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300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router
REV: 2.3.0
1910010817

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  • Page 1 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router REV: 2.3.0 1910010817...
  • Page 2 COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS 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: Ce Mark Warning

    CE Mark Warning This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. This device has been designed to operate with the antennas listed below, and having a maximum gain of 5 dBi.

  • Page 5: Safety Information

    NCC Notice & BSMI Notice 注意！ 依據 低功率電波輻射性電機管理辦法 第十二條 經型式認證合格之低功率射頻電機，非經許可，公司、商號或使用者均不得擅自變更頻 率、加大功率或變更原設計之特性或功能。 第十四條 低功率射頻電機之使用不得影響飛航安全及干擾合法通行；經發現有干擾現象時，應立 即停用，並改善至無干擾時方得繼續使用。前項合法通信，指依電信規定作業之無線電信。低功率 射頻電機需忍受合法通信或工業、科學以及醫療用電波輻射性電機設備之干擾。 減少電磁波影響，請妥適使用。 安全諮詢及注意事項  請使用原裝電源供應器或只能按照本產品注明的電源類型使用本產品。  清潔本產品之前請先拔掉電源線。請勿使用液體、噴霧清潔劑或濕布進行清潔。  注意防潮，請勿將水或其他液體潑灑到本產品上。   插槽與開口供通風使用，以確保本產品的操作可靠並防止過熱，請勿堵塞或覆蓋開口。  請勿將本產品置放於靠近熱源的地方。除非有正常的通風，否則不可放在密閉位置中。  請不要私自打開機殼，不要嘗試自行維修本產品，請由授權的專業人士進行此項工作。 Продукт сертифіковано згідно с правилами системи УкрСЕПРО на відповідність вимогам нормативних...
  • Page 6 This product can be used in the following countries:...

  • Page 7: Declaration Of Conformity

    DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Model No.: TL-WR1043ND Trademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product within the scope of Council Directives:...

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Package Contents .......................... 1 Chapter 1. Introduction......................... 2 Overview of the Router....................2 Conventions ......................... 3 Main Features ......................3 Panel Layout ........................ 4 1.4.1 The Front Panel ....................4 1.4.2 The Rear Panel ....................5 Chapter 2. Connecting the Router ....................7 System Requirements ....................
  • Page 9 4.7.3 Address Reservation ..................46 USB Settings ......................47 4.8.1 Storage Sharing....................47 4.8.2 FTP Server ..................... 49 4.8.3 Media Server ....................52 4.8.4 Print Server..................... 54 4.8.5 User Accounts ....................55 NAT ..........................56 4.10 Forwarding ......................... 57 4.10.1 Virtual Servers ....................57 4.10.2 Port Triggering ....................
  • Page 10 4.17.3 No-ip.com DDNS .................... 91 4.18 System Tools ......................92 4.18.1 Time Setting....................93 4.18.2 Diagnostic....................... 94 4.18.3 Firmware Upgrade ..................96 4.18.4 Factory Defaults ..................... 97 4.18.5 Backup & Restore................... 97 4.18.6 Reboot ......................98 4.18.7 Password......................99 4.18.8 System Log....................100 4.18.9 Statistics .......................

  • Page 11: Package Contents

    300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Package Contents The following items should be found in your package:  TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router DC Power Adapter for TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Quick Installation Guide  Ethernet Cable ...

  • Page 12: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Flexible Access Control The TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router provides flexible access control, so that parents or network administrators can establish restricted access policies for children or staff. It also supports Virtual Server and DMZ host for Port Triggering, and then the network administrators can manage and monitor the network in real time with the remote management function.

  • Page 13: Conventions

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 1.2 Conventions The router or TL-WR1043ND mentioned in this guide stands for TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router without any explanation. 1.3 Main Features Complies with IEEE 802.11n to provide a wireless data rate of up to 300Mbps.

  • Page 14: Panel Layout

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 1.4 Panel Layout 1.4.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 Front Panel sketch The router’s LEDs and the WPS button are located on the front panel (View from left to right). Name Status Indication Power is off.

  • Page 15: The Rear Panel

    On/Off: The switch for the power.  Power: The Power socket is where you will connect the power adapter. Please use the power adapter provided with this TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router.  WPS/Reset: Pressing this button for less than 5 seconds enables the WPS function. If your client devices,...
  • Page 16 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router LED becomes quick-flash from slow-flash. And then release the button and wait the router to reboot to its factory default settings.  Wireless antenna: To receive and transmit the wireless data.

