TP-Link TL-WR710N manuale d’uso

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router Rev: 1.0.0 1910010795[...]

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FCC ST A TEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable pr otection against harmful interference in a residential inst allation. This eq uipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy an d, i[...]

CE Mark W arning This is a class B product. In a domestic environment , this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. Canadian Compliance St atement This device complies with Indus try Canada license-exempt RSS st andard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1)This [...]

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TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Building 24 (floors 1, 3, 4, 5), and 28 (floors 1-4) Central Science and T echnology Park, Shennan Rd, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router Model No.: TL-WR710N T rademark: TP-LINK We [...]

- I - CONTENTS Package Co ntent s............................................................................................................... ................... 1  Chapter 1.  Introduc tion ................................................................................................................... .... 2  1.1  Overview of the[...]

- II - 4.6.3  LAN ...................................................................................................................... 45  4.7  Wireless ....................................................................................................................... .... 46  4.7.1  Wireless Settings ..........................[...]

- III - 4.14  Advanced Routing ............................................................................................................ 85  4.14.1  S tatic Routing List ................................................................................................ 85  4.14.2  System Rout ing T able ..............................[...]

- IV - 5.7.1  Wireless Settings ................................................................................................ 11 2  5.7.2  Wireless Security ................................................................................................ 11 3  5.7.3  Wireless MAC Filtering ..........................................[...]

- V - 6.6.4  Wireless Advanced ............................................................................................ 146  6.6.5  Wireless S tatistics .............................................................................................. 147  6.7  DHCP ....................................................................[...]

- VI - 7.8  USB Se ttings .................................................................................................................. 175  7.8.1  S torage Sharing ................................................................................................. 175  7.8.2  Media Se rver .........................................[...]

- VII - 8.8.1  S torage Sharing ................................................................................................. 215  8.8.2  Media Se rver ..................................................................................................... 217  8.8.3  User Ac counts...................................................[...]

- VIII - 8.16.3  Dyndns or g DDNS ............................................................................................. 250  8.17  System T ools .................................................................................................................. 251  8.17.1  T ime Se ttings ......................................[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 1 - Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ One TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router ¾ Quick Install ation Guide ¾ One RJ-45 Ethernet Cable ¾ One Resource CD for TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router , including: • User Guide • Other Helpf[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 2 - Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview of the Router Small enough to fit in the average pocket, the TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router is uniquely suited to provide r obust wirele ss networking to travelers, students, or anyone else for work or play. TL-WR710N supports the newest 802.[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 3 - this user guide. Before installing the Router , please look through this guide to know all the Router ’s functions. 1.2 Conventions T h e Ro ut e r o r T L- W R 7 1 0N m e n ti on e d i n th i s g u id e s t an d s f o r TL - WR 7 10 N 150M bps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router without any explana[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 4 - ¾ LED Statu s Indication Solid Blue The device is working properl y . Blinking Condition 1: System is booting. Condition 2: The Ethernet Cable or USB Device is connecting to the product. T able 1-1 The LED Description ¾ USB: The USB port connect s to a USB storage de vice. ¾ Reset ： It is u[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 5 - Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirement s ¾ Each PC in the LAN needs a working Ethernet Adapter ¾ TCP/IP protocol must be inst alled on each PC ¾ Web browser , such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later , Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari ¾ If the device is configured to Wi[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 6 - 2.3.1 Wireless Router Mode As a wireless router , TL-WR710N enables multi- user to share Internet via DSL/Cable Modem. The default mode of TL-WR710N is Wireless Rout er . On this mode, the wired port LAN/W AN works as W AN, it can be connect ed to DSL Modem or directly c onnected to a wired netw[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 7 - Figure 2-2 Hardware Installation of the TL-WR710N in AP Mode 1. Connect the LAN or LAN/WAN port of TL-WR7 10N to the wired network port with an Ethernet cable. 2. Plug the power plug of TL-WR7 10N in electrical wall socket. 3. Power on the PC(s) and notebook(s). 2.3.3 Repeater Mode TL-WR710N is [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 8 - ) Note: It is recommended that you connect a PC/notebook to the LAN port of the Router with an Ethernet cable, and then login the Router from the PC/notebook to se t the Router in Repeater mode. 2.3.4 Client Mode TL-WR710N is used as a wireless network card to connect the wireless network signal[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 9 - Figure 2-5 Hardware Installation of the TL-WR710N in WISP Client Router Mode 1. Plug the power plug of TL-WR7 10N in electrical wall socket. 2. Power on the notebook(s ).[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 10 - Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functi ons of your TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router using Quick Setup Wizar d within minutes. 3.1 TCP/IP Configuration The default IP address of the TL-WR710N 15 0Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 1 1 - 2) Enter the Security key . Click OK . 3) If you can see Connected after the default SSID, you’ve successfully connected to the wireless network. ) Note: 1. The default SSID and Password of your Router are on the labe l. Both are case-sensitive. 2. The pre-encryption function is enabled by d[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 12 - Figure 3-1 Success result of Ping command ¾ If the result displayed is similar to the Figure 3-2, it means the connection between your PC and the Router has failed. Figure 3-2 Failure result of Ping command Please check the connection following these step s: 1. Is the connection bet ween your [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 13 - 3.2 Quick Inst allation Guide With a Web-based utility , it is easy to configure and manage the TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router . The W eb-based utility can be us ed on any Windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a W eb browser , such as Microsoft Inte rnet Explorer , Mozilla Firefox[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 14 - Figure 3-5 Quick Setup - W orking Mode ) Note: The Router supports five working modes for multi-user to access the Internet: Wireless Router , Access Point , Repeater , Client and WISP Client Router . In Wireless Router mode, the device enables multiple users to share the Inte rnet connection v[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 15 - The Router supports three popular ways PPPoE , Dynamic IP and Static IP to connect to the Internet. T o make sure the connection type your IS P provides, please refer to the ISP . Make sure the cable is securely plugged in to the W AN port before detection. ¾ Auto Detect - If you don't kn[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 16 - 2. Then, the Wireless page will appear as shown in Figure 3-9 . Set the wireless parameters. It is recommended that you rename an SSID, choos e a Security T ype and enter a Password. Then click Next . Figure 3-9 Quick Setup - Wireless ¾ Wireless Radio - Enable or disable the wireless radi o ch[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 17 - When 11bg mixed mode is selected, only 11bg mixed wireless stations can connect to the Router. It is strongly recommended that you set the Mode to 11bgn mixe d, and all of 802.11b/g/n wireless stations can connect to the Router. ) Note: If 1 1bg mixed mode is selected in the Mode field, the Cha[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 18 - Figure 3-1 1 Quick Setup - Wireless ¾ Wireless Network Name - Enter a string of up to 32 characters. The same name o f SSID (Service Set Identification) must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network. The default SSID is set to be TP-LINK_XXXXX X (XXXXXX indicates the last unique six[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 19 - ) Note: If 1 1bg mixed mode is selected in the Mode field, the Channel Wid th selecting field will turn grey and the value will become 20M, which is unable to be changed. ¾ Channel Width - Select any channel width from the pull-down list. The default setting is automatic, which can automat ica[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 20 - Figure 3-14 Quick Setup - Wireless ¾ Repeater Mode - In Repeater mode, the wireless repeater relays signal between it s stations and the root AP for greater wireless range. • Universal Repeater - In Repeater mode, the AP with WDS disabled will relay data to an associated root AP. AP f unctio[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 21 - ¾ Wireless Password - If the AP your router is goi ng to connect need pas sword, you need to fill the password in this blank. 