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How to Configure TP-LINK N router as a wireless Access Point by Gulzaib Malik

<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: MyriadProRegular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">The article is based on the condition that you already have a router and only want TP-LINK router to extend the wireless network range via a LAN cable. We don’t need WAN port on the TP-LINK router in this network.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3366cc;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Step 1</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Connect your computer to<b> anther LAN port</b> through Ethernet cable, then login to TP-LINK web interface through the IP address on the bottom label by the following tips:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://how%20do%20i%20log%20into%20the%20web-based%20utility%20of%20tp-link%20router/" target="_blank">How do I log into the web-based utility of TP-LINK router</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3366cc;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Step 2</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Go to <b>Network </b></span><b><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 10pt;">-></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">LAN</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> on the left side menu,change the LAN IP address of TP-LINK router to the same segment of the main router.</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">( For example, if your main router gets the IP address of 192.168.2.1, 192.168.2.X (1<X<254) is recommended for TP-LINK router.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 21.3333320617676px;">After that, it would require a </span><b style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 21.3333320617676px;">Reboot</b><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 21.3333320617676px;">. Please click </span><b style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 21.3333320617676px;">OK</b><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 21.3333320617676px;"> to reboot and then relogin to TP-LINK page with the new IP address</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3366cc;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Step 3</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Configure the wireless</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-size: 10pt;">Go to <b>Wireless</b>-><b>Wireless Settings</b> page, configure the <b>SSID</b> (Network name) and <b>Channel</b>. (If it is a dual band device, please don’t forget to select the <b>Band</b>.) Click <b>Save</b> button.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 21.3333320617676px;">Go to </span><b style="color: #002060; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 21.3333320617676px;">Wireless</b><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 21.3333320617676px;">-></span><b style="color: #002060; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 21.3333320617676px;">Wireless Security</b><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 21.3333320617676px;"> page, configure the wireless security. Here WPA-PSK/AES is recommended. </span><b style="color: #002060; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 21.3333320617676px;">PSK Password</b><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 21.3333320617676px;"> is the key of your wireless.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3366cc;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Step 4</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Go to <b>DHCP</b> on the left side menu, <b>disable</b> the DHCP Server and click <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Save</strong> button.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3366cc;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Step 5</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-size: 10pt;">Go to <b>System Tools</b>-><b>Reboot</b> page, click <b>Reboot</b> button to reboot the device.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Connect the main router to the<b> LAN port</b> on TP-Link router through Ethernet cable.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-size: 10pt;">After all of the tips above, your computer would have internet through any LAN ports of TP-LINK by an Ethernet cable. At the same time your wireless client would have access to the TP-LINK wirelessly through the SSID and Password pointed at FAQ <a href="http://www.tp-link.com/en/faq-256.html" target="_blank">256</a></span></div>
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