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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater Rev: 2.0.0 1910010956[...]
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COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS S pecifications ar e subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of t heir respective holders. No part of th e specifications ma y be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivati[...]
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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[...]
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conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter .” 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). Operati[...]
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率、加大功率或變更原設計之特性或功能。 第十四條 低功率射頻電機之使用不得影響飛航安全及干擾合法通行;經發現有干擾現象時,應立 即停用,並改善至無干擾時方得繼續使用。前項合法通信,指依電信規定作業之無線電信。 低功率 射頻電機需忍受合法通信[...]
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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: WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater Model No.: TL-WR710N T rademark: TP-LINK[...]
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- I - CONTENTS Package Co ntent s............................................................................................................... ................... 1 Chapter 1. Introduc tion ................................................................................................................... .... 2 1.1 Overview of the Ro uter .......[...]
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- II - 4.6.3 LAN ...................................................................................................................... 47 4.7 Wireless ....................................................................................................................... .... 48 4.7.1 Wireless Settings ..............................................[...]
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- III - 4.14 Advanced Routing ............................................................................................................ 87 4.14.1 S tatic Routing List ................................................................................................ 87 4.14.2 System Rout ing T able ..................................................[...]
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- IV - 5.7.1 Wireless Settings ................................................................................................ 11 4 5.7.2 Wireless Security ................................................................................................ 11 5 5.7.3 Wireless MAC Filtering ..............................................................[...]
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- V - 6.6.4 Wireless Advanced ............................................................................................ 148 6.6.5 Wireless S tatistics .............................................................................................. 149 6.7 DHCP ........................................................................................[...]
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- VI - 7.8 USB Se ttings .................................................................................................................. 178 7.8.1 S torage Sharing ................................................................................................. 179 7.8.2 Media Se rver .............................................................[...]
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- VII - 8.8.1 S torage Sharing ................................................................................................. 219 8.8.2 Media Se rver ..................................................................................................... 220 8.8.3 User Ac counts.......................................................................[...]
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- VIII - 8.16.3 Dyndns or g DDNS ............................................................................................. 255 8.17 System T ools .................................................................................................................. 256 8.17.1 T ime Se ttings ..........................................................[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 1 - Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ One TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater ¾ Quick Install ation Guide ¾ One RJ-45 Ethernet Cable ¾ One Resource CD for TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater, including: • User Guide • [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 2 - Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview of the Router Small enough to fit in the average pocket, the TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater is uniquely suited to provide robus t wireless networking to travelers, students, or anyone else for work or play. TL-WR710N supports the newe[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 3 - this user guide. Before installing the Router , please look through this guide to know all the Router ’s functions. 1.2 Conventions The Router or TL-W R710N men tione d in this guide stand s for TL-WR710N W i F i P o c k e t Ro u t er /A P/ TV Adapter/Repeater wit hout any explanation. Par[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 4 - ¾ LED Statu s Indication Solid Green The device is working properly . 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: It is used to connect USB Flash or Hard Di sk for ÿle sharing an[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 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 t[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 6 - 2.3.1 Wireless Router Mode Create an instant private wireless network and share In ternet to multiple Wi-Fi devices. This mode is suitable for hotel rooms and home networks. (Not e: if the hotel’s Inte rnet has an authentication process, you will need to authenticat e only once and onl y o[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 7 - 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 Repeat signal from an existing wireless network . This mode is suitabl[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 8 - Figure 2-4 Hardware Installation of the TL-WR710N in Client Mode 1. Connect the PC to the LAN or LAN/W AN port of TL-WR710N router with an Ethernet cable. 2. Plug the power plug of TL-WR7 10N in electrical wall socket. 3. Power on the PC(s). 2.3.5 WISP Client Router Mode Use as a client rout[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 9 - Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions of your TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater using Quick Setup Wiz ar d within minutes. 