Tp-link tl-wr742n Router WDS bridge how to set up

When do I use WDS bridging?

It is generally used in a large area, a wireless router with limited signal coverage, making certain areas of the site without signal or weak signal; This can add a wireless router and configure the WDS bridge to allow wireless WiFi coverage throughout the site.

To set the method for Tp-link tl-wr742n router WDS bridging

Warm tip: For example can be simple and straightforward to introduce, here is a description: the router connected to the Internet is called the main router; The tl-wr742n router is called a secondary router.

1, view the main router wireless parameters

Please check and record the wireless signal name, wireless encryption mode, wireless password, wireless channel (channel please set one manually), as shown in the following figure:

2, Login tl-wr742n Router settings interface, click "Wireless Settings"--> "Wireless basic Settings"--> "SSID" set to the same as the main router--> "channel" Selection: 6 (same as the main router)--> tick "open wds"-- > click "Scan".

3. Find the SSID (WiFi name) of the main router in the results of the scan and click "Connect".

Note: If the main router signal is not found in the scan results, place the primary router and the secondary router B closer.

4, "Key Type" selection: Wp-psk/wp2-psk (same as the main router's key type)--> "key" Input: 12b3c4d (same as the main router key)--> click "Save".

Warm tip: Click to save, the router will prompt restart, here do not restart, direct steps 4

5, set tl-wr742n Router wireless security: Click the "Wireless Settings"--> "Wireless security Settings"--> select "Wp-psk/wp2-psk"--> "PSK password" input: 12b3c4d (the same as the main router's PSK password)-- > click "Save".

6, shut down the tl-wr742n DHCP server: Click the "DHCP Server"--> "DHCP service"--> "DHCP server" select: Do not enable--> "save."

7, modify the tl-wr742n router in the ln port IP: Click "Network Parameters"--> "ln port Settings"--> "IP Address" modified for:192.168.1.2--> click "Save". Click Save, you will be prompted to restart the router, click "OK" to restart it.

Note the problem:

(1), if the main router set up the URL is: 192.168.1.1, then the secondary router (tl-wr742n) in the in-Port IP address is modified to: 192.168.1.2.

(2), if the main router set up the URL is: 192.168.0.1, then the secondary router (tl-wr742n) in the in-Port IP address is modified to: 192.168.0.2.

Check the method of tl-wr742n router WDS bridge settings

After reboot, enter the tl-wr742n modified LN port IP Address login (192.168.1.2 or 192.168.0.2) in the browser.

Then click "Run Status"--> to view "Wireless status"--> "WDS status", which indicates success, which means that the WDS bridging settings were successful.