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Preface Thank you choosing Tenda! Please read this user guide before you start! This user guide instructs you to install and configure the router. This user guide uses the following formats to highlight special messages: Note: This format is used to highlight information of importance or special interest. Ignoring this type of note may result in ineffective configurations, loss of data or damage to device. Tip: This format is used to highlight a procedure that will save time or resources.
Table of Contents I Product Overview ............................................................................................. 4 1 Package Contents ............................................................................................ 4 2 Getting to know your router ............................................................................. 4 LEDs on Front Panel ....................................................................................... 4 Buttons & Interfaces on Back Panel ..........
3.5 Access Control ........................................................................................ 74 3.7 WPS Setup .............................................................................................. 78 3.8 Connection Status .................................................................................... 81 4 Advanced Applications .................................................................................. 81 4.1 Bandwidth Control ...............................................
I Product Overview 1 Package Contents Unpack the package. Your box should contain the following items: If any of the parts are incorrect, missing, or damaged, contact your Tenda dealer. Keep the carton, including the original packing materials, in case you need to return the product for repair.
LED Status Description 5GHz Solid 5G wireless radio is on Blinking Off 2.4GHz Solid Blinking Off Data being transferred over 5G wireless network 5G wireless radio is off 2.4G wireless radio is on Data being transferred over 2.4G wireless network 2.
Buttons & Interfaces on Back Panel 1→WiFi: Wireless radio ON/OFF button. Pressing the WiFi On/Off button turns the wireless radios on and off. 2→WPS/RST: Pressing it for over 7 seconds restores the device to factory default settings. For factory default parameters, see Appendix 3 Factory Default Settings. Pressing it for about 1 second enables WPS-PBC and the WPS LED blinks. You can use this button to quickly add a wireless device or computer to your wireless network.
1→Default Login IP address. This IP address is to be used to access the router ’s settings through a web browser. If you change it, you have to open a new connection to the new IP address and log in again. 2→MAC address. 3→WPS pin code. 3 Position Your Router The operating distance or range of your wireless connection can vary significantly depending on the physical placement of your router.
II Quick Internet Setup 1 Getting Prepared Before you start the installation process, you need to prepare the following: Item Router Power Adapter PC Ethernet Cable Internet service Gather ISP Information Description Comes in the package Please use the power adapter that comes in the package. Using a power adapter with a different voltage rating than the one included with the router will cause damage to the router.
Hardware Install Note -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Before you start, make sure you can access the Internet by connecting the cable from the incoming Internet side to your PC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------① Connect the Ethernet cable from the Internet side to WAN port of the router. ② Connect one of the LAN ports on the router to the RJ45 (NIC) port on your PC using an Ethernet cable.
Note ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Using a power adapter with a different voltage rating than the one included with the device will cause damage to the device. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Internet Setup 1) Configure PC If your computer is set to a static or fixed IP address (this is uncommon), change it to obtain an IP address automatically from the router.
③ The login window appears, and enter the login password. ④ This router will automatically detect WAN connection status when you press the Enter key (This happens when you first time set up the router or when you restore the router to factory default settings). ⑤ The following screen appears when your Internet connection type is detected. Click OK.
⑥ And the Quick Setup screen appears after you clicked the OK button. Tip---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. If you are not using the PPPoE or Dynamic IP (DHCP) Internet connection type, click “Advanced” for more connection types. 2. The default Internet connection type is DHCP (Dynamic IP). 3. The router has a preset wireless security key of 12345678 but it is deactivated by factory default.
① Select Dynamic IP (DHCP). ② The default wireless band is 2.4G and default wireless security key is 12345678. For better security key, please change the default security key (Security key should be 8-63 characters). ③ Click Save to save your settings. B. Select PPPoE if your ISP uses a PPPoE connection and gives you a PPPoE user name and a PPPoE password. PPPoE & Wireless Security Setup ① Select PPPoE.
② Enter the ISP login name and password. ③ The default wireless band is 2.4G and default wireless security key is 12345678. For better security key, please change the default security key (Security key should be 8-63 characters). ④ Click Save to save your settings. 4 Verify Internet Connectivity System will automatically enter the Status screen after you save the settings made on the Quick Setup screen. A.
If the connection status displays "Connecting…” and WAN IP address displays "0.0.0.0", wait until the page updates five times. And if it still displays "Connecting…” try the following steps: ① Make sure physical connections are correctly established. ② Make sure you can access the Internet on your PC without using the router. ③ If your ISP uses a PPPoE Internet connection, make sure you entered the correct ISP login name and password. ④ If the problem is still unsolved, see 2.4 MAC Clone.
