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  • Page 1 1 Product Overview...
  • Page 2 Tenda does not assume any liability that may occur due to the use or application of the product described herein. Every effort has been made in the preparation of this document to ensure accuracy of the contents, but all statements, information and recommendations in this document do not constitute the warranty of any kind, express or implied.
  • Page 3 1 Product Overview Conventions Thank you for choosing Tenda! Please read this user guide before you start. This user guide instructs you to install and configure the AP. Typographical conventions in this User Guide: Item Presentation Example “Click the Save button” can be simplified as...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    1 Product Overview Contents 1 Product Overview ........................1 Package Contents .......................... 1 Hardware Description ........................2 Front View ..........................2 Rear View ..........................3 Label ............................4 2 Quick Installation Guide ......................5 Step 1: Connect an Ethernet Cable to the AP ................5 Step 2: Install the AP ........................
  • Page 5 1 Product Overview How to Visit the Intranet Resource from the Internet by Configuring Port Forwarding Settings ............................ 45 How to Filter Internet Access via MAC Addresses ..............47 How to Configure DDNS Settings ..................49 How to Manage the Device Remotely ..................51 Tools ............................

  • Page 6: Product Overview

    1 Product Overview 1 Product Overview Tenda O3 is an advanced and high-performance long-range wireless access point which is suitable for long-range data transmission and video surveillance, especially in WISP CPE solutions. Equipped with built-in 12dBi directional dual-polarized antenna, it offers high data transmission of up to 5km on 2.4GHz band with maximum transmission power of 800mW.

  • Page 7: Hardware Description

    1 Product Overview Hardware Description Front View Item Port / Button Description With the included grounding screw, attach a copper wire here to provide proper surge and lightning protection for your device. Pressing and holding the reset button for over 7 seconds restores this device to factory defaults.

  • Page 8: Rear View

    1 Product Overview Rear View Status Description Malfunction occurs or the device is not powered on. Blinking The device is working properly. There is no device linked to this port. Solid There is a device linked to this port but no data transmission. WAN/LAN Blinking Data transmission is occurring on this port.

  • Page 9: Label

    1 Product Overview Label 1. IP Address: Default login IP address for web login of this device. 2. Default login user name and password (admin for both). 3. Power specification of this device.

  • Page 10: Quick Installation Guide

    2 Quick Installation Guide 2 Quick Installation Guide Step 1: Connect an Ethernet Cable to the AP ❶ Slide the bottom cover of the AP down to expose the ports. ❷ Connect an Ethernet cable (≤ 60m), which will be connected to the PoE injector, to the PoE LAN/WAN port of your AP.

  • Page 11: Step 3: Connect The Poe Injector

    2 Quick Installation Guide Step 3: Connect the PoE Injector ❶ Connect the Ethernet cable in Step 1 to the PoE port of the injector. ❷ Connect your computer to the LAN port of the injector with another Ethernet cable. ❸...

  • Page 12: Ap Mode

    2 Quick Installation Guide Input 192.168.2.1 in a web browser’s address bar, and then press Enter or Return on your keyboard. Enter the default username and password (admin for both defaults) and click Login. Please select the proper operating mode and follow instructions on the web UI to apply your settings.
  • Page 13 2 Quick Installation Guide Configuration Steps: ❶ Select AP mode and click Next. ❷ Customize SSID (WiFi name), set wireless security settings (Recommended: WPA-PSK, AES) for your local network and then click Next.

  • Page 14: Station (Client) Mode

    2 Quick Installation Guide ❸ Click Save to apply your changes. Wait until the device restarts automatically. Station (Client) Mode In this mode, the device can be connected to another device via an Ethernet port and act as an adapter to grant your wired devices access to a wireless network, especially for data transmission or video surveillance.
  • Page 15 2 Quick Installation Guide Configuration Steps: ❶ Select Station (Client) mode and click Next. ❷ Select the SSID (WiFi name) you wish to connect to and click Next. ❸ Enter the key (WiFi password) of the remote device and click Next.

