TP-Link TL-WR743ND Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Figure 4-33 DHCP Settings



DHCP Server - Enable

or

Disable

the DHCP server. If you disable the Server, you must

have another DHCP server within your network or else you must configure the computer

manually.



Start IP Address -

Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to start with when assigning

IP addresses. 192.168.0.100 is the default start address.



End IP Address -

Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to end with when assigning IP

addresses. 192.168.0.199 is the default end address.



Address Lease Time -

The

Address Lease Time

is the amount of time a network user will

be allowed connection to the Router with their current dynamic IP Address. Enter the

amount of time in minutes and the user will be "leased" this dynamic IP Address. After the

time is up, the user will be automatically assigned a new dynamic IP address. The range of

the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes. The default value is 120 minutes.



Default Gateway

(Optional)

-

It is suggested to input the IP address of the LAN port of the

Router. The default value is 192.168.0.1.



Default Domain

(Optional)

-

Input the domain name of your network.



Primary DNS -

(Optional) Input the DNS IP address provided by your ISP or consult your

ISP.



Secondary DNS

(Optional)

-

Input the IP address of another DNS server if your ISP

provides two DNS servers.



Note:

To use the DHCP server function of the Router, you must configure all computers on the LAN as

"Obtain an IP Address automatically".

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4.8.2

DHCP Clients List

Choose menu “

DHCP

→

DHCP Clients List

”, and then you can view the information about the

clients attached to the Router in the screen as shown in Figure 4-34.

Figure 4-34

DHCP Clients List



Client Name

-

The name of the DHCP client



MAC Address

-

The MAC address of the DHCP client



Assigned IP

-

The IP address that the Router has allocated to the DHCP client



Lease Time

-

The time of the DHCP client leased. After the dynamic IP address has expired,

a new dynamic IP address will be automatically assigned to the user.

You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current

attached devices, click the

Refresh

button.

4.8.3

Address Reservation

Choose menu “

DHCP

→

Address Reservation

”, and then you can view and add a reserved

address for clients via the next screen (shown in Figure 4-35).When you specify a reserved IP

address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always receive the same IP address each time when it

accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to the servers that

require permanent IP settings.

Figure 4-35

Address Reservation



MAC Address -

The MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP address.

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

Reserved IP Address -

The IP address reserved for the PC by the Router.



Status

-

The status of this entry, either

Enabled

or

Disabled

.

To Reserve an IP address:

1.

Click the

Add New…

button. Then Figure 4-36 will pop-up.

2.

Enter the MAC address (in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format.) and IP address (in dotted-decimal

notation) of the computer for which you want to reserve an IP address.

3.

Click the

Save

button.

Figure 4-36

Add or Modify an Address Reservation Entry

To modify or delete an existing entry:

1.

Click the

Modify

in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the

Delete

.

2.

Modify the information.

3.

Click the

Save

button.

Click the

Enable/Disabled All

button to make all entries enabled/disabled

Click the

Delete All

button to delete all entries.

Click the

page.

4.9 Forwarding

Figure 4-37 The Forwarding menu

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There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 4-37):

Virtual Servers

,

Port Triggering

,

DMZ

and

UPnP

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

corresponding function.

4.9.1

Virtual Servers

Choose menu “

Forwarding

→

Virtual Servers

”, and then you can view and add virtual servers

in the screen as shown in Figure 4-38. Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services

on your LAN, such as DNS, Email and FTP. A virtual server is defined as a service port, and all

requests from the Internet to this service port will be redirected to the computer specified by the

server IP. Any PC that was used for a virtual server must have a static or reserved IP Address

because its IP Address may be changed when using the DHCP function.

Figure 4-38

Virtual Servers



Service Port -

The numbers of External Ports. You can type a service port or a range of

service ports (in XXX – YYY format, XXX is the start port number, YYY is the end port

number).



Internal Port -

The Internal Service Port number of the PC running the service application.

You can leave it blank if the

Internal Port

is the same as the

Service Port

, or enter a

specific port number when

Service Port

is a single one.



IP Address -

The IP Address of the PC providing the service application.



Protocol -

The protocol used for this application, either

TCP

,

UDP

, or

All

(all protocols

supported by the Router).



Status -

The status of this entry, either

Enabled

or

Disabled

.

To setup a virtual server entry:

1.

Click the

Add New…

button, the next screen will pop-up as shown in Figure 4-39.

2.

Select the service port you want to use from the

Common Service Port

list. If the

Common

Service Port

list does not have the service that you want to use, type the service port

number or service port range in the

Service Port

box. For single Service Port, please enter

a specific port number in

Internal Port

box.

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3.

Type the IP Address of the computer in the

IP Address

box.

4.

Select the protocol used for this application, either

TCP

,

UDP

, or

All

.

5.

Select the

Enable

to enable the virtual server.

6.

Click the

Save

button.

Figure 4-39

Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry



Note:

If your computer or server has more than one type of available service, please select another

service, and enter the same IP Address for that computer or server.

To modify or delete an existing entry:

1.

Click the

Modify

in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the

Delete

.

2.

Modify the information.

3.

Click the

Save

button.

Click the

Enable/Disable All

button to make all entries enabled/disabled.

Click the

Delete All

button to delete all entries.

Click the

page.



Note:

If you set the service port of the virtual server as 80, you must set the Web management port on

“

Security

→

Remote Management

” page to be any other value except 80 such as 8080.

Otherwise there will be a conflict to disable the virtual server.

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