User manual TP-LINK TL-WDR3600

[. . . ] 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. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: • • • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. [. . . ] System Up Time - This filed displays the length of the time since the powerline extender was last powered on or reset. Click the Refresh button to get the latest status and settings of the powerline extender. 3. 3 Network You can configure the IP parameters of the powerline extender on this page. Figure 3-7 Network MAC Address - The physical address of the powerline extender's Ethernet port. IP Address - Enter the IP address of the powerline extender in dotted-decimal notation (factory default setting is 192. 168. 1. 1). Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the network. If you change the IP address, you must use the new IP address to log in to the powerline extender. If the IP address of the powerline extender conflicts with other device in the intranet, a temporary IP address will be generated at random. 3. 4 Wireless The Wireless option, improving functionality and performance for wireless network, can help you make 14 TL-WDR3600/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender the powerline extender an ideal solution for your wireless network. Here you can create a wireless local area network just through a few settings. Wireless Settings is used for the configuration of some basic parameters of the powerline extender. Wireless Security provides three different security types to secure your data and thus providing greater security for your wireless network. MAC filtering allows you to control the access of wireless stations to the powerline extender. Wireless Advanced allows you to configure some advanced parameters for the powerline extender. 3. 4. 2 Wireless Security Selecting Wireless > Wireless Security will enable you to configure wireless security for your wireless network to protect your data from intruders. The powerline extender provides three security types: WEP, 16 TL-WDR3600/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender WPA/WPA2 and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK. The default password can be found on the label at the bottom of the device. Wireless security can be configured on the following screen shown as Figure 3-10. Figure 3-10 Wireless Security Disable Security - Check this 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. WEP - Select 802. 11 WEP security. Figure 3-11 WEP • Type - You can select one of following types. Automatic - Select Shared Key or Open System authentication type automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. Open System - Select 802. 11 Open System authentication type. 17 TL-WDR3600/TL-WPA2220 • 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender 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. [. . . ] Press and hold the Pair button of powerline device A TL-WDR3600 for one second, the Power LED will start flashing. Within two minutes, press and hold the Pair button of powerline device B TL-PA4010 for one second, the Power LED will start flashing. Wait for about 60 seconds while your powerline device A and B are connecting. The Power LED on both devices will stop flashing and become solid light when the connection is made. Join an existing Powerline Network: Powerline device A and B have formed a powerline network, and powerline device C wants to join this network. [. . . ]