TP-Link TL-WA750RE manual

TL-WA750RE 15 0Mbps Universal WiFi Range Exte nder R EV 1.0. 0 1910010798[...]

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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been t ested and found to comply with t he limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules . These limits are des igned to provid e reasonable protection against harmf ul interference i n a residential i nstallation. This equipment ge nerates, uses and can radiate radio f requency energy an[...]

CE Mark Warning This is a class B product . In a domestic environm ent, this product may cause radio interfere nce, in which case the user m ay be required to t ake adequate measure s. This device has been des igned to operate with the antennas l isted below, and having a maxi mum gain of 3 dBi . Antennas not inc luded in this list or having a gain[...]

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TP - LINK TECHNOLO GIES CO., L TD TP - LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Building 24 (floors 1, 3, 4, 5) , and 28 (floors 1 - 4) Centr al Science and Technology Park, Shennan Rd, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equi pment: Product Descri ption: 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range Extender Model No.: TL -W A7 50RE T radema[...]

CONTENTS Package Contents .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................................... 2 1.1 Product Ov erview ..................................................................................[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 1 Package Contents The following i tem s should be f ound in your package :  TL -WA 75 0RE 150Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender  Ethernet Cable  Quick Instal lation Guide  Resource CD for TL -WA 750RE 150Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range Extender, including only t hi s User Gu[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 2 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Product Overvie w The TL -WA 75 0RE 150Mbps Univers al Wi Fi Range Extender i s dedicated to Small Offic e/Home Office (SOHO) wireles s network solut ions. It will enlarge your existing wireless network and mobility withi n your wireless network while also[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 3  LED Explanation : Name Status Indication RE On The Range Extender is c onnected the router successfully . Flashing The Range E xtender is connecti ng the router . Off The Range Extender is not connected any router yet . Wireless Off Th e Wireless funct ion is disabled . Flashing[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 4 Chapter 2 Hardware Inst allation 2.1 Before Y ou Begin Please read thi s User Guide carefull y before install ing and usin g the equipment . The operating distance range of you r wireless connec tion can vary signif icantly depending o n the physica l position of the wireles s devic[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 5 2.2 Basic Requ irement s  P lace your Range Extender in a wel l - ventilated place f ar from direct sunlight, any heat er or heating vent .  L eave at least 2 inches (5cm) space around the devi ce for heat diss ipation .  Turn off your Range Extende r and unplug the power a[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 6 Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide This chapter wil l guide you to c onfigure your PC to c ommunicate with t he Range Extender and t o configure an d manage the TL -WA 750 RE 150Mbps Unive rsal Wi Fi Range Extender eas ily with a Web - based utili ty. With a Web - based utili ty, it[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 7 2. After suc cessful log i n, there will pop up the Quick Setup Start page. Click Next to get the quick set up started. Figure 3-3 Quick Setup S tart 3. Figure 3-4 will appear for you to choose t he region . Then cli ck Next to conti nue. Figure 3-4 Quick Setup – Choose Region 4. [...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 8 5. A list of available wirele ss network s will appear. Check the box bef ore the SSID of your desired network, and then click Next . Figure 3-6 Quick Setup – Available Wirel ess Networks  Note: I f you could not find your wi reless network na me (SSID) in the lis t, you can cl[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 9 7. Double - check your wireless setti ng and network setting on the page as shown i n Figure 3-8 . If verified, clic k Finish to complete the Quic k Setup. If there is anything wrong, cli ck Back to return the previous pag es and reconfigure i t. Figure 3-8 Quick Setup – Review Se[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 10 Chapter 4 Configure t he Device This Chapter des cribes how to conf igure your Ra nge Extender via t he web - based managem ent page. The TL -WA 75 0RE 150Mbps Univers al Wi Fi Range Extender is easy to conf igure and manage with t he Web - based (Internet Explorer, N etscape ® Na[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 11  Firmware Versio n - This field di splays the current fi rmware version of the Range Extender .  