TL-WA830RE has wrong MAC address!!!!
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TL-WA830RE has wrong MAC address!!!!
Region : NewZealand
Model : TL-WA830RE
Hardware Version : V2
Firmware Version : 3.13.26 Build 121008 Rel.61364n
ISP : vodafone
I have just bought a TL-WA830RE to use with my TD-W8960N.
I have spent literally hours trying to get the TL-WA830RE to work. I have been back and forth wtih TP-Link support but ended up solving the problem myself.
I tried everything I could think of, including setting a static IP and turning off the DHCP on the TL-WA830RE but it just would not connect.
I tried the WPS option given in the Quick Start Guide but it didn't work either. Then I read in the manual that WPS doesn't work when using it as a Range Extender, only if you're using it as an Access Point. TOO BAD THE QUICK START GUIDE DIDN'T MENTION THAT!!!!.
I tried the manual method but it wouldn't work either.
Finally I turned off the MAC filtering on the TD-W8960N (even though I had added the TL-WA830RE MAC address into the "Allow" list). But it still wouldn't connect.
Then TP-Link support told me it could take five minutes or more to connect. TOO BAD THE QUICK START GUIDE DIDN'T MENTION THAT!!!!.
So with the MAC filtering off, I ran the Quick Set-up, left it for 15 minutes and it connected. FINALLY!
Then I turned the MAC filtering back on and it wouldn't connect. I double and triple checked the MAC address that I had entered in the TD-W8960N and compared it to both the one printed on the back of the TL-WA830RE and the one displayed when connected to the TL-WA830RE using Internet Explorer. No joy.
So I turned off the MAC filtering (and most of my other wireless devices), connected to the TL-WA830RE and had a look in the list of connections on the TD-W8960N.
It turns out that the MAC address WASN'T 10-FE-....... as printed on the back of the TL-WA830RE and shown in the IE display (and as shown after doing a ping of the TL-WA830RE IP address and another command which I can't remember).
The actual IP address was 16-FE-..... i.e. the second character was a 6 and not a 0 - with the rest being identical.
Then, and only then, TP-Link support told me that the one on the back of the TL-WA830RE and displayed in IE isn't the "real" one. SO WHY IS IT THERE????
As you might have guessed, I'm pretty steamed up about this incompetence by TP-Link. I actually have four TP-Link products but I don;t think I'll be buying any more.
Bob Latimer
Auckland
New Zealand
Model : TL-WA830RE
Hardware Version : V2
Firmware Version : 3.13.26 Build 121008 Rel.61364n
ISP : vodafone
I have just bought a TL-WA830RE to use with my TD-W8960N.
I have spent literally hours trying to get the TL-WA830RE to work. I have been back and forth wtih TP-Link support but ended up solving the problem myself.
I tried everything I could think of, including setting a static IP and turning off the DHCP on the TL-WA830RE but it just would not connect.
I tried the WPS option given in the Quick Start Guide but it didn't work either. Then I read in the manual that WPS doesn't work when using it as a Range Extender, only if you're using it as an Access Point. TOO BAD THE QUICK START GUIDE DIDN'T MENTION THAT!!!!.
I tried the manual method but it wouldn't work either.
Finally I turned off the MAC filtering on the TD-W8960N (even though I had added the TL-WA830RE MAC address into the "Allow" list). But it still wouldn't connect.
Then TP-Link support told me it could take five minutes or more to connect. TOO BAD THE QUICK START GUIDE DIDN'T MENTION THAT!!!!.
So with the MAC filtering off, I ran the Quick Set-up, left it for 15 minutes and it connected. FINALLY!
Then I turned the MAC filtering back on and it wouldn't connect. I double and triple checked the MAC address that I had entered in the TD-W8960N and compared it to both the one printed on the back of the TL-WA830RE and the one displayed when connected to the TL-WA830RE using Internet Explorer. No joy.
So I turned off the MAC filtering (and most of my other wireless devices), connected to the TL-WA830RE and had a look in the list of connections on the TD-W8960N.
It turns out that the MAC address WASN'T 10-FE-....... as printed on the back of the TL-WA830RE and shown in the IE display (and as shown after doing a ping of the TL-WA830RE IP address and another command which I can't remember).
The actual IP address was 16-FE-..... i.e. the second character was a 6 and not a 0 - with the rest being identical.
Then, and only then, TP-Link support told me that the one on the back of the TL-WA830RE and displayed in IE isn't the "real" one. SO WHY IS IT THERE????
As you might have guessed, I'm pretty steamed up about this incompetence by TP-Link. I actually have four TP-Link products but I don;t think I'll be buying any more.
Bob Latimer
Auckland
New Zealand