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TP-Link Archer C2 User Manual

Ac750 wireless dual band gigabit router
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AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
REV1.0.0
1910010993

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  • Page 1 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router REV1.0.0 1910010993...
  • Page 2 Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

  • Page 3: Fcc Statement

    FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

  • Page 4: Ce Mark Warning

    CE Mark Warning This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. National Restrictions This device is intended for home and office use in all EU countries (and other countries following the EU directive 1999/5/EC) without any limitation except for the countries mentioned below: Country Restriction...

  • Page 5: Industry Canada Statement

    Cet appareil est conforme aux norms CNR exemptes de licence d’Industrie Canada. Le fonctionnement est soumis aux deux conditions suivantes: (1)cet appareil ne doit pas provoquer d’interférences et (2)cet appareil doit accepter toute interférence, y compris celles susceptibles de provoquer un fonctionnement non souhaité...

  • Page 6: Safety Information

    安全諮詢及注意事項 ●請使用原裝電源供應器或只能按照本產品注明的電源類型使用本產品。 ●清潔本產品之前請先拔掉電源線。請勿使用液體、噴霧清潔劑或濕布進行清潔。 ●注意防潮，請勿將水或其他液體潑灑到本產品上。 　 ●插槽與開口供通風使用，以確保本產品的操作可靠並防止過熱，請勿堵塞或覆蓋開口。 ●請勿將本產品置放於靠近熱源的地方。除非有正常的通風，否則不可放在密閉位置中。 ●請不要私自打開機殼，不要嘗試自行維修本產品，請由授權的專業人士進行此項工作。 Продукт сертифіковано згідно с правилами системи УкрСЕПРО на відповідність вимогам нормативних документів та вимогам, що передбачені чинними законодавчими актами України. Safety Information  When product has power button, the power button is one of the way to shut off the product; when there is no power button, the only way to completely shut off power is to disconnect the product or the power adapter from the power source.

  • Page 7: Declaration Of Conformity

    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Model No.: C2 Trademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product within the scope of Council Directives:...

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Package Contents.....................1 Chapter 1. Introduction..................2 1.1 Overview of the Router....................2 1.2 Conventions ....................... 3 1.3 Main Features ......................3 1.4 Panel Layout ......................4 1.4.1 The Front Panel....................4 1.4.2 The Rear Panel ....................5 Chapter 2. Connecting the router ................7 2.1 System Requirements ....................
  • Page 9 4.7.1 Basic Settings....................48 4.7.2 WPS ......................50 4.7.3 Wireless Security..................53 4.7.4 Wireless MAC Filtering ................. 57 4.7.5 Wireless Advanced ..................59 4.7.6 Wireless Statistics..................60 4.8 Guest Network ......................61 4.9 DHCP ........................62 4.9.1 DHCP Settings ..................... 62 4.9.2 DHCP Clients List ..................
  • Page 10 4.16.1 Static Route List.................... 98 4.16.2 System Routing Table................... 99 4.17 Bandwidth Control ....................100 4.18 IP & MAC Binding....................101 4.18.1 Binding Settings..................101 4.18.2 ARP List...................... 102 4.19 Dynamic DNS......................103 4.19.1 No-ip.com DDNS ..................103 4.19.2 Comexe.cn DDNS ..................104 4.19.3 Dyndns.org DDNS ..................

  • Page 11: Package Contents

    Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  DC Power Adapter for Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Quick Installation Guide  Resource CD for Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router, including: ...

  • Page 12: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Flexible Access Control The Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router provides flexible access control, so that parents or network administrators can establish restricted access policies for children or staff. It also supports Virtual Server and DMZ host for Port Triggering, and then the network administrators can manage and monitor the network in real time with the remote management function.

  • Page 13: Conventions

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Conventions The router or Archer C2 mentioned in this guide stands for Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router without any explanation. Main Features Complies with IEEE 802.11ac.  One 10/100/1000M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 Internet port, four 10/100/1000M Auto-Negotiation ...

