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)

Note:

If you want to use the Router to share files or printer, plug the USB storage device to the USB port

or connect the printer to the Router with a matching cable.

6.

Connect the power adapter to the power socket on the Router, and the other end into an

electrical outlet. The Router will start to work automatically.

7.

Power on your PC and Cable/DSL Modem.

Figure 2-1

Hardware Installation

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Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide

This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions of your 300Mbps Multi-Function

Wireless N Router using

Quick Setup

Wizard

within minutes.

3.1

TCP/IP Configuration

The default domain name of the Router is

http://tplinklogin.net

and the default Subnet Mask is

255.255.255.0. These values can be changed as you desire. In this guide, we use all the default

values for description.

Connect the local PC to the LAN ports of the Router and then you can configure the IP address for

your PC by the following method: Set up the TCP/IP Protocol in "

Obtain an IP address

automatically

" mode on your PC. If you need instructions as to how to do this, please refer to

Appendix B: "Configuring the PC”.

Then the built-in DHCP server will assign IP address for the

PC.

Now, you can run the Ping command in the

command prompt

to verify the network connection

between your PC and the Router. The following example is in Windows 2000 OS.

Open a command prompt, and type

ping 192.168.0.1

, and then press

Enter

.

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If the result displayed is similar to the Figure 3-1, it means the connection between your PC

and the Router has been established well.

Figure 3-1

Success result of Ping command

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If the result displayed is similar to Figure 3-2, it means the connection between your PC and

the Router failed.

Figure 3-2

Failure result of Ping command

Please check the connection following these steps:

1.

Is the connection between your PC and the Router correct?

)

Note:

The 1/2/3/4 LEDs of LAN ports which you link to on the Router and LEDs on your PC's adapter

should be lit.

2.

Is the TCP/IP configuration for your PC correct?

)

Note:

If the Router's IP address is 192.168.0.1, your PC's IP address must be within the range of

192.168.0.2 ~ 192.168.0.254.

3.

Is the default LAN IP of the Router correct?

)

Note:

If the LAN IP of the modem connected with your router is 192.168.0.x, the default LAN IP of the

Router will automatically switch from 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.1.1 to avoid IP conflict. Therefore, in

order to verify the network connection between your PC and the Router, you can open a

command prompt, and type

ping 192.168.1.1

, and then press

Enter

.

3.2

Quick Installation Guide

With a Web-based utility, it is easy to configure and manage the 300Mbps Multi-Function Wireless

N Router. The Web-based utility can be used on any Windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a web

browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari. However, as the USB

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Settings interface may not be opened with some web browsers, it is strongly recommended that

you use Internet Explorer.

1.

To access the configuration utility, open a web-browser and type in the default domain name

http://tplinklogin.net

in the address field.

Figure 3-3

Log in the Router

After a moment, a login window will appear, similar to Figure 3-4. Enter

admin

for the User

Name and Password, both in lower case letters. Then click the

OK

button or press the

Enter

key.

Figure 3-4

Login Windows

)

Note:

If the above screen does not pop up, it means that your Web-browser has been set to a proxy.

Go to Tools menu>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings, in the screen that appears,

cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click

OK

to finish it.

2.

After successfully logging in, you can click the

Quick Setup

menu to quickly configure your

Router.

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Figure 3-5

Quick Setup

3.

Click

Next

, and then

WAN Connection Type

page will appear as shown in Figure 3-6.

Figure 3-6

WAN Connection Type

The Router provides

Auto-Detect

function and supports three popular ways

PPPoE

,

Dynamic IP

and

Static IP

to connect to the Internet. It’s recommended that you make use of

the

Auto-Detect

function. If you are sure of what kind of connection type your ISP provides,

you can select the very type and click

Next

to go on configuring.

4.

If you select

Auto-Detect

, the Router will automatically detect the connection type your ISP

provides. Make sure the cable is securely plugged into the WAN port before detection. The

appropriate configuration page will be displayed when an active Internet service is

successfully detected by the Router.

1)

If the connection type detected is

PPPoE

, the next screen will appear as shown in Figure

3-7.