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  • Page 1 Tenda F303 Manual 
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  • Page 2: Chapter 1 Product Overview

    ➢ Ethernet Cable If any of the above items is incorrect, missing, or damaged, please contact your Tenda reseller for immediate replacement. 1.2 Getting to know your router Before you cable your router, take a moment to become familiar with the front and back panels and the label.
  • Page 3 Front Pannel Status Description Indicates a proper connection to the power Solid supply Power Indicates an improper connection to the power adapter Blinking Indicates system is functioning properly Solid WPS is enabled Device is performing WPS authentication on a Blinking client device WPS is disabled or WPS negotiation is finished Solid...
  • Page 4 Back Panel Back LED Overview Port Description Usually for connecting DSL MODEM、CABLE MODEM、 ISP to the Internet. LAN(1/2/3) Usually for connecting computers, switches .etc. The power adapter is connected and you can use the provided POWER adapter to supply power. When you press this button for 7 seconds, files set by the router will be deleted and restored to default factory settings;...
  • Page 5 1.3 Position your Router The router lets you access your network from virtually anywhere within the operating range of your wireless network. However, the operating distance or range of your wireless connection can vary significantly depending on the physical placement of your router. For example, the thickness and number of walls the wireless signal passes through can limit the range.
  • Page 6 Installation and Quick Setup Guide 2.1 Preparation Before connecting Ethernet cables,please verify the following items: Item Description Wireless Router Used with the provided power supply Installed with IE8 or other better web browsers. Ethenet Cable Used for linking the PC to the router Broadband Service Provided by ISP If you connect to the Internet using a...
  • Page 7 different voltage rating than the one included with the device will cause damage to the device.) 2. Connect one of the LAN ports on the Device to the NIC port on your PC using an Ethernet cable. 3. Connect the Ethernet cable from Internet side to the WAN port on the...

  • Page 8: Internet Connection Setup

    Device. 4. When connected, log in to Web manager to set up Internet connection. 2.3 Internet Connection Setup Before you start the setup process, get your ISP information and make sure the computers and devices in the network have the settings described here.
  • Page 9 2. Now you may access the device’s home page for quickly setting up Internet connection and wireless security. 2.3.3 Quick Internet Connection Setup Two common Internet connection types are available on the home page: PPPoE and DHCP. DHCP: Select DHCP (Dynamic IP) if you can access Internet as soon as your computer directly connects to an Internet-enabled ADSL/Cable modem;...
  • Page 10 2.3.4 Verify Internet Connection Settings System automatically skips to the status page when you finish all needed settings on the home page. Here you can see the system status and WAN connection status of the device. 1. If you find "Connected" and a WAN IP address displayed there (as shown below), you have got a wired internet access now.
  • Page 11 or re-connect all involved devices and cables properly and then refresh the page. If nothing is wrong, "Connecting" or "Connected" will be displayed. 3. If "Connecting" is displayed and no WAN IP address is seen, try refreshing the page five times. And if it still displays "Connecting" try steps below: 1).
  • Page 12 3). Ethernet cable is not connected or not properly connected to the WAN port on the device. Please reconnect it properly. 4). No response is received from your ISP. Please verify that you can access Internet when you directly connect your PC to an Internet- enabled modem.
  • Page 13 2.3.6 Connect to Device Wirelessly Having finished above settings, you can search the device's wireless network (SSID) from your wireless devices (notebook, iPad, iPhone, etc) and enter a security key to connect to it wirelessly. 1. If you are using Windows XP OS, do as follows: 1) Click Start and select Control Panel.
  • Page 14 3) Right click Wireless Network Connection and then select View Available Wireless Networks. 4) Select the desired wireless network, click Connect, enter the security key and then click OK.
  • Page 15 5) You can access Internet via the device when "Connected" appears next to the wireless network name you selected. 2. If you are using Windows 7 OS, do as follows: 1) Click Start and select Control Panel.
  • Page 16 2) Click Network and Internet. 3) Click Network and Sharing Center.
  • Page 17 4) Click Change adapter settings. 5) Select a desired wireless connection and click Connect/Disconnect.
  • Page 18 6) Select the wireless network you wish to connect and click Connect. 7) Enter the security key and click OK.
  • Page 19 8) You can access Internet via the device when "Connected" appears next to the wireless network name you selected.

