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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
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1910020849

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  • Page 1 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 About Your Router ......2 1.
  • Page 3 Chapter 9. Network Security ........38 9.
  • Page 4 13. 1. Set System Time ............77 13.
  • Page 5 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: About This Guide

    Chapter Get to Know About 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: Chapter 1 Get To Know About Your Router

    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 and the powerful Tether app.
  • Page 8 Chapter 1 Get to Know About Your Router LED Explanation Name Status Indication The system has started up successfully. The system is starting up or the firmware is being upgraded. Flashing (Power) Do not disconnect or power off your router. Power is off.

  • Page 9: The Side Panel

    Chapter 1 Get to Know About Your Router 1. 2. 2. The Side Panel The following parts (view from left to right) are located on the side panel. Item Description Press and hold the WiFi button for about 2 seconds to turn on or off the Wi-Fi On/Off Button wireless function of your router.

  • Page 10: The Back Panel

    Chapter 1 Get to Know About Your Router 1. 2. 3. The Back Panel The following parts (view from left to right) are located on the back panel. 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 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 4. Turn on the modem, and then wait about 2 minutes for it to restart. 5. Connect the power adapter to the router and turn on the router. 6. Verify that the following LEDs are on and solid to confirm the harware is connected correctly.
  • 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 Reset/WPS button on your router. WLAN TP-Link David close to Hotdog Ts_5G...

  • 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 provided by your ISP. PPPoE users usually have DSL cable modems. 4 ) If you choose L2TP, enter the Username Password...
  • Page 20 Chapter 4 Set Up Internet Connection 5 ) If you choose PPTP, enter the Username and Password, and choose the Secondary Connection provided by your ISP. Different parameters are needed according to the Secondary Connection you have chosen. 5. Click Save. 6.

  • Page 21: Set Up An Ipv6 Internet Connection

    Chapter 4 Set Up Internet Connection Tips: • If your internet connection type is BigPond Cable, please go to Advanced > Network > Internet to set your router. • 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 22 Chapter 4 Set Up Internet Connection • Addressing Type: Consult your ISP for the addressing type (DHCPv6 or SLAAC). SLAAC is the most commonly used addressing type. • IPv6 Gateway: Keep the default setting as Current Connection. Note: If your ISP has provided the IPv6 address, click Advanced to reveal more settings.

  • Page 23: Chapter 5. Set Up The Router As An Access Point

    Chapter Set Up the Router as an Access Point In the Access Point mode, your router connects to a wired or wireless router via an Ethernet cable and extends the wireless coverage of your existing network.
  • Page 24 Chapter 5 Set Up the Router as an Access Point The router can work as an access point, transforming your existing wired network to a wireless one. 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you set for the router. 2.
  • Page 25 Chapter 5 Set Up the Router as an Access Point Tips: • Functions, such as Parental Controls, Qos and NAT Forwarding, are not supported in the Access Point mode. • Functions, such as USB Sharing, are the same as those in the Router mode.

  • Page 26: 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. You can also learn how to get wireless internet access through 3G/4G mobile network. The router supports USB external flash drives, hard drives.

  • Page 27: 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 28 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).

  • Page 29: 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 30: Customize The Access Settings

    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 31 Chapter 6 USB Settings 2. Now you can access the USB disk by visiting \\MyShare (for Windows) or smb:// MyShare (for Mac). To Only Share Specific Content 1. Focus on the Folder Sharing section. Click the button to disable Share All, then click to add a new sharing folder.
  • Page 32 Chapter 6 USB Settings required to log in to the Sharing Account to access the USB disk. Refer to To Set Up Authentication for Data Security to learn more. • Enable Write Access: If you tick this check box, network clients can modify this folder.

  • Page 33: Media Sharing

    Chapter 6 USB Settings • 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. 2. Eable Authentication to apply the account you just set.

  • Page 34: 4G Settings

    Chapter 6 USB Settings 2. Refer to the following table for detailed instructions. • Go to Computer > Network, then click the Media Server Name (Archer_ model number by default) in the Media Devices section. Note: Here we take Windows 7 as an example. Windows Computer Smart...
  • Page 35 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. Verify that the router has correctly recognized your Mobile ISP.

