TP-Link TL-WR542G Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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

length.

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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.

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Key Type -

You can select the WEP key length (

64-bit

, or

128-bit,

or

152-bit

) for encryption.

"Disabled" means the WEP key entry is invalid.

•

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.

•

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.

•

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.

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Encryption -

When you select

WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK

or

WPA/WPA2

for

Authentication

Type

you can select

Automatic, TKIP

or

AES

as

Encryptions.

Figure 4-16 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK

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WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Passphrase -

You can enter a WPA or WPA2 passphrase between

8 and 63 characters long.

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Group Key Update Period

-

Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value

can be either 0 seconds or from 30 seconds and up, 1-29 seconds are not usable figures.

Enter 0 to disable the update.

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Figure 4-17 WPA/WPA2

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Radius Server IP

-

Enter the IP address of the Radius Server

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Radius Port -

Enter the port number that the radius service used.

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Radius Password -

Enter the password for the Radius Server.

Be sure to click the

Save

button to save your settings on this page.

)

Note:

The router will reboot automatically after you click

save

.

4.5.2 MAC Filtering

The Wireless MAC Filtering for wireless networks is set on this page, Figure 4-18:

Figure 4-18 Wireless MAC address Filtering

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

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

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MAC Address

-

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

¾

Status

-

The status of this entry either

Enabled

or

Disabled

.

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¾

Privilege

-

Select the privileges for this entry.

You may select one of the following

Allow

/

Deny

/

64-bit

/

128-bit

/

152-bit

.

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Description -

A simple description of the wireless station.

¾

WEP Key

-

Specify a unique WEP key (in Hexadecimal format) to access the router.

To set up an entry, follow these instructions:

First, you must decide whether the unspecified wireless stations can access the router or not. If

you desire that the unspecified wireless stations can access the router, please select the radio

button

Allow the stations not specified by any enabled entries in the list to access

,

otherwise, select the radio button

Deny the stations not specified by any enabled entries in

the list to access

.

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, shown in Figure 4-19:

Figure 4-19 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry

To add or modify 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-B0-00-0B.

2.

Enter a simple description of the wireless station in the

Description

field. For example:

Wireless station A.

3.

Privilege

- Select the privileges for this entry, one of

Allow

/

Deny

/

64-bit

/

128-bit

/

152-bit

.

4.

WEP Key - If you select

64-bit

,

128-bit

or

152-bit

in the

Privilege

field, enter any

combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified length. For example:

2F34D20BE2.

5.

Status

- Select

Enabled

or

Disabled

for this entry on the

Status

pull-down list.

6.

Click the

Save

button to save this entry.

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To add additional entries, repeat steps 1-6.

)

Note:

When 64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-bit is selected, WEP Key will be enabled.

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

Disabled All

button to make all entries disabled.

Click the

Delete All

button to delete all entries

Click the

previous page.

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, and the wireless station C with MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-8A be able to

access the router when its WEP key is 2F34D20BE2E 54B326C5476586A, 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:

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-BE in the

MAC

Address

field, enter wireless station A in the

Description

field, select

Allow

in the

Privilege

pull-down list and select

Enabled

in the

Status

pull-down list. Click the

Save

and the

Return

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, select

Deny

in the

Privilege

pull-down list and select

Enabled

in the

Status

pull-down list. Click the

Save

and the

Return

button.

6. Click the

Add New...

button and enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-8A in the

MAC

Address

field, enter wireless station C in the

Description

field, select

128-bit

in the

Privilege

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pull-down list, enter 2F34D20BE2E54B326C5476586A in the

WEP Key

field and select

Enabled

in the

Status

pull-down list. Click the

Save

and the

Return

button.

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

)

Note:

a) If you select the radio button

Allow the stations not specified by any enabled entries

in the list to access

for

Filtering Rules,

the wireless station B will still not be able to

access the router, however, other wireless stations that are not in the list will be able to

access the router.

b) If you enable the function and select the

Deny the stations not 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 router.

4.5.3 Wireless Statistics

This page shows

MAC Address

,

Current Status

,

Received Packets

and

Sent Packets

for each

connected wireless station.

Figure 4-20 The router attached wireless stations

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MAC Address -

The connected wireless station's MAC address

¾

Current Status

-

The connected wireless station's running status, one of STA-AUTH /

STA-ASSOC / AP-UP / WPA / WPA-PSK /WPA2/WPA2-PSK/None

¾

Received Packets

-

Packets received by the station

¾

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

the next page and click the

Rate

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