300mbps wi-fi range extender with ac passthrough (39 pages)
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender Rev: 1.0.0 1910010310...
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Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
FCC STATEMENT 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 protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
National restrictions This device is intended for home and office use in all EU countries (and other countries following the EU directive 1999/5/EC) without any limitation except for the countries mentioned below: Country Restriction Reason/remark General authorization required for outdoor use and Bulgaria None public service...
TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender Model No.: TL-WA730RE Trademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product within the scope of Council Directives:...
CONTENTS Package Contents ....................1 Conventions ......................1 Overview of This Guide ................... 2 Chapter 1 Introduction................... 4 Product Overview....................4 Main Features ....................4 Appearance....................... 5 1.3.1 The Front Panel ....................5 1.3.2 The Rear Panel....................6 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ................7 Before You Begin....................
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4.7.3 Ping Watch Dog....................44 Be sure to click the Save button to make your settings in operation......45 4.7.4 Firmware Upgrade ...................45 4.7.5 Factory Defaults....................46 4.7.6 Backup & Restore....................46 4.7.7 Reboot ......................47 4.7.8 Password ......................48 4.7.9 System Log......................48 Appendix A: Application Example ................ 50 Appendix B: Factory Defaults ................
Conventions The AP or TL-WA730RE, or device mentioned in this User guide stands for 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender without any explanations. Parameters provided in the pictures are just references for setting up the product, which may differ...
Overview of This Guide Tells what are contained in the box. Package Contents: Gives an introduction for the TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Chapter 1 Introduction: Wireless Range Extender. 1.1 Product Overview: Introduces advantages of using this AP. 1.2 Main Feature: Introduces main features and their benefits.
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4.6 DHCP: Introduces how to set your AP to be a DHCP server so that the AP will automatically assign an IP address for your PC. 4.7 System Tools: Provides some useful tools.
Firewall protections, the TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender delivers complete data privacy. The TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender is easy to configure and manage with the Utility provided. Besides, the Auto-repeater function can be used to connect the device with a Router around without any cable.
1.3.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 The front panel of the TL-WA730RE consists of several LED indicators, which is designed to indicate connections. View from left to right, Table 1-1 describes the LEDs on the front panel of the device.
150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide 1.3.2 The Rear Panel Figure 1-2 Viewed from left to right, the following parts are located on the rear panel of TL-WA730RE. POWER: The power port connects to the power adapter provided with the TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender.
Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or above, Netscape Navigator 6.0 or above Operating temperature: 0℃~40℃ (32℉~104℉) Operating Humidity: 10%~90%RH, Non-condensing 2.3 Connecting the Device Figure 2-1 is an example of the typical application of TL-WA730RE in the infrastructure network. An Infrastructure network contains an access point or a wireless router.
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Adjust the direction of the antenna. Normally, upright is a good direction. Connect the Ethernet Broadband Router to the TL-WA730RE Access Point. Power on the AP. Then you can connect a desktop PC or laptop to your network. (Make sure your computer or laptop is equipped with a Wireless Adapter.)
Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide This chapter will guide you to configure your PC to communicate with the AP and to configure and manage the TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender easily with a Web-based utility. 3.1 Configure the PC The wireless adapter-equipped computers in your network must be in the same IP Address range without overlap with each other.
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Figure 3-2 In the General tab of Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties. Figure 3-3...
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Configure the IP address manually. Select Use the following IP address. Enter 192.168.1.* (* is any integer between 1 to 253) into the IP address filed, 255.255.255.0 into the Subnet mask filed. Click OK to keep your settings.
192.168.1.253. 3.2 Quick Setup With a Web-based utility, it is easy to configure and manage the TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender. The Web-based utility can be used on any Windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari.
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Note: If the above screen does not prompt, it means that your web-browser has been set to a proxy. Go to Tools menu>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings, in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it.
