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TP-Link EC330-G5u User Manual

Ac1900 wireless dual band gigabit router
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AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
EC330-G5u
REV1.0.0
1910020849

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    User Guide AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router EC330-G5u REV1.0.0 1910020849...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents About This Guide ......................1 Chapter 1. Get to Know Your Router ........2 1.
  • Page 3 7. 2. Configure SP/WRR Settings..........38 Chapter 8.
  • Page 4 11. 8. 2. Method 2: Use the WPS button on the web management page ..84 11. 8. 3. Method 3: Enter the router’s PIN on your client device ....85 11.

  • Page 5: About This Guide

    The Quick Installation Guide can be found where you find this guide or inside the package of the router. Specifications can be found on the product page at http://www.tp-link.com. A Technical Support Forum is provided for you to discuss our products at http://forum.tp-link.com.

  • Page 6: Chapter 1. Get To Know Your Router

    Chapter Get to Know Your Router This chapter introduces what the router can do and shows its appearance. It contains the following sections: • Product Overview • Panel Layout...

  • Page 7: Product Overview

    Wi-Fi signal to all your devices while boosting widespread coverage throughout your home, and the built-in Ethernet ports supply high-speed connection to your wired devices. Moreover, it is simple and convenient to set up and use the TP-Link router due to its intuitive web interface. 1. 2.

  • Page 8: Led Explanation

    Chapter 1 Get to Know Your Router LED Explanation Name Status Indication The system has started up successfully. The system is starting up or the router is updating the firmware. Flashing (Power) Do not disconnect or power off your router. Power is off.

  • Page 9: Back Panel

    Chapter 1 Get to Know Your Router 1. 2. 2. Back Panel The router’s back panel contains the connection ports, power button and antennas. Refer to the following for detailed instructions. Item Description Power Port For connecting the router to a power socket via the provided power adapter. Power On/Off Button Press this button to power on or off the router.

  • Page 10: Side Panel

    Chapter 1 Get to Know Your Router 1. 2. 3. Side Panel The router’s side panel has USB port and buttons. Refer to the following for detailed instructions. Item Description Wi-Fi On/Off Button Press this button to turn on or off the wireless function of your router. Press and hold this button for more than 5 seconds to reset the router to its Reset Button factory default settings.

  • Page 11: Chapter 2. Connect The Hardware

    Chapter Connect the Hardware This chapter contains the following sections: • Position Your Router • Connect Your Router...

  • Page 12: Position Your Router

    Chapter 2 Connect the Hardware 2. 1. Position Your Router • The product should not be located in a place where it will be exposed to moisture or excessive heat. • Place the router in a location where it can be connected to multiple devices as well as to a power source.
  • Page 13 Chapter 2 Connect the Hardware 5. Verify that the following LEDs are on and solid before continuing with the configuration. Power Internet 2.4G Note: If the 2.4GHz LED and 5GHz LED are off, please press and hold the Wi-Fi On/Off button on the side panel for about 2 seconds, and check the LEDs again in a few seconds later.
  • Page 14 WPS. 1 ) Tab the WPS icon on the device’s screen. Here we take an Android phone for instance. 2 ) Within two minutes, press the WPS button on your router. WLAN TP-Link Home Office TP-Link_123 Close to...

  • Page 15: Chapter 3. Log In To Your Router

    Chapter Log In to Your Router...
  • Page 16 Chapter 3 Log In to Your Router With the web management page, it is easy to configure and manage the router. The web management page can be used on any Windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari. Follow the steps below to log in to your router.

  • Page 17: Chapter 4. Set Up Internet Connection

    Chapter Set Up Internet Connection This chapter introduces how to connect your router to the internet. The router is equipped with a web-based Quick Setup wizard. It has necessary ISP information built in, automates many of the steps and verifies that those steps have been successfully completed.

  • Page 18: Use Quick Setup Wizard

    Chapter 4 Set Up Internet Connection 4. 1. Use Quick Setup Wizard The Quick Setup Wizard will guide you through the process to set up your router. Tips: If you need the IPv6 internet connection, please refer to the section of Set Up an IPv6 Internet Connection.
  • Page 19 Chapter 4 Set Up Internet Connection 2 ) If you choose Static IP, enter the information provided by your ISP in the corresponding fields. 3 ) If you choose PPPoE, enter the Username Password and choose the Secondary Connection provided by your ISP. Different parameters are needed according to the IP Address type you have chosen.