  • Page 20: Chapter 3 Advanced Settings

    Chapter 3 Advanced Settings 3.1 Status Here you can see at a glance the operating status of the device. 1. Connection Status: Displays WAN connection status: Disconnected, Connecting or Connected. 2. Disconnected: Indicates that the Ethernet cable from your ISP side is not correctly connected to device's WAN port or the router is not logically connected to your ISP.
  • Page 21 1. LAN MAC Address: Displays device’s LAN MAC address. 2. WAN MAC Address: Displays device’s WAN MAC address. 3. System Time: Displays device’s system time either customized or obtained from Internet. 4. Up Time: Displays device's uptime. 5. Connected Client(s): Displays the number of connected network devices (which obtain IP addresses from device DHCP server).
  • Page 22 1. Internet connection Type: Select PPPoE. 2. PPPoE User Name: Enter the User Name provided by your ISP. 3. PPPoE Password: Enter the password provided by your ISP. 4. MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit. DO NOT change it from the factory default of 1492 unless necessary.
  • Page 23 3.2.2 Static IP Select Static IP if your ISP provides all the needed info. You will need to enter the provided IP address, subnet mask, gateway address, and DNS address(es) in corresponding fields. 1. Internet connection Type: Select Static IP. 2.
  • Page 24 1. Internet connection Type: Select DHCP. 2. MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit. DO NOT change it from the factory default of 1500 unless instructed by your ISP. You may need to change it for optimal performance with some specific websites or application software that cannot be opened or enabled;...
  • Page 25 1. Internet connection Type: Displays the current Internet connection type. 2. PPTP Server Address: Enter the IP address of a PPTP server. 3. User Name: Enter your PPTP User Name. 4. Password: Enter the password. 5. MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit. DO NOT change it from the factory default of 1492 unless instructed by your ISP.
  • Page 26 1. Internet connection Type: Displays the current Internet connection type. 2. L2TP Server Address: Enter the IP address of a L2TP server. 3. User Name: Enter your L2TP username. 4. Password: Enter the password. MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit. DO NOT change it from the factory default of 1492 unless instructed by your ISP.

  • Page 27: Wan Speed

    3.3 MAC Clone This section allows you to configure Device’s WAN MAC address. 1. MAC Address: Config device’s WAN MAC address. 2. Clone MAC Address: Click to copy your PC's MAC address to the device as a new WAN MAC address. 3.
  • Page 28 default WAN Medium Type is Wired WAN, so no settings are required here if you connect to your ISP via an Ethernet cable. If you connect to your WISP wirelessly, do as follows: Select Wireless WAN and enable the scan feature. 2.
  • Page 29 WAN Medium Type: Select the WAN medium type you are going to use. Open Scan (or Scan): Click to search for available wireless networks in the area and select the one you wish to connect. SSID: The wireless network name of the uplink wireless device. Channel: The channel used by the uplink wireless device.

  • Page 30: Lan Settings

    Or you can use the Open Scan (or Scan) option to have the SSID and channel of the uplink wireless device automatically copied to this page. When you finish all these settings, go to Advanced-> Internet Connection Setup and select a proper Internet connection type (If your ISP is using a DHCP connection, simply select DHCP).

  • Page 31: Dns Settings

    1. LAN MAC Address: Displays device's LAN MAC address, which is NOT changeable. 2. IP Address: Device's LAN IP address. The default is 192.168.0.1. You can change it according to your need. 3. Subnet Mask: Device’s LAN subnet mask, 255.255.255.0 by default. 4.

  • Page 32: Dhcp Client List

    Note: Web pages are not able to open if DNS server addresses are entered incorrectly. Do remember to restart the device to activate new settings when you finish all settings. 3.8 DHCP The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an automatic configuration protocol used on IP networks.
  • Page 33 1. IP Address: Enter the IP address for static DHCP reservation. 2. MAC Address: Enter the MAC address of a computer to always receive the same IP address (the IP you just specified). 3. Add: Click to add the entry to the MAC address reservation list. 4.

