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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 108M Wireless Router Model No.: TL-WR641G Trademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product within the scope of Council Directives:...
CONTENTS Package Contents ..................1 Chapter 1. Introduction ................2 Overview of the Router ................2 Features ......................2 Panel Layout ....................3 1.3.1 The Front Panel ..................3 1.3.2 The Rear Panel ..................4 Chapter 2. Connecting the Router ............6 System Requirements ................
The following items should be found in your package: One TL-WR641G 108Mbps Wireless Router One Power Adapter for TL-WR641G 108Mbps Wireless Router Quick Installation Guide One Resource CD for TL-WR641G 108Mbps Wireless Router, including: • This Guide • Other Helpful Information Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items.
The TL-WR641G 108Mbps Wireless Router integrates 4-port Switch, Firewall, NAT-router and Wireless AP. Its design is dedicated to Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) wireless network solutions. The TL-WR641G 108Mbps Wireless Router will allow you to connect your network wirelessly better than ever, sharing Internet Access, files and fun, easily and securely.
1.3 Panel Layout 1.3.1 The Front Panel The front panel of the TL-WR641G consists of several LED indicators, which is designed to indicate connections. View from left to right, the next table describes the LEDs on the front panel of the router.
Flashing Sending or receiving data over corresponding port 1.3.2 The Rear Panel Figure 1-2 The following parts are located on the rear panel (View from left to right): Please use the power adapter which is supplied with the TL-WR641G AC power socket: - 4 -...
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 108Mbps Wireless Router only, the use of a different adapter may result in product damage. Four 10/100Mbps RJ45 LAN ports for connecting the router to the local LAN 1,2,3,4: PC(s) This WAN port is where you will connect the cable/DSL Modem, or...
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirements Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet) One DSL/Cable Modem that has an RJ45 connector (you do not need it if you connect the router to the Ethernet)
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Power on your PC and Cable/DSL Modem. Figure 2-1 - 7 -...
3.1 TCP/IP configuration The default IP address of the TL-WR641G 108Mbps Wireless Router is 192.168.1.1. And the default Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0. These values can be seen from the LAN. They can be changed as you desire, as an example we use the default values for description in this guide.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-1 If the result displayed is similar to that shown in Figure 3-2, it means that your PC has not connected to the router. Figure 3-2 Please check the connection following these steps:...
With a Web-based (Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) utility, it is easy to configure and manage the TL-WR641G 108Mbps Wireless Router. The Web-based utility can be used on any Windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a Web browser. Connect to the router by typing http://192.168.1.1 in the address field of Web browser.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-5 Click Next, and then Choose WAN Connection Type page will appear, shown in Figure 3-6. Figure 3-6 The router supports three popular ways to connect to Internet. Please select one compatible with your ISP. Click Next to enter the necessary network parameters.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-8 Note: The IP parameters should have been provided by your ISP. IP Address - This is the WAN IP address as seen by external users on the Internet (including your ISP). Enter the IP address into the field.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide wireless stations will be able to access the router. SSID - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same SSID must be assigned to all wireless devices on your network. The default SSID is TP-LINK_XXXXXX(XXXXXX indicates the last unique six characters of each Router’s MAC address).
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This chapter describes each Web page's key functions. 4.1 Login After your successful login, you can configure and manage the router. There are twelve main menus on the left of the Web-based utility. Submenus will be available after you click one of the main menus.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 4.4 Network Figure 4-2 There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 4-2): LAN, WAN and MAC Clone. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Dynamic IP. If you aren’t given any login parameters (fixed IP Address, logging ID, etc), please select Dynamic IP. If you are given a fixed IP (static IP), please select Static IP. If you are given a user name and a password, please select the type of your ISP provided (PPPoE/BigPond/L2TP/PPTP).
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Get IP with Unicast DHCP - A few ISPs' DHCP servers do not support the broadcast applications. If you cannot get the IP Address normally, you can choose this option. (This is rarely required.) If you choose Static IP, you should have fixed IP Parameters specified by your ISP.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-6 User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time). If your Internet...
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide manually. After a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time), the router will disconnect from the Internet connection, and you will not be able to re-establish your connection automatically as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option, click the radio button.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide The router will detect Access Concentrator online at every interval between seconds. If the value is 0, it means, do not detect. DNS IP address - If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit DNS addresses to the router during login, click “Use the following DNS servers”...
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-9 User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP Password - Enter the password for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP. Click Login to start 802.1X authentication.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-10 User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. Auth Server - Enter the authenticating server IP address or host name. Auth Domain - Type in the domain suffix server name based on your location. E.g., NSW / ACT - nsw.bigpond.net.au...