  • Page 17: Chapter 2. Connecting The Router

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirements Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet)  One DSL/Cable Modem that has an RJ45 connector (which is not necessary if the router is  connected directly to the Ethernet.) PCs with a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors ...
  • Page 18 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Power on your PC and Cable/DSL Modem. Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation of the 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 2-2 USB Installation of the 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router...

  • Page 19: Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions of your 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router using Quick Setup Wizard within minutes. 3.1 TCP/IP Configuration The default domain name of the 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router is http://tplinklogin.net, the default IP address is 192.168.0.1, and the default Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0.

  • Page 20: Quick Installation Guide

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router If the result displayed is similar to the Figure 3-2, it means the connection between your PC  and the router failed. Figure 3-2 Failure result of Ping command Please check the connection following these steps: Is the connection between your PC and the router correct? ...
  • Page 21 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router To access the configuration utility, open a web-browser and type the default address http://tplinklogin.net in the address field of the browser. Figure 3-3 Login the Router After a moment, a login window will appear, similar to the Figure 3-4. Enter admin for the User Name and Password, both in lower case letters.
  • Page 22 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 3-6 Choose WAN Connection Type The router provides Auto-Detect function and supports five popular ways Dynamic IP, Static IP, PPPoE, L2TP/Russian L2TP and PPTP/Russian PPTP to connect to the Internet. It’s recommended that you make use of the Auto-Detect function. If you are sure of what kind of connection type your ISP provides, you can select the very type and click Next to go on configuring.
  • Page 23 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router IP Address - This is the WAN IP address as seen by external users on the Internet  (including your ISP). Your ISP will provide you with the IP address you need to enter here.
  • Page 24 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router User Name/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. Confirm Password - Enter the password again to make sure that the password is ...
  • Page 25 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Confirm Password - Enter the password again to make sure that the password is  correct. Select Static IP if IP Address/ Subnet Mask/ Gateway and DNS server address have been provided by your ISP. Then please enter server IP address or domain name provided by your ISP, and also enter the corresponding parameters.
  • Page 26 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router network. Considering your wireless network security, the default SSID is set to be TP-LINK_XXXXXX (XXXXXX indicates the last unique six numbers of each router’s MAC address). This value is case-sensitive. For example, TEST is NOT the same as test.
  • Page 27 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router These settings are only for basic wireless parameters. For advanced settings, please refer to Section 4.6: “Wireless”. Click the Next button. You will then see the Finish page. Click the Finish button to finish the Quick Setup.

  • Page 28: Chapter 4. Configuring The Router

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This chapter will show each Web page's key functions and the configuration way. 4.1 Login After your successful login, you will see the 17 main menus on the left of the Web-based utility. On the right, there are the corresponding explanations and instructions.

  • Page 29: Quick Setup

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-1 Router Status 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 3.2: "Quick Installation Guide." 4.4 WPS This section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly by WPS （Wi-Fi Protected Setup) function.
  • Page 30 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-2 WPS WPS Status - Enable or disable the WPS function here.  Current PIN - The current value of the router's PIN displayed here. The default PIN of the  router can be found in the label or User Guide.
  • Page 31 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-4 Add A New Device Step 2: Press and hold the WPS button of the client device. Step 3: The Wi-Fi Protected Setup LED flashes for two minutes during the Wi-Fi Protected Setup process.

  • Page 32: Network

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Note: The WPS LED on the router will light green for five minutes if the device has been successfully added to the network. The WPS function cannot be configured if the Wireless Function of the router is disabled.
  • Page 33 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router This page displays the WAN IP parameters assigned dynamically by your ISP, including IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, etc. Click the Renew button to renew the IP parameters from your ISP. Click the Release button to release the IP parameters.
  • Page 34 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Default Gateway - Enter the gateway IP address provided by your ISP in dotted-decimal  notation.  MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP.
  • Page 35 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Dynamic IP - You can check this radio button to use Dynamic IP as the secondary  connection to connect to the local area network provided by ISP. Static IP - You can check this radio button to use Static IP as the secondary connection ...
  • Page 36 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-10 PPPoE Advanced Settings MTU Size - The default MTU size is “1480” bytes, which is usually fine. It is not  recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP.
  • Page 37 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-11 WAN – BigPond Cable 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.
  • Page 38 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Connect Manually - You can click the Connect/Disconnect button to connect/disconnect  immediately. This mode also supports the Max Idle Time function as Connect on Demand mode. The Internet connection can be disconnected automatically after a specified inactivity period and re-established when you attempt to access the Internet again.
  • Page 39 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect from 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 40 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-13 WAN –PPTP User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These  fields are case-sensitive. Dynamic IP/ Static IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP and enter the ISP’s IP ...

