Why & How do I change the IP address of wireless Access Point & Extender?

 300Mbps Wireless N Access Points, 150Mbps Wireless N Access Points, 54Mbps Wireless G Access Points, Range Extenders

Why do I Change the IP address of the access point/extender?

 

The default IP address of the Access Point or Range Extender is 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.254 or 192.168.0.254. It changes by model. Please find it out on the bottom label of the product. If you have the same IP address on your root/main router, you need to change the IP address of the TP-LINK device to avoid the IP conflict.

 

How to Change the IP address of the access point/extender?

 

Step 1

Login the Web-based Interface of your wireless access point or extender. If you cannot login the Web-based Interface of the AP, Please click here.

 

Step 2

Click Network on the left hand, and then change the IP address to the one which is not used but suitable for your network, then
click on Save to save your settings. 

Note:

1.  The settings will take effect once the device is rebooted.

2.  If you have a broadband router which provide you Internet connection, please re-configure the IP settings of your computer to Obtain an IP address automatically to suitable for the router in order to connect to Internet after the settings.

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How to configure MAC address Filtering on TP-LINK 11G Router

 54Mbps Wireless G Routers

If you would like to limit the Internet access on some specified computers through the router, you can set up MAC Filtering to achieve it.

Step 1

You should know the MAC addresses of the computers on which you would like to allow them to access the Internet. You can check them on the computers with command prompt.

(1)Click Start->Run, type cmd and press Enter.

(2) Type ipconfig/all at the prompt window, press Enter, it will show the MAC address and other address information of this computer.

Step 2

Open the web browser and type the IP address of the router (default is 192.168.1.1) into the address bar and then Press Enter.

Step 3

Type the username and password in the login page, the default username and password both are admin.

Step 4

Click the Security->Firewall on the left of the page.

Step 5

Select Enable Firewall(the feneral firewall switch), and select Enable MAC Filtering. If you just would like to allow some computers to access the Internet, please select Allow these PCs with enable rules to access the Internet. Then these computers whose MAC addresses are set in the rules will have the right to access the Internet. Otherwise please select Deny these PCs with enabled rules to access the Internet.

Step 6

Click Save to save the settings.

Step 7

Click Security->MAC Filtering on the left of the page.

Step 8

Click Add New to edit the rule.

Step 9

Type the MAC address of the computer which can be allowed to access the Internet in the MAC Address bar. Set the Status as Enable.

Step 10

Click Save to save the settings.

Then the Internet can be accessed via the router on this computer whose MAC Address filter rule has been set.

If you would like access the Internet on other computers, please click Add New to add new rules. Please note one rule can be set with one MAC address.

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How to setup the ADSL router in DSL mode

How to setup the ADSL Router in DSL mode?

Product line: ADSL              Question category: Internet Settings

I. Physical connection:



1. Connect the telephone line to the DSL port of the router.
2. Take an Ethernet cable to connect your computer with one of the yellow LAN port (1, 2, 3 or 4) of the router.
3. Check the LED lights. Making sure Power is on, the LAN port which you have plugged the cable in is on, the SYS and DSL are blinking.WLAN is on or blinking.
Note:If you can access internet through W150DD after setting,the DSL light should be always on.



II. Login to the management page of the router:
1. Open a web browser (IE, Firefox, Safari, etc.) and find the address bar, leaving it blank before typing in 192.168.1.1, and then press enter.



(Care: The address bar is in the most top of the web page after opening web browser).
2. You will see this following page, you can check the connection status here. Please hit on Advanced Settings.
Note: If you have consulted your ISP and confirmed the connection type is PPPOE, you can set W150DD in a fast way by the followings steps. Select your country and VPI/VCI , input your internet access account and password into the blanks, set a password for wireless network and hit on save. Generally, you can access internet now if you refresh this webpage several times until it shows connected. If you have no idea, just go to advanced settings.


3. You will see the following page.

4. Click Advanced Setup first, then click connection Mode, check DSL Mode and click Apply. It will reboot if you change the mode form Ethernet Mode.

5. Then go back to Advanced Setup and choose WAN Service.Then click ATM Interface and click Add to add a new setting.

6. Then set the correct VPI/VCI value from your ISP (Internet Service Provider) and then select the DSL link type. If you don’t know, please ask your ISP. When you have selected the right type, click on Apply/Save.

Note: PPPoE, IPoE and Bridge are included in EoA.

 7. Please click WAN Service first, then click Connection Settings and click Add to add a new connection.


 8. In the WAN Service configure page, please select the correct WAN service type and click Next.






8.1 For PPPoE.Type in the username and password provided by your ISP in the following page, and then click on next to continue.


 Click on next again in the follwing two pages until click on apply to save the settings. Then please skip to
9.

 8.2 For IPoE. You will see the following page.



  Obtain an IP address automatically, if your ISP doesn’t give you a fixed IP. If you have a fixed IP given by your ISP, please check Use the following IP address, typing in the IP address information in the blanks.
  Click on next to continue.Click on next again in the follwing pages until click on Apply/Save to save the settings. Then Please skip to
9.



8.3 For Bridge. Click Apply/Save to save your settings in this following page.

 Note: In this mode, W150DD acts as only a modem, not a modem router.

   

Note：You should dial-up in your computer. Take WIN 7 as an example. Please do the following steps:

Step1:Go to network and sharing center from control pannel. Under the category of change your networking settings, choose Set up a new connection or network.

Step2: Under the category choose a connection option, choose connect to the internet.

 Step3: Under the category connect to the internet, choose Set up a new connection anyway.

 

Then choose No,creat a new connection in the following page.

Type in the User name and password given by ISP, and click Connect.

After that, all the settings are done, if you chose Bridge.

