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TP-Link TL-WA500G User Manual

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TL-WA500G
54M Wireless Access Point
Rev: 1.0.1
1910010273

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  • Page 1 TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point Rev: 1.0.1 1910010273...
  • Page 2 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.

  • Page 3: Fcc Statement

    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.

  • Page 4: Ce Mark Warning

    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. National Restrictions 2400.0-2483.5 MHz Country Restriction Reason/remark General authorization required for outdoor use and Bulgaria public service Outdoor use limited to 10...

  • Page 5: Declaration Of Conformity

    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 54M Wireless Access Point Model No.: TL-WA500G 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:...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Package Contents ....................1 Conventions ......................1 Overview of This Guide ................... 2 Chapter 1 Introduction................... 3 Product Overview....................3 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....................
  • Page 7 4.7.4 Reboot ......................37 4.7.5 Password ......................37 4.7.6 SysLog......................38 Appendix A: Application Example ................ 39 Appendix B: Factory Defaults ................42 Appendix C: Troubleshooting................43 Appendix D: Specifications................... 44 Appendix E: Glossary .................... 45...

  • Page 8: Package Contents

    Conventions The AP or TL-WA500G, or device mentioned in this User guide stands for TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point without any explanations. Parameters provided in the pictures are just references for setting up the product, which may differ from the actual situation.

  • Page 9: Overview Of This Guide

    54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Overview of This Guide Tells what are contained in the box. Package Contents: Gives an introduction for the TL-WA500G Wireless Chapter 1 Introduction: Access Point. 1.1 Product Overview: Introduces advantages of using this AP.

  • Page 10: Chapter 1 Introduction

    It supports an easy, web-based setup for installation and management. Even though you may not be familiar with the Access Point, you can easily configure it with the help of this Guide. Before installing the AP, please look through this Guide to get the full information of the TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point.

  • Page 11: Main Features

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide 1.2 Main Features Features Benefits Complies with IEEE802.11g, IEEE802.11b, PCs with different wireless standards can IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u standards communicate with each other Adopts 2x to 3x eXtended Range™ Extends the transmission range for your...

  • Page 12: Appearance

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide 1.3 Appearance 1.3.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 TL-WA500G front panel Viewed from left to right, the TL-WA500G has four status LEDs: Power, System, LAN and WLAN. LED Explanation Name Status Indication The AP is Powered on...

  • Page 13: The Rear Panel

    1.3.2 The Rear Panel Figure 1-2 TL-WA500G rear panel Viewed from left to right, the following parts are located on the rear panel of TL-WA500G. Wireless antenna：The external antenna is used to transmit and receive wireless data. RESET: The Reset button is used to restore the AP’s factory default settings. There are two ways to reset the Access Point’s factory defaults:...

  • Page 14: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    Operating Humidity: 10%~90%RH, Non-condensing 2.3 Connecting the Device Figure 2-1 is an example of the typical application of TL-WA500G in the infrastructure network. An Infrastructure network contains an access point or a wireless router. Figure 2-1 The Example of Infrastructure Network Incorporating the TL-WA500G...
  • Page 15 Adjust the direction of the antenna. Normally, upright is a good direction. Connect the Ethernet Broadband Router to the TL-WA500G 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.)

  • Page 16: Chapter 3 Configure Pc

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Chapter 3 Configure PC This chapter will guide you to configure your PC to communicate with the AP. The wireless adapter-equipped computers in your network must be in the same IP Address range without overlap with each other.
  • Page 17 TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point 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 Configure the IP address manually.
  • Page 18 TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide 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 and 192.168.1.254 into the Default gateway filed.
  • Page 19 TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide If the result displayed is similar to that shown in Figure below, it means that your PC has not connected to the AP. Figure 3-6 Please check following these steps: Check to see if your PC and the AP are right connected. The LED of LAN port which you link to on the device and the LED on your PC’s adapter should be lit up.

