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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
National restrictions This device is intended for home and office use in all EU countries (and other countries following the EU directive 1999/5/EC) without any limitation except for the countries mentioned below: Country Restriction Reason/remark Bulgaria None General authorization required for outdoor use and public service France Outdoor use limited to 10 mW e.i.r.p. within the band 2454-2483.5 MHz Military Radiolocation use. Refarming of the 2.
TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 300 Mbps Wireless N Access Point Model No.: TL-WA901ND Trademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product within the scope of Council Directives: Directives 1999/5/EC The above product is in conformity with the following standards or other normative documents ETSI EN 300 328 V1.7.
CONTENTS Package Contents .................................................................................................... 1 Conventions ............................................................................................................. 1 Overview of This Guide ........................................................................................... 2 Chapter 1 Introduction........................................................................................... 3 1.1 Product Overview.....
4.7.5 Factory Defaults...............................................................................................58 4.7.6 Backup & Restore............................................................................................58 4.7.7 Reboot .............................................................................................................59 4.7.8 Password .........................................................................................................60 4.7.9 System Log..
Package Contents TL-WA901ND 300 Mbps Wireless N Access Point Resource CD, including: z This User Guide z Other Helpful Information Power Adapter for TL-WA901ND 300 Mbps Wireless N Access Point Power Injector Ethernet Cables Quick Installation Guide PoE Guide ) Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items. If any of the listed items are damaged or missing, please contact with your distributor.
Overview of This Guide Package Contents: Tells what are contained in the box. Chapter 1 Introduction: Gives an introduction for the TL-WA901ND 300 Mbps Wireless N Access Point. 1.1 Product Overview: Introduces advantages of using this AP. 1.2 Main Feature: Introduces main features and their benefits. 1.3 Appearance: Gives descriptions of LEDs, ports and buttons on the front and rear panel. Chapter 2 Hardware Installation: Tells how to connect the AP and the requirements. 2.
TL-WA901ND 300 Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the TL-WA901ND 300 Mbps Wireless N Access Point. 1.1 Product Overview The TL-WA901ND 300 Mbps Wireless N Access Point is dedicated to Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) wireless network solutions. It allows for greater range and mobility within your wireless network while also allowing you to connect the wireless devices to a wired environment.
TL-WA901ND 1.2 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Main Features Features Benefits Make use of IEEE 802.
TL-WA901ND 1.3 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Appearance 1.3.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 The front panel of the TL-WA901ND consists of several LED indicators, which is designed to indicate connections. View from left to right, Table 1-1 describes the LEDs on the front panel of the device.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide 1.3.2 The Rear Panel Figure 1-2 Viewed from left to right, the following parts are located on the rear panel of TL-WA901ND. Wireless antenna：The external antenna is used to transmit and receive wireless data. POWER: The power port connects to the power adapter provided with the TL-WA901ND 300 Mbps Wireless N Access Point. LAN: One LAN 10/100Mbps RJ45 port connects to a network device, such as a switch or a router.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 Before You Begin Please read this User Guide carefully before installing and using the equipment. The operating distance range of your wireless connection can vary significantly depending on the physical position of the wireless devices. Factors that can weaken signals by getting in the way of your network’s radio waves are metal appliances or obstructions, and walls.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Figure 2-1 The Example of Infrastructure Network Incorporating the TL-WA901ND To establish a typical connection of the AP, please take the following steps: 1. Connect the Cable or DSL modem to a Router. 2. Locate an optimum location for the AP. The best place is usually near the center of the area in which your PC(s) will wirelessly connect. 3. Adjust the direction of the antenna. Normally, upright is a good direction. 4.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Chapter 3 Configure the PC This chapter will guide you to configure your PC to communicate with the AP. The wireless adapter-equipped computers in your network must be in the same IP Address range without overlap with each other. Manually configure the IP address as 192.168.1.* (* is any integer between 1 and 253), and the Subnet mask as 255.255.255.0 for your PC by following the instructions below.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Figure 3-2 3. In the General tab of Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties.
