Tenda TWL54A, User Manual

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Page 2: ...Technology Co Ltd Without the permission of Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co Ltd individual or party is not allowed to copy plagiarize imitate or translate it into other languages All the photos and product specifications mentioned in this manual are for references only as the upgrading of software and hardware there will be changes And if there are changes Tenda is not responsible for informing in ad...

Page 3: ...io Setting 11 4 1 Basic Setting 11 4 2 Mode Setting 12 4 2 1 AP mode 12 4 2 2 WDS P2P Bridge 14 4 2 3 WDS P2MP Bridge 15 4 2 4 WDS AP Repeater 17 4 2 5 Client mode 18 4 3 Access Filter 20 Chapter 5 System Tools 21 5 1 Change Password 21 5 2 Firmware Upgrade 21 5 3 Reboot 22 5 4 Restore Factory Default 22 5 5 Restore Backup Setting 23 5 6 Exit 24 5 7 Help 24 Appendix I Glossary 26 Appendix II TCP I...

Page 4: ...configuration easily according to the user s manual and before installing read this manual carefully 1 1 Product Features Supports IEEE802 11b IEEE802 11g IEEE802 11e QoS and 802 11i Standard Support five working mode wireless AP repeater point to point P2P point to Multipoint P2MP and wireless client Supports auto sense 54 48 36 24 18 12 9 6 11 5 5 2 1Mbps data rate 1x10 100Mbps LAN Port Support ...

Page 5: ...h as the Notebook Adapters for your laptop computers PCI Adapters for your desktop PCs and USB Adapters for when you want to enjoy USB connectivity To link your wired network with your wireless network connect the Access Point s Ethernet network port to any switch or router 1 2 Package contents 1 TWL54A 54A wireless Access Point x1 2 Power Adapter x1 3 Fast Installation Guide x1 4 Setup CD ROM x1 ...

Page 6: ...Instruction Manual TWL54A Access Point 5 Windows 2000orXP 6 Network Adapter 3 ...

Page 7: ...le to your network router or switch or PC Then connect the other end of the network cable to the TWL54A 54A s LAN port 2 connect the power adapter to the AP s Power port Then plug the power adapter into an electrical outlet The LEDs on the front panel will light up as soon as the AP s powers on Then the wireless adapter can associate with the AP Refer to the topology below Diagram of connection 4 ...

Page 8: ... enter the AP s default IP address 192 168 0 254 Press Enter key the login screen will appear Before do this you need set your PC s IP address is 192 168 0 x x is any one value of 1 253 and subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 Please refer to the Appendix II for the detail of TCP IP setting Enter admin in the user name field password is admin when this is your first time open the Web based management inte...

Page 9: ...WDS P2MP BridgeǃWDS AP Repeater and the client The specific setting for each mode will be talked about later 3 2 Wizard If the wizard page hasn t appears you also can click the wizard tab in the left to active For different requirement you can select one of the suitable operating mode Here we ll take AP mode as example to introduce the settings method Choose AP mode and click Next 6 ...

Page 10: ...ireless network Click the Next button to continue or the Back button to return to the previous screen Then you ll see the security setting screen you can select the different level of security Authentication WEP_Open System Share Key WPA WPA2 and WPA_WPA2_Mixed Key Type Choose ASCII or Hex format Key Size 64 Bit or 128 Bit Note If you select 64 bit please enter 10 Hexadecimal characters or 5 ASCII...

Page 11: ...IP encryption mechanism The TWL54A A AP Supports wireless encryption as shown in Table 1 Table 1 Wireless Security Mode WEP WPA WPA2 WPA_WPA2_Mixed AP Yes Yes Yes Yes Repeater Yes NO NO NO P2P Yes NO NO NO PMP Yes NO NO NO Client Yes Yes Yes Yes Note After click Apply to save your settings you have to reboot the device From System Tools Reboot to let your settings take effect 3 3 Status This page ...

Page 12: ...Current operating mode SSID RF mode Channel and Encryption mode etc Association Table To display the clients information which linked with the AP Including the MAC address Status Mode rate signal strength indicator RSSI etc Click Refresh button to update the linking info 3 4 LAN Setting From LAN Setting Screen we can set the LAN port s network parameter 9 ...

Page 13: ...s and enter the specified IP address The default IP is 192 168 0 254 Subnet mask and Gateway DHCP Client if your network router will automatically assign an IP address to the AP then you can select this Note If you changed the IP address here your login IP address to the Web based management interface vary corresponding 10 ...

Page 14: ...11b BG Mixed Rate selection for B Selects the transmission rate of B mode auto or a fixed rate 11 5 5 2 1Mbps Rate selection for G Selects the transmission rate of G mode auto or a fixed rate 54 48 36 24 18 12 11 9 6 5 5 2 1Mbps Channel Select the operating channel for your wireless network auto or fixed range from1 13 Radio Preamble Selects short long or Auto RTS RTS threshold This value should r...

