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TP-Link TL-WR543G User Manual

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  • Page 1 TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router Rev: 1.0.1...
  • Page 2 Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

  • Page 3: Fcc Statement

    FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
  • Page 4 National Restrictions 2400.0-2483.5 MHz Country Restriction Bulgaria Outdoor use limited to 10 France mW e.i.r.p. within the band 2454-2483.5 MHz Italy Luxembourg None Norway Implemented Russian Federation Reason/remark General authorization required for outdoor use and public service Military Radiolocation use. Refarming of the 2.4 GHz band has been ongoing in recent years to allow current...

  • Page 7: Package Contents

    The following contents should be found in your box: One TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router One AC power Adapter for TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router One Quick Installation Guide One Resource CD for TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router, including: •...

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 1 About this Guide ... 1 Purposes... 1 Conventions... 1 Overview of this User Guide ... 1 Chapter 2 Introduction ... 2 Overview of the Router ... 2 Features... 2 Panel Layout... 3 2.3.1 The Front Panel ... 3 2.3.2 LED Explanation ...
  • Page 9 Security... 43 5.9.1 Firewall...43 5.9.2 IP Address Filtering...44 5.9.3 Domain Filtering...46 5.9.4 MAC Filtering ...47 5.9.5 Remote Management ...48 5.9.6 Advanced Security...49 5.10 Static Routing... 51 5.11 DDNS... 52 5.11.1 Dyndns.org DDNS ...52 5.11.2 Oray.net DDNS ...52 5.11.3 Comexe.cn DDNS ...53 5.12 Port QoS ...

  • Page 10: Chapter 1 About This Guide

    54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Chapter 1 About this Guide Thank you for choosing the TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router. This router provides dedicated solution for Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) networks. With your network all connected, your local wired or wireless network can share the Internet access, files and fun for multiple PC(s) through one ISP account.

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Introduction

    Wireless AP. Its design is dedicated to Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) wireless network solutions. The TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router will allow you to connect your network wirelessly better than ever, sharing the Internet Access, files and fun, easily and securely.

  • Page 12: Panel Layout

    2.3 Panel Layout 2.3.1 The Front Panel The front panel of the TL-WR543G consists of several LED indicators, which is designed to indicate connections. View from left to right. Table 2-1 describes the LEDs on the front panel of the router.

  • Page 13: The Rear Panel

    The rear panel contains the following features. (View from left to right) AC power socket: Please use the power adapter which is supplied with the TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router only, the use of a different adapter may result in product damage.
  • Page 14 TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 2-2 Rear Panel sketch - 5 -...

  • Page 15: Chapter 3 Connecting The Router

    TL-WR543G Chapter 3 Connecting the Router 3.1 System Requirements Each PC in the LAN needs a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors TCP/IP protocol must be installed on each PC Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, Netscape Navigator 6.0 or later If the device is configured to AP client router mode, you also need: Wireless Internet Access Service (WISP).
  • Page 16 TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 3-1 Hardware Installation of the TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router - 7 -...

  • Page 17: Chapter 4 Quick Installation Guide

    4.1 TCP/IP configuration The default IP address of the TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router is 192.168.1.1. And the default Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0. These values can be seen from the LAN. They can be changed as you desire, as an example we use the default values for description in this guide.

  • Page 18: Quick Installation Guide

    4.2 Quick Installation Guide With a Web-based (Internet Explorer or Netscape manage the TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router. The Web-based utility can be used on any Windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a Web browser. Connect to the router by typing http://192.168.1.1 in the address field of Web browser.
  • Page 19 TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Note: If the above screen does not pop-up, it means that your Web-browser has been set to a proxy. Go to Tools menu>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings, in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it.
  • Page 20 TL-WR543G User Name and Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case sensitive. If you have difficulty with this process, please contact your ISP. If you choose "Dynamic IP", the router will automatically receive the IP parameters from your ISP without needing to enter any parameters.
  • Page 21 SSID - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same SSID must be assigned to all wireless devices on your network. The default SSID is TP-LINK. This value is case-sensitive. For example, TP-LINK is NOT the same as tp-link.

  • Page 22: Chapter 5 Configuring The Router

    TL-WR543G Chapter 5 Configuring the Router This chapter describes each Web page's key functions. 5.1 Login After your successful login, you can configure and manage the router. There are eleven main menus on the left of the Web-based utility. Submenus will be available after you click one of the main menus.

  • Page 23: Quick Setup

    TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 5-1 Router Status 5.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 4.2: "Quick Installation Guide." 5.4 Operation Mode The router supports two operation modes, AP Client Router and AP Router. Please select one your want.

