User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Product Overview
- Router Setup
- Wireless Networking and Security
- Basic
- ADvanced
- Change your router IP address
- Set up the DHCP server on your router
- Set up DHCP reservation
- Manually configure your Internet connection
- Clone a MAC address
- Add static routes to your router
- IPv6 Internet Connection Settings
- Prioritize traffic using QoS (Quality of Service)
- Advanced wireless settings
- Set your router date and time
- Create schedules
- Access Control
- Open a device on your network to the Internet
- Enable/disable Application Layer Gateways (ALG)
- Enable/disable UPnP on your router
- Using External USB Storage
- Print Share Utility Installation
- Router Maintenance & Monitoring
- Change your router login password
- Change your device name
- Change your device URL
- Identify your network on the Internet
- Allow remote access to your router management page
- Reset your router to factory defaults
- Router Default Settings
- Backup and restore your router configuration settings
- Upgrade your router firmware
- Reboot your router
- Allow/deny ping requests to your router from the Internet
- Check the router system information
- Router Management Page Structure
- Technical Specifications
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix
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TRENDnet User’s Guide
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• Current Network Key - You can define up to 4 keys however, only one key can be
active at any given time. Most users simply define one key. Click the drop-down list
to select which of the 4 keys is the active key.
• Network Key 1-4
o This is where you enter the WEP key needed for a computer to connect to the
router wirelessly
o You can define up to 4 passwords or 4 keys. Only one key can be active at a given
time. Most users simply define one key.
o Choose a key index 1, 2, 3, or 4 and enter the key.
o When connecting to the router, the client must match both the password and the
Key number. (e.g. if you have activated Key 2 with a password of 12345, then the
client must select: Key 2 (entering Key 1, 3, or 4 will block the ability to connect)
and enter password 12345)
Note: It is recommended to use 128-bit format because it is more secure to use a
key that consists of more characters.
• Click here to display - Typically, the password characters are masked for security
purposes. This link displays actual characters of the currently assigned password for
your reference.
Selecting WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA2-PSK, or Mixed (WPA2-PSK recommended):
In the Security Mode drop-down list, select WPA-.
The following section outlines options when selecting WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, or WPA2-
PSK Mixed (Preshared Key Protocol),
• WPA Encryption: Select a Cipher Type to use. When selecting WPA-PSK security, it
is recommended to use TKIP + AES.
o When selecting WPA2-PSK Mixed security, it is recommended to use TKIP+AES.
o When selecting WPA2-PSK security, it is recommended to use AES.
• WPA passphrase: Enter the passphrase.
o This is the password or key that is used to connect your computer to this router
wirelessly
Note: 8-63 alphanumeric characters (a,b,C,?,*, /,1,2, etc.)
• Network Key Rotation Interval: Enter the time interval (seconds) of when the
network passphrase will rotate. Note: It is recommended to use the default interval
time. Your passphrase will not change, rotation of the key is part of the WPA
protocol and designed to increase security.
Selecting WPA, WPA2, or WPA2 Mixed:
WEP Key Format
HEX ASCII
Character set 0-9 & A-F, a-f only Alphanumeric (a,b,C,?,*, /,1,2, etc.)
64-bit key length 10 characters 5 characters
128-bit key length 26 characters 13 characters