  • Page 41: Lan

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates. Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this  option, click the radio button.

  • Page 42: Mac Clone

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-14 LAN MAC Address - The physical address of the router, as seen from the LAN. The value can't  be changed. IP Address - Enter the IP address of your router or reset it in dotted-decimal notation ...

  • Page 43: Wireless

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router WAN MAC Address - This field displays the current MAC address of the Internet port. If  your ISP requires you to register the MAC address, please enter the correct MAC address into this field in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format(X is any hexadecimal digit).
  • Page 44 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-17 Wireless Settings Wireless Network Name (also called SSID) - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The  same name of SSID (Service Set Identification) must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network.
  • Page 45 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Mode - Select the desired mode. The default setting is 11bgn mixed.  11bg mixed - Select if you are using both 802.11b and 802.11g wireless clients. 11bgn mixed - Select if you are using a mix of 802.11b, 11g, and 11n wireless clients.

  • Page 46: Wireless Security

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Key type - This option should be chosen according to the AP's security configuration. It  is recommended that the security type is the same as your AP's security type WEP Index - This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP (ASCII) or WEP ...
  • Page 47 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Version - you can choose the version of the WPA-PSK security on the drop-down list. The default setting is Automatic, which can select WPA-PSK (Pre-shared key of WPA) or WPA2-PSK (Pre-shared key of WPA) automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request.
  • Page 48 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Radius Port - Enter the port number of the Radius server.  Radius Password - Enter the password for the Radius server.  Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value should be 30 or above.

  • Page 49: Wireless Mac Filtering

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.6.3 Wireless MAC Filtering Choose menu “Wireless→Wireless MAC Filtering”, and then you can control the wireless access by configuring the Wireless MAC Address Filtering function, shown in Figure 4-22 . Figure 4-22 Wireless MAC Filtering To filter wireless users by MAC Address, click Enable.
  • Page 50 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Enter a simple description of the wireless station in the Description field. For example: Wireless station A. Status - Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status drop-down list. Click the Save button to save this entry.

  • Page 51: Wireless Advanced

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.6.4 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “Wireless→Wireless Advanced”, and then you can configure the advanced settings of your wireless network. Figure 4-24 Wireless Advanced Transmit Power - Here you can specify the transmit power of router. You can select ...

  • Page 52: Wireless Statistics

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router poor network performance since excessive packets. 2346 is the default setting and is recommended.  DTIM Interval - This value determines the interval of the Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM). A DTIM field is a countdown field informing clients of the next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages.

  • Page 53: Dhcp

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station  You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current connected wireless stations, click on the Refresh button.

  • Page 54: Dhcp Clients List

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server. If you disable the Server, you must  have another DHCP server within your network or else you must configure the computer manually. Start IP Address - Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to start with when assigning ...

  • Page 55: Address Reservation

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Assigned IP - The IP address that the router has allocated to the DHCP client.  Lease Time - The time of the DHCP client leased. After the dynamic IP address has expired, ...

  • Page 56: Usb Settings

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-30 Add or Modify an Address Reservation Entry To modify or delete an existing entry: Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the Delete.
  • Page 57 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-32 Storage Sharing Service Status - Indicates the Storage Sharing service's current status, started or stopped.  You can click the Start button to start the Storage Sharing service and click the Stop button to stop it.

  • Page 58: Ftp Server

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-34 Storage Sharing Click the Start button to start the Storage Sharing service. Click the Enable button in shared row to enable the disk to share. Click the Disable button in shared row to disable the disk to share.
  • Page 59 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-35 FTP Server Configuration Server Status - Indicates the FTP Server’s current status, started or stopped. You can click  the Start button to start the FTP Server and click the Stop button to stop it.
  • Page 60 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Click the Enable/Disable box to enable/disable internet access to FTP from Internet port. Change the Service Port to specify a port for FTP Server to use. (The default is 21, do not change unless necessary.) Click Add New Folder to add new folders for the FTP Server.