  • Page 20: Set Up An Ipv6 Internet Connection

    Chapter 4 Set Up Internet Connection 5 ) If you choose PPTP, enter the Username and Password, and choose the Address Type provided by your ISP. Different parameters are needed according to the Secondary Connection you have chosen. 5. Click Save to make the settings effective, and you can refer to Test Internet...

  • Page 21: More Operation Modes

    Chapter 4 Set Up Internet Connection Follow the steps below to set up an IPv6 connection: 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you set for the router. 2. Go to Advanced > Network > Internet. 3. Select your WAN Interface Name (Status should be Connected) and click the (Edit)

  • Page 22: Configure The Router In Access Point Mode

    Chapter 4 Set Up Internet Connection 4. 4. 1. Configure the Router in Access Point Mode In Access Point mode, the device can be connected to a wired network and transform the wired access into wireless one to extend the wireless coverage of your existing network.
  • Page 23 Chapter 4 Set Up Internet Connection 1. Place the router next to your host router and power it on. 2. Connect a computer to the router via an Ethernet cable or wirelessly by using the SSID (network name) and Wireless Password printed on the label at the bottom of the router.
  • Page 24 Chapter 4 Set Up Internet Connection 4 ) Enter the Password of the host network you selected if it has one, and click Save to make the settings effective. ¾ To specify the extended network: 1 ) Go to Settings >...
  • Page 25 Chapter 4 Set Up Internet Connection • Network Name (SSID): Enter a new SSID (up to 32 characters long) or just use the SSID of the default name copied from the host network. This field is case-sensitive. Do not select Hide SSID unless you want the client devices to join the network manually.

  • Page 26: Chapter 5. Usb Settings

    Chapter USB Settings This chapter describes how to use the USB port to share files and media from the USB storage devices over your home network locally, or remotely through the internet. You can also learn how to get wireless internet access through 3G/4G mobile network. The router supports USB external flash drives and hard drives.

  • Page 27: Access The Usb Storage Device

    Chapter 5 USB Settings 5. 1. Access the USB Storage Device Insert your USB storage device into the router’s USB port and then access files stored there locally or remotely. Tips: 1. If you use USB hubs, make sure no more than 4 devices are connected to the router. 2.

  • Page 28: Access The Usb Device Remotely

    Chapter 5 USB Settings ¾ Method 2: Open the Windows Explorer (or go to Computer) and type the server address \\tplinkwifi.net ftp://tplinkwifi.net in the address bar, then press Enter. Windows Computer 1 ) Select > Connect to Server. 2 ) Type the server address smb://tplinkwifi.net. 3 ) Click Connect.
  • Page 29 Chapter 5 USB Settings • Share photos and other large files with your friends without logging in to (and paying for) a photo-sharing site or email system. • Get a safe backup for the materials for a presentation. • Remove the files on your camera’s memory card from time to time during the journey. Note: If your ISP assigns a private WAN IP address (such as 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x), you cannot use this feature because private addresses are not routed on the Internet.

  • Page 30: View Usb Storage Device

    Chapter 5 USB Settings 1 ) Open the Windows Explorer (or go to Computer, only for Windows users) or open a web browser. 2 ) Type the server address in the address bar: Type in ftp://<WAN IP address of the router>:<port number> (such as ftp://59.40.2.243:21).

  • Page 31: Customize The Access Settings

    Chapter 5 USB Settings • Scan: Usually, the router will automatically detect any newly inserted USB device. If you find that your USB device is not displayed in the Device Settings section, you can click Scan to refresh the web page with the updated information. •...
  • Page 32 Chapter 5 USB Settings 2. Now you can access the USB disk by visiting \\MyShare (for Windows) or smb:// MyShare (for Mac). ¾ To Only Share Specific Content 1. Focus on the Folder Sharing section. Turn off Share All , then click to add a new sharing folder.
  • Page 33 Chapter 5 USB Settings Account to access the USB disk. Refer to To Set Up Authentication for Data Security to learn more. • Enable Write Access: If you select this check box, network clients can modify this folder. • Enable Media Sharing: Select this check box to enable media sharing for this folder, and you can view photos, play music and watch movies stored on the USB disk directly from DLNA-supported devices.