TL-WA901ND 4. 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Configure the IP address manually. 1) Select Use the following IP address. 2) Enter 192.168.1.* (* is any integer between 1 and 253) into the IP address filed, and 255.255.255.0 into the Subnet mask filed. 3) Click OK to keep your settings. Figure 3-4 5. Verify the network connection between your PC and the AP via the Ping command. The following example is in Windows XP Operating System. 1) Click Start > Run tab.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide If the result displayed is similar to that shown in Figure 3-6 below, it means that your PC has not connected to the AP. Figure 3-6 Please check following these steps: a) Check to see if your PC and the AP are right connected. The LED of LAN port which you link to on the device and the LED on your PC’s adapter should be lit up. b) Make sure the TCP/IP for your PC is right configured. If the AP’s IP address is 192.168.1.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Chapter 4 Configure the Device This Chapter describes how to configure your Access Point via the web-based management page. The TL-WA901ND 300 Mbps Wireless N Access Point is easy to configure and manage with the Web-based (Internet Explorer, Netscape® Navigator, Firefox, Safari, Opera or Chrome) management page, which can be launched on any windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a web browser. 4.1 Login Open your web browser.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide read-only. Figure 4-3 Device Status ¾ Firmware Version - This field displays the current firmware version of the AP. ¾ Hardware Version - This field displays the current hardware version of the AP ¾ Wired - This field displays the current settings or information for the Network, including the MAC address, IP address and Subnet Mask.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide ) Note: If you select Client mode in Figure 4-10, the wireless status in Figure 4-3 will change, similar to the figure below: 4.3 QSS QSS (Quick Secure Setup) can help you to quickly and securely connect to a network. This section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly by function. The QSS function is only available when the Operation Mode is set to Access Point and Multi-SSID.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide To add a new device: If the wireless adapter supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), you can establish a wireless connection between wireless adapter and device using either Push Button Configuration (PBC) method or PIN method. ) Note: To build a successful connection by QSS, you should also do the corresponding configuration of the new device for QSS function meanwhile.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Step 2: For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose “Push the button on my access point” in the configuration utility of the QSS as below, and click Next. The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Step 3: Wait for a while until the next screen appears. Click Finish to complete the QSS configuration.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Method Three: Step 1: Keep the default QSS Status as Enabled and click the Add device button in Figure 4-4, then the following screen will appear. Figure 4-5 Add A New Device Step 2: Choose “Press the button of the new device in two minutes” and click Connect. Step 3: For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose “Push the button on my access point” in the configuration utility of the QSS as below, and click Next.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter II. By PIN If the new device supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup and the PIN method, you can add it to the network by PIN with the following two methods. Method One: Enter the PIN into my AP Step 1: Keep the default QSS Status as Enabled and click the Add device button in Figure 4-4, then the following screen will appear.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter ) Note: In this example, the default PIN code of this adapter is 16952898 as the above figure shown. Method Two: Enter the PIN from my AP Step 1: Get the Current PIN code of the AP in Figure 4-4 (each AP has its unique PIN code. Here takes the PIN code 12345670 of this AP for example).
