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TL-WA730RE
150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender
Rev: 2.0.0
1910010693

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  • Page 1 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender Rev: 2.0.0 1910010693...
  • Page 2 COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS 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: Safety Information

    This device has been designed to operate with the antennas listed below, and having a maximum gain of 4 dBi. Antennas not included in this list or having a gain greater than 4 dBi are strictly prohibited for use with this device. The required antenna impedance is 50 ohms. To reduce potential radio interference to other users, the antenna type and its gain should be so chosen that the equivalent isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.) is not more than that permitted for successful communication.
  • Page 5 This product can be used in the following countries:...

  • Page 6: Declaration Of Conformity

    DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender Model No.: TL-WA730RE 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 7: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Package Contents ....................1 Chapter 1 Introduction................... 2 Product Overview....................2 Conventions ...................... 2 Main Features ....................3 Appearance....................... 3 1.4.1 The Front Panel ....................3 1.4.2 The Rear Panel....................4 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ................6 Before You Begin....................6 Basic Requirements ..................
  • Page 8 4.9.3 Diagnostic ......................40 4.9.4 Ping Watch Dog....................42 4.9.5 Firmware Upgrade ...................43 4.9.6 Factory Defaults....................44 4.9.7 Backup & Restore....................44 4.9.8 Reboot ......................45 4.9.9 Password ......................46 4.9.10 System Log......................46 4.9.11 Statistics ......................48 Appendix A: Application Example ................ 50 Appendix B: Factory Defaults ................53 Appendix C: Troubleshooting................

  • Page 9: Package Contents

    One TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender One Power Adapter for TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender Ethernet Cable Quick Installation Guide One Resource CD for TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender, including: This User Guide Other helpful information Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items.

  • Page 10: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Firewall protections, the TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender delivers complete data privacy. The TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender is easy to configure and manage with the Utility provided. Besides, the Auto-repeater function can be used to connect the device with a Router around without any cable.

  • Page 11: Main Features

    1.4.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 The front panel of the TL-WA730RE consists of several LED indicators, which is designed to indicate connections. View from left to right, Table 1-1 describes the LEDs on the front panel of the device.

  • Page 12: The Rear Panel

    1.4.2 The Rear Panel Figure 1-2 Viewed from left to right, the following parts are located on the rear panel of TL-WA730RE. ON/OFF: The switch for the power. POWER: The power port connects to the power adapter provided with the TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender.
  • Page 13 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 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: Method one: With the AP powered on, use a pin to press and hold the Reset button (about 5 seconds) until the System LED becomes quick-flash from slow-flash.

  • Page 14: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or above, Netscape Navigator 6.0 or above Operating temperature: 0℃~40℃ (32℉~104℉) Operating Humidity: 10%~90%RH, Non-condensing 2.3 Connecting the Device Figure 2-1 is an example of the typical application of TL-WA730RE in the infrastructure network. An Infrastructure network contains an access point or a wireless router.
  • Page 15 3. Adjust the direction of the antenna. Normally, upright is a good direction. 4. Connect the Ethernet Broadband Router to the TL-WA730RE Access Point. Power on the AP. 5. 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 Quick Installation Guide

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender easily with a Web-based utility. 3.1 Quick Setup With a Web-based utility, it is easy to configure and manage the TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender. The Web-based utility can be used on any Windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari.
  • Page 17 If you click Exit and choose to manually configure the AP on your own need, please note that the DHCP is enabled during the configuration, it is essential to disable DHCP when all the settings are finished. The Operation Mode page will appear then, shown in Figure 3-4. The TL-WA730RE supports up to two operation modes.
  • Page 18 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 3-4 Operation Mode In Repeater(Range Extender) mode, the product can extend the coverage of another wireless Access Point or Router. The universal repeater mode is for the wireless Access Point or Router which does not support WDS function.
  • Page 19 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 3-6 AP List Find the SSID of the Access Point / Router or WISP, and click Connect in the corresponding row. You will then return to the previous page. Select the region, the security mode and enter the password that is the same as on your router or access point in Figure 3-5.
  • Page 20 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide When you choose Access Point mode, the Wireless Setting page will be shown in Figure 3-7. Figure 3-7 Wireless Settings - Access Point mode Create an easy-to-remember name for your wireless network, write it into Wireless Network Name(SSID).
  • Page 21 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Because there is something changed of the configuration, you will see the Finish page as shown in Figure 3-9. Check your settings and click Save to save your settings for future reference.
  • Page 22 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 3-11 Quick Setup – Finish...

  • Page 23: Chapter 4 Configure The Device

    150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Chapter 4 Configure the Device This Chapter describes how to configure your Access Point via the web-based management page. The TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender is easy to configure and manage with ® the Web-based (Internet Explorer, Netscape...

