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Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide

This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions of your AC750 Wireless Dual

Band Router using

Quick Setup

Wizard

within minutes.

3.1

TCP/IP Configuration

The default IP address of the router is

192.168.0.1

and the default Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0.

These values can be changed as you desire. In this guide, we use all the default values for

description.

Connect the local PC to the Ethernet ports of the router and then you can configure the IP address

for your PC by the following method: Set up the TCP/IP Protocol in "

Obtain an IP address

automatically

" mode on your PC. If you need instructions as to how to do this, please refer to

Appendix B: Configuring the PC

. Then the built-in DHCP server will assign IP address for the PC.

Now, you can run the Ping command in the

command prompt

to verify the network connection

between your PC and the router. The following example is in Windows XP OS.

Open a command prompt, and type

ping 192.168.0.1

, and then press

Enter

.



If the result displayed is similar to the Figure 3-1, it means the connection between your PC

and the router has been established well.

Figure 3-1 Success result of Ping command

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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 Ethernet LED on the router and LEDs on your PC's adapter should be on.

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 AC750 Wireless Dual Band

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 domain name

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.

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Figure 3-5 Quick Setup

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 types of WAN connection:

Dynamic IP

,

Static IP

,

PPPoE/Russian PPPoE

,

L2TP/Russian L2TP

, and

PPTP/Russian PPTP

. 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.



Note:

If Auto-Detect fails, you can select the connection type your ISP provides in Figure 3-6, and

follow the configuring procedures below to continue.

1)

If the connection type detected is

Dynamic IP

, there will appear the MAC Clone page (as

shown in Figure 3-7). In most cases, there is no need to clone the MAC address. You can

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select “

No, I do NOT need to clone MAC address

” and then click

Next

. If it is necessary

in your case, please select “

Yes, I need to clone MAC address

” and then click

Next

.

Figure 3-7 Quick Setup – MAC Clone

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.



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.



DNS Server –

(Optional) Enter the DNS Server IP address into the box if required.



Secondary DNS Server-

(Optional) If your ISP provides another DNS server, enter it into

this field.