  • Page 34: Chapter 4 Wireless Settings

    Chapter 4 Wireless Settings 4.1 Wireless Basic Settings Here you can expand your wireless coverage with the following modes: Wireless AP (default mode) and WDS. Wireless Access Point (AP): Select this mode if you want to convert an existing wired network to a wireless network so as to extend Internet access to wireless clients.
  • Page 35 Note: It is advisable to keep other items unchanged from factory default settings. For more details of other features, see Appendix 1. The device supports two SSIDs: primary SSID and secondary SSID. The secondary SSID is optional, left blank and disabled by default. 3.
  • Page 36 network. It allows a wireless network to be expanded using multiple access points without the traditional requirement for a wired backbone to link them. Note: The Access Points you select MUST support WDS. For example: As seen in the figure above, PC1 and PC2 access Internet via a wireless connection to Router 1.
  • Page 37 3. Set the LAN IP address of Router 2 to a different address yet on the same net segment as Router 1. As shown below: Router 1: 
 LAN IP: 192.168.0.1;
 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0; Router 2: 
 LAN IP：192.168.0.10;
 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0; Then do as follows: 1.
  • Page 38 Select the wireless network to connect and click OK. Verify that the SSID, channel, and AP MAC address on the page match those of the added wireless network. If not, manually correct them. 5) Close Scan and click OK to save your settings.
  • Page 39 6) Go to Wireless Security page and set the wireless security settings exactly as they are on the link partner (Router 1). 7) Go to DHCP Server to disable the DHCP on Router 2. Now you have finished all settings on Router 2 required for WDS.
  • Page 40 2. Configure Router 1: 1) Go to wireless section on Router 1 and specify WDS (or WDS Bridge) as its wireless working mode. 2) Manually enter Router 2's MAC address (Also, you can use the Scan option as mentioned above) and click OK to finish your settings.
  • Page 41 ： 3. Configure PC3 and PC4 1) Set PC3 and PC4 to Obtain an IP address automatically. 2) When the two PCs get IP addresses,...
  • Page 42 try below steps to verify the WDS connection: Click Start-> Run on PC3, input cmd on the appearing window and then click OK. Input ping 192.168.0.1 and press Enter. If you get a screen as seen below, you have successfully implemented WDS.

  • Page 43: Wireless Security

    Note: 1. WDS feature can only be implemented between 2 WDS-capable wireless devices. Plus, SSID, channel, security settings and security key must be exactly the same on both such devices. 2. To ensure a proper wireless connection, do not change any settings on the two devices after WDS is successfully implemented.
  • Page 44 Wi-Fi Protected Setup makes it easy for home users who know little of wireless security to establish a home network, as well as to add new devices to an existing network without entering long passphrases or configuring complicated settings. Simply enter a PIN code or press the software PBC button or hardware WPS button (if any) and a secure wireless connection is established.
  • Page 45 PIN: On the wireless security page, enable WPS, select PIN and enter the 8-digit PIN code from network adapter; then, within 2 minutes, enable WPS/PIN on the client device; Note: 1. With WPS successfully enabled, the WPS LED on the router keeps blinking for about 2 minutes, and during this time, you can enable WPS on a wireless adapter;...

  • Page 46: Wireless Access Control

    Note: 1. To use the WPS security, the wireless client must be also WPS-capable. 2. Before you press the hardware WPS button on the device for WPS/PBC connection, making sure the WPS feature has been enabled on the device. 4.3 Wireless Access Control The Access Control feature allows you to specify a list of devices to Permit or Forbid a connection to your wireless network via the devices’...

  • Page 47: Wireless Client

    3. To permit a wireless device to connect to your wireless network, select Permit (or Allow), enter its MAC address, click Add and then OK. Then only this device listed as “Permitted” will be able to connect to your wireless network; all other wireless devices will forbidden.
  • Page 48 Note: The bandwidth here refers to the channel bandwidth instead of wireless connection rate.

  • Page 49: Chapter 5 Bandwidth Control

    Chapter 5 Bandwidth Control 5.1 Bandwidth Control Use this section to manage bandwidth allocation to devices on your LAN. If there are multiple PCs behind your router competing for limited bandwidth resource, then you can use this feature to specify a reasonable amount of bandwidth for each such PC, so that no one will be over stuffed or starved to death.