  • Page 61: Media Server

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-38 FTP Server Configuration Click the Start button to start the FTP Server.  Note: The max share folders number is 10. If you want to share a new folder when the number has reached 10, you can delete a share folder and then add a new one.

  • Page 62: Media Server

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Name - The display name of this folder.  File System - The file system type on the partition can be FAT32 or NTFS.  Folder - The real full path of the specified folder.
  • Page 63 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-42 Add New Folder Display Name - You can enter a display name for the share folder.  Share entire partition - You can select this option and then the folders contained in ...

  • Page 64: Print Server

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-43 Media Server Setting Click the Scan All button to scan all the share folders immediately. You can also select the Auto-scan, at same time, select an auto scan interval time by drop-down list. In this case, the media server will auto scan the share folders.
  • Page 65 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Storage Sharing and can access FTP Server while Guest has read-only access to Storage Sharing and can not access FTP Server. Figure 4-45 User Account Management Only Administrator can use a Web browser to transfer the files from a PC to the Writable shared volume on the USB drive.

  • Page 66: Nat

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router User Name - Type the user name that you want to give access to the USB drive. The user  name must be composed of alphanumeric symbols not exceeding 15 characters in length. Password - Enter the password in the Password field. The password must be composed of ...

  • Page 67: Forwarding

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Disable Hardware NAT Control - If disabled, neither Hardware NAT feature will take  effect. 4.10 Forwarding Figure 4-48 The Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 4-48 ): Virtual Servers, Port Triggering, DMZ and UPnP.
  • Page 68 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Protocol - The protocol used for this application, either TCP, UDP, or All (all protocols  supported by the router). Status - The status of this entry, "Enabled" means the virtual server entry is enabled.

  • Page 69: Port Triggering

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return to the previous page.  Note: If you set the service port of the virtual server as 80, you must set the Web management port on System Tools –>...
  • Page 70 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-52 Add or Modify a Triggering Entry Trigger Port - The port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection using this port will trigger  this rule. Trigger Protocol - The protocol used for Trigger Ports, either TCP, UDP, or All (all ...

  • Page 71: Dmz

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 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. When necessary, the external host will be able to connect to the local host using one of the ports defined in the Incoming Ports field.

  • Page 72: Security

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-54 UPnP Setting Current UPnP Status - UPnP can be enabled or disabled by clicking the Enable or Disable  button. This feature is enabled by default. Current UPnP Settings List - This table displays the current UPnP information.

  • Page 73: Basic Security

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.11.1 Basic Security Choose menu “Security → Basic Security”, and then you can configure the basic security in the screen as shown in Figure 4-56. Figure 4-56 Basic Security Firewall - A firewall protects your network from the outside world. Here you can enable or ...

  • Page 74: Advanced Security

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router ALG - It is recommended to enable Application Layer Gateway (ALG) because ALG allows  customized Network Address Translation (NAT) traversal filters to be plugged into the gateway to support address and port translation for certain application layer "control/data"...

  • Page 75: Local Management

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router section of the packets statistics. The result of the statistics is used for analysis by SYN Flood, UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood.  DoS Protection - Denial of Service protection. Check the Enable or Disable button to enable or disable the DoS protection function.

  • Page 76: Remote Management

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-58 Local Management By default, the radio button “All the PCs on the LAN are allowed to access the Router's Web-Based Utility” is checked. If you want to allow PCs with specific MAC Addresses to access the Setup page of the Router's Web-Based Utility locally from inside the network, check the radio button “Only the PCs listed can browse the built-in web pages to perform Administrator...

  • Page 77: Parental Control

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-59 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 port to a custom port by entering that number in the box provided.
  • Page 78 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-60 Parental Control Settings To add a new entry, please follow the steps below. Click the Add New… button and the next screen will pop-up as shown in Figure 4-61. Figure 4-61 Add or Modify Parental Control Entry...
  • Page 79 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Parental Control - Check Enable if you want this function to take effect; otherwise,  check Disable.  MAC Address of Parental PC - In this field, enter the MAC address of the controlling PC, or you can make use of the Copy To Above button below.

  • Page 80: Access Control

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Click “Access Control → Schedule” on the left to enter the Schedule Settings page. Click Add New... button to create a new schedule with Schedule Description is Schedule_1, Day is Sat and Time is all day-24 hours.

