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Ac2600 wireless dual band gigabit router
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AC2600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
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1910020863 REV1.0.0

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    User Guide AC2600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router EC440-G4u 1910020863 REV1.0.0...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents About This Guide ......................1 Chapter 1. Get to Know Your Router ........2 1.
  • Page 3 9. 2. Service Filtering ............41 9.
  • Page 4 Chapter 13. Manage Your Router ........78 13.

  • 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 • Physical Appearance...

  • 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 Item Status Indication Power is on. 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. The 2.4GHz wireless band is enabled.

  • 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 and buttons. Refer to the following table for detailed instructions. Item Description For connecting to a DSL/Cable modem, or an Ethernet jack. LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, For connecting your PC or other Ethernet network devices to the router.

  • Page 10: Chapter 2. Connect The Hardware

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

  • Page 11: 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 12 Chapter 2 Connect the Hardware Power Internet 2.4G Note: If the 2.4G LED and 5G LED are off, please press the WiFi button for 2 seconds and check the LEDs again a few seconds later. 6. Connect your computer to the router. •...
  • Page 13 1 ) Tab the WPS icon on the device’s screen. Here we take an Android phone as an example. 2 ) Within two minutes, press and hold the WPS button on your router for about two seconds. WLAN TP-Link HomeNetwork TP-Link_123 TP-Link_ABC MyHome...

  • Page 14: Chapter 3. Log In To Your Router

    Chapter Log In to Your Router...
  • Page 15 Chapter 3 Log In to Your Router With a web-based utility, it is easy to configure and manage the router. The web-based utility can be used on any Windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a Web browser, such as Microsoft the Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari. Follow the steps below to log in to your router.

  • Page 16: 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 17: 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 18 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 provided by your ISP. PPPoE users usually have DSL cable modems. 5.

  • Page 19: Set Up An Ipv6 Internet Connection

    Chapter 4 Set Up Internet Connection Tips: 1. You can check your internet connection by clicking Network Map on the left of the page. 2. If you use Dynamic IP PPPoE and you are provided with any other parameters that are not required on the page, please go to Advanced >...
  • Page 20 Chapter 4 Set Up Internet Connection 5. Click Save to make the settings effective. Now IPv6 service is available for your network.

  • Page 21: Chapter 5. Multi-Ssid

    Chapter Multi-SSID Multi-SSID function allows you to provide Wi-Fi access for your visitors without disclosing your main network. When you have guests in your house, apartment, or workplace, you can create a multi-SSID network for them. In addition, you can customize the network settings to ensure network security and privacy.
  • Page 22 Chapter 5 Multi-SSID To create a multi-SSID network: 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you set for the router. 2. Go to Basic > Multi-SSID Advanced > Wireless > Multi-SSID. 3. Create the multi-SSID network as needed. 1 ) Click the 2.4GHz 5GHz...
  • Page 23 Chapter 5 Multi-SSID • USB storage sharing: Select the Allow guests to access my USB storage sharing check box if you want the guests on your multi-SSID network to access your USB device connected to the router. 4. Click Save to make the settings effective.

  • Page 24: Chapter 6. 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. The router supports USB external flash drives and hard drives. This chapter contains the following sections: •...

  • Page 25: Access The Usb Storage Device

    Chapter 6 USB Settings 6. 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: • If you use USB hubs, make sure no more than 4 devices are connected to the router. •...
  • Page 26 Chapter 6 USB Settings 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 Method 3: Install an SFTP client (File Zilla) in your computer and configure the protocol parameters (enter the LAN address of the router and account username and password admin).

  • Page 27: Access The Usb Device Remotely

    Chapter 6 USB Settings 6. 1. 2. Access the USB Device Remotely You can access your USB disk outside the local area network. For example, you can: • Share photos and other large files with your friends without logging in to (and paying for) a photo-sharing site or email system.