  • Page 14: Panel Layout

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Panel Layout 1.4.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 LEDs on the front panel The router’s LEDs are located on the front panel (View from left to right). Name Status Indication Power is off.

  • Page 15: The Rear Panel

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 1.4.2 The Rear Panel Figure 1-2 Rear Panel sketch The following parts are located on the rear panel (View from left to right).  WPS/Reset: Pressing this button for less than 5 seconds enables the WPS function. If your client devices,...
  • Page 16 Power On/Off: The switch for the power. Power: The Power socket is where you will connect the power adapter. Please use the  power adapter provided with this Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router.  Wireless antenna: To receive and transmit the wireless data.

  • Page 17: Chapter 2. Connecting The Router

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Chapter 2. Connecting the router System Requirements Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet)  One DSL/Cable Modem that has an RJ45 connector (which is not necessary if the router is  connected directly to the Ethernet) PCs with a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors ...
  • Page 18 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router power on the router, please make sure your computer is NOT connected to any other wireless network.) Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation Figure 2-2 USB Installation  Note: If you want to use the router to share files or printer, plug the USB storage device to the USB port or connect the printer to the router with a matching cable.

  • Page 19: Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions of your AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router using Quick Setup Wizard within minutes. TCP/IP Configuration The default IP address of the router is 192.168.0.1 and the default Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0.
  • Page 20 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  If the result displayed is similar to Figure 3-2, it means the connection between your PC and the router failed. Figure 3-2 Failure result of Ping command Please check the connection following these steps: Is the connection between your PC and the router correct? ...

  • Page 21: Quick Installation Guide

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Quick Installation Guide With a Web-based utility, it is easy to configure and manage the AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router. The Web-based utility can be used on any Windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari.
  • Page 22 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 3-5 Quick Setup Click Next, and then WAN Connection Type page will appear, shown in Figure 3-6. Figure 3-6 WAN Connection Type The router provides Auto-Detect function and supports five types of WAN connection: Dynamic IP, Static IP, PPPoE/Russian PPPoE, L2TP/Russian L2TP, and PPTP/Russian PPTP.
  • Page 23 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 1) If the connection type detected is Dynamic IP, there will appear the MAC Clone page (as shown in Figure 3-7). In most cases, there is no need to clone the MAC address. You can select “No, I do NOT need to clone MAC address”...
  • Page 24 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 3) If the connection type detected is PPPoE/Russia PPPoE, the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-9. Configure the following parameters and then click Next to continue. Figure 3-9 Quick Setup – PPPoE/Russia PPPoE User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP.
  • Page 25 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Select Dynamic IP if none of the above parameters are provided. Then you just need to enter server IP address or domain name provided by your ISP. 5) If your connection type is PPTP/Russia PPTP, select PPTP/Russia PPTP in Figure 3-6 and the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-11.
  • Page 26 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Select Dynamic IP if none of the above parameters are provided. Then you just need to enter server IP address or domain name provided by your ISP. After finishing the WAN Connection Type selection, the Dual Band Selection page will appear as shown in Figure 3-12.
  • Page 27 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 3-13 Quick Setup – Wireless 2.4GHz Wireless Network Name - Also called the SSID (Service Set Identification). Enter a  value of up to 32 characters. The same name must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network.
  • Page 28 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Band - This field displayed the operating frequency being configured.  Mode - This field determines the wireless mode which the router works on.   11bg mixed - Select if you are using both 802.11b and 802.11g wireless clients.
  • Page 29 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router your network. The default SSID is set to be TP-LINK_5GHz_XXXXXX. This value is case-sensitive. For example, TEST is NOT the same as test. Region - Select your region from the drop-down list. This field specifies the region where ...
  • Page 30 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 3-15 Quick Setup - Comfirm Click the Finish button to complete the Quick Setup. Figure 3-16 Quick Setup - Finish - 20 -...