3.1 TCP/IP Configuration The default IP address of the TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 10 - 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 b[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 1 1 - 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 12 - 3.2 Quick Inst allation Guide With a Web-based utility , it is easy to configure and manage the TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater. The Web-based utility can be us ed on any Windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a Web browser , such as Microsoft Internet Explorer , Mozilla Fir[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 13 - 3. Click Next , and then Working Mode page will appear , shown in Figure 3-5. 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 14 - 1. Click Next in Figure 3-5 , and then WAN Connection Ty pe page will appear as shown in Figure 3-6 . Figure 3-6 Quick Setup - WAN Connection Type The Router provides Auto-Detect function and supports five popular ways Dyna mic IP , Static IP , PPPoE/Russia PPPoE , L2TP/Russia L2TP and PPTP[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 15 - Figure 3-7 Quick Setup – MAC-Clone 2) If the connection type detected is PPPoE/Russia PPPoE , the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-8. Figure 3-8 Quick Setup – PPPoE ¾ User Name / Password - Enter the User Name and Passw ord provided by you r ISP. These fields are case s ens[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 16 - If you select S tatic IP manually , the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-9. This type of connection uses a permanent, fixed (s tatic) IP address that your IS P assigned. In this type, you should fill in the IP address, Subnet Mask, Def ault Gateway , and DNS IP address manually [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 17 - These fields are case sensitive. If you have difficulty with this pr ocess, please contact your ISP. ¾ Dynamic IP/Static IP - Select Static IP if IP address, subnet mask, gateway and DNS server address have been provided by you r ISP. Otherwise, please select Dy nami c IP . ¾ Server IP Ad[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 18 - country or region is not lis ted, please contact your local government agency for assistance. ¾ Disable Security - The wireless security functi on can be enabled or disabled. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect the Router wit hout encryption. It is recommended strong[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 19 - 4. The Finish page is shown as Figure 3-14. Click the Reboot button to make your wireless configuration take ef fect and finish the Quick Setup . Figure 3-14 Quick Setup – Finish 3.2.2 Access Point Mode When you choose Access Point on W orking Mode page in Figure 3-5 , ta ke the following[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 20 - function of the Router in a r egion other than one of t hose specified in th is field. If your country or region is not lis ted, please contact your local government agency for assistance. ¾ Channel - This field determines which operat ing frequency will be used. The default channel is set[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 21 - Figure 3-17 Quick Setup – Finish 3.2.3 Repeater Mode When you choose Repeater Mode on Working Mode page in Figure 3-5 , take the following steps: 1. Click Next , and then Wireless Repeater page will appear as shown in Figure 3-18. Figure 3-18 Quick Setup - Wireless ¾ Wireless Name of Roo[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 22 - ¾ WDS Mode - This field determines which WDS Mode will be used. It is not necessary to change the WDS Mode unless you notice network communication probl ems with root AP. If you select Auto, then Router will choose the appropriate WDS Mode automatically. ¾ Wireless Security Mode - This op[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 23 - Figure 3-20 Quick Setup - Finish 3.2.4 Client Mode When you choose Client on Working Mode p age in Figure 3-5 , take the following steps: 1. Click Next in Figure 3-5, and then W ireless Client page will appear as shown in Figure 3-21. Figure 3-21 Quick Setup - Wireless ¾ Wireless Name of R[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 24 - ¾ WDS Mode - This field determines which WDS Mode will be used. It is not necessary to change the WDS Mode unless you notice network communication pro blems with root AP . If you select Auto, then Router will choos e the appropriate WDS Mode automatically . ¾ Wireless Security Mode - This[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 25 - 3.2.5 WISP Client Router Mode When you choose WISP Client Router on Working Mode page in Figure 3-5 , ta ke the following steps: 1. Click Next , and then WAN Connection Type page will appear as shown in Figure 3-24. Figure 3-24 Quick Setup – W AN Connection T ype The Router supports three[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 26 - 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 t[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 27 - ¾ BSSID - The BSSID of the AP your router is going to connect to as a client. Y ou can also use the search function to select the BSSID to jo in. ¾ Survey - Click this button, you can survey the AP which runs in the current channel. ¾ Key type - This option should be chosen according to [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 28 - 4. The Finish page is shown as Figure 3-29. Click the Reboot button to make your wireless configuration take ef fect and finish the Quick Setup . Figure 3-29 Quick Setup – Finish ) Note: The operating distance or range of your wirele ss connection varies signi ficantly based on the physic[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 29 - 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 o[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 30 - 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 pa[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 31 - • Subnet Mask - The subnet mask associated with LAN IP address. 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. • Wireles[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 32 - 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 fu[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 33 - ) 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 support[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 34 - 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 35 - Figure 4-5 Add A New Device Method Three: Enter the PIN from my AP Step 1: Get the Current PIN code of the AP in Figure 4-3 (each AP has it s unique PIN code. Here takes the PIN code 12345670 of this AP for example). Step 2: For the confi guration of the wirele ss adapter , please choose ?