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TL-WA830RE
300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender
Rev: 1.0.0
1910010538

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  • Page 1 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender Rev: 1.0.0 1910010538...
  • Page 2 Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

  • Page 3: Fcc Statement

    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.

  • Page 4: National Restrictions

    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 General authorization required for outdoor use and Bulgaria None public service...

  • Page 5: Declaration Of Conformity

    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender Model No.: TL-WA830RE 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:...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Package Contents ..................... I Chapter 1 Introduction................... 1 Product Overview....................1 Main Features ....................2 Appearance....................... 2 1.3.1 The Front Panel ....................2 1.3.2 The Rear Panel....................3 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ................4 Before You Begin....................4 Basic Requirements ..................4 Connecting the Device..................
  • Page 7 4.7.5 Factory Defaults....................45 4.7.6 Backup & Restore....................45 4.7.7 Reboot ......................46 4.7.8 Password ......................47 4.7.9 System Log......................47 Appendix A: Application Example ................ 49 Appendix B: Factory Defaults ................52 Appendix C: Troubleshooting................53 Appendix D: Specifications................... 54 Appendix E: Glossary .................... 55...

  • Page 8: Package Contents

    Conventions The AP or TL-WA830RE,or Device mentioned in this User guide stands for TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender without any explanations. Parameters provided in the pictures are just references for setting up the product, which may...

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Introduction

    It supports an easy, web-based setup for installation and management. Even though you may not be familiar with the Access Point, you can easily configure it with the help of this Guide. Before installing the AP, please look through this Guide to get the full information of the TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender.

  • Page 10: Main Features

    1.3.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 The front panel of the TL-WA830RE 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.

  • Page 11: The Rear Panel

    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-WA830RE. 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-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender.

  • Page 12: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or above, Netscape Navigator 6.0 or above Operating temperature: 0℃~40℃ (32℉~104℉) Operating Humidity: 10%~90%RH, Non-condensing 2.3 Connecting the Device Figure 2-1 is an example of the typical application of TL-WA830RE in the infrastructure network. An Infrastructure network contains an access point or a wireless router.
  • Page 13 Adjust the direction of the antenna. Normally, upright is a good direction. Connect the Ethernet Broadband Router to the TL-WA830RE Access Point. Power on the AP. Then you can connect a desktop PC or laptop to your network. (Make sure your computer or laptop is equipped with a Wireless Adapter.)

  • Page 14: Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide

    Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide This chapter will guide you to configure your PC to communicate with the AP and to configure and manage the TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender easily with a Web-based utility. 3.1 Configure the PC The wireless adapter-equipped computers in your network must be in the same IP Address range without overlap with each other.
  • Page 15 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 3-2 In the General tab of Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties. Figure 3-3...
  • Page 16 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Configure the IP address manually. Select Use the following IP address. Enter 192.168.0.* (* is any integer between 1 to 253) into the IP address filed, 255.255.255.0 into the Subnet mask filed and 192.168.0.254 into the Default gateway filed.

  • Page 17: Quick Setup

    192.168.0.253. 3.2 Quick Setup With a Web-based utility, it is easy to configure and manage the TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender. The Web-based utility can be used on any Windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari.
  • Page 18 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Note: If the above screen does not prompt, it means that your web-browser has been set to a proxy. Go to Tools menu>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings, in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it.
  • Page 19 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 3-11 AP List Find the SSID of the Access Point / Router you want to access, and click Connect in the corresponding row. For example, the first item is selected. The MAC address will be...
  • Page 20 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 3-12 Quick Setup – Range Extender Mode Operation Mode - Two Operation Modes are supported, including: Range Extender and Access Point. MAC of AP - The MAC address of the desired AP. The AP client will connect to the desired AP according to MAC address.
  • Page 21 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Enable Wireless Radio - Select or deselect this check box to allow or deny wireless stations to access the device. Wireless Security - Wireless Security will enable you to configure wireless security for your wireless network to protect your data from intruders.
  • Page 22 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 3-13 Quick Setup – Access Point Mode Operation Mode - Two Operation Modes are supported, including: Access Point and Range Extender. SSID - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same name of SSID (Service Set Identification) must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network.
  • Page 23 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Enable Wireless Radio - Select or deselect this check box to allow or deny wireless stations to access the device. Enable SSID Broadcast - Select or deselect this check box to allow or deny the device to broadcast its name (SSID) on the air.
  • Page 24 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender 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 Password - Enter a password for your wireless network here, which should be ASCII characters between 8 and 63 or Hexadecimal characters between 8 and 64.

  • Page 25: Chapter 4 Configure The Device

    300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Chapter 4 Configure the Device This Chapter describes how to configure your Access Point via the web-based management page. The TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender is easy to configure and manage with ® the Web-based (Internet Explorer, Netscape...

  • Page 26: Quick Setup

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Wired - This field displays the current settings or information for the Network, including the MAC address, IP address and Subnet Mask. Wireless - This field displays basic information or status for wireless function, including Wireless Mode, SSID, Channel, Mode, Channel Width, Max Tx Rate and MAC Address.
  • Page 27 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide QSS Status - To enable or disable the QSS function here. Current PIN - The current value of the device's PIN is displayed here. The default PIN of the device can be found in the label or User Guide.
  • Page 28 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-4 The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Step 4: Wait for a while until the next screen appears. Click Finish to complete the QSS configuration. Figure 4-5 The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter...
  • Page 29 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-6 Step 2: Choose “Enter the new device's PIN” and enter the PIN code （take 16952898 for example） of the wireless adapter in the field after PIN as shown in the figure above. Then click Connect.
  • Page 30 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Step 2: For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose “Enter a PIN from my access point” in the configuration utility of the QSS as below, and enter the PIN code of the AP into the field after “Access Point PIN”.

