TP-Link TD-W8980 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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You can also keep the default WPS Status as

Enabled

and click the

Add device

button in Figure

4-41, then Choose “

Press the button of the new device in two minutes

” and click

Connect

.

(Shown in the following figure)

Figure 4-42

Step 2:

Press and hold the WPS button of the client device directly.

Step 3:

The Wi-Fi Protected Setup LED flashes for two minutes during the Wi-Fi Protected Setup

process.

Step 4:

When the WPS LED is on, the client device has successfully connected to the modem

router.

Refer back to your client device or its documentation for further instructions.

II.

Enter the client device’s PIN on the modem router

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

Step 1:

Keep the default WPS Status as

Enabled

and click the

Add device

button in Figure 4-41,

then the following screen will appear.

Figure 4-43

Step 2:

Enter the PIN number from the client device in the field on the above WPS screen. Then

click

Connect

button.

Step 3:

“

Connect successfully

” will appear on the screen of Figure 4-43, which means the client

device has successfully connected to the modem router.

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III. Enter the modem router’s PIN on your client device

Use this method if your client device asks for the modem router’s PIN number.

Step 1:

On the client device, enter the PIN number listed on the modem router’s Wi-Fi Protected

Setup screen. (It is also labeled on the bottom of the modem router.)

Step 2:

The Wi-Fi Protected Setup LED flashes for two minutes during the Wi-Fi Protected Setup

process.

Step 3:

When the WPS LED is on, the client device has successfully connected to the modem

router.

Step 4:

Refer back to your client device or its documentation for further instructions.

)

Note:

1)

The WPS LED on the modem router will light green for five minutes if the device has been

successfully added to the network.

2)

The WPS function cannot be configured if the Wireless Function of the modem router is

disabled. Please make sure the Wireless Function is enabled before configuring the WPS.

4.9.3 Wireless Security

Choose menu “

Wireless 5GHz

”

Æ

”

Wireless Security

”, you can configure the security settings of

your wireless network.

There are three wireless security modes supported by the modem router: WPA/WPA2 – Personal,

WPA/WPA2 – Enterprise, WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy).

Figure 4-44

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¾

Disable Wireless Security:

If you do not want to use wireless security, check this radio

button. But it’s strongly recommended to choose one of the following modes to enable

security.

¾

WPA/WPA2-Personal -

It’s the WPA/WPA2 authentication type based on pre-shared

passphrase. The modem router is configured by this security type by default.

•

Authentication Type:

You can choose the type for the WPA/WPA2-Personal security on

the drop-down list. The default setting is

Auto

, which can select

WPA-PSK

or

WPA2-PSK

authentication type automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request.

•

Encryption:

You can select

Auto

,

TKIP

or

AES

as Encryption.

•

Wireless Password:

You can enter ASCII characters between 8 and 63 characters or 8 to

64 Hexadecimal characters. The default password is the same with the default PIN code,

which is labeled on the bottom of the Router or can be found in Figure 4-32.

•

Group Key Update Period:

Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value

should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the update.

¾

WPA/WPA2 – Enterprise:

It’s based on Radius Server.

•

Authentication Type

:

Authentication Type:

You can choose the type for the

WPA/WPA2-Personal security on the drop-down list. The default setting is

Auto

, which can

select

WPA-PSK

or

WPA2-PSK

authentication type automatically based on the wireless

station's capability and request.

•

Encryption:

You can select

Auto

,

TKIP

or

AES

as Encryption.

•

RADIUS Server IP:

Enter the IP address of the Radius Server.

•

RADIUS Server Port:

Enter the port that radius service used.

•

RADIUS Server Password:

Enter the password for the Radius Server.

•

Group Key Update Period:

Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value

should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the update.

¾

WEP:

It is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard.

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•

Authentication Type:

You can choose the type for the WPA/WPA2-Personal security on

the drop-down list. The default setting is

Auto

, which can select

WPA-PSK

or

WPA2-PSK

authentication type automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request.

•

WEP Key Format:

Hexadecimal

and

ASCII

formats are provided here

.

Hexadecimal

format stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified

length.

ASCII

format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified

length.

•

WEP Key:

Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching WEP key that

you create. Make sure these values are identical on all wireless stations in your network.

•

Key Type:

You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit.) for encryption.

"Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid.

64-bit:

You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is

not promoted) or 5 ASCII characters.

128-bit:

You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is

not promoted) or 13 ASCII characters.

)

Note:

If you do not set the key, the wireless security function is still disabled even if you have selected

Shared Key as Authentication Type.

Be sure to click the

Save

button to save your settings on this page.

4.9.4 Wireless MAC Filtering

Choose menu “

Wireless 5GHz

”

Æ

”

Wireless MAC Filtering

”, you can control the wireless access

by configuring the

Wireless MAC Filtering

function, shown in Figure 4-36.

Figure 4-45

To filter wireless users by MAC Address, click

Enable

. The default setting is

Disabled

.

¾

MAC Address:

The wireless station's MAC address that you want to filter.

¾

Status:

The status of this entry either

Enabled

or

Disabled

.

¾

Description:

A simple description of the wireless station.

To Add a Wireless MAC Address filtering entry, click the

Add New

button. The following

page will

appear, shown in Figure 4-37:

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Figure 4-46

To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions:

5.

Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the

MAC Address

field. The format of the MAC

Address

is

XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

(X

is

any

hexadecimal

digit).

For

example:

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

6.

Give a simple description for the wireless station in the

Description

field. For example:

Wireless station A.

7.

Select

Enabled

or

Disabled

for this entry on the

Status

drop-down list.

8.

Click the

Save

button to save this entry.

To edit or delete an existing entry:

4.

Click the

Edit

in the entry you want to modify.

5.

Modify the information.

6.

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:

5.

Click the

Enable

button to enable this function.

6.

Select the radio button “

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

access

” for

Filtering Rules

.

7.

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

8.

Click the

Add New

button.

6)

Enter the MAC address

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

/

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

in the

MAC Address

field.

7)

Enter wireless station A/B in the

Description

field.

8)

Select

Enabled

in the

Status

drop-down list.

9)

Click the

Save

button.

10) Click the

Back

button.

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

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