How to set up Tplink wdr6500 Wireless bridge

tplink wdr6500 Wireless Bridge Setup Method

Step one, record the main router wireless parameters

Please confirm and record the wireless signal name, wireless password and wireless channel of the main router, this article uses the following parameters for example:

Viewing wireless parameters for the primary router

Note: Here we call the wireless router that is already available on the Internet the main router.

Step two, login tl-wdr6500 Setup Interface

1, Login Settings interface: In the browser's address bar input: tplogin.cn, and then press ENTER (input tplogin.cn can not open?) please click to read: tplogin.cn open Solution

Enter tplogin.cn in Browser

2, set the login password: The system will pop up a password to set the dialog box, in the "Set Password" box to set the management password--> and in the "Confirm password" again enter--> click OK.

Set the login password for the tl-wdr6500 router

Note the problem:

(1), if the login password has been set before, then in the browser input tplogin.cn return, will automatically eject the entry password login interface, the user entered the password will enter the settings interface.

Enter the login password for the tl-wdr6500 router

(2), if the user forgot to set the login password, only the tl-wdr6500 router can be restored to the factory settings, and then reset the login password

Step three, tl-wdr6500 router WDS bridge settings

1, click the "Wireless Settings 5.4GHz"--> "Basic Settings"--> Modify the "SSID number": zhansan_5g (same as the main router)--> "channel" Selection: 157 (same as the main router channel)--> tick "open wds"-- > click "Scan".

5GHZ bridging scan on the tl-wdr6500 router

2, connect to the main router signal: In the scan results page, find the main router SSID (in this case: zhansan_5g), click "Connect"

tl-wdr6500 routers connect to the main router

Note: If WDS does not scan the main router signal, verify that the primary router is on the wireless and try to reduce the distance between the primary and secondary routers

3, enter the wireless password: "Key type" choice: WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK (consistent with the main router)--> in the "key" location to enter the main router's wireless password, enter the completion of the click "Save."

Set up the main router wireless password on the tl-wdr6500 router

4, set tl-wdr6500 wireless password: Click "Wireless Settings 5GHz"--> "Wireless security Settings"--> select "Wpa-psk/wpa2-psk"--> in "PSK password" set the same wireless password with the main router--> click " Save ".

Set up the 5GHz band wireless password on the tl-wdr6500 router

Note the problem: The TL-WDR6500 wireless router's SSID, PSK password can be inconsistent with the main router, if not consistent, WDS bridge, there will be 2 wireless WiFi signal. If set to the same SSID, PSK password, WDS Bridge, only one wireless signal. Users choose whether they are set to the same according to their actual requirements.

5, shut down the DHCP server: Click the "DHCP Server"--> "DHCP service"--> "DHCP Server" selection: Do not enable--> click "Save."

To turn off the DHCP server for the tl-wdr6500 router

Attention to the problem: Click "Save" here, will be prompted to restart effective, here do not click Restart. After the setup completes, reboot the router.

6, modify LAN port IP address: Click the "Network Parameters"--> "LAN port Settings"--> Modify the "IP address", this example to modify the:192.168.1.2--> click "Save."

Modify the LAN port IP address of the TL-WDR6500 wireless router

Note the problem: if the main router's settings URL is 192.168.0.1, then this should be modified to: 192.168.0.2.

Reboot the router: Eject the Reboot dialog box, click OK, and wait for reboot to complete.

Modify tl-wdr6500 wireless router LAN port IP address reboot

Step four, check that the WDS bridge settings are successful

Open the browser, through the secondary router modified management IP address Login Management interface (this example is 192.168.1.2). Clicking "Run status" To view "5GHz Wireless Status"--> "WDS status" indicates success, the WDS bridging settings are successful.

To view the 5GHz wireless WDS status of the tl-wdr6500 router

If the WDS status does not show success, the WDS bridging settings are problematic, please read this article carefully and follow the steps in the article.