  • Page 81: Access Control

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-64 Access Control Rule Management  Enable Internet Access Control - Select the check box to enable the Internet Access Control function, so the Default Filter Policy can take effect.  Rule Name - Here displays the name of the rule and this name is unique.
  • Page 82 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router There are two methods to add a new rule. Method One: Click Setup Wizard button and the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 4-65. Figure 4-65 Quick Setup – Create a Host Entry ...
  • Page 83 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-66 Quick Setup – Create an Access Target Entry  Target Description - In this field, create a description for the target. Note that this description should be unique (e.g. Target_1).  Mode - Here are two options, IP Address and Domain Name. You can choose either of them from the drop-down list.
  • Page 84 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-67 Quick Setup – Create an Advanced Schedule Entry  Schedule Description - In this field, create a description for the schedule. Note that this description should be unique (e.g. Schedule_1).  Day - Choose Select Days and select the certain day (days), or choose Everyday.
  • Page 85 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Rule - In this field, create a name for the rule. Note that this name should be unique (e.g. Rule_1).  Host - In this field, select a host from the drop-down list for the rule. The default value is the Host Description you set just now.

  • Page 86: Host

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Click the submenu Rule of Access Control in the left to return to the Rule List page. Select Enable Internet Access Control and choose "Allow the packets specified by any enabled access control policy to pass through the router".
  • Page 87 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry.  To add a new entry, please follow the steps below. Click the Add New… button. In the Mode field, select IP Address or MAC Address.

  • Page 88: Target

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4. In MAC Address field, enter 00-11-22-33-44-AA. 5. Click Save to complete the settings. Then you will go back to the Host Settings page and see the following list. 4.13.3 Target Choose menu “Access Control → Target”, and then you can view and set a Target list in the screen as shown in Figure 4-73.
  • Page 89 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-74 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry In Target Description field, create a unique description for the target (e.g. Target_1). In IP Address field, enter the IP address of the target. Select a common service from Common Service Port drop-down list, so that the Target Port will be automatically filled.

  • Page 90: Schedule

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Previous button to return to the previous page. For example: If you desire to restrict the internet activities of host with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA in the LAN to access www.google.com...
  • Page 91 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 3. In Day field, select the day or days you need. 4. In Time field, you can select all day-24 hours or you may enter the Start Time and Stop Time in the corresponding field.

  • Page 92: Advanced Routing

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.14 Advanced Routing Figure 4-78 Advanced Routing There are two submenus under the Advanced Routing menu as shown in Figure 4-78: Static Routing List and System Routing Table. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

  • Page 93: System Routing Table

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask determines which portion of an IP Address is the  network portion, and which portion is the host portion. Default Gateway - This is the IP Address of the gateway device that allows for contact ...

  • Page 94: Bandwidth Control

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Interface - This interface tells you either the Destination IP Address is on the LAN & WLAN  (internal wired and wireless networks), or on the WAN (Internet). 4.15 Bandwidth Control Figure 4-82 Bandwidth Control There are two submenus under the Bandwidth Control menu as shown in Figure 4-82: Control Settings and Rules List.

  • Page 95: Bandwidth Control

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-84 Bandwidth Control Rules List Description - This is the information about the rules such as address range.   Egress bandwidth - This field displays the max and mix upload bandwidth through the Internet port, the default is 0.

  • Page 96: Ip & Mac Binding Setting

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.16 IP & MAC Binding Setting Figure 4-86 the IP & MAC Binding menu There are two submenus under the IP &MAC Binding menu (shown in Figure 4-86): Binding Settings and ARP List. Click any of them, and you will be able to scan or configure the corresponding function.

  • Page 97: Binding Settings

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-88 IP & MAC Binding Setting (Add & Modify) To add IP & MAC Binding entries, follow the steps below. Click the Add New... button as shown in Figure 4-87. Enter the MAC Address and IP Address.

  • Page 98: Arp List

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.16.2 ARP List To manage the computer, you could observe the computers in the LAN by checking the relationship of MAC address and IP address on the ARP list, and you could also configure the items on the ARP list.

  • Page 99: Comexe.cn Ddns

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router service providers such as www.comexe.cn, www.dyndns.org, or www.no-ip.com. The Dynamic DNS client service provider will give you a password or key. 4.17.1 Comexe.cn DDNS If the dynamic DNS Service Provider you select is www.comexe.cn, the page will appear as shown in Figure 4-91.

