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Portable 3G/4G Wireless N Router

Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide

This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions of your Portable 3G/4G

Wireless N Router using

Quick Setup

Wizard

within minutes.

3.1 3G/4G Router Mode

The default IP address of the Portable 3G/4G Wireless N Router is 192.168.0.254 and the

default Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0. These values can be changed as you desire. In this

guide, we all use the default values for description.

3.1.1

PC configuration

Here we take Wireless Network Connection as an example. (You can also go to Local Area

Connection to configure the PC for wired network connection, and then configure the router. If

you need instructions as to how to do this, please refer to

Appendix B: "Configuring the PC."

)

1. For Windows XP, please go to

Start

→

Settings

→

Control Panel

→

Network and

Internet Connections

→

Network Connections

; for Windows 7, please go to

Start

→

Settings

→

Control Panel

→

View network status and tasks

→

Manage network

connection

. Right click

Wireless Network Connection

, and select

Properties

.

2. For Windows XP, double click

Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

in the item list; for Windows 7,

double click

Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)

.

3. Select “

Obtain an IP address automatically

” and “

Obtain DNS server address

automatically

”. Click

OK

to finish the settings.

3.1.2

Connect to Network

1. Click the icon

at the bottom of your desktop.

2. Click “

Refresh network list

”, and then select the network. Click

Connect

.

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Note:

The default SSID of the network is TP-LINK_POCKET_3020_xxxxxx. (The xxxxxx is the last six

characters of the router’s MAC address.)

3. When

Connected

appears, you’ve successfully connected to the wireless network.

3.1.3

Router Configuration

1.

To access the configuration utility, open a web-browser and type the default address

in the address field of the browser.

Figure 3-1

Login the Router

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2.

After a moment, a login window will appear, similar to the Figure 3-2. Enter

admin

for the

User Name and Password, both in lower case letters. Then click the

OK

button or press the

Enter

key.

Figure 3-2

Login Windows

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Note:

If the above screen does not pop-up, it means that your Web-browser has been set to a proxy.

Go to Tools menu>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings, in the screen that appears,

cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click

OK

to finish it.

3.

Go to

Status

and check the 3G/4G status. When the 3G/4G USB Modem is identified, go

to the next step.

Figure 3-3

Status – 3G/4G

4.

Go to

Quick Setup

and click

Next

.

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Figure 3-4

Quick Setup

5.

Choose the

Internet Access

type, and then click

Next

. Here we take 3G/4G Only for

example.

Figure 3-5

Quick Setup – Internet Access



3G/4G Only (Recommended) -

Only use 3G/4G as the access to the Internet. The

Ethernet port is used as LAN port.



3G/4G Preferred -

Use 3G/4G as the primary access, WAN as a backup. The

Ethernet port is used as WAN port.



WAN Preferred -

Use WAN as the primary access, 3G/4G as a backup. The Ethernet

port is used as WAN port.



WAN Only -

Only use WAN as the access to the Internet. The Ethernet port is used

as WAN port.

6.

Select your location and Mobile ISP. You can tick “

Set the Dial Number, APN, Username

and Password manually

” to manually set them according to the information your 3G/4G

ISP provided. Then click

Next

.

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Figure 3-6

Quick Setup – 3G/4G

7.

Set your wireless parameters. It’s recommended that you edit the following two items, and

then click

Next

.

1)

Create a unique and easy-to-remember

Wireless Network Name

.

2)

Select

WPA-Personal/WPA2-Personal

under

Wireless Security

and enter a

password in the field.

Figure 3-7

Quick Setup – Wireless

8.

Click

Reboot

to make the settings take effect.

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Figure 3-8

Quick Setup – Finish

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Note:

After the rebooting, please reconnect to the network according to

3.1.2 Connect to Network

. If

Wireless Security is enabled, you need to enter the password you’ve just set to successfully

finish the connecting.

3.2 WISP Mode

The default IP address of the Portable 3G/4G Wireless N Router is 192.168.0.254 and the

default Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0. These values can be changed as you desire. In this

guide, we all use the default values for description.

3.2.1

PC configuration

Here we take Wireless Network Connection as an example. (You can also go to Local Area

Connection to configure the PC for wired network connection, and then configure the router. If

you need instructions as to how to do this, please refer to

Appendix B: "Configuring the PC."

)

1. For Windows XP, please go to

Start

→

Settings

→

Control Panel

→

Network and

Internet Connections

→

Network Connections

; for Windows 7, please go to

Start

→

Settings

→

Control Panel

→

View network status and tasks

→

Manage network

connection

. Right click

Wireless Network Connection

, and select

Properties

.

2. For Windows XP, double click

Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

in the item list; for Windows 7,

double click

Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)

.

3. Select “

Obtain an IP address automatically

” and “

Obtain DNS server address

automatically

”. Click

OK

to finish the settings.

3.2.2

Connect to Network

1. Click the icon

at the bottom of your desktop.

2. Click “

Refresh network list

”, and then select the network. Click

Connect

.



Note:

The default SSID of the network is TP-LINK_POCKET_3020_xxxxxx. (The xxxxxx is the last six

characters of the router’s MAC address.)

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