  • Page 50: Traffic Statistics

    exhausts the bandwidth resource downloading data, this feature will help. Simply specify half of the 4M bandwidth for your neighbor's PC (say, 192.168.0.100) and you will no longer need to struggle for bandwidth and your neighbor will only get up to 2M bandwidth. To do so, follow instructions below: 1.
  • Page 51 corresponding PC via the device since Statistics is enabled. Received Bytes: Displays the number of Bytes received by a corresponding PC via the device since Statistics is enabled. The unit is MByte.

  • Page 52: Port Range Forwarding

    Chapter 6 Special Applications 6.1 Port Range Forwarding Port range forwarding is useful for web servers, ftp servers, e-mail servers, gaming and other specialized Internet applications. When you enable port forwarding, the communication requests from the Internet to your router’s WAN port will be forwarded to the specified LAN IP address. As seen in the figure above, to let PC3 access service ports on PC1, you must first configure port forwarding settings on the router to which PC1 is uplinked.
  • Page 53 single port, enter the port number in both Start and End fields, say, 21 for FTP). Contact corresponding service provider if you don't know the port number of the service to use. 2. LAN IP: Specify the internal host’s IP address. Be sure to statically assign the host’s IP address to make this function constant.
  • Page 54 1. DMZ Host IP Address: The IP Address of the device for which the router’s firewall will be disabled. Be sure to statically set the IP Address of that device for this function to be consistent. 2. Enable: Check/uncheck to enable/disable the DMZ host feature. 3.
  • Page 55 Configure necessary settings on port forwarding interface and enter the information provided by your DDNS service provider on the DDNS screen. Others can access your web server by simply entering http://tenda.dyndns.org in their browser address bar. 6.4 UPNP...

  • Page 56: Static Routing

    Enable UPnP: Check/uncheck to enable/disable the UPnP feature. OK: Click to complete your settings. 6.5 Static Routing When there are several routers in the network, you may want to set up static routing. Static routing determines the path of the data in your network.

  • Page 57: Routing Table

    Note: 1. Gateway must be on the same IP net segment as device's LAN/WAN IP address. 2. Subnet Mask must be entered 255.255.255.255 if destination IP address is a host. 3. Subnet Mask must be entered accordingly if destination IP address represents an IP network segment.

  • Page 58: Chapter 7 Security

    Chapter 7 Security 7.1 URL Filter To better control LAN PCs, you can use the URL filter functionality to allow or disallow such PCs to access certain websites within a specified time range. 1. Filter Mode: Select a proper filter mode, say, Forbid Only (or Forbid/Deny).

  • Page 59: Mac Filter

    1. Filter Mode: Select Forbid Only. 2. Access Policy: Select an access policy number, say, 1, from the drop- down list. 3. Policy Name: Briefly describe the current rule, say, youtube, (It can only consist of numbers, letters, or underscore). 4.
  • Page 60 1. Filter Mode: Select a proper filter mode, say, Forbid Only (or Forbid/Deny). 2. Access Policy: Select an access policy number, say, 1, from the drop-down list. 3. Policy Name: Briefly describe the current rule (It can only consist of numbers, letters, or underscore).

  • Page 61: Client Filter

    Internet from Monday to Friday. 1. Filter Mode: Select Permit Only. 2. Access Policy: Select an access policy number, say, 1, from the drop-down list. 3. Policy Name: Briefly describe the current rule, say, Permit only, (It can only consist of numbers, letters, or underscore). 4.
  • Page 62 4. Start IP/End IP: Enter the same IP address, say, 110, or 2 different IP addresses, say, 110 and 120 in both boxes to specify a single PC or a range of PCs for the current rule to apply to. 5.

  • Page 63: Restore To Factory Default Settings

    Chapter 8 Tools 8.1 Reboot Reboot the device to activate your settings. WAN connection will be disconnected during reboot. 8.2. Restore to Factory Default Settings Click the Restore to Factory Default button to reset device to factory default settings. You need to reconfigure the device for Internet access as well as many other settings including wireless settings.
  • Page 64 1. Click the Backup button and specify a directory to save settings on your local hardware. 2. Click Save to save the configuration file. To restore previous settings, do as follows: Click the Browse button to locate and select a configuration file that is saved previously to your local hard drive.

