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Tips:

1. UPnP is enabled by default in this router.

2. Only the application supporting UPnP protocol can use this feature.

3. UPnP feature needs the support of operating system (e.g. Windows Vista/ Windows 7/ Windows 8, etc. Some of

operating system need to install the UPnP components).

For example,

when you connect your Xbox to the router which has connected to

the Internet to play online games, UPnP will send request to the router to open the

corresponding ports allowing the following data penetrating the NAT to transmit.

Therefore, you can play Xbox online games without a hitch.

Router

Xbox

LAN

WAN

If necessary, you can follow the steps to change the status of UPnP.

1. Visit

http://tplinkwifi.net

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

the router.

2. Go to

Advanced

>

NAT Forwarding

>

UPnP

and toggle on or off according to your

needs.

Chapter

11

VPN Server

The VPN (Virtual Private Networking) Server allows you to access your home network in

a secured way through Internet when you are out of home. The router offers two ways

to setup VPN connection: OpenVPN and PPTP (Point to Point Tunneling Protocol) VPN.

OpenVPN is somewhat complex but with greater security and more stable. It is suitable

for restricted environment, such as campus network and company intranet.

PPTP VPN is more easily used and its speed is faster, it’s compatible with most operating

systems and also supports mobile devices. Its security is poor and your packets may be

cracked easily, and PPTP VPN connection may be prevented by some ISP.

Please choose the appropriate VPN server connection type according to your needs.

This chapter contains the following sections:

•

Use OpenVPN to Access Your Home Network

•

Use PPTP VPN to Access Your Home Network

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11. 1.

Use OpenVPN to Access Your Home Network

In the OpenVPN connection, the home network can act as a server, and the remote

client can access the server through the router which acts as an OpenVPN Server

gateway. To use the VPN feature, you should enable OpenVPN Server on your router,

and install and run VPN client software on the remote client. Please follow the steps

below to set up an OpenVPN connection.

Step1. Set up OpenVPN Server on Your Router

1. Visit

http://tplinkwifi.net

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

the router.

2. Go to

Advanced

>

VPN Server

>

OpenVPN

. And then Select

Enable VPN Server

.

Note:

1. Before you enable VPN Server, we recommend you configure Dynamic DNS Service (recommended) or assign a

static IP address for router’s WAN port and synchronize your System Time with Internet.

2. The first time you configure the OpenVPN Server, you may need to

Generate

a certificate before you enable the

VPN Server.

3. Select the

Servive Type

(communication protocol) for OpenVPN Server: UDP, TCP.

4. Enter a VPN

Service Port

to which a VPN client connects, and the port number should

be between 1024 and 65535.

5. In

VPN Subnet/Netmask

field, enter the range of IP addresses that can be leased to

the client by the OpenVPN server.

6. Select your

Client Access

type., select

Home Network Only

if you only want the

remote client to access your home network, select

Internet and Home Network

if the

remote client also want to access Internet through VPN Server.

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7. Click

Save

.

8. Click

Generate

to generate a new certificate.

Note:

If you have already generated one, please skip this step, or click Generate to update the certificate.

9. Click

Export

to save the OpenVPN configuration file. Remote client will use this

configuration file to access your router.

Step 2. Configure OpenVPN Connection on Your Remote Client

1. Visit

http://openvpn.net/index.php/download/community-downloads.html

to

download the OpenVPN software, and install it on your client where you want to run

the OpenVPN client utility.

Note:

You need to install the OpenVPN client utility on each client that you plan to use for VPN connections to your router.

Mobile devices should download third-party app from Google Play or APP Store.

2. After the installation, copy the file exporting from your router to OpenVPN client

utility’s “config” folder (for Windows):

C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config.

The path is

depending on where the OpenVPN client utility is installed on.

3. Run the OpenVPN client utility and connect it to OpenVPN Server.

11. 2.

Use PPTP VPN to Access Your Home Network

PPTP VPN Server is used to create a VPN connection for remote client. To use the VPN

feature, you should enable PPTP VPN Server on your router, and configure the PPTP

connection on the remote client. Please follow the steps below to set up a PPTP VPN

connection.

Step 1. Set up PPTP VPN Server on Your Router

1. Visit

http://tplinkwifi.net

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

the router.

2. Go to

Advanced

>

VPN Server

>

PPTP VPN

. And then select

Enable VPN Server

.

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Note:

Before you enable VPN Server, we recommend you configure Dynamic DNS Service (recommended) or assign a

static IP address for router’s WAN port and synchronize your System Time with Internet.

3. In the

Client IP Address

filed, enter the range of IP addresses (up to 10 clients) that

can be leased to the client by the PPTP VPN server.

4. Enter the

Username

and

Password

to authenticate clients to the PPTP VPN server.

5. Click

Save

.

Step 2. Configure PPTP VPN Connection on Your Remote Client

Remote client can use Windows built-in PPTP software or third-party PPTP software to

connect to PPTP Server. Here we use

Windows built-in PPTP software

as an example.

1. Go to

Start

>

Control Panel

>

Network and Internet

>

Network and Sharing Center

.

2. Select

Set up a new connection or network

.