  • Page 31: Chapter 4. Configuring The Router

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Chapter 4. Configuring the router This chapter will show each key function of the Web page and its configuration method. Login After your successful login, you will see the main menus on the left of the Web-based utility. On the right, there are the corresponding explanations and instructions.

  • Page 32: Quick Setup

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-1 Status Quick Setup Please refer to 3.2 Quick Installation Guide. - 22 -...

  • Page 33: Network

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Network Figure 4-2 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 4-2): WAN, LAN and MAC Clone. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.
  • Page 34 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router If you want to do some advanced configurations, please click the Advanced button.  MTU(Bytes) - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU size unless required by your ISP.
  • Page 35 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-4 WAN - Static IP IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.  Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP, ...
  • Page 36 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-5 WAN - PPPoE Username/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These  fields are case-sensitive. Secondary Connection - It’s available only for PPPoE Connection. If your ISP provides an ...
  • Page 37 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Connect Manually - You can click the Connect/Disconnect button to connect/disconnect  immediately. This mode also supports the Max Idle Time function as Connect on Demand mode. The Internet connection can be disconnected automatically after a specified inactivity period and re-established when you attempt to access the Internet again.
  • Page 38 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Detect Online Interval - The router will detect Access Concentrator online at every interval.  The default value is “0”. You can input the value between “0” and “120”. The value “0” means no detect.
  • Page 39 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router NSW / ACT - nsw.bigpond.net.au VIC / TAS / WA / SA / NT - vic.bigpond.net.au QLD - qld.bigpond.net.au MTU(Bytes)- The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet  networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU value unless required by your ISP.
  • Page 40 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-8 WAN - L2TP/Russia L2TP UserName/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These  fields are case-sensitive. Addressing Type - Choose the addressing type given by your ISP, either Dynamic IP or ...
  • Page 41 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router again. If you wish to activate Connect on Demand, check the radio button. If you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter 0 in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates.
  • Page 42 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Use Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These  fields are case-sensitive. Dynamic IP/ Static IP - Choose the addressing type given by your ISP, either Dynamic IP or ...

  • Page 43: Lan

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Note: If you don't know how to choose the appropriate connection type, click the Detect button to allow the router to automatically search your Internet connection for servers and protocols. The connection type will be reported when an active Internet service is successfully detected by the router.

  • Page 44: Mac Clone

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router If the new LAN IP Address you set is not in the same subnet, the IP Address pool of the DHCP server will change accordingly at the same time，while the Virtual Server and DMZ Host will not take effect until they are re-configured.

  • Page 45: Wireless 2.4Ghz

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-12 Dual Band Selection 2.4GHz (802.11b/g/n) - Click the box, and then the router will only work in 2.4GHz frequency.  You can use the 2.4GHz band to connect to many classic wireless devices like gaming consoles, laptops, DVRs, ect.
  • Page 46 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-14 Wireless Settings – 2.4GHz Wireless Network Name - Also called the SSID (Service Set Identification). Enter a value of  up to 32 characters. The same name must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network.
  • Page 47 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 11bgn mixed - Select if you are using a mix of 802.11b, 11g, and 11n wireless clients. It  is strongly recommended that you set the Mode to 802.11bgn mixed, and all of 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n wireless stations can connect to the router.

  • Page 48: Wps

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Key type - This option should be chosen according to the AP's security configuration. It  is recommended that the security type is the same as your AP's security type WEP Index - This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP(ASCII) or WEP(HEX).
  • Page 49 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router If the wireless adapter supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), you can establish a wireless connection between wireless adapter and router using either Push Button Configuration (PBC) method or PIN method.  Note: To build a successful connection by WPS, you should also do the corresponding configuration of the new device for WPS function meanwhile.

