Thomson TCW750-4 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Chapter 2: WEB Configuration

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WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK

For the WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK network Authentication, the settings that you can adjust including

WPA/WPA2 Encryption, WPA Pre-Shared Key, and Group key Rotation Interval.

z

WPA Pre-Shared Key:

Please type the key to be between 8 and 63 characters, or 64 hexadecimal

digits.

Only the devices with a matching key that you set here can join this network.

z

WPA/WPA2 Encryption & WPA Group Rekey Interval:

Please refer to the WPA/WPA2 part.

Fig. 34

Automatic Security Configuration

Fig. 35

WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) is an easy and secure way of configuring and connecting your WiFi access point.

In your case, the TCW750-4 is the Access Point (AP), and Your PC (or Wifi Device) is called the STA.

When configuring your Wifi Network via WPS, Messages are exchanged between the STA and AP in order to

configure the Security Settings on both equipment.

z

WPS Config:

It will help you to

Enable

or

Disable

the WPS feature. To enable you need to select

WPS

, to

disable you need to select

Disabled

.

Illustrations contained in this document are for representation only.

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Note:

After you

Enabled

the WPS you will get the options as show in Fig.35. And the WPS Config State box

will show its configuration status.

z

Device Name:

By using this you can change the factory default to a name of your choice which is up to 32

characters long as like

SSID

.

z

WPS Setup AP:

Here you do not need to change anything so, just skip this step.

z

WPS Add Client:

T

here are two methods “Push-Button” and “PIN”. Select the method you want.

But, the default selection will be “PIN”.

If you select “Push-Button”, then the

WPS Add Client

option will appear as shown below.

Fig. 36

And then if you click “

Add

” button then

WPS Setup AP

page will appear as shown in Fig.36

Fig. 37

And

WPS Configure Status

will be “In progress”, after establishing the connection the

WPS Configure

Status

will be “Success!” as shown below. After successful connection the client will get IP address from AP

and then internet will be accessible.

Fig. 38

Illustrations contained in this document are for representation only.

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If you select

WPS Method

to PIN then it will ask for PIN while configuring the WiFi AP by showing a text

box so, you need to enter PIN to establish

the connection. You can get the PIN from your connected Wi-Fi

client.

Fig. 39

z

PIN:

Use this option to set the PIN, enter 4-8 digits PIN of the device you wish to configure. After entering

the pin click “Add” button, then the

WPS Setup AP

page will appear as shown in Fig.38

Fig. 40

And

WPS Configure Status

will be “In progress”, after establishing the connection the

WPS Configure

Status

will be “Success!” as shown below. After successful connection the client will get IP address from AP

and then internet will be accessible.

Fig. 41

Illustrations contained in this document are for representation only.

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3. Access Control

This page allows you to make access control to the AP (Access Point) or connected clients by offering the

MAC Addresses of the clients.

Fig. 42

Administration Web page Access:

It Allow or Deny access to Administration Web Page from PC

connected over WiFi.

Wireless Interface:

By default it will be having two interfaces, “Primary Network interface” and “Guest

Network Interface”. The “Primary Network interface” will be available for all users. If you want to access

the “Guest Network Interface” then you need to contact cable operator.

MAC Restrict Mode:

Click

Disabled

to welcome all of the clients on the network; select

Allow

to

permit only the clients on the list to access the cable modem; or choose

Deny

to prevent the clients on the

list to access this device.

MAC Address:

Your Gateway identifies wireless PCs by their WiFi MAC Address. This address consists

of a string of 6 pairs of numbers 0-9 and letters A-F, such as 00 90 4B F0 FF 50. It is usually printed on

the WiFi card of the device (e.g. the PCMCIA card in a laptop). It can also be determined from a

Windows DOS prompt as explained below.

Enter the MAC addresses of the connected clients into the fields, and then click Apply to add them to the

list for access control.

Apply :

After proper configuration, click Apply to invoke the settings.

Connected Clients :

The information of currently connected clients will be displayed here.

Illustrations contained in this document are for representation only.

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4. 802.11/ Advanced

This page allows you to configure some advanced settings. The factory default values should provide

good results in most cases. We don’t recommend you change these settings unless you have technical

knowledge of 802.11b wireless technology.

For expert users, details of all settings on this web page are provided below.

Fig. 43

Beacon Interval:

Set the period of beacon transmissions to allow mobile stations to locate and identify a BSS. The measure

unit is “time units” (TU) of 1024 microseconds. (Value range: 1~65535)

DTIM Interval:

The value you set here is used to inform mobile stations when multicast frames that have been buffered at

the Wireless Gateway will be delivered and how often that delivery occurs. (Value range: 1~255)

Fragmentation Threshold:

Set the number of the fragmenting frames to make the data to be delivered without errors induced by the

interference. Frames longer than the value you set here are fragmented before the initial transmission into

fragments no longer than the value of the threshold. (Value range: 256~ 2346)

RTS Threshold:

Set the value for sending a request to the destination. All the frames of a length greater than the threshold

that you set here will be sent with the four-way frame exchange. And, a length less than or equal to the

value that you set will not be proceeded by RTS. (Value range: 0~ 2347)

Illustrations contained in this document are for representation only.

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