User manual TP-LINK TL-WR741N INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] TL-WR741N TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless Lite-N Router Rev: 1. 0. 0 1910010159 COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. 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. http://www. tp-link. com is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO. , LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or 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. [. . . ] Setting the Fragmentation Threshold too low may result in poor network performance because of excessive packets. 2346 is the default setting and is recommended. - 43 - TL-WR741N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless Lite-N Router 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. The default value is 1, which indicates the DTIM Interval is the same as Beacon Interval. Enable WMM - WMM function can guarantee the packets with high-priority messages being transmitted preferentially. Enable Short GI - This function is recommended for it will increase the data capacity by reducing the guard interval time. 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. 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 4-24 Wireless Statistics MAC Address - The connected wireless station's MAC address 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 Received Packets - Packets received by the station Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station - 44 - TL-WR741N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless Lite-N Router 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. If the numbers of connected wireless stations go beyond one page, click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return the previous page. Note: This page will be refreshed automatically every 5 seconds. 4. 7 DHCP Figure 4-25 The DHCP menu There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 4-25), 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 4-26. 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 4-26 DHCP Settings DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server. If you disable the Server, you must - 45 - TL-WR741N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless Lite-N Router have another DHCP server within your network or else you must configure the computer manually. Start IP Address - Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to start with when assigning IP addresses. End IP Address - Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to end with when assigning IP addresses. 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. Default Gateway - (Optional. ) It is suggested to input the IP address of the LAN port of the Router. Primary DNS - (Optional. ) Input the DNS IP address provided by your ISP or consult your ISP. [. . . ] Click the Network and Internet Connections icon, and then click on the Network Connections tab in the appearing window. 3) Right click the icon that showed below, select Properties on the prompt page. Figure 0-1 4) In the prompt page that showed below, double click on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). - 93 - TL-WR741N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless Lite-N Router Figure 0-2 5) The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default. Now you have two ways to configure the TCP/IP protocol below: Setting IP address automatically Select Obtain an IP address automatically, Choose Obtain DNS server automatically, as shown in the Figure below: - 94 - TL-WR741N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless Lite-N Router Figure 0-3 Note: For Windows 98 OS or before, the PC and Router may need to be restarted. Setting IP address manually 1 2 Select Use the following IP address radio button. [. . . ]