TP-Link AC1750 manual

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Dual Ban d Gigabit Rout er R EV1.0.0 191001 1049[...]

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    COPYRIG HT & TRADEMARKS S pecifications are subject t o change without notice. is a registered trade mark of TP - LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered tradem arks of their res pective holders. No part of the specifications m ay be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any deri[...]

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    FCC S T A TEMENT This equipment has bee n tested and found t o comply with the lim its for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. Thes e limits are designed to provide r easonable protec tion against harmf ul interference i n a residential installation. This equipment generat es, uses and can radiate radio frequenc y energy[...]

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    CE Mark W arn ing This is a class B product. In a domesti c environment, this product may caus e radio interfere nce, in which case the user m ay be required to take adequate m easures. National Restrictions This device is int ended for home and office use in all EU countries (and other countries followi ng the EU directive 199 9/5/EC) without a ny[...]

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    Luxembourg None Genera l authorizatio n required f or network and servic e supply (not f or spectrum) Russian Feder ation No info 5250 - 5350 MHz Country Restriction Reason/ remark Bulgaria Not implemented Planned Croatia Lic ense requir ed Ital y General aut hor ization requir ed if used outside o wn premises Luxembourg None Genera l authorizat io[...]

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    Canadian Compliance St atement This device compli es with Industry Canada l icense - ex empt RSS standard(s). Operation is s ubject to the following t wo conditions : (1) This device may not cause int erference, and (2) This device m ust accept any interferenc e, including interfe rence that may caus e undesired operation of the devic e. Cet appare[...]

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    頻電機需忍受合法通信或工業、科學以及醫療用電波輻射性電機設備之干擾。 減少電磁波影響,請妥適使用。 安全諮詢及注意事項 ●請使用原裝電源供應器或只能按照本產品注明的電源類型使用本產品。 ●清潔本產品之前請先拔掉電源線。請勿使用液體、噴霧清?[...]

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    TP - LINK TECHNOLO GIES CO., L TD TP- LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Building 24 (floors 1, 3, 4, 5) , and 28 (floors 1 - 4) Central S cience and T echn ology Park, Shennan Rd, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China DECL ARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equi pment: Product Descri ption: AC1750 Wireles s Dual Band Gigabi t Router Model No.: Archer C8 T rade[...]

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    CONTENTS Package Contents ..................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 2 1.1 Overview of the rout er ............................................................................[...]

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    5.4.5 Wireless Advanced ....................................................................................... 46 5.4.6 Wireless S tatistics ......................................................................................... 47 5.5 Wireless 5GHz .................................................................................................[...]