  • Page 16: Universal Repeater Mode

    2 Quick Installation Guide ❹ Make sure that the IP address is different from that of the remote device but on the same network segment and then click Next. ❺ Click Save to apply your changes. Wait until the device restarts automatically. When the Bridge LED stays solid, it has been bridged successfully! Universal Repeater Mode In this mode, the device extends the wireless coverage of another wireless AP or router.
  • Page 17 2 Quick Installation Guide Configuration Steps: ❶ Select Universal Repeater mode and click Next. ❷ Select the SSID (WiFi name) you wish to connect to and click Next.
  • Page 18 2 Quick Installation Guide ❸ Enter the key (WiFi password) of the remote SSID and click Next. ❹ Make sure that the IP address is different from that of the remote device but on the same network segment and then click Next. ❺...

  • Page 19: Wisp Mode

    2 Quick Installation Guide WISP Mode In this mode, the device connects to ISP hotspot wirelessly to share Internet with local devices. Configuration Steps: ❶ Select WISP mode and click Next. ❷ Select the SSID (WiFi name) you wish to connect to and click Next.
  • Page 20 2 Quick Installation Guide ❸ Enter the key (WiFi password) of the remote SSID if needed and click Next. ❹ Select the WAN connection type, set corresponding parameters if needed and click Next. ❺ Customize the SSID (WiFi name) and wireless security settings (Recommended: WPA2-PSK, AES) for your local network, and then click Next.

  • Page 21: Repeater + P2Mp Mode

    2 Quick Installation Guide ❻ Make sure that the IP address is different from that of ISP hotspot and on the different network segment. For example, if the ISP hotspot’s IP address is 192.168.2.x, this AP’s IP can be 192.168.5.x. ❼...
  • Page 22 2 Quick Installation Guide Before configuring Repeater + P2MP settings, verify the following information: Mode SSID MAC Address Base AP P2MP Tenda_002160 C8:3A:35:00:21:61 11111111 Tenda_000050 C8:3A:35:00:00:51 11111111 Tenda_000020 C8:3A:35:00:00:21 11111111 Repeater Tenda_130507 C8:3A:35:13:05:08 11111111 Tenda_4EF409 C8:3A:35:4E:F4:10 11111111 Note: 1. As for IP addresses, they should not be the same but on the same network segment. 2.
  • Page 23 2 Quick Installation Guide Configuration Steps: a. Repeat following steps to set AP1, AP2, AP3 and AP4 in Repeater mode to bridge with the base AP respectively ❶ Select Repeater mode on the Quick Setup page and click Next. ❷ Select the SSID of base AP you want to connect to and click Next.
  • Page 24 2 Quick Installation Guide ❸ Enter the key of the base AP and click Next. ❹ Make sure the IP address is different from the base AP’s IP address but on the same network segment and click Next. In this example, the base AP’s IP address is 192.168.2.1, and you can set IP addresses of AP1, AP2, AP3 and AP4 to 192.168.2.3, 192.168.2.4, 192.168.2.5 and 192.168.2.6 respectively.
  • Page 25 2 Quick Installation Guide ❻ Then you can go to the Status page to view that its SSID is identical with the base AP’s, which indicates that this AP has bridged with the base AP successfully. b. Set the base AP in P2MP mode and bridge with AP1, AP2, AP3 and AP4. ❶...
  • Page 26 2 Quick Installation Guide ❷ Select SSIDs of AP1, AP2, AP3 and AP4 one by one and click Next. ❸ Enter the key of the remote APs (Here these APs refer to AP1, AP2, AP3 and AP4) and click Next. Note: As SSIDs, channels and security settings of all devices involved in both Repeater mode and P2MP mode need to be identical, and the remote APs have bridged to the base AP first, SSIDs and keys of all remote APs have been set to be identical with the base AP.

  • Page 27: Router

    2 Quick Installation Guide ❹ Make sure the IP address is different from that of remote APs and click Next. ❺ Click Save to apply your changes. Wait until the device restarts automatically. When the Bridge LED stays solid, it has been bridged successfully! Router In this mode, the device enables multi-users to share Internet via ADSL/Cable Modem.
  • Page 28 2 Quick Installation Guide Configuration Steps ❶ Select Router mode and click Next. ❷ Select the WAN connection type, set corresponding parameters if needed and click Next. ❸ Customize the SSID (WiFi name) and wireless security settings (Recommended: WPA2-PSK, AES) for your local network, and then click Next.
  • Page 29 2 Quick Installation Guide ❹ Click Save to apply your changes. Wait until the device restarts automatically. After finishing operating mode settings mentioned above, please verify that devices connecting to the AP are set to Obtain an IP address automatically for Internet access.