2. Click Survey button on the Wireless page as shown in Figure 3-14, and th en AP List page will appe ar as shown in Figure 3-15. Find the SSID of the Acce ss Point you[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 22 - Figure 3-17 Quick Setup - Wireless ¾ Wireless Name of Root AP - Enter the SSID that you want to access. ¾ MAC Address of Root AP - Enter the MAC address of AP that you want to access. ¾ Survey - Click this button, you can survey the AP which runs in the environment. ¾ Region - Select your r[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 23 - Figure 3-18 AP List 3. Click the Next button in Figure 3-19. Y ou will then see the Fin i sh page. Click the Reboot button to make your wireless confi guration take ef fect and finish the Quick Setup . Figure 3-19 Quick Setup - Finish 3.2.5 WISP Client Router Mode When you choose WISP Client Ro[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 24 - ¾ PPPoE - For this connection, you will need your a ccount name and password from your ISP. If you have applied ADSL to realize Dial-up service, you should c hoose this type. Under this condition, you should fill in both the User Name and Passw ord that the ISP supplied. Please note that these[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 25 - Figure 3-23 Quick Setup - S tatic IP ¾ SSID - The SSID of the AP your router is going to connect to as a client. Y ou can also use the search function to select the SSID to j oin. ¾ BSSID - The BSSID of the AP your router is going to connect to as a client. Y ou can also use the search functi[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 26 - ¾ Wireless Security Mode - Y ou can configure the security settings of your wireless network. ¾ Wireless Password - Input the password of your Local SSID. 3. Click Survey button on the Wireless page as shown in Figure 3-20, and th en AP List page will appe ar as shown in Figure 3-24. Find the[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 27 - Chapter 4. Configuration for Wireless Router Mode This chapter will show each Web p age's key func tions and the configuration way for Wireless Router Mode of TL-WR710N. 4.1 Login After your successful login, you can configur e and manage the device. T here are main menus on the left of th[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 28 - Figure 4-2 ¾ Firmware V ersion - The version information of the Router ’s firmware. ¾ Hardware V ersion - The version information of the Router ’s hardware. ¾ LAN - This field displays the current settings or information for the LA N, you can configure them in the Network > LAN page. [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 29 - ¾ Wireless - This field displays basic information or status for wireless function, you can configure them in the Wireless > Wireless Settings page. • Working Mode - The current wireless working mode in use. • Wireless Radio - Indicates whether the wireless radi o feature of the AP is e[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 30 - 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 3.2: "Quick Installation Guide." 4.4 WPS WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) can help you to quickly and secure ly connect to a network. This section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing network qu ickly by function. The WPS functi[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 31 - ) Note: T o build a successful connection by WPS, you s hould also do the correspo nding configuration of the new device for WPS function meanwhile. For the configuration of the new device, here takes the Wireless Adapter of our company for example. I. By PBC If the wireless adapter supports Wi[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 32 - Step 4: Wait for a while until the next screen appears. Click OK to complete the WPS configuration. The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Method T wo: Enter the PIN into my AP Step 1: For the configur ation of the wireless adapter , please choose “ Enter the PIN of this device into[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 33 - Step 3: Choose “ Ent er 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 below. Then click Connect. Figure 4-5 Add A New Device Method Three: Enter the PIN from my AP Step 1: Get the Cu[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 34 - Y ou will see the following screen when the new dev ice has successfully connected to the network. Figure 4-6 ) Note: 1) The WPS LED on the AP will light green for five minutes if the device has been successfully added to the network. 2) The WPS function cannot be confi gured if the Wireless fu[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 35 - ¾ WISP Client Router - In this mode, the device enables mu ltiple users to share Internet connection from WISP . 4.6 Network Figure 4-8 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 4-8): WA N , MAC Clone and LAN. Click any of them, and you will be able to c[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 36 - ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum T ransmission Unit ) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP . ¾ Use These DNS Servers - If your ISP gives you one or two DNS addresses, select Use These DNS Ser[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 37 - ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum T ransmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP . ¾ Primary/Secondary DNS - (Optional) Enter one or two DNS addresses in dotted-decimal notation prov[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 38 - • Dyn amic IP - Y ou can check this radio button to use Dynamic IP as the secondary connection to connect to the local area network provided by ISP . • St atic IP - Y ou can check this radio button to use St atic IP as the secondary connection to connect to the local area network provided b[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 39 - Figure 4-12 PPPoE Advanced Settings ¾ MTU Size - The default MTU size is “1480” bytes, which is usually fine. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP . ¾ Service Name/AC Name - The ser vice name and AC (Access Concentrator) name should not be[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 40 - Figure 4-13 WAN – BigPond Cable ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Auth Server - Enter the authenticating serv er IP address or host name. ¾ Auth Domain - T ype in the domain suffix server name based on your loc[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 41 - after a specified i nactivity period and re-established when you a ttempt to access the Internet again. Click the Connect button to connect immediately . Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately . Caution : Sometimes the connection cannot be termi nated although you specify a time [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 42 - ¾ Connect on Demand - Y ou can configure the Router to disconnect from your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity ( Max Idle T ime ). If your Internet connection has been terminat ed due to inactivity , Connect on Demand enables the Router to automatically re-establish you[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 43 - Figure 4-15 W AN – PPTP/Russia PPTP ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Dynamic IP/ S tatic IP - Choose either as you are gi ven by your ISP and enter the ISP’s IP address or the domain name. If you choose stati[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 44 - Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates. ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after t he Router is disconnected. T o use this option, check the radio button. ¾ Connect Manually - Y ou can configure [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 45 - Click the Save button to save your settings. ) Note: 1. Only the PC on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone function. 2. If you change W AN MAC Addre ss when the WAN connection is PPPoE, it will not take ef fect until the connection is re-established. 4.6.3 LAN Choose menu “ Network → LAN[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 46 - 4.7 Wireless Figure 4-18 Wireless menu There are five submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 4-18): Wireless Settings , Wireless Security , Wireless MAC Filtering, Wireless Advanced and Wireless St atistics . Click any of them, and you will be able to c onfigure the corresponding fun[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 47 - the Router in a region other than one of those specified in this field. If your country or region is not listed, please c ontact your local governm ent agency for assistance. ¾ Mode - Select the desired mode. T he default setting is 11bgn mixed. • 11bg mixed - Select if you are using both 80[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 48 - ¾ BSSID (to be bridged) - The BSSID of the AP your Router is going to connect to as a client. You can also use the search func tion to select the BSSID to join. ¾ Survey - Click this button, you can survey t he AP which runs in the current channel. ¾ Security Options - This option should be [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 49 - Figure 4-21 Wireless Security ¾ Disable Security - The wireless security function can be enabled or disabled . If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to con nect the Ro uter without encryption. But it’s strongl y recommended to choose one of the following modes to enable security. ?[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 50 - Figure 4-22 ¾ WP A /WP A2-Enterprise - It’s based on Radius Server. • Ve r s i o n - you can choose the versi on of the WPA security from the pull-down list. The default setting is Automatic , which can select WP A (Wi-Fi Protected Access) or WP A2 ( WPA version 2) automatically based on t[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 51 - 152-bit - You can enter 32 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not promoted) or 16 ASCII characters. ) Note: If you do not set the key , the wireless security f unction is still disabled even if you have selected Shared Key as Authentication T ype. Be sure to click[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 52 - To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follo w these instructions: 1. Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit) . For example: 00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B. 2. Give a simple description for the wir[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 53 - Figure 4-25 Filtering Rules 4.7.4 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “ Wireless → Wireless Advanced ”, and then you can configure the a dvanced settings of your wireless network. Figure 4-26 Wireless Advanced ¾ Transmit Power - Here you can specify the transmit power of Router. You can select[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 54 - broadcast and multicast messages . When the Router has buffered broadcast or multicast messages for associated clients, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM Interval value. You can specify the value between 1-255 Beacon Interval s. The default value is 1, which indicates the DTIM Interval is the [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 55 - You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current connected wireless stations, click on the Refresh button. If the numbers of connected wireless st ations go beyond one page, click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button t[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 56 - ¾ St art IP Address - S pecify an IP address for the DHCP Server to start with when assigning IP addresses. 192.168.0.100 is the default start address. ¾ End IP Address - S pecify an IP address for the DHCP Server to end with when assigning IP addresses. 192.168.0.199 is the default end addre[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 57 - You cannot change any of the val ues on this page. To update this page and to show the current attached devices, click the Refresh button. 4.8.3 Address Reservation Choose menu “ DHCP → Address Reserv ation ”, and then you can view and add a reserved address for clients via the next scree[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 58 - To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify . If you want to delete the entry , click the Delete . 2. Modify the information. 3. Click the Save button. Click the Enable/Disable All button to make all entries enabled/disabled. Click the Delete All b[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 59 - ¾ Volume - The volume name of the USB drive the users have access to. Volume 1-8 is mapping to USB port1, and Volume 9-16 is mapping to USB port2. ¾ Capacity - The storage capacity of the USB driver. ¾ Used - The used space of the USB driver. ¾ Free - The available space of the USB driver. [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 60 - 3. To unplug the USB drive, click Eject Disk button first. Simply pulling USB drive out of the USB port can cause damage to the device and loss of data. 4. Mounted vol umes of each USB port are subject to the 8-volume limit. So you cannot access more than 8 volumes on the USB storage device. 