  • Page 65: Remote Web-Based Management

    8.4 Syslog Here you can view the history of the device’s actions. After 150 entries, the earliest logs will clear automatically. 8.5 Remote Web-based Management The Remote management allows the device to be configured and managed remotely from the Internet via a web browser. 1.

  • Page 66: Login Password

    2. Port: This is the management port to be open to outside access. The default setting is 8080. Do NOT change it unless instructed by your ISP. 3. IP Address: Here you can specify the IP Address Range for remote management (When set to 0.0.0.0, the device becomes remotely accessible to all the PCs on Internet or other external networks).

  • Page 67: Firmware Upgrade

    Web-based interface for better security. 1. New Password: Enter a new password, say, 12345 (Note that the password can only be alphanumeric). 2. Confirm New Password: Re-enter the new password for confirmation. 3. OK: Click to activate your settings. Note: For security purpose, it is highly recommended that you change Device's default login password.
  • Page 68 Note: 1. Before you upgrade the firmware, making sure you are having a correct firmware. A wrong firmware may damage the device. 2. Do NOT upgrade the firmware wirelessly or disconnect device from power supply while firmware update is in process. Note that you need to update the device's firmware via a wired connection.

  • Page 69: Appendix 1 How To Configure Ip

    Appendix 1 How to Configure IP WIN7 OS Configuration 1. Click Start>Control Panel; 2. Enter Control Panel and click Network and Internet; 3. Click Network and Sharing Center;...
  • Page 70 4. Click Change adapter settings; 5. Right click Local Area Connection and select Properties; 6. Select Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4) and click Properties;...
  • Page 71 7. Select Obtain an IP address automatically and click OK to save the configurations.
  • Page 72 XP OS Configuration 1. Right click My Network Places and select Properties;...
  • Page 73 2. Right click Local and select Properties; 3. Select Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) and click Properties;...
  • Page 74 4. Select Obtain an IP address automatically and click OK to save the settings.

  • Page 76: Appendix 2 Glossary

    Appendix 2 Glossary Channel
 A communication channel, also known as channel, refers either to a physical transmission medium such as a wire or to a logical connection over a multiplexed medium such as a radio channel. It is used to transfer an information signal, such as a digital bit stream, from one or more transmitters to one or more receivers.
  • Page 77 involves three parties: a supplicant, an authenticator, and an authentication server. The supplicant is a client device (such as a laptop) that wishes to attach to the LAN/WLAN - though the term 'supplicant' is also used interchangeably to refer to the software running on the client that provides credentials to the authenticator.
  • Page 78 A wireless distribution system (WDS) is a system enabling the wireless interconnection of access points in an IEEE 802.11 network. It allows a wireless network to be expanded using multiple access points without the traditional requirement for a wired backbone to link them. All base stations in a wireless distribution system must be configured to use the same radio channel, method of encryption (none, WEP, or WPA) and the same encryption keys.

  • Page 79: Appendix 3 Faqs

    Read the following if you are running into problems. If your problem is not covered here, please feel free to go to www.tendacn.com to find a solution or email your problems support@tenda.com.cn support02@tenda.com.cn . We will be more than happy to help you out as soon as possible.
  • Page 80 default). In this case, go to “WAN Settings” to change the MTU value from default 1480 to 1450 or 1400, etc. 5. Q: How do I share resources on my computer with users on Internet through the device? To let Internet users access internal servers on your LAN such as e- mail server, Web, FTP, via the device, use the "Virtual Server"...
  • Page 81 POP3...

  • Page 82: Appendix 4 Remove Wireless Network From Your Pc

    Appendix 4 Remove Wireless Network from Your PC If you change wireless settings on your wireless device, you must remove them accordingly your PC; otherwise, you may not be able to wirelessly connect to the device. Below describes how to do remove a wireless network from your PC.
  • Page 83 If you are using Windows 7, do as follows: Click Network from your desktop and select Properties. Select Manage Wireless Networks.
  • Page 84 3. Click the wireless connection and select Remove network.

  • Page 85: Appendix 5 Safety And Emission Statement

    Appendix 5 Safety and Emission Statement CE Mark Warning This is a Class B product In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. This device complies with EU 1999/5/EC. FCC Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
  • Page 86 an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. Note: The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. To avoid unnecessary radiation interference, it is recommended to use a shielded RJ45 cable...

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