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Page 2: Copyright Statement
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 advance. If you want to know more about our products information, please visit our website at www.tenda.cn... -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE PRODUCTION DESCRIPTION .... 1 1.1 S ............1 PECIFICATION 1.2 U ...............2 NPACKING CHAPTER TWO INSTALLATION ........3 2.1 B ..........3 EFORE NSTALLATION 2.2 S ......3 TEPS FOR ARDWARE NSTALLATION CHAPTER THREE CONFIGURATION GUIDE ....5 3.1 L ..............5 3.2 F... -
Page 4: Chapter One Production Description
Wireless AP, Repeater, Point to Point (PTP), Point to Multi Point (PMP) and Client. TWL5401A is easy in configuration, you are able to finish the configuration easily with references to the manual and you are able to enjoy your Internet visiting. -
Page 5: Unpacking
Every location has its covering area, the access point offers wireless connectivity to user’s in the covered area. 1.2 Unpacking TWL5401A wireless AP one units CD one piece (user’s manual, installation guide included) Installation Guide Power cord... -
Page 6: Chapter Two Installation
54Mbps Wireless Long Range Wireless AP Chapter Two Installation 2.1 Before Installation To inspect the location for installing the equipment: Please decide the quantity of the equipments to be installed, and select the location for installing the equipment. For example, top of building, or other high buildings. - Page 7 TWL5401A properly, and then please tighten the cap. To connect the Antenna: Please connect the antenna to the antenna port of the TWL5401A properly and then tighten the cap To install the Antenna: Please refer to the guide for installing Antenna...
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Page 8: Chapter Three Configuration Guide
NIC as 192.168.0.X (X is a number between 1~253, and IP address of your NIC should not be the same as the IP address of TWL5401A or the same as the IP address of other devices in the network.), and Sub-Net Mask of your NIC should be 255.255.255.0. -
Page 9: Fast Installation Guide
AP mode. On the menu on the left-hand side, we are able to select “Status”, “Wizard”, “LAN Setting”, “Radio Setting”, “System Tools”, “Exit” and “Help”. And in this interface, you could see that TWL5401A supports five working modes including wireless AP, P2P bridging, P2MP bridging, wireless repeater and wireless client. - Page 10 54Mbps Wireless Long Range Wireless AP Figure2 You can select one of the five following working modes: AP, WDS P2P Bridge, WDS P2MP Bridge, WDS AP Repeater, Client to accommodate the wireless accesses. We herein take AP for example. Please Select AP and then click “Next” as Figure 4. Figure 4 According to the instruction, please fill in below information: SSID: Fill in the SSID of the device.
- Page 11 Key Format: When user selects WPA-PSK Mode，please select AES, TKIP. Wireless Encryption List The TWL5401A supports WEP mode in all of its wireless working mode. However, some modes don’t support WPA or WPA2, detailed corresponding relationship as below: Mode...
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Page 12: Status
54Mbps Wireless Long Range Wireless AP 3.3 Status This section shows the running status of the wireless AP. Figure 6 Product information This section displays the current status of Firmware Version, MAC Address, LAN IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway etc. Radio Status This section displays the Current Mode, SSID, Radio Frequency Mode, Channel, Encryption Mode etc. - Page 13 Figure 7 ● To Configure IP Address Manually: Default IP address of this TWL5401A is: 192.168.0.254. You can change the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway according to your requirement manually. ● To Obtain IP Address Automatically through DHCP: TO obtain IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway automatically from DHCP Server.
