TP-Link Router TL-WA501G User Manual

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make all the entries ineffective, click the Delete All button to delete all the entries. 
Click the  Next button to go to the next page and click the  Previous button to return to the previous 
page. 
For example: 
If you desire that the wireless station A with MAC address 00-0A-EB-00- 07-BE be able to access 
the AP, the wireless station B with MAC address 00-0A-EB- 00-07-5F not be able to access the AP, 
and the wireless station C with MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-8A be able to access the AP when its 
WEP key is 2F34D20BE2E54B326C5476586A, while all other wireless stations cannot access the 
AP, you should configure the  Wireless MAC Address Filtering  list following these steps: 
1. Click the  Enable button to enable this function. 
2.  Select the radio button:  Deny the stations not specified by any enabled entries in the list 
to access  for Filtering Rules.  
3.  Delete all or disable all entries if  there are any entries existing already. 
4. Click the  Add New... button and enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-BE in the  MAC 
Address field, enter wireless station A in the  Description field, select Allow  in the Privilege  
pull-down list and select  Enabled in the Status pull-down list. Click the  Save and the  Back 
button. 
5. Click the  Add New... button and enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-5F in the  MAC 
Address field, enter wireless station B in the  Description field, select Deny in the  Privilege  
pull-down list and select  Enabled in the Status pull-down list. Click the  Save and the  Back 
button. 
6. Click the  Add New... button and enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-8A in the  MAC 
Address field, enter wireless station C in the  Description field, select  128-bit in the Privilege  
pull-down list, enter 2F34D20BE2E54B326C5476586A in the  WEP Key field and select 
Enabled in the  Status pull-down list. Click the  Save and the Back button. 
The filtering rules that configured s hould be similar to the following list:  
						

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) 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 sti ll not be able to access the AP, 
however, other wireless stations that are not  in the list will be able to access the AP. 
If you enable the function and select the  Deny the stations not specified by any enabled 
entries in the list to access  for Filtering Rules, and there are not any enabl e entries in the list, 
thus, no wireless stations  can access the AP. 
3.4.6 Wireless Statistics 
This page shows MAC Address, Current Status , Received Packets  and Sent Packets  for each 
connected wireless station. 
 
Figure 3-15 The AP attached wireless stations 
¾  MAC Address -  The connected wireless stations MAC address 
¾  Current Status -  The connected wireless stations running status, one of STA-AUTH / 
STA-ASSOC / STA-JOINED / W PA / WPA-PSK / WPA2 / WPA2-PSK / AP-UP / AP-DOWN /  
						

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Disconnected 
¾  Received Packets -  packets received by the station 
¾  Sent Packets -  packets sent by the station 
You cannot change any of the val ues on this page. To update this page and to show the current 
connected wireless stations, click on the  Refresh button. 
If the numbers of connected wireless st ations go beyond one page, click the Next button to go to 
the next page and click the  Previous button to return the previous page. 
) Note: 
This page will be refreshed autom atically every 5 seconds. 
3.5 DHCP 
 
Figure 3-16 The DHCP menu 
There are three submenus under  the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 3-16): DHCP Settings , DHCP 
Clients List  and Address Reservation.  Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the 
corresponding function. The det ailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 
3.5.1 DHCP Settings 
The System can be set up as a DHCP (Dynamic  Host Configuration Protocol) server, which 
provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PC s that are connected to the system on the LAN. 
The DHCP Server can be conf igured on the page (shown in Figure 3-17): 
 
Figure 3-17 DHCP Settings 
¾  DHCP Server - Enable  or Disable the DHCP server. If you disable the Server, you must have  
						

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another DHCP server within your network or else you must manually configure the computer. 
¾ Start IP Address -  This field specifies the first of  the addresses in the IP address pool. 
192.168.1.100 is the def ault start address. 
¾ End IP Address -  This field specifies the last of  the addresses in the IP address pool. 
192.168.1.199 is the  default end address. 
¾ Address Lease Time -  The Address Lease Time  is the amount of time a network user will 
be allowed connection to the system with their cu rrent dynamic IP Address. Enter the amount 
of time, in minutes, the user will be leased this  dynamic IP Address. The range of the time is 
1 ~ 2880 minutes. The default value is 120 minutes. 
¾  Default Gateway -  (Optional.) Input the IP  Address of the gateway. 
¾ Default Domain -  (Optional.) Input the domai n name of your network. 
¾ Primary DNS -  (Optional.) Input the DNS IP address prov ided by your ISP. Or consult your 
ISP. 
¾  Secondary DNS -  (Optional.) Input the IP address of another DNS server if your ISP provides 
two DNS servers. 
)  Note: 
To use the DHCP server function of the AP, y ou must configure all computers on the LAN as 
Obtain an IP Address automatically mode. This  function will take effect until the AP reboots. 
3.5.2  DHCP Clients List 
This page shows Client Name, MAC Address, Assigned IP  and Lease Time  for each DHCP 
Client attached to the AP ( Figure 3-18): 
 
Figure 3-18 DHCP Clients List 
¾  Index - The index of the DHCP Client   
¾  Client Name -  The name of the DHCP client   
¾  MAC Address -  The MAC address of the DHCP client   
¾  Assigned IP -  The IP address that the AP has  allocated to the DHCP client. 
¾  Lease Time  - The time of the DHCP client leased. Be fore the time is up, DHCP client will 
request to renew the lease automatically. 
You cannot change any of the val ues on this page. To update this page and to show the current 
attached devices , click on the Refresh button. 
3.5.3 Address Reservation 
When you specify a reserved IP address for a PC  on the LAN, that PC will always receive the 
same IP address each time when it accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be  
						

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assigned to servers that require permanent IP settings. This page is used for address reservation 
(shown in Figure 3-19 ). 
 
