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    TL - WA 9 01ND 300 Mb ps W ireless N A cce ss Po int REV2. 0.0 191001 0841[...]

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    COPYRIGHT & TR A D EM A RKS Speci fi cati ons are s ubjec t to c hange witho ut no t ic e. is a r egis tered tr ad em ar k o f TP - LI NK T ECHNOLOGIES CO., L T D . Other bran ds and produc t nam es a r e tradem ar ks or regi s tered tr adem arks of thei r r es pecti v e hol ders . No part o f t he s pec ifi c ations m ay be r e produc ed in an[...]

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    FCC STATEM E NT T his equi pm ent has be en t ested and foun d to c om pl y wi th t he l im i ts for a Cl ass B digi tal de v i ce , purs uant to part 15 of the FCC R ules . T hes e l imi t s ar e desi gned to pr o v i de rea s onable pr otecti on agains t har m ful interfer enc e in a resi denti a l instal lation. T h i s equipm ent gener ates, us[...]

  • Page 4

    Canad i an Complian ce Statement T his dev i ce c om pli e s with Industr y Ca nada l ic ens e - exempt RSS s tan dard( s) . Oper ation i s subj ec t to the fol lowi ng two c ondi tions : (1) T h i s dev i c e m ay not caus e inter ferenc e, and (2)T hi s dev ic e m us t accept an y i nterfer ence, i nc ludi ng i nterfer ence that m ay c ause undes[...]

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    Safet y In formatio n  W hen produc t has pow er butt on, t he power b utton is one of th e wa y to shut of f the pr oduct ; w hen there i s no power butt on, the onl y w a y to com plet ely s hut o ff power is to di sc onnec t the produc t or the po w er adap ter from the power sour ce.  Don’t dis as sem bl e the produc t, or make repai r [...]

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    TP - LI NK T ECHNOLOGIES CO. , L TD TP - LI N K TECHNOLO G IES CO., L T D . Buil di ng 24 (fl oors 1, 3, 4, 5), and 28 ( fl oors 1 - 4) Centr al Sc ienc e and T ec hnol og y P ark, Shenn an Rd, Nans han, She nzhen, Chi na DECLARATION OF CONFORMI TY For the foll owi ng equi pm ent: Produc t Desc r ipti on: 300 M bps Wireless N Acce ss Point Model N [...]

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    CONT EN T S Pac kage Cont ent s ........................................................................................................ 1 Ch apt er 1 Introd uct ion .............................................................................................. 2 1.1 Pr od u c t O v er vi ew ..........................................................[...]