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide ) Note: The default PIN code of the AP can be found in its label or the QSS configuration screen as Figure 4-4. You will see the following screen when the new device has successfully connected to the network. ) Note: a. The QSS LED on the AP will light green for five minutes if the device has been successfully added to the network. b. The QSS function cannot be configured if the Wireless function of the AP is disabled.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide ¾ Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask. ¾ Gateway - The gateway should be in the same subnet as your IP address. ) Note: 1 If you change the IP Address, you must use the new IP Address to log in the AP.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide 1) Access Point: This mode allows wireless stations to access this device. Figure 4-8 Wireless Settings in Access Point mode ¾ SSID (Set Service Identifier) - Identifies your wireless network name. Create a name up to 32 characters and make sure all wireless points in the wireless network with the same SSID. The default SSID is TP-LINK_XXXXXX (XXXXXX indicates the last unique six characters of each device’s MAC address). This value is case-sensitive.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide ¾ Channel - Determines the operating frequency to be used. It is not necessary to change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby access point. ¾ Mode - Select the desired wireless mode. The options are: • 11b only - Only 802.11b wireless stations can connect to the device. • 11g only - Only 802.11g wireless stations can connect to the device. • 11n only - Only 802.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide ¾ WEP Index - This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP(ASCII) or WEP(HEX).It indicates the index of the WEP key. ¾ Auth Type - This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP(ASCII) or WEP(HEX).It indicates the authorization type of the Root AP. ¾ Password - If the AP your device is going to connect needs password, you need to fill the password in this blank.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide devices in your network. If Enable VLAN is checked, the wireless stations connecting to SSID of different VLANID can not communicate with each other. ¾ VLANID (1-4) - Provide a number between 1 and 4095 for VLAN. This will cause the device to send packets with VLAN tags. The switch connecting with the device must support VLAN IEEE802.1Q frames.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide will be reminded to reboot the device. 3) Client: This mode allows the device to act as a wireless station to enable wired host(s) to access an AP. Figure 4-10 Wireless Settings in Client mode ¾ Enable WDS - The client can connect to AP with WDS enabled or disabled. If WDS is enabled, all traffic from wired networks will be forwarded in the format of WDS frames consisting of four address fields. If WDS is disabled, three address frames are used.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Note Dialog ) Note: Limited by local law regulations, version for North America does not have region selection option. ¾ Channel Width - Determines the channel width to be used. It is unnecessary to change the default value unless required. ¾ Enable Wireless Radio - Select or deselect this check box to allow or deny wireless stations to access the device. Click the Search button to detect the SSIDs in the local area.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide ¾ MAC of AP - Enter the MAC address of the root AP of which you want to expand wireless range. ¾ Region - Select your region from the pull-down list. This field specifies the region where the wireless function of the device can be used. It may be illegal to use the wireless function of the device in a region other than one of those specified in this field.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide 5) Universal Repeater: This mode allows the AP with its own BSS to relay data to a root AP to which it is associated with WDS disabled. The wireless repeater relays signal between its stations and the root AP for greater wireless range. Figure 4-12 Wireless Settings in Repeater mode ¾ MAC of AP - Enter the MAC address of the root AP of which you want to expand wireless range. ¾ Region - Select your region from the pull-down list.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide ¾ Max Tx Rate - Specifies the maximum transmit rate of the device through this field. ¾ Enable Wireless Radio - Select or deselect this check box to allow or deny wireless stations to access the device. Click the Search button to detect the SSIDs in the local area. ) Note: To apply any settings you have altered on the page, please click the Save button, and then you will be reminded to reboot the device.
TL-WA901ND ¾ 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Region - Select your region from the pull-down list. This field specifies the region where the wireless function of the device can be used. It may be illegal to use the wireless function of the device in a region other than one of those specified in this field. If your country or region is not listed, please contact your local government agency for assistance.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide wireless network to protect your data from intruders. The AP provides three security types: WEP, WPA/WPA2 and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK. Wireless security can be set on the following screen shown as Figure 4-14. The security options are different for different operation mode. 1) Access Point Figure 4-14 Wireless Security - Access Point ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide 2) Shared Key - Select 802.11 Shared Key authentication type. 3) Open System - Select 802.11 Open System 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.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide • Encryption - When you select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK for Authentication Type, you can select either Automatic, TKIP or AES as Encryption. • PSK Passphrase - Enter a passphrase here. • 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. Be sure to click the Save button to save your settings on this page.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide 1) Automatic - Select WPA or WPA2 automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. 2) WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access. 3) WPA2 - WPA version 2. • Encryption - You can select either Automatic, TKIP or AES. • Radius Server IP - Enter the IP address of the Radius Server. • Radius Port - Enter the port used by radius service. • Radius Password - Enter the password for the Radius Server.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide 3) Client Figure 4-16 Wireless Security – Client ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. ¾ Disable Security - Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security. ¾ WEP - Select 802.11 WEP security. • Type - You can select one of following types.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide • 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. 1) 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. 2) 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.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide 4) Repeater Figure 4-17 Wireless Security – Repeater ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. ¾ Disable Security - Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security. ¾ WEP - Select 802.11 WEP security. • Type - You can select one of following types.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide • 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. 1) 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. 2) 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.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide 5) Universal Repeater Figure 4-18 Wireless Security – Universal Repeater ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. ¾ Disable Security - Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security. ¾ WEP - Select 802.11 WEP security.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide • 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. 1) 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. 2) 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.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide 6) Bridge with AP Figure 4-19 Wireless Security – Universal Repeater ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. ¾ Disable Security - Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security. ¾ WEP - Select 802.11 WEP security.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide • 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. 1) 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. 2) 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.