  • Page 24: Network

    TL-WR543G AP Client Router: In this mode, the device enables multi-user to share the Internet from WISP. All LAN ports share the same IP from WISP through Wireless port. While connecting to WISP, the Wireless port works as a WAN port in AP Client mode. The Ethernet WAN port is automatically disabled.

  • Page 25: Wan

    TL-WR543G Note: If you change the IP Address of LAN, you must use the new IP Address to login the router. If the new LAN IP Address you set is not in the same subnet, the IP Address pool of the DHCP server will not take effect, until they are re-configured.
  • Page 26 TL-WR543G If your ISP gives you one or two DNS addresses, select Use These DNS Servers and enter the primary and secondary addresses into the correct fields. Otherwise, the DNS servers will be assigned dynamically from your ISP. Note: If you get address and find error when you go to a Web site, it is likely that your DNS servers are set up improperly.
  • Page 27 TL-WR543G User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time). If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand enables the router to automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again.
  • Page 28 TL-WR543G Click the Connect button to connect immediately, Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately. Click the Advanced Settings button to set up the advanced option, the page shown in Figure 5-8 will then appear: Figure 5-8 PPPoE Advanced Settings Packet MTU - The default MTU size is 1492 bytes, which value is usually fine.
  • Page 29 TL-WR543G Figure 5-9 802.1X + Dynamic IP Settings User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP Password - Enter the password for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP. Click Login to start 802.1X authentication.
  • Page 30 TL-WR543G Figure 5-10 802.1X + Static IP Settings User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP Password - Enter the password for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP. Click Login to start 802.1X authentication.
  • Page 31 TL-WR543G Figure 5-11 Big Pond Settings User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. Auth Server - Enter the authenticating server IP address or host name. Auth Domain - Type in the domain suffix server name based on your location. E.g., NSW / ACT - nsw.bigpond.net.au...
  • Page 32 TL-WR543G Caution: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max Idle Time, since some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background. Click the Connect button to connect immediately, Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately.
  • Page 33 TL-WR543G Note: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max Idle Time, since some applications is visiting the Internet continually in the background. Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this option, click the radio button.

  • Page 34: Mac Clone

    TL-WR543G address or the domain name. If you choose static IP and enter the domain name, you should also enter the DNS assigned by your ISP. And click the Save button. Click the Connect button to connect immediately, Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately.

  • Page 35: Wireless

    TL-WR543G Your PC's MAC Address - This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing the router. If the MAC address is required, you can click the Clone MAC Address button and this MAC address will fill in the WAN MAC Address field.
  • Page 36 SSID - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same name (SSID) must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network. The default SSID is TP-LINK, but it is recommended strongly that you change your networks name (SSID) to a different value. This value is case-sensitive.
  • Page 37 TL-WR543G • Automatic - Select Shared Key or Open System authentication type automatically based on the wireless station request. • Shared Key - Select 802.11 Shared Key authentication. • Open System - Select 802.11 Open System authentication. • When you select WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK for authentication type you can select Automatic, WPA –PSK or WPA2-PSK as authentication options.
  • Page 38 TL-WR543G Radius Server IP - Enter the IP address of the Radius Server Radius Port - Enter the port number that the radius service used. Radius Password - Enter the password for the Radius Server. If you select AP Router, the basic settings for the wireless network are set on this page. Figure...
  • Page 39 TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 5-17 Wireless Settings in AP Router mode Region - Select your region from the pull-down list. This field specifies the region where the wireless function of the router can be used. It may be illegal to use the wireless function of the router in a region other than one of those specified in this field.
  • Page 40 TL-WR543G Note: Limited by local law regulations, version for North America does not have region selection option. Channel - This field determines which operating frequency will be used. It is not necessary to change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby access point.

  • Page 41: Advanced Settings

    TL-WR543G Note: If Bridges is enabled in AP Client mode, there is only one Security Type (WEP) for you to encrypt the wireless network. Otherwise, there are three Security Type (WEP, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK and WPA/WPA2). Be sure to click the Save button to save your settings on this page.

  • Page 42: Mac Filtering

    If you click the Connect, the Figure 5-16 will be shown. And the SSID has been configured. E.g. If you see the page as Figure 5-19 and you want to connect to the TP-LINK- WR543G site, you can click Connect. The Figure 5-16 will display and the SSID is TP-LINK-WR543G. Shown...
  • Page 43 TL-WR543G To Add a Wireless MAC Address filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The “Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry" page will appear, shown in Figure 5-22: Figure 5-22 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions: Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field.