  • Page 28: View Usb Storage Device

    Chapter 6 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 29: Customize The Access Settings

    Chapter 6 USB Settings • Scan: Usually, router will automatically detect any newly inserted USB device. If you find that your USB device is not listed in the USB Storage Device table, you can click Scan to refresh the web page with the updated information. •...
  • Page 30 Chapter 6 USB Settings 2. Select the Volume Name Folder Path, then enter a Folder Name as you like. 3. Decide the way you share the folder: • Enable Authentication: By default, authentication is disabled for this folder sharing, and you can select this check box to enable authentication and you will be required to log in to the Sharing Account to access the USB disk.
  • Page 31 Chapter 6 USB Settings Tips: The router can share 32 folders at most. You can click on the page to detach the corresponding folder you do not want to share. To Set up Authentication for Data Security You can set up authentication for your USB device so that network clients will be required to enter the username and password when accessing the USB disk.

  • Page 32: Media Sharing

    Chapter 6 USB Settings • If you want to enable authentication for specific folders, disable Share All click to specify the folders by selecting the Enable Authentication check box. Note: Due to Windows credential mechanism, you might be unable to access the USB disk after changing Authentication settings.
  • Page 33 Chapter 6 USB Settings • Go to Computer > Network, then click the Media Server Name (model number by default) in the Media Devices section. Note: Here we take Windows 7 as an example. Windows Computer Smart • Use a third-party DLNA-supported player. Device...

  • Page 34: Chapter 7. 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 35 For example, I want to allow my children’s devices (e.g. a computer or a tablet) to access only www.tp-link.com and Wikipedia.org from 18:00 (6 PM) to 22:00 (10 PM) on the weekdays and not other time. How can I 1.
  • Page 36 Internet Access Time period. • With Whitelist selected, the controlled devices can only access websites containing the specified keywords during the Internet Access Time period. 7. Click Add a New Keyword and enter “www.tp-link.com” and “Wikipedia.org” as the keywords and click Save.
  • Page 37 Chapter 7 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 38: Chapter 8. Qos

    Chapter This chapter explains how to create the QoS (Quality of Service) rule to prioritize your online activities, which minimizes the impact caused by heavy internet traffic.
  • Page 39 Chapter 8 Prioritize Internet Traffic with QoS QoS (Quality of Service) is designed to ensure the efficient operation of the network when network congestion is encountered. I want to: Specify the upstream and the downstream bandwidths used by the devices connected to my router. How can I 1.
  • Page 40 Chapter 8 2 ) Select the data flow direction, Upstream or Downstream. 3 ) Select a Precedence for the queue if you select SP as the scheduler algorithm, or enter the Weight if you select WRR as the scheduler algorithm. •...
  • Page 41 Chapter 8 3. Set the flow classification based on the queues you set. 1 ) Go to Advanced > > Flow Classification, and click to create a new class. 2 ) Enter a description for the class in the Class Name and select the Order.
  • Page 42 Chapter 8 • Queue: Select the queue you want to apply to this class. • Enable Policer: Select this check box to specify the Committed Rate Committed Burst Size if needed. 5 ) Click to make the settings effective. 6 ) Repeat step 1)-5) to set other flow classes according to your needs.

  • Page 43: Chapter 9. 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 44: Firewall & Dos Protection

    Network Security Chapter 9 9. 1. Firewall & DoS Protection DoS Protection can protect your home network against DoS attacks from flooding your network with server requests. Follow the steps below to configure DoS Protection. 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you set for the router. 2.

  • Page 45: Service Filtering

    Network Security Chapter 9 Tips: 1. The level of protection is based on the number of traffic packets. You can specify the level under DoS Protection Level Settings. 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.

  • Page 46: Access Control

    Network Security Chapter 9 5. Select a Service Type from the drop-down list and the following four fields 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 47 Network Security Chapter 9 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 48: Ip & Mac Binding

    Network Security Chapter 9 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 OK. Done! Now you can block or allow specific client devices to access your network (via wired or wireless) by Blacklist or Whitelist.
  • Page 49 Network Security Chapter 9 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 50: Chapter 10. 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 51: Translate Address And Port By Alg

    Chapter 10 NAT Forwarding 10. 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 52: Share Local Resources Over The Internet By Virtual Server

    Chapter 10 NAT Forwarding 10. 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 53: Open Ports Dynamically By Port Triggering

    Chapter 10 NAT Forwarding 4. Click View Existing Applications, 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 to make the settings effective. Tips: 1.