5 Join Your Wireless Network Having finished above settings, you can search for the device's default wireless network (SSID) from your wireless devices (notebook, iPad, iPhone, etc.) to connect to it wirelessly. Tip---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. The router's SSID is Tenda_XXXXXX by default. 2. To join your wireless network, the PC you use must have installed a wireless network adapter. If not, install one.
② Select the wireless network you wish to connect and click Connect.
③ If you see the screen below, you are connecting to the wireless network. ④ Enter the security key and click OK. ⑤ When you see Connected displayed next to the wireless network you selected, you have connected to the wireless network successfully.
Windows XP ① Right click My Network Places from your PC's desktop and select Properties. ② Right click Wireless Network Connection and select View Available Wireless Networks. ③ Double click the wireless network you wish to connect.
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④ Enter the security key and click Connect. ⑤ When you see Connected displayed next to the wireless network you selected, you have connected to the wireless network successfully.
III Features & Configurations For more and advanced features, click Advanced on the home page. 1 Status 1.1 System Status Click Advanced on the home page and the Status screen appears. Here you can view the router ’s WAN status and system status as noted below: Tip---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Connection Status: Displays the router's current WAN connection status: Disconnected, Connecting, or Connected.
1.2 WAN Status Click Status -> WAN Status to enter the WAN Status screen as seen below.
1.3 LAN Status Click Status -> LAN Status to enter the LAN Status screen as seen below. 1.4 Wireless Status Click Status -> Wireless Status to enter the Wireless Status screen as seen below.
1.5 Connection Status Click Status -> Connection Status to enter the Connection Status screen. 2 Network 2.1. LAN Settings Click Network -> LAN to enter the LAN configuration screen. Here you can configure the LAN IP address. This IP address is to be used to access the router ’s settings through a web browser.
192.168.10.1. ② Click Save to save your settings. Tip --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Default IP address and subnet mask are respectively 192.168.0.1 and 255.255.255.0. 2. This router does not support VLSM. 3. Be sure to make a note of any changes you apply to this page. If you change the LAN IP address of the router, you have to open a new connection to the new IP address and log in again.
Configuration Procedures: ① Internet connection Type: Select PPPoE. ② ISP Username: Enter the ISP login name. ③ ISP Password: Enter the ISP login password. ④ Click Save to save your settings. Knowledge Center ----------------------------------------------------------------1. MTU: The MTU (maximum transmission unit) is the largest data packet a network device transmits. The normal MTU value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 bytes, or 1492 bytes for PPPoE connections.
Static IP Configuration Procedures: ① Internet connection Type: Select Static IP. ② IP Address/Subnet Mask/WAN subnet mask/Gateway/Primary DNS Server/Secondary DNS Server: Enter those info which should be provided by your ISP. If you cannot locate this info, contact and consult your ISP. ③ Click Save to save your settings.
Configuration Procedures: ① Internet connection Type: Select Dynamic IP (DHCP). ② Click Save to save your settings. WAN MTU Setup The MTU (maximum transmission unit) is the largest data packet a network device transmits. The normal MTU value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 bytes, or 1492 bytes for PPPoE connections. For some ISPs, you might need to change the MTU. This is rarely required, and should not be done unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP connection.
A. You have problems connecting to your ISP or other Internet service, and the technical support of either your ISP or Tenda suggests changing the MTU value. Below web-based applications might require an MTU change: A secure website that does not open, or displays only part of a web page Yahoo email MSN portal B. You use VPN and encounter serious performance problems. C. You used a program to optimize MTU for performance reasons, and now you have connectivity or performance problems.
2.3 Port Mode Click Network -> Port Mode to enter the WAN port mode screen. Here you can configure the router's WAN speed and duplex mode. Tip---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. The best port mode is often just the factory default of "Auto". 2. In some situations, you might need to change the port mode.
2.4 MAC Clone Some ISPs (Internet Service Providers) require end-user's MAC address to access their network. This feature copies your current PC's MAC address to the router. Click Network -> MAC Clone to enter the MAC Clone screen. Knowledge Center -----------------------------------------------------------------1. Restore Default MAC: Reset the router ’s WAN MAC to factory default. 2. Clone MAC: Clicking this button copies the MAC address of the computer that you are now using to the router.
