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TD-W8980

N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide

Address

XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

any

hexadecimal

digit).

For

example:

00:1D:0F:11:22:33.

Give a simple description for the wireless station in the

Description

field. For example:

Wireless station A.

Select

Enabled

Disabled

for this entry on the

Status

drop-down list.

Click the

Save

button to save this entry.

To edit or delete an existing entry:

Click the

Edit

in the entry you want to modify.

Modify the information.

Click the

Save

button.

Click the

Enable/ Disabled Selected

button to make selected entries enabled or disabled.

Click the

Delete Selected

button to selected entries.

For example:

If you desire that the wireless station A with MAC address 00:1D:0F:11:22:33 and the

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

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

Wireless

MAC Address Filtering

list by following these steps:

Click the

Enable

button to enable this function.

Select the radio button “

Allow the stations specified by any enabled entries in the list to

access

” for

Filtering Rules

Delete all or disable all entries if there are any entries already.

Click the

Add New

button.

Enter the MAC address

00:1D:0F:11:22:33

00:0A:EB:00:07:5F

in the

MAC Address

field.

Enter wireless station A/B in the

Description

field.

Select

Enabled

in the

Status

drop-down list.

Click the

Save

button.

Click the

Back

button.

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

4.8.5 Wireless Advanced

Choose menu “

Wireless 2.4GHz

”

Wireless Advanced

”, you can configure the advanced

settings of your wireless network.

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N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide

Figure 4-38

Transmit Power:

Here you can specify the transmit power of modem 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 25-1000 milliseconds for Beacon Interval here. The

beacons are the packets sent by the modem 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 modem 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

broadcast and multicast messages. When the modem 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 Short GI:

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

reducing the guard interval time

Enabled Client isolation:

This function can isolate wireless stations on your network from

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

each other. To use this function, check this box. Client isolation is disabled by default.

Enable WMM: WMM

function can guarantee the packets with high-priority messages being

transmitted preferentially. It is strongly recommended.

)

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.

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N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide

4.8.6 Wireless Status

Choose menu “

Wireless 2.4GHz

”

Wireless Status

”, you can see the MAC Address, Current

Status, Received Packets and Sent Packets for each connected wireless station.

Figure 4-39

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.

4.9

Wireless 5GHz

There are five submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 4-13):

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 function.

4.9.1

Basic Settings

Choose menu “

Wireless 5GHz

“

→

“

Basic Settings

”, you can configure the basic settings for the

wireless network of 2.4GHz on this page.

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N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide

Figure 4-40

SSID:

Wireless network name shared among all points in a wireless network. The SSID must

be identical for all devices in the wireless network. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32

characters (use any of the characters on the keyboard). Make sure this setting is the same for

all stations in your wireless network. Type the desired SSID in the space provided. The default

SSID is set to be TP-LINK_5GHz_XXXXXX.

Region:

Select your region from the drop-down list. This field specifies the region where the

wireless function of the modem router can be used. It may be illegal to use the wireless

function of the modem router in a region other than one of those specified in this field. If your

country or region is not listed, please contact your local government agency for assistance.

)

Note:

Limited by local law regulations, version for North America does not have region selection option.

Mode

Select the desired mode.

11a only

- Select if all of your wireless clients are 802.11a. When 802.11a mode is selected,

only 802.11a wireless stations can connect to the Router.

11n only

- Select only if all of your wireless clients are 802.11n. When 802.11n mode is

selected, only 802.11n wireless stations can connect to the Router.

11an mixed

- Select if you are using both 802.11a and 802.11n wireless clients. It is strongly

recommended that you set the Mode 11an mixed, and all of 802.11a and 802.11n wireless

stations can connect to the Router.

Channel:

Select the channel you want to use from the drop-down List of Channel. This field

determines which operating frequency will be used. It is not necessary to change the wireless

channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby access point.

Channel Width:

Select the channel width from the drop-down list

The default setting is

automatic, which can adjust the channel width for your clients automatically.

)

Note:

11a only

is selected in the

Mode

field, the

Channel Width

selecting field will turn grey and

the value will become 20M, which is unable to be changed.

Enable SSID Broadcast:

When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks to

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

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N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide

Enable SSID Broadcast

checkbox, the Wireless Router will broadcast its name (SSID) on the

air.

Click

Save

to save your settings.

4.9.2 WPS Settings

This section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly by

WPS

(also called

QSS

)

function.

a).

Choose menu “

WPS Settings

”, and you will see the next screen (shown in Figure 4-41).

Figure 4-41

WPS:

Enable or disable the WPS function here.

Current PIN:

The current value of the modem router's PIN is displayed here. The default PIN

of the modem router can be found in the label or User Guide.

Restore PIN:

Restore the PIN of the modem router to its default.

Gen New PIN:

Click this button, and then you can get a new random value for the modem

router's PIN. You can ensure the network security by generating a new PIN.

Add device:

You can add a new device to the existing network manually by clicking this

button.

b).

To add a new device:

If the wireless adapter supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), you can establish a wireless

connection between wireless adapter and modem router using either Push Button Configuration

(PBC) method or PIN method.

)

Note:

To build a successful connection by WPS, you should also do the corresponding configuration of

the new device for WPS function meanwhile.

Use the Wi-Fi Protected Setup Button

Use this method if your client device has a Wi-Fi Protected Setup button.

Step 1:

Press the WPS button on the back panel of the modem router, as shown in the following

figure.

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