TP-Link TL-WR642G manual

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Package contents .............................................................................................................. 1 Chapter 1: About this Guide .............................................................................................. 2 1.1 Purposes ..................................................................................[...]

5.8.5 Remote Management .............................................................................. 40 5.8.6 Advanced Security ................................................................................... 41 5.9 S tatic Routing ..................................................................................................... 43 5.10 DDN[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Package content s The following contents should be found in your box:  One TL-WR642G 108Mbp s Wireless Router  One AC power Adapter for TL-WR642G 108Mbps Wireless Router  Quick Installation Guide  One Resource CD for TL-WR642G 108Mbp s Wireless Router , including: • This Guide • Other Helpfu[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 1: About this Guide Thank you for choosing the TL-WR642G 108Mbps Wireless Router . This router provide s dedicated solution for Small Office/Home Of fice (SOHO) networks. With your network all connected, your local wired or wireless netwo rk can share Internet access, files and fun for multiple PCs [...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 2: Introduction 2.1 Overview of the Router The TL-WR642G 108Mbp s Wireless Router in tegrates 4- po rt Sw i tc h, firewall, NA T -router and Wireless AP . Its design is ded icated to Sm all Office/Home Of fice (SOH O) wireless network solutions. The TL -WR642G 108Mbps Wire less Router will allow you[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide  Provides wireless LAN ACL (Access Control List)  Built-in NA T and DHCP server supporti ng static IP address distributing  Support s Virtual Server , Port T riggering, and DMZ host  Built-in firewall supporting IP address filt ering, Domain Name filtering, and MAC address filtering  Support [...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 2.3.2 The Rear Panel The rear panel contains the following f eatures. (V iewed from left to right:)  Wireless antenna  Factory Default Reset button  There are two ways to reset the router's factory default s: 1) Use the Factory Default s function on System T ools -> Factory Default s page i[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 3: Connecting the Router 3.1 System Requirement s  Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet)  One DSL/Cable modem that has an RJ45 conn ector (y ou do not need it if you connect the router to Ethernet)  Each PC on the LAN needs a working Ether net Adapter and an Ethernet cable [...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide To L A N Switch/Hub 4 3 2 1 WAN To WA N RESE T （） XDSL C abl e Et her net 、、 Figure 3-1: Hardware Installation of the TL-WR642G 108Mbps Wireless Router - 7 -[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 4: Quick Inst allation Guide After connecting the TL-WR642G Router into y our network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to c onfigure t he basic functions of your TL-WR642G Wireless Router . These proced ures only take you a fe w minutes. Y ou can access the Internet via the route[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide If the result displayed is sim ilar to that shown in figure 4-1, the connection between your PC and the router has been established. Figure 4-2: Failed result of Ping command If the result displayed is similar to that shown in figure 4-2, it means that your PC has not connected to the router . Please c heck[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-4 Login Windows Note : If the above screen does not prompt, it means that your web-browser has been set to a proxy . Go to T ools menu>Internet Op tions>Connections>LAN Settings, in the screen that appears, cancel the Us ing Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it. If the User Name and P[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 4-7 Quick Setup - PPPoE  User Name and Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case s ensitive. If you have difficult y with this process, please contact your ISP. If you choose " Dyn a mi c I P ", the router will automatically receive the IP pa[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide In this page, you can configure the following wireless parameters:  Wireless Radio - indicates whether the Access Po int feature of the router is enabled or disabled. If disabled, the WLAN LED on the front panel will not be lit and the wireless stations will not be able to access the router . If enabled,[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 5: Configuring the Router This chapter describes eac h web page's key functions. 5.1 login After your successful login, you can confi gure and manage the router . There are ten main menus on the left of the web- based utility . Submenus will be av ailable after you click one of the main menus. [...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-1: Router S tatus 5.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 4.2: "Quick Installation Guide." 5.4 Network Figure 5-2: the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in figure 5-2): LAN , WA N and MAC Clone. Click any of them, and you will be abl e to configure the co[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 5.4.1 LAN Y ou can configure the IP parame ters of LAN on this page. Figure 5-3: LAN  MAC Address - the physical address of the rout er , as seen from the LAN. The value can't be changed.  