  • Page 50: Wireless Security

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Step 1: Keep the default WPS status as Enabled and click the Add device button in Figure 4-16, then Figure 4-19 will appear. Figure 4-19 Add A New Device Step 2: Enter the PIN number from the client device in the field on the WPS screen above. Then click Connect button.
  • Page 51 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-20 Wireless Security Disable Wireless Security - If you do not want to use wireless security, check this radio  button. But it’s strongly recommended to choose one of the following modes to enable security.
  • Page 52 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Note: If you check the WPA/WPA2-Personal radio button and choose TKIP encryption, you will find a notice in red as shown in Figure 4-21. Figure 4-21 WPA/WPA2 – Personal  Wireless Password - You can enter ASCII characters between 8 and 63 characters or 8 to 64 Hexadecimal characters.
  • Page 53 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the update. WEP - It is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard. If you check this radio button, you will find a ...

  • Page 54: Wireless Mac Filtering

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.6.4 Wireless MAC Filtering Choose menu “Wireless 2.4GHz → Wireless MAC Filtering”, you can control the wireless access by configuring the Wireless MAC Filtering function, shown in Figure 4-24. Figure 4-24 Wireless MAC Filtering To filter wireless users by MAC Address, click Enable.
  • Page 55 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions: Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX hexadecimal digit). example: 00:0A:EB:B0:00:0B.

  • Page 56: Wireless Advanced

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.6.5 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “Wireless 2.4GHz → Wireless Advanced”, you can configure the advanced settings of your wireless network. Figure 4-26 Wireless Advanced Transmit Power - Here you can specify the transmit power of router. You can select High, ...

  • Page 57: Wireless Statistics

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router DTIM Interval - This value determines the interval of the Delivery Traffic Indication Message  (DTIM). A DTIM field is a countdown field informing clients of the next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages.

  • Page 58: Wireless 5Ghz

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router If the numbers of connected wireless stations go beyond one page, click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return the previous page. ...
  • Page 59 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Wireless Network Name - Also called the SSID (Service Set Identification). Enter a value of  up to 32 characters. The same name must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network.

  • Page 60: Wps

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Enable WDS Bridging - Check this box to enable WDS. With this function, the router can  bridge two or more WLANs. If this checkbox is selected, you will have to set the following parameters as shown in Figure 4-30.
  • Page 61 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-31 WPS WPS - Enable or disable the WPS function here.  Current PIN - The current value of the router's PIN is displayed here. The default PIN of the ...
  • Page 62 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-32 Figure 4-33 Add A New Device Step 2: Press and hold the WPS button of the client device directly. Step 3: The Wi-Fi Protected Setup LED flashes for two minutes during the Wi-Fi Protected Setup process.

  • Page 63: Wireless Security

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Step 2: Enter the PIN number from the client device in the field on the above WPS screen. Then click Connect button. Step 3: “Connect successfully” will appear on the screen of Figure 4-34, which means the client device has successfully connected to the router.
  • Page 64 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-35 Wireless Security Disable Security - If you do not want to use wireless security, check this radio button. But it’s  strongly recommended to choose one of the following modes to enable security.
  • Page 65 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Note: If you check the WPA/WPA2-Personal radio button and choose TKIP encryption, you will find a notice in red as shown in Figure 4-36. Figure 4-36 WPA/WPA2 – Personal  Wireless Password - You can enter ASCII characters between 8 and 63 characters or 8 to 64 Hexadecimal characters.
  • Page 66 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Radius Server Password - Enter the password for the Radius server.  Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the update.

  • Page 67: Wireless Mac Filtering

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.7.4 Wireless MAC Filtering Choose menu “Wireless → MAC Filtering”, you can control the wireless access by configuring the Wireless MAC Filtering function, shown in Figure 4-24. Figure 4-39 Wireless MAC Filtering To filter wireless users by MAC Address, click Enable.
  • Page 68 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX hexadecimal digit). example: 00:0A:EB:B0:00:0B. Give a simple description for the wireless station in the Description field. For example: Wireless station A.