  • Page 34: Media Sharing

    Chapter 5 USB Settings • If the sharing password is also the same as the Windows password, authentication will not work since the Windows system will automatically use its account information for USB access. • If the sharing password is different from the Windows password, the Windows system will be unable to remember your credentials and you will always be required to enter the sharing password for USB access.

  • Page 35: 4G Settings

    Chapter 5 USB Settings 1. When your USB disk is inserted into the router, your DLNA-supported devices (such as your computer and pad) connected to the router can detect and play the media files on the USB disks. 2. Refer to the following table for detailed instructions. •...
  • Page 36 Note: The 3G/4G USB modem will not be identified if it is incompatible with the router. Find the 3G/4G Compatibility List on the web page: http://www.tp-link.com/en/comp-list.html. If your USB modem is incompatible, contact our technical support. 5. Click Save...

  • Page 37: Chapter 6. Parental Controls

    Chapter Parental Controls This function allows you to block inappropriate, explicit and malicious websites, and control access to specified websites at specified time.
  • Page 38 For example, I want to allow my children’s devices (e.g. a computer or a tablet) to access only www.tp-link.com Wikipedia.org from 18:00 (6 PM) to 22:00 (10 PM) on the weekdays and not other time. How can I 1.
  • Page 39 Effective Time period. • With Whitelist selected, the controlled devices can only access websites containing the specified keywords during the Effective Time period. 7. Click Add a New Keyword and enter “www.tp-link.com” and “Wikipedia.org” as the keywords and click Save.
  • Page 40 Chapter 6 Parental Controls 8. You can add up to 32 keywords for either Blacklist or Whitelist. Below are some sample entries for your reference. • Whitelist: Enter a web address (e.g. wikipedia.org) to allow access only to its related websites. If you wish to block all Internet browsing access, do not add any keyword to the Whitelist.

  • Page 41: Chapter 7. Qos

    Chapter QoS (Quality of Service) allows you to allocate upstream and downstream bandwidths for efficient operation of the network when network congestion is encountered. You can configure the network queues and data flow classification to assign a priority to a certain data flow, and then the network bandwidth can be distributed and utilized to ensure the performance of the data flows.

  • Page 42: Configure Basic Settings

    Chapter 7 7. 1. Configure Basic Settings You can enable the QoS function and specify the total upstream and the downstream bandwidths and enable the marking features. ¾ To enable QoS and configure the basic settings: 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you set for the router. 2.
  • Page 43 Chapter 7 ¾ To add a new queue: 1 ) Locate the Queue List section and click Add. 2 ) Specify the settings according to the explanation below. • Direction: Select the data flow direction. • Scheduler Algorithm: Displays the algorithm applied, the default setting is (strict priority).
  • Page 44 Chapter 7 ¾ To add a flow classification: 1 ) Locate the Flow Classification section, and click Add. 2 ) Type a name for the data flow in the Class Name field. Every flow class must have a unique name. 3 ) Select the Order for the data flow, each packet can match only one flow...
  • Page 45 Chapter 7 • Queue: Select the queue you want to assign to. Packets matching the classification criteria will enter this queue. • Mark Differentiated Service Code Point (DSCP): Select the DSCP mark value. It is optional. • Mark 802.1P Priority: Select the 802.1P mark value.
  • Page 46 Chapter 7 5 ) Keep Enable this entry check box selected, click Save to make the settings effective, and then the new flow classification will be added to the Business Classification table...

  • Page 47: Chapter 8. Network Security

    Chapter Network Security This chapter guides you on how to protect your home network from unauthorized users by implementing network security functions. You can block or allow specific client devices to access your wireless network using MAC Filtering, or using Access Control for wired and wireless networks, or you can prevent ARP spoofing and ARP attacks by using IP &...

