TP-Link TL-WA830RE manual

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender Rev: 1.0.0 1910010538[...]

COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of t heir respective holders. No part of the specificat ions may be reproduced in any form or b y any means or used to make any derivative[...]

FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi th the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Ru les. These limits are designed to pr ovide reasonable protectio n against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment ge nerates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if[...]

National restrictions This device is intended for home and office use in all EU countries (and ot her countries following the EU directive 1999/5/EC) wit hout any limitation except for the countries m entioned below: Country Restriction Reason/remark Bulgaria None General authorization require d for outdoor use and public service France Outdoor use[...]

TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender Model No.: TL-W A830RE T rademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own respon sibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product with in the scope of Council Directi[...]

CONTENTS Package Contents ..................................................................................................... I Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................................... 1 1.1 Product Overview ..................................................................................[...]

4.7.5 Factory Defaults ............................................................................................... 45 4.7.6 Backup & Restore ............................................................................................ 45 4.7.7 Reboot ............................................................................................[...]

Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ One TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender ¾ Ethernet Cable ¾ One Power Adapter for TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ One Resource CD for TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender, including: z This User Guide z Other helpfu[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender . 1.1 Product Overview The TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender is dedicated to Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) wireless network solutions. It allows for greater range and mobility within you[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 1.2 Main Features ¾ Make use of IEEE 802.11n wireless technology ¾ Provides multiple encryption security Ty p e s i n c lu d i ng : 64/128/152-bit WEP WPA/WPA2 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK ¾ Supports Built-in DHCP server ¾ Supports MAC address filtering ¾ Supports multiple operating modes incl uding:[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 1.3.2 The Rear Panel Figure 1-2 Viewed from left to right, the following parts ar e located on the rear panel of TL-WA830RE. Wireless antenna ： The external antenna is used to tr ansmit and receive wireless data. POWER: The power port connects to the power adapter provided with the TL-WA830R[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 Before Y ou Begin Please read this User Guide carefully before install ing and using the equipment. The operating distance range of your wirele ss connection can vary signific antly depending on the physical position of the wireless devices. Factors that can[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 2-1 The Example of Infrastructure Network Incorporating the TL-W A830RE To establish a typical connection of th e AP, please take the following steps: 1. Conn ect the Cable or DSL modem to a Router. 2. Locate an optimum location for the AP. The best pl ace is usually near the ce nter of[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide This chapter will guide you to configure your PC to communicate wi th the AP and to configure and manage the TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Ex tender easily with a Web-based utility. 3.1 Configure the PC The wireless adapter-equipped computers in your ne[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 3-2 3. In the General tab of Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties . Figure 3-3 7[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 4. Configure the IP address manually. 1) Select Use the follow ing IP address . 2) Enter 192.168.0.* (* is any in teger between 1 to 253) into the IP address filed, 255.255.255.0 into the Subnet mask filed and 192. 168.0.254 into the Default gatew ay filed. 3) Click OK to keep your settings. F[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide If the result displayed is similar to that shown as Figure 3-6 below, it means that your PC has not connected to the AP. Figure 3-6 Please check following these steps: a) Check to see if your PC and the AP ar e right connected. The LED of LAN port which you link to on the device and the LED on[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ) Note: If the above screen does not prompt, it means that your web-browser has been set to a proxy. Go to Tools menu>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings , in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it . 2. After successfully logging in, [...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 3-1 1 AP List 2) Find the SSID of the Access Point / Router you want to access, and click Connect in the corresponding row. For exampl e, the first item is sele cted. The MAC address will be automatically filled into the corres ponding box which is shown as the Figure 3-12 . 11[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 3-12 Quick Setup – Range Extender Mode ¾ Operation Mode - Two Operation Modes are support ed, including: Range Extender and Access Point. ¾ MAC of AP - The MAC address of the desired AP. The AP client will connect to the desire d AP according to MAC address. ) Note: 1. In Range Exte[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ¾ Enable Wireless Radio - Select or deselect this check box to allow or deny wireless stations to access the device. ¾ Wireless Security - Wireless Security will enable you to c onfigure wireless security for your wireless network to protect your data from intruders. There are four options, [...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 3-13 Quick Setup – Access Point Mode ¾ Operation Mode - Two Operation Modes are supported, including: Access Point and Range Extender. ¾ SSID - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same name of SSID (Service Set Identification) must be assigned to all wireless devices in your n[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ¾ Enable Wireless Radio - Select or deselect this check box to allow or deny wireless stations to access the device. ¾ Enable SSID Broadcast - Select or deselect this check box to allow or deny the device to broadcast its name (SSID) on the air. If it’s allowed, when wi reless clients surv[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Encryption - When you select WPA-PSK or WPA2 -PSK for Authentication Type, you can select either Automatic, TKIP or AES as Encry ption. PSK Password - Enter a password for your wireless network here, which should be ASCII characters between 8 and 63 or Hexa decimal characters between 8 and 64.