[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 36 - 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 function of the AP is disabled. Please make sure the Wireless function is enabled before configur[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 37 - 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 configure the corres ponding function. 4.6.1 WAN Choose menu “ Network → WA N ”, an d then you can config[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 38 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 39 - 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 40 - • 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 provid[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 41 - 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 no[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 42 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 43 - 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 t[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 44 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 45 - 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 s[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 46 - 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 config[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 47 - 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 →[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 48 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 49 - 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 bot[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 50 - 4.7.2 Wireless Security Choose menu “ Wi rel es s → W ireless Securit y ”, and then you can configure the security settings of your wireless network. There are three wireless security modes s upported by the Router: WPA/WPA2-Personal, WPA/WPA2-Enterprise and WEP (Wired Equivalent Priv[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 51 - • 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-PSK/WP A2-PSK radio but ton and choose TKIP encryption, you will find a notice in red as shown in Figure 4-21. Figure 4-21 ?[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 52 - • Key Type - You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-bit.) for encryption. "Disabled" means th is WEP key entry is invalid. 64-bit - You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any co mbination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not promoted) or 5 ASCII characters. 128[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 53 - Figure 4-23 Add or Modify Wirele ss 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 54 - 4. Click the Add New... button. 1) Enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-B 0-00-0B/00-0 A-EB-00-07-5 F in the MAC Address field. 2) Enter wireless station A/B in the Description field. 3) Select Enabled in the Status pull-down list. 4) Click the Save button. 5) Click the Back button. The filtering[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 55 - particular receiving station and negotiate the s ending of a data frame. The default value is 2346. 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 56 - ¾ Current Status - The connected wireless stat ion's running status, one of STA-AUTH / STA-ASSOC / STA-JOINED / WPA / WP A-PSK / WPA 2 / WPA2-PSK / AP-UP / AP -DOWN / Disconnected ¾ Received Packets - Packets received by the station ¾ Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station. ¾ C[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 57 - Figure 4-28 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 w[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 58 - 4.8.2 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 4-29. Figure 4-29 DHCP Cli ent List ¾ Client Name - The name of the DHCP client ¾ MAC Address - The MAC a[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 59 - ¾ Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry. To Reserve an IP address: 1. Click the Add New … button. Then will pop-up. 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. [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 60 - 4.9.1 Storage Sharing Choose menu “ USB Settings → Storage Sharing ”, you can configure a USB disk drive attached to the router and view volume and share such pr operties as share name, capacity , used space, and free space on this p age as shown below . Figure 4-33 S torage Sharing ?[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 61 - Figure 4-34 Safe Unplug Message 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 hard disk drive or USB flash drive into this router. 2. Click the Rescan button to find the USB drive that has been atta[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 62 - Figure 4-35 Media Server Setting ¾ Server Name - The name of this Media Server. ¾ Server Status - Indicates the Media Server’s current status, started or stopped. You can click the Start button to start the Media Server and click the Stop button to stop it. ¾ Name - The display name of[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 63 - 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 4-38. Figure 4-38 Add New Folder ¾ Display Name - You can enter a display name for the share folder. ¾ Share entire partition - Choose this option [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 64 - There are two default user account s that can acce ss the S torage Sharing. They are Administrator and Guest (as shown in Figure 4-39). Administrator has read/ writ e access to S torage Sharing and can access FTP Server while Guest has read-only access to S torage Sharing and cannot access [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 65 - 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 66 - Figure 4-42 Virtual Servers ¾ Service Port - The numbers of External Ports. Y ou c an type a service port or a rang e of service ports (in XXX – YYY format, XXX is the start port number , YYY is the end port number). ¾ Internal Port - The Internal Service Port number of the PC running t[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 67 - Figure 4-43 Add or Modify a V irtual Server Entry ) Note: If your computer or server has more than one ty pe of available service, please select another service, and enter the same IP Addr ess for that computer or server . To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the en[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 68 - Figure 4-44 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 t he T rigger Port field. 2. The Router records this connection, opens t he incoming port or ports associated wit[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 69 - 5. Select Enabled in Statu s field. 