  • Page 36: 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 37 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 38 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 39 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 40: Chapter 8. Bandwidth Control

    Chapter Bandwidth Control This chapter describes how to use the Bandwidth Control function to control the bandwidth by configuring rules for limiting various data flows. In this way, the network bandwidth can be reasonably distributed and utilized. It contains the following sections: •...

  • Page 41: Configure The Bandwidth Control

    Chapter 8 Bandwidth Control 8. 1. Configure the Bandwidth Control Bandwidth Control allows you to configure the Upstream Bandwidth and Downstream Bandwidth of the network, follow the steps below to configure the Bandwidth. 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you set for the router. 2.
  • Page 42 Chapter 8 Bandwidth Control 2. Enter a range of IP addresses and port numbers to be controlled. IP Range: The field can be single IP address or IP address range according to your demands. When you configure the single IP address, the computer with this IP address will get independent given bandwidth.

  • 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 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 45: Service Filtering

    Network Security Chapter 9 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. 9. 2. Service Filtering With Service Filtering, you can prevent certain users from accessing the specified service, and even block internet access completely.

  • Page 46: Access Control

    Network Security Chapter 9 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 47 Network Security Chapter 9 3. Select the access mode to either block (recommended) or allow the device(s) in the list. To block specific device(s) 1 ) Select Blacklist and click Save. 2 ) Select the device(s) to be blocked in the Devices Online table (or click the under 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 Save. Done! Now you can block or allow specific client devices to access your network (via wired or wireless) using the 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 Scan, and choose HTTP. The external port, internal port and protocol will be automatically filled in. Enter the PC’s IP address 192.168.1.100 in the Internal IP field. 5. Click Save to save the settings. Tips: 1.

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

    Chapter 10 NAT Forwarding 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. Follow the steps below to configure the port triggering rules: 1.

  • Page 55: Make Xbox Online Games Run Smoothly By Upnp

    Chapter 10 NAT Forwarding 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 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. Only the application supporting UPnP protocol can use this feature. 3.

  • 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 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 60 Chapter 11 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 61 Chapter 11 VPN Server 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 62 Chapter 11 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 63 Chapter 11 VPN Server Tips: • You can view all the clients that are currently connected to the OpenVPN servers, PPTP VPN servers and IPSec VPN hosted on the router by going to Advanced > > Connections.

  • 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 Change LAN Settings • Configure Configure IPv6 LAN Settings •...

  • Page 65: 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: Ipv6 Lan Settings

    Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings 2. Go to Advanced > Network > LAN Settings page and select IPv4. 3. Scroll down to locate the Address Reservation table and click to add an address reservation entry for your device. 4. Enter the MAC Address of the device for which you want to reserve IP address.

  • Page 68: Configure The Dhcpv6 Server Address Type

    Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings 1 ) Select the RADVD 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 69: Wireless Settings

    Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings 1 ) Select the DHCPv6 Server address type to make the router assign IPv6 addresses to hosts. 2 ) Specify the Start/End IPv6 Address for the IPv6 suffixes. The router will generate IPv6 addresses within the specified range. 3 ) Keep Address Lease Time as default.
  • Page 70 Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings To enable or disable the wireless function: Select the Enable checkbox to enable the 2.4GHz/5Ghz wireless network. If you don’t want to use the wireless function, just clear the checkbox. To change the wireless network name (SSID) and wireless password: Enter a new SSID (32 characters at most) and password and click Save.

  • Page 71: Use Wps For Wireless Connection

    Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby access point. Channel Width: Select the channel width from the drop-down list. The default setting is Auto, which can adjust the channel width for your clients automatically. Transmit Power: Select Low, Middle, or High to specify the data transmit power.
  • Page 72 Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings 4. Press the WPS button of the client device directly. 5. The WPS LED of the router flashes for about 2 minutes during the WPS process. 6. When the WPS LED is on, the client device has successfully connected to the router. Method 3: Enter the router’s PIN on your client device Use this method if your client device asks for the router’s PIN.

  • Page 73: Schedule Your Wireless Function

    Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings Connect Successfully will appear on the above screen, which means the client device has successfully connected to the router. 12. 3. 3. Schedule Your Wireless Function You can automatically turn off your wireless network when you do not need the wireless connection.