  • Page 54: Make Applications Free From Port Restriction By Dmz

    Chapter 10 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 55: Make Xbox Online Games Run Smoothly By Upnp

    Chapter 10 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 56 Chapter 10 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 57: Chapter 11. 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 58: Use Openvpn To Access Your Home Network

    Chapter 11 VPN Server 11. 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 59: Use Pptp Vpn To Access Your Home Network

    Chapter 11 VPN Server 6. Select your Client Access type. Select Home Network Only if you only want the remote device to access your home network; select Internet and Home Network you also want the remote device to access internet through the VPN Server. 7.
  • Page 60 Chapter 11 VPN Server Step 1. Set Up PPTP VPN Server on Your Router 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you set for the router. 2. Go to Advanced > VPN Server > PPTP VPN, and select Enable VPN Server.
  • Page 61 Chapter 11 VPN Server 3. Select Connect to a workplace and click Next. 4. Select Use my Internet connection (VPN).
  • Page 62 Chapter 11 VPN Server 5. Enter the internet IP address of the router (for example: 218.18.1.73) in the Internet address field. Click Next. 6. Enter the User name Password you have set for the PPTP VPN server on your router, and click Connect.
  • Page 63 Chapter 11 VPN Server 7. The PPTP VPN connection is created and ready to use. Tips: You can go to Advanced > > VPN Connections to view the clients that are currently connected to the PPTP VPN servers.

  • Page 64: Chapter 12. 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: • Change LAN Settings • Configure IPv6 LAN Settings •...

  • Page 65: Change Lan Settings

    Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings 12. 1. Change LAN Settings 12. 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 66: Reserve Lan Ip Addresses

    Chapter 12 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 67: Configure Ipv6 Lan Settings

    Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings 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. Scroll down to locate the Address Reservation section and click to add an address reservation entry for your device.

  • Page 68: Configure The Dhcpv6 Server Address Type

    Chapter 12 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 check boxes to enable RDNSS ULA Prefix unless required by your ISP. Otherwise you may not be able to access the IPv6 network.

  • Page 69: Set Up A Dynamic Dns Service Account

    Chapter 12 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 70: Create Static Routes

    Chapter 12 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 71 Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings Router A Router B Company’s server WAN: 172.30.30.100 LAN: 192.168.0.1 LAN: 192.168.0.2 172.30.30.1 Switch 192.168.0.100 How can I 1. Make sure the routers use different LAN IP addresses on the do that? same subnet. Disable Router 2’s DHCP function. 2.
  • Page 72 Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings • 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. In the example, the IP address of the company network is the destination IP address, so here enters 172.30.30.1.

  • Page 73: Set Up The Ipv6 Tunnel

    Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings 12. 5. 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 74: Specify The Ipv6 Tunnel With Parameters Provided By Your Isp

    Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings Note: If you still can’t access IPv6 resources, it may means that no 6to4 public server was found in your network. You can contact your ISP to sign up for IPv6 connection service. 12. 5. 2. Specify the IPv6 Tunnel with Parameters Provided by Your ISP I want to: Specify the IPv6 tunnel with the parameters provided by my tunnel service provider.

  • Page 75: Specify Wireless Settings

    Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings 12. 6. Specify Wireless Settings 12. 6. 1. Specify 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 label of the router. You can customize the wireless settings according to your needs.

  • Page 76: View Wireless Information

    Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings Note: When 802.11n only mode is selected, only 802.11n wireless stations can connect to the router. It is strongly recommended that you select 802.11bgn mixed, and all of 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n wireless stations can connect to the router.

  • Page 77: Advanced Wireless Settings

    Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings Tips: You can also see the wireless details by clicking the router icon on Basic> Network Map. 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 78 Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings • Beacon Interval: Enter a value between 100 and 1000 in milliseconds to determine the duration between which beacon packets are broadcasted by the router to synchronize the wireless network. The default is 100 milliseconds. •...

  • Page 79: Use Wps For Wireless Connection

    Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings 12. 7. Use WPS for Wireless Connection You can use WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) to add a new wireless device to your existing network quickly and easily. 12. 7. 1. Method 1: Use the WPS button Use this method if your client device has a WPS button.

