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Dynamic IP/ Static IP -
Choose either as you are given by your ISP. Click the
Connect
button
to connect immediately. Click the
Disconnect
button to disconnect immediately.
¾
Connect on Demand -
You can configure the Router to disconnect from your Internet
connection after a specified period of inactivity (
Max Idle Time
). If your Internet connection
has been terminated due to inactivity,
Connect on Demand
enables the Router to
automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet
again. If you wish to activate
Connect on Demand
, 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 of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection
terminates.
¾
Connect Automatically -
Connect automatically after the Router is disconnected. To use this
option, click the radio button.
¾
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 is visiting the Internet continually in the background.
6.
If your ISP provides PPTP connection, please select
PPTP/Russia PPTP
option. And you
should enter the following parameters (Figure 4-12):
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Figure 4-11
WAN –PPTP
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User Name/Password -
Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These
fields are case-sensitive.
¾
Dynamic IP/ Static IP -
Choose either as you are given by your ISP and enter the ISP’s IP
address or the domain name.
If you choose static IP and enter the domain name, you should also enter the DNS assigned
by your ISP. And click the
Save
button.
Click the
Connect
button to connect immediately. Click the
Disconnect
button to disconnect
immediately.
¾
Connect on Demand -
You can configure the Router to disconnect from your Internet
connection after a specified period of inactivity (
Max Idle Time
). If your Internet connection
has been terminated due to inactivity,
Connect on Demand
enables the Router to
automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet
again. If you wish to activate
Connect on Demand
, 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,
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enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection
terminates.
¾
Connect Automatically -
Connect automatically after the Router is disconnected. To use this
option, click the radio button.
¾
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:
z
PPPoE
-
Connections which use PPPoE that requires a user name and password.
z
Dynamic IP
-
Connections which use dynamic IP address assignment.
z
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.
Figure 4-12
LAN
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MAC Address
-
The physical address of the Router, as seen from the LAN. The value can't
be changed.
¾
IP Address -
Enter the IP address of your Router or reset it in dotted-decimal notation
(factory default: 192.168.1.1).
¾
Subnet Mask -
An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use
255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask.
)
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.
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 4-13:
Figure 4-13
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 WAN 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).
¾
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 WAN 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.
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4.6
Wireless
Figure 4-14
Wireless menu
There are five submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in
Figure 4-14
):
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.
Figure 4-15
Wireless Settings
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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
.

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