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    5.14.1 S tatic Routing List ......................................................................................... 93 5.14.2 Syst em Rout ing T able ................................................................................... 94 5.15 Bandwidth Control ........................................................................................[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 1 - Package Content s The following i tems should be found in your package:  Archer C8 AC1750 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Router  DC Power Adapt er for Archer C8 AC1 750 Wireless Dual B and Gigabit Router  Quick Installation Guide  Re source CD for Arc her C8 AC1750 Wireless Dual Ban[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 2 - Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview of th e router The Archer C8 AC1750 Wi reless Dual Band Gigabit Router integrates 4- port Swit c h, Firewall, N AT - router and Wireless AP . Powered by 3x 3 MIMO technology , t he AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router delivers exceptional range an d s[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 3 - 1.3 Main Featur es  Complies with IE EE 802.1 1 ac .  One 10/100 /1000M Auto - Negotiation RJ45 Internet port, four 10/100 /1000M Auto - Negoti ation RJ45 Ethernet port s, supporting Auto MDI/MDIX.  Provides a USB 3.0 port and a USB 2.0 p ort supporti ng file sharing and p ri nt s e[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 4 - 1.4 Panel Layout 1.4.1 The Front Panel The router ’s LEDs are loc ated on the front panel (View from left to right) . Name St atus Indication (Power) On T he router has fini shed booting. Flashing The router is booting or upgrading. Off Power is off. (Wireless ) On T he wireless func tion [...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 5 - ( WPS ) On/Off It turns on when a wirele ss device has been successful ly c onnected to the network via WP S. Af ter about 5 minutes , the WPS LED will turn off. Slow Flash A wireless device is trying to connect to the network via WPS. This process may take up to 2 minutes. Quick Flash A wir[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 6 - Pressing thi s button for more than 5 sec onds enables t he Reset function. Wi th the router powered on, press and hold the WPS/ Reset button f or approxi mately 8 seconds . And then release the butt on and wait the router to rebo ot to its factory default sett ings.  Internet: This port [...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 7 - Chapter 2. Connecting the router 2.1 System Requir e ment s  Broadband Internet Access Service (DS L/Cable/Ethernet )  One DSL/Cable Modem that has an RJ45 c onnector (which is not necessary if the router is connected direct ly to the Ethernet)  PCs with a working Et hernet Adapter [...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 8 - Figure 2-1 Hardware I nstallation Figure 2-2 USB Installatio n  Note: If you want to use the router t o share files or printer , plug the USB storage device to t he USB port or connect the print er to the router with a m atching c able.[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 9 - Chapter 3. Quick Setup 1. Set up the TCP/ IP Protocol in " Obtain an IP address automatical ly " mode on your P C. If you need instruct ions as to how to do this, please refer to Appendix B: Conf iguring the PC . 2. Open a web - bro wser (such as Mic rosoft Internet Explorer , Moz [...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 10 - 4. T hen WAN Connection Ty pe page will appear as shown below . Select your connection type if you know what it i s or c lick Auto Detect button ; then fol low the inst ruction s to conti nue.  Note: 1) It's likel y that you will sk ip S tep 3 and jump to S tep 4 in some situations,[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 - St atic IP Figure 3-6 WAN Connect ion Type  IP Address - Enter t he IP address into this field.  Subnet Mask - Ent er the subnet mask int o this field. It is usually 255.255.255. 0.  Defau lt Gatew ay - Enter the gateway IP address into t his field .  Primary DNS - Enter the DNS[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 12 - L2TP Figure 3-8 WAN Connect ion Type  Server IP Address/ Name - Enter t he server IP address/nam e provided by your ISP.  User Name - Enter t he username provided by your I SP. Th is fiel d is case - sensitive.  Password - Enter t he Password provided by your ISP. Th is field is ca[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 13 - PP TP Figure 3-9 WAN Connect ion Type  Server IP Address/ Name - Enter t he server IP address/nam e provided by your ISP.  User Name - Enter t he username provided by your I SP. Th is fiel d is case - sensitive.  Password - Enter t he Password provid ed by your ISP. Th is field is [...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 14 -  Wireless 2.4GHz/5GHz - Displays whether t he wireless function is enabled or not .  Network Name (SSID) - Also called the SSID (Service Set Identific ation). Enter a value of up to 32 characters . The same name m ust be assigned t o all wirel ess devices in your n etwork. This value [...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 15 - Chapter 4. Basic 4.1 Network Map Network Map provides a router - centered dashboard that let s you see the status of your Internet connection and network at a glance. Y ou can click any of the six secti ons of the dashboard to view the d etail information. Al l the information is read - onl[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 16 - Figure 4-2 Internet 1. If your ISP provid es the DHCP service, please choose D ynamic IP type , and the router will automaticall y get IP parameters f rom your ISP. You can s ee the page as shown below . Figure 4-3 Dynamic IP  IP Address - A ssi gned dynamically by your ISP .  Subnet [...