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  • Page 1 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router REV2.0.0 1910011123...
  • 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: 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. National Restrictions This device is intended for home and office use in all EU countries (and other countries following the EU directive 1999/5/EC) without any limitation except for the countries mentioned below: Country Restriction...
  • Page 5 General authorization required for network and service Luxembourg None supply (not for spectrum) Russian Federation No info 5250-5350 MHz Country Restriction Reason/remark Planned Bulgaria implemented Croatia License required General authorization required if used outside own Italy premises General authorization required for network and service Luxembourg None supply (not for spectrum)

  • Page 6: Canadian Compliance Statement

    Canadian Compliance Statement This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause interference, and (2)This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

  • Page 7: Safety Information

    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 документів та вимогам, що передбачені чинними законодавчими актами України. Safety Information When product has power button, the power button is one of the way to shut off the product; ...

  • Page 8: Declaration Of Conformity

    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Model No.: Archer C7 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 9: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Package Contents ..................... 1 Chapter 1. Introduction ..................2 1.1 Overview of the router ....................2 1.2 Conventions ........................3 1.3 Main Features ....................... 3 1.4 Panel Layout ......................... 4 1.4.1 The Front Panel ....................4 1.4.2 The Rear Panel ....................5 Chapter 2.
  • Page 10 4.7.1 Wireless Settings .................... 46 4.7.2 WPS ........................ 48 4.7.3 Wireless Security .................... 51 4.7.4 Wireless MAC Filtering ................... 54 4.7.5 Wireless Advanced ..................56 4.7.6 Wireless Statistics ................... 57 4.8 Guest Network ......................58 4.8.1 Wireless Settings .................... 58 4.9 DHCP ..........................
  • Page 11 4.17 Bandwidth Control ...................... 95 4.17.1 Control Settings ....................95 4.17.2 Rules List ......................95 4.18 IP & MAC Binding ....................... 96 4.18.1 Binding Settings ....................97 4.18.2 ARP List ......................98 4.19 Dynamic DNS ......................99 4.19.1 Comexe.cn DDNS................... 99 4.19.2 Dyndns.org DDNS ..................

  • Page 12: Package Contents

    AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  DC Power Adapter for Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Ethernet Cable  Quick Installation Guide ...

  • Page 13: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Flexible Access Control The Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band 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 14: Conventions

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Conventions The router or Archer C7 mentioned in this guide stands for Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router without any explanation. Main Features Complies with IEEE 802.11ac.  One 10/100/1000M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 Internet port, four 10/100/1000M Auto-Negotiation ...

  • Page 15: Panel Layout

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Panel Layout 1.4.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 LEDs on the front panel The router’s LEDs are located on the front panel (View from left to right). Name Status Indication Power is off. (Power) Power is on.

  • Page 16: The Rear Panel

    The following parts are located on the rear panel (View from left to right). Power: The Power socket is where you will connect the power adapter. Please use the  power adapter provided with this Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router. On/Off: The switch for the power. ...
  • Page 17 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Pressing this button for more than 5 seconds enables the Reset function. With the router powered on, press and hold the WPS/Reset button (approximately 8 seconds) until the SYS LED becomes quick-flash from slow-flash. And then release the button and wait the router to reboot to its factory default settings.

  • Page 18: Chapter 2. Connecting The Router

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Chapter 2. Connecting the router 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 19 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Make sure the Wireless On/Off switch is ON. Then plug the provided power adapter into the Power jack and the other end to a standard electrical wall socket. Press the On/Off button to power on the Router.

  • Page 20: Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions of your AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router using Quick Setup Wizard within minutes. TCP/IP Configuration The default IP address of the router is 192.168.0.1 and the default Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0.
  • Page 21 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router If the result displayed is similar to 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 22: Quick Installation Guide