6. Click the Save button to save the new rule. Figure 4-45 Add or Modify a Port Triggering Entry T o 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 t[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 70 - Figure 4-46 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 71 - • 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 4-48 T he Security menu There are four submenus under t he Security menu a[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 72 - 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,[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 73 - Figure 4-50 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 74 - 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 sta[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 75 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 76 - 4.12 Parent al Control Choose menu “ Parental Control ”, and you can configure the par ental control in the screen as shown in Figure 4-53. 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 restric[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 77 - 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)[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 78 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 79 - Figure 4-57 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 di[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 80 - 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. C[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 81 - 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 Clic[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 82 - 2) In LAN IP Address field, enter the IP address. z If you select MAC Address, the screen shown is Figure 4-62. 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 sett[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 83 - Figure 4-63 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 4-64. The ta rget list is necessa ry for the Access Restriction Rule. Figure 4-64 T arget Settings ¾ Target Description - Here d[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 84 - 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 butt[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 85 - Then you will go back to the Target Settings page and see the following list, Figure 4-67 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 4-68. The Schedule list is necessa ry for th[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 86 - Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Previous button return to the previ ous page. Figure 4-69 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 18:0[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 87 - 4.14 Advanced Routing Figure 4-71 The Advanced Routing Menu There are two submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 4-71): 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 Cho[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 88 - 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 Enab[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 89 - 4.15 Bandwid th Control Figure 4-75 T he Bandwidth Control menu There are two submenus under the Bandw idth Control menu as shown in Figure 4-75. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. T he detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below .[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 90 - Figure 4-77 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 a[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 91 - 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 4-79 T he IP & [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 92 - 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 4-81 IP & MAC Bin ding Setting (Add & Modify) T o a[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 93 - 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 configu[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 94 - 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 clien[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 95 - Figure 4-85 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 th[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 96 - Figure 4-86 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 t[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 97 - 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 4-88 T ime Settings [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 98 - ¾ The time will be lost if the router is turned of f. 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 99 - ¾ Ping Packet Size - The size of Ping packet. 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 ch[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 100 - ) 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 firmw[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 101 - 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 4-93 Backup & Restore Configuration ¾ Click the Backup button to save all configuration setti ngs as a backup file in your lo[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 102 - 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 passw[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 103 - Figure 4-96 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 w[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 104 - Figure 4-97 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 105 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 106 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 107 - • 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 108 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 109 - 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 adapte[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 1 10 - 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 ?[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 1 1 1 - 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 1 12 - 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 1 13 - 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 addre[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 1 14 - 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 Ch[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 1 15 - 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,[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 1 16 - 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 secur[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 1 17 - 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 base[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 1 18 - 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 Wire[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 1 19 - 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 t[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 120 - 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 wh[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 121 - 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 wi[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 122 - 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 123 - 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 124 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 125 - 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. Clic[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 126 - 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. Vo[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 127 - 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 t[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 128 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 129 - 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 5-30. 