  • Page 48: Firewall & Dos Protection

    Network Security Chapter 8 8. 1. Firewall & DoS Protection The SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) Firewall and DoS (Denial of Service) Protection protect the router from cyber attacks. The SPI Firewall can prevent cyber attacks and validate the traffic that is passing through the router based on the protocol.

  • Page 49: Service Filtering

    Network Security Chapter 8 2. The protection will be triggered immediately when the number of packets exceeds the preset threshold value, and the vicious host will be displayed in the Blocked DoS Host List. 8. 2. Service Filtering With Service Filtering, you can prevent certain users from accessing the specified service, and even block internet access completely.

  • Page 50: Access Control

    Network Security Chapter 8 5. Select a Service Type from the drop-down list and the following four boxes will be automatically filled in. Select Custom when your desired service type is not listed, and enter the information manually. 6. Specify the IP address(es) that this filtering rule will apply to. 7.
  • Page 51 Network Security Chapter 8 3. Select the access mode to either block (recommended) or allow the device(s) to access your network. To block specific device(s): 1 ) Select Blacklist and click Save. 2 ) Select the device(s) to be blocked in the Online Devices table (or click the under the...

  • Page 52: Ip & Mac Binding

    Network Security Chapter 8 3 ) Enter the Device Name Address. (You can copy and paste the information from Online Devices table if the device is connected to your network.) 4 ) Click Save. Done! Now you can block or allow specific client devices to access your network (via wired or wireless) by Blacklist or Whitelist.
  • Page 53 Network Security Chapter 8 3. Bind your device(s) according to your needs. To bind the connected device(s): 1 ) Select the device(s) to be bound in the List. 2 ) Click Bind to add to the Binding List. To bind the unconnected device: 1 ) Click Add.

  • Page 54: Chapter 9. Nat Forwarding

    TP-Link router includes four forwarding rules. If two or more rules are set, the priority of implementation from high to low is Virtual Servers, Port Triggering, UPnP and DMZ.

  • Page 55: Translate Address And Port By Alg

    Chapter 9 NAT Forwarding 9. 1. Translate Address and Port by ALG ALG (Application Layer Gateway) allows customized NAT (Network Address Translation) traversal filters to be plugged into the gateway to support address and port translation for certain application layer “control/data” protocols: FTP, TFTP etc. Enabling ALG is recommended.

  • Page 56: Share Local Resources Over The Internet By Virtual Server

    Chapter 9 NAT Forwarding 9. 2. Share Local Resources over the Internet by Virtual Server When you build up a server in the local network and want to share it on the internet, Virtual Server can realize the service and provide it to the internet users. At the same time virtual server can keep the local network safe as other services are still invisible from the internet.

  • Page 57: Open Ports Dynamically By Port Triggering

    Chapter 9 NAT Forwarding 4. Click Scan, and choose HTTP. The external port, internal port and protocol will be automatically filled in. Enter the PC’s IP address 192.168.0.100 in the Internal IP field. 5. Click Save to make the settings effective. Tips: 1.

  • Page 58: Make Applications Free From Port Restriction By Dmz

    Chapter 9 NAT Forwarding address of the host. When the data from the internet returns to the external ports, the router can forward them to the corresponding host. Port triggering is mainly applied to online games, VoIPs and video players. Common applications include MSN Gaming Zone, Dialpad, Quick Time 4 players, and so on.

  • Page 59: Make Xbox Online Games Run Smoothly By Upnp

    Chapter 9 NAT Forwarding all ports opened. When you are not clear about which ports to open in some special applications, like IP camera and database software, you can set the PC to be a DMZ host. Note: DMZ is most applicable when you don’t know which ports to open. When it is enabled, the DMZ host is totally exposed to the internet, which may bring some potential safety hazards.
  • Page 60 Chapter 9 NAT Forwarding connection of the network. You need to enable the UPnP if you want to use applications such as multiplayer gaming, peer-to-peer connections, real-time communication (for example, VoIP or telephone conference), or remote assistance. Tips: 1. UPnP is enabled by default in this router. 2.

  • Page 61: Chapter 10. Vpn Server

    Chapter VPN Server The VPN (Virtual Private Networking) Server allows you to access your home network in a secured way through internet when you are out of home. The router offers two ways to setup VPN connection: OpenVPN and PPTP (Point to Point Tunneling Protocol) VPN. OpenVPN is somewhat complex but with greater security and more stable.

