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2. Click

View Exsiting Devices

or enter the

MAC address

of the client device.

3. Enter the

IP address

to reserve for the client device.

4. Enter the

Description

for this entry.

5. Tick the

Enable This Entry

checkbox and click

OK

.

12. 4.

Set Up a Dynamic DNS Service Account

Most ISPs assign a dynamic IP address to the router and you can use this IP address

to access your router remotely. However, the IP address can change any time and

you don’t know when it changes. In this case, you might apply 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 without checking and

remembering the IP address.

Note:

DDNS does not work if the ISP assigns a private WAN IP address (such as 192.168.1.x) to the router.

To set up DDNS, please follow the instructions below:

1. Visit

http://tplinkwifi.net

, and log in with the username and password you set for the

router.

2. Go to

Advanced

>

Network

>

Dynamic DNS

.

3. Select the DDNS

Service Provider

(NO-IP or DynDNS). If you don’t have a DDNS

account, select a service provider and click

Go to register

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4. Enter the username, password and domain name of the account (such as

lisadns.ddns.net).

5. Click

Login and Save

.

Tips:

If you want to use a new DDNS account, please

logout

first, and then login with the new account.

12. 5.

Create Static Routes

Static routing is a form of routing that is configured manually by a network administrator

or a user by adding entries into a routing table. The manually-configured routing

information guides the router in forwarding data packets to the specific destination.

Visit multiple networks and servers at the same time.

For example,

in a small office, my PC can surf the Internet, but

I also want to visit my company’s network. Now I have a switch

and another router. I connect the devices as shown in the

following figure so that the physical connection between my

PC and my company’s server is established. To surf the Internet

and visit my company’s network at the same time, I need to

configure the static routing.

PC 1

PC 2

Router 2

Router 1

Router 3

LAN: 192.168.0.1

192.168.0.100

LAN: 192.168.0.2

WAN: 172.30.30.100

172.30.30.1

I want to:

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1.

Change the router’s LAN IP addresses to two different IP

addresses on the same subnet. Disable Router 2’s DHCP

function.

2.

Visit

http://tplinkwifi.net

, and log in with the username and

password you set for the router.

3.

Go to

Network

>

Advanced Routing

.

4.

Click

Add

and finish the settings according to the following

explanations:

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 enter 172.30.30.1.

Subnet Mask:

Determines the destination network with the

destination IP address. If the destination is a single IP address,

enter 255.255.255.255; otherwise, enter the subnet mask of

the corresponding network IP. In the example, the destination

network is a single IP, so here enter 255.255.255.255.

Default Gateway:

The IP address of the gateway device to which

the data packets will be sent. This IP address must be on the

same subnet with the router’s IP which sends out data. In the

example, the data packets will be sent to the LAN port of Router

2 and then to the Server, so the default gateway should be

192.168.0.2.

How can

I do that?

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Interface:

Determined by the port (WAN/LAN) that sends out

data packets. In the example, the data are sent to the gateway

through the LAN port, so

LAN

should be selected.

Description:

Enter a description for this static routing entry.

5.

Click

OK

.

6.

Check the

System Routing Table

below. If you can find the

entry you’ve set, the static routing is set successfully.

Open a web browser on your PC. Enter the company server’s IP

address to visit the company network.

12. 6.

Specify Wireless Settings

The router’s wireless network name (SSID) and password, and security option are preset

in the factory. The preset SSID and password can be found on the label of the router.

You can customize the wireless settings according to your needs.

Visit

http://tplinkwifi.net

, and log in with the username and password you set for the

router.

¾

To enable or disable the wireless function:

1. Go to

Basic

>

Wireless

.

2. The wireless radio is enabled by default, if you want to disable the wireless function of

the router, just clear the

Enable Wireless Radio

checkbox. In this case, all the wireless

settings will be invalid.

¾

To change the wireless network name (SSID) and wireless password:

1. Go to

Basic

>

Wireless

.

2. Create a new SSID in

Network Name (SSID)

and

customize the password for the

network in

Password

.

The value is case-sensitive.

Note:

If you change the wireless settings with a wireless device, you will be disconnected when the settings are effective.

Please write down the new SSID and password for future use.

Done!

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To hide SSID:

1. Go to

Basic

>

Wireless

.

2. Select

Hide SSID

, and your SSID won’t display when you scan for local wireless

networks on your wireless device and you need to manually join the network.

¾

To change the security option:

1. Go to

Advanced

>

Wireless

>

Wireless Settings

.

2. Select the wireless network

2.4GHz

or

5GHz

.

3. Select an option from the

Security

drop-down list. We recommend you don’t change

the default settings unless necessary. If you select other options, configure the

related parameters according to the help page.

In addition

•

Mode

- Select a transmission mode according to your wireless client devices. It is

recommended to just leave it as default.

•

Channel Width

- Select a channel width (bandwidth) for the wireless network.

•

Channel

- Select an operating channel for the wireless network. It is recommended

to leave the channel to

Auto

, if you are not experiencing the intermittent wireless

connection issue.

•

Transmit Power

- Select either

High

,

Middle

or

Low

to specify the data transmit power.

The default and recommended setting is

High

.