5.[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 61 - 2. Click the Start button to start the media server, an d then the screen will appear as shown in Figure 4-38. Figure 4-38 Media Server Setting 3. Click the Add share fold er button to specify a folder as t he search path of media server. The screen will then appear as shown in Figure 4-39. Fig[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 62 - ¾ Back - Click this button to discard the se ttings and just go to the media server configuration page. 4. Click the Scan All button to scan all the share folders i mmediately. You can also select the Auto-scan , at same time, select an auto scan interval time by drop-down list. In this case, [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 63 - Figure 4-41 Add or Modify User Account ¾ User Name - Type the user name that you want to give access to the USB drive. The user name must be composed of alphanumeric symbols not ex ceeding 15 characters in length. ¾ Password - Enter the password in the Password field. The password must be com[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 64 - There are four submenus under the Forwar ding menu (shown in Figure 4-42): Virtual Servers , Port T riggering , DMZ and UPnP . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.10.1 Virtual Servers Choose menu “ Forwarding → Virtual Servers ”, and then you[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 65 - 4. Select the protocol used for this application, either TCP , UDP , or All . 5. Select the Enabled to enable the virtual server . 6. Click the Save button. Figure 4-44 Add or Modify a V irtual Server Entry ) Note: If your computer or server has more than one ty pe of available service, please [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 66 - with a pure NA T Router . Port Triggering is used for some of these applications that can work with an NA T Router . Figure 4-45 Port T riggering Once the Router is configured, the operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connection us ing a destination port number defined in [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 67 - 4. Select the pr otocol used for Incoming Ports from the Incoming Protocol drop-down list, either TCP or UDP , or All . 5. Select Enabled in Statu s field. 6. Click the Save button to save the new rule. Figure 4-46 Add or Modify a Port Triggering Entry T o modify or delete an existing entry: 1.[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 68 - Figure 4-47 DMZ T o assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server: 1. Check the Enable radio button. 2. Enter the IP Address of a local host in the DMZ Host IP Address field. 3. Click the Save button. ) Note: After you set the DMZ host, the firewa ll related to the host will not work. 4.10.4 U[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 69 - • Status - The status of the port is displayed her e. “Enabled” means that the port is still active. Otherwise, the port is inactive. Click Refresh to update the Current UPnP Settings List. 4.11 Security Figure 4-49 T he Security menu There are four submenus under t he Security menu as sh[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 70 - traffic passing through the session conforms to the protocol. SPI Firewall is enabled by factory default. If you want all the comput ers on the LAN exp osed to the outside world, you can disable it. ¾ VPN - VPN Passthrough must be enabled if you want to allow VPN tunnels using IPSec, PPTP, or [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 71 - Figure 4-51 Advanced Security ¾ Packets Statistics Interval (5~60) - The default value is 10. Se lect a value between 5 and 60 seconds from the drop-down list. The Packets S tatistics Interval value indicates the time section of the p ackets statistics. The result of the statistics is used for[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 72 - ¾ Enable TCP-SYN-FLOOD Attack Filtering - Enable or Disable the TCP-SYN-FLOOD Attack Filtering. ¾ TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600. When the current TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets numbers is beyond the set value, the Router will startup[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 73 - use the password to browse the built-in web pages to perform Administrator tasks while all the others will be blocked. After click the Add button, your PC's MAC Addre ss will be placed in the list above. Click the Save button to save your settings. ) Note: If your PC is blocked but you wan[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 74 - 4.12 Parent al Control Choose menu “ Parental Control ”, and you can configure the par ental control in the screen as shown in Figure 4-54. The Parental Control function can be used to control the internet a ctivities of the child, limit the child to access certai n websites and restrict th[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 75 - 4. Enter the allowed domain name of the websit e, either the full name or the keywords (e.g. google) in the Allowed Domain Name field. Any domain name with keywor ds in it (e.g. www.google.com ) will be allowed. 5. Select from the Effective Time drop-down list the schedule (e.g. Schedule_1) you[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 76 - 2. Click “ Access Restriction → Schedule ” on the left to enter the Schedule Settings p age. Click Add New... button to create a new schedule with Schedule Description is Schedule_1, Day is Sat and Time is all day-24 hours. 3. Click “ Parental Control ” menu on the left to go back to [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 77 - Figure 4-58 Access Control Rule Management ¾ Enable Internet Access Control - Select the check box to enable the Internet Access Restriction function, so the Defaul t Filter Policy can take effect. ¾ Rule Name - Here displays the name of the rule and this name is unique. ¾ Host - Here displa[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 78 - 6. In the Action field, select Den y or Allow . 7. In the Status field, select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable your entry. 8. Click the Save button. Click the Enable All button to enable all the rules in the list. Click the Disable All button to disable all the rules in the list. Click[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 79 - z In Rule Name field, create a name for the rule. No te that this name should be unique, for example Rule_1. z In Host field, select Host_1. z In Target field, select Target_1. z In Schedule field, select Schedule_1. z In Action field, select Allow. z In Status field, select Enabled. z Click Sa[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 80 - 2) In LAN IP Address field, enter the IP address. z If you select MAC Address, the screen shown is Figure 4-63. 1) In Host Description field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). 2) In MAC Address field, enter the MAC address. 3. Click the Save button to complete the settings[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 81 - Figure 4-64 Host Settings 4.13.3 Target Choose menu “ Access Control → Ta r g e t ”, you can vie w and set a T a rget list in the screen as shown in Figure 4-65. The ta rget list is necessa ry for the Access Restriction Rule. Figure 4-65 T arget Settings ¾ Target Description - Here displ[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 82 - 2) In Domain Name field, enter the domain name, eit her the full name or the keywords (for example Google) in the bla nk. Any domain name with keywor ds in it (e.g. www.google.com ) will be blocked or allowed. You can enter 4 domain names. 3. Click the Save button. Click the Delete All button t[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 83 - Then you will go back to the Target Settings page and see the following list, Figure 4-68 T arget Settings 4.13.4 Schedule Choose menu “ Access Control → Schedule ”, you can view and set a Schedule list in the next screen as shown in Figure 4-69. The Schedule list is necessa ry for the Ac[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 84 - Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Previous button return to the previ ous page. Figure 4-70 Advanced Schedule Settings For example : If you desire to restrict the inter net activities of host with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA to access www.google.com only from 18:00 to[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 85 - 4.14 Advanced Routing Figure 4-72 The Advanced Routing Menu There are two submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 4-72): St atic Routing List and Syst em Routing T able . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.14.1 Static Routing List Choose [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 86 - ¾ Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask determines which portion of an IP Address is the network portion, and which por tion is the host portion. ¾ Default Gatewa y - This is the IP Address of the gat eway device that a llows for contact between the Router a nd the network or host. 3. Select Enabled [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 87 - 4.15 Bandwid th Control Figure 4-76 T he Bandwidth Control menu There are two submenus under the Bandw idth Control menu as shown in Figure 4-76. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. T he detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below . 4.1[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 88 - Figure 4-78 Bandwidth Control Rule List ¾ Description - This is the information about the rules such as ad dress range. ¾ Egress Bandwidth - This field displa ys the max and mix uploa d bandwidth through the W AN port, the default is 0. ¾ Ingress Bandwidth - This field displays the max and m[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 89 - ¾ Egress Bandwidth - The max and the min uplo ad speed which through the WAN por t, default number is 0. ¾ Ingress Bandwidth - The max and the min download speed through the WAN po rt, default number is 0. Step 3: Click the Save button. 4.16 IP & MAC Binding Figure 4-80 T he IP & MAC [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 90 - When you want to add or modify an IP & MAC Binding entry, you can click the Add New button or Modify button, and then you will go to the next page. This page is used for adding or modifying an IP & MAC Binding entry. Figure 4-82 IP & MAC Bin ding Setting (Add & Modify) T o add I[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 91 - Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. 4.16.2 ARP List T o manage the computer , you could observe the computers in the LAN by checking the relationship of MAC address and IP address on the ARP list, a nd you could configure t[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 92 - dynamic IP address, and then your friends can c onnect to your server by entering your domain name no matter what your IP address is. Before us ing this feature, you need to sign up for DDNS service providers such as www.no-ip.com , www.comexe.cn , or www .dyndns.org . The Dynamic DNS client se[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 93 - Figure 4-86 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. T ype the Domain Name received from your dynamic DNS service provider . 2. T ype the User Na me for your DDNS account. 3. T ype the Password for your DDNS account. 4. Click the Login button to log in to the DD[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 94 - Figure 4-87 Dyndns.org DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. T ype the User Na me for your DDNS account. 2. T ype the Password for your DDNS account. 3. T ype the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider here. 4. Click the Login button to log in to th[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 95 - St atistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below . 