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Portable 3G/4G Wireless N Router



Note:

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

Max Idle

Time

because some applications visit the Internet continually in the background.



Connect Automatically

-

Connect automatically after the Router is disconnected. To use

this option, click the radio button.



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

your Internet connection, and 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 requested.



Note:

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

Max Idle

Time

because some applications visit the Internet continually in the background.



Authentication Type -

Some ISPs need a specific authentication type, please confirm it

with your ISP or keep it Auto.

Click the

Save

button to save your settings.

Click the

Modem Settings

button if your 3G/4G USB Modem is not supported by the Router,

and then you will see the screen as shown in Figure 4-11. Parameters of your USB modem can

be configured on this page.

Figure 4-11

3G/4G USB Modem Settings

There are already much 3G/4G USB modem information embedded in the router. The USB

modem parameters will be set automatically if the card is supported by the router. But when the

router finds the card you just insert "unknown" to it, it will prompt you to set these parameters.

The router can identify your "unknown" card if the correct parameters are in the list. We suggest

you to do the “3G/4G USB Modem Setting” only in such circumstance.

To add 3G/4G USB Modem entries, follow the steps below.

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1. Download a most recent 3G/4G USB modem configuration file from our website

(http://www.tp-link.com).

2. Click the

Add New...

button in Figure 4-11, and then you will see Figure 4-12.

3. Click

Browse…

to select the path name where you save the downloaded file on the

computer into the File blank.

4. Click the

Upload

button to upload the configuration.

Figure 4-12

Add or Modify a 3G/4G USB Modem Entry

4.5.3

WAN

Choose menu “

Network

→

WAN

”, you can configure the IP parameters of the WAN on the

screen below.



Note:

WAN settings are unavailable when the Internet Access mode is set to 3G/4G Only mode. Please

change settings on

4.5.1 Internet Access

if you want to use WAN.

1.

If your ISP provides the DHCP service, please choose

Dynamic IP

type,

and the Router

will automatically get IP parameters from your ISP. You can see the page as follows

(Figure 4-13):

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Figure 4-13

WAN - Dynamic IP

This page displays the WAN IP parameters assigned dynamically by your ISP, including IP

address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, etc. Click the

Renew

button to renew the IP

parameters from your ISP. Click the

Release

button to release the IP parameters.



MTU Size -

The normal

MTU

(Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet

networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default

MTU Size

unless required by your ISP.



Use These DNS Servers -

If your ISP gives you one or two DNS addresses, select

Use

These DNS Servers

and enter the primary and secondary addresses into the correct fields.

Otherwise, the DNS servers will be assigned dynamically from your ISP.



Note:

If you get Address not found error when you access a Web site,

it is likely that your DNS

servers are set up improperly. You should contact your ISP to get DNS server addresses.



Host Name -

This option specifies the Host Name of the Router.



Get IP with Unicast DHCP -

A few ISPs' DHCP servers do not support the broadcast

applications. If you cannot get the IP Address normally, you can choose this option. (It is

rarely required.)

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2.

If your ISP provides a static or fixed IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway and DNS setting,

select

Static IP

. The Static IP settings page will appear, shown in Figure 4-14.

Figure 4-14

WAN - Static IP



IP Address -

Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.



Subnet Mask -

Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP,

usually is 255.255.255.0.



Default Gateway -

(Optional) Enter the gateway IP address in dotted-decimal notation

provided by your ISP.



MTU Size -

The normal

MTU

(Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet

networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default

MTU Size

unless required by your ISP.



Primary/Secondary DNS -

(Optional) Enter one or two DNS addresses in dotted-decimal

notation provided by your ISP.

3. If your ISP provides a PPPoE connection, select

PPPoE/Russia PPPoE

option. You

should enter the following parameters (Figure 4-15):

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Figure 4-15

WAN - PPPoE



User Name/Password -

Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These

fields are case-sensitive.



Secondary Connection

-

It’s available only for PPPoE Connection. If your ISP provides an

extra Connection type such as Dynamic/Static IP to connect to a local area network, then

you can check the radio button of Dynamic/Static IP to activate this secondary connection.



Disabled

-

The Secondary Connection is disabled by default, so there is PPPoE

connection only. This is recommended.



Dynamic IP

-

You can check this radio button to use Dynamic IP as the secondary

connection to connect to the local area network provided by ISP.



Static IP

-

You can check this radio button to use Static IP as the secondary

connection to connect to the local area network provided by ISP.



Connect on Demand -

In this mode, the Internet connection can be terminated

automatically after a specified inactivity period (

Max Idle Time

) and

be

re-established

when you attempt to access the Internet again.

If you want your Internet connection keeps

active all the time, please enter “0” in the

Max Idle Time

field.

Otherwise, enter the number

of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet access disconnects.



Connect Automatically -

The connection can be re-established automatically when it was

down.

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