  • Page 30: Advanced Settings

    3 Advanced Settings 3 Advanced Settings Status To view system info, wireless info and statistics like throughput, clients info, port info, ARP table, etc., click Status to enter page below: System Info  Device Name --- Display the remarks or identifier of the device. ...
  • Page 31 3 Advanced Settings This can indicate whether there’s an active Ethernet connection on the corresponding port. Wireless Info  Working Mode --- Display the operating mode of the device.  SSID --- Display the WiFi name (SSID).  Security Mode --- Display the wireless security method being used on the device. ...

  • Page 32: Quick Setup

    3 Advanced Settings Quick Setup This section mainly walks you through operating modes of the AP. Click Quick Setup to enter page below and you can select the proper operating mode in terms of your network environment. For specific configuration steps and application scenarios of different operating modes, see Step 4: Quick Setup the Network...
  • Page 33 3 Advanced Settings To set your AP’s IP address in Static IP mode: ❶ Address Type: Select Static IP. ❷ IP Address: Enter a unique IP address that will be used to login to this AP’s web UI. ❸ Subnet Mask: Enter the subnet mask of your network. ❹...

  • Page 34: How To Configure Dhcp Server Settings

    3 Advanced Settings To set your AP’s IP address in DHCP mode: ❶ Address Type: Select DHCP. ❷ Click Save to apply your changes. Note: In DHCP mode, your LAN IP address is assigned by the DHCP server of your uplink device. Thus, to know your LAN IP address, you need to check it on the DHCP client list of the uplink device.

  • Page 35: How To View Dhcp Client Info

    3 Advanced Settings  DHCP Server --- Check/Uncheck it to enable/disable the DHCP server.  Start IP --- The start IP address that the DHCP server has automatically assigned.  End IP --- The end IP address that the DHCP server has automatically assigned. ...

  • Page 36: How To Clone Mac Address

    3 Advanced Settings How to Clone MAC Address In general, if you cannot access the Internet via your connected computer or smart-phone, meanwhile you find you can only access the Internet via a specified computer directly without a router, you can try cloning the MAC address on the MAC Clone page. It is especially useful if your ISP only assigns one valid IP address and it is associated to a specific MAC address.

  • Page 37: Wireless

    3 Advanced Settings Wireless How to Configure Basic Wireless Settings To configure basic wireless settings, like SSID (WiFi name), network mode, TX power, etc., click Wireless > Basic to enter page below:  WiFi --- Check the Enable box to enable the WiFi of your SSID or check the Disable box to disable the WiFi of your SSID.
  • Page 38 3 Advanced Settings Authentication Type: Open or Shared. Enter a WEP key that is either 5 or 13 ASCII characters or 10 or 26 Hex characters when your authentication type is Open and Shared. Default Key: Specify a WEP key from the preset keys for current use. For example, if you select Key 2, wireless clients must join your wireless network using this Key 2.

  • Page 39: How To Configure Advanced Wireless Settings

    3 Advanced Settings  Extension Channel --- This is used to ensure radio frequency for 802.11n devices on the network.  AP Isolation --- When this function is enabled, wireless clients connected to the same SSID won’t be able to communicate with each other, which can enhance wireless network security. ...
  • Page 40 3 Advanced Settings  Fragment Threshold --- Specify a valid Fragment Threshold value between 256 and 2346. The default is 2346. Any wireless packet exceeding the preset value will be divided into several fragments before transmission.  RTS Threshold --- Specify a valid value between 1 and 2347. The default is 2347. If a packet exceeds the preset value, RTS/CTS scheme will be used to reduce collisions.

  • Page 41: How To Filter Access To Your Network

    3 Advanced Settings How to Filter Access to Your Network Click Wireless > Access Control to enter page below. This page allows you to specify a list of devices to allow or disallow a connection to your wireless network via these devices’ MAC addresses.

  • Page 42: Advanced

    3 Advanced Settings Advanced How to Set LAN Rate To set the speed and duplex mode for LAN 0 or LAN/WAN port, click Advanced > LAN Rate to enter page below. It is advisable to keep the default setting Auto so that the device automatically negotiates transmission parameters, such as speed and duplex, with its remote device.