① Click Clone MAC. ② Click Save to save your settings. To manually enter the MAC address allowed by your ISP: ① Enter the MAC address allowed by your ISP. ② Click Save to save your settings. 2.5. DHCP DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) assigns an IP address to each device on the LAN/private network.
② Start IP/End IP: You can specify the starting and ending address of the IP address pool here. These addresses should be part of the same IP address subnet as the router ’s LAN IP address. ③ Lease Time: The lease time is a time length that the IP address is assigned to each device before it is refreshed. ④ Click Save to save your settings. Tip---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. By default, the router enables DHCP server.
when it accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses could be assigned to servers that require permanent IP settings. Static Assignment Application Example: To make a PC at the MAC address of 44:37:E6:4F:37:3B always receive the same IP address of 192.168.0.123. Configuration Procedures: ① Enter the IP address: 192.168.0.123. ② Enter the MAC address of 44:37:E6:4F:37:3B. ③ Click Add.
④ Click Save to save your settings. Tip --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. If the IP address you have reserved for your PC is currently used by another client, then you will not be able to obtain a new IP address from the device's DHCP server, instead, you must manually specify a different IP address for your PC to access the Internet. 2.
End IP Address: Specify the end of the range for the pool of IP addresses in a different subnet as the device. ③ Click Save to save your settings. Click Network -> Client List - Guest Network to enter the guest network DHCP client list screen. This section displays a guest network DHCP dynamic client list, which includes host name, IP address, MAC address and lease time info. Refresh: Click to update the page.
3 Wireless Settings 3.1 Wireless-Basic Here you can configure the basic wireless settings of the router. Tip --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If you are not an advanced user, it is advisable to only change the SSID (name of the network) and channel and leave other items unchanged. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Configuration Procedures: ① Band: Select 2.4GHz or 5GHz.
wireless clients. 11b: This network mode delivers wireless speed up to 11Mbps and is only compatible with 11b wireless clients. 11g: This network mode delivers wireless speed up to 54Mbps and is only compatible with 11g wireless clients. 11b/g mixed: This network mode delivers wireless speed up to 54Mbps and is compatible with 11b/g wireless clients. 11b/g/n mixed: This network mode delivers wireless speed up to 300Mbps and is compatible with 11b/g/n wireless clients.
③ Click Save to save your settings.
3.3 Security Click Wireless -> Security to enter the Security screen. Here you can define a security key to secure your wireless network against unauthorized accesses. To secure your wireless network ① Select a band, for example, 2.4GHz. ② Select the wireless network (SSID) you wish to encrypt. ③ Select a security mode, cipher type configure a security key. ④ Click Save to save your settings.
Knowledge Center -----------------------------------------------------------------1. WEP: Wireless speed can reach up to 54Mbps if WEP - Open is selected. 2. Key Select: Select a key to be effective for the current WEP encryption. For example, if you select Key 1, wireless clients must join your wireless network using this Key 1. 4. WPA-PSK: WPA personal, support AES and TKIP+AES cipher types. 5. WPA2-PSK: WPA2 personal, support AES and TKIP+AES cipher types. 6.
Knowledge Center ----------------------------------------------------------------1 AP Isolation: Isolates clients connecting to the primary SSID. 2 Beacon Interval: A time interval between any 2 consecutive Beacon packets sent by an Access Point to synchronize a wireless network. Do NOT change the default value of 100 unless necessary. 3 Fragment Threshold: Specify a Fragment Threshold value. Any wireless packet exceeding the preset value will be divided into several fragments before transmission.
3.6 Wireless Extender Use this wireless extender feature to extend your existing wireless network.
Click Wireless -> Wireless Extender to enter the following screen. This device provides three modes to extend your wireless network: To extend your wireless network using the universal repeater feature, see Universal Repeater. To extend your wireless network using the WISP client router (wireless WAN) feature, see WISP Mode. To establish Wireless Distribution System and extend your wireless network, see WDS.
Universal Repeater Mode Universal Repeater: Use this universal repeater mode to extend your existing wireless network. The application scenario is shown in the figure below: In this mode, you only need to configure the following settings on the Tenda wireless router: Configure LAN IP: Specify an IP address that is in the same subnet as yet different from the remote wireless router for this Tenda wireless router.
Before you start, make sure you have the following information: 1. Remote router's SSID, security mode, cipher type and security key. 2. Remote router's LAN IP address. 3. No Ethernet cable is connected to this Tenda wireless router's WAN port.