  • Page 24: Status

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 4.2 Status Selecting Status will enable you to view the AP’s current status and configuration, all of which is read-only. Figure 4-3 Device Status Firmware Version - This field displays the current firmware version of the AP.

  • Page 25: Quick Setup

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 3.1 Quick Setup for more details. 4.4 Operation Mode The Operation Mode option allows you to change the operation mode for your AP, shown in Figure 4-4.
  • Page 26 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Current PIN - The current value of the device's PIN is displayed here. The default PIN of the device can be found in the label or User Guide. Restore PIN - Restore the PIN of the device to its default.
  • Page 27 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Step 4: Wait for a while until the next screen appears. Click Finish to complete the WPS configuration. The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Method Two: Enter the PIN into my AP Step 1: For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose “Enter the PIN of this...
  • Page 28 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Note: In this example, the default PIN code of this adapter is 16952898 as the above figure shown. Step 2: Keep the WPS Status as Enabled and click the Add device button in Figure 4-5.
  • Page 29 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Note: The default PIN code of the AP can be found in its label or the WPS configuration screen as Figure 4-5. You will see the following screen when the new device has successfully connected to the network.

  • Page 30: Network

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 4.6 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 31: Wireless Settings

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Throughput Monitor and Wireless Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. Figure 4-10 Wireless menu 4.7.1 Wireless Settings...
  • Page 32 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Universal Repeater - In Repeater mode, the AP with WDS enabled will relays data to an associated root AP. AP function is enabled meanwhile. The wireless repeater relays signal between its stations and the root AP for greater wireless range.

  • Page 33: Wireless Security

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Region - Select your region from the pull-down list. This field specifies the region where the wireless function of the device can be used. It may be illegal to use the wireless function of the device in a region other than one of those specified in this field.
  • Page 34 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 1) Repeater (Range Extender) Figure 4-13 Wireless Security – Repeater Disable Security - Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security.
  • Page 35 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide • WEP Key Format - You can select ASCII or Hexadecimal format. ASCII format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length. Hexadecimal format stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified length.
  • Page 36 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 2) Access Point Figure 4-14 Wireless Security - Access Point Disable Security - Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security.

  • Page 37: Wireless Mac Filtering

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Automatic - Select WPA or WPA2 automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access. WPA2 - WPA version 2. • Encryption - You can select either Automatic, TKIP or AES.
  • Page 38 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-15 Wireless MAC address Filtering The Wireless MAC Address Filtering feature allows you to control wireless stations accessing the device, which depend on the station's MAC addresses. Wireless MAC Filtering - Click the Enable button to enable the Wireless MAC Address Filtering.
  • Page 39 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Enter a simple description of the wireless station in the Description field. For example: Wireless station A. Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status pull-down list. Click the Save button to save this entry.

  • Page 40: Wireless Advanced

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Note: If you enable the function and select the “Allow the stations specified by any enabled entries in the list to access” for Filtering Rules, and there are not any enabled entries in the list, thus, no wireless stations can access the device.

  • Page 41: Antenna Alignment

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 4.7.5 Antenna Alignment Selecting Wireless > Antenna Alignment will show how remote AP's signal strength changes while changing the antenna's direction in the following screen shown in Figure 4-18. Figure 4-18 Antenna Alignment Remote RSSI - Remote AP's signal strength value.

  • Page 42: Wireless Statistics

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Receive - Wireless receive rate information. Click the Start button to start wireless throughput monitor. Click the Stop button to stop wireless throughput monitor. 4.7.7 Wireless Statistics Selecting Wireless > Wireless Statistics will allow you to see the wireless transmission information in the following screen shown in Figure 4-20.

  • Page 43: Dhcp Settings

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-21 The DHCP menu 4.8.1 DHCP Settings Selecting DHCP > DHCP Settings will enable you to set up the AP as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PCs that are connected to the system on the LAN.

  • Page 44: Dhcp Clients List

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Primary DNS (optional) - Enter the DNS IP address provided by your ISP. Consult your ISP if you don’t know the DNS value. The factory default setting is 0.0.0.0. Secondary DNS (optional) - Enter the IP address of another DNS server if your ISP provides two DNS servers.

  • Page 45: System Tools

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-24 Address Reservation MAC Address - Here displays the MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP address. Reserved IP Address - Here displays the IP address that the AP is reserved.

  • Page 46: Snmp

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide There are eleven submenus under the System Tools menu (shown as Figure 4-25): SNMP, Time Settings, Diagnostic, Ping Watch Dog, Firmware Upgrade, Factory Defaults, Backup & Restore, Reboot, Password, System Log and Statistics. Clicking any of them will enable you to configure the corresponding function.

