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

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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.



Connect Manually -

You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually.

After a specified period of inactivity (

Max Idle Time

), the router will disconnect from your

Internet connection, and you will not be able to re-establish your connection automatically as

soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option, 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 that you wish to have the Internet connecting

last unless a new link is requested.

Caution

: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max

Idle Time, because some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background.

Click the

Save

button to save your settings.

6.

If your ISP provides PPTP connection, please select

PPTP/Russia PPTP

option. And you

should enter the following parameters (Figure 4-9):

Figure 4-9 PPTP Settings

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

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

Static IP, and enter the ISP’s IP address or the domain name.

If you choose static IP and enter the domain name, you should also enter the DNS assigned

by your ISP. And click the

Save

button.

Click the

Connect

button to connect immediately. Click the

Disconnect

button to disconnect

immediately.



MTU(Bytes)

The default MTU size is “1420” bytes, which is usually fine. It is not

recommended that you change the default

MTU Size

unless required by your ISP.



Enable IGMP Proxy

-

IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) is used to manage

multicasting on TCP/IP networks. Some ISPs use IGMP to perform remote configuration for

client devices, such as the modem router. The default value is enabled, and if you are not

sure, please contact your ISP or just leave it.



Always on -

In this mode, the Internet connection will be active all the time.



Connect on Demand -

You can configure the router to disconnect from your Internet

connection after a specified period of inactivity (

Max Idle Time

). If your Internet connection

has been terminated due to inactivity,

Connect on Demand

enables the router to

automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet

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.



Connect Manually -

You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually.

After a specified period of inactivity (

Max Idle Time

), the router will disconnect from your

Internet connection, and you will not be able to re-establish your connection automatically as

soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option, click 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 in minutes that you wish to have the Internet connecting

last unless a new link is requested.

Caution

: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max

Idle Time because some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background.

Click the

Save

button to save your settings.

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

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. This report is for your reference only. To make sure the connection type your ISP provides,

please refer to the ISP. The various types of Internet connections that the router can detect are as

follows:



PPPoE

-

Connections which use PPPoE that requires a user name and password.



Dynamic IP

-

Connections which use dynamic IP address assignment.



Static IP

-

Connections which use static IP address assignment.

The router cannot detect PPTP/L2TP/Big Pond connections with your ISP. If your ISP uses one

of these protocols, then you must configure your connection manually.

4.4.2

LAN

Choose menu “

Network

→

LAN

”, you can configure the IP parameters of the LAN on the screen

as below.

Figure 4-10 LAN Settings



MAC Address

-

The physical address of the router, as seen from the LAN. The value can't

be changed.



IP Address -

Enter the IP address of your router or reset it in dotted-decimal notation

(factory default: 192.168.0.1).



Subnet Mask -

An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use

255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask.



Note:

1)

If you change the IP Address of LAN, you must use the new IP Address to log in the router.

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2)

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.

4.4.3

MAC Clone

Choose menu “

Network

→

MAC Clone

”, you can configure the MAC address of the WAN on

the screen below, Figure 4-11:

Figure 4-11 MAC Clone

Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter. Changes are rarely

needed here.



WAN MAC Address -

This field displays the current MAC address of the Internet port. If

your ISP requires you to register the MAC address, please enter the correct MAC address

into this field in

XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

format (X is any hexadecimal digit).



Your PC's MAC Address -

This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing

the router. If the MAC address is required, you can click the

Clone MAC Address

button

and this MAC address will fill in the

WAN MAC Address

field.

Click

Restore Factory MAC

to restore the MAC address of Internet port to the factory default

value. Click the

Save

button to save your settings.



Note:

Only the PC on your LAN can use the

MAC Address Clone

function.

4.5

Dual Band Selection

Choose menu “

Dual Band Selection

”, and you can choose the working frequency for your router.

It is recommended that your computers and devices running video and voice applications use the

5GHz band, while your guest access and computers that are only browsing the web use the

2.4GHz band.

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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.



5GHz (802.11a/n/ac) -

Click the box, and then the router will only work in 5GHz frequency.

This band is less crowded and is used for time-sensitive music, video streaming or gaming.

Using this band can avoid interference with 2.4GHz networks or noisy devices like cordless

phones and microwave ovens.

4.6

Wireless 2.4GHz

Figure 4-13 Wireless menu

There are six submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 4-13):

Basic Settings

,

WPS

,

Wireless Security

,

Wireless MAC Filtering

,

Wireless Advanced

and

Wireless Statistics

. Click

any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding functions.

4.6.1

Basic Settings

Choose menu “

Wireless 2.4GHz

→

Basic Settings

”, you can configure the basic settings for

the wireless network of 2.4GHz on this page.

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