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 17 -  Primary /Secondary DNS - If your ISP gives you one or two DNS addresses , select Use These DNS Servers a nd enter the primary and se condary addres ses into the correc t fields. Otherwise, the DNS servers will be ass igned dynamic ally from your ISP .  Note: If you find error w hen y[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 18 - Figure 4-5 PPPoE  User Name/ Passw ord - Enter the User Name an d Password provided b y your ISP . These fields are cas e - sensitive. Click the Connect button t o connect immediat ely . Click the Disconnect button to di sconnect immediatel y . Click the Save button to save your s etting[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 19 - 5. If your ISP provides PPTP connection, please select PPTP/Russ ia PPTP option. And you should enter the f ollowing parameters ( Figure 5- 8). Figure 4-7 PPTP /Russia PPTP  VPN Server IP/ Domain Name - Enter the IP address or domai n name of your VPN server .  User Name/Passw ord - E[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 20 - 4.3 Wireless Choose menu “ Basic → Wireless ”, you can c onfigure the basic setti ngs for the wireless net work, including 2.4 GHz and 5GHz. Figure 4-8 Wireless Setting  Wireless 2.4GHz/5GHz - Select ON to enable your wireless 2.4GHz/5GHz net work, and select OFF to disable yo ur w[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 21 - Figure 4-9 File Shari ng  Disk Setting - Clic k the Scan button to dis play the informati on of the USB storage de vice connected to the router . Click t he Safely Remove butt on to remove the USB st orage device safely from the router. Select the Active checkbox, and then th e correspon[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 22 - ii. Enter ftp://192.168.0.1:21 i n the dialog box and cli ck the OK button. 3) FTP (Remote): This method is d i sabled by default. If you select this check box, remote users can access the USB dri ve through FTP over the Internet. This feature supports both downloading a nd uploading of f i[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 23 -  Enable Write Access - If this c heckbox is selected, t hen the sharing file is allowed write access .  Enable Media Sharing - Select this check box to enable media shari ng. T o speci fy the folders: i. Select the volum e desired to share f rom the V ol ume Name drop - down list. ii.[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 24 - Figure 4- 12 Guest Net work  Allow G uest s T o S ee E ach O ther - If ON is selected, anyone who c onnects to the g uest n etwork can access each other .  Allow Guests T o Access My Local Networ k - If ON is selected, anyo ne who connects to t he guest network has access to your loca[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 25 - Chapter 5. Advanced 5.1 S t atus Choose menu “ Advanc ed → St atus ”, you can see the current status inform ation about the router . Figure 5-1 S tatus[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 26 - 5.2 Network Figure 5-2 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu as shown in Figure 5-2 : WA N , MAC Clone and LAN . Click a ny of them, and you will be able to c onfigure the correspon ding function. 5.2.1 WAN Choose menu “ Advan ced → Netwo rk → WA N ”, yo u[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 27 -  MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum T ransmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes . It is not recommended that you change t he default MTU Size unless required by your ISP .  Use These DNS Server s - If your I SP gives you one or two DNS addresses, s elect Use The[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 28 -  MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum T ransmission Unit) value f or most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes . It is not recommended that you change t he defa ult MTU Size unless required by your ISP .  Primary /Secondary DNS - (Optional) Enter one or two DNS addresses in dotted - decimal [...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 29 -  St atic IP - Y ou can check this radio button to use S tatic IP as the secondary connection to connect to the l ocal area network provide d by ISP .  Connect on Demand - In this mode, the Internet connection c an be terminated automaticall y after a specified inactivit y period ( Max[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 30 - Figure 5-6 PPPoE Advanced Settings  MTU Size - The default MTU size is “1480” byt es, which i s usually fine . It is not recommended that you change the default M TU Size unles s required by your I SP .  Service Name/AC Nam e - The servic e name and AC (Acc ess Concentrator) name [...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 31 - Figure 5-7 WA N - L2 T P/Russia L2TP  VPN Server IP /Domain Name - Enter the IP address or domain name of the VPN server provided by your ISP .  User Name/Passw ord - Enter the User Name an d Password provided b y your ISP . These fields are case - s ensitive.  Dynamic IP/ St atic [...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 32 - again. If you wish to act ivate Connect on Demand , chec k the radio button. If you want your Internet connect ion to remain active at all t imes, enter 0 in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connect ion terminates.[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 33 - Figure 5-8 PPTP Settin gs  VPN Server IP /Domain Name - Enter the IP address or domain name of the VPN server provided by your ISP .  User Name/Passw ord - Enter the User Name an d Password provided b y your ISP . These fields are case - s ensitive.  Dynamic IP/ St atic IP - Choose[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 34 - again. If you wish to acti vate Connect on Demand , chec k the radio button. If you want your Internet connect ion to remain active at al l times, enter “0” in the Max Idl e Tim e field. Otherwise, enter t he number of minutes you want to have elapsed before yo ur Internet connection te[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 35 - Figure 5-9 MAC Addres s Clone Some ISPs require t hat you register the M AC Address of your adapter . Changes are rarely needed here .  