  • Page 31: Network

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 4.4 Network The Network option allows you to customize your local network manually by changing the default settings of the AP. Selecting Network will enable you to configure the IP parameters of Network on this page.

  • Page 32: Wireless Settings

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Wireless Security, Wireless MAC Filtering, Wireless Advanced, Throughput Monitor and Wireless Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below.
  • Page 33 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Note: In Range Extender mode, the wireless repeater relays signal between its stations and the root AP for greater wireless range. The MAC address of root AP can be automatically filled into corresponding box by clicking the Survey button and selecting the desired item.
  • Page 34 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 2) Access Point: This mode allows wireless stations to access this device. Figure 4-13 Wireless Settings in Access Point mode Operation Mode - Two Operation Modes are supported, including: Access Point and Range Extender.

  • Page 35: Wireless Security

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 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.
  • Page 36 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 1) Range Extender Figure 4-14 Wireless Security – Range Extender Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. 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.
  • Page 37 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender 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. 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.
  • Page 38 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Access Point Figure 4-15 Wireless Security - Access Point Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. 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.
  • Page 39 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide • 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.

  • Page 40: Wireless Mac Filtering

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide • 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.
  • Page 41 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-17 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry MAC Address - Enter the wireless station's MAC address that you want to control. Description - Give a simple description of the wireless station.

  • Page 42: Wireless Advanced

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide For example: If you desire that the wireless station A with MAC address 00-0A-EB-00- 07-BE is able to access the device, while all other wireless stations cannot access the device, you should configure the Wireless MAC Address Filtering list by following these steps: 1.

  • Page 43: Throughput Monitor

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Beacon Interval - Specifies a value between 20-1000 milliseconds. The beacons are the packets sent by the device to synchronize a wireless network. Beacon Interval value determines the time interval of the beacons. The default value is 100.

  • Page 44: Wireless Statistics

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Run Time - How long this function is running. Transmit - Wireless transmit rate information. Receive - Wireless receive rate information. Click the Start button to start wireless throughput monitor. Click the Stop button to stop wireless throughput monitor.

  • Page 45: Dhcp Settings

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide need to manually assign new IP addresses. There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown as Figure 4-21): DHCP Settings, DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Clicking any of them will enable you to configure the corresponding function.

  • Page 46: Dhcp Clients List

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Default Gateway (optional) - Enter the IP address of the gateway for your LAN. The factory default setting is 0.0.0.0. Default Domain (optional) - Enter the domain name of the your DHCP server. You can leave the field blank.

  • Page 47: System Tools

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-24 Address Reservation MAC Address - Here displays the MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP address. Reserved IP Address - Here displays the IP address that the AP is reserved.

  • Page 48: Snmp

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide to the device’s web-based management page. Besides, you can find out what happened to the system in System Log. There are nine submenus under the System Tools menu (shown as Figure 4-25): SNMP, Diagnostic, Firmware Upgrade, Factory Defaults, Backup &...

  • Page 49: Diagnostic

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-26 SNMP Settings 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.
  • Page 50 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-27 Diagnostic 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.

  • Page 51: Ping Watch Dog

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender 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.

  • Page 52: Firmware Upgrade

    Figure 4-30. Figure 4-30 Firmware Upgrade New firmware versions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. Firmware Version - Here displays the current firmware version. Hardware Version - Here displays the current hardware version. The hardware version of the...

  • Page 53: Factory Defaults

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Note: 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.

  • Page 54: Reboot

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-32 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.

  • Page 55: Password

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide 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 4-34. Figure 4-34 Password It is strongly recommended that you change the factory default user name and password of the device.
  • Page 56 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Figure 4-35 System Log The device can keep logs of all traffic. You can query the logs to find what happened to the device. Log Type - By selecting the log type, only logs of this type will be shown.

  • Page 57: Appendix A: Application Example

    300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Appendix A: Application Example The TL-WA830RE relays signal between its stations and the root AP for greater wireless range. It allows you to connect the device with a Router around without any cable.
  • Page 58 Enable to enable wireless network function. Right-click the wireless connection icon “ ” on the screen of the PC and then select View Available Wireless Networks. Highlight the SSID of the Range Extender (Here is TP-LINK) and click Connect to add to the network.
  • Page 59 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Then the following page will display, which indicates you have been successfully added to the network wirelessly.

  • Page 60: Appendix B: Factory Defaults

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Appendix B: Factory Defaults Item Default Value Common Default Settings Username admin Password admin IP Address 192.168.0.254 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Wireless SSID TP-LINK_XXXXXX Wireless Security Disable Wireless MAC Address Filtering Disable DHCP...

  • Page 61: Appendix C: Troubleshooting

    Make sure the power adapter is connected to a functioning electrical outlet and the switch of the electrical outlet is on. Make sure you are using the correct TP-LINK power adapter provided with your Access Point. The LAN LED is not lit.

  • Page 62: Appendix D: Specifications

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide Appendix D: Specifications General Standards and Protocols IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.11n, 802.11b and 802.11g, TCP/IP, DHCP FCC、CE Safety & Emission Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 port 10BASE-T: UTP category 3, 4, 5 cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100Ω...

  • Page 63: Appendix E: Glossary

    TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender 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.
  • Page 64 TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide improves on the authentication and encryption features of WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). In fact, WPA was developed by the networking industry in response to the shortcomings of WEP. One of the key technologies behind WPA is the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). TKIP addresses the encryption weaknesses of WEP.

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