Tip:If conditions permit, we recommend that you use this router instead of the front-end router as the primary router.
This article introduces how to set the TL-WDR8400 as a wireless switch (wireless AP.
1
, Connecting computers and routers
Connect the computer to the LAN port of the TL-WDR8400 through a network cable, as shown in the following figure:
Note:: To avoid IP address or DHCP server conflict, do not connect the TL-WDR8400 to the front-end network here.
2
, Logon Management Interface
Open your browser, clear the address bar, and enter the management address tplogin.cn, as shown below:
Set the vro management password (if you have already set the password, enter the password directly), and click
OK.
Cannot log on to the vro management interface?
3
Enter route settings
Click
Skip the Wizard, As shown in the following figure:
On the management page, click
Route settings, As follows:
Click
Wireless Settings, As shown in the following figure:
Set 2G network and 5G network respectively
Wireless name,
Wireless password, Click
Save, As shown in the following figure:
Note:We do not recommend that you set Chinese or special characters for the Wireless name. The wireless password must contain at least 8 characters. To ensure network security and strong password strength.
Set the wireless signal and password for the 5G band in the same way.
Click
LAN
Port settingsTo the IP address of the same CIDR block as the primary router.
For example, if the LAN port IP address of the primary router is 192.168.1.1, the IP address of the router is 192.168.1.X (X = 2-254 ). If the primary router is 192.168.0.1, the current vro is changed to 192.168.0.X.
After saving the IP address, the computer will obtain the IP address again. Click
OK:
Note:Log on to the vro management page and use the modified IP address to log on.
Use the modified IP address or tplogin.cn to log on to the vro page again. Click
Route settings
> DHCP
Server, Click
Off, As shown in the following figure:
All the settings have been completed, then the LAN port of the TL-WDR8400 (that is, 1 ~ Interface 4) is connected to the LAN port (or LAN switch) of the front-end router.
At this point, the TL-WDR8400 as a wireless switch (wireless AP) has been set up, the wireless terminal can connect to the set wireless signal to access the Internet. If a wired computer needs to access the Internet, connect to the LAN port.
You may be concerned about the following issues:
1
After setting, can I log on?
TP-LINK ID
?
A: After being used as a vSwitch (wireless AP), the TP-LINK ID cannot be logged on (the logon condition is that the WAN port is connected to the broadband or the WDS Bridge is enabled for the secondary router and is connected to the Internet ).
2
In the future, how do I enter the vro management interface?
A: Enter the modified IP address in the browser to log on. If the terminal device uses a network cable to connect to the LAN port of the router or to connect to the router wirelessly, you can also use tplogin.cn to log on to the router management interface.
3
,
WAN
Can I access the Internet through a computer?
A: No. The WAN port cannot be used after it is used as a switch.