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 130 - 5.9.3 User Accounts Y ou can specify the user name and password for S t orage Sharing users on this page. Stor ag e Sharing users can use Internet Explorer to access files on the USB drive. There are two default user account s that can acce ss the S torage Sharing. They are Administrator a[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 131 - 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 composed of alphanumeric symbols not [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 132 - 5.10.1 Diagnostic Choose menu “ System T ools → Diagnostic ”, and then you can transact Ping or Traceroute function to check connectivity of y our network in the following screen. Figure 5-34 Diagnostic T ools ¾ Diagnostic T ool - Check the radio button to select one diagnostic tool[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 133 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 134 - 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 firmware u nle ss the new firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experiencing probl ems caused by the Route[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 135 - 5.10.4 Backup & Restore Choose menu “ System T ools → Backup & Restore ”, and then you can save the curren t configuration of the Rout er as a backup file and restore the configuration via a backup file as shown in Figure 5-38. Figure 5-38 Backup & Restore Configu ration [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 136 - ¾ Change the Web Management Port. ¾ Upgrade the firmware of the Router (system will reboot automatically). ¾ Restore the Router's settings to factory defaults (syste m will reboot automatically). ¾ Update the configuration wi th the file (system will reboot automatically). 5.10.6 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 137 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 138 - 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-bas[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 139 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 140 - • 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 141 - 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 yo[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 142 - 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 Wi[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 143 - • 11bg mixed - Select if you are using both 802.11b and 802.11g wireless clients. • 11bgn mixed - Select if you are using a mix of 802.11b, 11g, and 11n wireless clients. When 11bg mixed mode is selected, only 11bg mi xed wir eless stations can connect to the Router. It is strongly rec[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 144 - z Near the center of the area in which your wireless stations will operate. z In an elevated location such as a high shelf. z Away from the potential sources of interfer ence, such as PCs, microwaves, and cordless phones. z Away from large metal surfaces. 2. Failure to follow these gui del[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 145 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 146 - length. ASCII format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length. • 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 147 - To Add a Wireless MAC Addre ss filtering entry, click the Add N ew … button. The " Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entr y " page will appear , shown in Figure 6-12: Figure 6-12 Add or Modify Wireless MA C Address Filtering entry To add or modify a MAC Address Filte[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 148 - 2. Select the radio button “Allow the stations specifi ed by any enabled entries in the list to access” for Filtering Rules . 3. Delete all or disable all entries if there are any entri es already. 4. Click the Add New... button. • Enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-B 0-00-0B/00-0 A-EB-0[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 149 - ¾ RTS Threshold - Here you can specif y the RTS (Request to Send) Threshold. If the packet is larger than the specified RTS Threshold size, the Router will send RTS frames to a particular receiving station and negotiate the s ending of a data frame. The default value is 2346. ¾ Fragmenta[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 150 - ¾ MAC Address - The connected wireless station's MAC address ¾ Current Status - The connected wireless stat ion's running status, one of STA-AUTH / STA-ASSOC / STA-JOINED / WPA / WP A-PSK / WPA 2 / WPA2-PSK / AP-UP / AP -DOWN / Disconnected ¾ Received Packets - Packets receive[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 151 - 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 152 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 153 - 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 dele[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 154 - 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 C[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 155 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 156 - 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 Se[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 157 - 2. Click the Start button to start the media server, an d then the screen will appear as shown in Figure 6-26. 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 158 - 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 c[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 159 - 4. Choose the S torage Authorit y from the drop-down list, Read and Write or Read Only . 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 characte[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 160 - 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 abl[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 161 - • 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. I[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 162 - 6.9.2 Firmware Upgrade Choose menu “ System T ools → Firmware Upgrade ”, and then you c an update the latest version of firmware for the Router on the following screen. Figure 6-33 Firmware Upgrade ¾ Firmware Version - This displays the current firmware version. ¾ Hardware Version [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 163 - 6.9.3 Factory Defaults Choose menu “ System T ools → Factor y Default s ”, and yo u can restore t he configura tions of the Router to factory defaults on the following screen. Figure 6-34 Restore Factory Default Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their de[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 164 - ) Note: The current configuration will be covered by t he uploading configuration f ile. The upgrade process lasts for 20 seconds and the Router will restar t automatically. Keep the Router on during the upgrading process to prevent any damage. 