  • Page 44: Wireless Statistics

    TL-WR543G stations cannot access the router, you should configure the Wireless MAC Address Filtering list by following these steps: 1. Click the Enable button to enable this function. 2. Select the radio button: Deny the stations not specified by any enabled entries in the list to access for Filtering Rules.

  • Page 45: Dhcp

    TL-WR543G MAC Address - The connected wireless station's MAC address Current Status - The connected wireless station's running status, one of STA-AUTH / STA-ASSOC / AP-UP / WPA / WPA-PSK /WPA2/WPA2-PSK/None Received Packets - Packets received by the station Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station You cannot change any of the values on this page.

  • Page 46: Dhcp Clients List

    TL-WR543G Address Lease Time - The Address Lease Time is the amount of time in which a network user will be allowed connection to the router with their current dynamic IP Address. Enter the amount of time, in minutes. The user will be "leased" this dynamic IP Address. The range of the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes.
  • Page 47 TL-WR543G MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC of which you want to reserve IP address. Assigned IP Address - The IP address of the router reserved. Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled.

  • Page 48: Forwarding

    TL-WR543G 5.8 Forwarding Figure 5-29 The Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 5-29): Virtual Servers, Port Triggering, DMZ and UPnP. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below.

  • Page 49: Port Triggering

    TL-WR543G Figure 5-31 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry Note: It is possible that you have a computer or server that has more than one type of available service. If so, select another service, and enter the same IP Address for that computer or server.
  • Page 50 TL-WR543G Once configured, operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connection using a destination port number defined in the Trigger Port field. 2. The router records this connection, opens the incoming port or ports associated with this entry in the Port Triggering table, and associates them with the local host.

  • Page 51: Dmz

    TL-WR543G There are many popular applications in the Popular Application list. You can select it, and the application will fill in the Trigger Port, incoming Ports Range boxes and select the Enable checkbox. It has the same effect as adding a new rule.

  • Page 52: Security

    TL-WR543G Current UPnP Status - UPnP can be enabled or disabled by clicking the Enable or Disable button. As allowing this may present a risk to security, this feature is disabled by default. Current UPnP Settings List - This table displays the current UPnP information.

  • Page 53: Ip Address Filtering

    TL-WR543G Enable Firewall - the general firewall switch is on or off. Enable IP Address Filtering - set IP Address Filtering is enabled or disabled. There are two default filtering rules of IP Address Filtering, either Allow or Deny passing through the router.
  • Page 54 TL-WR543G will appear shown in Figure 5-39: Figure 5-39 Add or Modify an IP Address Filtering Entry To create or modify an IP Address Filtering entry, please follow these instructions: Effective Time - Enter a range of time in HHMM format, which point to the range time for the entry to take effect.

  • Page 55: Domain Filtering

    TL-WR543G to, and then click the Move button to change the entry’s order. Click the Next button to the next page and click the Previous button to return to the previous page. For example: If you desire to block E-mail received and sent by the IP Address 192.168.1.7 on your local network, and to make the PC with IP Address 192.168.1.8 unable to visit the website of...

  • Page 56: Mac Filtering

    TL-WR543G field means all websites on the Internet. For example: www.xxyy.com.cn, .net. Status - Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status pull-down list. Click the Save button to save this entry. To modify or delete an existing entry: Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify.

  • Page 57: Remote Management

    TL-WR543G Figure 5-43 Add or Modify a MAC Address Filtering entry To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions: Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX 00-0E-AE-B0-00-0B.

  • Page 58: Advanced Security

    TL-WR543G Figure 5-44 Remote Management Web Management Port - Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80. This router’s default remote management Web port number is 80. For greater security, you can change the remote management Web interface to a custom port by entering that number in this box provided.
  • Page 59 TL-WR543G Packets Statistic interval (5 ~ 60) - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the pull-down list. The Packets Statistic interval value indicates the time section of the packets statistic. The result of the statistic used for analysis by SYN Flood, UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood.

  • Page 60: Static Routing

    TL-WR543G 5.10 Static Routing A static route is a pre-determined path that network information must travel to reach a specific host or network. To add or delete a route, work in the area under the Static Routing page (shown in Figure 5-47).

  • Page 61: Ddns

    TL-WR543G 5.11 Dynamic DNS The router offers a Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) feature. DDNS lets you assign a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP Address. It is useful when you are hosting your own website, FTP server, or other server behind the router. Before using this feature, you need to sign up for DDNS service providers such as www.dyndns.org,...

