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TP-Link TL-WR842ND Application Note

Configuration and access of ftp server
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Configuration and Access of FTP Server
TL-WR1042ND
TL-WR2543ND
This guide applies to all the models above.
TL-WR1043ND
TL-WR842ND
Rev: 1.0.0
1910010521

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  • Page 1 Configuration and Access of FTP Server TL-WR1042ND TL-WR1043ND TL-WR2543ND TL-WR842ND This guide applies to all the models above. Rev: 1.0.0 1910010521...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Chapter 1. Topology and USB Device ..............2 1.1 Typical Topology......................2 1.2 Special Topology ......................3 1.3 USB Device........................ 3 Chapter 2. Configuration of the Wireless Router ..........4 Chapter 3. Access via Web Browser ..............8 3.1 WAN Access....................... 8 3.2 LAN Access......................

  • Page 3: Chapter 1. Topology And Usb Device

    Application Guide Chapter 1. Topology and USB Device Typical Topology Figure 1-1 Typical Topology Note: USB Flash Device stands for FTP Server in this topology. Local PC here means the PC that is in the same subnet with the FTP Sever. Local PC can access the FTP Server by LAN (Local Area Network), which is called LAN Access.

  • Page 4: Special Topology

    Application Guide Special Topology Figure 1-2 Special Topology Note: The WAN port of TL-WR1043ND is linked to the LAN port of an xDSL modem. If the modem has already obtained a public IP by dialing to the Internet with the username and password provided from your ISP and TL-WR1043ND obtains its IP through Dynamic IP service provided by the modem, the remote PC cannot reach the FTP server through the WAN IP of TL-WR1043ND because the WAN IP of TL-WR1043ND is not a public IP in case of this situation.

  • Page 5: Chapter 2. Configuration Of The Wireless Router

    Application Guide Chapter 2. Configuration of the Wireless Router To set up your FTP Server, please follow the instructions below: 1. Make sure you have a PC connected to the wireless router, either through wireless connection or wired connection. 2. Plug an external USB hard disk drive or USB flash drive into the USB port on the back panel of the Router.
  • Page 6 8. Click Add New Folder to add new folders for the FTP Server. The Local PC or Remote PC can only access the folder you add here. 9. Enter a display name for the share folder in Display Name edit box, for example, TP-LINK. - 5 -...
  • Page 7 Application Guide 10. Select the Share entire partition or a specific folder option. If you select Share entire partition, the folders contained in this partition will all be shared. Figure 2-4 Add or Modify Share Folder 11. Click the Save button to save the settings and the screen will appear as shown in the figure below.
  • Page 8 Currently, there is quantitative restriction of FTP Server user. TL-WR1043ND supports 2 users at the same time, and TL-WR2543ND, TL-WR1042ND, TL-WR842ND supports 4 users at the same time. Therefore, if you want to log in, make sure that the number of login-user is less than the maximum quantity.

  • Page 9: Chapter 3. Access Via Web Browser

    Application Guide Chapter 3. Access via Web Browser Here we take the Web browser Internet Explorer for example. WAN Access 1. Input the Internet Address in IE address field. (The address can be found on FTP Server page as shown in Figure 3-2. Here is ftp://218.18.0.163.). Figure 3-1 Input Internet Address Figure 3-2 Internet Address 2.
  • Page 10 Application Guide Figure 3-3 Log On 3. Now you can see the IE as Figure 3-4. Double-click the folder TP-LINK. Figure 3-4 - 9 -...
  • Page 11 Application Guide 4. You will see the files contained in TP-LINK as below. Figure 3-5 5. To open a folder, right click the folder, for example tplink02, and select Open option. To download a file, right click the file, for example test03.doc, and select Copy option.
  • Page 12 Application Guide Figure 3-7 Note: When trying to open a file by double-clicking the file, an error will occur as shown in Figure 3-8. We recommend that you use Copy and Paste method to download the file on FTP Server. Figure 3-8 - 11 -...