6.9.5 Reboot Choose menu “ System T ools ?[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 165 - 6.9.6 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 6-37. Figure 6-37 Password It is strongly recommended that you should change the factor y default user n[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 166 - 6.9.7 System Log Choose menu “ System T ools → System Log ”, and then you can view the logs of the Router. Figure 6-38 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 167 - 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 168 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 169 - • 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 170 - 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 yo[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 171 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 172 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 173 - 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 securi[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 174 - 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 175 - 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 Fi[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 176 - 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 177 - 7.7.2 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 7-13. Figure 7-13 DHCP Clie nts List ¾ Client Name - The name of the DHCP client ¾ MAC Address - The MAC[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 178 - ¾ Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry. To Reserve an IP address: 1. Click the Add New … button. Then Figure 7-15 will pop-up. 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 179 - 7.8.1 Storage Sharing Choose menu “ USB Settings → Storage Sharing ”, you can configure a USB disk drive attached to the router and view volume and share such pr operties as share name, capacity , used space, and free space on this p age as shown below . Figure 7-17 S torage Sharing [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 180 - Figure 7-18 Safe Unplug Message 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 at[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 181 - 7.8.2 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 7-19 Media Server Setting ¾ Server Name - The name of this Media Se[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 182 - 2. Click the Start button to start the media server, an d then the screen will appear as shown in Figure 7-21. Figure 7-21 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 7-22[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 183 - ¾ Back - Click this button to discard the settings 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 ca[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 184 - 4. Choose the S torage Authorit y from the drop-down list, Read and Write or Read Only . Figure 7-24 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 te[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 185 - 7.9 System T ools Figure 7-25 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 abl[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 186 - 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 of a connection. ) Note: Y[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 187 - 7.9.2 Firmware Upgrade Choose menu “ System T ools → Firmware Upgrade ”, and then you c an update the latest version of firmware for the Router on the following screen. Figure 7-28 Firmware Upgrade ¾ Firmware Version - This displays the current firmware version. ¾ Hardware Version [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 188 - 7.9.3 Factory Defaults Choose menu “ System T ools → Factor y Default s ”, and yo u can restore t he configura tions of the Router to factory defaults on the following screen. Figure 7-29 Restore Factory Default Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their de[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 189 - ) Note: The current configuration will be covered by t he uploading configuration f ile. The upgrade process lasts for 20 seconds and the Router will restar t automatically. Keep the Router on during the upgrading process to prevent any damage. 7.9.5 Reboot Choose menu “ System T ools ?[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 190 - 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 n[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 191 - 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 192 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 193 - 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 &g[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 194 - • Subnet Mask - The subnet mask associated with LAN IP address. 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. • Wirele[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 195 - 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 bytes has been received out from the WAN port. • Received (Packet[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 196 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 197 - 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 198 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 199 - • 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 provi[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 200 - 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 no[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 201 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 202 - 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 203 - 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-establis[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 204 - 6. If your ISP provides PPT P connection, please select PPTP/Russia PPTP option. And you should enter the following parameters ( Figure 8-11): 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-sensit[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 205 - the Internet again. If you wish to activ ate Connect on Demand , check the radio button. If you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter “0” in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connec[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 206 - Click Restore Factor y MAC to restore the MAC address of WAN port to the factory default value. 