  • Page 80: Method 4: Enter The Client Device's Pin On The Router

    Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings 2. Go to Advanced > Wireless > WPS, locate the Router PIN section and select 2.4GHz 5GHz according to your needs. 3. Make sure the Enable Router’s PIN is turned on, and take a note of the current PIN of the router.

  • Page 81: Schedule Your Wireless Function

    Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings 12. 8. Schedule Your Wireless Function You can automatically turn off your wireless network 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 82: Chapter 13. Manage Your Router

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

  • Page 83: Set System Time

    Chapter 13 Manage Your Router 13. 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 84: 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 85: Back Up And Restore Configuration Settings

    Chapter 13 Manage Your Router 6. Wait a few minutes for the upgrading and rebooting. 13. 4. Back Up and Restore Configuration Settings The configuration settings are stored as a configuration file in the router. You can back up the configuration file to your computer for future use and restore the router to a previous settings from the backup file when needed.

  • Page 86: Administration Management

    Chapter 13 Manage Your Router 2. Wait a few minutes for the restoring and rebooting. Note: 1. During the resetting process, do not turn off the router. 2. We strongly recommend you back up the current configuration settings before resetting the router. 13.

  • Page 87: Remote Management

    Chapter 13 Manage Your Router Follow the steps below to allow only the specific device to manage the router via the local management over HTTPS. 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you set for the router. 2. Go to Advanced >...

  • Page 88: Icmp Ping

    Chapter 13 Manage Your Router 3. Enable Remote Management Remote Management via HTTPS to allow for HTTPS connection. Keep the Port as the default setting. 4. Set the client device allowed for remote management. Select to allow all remote devices to manage the router. If you just want to allow a specific device to manage the router, select Only the Following IP/MAC Address and enter the IP/MAC address...

  • Page 89: System Log

    Chapter 13 Manage Your Router 2. Go to Advanced > System Tools > Administration, and locate the ICMP Ping section. 3. Specify the ICMP Ping reply options. • Remote: Select it if you want the computers on a public network to ping the router’s WAN IP address.

  • Page 90: Cwmp Settings

    Chapter 13 Manage Your Router Click Log Settings to set the storage path of logs. • 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 91 Chapter 13 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 92: Snmp Settings

    Chapter 13 Manage Your Router • Get RPC Methods: Click to get the methods to support CWMP. Click Save to make the settings effective. 13. 8. SNMP Settings SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is widely used in network management for network monitoring. It allows management applications to retrieve status updates and statistics from the SNMP agent within this device.

  • Page 93: Monitor The Internet Traffic Statistics

    Chapter 13 Manage Your Router • Write Community: Displays the default write community string that protects the router from unauthorized changes. • System Name: Displays the administratively-assigned name for this managed device. • System Description: Displays the textual description of the managed device. This value should include the full name and version identification of the system’s hardware type, software operating-system, and networking software.

  • Page 94: 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 changed: 1. Connect your computer to the router using an Ethernet cable. 2.
  • Page 95 4 ) Click LAN settings and deselect the following three options and click OK. 5 ) Go to Advanced > Restore advanced settings, click to save the settings.
  • Page 96 • 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 97 • 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 98 • 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 99 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 100 2 ) Exit the wireless configuration tool (the TP-Link Utility, for example). 3 ) Select and right click on...
  • Page 101 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 102 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 103 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 104 Component Name Model I.T.E POWER SUPPLY S048CU1200330 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 105 The device is restricted in indoor environment only. 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 106 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 107: Ce Mark Warning

    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 2014/53/EU, 2009/125/EC and 2011/65/EU. The original EU declaration of conformity may be found at http://www.tp-link.com/en/ce RF Exposure Information This device meets the EU requirements (2014/53/EU Article 3.1a) on the limitation of...

  • Page 108: Radiation Exposure Statement

    2. For devices with detachable antenna(s), the maximum antenna gain permitted for devices in the band 5725-5850 MHz shall be such that the equipment still complies with the e.i.r.p. limits specified for point-to-point and non-point-to-point operation as appropriate; and The high-power radars are allocated as primary users (i.e. priority users) of the bands 5250-5350 MHz and 5650-5850 MHz and that these radars could cause interference and/or damage to LE-LAN devices.
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  • Page 110: 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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