TL-WA901ND ¾ 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Wireless MAC Filtering - Click the Enable button to enable the Wireless MAC Address Filtering. The default setting is disabled. 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 4-21 Figure 4-21 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry ¾ MAC Address - Enter the wireless station's MAC address that you want to control.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Click the Disabled All button to make all entries disabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries Click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return to the previous page.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Figure 4-22 Wireless Advanced ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current Operation Mode. ¾ Tx Power - Specifies the transmit power of the device. You can select High, Middle or Low which you would like. High is the default setting and is recommended. ¾ Beacon Interval - Specifies a value between 20-1000 milliseconds. The beacons are the packets sent by the device to synchronize a wireless network.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide 4.5.5 Throughput Monitor Selecting Wireless > Throughput Monitor will helps to watch wireless throughput information in the following screen shown in Figure 4-23. Figure 4-23 Throughput Monitor ¾ Rate - The Throughput unit. ¾ Run Time - How long this function is running. ¾ Transmit - Wireless transmit rate information. ¾ Receive - Wireless receive rate information. Click the Start button to start wireless throughput monitor.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Figure 4-24 Statistics of the device attached wireless stations ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide 4.6.1 DHCP Settings Selecting DHCP > DHCP Settings will enable you to set up the AP as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PCs that are connected to the system on the LAN. The DHCP Server can be configured on the page (shown as Figure 4-26): Figure 4-26 DHCP Settings ¾ DHCP Server - Selecting the radio button before Disable/Enable will disable/enable the DHCP server on your AP.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Click Save to save the changes. ) Note: 1 When the device is working on Dynamic IP mode, the DHCP Server function will be disabled. 2 To use the DHCP server function of the device, you should configure all computers in the LAN as "Obtain an IP Address automatically" mode. This function will not take effect until the device reboots. 4.6.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Figure 4-28 Address Reservation ¾ MAC Address - Here displays the MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP address. ¾ Reserved IP Address - Here displays the IP address that the AP is reserved. ¾ Status - Here shows whether the entry is enabled or not ¾ Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry. To Reserve IP addresses: 1. Click the Add New... button to add a new Address Reservation entry. 2.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide There are nine submenus under the System Tools menu (shown as Figure 4-29): SNMP, Diagnostic, Ping Watch Dog, Firmware Upgrade, Factory Defaults, Backup & Restore, Reboot, Password, and System Log. Clicking any of them will enable you to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. Figure 4-29 The System Tools menu 4.7.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide ¾ SNMP Agent - Select the radio button before Enable will enable this function if you want to have remote control through SNMPv1/v2 agent with MIB-II. Select the radio button before Disable will disable this function. The default setting is Disable. ¾ SysContact - The textual identification of the contact person for this managed node. ¾ SysName - An administratively-assigned name for this managed node.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Figure 4-31 Diagnostic ¾ Diagnostic Tools - Click the radio button to select one diagnostic tool • Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name resolution to a given host or gateway by using the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) protocol's mandatory Echo Request datagram to elicit an ICMP Echo Response from a host or gateway. You can use ping to test both numeric IP address or domain name.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide the Echo Reply message returned by the destination. However, some gateways do not return Time Exceeded messages for packets with expired TTL values and are invisible to the traceroute tool. In this case, a row of asterisks (*) is displayed for that hop. ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP Address (such as 202.108.22.5) of the PC whose connection you wish to diagnose. ¾ Ping Count - Specifies the number of Echo Request messages sent. The default is 4.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Figure 4-33 Ping Watch Dog Utility ¾ Enable - Turn on/off Ping Watch Dog. ¾ IP Address - The IP address of the target host where the Ping Watch Dog Utility is sending ping packets. ¾ Interval - Time internal between two ping packets which are sent out continuously. ¾ Delay - Time delay before first ping packet is sent out when the device is restarted. ¾ Fail Count - Upper limit of the ping packet the device can drop continuously.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide ) Note: 1 There is no need to upgrade the firmware unless the new firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experiencing problems caused by the device itself, you can try to upgrade the firmware. 2 Before upgrading the device’s firmware, you should write down some of your customized settings to avoid losing important configuration settings of device. To upgrade the device's firmware, follow these instructions: 1.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Figure 4-36 Save or Restore the Configuration Click Backup to save all configuration settings to your local computer as a file. To restore the device's configuration, follow these instructions: • Click Browse… to find the configuration file which you want to restore. • Click Restore to update the configuration with the file whose path is the one you have input or selected in the blank. ) Note: 1.
