TP-Link TL-MR3020 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Portable 3G/4G Wireless N Router



WEP -

It is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard. If you select this check box, you will find a

notice in red as show in Figure 5-21.

Figure 5-21



Type

-

you can choose the type for the WEP security on the pull-down list. The default

setting is

Automatic

, which can select

Open System

or

Shared Key

authentication type

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



WEP Key Format

-

Hexadecimal

and

ASCII

formats are provided

.

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 Typ

e

-

You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-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.

152-bit -

You can enter 32 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key

is not promoted) or 16 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.

5.6.3

Wireless MAC Filtering

Choose menu “

Wireless

→

MAC Filtering

”, and then you can control the wireless access by

configuring the Wireless MAC Address Filtering function, shown in Figure 5-22.

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Figure 5-22

Wireless MAC address Filtering

To filter wireless users by MAC Address, click

Enable

. The default setting is

Disable

.



MAC Address -

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



Status

-

The status of this entry either

Enabled

or

Disabled

.



Description -

A simple description of the wireless station.

To Add a Wireless MAC Address filtering entry, click the

Add New…

button. The "

Add or

Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry"

page will appear as shown in Figure 5-23:

Figure 5-23

Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry

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

1.

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:

00-0A-EB-00-07-8A.

2.

Enter a simple description of the wireless station in the

Description

field. For example:

Wireless station A.

3.

Status

-

Select

Enabled

or

Disabled

for this entry on the

Status

drop-down list.

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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

For example:

If you desire that the wireless station A with MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-8A

and the wireless station B with MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-23-11 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:

Deny the stations not 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 and enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-8A

/00-0A-EB-00-23-11 in the

MAC Address

field, then enter wireless station A/B in the

Description

field, while select

Enabled

in the

Status

drop-down list. Finally, click the

Save

and the

Back

button.

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

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5.6.4

Wireless Advanced

Choose menu “

Wireless

→

Wireless Advanced

”, and then you can configure the advanced

settings of your wireless network.

Figure 5-24 Wireless Advanced



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 since 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 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.

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

Enable WMM - WMM

function can guarantee the packets with high- priority messages

being transmitted preferentially. It is strongly recommended enabled.



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.

5.6.5

Wireless Statistics

Choose menu “

Wireless

→

Wireless Statistics

”, and then you can see the MAC Address,

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

Figure 5-25 The Router attached wireless stations



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.

If the numbers of connected wireless stations go beyond one page, click the

to the next page and click the



Note:

This page will be refreshed automatically every 5 seconds.

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