TP-Link Archer C2 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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6.

Click the

Apply

button to start the ftp server.

To add a new folder, follow the instructions below.

1.

Click

Add New Folder

in Figure 4-54.

Figure 4-55 Add or Modify Share Folder

2.

Enter display name of the share folder in

Shared Name

filed.

3.

Click the

Browse

button to select the folder which you want to share.

4.

Click the

Apply

button to save the settings.



Note:

1.

The max share folders number is 10. If you want to share a new folder when the number has

reached 10, you can delete an existing share folder and then add a new one.

2.

If you want to change the FTP settings, you need to restart FTP Server to make the changes

take effect.

4.10.5

Media Server

Choose menu “

USB Settings

→

Media Server

”, you can create media server that allows you to

share stored content with other computers and devices on your home network and on the Internet.

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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.



Server Name -

The name of this Media Server.



Share Name

- The display name of this folder.



Folder Name

- The real full path of the specified folder.



Delete

- You can delete the share folder by click

Delete

.

To set up your media server, please follow the instructions below:

1.

Plug an external USB hard disk drive or USB flash drive into this router, and then click the

Enable

button to start the media server. The screen will appear as shown in Figure

4-57.

Figure 4-57 Media Server Setting

2. Click the

Add New Folder

button to specify a folder as the search path of media server. The

screen will then appear as shown in Figure 4-58.

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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.



Apply

- Click the button to save your settings.

3. Click the

Scan Now

button to scan all the share folders immediately. You can also select the

Auto-scan

, at the same time, select an auto scan interval time by drop-down list. In this case,

the media server will auto scan the share folders.



Note:

The max share folders number is 6. If you want share a new folder when the number has been

reached to be 6, you can delete a share folder and then add a new one.

4.10.6

Print Server

Choose menu “

USB Settings

→

Print Server

”, you can configure print server on this page as

shown below.

Figure 4-59 Pint Server Setting

There are two states of the print server, they are as follows:



Online -

Indicates the print service has been turned on, and no user is using the print service

at present. You can click the "

Stop

" button to stop the print service.

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

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.

Figure 4-60 The Forwarding menu



Enable NAT Control

- If enabled, the NAT function and the Forwarding configuration will

take effect.



Disable NAT Control

- If disabled, neither NAT function nor Forwarding configuration will

take effect.



Enable Hardware NAT Control

- If enabled, the Hardware NAT feature will take effect.



Disable Hardware NAT Control

- If disabled, neither Hardware NAT feature will take effect.

4.12 Forwarding

Figure 4-61 The Forwarding menu

There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 4-61):

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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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. A virtual server is defined as a service port, and all requests from Internet to this

service port will be redirected to the computer specified by the server IP. Any PC that was used

for a virtual server must have a static or reserved IP address because its IP address may change

when using the DHCP function. If you want the Virtual Servers configuration take effect, please

make sure the NAT is enabled.

Figure 4-62 Virtual Servers



Service Port

- The numbers of External Service Ports. You can enter a service port or a

range of service ports (the format is XXX – YYY; XXX is the Start port and YYY is the End

port).



IP Address

- The IP address of the PC running the service application.



Internal Port

- The Internal Service Port number of the PC running the service application.

You can leave it blank if the

Internal Port

is the same as the

Service Port

, or enter a

specific port number when

Service Port

is a single one.



Protocol

- The protocol used for this application, either

TCP

,

UDP

, or

All

(all protocols

supported by the router).



Status

- The status of this entry, "Enabled" means the virtual server entry is enabled.



Common Service Port

- Some common services already exist in the drop-down list.



Edit

- To edit or delete an existing entry.

To setup a virtual server entry:

1.

Click the

Add New

button. (pop-up

Figure 4-63)

2.

Select the service you want to use from the

Common Service Port

list. If the

Common

Service Port

menu does not list the service that you want to use, enter the number of the

service port or service port range in the

Service Port

field.

3.

Enter the IP address of the computer running the service application in the

IP Address

field.

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