  • Page 13: Lan Access

    Application Guide LAN Access 1. Go to Start->Run, input cmd as below, then click OK or press Enter key. Figure 3-9 2. You will see the interface as below. Figure 3-10 3. Input ipconfig, and press Enter key. Write down the IP address behind Default Gateway as shown in Figure 3-11.
  • Page 14 Application Guide Figure 3-11 4. Input the address (The address written down in Step 3. Here is192.168.0.1) in IE address field in format of ftp://192.168.0.1 and then press Enter key, Figure 3-12 A login window will pop up as below. Enter the User name and Password of the wireless router (default username: admin, default password: admin, both in lower case letters) and then click Log On.
  • Page 15 Application Guide Figure 3-13 5. Now you can see the IE as below, double-click the folder TP-LINK. Figure 3-14 - 14 -...
  • Page 16 Application Guide 6. You will see the files contained in TP-LINK as below: Figure 3-15 7. To open a folder, right click the folder, for example tplink02, and select Open option. To download a file, right click the file, for example test03.doc, and select Copy option.
  • Page 17 Application Guide Figure 3-17 Note: When trying to open the file by double-clicking the file, an error will occur as shown in Figure 3-18. We recommend that you use Copy and Paste method to download the file on FTP Server. Figure 3-18 - 16 -...

  • Page 18: Chapter 4. Access Via Pc Client Software

    Application Guide Chapter 4. Access via PC Client Software Here we take CuteFTP Professional 8 for example. WAN Access 1. Open the CuteFTP and it will show as below. Figure 4-1 - 17 -...
  • Page 19 Application Guide 2. Go to File->New->FTP Site or press Ctrl+N to open a new Site properties. Figure 4-2 3. Set the dialog box as below and click Connect. Label: Name of the site. Host address: The Internet Address of FTP Server configuration page (Here is 218.18.0.163).
  • Page 20 Application Guide Username: Default setting of the wireless router is admin in lower case letters. Password: Default setting of the wireless router is admin in lower case letters. Comments: The information that you want to record for the specific site. Login method: select Normal Normal - The user name and password are mandatory to connect to a site.
  • Page 21 Application Guide 4. Now you can see the folder TP-LINK in the panel. Double-click the folder. Figure 4-5 5. You will see three subfolders and three files in the TP-LINK folder. Figure 4-6 - 20 -...

  • Page 22: Lan Access

    Application Guide 6. Double-click a file and it will be downloaded automatically. Figure 4-7 Note: When you connect to a site, your My Documents folder is the default local folder to save your downloaded files, and the default remote folder is the folder specified when you configured the site. You can specify a different local folder and/or remote folder to appear in the Local and Remote panels when you log in to a site.
  • Page 23 Application Guide 2. You will see the interface as below. Figure 4-9 3. Follow the cursor, input ipconfig and press Enter key. Write down the IP address of Default Gateway as shown in Figure 4-10. (Here is 192.168.0.1). Figure 4-10 - 22 -...
  • Page 24 Application Guide 4. Open the CuteFTP and it will show as below. Figure 4-11 5. Go to File->New->FTP Site or press Ctrl+N to open a new Site properties. Figure 4-12 - 23 -...
  • Page 25 Application Guide 6. Set the dialog box as below and click Connect. Label: Name of the site. Host address: The IP of the Default Gateway written down in Step 3 (here is 192.168.0.1). Username: Default setting of the wireless router is admin in lower case letters. Password: Default setting of the wireless router is admin in lower case letters.
  • Page 26 Application Guide 7. Now you can see the folder TP-LINK in the panel. Double-click the folder. Figure 4-14 8. You can see three subfolders and three files in the TP-LINK folder. Figure 4-15 - 25 -...
  • Page 27 Application Guide 9. Double-click a file and it will be downloaded automatically. Figure 4-16 Note: When you connect to a site, your My Documents folder is the default local folder to save your downloaded files, and the default remote folder is the folder specified when you configured the site.

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