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Quick Installation Guide With a Web-based utility, it is easy to configure and manage the AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router. The Web-based utility can be used on any Windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari.
  • Page 23 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 3-5 Quick Setup Click Next, and then WAN Connection Type page will appear, shown in Figure 3-6. Figure 3-6 WAN Connection Type The router provides Auto-Detect function and supports five popular ways PPPoE, Dynamic IP, Static IP, L2TP and PPTP to connect to the Internet.
  • Page 24 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 3-7 Quick Setup – MAC Clone 2) If the connection type detected is Static IP, the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-8. Configure the following parameters and then click Next to continue. Figure 3-8 Quick Setup - Static IP IP Address - This is the WAN IP address as seen by external users on the Internet ...
  • Page 25 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 3-9 Quick Setup – PPPoE/Russia PPPoE 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.
  • Page 26 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 3-10 Quick Setup – PPTP/Russia PPTP 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.
  • Page 27 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 3-11 Quick Setup – L2TP/Russia L2TP 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.
  • Page 28 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 3-12 Quick Setup – Dual Band Selection 2.4GHz - You can use the 2.4GHz band to connect to many classic wireless devices like  gaming consoles, laptops, DVRs, ect. 5GHz - This band is less crowded and is used for time-sensitive music, video streaming ...
  • Page 29 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Wireless Network Name - Enter a string of up to 32 characters. The same Name  (SSID) must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network. The default SSID is set to be TP-LINK_xxxx(xxxx indicates the last unique four characters of each Router's MAC address), which can ensure your wireless network security.
  • Page 30 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Channel Width - Select any channel width from the drop-down list. The default setting  is “Auto”, which can adjust the channel width for your clients automatically. Channel - This field determines which operating frequency will be used. It is not ...
  • Page 31 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Note: Limited by local law regulations, version for North America does not have region selection option. Wireless Security  Disable Security - The wireless security function can be enabled or disabled. If ...

  • Page 32: Chapter 4. Configuring The Router

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Chapter 4. Configuring the router This chapter will show each Web page's key functions and the configuration way. Login Figure 4-1 Login Windows Enter admin for the User Name and Password, both in lower case letters. Then click the Login button or press the Enter key.

  • Page 33: Status

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Status The Status page provides the current status information about the router. All information is read-only. Figure 4-2 Status - 22 -...

  • Page 34: Quick Setup

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Quick Setup Please refer to 3.2 Quick Installation Guide. Network Figure 4-3 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 4-3): WAN, LAN and MAC Clone, and IPTV. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.4.1 Choose menu “Network →...
  • Page 35 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band 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. MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks ...
  • Page 36 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Default Gateway - (Optional) Enter the gateway IP address in dotted-decimal notation  provided by your ISP. MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks  is 1500 Bytes.
  • Page 37 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Static IP - You can check this radio button to use Static IP as the secondary connection  to connect to the local area network provided by ISP. Connect on Demand - In this mode, the Internet connection can be terminated automatically ...
  • Page 38 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 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. Service Name/AC Name - The service name and AC (Access Concentrator) name should ...
  • Page 39 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 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 VIC / TAS / WA / SA / NT - vic.bigpond.net.au QLD - qld.bigpond.net.au MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks...
  • Page 40 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-9 WAN - L2TP/Russia L2TP 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. Click the Connect ...
  • Page 41 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Connect Manually - You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually.  After a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time), the router will disconnect from your Internet connection, and you will not be able to re-establish your connection automatically as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again.
  • Page 42 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 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 43: Lan

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router The router cannot detect PPTP/L2TP/Big Pond connections with your ISP. If your ISP uses one of these protocols, then you must configure your connection manually. 4.4.2 Choose menu “Network → LAN”, you can configure the IP parameters of the LAN on the screen as below.

  • Page 44: Iptv

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band 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 45: Dual Band Selection

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Dual Band Selection Choose menu “Dual Band Selection”, and you can choose the working frequency for your router. It is recommended that your computers and devices running video and voice applications use the 5GHz band, while your guest access and computers that are only browsing the web use the 2.4GHz band.

  • Page 46: Wireless Settings

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.6.1 Wireless Settings Choose menu “Wireless 2.4GHz → Wireless Settings”, you can configure the basic settings for the wireless network of 2.4GHz on this page. Figure 4-16 Wireless Settings – 2.4GHz Wireless Network Name - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same Name (SSID) ...
  • Page 47 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Channel Width - Select the channel width from the drop-down list The default setting is  automatic, which can adjust the channel width for your clients automatically.  Note: If 11bg mixed is selected in the Mode field, the Channel Width selecting field will turn grey and the value will become 20M, which is unable to be changed.

  • Page 48: Wps

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Password - If the AP your router is going to connect needs password, you need to fill  the password in this blank. 4.6.2 Choose menu “Wireless 2.4GHz →WPS”, you can the screen as shown in Figure 4-18. This section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly by WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) function.
  • Page 49 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Step 1: Press the WPS/Reset button on the back panel of the router, as shown in Figure 4-19. You can also keep the default WPS status as Enabled and click the Add device button in Figure 4-18.