  • Page 62: Use Openvpn To Access Your Home Network

    Chapter 10 VPN Server 10. 1. Use OpenVPN to Access Your Home Network In the OpenVPN connection, the home network can act as a server, and the remote device can access the server through the router which acts as an OpenVPN Server gateway.

  • Page 63: Use Pptp Vpn To Access Your Home Network

    Chapter 10 VPN Server 7. Click Save. 8. Click Generate to get a new certificate. Note: If you have already generated one, please skip this step, or click Generate to update the certificate. 9. Click Export to save the OpenVPN configuration file which will be used by the remote device to access your router.
  • Page 64 Chapter 10 VPN Server Note: Before you enable Server, we recommend you configure Dynamic DNS Service (recommended) or assign a static IP address for router’s WAN port and synchronize your System Time with internet. 3. In the Client IP Address filed, enter the range of IP addresses (up to 10) that can be leased to the devices by the PPTP VPN server.
  • Page 65 Chapter 10 VPN Server 3. Select Connect to a workplace and click Next. 4. Select Use my Internet connection (VPN). 5. Enter the internet IP address of the router (for example: 218.18.1.73) in the Internet address field. Click Next.
  • Page 66 Chapter 10 VPN Server 6. Enter the User name Password you have set for the PPTP VPN server on your router, and click Connect. 7. The PPTP VPN connection is created and ready to use.
  • Page 67 Chapter 10 VPN Server Tips: You can go to Advanced > > VPN Connections to view the clients that are currently connected to the PPTP VPN servers.

  • Page 68: Chapter 11. Customize Your Network Settings

    Chapter Customize Your Network Settings This chapter introduces how to change the default settings or adjust the basic configuration of the router using the web management page. It contains the following sections: • Configure LAN Settings • Configure IPv6 LAN Settings •...

  • Page 69: Configure Lan Settings

    Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings 11. 1. Configure LAN Settings 11. 1. 1. Change the LAN IP Address The router is preset with a default LAN IP 192.168.0.1, which you can use to log in to its web management page. The LAN IP address together with the Subnet Mask also defines the subnet that the connected devices are on.

  • Page 70: Reserve Lan Ip Addresses

    Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings Follow the steps below to configure DHCP server. 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you set for the router. 2. Go to Advanced > Network > LAN Settings page and select IPv4. 3.

  • Page 71: Configure Ipv6 Lan Settings

    Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings Follow the steps below to reserve an IP address for your devices. 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you set for the router. 2. Go to Advanced > Network > LAN Settings page and select IPv4.

  • Page 72: Configure The Dhcpv6 Server Address Type

    Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings 1 ) Select the RADVD as the address type to make the router assign IPv6 address prefixes to hosts. Note: Do not select the Enable RDNSS Enable ULA Prefix check boxes unless required by your ISP. Otherwise you may not be able to access the IPv6 network.

  • Page 73: Set Up A Dynamic Dns Service Account

    Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings 1 ) Select the DHCPv6 Server as the address type to make the router assign IPv6 addresses to hosts. 2 ) Specify the Starting/Ending IPv6 Address for the IPv6 suffixes. The router will generate IPv6 addresses within the specified range. 3 ) Keep Address Lease Time as the default setting.

  • Page 74: Create Interface Groups

    Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings 4. Log in with your DDNS account, select a service provider and click Go to register ... Enter the username, password and domain name of the account (such as lisa.ddns. net). 5. Click Log in and Save.

  • Page 75: Create Static Routes

    Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings 3. Click to create a new group. 4. Name the group. 5. Select LAN1 and LAN3 in Available LAN. Wireless networks Wi-Fi 2.4G Wi-Fi 5G, are viewed as the LAN interfaces respectively. 6. Select Enable Group Isolation to isolate working devices and disallow other devices from communicating with them.
  • Page 76 Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings path regardless of other considerations. Normal internet usage does not require this setting to be configured. I want to: Visit multiple networks and multiple servers at the same time. example, in a small office, my PC can surf the internet, but I also want to visit my company’s server.
  • Page 77 Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings 4. Click to add a new static routing entry. Finish the settings according to the following explanations: • Network Destination: The destination IP address that you want to assign to a static route. This IP address cannot be on the same subnet with the WAN IP or LAN IP of the router.

