease refer to Appendix A : Appl ication Example . 2. Generally, the de[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 7 Chapt er 3 Quick Insta llat ion 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 E xtender eas i ly with a W eb - bas ed u til ity. With a W eb - based uti lity,[...]

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 Figur e 3-4 will appear f or you t o choose operat ion mode a nd region . There are tw o Operatio n Modes, including Range Extender and Ac cess Point. The av ailable setting opt ions are different i n different op eration modes, and t hey ar[...]

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 ireles s Settings page will appear as shown in Figur e 3-7 , where you need to ent er the Wireless Pas sword of your selecte d target networ k . Then cli ck Next to proc eed. Figure 3-7 Q uick Setup – Wirel ess Se tti[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 10 Figure 3-8 Q uick Setup – Rev iew Settings  No te: It ’ s recommended t o click t he Export S ettings button to save these set tings as a txt file for your future refere nce. B. I f c ho osi ng Access Poi nt , please t ake the following s teps to finish y our quick setup. Firs [...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 11 Figure 3- 10 Quic k Setup – Review Set tings  No te: 1. It ’ s recommended t o c li ck the Expo rt Settings button t o save these set tings as a tx t file for your futur e referenc e. 2. After reboot ing, it may take about 2 minutes for suc cessful connection, please w ait pati[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 12 Chapt er 4 Config ure the D evice This Chapt er desc ribes h ow to con figure your Range Extender via the w eb - base d m anagem ent page. The TL - W A830RE 30 0M bps W ir eles s N Range Exten der i s easy to conf igure and manag e with the W eb - b ased (Int ernet Explorer , Netscap [...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 13  Firmware V ersio n - This field dis plays the current fir mware ver sion of the Ra nge Extend er .  Hardware V ersio n - This field displ ays the curr ent hardwar e version o f the Ra nge Extend er .  Connecti on Statu s to Existing Net work - This part shows y ou the curren[...]

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 S etup ) can help you to quickly and securely c onnect to a netw ork. T hi s section w ill guide y ou to a dd a new w ireles s dev ice to an existin g networ k quic kly by W PS fu[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 15 Figure 4-3 W PS - Enabled  Operatio n Mode - Displa ys the cur rent operatio n mode of the dev i ce.  WPS Status - To en able or disable the W PS function her e.  Current PIN - The current value of the device 's PIN is di splayed her e. The default PIN of the device ca n[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 16 Figure 4-4 Add A New Device Step 2: Choose “ Press the button of the ne w devi ce in two mi nutes ” and c lick Co nnect . Step 3: For the configurati on of the wirele ss adapter , pleas e choose “ Push the b utton on my access poi nt or w ireless router. ” in the configur atio[...]

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 ire less Adapt er Me thod Tw o: Enter the PIN into my Range Ext ender Step 1: Configure the w ireless ad apter. P lease c hoose “ Enter the PIN of this devic e into my access point or wirel ess ad apter ” i n the configu ration util i[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 18 Step 3: Choose Enter the ne w devi ce's PIN and e nter the PIN code of the wireless adapter i n the field beh ind PIN in the previous f igure. The n click Connect . Met hod T hree: Enter the PIN from my Range Ext ender Step 1: Get the Current PIN code of the Range Ext ender in Fi[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 19 Figure 4-7 T he WPS Configurat ion Screen of W ire less Adapt er  No te: The defaul t P IN code of the Rang e Ex tender ca n be foun d in its l abe l or the W PS configuratio n sc reen as Figur e 4- 3. You will see t he follow ing screen w hen the new device has succes sfully conne[...]

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. Figure 4-9 N etwor k  M AC Ad d r e [...]

