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Tenda W541R User Manual

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  • Page 1 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide...

  • Page 2: Copyright Statement

    All the photos and product specifications mentioned in this manual are for references only. As the upgrade of software and hardware, there will be changes. And if there are changes, Tenda is not responsible for informing in advance. If you want to know more about our product information, please visit our website at www.tenda.cn...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide CONTENTS Chapter One Hardware Installation ....... 1 1.1 Rear Panel ................1 1.2 Hardware Installation ............1 1.3 LED Indicators ..............2 1.4 Topology of the Wireless Router........3 Chapter Two Configuration Guide ......... 4 2.1 To Set the Network Configuration of your Computer..

  • Page 4: Chapter One Hardware Installation

    Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide Chapter One Hardware Installation 1.1 Rear Panel Rear Panel Description Connectible to 10/100-BaseT Ethernet LAN 4 LAN Ports network adapter and can uplink to a hub or switch. Note! When you press the RESET Button for 7 seconds, the configuration that you have set RESET would be deleted and restore to factory default...

  • Page 5: Led Indicators

    Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 2. Please use the delivery-attached power supply to power the router. 3. Please connect your broadband line provided by your ISP to the WAN port of your router. 1.3 LED Indicators LED Indicator Description POWER Always ON Indicates the device is powered up well.

  • Page 6: Topology Of The Wireless Router

    Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 1.4 Topology of the Wireless Router...

  • Page 7: Chapter Two Configuration Guide

    Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide Chapter Two Configuration Guide 2.1 To Set the Network Configuration of your Computer 1. Please right click “My Network Place” on your computer and select “Properties”. 2. In the following dialogue box, please click “Local Area Network Connection”...
  • Page 8 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 3. In the dialogue box, please select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and click “Properties”. 4. Please select “Obtain an IP address automatically” or “Use the following IP address” “Obtain IP address automatically”, it is as the right figure.

  • Page 9: To Check The Connection

    Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide b. For “Use the following IP address”, please configure as the right figure. IP Address: 192.168.0.xxx (xxx is a number between 2 and 254) Subnet Mask: 255.255.25.0 Gateway: 192.168.0.1 DNS Server: You could inquire your local ISP and fill in your local DNS server address or you can also use the router as the DNS proxy server.

  • Page 10: Log In

    Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 2.3 Log in 1. Please open your Internet Browser, enter “http://192.168.0.1” address bar. 2. In the dialogue box, please input User Name: admin Password: admin And then click “OK” 3. The router would verify your user name and password.

  • Page 11: The Management Interface

    Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 2.4 The Management Interface 1. On the left side, you can see the buttons: “Running Status”, “Wizard”, “Advanced Config”, “WLAN Setting”, “DHCP Server”, “Virtual Server”, “Security Setting”, “Routing Setting”, “System Tool” “Logout”. 2. On the right side, you can see the function configuration of related buttons.

  • Page 12: Quick Installation Guide

    Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 2.5 Quick Installation Guide 1. Entering into the “Welcome” Interface of the router, please click “Next”. 2. Now you would enter the “Setting Wizard”. In order to access the Internet, you should select your connection type to your ISP (Internet Services Provider).
  • Page 13 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide b. Of course, if you are clear, you could select manually and click “Next”. A. If the connection type is “ADSL Virtual Dial-UP (PPPoE)”, please input “User Name” “Password” provided by your ISP. B. If the connection provided by your ISP is DHCP of “Obtain an IP address automatically”, please click “Next”.
  • Page 14 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide connection “PPP Tunneling Protocol”, please input the following parameters provided by your ISP: User Name, Password, Gateway, MTU, MPPE The default MTU is 1400, and you can change it according to your requirements MPPE: To Encrypt the connection between your router and the server, if needs encrypt...

  • Page 15: Running Status

    Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 4. After configuration, please click “Next” to enter into the figure beside and click “Save” to finish the configuration. 5. “Running Status” After configuration, please click the “Running Status” button and check the connection status. If the Link Status is “Connected”, now you can access the internet.

  • Page 16: Wizard

    Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide WAN Port Status Here you can see the status of the WAN port including Link Status, WAN IP, Sub-net Mask, Gateway, DNS, Second DNS and Link Type LAN Port Status Here you can see the status of the LAN port including IP Address, Sub-net Mask, DHCP Server, NAT and Firewall.
  • Page 17 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide The configuration parameters of the LAN port of the router is displayed here. 1. MAC Address: To display the MAC address of the router in the LAN, its value can not be changed. 2. IP Address: To display the IP address of the router in the LAN, the factory default value is 192.168.0.1, you can change...
  • Page 18 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide in the LAN should be set as the value of this new IP address. Netmask: The default Sub-net Mask of this router in the LAN is 255.255.255.0 WAN Setting The configuration parameters for the WAN port are displayed in this page.
  • Page 19 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide Here we can change the configuration parameters of the WAN port here. Please refer to the figure beside, and this figure is subject to different connection types to your ISP. For example, in ADSL mode, we can change the parameters as the figure below: MTU Value...
  • Page 20 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide MAC Address Clone In this page, you are able to configure the MAC address of the WAN port With this function, you are able to clone the MAC address of your computer which is connected to the router, and copy this MAC address to the WAN port of the router.
  • Page 21 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide DNS Server ★ Tips: The Domain Name System is the system that translates Internet domain names into IP numbers. A "DNS Server" is a server that performs this kind of translation. 1. DNS Server Configuration: Please select enable and the configuration of DNS would be effected.