4.18.1 Time Settings Y ou can set time manually or get GMT from the Internet for the router on this page: Figure 4-89 T ime Settings ¾ T[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 96 - ¾ The router will obtain GMT automatica lly from Inte rnet if it has already connected to Internet. 4.18.2 Diagnostic Choose menu “ System T ools → Diagnostic ”, you can transact Ping or T raceroute function to check connectivity of your net work in the following screen. Figure 4-90 Diag[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 97 - ¾ Ping Ti meout - Set the waiting time for the reply of each Ping packet. If there is no reply in the specified time, the connection is overtime. ¾ T raceroute Max TTL - The max num ber of hops for a Traceroute connection. Click St a rt to check the connectivity of the Internet. The Diagnosti[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 98 - ) Note: 1. When you upgrade the router 's firmware, you will lose current configuration settings, so make sure you backup the router’s settings before you upgrade its firmware. 2. Make sure that your computer is connect ed to the Internet through the cable when you upgrade the firmware. [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 99 - 4.18.5 Backup & Restore This page allows you to save curr ent configuration of router as backup or rest ore the configuration file you saved before. Figure 4-94 Backup & Restore Configuration ¾ Click the Backup button to save all configuration setti ngs as a backup file in your local c[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 100 - ¾ Web Service Port of the router . ¾ Upgrade the firmware of the router (system will reboot automatically). ¾ Restore the router's settings to factory default (system will rebo ot automatically). 4.18.7 Password This page allows you to change the factory default user name and password [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 101 - Figure 4-97 System Log ¾ Refresh - Refresh the page to s how the latest log list. ¾ Save Log - Click to save all the logs i n a txt file. ¾ Mail Log - Click to send an email of current l ogs manually according to the address and validation information set in Mail Settings. T he result will [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 102 - Figure 4-98 S tatistics ¾ Current St atistics St atus - Enable or Disable. The default va lue is disabled. T o enable, click the Enable button. If disabled, the function of DoS protection in Security settings will be ineffective. ¾ Packet s St a tistics Interval - The default value is 10. Se[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 103 - Chapter 5. Configuration for Access Point Mode This chapter will show each Web p age's key func tions and the configuration way for Access Point Mode of TL-WR710N. 5.1 Login After your successful login, you can configur e and manage the device. T here are main menus on the left of the web[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 104 - Figure 5-2 S tatus ¾ Firmware V ersion - The version information of the Router ’s firmware. ¾ Hardware V ersion - The version information of the Router ’s hardware. ¾ Wir ed - This field displays the current settings or information for the LA N, you can configure them in the Network >[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 105 - • Channel Wid th - The current wireless channel width in use. • MAC Address - The physical address of the R outer , as seen from the WLAN. ¾ T raffic S tatistics - The Router ’s traf fic statistics. • Received (Bytes) - Traf fic that counted in bytes has been received out from the WAN[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 106 - ¾ Disable PIN of this Device - WPS external registrar of ent ering the device’s PIN can be disabled or enabled manually . If the device receiv es multiple failed attempts to authenticate an external Registrar , this func tion will be disabled automatically . ¾ Add Device - Y ou can add a n[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 107 - The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Step 4: Wait for a while until the next screen appears. Click OK to complete the WPS configuration. The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Method T wo: Enter the PIN into my AP Step 1: For the confi guration of the wirele ss adapter , [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 108 - The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter ) Note: In this example, the default PIN code of this adapter is 16952898 as the above figure shown. Step 2: Keep the WPS S tatus as Enabled and click the Add Device button in Figure 5-3. Step 3: Choose “ Enter the new device's PIN ” an[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 109 - Step 2: For the confi guration of the wirele ss adapter , please choose “ Enter the PIN of my access point or wireless router ” in the configuration utility of the WPS as below , and enter the PIN code of the AP into the field after “ Access Point PIN ”. Then click Connect . The WPS Co[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 1 10 - 5.5 Wo rking Mode The Router supports fi ve operation mode types: Wireless Router , Access Point, Repeater , Client and Wireless Client Router . Please select one you want. Click Save to save your choice, which is shown as Figure 5-7. Figure 5-7 Wireless Working Mode Settings ¾ Wireless Rout[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 1 1 1 - Figure 5-9 LAN ¾ MAC Address - The physical address of the LAN p orts, as seen from the LAN. The value can not be changed. ¾ Ty p e - Choosing Smart IP (DHCP) to get IP addre ss from DHCP server , or choosing static IP to config IP a ddress manu ally . ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 1 12 - There are five submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 5-10): Wireless Settings , Wireless Security , Wireless MAC Filtering, Wireless Advanced and Wireless St atistics . Click any of them, and you will be able to c onfigure the corresponding function. 5.7.1 Wireless Settings Choose[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 1 13 - When 11bg mixed mode is selected, only 11bg mi xed wir eless stations can connect to the Router. It is strongly recommended that y ou set the Mode to 11bgn mixed, and all of 802.11b/g/n wireless stations can connect to the Router. ) Note: If 1 1bg mixed mode is selected in the Mode field, the[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 1 14 - Figure 5-12 Wireless Security ¾ Disable Security - The wireless security function can be enabled or disabled . If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to con nect the Ro uter without encryption. But it’s strongl y recommended to choose one of the following modes to enable security.[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 1 15 - Figure 5-13 ¾ WP A /WP A2-Enterprise - It’s based on Radius Server. • Ve r s i o n - you can choose the versi on of the WPA security from the pull-down list. The default setting is Automatic , which can select WP A (Wi-Fi Protected Access) or WP A2 ( WPA version 2) automatically based on[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 1 16 - 152-bit - You can enter 32 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not promoted) or 16 ASCII characters. ) Note: If you do not set the key , the wireless security f unction is still disabled even if you have selected Shared Key as Authentication T ype. 5.7.3 Wireless[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 1 17 - To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follo w these instructions: 1. Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit) . For example: 00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B. 2. Give a simple description for the w[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 1 18 - 5.7.4 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “ Wireless → Wireless Advanced ”, and then you can configure the a dvanced settings of your wireless network. Figure 5-16 Wireless Advanced ¾ Transmit Power - Here you can specify the transmit power of Router. You can select High, Middle or Low which[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 1 19 - messages for associated clients, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM Interval value. You can specify the value between 1-255 Beacon Interval s. The default value is 1, which indicates the DTIM Interval is the same as Beacon Interval. ¾ Enable WMM - WMM function can guarantee the packets with [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 120 - If the numbers of connected wireless st ations go beyond one page, click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return the previous page. ) Note: This page will be refreshed autom atically every 5 seconds. 5.8 DHCP Figure 5-18 The DHCP menu There are three subm[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 121 - ¾ St art IP Address - S pecify an IP address for the DHCP Server to start with when assigning IP addresses. 192.168.0.100 is the default start address. ¾ End IP Address - S pecify an IP address for the DHCP Server to end with when assigning IP addresses. 192.168.0.199 is the default end addr[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 122 - Figure 5-21 DHCP Clie nt List ¾ Client Name - The name of the DHCP client ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the DHCP client ¾ Assigned IP - The IP address that the Router has allocated to the DHCP client ¾ Lease Time - The time of the DHCP cli ent leased. After the dynami c IP address has[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 123 - 2. Enter the MAC address (in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format.) and IP address (in dotted-decimal notation) of the computer for which yo u want to reserve an IP a ddress. 3. Click the Save button. Figure 5-23 Add or Modify an Address Reservation Entry To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click th[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 124 - Figure 5-25 S torage Sharing ¾ Service Status - Indicates the Network Sharing servic e's current status. You can click the Start button to start the Storage Sharing service and click the Stop button to stop it. ¾ Volume - The volume name of the USB drive the users have access to. Volume[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 125 - Click the Rescan button to start a new scan. Follow the instructions below to set up your router as a file server: 1. Plug an external USB har d disk drive or USB flash drive into this router. 2. Click the Rescan button to find the USB drive that has been attached to the router. 3. Click the S[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 126 - ¾ Delete - You can delete the share folder by click Dele te . To set up your media server, please follo w the instructions below: 1. Plug an external USB hard disk drive or USB fl ash drive into this router, and then the screen will appear as shown in Figure 5-28. Figure 5-28 Media Server Set[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 127 - Figure 5-30 Add New Folder ¾ Display Name - You can enter a display name for the share folder. ¾ Share entire partition - Choose this option and then t he folders contained in this partition will all be shared. ¾ Folder Location - Displays the location of this folder. ¾ Select - Check the [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 128 - can access FTP Server while Guest has read-only access to S torage Sharing and cannot access FTP Server . Figure 5-31 User Account Management Only Administrator can use a Web browser to transf er the files from a PC to the Writ able shared volume on the USB drive. T o add a new user account, p[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 129 - ¾ Storage Authority – Choose Read and Write or Read Onl y from the drop-down list to assign access authority of St orage Sharing to the user. ¾ Save - You can click the Save button to save your settings. ¾ Back - You can click the Back button to discard the settings and just go to the med[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 130 - Figure 5-34 Diagnostic T ools ¾ Diagnostic T ool - Check the radio button to select one diagnostic tool. • Ping - This diagnostic tool troubles hoots connectivity , reachabilit y , and name resolution to a given host or gateway . • T raceroute - This diagnostic tool tests the performance [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 131 - The Diagnostic Result s page displays the result of diagnosis. If the result is similar to the following screen, the connectivity of t he Internet is fine. Figure 5-35 Diagnostic Results ) Note: Only one user can use this tool at one time. Op tions “Number of Pings”, “Ping Size” and ?