[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Chapter 4 Configure the Device This Chapter describes how to configure your Access Point via the web-based management page. The TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range E xtende r is easy to configure and manage with the Web-based (Internet Explorer, Netscape ® Navigator, Firefox, Safari, Opera or[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ¾ Wired - This field displays the current settings or information for the Network, including the MAC address , IP address and Subnet Mask . ¾ Wireless - This field displays basic information or status for wireless function, including Wireless Mode, SSID, Channel, Mode, Channe l Width, Max Tx[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ¾ QSS Status - To enable or disable the QSS function here. ¾ Current PIN - The current value of the dev ice's PIN is displayed here. The default PIN of the device can be found in the label or User Guide. ¾ Restore PIN - Restore the PIN of the device to its default. ¾ Gen New PIN - Cli[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-4 The QSS Configurati on Screen of Wireless Adapter Step 4: Wait for a while u ntil the next screen appears. Click Fi nish to complete the QSS configuration. Figure 4-5 The QSS Configurati on Screen of Wireless Adapter Method Two: Enter the PIN into my AP Step 1: Keep the QSS Status a[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-6 Step 2: Choose “ Enter the new device's PIN ” and enter the PIN code （ take 16952898 for example ） of the wireless adapter in the field after PIN as shown in the figure above. Then click Connect. ) Note: The PIN code of the adapter is alwa ys displayed on the QSS confi [...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Step 2: For the confi guration of the wirele ss adapter, please choose “ Enter a PIN from my access point ” in the configuration utility of the QSS as below, and enter the PIN code of the AP into the field after “ Access Point PIN ”. Then click Next . Figure 4-8 The QSS Configurati on [...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 4.4 Network The Netw ork option allows you to customize your loca l networ k manually by changing the default settings of the AP. Selecting Network will enable you to configure the I P parameters of Network on this page. Figure 4-10 Network ¾ Typ e - Select Dy namic IP to get IP address from [...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Wireless Security , Wire less MAC Filtering , Wireless Advanced , Throughput Monitor and Wireless Statistics . Click any of them, and you will be ab le to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. Figure 4-11 Wireless menu 4.5.1 Wirele[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ) Note: 1. In Range Extender mode, the wireless repeat er rel ays signal between its stations and the root AP for greater wireless range. The MAC address of root AP can be automatically filled into corresponding box by clicking the Surve y button and selecting the desired item. 2. If you know [...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 2) Access Point: This mode allows wireless stati ons to access this device. Figure 4-13 Wireless Settings in Access Point mode ¾ Operation Mode - Two Operation Modes are supported, including: Access Point and Range Extender. ¾ SSID (Set Service Identifier) - Identifies your wireless netwo rk[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ¾ Mode - Select the desired wireless mode. The options are: • 11b only - Only 802.11b wireless stations can connect to the device. • 11g only - Only 802.11g wireless stations can connect to the device. • 11n only - Only 802.11n wireless stations can connect to the device. • 11bg mixed[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 1) Range Extender Figure 4-14 Wireless Security – Range Extender ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. ¾ Disable Security - Check this box radio button to dis able wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. I[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide • Key Type - You can select the WEP key length ( 64-bit , or 128-bit , or 152-bit .) for encryption. "Disabled" means th is WEP key entry is invalid. 1) For 64-bit encryption - You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combinati on of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitt ed) or 5 [...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 2) Access Point Figure 4-15 Wireless Security - Access Point ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. ¾ Disable Security - Check this box radio button to dis able wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is s[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide • WEP Key Format - You can select ASCII or Hexadecimal format. ASCII format stands for any combination of keyboard cha racters in the specified length. Hexadecimal format stands for any combination of hex adecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A- F) in the specified length. • WEP Key - Select which of[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide • Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update in terval in seconds. The value can be either 0 or at least 30. Enter 0 to disable the update. Be sure to click the Save button to save your settings on this page. ) Note: You will be reminded to reboot the device after clicking the Sa[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-17 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry ¾ MAC Address - Enter the wireless station's MAC addr ess that you want to control. ¾ Description - Give a simple description of the wireless station. ¾ Status - Select a status for this entry, either Enabled or Disabled . [...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide For example: If you desire that the wireless station A with MAC address 00- 0A-EB-00- 07-BE is able to access the device, w hile all other wirel ess stations cannot access the devic e, you should configure the Wireless MAC Address Filte ring list by followi ng these steps: 1. Click the Enable [...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ¾ Beacon Interval - Specifies a value between 20- 1000 milliseconds. The beacons are the packets sent by the device to synchronize a wireless network. Beacon Interval value determines the time interval of t he beacons. The default value is 100. ¾ RTS Threshold - Specifies the RTS (Request to[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ¾ Run Time - How long this function is running. ¾ Transmit - Wireless transmit rate information. ¾ Receive - Wireless receive rate information. Click the Start button to start wireless throughput monitor. Click the Stop button to stop wireless throughput monitor. 