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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:

1.

Is the connection between your PC and the router correct?



Note:

The 1/2/3/4 LEDs of Ethernet ports which you link to on the router and LEDs on your PC's adapter

should be lit.

2.

Is the TCP/IP configuration for your PC correct?



Note:

If the router's IP address is 192.168.0.1, your PC's IP address must be within the range of

192.168.0.2 ~ 192.168.0.254.

3.

Is the default LAN IP of the router correct?



Note:

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. Therefore, in

order to verify the network connection between your PC and the router, you can open a command

prompt, and type

ping 192.168.1.1

, and then press

Enter

.

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3.2

Quick Installation Guide

With a Web-based utility, it is easy to configure and manage the AC1200 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.

1.

To access the configuration utility, open a web-browser and type in the default IP address

http://tplinkwifi.net

in the address field.

Figure 3-3 Log in the router

After a moment, a login window will appear, similar to Figure 3-4. Enter

admin

for the User

Name and Password, both in lower case letters. Then click the

Login

button or press the

Enter

key.

Figure 3-4 Login Windows



Note:

If the above screen does not pop up, it means that your Web-browser has been set to a proxy.

Go to Tools menu>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings, in the screen that appears,

cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it.

2.

After successful login, the

Quick Setup

page will appear for you to quickly configure your

router.

Figure 3-5 Quick Setup

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3.

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 popular ways

PPPoE, Dynamic IP

,

Static

IP

,

L2TP

and

PPTP

to connect to the Internet. It’s recommended that you make use of the

Auto-Detect

function. If you are sure of what kind of connection type your ISP provides, you can select

the very type and click

Next

to go on configuring.

4.

If you select

Auto-Detect

, the router will automatically detect the connection type your ISP

provides. Make sure the cable is securely plugged into the Internet port before detection. The

appropriate configuration page will be displayed when an active Internet service is

successfully detected by the router.

1) If the connection type detected is

Dynamic IP

, the next screen will appear as shown in

Figure 3-7. Please select to clone the MAC address or not, according to your situation.

Figure 3-7 Quick Setup – MAC Clone

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2) If the connection type detected is

Static IP

, the next screen will appear as shown in

Figure 3-8. Configure the following parameters and then click

Next

to continue.

Figure 3-8 Quick Setup - Static IP



IP Address -

This is the WAN IP address as seen by external users on the Internet

(including your ISP). Your ISP will provide you with the IP address you need to enter

here. Enter the IP address into the field.



Subnet Mask -

The Subnet Mask is used for the WAN IP address. Your IPS will provide

you with the subnet mask which is usually 255.255.255.0.



Default Gateway -

Your ISP will provide you with the Gateway address which is the ISP

server’s address.

Enter the gateway IP address into the box if required.



Primary

DNS -

Enter the DNS Server IP address into the box if required.



Secondary DNS -

（

Optional

）

If your ISP provides another DNS server, enter it into this

field.

3)

If the connection type detected is

PPPoE/Russian 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.

These fields are case-sensitive. If you have difficulty with this process, please contact

your ISP.

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Confirm Password -

Enter the password again to make sure that the password is

correct.

Check the radio button of

Dynamic

/

Static IP

to activate the secondary connection if your ISP

provides an extra Connection type such as Dynamic/Static IP to connect to a local area

network.

4) If the connection type detected is

L2TP/ Russian L2TP

, the next screen will appear as

shown in Figure 3-10. Configure the following parameters and then click

Next

to continue.

Figure 3-10 Quick Setup – PPTP/Russia PPTP



User Name

/

Password -

Enter the

User Name

and

Password

provided by your ISP.

These fields are case-sensitive. If you have difficulty with this process, please contact

your ISP.

Select

Static IP

if IP Address/ Subnet Mask/ Gateway and DNS server address have been

provided by your ISP. Then please enter server IP address or domain name provided by your

ISP, and also enter the corresponding parameters.