Hardware Versio n - This field displ ays the current hardware ver sion of the Range Extend er .  Connection Status to Exi sting Network - This part shows you the current inform[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 12 Figure 4-2 WPS - Enabled  Operation Mode - Displays the current operation mode of the device.  WPS Status - To enable or disabl e the WPS function here.  Current PIN - The current value of t he device 's PIN is displayed here. The default PIN of the device can be f ou[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 13 Method One: Push the button of the Range Extender an d Wireless Adapter Step 1: Keep the “ WPS Status ” as Enabled and click the Add D evice button in Figure 4-2 , then the following sc reen will app ear. Figure 4-3 Add A New Device Step 2: Choose “ Pre ss the button of the n[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 14 Step 4: Wait unt il the next screen appe ars. Click OK to c omplete the WPS c onfiguration. Figure 4-5 The WPS Configuration Sc reen of Wireless Adapter Method Two: Enter the PIN into my Range Extender Step 1: Configur e the wireless adapt er. Pleas e c hoose “ Enter the PI N of [...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 15 Step 2: Configur e the router . Keep the default “ WPS Status ” as Enabled and click the Add device button in Figure 4-2 , then the f ollo w ing screen wil l appear . Figure 4-7 Step 3: Choose Ent er the new device's PIN and e nter t he PIN code of the wi reless adapt er i[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 16 Figure 4-9 The WPS Configuration Sc reen of Wireless Adapter  Note: The default PIN code of the Range Exte nder can be found in its label or the W PS configuration screen as Figure 4- 2 . You will see the f ollowing screen when the new device has s uccessfully c onnected to the [...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 17 4.4 Profile Profile funct ion can help you remember pre viously connec ted wireless net works . Y ou can Edit , Delete or Add profil es in this page (as shown in Figure 4- 11 ) for your convenient reconnection later on . Figure 4- 11 Prof ile  Choose - You can choos e any one wi[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 18  Profile Name - The name you give to your wireless network s . B y default, it's the same as root SSID, but you can c hange it to any other names that you can easily remember a nd distinguish.  Root SSID - The wireless network name of your root A P this profile will c on[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 19 Figure 4- 15 LAN  MAC Address - The physic al address of the LAN port, as seen from the LAN. The value can n ot be changed.  Typ e - Several IP t ypes are supported, i ncluding: (1) Static IP ; (2) Smar t IP (DHCP), and they are explained below.  Static IP - In this type, [...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 20 There are six submenus under the Wirel ess menu (shown in Figure 4- 16 ): Wireless Settin gs , Wireless Securit y , Wireless MAC Filtering , Wireless Advanced , Wireless S tatistics and Throughput Monitor . Click any of them, and you will be able t o configure the corresponding fun[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 21  Wireless Name of R oot AP - The SSID of the AP your device is going to connec t to as a client. You can als o use the search functi on to select the SSID to join.  MAC Address of R oot AP - The B SSID of the AP your device i s going to connect to as a client. You can als o u[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 22 Figure 4- 18 Wireless Security  Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode.  Disable Securi ty - Check this box radi o button to disable wire less securit y. If disabled, the wireless st ations will be able to connec t this device wit hout encryption. It is strongly re[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 23 2) Shared Ke y - Select 802.11 Shared K ey authentication t ype. 3) Open System - Select 802.11 Open System aut hentication t ype . • WEP Key Forma t - You can select ASCII or Hexadecimal format. ASCII format stands for any combinat ion of keyboard c haracters i n the specified l[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 24  Operation Mode - S how s t he c urrent operation mode.  Wireless MAC F iltering - Click the Enable button to trigger the W ireless MA C Address Filtering function . The default s etting is disabled. To Add a Wireless M AC Address filt ering entry, click the Add New… button[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 25 Click the Disable All but ton to make all entries disabled. Click the Delete All butt on to delete all entries Click the Next button to go to the next page and clic k the Previous button to return to the previous page. For exampl e: If you des ire that t he wireless station A with [...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 26  Operation Mode - S how s t he c urrent Operation Mode.  