  • Page 20: Chapter 4 Configure The Device

    54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Chapter 4 Configure the Device This Chapter describes how to configure your Access Point via the web-based management page. The TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point is easy to configure and manage with the ® Web-based ( Internet Explorer, Netscape...
  • Page 21 TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Figure 4-3 AP Status Firmware Version - This field displays the current firmware version of the AP. Hardware Version - This field displays the current hardware version of the AP LAN - This field displays the current settings or information for the Network, including the MAC address, IP address and Subnet Mask.

  • Page 22: Network

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide 4.3 Network The Network option allows you to customize your local network manually by changing the default settings of the AP. Selecting Network will enable you to configure the IP parameters of Network on this page.

  • Page 23: Wireless

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide 4.4 Wireless The Wireless option, improving functionality and performance for wireless network, can help you make the AP an ideal solution for your wireless network. Here you can create a wireless local area work just through a few settings.

  • Page 24: Wireless Mode

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Mode - Select the desired wireless mode. The options are: • 54Mbps (802.11g) - Both 802.11g and 802.11b wireless stations can connect to the AP. • 11Mbps (802.11b) - Only 802.11b wireless stations can connect to the AP.
  • Page 25 TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Figure 4-7 Wireless Mode Settings Disable Wireless - Selecting the radio button before Disable Wireless will deny wireless stations access. The wireless of this AP can be enabled or disabled to allow wireless stations access.
  • Page 26 If the available AP can’t support with WDS, you may select Client mode without WDS or Universal Repeater mode to associate with the AP. Here is an example of how to configure wireless repeater. Configure the Operating Mode of the TL-WA500G Access Points. • Configure AP1 on LAN Segment 1 in Access Point mode.
  • Page 27 Configure the TL-WA500G (AP1) on LAN Segment 1 in Point-to-Point Bridge mode. Configure the TL-WA500G (AP2) on LAN Segment 2 in Point-to-Point Bridge mode. AP1 must have AP2’s MAC address in its MAC Address field and AP2 must have AP1’s MAC address in its MAC Address field.
  • Page 28 Figure 4-10 Point to Multi-point Bridge Configure the Operating Mode of the TL-WA500G Access Points. • Because it is in the central location, configure TL-WA500G (AP1) on LAN Segment 1 in Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge mode. The MAC addresses of AP2 and AP3 are required in AP1.

  • Page 29: Survey

    PCs or servers connected to any of the three LAN segments. • Wireless stations will not be able to connect to the TL-WA500G Access Points in the illustration above. If you require wireless stations to access any LAN segment, you can add TL-WA500G Access Points configured in Wireless Access Point mode to any LAN segment.

  • Page 30: Security Settings

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Note: If wireless is disabled, surveying can’t work. And if Access Point mode is selected, there is no reason and no choice to connect to another AP, as it showed below. 4.4.4 Security Settings Selecting Wireless >...
  • Page 31 TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Figure 4-12 Wireless Securities Disable Security - Selecting the radio button before Disable Security will allow the wireless stations to connect the AP without encryption. It is strongly recommended that you uncheck the box and choose one of following security types to enable security for your wireless network.
  • Page 32 TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Figure 4-13 WEP Type - Select one of following types from the drop-down list: Automatic - Select Shared Key or Open System authentication type automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request.
  • Page 33 TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Figure 4-14 WPA/WPA2 Version - Select one of following versions from the drop-down list: Automatic - Select WPA or WPA2 automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access.

  • Page 34: Mac Filtering

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide WPA2-PSK - Pre-shared key of WPA2. PSK Passphrase - Enter a passphrase with 8-63 characters. 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.
  • Page 35 TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide MAC Address - Enter MAC address of wireless station that you want to filter. The format of the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example: 00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B. Description - Give a simple description of the wireless station. For example: Wireless station Privilege - Select Allow, Deny from the drop-down list.

  • Page 36: Wireless Statistics

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Figure 4-18 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry Note: If you select the radio button Allow the stations not specified by any enabled entries in the list to access for Filtering Rules, the wireless station B will still not be able to access the AP, however, other wireless stations that are not in the list will be able to access the AP.

