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enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection

terminates.



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 from your

Internet connection, and you will 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 is requested.

Caution

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

Max Idle Time, since some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background.



Note:

If you don't know how to choose the appropriate connection type, click the

Detect

button to allow

the router to automatically search your Internet connection for servers and protocols. The

connection type will be reported when an active Internet service is successfully detected by the

router. This report is for your reference only. To make sure the connection type your ISP provides,

please refer to the ISP. The various types of Internet connections that the router can detect are as

follows:



PPPoE

-

Connections which use PPPoE that requires a user name and password.



Dynamic IP

-

Connections which use dynamic IP address assignment.



Static IP

-

Connections which use static IP address assignment.

The router can not detect PPTP/L2TP/BigPond connections with your ISP. If your ISP uses one

of these protocols, then you must configure your connection manually.

4.5.2

LAN

Choose menu “

Network

→

LAN

”, and then you can configure the IP parameters of the LAN on the

screen as below.

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LAN



MAC Address

-

The physical address of the router, as seen from the LAN. The value can't

be changed.



IP Address -

Enter the IP address of your router or reset it in dotted-decimal notation

(factory default: 192.168.0.1).



Subnet Mask -

An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use

255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask.



IGMP Proxy

- The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) feature allows your devices

in LAN to watch TV.



Note:

1.

If you change the IP Address of LAN, you must use the new IP Address to login the router.

2.

If the new LAN IP Address you set is not in the same subnet, the IP Address pool of the

DHCP server will change accordingly at the same time

，

while the Virtual Server and DMZ

Host will not take effect until they are re-configured.

3.

You can enable or disable IGMP Proxy. This feature is enabled by default.

4.5.3

MAC Clone

Choose menu “

Network

→

MAC Clone

”, and then you can configure the MAC address of the

WAN on the screen below, Figure 4-15:

Figure 4-15

MAC Address Clone

Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter. Changes are rarely

needed here.

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

WAN MAC Address -

This field displays the current MAC address of the Internet port. If

your ISP requires you to register the MAC address, please enter the correct MAC address

into this field in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format(X is any hexadecimal digit).



Your PC's MAC Address -

This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing

the router. If the MAC address is required, you can click the

Clone MAC Address

To

button

and this MAC address will fill in the

WAN MAC Address

field.

Click

Restore Factory MAC

to restore the MAC address of Internet port to the factory default

value.

Click the

Save

button to save your settings.



Note:

Only the PC on your LAN can use the

MAC Address Clone

function.

4.6 Wireless

Figure 4-16

Wireless menu

There are five submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in

Figure 4-16

):

Wireless Settings

,

Wireless Security, Wireless MAC Filtering, Wireless Advanced

and

Wireless Statistics.

Click

any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

4.6.1

Wireless Settings

Choose menu “

Wireless

→

Wireless Setting

”, and then you can configure the basic settings for

the wireless network on this page.

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Wireless Settings



Wireless Network Name (also called SSID) -

Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The

same name of SSID (Service Set Identification) must be assigned to all wireless devices in

your network. Considering your wireless network security, the default SSID is set to be

TP-LINK_XXXXXX (XXXXXX indicates the last unique six numbers of each router’s MAC

address). This value is case-sensitive. For example,

TEST

is NOT the same as

test

.



Region

-

Select your region from the drop-down list. This field specifies the region where the

wireless function of the router can be used. It may be illegal to use the wireless function of

the router in a region other than one of those specified in this field. If your country or region

is not listed, please contact your local government agency for assistance.

When you select your local region from the drop-down list, click the

Save

button, and then

the Note Dialog will appear. Click

OK

.

Note Dialog



Note:

Limited by local law regulations, version for North America does not have region selection option.



Channel -

This field determines which operating frequency will be used. The default channel

is set to

Auto

, so the AP will choose the best channel automatically. It is not necessary to

change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby

access point.

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

Mode -

Select the desired mode. The default setting is 11bgn mixed.

11bg mixed -

Select if you are using both 802.11b and 802.11g wireless clients.

11bgn mixed -

Select if you are using a mix of 802.11b, 11g, and 11n wireless clients.

Select the desired wireless mode. It is strongly recommended that you set the Mode to

802.11b&g&n

, and all of 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n wireless stations can connect to

the router.



Channel width -

Select any channel width from the drop-down list. The default setting is

automatic, which can automatically adjust the channel width for your clients.



Note:

If

11bg mixed

is selected in the

Mode

field, the

Channel Width

selecting field will turn grey

and the value will become 20M, which is unable to be changed.



Enable Speedboost -

If you select the Speedboost checkbox, the maximum tx rate of the

router will be 450Mbps.



Enable Wireless Router Radio -

The wireless radio of this router can be enabled or disabled

to allow wireless stations access.



Enable SSID Broadcast -

When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks

to associate with, they will detect the SSID broadcast by the router. If you select the

Enable

SSID Broadcast

checkbox, the Wireless router will broadcast its name (SSID) on the air.



Enable WDS Bridging-

Check this box to enable WDS. With this function, the router can

bridge two or more WLANs. If this checkbox is selected, you will have to set the following

parameters as shown below. Make sure the following settings are correct.

•

SSID (to be bridged)

- The SSID of the AP your router is going to connect to as a client.

You can also use the search function to select the SSID to join.

•

MAC Address (to be bridged)

- The MAC Address of the AP your router is going to

connect to as a client. You can also use the survey function to select the MAC Address

to join.

•

Survey

- Click this button, you can search the AP which runs in the current channel.

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