WAN MAC Address - This field displays the current M AC address of the Internet port . If your ISP requires you to register the MAC address , please ente[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 36 -  Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of t he network. Normally us e 255.255.255. 0 as the subnet mask.  Note: 1) If you change the I P Address of LAN, you must use t he new IP Address to log in the rout er . 2) If the new LAN IP Address you set is not in the same su[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 37 - Figure 5- 13 Wireless Settings ( 2.4GHz )  Wireless Netw ork Name - The wireless net work name (SSID) that the router uses . Y ou can create a new one with u p to 32 characters. T he default SSID is set to be TP - LINK _XXXX. This value is cas e - sensitive. For exam ple, TEST is NOT the[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 38 -  Enable SSID Broadca st - When wireless clients survey the loc al area for wireless network s to associate with, they will detect the SSID broadcast by t he router . If you select the E nabl e SSID Broadcast chec kbox, the Wireles s router will broadcas t its name (SSID) on the air . [...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 39 - Fig ure 5- 15 WPS  WPS St atus - Enable or disable t he WPS function here.  Current PIN - Dis plays the current val ue of the router 's P IN. The default PIN of the router can be found in the l abel or User Guide.  Restor e PIN - Res tore the PIN of the router to i ts default [...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 40 - Figure 5- 16 Add A New Device Step 2: Enter the PIN number f rom the cli ent device in the field on t he WPS screen above . Then click Connect button. Step 3: “ Connect successfu lly ” will appear on the sc reen of Figure 5- 16 , whic h means the client device has successfull y connecte[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 41 - Figure 5- 17 Wireless Security  Disable Secur ity - If you do not want to use wireless s ecurity, check this radio button. But it’s strongly recom mended to choose one of the f ollowing modes to enabl e security.  W PA / W PA 2 - Personal - I t’s the WPA/WPA2 authenti cation type [...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 42 - Figure 5- 18 WP A/WP A2 – Personal  W ireless Pass word - You can enter ASCII characters between 8 and 63 c haracters or 8 to 64 Hexadecim al characters. T he default password is the same with the def ault PIN code, which is labeled on the router or c an be found in Fig ure 5- 15 . [...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 43 -  Group Key Up date Period - Specify the group key up date interval in s econds. The value should be 30 or ab ove. Enter 0 to disabl e the update.  WEP - It is based on the I EEE 802.11 standard. If you check this radi o button, you will fi nd a notice in red as s how n in Figure 5- 20[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 44 - 5.4.4 Wireless MAC Filtering Choose menu “ Adv anced → Wireless 2.4GHz → Wireless MAC Filtering ” , you can c ontrol the wireless acces s by configuring the Wireless MAC Filtering function, shown in Figure 5- 21 . Figure 5- 21 Wireless MAC Filtering T o filter wirel ess users by MAC[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 45 - 3. Select E nabled or Disabled for t his entry on the Status drop - d own list . 4. Click the Save button to save t his entry . T o m odify or delete an existin g entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want t o modify . I f you want to delete the entry , click t he Delete . 2. Modify t[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 46 - 5.4.5 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “ Advan ced → Wireless 2.4GHz → Wireless A dvanced ”, you can c onfigure the advanced setti ngs of your wireless net work. Figure 5- 23 Wireless Advanced  Transmit Pow er - Here you c an specify the trans mit power of router . Y ou can selec t [...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 47 - broadcast and mult icast messages. When the ro uter has buffered broadc ast or multicast messages for ass ociated client s, it sends the next D TIM with a DTI M Interval value. You c an specify the value betwee n 1 - 255 Beacon Intervals . The default value is 1, which indicates the DTIM In[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 48 - If the numbers of connected wireles s stations go beyond one pa ge, click the Next butt on to go to the next page and cli ck the Previous button t o return the previous page.  Note: This page will be refres hed automatic ally every 5 seconds . 5.5 Wireless 5GH z Figure 5- 25 Wireless men[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 49 - TP - LINK _XXXX _5G . This value is c ase - sensitive. For exampl e, TEST is NOT the same as test .  Region - The geographic region where the router is being used. This field specif ies the region where the wirel ess function of the rout er can be used. It might be illegal t o use the wi[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 50 -  Key ty pe - This option s hould be chosen ac cording to the AP 's security conf iguration. It is recommended that the security t ype is the same as your AP's s ecurity type  WEP Index - This option should be chos en if the key type is W EP. It indic ates the index of the WE[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 51 - I. Use the Wi - Fi Protected Setu p Button Use this method if your c lient device has a Wi - Fi Protected S etup button. Step 1: Press t he WPS /Reset button on the back panel of the router Step 2: Press and hold t he WPS button of the client device directly . The Wi - Fi P rotected Setup L[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 52 - Figure 5- 30 Wireless Security  Disable Secur ity - If you do not want to use wireless s ecurity, check this radio button. But it’s strongly recom mended to choose one of the f ollowing modes to enabl e security.  W PA / W PA 2 - Personal - I t’s the WPA/WPA2 authenti cation type [...]

