TransLite TL-HWR-13 User manual

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PRODUCT MODEL NUMBER: TL-HWR-13 1200Mbps
Dual Band Smart Wireless Router
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INDEX
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW.............................................................................................................. 3
1.1 INTERFACE ............................................................................................................................ 3
1.2 LED LIGHTS............................................................................................................................ 3
1.3 CONNECT ROUTER WITH PC .............................................................................................. 4
CHAPTER 2 LOGIN TO THE WEB .............................................................................................. 5
CHAPTER 3 WEB GUI CONFIGURATION .................................................................................. 8
3.1 USER MANAGER ................................................................................................................... 9
3.2 SETUP WIZARD ................................................................................................................... 10
3.3 WiFi SETTINGS .................................................................................................................... 13
3.4 LAN SETTINGS..................................................................................................................... 16
3.5 WAN ...................................................................................................................................... 17
3.6 URL FILTER .......................................................................................................................... 19
3.7 TIME REBOOT...................................................................................................................... 20
3.8 DEVICE AND ADVANCED SETTINGS ................................................................................. 20

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CHAPTER 1
OVERVIEW
1.1 INTERFACE
P1 Router Interface
1.2 LED LIGHTS
LED Indicator Instruction
LED
Status
Description
Power LED
Blue
Power On
WAN
Green
Ethernet Connected
LAN
Green
LAN Connected
Internet
Green/Blue
Internet Link Up: Green; Internet
Link down: Blue

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1.3 CONNECTING ROUTER WITH PC
User can connect the PC with wireless router by Wireless SSID and LAN cable:
The diagram of wireless connection showed as follow:
Please note: the default SSID is Wireless2.4G, SSID’s password is 66666666
Connect router with PC in Wi-Fi
The diagram of LAN cable connection showed as follow:
Connect router with PC in LAN Port

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CHAPTER 2
LOGIN TO THE WEB
2.1 Power on this wireless router, connect PC with wireless router as chapter 1
connection.
2.2 Click Internet Explorer and input 192.168.188.253 on the address bar, then press
Enter, following page will pop up.
Click Experience to go on, the router will pop up a window ask for select router mode –
the options are Gateway mode and Sub-node Mode(Mesh Mode).

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When you choose Gateway mode, it will scan the Internet connected method at first
If the scan fails, the user will be prompted to wither detect the connection or skip the
step.

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If the user skips the testing process, the following is the next step where the connection
method will have to be chosen:
Click Next to continue to the Wi-Fi setting:
Apply to finish, a login page will pop up, input Device Password, then click Login to Enter.

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CHAPTER 3
WEB GUI CONFIGURATION
Once logged in, the following home page will be displayed:
Home page
Click ‘I know’to continue:
The below topics show how to configure User Manager, Setup Wizard, Wi-Fi Setting, LAN
Setting, WAN Setting, URL Filter, Timed Reboot and advanced functions.

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3.1. User Manager
In user manager section, one can manage the network behavior of family members and visitors.
Config: To control the Ethernet behavior or Ethernet time, configuration showed as follow

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3.2. Setup Wizard
There are three operation modes in this router: Gateway, Wi-Fi Repeater and AP Mode.
3.2.1Gateway Mode
The device is supposed to be connected to internet via ADSL/Cable Modem; for this part,
please check more information from Chapter 2.
3.2.2Sub node Mode
In sub node mode, the user can extend the existing wireless signal to boost Wi-Fi range through
wireless connection, even if one of sub node breaks down, the other sub nodes will work fine
still.
Before selecting this mode, kindly ensure that you have two units of mesh wireless routers on
hand.
In addition, you will have to set one of the mesh wireless routers in Gateway mode.