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 wi[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 207 - 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 correspondin[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 208 - ¾ Key type - Choose according to the AP' s security configuration. It is recommended that the security type is the same as your AP's security type ¾ WEP Index - Choose if the key type is WEP (ASCII) or WEP (HEX).It indicates the index of the WEP key . ¾ Auth T ype - Choose if [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 209 - 8.6.2 Wireless Security Figure 8-16 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 followin[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 210 - ) Note: If you check the WP A/WP A2-Personal radio button and choose TKIP encryption, you will find a notice in red as shown in Figure 8-17. Figure 8-17 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 pu[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 21 1 - 64-bit - You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any co mbination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not promoted) or 5 ASCII characters. 128-bit - You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not promoted) or 13 ASCII characters. 152-bit - You can enter 32 h[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 212 - Figure 8-19 Add or Modify Wirele ss 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) . Fo[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 213 - 4. Click the Add New... button. 1) Enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-B 0-00-0B/00-0 A-EB-00-07-5 F in the MAC Address field. 2) Enter wireless station A/B in the Description field. 3) Select Enabled in the Status pull-down list. 4) Click the Save button. 5) Click the Back button. The filterin[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 214 - particular receiving station and negotiate the s ending of a data frame. The default value is 2346. 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 performanc[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 215 - ¾ Current Status - The connected wireless stat ion's running status, one of STA-AUTH / STA-ASSOC / STA-JOINED / WPA / WP A-PSK / WPA 2 / WPA2-PSK / AP-UP / AP -DOWN / Disconnected ¾ Received Packets - Packets received by the station ¾ Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station. ¾ [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 216 - Figure 8-24 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 217 - 8.7.2 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 8-25. Figure 8-25 DHCP Cli ent List ¾ Client Name - The name of the DHCP client ¾ MAC Address - The MAC [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 218 - ¾ Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry. To Reserve an IP address: 1. Click the Add New … button. Then will pop-up. 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.[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 219 - 8.8.1 Storage Sharing Choose menu “ USB Settings → Storage Sharing ”, you can configure a USB disk drive attached to the router and view volume and share such pr operties as share name, capacity , used space, and free space on this p age as shown below . Figure 8-29 S torage Sharing [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 220 - Figure 8-30 Safe Unplug Message 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 hard disk drive or USB flash drive into this router. 2. Click the Rescan button to find the USB drive that has been att[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 221 - Figure 8-31 Media Server Setting ¾ Server Name - The name of this Media Server. ¾ Server Status - Indicates the Media Server’s current status, started or stopped. You can click the Start button to start the Media Server and click the Stop button to stop it. ¾ Name - The display name o[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 222 - 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 8-34. Figure 8-34 Add New Folder ¾ Display Name - You can enter a display name for the share folder. ¾ Share entire partition - Choose this option[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 223 - There are two default user account s that can acce ss the S torage Sharing. They are Administrator and Guest (as shown in Figure 8-35). Administrator has read/ writ e access to S torage Sharing and can access FTP Server while Guest has read-only access to S torage Sharing and cannot access[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 224 - ¾ Storage Authority – Choose Read and Write or Read Only 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 225 - Figure 8-38 Virtual Servers ¾ Service Port - The numbers of External Ports. Y ou c an type a service port or a rang e of service ports (in XXX – YYY format, XXX is the start port number , YYY is the end port number). ¾ Internal Port - The Internal Service Port number of the PC running [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 226 - Figure 8-39 Add or Modify a V irtual Server Entry ) Note: If your computer or server has more than one ty pe of available service, please select another service, and enter the same IP Addr ess for that computer or server . To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the e[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 227 - Figure 8-40 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 the T rigger Port field. 2. The Router records this connection, opens t he incoming port or ports associated wit[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 228 - 5. Select Enable in Statu s field. 6. Click the Save button to save the new rule. Figure 8-41 Add or Modify a Port Triggering Entry T o 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 t[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 229 - Figure 8-42 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 230 - • 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 8-44 T he Security menu There are four submenus under t he Security menu [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 231 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 232 - Figure 8-46 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 use[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 233 - 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 st[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 234 - 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 yo[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 235 - 8.11 Parent al Control Choose menu “ Parental Control ”, and you can configure the par ental control in the screen as shown in Figure 8-49. 