  • Page 69: Wireless Advanced

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.7.5 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “Wireless → Wireless Advanced”, you can configure the advanced settings of your wireless network. Figure 4-41 Wireless Advanced Transmit Power - Here you can specify the transmit power of router. You can select High, ...

  • Page 70: Wireless Statistics

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router (DTIM). A DTIM field is a countdown field informing clients of the next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages. When the router has buffered broadcast or multicast messages for associated clients, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM Interval value. You can specify the value between 1-15 Beacon Intervals.

  • Page 71: Guest Network

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Note: This page will be refreshed automatically every 5 seconds. Guest Network Choose “Guest Network”, and you can configure the Guest Network Wireless Settings on the page as shown in Figure 4-43.

  • Page 72: Dhcp

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Allow Guest To Access My Local Network - If enabled, guests can communicate with  hosts. Allow Guest To Access My USB Storage Sharing - If enabled, guests can access to USB ...
  • Page 73 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-45 DHCP Settings DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server. If you disable the Server, you must  have another DHCP server within your network , otherwise you must configure the computer manually.

  • Page 74: Dhcp Clients List

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.9.2 DHCP Clients List Choose menu “DHCP → DHCP Clients List”, you can view the information about the clients attached to the router in the screen as shown in Figure 4-46. Figure 4-46 DHCP Clients List Client Name - The name of the DHCP client ...
  • Page 75 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-47 Address Reservation MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP address.  IP Address - The IP address reserved for the PC by the router.

  • Page 76: Usb Settings

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.10 USB Settings Figure 4-49 The USB Settings menu There are six submenus under the USB Settings menu (shown in Figure 4-49): USB Mass Storage, User Accounts, Storage Sharing, FTP Server, Media Server and Print Server and.
  • Page 77 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-51 User Account Management Only Administrator can use a Web browser to transfer the files from a PC to the Writable shared volume on the USB drive. To add a new user account, please follow the steps below: Choose the Index from the drop-down list..

  • Page 78: Storage Sharing

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Please restart the service for the new settings to take effect. If you cannot use the new user name and password to access the shares, press Windows logo + R to open the Run dialog box and type net use \\192.168.1.1 /delete /yes and press Enter.
  • Page 79 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Status - Indicates the shared or non-shared status of the volume.  Edit – Click Edit to edit the entry.  To add a new folder, follow the instructions below. Click Add New Folder in Figure 4-52.

  • Page 80: Ftp Server

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.10.4 FTP Server Choose menu “USB Settings→FTP Server”, you can create an FTP server that can be accessed from the Internet or your local network. Figure 4-54 FTP Server Configuration Server Status - Indicates the FTP Server's current status.

  • Page 81: Media Server

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Click the Apply button to start the ftp server. To add a new folder, follow the instructions below. Click Add New Folder in Figure 4-54. Figure 4-55 Add or Modify Share Folder Enter display name of the share folder in Shared Name filed.
  • Page 82 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-56 Media Server Setting Server Enable - Indicates the Media Server’s current status, started or stopped. You can  click the Enable button to enable the Media Server and click the Disable button to disable it.

  • Page 83: Print Server

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-58 Add New Folder Share Name - You can enter a display name for the share folder.  Directory - Displays the location of this folder.  Browse – Click the button to select the folder to share.

  • Page 84: Nat

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Offline - Indicates the print service feature is disabled. You can click "Start" button to start the  print service. 4.11 NAT Choose “NAT”, and you can enable or disable the NAT and Hardware NAT Control feature. The NAT Rules and Hardware NAT will work properly only when the NAT Control feature is enabled.

  • Page 85: Virtual Servers

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.12.1 Virtual Servers Choose menu “Forwarding→Virtual Servers”, and then you can view and add virtual servers on this page (shown in Figure 4-62). Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services on your LAN.