  • Page 50: Wireless Security

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Step 3: “Connect successfully” will appear on the screen of Figure 4-21, which means the client device has successfully connected to the router. III. Enter the router’s PIN on your client device Use this method if your client device asks for the router’s PIN number.
  • Page 51 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Disable Security - If you do not want to use wireless security, check this radio button. But it’s  strongly recommended to choose one of the following modes to enable security. WPA/WPA2-Personal - It’s the WPA/WPA2 authentication type based on pre-shared ...
  • Page 52 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-24 WPA/WPA2 - Enterprise Radius Server IP - Enter the IP address of the Radius server. • Radius Port - Enter the port number of the Radius server. • Radius Password - Enter the password for the Radius server. •...

  • Page 53: Wireless Mac Filtering

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 64-bit - You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not promoted) or 5 ASCII characters. 128-bit - You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not promoted) or 13 ASCII characters.
  • Page 54 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-27 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. The format of the MAC Address XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX hexadecimal...

  • Page 55: Wireless Advanced

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 3. Delete all or disable all entries if there are any entries already. 4. Click the Add New... button. Enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B/00-0A-EB-00-07-5F in the MAC Address field. Enter wireless station A/B in the Description field. Select Enabled in the Status drop-down list.

  • Page 56: Wireless Statistics

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router RTS Threshold - Here you can specify the RTS (Request to Send) Threshold. If the packet  is larger than the specified RTS Threshold size, the router will send RTS frames to a particular receiving station and negotiate the sending of a data frame.

  • Page 57: Wireless 5Ghz

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Current Status - The connected wireless station's running status, one of STA-AUTH/  STA-ASSOC/ STA-JOINED/ WPA/ WPA-PSK/ WPA2/ WPA2-PSK/ AP-UP/ AP-DOWN/ Disconnected Received Packets - Packets received by the station  Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station ...
  • Page 58 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-31 Wireless Settings – 5GHz Wireless Network Name - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same Name (SSID)  must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network. Region - Select your region from the drop-down list.

  • Page 59: Wps

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Channel - This field determines which operating frequency will be used. The default channel  is set to Auto, so the router will choose the best channel automatically. It is not necessary to change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby access point.
  • Page 60 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-33 WPS WPS Status - Enable or disable the WPS function here.  Current PIN - The current value of the router's PIN is displayed here. The default PIN of the ...
  • Page 61 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-35 Add A New Device Step 2: Press and hold the WPS button of the client device directly. Step 3: The Wi-Fi Protected Setup LED flashes for two minutes during the Wi-Fi Protected Setup process.

  • Page 62: Wireless Security

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band 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. Please make sure the Wireless Function is enabled before configuring the WPS.
  • Page 63 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band 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 64 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-39 WPA/WPA2 - Enterprise Radius Server IP - Enter the IP address of the Radius server. • Radius Port - Enter the port number of the Radius server. • Radius Password - Enter the password for the Radius server. •...

  • Page 65: Wireless Mac Filtering

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 64-bit - You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not promoted) or 5 ASCII characters. 128-bit - You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not promoted) or 13 ASCII characters.
  • Page 66 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-42 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. The format of the MAC Address XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX hexadecimal...

  • Page 67: Wireless Advanced

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4. Click the Add New... button. 5. Enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B/00-0A-EB-00-07-5F in the MAC Address field. 6. Enter wireless station A/B in the Description field. 7. Select Enabled in the Status drop-down list. 8.

  • Page 68: Wireless Statistics

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router RTS Threshold - Here you can specify the RTS (Request to Send) Threshold. If the packet  is larger than the specified RTS Threshold size, the router will send RTS frames to a particular receiving station and negotiate the sending of a data frame.

  • Page 69: Guest Network

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Current Status - The connected wireless station's running status, one of STA-AUTH/  STA-ASSOC/ STA-JOINED/ WPA/ WPA-PSK/ WPA2/ WPA2-PSK/ AP-UP/ AP-DOWN/ Disconnected Received Packets - Packets received by the station  Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station ...
  • Page 70 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-46 Guest Network Wireless Settings Allow Guest To Access My Local Network - If enabled, guests can communicate with  hosts. Enable Guest Network Bandwidth Control - If enabled, the Guest Network Bandwidth ...

