TP-Link TL-WA860RE manual

TL -W A860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Extend er w it h Po w er Out let Pass - through REV 1.0.1 1910011180[...]

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FCC ST ATEMENT This equip ment has been t ested and found t o comply with t he limits for a Class B digital devi ce, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. Th e se lim its are des igned to prov ide reasonable pr otection against har mful interferen ce in a res idential i nstallat ion. This equipment gener ates, uses and can radiate rad i o frequen c[...]

Canad ian C omp liance S tat ement This devic e compl ies with Industry C anada li cense - e xempt RSS stan dard(s). Operatio n is sub ject to the follow ing two con ditions: (1)This dev ice may not cause inter ference, a nd (2)This dev ice must acc ept any interference, includin g interferen ce that may cause undesired operation o f the devic e. C[...]

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TP - LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD TP - LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Building 24 (floors 1, 3, 4, 5 ) , and 28 (floors 1 - 4) C entral Science and Technology Park, Shennan Rd, Nanshan, Shen zhen, China DECL A R A TI ON OF CO NFORMIT Y For the follow ing equi pment: Product Des cription: 30 0M b ps WiFi Range Exten der with Power Outle t Pass - t hrou [...]

CONTENT S Package C onten ts .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 I ntroduction ........................................................................................... 2 1.1 Product Overview ...............................................................................[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 1 Packag e Cont ents The followi ng item s should be fo und in your packag e :  TL - W A8 60R E 30 0Mbps W iFi Range Exte nder with Power Outlet Pass - through  Ethernet Cab le  Quick Insta llation G uide  Resource CD for TL - W A860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ext[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 2 Chapt er 1 Introducti on 1.1 Product O verview The TL - W A 860RE 300M bps W iFi Range Ext ender wit h Pow er Outlet Pass- through is dedicated to Small Off ice/Hom e Office (SOHO ) wireles s networ k solutions. It will enl arge your existing wire less networ k and mob[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 3  LED E xpla natio n : Na me Status Ind ication Signal O ff TL - W A860 RE isn't conne cted t o the router . Bli nk i ng Green TL - WA860RE is con necting t o the router. Sol id Gree n TL - WA860 RE is connect ed to t he router and is in a good locat ion. Bli nk[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 4 Chapt er 2 Hard w are Instal latio n 2.1 Before Y ou Begin Please read t his User Gu ide care fully be fore insta lling and us ing the equipment . The oper atin g distance ran ge of y our wireless c onnect ion can v ary significant ly depen ding on the phy sical positi[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 5 2.2 Basic Requirement s  P lace y our Range Exten der in a well - v entilated pl ace far from dir ect sunlight , any heater or heating v ent .  L eave at least 2 inches ( 5cm) space ar ound the device for heat dissipat i on .  Turn of f your Range E xtend er a[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 6 Chapt er 3 Quick Installa tion Guide This chapt er will guide y ou to configure your P C to commun icate with t he Range Exte nder and to configure a nd mana ge th e TL - W A860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Extender wi th Pow er Outl et Pass- throug h e asi ly w it h a W eb -[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 7 2. After succes sful log in, the re will pop u p the Quick Setu p Start page. Cl ick Next to get the quick setup starte d. Figure 3-3 Quick S et up Start  Not e: If you are not to go thr ough t he Quick S etup right away , you can click Exit an d enter th e mai n me[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 8 5. A l ist of availab le wireless netw ork will appear. Check the box bef ore the SSID of your des ired networ k, and then clic k Next . Figure 3-6 Q uick Setup – Av ailable Wireless Networ ks  Not e: I f you could not find y our wirele ss networ k name (SSID) in [...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 9 7. Double - che ck your wirele ss settin g and netw ork set ting, when Figure 3-8 appear s. If v erified, cl ick Finish to complete the Q uick Setup. If there is anyt hing wrong, click Back to return the previous p ages and rec onfigure it. Figure 3-8 Q uick Setup – [...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 10 Chapt er 4 Configur e the Dev ice This Chapt er descr ibes how to confi gure your R ange Ext ender v i a the web - based manage ment page. Th e TL -W A860RE 300Mbps W iFi Range Ext ender with Power Outlet Pass- throug h i s easy to configure a nd manage with the W eb [...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 11  Wireless Co nnectio n – It shows w hether the Ra nge Exte nder is c onnected t o the Main Router/ AP by W ire less.  IP A ddress – The IP addr es s of the Range Extende r .  Ty pe – The Rang e Extender 's IP address Type.  Sig nal Received From[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 12  Se curi ty T ype - the secur ity type of y our root dev ice.  M od i f y - You can Edit or Delete the pro files. Clic k Con nect to connect the range ext ender to t he wireless net work that you have chose n in the profile li st. C lick A dd to add a new profil[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 13 Clic k Edit to further e dit the pr ofile(s), or Delete t o delete the pr ofile( s). Clic k Connect to connect t he range exten der to the w ireless networ k t hat you have chose n i n the profile l ist. Clic k A dd to add a new prof ile to the list. Clic k Delete A l[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 14  Ty pe - Several IP types are support ed, inc luding: ( 1) Stati c IP ; (2) Smart IP (DHCP), and they are expla ined below.  