  • Page 78: Set Up The Ipv6 Tunnel

    Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings 11. 6. Set Up the IPv6 Tunnel The IPv6 Tunnel feature helps you obtain IPv6 resources based on an IPv4 WAN connection or vice versa. IPv6 Tunnel is a transition mechanism that enables IPv6-only hosts to reach IPv4 services or vice versa and allows isolated IPv6 hosts and networks to reach each other over IPv4-only infrastructure before IPv6 completely supplants IPv4.

  • Page 79: Specify The 6Rd Tunnel With Parameters Provided By Your Isp

    Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings 11. 6. 2. Specify the 6rd Tunnel with Parameters Provided by Your ISP I want to: Specify the 6rd tunnel with the parameters provided by my 6rd tunnel service provider. How can I How can I 1.

  • Page 80: Specify Wireless Settings

    Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings 11. 7. Specify Wireless Settings 11. 7. 1. Change Basic Wireless Settings The router’s wireless network name (SSID) and password, and security option are preset in the factory. The preset SSID and password can be found on the product label. You can customize the wireless settings according to your needs.
  • Page 81 Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings 3. Select the wireless mode or channel according to the explanation below and click Save to make the settings effective. Mode: Select the desired transmission mode. • 802.11n only: Select only if all of your wireless clients are 802.11n devices. •...

  • Page 82: View Wireless Information

    Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings 2. Select an option from the Security drop-down list. The router provides three options, No Security, WPA/WPA2 Personal (Recommended), and WPA/WPA2 Enterprise. WPA2 uses the newest standard and the security level is the highest. We recommend you don’t change the default settings unless necessary.

  • Page 83: Advanced Wireless Settings

    Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings Tips: You can also see the wireless details by clicking the router icon on Basic> Network Map. ¾ To view the detailed information of the connected wireless clients: 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you set for the router. 2.
  • Page 84 Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings • Beacon Interval: Enter a value between 25 and 1000 in milliseconds to determine the duration between which beacon packets are broadcast by the router to synchronize the wireless network. The default is 100 milliseconds. •...
  • Page 85 Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings ¾ To enable WDS bridging function: example, my house covers a large area. The wireless coverage of the router I’m using (the root router) is limited. I want to use an extended router to boost the wireless network of the root router.
  • Page 86 Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings 3 ) Click the Connect icon, and then the SSID and MAC and security will be automatically filled in, select the security options of the wireless network you selected and enter the password if it has one. 4 ) Click Save to make the settings effective.
  • Page 87 Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings ¾ To enable or disable WPS function: WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) provides you with an easier approach to set up a security- protected Wi-Fi connection. This function is enabled by default, but if you do not need this function, clear the WPS Enable check box and then click Save.

  • Page 88: Use Wps For Wireless Connection

    Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings If you want to allow the wireless devices on the guest-SSID network to communicate with the devices connected to the router’s LAN ports or main network via methods such as network neighbors, Samba, Ping, and FTP, select Allow Guests to Access My Local Network check box.

  • Page 89: Method 3: Enter The Router's Pin On Your Client Device

    Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings 11. 8. 3. Method 3: Enter the router’s PIN on your client device Use this method if your client device asks for the router’s PIN. 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you set for the router. 2.

  • Page 90: Schedule Your Wireless Function

    Chapter 11 Customize Your Network Settings 11. 9. Schedule Your Wireless Function You can automatically turn off your wireless networks (both 2.4GHz and 5GHz) when you do not need the wireless connection. 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you set for the router. 2.

  • Page 91: Chapter 12. Manage Your Router

    Chapter Manage Your Router This chapter introduces how to change the system settings and administrate your router’s network. This chapter contains the following sections: • Set System Time • Control LEDs • Test Internet Connectivity • Update the Firmware • Back Up and Restore Configuration Settings •...

