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....

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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