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 . T hroughp ut Monit or helps to watch w ireless thro ughput info rmat ion W ir eles s s tati sti c s ena bles you to get detai led infor mation about t he current co nnected wireless stat io[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 22  SSID ( S et Service I dentifi er) - Identifies y our wireless network name. Create a nam e 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. The default SSI D is TP - LINK _ Exten der_ XXXXXX (X XXXXX indicates the last uniqu[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 23 Figure 4- 12 W ireles s Settings in Range Exten der mode 2  Operatio n Mode - T hree Operation Modes are su pported, in cluding: Acc ess Point , R an ge Extender mod e 2 and Range Ext ender mode 1 .  Su rvey - Click this button, you can search the AP which runs in the cur rent c[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 24  Mode - If all of the wireless devices co nnected with this dev ice can conne ct in the same transmiss ion mode (eg. 802. 11b), you can c hoose "Only " mode (eg. 11b on ly). If you hav e some devic es that use a d ifferent t ransmiss ion mode, choose the appr opri ate &qu[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 25  Region - Select your regi on fro m the drop - dow n list. This f ield spec ifies the r egion w here th e wire l ess func tion of t his device can be us ed. It may be illegal to use t he wireless fu nction o f this device in a regi on while y ou chose a differ ent region in the dr [...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 26 1) A ccess Point Figure 4- 14 W ir ele ss S ecuri ty - Access Point  Operatio n Mode - Shows the current operat ion mode.  Dis able Secu rity - C heck this box radio button to disa ble wireless secur ity. If disabled, the wireless st ations wil l be able to connect this dev ice [...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 27  WPA /W P A2 -E nterprise - Sel ect W PA/W PA2 based on Ra dius Serv er. • V ersion - You can se lect one o f following v ersions. 1) Automatic - S el ect WP A or W P A2 automatically base d on the w irele ss stat ion's capability and request . 2) WPA - Wi - Fi Prot ected Ac[...]

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 ir ele ss S ecuri ty – R ange Exte nder mo de 2  Operation Mode - Show s the c urrent operat ion mode.  Dis able Secu rity - C heck this box rad i o butt on to disabl e wireless s ecurity . If disabled, t he wireless st ations wil l b[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 29 1) Automatic - Se lec t Shared Key or Open System authentication ty pe automatically based on the w ireless st ation's cap ability and request. 2) Shared Key - Select 802. 11 Shared Key authentication type. 3) Open Sy stem - Select 80 2.11 Open Syst em authe ntication. • W EP K[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 30 3 ) Range Ext ender m ode 1 Figure 4- 16 W ir ele ss S ecuri ty – Range Extender mode 1  Operation Mode - Show s the c urrent operat ion mode.  Dis able Secu rity - C heck this box rad i o butt on to disable w ireless s ecurity . If disabled, t he wireless st ations wil l be a[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 31 1) Automatic - Se lec t S hared Key or Open System authentication ty pe automatically based on the w ireless st ation's cap ability and request. 2) Shared Key - Select 802. 11 Shared Key authentication type. 3) Open Sy stem - Select 80 2.11 Open Syst em authe ntication. • W EP [...]

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.  Operation Mode - S how s t he c urrent operat i on mode.  Wire less M AC Filte ring - Click the Ena ble butt on[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 33 3. Click the Save button. Clic k the Enable All but ton to make all entri es enab led C li ck the Disable All button to make a ll entries disa bl ed. Clic k the Delete A l l button to delete a ll entries Click the Next button to go to the next page and clic k the Previ ous button to r[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 34 Figure 4- 19 W ir ele ss A dva nc ed  Operation Mode - S how s t he c urrent O peration M ode.  T ransmit P owe r - 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. High is the defa ult sett ing and is re commende d.[...]

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  MAC A ddress - Sho ws t he connected wire l ess stat ion's MAC a ddress  Current Status - The c onnect ed wireless stat ion's runn in[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 36 Figure 4- 21 Throughput Monitor  Rate - The Thr oughput un it.  Run Time - H ow long t his function i s running.  Transmit - Wireless trans mit rate in formation.  Receive - W ireless rece ive rate in formation. Click the Start butt on to st art wire les s throughput m oni[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 37 4.6.1 DHCP Settings S electing DHCP > DHC P Settings will enable you to set up the R ange Extender as a DHCP (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. The DHCP Serv er can b[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 38  End IP A ddress - This field specifies 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 to t he Range Exte nder with its curr ent assigned d ynamic I P address. The[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 39 4.6.3 Ad dress Reserv ation S electing DH CP > Address Reser vatio n will enable you t o sp ecify a reserv ed 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 . Reser ved IP a ddre sses shoul[...]