8.4 For PPPoA.Click Next to continue as shown as below.



   Input the PPP Username and Password given by your ISP and click next to continue in this following page.


  Click on next again in the follwing pages until click on Apply/Save to save the settings. Then Please skip to
9.



8.5 For IPoA. Click Next to continue.



   Input the WAN IP Address and WAN Subnet Mask given by your ISP. Click on Next to continue.


  Click on next again in the follwing pages until click on Apply/Save to save the settings. Then Please skip to
9.


9. Please go to WAN under Device Info on the left menu,check WAN status and IPV4 Address. If it shows connected and have assigned an address,it means you have internet now, please skip to IV. If not, please go to
III.





III. If the WAN Status doesn’t show connected, please try these following steps.

1. Power off your modem for a while and then turn the power back on.
2. Refresh or reload this page three times to check the WAN Status, if it shows connected, please go to
IV.

3. Make sure the parameters provided from your ISP are correctly input. Check the internet connection type.
If the problem still exists, please


IV. Steps for wireless settings

1. Click on Wireless first then click Basic , please change SSID (it’s the name of your wifi) to another name, only numbers or letters can be included in, and select the channel to be channel 6 then click on Apply.


2. Click on Security under Wireless, please don’t check Enable WPS. Select Network Authentication to be WPA-PAK and select WPA Encryption to be AES. Set a password for your wireless network in the blank of WPA passphrase (at least 8 numbers or letters).Next, go to
V.



V. Connect to wireless network

1. Unplug the cable between your computer and Tenda router.

2. Find the name of your wireless network, the SSID you set it before.



3. Type in the correct security key to connect. When it shows connected, you can use wifi now.

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How to setup the wireless settings for the Dual-band Gigabit Router

 How to setup the wireless settings for the Dual-band Gigabit router?
Product line: Wireless      Question category: Function configuration




The Steps are as below:
1, Login to the manage page of N80 and go to Advanced. You can change your Wireless Network name (SSID) in Wireless Basic Settings and then click ok.


2, Click Security to set the password. Please choose WPA-PSK as Security Mode and AES as cipher type. In the blank of the Security key, please type your password which should be at least eight characters, then click save.

 
 3.   Please find the name of your wireless network and connect to it. It will require you input password, please type password and click OK to connect.

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How to set a static IP for the computer

How to set a static IP for the computer?
 1.Open Network and Sharing Center.

 2. Click on Change adapter settings
 
 3.Right click on Local Area Connection, then choose Properties.

 4.Double click on Internet Protocol Version 4.

 5.Choose using the following IP address and using the following DNS server address, then click OK, the previous page click OK.

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How to expand the wireless network by WDS function for the Access Point(AP)

How to expand the wireless network by WDS function for the AP?

Product line: Wireless    Question category: Function configurations
 Q: why do we need to expand the wireless coverage?
A: Sometimes the wireless router is too far from the wireless clients or the wireless signal strength is too low, you need expand wireless network range to make sure that the wireless client can scan the wireless signal and connect to it.

The Topology is as below:

Key Points:

1.   The main wireless router should support WDS function.

2.   The Channel and Extend Channel should be exactly the same in the main wireless router and the A3.

3.   The SSID、the wireless security mode and the Wireless password (Key Words) should be exactly the same in the main wireless router and the A3.

The Steps are as below:

Ⅰ. Settings in main wireless router (Set Tenda W308R as an example)

1)   open a web browser in PC1 which connects to R1, and in the address bar please type in 192.168.0.1, and then “Enter”, Then you will be in the management page of R1.

2)   click on the “Advanced Settings” in the right upward,

3.   Then in the main menu, please select Wireless settings. In the Wireless Basic Settings, please choose Wireless Access Point as the Wireless Working Mode. Then please change the primary SSID, which should be the same with the one of A3 if we have set a password for the wireless network, for example WDS_A3. And select a Channel, e.g. channel 1(then the Extension Channel will be selected automatically).

4.   Click on Wireless SettingsàWireless Security, and then please disable to disable the WPS Settings. If you want to set a password for the wireless network, please choose WPA-PSK as the Security Mode, AES as the WPA Algorithms, in the box of Key, please type the password for your wireless signal (the Key words should be at least 8 numbers or letters). Remember to click Apply to save the settings.

Ⅱ. Settings in the AP
1.   Login to the home page of the AP through typing http://192.168.0.254 in the address bar.
                                                                   How to login to the homepage of the AP?

2.   After login successfully, the following page will appear. Please click on Advanced Settings.

3.   In the homepage, please click Wireless Settings, then click Wireless Basic Settings, you can find two options in the list of Wireless Working Mode. Please choose “Network bridge (WDS)”, change the SSID、Channel and Extend Channel to the same with the main wireless router.

Below

On the bottom of this same page, please click on Open Scan, then you will find some SSIDs. Please tick the SSID of the AP, and then click OK.

4.   In the homepage, please click on Wireless SettingsàWireless Security, please choose WPA-PSK as the Security Mode, AES as the WPA Algorithms, in the box of Key, please type the password for your wireless signal (the Key words should be at least 8 numbers or letters and be the same with the one of the main wireless router). Remember to click Apply to save the settings.

Ⅲ. Go back to the homepage of the main wireless router (W308R).
In the main menu of W308R, please select Wireless settings. In the Wireless Basic Settings, please change Network Bridge(WDS) as the Wireless Working Mode.

On the bottom of this same page, please click on Open Scan, then you will find some SSIDs. Please tick the SSID of the AP, and then click OK.


Now you can go to your PC3 to check whether it can obtain a correct IP Address from the Router1. If PC3 can get a correct IP address, then you can connect to the Internet.

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