  • Page 71: Dhcp

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router DHCP Figure 4-47 The DHCP menu There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 4-47): DHCP Settings, DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding functions.

  • Page 72: Dhcp Clients List

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Address Lease Time - The Address Lease Time is the amount of time a network user will  be allowed connection to the router with their current dynamic IP Address. Enter the amount of time in minutes and the user will be "leased"...

  • Page 73: Address Reservation

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.9.3 Address Reservation Choose menu “DHCP → Address Reservation”, you can view and add a reserved address for clients via the next screen (shown in Figure 4-50). When you specify a reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always receive the same IP address each time when it accesses the DHCP server.

  • Page 74: Usb Settings

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. Click the Next button to go to the next page and Click the Previous button to return the previous page. 4.10 USB Settings Figure 4-52 The USB Settings menu There are five submenus under the USB Settings menu (shown in Figure 4-52):Disk Settings, Folder Sharing, and Print Server.

  • Page 75: Folder Sharing

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Check the Active box to enable file sharing. Uncheck the Active box to disable file sharing. 4.10.2 Folder Sharing Choose menu “USB Settings→Folder Sharing”, you can create an FTP server that can be accessed from the Internet or your local network.
  • Page 76 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Sharing Settings   Network/Media Server Name - Name of the USB drive connected to the router. Please note that the network connection is enabled by default. Enable - The Access Method is active if the Enable box is selected. ...

  • Page 77: Print Server

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-55 Add or Modify Share Folder Allow Guest Network Access - Select the check box to allow the Guest Network to  have access to the shared folder. Enable Authentication - Select the check box to require users to log in with a ...

  • Page 78: Nat

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router There are two states of the print server, as follows. Online - Indicates the print service has been turned on, and no user is using the print service  at present. You can click the "Stop" button to stop the print service. Offline - Indicates the print service feature is disabled.

  • Page 79: Virtual Servers

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.12.1 Virtual Servers Choose menu “Forwarding→Virtual Servers”, and then you can view and add virtual servers in the next screen (shown in ). Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services Figure 4-59 on your LAN.

  • Page 80: Port Triggering

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Select the protocol used for this application in the Protocol drop-down list, either TCP, UDP, or All. Select the Enabled option in the Status drop-down list. Click the Save button. Figure 4-60 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry ...
  • Page 81 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-61 Port Triggering To add a new rule, follow the steps below. Click the Add New… button, the next screen will pop-up as shown in Figure 4-62. Select a common application from the Common Applications drop-down list, then the Trigger Port field and the Incoming Ports field will be automatically filled.
  • Page 82 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Incoming Port - The port or port range used by the remote system when it responds to the  outgoing request. A response using one of these ports will be forwarded to the PC which triggered this rule.

  • Page 83: Dmz

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.12.3 Choose menu “Forwarding→DMZ”, and then you can view and configure DMZ host in the screen (shown in Figure 4-63).The DMZ host feature allows one local host to be exposed to the Internet for a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing.

  • Page 84: Security

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 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 85 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-66 Basic Security Firewall - A firewall protects your network from the outside world. Here you can enable or  disable the router’s firewall. SPI Firewall - SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection, also known as dynamic packet filtering) ...

  • Page 86: Advanced Security

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band 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" protocols such as FTP, TFTP, H323 etc.

  • Page 87: Local Management

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Packets Statistics Interval (5~60) - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and  60 seconds from the drop-down list. The Packets Statistics Interval value indicates the time section of the packets statistics. The result of the statistics is used for analysis by SYN Flood, UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood.

  • Page 88: Remote Management

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Choose menu “Security → Local Management”, and then you can configure the management rule in the screen as shown in Figure 4-68. The management feature allows you to deny computers in LAN from accessing the router. Figure 4-68 Local Management By default, the radio button “All the PCs on the LAN are allowed to access the router's Web-Based Utility”...

  • Page 89: Parental Control

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-69 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 90 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-70 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 4-71. Figure 4-71 Add or Modify Parental Control Entry MAC Address of Child PC - Enter the MAC address of the PC you want to control, or •...
  • Page 91 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Website Description - In this field, create a description for the website(s). Note that • this description should be unique. Allowed Domain Name - In this field, you can enter 8 domain names allowed for the •...

  • Page 92: Access Control

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band 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. Click “Parental Control”...