Dynamic IP - In this t ype, if your range exte nder have connect ed to a rout er, your client will dyna mically get a IP Address/ Gateway[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 15 Figure 4-8 DHCP Set tin gs – Au to Figure 4-9 DHCP Set tin gs – On Figure 4- 10 DHCP Se tti ngs – Off  DHCP S erver - Selecting the r adio but ton before Au to / On/Off will disable/en able the DHC P server on y our Range Extender. T he default set ting is Au[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 16  Address Lea se Time - Enter the amount of ti me for the PC to connect to t he Range Exte nder with its current assigned d ynamic IP addr ess. The t ime is measured in min utes. A fter the time is up, the PC wi ll be automa t ically ass igned a new dynam ic IP addr[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 17 wireless l ocal area net wor k just through a few settings. W ire less Setti ngs is us ed for the configurat ion of s ome bas ic para meters of the R ange Exte nder . W ireless Se curity provides thr ee different secur ity types to secure your dat a and thus provide g[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 18  Operatio n Mode - T wo Operat ion Modes ar e supported in most o f regi ons, includi ng Uni ver sa l Mod e and WDS Mode . And s ome re gion s also support Proxy M ode .  Universal Mo de - The range extender is co mpatible w ith most routers an d access poi nts [...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 19 Figure 4- 14 W ir ele ss S ecur it y  Operatio n Mode - Shows the current operat ion mode.  Disable S ecurity - Check this box rad i o button t o disable w ireless secur ity. If disabled, the wireless st ations will be able to connect this dev ice without en cry[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 20 2) Shared Key - Select 802.11 Share d Key authentication type. 3) Open Sy stem - Select 802.11 O pen Sy stem aut henticati on type . • WEP Key Format - You can select ASC I I o r Hexadecimal format. ASCII fo rmat stands for any combi nation of key board character s [...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 21 The Wireless M AC Addre ss Filterin g feature allow s you t o control wireless st ations acc essing th e device , whic h depend o n the statio n's MAC a ddress es.  Operatio n Mode - S how s t he c urr ent operation mode.  Wireles s M AC Filterin g - Click [...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 22 Clic k the Enable All but ton to make all entri es enab led Clic k the Disable All butto n t o make all ent ries disable d. Clic k the Del ete A l l button to delete a ll entries Click the Next button to go to the next page and clic k the Previ ous button to return to[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 23  Operatio n Mode - S how s t he c urr ent Operat ion Mode.  T ransmit Pow er - S pecif ies the transm it power of the dev ice . You can se lect High , M id dle or L ow which you w ould like. High is the default set ting a nd is reco mmended.  Beacon Int erval[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 24  Current Status - The c onnected w ireless stat ion's runn ing status, one of STA - AUTH / STA - ASSOC / S TA - JOINED / W PA / W PA -P SK / W PA 2 / W PA2 -P SK / AP - UP / AP - D OW N / Disconnecte d.  Receiv ed Packets - packet s received by the station [...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 25 4.6 S y stem T ools Sy stem Tool s opt ion help s you t o optimize the con f iguration o f your dev ice. You can u pgrade the Range Exte nder to the latest version of fir mware as w ell as backup or restore t he Range Extender ’ s configurat ion files. It’s sugges[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 26 To upgr ade t he dev ice 's firmware, follow th ese instructions: 1. Downlo ad a more rec ent fir mware upgra de file from the TP - LINK website ( http://www.tp - l i nk. com ). 2. Enter the pat h name or c lick Brow se … to select the downloaded fil e on t he [...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 27 Clic k Backu p to sav e all config uration set tings t o your loca l computer as a f ile. To restore th e device 's configuration, follow these instructions: • Clic k Brow se … to find th e configurat ion file whic h you w ant to restor e. • Clic k Re sto r[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 28 4.6.5 Pass word Selecting System Tools > Passwor d allows you t o change the factory def ault user nam e and password of the devi ce on the screen s hown in Figure 4- 25 . Figure 4- 25 Passw ord It is strongly recom mended t hat you change the fact ory defau lt use[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 29 The devi ce can keep lo gs of all traffic. Y ou can query the logs to find what hap pened to t he device .  Log Ty pe - By selecting the lo g type, only logs of this t ype will be show n.  Log Lev el - By selecting t he log lev el, only logs o f this level wil l[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 30 A ppendix A : Fact ory Def ault s Item De fault Value Common Default Settings Userna me a dmi n Password adm in IP Address 192.168. 0. 254 Subnet M ask 255.255. 255.0 Dom ain http://tplink repeater. net Wireless SSID TP - LINK _ Exte nder _XXXXXX W irel ess S e curi t[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 31 A ppendix B: Tr oubles hootin g T1. Ho w do I restore my Range Extender’s configuratio n to its facto ry default settings? Ther e are T W O methods availabl e to restore t he factory def aults. Option 1: With the Ran ge Extend er TL -W A8 60RE powered o n, pr ess th[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 32 2) Try t o obtain an IP addres s and gateway ; if succeed, open your w eb - browse r, enter the default do main http: //tplinkr epeater.net in the addres s field and get l ogged in. If you are unable to log in, please RESET t he device, and then use the default I P ad[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 33 A ppendix C : Specificat ion s General Standards and Protocols I EEE 802.3, 8 02.3u, 8 02.11n, 802.11b and 802. 11g, TCP/ IP, DH CP Saf et y & Em i ssio n CE Ports One 10/100M Auto - Negotiation L AN RJ45 port Wireless Frequency Band 2.4~2.483 5GHz Radio Data Rate[...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 34 A ppendix D : Glossar y  802.11b - The 802.11b standard sp ecifies a w ireless netw orking at 11 Mbps using direct - seque nce spread - spectr um (DSSS) technol ogy and oper ating in the u nlicensed r adio spectru m at 2.4GHz , and WEP encr yptio n for secur ity . [...]

TL -W A 860RE 30 0Mbps WiFi Range Ex tend er with Power Outlet Pass - t hrough 35  WPA (Wi - Fi P rotected A ccess ) - W PA is a sec urity technology for w ireless net works tha t improves on t he authent i cation a nd encry ption featu res of WEP (Wired Eq uivalent Pr i vacy ). In fact, W PA was d evelop ed by t he networ k ing indust ry in res[...]