Figure 3-19 Address Reservation 
¾  MAC Address -  The MAC address of the PC of whic h you want to reserve IP address. 
¾  Reserved IP Address -  The IP address of the AP reserved. 
To Reserve IP addresses: 
1. Click the  Add New... button to add a new Address Reservation entry. 
2.  Enter the MAC address (The format for t he MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX.) and IP 
address in dotted-decimal notation of  the computer you wish to add. 
3. Click the  Save button when finished. 
To modify A Reserved IP address: 
1.  Select the reserved address entry  as you desire, and modify it. If you wish to delete the entry, 
make all of the entry fields blank. 
2. Click the  Save button. 
To delete all Reserved IP addresses: 
Click the  Clear All button. 
Click the  Save button 
Click the  Next button to go to the next page and Click the  Previous button to return the previous 
page.  
) Note: 
The function wont take e ffect until the AP reboots. 
3.6 Wireless Settings 
You can configure wireless  advanced settings on this page.  
						

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Figure 3-20 AP Wireless Advanced Settings 
¾  Enable AP Isolation -  Isolate all connected wirele ss stations so that wireless stations can not 
access each other through WLAN. This  option is available only for AP mode. 
¾ Disable short preamble - Disable short preamble and us e long preamble only. 802.11b 
mode supports only long pr eamble and this parameter will be ignored.
 
¾ RTS threshold -  RTS/CTS Threshold, the packet size t hat is used to determine if RTS/CTS 
should be sent. 
¾  Fragmentation threshold -  The maximum packet size used for fragmentation. 
¾  Beacon Interval -  The interval time between two successive beacons. 
¾  Power  -  The transmit power of the access point. 
)  Note: 
Limited by local law regulations, version for No rth America does not have power selection option. 
The wireless advanced settings for  this version are shown below. 
  
						

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) Note: 
The AP will reboot automatically after you click the Save button. 
3.7 System Tools 
 
Figure 3-21 The System Tools menu 
There are five submenus under the System Tools menu (shown in  Figure 3-21): Firmware , 
Factory Defaults, Reboot, Password, and Syslog.  Click any of them, and you will be able to 
configure the correspon ding function. The detailed explanations for  each submenu are provided 
below. 
3.7.1 Firmware 
The page (shown in  Figure 3-22) allows you to upgrade the latest  version of firmware for the AP. 
 
Figure 3-22 Firmware Upgrade 
New firmware versi ons are posted at www.tp-link.com
 and can be downloaded for free. If the AP is 
not experiencing difficulties, ther e is no need to download a more re cent firmware version, unless 
that version has a new feature that you want to use.  
) Note: 
When you upgrade the APs firmware, you may lose it s configuration settings, so make sure you 
write down the AP settings before you upgrade its firmware. 
To upgrade the APs firmware,  follow these instructions: 
1.  Download a more recent firmware upgrade file from the TP-LINK website ( www.tp-link.com
). 
2. Click  Browse to view the folders and select the downloaded file. 
3. Click the  Upgrade button. 
¾ Firmware Version -  displays the current firmware version.  
						

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¾ Hardware Version -  displays the current hardware version. The hardware version of the 
upgrade file must accord with the current hardware version. 
)  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. 
3.7.2 Factory Defaults 
This page (shown in  Figure 3-23) allows you to restore the factory default settings for the AP. 
 
Figure 3-23 Restore Factory Default 
Click the  Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their default values.   
• The default User Name : admin 
• The default Password : admin 
• The default IP Address : 192.168.1.1 
• The default Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0 
) Note: 
Any settings you have saved will be lost when the default settings are restored. 
3.7.3 Backup & Restore 
This page (shown in  Figure 3-24) allows you to save all confi guration settings to your local 
computer as a file or rest ore the APs configuration. 
 
Figure 3-24 Save or Restore the Configuration 
Click the  Backup button to save all configuration settings  to your local computer as a file.   
To restore the APs configurati on, follow these instructions: 
• Click the  Browse button to find the configuration file which you want to restore.   
• Click the  Restore button to update the configuration with the file whose path is the one  
						

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you have input or selected in the blank. 
) Note: 
The current configuration will be covered with  the uploading configuration file. Wrong process will 
lead the device unmanaged. The restoring process  lasts for 20 seconds and restart automatically 
then. Keep the power of the  device on during the process, in case of any damage. 
3.7.4 Reboot 
This page (shown in Figure 3-25) allows you to reboot the AP. 
 
Figure 3-25 Reboot the AP 
Click the  Reboot button to reboot the AP. 
Some settings of the AP will take effe ct only after rebooting, which include: 
• Change LAN IP Address. (Syste m will reboot automatically) 
• DHCP service function. 
• Static address assignment of DHCP server. 
• Upgrade the firmware of the AP (s ystem will reboot automatically). 
• Restore the APs settings to factory def ault (system will reboot automatically). 
3.7.5 Password 
This page (shown in  Figure 3-26) allows you to change the factory default user name and 
password of the AP.   
 
Figure 3-26 Password  
						

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It is strongly recommended that you change the factory default user name and password of the AP. 
All users who try to access the APs web-based utilit y or Quick Setup will be prompted for the APs 
user name and password. 
)  Note: 
The new user name and password must not exceed  14 characters in length and must not include 
any spaces. Enter the new Pa ssword twice to confirm it. 
Click the  Save button when finished. 
Click the  Clear All  button to clear all. 
3.7.6 SysLog 
This page (shown in  Figure 3-27) allows you to query the Logs of the AP. 
 
Figure 3-27 System Log 
The AP can keep logs of all tra ffic. You can query the logs to find what happened to the AP. 
Click the  Refresh button to refresh the logs. 
Click the  Clear ALL  button to clear all the logs.