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Please note: different LED colors indicate different status, kindly refer to following table.
LED Light
Power On
Internet Work
Internet not
work
Mesh
Connecting
Mesh
Connected
Gateway
Mode
Blue Color,
Flash
Green Color,
Flash
Green color
and blue color
twinkle
Blue Color,
Flash
Subnode
Mode
Blue Color,
Flash
Green Color,
Flash
Blue Color,
Flash
Green color
and blue color
twinkle
Blue Color,
Flash
A. Set one of the mesh wireless routers in Sub node Mode.
B. After selecting Sub node mode, the device will request to reboot at first, confirm the
reboot and wait for the device to restart.
C. After reboot, input the password to login to the wireless router again, which will show
the working status of sub node mode as the below image:
As the above image displays, one can setup the operation mode, upgrade device firmware,
reboot this device and modify the login password.

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Please press the reset button for one second of mesh wireless router in gateway mode, it will
search and connect with the mesh wireless router in sub node mode. When connecting, the
LED light will blink in green and blue color. When connected, LED light flash in blue color.
Once the two mesh wireless routers are connected, then login using 192.168.188.253 as IP
address, it will provide access into the mesh wireless router in Gateway mode.
If you wish to add more sub nodes, you can configure it from the home page as shown above.
The device management will scan and add more sub nodes, if needed.

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3.3 Wi-Fi Settings
This includes basic wireless setting, advanced wireless settings, TX Power.
3.3.1 Basic
The basic wireless settings, includes master and visitors network.
User can configure the data based on their requirements as shown in the following picture:
There is a Wi-Fi analyzer tool in this router, which can help user to choose the best channel,
and avoid the Wi-Fi interference.

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3.3.2 ACL
This is a MAC filter. To control the user access, one can add/delete the user’s MAC address
based on requirement:
3.3.3Mesh Settings
The user can enable or disable the mesh function.
3.3.4Advanced
Under Advanced, the user can set the right country code, client count, coverage threshold
based on requirement:

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3.3.5TX Power
In this part, user can adjust the router’s TX power to control the wireless signal range.
3.3.6 Wi-Fi Timer Off
In this part, user can enable/disable wireless signal in central time to save energy.

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3.4 LAN Settings
This includes LAN settings and Static DHCP settings.
3.4.1 LAN Setting:
IP address: The controller’s IP address
Subnet Mask: To set the subnet of LAN
STP: Spanning Tree: Enable this feature to show the assigned IP list in DHCP list
DHCP Server: Enable this feature to assign IP address automatically.
Start Address: The DHCP block start IP address
Max Number: The maximum number of DHCP addresses
DHCP Lease Time: The IP address lease time by DHCP server
Assigned IP Number: The number of IP address that are DHCP assigned.

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3.4.2Static DHCP
Static DHCP:
3.5. WAN
3.5.1WAN Setting:
The WAN Setting includes DHCP, Static IP, PPPoE, as showed in the following picture:

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3.5.2Advanced Setting:
The Advanced Setting mainly displays MAC Clone and Remote Management features.
MAC Clone: When enabled, it can scan the connected devices’ MAC address, choose
the MAC address needed to be cloned, then apply; Or the user can input the indicated
MAC address to be cloned.
Port Remote Management: When enabled, the remote management port manager can
access into the WEB interface.

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3.6.URL Filter
When enabled, the URL filter will prohibit the users to visit specified URLs at a certain
specified time range. After selecting the URL filter, please setup the URL rule, add the
time group, configure the limited time range and input URL to finish.
3.7Timed Reboot
This function enables the user to setup auto reboot at certain specified time

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3.8 Advanced Settings
Advanced Settings includes Device settings, Common settings, Network settings and
Security Settings.
3.8.1 Device:
Device settings includes router configuration, Reboot, Modify Password, Upgrade,
Time, Log and USB storage.
3.8.1.1Configure
This includes the broadband router backup, restore, and reset default.
Backup
By saving the WLAN controller configuration file in the computer, the user can restore to
the same configuration by using the saved file.
Restore
By using the saved configuration file, the user ca recover previous configurations.
Restore default
This will enable the user to restore to factory default settings.
3.8.1.2Reboot
This enables to reboot the broadband router immediately or reboot the broadband
router at a certain specific time.