  • Page 37: Dhcp

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station. You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current connected wireless stations, click Refresh. If the numbers of connected wireless stations go beyond one page, click Next to go to the next page and click Previous to return the previous page.
  • Page 38 TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Figure 4-21 DHCP Settings DHCP Server - Selecting the radio button before Disable/Enable will disable/enable the DHCP server on your AP. The default setting is Disable. If you disable the Server, you must have another DHCP server within your network or else you must manually configure the computer.

  • Page 39: Dhcp Clients List

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide 4.5.2 DHCP Clients List Selecting DHCP > DHCP Clients List will enable you to view the Client Name, MAC Address, Assigned IP and Lease Time for each DHCP Client attached to the AP (Figure 4-22): Figure 4-22 DHCP Clients List ID - Here displays the index of the DHCP client.

  • Page 40: Wireless Settings

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Reserved IP Address - Here displays the IP address of the AP reserved. To Reserve IP addresses: Click Add New... to add a new Address Reservation entry. Enter the MAC address in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format and IP address in dotted-decimal notation of the computer you wish to add.

  • Page 41: System Tools

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide traffic. A long transmit preamble may provide a more reliable connection or slightly longer range. A short preamble gives better performance. High network traffic areas should use the shorter preamble type. Checking Disable short preamble box will disable short preamble and use long preamble only.

  • Page 42: Firmware

    Hardware Version - Displays the current hardware version. The upgrade file must accord with the current hardware version. New firmware versions are posted onhttp://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. There is no need to upgrade the firmware unless the new firmware has a new feature you want to use.

  • Page 43: Factory Defaults

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Note: Do not turn off the AP or press the Reset button while the firmware is being upgraded. The AP will reboot after the Upgrading has been finished. 4.7.2 Factory Defaults Selecting System Tools > Factory Defaults allows you to restore the factory default settings for the AP on the screen below (Figure 4-27).

  • Page 44: Reboot

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Note: 1. The current configuration will be covered with the uploading configuration file. 2. Wrong process will lead the device unmanaged. 3. The restoring process lasts for 20 seconds and restart automatically. Do not power off the device during the process to avoid any damage.

  • Page 45: Syslog

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide It is strongly recommended that you change the factory default user name and password of the AP. All users who try to access the AP's web-based management page or Quick Setup will be prompted for the AP's user name and password.

  • Page 46: Appendix A: Application Example

    54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Appendix A: Application Example The TL-WA500G allows you to connect a wireless device to the wired network. Providing that you want to connect your computer equipped with wireless adapter to a wired network wirelessly, you can take the following instructions.
  • Page 47 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 AP(Here is TP-LINK) and click Connect to add to the network.
  • Page 48 TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Then the following page will display, which indicates you have been successfully added to the network wirelessly.

  • Page 49: Appendix B: Factory Defaults

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Appendix B: Factory Defaults Item Default Value Common Default Settings Username admin Password admin IP Address 192.168.1.254 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Wireless SSID TP-LINK_XXXXXX Wireless Security Disable Wireless MAC Address Filtering Disable DHCP DHCP Server...

  • Page 50: Appendix C: Troubleshooting

    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.

  • Page 51: Appendix D: Specifications

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Appendix D: Specifications General IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.11b and 802.11g, TCP/IP, DHCP Standards and Protocols FCC、CE Safety & Emission One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 port supporting Auto Ports MDI/MDIX 10BASE-T: UTP category 3, 4, 5 cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100Ω...

  • Page 52: Appendix E: Glossary

    TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide Appendix E: Glossary WLAN Transmission Technology - The WLAN device with 2x to 3x 2x to 3x eXtended Range eXtended Range WLAN transmission technology make its sensitivity up to 105 dBm, which gives users the ability to have robust, longer-range wireless connections. With this...
  • Page 53 TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) - WPA is a security technology for wireless networks that improves on the authentication and encryption features of WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). In fact, WPA was developed by the networking industry in response to the shortcomings of WEP. One of the key technologies behind WPA is the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP).

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