  • Page 74: 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 75: Set Up A Dynamic Dns Service Account

    Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings • Beacon Interval: Enter a value between 25 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 76: Create Static Routes

    Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings can change any time and you don’t know when it changes. In this case, you might need the DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Server) feature on the router to allow you and your friends to access your router and local servers (FTP, HTTP, etc.) using domain name, in no need of checking and remembering the IP address.
  • Page 77 Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings company’s server is achieved. To surf the internet and visit my company’s network at the same time, I need to configure the static routing. router Company’s server Router 2 WAN: 172.30.30.100 LAN: 192.168.1.1 LAN: 192.168.1.2 172.30.30.1 Switch My PC...
  • Page 78 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 79: Set Up The Ipv6 Tunnel

    Chapter 12 Customize Your Network Settings 12. 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 80: Specify The 6Rd 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. 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.

  • Page 81: Chapter 13. 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 • Update the Firmware • Back up and Restore Configuration Settings • Change the Administrator Account •...

  • Page 82: 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 83: Update The Firmware

    3. DO NOT turn off the router during the firmware upgrade. 13. 2. 1. Local Upgrade 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 84: Change The Administrator Account

    Chapter 13 Manage Your Router 3. Click Backup to save a copy of the current settings to your local computer. A conf. bin file will be stored to your computer. To restore configuration settings 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you set for the router. 2.

  • Page 85: Local Management

    Chapter 13 Manage Your Router 3. Enter the old password. Enter the new password and enter it again to confirm. 4. Click Save to make the settings effective. 13. 5. Local Management You can control the local devices’ authority to manage the router via Local Management feature.

  • Page 86: Remote Management

    Chapter 13 Manage Your Router Note: If you want all local devices can manage the router, just leave the IP/MAC Address field blank. 13. 6. 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 87: System Log

    Chapter 13 Manage Your Router Tips: 1. If you were 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 88: Monitor The Internet Traffic Statistics

    Chapter 13 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 89: Cwmp Settings

    Chapter 13 Manage Your Router 13. 9. CWMP Settings The router supports CWMP (CPE WAN Management Protocol), also called TR-069. This collects information, performs diagnostics and configures the devices automatically via ACS (Auto-Configuration Server). 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the password you set for the router. 2.

  • Page 90: Snmp Settings

    Chapter 13 Manage Your Router • Inform Interval: Set the time interval in seconds when the Inform message will be sent to the ACS. • ACS URL: Enter the web address of the ACS which is provided by your ISP. •...
  • Page 91 Chapter 13 Manage Your Router • SNMP Agent: Toggle 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 92: 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 93 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 94 • 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 95 3. Go to Advanced > Wireless > Advanced Settings page. Locate the section and select the checkbox to enable the WDS Bridging function. 4. Click Scan to detect all available AP devices and select the network you want to bridge with. 5.
  • Page 96 6. Click Save to make the settings effective. 7. Go to Advanced > Network > LAN Settings page to disable DHCP. Now, the root’s wireless network is extended and you can use the modem router’s SSID and password to enjoy the network. Note: •...
  • Page 97 Q6. How to configure MAC address? You can manually change the MAC address of the modem router. It is helpful when your internet access account provided by your ISP is bound to one specific MAC address, in other words, your ISP just permits only one computer with the authenticated MAC address to access the internet.
  • Page 98 2 ) Exit the wireless configuration tool (the TP-Link Utility, for example). 3 ) Select and right click on...
  • Page 99 1 ) Sometimes you will be asked to type in a PIN number when you connect to the wireless network for the first time. This PIN number is different from the Wireless Password/Network Security Key, usually you can only find it on the label of your router.
  • Page 100 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 101 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 102 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 103 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 104 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 105 with the e.i.r.p. limits specified for point-to-point and non-point-topoint operation as appropriate; and The high-power radars are allocated as primary users (i.e. priority users) of the bands 5745-5850 MHz and that these radars could cause interference and/or damage to LELAN devices. Avertissement: 1.
  • Page 106 BSMI Notice...
  • Page 107 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 •...
  • Page 108 For EU/EFTA, this product can be used in the following countries: Explanations of the symbols on the product label Symbol Explanation DC voltage Indoor use only RECYCLING This product bears the selective sorting symbol for Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).

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