  • Page 93: Rule

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.15.1 Rule Choose menu “Access Control → Rule”, and then you can view and set Access Control rules in the screen as shown in Figure 4-74. Figure 4-74 Access Control Rule Management ...
  • Page 94 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Move - You can change the entry’s order as desired. Enter in the first box the ID number of the entry you want to move and in the second box another ID number, and then click the Move button to change the entries’...
  • Page 95 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-76 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.
  • Page 96 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-77 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 97 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Target - In this filed, select a target from the drop-down list for the rule. The default value  is the Target Description you set just now. Schedule - In this field, select a schedule from the drop-down list for the rule. The ...

  • Page 98: Host

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Click the submenu Host of Access Control in the left to enter the Host List page. Add a new entry with the Host Description is Host_1 and MAC Address is 00-11-22-33-44-AA. Click the submenu Target of Access Control in the left to enter the Target List page. Add a new entry with the Target Description is Target_1 and Domain Name is www.google.com.
  • Page 99 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Click the Add New… button. In the Mode field, select IP Address or MAC Address. If you select IP Address, the screen shown is Figure 4-81. In Host Description field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). ...

  • Page 100: Target

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Click Save to complete the settings. Then you will go back to the Host Settings page and see the following list. 4.15.3 Target Choose menu “Access Control → Target”, and then you can view and set a Target list in the screen as shown in Figure 4-83.
  • Page 101 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-84 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 102: Schedule

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 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 only, you should first follow the settings below: Click Add New… button in Figure 4-83 to enter the Add or Modify an Access Target Entry page.
  • Page 103 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band 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. 5.

  • Page 104: Advanced Routing

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.16 Advanced Routing Figure 4-88 Advanced Routing There are two submenus under the Advanced Routing menu as shown in Figure 4-88: Static Routing List and System Routing Table. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

  • Page 105: System Routing Table

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band 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 106: Bandwidth Control

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.17 Bandwidth Control Figure 4-92 Bandwidth Control There are two submenus under the Bandwidth Control menu as shown in Figure 4-92: Control Settings and Rules List. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

  • Page 107: Ip & Mac Binding

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-94 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 ...

  • Page 108: Binding Settings

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router There are two submenus under the IP &MAC Binding menu (shown in Figure 4-96): Binding Settings and ARP List. Click any of them, and you will be able to scan or configure the corresponding function.

  • Page 109: Arp List

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Select the Bind checkbox. Click the Save button to save it. Figure 4-99 To modify or delete an existing entry, follow the steps below. Find the desired entry in the table. Click Modify or Delete as desired on the Modify column. To find an existing entry, follow the steps below.

  • Page 110: Dynamic Dns

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-101 ARP List MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN.  IP Address - The assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN. ...

  • Page 111: Dyndns.org Ddns

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-102 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Enter the Domain Name your dynamic DNS service provider gave. Enter the User Name for your DDNS account. Enter the Password for your DDNS account. Click the Login button to login the DDNS service.

  • Page 112: No-Ip.com Ddns

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-103 Dyndns.org 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. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS service.

  • Page 113: Ipv6 Support

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-104 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. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS service.

  • Page 114: Ipv6 Status

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.20.1 IPv6 Status Figure 4-106 IPv6 Status The IPv6 Status page displays the router's current IPv6 status and configuration. All information is read-only.  Connection Type - The IPv6 connection way for WAN •...

  • Page 115: Ipv6 Setup

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.20.2 IPv6 Setup Figure 4-107 Enable/Disable IPv6 Enable IPv6 - Tick the checkbox to enable the IPv6 function. It’s enabled by default.  WAN Connection Type - Choose the correct WAN connection type based on your ISP ...
  • Page 116 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router DHCPv6 Figure 4-108 DHCPv6 Get non-temporary IPv6 address - Get a non-temporary IPv6 address from the ISP.  Get IPv6 prefix delegation - Get a temporary IPv6 address and IPv6 prefix from the ISP, the ...
  • Page 117 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Get IPv6 with Unicast DHCP - A few ISPs' DHCP servers do not support the broadcast  applications. If you can't get the IPv6 Address normally, you can choose Unicast. (You generally need not to check this option). IPv6 Address Assign Type - There are two types of assignation for IPv6 address: SLAAC ...
  • Page 118 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Primary DNS - Enter the DNS IPv6 address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.  Secondary DNS - Enter another DNS IPv6 address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP. ...
  • Page 119 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Get IPv6 prefix delegation - Get a prefix delegation IPv6 address by DHCPv6 from the • ISP, and the clients in LAN create IPv6 address with the delegation. Use IP address specified by ISP - Input a static IPv6 address from the ISP •...

