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5. 1.

Create a Network for Guests

1. Visit

http://tplinkwifi.net

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

router.

2. Go to

Advanced

>

Guest Network

. Locate the

Wireless

section.

3. Create a guest network as needed.

1 )

Enable

2.4GHz Wireless

network or

5GHz Wireless

network.

2 ) Customize the SSID. Don‘t select

Hide SSID

unless you want your guests to

manually input the SSID for guest network access.

3 )

Set

Security

to

WPA/WPA2 Personal

, keep the default

Version

and

Encryption

values, and customize your own password.

4. Click

Save

. Now your guests can access your guest network using the SSID and

password you have set!

Tips:

To view the guest network information, go to

Advanced

>

Status

and locate the

Guest Network

section.

5. 2.

Customize Guest Network Options

1. Visit

http://tplinkwifi.net

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

router

.

2. Go to

Advanced

>

Guest Network

. Locate the

Settings

section.

3. Customize guest network options as needed.

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•

Allow guests to see each other

Select this checkbox if you want to allow the wireless clients on your guest network

to communicate with each other via methods such as network neighbors and Ping.

•

Allow guests to access my local network

Select this checkbox if you want to allow the wireless clients on your guest network

to communicate with the devices connected to your router’s LAN ports or main

network via methods such as network neighbors and Ping.

4. Click

Save

. Now you can ensure network security and privacy!

Tips:

To view guest network information, go to

Advanced

>

Status

and locate the

Guest Network

section.

Chapter

6

USB Application

This chapter describes how to share and access USB devices connected to the router

among different clients. The router only supports USB external flash drives, hard drives

and USB printers.

This chapter contains the following sections:

•

Local Storage Sharing

•

Remote Access via FTP Serverr

•

Media Sharing

•

Printer Sharing

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6. 1.

Local Storage Sharing

Share your USB storage devices with different users on the network.

6. 1. 1.

Access the USB disk

1.

Connect Your USB Disk

Insert your USB storage device into the router’s USB port directly or using a USB

cable. Wait several seconds until the USB LED becomes solid on.

Tips:

•

If you use USB hubs, make sure no more than 4 devices are connected to the router.

•

If the USB storage device requires using bundled external power, make sure the external power has been

connected.

•

If you use a USB hard drive, make sure its file system is FAT32 or NTFS.

•

Before you physically disconnect a USB device from the router, safely remove it to avoid data damage: Go to

Advanced

>

USB Settings

>

Device Settings

and click

.

2.

Access Your USB Disk

By default, all the network clients can access all folders on your USB disk. Refer

to the following table for access instructions. You can also customize your sharing

content and set a sharing account by referring to

Customize Your Settings

.

Windows

computer

¾

Method 1:

Go to

Computer

>

Network

, then click the Network Server Name

(

Model number

-share

by default) in the

Computer

section.

Note:

Operations in different systems are similar. Here we take Windows 7 as an example.

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Windows

computer

¾

Method 2:

Open the

Windows Explorer

(or go to

Computer

), type the server

address

\\tplinkwifi.net

or

ftp://tplinkwifi.net

in the address bar,

and then press

[

Enter

].

Mac

1 )

Select

Go

>

Connect to Server

.

2 )

Type the server address

smb://tplinkwifi.net

.

3 ) Click

Connect

.

4 )

When prompted, select the

Guest

radio box. (If you have set up

a username and password to deny anonymous access to the

USB disks, you should select the

Registered User

radio box. To

learn how to set up an account for the access, refer to

To Set up

Authentication for Data Security

.)

pad

Use a third-party app for network files management.

Tips:

You can also access your USB disk by using your Network/Media Server Name as the server address. Refer to

To

Customize the Address of the USB Disk

to learn more.