4.5.6 Wireless Statistics S[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide need to manually assign new IP addresses. There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown as Figure 4-2 1 ): DHCP Settings , DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation . Clicking any of them will enable you to configure the corresponding function. T he detailed explanations for eac h submen[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ¾ Default Gateway (optional) - Enter the IP address of the gatew ay for your LAN. The factory default setting is 0.0.0.0. ¾ Default Domain (optional) - Enter the domain name of the y our DHCP server. You ca n leave the field blank. ¾ Primary DNS (optional) - Enter the D NS IP address provid[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-24 Address Reservation ¾ MAC Address - Here displays the MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP address. ¾ Reserved IP Address - Here displays the IP address that the AP is reserved. ¾ Status - Here shows whether the entry is enabled or not ¾ Modify - To modify [...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide to the device’s web-based management page. Be sides, you can find out what happened to the system in System Log. There are nine submenus under the S ystem Tools menu (shown as Figure 4-25 ): SNMP , Diagnostic , Firm ware Upgrade , Factory Defaults , Backup & Restore , Ping Watch Dog , Re[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-26 SNMP Settings ¾ SNMP Agent - Select the radio button before Enable will enable this function if you want to have remote control through SNMPv1/v2 agent wi th MIB-II. Select the radio button before Disable will disable this function. The default setting is Disable . ¾ SysContact -[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-27 Diagnostic Diagnostic Tools - Click the radio button to select one diagnostic tool • Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connec tivity, reachability, and name resolution to a given host or gateway by using the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) protocol's mandato[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide the Echo Reply message returned by the des tination. However, some gateways do not return Time Exceeded messages for packets with expired TTL values and are invisible to the traceroute tool. In this case, a row of asterisks (*) is displayed for that hop. IP Address - Enter the IP Address (such[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-29 Ping W atch Dog Utility ¾ Enable - Turn on/off Ping Watch Dog. ¾ IP Address - The IP address of the target host wher e the Ping Watch Dog Utility is sen ding ping packets. ¾ Interval - Time internal between two ping packe ts which are sent out continuously. ¾ Delay - Time delay[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide ) Note: 1. There is no need to upgrade the firmware un less the new firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experiencing problems caused by the device itself, you can try to upgrade the firmware. 2. Before upgrading the device’s firmware, you should write down some of your [...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-32 Save or Restore the Configuration Click Backup to save all configuration settings to your local computer as a file. To restore the device's configuration, follow these instructions: • Click Browse… to find the configuration file which you want to restore. • Click Restore[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 4.7.8 Password Selecting System Tools > Password allows you to change the factory default user name and password of the device on the screen shown in Figure 4-34 . Figure 4-34 Password It is strongly recommended that you change the factory default us er name and password of the device. All [...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-35 System Log The device can keep logs of all traffic. You can query the logs to find what happened to th e device. ¾ Log Type - By selecting the log type, only l ogs of this type will be shown. ¾ Log Level - By selecting the log level, only l ogs of this level will be shown. Click [...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Appendix A: Application Example The TL-WA830RE relays signal between its stations and the root AP for greater wireless range. It allows you to connect the device with a Router around without any cable. Providing that you want to connect your comput er equipped with wireless adapter to a wired [...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 2) On the My Network Connections window, right-click Wireless Network and choos e Enable to enable wireless network function. 3) Right-click the wireless connection icon “ ” on the screen of the PC and then select View Available Wireless Networks . 4) Highlight the SSID of the Range Ex ten[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 5) Then the following page will display, wh ich indicates you have been successfully added to the network wirelessly. 51[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Appendix B: Factory Defaults Item Default Value Common Default Settings Username admin Password admin IP Address 192.168.0.254 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Wireless SSID TP-LINK_XXXXXX Wireless Security Disable Wireless MAC Address Filtering Disable DHCP DHCP Server Disable Start IP Address 192.1[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Appendix C: Troubleshooting 1. No LEDs are lit on the access point. It takes a few seconds for the Power LED to li ght up. Wait a minute and check the status of Power LED. If there the LED is st ill off, check the following items. 1) Make sure the power cord is connected to the Access Point. 2[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Appendix D: Specifications General Standards and Protocols IEEE 802.3, 802. 3u, 802.11n, 802.11b and 802.11g, TCP/IP, DHCP Safety & Emission FCC 、 CE Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 port Cabling Type 10BASE-T: UTP category 3, 4, 5 cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100 Ω STP [...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Appendix E: Glossary ¾ 802.11b - The 802.11b standard specifies a wire less networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-s pectrum (DSSS) technology and oper ating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and WEP encryption for security. 802.11b networks are also referred to as Wi-Fi[...]

TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide improves on the authenticat ion and encryption features of WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). In fact, WPA was developed by the networking industr y in response to the shortcomings of WEP. One of the key technologies behind WPA is the Temporal Key Integrity Pr otocol (TKIP). TKIP addresses the en[...]