TL-WA901ND • 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Update the configuration with a file (system will reboot automatically). 4.7.8 Password Selecting System Tools > Password allows you to change the factory default user name and password of the device on the screen shown in Figure 4-38. Figure 4-38 Password It is strongly recommended that you change the factory default user name and password of the device.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Figure 4-39 System Log The device can keep logs of all traffic. You can query the logs to find what happened to the device. ¾ Log Type - By selecting the log type, only logs of this type will be shown. ¾ Log Level - By selecting the log level, only logs of this level will be shown. Click the Refresh button to show the latest log list.. Click the Save Log button to save all the logs in a txt file.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Appendix A: Application Example The TL-WA901ND allows you to connect a wireless device to the wired network. Providing that you want to connect your computer equipped with wireless adapter to a wired network wirelessly, you can take the following instructions. 1. 2. Configure the AP via a wired connection. 1) Connect your AP to your PC with an Ethernet cable.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide 2) On the My Network Connections window, right-click Wireless Network and choose Enable to enable wireless network function. 3) Right-click the wireless connection icon “ View Available Wireless Networks. 4) Highlight the SSID of the AP(Here is TP-LINK) and click Connect to add to the network.
TL-WA901ND 5) 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Then the following page will display, which indicates you have been successfully added to the network wirelessly.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Appendix B: Factory Defaults Item Default Value Common Default Settings Username admin Password admin IP Address 192.168.1.254 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Wireless SSID TP-LINK_XXXXXX Wireless Security Disable Wireless MAC Address Filtering Disable DHCP DHCP Server Disable Start IP Address 192.168.1.100 End IP Address 192.168.1.199 Address Lease Time 120 minutes (Range:1 ~ 2880 minutes) Default Gateway (optional) 0.0.0.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Appendix C: Troubleshooting 1. No LEDs are lit on the access point. It takes a few seconds for the Power LED to light up. Wait a minute and check the status of Power LED. If there the LED is still off, check the following items. 2. 1) Make sure the power cord is connected to the Access Point. 2) Make sure the power adapter is connected to a functioning electrical outlet and the switch of the electrical outlet is on.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Appendix D: Specifications General Standards and Protocols IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.11n, 802.11b and 802.11g, TCP/IP, DHCP Safety & Emission FCC、CE Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 port, supporting passive PoE Cabling Type 10BASE-T: UTP category 3, 4, 5 cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100Ω STP (maximum 100m) 100BASE-TX: UTP category 5, 5e cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100Ω STP (maximum 100m) Wireless Frequency Band 2.4~2.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide Appendix E: Glossary 802.11b - The 802.11b standard specifies a wireless networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and WEP encryption for security. 802.11b networks are also referred to as Wi-Fi networks. 802.
TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide provides an authentication alternative to an expensive RADIUS server. WPA-PSK is a simplified but still powerful form of WPA most suitable for home Wi-Fi networking. To use WPA-PSK, a person sets a static key or "passphrase" as with WEP. But, using TKIP, WPA-PSK automatically changes the keys at a preset time interval, making it much more difficult for hackers to find and exploit them. The Wi-Fi Alliance will call this, WPA-Personal.