④ Select the remote router's wireless network (SSID) and click Close Scan. ⑤ The SSID, channel, MAC address, security mode and cipher type of the remote router will be added automatically on this page. You only need to enter the security key and click Save.
⑥ Click Reboot to take configurations into effect. Note ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------When the Universal Repeater is configured successfully, wireless clients can connect to this Tenda wireless router's SSID for Internet access.
clear, see Appendix 1 Configure PC TCP/IP Settings. ② Wait until your PC successfully obtains an IP address. Last number differs from that of the remote wireless router's LAN IP address. This is the remote router's LAN IP address.
③ Click Start -> Run. ④ Enter cmd and click OK. ⑤ Enter "ping default gateway IP address”. Here in this example, enter "ping 192.168.0.1" and press Enter. If you see a similar screen, the bridge is established successfully.
WISP Client Router Mode WISP Mode: This is the WISP (Wireless Internet Service Provider) Client Router Mode. In this mode the router acquires Internet access from your WISP AP or a wireless Access Point on an existing network.
Internet Setup: Configure this Tenda router to access the Internet. Tip--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Before you start, make sure you have the following information: 1. Configure IP address of the two linking routers into two different network segments. 1. Remote router's SSID, security mode, cipher type and security key. 2. Internet connection information provided by the remote wireless router. 3.
① Click Network -> WAN to configure the Internet connection.
② Click Wireless -> Wireless Extender, select WISP Mode and click Open Scan. ③ Select the remote router's wireless network (SSID) and click Close Scan.
④ The SSID, channel, MAC address, security mode and cipher type of the remote AP will be added automatically on this page. You only need to enter the security key and click Save. ⑤ Click Reboot on the appearing screen to reboot the router.
⑥ System automatically enters the login window after reboot. Reaccess to the device. ⑦ Click Status -> WAN Status to check the WAN status.
① If the WAN Connection Status keeps displaying "Connecting....", change the LAN IP address of this router to a different subnet from the remote router's LAN IP address. ② Click OK on the appearing screen to reboot the router.
③ Click Reboot on the appearing screen to reboot the router. System automatically enters the Status screen after reboot. Check the WAN Connection Status, if it displays "Connected", you have successfully connected to Internet.
Note ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------When the WISP (client router) mode is configured successfully, wireless clients can connect to this Tenda wireless router's SSID for Internet access. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Verify Bridge Connectivity: ① Connect your PC to this Tenda wireless router via a wired or wireless connection and set it to "Obtain an IP address automatically".
③ Click Start ->Run ④ Enter cmd and click OK.
⑤ Enter "ping Tenda router's gateway IP address". Here in this example, enter "ping 192.168.1.1" and press Enter. If you see a similar screen (highlighted area), the bridge is established successfully. WDS Mode WDS (Wireless Distribution System) includes Wireless Bridge and Wireless AP. The differences are described as below: Operating in Wireless AP mode, clients can access the Internet by connecting to the router via an Ethernet cable or wirelessly.
In this mode, you must set up both the base station A and the repeater AP. Tip-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Before you start, verify the following: 1. Tenda wireless router 1 that functions as a base station AP has successfully connected to Internet. 2. No Ethernet cables are connected to the WAN ports of the repeater APs: Tenda wireless routers 2 and 3.
④ Channel: Specify a channel for the base station AP to operate on, for example, 2437MHz (Channel 6). ⑤ Remote MAC Address: Manually enter the MAC addresses of the two remote repeater APs (You can click Open Scan to view the MAC addresses). ⑥ Security Mode: Specify security mode/authentication type, cipher type and security key for the base station AP. ⑦ Click Save to save your settings. ⑧ Click Network -> DHCP Server on the base AP's configuration interface to enable the DHCP server.
Step 2: Configure Repeater AP (Tenda Wireless Router 2) ① Click Network -> LAN to specify a LAN IP address that is in the same subnet as yet different from the base station AP. Click OK in the appearing screen.
drop-down list, select Wireless AP from the WDS Mode drop-down list and then click Open Scan. ③ Search for and select the base station AP's SSID and then click Close Scan.
④ The SSID, channel, MAC address, security settings except security key of the base station AP will be automatically added to the corresponding fields. You only need to enter the security key of the base station AP and click Save.
⑤ Click Network -> DHCP Server, disable the DHCP server there and then click Save. Step 3: Configure Repeater AP (Tenda Wireless Router 3) ① Click Network -> LAN to specify a LAN IP address that is in the same subnet as yet different from the base AP and the other remote AP.