[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 132 - ) Note: 1. New firmware vers ions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. There is no need to upgrade the firmware u nle ss the new firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experiencing probl ems caused by the Router rather than the configuration, [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 133 - Figure 5-38 Backup & Restore Configu ration ¾ Click the Backup button to save all configuration setti ngs as a backup file in your local computer . ¾ T o upgrade the Router's configurat ion, follow these instructions. • Click the Browse… button to locate the update file for the [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 134 - 5.10.6 Password Choose menu “ System T ools → Pass w ord ”, and then you can change th e factory def ault user name and password of the Router in the next screen as shown in Figure 5-40. Figure 5-40 Password It is strongly recommended that you should change the factor y default user name[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 135 - 5.10.7 System Log Choose menu “ System T ools → System Log ”, and then you can view the logs of the Router. Figure 5-41 System Log ¾ Refresh - Refresh the page to s how the latest log list. ¾ Save Log - Click to save all the logs i n a txt file. ¾ Mail Log - Click to send an email of [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 136 - Chapter 6. Configuration for Repeater Mode This chapter will show each W eb page's key functions and the c onfiguration way for Repeater Mode of TL-WR710N. 6.1 Login After your successful login, you can configur e and manage the device. T here are main menus on the left of the web-based u[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 137 - Figure 6-2 S tatus ¾ Firmware V ersion - The version information of the Router ’s firmware. ¾ Hardware V ersion - The version information of the Router ’s hardware. ¾ Wir ed - This field displays the current settings or information for the LA N, you can configure them in the Network >[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 138 - • Channel Wid th - The current wireless channel width in use. • MAC Address - The physical address of the R outer , as seen from the WLAN. ¾ T raffic S tatistics - The Router ’s traf fic statistics. • Received (Bytes) - Traf fic that counted in bytes has been received out from the WAN[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 139 - ¾ WISP Client Router - In this mode, the device enables mu ltiple users to share Internet connection from WISP . 6.5 Network Figure 6-4 the Network menu There is only one submenu under the Network menu (shown in Figure 6-4): LAN . 6.5.1 LAN Choose menu “ Network → LAN ”, and then you ca[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 140 - 6.6 Wireless Figure 6-6 Wireless menu There are five submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 6-6): Wireless Settings , Wireless Security , MAC Filtering, Wireless Advanced and Wireless St atistics . Click it, and you will be able to configur e the corresponding function. 6.6.1 Wirele[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 141 - ¾ MAC Address of Root AP - The MAC address of AP that you want to access. ¾ Survey - Click this button, you can search t he AP which runs in the environment. ¾ Region - Select your region from the pull-down lis t. This field specifies the region w here the wireless function of the Router ca[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 142 - 2. Failure to follow these gui delines can result in significant performance degradation or inabi lity to wirelessly connect to the Router . 6.6.2 Wireless Security Choose menu “ Wi rel es s → W ireless Securit y ”, and then you can configure the security settings of your wireless networ[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 143 - WP A2-PSK (Pre-shared key of WPA) automatic ally based on the wireless station's capability and request. • Encryption - When WPA-PSK or WPA is set as the Authenticat ion Type, you can select either Automatic , or TKIP or AES as Encryption. ) Note: If you check the WP A/WP A2-Personal ra[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 144 - • WEP Key (Password) - Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching WEP key that you create. Make sure these val ues are identical on all wireless stations in your network. • Key Type - You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-bit.) for encryption.[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 145 - Figure 6-12 Add or Modify Wireless MA C Address Filtering entry To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follo w these instructions: 1. Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit) . For exa[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 146 - 4. Click the Add New... button. • Enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-B 0-00-0B/00-0 A-EB-00-07-5 F in the MAC Address field. • Enter wireless station A/B in the Description field. • Select Enabled in the Status pull-down list. • Click the Save button. • Click the Back button. The filteri[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 147 - ¾ Fragmentation Threshold - This value is the maximum size determining whether packets will be fragmented. Setting the Fragmentation Thre shold too low may result in poor network performance because of excessive packe ts. 2346 is the default setting and is recommended. ¾ DTIM Interval - This[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 148 - ¾ Received Packets - Packets received by the station ¾ Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station ¾ Configure - The button is used for loading the item to the Wireless MAC Filtering list. You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current connected[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 149 - Figure 6-16 DHCP Setting s ¾ DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server . If you dis able the Server , you must have another DHCP server within your network o r else you must configure the computer manually . ¾ St art IP Address - S pecify an IP address for the DHCP Server to start with[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 150 - Figure 6-17 DHCP Settings 6.7.2 DHCP Client List Choose menu “ DHCP → DHCP Client List ”, and then you can view t he information about the clients attach ed to the Router in the screen as shown in Figure 6-18. Figure 6-18 DHCP Clie nt List ¾ Client Name - The name of the DHCP client ¾ [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 151 - Figure 6-19 Address Reservation ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP address. ¾ Reserved IP Address - The IP address reserved for the PC by the Router. ¾ Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled . ¾ Modify - To modify or delete a[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 152 - 6.8 USB Settings Figure 6-21 T he USB Settings menu There are three submenus under t he USB Settings menu (shown in Figure 6-21), St or ag e Sharing , Media Server and User Accounts . Click any of them, and yo u will be able to configure the corresponding functions. 6.8.1 Storage Sharing Choos[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 153 - ¾ Shared - Indicates the shared or non-shared stat us of the volume. When the volume is shared, you can click the Disable to stop sharing the volume; when volume is non-shared, you can click the Enable button to share the volume. Click the Start button to start the Network Sharing service. Cl[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 154 - 6.8.2 Media Server Choose menu “ USB Settings → Media Server ”, you can create media serv er that allows you to share stored content with other computers and devi ces on your home network and on the Internet. Figure 6-24 Media Server Setting ¾ Server Name - The name of this Media Server[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 155 - Figure 6-26 Media Server Setting 3. Click the Add share fold er button to specify a folder as t he search path of media server. The screen will then appear as shown in Figure 6-27. Figure 6-27 Add New Folder ¾ Display Name - You can enter a display name for the share folder. ¾ Share entire p[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 156 - 4. Click the Scan All button to scan all the share folders i mmediately. You can also select the Auto-scan , at same time, select an auto scan interval time by drop-down list. In this case, the media server will auto sc an the share folders. ) Note: The max share folders number is 6. If you w [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 157 - Figure 6-29 Add or Modify User Account ¾ User Name - Type the user name that you want to give access to the USB drive. The user name must be composed of alphanumeric symbols not ex ceeding 15 characters in length. ¾ Password - Enter the password in the Password field. The password must be co[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 158 - 6.9 System T ools Figure 6-30 T he System T ools menu Choose menu “ System T ools ”, and then you can see the submenus under the ma in menu: Diagnostic , Firmware Upgrade , Factory Default s, Backup & Restore, Reboot, Password, and System Log. Click any of them, and you will be able to[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 159 - • Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connectivity , reachabilit y , and name resolution to a given host or gateway . • T raceroute - This diagnostic tool tests the performance of a connection. ) Note: Y ou can use ping/traceroute to test both numeric IP address or domain name. If pi[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 160 - Figure 6-33 Firmware Upgrade ¾ Firmware Version - This displays the current firmware version. ¾ Hardware Version - This displays the current hardware version. The hardware version of the upgrade file must accord with the R outer’s current hardware version. T o upgrade the Router's fir[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 161 - Figure 6-34 Restore Factory Default Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their default values. ¾ The default User Name : admin ¾ The default Password : admin ¾ The default IP Address : 192.168.0.254 ¾ The default Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0 ) Note: All changed se[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 162 - 6.9.5 Reboot Choose menu “ System T ools → Reboot ”, and then you can click the Reboot button to reboot the Router via the next screen. Figure 6-36 Reboot the Router Some settings of the Router will take effect only after rebooting, including: ¾ Change the LAN IP Address (syst em will r[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 163 - ) Note: The new user name and password must not exceed 14 characters in length and not include any spaces. Enter the new Passw ord twice to confirm. Click the Save button when finished. Click the Clear All button to clear all. 6.9.7 System Log Choose menu “ System T ools → System Log ”, [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 164 - Chapter 7. Configuration for Client Mode This chapter will show each Web p age's key func tions and the configuratio n way for Client Mode of TL-WR710N. 7.1 Login After your successful login, you can configur e and manage the device. T here are main menus on the left of the web-based util[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 165 - Figure 7-2 S tatus ¾ Firmware V ersion - The version information of the Router ’s firmware. ¾ Hardware V ersion - The version information of the Router ’s hardware. ¾ Wir ed - This field displays the current settings or information for the LA N, you can configure them in the Network >[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 166 - • Channel Wid th - The current wireless channel width in use. • MAC Address - The physical address of the R outer , as seen from the WLAN. ¾ T raffic S tatistics - The Router ’s traf fic statistics. • Received (Bytes) - Traf fic that counted in bytes has been received out from the WAN[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 167 - ¾ WISP Client Router - In this mode, the device enables mu ltiple users to share Internet connection from WISP . 