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Page 14: Chapter Four Lan Setting
54Mbps Wireless Long Range Wireless AP Chapter Four LAN Setting Basic setting This section guides you to configure the basic wireless network parameter of this TWL5401A. Figure 8 SSID: The Service Set Identifier in the wireless LAN, namely, the name of the wireless device;... -
Page 15: Mode Setting
Please select Mode Setting, you can find five modes: AP, P2P bridging, P2MP bridging, Repeater Mode and Client in TWL5401A. Fig 9 We illustrate the five modes of TWL5401A as follow: 4.2.1 AP Mode At AP Mode, the device is a wireless HUB. It can realize the access between wireless devices, wired and wireless devices. - Page 16 54Mbps Wireless Long Range Wireless AP Fig 10 4.2.1.1 Function Introduction SSID: Setting the name of SSID (Please fill in English letters) Channel: Please select the wireless communication channel (default is Security Setting: Please select the wireless encryption type. Support WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA_WPA2_Mixed (Note: when you select “disable”, the security mode is invalid) Please click “Finish”...
- Page 17 Please click “Finish” after setting. 4.2.2.2 Deployment With the P2P Bridging Mode you can connect two wired LANs via TWL5401A, without using wired cables. It is suitable for environment where you require data connectivity but not easy to layout cables.
- Page 18 P2P Bridging Mode. P2MP wireless bridging usually take one network as a center, other networks communicate around this center (TWL5401A support at most 6 remote accesses points). Please click P2MP Mode under Mode Setting and enter to the below...
- Page 19 54Mbps Wireless Long Range Wireless AP MAC Address of the AP which is connected remotely: Please fill in the MAC Address of remote connected APs (This MAC Address can be obtained by scanning or copying. Or you can fill in the MAC Address manually, at most 6 groups of MAC Address are supported);...
- Page 20 54Mbps Wireless Long Range Wireless AP Note: In order to realize P2P Bridging Mode, P2MP Bridging Mode, at least two units of APs are required, considering the compatibility, please use APs of the same model number. 4.2.4 WDS AP Repeater “WDS AP Repeater”...
- Page 21 Figure17 4.2.5 Wireless Client Mode Under this mode, you could connect the LAN port of TWL5401A to the NIC, and then this TWL5401A could work as a wireless NIC. Note: When you use this function, you should connect your TWL5401A to the wired NIC or connect it to the wireless network.
- Page 22 By using the wireless client function of TWL5401A, we can solve this problem. TWL5401A can work as a wireless NIC to connect wireless...
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Page 23: Access Filter
54Mbps Wireless Long Range Wireless AP mode of TWL5401A is able to meet your requirements. Please refer to the Topology as follows: Figure 19 4.3 Access Filter Click “Ratio Setting”, “Access filter”, you could see the following figure in your screen:... - Page 24 54Mbps Wireless Long Range Wireless AP access to the wireless network. MAC Address: fill in the MAC addresses of the computer that you want to filter manually please click “Add” after filling the address. By Scanning the MAC list to add MAC address which you require to filter: if you want to forbid any users in the scanning list, please select it in the list and click “Add”;...
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Page 25: Chapter Five System Tools
By upgrading the software of this AP, you are able to obtain more stable version software for the AP and value-added function. The steps for upgrading the software are as follows: 1. Please visit website of our company www.tenda.cn and download software of higher version. -
Page 26: Reboot
54Mbps Wireless Long Range Wireless AP 2. Please unpack the downloaded software with WinRAR and locate it in the related directory. 3. Please click “Browse” and select the data packet for upgrading. 4. Please single click “Upgrade” to upgrade the software. 5. -
Page 27: Restore Factory
54Mbps Wireless Long Range Wireless AP Figure 23 5.4 Restore Factory By clicking “Apply” in “Restore Factory”. All the configuration in the AP would restore to factory default setting. Default user name: min Default password: min Default IP address: 2.168.0.254 Default Sub-net Mask: 5.255.255.0 Figure 24... -
Page 28: Restore/Backup
In the same way, please click “Browse”, select the configuration file in the corresponding directory, click “Import” on the interface of TWL5401A, when this is finished. Please reboot the TWL5401A and you are able to restore to the system configuration that you require. -
Page 29: Help
54Mbps Wireless Long Range Wireless AP Figure 26 5.7 Help By clicking “Help”, you are able to obtain some helpful information concerning the deployment and configuration for TWL5401A through WEB interface.
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