  • Page 62: Comexe.cn Ddns

    TL-WR543G Figure 5-50 Oray.net DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Type the User Name for your DDNS account. Type the Password for your DDNS account. Click the Login button to login the DDNS service. Connection Status - The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here.

  • Page 63: Port Qos

    TL-WR543G Figure 5-51 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Type the domain names your dynamic DNS service provider gave. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. Type the Password for your DDNS account. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS service.
  • Page 64 TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 5-52 Port QoS Settings Enable QoS - Enable or Disable QoS function. It is the switch of QoS. The following Port QoS Configuration won't be effective unless it is enabled. UpLoad Bandwidth - The upload bandwidth provided by your ISP.

  • Page 65: System Tools

    TL-WR543G For example, we assume that the UpLoad Bandwidth and DownLoad Bandwidth supplied by ISP are 10Mbps respectively. If you desire highest priority to port 1, lower priority (take 2 level for example) to port 2 and lowest priority to wireless communication, you can configure the router as Figure 5-52 shown.

  • Page 66: Firmware

    TL-WR543G Time Zone - Select your local time zone from this pull down list. Date - Enter your local date in MM/DD/YY into the right blanks. Time - Enter your local time in HH/MM/SS into the right blanks. Time setting follows these steps below: Select your local time zone.

  • Page 67: Factory Defaults

    To upgrade the router's firmware, follow these instructions: Download the latest firmware upgrade file from the TP-LINK website Click Browse to view the folders and select the downloaded file.

  • Page 68: Backup And Restore

    TL-WR543G Any settings you have saved will be lost when the default settings are restored. 5.13.4 Backup and Restore This page (shown in Figure 5-57) allows you to save current configuration of router as backup or restore the configuration file you saved before.

  • Page 69: Log

    TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 5-59 Password It is recommended strongly that you change the factory default user name and password of the router. All users who try to access the router's Web-based utility or Quick Setup will be prompted for the router's user name and password.
  • Page 70 TL-WR543G Current Statistics Status - Enable or Disable. The default value is disabled. To enable, click the Enable button. If disabled, the function of DoS protection in Security settings will be ineffective. Packets Statistics Interval - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the pull-down list.

  • Page 71: Appendix A: Faq

    TL-WR543G Appendix A: FAQ How do I configure the router to access the Internet by ADSL users? First, configure the ADSL Modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL Modem to the WAN port on the router. The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of the ADSL Modem.
  • Page 72 TL-WR543G address is proper MAC address, click the "Clone MAC Address" button and your PC’s MAC address will fill in the "WAN MAC Address" field. Or else, type the MAC Address into the "WAN MAC Address" field. The format for the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX.
  • Page 73 TL-WR543G I want to build a Web Server on the LAN, what should I do? Because the Web Server port 80 will interfere with the Web management port 80 on the router, you must change the Web management port number to avoid interference.
  • Page 74 TL-WR543G A-9 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry The wireless stations cannot connect to the router. Make sure the "Wireless Router Radio" is enabled. Make sure that the wireless stations' SSID accord with the router's SSID. Make sure the wireless stations have the right KEY for encryption when the router is encrypted.

  • Page 75: Appendix B: Configuring The Pc

    TL-WR543G Appendix B: Configuring the PC In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows XP. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter’s manual if needed. Install TCP/IP component On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
  • Page 76 TL-WR543G The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default. Now you have two ways to configure the TCP/IP protocol below: Setting IP address automatically Select Obtain an IP address automatically, Choose Obtain DNS server automatically, as...
  • Page 77 TL-WR543G Setting IP address manually Select Use the following IP address radio button. And the following items available If the router's LAN IP address is 192.168.1.1, type IP address is 192.168.1.x (x is from 2 to 254), and Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
  • Page 78 TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 4 - 69 -...

  • Page 79: Appendix C: Specifications

    TL-WR543G Appendix C: Specifications Standards IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.11b and 802.11g Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port, Four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 ports supporting Auto MDI/MDIX 10BASE-T: UTP category 3, 4, 5 cable (maximum 100m)

  • Page 80: Appendix D: Glossary

    TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Appendix D: Glossary ™ WLAN Transmission Technology - The WLAN device with 2x 2x to 3x eXtended Range ™ to 3x eXtended Range WLAN transmission technology make its sensitivity up to 105 dB, which gives users the ability to have robust, longer-range wireless connections.
  • Page 81 TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide communicate with each other wirelessly, which network serving users are limited in a local area. http://www.tp-link.com - 72 -...

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