making EAP 225 outdoor secure
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Hi
have had the EAP 225 outdoor fitted and wired into my studio. I can connect my devices but the connection is unsecured. As I want to be able to use my SquareUp device for sales I'd like it to be secure. I have loaded up the Omada app and my device does not appear; the tplink web connection doesn't work; etc. etc. been going round in circles. My IP address links to my home router - can I make my studio connection secure by using that? In a love IT/hate IT fug. Why does nothing work like it should and why is the language used incomprehensible?
Step 1 is to get in to the web configuration of the AP. I can think of two ways to do this, you choose the less difficult :)
a) log into your modem/router, search the client list, and figure out what the IP address of the EAP225 is
b) remove the plastic front cover where the cable enters the AP from the bottom, and depress and hold the tiny button in the hole beside the jack with a paperclip for 10sec
If you go the (a) route, there's still a chance that whomever set up the AP the first time around changed the admin password and you don't know what it is. If that is the case, then (b) is the only option. If you do know, or have written down the AP admin password, then you should be able to access the web admin page by typing the following:
http://192.168.0.19 <--replace this with the actual IP you believe the AP has. You can try every IP, it won't hurt anything.
With luck, one will show up with a TPlink logo and invite you to login.
If you go the (b) route, then the magic default TPlink network name should appear, and you can use the app to reconfigure the settings.
Speaking of which, here's roughly what you should see after logging into the admin interface of your EAP225:
You have two radios in this device, one at 2.4Ghz and the other at 5.8Ghz. You need to change the settings for both. You can use the same SSID (network name) and you should use the same security settings. I recommend WPA-Personal or WPA2-Personal, both of which will ask you to set a pre-shared password, use the same network name and password for both radios to make life easy.
Step 1 is to get in to the web configuration of the AP. I can think of two ways to do this, you choose the less difficult :)
a) log into your modem/router, search the client list, and figure out what the IP address of the EAP225 is
b) remove the plastic front cover where the cable enters the AP from the bottom, and depress and hold the tiny button in the hole beside the jack with a paperclip for 10sec
If you go the (a) route, there's still a chance that whomever set up the AP the first time around changed the admin password and you don't know what it is. If that is the case, then (b) is the only option. If you do know, or have written down the AP admin password, then you should be able to access the web admin page by typing the following:
http://192.168.0.19 <--replace this with the actual IP you believe the AP has. You can try every IP, it won't hurt anything.
With luck, one will show up with a TPlink logo and invite you to login.
If you go the (b) route, then the magic default TPlink network name should appear, and you can use the app to reconfigure the settings.
Speaking of which, here's roughly what you should see after logging into the admin interface of your EAP225:
You have two radios in this device, one at 2.4Ghz and the other at 5.8Ghz. You need to change the settings for both. You can use the same SSID (network name) and you should use the same security settings. I recommend WPA-Personal or WPA2-Personal, both of which will ask you to set a pre-shared password, use the same network name and password for both radios to make life easy.
d0ugmac1 wrote
Step 1 is to get in to the web configuration of the AP. I can think of two ways to do this, you choose the less difficult :)
a) log into your modem/router, search the client list, and figure out what the IP address of the EAP225 is
b) remove the plastic front cover where the cable enters the AP from the bottom, and depress and hold the tiny button in the hole beside the jack with a paperclip for 10sec
If you go the (a) route, there's still a chance that whomever set up the AP the first time around changed the admin password and you don't know what it is. If that is the case, then (b) is the only option. If you do know, or have written down the AP admin password, then you should be able to access the web admin page by typing the following:
http://192.168.0.19 <--replace this with the actual IP you believe the AP has. You can try every IP, it won't hurt anything.
With luck, one will show up with a TPlink logo and invite you to login.
If you go the (b) route, then the magic default TPlink network name should appear, and you can use the app to reconfigure the settings.
Speaking of which, here's roughly what you should see after logging into the admin interface of your EAP225:
You have two radios in this device, one at 2.4Ghz and the other at 5.8Ghz. You need to change the settings for both. You can use the same SSID (network name) and you should use the same security settings. I recommend WPA-Personal or WPA2-Personal, both of which will ask you to set a pre-shared password, use the same network name and password for both radios to make life easy.
@d0ugmac1 thank you - especially for the pictures! this will really help - I'll try what you suggest
thank you
Jenny