T ransmit Pow er - S pecif ies the transmit power of the device . You can select Hi gh , Middle or Low which you woul d like. High is the defaul t setting and is recommended.  Beacon Interval - S pecifi es a value be[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 27  Current Status - The connected wi reless stati on's running status, one of S TA - AUTH / STA - ASSOC / STA - JOIN ED / WPA / WPA -P SK / W PA2 / WPA2 -P SK / AP - UP / AP - DOWN / Disconnected .  Received Packets - pac kets recei ved by the station .  Sent Packets - [...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 28 Click the Start button to start wi reless throughput moni tor. Click the Stop button to stop wireles s throughput monitor. 4.7 DHCP DHCP stands for Dynam ic Host Configuration P rotocol. T he DHCP Server will aut omatically assig n dynamic IP addresses to the computers on the netwo[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 29 Figure 4- 26 DHCP Settings – Enabled  DHCP Se rver - Select ing the radio button bef ore Disable/E nable will disabl e/enable the DHCP server on your Range Ext ender. T he defa ult setting is Enable . If you dis able the Server, you must have another DHCP s erver within your n[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 30 Figure 4- 27 DHCP Clients List  ID - Here displays the index of the DHCP client .  Client Name - Here dis plays the name of the DHC P client.  MAC Address - Here dis plays the MAC addr ess of the DHCP client .  Assigned IP - Here displays the IP address that the Range E[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 31 Figure 4- 29 Firmware Up grade New firmware versions are posted at http://www .tp - link.com and can be downl oaded for free.  Firmware Versio n - Here displays the current firmware v ers ion.  Hardware Versio n - Here displays t he current hardware versi on. The hardware ve [...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 32 Click Restore to reset all configuration set tings to their default values . 1) D efault User Name : admi n 2) D efault Passw ord : admin 3) D efault IP Address : 192. 168. 0. 254 4) D efault Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0  Note: Any settings you have saved will be los t when the d[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 33 Click the Reboot button to reboot the device . Some settings of the device will tak e effect only after rebooti ng, which inc lude: 3) Change LAN IP Address (System will reboot autom aticall y) . 4) Change the Wireless c onfigurations. 5) Change the Web Management P ort. 6) Upgrade[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 34 Figure 4- 34 System Log The device can keep logs of all traff ic. You can query the lo gs to find what ha ppened to the devic e .  Log Type - By selecting the log type, only logs of this type will be shown.  Log Level - By sele cting the log level, only logs of this l evel wi[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 35 Appendix A: Factory Defaults Item Default Valu e Common Default Setting s Username admin Password admin IP Address 192.16 8. 0. 254 Subnet Mask 255.255.255. 0 Domain http: //tplinkextende r.net Wireless SSID TP - LINK _ Extend er_XXXXXX Wireless Securit y Disabled Wireless MAC Addr[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 36 Appendix B: Trouble shooting T1. How do I restore my Range Extender’ s configuration to its factor y default s ettings? There are TWO methods available to rest ore the factory defaul ts. Method 1: With the Range Ext ender TL -WA 75 0RE powered on, use a pi n to press and hold the[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 37 2) Try to obtain an IP address and gat eway; if suc ceed, open your web - br owser, enter th e default domain ht tp://tplink extender.net in the address field and get logged in. If you are unable to log in, pleas e RESET the device, and then use the def ault IP address to get into [...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 38 Appendix C : Specifi cations General Standards and P rotocols IE EE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.11n, 802.11b and 802.11g, TCP/I P, DHCP Safety & Emi ssion FCC, CE Ports One 10/100 M Auto - Negotiat ion LAN RJ45 port Wireless Frequency Band 2.4~2.4835GHz Radio Data Rate 11n ： up to 150[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 39 Appendix D : Glos sary  802.11b - The 802.11b standard spec ifies a wireless net working at 11 Mbps using direct - sequenc e spread - spectrum (DS SS) technology and op erating in the unlic ensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and W EP encryption for securit y. 802.11b networks are a[...]

TL -WA 750RE 15 0Mbps Universal Wi Fi Range E xtender User Guide 40  WPA (Wi - Fi P rotec ted A ccess ) - WPA is a security t echnology for wirel ess networks that improves on the aut hentication and enc ryption features of W EP (Wired Equival ent Privacy). I n fact, WPA was develo ped by the network ing indust ry in response to t he shortcoming[...]