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    4.8.5 Fact or y De fau lt s .......................................................................................... 62 4.8.6 B acku p & Rest ore ........................................................................................ 62 4.8.7 Reb oot ............................................................................................[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 1 Package C onten t s  T he fol l ow i ng i tem s should be f ound in your pac kage :  One TL - WA 9 01ND 300 M bps W ire less N Acce ss P oint  One Power I nj ec tor  Ethernet C abl e  One P ower Adapter f or TL - WA 9 01ND 300 M b ps Wire less N A cce ss Po int  Qui[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 2 Ch ap ter 1 I n t r odu cti on 1.1 P roduct O verv iew T he TL - WA 9 01ND 300 Mbps W irel ess N Acc ess Point is dedicated to Sm al l Offi ce/Hom e O ff ic e (SO HO) wirel ess networ k solut ions . I t all ows for gr eater r ange and m obil i ty wi thin y our w ir eles s networ k wh[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 3 1.3 Ma i n F ea t u res  W ire l es s speed up to 300 Mbps  Supports Acc ess Point, Mul ti - SSID , Cli ent, Rep eater （ Uni vers al R epeater ） and Br idge w ith A P m odes  Up to 4 SS I Ds an d VL AN suppor t  Up to 30 m eters ( 100 fe et) of fl e x i ble depl o y m[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 4 1.4.2 T h e Re ar Pan el Fi gure 1-2 Viewed fr om l eft to ri ght, the fol low ing par ts ar e loc ated o n the r ear p anel of TL - WA 9 01ND . ON/ OF F : T he switc h for t he power. PO WER : T he power port c onnec ts to the pow er adap ter pr o v i ded wi th the TL - WA 9 01ND 30[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 5  Used as W PS button: If you ha ve c li ent de v i c es, s uch as wi rel es s adapter s, that s uppor t W i - Fi Protec ted S etup , then y ou c an pres s thi s button to qui ckly es tabli sh a c onnec tion betw een the A ccess P oin t and cl i ent de v i ces and autom ati cal l y[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 6 Ch ap ter 2 H ardware I n stallation 2.1 B e for e Y ou Begin Pleas e read t hi s User Gui de c areful ly bef ore i ns tall i ng and usi ng the equipm ent. T he operati n g dis tanc e range of your w ir eles s connec tion c an v ar y si gnifi c antly depe ndi n g on the ph y si c al [...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 7 Fi gure 2-1 T he Exampl e of Infras tr uctur e Networ k Inc orpor ating t he TL - WA 9 01ND T o es tablis h a typic al c onnec tion o f the A P, pleas e ta ke th e fol lowi ng s teps: 1. Connec t the C abl e or DSL m odem to a Router . 2. Locat e an optim um l ocati on for the AP. T [...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 8  Not e: T he di am eter of the s c rew, 3. 5m m <D <7.8mm , and the dis tanc e of two s cr ews i s 107.5m m . T he sc rew that proj ect fro m the wal l need around 4m m based, and the l ength of th e s cr ew need to be at l east 20m m to wi ths tand the wei ght of the prod u[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 9 Ch ap ter 3 Qu ick In st allation Guide T his chapter will gui de y ou t o c onfigur e y o ur PC to c om m uni cate wi th the AP a nd to confi gur e and m anage the TL - WA 9 01ND 300 M bps W i reless N Acces s Poi nt eas ily wi th a W e b - bas ed uti li ty . 3.1 Q uick S etup W ith[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 10 Fi gure 3-3 Q ui ck Setup 3. T he Quick Setu p St art p age wil l dis pla y . C lick Next to c ontinue. Fi gure 3-4 Q ui ck Setup  Not e: B y selec ti ng YES for Change the login acc ount , you can m odi f y your l ogin u s er nam e and pass wor d. I n thi s cas e, i t is s ugges[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 11  In B ridge with A P m ode, th e pr o duct c an wi rel es sly c on nect tw o or m ore r em ote L ANs together.  In C lient m ode, the pr o duct wil l act as a wi re l ess adapter to c onnec t y our wi r e d dev i ces (e . g. IPT V S et - top - bo x, Sm ar t T Vs, G am e Cons o[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 12 Fi gure 3-7 W i reless Setti ng – Repeater(R an ge Exten der ) m ode 1) Sel ect the R ep eater M ode , Uni v ers al Repeater i s rec om m ended as f or better com pati bili ty . 2) Click Su rv ey , then t he wi ndow dis pl a y i ng a li s t of avail able SS I D s wi l l appear in [...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 13 Fi gure 3-9 W i reless Setti ng – B ri dge wi t h AP m ode 1) Click Su rv ey , then t he wi ndow dis pl a y i ng a li st of avail able SS I D s wi l l appear in F i gure 3-8. 2) Find t he SSI D of th e A cc ess P oi nt / Ro ut er o r W IS P w h ich y ou w ant y ou to con ne ct to [...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 14 Fi gure 3- 10 W i rel e ss Setti ng – Cli ent m ode 1) Click Su rv ey , then t he wi ndow dis pl a y i ng a li st of avail able SS I D s wi l l appear in F i gure 3-8. 2) Find t he SSI D of th e A cc ess P oi nt / Ro ut er o r W IS P w h ich y ou w ant y ou to con ne ct to , a nd [...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 15 Fi gure 3- 11 W i rel e ss Setti ng – Mu l t i - S S ID m ode You ar e sugges te d to i m plem ent Mu l t i - S S ID functi on wi th a swit ch that s uppo rts T ag VLA N feature. For ad v anced c onfi gurati on of t hi s s tep, pl ease r efer to expl anations of thi s m ode i n 4.[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 16 7. Cl ic k the Next butto n. Y ou wi l l then s ee th e Fin ish pa ge. Here tak es the setti ngs for Ac ces s Point m ode for e xampl e. Chec k your s etti ngs and click Sav e to sa v e your s ettings for fut ure ref ere nc e . Cl ic k the Fini sh button to fi ni sh the c onfi gurat[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 17 Ch ap ter 4 Co nfi g ur e the Dev ice T his C hapter des cr ibes how to c onfi gure your Acc es s Poi nt v i a the web - based m anagem ent pag e. T he TL - WA 9 01N D 300 M b ps W ire less N A cce ss P oin t i s eas y to c onfigur e an d m anage wi th th e W eb - based (I nter net [...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 18 4.2 Sta t u s Selec ti ng Status wi l l enabl e you t o v i ew the A P ’ s c urr ent s tat us and c onfigur a ti on , all of whi ch i s read - onl y . Fi gure 4-3 D e vi c e Status  Fi rmw are Ve rsi on - T hi s f i el d dis p lay s the cur rent fi rm w are v er si on of the AP[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 19 Fi gure 4-4 D e vi c e Status - C li ent 4.3 Q uick S etup Pleas e refer to Secti on 3. 1 Qui ck Setu p for m or e detai ls . 4.4 W P S WPS ( Wi - F i Protect ed Setu p ) c an hel p you to quic kl y and s ecur el y conn ec t to a netw or k. T h i s sec ti on wi ll gui de y o u to a [...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 20  Disabl e PIN o f t his dev ice - W PS ex ter n al regi ster of enteri ng t he dev ice ’ s PI N c a n be dis abl ed or enabl ed m anuall y . If the dev ice rec ei ves m ulti pl e failed attem pts to authen ti cate an e x t er nal Regi s ter, thi s functi on wi ll be di sabl ed [...]