  • Page 47: Time Settings

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide SNMP Agent - Select the radio button before Enable will enable this function if you want to have remote control through SNMPv1/v2 agent with MIB-II. Select the radio button before Disable will disable this function. The default setting is Disable.

  • Page 48: Diagnostic

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-27 Time settings Time Zone - Select your local time zone from this pull down list. To set time manually: Select your local time zone. Enter the Date in Month/Day/Year format.
  • Page 49 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-28 Diagnostic Diagnostic Tools - Click the radio button to select one diagnostic tool • Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name resolution to a given host or gateway by using the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) protocol's mandatory Echo Request datagram to elicit an ICMP Echo Response from a host or gateway.

  • Page 50: Ping Watch Dog

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide IP Address - Enter the IP Address (such as 202.108.22.5) of the PC whose connection you wish to diagnose. Ping Count - Specifies the number of Echo Request messages sent. The default is 4.

  • Page 51: Firmware Upgrade

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-30 Ping Watch Dog Utility Enable - Turn on/off Ping Watch Dog. IP Address - The IP address of the target host where the Ping Watch Dog Utility is sending ping packets.

  • Page 52: Factory Defaults

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Note: 1. There is no need to upgrade the firmware unless the new firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experiencing problems caused by the device itself, you can try to upgrade the firmware.

  • Page 53: Reboot

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-33 Save or Restore the Configuration Click Backup to save all configuration settings to your local computer as a file. To restore the device's configuration, follow these instructions: • Click Browse… to find the configuration file which you want to restore.

  • Page 54: Password

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 4.9.9 Password Selecting System Tools > Password allows you to change the factory default user name and password of the device on the screen shown in Figure 4-35. Figure 4-35 Password It is strongly recommended that you change the factory default user name and password of the device.
  • Page 55 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-36 System Log Auto Mail Feature - Indicates whether auto mail feature is enabled or not. Mail Settings - Set the receiving and sending mailbox address, server address, validation information as well as the timetable for Auto Mail Feature, as shown in Figure 4-37.

  • Page 56: Statistics

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Note: Only when you select Authentication, do you have to enter the User Name and Password in the following fields. • User Name - Your mail account name filled in the From field. The part behind @ is excluded.
  • Page 57 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide click the Enable button. If disabled, the function of DoS protection in Security settings will be disabled. Packets Statistics Interval - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the pull-down list.

  • Page 58: Appendix A: Application Example

    150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Appendix A: Application Example The TL-WA730RE 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 59 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide On the My Network Connections window, right-click Wireless Network and choose 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.
  • Page 60 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Then the following page will display, which indicates you have been successfully added to the network wirelessly.

  • Page 61: Appendix B: Factory Defaults

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Appendix B: Factory Defaults Item Default Value Common Default Settings Username admin Password admin IP Address 192.168.0.254 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Wireless SSID TP-LINK_XXXXXX Wireless Security Disable Wireless MAC Address Filtering Disable DHCP...

  • Page 62: Appendix C: Troubleshooting

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Appendix C: Troubleshooting T1. How do I restore my Access Point’s configuration to its factory default settings? With the Access Point powered on, use a pin to press and hold the RESET button on the rear panel for more than 8 seconds before releasing it.
  • Page 63 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Click Change adapter settings Right-click Local Area Connection, and Click Properties.
  • Page 64 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Double-click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Select Use the following IP address, enter the 192.168.0.100 into the IP address field, 255.255.255.0 into the Subnet mask field.
  • Page 65 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Now, try to log on to the Web-based configuration page again after the above settings have been configured. If you still cannot access the configuration page, please restore your Access Point’s factory default settings and reconfigure your Access Point following the instructions of this QIG.

  • Page 66: Appendix D: Specifications

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Appendix D: Specifications General Standards and Protocols IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.11n, 802.11b and 802.11g, TCP/IP, DHCP Safety & Emission FCC, CE Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 port 10BASE-T: UTP category 3, 4, 5 cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100Ω...

  • Page 67: Appendix E: Glossary

    TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Appendix E: Glossary 802.11b - The 802.11b standard specifies a wireless networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and WEP encryption for security. 802.11b networks are also referred to as Wi-Fi networks.
  • Page 68 TL-WA730RE 150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide provides an authentication alternative to an expensive RADIUS server. WPA-PSK is a simplified but still powerful form of WPA most suitable for home Wi-Fi networking. To use WPA-PSK, a person sets a static key or "passphrase" as with WEP. But, using TKIP, WPA-PSK automatically changes the keys at a preset time interval, making it much more difficult for hackers to find and exploit them.

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