  • Page 92: Set System Time

    Chapter 12 Manage Your Router 12. 1. Set System Time System time is the time displayed while the router is running. The system time you configure here will be used for other time-based functions like Parental Controls and Wireless Schedule. You can manually set how to get the system time. Follow the steps below to set your system time.

  • Page 93: Control Leds

    Chapter 12 Manage Your Router 12. 2. Control LEDs The router LEDs indicate router activities and behaviors. You can turn on or turn off the router from the management web-page. 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you set for the router. 2.
  • Page 94 Chapter 12 Manage Your Router ¾ To run ping and traceroute tools: 1 ) Locate the Ping & Tracerroute section. 2 ) Choose Ping Traceroute as the diagnostic tool to test the connectivity. • Ping is used to test the connectivity between the router and the tested host, and measure the round-trip time.

  • Page 95: Update The Firmware

    3. DO NOT turn off the router during the firmware upgrade. You can follow the steps below to manually update the firmware. 1. Download the latest firmware file for the router from our website www.tp-link.com. 2. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you set for the router.

  • Page 96: Reboot The Router

    Chapter 12 Manage Your Router ¾ To restore configuration settings: 1 ) Click Browse to locate the backup configuration file, and click Restore. 2 ) Wait a few minutes for the restoring and rebooting. ¾ To reset the router to factory default settings: 1 ) Locate the Factory Default Restore section, and click...

  • Page 97: Administration Management

    Chapter 12 Manage Your Router ¾ To schedule the router to reboot at a specific time: 1. Enable Auto Reboot. 2. Specify the Time when the router reboots and the Auto Reboot Interval to decide how often it reboots. 3. Click Save to make the settings effective.

  • Page 98: Local Management

    Chapter 12 Manage Your Router 3. Enter the old password and a new password twice (both case-sensitive). 4. Click Save to make the settings effective. 12. 7. 2. Local Management You can control the local devices’ authority to manage the router via Local Management feature.

  • Page 99: Remote Management

    Chapter 12 Manage Your Router Note: If you want all local devices can manage the router, just leave the IP/MAC Address field blank. 12. 7. 3. Remote Management By default, the remote devices are not allowed to manage the router from the internet. You can enable remote management over HTTP and/or HTTPS if needed.

  • Page 100: Http Referer Head Check

    Chapter 12 Manage Your Router Tips: 1. If you are warned about the certificate when visiting the web management page remotely, click Trust (or a similar option) to continue. To avoid this warning, you can download and install the certificate on the router’s web management page at Advanced >...

  • Page 101: System Log

    Chapter 12 Manage Your Router • Remote: Select it if you want the computers on a public network to ping the router’s WAN IP address. • Local: Enabled by default, if enabled, the computers on a private network can ping the router’s LAN IP address. 4.

  • Page 102: Cwmp Settings

    Chapter 12 Manage Your Router • Save Locally: Select this option to cache the system log to the router’s local memory, select the minimum level of system log to be saved from the drop-down list. The logs will be shown in the table in descending order on the System Log page. •...
  • Page 103 Chapter 12 Manage Your Router • CWMP: Enable or disable the CWMP (CPE WAN Management Protocol) function. • Inform: Enable or disable the function of sending an inform message to the ACS (Auto Configuration Server) periodically. • Inform Interval: Set the time interval in seconds when the Inform message will be sent to the ACS.

  • Page 104: Snmp Settings

    Chapter 12 Manage Your Router STUN Server Address - Enter the STUN server address. STUN Server Port - Enter the STUN server port. • Username/Password: Enter the username/password for the ACS server to log in to the router. • Path: Enter the path for the ACS server to log in to the router.

  • Page 105: Monitor The Internet Traffic Statistics

    Chapter 12 Manage Your Router • SNMP Agent/SNMP Agent for WAN: Turn on to enable the built-in SNMP agent that allows the router to operate as the operational role in receiving and processing of SNMP messages, sending responses to the SNMP manager, and triggering SNMP traps when an event occurs.
  • Page 106 Chapter 12 Manage Your Router 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you set for the router. 2. Go to Advanced > System Tools > Statistics. 3. Turn on Enable Traffic Statistics to enable traffic statistics function, and then you can view the total number of packets and bytes received and transmitted by the router within the selected Statistics...