  • Page 29

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 21 T he W PS Confi gurati on Scr een of W ir el ess Adapter Method T wo: Step 1: Press the W PS/R ESET button on the rear panel of t he de v i c e. Step 2: For the confi gurati on of the wi rel es s adapter , pleas e c hoose “ Pus h the button on my access po int o r w irele s s rou [...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 22 T he W PS Confi gurati on Scr een of W ir el ess Adapter Method T hre e: Step 1: Keep the d ef ault W PS Status as Enab led and c li c k th e A dd dev ic e button i n Figure 4-5 , then the fol lowi ng s cr een wi ll appear . Fi gure 4-6 Add A New De v i ce Step 2: Choose “ Press t[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 23 T he W PS Confi gurati on Scr een of W ir el ess Adapter Step 4: W ait for a whil e unti l t he nex t sc r een appear s . C lick OK to com pl ete the W PS confi gur ation. T he W PS Confi gurati on Scr een of W ir el ess Adapter II. By PI N I f th e new de v i ce s upports W i - Fi [...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 24 Fi gure 4-7 Enter the PIN Step 2: Choose “ En ter th e new dev ice's P IN ” and e nter the P I N code （ t ake 169 52898 for e x am pl e ） of the wi rel ess adapter i n th e fi eld aft er PIN as show n in the fi gure ab o v e . Then cli ck Connect.  Not e: T he PI N c[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 25 enter the P IN code o f the AP into the fi el d after “ Access Po int PIN ” . T hen c lic k Next . T he W PS Confi gurati on Scr een of W ir el ess Adapter  Not e: T he defaul t P I N cod e of the AP c an b e fou nd i n its label or the W PS confi gurati on sc reen as Fi gur [...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 26 Fi gure 4-8 Net work  M AC Ad d r e s s - T he ph y s ic al addr es s of the A P . T he v al ue c an't be c ha nged.  Type - Sel ect D yn amic I P (DHCP) to get IP addres s fr om DHCP s erv er or sele ct S tati c IP to confi gur e IP address m anual ly fr om the drop - do[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 27 Fi gure 4-9 W i reless m enu 4.6.1 Wi rel e ss S ett i ng s Selec ti ng Wireles s > Wi reles s Se t tings w il l enable you to c onfigur e t he basi c setti ngs for your wi rel ess networ k on the sc reen bel ow ( F igur e 4- 10 ). T his page all ows y ou to c o nfi gure the wi r[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 28  Not e: Limi ted by l oc al l aw r egulati ons , v ers i on for Nor th Am er i ca does not ha v e r egion s elec t i on opti on.  Channe l - Deter m ines the operati ng fr eque nc y to be us ed. I t i s not n ec es sar y t o change th e wi rel ess c hannel unl es s y ou n oti [...]