  • Page 43: How To Diagnose Your Network

    3 Advanced Settings How to Diagnose Your Network Three ways are available here to diagnose your network. If there’s something wrong with your network, select the proper one as you need. To deactivate this feature, select Disable. Site Survey To get an overview of your nearby wireless networks in range on all supported channels, click Advanced >...
  • Page 44 3 Advanced Settings Ping Ping is a computer network administration utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network and to measure the round-trip time for messages sent from the original host to a destination computer. To implement Ping action, click Tools >...
  • Page 45 3 Advanced Settings Traceroute Traceroute is a computer network diagnostic tool for displaying the route (path) and measuring whether network connection is available or not. When malfunctions occur to the network, you can locate trouble spot of the network with this traceroute test. To implement Traceroute action, click Tools >...

  • Page 46: How To Reboot Your Ap Regularly

    3 Advanced Settings How to Reboot Your AP Regularly When some settings you have configured cannot be activated or your device is functioning improperly, you can reboot your device. Once this function is enabled, please make sure that your device is synchronized with the Internet time server. 1.

  • Page 47: How To Log In To Web Ui In A More Secure Way

    3 Advanced Settings How to Log in to Web UI in a More Secure Way This function enables you to log in to its web UI in a more secure way. Configuration Steps: ❶ Click Advanced > Network Service and locate the HTTP web service feature. ❷...

  • Page 48: How To Configure Snmp Settings

    3 Advanced Settings How to Configure SNMP Settings The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is widely used in local area networks (LANs) for collecting information, managing, and monitoring network devices, such as servers, printers, hubs, switches, and routers. Specialized software in each SNMP capable device, known as an Agent, continuously monitors the status of the device and reports the results to the SNMP Manager software, which can then act on the report.

  • Page 49: How To Enable The Upnp Settings

    3 Advanced Settings How to Enable the UPNP Settings When UPnP is enabled on your device, a network device possessing a specific purpose, such as a printer, can be identified and used automatically by another computer or device on your network. If the UPNP protocol is disabled, other devices behind this device may have difficulty communicating their identification or purpose.

  • Page 50: How To Visit The Intranet Resource From The Internet By Configuring Port Forwarding Settings

    3 Advanced Settings For a better and reasonable network bandwidth experience, here you can configure the bandwidth to limit the speed of users with different IPs. Click Add to enter page below:  Remarks --- Description of the rule.  Start/End IP --- If you want to specify a rule for several devices which get IPs within an IP range, you need to enter the start IP and end IP to these two fields respectively.
  • Page 51 3 Advanced Settings 1. Make sure your WAN IP address (Internet IP address) is a public IP address. Private IP addresses are not routed on the Internet. 2. Make sure that the service port number you entered on the router and the service port number you configured on the PC are identical.

  • Page 52: How To Filter Internet Access Via Mac Addresses

    3 Advanced Settings ❷ Internal IP: Specify the internal host’s IP address. In this example, enter 192.168.0.101. ❸ Internal/External Port: Specify the internal port and external port. Contact the corresponding service provider or google it if you don't know the port number of the service to use. ❹...
  • Page 53 3 Advanced Settings Forbid Only: Specify a list of devices to Forbid access to the Internet. All other devices not listed as Forbidden will be permitted. Permit Only: Specify a list of devices to Permit access to the Internet. All other devices not listed as Permitted will be forbidden.

  • Page 54: How To Configure Ddns Settings

    3 Advanced Settings ❸ Remarks: Enter a descriptive name for the rule, or leave it blank. ❹ MAC Address: Input the MAC address of the device you want to permit, here 00:E4:A5:44:35:69. ❺ Time, Day: Select 13:00~18:00, Sat~Sun. ❻ Click Save to apply your settings. How to Configure DDNS Settings Dynamic DNS or DDNS is a term used for the updating in real time of Internet Domain Name System (DNS) name servers.
  • Page 55 ❸ User Name: Enter the DDNS user name registered with your DDNS service provider. Here in this example, enter tenda. ❹ Password: Enter the DDNS Password registered with your DDNS service provider. Here in this example, enter 123456.

  • Page 56: How To Manage The Device Remotely

    3 Advanced Settings Now you can access the device from the Internet by entering http://tenda.dyndns.org:8080 your browser. How to Manage the Device Remotely The Remote Web Access function allows the device to be configured and managed remotely from the Internet via a web browser. Click Advanced > Network Service to locate the Remote Web Access section.

  • Page 57: Tools

    3 Advanced Settings ❸ Port: Specify the management port to be open to outside access. The default setting is 8080. This can be changed. ❹ Click Save to apply your changes. into your browser’s address or location field and you can access Type http://102.33.66.88:8080 the device at your home remotely.