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Figure 3-11 AP List 2) Find the SSID of the Access Point / Router you want to access, and click Connect in the corresponding row. For example, the first item is selected. The MAC address will be automatically filled into the corresponding box which is shown as the Figure 3-12 .
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Operation Mode - Two Operation Modes are supported, including: Range Extender and Access Point. MAC of AP - The MAC address of the desired AP. The AP client will connect to the desired AP according to MAC address.
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide wireless network security, the default SSID is set to be TP-LINK_XXXXXX (XXXXXX indicates the last unique six numbers of each Router’s MAC address). This value is case-sensitive. For example, TEST is NOT the same as test.
150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Chapter 4 Configure the Device This Chapter describes how to configure your Access Point via the web-based management page. The TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender is easy to configure and manage with the ® Web-based (Internet Explorer, Netscape...
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Firmware Version - This field displays the current firmware version of the AP. Hardware Version - This field displays the current hardware version of the AP Wired - This field displays the current settings or information for the Network, including the MAC address, IP address and Subnet Mask.
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-2 QSS Operation Mode - Displays the current operation mode of the device. QSS Status - To enable or disable the QSS function here. Current PIN - The current value of the device's PIN is displayed here. The default PIN of the device can be found in the label or User Guide.
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-3 Add A New Device Step 2: Choose “Press the button of the new device in two minutes” and click Connect. Step 3: For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose “Push the button on my access point”...
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Method Two: Enter the PIN into my AP Step 1: Keep the QSS Status as Enabled and click the Add device button in Figure 4-2, then the following screen will appear.
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Note: In this example, the default PIN code of this adapter is 16952898 as the above figure shown. Method Three: Enter the PIN from my AP Step 1: Get the Current PIN code of the AP in Figure 4-2 (each AP has its unique PIN code.
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Note: The default PIN code of the AP can be found in its label or the QSS configuration screen as Figure 4-2. You will see the following screen when the new device has successfully connected to the network.
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask. Gateway - The gateway should be in the same subnet as your IP address.
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-8 Wireless Settings in Range Extender mode Operation Mode - Two Operation Modes are supported, including: Access Point and Range Extender. MAC of AP - The MAC address of the desired AP. The AP client will connect to the desired AP according to MAC address.
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Note: Restricted by local law regulations, version for North America does not have region selection option. Channel Width - Determines the channel width to be used. It is unnecessary to change the default value unless required.
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Region - Specifies the region where the wireless function of the AP can be used. Select your region from the drop-down list. If your country or region is not listed, please contact your local government agency for assistance.
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide shown as Figure 4-10. The security options are different for different operation mode. 1) Range Extender Figure 4-10 Wireless Security – Range Extender Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. Disable Security - Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption.
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide • Key Type - You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-bit.) for encryption. "Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid. For 64-bit encryption - You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 5 ASCII characters.
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide 2) Access Point Figure 4-11 Wireless Security - Access Point Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. Disable Security - Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption.
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide • WEP Key Format - You can select ASCII or Hexadecimal format. ASCII format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length. Hexadecimal format stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified length.
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide • Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value can be either 0 or at least 30. Enter 0 to disable the update. Be sure to click the Save button to save your settings on this page.
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-13 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry MAC Address - Enter the wireless station's MAC address that you want to control. Description - Give a simple description of the wireless station.
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide For example: If you desire that the wireless station A with MAC address 00-0A-EB-00- 07-BE is able to access the device, while all other wireless stations cannot access the device, you should configure the Wireless MAC Address Filtering list by following these steps: 1.
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Tx Power - Specifies the transmit power of the device. You can select High, Middle or Low which you would like. High is the default setting and is recommended. Beacon Interval - Specifies a value between 20-1000 milliseconds. The beacons are the packets sent by the device to synchronize a wireless network.
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-15 Throughput Monitor Rate - The Throughput unit. Run Time - How long this function is running. Transmit - Wireless transmit rate information. Receive - Wireless receive rate information. Click the Start button to start wireless throughput monitor.