  • Page 37

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 29 2) M u lti - SSID : T his m ode all ows the de v i ce to s upport up t o four S S ID s . Fi gure 4- 11 W i rel e ss Setti ngs i n Mu l t i - S S ID m ode  Ena bl e VL AN - C heck thi s bo x and the n y ou can c hang e the VL AN ID of eac h SSID. I f y ou want to c onfigur e th e [...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 30 • 11b o nly - O nly 8 02. 11b w ir eles s stati ons c an connec t to the dev ic e . • 11g o nly - O nly 8 02. 11g w ir eles s stati ons c an connec t to the dev ic e . • 11n o nly - O nly 8 02. 11n w ir eles s stati ons c an connec t to the dev ic e . • 11bg mixed - Both 802[...]

  • Page 39

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 31  Selec t the c heckbo x befor e E nable VL AN to enabl e VLAN func ti on for thi s acc ess poi nt.  Confi gure the SS ID and i ts c orr espondi ng VLAN ID. T he det ail ed param eter s ar e show n a s the abo ve figur e.  ST A1 , ST A2, ST A3 and ST A4 j oin to th e wi r el[...]

  • Page 40

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 32 2. Configur e the S witch .  Enable 80 2.1Q T ag VLAN f unc tion on th e s wi tch.  Make sure t he Unta g fram es are for warded. T he foll owing tabl e shows the detai led c onfi gurati on for th e s wi tch Por t V L AN ID PVI D Egress Ru l e Process ing mo de of Ut ag Frames[...]

  • Page 41

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 33  Not e: I f t he L AN port o f TL - WA 9 01ND i s not connec ted to a s wi tch but di rec tl y to a P C, 1. T he PC c an direc tly log on to t he W eb m anagem ent page of TL - WA 9 01ND an d m anage th e acc es s poi nt. 2. Onl y th e w ir eles s S T A wi th i ts VLAN I D s et t[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 34  Not e: T o appl y an y setti ngs y ou ha ve alter ed on th e pag e, pleas e c li c k the Sav e button, and then you wi ll be rem i nded to r eboot th e de v i ce. 4) WD S Rep e ater: In W DS Repeater m ode, the A P with W DS enabl ed wi ll rel a y dat a to an ass oc iated r oot [...]

  • Page 43

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 35 • 1 1n onl y - Onl y 8 02.11 n wi rel ess s tations can c onnec t to the dev ice . • 11bg mixed - Both 802.1 1b an d 802. 11g wi r eles s s tati ons c an c onnect to the dev ic e . • 11bg n mixed - All 802.11b, 802.11 g and 802.1 1n wi rel es s stati ons can c onn ec t to the [...]

  • Page 44

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 36  No te: Limi ted by l oc al l aw r egulati ons , v ers i on for Nor th Am er i ca does not ha v e r egion s elec t i on opti on.  Channe l - Deter m ines the operati ng fr eque nc y to be us ed. I t i s not n ec es sar y t o change th e wi rel ess c hannel unl es s y ou n oti [...]

  • Page 45

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 37 6) B ridge w i t h AP : T hi s mode c an bri dge the AP and up to 4 APs al s o in bridge m ode to connec t two or m ore wi red LANs . Fi gure 4- 15 W i rel e ss Setti ngs i n Bri dge wi th AP m ode Wireless Bri dge Set tt ing  Wireless N ame of R emo te AP - I f you sel ec t the [...]

  • Page 46

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 38  Regi on - Sel ect y our r egion fr om the pull - down li st. T h i s f i el d spec ifi es the region wher e the wi rel ess func tion of the de v ic e c an be used. It m a y be i l legal to us e th e wir el ess funct ion of the d e vi c e i n a regi on other than one of those s p[...]

  • Page 47

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 39 1) Access Po int Fi gure 4- 16 W i rel e ss Secur i ty - Acce ss Po i n t  Disabl e Secu rity - Chec k this bo x r adio b utton to di s able wi r eles s sec uri ty . If di sabl ed, the wi rel ess s tations wil l be abl e to c onnect this dev ic e wi thout enc r y pti on. I t i s [...]