7.5 Network Figure 7-4 the Network menu There is only one submenu under the Network menu (shown in Figure 7-4): LAN . 7.5.1 LAN Choose menu “ Network → LAN ”, and then you ca[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 168 - 3. When you choose the Smart IP (DHCP) mode, the DHCP Server function will be disabled. 7.6 Wireless Figure 7-6 Wireless menu There are two submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 7-6): Wireless Settings and Wireless Security . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 169 - ¾ Enable Wireless Radio - The wireless radio of the AP can be enabled or disabled to allow or deny wireless stations to access. If enabled, the wireless stations will be able to access the AP , otherwise, wireless stations will not be able to acce ss the AP . ¾ Survey - Click this button, yo[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 170 - Figure 7-8 Wireless Se curity ¾ Disable Security - The wireless security function can be enabled or disabled . If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to con nect the Ro uter without encryption. But it’s strongl y recommended to choose one of the following modes to enable security. [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 171 - Figure 7-9 ¾ WP A /WP A2-Enterprise - It’s based on Radius Server. • Ve r s i o n - you can choose the versi on of the WPA security from the pull-down list. The default setting is Automatic , which can select WP A (Wi-Fi Protected Access) or WP A2 ( WPA version 2) automatically based on t[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 172 - 152-bit - You can enter 32 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not promoted) or 16 ASCII characters. ) Note: If you do not set the key , the wireless security f unction is still disabled even if you have selected Shared Key as Authentication T ype. 7.7 DHCP Figure[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 173 - ¾ St art IP Address - S pecify an IP address for the DHCP Server to start with when assigning IP addresses. 192.168.0.100 is the default start address. ¾ End IP Address - S pecify an IP address for the DHCP Server to end with when assigning IP addresses. 192.168.0.199 is the default end addr[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 174 - Figure 7-13 DHCP Clie nts List ¾ Client Name - The name of the DHCP client ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the DHCP client ¾ Assigned IP - The IP address that the Router has allocated to the DHCP client ¾ Lease Time - The time of the DHCP cli ent leased. After the dynami c IP address ha[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 175 - 2. Enter the MAC address (in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format.) and IP address (in dotted-decimal notation) of the computer for which yo u want to reserve an IP a ddress. 3. Click the Save button. Figure 7-15 Add or Modify an Address Reservation Entry To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click th[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 176 - Figure 7-17 S torage Sharing ¾ Service Status - Indicates the Network Sharing servic e's current status. You can click the Start button to start the Storage Sharing service and click the Stop button to stop it. ¾ Volume - The volume name of the USB drive the users have access to. Volume[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 177 - Click the Rescan button to start a new scan. Follow the instructions below to set up your router as a file server: 1. Plug an external USB har d disk drive or USB flash drive into this router. 2. Click the Rescan button to find the USB drive that has been attached to the router. 3. Click the S[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 178 - ¾ Delete - You can delete the share folder by click Dele te . To set up your media server, please follo w the instructions below: 1. Plug an external USB hard disk drive or USB fl ash drive into this router, and then the screen will appear as shown in Figure 7-20. Figure 7-20 Media Server Set[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 179 - Figure 7-22 Add New Folder ¾ Display Name - You can enter a display name for the share folder. ¾ Share entire partition - Choose this option and then the fo lders contained in this partition will all be shared. ¾ Folder Location - Displays the location of this folder. ¾ Select - Check the [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 180 - can access FTP Server while Guest has read-only access to S torage Sharing and cannot access FTP Server . Figure 7-23 User Account Management Only Administrator can use a Web browser to transf er the files from a PC to the Writ able shared volume on the USB drive. T o add a new user account, p[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 181 - ¾ Save - You can click the Save button to save your settings. ¾ Back - You can click the Back button to discard the settings and just go to the media server configuration page. ) Note: Please restart the service for the new settings to take effect. If you cannot use the new user name a nd pa[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 182 - Figure 7-26 Diagnostic T ools ¾ Diagnostic T ool - Check the radio button to select one diagnostic tool. • Ping - This diagnostic tool troubles hoots connectivity , reachabilit y , and name resolution to a given host or gateway . • T raceroute - This diagnostic tool tests the performance [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 183 - ¾ T raceroute Max TTL - The max num ber of hops for a T r aceroute connection. The default is 20. Click St a rt to check the connectivity of the Internet. The Diagnostic Result s page displays the result of diagnosis. If the result is similar to the following screen, the connectivity of t he [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 184 - 2. Type the path and file name of the update file into the File field, or click the Bro w se button to locate the update file. 3. Click the Upgrade button. ) Note: 1. New firmware vers ions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. There is no need to upgrade the fir[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 185 - Figure 7-30 Backup & Restore Configu ration ¾ Click the Backup button to save all configuration setti ngs as a backup file in your local computer . ¾ T o upgrade the Router's configurat ion, follow these instructions. • Click the Browse… button to locate the update file for the [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 186 - 7.9.6 Password Choose menu “ System T ools → Pass w ord ”, and then you can change th e factory def ault user name and password of the Router in the next screen as shown in Figure 7-32. Figure 7-32 Password It is strongly recommended that you should change the factor y default user name [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 187 - 7.9.7 System Log Choose menu “ System T ools → System Log ”, and then you can view the logs of the Router. Figure 7-33 System Log ¾ Refresh - Refresh the page to s how the latest log list. ¾ Save Log - Click to save all the logs i n a txt file. ¾ Mail Log - Click to send an email of c[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 188 - Chapter 8. Configuration for WISP Client Router Mode This chapter will show each W eb page's key functions and the conf iguration way for WISP Client Router Mode of TL-WR710N. 8.1 Login After your successful login, you can configur e and manage the device. T here are main menus on the lef[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 189 - Figure 8-2 S tatus ¾ Firmware V ersion - The version information of the Router ’s firmware. ¾ Hardware V ersion - The version information of the Router ’s hardware. ¾ LAN - This field displays the current settings or information for the LA N, you can configure them in the Network > L[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 190 - • MAC Address - The physical address of the Rout er , as seen from the LAN. • IP Address - The LAN IP address of the Router . • Subnet Mask - The subnet mask associated with LAN IP address. ¾ Wireless - This field displays basic information or status for wireless function, you can confi[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 191 - • Subnet Mask - The subnet mask associated with the W AN IP Address. Click the Release to delete the network parameters, and click the Renew button to obtaining network parameters. ¾ T raffic S tatistics - The Router ’s traf fic statistics. • Received (Bytes) - Traf fic that counted in [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 192 - ¾ WISP Client Router - In this mode, the device enables mu ltiple users to share Internet connection from WISP . 8.5 Network Figure 8-4 The Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 8-4): WA N , MAC Clone and LAN. Click any of them, and you will be able to [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 193 - ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum T ransmission Unit) va l ue for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recomm ended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP . ¾ Use These DNS Servers - If your ISP gives you one or two DNS addresses, select Use These DNS [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 194 - ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum T ransmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP . ¾ Primary/Secondary DNS - (Optional) Enter one or two DNS addresses in dotted-decimal notation pro[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 195 - • Dyn amic IP - Y ou can check this radio button to use Dynamic IP as the secondary connection to connect to the local area network provided by ISP . • St atic IP - Y ou can check this radio button to use St atic IP as the secondary connection to connect to the local area network provided [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 196 - Figure 8-8 PPPoE Advanced Settings ¾ MTU Size - The default MTU size is “1480” bytes, which is usually fine. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP . ¾ Service Name/AC Name - The ser vice name and AC (Access Concentrator) name should not be[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 197 - Figure 8-9 WAN – BigPond Cable ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Auth Server - Enter the authenticating serv er IP address or host name. ¾ Auth Domain - T ype in the domain suffix server name based on your loc[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 198 - after a specified i nactivity period and re-established when you a ttempt to access the Internet again. Click the Connect button to connect immediately . Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately . Caution : Sometimes the connection cannot be termi nated although you specify a time[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 199 - ¾ Connect on Demand - Y ou can configure the Router to disconnect from your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity ( Max Idle T ime ). If your Internet connection has been terminat ed due to inactivity , Connect on Demand enables the Router to automatically re-establish yo[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 200 - Figure 8-1 1 WAN – PPTP/Russia PPT P ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Dynamic IP/ S tatic IP - Choose either as you are gi ven by your ISP and enter the ISP’s IP address or the domain name. If you choose sta[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 201 - Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates. ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after t he Router is disconnected. T o use this option, check the radio button. ¾ Connect Manually - Y ou can configure[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 202 - Click the Save button to save your settings. ) Note: 1. Only the PC on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone function. 2. If you change W AN MAC Addre ss when the WAN connection is PPPoE, it will not take ef fect until the connection is re-established. 8.5.3 LAN Choose menu “ Network → LA[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 203 - 8.6 Wireless Figure 8-14 Wireless menu There are five submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 8-14): Wireless Settings , Wireless Security , Wireless MAC Filtering, Wireless Advanced and Wireless St atistics . Click any of them, and you will be able to c onfigure the corresponding fu[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 204 - ¾ WP A-PSK/WP A2-Personal - It’s the WPA/WPA2 authentication type bas ed on pre-shared passphrase. • Ve r s i o n - you can choose the version of the WPA-PSK security on the drop-down lis t. T he default setting is Automatic , which can select WP A-PSK (Pre-shared key of WPA) or WP A2-PSK[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 205 - • WEP Key Format - Hexadecimal and ASCII formats are provided here . Hexadecimal format stands for any combinati on of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specifie d length. ASCII format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length. • WEP Key (Password) -[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 206 - 8.6.2 Wireless Security Figure 8-17 Wireless Security ¾ Disable Security - The wireless security function can be enabled or disabled . If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to con nect the Ro uter without encryption. But it’s strongl y recommended to choose one of the following mo[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 207 - Figure 8-18 ¾ WP A /WP A2-Enterprise - It’s based on Radius Server. • Ve r s i o n - you can choose the versi on of the WPA security from the pull-down list. The default setting is Automatic , which can select WP A (Wi-Fi Protected Access) or WP A2 ( WPA version 2) automatically based on [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 208 - 152-bit - You can enter 32 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not promoted) or 16 ASCII characters. ) Note: If you do not set the key , the wireless security f unction is still disabled even if you have selected Shared Key as Authentication T ype. Be sure to clic[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 209 - To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follo w these instructions: 1. Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit) . For example: 00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B. 2. Give a simple description for the wi[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 210 - Figure 8-21 Filtering Rules 8.6.4 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “ Wireless → Wireless Advanced ”, and then you can configure the a dvanced settings of your wireless network. Figure 8-22 Wireless Advanced ¾ Transmit Power - Here you can specify the transmit power of Router. You can selec[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 21 1 - broadcast and multicast messages . When the Router has buffered broadcast or multicast messages for associated clients, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM Interval value. You can specify the value between 1-255 Beacon Interval s. The default value is 1, which indicates the DTIM Interval is th[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 212 - You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current connected wireless stations, click on the Refresh button. If the numbers of connected wireless st ations go beyond one page, click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 213 - ¾ St art IP Address - S pecify an IP address for the DHCP Server to start with when assigning IP addresses. 192.168.0.100 is the default start address. ¾ End IP Address - S pecify an IP address for the DHCP Server to end with when assigning IP addresses. 192.168.0.199 is the default end addr[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 214 - You cannot change any of the val ues on this page. To update this page and to show the current attached devices, click the Refresh button. 8.7.3 Address Reservation Choose menu “ DHCP → Address Reserv ation ”, and then you can view and add a reserved address for clients via the next scre[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 215 - To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify . If you want to delete the entry , click the Delete . 2. Modify the information. 3. Click the Save button. Click the Enable/Disable All button to make all entries enabled/disabled. Click the Delete All [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 216 - ¾ Volume - The volume name of the USB drive the users have access to. Volume 1-8 is mapping to USB port1, and Volume 9-16 is mapping to USB port2. ¾ Capacity - The storage capacity of the USB driver. ¾ Used - The used space of the USB driver. ¾ Free - The available space of the USB driver.[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 217 - 3. To unplug the USB drive, click Eject Disk button first. Simply pulling USB drive out of the USB port can cause damage to the device and loss of data. 4. Mounted vol umes of each USB port are subject to the 8-volume limit. So you cannot access more than 8 volumes on the USB storage device. 5[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 218 - 2. Click the Start button to start the media server, an d then the screen will appear as shown in Figure 8-34. Figure 8-34 Media Server Setting 3. Click the Add share fold er button to specify a folder as t he search path of media server. The screen will then appear as shown in Figure 8-35. Fi[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 219 - ¾ Back - Click this button to discard the se ttings and just go to the media server configuration page. 4. Click the Scan All button to scan all the share folders i mmediately. You can also select the Auto-scan , at same time, select an auto scan interval time by drop-down list. In this case,[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 220 - Figure 8-37 Add or Modify User Account ¾ User Name - Type the user name that you want to give access to the USB drive. The user name must be composed of alphanumeric symbols not exceeding 15 charac ters in length. ¾ Password - Enter the password in the Password fiel d. The password must be c[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 221 - There are four submenus under the Forwar ding menu (shown in Figure 8-38): Virtual Servers , Port T riggering , DMZ and UPnP . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 8.9.1 Virtual Servers Choose menu “ Forwarding → Virtual Servers ”, and then you[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 222 - 4. Select the protocol used for this application, either TCP , UDP , or All . 5. Select the Enable to enable the virtual server . 6. Click the Save button. Figure 8-40 Add or Modify a V irtual Server Entry ) Note: If your computer or server has more than one ty pe of available service, please [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 223 - with a pure NA T Router . Port Triggering is used for some of these applications that can work with an NA T Router . Figure 8-41 Port T riggering Once the Router is configured, the operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connection us ing a destination port number defined in[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 224 - 4. Select the pr otocol used for Incoming Ports from the Incoming Protocol drop-down list, either TCP or UDP , or All . 5. Select Enable in Statu s field. 6. Click the Save button to save the new rule. Figure 8-42 Add or Modify a Port Triggering Entry T o modify or delete an existing entry: 1.[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 225 - Figure 8-43 DMZ T o assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server: 1. Check the Enable radio button. 2. Enter the IP Address of a local host in the DMZ Host IP Address field. 3. Click the Save button. ) Note: After you set the DMZ host, the firewa ll related to the host will not work. 8.9.4 U[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 226 - • Status - The status of the port is displayed her e. “Enabled” means that the port is still active. Otherwise, the port is inactive. Click Refresh to update the Current UPnP Settings List. 8.10 Security Figure 8-45 T he Security menu There are four submenus under t he Security menu as s[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 227 - traffic passing through the session conforms to the protocol. SPI Firewall is enabled by factory default. If you want all the comput ers on the LAN exp osed to the outside world, you can disable it. ¾ VPN - VPN Passthrough must be enabled if you want to allow VPN tunnels using IPSec, PPTP, or[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 228 - Figure 8-47 Advanced Security ¾ Packets Statistics Interval (5~60) - The default value is 10. Se lect a value between 5 and 60 seconds from the drop-down list. The Packets S tatistics Interval value indicates the time section of the p ackets statistics. The result of the statistics is used fo[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 229 - ¾ Enable TCP-SYN-FLOOD Attack Filtering - Enable or Disable the TCP-SYN-FLOOD Attack Filtering. ¾ TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600. When the current TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets numbers is beyond the set value, the Router will startu[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 230 - use the password to browse the built-in web pages to perform Administrator tasks while all the others will be blocked. After click the Add button, your PC's MAC Addre ss will be placed in the list above. Click the Save button to save your settings. ) Note: If your PC is blocked but you wa[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 231 - 8.11 Parent al Control Choose menu “ Parental Control ”, and you can configure the par ental control in the screen as shown in Figure 8-50. The Parental Control function can be used to control the internet a ctivities of the child, limit the child to access certai n websites and restrict t[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 232 - 4. Enter the allowed domain name of the website, either the fu ll name or the keywords (e.g. google) in the Allowed Domain Name field. Any domain name with keywords in it (e.g. www.google.com ) will be allowed. 5. Select from the Effective Time drop-down list the schedule (e.g. Schedule_1) you[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 233 - 2. Click “ Access Restriction → Schedule ” on the left to enter the Schedule Settings page. Click Add New... button to create a new schedule with Schedule Description is Schedule_1, Day is Sat and Time is all day-24 hours. 3. Click “ Parental Control ” menu on the left to go back to [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 234 - Figure 8-54 Access Control Rule Management ¾ Enable Internet Access Restriction - Select the check box to enable the Internet Access Restriction function, so the Defaul t Filter Policy can take effect. ¾ Rule Name - Here displays the name of the rule and this name is unique. ¾ Host - Here d[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 235 - 6. In the Action field, select Deny or Allow . 7. In the Status field, select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable your entry. 