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 restri[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 236 - 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)[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 237 - 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 238 - Figure 8-53 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 - He[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 239 - 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. C[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 240 - 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 Cli[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 241 - 2) In LAN IP Address field, enter the IP address. z If you select MAC Address, the screen shown is Figure 8-58. 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 set[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 242 - Figure 8-59 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 4-64. The ta rget list is necessa ry for the Access Restriction Rule. Figure 8-60 T arget Settings ¾ Target Description - Here [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 243 - 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 but[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 244 - Then you will go back to the Target Settings page and see the following list, Figure 8-63 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 8-64. The Schedule list is necessa ry for t[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 245 - Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Previous button return to the previ ous page. Figure 8-65 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:[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 246 - 8.13 Advanced Routing Figure 8-67 The Advanced Routing Menu There are two submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 4-71): 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 Ch[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 247 - 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 Ena[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 248 - 8.14 Bandwid th Control Figure 8-71 T he Bandwidth Control menu There are two submenus under the Bandw idth Control menu as shown in Figure 8-71. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. T he detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 249 - Figure 8-73 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 250 - 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 8-75 T he IP &[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 251 - 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 8-77 IP & MAC Bin ding Setting (Add & Modify) T o [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 252 - 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 config[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 253 - 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 Ser[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 254 - 8.16.2 Comexe.cn DDNS If the dynamic DNS Service Provider you select is www.comexe.cn , the page will appear as shown in Figure 8-81. Figure 8-81 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 255 - 8.16.3 Dyndns org DDNS If the dynamic DNS Service Provider you select is www .dyndns.org , the page will appear as shown in Figure 8-82. Figure 8-82 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 256 - 8.17 System T ools Figure 8-83 The System T ools menu There are nine submenus under the System T ools menu: Time Settings , Diagnostic , Firmw are Upgrade , Factory Defaults , Backu p and Restore, Reboot, Password, System Log and St atistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to conf[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 257 - ¾ Time Zone - Select your local time z one from this pull-down list. ¾ Date - Enter your local date in MM/ DD/YY into the right blanks. ¾ Tim e - Enter your local time in HH/MM/SS into the right blanks. T o set time manually , follow the steps below: 1. Select your local time zone. 2. E[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 258 - ¾ Diagnostic T ool - Check the radio button to select one diagnostic too. • 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: You[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 259 - 8.17.3 Firmware Upgrade The page allows you to upgrade the latest versi on firmware to keep your router up-to-date. Figure 8-87 Firmware Upgrade New firmware is posted at www .tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. If the router is not experiencing difficulties, there is no need to up[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 260 - 8.17.4 Factory Defaults This page allows you to restore the factory default settings for the router . Figure 8-88 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 261 - 8.17.6 Reboot This page allows you to reboot the router . Figure 8-90 Reboot the router Click the Reboot button to reboot the router . Some settings of the router will ta ke effect only after rebooting, which include: ¾ Change LAN IP Address. (Syste m will reboot automatically) ¾ MAC Clo[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 262 - Click the Save button when finished. Click the Clear All button to clear all. 8.17.8 System Log This page allows you to query the logs of the router . Figure 8-92 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.[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 263 - Figure 8-93 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[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 264 - 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 265 - 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" , fini[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 266 - 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 ,[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 267 - 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 268 - 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 s[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 269 - 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 ,[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 270 - 4) In the prompt page that showed below , double click on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) . 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.[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 271 - 6) Select Obtain an IP address automatically , Choose Obtain DNS server automatically , as shown in the Figure below: 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.[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 272 - 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 [...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 273 - 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 sp[...]
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TL-WR710N WiFi Pocket Router/AP/TV Adapter/Repeater - 274 - 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 identif[...]