  • Page 48

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 40 • Group K ey Up date Period - Speci fy the gr oup key updat e i nter v al i n sec onds . T he v al ue can be ei ther 0 or at l east 3 0. En ter 0 to dis abl e the upda te.  WP A / W P A2 - En terp rise - Selec t W PA/ W PA2 based on Radi us Ser ver. • Version - Y ou c an sel [...]

  • Page 49

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 41 2) M u lti - SSID Fi gure 4- 17 W i rel e ss Secur i ty – Mu l t i - S S ID You can c hoose w hi c h SSID to confi gur e wire l ess s e c uri ty s etti ngs for in t he blank behin d O per ation Mode .  Disabl e Secu rity - Chec k this bo x r adio b utton to di s able wi r eles [...]

  • Page 50

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 42 1) A utomati c - Selec t WPA or WP A2 a utom ati c all y bas ed on th e wi rel ess s tation' s capabi l ity and re ques t. 2) WPA - Wi - Fi Pr otected Ac ces s. 3) WP A2 - W PA v ers i on 2. • Enc rypti on - You c an sel ect ei ther A utomatic , T KIP or AE S . • Radiu s Se[...]

  • Page 51

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 43 1) A utomati c (Reco mmen ded) - Selec t WP A - Person al or WP A 2- Per son al aut om atic ally based on th e w ir eles s stati on's c apabili ty an d r equest. 2) WPA - P SK - Pr e - s hared ke y of W PA. 3) WP A2 - P SK - Pre - shar ed key of W PA2. • Enc rypti on - You c [...]

  • Page 52

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 44 4) WD S Repe at er Fi gure 4- 19 W i rel e ss Secur i t y – Rep eater  Disabl e Secu rity - Chec k this bo x r adio b utton to di s able wi r eles s sec uri ty . If di sabl ed, the wi rel ess s tations wil l be abl e to c onnect this dev ic e wi thout enc r y pti on. I t i s s [...]

  • Page 53

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 45 2) Shared Key - Sel ect 802. 11 Sha red Key authe nti cati on t y pe. 3) O pen Syst em - Sel ect 802. 11 Open System a uthen ti c ation. • WEP Ke y Fo rm at - You can s elec t AS C I I or H exadecimal for m at. ASC II f orm at s tands for an y com bi nati on of keyboard c har acte[...]

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    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 46  Disabl e Secu rity - Chec k this bo x r adio b utton to di s able wi r eles s sec u ri ty . If di s abled, the wi rel ess s tations wil l be abl e to c onnect this dev ic e wi thout enc r y pti on. I t i s s trongl y rec omm ended that you cho os e one o f the sec uri t y t ypes[...]

  • Page 55

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 47 6) B ridge wit h AP Fi gure 4- 21 W i rel e ss Secur i ty – Bri dge with AP  Disabl e Secu rity - Chec k this bo x r adio b utton to di s able wi r eles s sec uri ty . If di sabl ed, the wi rel ess s tations wil l be abl e to c onnect this dev ic e wi thout enc r y pti on. I t [...]

  • Page 56

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 48 • Group Ke y Update Pe riod - Speci fy the group ke y updat e i nter v al in s econds . T he v al ue can be ei ther 0 or at l east 3 0. En ter 0 to dis abl e the upda te.  WP A / W P A2 - En terp rise - Selec t W PA/ W PA2 based on Radi us Ser ver. • Version - Y ou c an sel e[...]

  • Page 57

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 49 4.6.3 Wir ele ss M AC Filt eri ng Selec ti ng Wireless > Wi reles s M A C Filt ering wi ll al low y ou to set u p s om e fi lter ing r ul es to contr ol wir e les s s tati ons acces sing the de v i ce, whi c h depend on th e stati on ’ s MAC addres s on the fol lowi ng s creen [...]

  • Page 58

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 50  S tatus - Sel ect a s tatus for thi s entr y , ei ther En abled or Disabled . To se t up an e ntry , foll ow these instruc tions: Fi rs t, y ou m us t dec ide whether the uns peci fi ed wir eless s tati ons c an acces s the d e vi c e or not. If you desi re that the u ns peci fi[...]

