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3.

Select

Enabled

or

Disabled

for this entry on the

Status

drop-down list.

4.

Click the

Save

button to save this entry.

To modify or delete an existing entry:

1.

Click the

Modify

in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the

Delete

.

2.

Modify the information.

3.

Click the

Save

button.

Click the

Enable All

button to make all entries enabled

Click the

Disable All

button to make all entries disabled.

Click the

Delete All

button to delete all entries.

Click the

Next

button to go to the next page.

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-B0-00-0B and

the wireless station B with MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-5F are able to access the router, but all

the other wireless stations cannot access the router, you can configure the

Wireless MAC Address

Filtering

list by following these steps:

1. Click the

Enable

button to enable this function.

2. Select the radio button “

Allow the entries 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 already.

4. Click the

Add New...

button.

1)

Enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B/00-0A-EB-00-07-5F in the

MAC Address

field.

2)

Enter wireless station A/B in the

Description

field.

3)

Select

Enabled

in the

Status

drop-down list.

4)

Click the

Save

button.

5)

Click the

Back

button.

The filtering rules that configured should be similar to the following list:

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5.4.5

Wireless Advanced

Choose menu “

Advanced

→

Wireless 2.4GHz

→

Wireless Advanced

”, you can configure the

advanced settings of your wireless network.

Figure 5-23 Wireless Advanced



Transmit Power -

Here you can specify the transmit power of router. You can select High,

Middle or Low which you would like. High is the default setting and is recommended.



Beacon Interval -

Enter a value between 40-1000 milliseconds for Beacon Interval here.

The beacons are the packets sent by the router to synchronize a wireless network. Beacon

Interval value determines the time interval of the beacons. The default value is 100.



RTS Threshold -

Here you can specify the RTS (Request to Send) Threshold. If the packet

is larger than the specified RTS Threshold size, the router will send RTS frames to a

particular receiving station and negotiate the sending of a data frame. The default value is

2346.



Fragmentation Threshold -

This value is the maximum size determining whether packets

will be fragmented. Setting the Fragmentation Threshold too low may result in poor network

performance because of excessive packets. 2346 is the default setting and is

recommended.



DTIM Interval -

This value determines the interval of the Delivery Traffic Indication Message

(DTIM). A DTIM field is a countdown field informing clients of the next window for listening to

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broadcast and multicast messages. When the router has buffered broadcast or multicast

messages for associated clients, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM Interval value. You can

specify the value between 1-255 Beacon Intervals. The default value is 1, which indicates

the DTIM Interval is the same as Beacon Interval.



Enable WMM - WMM

function can guarantee the packets with high-priority messages being

transmitted preferentially. It is strongly recommended.



Enable Short GI -

This function is recommended for it will increase the data capacity by

reducing the guard interval time

.



Enabled AP Isolation -

This function can isolate wireless stations on your network from

each other. Wireless devices will be able to communicate with the router but not with each

other. To use this function, check this box. AP Isolation is disabled by default.



Note:

If you are not familiar with the setting items in this page, it's strongly recommended to keep the

provided default values; otherwise it may result in lower wireless network performance.

5.4.6

Wireless Statistics

Choose menu “

Advanced

→

Wireless 2.4GHz

→

Wireless Statistics

”, you can see the MAC

Address, Current Status, Received Packets and Sent Packets for each connected wireless

station.

Figure 5-24 Wireless Statistics



MAC Address -

The connected wireless station's MAC address



Current Status

-

The connected wireless station's running status, one of

STA-AUTH/

STA-ASSOC/ STA-JOINED/ WPA/ WPA-PSK/ WPA2/ WPA2-PSK/ AP-UP/ AP-DOWN/

Disconnected



Received Packets

-

Packets received by the station



Sent Packets

-

Packets sent by the station

You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current

connected wireless stations, click on the

Refresh

button.

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If the numbers of connected wireless stations 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 automatically every 5 seconds.

5.5

Wireless 5GHz

Figure 5-25 Wireless menu

There are six submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 5-12):

Wireless Settings

,

WPS

,

Wireless Security

,

Wireless MAC Filtering

,

Wireless Advanced

and

Wireless

Statistics

. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding functions.

5.5.1

Wireless Settings

Choose menu “

Advanced

→

Wireless 5GHz

→

Wireless Settings

”, you can configure the basic

settings for the wireless network of 5GHz on this page.

Figure 5-26 Wireless Settings (5GHz)



Wireless Network Name -

The wireless network name (SSID) that the router uses. You can

create a new one with up to 32 characters. The default SSID is set to be

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TP-LINK_XXXX_5G. This value is case-sensitive. For example,

TEST

is NOT the same as

test

.



Region

-

The geographic region where the router is being used.

This field specifies the

region where the wireless function of the router can be used.

It might be illegal to use the

wireless features of the router in some parts of the world.

If your country or region is not

listed, please contact your local government agency for assistance.



Mode -

option available is

11a/n/ac mixed

, and all of 802.11a, 802.11n and 802.11ac

wireless stations can connect to the router.



Channel Width -

Select the channel width from the drop-down list

.

The default setting is

80MHz.



Channel -

This field determines which operating frequency will be used. The default channel

is set to

Auto

, so the router will choose the best channel automatically. It is not necessary to

change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby

access point.



Enable SSID Broadcast -

When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks

to associate with, they will detect the SSID broadcast by the router. If you select the

Enable

SSID Broadcast

checkbox, the Wireless router will broadcast its name (SSID) on the air.



Enable WDS Bridging -

Check this box to enable WDS. With this function, the router can

bridge two or more WLANs. If this checkbox is selected, you will have to set the following

parameters as shown in Figure 5-27. Make sure the following settings are correct.

Figure 5-27 WDS Settings



SSID (to be bridged)

-

The SSID of the AP your router is going to connect to as a client.

You can also use the search function to select the SSID to join.



MAC Address (to be bridged)

-

The MAC address (BSSID) of the AP your router is

going to connect to as a client. You can also use the Survey function to select the MAC

address (BSSID) to join.



Survey

-

Click this button, you can search the APs that run in all channels.