  • Page 107: Faq

    Q1. What should I do if I forget my wireless password? The default wireless password is printed on the label of the router. If the password has been altered: 1. Connect your computer to the router using an Ethernet cable. 2.
  • Page 108 4 ) Click LAN settings and clear the following three options and click OK. 5 ) Go to Advanced > Restore advanced settings, click to save the settings.
  • Page 109 • Use another web browser or computer to log in again. • Reset the router to factory default settings and try again. If login still fails, please contact the technical support. Note: You’ll need to reconfigure the router to surf the internet once the router is reset. Q4.
  • Page 110 • Your computer might not recognize any DNS server addresses. Please manually configure the DNS server. 1 ) Go to Advanced > Network > Settings. 2 ) Enter 8.8.8.8 as Primary DNS, click Save. Tips: 8.8.8.8 is a safe and public DNS server operated by Google. •...
  • Page 111 • Check the TCP/IP settings on the particular device if all other devices can get internet from the router. As the following image shows, if the IP Address is 0.0.0.0, please try the methods below and try again: • Make sure the physical connection between the router and the modem is proper. •...
  • Page 112 Note: Most TP-Link routers use 192.168.0.1/192.168.1.1 as their default LAN IP address, which may conflict with the IP range of your existing ADSL modem/router. If so, the router is not able to communicate with your modem and you can’t access the internet. To resolve this problem, we need to change the LAN IP address of the router to avoid such conflict, for example, 192.168.2.1.
  • Page 113 2 ) Exit the wireless configuration tool (the TP-Link Utility, for example). 3 ) Select and right click on...
  • Page 114 6 ) Change Startup type to Automatic, click on Start button and make sure the Service status is Started. And then click OK. If you can find other wireless network except your own, please follow the steps below: • Check the WLAN LED indicator on your wireless router/modem. •...
  • Page 115 2 ) If you cannot find the PIN or PIN failed, you may choose Connecting using a security key instead, and then type in the Wireless Password/Network Security Key. 3 ) If it continues to show note of Network Security Key Mismatch, it is suggested to confirm the wireless password of your wireless router.
  • Page 116 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 117 Component Name Model I.T.E POWER SUPPLY EUSA+24120-2000 Responsible party: TP-Link USA Corporation, d/b/a TP-Link North America, Inc. Address: 145 South State College Blvd. Suite 400, Brea, CA 92821 Website: http://www.tp-link.com/us/ Tel: +1 626 333 0234 Fax: +1 909 527 6803 E-mail: sales.usa@tp-link.com...
  • Page 118 20 cm from all persons and must not be co- located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.” We, TP-Link USA Corporation, has determined that the equipment shown as above has been shown to comply with the applicable technical standards, FCC part 15. There is no unauthorized change is made in the equipment and the equipment is properly maintained and operated.
  • Page 119 Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. We, TP-Link USA Corporation, has determined that the equipment shown as above has been shown to comply with the applicable technical standards, FCC part 15. There is no unauthorized change is made in the equipment and the equipment is properly maintained and operated.

  • Page 120: Eu Declaration Of Conformity

    5150 MHz - 5250 MHz (23dBm) EU declaration of conformity TP-Link hereby declares that the device is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of directives 2014/30/EU, 2014/35/EU, 2009/125/EC and 2011/65/EU. The original EU declaration of conformity may be found at https://www.

  • Page 121: Radiation Exposure Statement

    1. L’appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage; 2. L’appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radioélectrique subi, même si le brouillage est susceptible d’en compromettre le fonctionnement. Caution: The device for operation in the band 5150–5250 MHz is only for indoor use to reduce the potential for harmful interference to co-channel mobile satellite systems.
  • Page 122 BSMI Notice 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。 限用物質含有情況標示聲明書 限用物質及其化學符號 產品元件名稱 鉛 鎘 汞 六價鉻 多溴聯苯 多溴二苯醚 CrVI PBDE ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 外殼 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○...

  • Page 123: Safety Information

    Safety Information • Keep the device away from water, fire, humidity or hot environments. • Do not attempt to disassemble, repair, or modify the device. • Do not use damaged charger or USB cable to charge the device. • Do not use any other chargers than those recommended. •...

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