Page 15: ...t a mode click the Mode Setting tab Choose your preferable mode from the drop down menu Here we can see the TWL54A supports 5 operating modes which will be introduced respectively 4 2 1 AP mode The most basic mode of the device When the system is reset to the default factory settings the operating mode reverts to AP mode In this mode the AP will act as a central hub for different wireless LAN clie...

Page 16: ...oint Figure 1 Click Mode Setting tab and choose AP the following screen will appear z SSID The name of your wireless network z Channel The operating channel z Encryption Select disable or WEP WPA WPA2 WPA_WPA2 Mixed mode for security 13 ...

Page 17: ...nnect to each other to provide a wireless bridge between 2 remote LANs as shown in Figure 2 The two TWL54A devices operating in P2P mode do not allow client associations It is mostly used by enterprise to connect 2 remote office s network together Figure 2 Click Mode Setting tab and choose WDS P2P Bridge the following screen will appear 14 ...

Page 18: ...ted item to the list z Encryption support only WEP mode for security Click Apply to save your settings 4 2 3 WDS P2MP Bridge An TWL54A device operating in Point To Multipiont P2MP bridge mode wirelessly connects two or more wired networks as shown in Figure 3 The root TWL54A device LAN1 operates in P2MP mode while the other TWL54A devices LAN2 LAN3 must operate in P2P mode When operating in P2MP b...

Page 19: ...Instruction Manual TWL54A Access Point Figure 3 Click Mode Setting tab and choose WDS P2MP Bridge the following screen will appear 16 ...

Page 20: ...ettings 4 2 4 WDS AP Repeater A repeater is placed between an AP and a client to extend the distance between the two WLAN devices Functioning as a WDS repeater the TWL54A connects to both a client card as an AP and to another AP In typical repeater applications APs connecting to other APs equipped with WDS functionality must also support WDS Figure 4 shows an example of a Repeater network with two...

Page 21: ...er repeater s MAC address at the mac list field z WDS remote AP mac List MAC address es of the repeaters that are connected to this repeater Up to six MAC Addresses can be entered Also you can through the Scan function and Add the selected item to the list z Encryption support only WEP mode for security Click Apply to save your settings 4 2 5 Client mode When config as Client mode the TWL54A devic...

Page 22: ... choose Client the following screen will appear z SSID The wireless network s name you want to associate with z Channel The operating channel of the wireless network z MAC addr The MAC address of the wireless network z Scan you can through the scan function to display exit wireless network of the neighborhood and click Add to establish connection with it z Encryption Select disable or WEP WPA WPA2...

Page 23: ...ddresses can be added to the list Filter mode you can select off to disable the filter function Or Allow Block client with the MAC address listed MAC address The PCs MAC addresses to filter click Add to take it in Or Delete to remove it from the list Open Close Association Table To view the current association information with the device Click Refresh to update the association info and Add to take...

Page 24: ...ou change the default user name and password 5 2 Firmware Upgrade On this screen you can upgrade the AP s firmware Do not upgrade the firmware unless you are experiencing problems with the AP or the new firmware has a feature you want to use To upgrade the AP s firmware 1 Download the firmware file from our website www tenda cn 2 Extract the firmware file on your computer 3 On the Firmware Upgrade...

Page 25: ...device After the process completed the device will rebooted automaticly the total period will take about several minutes please waiting patiently 5 3 Reboot Reboot the AP to make the changed settings effective Before rebooting completed the AP will break its connection automatically 5 4 Restore Factory Default That will erase all of your settings including wireless security current working mode et...

Page 26: ...store Backup Setting On this page you can create a backup setting file or save a setting to the AP Export To save a backup setting file on your computer click the Export button and follow the on screen instructions Import To upload a setting file to the AP click Browse to select the exist setting file then click Import button and follow the on screen instructions Don t forget reboot the device to ...

Page 27: ...Instruction Manual TWL54A Access Point 5 6 Exit Click the Exit button to log out the web based utility 5 7 Help Click the Help button to get more information about the AP s settings and applications 24 ...

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Page 29: ...reless network The 40bit and 64bit encryption are the same because of out 64 bits 40 bits are private Conversely 104 and 128 bit are the same WEP uses a common KEY to encode the data Therefore all devices on a wireless network must use the same key and same type of encryption There are 2 methods for entering the KEY one is to enter a 16 bit HEX digit Using this method users must enter a 10 digit n...

Page 30: ...anual TWL54A Access Point Appendix II TCP IP Address Setting Take Winxp as example Click the Start Settings Control Panel Fig 1 Fig 1 Click Network and Internet Connections the windows as below will appear Fig 2 27 ...

Page 31: ...Instruction Manual TWL54A Access Point Fig 2 Click the Network Connections as Fig 3 28 ...

Page 32: ...the Local Area Connection Properties windows appear choose the Internet Protocol TCP IP in the This connection uses the following items click the Properties Fig 4 Choose the Use the following IP address enter the IP address as 192 168 0 xxx xxx is an integer between 1 253 喋 喌 Subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 As Showed in Fig 5 29 ...

Page 33: ...Instruction Manual TWL54A Access Point Fig 5 Click OK to apply and return to the Local Area Connection Properties windows Continue click OK to exit the setting windows 30 ...

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