IP Address - Enter the IP address of y our router in dotted-decimal notation (factory default: 192.168.1.1).[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-4 WAN – Dynamic IP This page displays the W AN IP paramete rs assigned dynamically by your ISP , including IP address, Su bnet Mask, Default Gateway , etc. Click the Renew button to renew the IP p arameters from your ISP . Click the Release button to release the IP parameters. MTU Size: The norma[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-4a: W AN - 802.1X + Dynamic IP  User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1x authentication provided by your ISP  Passw ord - Enter the password for 802.1x authent ication provided by your ISP. Click Login button to start 802.1x authentication. Click Logout button to end 802.1x authentication. [...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide If you are also given a user name and a password for 802.1x authentication, you should select 802.1x + St atic IP for W AN Connection T ype , a box will then appear requesting a user name and a password, shown in figure 5-5a: Figure 5-5a: W AN - 802.1X + S tatic IP  User Name - Enter the user name for 80[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Caution : Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max Idle T ime, since some applicati ons is visiting the Internet continually in the background.  Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after t he router is disconnected. T o use this option, cli ck the radio[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide it is necessary for your ISP .  Service Name/AC Name - The service name and AC (A ccess Concentrator) name, this should not be done unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP .  ISP S pecified IP Address - If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit your IP address to the router du[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 5.5 Wireless Figure 5-9: Wireless menu There are three submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in figure 5-9): Wireless Settings , MAC Filtering and Wireless St atistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding functi on. The detailed explanation s for each submenu are provide[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide wireless function of the router in a region other th an one of thos e specified in this filed. If your country or region is not li sted, please contact yo u r local government agency for assistance Note : Some regions may not use 108Mbps Mode since the operation for the wireless interface in 108Mbps Mode is[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide  WEP Key settings - Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching WEP key information for your ne twork in the selected key radio button. These values must be identical on all wireless stations in your network.  Key Type - You can select the WEP key length ( 64-bit , or 128-bit, or[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-1 1: Wireless MAC address Filtering The Wireless MAC Address Filtering feature al lows you to control wireless stations accessing the router, which depend on the station's MAC addresses.  MAC Address - The wireless st ation's MAC addre ss that you want to access.  Description - A si[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide To add or modify a MAC Address Filter ing entry, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example: 00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B. 2. Enter a simple description of the wireless station [...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Save and the Return button. 6. Click the Add New ... button and enter the MAC ad dress 00-0A-EB-00-07-8A in the MAC Address field, enter wireless station C in the Description field, select 128-bit in the Privilege pull-down list, enter 2F34D20BE2E54B326C5476586A in the WEP Key field and select Enabled in th[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide If the numbers of connected wireless st ations go beyond one page, click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return the previous page. Note : This page will be refreshed autom atically every 5 seconds. 5.6 DHCP Figure 5-14: the DHCP menu There are three submenus under the[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Address. The range of the time is 1 ~ 2880 min utes. The default value is 120 minutes.  Default Gatewa y - (Optional.) Suggest to input the IP address of the LAN port of the router, default value is 192.168.1.1  Default Domain - (Optional.) Input the dom ain name of your network.  Primary DNS - (Op[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-17: Address Reservation  MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC of which you want to reserve IP address.  Assigned IP Address - The IP address of the router reserved. To Reserve IP addresses: 1. Enter the MAC address (The format fo r the MAC Address is XX- XX-XX-XX-XX-XX.) and IP address in [...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 5.7 Forwarding Figure 5-18: the Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Fo rwarding menu (shown in figure 5-18): Vi rt ua l Servers , Port T riggering , DMZ and UPnP . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are pr[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide  Enable - The Enable checkbox to enabl e the virtual server entry .  