TENDA TECHNOLOGY FH1202 User Manual
3 Wireless Settings
3.1 Wireless-Basic
Here you can configure the basic wireless settings of the router.
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1. Primary SSID is Tenda_XXXXXX by default, where XXXXXX is the last six
characters in the device's MAC address. You can find this MAC address on th e
label attached on the bottom of the device.
2. 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.
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Configuration Procedures:
① Band: Select 2.4GHz or 5GHz.
② Primary SSID: This is the public name of your wireless network.
③ Channel: Select a channel or select Auto to let system automatically select
one for your wireless network to operate on if you are unsure. The best
selection is a channel that is the least used by neighboring networks.
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④ Click Save to save your settings.
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1. 802.11 Mode (Network Mode): Select a correct mode according to your 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.
11ac： This network mode delivers wireless speed up to 867Mbps.
2. SSID Broadcast: This option allows you to have your network names (SSIDs) publicly
broadcast or if you choose to disable it, the SSIDs will be hidden.
3. Channel Bandwidth: Select a proper channel bandwidth to enhance wireless performance.
This option is available only in 802.11b/g/n. Wireless speed in the channel bandwidth of
20/40 is 2 times in 20.
4. Extension Channel: This is used to ensure N speeds for 802.11n devices on the net work.
This option is available only in 11b/g/n mixed mode with channel bandwidth of 20/40.
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3.2 Guest Network
Click Wireless -> Guest Network to enter the Guest Network screen. The Guest
Network feature allows guests to access Internet and other users on the guest
network while disallowing them to access Device web manager, users on master
network and clients behind the LAN ports. Thus the wireless master network is
secured.
Configuration Procedures:
① Band: Select 2.4GHz or 5GHz.
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② Guest Network: Select whether to enable or disable the Guest Network
feature. It is disabled by default.
③ Click Save to save your settings.
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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.
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For better security, compatibility and wireless speed, we recommend the WPA-PSK
and AES.
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1. WEP： Wireless speed can reach up to 54Mbps if WEP - Op en 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. WPA/WPA2-PSK mixed: If selected, both WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK secured
wireless clients can join your wireless network.
7. AES: If selected, wireless speed can reach up to 300Mbps.
8. TKIP: If selected, wireless speed can reach up to 54Mbps.
9. TKIP+AES: If selected, both AES and TKIP secured wireless clients can join
your wireless network.
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3.4 Advanced
Click Wireless -> Advanced to configure the advanced wireless settings. This
section allows you to config advanced settings, including AP Isolation, Beacon
interval, Fragment threshold, RTS threshold and DTIM interval, etc, for your
wireless networks. Normally, the default settings will work. If not, change them
according to the suggestions given by your ISP or Tenda technical staff.
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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. DO
NOT change the default value of 2346 unless necessary.
4 RTS Threshold: If a packet exceeds such set value, RTS/CTS scheme will be
used to reduce collisions. Set it to a smaller value provided that there are distant
clients and interference. For normal SOHO, it is recommended to keep the default
value unchanged; otherwise, device performance may be degraded.
5 DTIM Interval: A DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) Interval is a countdown
informing clients of the next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages. When
the p a c k ets arrive in t h e router ’s b u ffe r, the r o u t er will s end DTIM (delivery t r af fic
indication message) and DTIM interval to alert clients of the receiving packets.
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6 TX Power: This option lets you adjust your wireless TX power.
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3.6 Wireless Extender
Use this wireless extender feature to extend your existing wireless network.
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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.
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If "Disable" is selected, the wireless extender feature will be deactivated.
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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.
Universal Repeater: Configure this router to bridge the remote wireless
router for extended network coverage.
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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 the Tenda wireless router's WAN port.
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Universal Repeater Application Example:
Assuming the remote wireless router has the following information:
SSID： Tenda_0FF02D
Security Mode: WPA-PSK
Cipher Type: AES
Security Key: 12345678
LAN IP Address: 192.168.0.1
Configuration Procedures:
① Click Network -> LAN to configure an IP address that is in the same
subnet as yet different from the remote wireless router for this Tenda wireless
router.
② Click OK in the appearing screen.
③ Select Universal Repeater and click Open Scan.
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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.
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1. This router's primary SSID will automatically change to match that of the remote
router when the Universal Repeater feature is configured successfully. Please do
not change this SSID. Changing this SSID may interrupt the wireless bridge link.
2. When the Universal Repeater is configured successfully, wireless clients need to
join this Tenda wireless router's SSID for Internet access.
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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". If you are not clear,
see Appendix 1 Configure PC TCP/IP Settings.
② Wait until your PC successfully obtains an IP address.
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Last number differs from that of
the remote wireless router's
LAN IP address.
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