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Connect Manually - You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually. After a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time), the router will disconnect from your Internet connection, and you will not be able to re-establish your connection automatically as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. Dynamic IP/ Static IP – Choose either as you are given by your ISP. Click the Connect button to connect immediately. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-12 User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. Dynamic IP/ Static IP – Choose either as you are given by your ISP and enter the ISP’s IP address or the domain name.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates. Caution: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max Idle Time, since some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Click Restore Factory MAC to restore the MAC address of WAN port to the factory default value. Click the Save button to save your settings. Note: Only the PC on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone feature.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-15 SSID - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same name (SSID) must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network. The default SSID is TP-LINK_XXXXXX(XXXXXX indicates the last unique six characters of each Router’s MAC address), but it is recommended strongly that you change your networks name (SSID) to a different value.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Region - Select your region from the pull-down list. This field specifies the region where the wireless function of the router can be used. It may be illegal to use the wireless function of the router in a region other than one of those specified in this field. If your country or region is not listed, please contact your local government agency for assistance.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide MAC of AP (1-6): Input the MAC address of the AP which you want to communicate with. There are six entries can be configured. The APs can communicate with each other in Bridge mode unless they know each other’s MAC address.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide WEP Key Format - You can select ASCII or Hexadecimal format. ASCII Code Format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length. Hexadecimal format stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified length.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-18 Radius Server IP - Enter the IP address of the Radius Server Radius Port - Enter the port number that the radius service used. Radius Password - Enter the password for the Radius Server.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide WEP Key - Specify a unique WEP key (in Hexadecimal format) to access the router. To set up an entry, follow these instructions: First, you must decide whether the unspecified wireless stations can access the router or not. If...
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide To modify or delete an existing entry: Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the Delete. Modify the information. Click the Save button.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-21 Note: If you select the radio button Allow the stations not specified by any enabled entries in the list to access for Filtering Rules, the wireless station B will still not be able to access the router, however, other wireless stations that are not in the list will be able to access the router.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 4.6 DHCP Figure 4-23 There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 4-23): DHCP Settings, DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Default Gateway - (Optional.) Suggest to input the IP address of the LAN port of the router, default value is 192.168.1.1 Default Domain - (Optional.) Input the domain name of your network. Primary DNS - (Optional.) Input the DNS IP address provided by your ISP. Or consult your ISP.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-26 MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC of which you want to reserve IP address. Assigned IP Address - The IP address of the router reserved. Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide The function won't take effect until the router reboots. 4.7 Forwarding Figure 4-28 There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 4-28): Virtual Servers, Port Triggering, DMZ and UPnP. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Service Port list does not have the service that you want to use, type the number of the service port or service port range in the Service Port box. Type the IP Address of the computer in the Server IP Address box.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 4.7.2 Port Triggering Some applications require multiple connections, like Internet games, video conferencing, Internet calling and so on. These applications cannot work with a pure NAT router. Port Triggering is used for some of these applications that can work with an NAT router. You can...
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Select the protocol used for Trigger Port from the pull-down list, either TCP, UDP, or All. Enter the range of port numbers used by the remote system when it responds to the PC's request.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 4.7.3 DMZ The DMZ host feature allows one local host to be exposed to the Internet for a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing. DMZ host forwards all the ports at the same time.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide App Description – The description provided by the application in the UPnP request External Port - External port, which the router opened for the application. Protocol – Shows which type of protocol is opened.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-36 Enable IP Address Filtering - set IP Address Filtering is enabled or disabled. There are two default filtering rules of IP Address Filtering, either Allow or Deny passing through the router. Enable Domain Filtering - set Domain Filtering is enabled or disabled.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-37 To disable the IP Address Filtering feature, keep the default setting, Disabled. To set up an IP Address Filtering entry, click Enable Firewall and Enable IP Address Filtering on the Firewall page, and click the Add New… button. The page "Add or Modify an IP Address Filtering entry"...
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide WAN IP Address - Enter a WAN IP Address or a range of WAN IP Addresses in the field, in dotted-decimal notation format. For example, 61.145.238.6 – 61.145.238.47. Keep the field open, which means all WAN IP Addresses have been put into the field.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-40 Before adding a Domain Filtering entry, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and Enable Domain Filtering have been selected on the Firewall page. To Add a Domain filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The page "Add or Modify a Domain Filtering entry" will appear,...
