TP-Link TL-WA7210N Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Figure 5-18 AP List

Figure 5-19



Note:

If you know the SSID of the desired AP, you can also input it to the field "Wireless Name of WISP

Station" manually.

Be sure to click the

Save

button to save your settings on this page.



Note:

The operating distance or range of your wireless connection varies significantly based on the

physical placement of the Device. For best results, place your Device:

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

Near the center of the area in which your wireless stations will operate;



In an elevated location such as a high shelf;



Away from the potential sources of interference, such as PCs, microwaves, and cordless

phones;



With the Antenna in the upright position;



Away from large metal surfaces.



Note:

Failure to follow these guidelines can result in significant performance degradation or inability to

wirelessly connect to the Device.

5.7.2

Wireless Security

Selecting

Wireless > Wireless Security

will enable you to configure the security of the wireless

network for your device on the page as shown in Figure 4-8.

Figure 5-20 Wireless Security



Disable Security

-

The wireless security function can be enabled or disabled. If disabled, the

wireless stations will be able to connect the device without encryption. It is recommended

strongly that you choose one of following options to enable security.



WPA/WPA2-Personal

- Select WPA based on Radius Server.



WPA/WPA2-Enterprise

- Select WPA based on pre-shared passphrase.



WEP

- Select 802.11 WEP security.

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Each security option has its own settings as described below:

WPA/WPA2 – Personal (Recommended)



WEP

- Select 802.11 WEP security.



Version

- You can select one of following versions:

•

Automatic

- Select

WPA-Personal

or

WPA2-Personal

automatically based on the

wireless station's capability and request.

•

WPA-Personal

- Pre-shared key of WPA.

•

WPA2-Personal

- Pre-shared key of WPA2.



Encryption

- You can select either

Automatic

, or

TKIP

or

AES

.



Password

- You can enter

ASCII

or

Hexadecimal

characters. For

Hexadecimal

, the length

should be between 8 and 64 characters; for

ASCII

, the length should be between 8 and 63

characters.



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.

WPA/WPA2 - Enterprise



WEP

- Select 802.11 WEP security.



Version

- You can select one of following versions:

•

Automatic

- Select

WPA

or

WPA2

automatically based on the wireless station's

capability and request.

•

WPA

- Wi-Fi Protected Access.

•

WPA2

- WPA version 2.



Encryption

- You can select either

Automatic

, or

TKIP

or

AES

.



Radius Server IP

- Enter the IP address of the Radius Server.



Radius Port

- Enter the port that radius service uses.



Radius Password

- Enter the password for the Radius Server.



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



Type

- You can select one of following types:

•

Automatic

- Select

Shared Key

or

Open System

authentication type automatically

based on the wireless station's capability and request.

•

Open System

- Select 802.11 Open System authentication.

•

Shared Key

- Select 802.11 Shared Key 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 settings

- 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.

•

For

64-bit

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

A-F, and null key is not permitted) or 5 ASCII characters.

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•

For

128-bit

encryption - You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f,

A-F, and null key is not permitted) or 13 ASCII characters.

•

For

152-bit

encryption - You can enter 32 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f,

A-F, and null key is not permitted) 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.

Be sure to click the

Save

button to save your settings on this page.

5.7.3

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 Figure 4-9.

Figure 5-21 Wireless MAC address Filtering

The Wireless MAC Address Filtering feature allows you to control wireless stations accessing the

AP, which depend on the station's MAC addresses.



MAC Address

-

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



Status

-

The status of this entry either

Enabled

or

Disabled

.



Description -

A simple description of the wireless station.



Modify

- Here you can modify or delete an existing rule.

To disable the Wireless MAC Address Filters feature

, keep the default setting,

Disable

.

To set up an entry

, click

Enable

, and follow these instructions:

First, you must decide whether the specified wireless stations can or cannot access the AP. If you

desire that the specified wireless stations can access the AP, please select the radio button

Allow

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

, otherwise, select the radio

button

Deny the stations specified by any enabled entries in the list to access

.

To Add a Wireless MAC Address filtering entry

, clicking the

Add New...

button, and following

these instructions: The “

Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry

" page will

appear, shown in Figure 5-22.

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Figure 5-22 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry

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-B0-00-0B.

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

pull-down list.

4. Click the

Save

button to save this entry.

To add another entries

, repeat steps 1~4.

To modify or delete an existing entry

:

3. Click the

Modify

or

Delete

button in the

modify

column in the MAC Address Filtering

Table.

4.

Enter the value as desired in the

Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry

page, and click the

Save

button.

You can click the

Enable All

button to make all the Entries enabled, click the

Disable All

button to

make all the Entries disabled, click the

Delete All

button to delete all the entries.

Click the

previous page.

Note

: If you enable the function and select the

Allow the stations specified by any enabled

entries in the list to access

for

Filtering Rules

, and there are not any enable entries in the list,

thus, no wireless stations can access the AP.

For example:

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

able to access the router. The wireless station B with MAC address 00-0A-EB- 00-07-5F not be able

to access the router, while all other wireless stations cannot access the router, you should 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:

Allow the stations 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-BE in the

MAC

Address

field, enter wireless station A in the

Description

field and select

Enabled

in the

Status

pull-down list. Click the

Save

button.

5. Click the

Add New...

button and enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-5F in the

MAC

Address

field, enter wireless station B in the

Description

field and select

Disabled

in the

Status

pull-down list. Click the

Save

button.

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

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