8. Click the Save button. Click the Enable All button to enable all the rules in the list. Click the Disable All button to disable all the rules in the list. Click[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 236 - z In Rule Name field, create a name for the rule. No te that this name should be unique, for example Rule_1. z In Host field, select Host_1. z In Target field, select Target_1. z In Schedule field, select Schedule_1. z In Action field, select Allow. z In Status field, select Enabled. z Click S[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 237 - 2) In LAN IP Address field, enter the IP address. z If you select MAC Address, the screen shown is Figure 8-59. 1) In Host Description field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). 2) In MAC Address field, enter the MAC address. 3. Click the Save button to complete the setting[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 238 - Figure 8-60 Host Settings 8.12.3 Target Choose menu “ Access Control → Ta r g e t ”, you can vie w and set a T a rget list in the screen as shown in Figure 4-65. The ta rget list is necessa ry for the Access Restriction Rule. Figure 8-61 T arget Settings ¾ Target Description - Here disp[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 239 - 2) In Domain Name field, enter the domain name, eit her the full name or the keywords (for example Google) in the bla nk. Any domain name with keywor ds in it (e.g. www.google.com ) will be blocked or allowed. You can enter 4 domain names. 3. Click the Save button. Click the Delete All button [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 240 - Then you will go back to the Target Settings page and see the following list, Figure 8-64 T arget Settings 8.12.4 Schedule Choose menu “ Access Control → Schedule ”, you can view and set a Schedule list in the next screen as shown in Figure 8-65. The Schedule list is necessa ry for the A[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 241 - Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Previous button return to the previ ous page. Figure 8-66 Advanced Schedule Settings For example : If you desire to restrict the inter net activities of host with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA to access www.google.com only from 18:00 t[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 242 - 8.13 Advanced Routing Figure 8-68 The Advanced Routing Menu There are two submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 4-72): St atic Routing List and Syst em Routing T able . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 8.13.1 Static Routing List Choose[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 243 - ¾ Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask determines which portion of an IP Address is the network portion, and which por tion is the host portion. ¾ Default Gatewa y - This is the IP Address of the gat eway device that a llows for contact between the Router a nd the network or host. 3. Select Enabled[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 244 - 8.14 Bandwid th Control Figure 8-72 T he Bandwidth Control menu There are two submenus under the Bandw idth Control menu as shown in Figure 8-72. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. T he detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below . 8.[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 245 - Figure 8-74 Bandwidth Control Rule List ¾ Description - This is the information about the rules such as ad dress range. ¾ Egress Bandwidth - This field displa ys the max and mix uploa d bandwidth through the W AN port, the default is 0. ¾ Ingress Bandwidth - This field displays the max and [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 246 - ¾ Egress Bandwidth - The max and the min uplo ad speed which through the WAN por t, default number is 0. ¾ Ingress Bandwidth - The max and the min download speed through the WAN po rt, default number is 0. Step 3: Click the Save button. 8.15 IP & MAC Binding Figure 8-76 T he IP & MAC[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 247 - When you want to add or modify an IP & MAC Binding entry, you can click the Add New button or Modify button, and then you will go to the next page. This page is used for adding or modifying an IP & MAC Binding entry. Figure 8-78 IP & MAC Bin ding Setting (Add & Modify) T o add [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 248 - Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. 8.15.2 ARP List T o manage the computer , you could observe the computers in the LAN by checking the relationship of MAC address and IP address on the ARP list, a nd you could configure [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 249 - name no matter what your IP address is. Before us ing this feature, you need to sign up for DDNS service providers such as www.no-ip.com , www.comexe.cn , or www .dyndns.org . The Dynamic DNS client service provider w ill give you a password or key. 8.16.1 No-IP DDNS If the dynamic DNS Service[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 250 - Figure 8-82 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. T ype the Domain Name received from your dynamic DNS service provider . 2. T ype the User Na me for your DDNS account. 3. T ype the Password for your DDNS account. 4. Click the Login button to log in to the D[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 251 - Figure 8-83 Dyndns.org DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. T ype the User Na me for your DDNS account. 2. T ype the Password for your DDNS account. 3. T ype the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider here. 4. Click the Login button to log in to t[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 252 - St atistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below . 8.17.1 Time Settings Y ou can set time manually or get GMT from the Internet for the router on this page: Figure 8-85 T ime Settings ¾ [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 253 - ¾ The router will obtain GMT automatica lly from Inte rnet if it has already connected to Internet. 8.17.2 Diagnostic Choose menu “ System T ools → Diagnostic ”, you can transact Ping or T raceroute function to check connectivity of your net work in the following screen. Figure 8-86 Dia[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 254 - ¾ Ping Ti meout - Set the waiting time for the reply of each Ping packet. If there is no reply in the specified time, the connection is overtime. ¾ T raceroute Max TTL - The max num ber of hops for a Traceroute connection. Click St a rt to check the connectivity of the Internet. The Diagnost[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 255 - ) Note: 1. When you upgrade the router 's firmware, you will lose current configuration settings, so make sure you backup the router’s settings before you upgrade its firmware. 2. Make sure that your computer is connect ed to the Internet through the cable when you upgrade the firmware.[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 256 - 8.17.5 Backup & Restore This page allows you to save curr ent configuration of router as backup or rest ore the configuration file you saved before. Figure 8-90 Backup & Restore Configuration ¾ Click the Backup button to save all configuration setti ngs as a backup file in your local [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 257 - ¾ Upgrade the firmware of the router (system will reboot automatically). ¾ Restore the router's settings to factory default (system will rebo ot automatically). 8.17.7 Password This page allows you to change the factory default user name and password of the router . Figure 8-92 Password[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 258 - 8.17.8 System Log This page allows you to query the logs of the router . Figure 8-93 System Log ¾ Refresh - Refresh the page to s how the latest log list. ¾ Save Log - Click to save all the logs i n a txt file. ¾ Mail Log - Click to send an email of current l ogs manually according to the a[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 259 - Figure 8-94 S tatistics ¾ Current St atistics St atus - Enable or Disable. The default va lue is disabled. T o enable, click the Enable button. If disabled, the function of DoS protection in Security settings will be ineffective. ¾ Packet s St a tistics Interval - The default value is 10. Se[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 260 - Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the Router to access the Internet by ADSL users? 1) First, configure the ADSL Modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. 2) Connect the Ethernet cable from your AD SL Modem to the W AN port on the Router . The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of the [...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 261 - 2. How do I configure the Router to access the Internet by Ethernet users? 1) Log in to th e Router , click the “ Network ” menu on the left of your browser , and click " WA N " subm enu. On the WA N page, select “ Dynamic IP ” for "W AN Connection T ype" , finish b[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 262 - Figure A-4 V irtual Servers Figure A-5 Add or Modify a Virtual se rver Entry ) Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP , which is displayed on the “Status” page. 4) How to enable DMZ Host: Log in to the Route r , click the “ For warding ” menu on the left of your browser , and[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 263 - 2) T o change the WEB management port number : Log in to the Router , click the “ Security ” menu on the left of your browser , and click " Remote Management " submenu. On the " Remote Management " page, type a port number except 80, such as 88, in to the "Web Mana[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 264 - Figure A-9 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry 5. The wireless stations cannot connect to the Router . 1) Make sure the " Enable Wireless Router Radio " is checked. 2) Make sure that the wireless stations' SSID accord with the Router's SSID. 3) Make sure the wireless stati[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 265 - Appendix B: Configuring the PC In this section, we’ll introduce how to inst all and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows XP . First make sure your Ethernet Ada pter is work ing, refer to the adapter ’s manual if necessary . 1. Configure TCP/IP component 1) On the Windows taskbar , cli[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 266 - Figure B-0-2 5) The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default. 6) Select Obtain an IP address automatically , Choose Obtain DNS server automatically , as shown in the Figure below:[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 267 - Figure B-0-3 ) Note: For Windows 98 OS or before, the PC and Router may need to be restarted. 7) Click OK to keep your settings.[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 268 - Appendix C: Specifications General S tandards IEEE 802.1 1n, 802.1 1b, 802.1 1g Protocols TCP/IP , PPPoE, DHCP , ICMP , NA T , SNTP Port One 10/100Mbps LAN/W AN port One 10/100Mbps LAN port 10BASE-T : UTP category 3, 4, 5 cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100 Ω STP (maximum 100m) Cabling T yp[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 269 - Appendix D: Glossary ¾ 802.11n - 802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standards by adding MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output). MIMO uses mu ltiple transmitter and receiver an tennas to allow for increased data throughput via spatial multiplexing and incr eas ed range by exploiting the spatia[...]

TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router - 270 - ¾ PPPoE ( P oint to P oint P rotocol o ver E thernet) - PPPoE is a protocol for connecting remote hosts to the Internet over an always-on connection by simulating a dial-up connection. ¾ SSID - A S ervice S et Id entification is a thirty-two char acter (maximum) alphan umeric key identifying[...]