  • Page 22: Wlan Setting

    Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide Server 202.96.128.68 Address Secondly 202.96.134.134 DNS Address Then you should fill in your parameters as the figure beside. 2.9 WLAN Setting Basic Configuration In this page, we set the basic wireless parameters 1. SSID: (Service Set ID). SSID is a group name shared by every member of a wireless network.
  • Page 23 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 2. Wireless Mode: Here you can select “Mixed” or “802.11g” For example, if you require selecting Wireless Mode as “802.11g” mode, please check as the figure beside. 3. Channels: It is for selecting the working channels the wireless network.
  • Page 24 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 1. WDS Mode: Please select to enable WDS function here. 2. Wireless Bridge MAC Address: Please add a MAC address used for...
  • Page 25 WDS table. For example, please refer to the figure beside. We can search the SSID of “TENDA” with MAC Address of “02:10:18:01:00:B6” in the wireless network and add it to the WDS table. 4. Wireless Bridge Information: To display the MAC Addresses of all the wireless bridges added.
  • Page 26 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide Security Config Security Options: Please select Disable, WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA&WPA2 Mode； ★Tips: WEP is a security protocol that is designed to provide a wireless local area network (WLAN) with a level of security and privacy comparable to that of a wired LAN by encrypting the data that is transmitted.
  • Page 27 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 2. WEP setting: when user select WEP mode，WEP goes into effect. a. Authentication: You can select open system which allows any access to the router or select transmit key based on the WEP encryption mechanism; b.
  • Page 28 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 3. When user select Security Option of WPA mode, WPA mode goes into effect. a. WPA Type: You can select AES mode or TKIP mode; b. Please input key, please take note that the Length and valid character of WPA Key is 8-64 ASCII characters;...
  • Page 29 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 4. WPA2 Setting: When user select encryption mode of WPA2，WPA2 goes into effect. a. WPA2 Type: You can select AES mode which is a higher level of encryption mode. b. WPA Key: Please input the key content, please note that the Length and valid character of WPA Key is 8-64 ASCII characters.
  • Page 30 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 5. WPA&WPA2 mixed setting: When mode ， user select WPA&WPA2 WPA&WPA2 goes into effect. a. WPA Type: You can select AES mode or TKIP mode; WPA2 Type: You can select AES. b. Key: Please input key content, please note that the Length and valid character of WPA Key is from 8 to 64 ASCII character.
  • Page 31 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide Advanced Config Radio Preamble: The potion for Antenna Mode which enables you to select the antenna transmitting data receiving data. 802.11b Rate Setting: Enables you to select the negotiated transmission speed to wireless LAN card under the 802.11b standard.
  • Page 32 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide Based on MAC Address, wireless Access Control is able to permit certain client access to the wireless network, or forbid certain client access to the wireless network. 1. MAC Address Filter: Here you can select “Allow” or “Block” to control the clients"...

  • Page 33: Dhcp Server

    Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 3. MAC Address List On this list, you can view the controlled MAC Addresses or delete them if necessary. Link Status You can view wireless clients’ access status like their MAC Address and transmission rate. 2.10 DHCP Server DHCP Server setting ★Tips: DHCP is the abbreviation of...
  • Page 34 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 1. DHCP Server: The DHCP function will go into effect if you select “Enable” as the figure beside. 2. IP Pool Starting Address: The starting address which DHCP Server automatically starts. 3. IP Pool Ending Address: The ending address which DHCP...

  • Page 35: Virtual Server

    Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 2.10 DHCP Server You can view the link status of the connected clients in the DHCP Client list, including IP address, correspond- ing MAC address and Lease time etc. DHCP Client List shows the binding MAC address, namely, IP address assigning corresponding...
  • Page 36 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide This wireless router is equipped with firewall function, so the computer from WAN is forbidden to have access to the certain servers in LAN. But sometimes, we have to allow some computers from the WAN to have legal access to the servers in LAN.
  • Page 37 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 1. Service Port: The service port which the router offers to WAN. 2. IP Address: The IP Address of the computer in the LAN which work as a virtual server. 3. Enable: Please select “Enable” and the rules will go into effect.
  • Page 38 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide the router to make the settings go into effect. DMZ Host In some special situations, a computer needs to expose entirely to WAN in order to realize intercommunication. So, please set this computer as DMZ Host. Please input the computer’s IP address of the computer in LAN which is to be set as DMZ host in “DMZ Host IP...

