User manual TENDA W300A

[. . . ] All the photos and product specifications mentioned in this manual are for references only. And if there are changes, Tenda is not responsible for informing in advance. If you want to know more about our product information, please visit our website at www. tenda. cn. 2 11N Wireless Broadband Router CONTENTS Chapter 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3. 1 How to Set the Network Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3. 2 Login to the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Chapter 4: Quick Setup Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Radius Server Port Enter the authentication port of the Radius server. Shared Secret Enter the shared key for authentication server with 8~63 ASCII characters. 39 11N Wireless Broadband Router Session Timeout The authentication interval period between AP and authentication server. If you are not familiar with these ten security modes, it is recommended to use "WPA-Personal" mode. 6. 3 Advanced Settings This section is to configure the advanced wireless setting of the Router, including the Radio Preamble, 802. 11g/n Rate, Fragmentation Threshold, RTS Threshold, etc. 40 11N Wireless Broadband Router BG protection Mode: Auto by default. It is for 11b/g wireless client to connect 11n wireless network smoothly in a complicated wireless area. Basic Data Rates: For different requirement, you can select one of the suitable Basic Data Rates. Fragment threshold Threshold: defines the fragmentation transmission maximum packet size in bytes. The packet will be fragmented if the arrival is bigger than the threshold setting. This parameter controls what size data packet the frequency protocol issues to RTS packet. WMM Capable: It will enhance the data transfer performance of multimedia data when they're being transferred over wireless network. 41 11N Wireless Broadband Router APSD Capable: It is used for auto power-saved service. Apply the settings and reboot the Router to activate it. 45 11N Wireless Broadband Router 6. 6 Wireless Access Control To secure your wireless LAN, the wireless access control is actually based on the MAC address management to allow or block the specific clients to access the wireless network. Select "Wireless Setting->Access Control" to display the following screen: MAC Address FilterEnable/disable MAC address filter. Select "Close" to malfunction MAC address; "disable" to prevent the MAC addresses in the list from accessing the wireless network; "Allow" to allow the MAC address in the list to access the wireless network. MAC Address Management Input the MAC address to implement the filter policy. You can add or delete them. 46 11N Wireless Broadband Router 6. 7 Connection Status This page shows wireless client's connection status, including MAC address, Channel bandwidth, etc. Select "Wireless Setting->connection status" to enter the following screen: MAC AddressShows current MAC addresses of the hosts connecting to the Router. Bandwidth Shows current bandwidth of the hosts (wireless client). 47 11N Wireless Broadband Router Chapter 7: DHCP Server 7. 1 DHCP Settings DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) is to assign an IP address to the computers on the LAN/private network. When you enable the DHCP Server, the DHCP Server will allocate automatically an unused IP address from the IP address pool to the requesting computer in premise of activating "Obtain an IP Address Automatically". So specifying the starting and ending address of the IP Address pool is needed. DHCP Server: Activate the checkbox to enable DHCP server. IP Address Start/End: Enter the range of IP address for DHCP server distribution. For example If the lease time is an hour, then DHCP server will reclaim the IP address in each hour. [. . . ] The other method is to enter a text and let the computer generate the WEP key for you. However, since each product use different method for key generation, it might not work for different products. WPA/WPA2: A security protocol for wireless networks that builds on the basic foundations of WEP. It secures wireless data transmission by using a key similar to WEP, but the added strength of WPA is that the key changes dynamically. [. . . ]