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2 ) Click

Save

.

3 ) After configuring IGMP proxy, IPTV can work behind your

router now. You can connect your set-top box to any of

the router’s Ethernet port.

If IGMP is not the technology your ISP apply to provide

IPTV service:

1 ) Tick 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 Step 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 ) For

Russia,

Singapore-ExStream,

Malaysia-Unifi

and Malaysia-Maxis mode, connect device to the

predetermined LAN port. For Bridge and Custom mode,

select the

LAN

type and connect the set-top box to the

corresponding port.

5 ) Click

Save

.

Your IPTV setup is done now! You may need other configurations

on your set-top box before enjoying your TV.

Tips

Qos and IPTV cannot be enabled at the same time.

Done!

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12. 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’ve set for

the router.

2. Go to

Advanced

>

Network

>

DHCP Server

.

¾

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

and is the same as the LAN IP address of the router.

4. Click

Save

to make the settings effective.

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To reserve an IP address for a specified client device:

1. Click the

Add

button in

Address Reservation

section.

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2. Click

View Exsiting Devices

or enter the

MAC address

of the client device.

3. Enter the

IP address

to set to the client device.

4. Enter the

Description

for the rule.

5. Tick the

Enable This Entry

checkbox and click

OK

.

12. 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 WAN IP address (such as 192.168.1.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’ve set for

the router.

2. Go to

Advanced

>

Network

>

Dynamic DNS

.

3. Select the DDNS

Service Provider

(NO-IP or DynDNS). If you don’t have a DDNS

account, select a service provider and click

Go to register

.

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4. Enter the username, password and domain name of the account (such as lisadns.

ddns.net).

5. Click

Login and Save

.

Tips:

If you want to use a new DDNS account, please

Logout

first, then login with the new account.

12. 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

I want to:

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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‘ve set for the router.

3.

Go to

Network

>

Advanced Routing

.

4.

Click

Add

and finish the settings according to the following

explanations:

Network Destination:

The destination IP address that you want

to assign to a static route. This IP address cannot be on the same

subnet with the WAN IP or LAN IP of the router. In the example,

the IP address of the company network is the destination IP

address, so here enters 172.30.30.1.

Subnet Mask:

Determines the destination network with the

destination IP address. If the destination is a single IP address,

enter 255.255.255.255; otherwise, enter the subnet mask of

the corresponding network IP. In the example, the destination

network is a single IP, so here enters 255.255.255.255.

Default Gateway:

The IP address of the gateway device to which

the data packets will be sent. This IP address must be on the

same subnet with the router’s IP which sends out the data. In

the example, the data packets will be sent to the LAN port of

Router 2 and then to the Server, so the default gateway should

be 192.168.0.2.

How can

I do that?