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 helps y ou to opt imize the configurat ion of your dev ice. S NMP can help yo u to manage t he devic e locally or re m otely w ith specified sof twa re . The diagnostic tool s (Ping a nd Tracerout e) allow you to check t he conn ections o f yo[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 41 Figure 4- 28 SNMP Settings  SNMP A gent - S elect the radio button befor e E nab le w ill enable this function if you w ant to have remote co ntrol thro ugh SNMPv1/v 2 agent with MIB - II. Select the radio button befor e Disable wi ll dis able this function . T he de fault setti ng[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 42 4.7.2 Diagnostic Selecting S ystem Tools > Di agnos tic allow you to check the connect ions of your network component s on the s creen show n in Figure 4- 29 . Figure 4- 29 Diag nostic Dia gnos tic T ool s - Click the radio but ton to se lect one di agnostic too l • Ping - This d[...]

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 the IP Addr ess (such as 202.108. 22.5) of the PC whose conne ction you w ish to diagnos e. Ping Cou nt - Specifies t he numb[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 44 Figure 4- 31 Ping Watch Dog Ut ility  E nabl e - Turn on/of f Ping Wat ch Dog.  IP Address - The IP addr ess of the target host w here t he Ping W atch Dog Utility i s s endin g ping packet s.  Interval - Time internal b etw een two ping pac k ets which ar e sent out continuo[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 45  No te: 1. There is no need t o upgrade t he firmware un less the new firmwar e has a new feature y ou want to use. However , when experien cing proble m s caused by t he device itself, you can try to upgrade the f irmware. 2. Bef or e upgrading th e d evic e ’s fi rmware , you s[...]

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. To restore th e d evice 's configuration, follow these instructions: • Clic k Brow se … to find the con f igurati on file whic h you want [...]

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 you to change the factor y default user name and password of the devi ce on the scr een sh own in Figur e 4- 36 . Figure 4- 36 Passw ord It is strongly recom mended t hat you change the fact ory default user name and passw [...]

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 Type - By select ing the log t ype, only logs of this ty pe will be shown.  Log Level - By se le cting the lo g level, only logs of this lev e[...]

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 relay s signal b etween its stat ions and the root AP for great er wireless r ange. It allows you t o connect the device with a R outer aro und eith er with or w ithout any Ethernet cab le. The situatio n is that y ou want to con[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 50 Step 3 : Configure you r PC to connec t to the netw ork wirelessly . (Operation in Window s XP i s taken as an exa mple here.) 1) Clic k Start , right - click My Net w ork C onne ction s and select Properties . 2) On the My Network Connecti ons window, ri ght - click Wireless Net work[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 51 5) Then the foll owing 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: Factor y Defaul ts Item Default V alue Common Default Settings Userna me adm in Password adm in IP Ad dr ess 192.168. 0. 254 Subnet Mas k 255.255. 255.0 Dom ain http://tpl inke xtender.net Wireless SSID TP - LINK _ Extender_ XXXXXX W irel ess S ecu ri ty Disab le d Wirele[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 53 A ppendix C: Troub lesh ootin g 1. How do I re store my Range Extender’s configuration to its factory default se ttings? With the Ran ge Extender TL - W A8 30R E powered o n, use a pin to pr ess and hol d the R ESET button on t he rear pane l for more t han 8 second s befor e releas[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 54 5. Why does the wireles s transmi ssion rat e speed d own, while the wir eless signal i s stronger after repea ted by TL - WA 830RE? In comp liance wit h the wir eless transmiss ion protoc ol , all the Range E xtender devices are set to work in ha lf - duplex ins tead o f full - duple[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 55 A ppendix D: Specifi cation s General Standards and Protocols IEEE 802.3, 8 02.3u, 802.11n, 802.11b and 802. 11g, TCP/ IP, DH CP Saf ety & Em i ssio n FCC 、 CE Ports One 10/10 0M Auto - Negotiat ion LAN RJ45 por t Wireless Frequency Band 2.4~2.483 5GHz Radio Data Rate 11n ： up[...]

TL -W A 830RE 30 0Mbp s Wireless N Ra nge Extender User Guide 56 A ppendix E : Glossar y  802.11b - The 80 2.11b st andard speci fies a wirele ss networ king at 11 Mbps using direct - se quence s pread - spect rum (DSS S) techn ology and operating in the unlice nsed r adio spectru m at 2.4G Hz, and WEP enc ryptio n for secur ity. 802.11b net wor[...]

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. One of the key techno logies behi nd WPA is the Temp oral Key Integrity P rotocol (TKI[...]