  • Page 120: System Tools

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router If your ISP gives you one or two DNS IPv6 addresses, select Use the following IPv6 DNS Servers and enter the Primary IPv6 DNS and Secondary IPv6 DNS into the correct fields. Otherwise, the DNS servers will be assigned from ISP dynamically.

  • Page 121: Time Settings

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.21.1 Time Settings Choose menu “System Tools→Time Settings”, and then you can configure the time on the following screen. Figure 4-113 Time settings Time Zone - Select your local time zone from this pull down list. ...

  • Page 122: Diagnostic

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Enter the Time in Hour/Minute/Second format. Click Save. To set time automatically: Select your local time zone. Enter the address or domain of the NTP Server I or NTP Server II. Click the Get GMT button to get system time from Internet if you have connected to the Internet.
  • Page 123 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-115 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. Traceroute - This diagnostic tool tests the performance of a connection.

  • Page 124: Firmware Upgrade

    To upgrade the router's firmware, follow these instructions below: Download a most recent firmware upgrade file from our website (www.tp-link.com). Enter or select the path name where you save the downloaded file on the computer into the File blank.

  • Page 125: Factory Defaults

     Note: New firmware versions are posted at 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 126: Backup & Restore

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.21.5 Backup & Restore Choose menu “System Tools → Backup & Restore”, and then you can save the current configuration of the router as a backup file and restore the configuration via a backup file as shown in Figure 4-119.

  • Page 127: Password

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Change the Web Management Port. • Upgrade the firmware of the router (system will reboot automatically). • Restore the router's settings to factory defaults (system will reboot automatically). • Update the configuration with the file (system will reboot automatically. •...
  • Page 128 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-122 System Log Auto Mail Feature - Indicates whether auto mail feature is enabled or not.  Mail Settings - Set the receiving and sending mailbox address, server address, validation  information as well as the timetable for Auto Mail Feature, as shown in Figure 4-123.

  • Page 129: Statistics

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Note: Only when you select Authentication, do you have to enter the User Name and Password in the following fields. User Name - Your mail account name filled in the From field. The part behind @ is •...
  • Page 130 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-124 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 131: Logout

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router The number of UDP packets transmitted to the WAN per second UDP Tx at the specified Packets Statistics interval. It is shown like “current transmitting rate / Max transmitting rate”. The number of TCP SYN packets transmitted to the WAN per second at the specified Packets Statistics interval.

  • Page 132: Appendix A: Faq

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band 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. The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of the ADSL Modem.
  • Page 133 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router How do I configure the router to access Internet by Ethernet users? 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”.
  • Page 134 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band 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 135 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band 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 136 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Log in to the router, click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click the "Virtual Servers" submenu. On the "Virtual Servers" page, click Add New…, then on the “Add or Modify a Virtual Server” page, enter “80” into the blank next to the “Service Port”, and your IP address next to the “IP Address”, assuming 192.168.0.188 for an example, remember to select the status to be Enabled and Save.

  • Page 137: Appendix B: Configuring The Pcs

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band 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. Install TCP/IP component On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
  • Page 138 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default. Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server automatically, as shown in the Figure below: Figure B-3 - 127 -...

  • Page 139: Appendix C: Specifications

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Appendix C: Specifications General IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE Standards 802.11a, IEEE 802.11e, IEEE 802.11i, IEEE 802.1X, IEEE 802.3X, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP 1 10/100/1000M Auto-Negotiation Internet RJ45 port;...

  • Page 140: Appendix D: Glossary

    Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Appendix D: Glossary 802.11ac - IEEE 802.11ac is a wireless computer networking standard of 802.11.This  specification will enable multi-station WLAN throughput of at least 1 gigabit per second .This is accomplished by extending the air interface concepts embraced by 802.11n: wider RF bandwidth, more MIMO spatial streams, multi-user MIMO, and high-density modulation (up to 256 QAM).
  • Page 141 Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) - The size in bytes of the largest packet that can be  transmitted. NAT (Network Address Translation) - NAT technology translates IP addresses of a local area ...

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