  • Page 39: Security Setting

    Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide host in LAN can request the router to process some special port switching so as to enable host outside to visit the resources in the internal host. UPnP Port Map When you start UPnP function, click “refresh”, then you can see the port switching information.
  • Page 40 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide To benefit your further management to the computers in the LAN, you can control some ports access to Internet by data packet filter function. Click “Filter Out” or “Accept”. When you click “Filter Out”, you are only forbidding the host in LAN with the corresponding IP address to go through the router by the corresponding port.
  • Page 41 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 8. Save: Click to finish and save setting. For example, if you require forbidding the computer (IP address 192.168.0.7) browsing website during 8:00-18:00 and forbidding the computer with IP of 192.168.0.8 receiving emails all day, you can set as the figure beside.
  • Page 42 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 1. Enable URL Filter Function 2. Filter Mode: Two filter modes, “Filter” and “Allow”, are available. When you select “Filter”, you are able to forbid the computer with the IP address visiting the URL with the contents stated.
  • Page 43 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide MAC Filter In order to manage the computers in LAN better, you could control the computer’s access to Internet by MAC Address Filter. 1. MAC Filter: Choose “Enable” to enable MAC filter function. 2. Filtering Rule: Please refer to the figure below.
  • Page 44 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide Prevent Network Attack Prevent Network Attack: When you enable this function, the router would be able to prevent from network attack. When computer attack the router, it would control the bandwidth of the computer. You would click log in System tool to check the IP which attacks the router.
  • Page 45 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide example), should type http://192.168.1.2:8080 to go to the WEB management interface. 2. The default IP which is allowed to execute remote WEB managing function is 0.0.0.0. Under this default situation, all the computers in WAN is able to log in and execute remote WEB manager function.

  • Page 46: Routing Setting

    Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide When enable Special application Filter, it would prohibit application like MSN, QQ, OICO etc. 2.13 Routing Setting Routing Table ★Tips: The main duty for router is to look for a best path for every data frame, and transfer this data frame to destination.

  • Page 47: System Tool

    Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 2. Subnet Mask: Fill in Subnet Mask. Usually, it is 255.255.255.0. 3. Gateway: The IP address of the host or router, to which the data packet is transferred. 4. Action: After you click “ADD”, the setting would be taken into effect.
  • Page 48 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide This section is to set system time of router. You would set your own time or obtain GMT time from Internet. Note: After you turn off the power of the router, the time information would be lost.
  • Page 49 2. DDNS is able to help you to establish virtual server in your home or office. For example: On the local server 192.168.0.4, you set up a WEB server, and register in Oray as follows: USER ID tenda PASSWORD 123456 Domain Name test.vicp.net Virtual Sever defines the mapping relationship between service port of WAN and network server of LAN.
  • Page 50 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide The steps to backup: 1. Download: Please go to our website （ www.tenda.cn ） and down- load a TFTP appliance program. 2. Save this program in a fixed file and run it. 3. Backup: Click “Backup” to form a backup file in TFTP appliance program.
  • Page 51 The steps to upgrade: 1. Please kindly go to our website （ www.tenda.cn ） , and download software for upgrading with higher version. It is in WinRAR format. 2. Please establish a TFTP server in your computer.
  • Page 52 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide 3. Fill in “Input File”, please fill in the name of the file which you unpacked, for example “upgrade.bin”, and in “Input TFTP Server” please fill in the IP address of the TFTP server, for example “192.168.0.11”...
  • Page 53 “Save”. For example: We want to change the USER Name and password into the parameters as follows: USER Name tenda Password tenda Please fill in the data as the figure beside.
  • Page 54 Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide Note: For data safety, we strongly suggest that you change the factory default USER Name and Password. In Log, you could check various status of the system after it starts, and could also check if there is network attack towards the router.

  • Page 55: Features

    Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide Features: Integrates router, wireless access point, four-port switch and firewall in one Provides up to 54M speed rate and auto negotiates 54/48/36/24/18/12/9/6/M or 11/5.5/2/1M speed rate Compliant to IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11g, IEEE802.3 and IEEE 802.3u standards Supports far-distance transmission, 150 meters indoors, 400 meters outdoors (depends on the environments around) Supports 64/128-bit WEP encryption, WPA and the latest WPA2 encryption...

  • Page 56: Deployment

    Supports WDS wireless network extension Deployment W541R wireless broadband router provides you with wireless connection solution for high speed, reliable and low cost. Its deployment is as follows: 1. For staff who requires high mobility in their office, they require to have access to the office traditional wired or wireless network in any location of their office.

  • Page 57: Physical Environment

    Physical Environment Wired Ethernet LAN or Wireless Ethernet LAN Please use cable to connect the ALN port of the W541R router to the LAN. For wireless client, please refer to the user’s guide of the wireless NIC to connect the wireless NIC to the wireless router wirelessly.

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