How to configure 11N AP in Client mode

Definition: Different from Access Point mode, wireless Client mode was used to connect itself to the wireless access point/router which works in AP (Access Point) mode, but you cannot connect any other wireless device to it which running as wireless AP-Client via wireless.

Here we take TL-WA701ND for example, and the information of wireless router/root AP is listed below:

LAN IP: 192.168.1.1

SSID: tplinktest

Encryption Type: WPA2-PSK,AES

Passphrase: tplinktest

 Step 1 Connect your computer to TL-WA701ND with a cable, and set a static IP on your computer (as the DHCP on the AP is disabled.)

Step 2 Type 192.168.1.254 into Web browser, and log into the Web-based Utility of the AP.  (If you cannot log into the Web-based Utility, please reset AP and follow the instruction to check your computer’s IP)

Step 3 Configure AP to wireless Client mode and finish wireless security settings.

1. Click Wireless -> Wireless Settings on the left, select Client. Click on Survey button to view the available wireless networks, then click on Connect.

2. After click on Connect, the SSID of the wireless network and the MAC address of the AP will be shown in the box automatically. Please Save the settings.

Note:

If the wireless router or Access Point which you want to connect does not support WDS, please do not enable WDS option.

If you know the SSID of the wireless network or MAC address of root AP, you can directly manually enter them into the corresponding box, and Click on Save.

3. Select Wireless Security on the left menu, type in the same wireless security as your root AP’s. 

4. Go to System Tools -> Reboot on left menu, press Reboot button, then all the settings will take effect after the device reboot. 

Step 4 Do the test whether the device is set in Client mode successfully.

Note: There are two ways to test

a) Test from AP configuration page:

Go to System Tools->Diagnostic, and try to ping 192.168.1.1 (IP of your root AP). It should be successful if you get Diagnostics Results as follows:

b) Test from computer, please run cmd -> ping 192.168.1.1:  

Step 5 Please change your computer settings of Local Area Connection back to "obtain IP address automatically" and "obtain DNS server automatically"  

Kindly reminder:

If your home network is in different from 192.168.1.X (0~254), for example, LAN IP of your router/root AP is 192.168.2.1, after you finish Step 3 please change the AP’s LAN IP to 192.168.2.254, and re-configure your computer’s IP to 192.168.2.150, so that they will be in the same subnet.

Fonte:

http://pt.tp-link.com/article/?id=288