  • Page 86: Port Triggering

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Select the protocol used for this application in the Protocol drop-down list, either TCP, UDP, or All. Select the Enabled option in the Status drop-down list. Click the Save button. Figure 4-63 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry ...
  • Page 87 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-64 Port Triggering Trigger Port - The port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection using this port will trigger  this rule. Trigger Protocol - The protocol used for Trigger Ports, either TCP, UDP, or All (all ...

  • Page 88: Dmz

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-65 Add or Modify a Triggering Entry To modify or delete an existing entry: Find the desired entry in the table. Click Edit or Delete as desired on the Edit column.

  • Page 89: Upnp

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router DHCP client function disabled and should have a new static IP Address assigned to it because its IP Address may be changed when using the DHCP function. Figure 4-66 DMZ To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server: Click the Enable button.

  • Page 90: Security

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router External Port - The port which the router opened for the application.  Protocol - The type of protocol which is opened.  Internal Port - The port which the router opened for local host.
  • Page 91 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-69 Basic Security Firewall - A firewall protects your network from the outside world. Here you can enable or  disable the router’s firewall. SPI Firewall - SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection, also known as dynamic packet filtering) ...

  • Page 92: Advanced Security

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router the use of cryptographic security services. To allow IPSec tunnels to pass through the router, click Enable. ALG - It is recommended to enable Application Layer Gateway (ALG) because ALG allows ...

  • Page 93: Local Management

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Note: Dos Protection will take effect only when the Traffic Statistics in “System Tool → Statistics” is enabled. Enable ICMP-FLOOD Attack Filtering - Enable or Disable the ICMP-FLOOD Attack  Filtering.

  • Page 94: Remote Management

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-71 Local Management By default, the radio button “All the PCs on the LAN are allowed to access the Router's Web-Based Utility” is checked. If you want to allow PCs with specific MAC Addresses to access the Setup page of the router's Web-Based Utility locally from inside the network, check the radio button “Only the PCs listed can browse the built-in web pages to perform Administrator...

  • Page 95: Parent Control

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-72 Remote Management Web Management Port - Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service  port 80. This router's default remote management web port number is 80. For greater security, you can change the remote management web port to a custom port by entering that number in the box provided.
  • Page 96 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-73 Parent Control Settings Parent Control - Check Enable if you want this function to take effect; otherwise, check  Disable. - 86 -...
  • Page 97 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router MAC Address of Parental PC - In this field, enter the MAC address of the controlling PC, or  you can make use of the Copy To Above button below. MAC Address of Current PC - This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is ...

  • Page 98: Access Control

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-74 Parent Control Settings 4.15 Access Control Figure 4-75 Access Control - 88 -...

  • Page 99: Rule

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router There are four submenus under the Access Control menu: Rule, Host, Target and Schedule (as shown in Figure 4-75). Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.
  • Page 100 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Delete Selected - Click the Delete Selected button to delete selected entries in the table. How to add a new rule: Click the Add New button and the next screen will pop up as shown in Figure 4-77.

  • Page 101: Host

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Click the submenu Target of Access Control in the left to enter the Target List page. Add a new entry with the Target Description is Target_1 and Domain Name is www.google.com. Click the submenu Schedule of Access Control in the left to enter the Schedule List page.
  • Page 102 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Address Info - Here displays the information about the host. It can be IP or MAC. Edit - To modify or delete an existing entry.  Click the Delete Selected button to delete the selected entries in the table.

  • Page 103: Target

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Click Add New button in Figure 4-78 to enter the Add or Modify a Host Entry page. In Mode field, select MAC Address from the drop-down list. In Description field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1).
  • Page 104 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-82 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry In Description field, create a unique description for the target (e.g. Target_1). In IP Address field, enter the IP address of the target.
  • Page 105 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-84 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry In Description field, create a unique description for the target (e.g. Target_1). In Add URL Address field, enter the domain name, either the full name or the keywords (for example, google) in the blank.