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-16 Statistics of the device attached wireless stations Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. MAC Address - Shows the connected wireless station's MAC address Current Status - The connected wireless station's running status, one of STA-AUTH /...
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide 4.6.1 DHCP Settings Selecting DHCP > DHCP Settings will enable you to set up the AP as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PCs that are connected to the system on the LAN.
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Note: 1 When the device is working on Dynamic IP mode, the DHCP Server function will be disabled. 2 To use the DHCP server function of the device, you should configure all computers in the LAN as "Obtain an IP Address automatically"...
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide MAC Address - Here displays the MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP address. Reserved IP Address - Here displays the IP address that the AP is reserved.
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-21 The System Tools menu 4.7.1 SNMP Selecting System Tools > SNMP to enable this function will allow the network management station to retrieve statistics and status from the SNMP agent in this device. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a popular network monitoring and management protocol, used to refer to a collection of specifications for network management that include the protocol itself.
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide SysName - An administratively-assigned name for this managed node. SysLocation - The physical location of this node. Note: Specifying one of these values via the Device's Web-Based Utility makes the corresponding object read-only. If there isn't such a config setting, then the write request will succeed (assuming suitable access control settings), but the new value would be forgotten the next time the agent was restarted.
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-23 Diagnostic Diagnostic Tools - Click the radio button to select one diagnostic tool. • Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name resolution to a given host or gateway by using the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) protocol's mandatory Echo Request datagram to elicit an ICMP Echo Response from a host or gateway.
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide return Time Exceeded messages for packets with expired TTL values and are invisible to the traceroute tool. In this case, a row of asterisks (*) is displayed for that hop. IP Address - Enter the IP Address (such as 202.108.22.5) of the PC whose connection you wish to diagnose.
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-25 Ping Watch Dog Utility Enable - Turn on/off Ping Watch Dog. IP Address - The IP address of the target host where the Ping Watch Dog Utility is sending ping packets.
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Note: There is no need to upgrade the firmware unless the new firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experiencing problems caused by the device itself, you can try to upgrade the firmware.
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-28 Save or Restore the Configuration Click Backup to save all configuration settings to your local computer as a file. To restore the device's configuration, follow these instructions: • Click Browse… to find the configuration file which you want to restore.
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide 4.7.8 Password Selecting System Tools > Password allows you to change the factory default user name and password of the device on the screen shown in Figure 4-30. Figure 4-30 Password It is strongly recommended that you change the factory default user name and password of the device.
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-31 System Log The device can keep logs of all traffic. You can query the logs to find what happened to the device. Log Type - By selecting the log type, only logs of this type will be shown.
150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Appendix A: Application Example The TL-WA730RE relays signal between its stations and the root AP for greater wireless range. It allows you to connect the device with a Router around without any cable. Providing that you want to connect your computer equipped with wireless adapter to a wired network wirelessly, you can take the following instructions.
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Enable to enable wireless network function. Right-click the wireless connection icon “ ” on the screen of the PC and then select View Available Wireless Networks. Highlight the SSID of the Range Extender (Here is TP-LINK) and click Connect to add to the network.
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Then the following page will display, which indicates you have been successfully added to the network wirelessly.
Make sure the power adapter is connected to a functioning electrical outlet and the switch of the electrical outlet is on. Make sure you are using the correct TP-LINK power adapter provided with your Access Point. The LAN LED is not lit.
TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide Appendix E: Glossary 802.11b - The 802.11b standard specifies a wireless networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and WEP encryption for security. 802.11b networks are also referred to as Wi-Fi networks.
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TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless Range Extender User Guide provides an authentication alternative to an expensive RADIUS server. WPA-PSK is a simplified but still powerful form of WPA most suitable for home Wi-Fi networking. To use WPA-PSK, a person sets a static key or "passphrase" as with WEP. But, using TKIP, WPA-PSK automatically changes the keys at a preset time interval, making it much more difficult for hackers to find and exploit them.