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Customize Your Network

Settings

This chapter guides you on how to configure advanced networking features

that are available for this router.

This chapter contains the following sections:

•

Change the LAN Settings

•

Configure to Support IPTV Service

•

Specify DHCP Server Settings

•

Set Up a Dynamic DNS Service Account

•

Create Static Routes

•

Specify Wireless Settings

•

Use WPS for Wireless Connection

•

Schedule Your Wireless Function

•

Set up a VPN Connection

11. 1.

Change the LAN Settings

The router is preset with a default LAN IP 192.168.0.1, which you can use to log in to its web-based management page. The

LAN IP address together with the Subnet Mask also defines the subnet that the connected devices are on. If the IP address

conflicts with another device on your local network or your network requires a specific IP subnet, you can change it.

1.

Visit

http://tplinkwifi.net

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

2.

Go to

Advanced

>

Network

>

LAN

page.

3.

Type in a new IP address appropriate to your needs.

4.

Leave the

Subnet Mask

as the default settings.

5.

Keep IGMP Snooping as enabled by default. IGMP Snooping is the process of listening to IGMP (Internet Group

Management Protocol) network traffic. The function prevents hosts on a local network from receiving traffic for a

multicast group they have not explicitly joined.

6.

Click

Save

.

Note:

If you have set the Virtual Server, DMZ or DHCP address reservation, and the new LAN IP address is not in the same subnet with the old one,

then you should reconfigure them.

11. 2.

Configure to Support IPTV Service

IPTV is the abbreviation of Internet Protocol Television. The service can only be delivered through the Internet, and our router

provides a specific LAN port for IPTV.

By automatically seperating IPTV from Internet surfing, we guarantee you a high quality of vedio streaming and a high speed

of Internet surfing.

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Configure the router to enable Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Services.

For example

, I already bought IPTV service, but this service can only be delivered through the

Internet. Therefore, I need to configure my router first.

1. Visit

http://tplinkwifi.net

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

2. Go to

Advanced

>

Network

>

IPTV

to open the configuration page.

3. Configure IPTV settings:

1 )

Select the

Enable IPTV

check box.

2 )

Select the appropriate

Mode

according to your ISP. Select

Bridge

if your ISP is not listed and

no other parameters are required, and then skip to substep 4. Select

Custom

if your ISP is not

listed but provides necessary parameters.

3 ) After you have selected a mode, the necessary parameters are predetermined. You can

perform other configuration, e.g. enter the

IPTV Multicast VLAN ID

and select the

IPTV

Multicast VLAN Priority

in

Russia

mode according to your ISP.

4 )

S

elect the

IGMP Proxy

version, either V2 or V3, according to the information provided by your

ISP.

5 )

For Russia, Singapore-ExStream, Malaysia-Unifi and Malaysia-Maxis mode, connect device to the

predetermined LAN port. For Bridge and Custom mode, select a LAN port as the IPTV port and connect

the set-top box to the corresponding port.

6 )

Click

Save

.

Your IPTV setup is done now! You may need other configurations on your set-top box before

enjoying your TV.

11. 3.

Specify DHCP Server Settings

By default, the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Server is enabled and the router acts as a DHCP server; it

dynamically assigns TCP/IP parameters to client devices from the IP Address Pool. You can change the settings of DHCP Server

if necessary, and you can reserve LAN IP address for specified client device.

1.

Visit

http://tplinkwifi.net

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

2.

Go to

Advanced

>

Network

>

DHCP Server.

I want to:

How can I

do that?

Done!

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To specify the IP address that the router assigns

1.

Make sure that the

Enable DHCP Server

checkbox is selected.

2.

Enter the starting and ending IP address in the

IP Address Pool

.

3.

Enter other parameters if the ISP offers, the Default Gateway is automatically filled, which is the same as the LAN IP

address of the router.

4.

Click

Save

to make the settings effective.

To reserve an IP address for a specified client device

1.

Click the

Add

button.

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2.

Enter the MAC address of the device for which you want to reserve IP address.

3.

Specify the IP address which will be reserved by the router.

4.

Check to

Enable this entry

and click

OK

to make the settings effective.

Note:

You can also appoint IP addresses within a specified range to devices of the same type by using

Condition Pool

feature. For example, you

can assign IP addresses within the range (192.168.0.50 to192.168.0.80) to Camera devices, thus facilitating the network management.

11. 4.

Set Up a Dynamic DNS Service Account

Most ISPs (Internet service provieders) 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

need 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, in no need of checking and remembering the IP address.

Note:

DDNS does not work if the ISP assigns a private Internet IP address (such as 192.168.0.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

(Dyndns or NO-IP). If you don’t have a DDNS account, select a service provider and click

Go to register

.

4.

Enter the username, password and domain name of the account.

5.

Click

Login

and click

Save

.

Tips:

If you want to use a new DDNS account, please

Logout

first, then log in with the new account.

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11. 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 multiple 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 achieved. 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

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

to add a new static routing entry.

5. Finish the settings according to the following explanations:

I want to:

How can I

do that?