  • Page 64

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 53 - Figure 5- 31 WP A/WP A2 – Personal  Wireless Pass word - You can enter ASCII characters between 8 and 63 charact ers or 8 to 64 Hexadecim al characters. The def ault password is the same with the default PIN code, which is labeled on the bottom of the rout er or can be found in Figure [...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 54 -  Group Key Up date Period - Specify the group key up date interval in s econds. The value should be 30 or ab ove. Enter 0 to disabl e the update.  WEP - It is based on the I EEE 802.11 standard. If you check this radi o button, you will fi nd a notice in red as s how n in Figure 5- 33[...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 55 - 5.5.4 Wireless MAC Filtering Choose menu “ Adv anced → Wireless → MAC Filtering ” , you c an control the wirel ess acc ess by configuring the Wireles s MAC Filtering function, shown in Figure 5- 34 . Figure 5- 34 Wireless MAC Filtering T o filter wirel ess users by MAC Address, clic[...]

  • Page 67

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 56 - 3. Select E nabled or Disabled for t his entry on the Status drop - d own list . 4. Cli ck the S ave button to save this entry . T o m odify or delete an existin g entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want t o modify . I f you want to delete the entry , click t he Delete . 2. Modify [...]

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    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 57 - 5.5.5 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “ Advance d → Wireless → Wireless Advanced ”, you can configure t he advanced settings of your wirel ess network. Figure 5- 36 Wireless Advanced  Transmit Pow er - Here you c an specify the trans mit power of router . Y ou can select High, Midd[...]

  • Page 69

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 58 - messages for ass ociated client s, it sends the next D TIM with a DTI M Interval value. You c an specify the value betwee n 1 - 255 Beacon Interval s. The default value is 1, which indicates the DTIM Interval is the same as Beacon Interval.  Enable WMM - WMM function can guarant ee the p[...]

  • Page 70

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 59 -  Note: This page will be ref reshed automatic ally every 5 seconds . 5.6 Guest Network Choose menu “ Advanc ed → Guest Network ”, you can c onfigure the Guest Net work Wireless Settings on the page as shown in Fi gure 5- 38 . Figure 5- 38 Guest Net work Wireless Settings  Access[...]

  • Page 71

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 60 -  Allow Guest s T o Access My Local Network - I f this checkbox is s elected , anyone who connects to the guest network has access to your local network , not just Internet acc ess.  Enable Guest Network Ban dwidth Control - If this check box is selected, t he Guest Network Bandwidth C[...]

  • Page 72

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 61 - There are three submenu s under the DHCP menu , shown in Figure 5- 39 : DHCP Settings , DHCP Clients List and Address Reserv ation . Click any of them, and you will b e able to conf igure the correspondin g function s. 5.7.1 DHCP Setti ngs Choose m enu “ Advanced → DHCP → DHCP Setting[...]

  • Page 73

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 62 -  Secondary DNS - ( Optional.) Input the IP address of another DNS server if your IS P provides two DNS s ervers.  Note: To use the DHCP serv er function of the router , you must configure all c omputers on the LAN as "Obtain an IP Addres s automaticall y". 5.7.2 DHCP Clients[...]

  • Page 74

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 63 - F igure 5- 42 Address Reservation  MAC Address - The MA C address of the PC for which you want to reserve an I P address.  Reserved IP Address - T he IP address reserved fo r the PC by the router .  Status - The stat us of this entry , eit her Enabled or Disab led . To Reserve an I[...]

  • Page 75

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 64 - 5.8 USB Settings Figure 5- 44 The USB Settings menu There are three subme nus under the USB S ettings menu (shown i n Figure 5- 44 ): Device Settings , F ile Shari ng , and Print Server . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the correspondin g function s. 5.8.1 Device Setti [...]

  • Page 76

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 65 - Figure 5- 46 File Shari ng  Sharing Account  Use Login Account - Select t his radio button, and the s haring account is the same with the login account .  Use Following Accou nt - Select t his radio button, t hen you have to speci fy the new username and password in the Usern ame a[...]

  • Page 77

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 66 - 2) FTP : This method is disabled by def ault. If you select thi s check box and click the Save button , the LA N users can acc ess the USB drive throu gh FTP . T o acc ess the USB drive for example from a Wi ndows computer: i. Select Start > Run . ii. E nter ftp://192.168.0.1:21 in the d[...]

  • Page 78

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 67 -  Allow Guest Network Access - Sel ect this checkbox is select ed, guests are allowed to acces s the sharing file.  Enable Authenticati on - If this checkbox is s elected, then the file sharing i s need authentication .  Enable Write Access - If this c heckbox is selected, t hen the[...]