Common Service Port - Some common services alr eady list in the pull-down list. To setup a virtual server entry: 1. Select the service you want to use fr om the Common Service Port list, and select the ID you want to use, and click C[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-20: Port Triggering Once configured, operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connec tion using a destination port number defined in the T rigger Port field. 2. The router records this connection, opens the incoming port or ports associated with this entry in the Port T riggering [...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 4. Select the protocol used for Incoming Ports Range from the pull-down list, either TCP or UDP , or All. 5. Select the Enable checkbox to enable. 6. Click the Save button to save the new rule. There are many popular applications in the Popular Application list. You can select it and the ID, then click the [...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide T o assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server: 1. Click the Enable radio button 2. Enter the local host IP Address in the DMZ Host IP Address field 3. Click the Save button. Note : After you set the DMZ host, the firewa ll related to the host will not work. 5.7.4 UPnP The Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 5.8 Security Figure 5-23: the Security menu There are six submenus under the Secu rity menu (shown in figure 5-23): Firewall , IP Address Filtering, Domain Filtering, MAC Filtering, Remote Management and Advanced Security . Click any of them, and you will be able to co nfigure the corresponding function. Th[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide  Enable MAC Filtering - set MAC Address Filtering is enabled or disabled. You can select the default filtering rules of MAC A ddress Filtering, either Allow or Reny accessing the router. 5.8.2 IP Address Filtering The IP address Filtering feature allows you to control Internet Access by specific users on[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Keep the field open, which means all LAN IP Addresses have been put into the field. 3. LAN Port - type a LAN Port or a rang e of LAN por ts in the field. For example, 1030 - 2000. Keep the field open, whic h means all LAN ports have been put into the field. 4. WAN IP Address - type a WAN IP Address or a ran[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-27: Domain Filtering Before adding a Domain Filtering e ntry, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and Enable Domain Filtering have been selected on the Firewall page. To Add a Domain filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The page " Add or Modify a Domain Filtering entry " will ap[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Click the Next button to go to the next page and the Previous button to return to the previous page. For example, if you want to block t he PCs on your LAN to access websites www.xxyy.com.cn , www.a abbcc.com and websites with .net in the end on the Internet while no limit for other websites, you should spe[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide To add or modify a MAC Address Filter ing entry, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example: 00-0E-AE-B0-00-0B. 2. Type the description of the PC in the Description f[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide  Web Management Port - Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80. This router’s default remote management web port number is 80 . For greater security, you can change the remote management web interface to a custom port by entering that number in this box provided. Choose a n u[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide  Packets S t atistic interval (5 ~ 60) - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the pull-down list. The Packets S t atistic interval value indicates the time section of the packe ts statistic. The resu lt of the statistic used for analysis by SYN Flood , UDP Flood and ICMP-Fl[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide  Host IP Address- The IP address that blocked by DoS are displayed here.  Host MAC Address - The MAC address that blocked by DoS are displayed here. To update this page and to show the current blocked host, click on the Refresh button. Click the Clear All button to clear all displayed entri es. After [...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide To delete all the entries: 1. Click the Clear All button. 2. Click the Save button. Note : Y ou can set up to 8 entries. 5.10 DDNS The router offers a Dynamic Domain Name System ( DDNS ) feature. DDNS lets you assign a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP Address. It is useful when you are ho[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide  Domain Name - the domain names are displayed here. Click Logout to logout the DDNS service. 5.10.2 Comexe.cn DDNS If your selected dynamic DNS Service Provider is www .comexe.cn . The page will appear that shown in figure 5-36: Figure 5-36: Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instru[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide There are seven submenus under the Syst em T ools menu (shown in figure 5-37): Tim e , Firmware , Factory Default s, Reboot, Password, Log and St atistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each s ubmenu are provided below . 5.1 1.