  • Page 58: How To Reboot Your Ap Manually

    3 Advanced Settings To set time and date manually: ❶ Click Tools > Date & Time to enter page below. ❷ Select Manual. ❸ Specify the time and date manually or click Synchronized with local time to automatically copy your PC's time to the device. ❹...

  • Page 59: How To Reset Your Ap

    3 Advanced Settings How to Reset Your AP If the device or client connected to the device fails to access the Internet due to incorrect configurations and you cannot solve the problem, you can reset the device. Once you reset your AP, all your current settings will be lost and you need to reconfigure it.

  • Page 60: How To Backup And Restore Your Ap's Configurations

    3 Advanced Settings ❺ Click Upgrade. Note: While upgrading, please verify that your PC is connected to the device with an Ethernet cable and power is delivered on this device. And the upgrading process will take several minutes, please be patient. When the upgrading is completed, your device will be restored to factory default settings automatically and you need to reconfigure your device.

  • Page 61: How To Change Your Login Account

    3 Advanced Settings To restore your configurations: ❶ Click Backup / Restore. ❷ Click Choose File (in Google browser) to load configuration files which you have stored on your hardware disk previously. ❸ Click Restore. How to Change Your Login Account Click Tools >...
  • Page 62 3 Advanced Settings To change the login user name and password for the guest, click the Guest Account edit icon:...

  • Page 63: How To View The History Of Your Ap's Actions

    3 Advanced Settings How to View the History of Your AP’s Actions Click Tools > System Log to enter page below. Here you can view the history of the device’s actions. Three types of logs are supported on this device: All, System and WAN. You can select any one of them from the drop-down list.

  • Page 64: Appendix

    Appendix Appendix 1 Configure PC Windows 8 ❶ Right click the icon on the bottom right corner of your desktop. ❷ Click Open Network and Sharing Center. ❸ Click Ethernet > Properties. ❹ Find and double click Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4).
  • Page 65 Appendix ❺ Select Use the following IP address, type in the IP address: 192.168.2.x (2~253), Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 and click OK. ❻ Click OK on the Ethernet Properties window.

  • Page 66: Windows 7

    Appendix Windows 7 ❶ Click the icon on the bottom right corner of your desktop. ❷ Click Open Network and Sharing Center. If you cannot find the icon on the bottom right corner of your desktop, follow steps below: Click Start >...
  • Page 67 Appendix ❺ Select Use the following IP address, type in the IP address: 192.168.2.x (2~253), Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 and click OK. ❻ Click OK on the Local Area Connection Properties window.

  • Page 68: Windows Xp

    Appendix Windows XP ❶ Right click My Network Places on your desktop and select Properties. ❷ Right click Local Area Connection and select Properties. ❸ Scroll down to find and double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
  • Page 69 Appendix ❹ Select Use the following IP address, type in the IP address: 192.168.2.x (2~253), Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 and click OK. ❺ Click OK on the Local Area Connection Properties window.

  • Page 70: Connect To Your Wifi

    Appendix 2 Connect to Your WiFi 1. The PC you use must have an installed wireless network adapter. 2. The device's SSID is "Tenda_XXXXXX" by default (where "XXXXXX" is the last six characters of its MAC address). You can find the MAC address and SSID on the label attached to the device’s bottom).

  • Page 71: Windows 7

    Appendix 1. If you cannot find the icon , please move your mouse to the top right corner of your desktop, select Settings > Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center > Change adapter settings, right click Wi-Fi and select Connect/Disconnect. 2.
  • Page 72 Appendix Step 3: When your SSID (wireless network name) displays Connected as shown below, you’ve connected to it for Internet access successfully.

  • Page 73: Windows Xp

    Appendix Windows XP Step 1: Right click My Network Places, and select Properties. Step 2: Right click Wireless Network Connection, and select View Available Wireless Networks from the pop-up submenu. Step 3: Select your wireless network from the list and then follow onscreen instructions.
  • Page 74 Appendix Step 4: When your SSID displays Connected as shown below, you’ve connected to it successfully.

  • Page 75: Faqs

    Appendix 3 FAQs Q: I enter the device’s LAN IP address in the web browser but cannot access this device’s web UI. What should I do? 1) Verify that the IP address of computer should be a different one but on the same network segment as the LAN IP address of this device.
  • Page 76 Appendix interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures: — Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. —...

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