  • Page 79

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 68 - Figure 5- 49 NA T Boost 5.10 Forwarding Figure 5- 50 The Forwarding menu There are four submenu s under the Forwarding menu: Virtual Servers , P ort T riggering , DMZ and UPnP . Clic k any of them, and you wil l be able to conf igure the correspondi ng function. 5.10.1 Virtual Servers Choos[...]

  • Page 80

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 69 -  Service Port - The num bers of External Service P orts. Y ou can enter a service port or a range of service ports (the format is XXX – YYY ; XXX is the S tart port and YYY is the End port).  Internal Port - The Internal S ervice Port number of the PC running the service appl icatio[...]

  • Page 81

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 70 -  Note: It is possibl e that you have a computer or s erver that has more t han one type of availabl e service. If so, select anothe r service, and t ype the same IP address for that computer or s erver . To modify or delete an exi sting entry: 1. Find the desired ent ry in the table. 2. [...]

  • Page 82

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 71 - 3. Select t he protocol used f or T rigger Port from t he T rigger Protocol drop - down list , either TCP , UDP , or All . 4. Select t he protocol used for Incomi ng Ports from the Incoming Prot ocol drop - down list, either TCP or UDP , or All. 5. Select E nable d in Status field . 6. Clic[...]

  • Page 83

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 72 - Click the Enable All button t o make all entries enabled. Click the Disable All button to mak e all entries disabled. Click the Delete All butt on to delete all entri es Once the router is con figured, the operation is as follows: 1. A loc al host makes an outgoing connect ion to an externa[...]

  • Page 84

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 73 - 5.10.4 UPnP Choose menu “ Advance d → Forwarding → UPnP ”, and then you c an view the informati on about UPnP in the s creen shown in Figu re 5- 56 . The Univer sal Plug and Play (UPnP) feature allows the devices, suc h as Internet computers , to access the local host resources or d[...]

  • Page 85

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 74 - 5.11 Security Figure 5- 57 The Security menu There are four submenus under the Sec urity menu: Basic S ecurity , Adv anced Security , Local Management and Remote Managem ent . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the correspondin g function s. 5.11.1 Basic Security Choose me[...]

  • Page 86

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 75 -  VPN - VPN Passthrough mus t be enabled i f you want to all ow VPN tunnels using VPN protocols to pass through the router .  PPTP Passthrough - Point - to - Point Tunnel ing Protocol (P PTP) allows the Point - to - Point P rotocol (PPP) to be tunneled thr ough an IP network. To allow [...]

  • Page 87

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 76 - Figure 5- 59 Advanced Security  Packets Stati stics Interval (5~60 ) - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds from t he drop - down lis t. The Packets S tatistics Interval value indi cates the ti me section of the packets st atistics. The result of the statistic[...]

  • Page 88

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 77 -  Ena ble TCP - SYN - FLOOD Attack Fil tering - Enable or Disabl e the TCP - SYN - FLOOD Attack Filteri ng.  TCP - SYN - FLOOD Packets Thresho ld (5~3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600. When t he current TCP - SYN - FLOOD Packets num bers is beyond the set v[...]

  • Page 89

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 78 - use the password to browse t he built - in web pages t o perform Administrator tas ks while all the others will be bloc ked. After click th e Add button, your PC's MA C Address will be pl aced in the list above. Click the Save button to save your s ettings.  Note: If your PC is bloc[...]

  • Page 90

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 79 - 5.12 Parent al Control Choose menu “ Advan ced → Parental Control ”, and then you can conf igure the parental control in the screen as shown in Figure 5- 62 . The Parental Control func tion can be used t o control the internet activi ties of the child, lim it the child to access certa[...]

  • Page 91

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 80 - Figure 5- 63 Add or Modify Parental Control Entry 2. Enter the MAC address of the PC (e.g. 00 - 11 - 22 - 33 - 44 - AA) you’d li ke to control in the M AC Addre ss of Child PC fiel d, or you can choose the MAC addres s from the All Address i n Current LAN drop - down list. 3. Give a descr[...]

  • Page 92

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 81 - For example : If you desi re that the child P C with MAC address 00 - 11 - 22 - 33 - 44 - AA can acce ss www.google.c om on Saturday only , while t he parent PC wit h MAC address 00 - 11 - 22 - 33 - 44 - BB is without any rest riction, you should fol low the settings bel ow. 1. Click “ Pa[...]