  • Page 106: Schedule

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.15.4 Schedule Choose menu “Access Control → Schedule”, and then you can view and set a Schedule list in the next screen as shown in Figure 4-85. The Schedule list is necessary for the Access Control Rule.

  • Page 107: Advanced Routing

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-86 Advanced Schedule Settings For example: If you desire to restrict the internet activities of host with MAC address 00:11:22:33:44:AA to access www.google.com only from 18:00 to 20:00 on Saturday and Sunday, you should first follow the settings below: Click Add New button shown in Figure 4-85 to enter the Advanced Schedule Settings page.

  • Page 108: Static Route List

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router There are two submenus under the Advanced Routing menu as shown in Figure 4-87: Static Route List and System Routing Table. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

  • Page 109: System Routing Table

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status drop-down list. Click the Save button to make the entry take effect. Other configurations for the entries: Click the Delete button to delete the entry.

  • Page 110: Bandwidth Control

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.17 Bandwidth Control Figure 4-91 Bandwidth Control Choose menu “Bandwidth Control”, and then you can configure the bandwidth control in the screen as shown in Figure 4-91 . You can configure the Egress Bandwidth and Ingress Bandwidth in this page. Their values you configure should be less than 100000Kbps.

  • Page 111: Ip & Mac Binding

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Click Add New shown in Figure 4-91, you will see a new screen shown in Figure 4-92. Enter the information like the screen shown below. Figure 4-92 Bandwidth Control Rule Settings Click the Save button.

  • Page 112: Arp List

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  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.  Bind - Check this option to enable ARP binding for a specific device.

  • Page 113: Dynamic Dns

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-96 ARP List MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN. IP Address - The assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN. Status - Indicates whether or not the MAC and IP addresses are bound.

  • Page 114: Comexe.cn Ddns

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-97 No-ip.com DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Enter the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider. Enter the UserName for your DDNS account. Enter the Password for your DDNS account.

  • Page 115: Dyndns.org Ddns

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-98 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Enter the Domain Name your dynamic DNS service provider gave. Enter the UserName for your DDNS account. Enter the Password for your DDNS account.

  • Page 116: Ipv6

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-99 Dyndns.org DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Enter the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider. Enter the UserName for your DDNS account. Enter the Password for your DDNS account.

  • Page 117: Ipv6 Status

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.20.1 IPv6 Status Figure 4-101 IPv6 Status The IPv6 Status page displays the router's current IPv6 status and configuration. All information is read-only.  WAN  Connection Type - The IPv6 connection way for WAN ...

  • Page 118: Ipv6 Wan

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.20.2 IPv6 WAN Figure 4-102 Enable/Disable IPv6 Connection Type - Choose the correct WAN connection type based on your ISP network  topology.  Dynamic IPv6 - Connections which use dynamic IPv6 address assignment.
  • Page 119 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Dynamic IPv6 Figure 4-103 Dynamic IPv6  IPv6 Address - The IPv6 address assigned by your ISP dynamically.  Prefix Length - The length of IPv6 address prefix.  IPv6 Gateway - Enter the default gateway provided by your ISP.
  • Page 120 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-104 Static IPv6  IPv6 Address - Enter the IPv6 address provided by your ISP.  Prefix Length - The length of IPv6 address prefix.  IPv6 Gateway - Enter the default gateway provided by your ISP.
  • Page 121 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-105 PPPoEv6  PPP Username/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive.  Authentication Type – Choose one authentication type from AUTO-AUTH, PAP, CHAP and MS-CHAP.

  • Page 122: Ipv6 Lan

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Tunnel 6to4 Figure 4-106 Tunnel 6to4 This type is used in the situation that your WAN connection is IPv4 while LAN connection is IPv6. WAN Connection - Display the available wan connection.

