TP-Link TL-WR842N Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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2.

Give a simple description for the wireless station in the

Description

field. For example:

Wireless station A.

3.

Select

Enabled

or

Disabled

for this entry on the

Status

drop-down list.

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

Disabled 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-B0-00-0B and

the wireless station B with MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-5F 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 “

Allow the entries 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.

1)

Enter the MAC address

00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B/00-0A-EB-00-07-5F

in the

MAC Address

field.

2)

Enter wireless station A/B in the

Description

field.

3)

Select

Enabled

in the

Status

drop-down list.

4)

Click the

Save

button.

5)

Click the

Back

button.

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

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4.6.4

Wireless Advanced

Choose menu “

Wireless

→

Wireless Advanced

”, you can configure the advanced settings of

your wireless network.

Figure 4-24 Wireless Advanced

¾

Transmit Power -

Here you can specify the transmit power of Router. You can select High,

Middle or Low which you would like. High is the default setting and is recommended.

¾

Beacon Interval -

Enter a value between 20-1000 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.

¾

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.

¾

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 because of excessive packets. 2346 is the default setting and is

recommended.

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¾

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 1-15 Beacon Intervals. The default value is 1, which indicates the

DTIM Interval is the same as Beacon Interval.

¾

Enable WMM - WMM

function can guarantee the packets with high-priority messages being

transmitted preferentially. It is strongly recommended.

¾

Enable Short GI -

This function is recommended for it will increase the data capacity by

reducing the guard interval time

.

¾

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.

4.6.5

Wireless Statistics

Choose menu “

Wireless

→

Wireless Statistics

”, you can see the MAC Address, Current Status,

Received Packets and Sent Packets for each connected wireless station.

Figure 4-25 Wireless Statistics

¾

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/ STA-JOINED/ WPA/ WPA-PSK/ WPA2/ WPA2-PSK/ AP-UP/ AP-DOWN/ Disconnected

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.

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

the next page and click the

)

Note:

This page will be refreshed automatically every 5 seconds.

4.7

DHCP

Figure 4-26

The DHCP menu

There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 4-26),

DHCP Settings

,

DHCP Clients List

and

Address Reservation.

Click any of them, and you will be able to

configure the corresponding function.

4.7.1

DHCP Settings

Choose menu “

DHCP

→

DHCP Settings

”, you can configure the DHCP Server on the page as

shown in Figure 4-27.The Router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration

Protocol) server, which provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PC(s) that are connected to

the Router on the LAN.

Figure 4-27 DHCP Settings

¾

DHCP Server - Enable

or

Disable

the DHCP server. If you disable the Server, you must

have another DHCP server within your network or else you must configure the computer

manually.

¾

Start IP Address -

Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to start with when assigning

IP addresses. 192.168.0.100 is the default start address.

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¾

End IP Address -

Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to end with when assigning IP

addresses. 192.168.0.199 is the default end address.

¾

Address Lease Time -

The

Address Lease Time

is the amount of time a network user will

be allowed connection to the Router with their current dynamic IP Address. Enter the

amount of time in minutes and the user will be "leased" this dynamic IP Address. After the

time is up, the user will be automatically assigned a new dynamic IP address. The range of

the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes. The default value is 120 minutes.

¾

Default Gateway -

(Optional.) It is suggested to input the IP address of the LAN port of the

Router. The default value is 192.168.0.1.

¾

Default Domain -

(Optional.) Input the domain name of your network.

¾

Primary DNS -

(Optional.) Input the DNS IP address provided by your ISP or consult your

ISP.

¾

Secondary DNS -

(Optional.) Input the IP address of another DNS server if your ISP

provides two DNS servers.

)

Note:

To use the DHCP server function of the Router, you must configure all computers on the LAN as

"Obtain an IP Address automatically".

4.7.2

DHCP Clients List

Choose menu “

DHCP

→

DHCP Clients List

”, you can view the information about the clients

attached to the Router in the screen as shown in Figure 4-28.

Figure 4-28

DHCP Clients List

¾

Client Name

-

The name of the DHCP client

¾

MAC Address

-

The MAC address of the DHCP client

¾

Assigned IP

-

The IP address that the Router has allocated to the DHCP client

¾

Lease Time

-

The time of the DHCP client leased. After the dynamic IP address has expired,

a new dynamic IP address will be automatically assigned to the user.

You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current

attached devices, click the

Refresh

button.

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