  • Page 59

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 51  Not e: I f y o u en able the func ti on and sel ec t th e “ A llo w t he st ation s spe cif ied b y an y enab led en tries in t he list to acces s ” for Filt e ring Ru les , and ther e are not an y ena bl e d en tr ies i n the li s t, thus , no wi rel ess s tat i ons can ac [...]

  • Page 60

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 52  E nabl e A P I solation - I s olate s all connec ted wi rel ess s tati ons so that wi reles s stati o ns cannot ac c ess eac h other thr ough W LAN. T hi s function wi ll be di sabled i f W DS/Bri dge i s enabled. 4.6.5 Wi rel e ss S tat i sti c s Selec ti ng Wir el ess > Wir[...]

  • Page 61

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 53 Fi gure 4- 26 T hroughput Monitor  Rate - T he T hr oughput unit.  Run Ti me - How l ong this func tion i s runni ng.  Transm it - W i re l ess transm i t r ate inf orm ati on.  Receiv e - W ir eless rec e i v e r ate infor m ati on. Cl ic k the Sta rt butto n to s tart [...]

  • Page 62

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 54 4.7.1 DHC P Settin gs S elec ting DHCP > DHC P Settings wi ll enabl e you to s et u p th e AP as a DH C P (D ynam ic Hos t Confi gurati on Protoc ol) ser ver, whi ch pr o v i des the T CP/ I P confi gurati on f or al l the PCs that ar e connec ted to the s ys t e m on the LAN. T [...]

  • Page 63

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 55  Not e: 1. W hen the de v i ce i s w orking on D y n am i c IP m ode, t he DHC P Ser ver fu nc ti on wi ll be dis abl ed. 2. T o us e the DHCP s er v er func tion of th e de v i ce, y o u s houl d confi gure al l com puter s i n the LAN as "O btain an IP Addres s autom atic [...]

  • Page 64

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 56  M AC A dd ress - Her e dis play s t he MAC addres s of the PC for whi ch y ou w ant to res er ve an IP addres s.  Reserv ed IP Addre ss - Her e dis pl a y s the IP addr ess that t he A P is reser v e d.  S tatus - Here s hows whether th e entr y is enabl ed or not  Modi[...]

  • Page 65

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 57 T her e are n i ne subm enus under the Syst em To ols m enu (s hown as F igur e 4- 31 ): Time S ettings , Dia gnostic , P ing Wa tch Dog , Fir mware Upgr ade , Fact or y Def aults , Backu p & R estore , Reboot , Password , System Lo g and Stat istics . Cli cki ng an y of them wi[...]

  • Page 66

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 58  SNM P A g en t - Selec t the ra di o butto n bef or e E nabl e will enabl e this funct ion i f y ou w ant t o ha v e rem ote c ontr ol thr ough SN MPv1/ v2 age nt wit h MIB - II . S elec t the radi o button bef or e Disabl e w ill dis ab le this func tion. T he default s etti ng[...]

  • Page 67

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 59 Fi gure 4- 33 D iagnos ti c Diag nostic Tool s - Clic k the radio but t on to sel ect one diagnos ti c tool • Pin g - T his di agnosti c tool t roubl eshoots c onnecti v i t y , r e achabi li ty , a nd n am e r esol uti on to a gi v en host or gat ewa y b y usi ng the Intern et Co[...]

  • Page 68

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 60 IP A dd ress - En ter the I P Addres s ( suc h as 202.108. 22.5) of t he PC wh os e connec ti on y ou wi sh to di agnose. Pi ng Count - Speci fi es t he number of Echo R equest m es sages s ent. T he defa ul t i s 4. Pin g Pa ck et Siz e - Sp ec ifi es the num ber of data b ytes to [...]

  • Page 69

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 61  E nabl e - T ur n on/off Ping W atc h Dog.  IP A ddre s s - T he IP a ddres s of the t arget hos t wh ere t he Ping W atch D og Util i t y i s s endi ng ping pac kets.  Int erval - T ime i nternal between tw o ping pac kets whi c h are s ent o ut conti nuou s ly .  Dela[...]