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Click the Disabled All button to make all entries disabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries Click the Next button to go to the next page and the Previous button to return to the previous page.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-44 To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions: Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example: 00-0E-AE-B0-00-0B.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 4.8.5 Advanced Security Using Advanced Security page (shown in Figure 4-46), you can protect the router from being attacked by TCP-SYN Flood, UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood from LAN. Figure 4-46 Packets Statistic interval (5 ~ 60) - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the pull-down list.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets threshold: (5 ~ 3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600 packets. When the current TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets numbers is beyond the set value, the router will start up the blocking function immediately.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-48To add static routing entries: Click the Add New button. (pop-up Figure 4-49) Enter the following data: Destination IP Address - The Destination IP Address is the address of the network or host that you want to assign to a static route.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 4.10 IP QoS IP QoS helps you to arrange the network resources more reasonably. This function can guarantee the minimum bandwidth or limit the maximum bandwidth for the specified IP address(or IP range) to make full use of the supplied bandwidth. You can configure the IP QoS on this page, shown as in Figure 4-50.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Maximum Bandwidth Limit. Bandwidth – Specifies the bandwidth you want to supply to this entry. Description – Description of this entry. Enable – Enable this entry. This entry won’t be effective unless you check the Enable box.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide desire. (shown in Figure 4-52). Figure 4-52 MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN. IP Address - The assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Click the Find button (shown in Figure 4-52). Enter the MAC Address or IP Address. Enter the Find button in the next page (shown in Figure 4-54). Figure 4-54 Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Note: An item could not be loaded to the IP & MAC Binding list if the IP address of the item has been loaded before. Error warning will prompt as well. Likewise, "Load All" only loads the items without interference to the IP &...
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 4.12.2 Oray.net DDNS If your selected dynamic DNS Service Provider is www.oray.net, the page will appear as shown in Figure 4-57: Figure 4-57 To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Type the User Name for your DDNS account.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-58 To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Type the domain names your dynamic DNS service provider gave. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. Type the Password for your DDNS account.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Management and Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.13.1 Time You can set time manually or get GMT from the Internet for the router on this page (shown in...
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide The router will obtain GMT automatically from Internet if it has already connected to Internet. 4.13.2 Firmware The page (shown in Figure 4-61) allows you to upgrade the latest version firmware to keep your router up-to-date.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-62 Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their default values. The default User Name: admin The default Password: admin The default IP Address: 192.168.1.1 The default Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Note: Any settings you have saved will be lost when the default settings are restored.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-64 Click the Reboot button to reboot the router. Some settings of the router will take effect only after rebooting, which include: Change LAN IP Address. (System will reboot automatically) MAC Clone (system will reboot automatically) DHCP service function.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 4.13.7 Syslog This page (shown in Figure 4-66) allows you to query the logs of the router. Figure 4-66 The router can keep logs of all traffic. You can query the logs to find what happened to the router.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide function is disabled. To enable this function, change the default IP Address to another IP Address as desired. To access the router, you will type your router's WAN IP Address into your browser's Address (in IE) or Location (in Navigator) box, followed by a colon and the custom port number.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide The total amount of bytes received and transmitted by the router. Bytes The total amount of packets received and transmitted in the last Packets Packets Statistic interval seconds. The total amount of bytes received and transmitted in the last Packets Bytes Statistic interval seconds.
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix A: FAQ How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? First, configure the ADSL Modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL Modem to the WAN port on the router.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Login to the router, click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu. On the WAN page, select “Dynamic IP” for "WAN Connection Type", finish by clicking “Save”. Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter, which is connected to your cable/DSL Modem during installation.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure A-5 Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page. How to enable DMZ Host: Login to the router, click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click "DMZ"...
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Note: If the above configuration takes effect, to configure to the router by typing http://192.168.1.1:88 (the router’s LAN IP address: Web Management Port) in the address field of the Web browser. Login to the router, click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click the "Virtual Servers"...
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows XP. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter’s manual if necessary.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 0-2 The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default. Now you have two ways to configure the TCP/IP protocol below: Setting IP address automatically...
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 0-3 Note: For Windows 98 OS or before, the PC and router may need to be restarted. Setting IP address manually Select Use the following IP address radio button. And the following items available If the router's LAN IP address is 192.168.1.1, specify the IP address as 192.168.1.x (x is...
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Now: Click OK to keep your settings. - 76 -...
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.11b and 802.11g Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port, Four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 ports supporting Auto MDI/MDIX...
TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix D: Glossary ™ ™ WLAN Transmission Technology - 108M Super G WLAN 108M Super G Transmission Technology employs multiple performance-enhancing techniques including packet bursting, fast frames, data compression, and dynamic turbo mode that combine to improve the throughput and range of wireless networking products.
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TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide IP addresses. Domain Name - A descriptive name for an address or group of addresses on the Internet. DoS (Denial of Service) - A hacker attack designed to prevent your computer or network from operating or communicating.
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