  • Page 123: System Tools

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.21 System Tools Figure 4-108 The System Tools menu Choose menu “System Tools”, and you can see the submenus under the main menu: Time Settings, Diagnostic, Firmware Upgrade, Factory Defaults, Backup & Restore, Reboot, Password, System Log and Statistics.
  • Page 124 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Date - Enter your local date in MM/DD/YY into the right blanks. Time - Enter your local time in HH/MM/SS into the right blanks.  Get From PC - Enter your PC’s current time into the right blanks.

  • Page 125: Diagnostic

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-110 Time settings  Note: This setting will be used for some time-based functions such as firewall. You must specify your time zone once you login to the router successfully, otherwise, these functions will not take effect.
  • Page 126 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Diagnostic Tool - Check the radio button to select one diagnostic too.  Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name resolution to a given host or gateway. ...

  • Page 127: Firmware Upgrade

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

  • Page 128: Factory Defaults

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.21.4 Factory Defaults Choose menu “System Tools → Factory Defaults”, and then and you can restore the configurations of the router to factory defaults on the following screen Figure 4-114 Restore Factory Default Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their default values.

  • Page 129: Reboot

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Click the Restore button to update the configuration with the file whose path is the one you have input or selected in the blank.  Note: The current configuration will be covered with the uploading configuration file. Wrong process will lead the device unmanaged.

  • Page 130: System Log

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-117 Password It is strongly recommended that you should change the factory default user name and password of the router, because all users who try to access the router's Web-based utility or Quick Setup will be prompted for the router's default user name and password.

  • Page 131: Statistics

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Log Settings - Click to change the log settings. 4.21.9 Statistics Choose menu “System Tools → Statistics”, and then you can view the statistics of the router, including total traffic and current traffic of the last Packets Statistic Interval.
  • Page 132 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Statistics Table: The IP and MAC address are displayed with related statistics. IP/MAC Address The total number of packets received and transmitted by the Packets router. Total The total number of bytes received and transmitted by the router.

  • Page 133: Logout

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.22 Logout Choose ”Logout”, and you will be back to the login screen as shown in Figure 4-119. Figure 4-119 Logout - 123 -...

  • Page 134: Appendix A: Faq

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Appendix A: FAQ How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? First, configure the ADSL Modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL Modem to the Internet port on the router.
  • Page 135 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router How do I configure the router to access Internet by Ethernet users? Login to the router, click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu. On the WAN page, select “Dynamic IP” for "WAN Connection Type", finish by clicking “Save”.
  • Page 136 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure A-4 Virtual Servers Figure A-5 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry  Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page. How to enable DMZ Host: Log in to the router, click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click "DMZ"...
  • Page 137 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure A-7 Basic Security I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? Because the WEB Server port 80 will interfere with the WEB management port 80 on the router, you must change the WEB management port number to avoid interference.
  • Page 138 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router field of the Web browser. If the LAN IP of the modem connected with your router is 192.168.0.x, the default LAN IP of the router will automatically switch from 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.1.1 to avoid IP conflict; in this case, please try http://192.168.1.1:88.

  • Page 139: Appendix B: Configuring The Pc

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Appendix B: Configuring the PC In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows XP. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter’s manual if needed.
  • Page 140 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default. Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server automatically, as shown in the Figure below:...

  • Page 141: Appendix C: Specifications

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Appendix C: Specifications General IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE Standards 802.11a, IEEE 802.11e, IEEE 802.11i, IEEE 802.1X, IEEE 802.3X, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP, IGMPv3, L2TP, PPTP,...

  • Page 142: Appendix D: Glossary

    Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Appendix D: Glossary 802.11ac - IEEE 802.11ac is a wireless computer networking standard of 802.11.This  specification will enable multi-station WLAN throughput of at least 1 gigabit per second .This is accomplished by extending the air interface concepts embraced by 802.11n: wider RF bandwidth, more MIMO spatial streams, multi-user MIMO, and high-density modulation (up to 256 QAM).
  • Page 143 Archer C2 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) - The size in bytes of the largest packet that can be  transmitted. NAT (Network Address Translation) - NAT technology translates IP addresses of a local area ...

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