[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-39: Firmware Upgrade New firmware versi ons are posted at www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. If the router is not experiencing difficulties, there is no need to download a more recent firmware version, unless that version has a new feature that you want to use. Note: When you upgrade t[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their default values. • The default User Name : admin • The default Passw ord : admin • The default IP Address : 192.168.1.1 • The default Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0 Note : Any settings you have saved will be lost when the default sett[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide It is strongly recommended that you change t he factory default us er name and password of the router. All users who try to access the router's web-based utility or Quick Setup will be prompted for the router's user name and password. Note : The new user name and password must not exceed 14 charac[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide enable, click the Enable button. If disabled, the f unction of DoS protection in Security settings will be ineffective.  Packets Statistics Interval - The default va lue is 10. Select a v alue between 5 and 60 seconds in the pull-down list. The Packets S tatistic interval value indicates the time section[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix A: F AQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) First, configure the ADSL modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. 2) Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL modem to the W A N port on the router . The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of the ADSL modem. 3) Lo[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide MAC register , login to the router and cl ick the "Network" menu link on the left of your browser , and then click "MAC Clone" submenu link. On the "MAC Clone" page, if your PC’ s MAC address is pr oper MAC address, click the "Clone MA C Address" button and your PC?[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure A-5 DMZ 4. I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? 1) Because the WEB Server port 80 will interfere with the WEB management port 80 on the router , you must change the WEB management por t number to avoid interference. 2) T o change the WEB management port num ber: Login to the rou[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure A-7 Virtual Server 5. The wireless stations cannot connect to the router . 1) Make sure the "Wireless Router Radio" is enabled. 2) Make sure that the wireless stations ' SSID accord with the router's SSID. 3) Make sure the wireless stations have right KEY for encryption when the r[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to inst all and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows 95/98. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter ’s manual if needed. 1. Inst all TCP/IP component 1) On the Windows taskbar , click the St ar t but[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure B-3: Configuration tab 3) Click on Properties . The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default. 4) Now you have two ways to configure the TCP/IP protocol below: • Assigned by DHCP Sever a. Select Obtain an IP address automatically , as s[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure B-5: Gateway tab c. Choose Disable DNS on the DNS c onfiguration tab, as shown in the following figure: Figure B-6: DNS Configuration tab • Setting IP address manually a. Select S pecify an IP address on IP Address tab, as shown in the following figure. If the router's LAN IP addre ss is 192.1[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Figure B-7: IP Address tab b. T ype the router ’s LAN IP address (t he default IP is 192.168.1.1) into the N e w ga t e wa y field on the Gatew ay tab, and click on the Add button, as shown in the figure: Figure B-8: Gateway tab c. On the DNS Configuration tab, click Enable DNS radio, and type your comput[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide click Add button . Shown below: Figure B-9: DNS Configuration tab Now , all the configurations are finished, it will take ef fect after reboot. - 59 -[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix C: S pecifications General S tandards IEEE 802.3, 802. 3u, 802.1 1b and 802.1 1g Protocols TCP/IP , PPPoE, DHCP , ICMP , NA T , SNTP Channel 13 Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port, Four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 ports supporting Auto MDI/MDIX Cabling T ype 10BASE-T : UTP catego[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix D: Glossary  108M Super G TM WLAN Transmission Technology - 108M Super G TM WLAN Transmission Technology employs multip le performance-enhancing techniques including packet bursting, fast frames, data compression, and dynamic turbo mode that combine to improve the throughput and ran ge of wirele[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide  Domain Name - A descriptive name for an address or group of addresses on the Internet.  DoS ( D enial o f S ervice) - A hacker attack designed to prevent your computer or network from operating or communicating.  DSL ( D igital S ubscriber L ine) - A technology that allows dat a to be sent or rece[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix E: Cont act Information For help with the installation or operation of the TP-LINK TL-WR642G 108Mbps Wireless Router, please contact us. E-mail: support@tp-link.com Website: http://www.tp-link.com - 63 -[...]