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

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TL-MR3020

Portable 3G/4G Wireless N Router



Type

- You can select one of following types.

1)

Automatic

- Select

Shared Key

or

Open System

authentication type automatically

based on the wireless station's capability and request.

2)

Shared Key

- Select 802.11

Shared Key

authentication type.

3)

Open System

- Select 802.11

Open System

authentication.



WEP Key Format

-

You can select

ASCII

or

Hexadecimal

format. ASCII format stands

for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length. Hexadecimal format

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



WEP Key

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

information for your network in the selected key radio button. These values must be

identical on all wireless stations in your network.



Key Type

- 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.

1)

For

64-bit

encryption

-

You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9,

a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 5 ASCII characters.

2)

For

128-bit

encryption

-

You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of

0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 13 ASCII characters.

3)

For

152-bit

encryption

-

You can enter 32 hexadecimal digits (any combination of

II characters.

ave selected

page.

You will be reminded to reboot the device after clicking the

Save

button.

0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 16 ASC



Note:

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

Shared Key as Authentication Type.

Be sure to click the

Save

button to save your settings on this



Note:

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3) Repeater

Figure 6-13 Wireless Security – Repeater



Operation Mode

-

Shows the current operation mode.



Disable Security

-

Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the

s stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly

mended) -

Select WPA based on pre-shared key.

1)

Automatic

(Recommended)

-

Select

WPA-Personal

or

WPA2-Personal

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

3)

WPA2-Personal

- Pre-shared key of WPA2.



Encryption

- When you select

WPA-Personal

or

WPA2-Personal

for

Authentication

Type

, you can select either

Automatic (Recommended)

,

TKIP

or

AES

as

Encryption

.



PSK Passphrase

- Enter a passphrase here.



Group Key Update Period

- Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value

can be either 0 or at least 30. Enter 0 to disable the update.



WEP

-

Select 802.11 WEP security.

wireles

recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security.



WPA/WPA2 – Personal (Recom



Version

- You can select one of following versions.

2)

WPA-Personal

- Pre-shared key of WPA.

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TL-MR3020

Portable 3G/4G Wireless N Router



Type

- You can select one of following types.

1)

Automatic

- Select

Shared Key

or

Open System

authentication type automatically

based on the wireless station's capability and request.

2)

Shared Key

- Select 802.11

Shared Key

authentication type.

3)

Open System

- Select 802.11 Open System authentication.



WEP Key Format

-

You can select

ASCII

or

Hexadecimal

format. ASCII format stands

for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length. Hexadecimal format

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



WEP Key

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

information for your network in the selected key radio button. These values must be

identical on all wireless stations in your network.



Key Type

- 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.

1)

For

64-bit

encryption

-

You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9,

a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 5 ASCII characters.

2)

For

128-bit

encryption

-

You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of

0-9, a-f, A-F, z

racters.

ecimal digits (any combination of

0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 16 ASCII characters.

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

page.



Save

button.

ero key is not permitted) or 13 ASCII cha

3)

For

152-bit

encryption

-

You can enter 32 hexad



Note:

Shared Key as Authentication Type.

Be sure to click the

Save

button to save your settings on this

Note:

You will be reminded to reboot the device after clicking the

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Portable 3G/4G Wireless N Router

4) Bridge with AP

Figure 6-14 Wireless Security – Bridge with AP



Operation Mode

-

Shows the current operation mode.



Disable Security

-

Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the

s stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly

recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security.

ty.

1)

Automatic

- Select

Shared Key

or

Open System

authentication type automatically

based on the wireless station's capability and request.

e.

3)

Open System

- Select 802.11 Open System authentication.



WEP Key Format

-

You can select

ASCII

or

Hexadecimal

format. ASCII format stands

for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length. Hexadecimal format

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



WEP Key

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

information for your network in the selected key radio button. These values must be

identical on all wireless stations in your network.

wireles



WEP

-

Select 802.11 WEP securi



Type

- You can select one of following types.

2)

Shared Key

- Select 802.11

Shared Key

authentication typ

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TL-MR3020

Portable 3G/4G Wireless N Router



Key Type

- 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.

1)

For

64-bit

encryption

-

You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9,

a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 5 ASCII characters.

2)

For

128-bit

encryption

-

You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of

0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 13 ASCII characters.

3)

For

152-bit

encryption

-

You can enter 32 hexadecimal digits (any combination of

0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 16 ASCII characters.



Note:

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

selected Shared Key as Authentication Type.

2)

You will be reminded to reboot the device after clicking the

Save

button.

6.6.3

Wireless MAC Filtering

Selecting

Wireless

>

Wireless MAC Filtering

will allow you to set up some filtering rules to

control wireless stations accessing the device, which depend on the station’s MAC address on

the following screen as shown

en the operation is

set to Client. As the configuration is the same in each operation mode, here we just take the

Figure 6-15. This function is not available wh

Access Point for example.

Figure 6-15 Wireless MAC address Filtering

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