  • Page 70

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 62 4.8.5 Fac tory Def au lt s Selec ti ng Syst em To ols > F actory Def ault s all ows you to rest ore th e fac tor y defaul t s ettings for the d e vi c e on the s c reen s hown in F i gure 4- 37 . Fi gure 4- 37 R estor e Fac tor y D efa ult s Click Resto re to res et all c onfigur[...]

  • Page 71

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 63 4.8.7 R eb o ot Selec ti ng System To ols > Reboot all ows y ou to reboot the d e v i ce on t he s cr een show n in F igur e 4- 39 . Fi gure 4- 39 R eboot t he de vi c e Cl ic k the Re boot button to rebo ot t he d e vi c e . Som e setti ngs of the d e vi c e wi l l take ef fec t[...]

  • Page 72

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 64 Click Sav e w hen fini s hed. Click Clear A l l to c l ear al l. 4.8.9 Sys te m L og Selec ti ng System To ols > Sy stem Lo g all ows y o u to qu er y t he Logs of th e dev ic e on t he sc ree n show n in F igur e 4- 41 . Fi gure 4- 41 S y s tem Log T he d e vi c e c an keep l og[...]

  • Page 73

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 65 A ppen dix A : A pp lication Exam ple T he TL - WA 9 01ND al l ows y ou t o connec t a wi rel ess dev i c e to the wir ed netw or k. P ro v idi ng th at you want t o connec t y our com puter equipped wi th wi rel es s adapter to a wi red networ k wirel es sl y , you can t ake the fo[...]

  • Page 74

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 66 2) O n the My Networ k Conne ctions window , r ight - cli ck W ireles s N etw ork an d c hoose Ena ble to enabl e wi rel es s networ k functi on. 3) Ri ght - c lic k the wir eles s connec tion i c on “ ” on the s cr een of the PC a nd th e n sel ec t View A v ailabl e Wireles s [...]

  • Page 75

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 67 5) T hen the f oll owi ng page wi ll di spl ay , w hi c h indi c ates y ou ha ve bee n s u cc ess ful ly added to the n etwor k wir eles sl y .[...]

  • Page 76

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 68 A ppen dix B: Fa ctory Defaults Item Defau lt Value Common De fault Se ttings Login U ser nam e adm i n Login Pas sw ord adm i n IP Ad d res s 192.168 .0 . 254 Subnet M as k 255.255 .255.0 Wireless S S ID TP - L IN K _A P _ XXX XX X W ire l es s Sec uri ty Di s able W ire l es s MA [...]

  • Page 77

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 69 A ppen dix C: T r ou ble sh ootin g T1. Ho w d o I rest o re my A cce s s Po in t ’s configurati on t o its factory de fau lt set tin g s? W ith the Acces s Point power ed on, use a pi n to pr ess and hold the WP S/ RE SE T button o n the rear panel f or m ore than 8 s econds befo[...]

  • Page 78

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 70 A ppen dix D: Speci fication s Gen eral Standards an d Protocol s IEEE 802. 3, 802. 3u, 8 02.11 n, 802 .11b a nd 80 2.11g , T CP/IP, DHCP Safe t y & Em i s sio n FCC 、 CE Por ts One 10/100 M Au to - Negoti ati on RJ 45 port, s upporti ng passiv e Po E Cabl ing T yp e 10BA SE -[...]

  • Page 79

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 71 A ppen dix E : Glos sary 802.11n - 80 2.11n bui l ds upon pr e v i ous 80 2.11 s tan dards b y a ddi ng MIM O (m ul ti ple - input mult ip le - output). MIMO uses m ul tipl e tr ansmi tter and r ecei v er ante nnas to al l ow for i nc reas ed d ata throughput v i a spati al m ultipl[...]

  • Page 80

    TL - WA 9 0 1ND 300 M bp s Wireless N Ac cess Point User Guid e 72 key tec hnologi es behi nd W PA is the T em poral Key I nt egri t y Prot ocol (T KI P). T K I P a ddres s es the encr yption wea knes ses of W EP. Anot her k e y c om pone nt of W PA is buil t - in authent ic ati on t ha t W EP does not off er. W i th this featur e, W PA pro v i des[...]