  • Page 93

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 82 - 5.13.1 Rule Choose menu “ Advan ced → Access Control → Rule ”, and then y ou can view and se t Access Control rules in t he screen as shown in F igure 5- 65 . Figure 5- 65 Access Control Rule Management  Enable Internet Access Control - Select t he checkbox to enabl e the Interne[...]

  • Page 94

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 83 -  Move - You can change the entry’s order as desir ed. Enter in the fi rst box the I D number of the entry you want to m ove and in the sec ond box another ID num ber, and then cl ick the Move button to change the entries ’ order. Click the Next button to go to the nex t page. Click t[...]

  • Page 95

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 84 - Figure 5- 67 Quick Setup – Create an A ccess T arget Entry  Target Descripti on - In this field, create a description f or the target. Not e that this description should be u nique (e.g. Tar get_1).  Mode - Here are two options, IP A ddress and Domain Name. Y ou can choose either of[...]

  • Page 96

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 85 - Figure 5- 68 Quick Setup – C reate an A dvanced Schedule Ent ry  Schedule Descripti on - In this field, creat e a description for t he schedule. Note that thi s description should be u nique (e.g. Sc hedule_1).  Day - Choose Select Days and select the certain day (da ys), or choose [...]

  • Page 97

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 86 -  Target - In this fi led, select a target from the drop - down list for the rul e.  Schedule - In this field, select a schedul e from the drop - down li st for the rule.  Status - In this field, there are two opt ions, Enable d or Disable d . Selec t Enable d so that the rule will [...]

  • Page 98

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 87 - 4. Add a new t arget with the Targ et Descripti on is Target_1 an d Domain Nam e is www.google.c om , and click Next . 5. Add a new schedule wit h the Schedule Desc ription is Schedul e_1, Day is Sat and Sun, S tart Time is 1800 and Stop T ime is 2000 , and c lick Next . 6. A dd a new rule [...]

  • Page 99

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 88 - Figure 5- 72 Add or Modify a Host Entry 2) If you selec t MAC Address, the screen is shown a s Figure 5- 73 .  In Host Descripti on field, creat e a unique description f or the host , e. g. Host_1 .  In MAC Address fiel d, enter the MAC addres s. Figure 5- 73 Add or Modify a Host Entr[...]

  • Page 100

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 89 - 5.13.3 Target Choose menu “ Advan ced → Access Control → T arg et ”, and then you can view and set a T arget list in the sc reen as shown in Figure 5- 74 . The target list is nec essary for the Access Control Rul e. Figure 5- 74 T arget Setti ngs  Target Descri ption - D isplays [...]

  • Page 101

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 90 - Figure 5- 76 Add or Modify an Acc ess T arget E ntry 1) In Target De scription field, create a unique descri ption for the target , e.g. Target_1. 2) In Domain Name field, enter the domai n name, either the f ull name or the ke ywords ( e.g. google) in the blank. Any domai n name with keywo[...]

  • Page 102

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 91 - Figure 5- 77 Schedule S ettings  Schedule Descripti on - D isplays the description of the schedule and this description is unique.  Da y - D ispla ys the day(s) in a week .  Time - D isplays the time period in a day.  Modify - Here you can edit or delete an exis ting schedule. T[...]

  • Page 103

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 92 - Figure 5- 78 Advanced Schedule Sett ings For example : If you des ire to restrict the internet ac tivities of host with MA C address 00 - 11 - 22 - 33 - 44 - AA to access www.googl e.com only from 18:00 to 20:00 on Saturda y and Sunday , you should first follow the s ettings below: 1. Click[...]

  • Page 104

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 93 - 5.14.1 Static Routing Li st Choose menu “ Advanc ed → Advanced Routing → St atic Routing List ” , and then you can configure the static route in t he next screen (shown in F igure 5- 80 ). A static rout e is a pre - determined path t hat network inform ation must travel to reac h a [...]

  • Page 105

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 94 - Click the Disable All button to dis able all the entries . Click the Delete All button to delete al l the entrie s. Click the Previous button to view the information i n the previous screen, cl ick the Next button to view the informat ion in the next screen. 5.14.2 System Routing Table Choo[...]

  • Page 106

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 95 -  Note: Bandwidth Control will become inval id if NAT Boost i s enabled . If you want to enabl e Bandwidth Control, pleas e go to “ Advanced → NAT Boost ” to dis able NAT Boost first . 5.15.1 Control Setti ngs Choose menu “ Advan ced → Bandwidth Control → Control Settings ”,[...]