  • Page 100: Dyndns.org Ddns

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.17.2 Dyndns.org DDNS If the dynamic DNS Service Provider you select is www.dyndns.org, the page will appear as shown in Figure 4-92. Figure 4-92 Dyndns.org DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Enter the User Name for your DDNS account.

  • Page 101: System Tools

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-93 No-ip.com DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Enter the User Name for your DDNS account. Enter the Password for your DDNS account. Enter the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider.

  • Page 102: Time Setting

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Choose menu “System Tools”, and you can see the submenus under the main menu: Time Settings, Diagnostic, Firmware Upgrade, Factory Defaults, Backup & Restore, Reboot, Password, System Log and Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

  • Page 103: Diagnostic

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  End - The time to end the Daylight Saving. Select the month in the first field, the week in the second field, the day in the third field and the time in the last field.
  • Page 104 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-97 Diagnostic Tools  Diagnostic Tool - Check the radio button to select one diagnostic too.  Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name resolution to a given host or gateway.

  • Page 105: Firmware Upgrade

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router The Diagnostic Results page displays the result of diagnosis. If the result is similar to the following screen, the connectivity of the Internet is fine. Figure 4-98 Diagnostic Results  Note: Only one user can use the diagnostic tools at one time.

  • Page 106: Factory Defaults

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Note: New firmware versions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. There is no need to upgrade the firmware unless the new firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experiencing problems caused by the router rather than the configuration, you can try to upgrade the firmware.

  • Page 107: Reboot

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-101 Backup & Restore Configuration Click the Backup button to save all configuration settings as a backup file in your local  computer. To upgrade the router's configuration, follow these instructions.  ...

  • Page 108: Password

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.18.7 Password Choose menu “System Tools → Password”, and then you can change the factory default user name and password of the router in the next screen as shown in Figure 4-103. Figure 4-103 Password...

  • Page 109: System Log

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.18.8 System Log Choose menu “System Tools → System Log”, and then you can view the logs of the router. Figure 4-104 System Log Auto Mail Feature - Indicates whether auto mail feature is enabled or not.

  • Page 110: Statistics

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  To - Recipient’s address. The destination mailbox where the logs would be received.  SMTP Server - Your smtp server. It corresponds with the mailbox filled in the From field. You can log on the relevant website for help if you are not clear with the address.
  • Page 111 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-106 Statistics Current Statistics Status - Enable or Disable. The default value is disabled. To enable it,  click the Enable button. If it is disabled, the function of DoS protection in Security settings will be disabled.
  • Page 112 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Statistics Table: IP/MAC Address The IP and MAC address are displayed with related statistics. Packets The total number of packets received and transmitted by the router. Total Bytes The total number of bytes received and transmitted by the router.

  • Page 113: Appendix A: Faq

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Appendix A: FAQ How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? First, configure the ADSL Modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL Modem to the Internet port on the router.
  • Page 114 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Login to the router, click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu. On the WAN page, select “Dynamic IP” for "WAN Connection Type", finish by clicking “Save”. Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter, which is connected to your cable/DSL Modem during installation.
  • Page 115 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure A-5 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry  Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page. How to enable DMZ Host: Log in to the router, click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click "DMZ"...
  • Page 116 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure A-7 Basic Security 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 117 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Note: If the above configuration takes effect, you can visit and configure the router by typing http://192.168.0.1:88 (the router’s LAN IP address: Web Management Port) in the address field of the Web browser. If the LAN IP of the modem connected with your router is 192.168.0.x, the default LAN IP of the router will automatically switch from 192.168.0.1 to...

  • Page 118: Appendix B: Configuring The Pcs

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Appendix B: Configuring the PCs 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.
  • Page 119 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router In the prompt page that showed below, double click on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Figure B-2 The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default.

  • Page 120: Appendix C: Specifications

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Appendix C: Specifications General IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g and IEEE Standards 802.11n Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP One 10/100/1000M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port, Four Ports 10/100/1000M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 ports supporting Auto...

  • Page 121: Appendix D: Glossary

    TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Appendix D: Glossary 802.11n - 802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standards by adding MIMO (multiple-input  multiple-output). MIMO uses multiple transmitter and receiver antennas to allow for increased data throughput via spatial multiplexing and increased range by exploiting the spatial diversity, perhaps through coding schemes like Alamouti coding.
  • Page 122 TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router SSID - A Service Set Identification is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key  identifying a wireless local area network. For the wireless devices in a network to communicate with each other, all devices must be configured with the same SSID. This is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card.

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