  • Page 107

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 96 -  Description - This i s t he information about the rule s such as address range.  Egress bandw id th - This field displays t he max and mix upload bandwidth through the Internet port, t he default is 0.  Ingress bandw id th - This field displays t he max and mix download ban dwidth[...]

  • Page 108

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 97 - Figure 5- 88 Binding S etting  MAC Address - The MA C address of the cont rolled computer in the LA N.  IP Address - The ass igned IP address of the c ontrolled computer in t he LAN.  Bind - Check this opt ion to enable ARP bindi ng for a specif ic device.  Modify - To modify or[...]

  • Page 109

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 98 - 1. Click the Find butt on in Figure 5- 88 . 2. Enter the MAC Addres s or IP Addres s . 3. Click the Find butt on in Figure 5- 90 . Figure 5- 90 Find IP & MAC Binding Ent ry Click the Enable All button to mak e all entries enabled. Click the Delete All button to del ete all entries. 5.16[...]

  • Page 110

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 99 -  Note: An item could not be loaded to the IP & MAC Binding list if the IP address of the item has been loaded before. E rror warning will pr ompt as well. Likewise, "Loa d All" only loads the items wit hout interference to t he IP & MAC Binding lis t. 5.17 Dynamic DNS C[...]

  • Page 111

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 100 - Connection Status - The status of the DDNS s ervice connection i s displaye d here. Click Logout to log out of the DDNS service.  Note: If you want to logi n again with anothe r account af ter a succes sful login, please c lick the Logout button, then input you r new username and pas sw[...]

  • Page 112

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 101 - Figure 5- 94 No - ip.com DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, fol low these instruct ions: 1. Enter the User Name f or your DDNS account. 2. Enter the Passw ord for your DDNS ac count. 3. Enter the Dom ain Name you received f rom dynamic DNS service provi der . 4. Click the Login button to lo[...]

  • Page 113

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 102 - 5.18.1 IPv6 Status Figure 5- 96 IPv6 S t atus The IP v6 Status page displays the router 's current IPv6 status and conf iguration. Al l information is read - only.  WAN • Connection Ty pe - T he IPv6 connec tion way for WAN • IPv6 Address - Th e WAN I Pv6 address • IPv6 Defau[...]

  • Page 114

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 103 - 5.18.2 IPv6 Setup Figure 5- 97 Enable/Di sable IPv6  Enable IPv6 - T ic k the checkbox to enable the I Pv6 function. It’s enabled by default.  W AN Connection T ype - Choos e the correct WAN connection type based on your ISP network topology . • DHCPv6 - Connections whi ch use dy[...]

  • Page 115

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 104 - 1) DHCPv6 Figure 5- 98 DHCPv6  Get non - temporar y IPv6 address - G et a non - temporary I Pv6 address from the ISP.[...]

  • Page 116

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 105 -  Get IPv6 prefix delegation - Get a temporary IP v6 address and IPv6 prefix from the ISP, the temporary IPv6 ad dress is set to the WAN port, and the LAN port ad vertise IPv6 addr ess by RADVD or DHCPs.  IPv6 Address - The IPv6 address assigned by your ISP dynamically . Click the Ren[...]

  • Page 117

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 106 - 2) St atic IPv6 Figure 5- 99 St a t i c IPv6  IPv6 Address - E nter the IPv6 address in dotted - deci mal notation provided b y your ISP.  Default Gatew ay - Enter the default gateway in d otted - deci mal notation prov ided by your ISP .[...]

  • Page 118

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 107 -  MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transm ission Unit) value for m ost Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes . For some ISPs, you may need t o modify the MT U. But this is rarel y required, and should not be done u nless you are sure it is neces sary for your ISP c onnection.  Primary DNS[...]

  • Page 119

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 1 08 - Figure 5- 100 PPPoEv6  User Name/Passw ord - Ent er the User Name and Pas sword provided by your IS P. These fields are case - s ensitive .  Get IPv6 Address Wa y • Get non - temporar y IPv6 address - G et a non - temporary IPv6 addr ess by DHCPv6 from the ISP. • Get IPv6 prefix[...]

  • Page 120

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 109 - 4) T unnel 6to4 Figure 5- 101 T unnel 6to4  Address /Subnet Mask/ Default Gatew ay - the IPv4 addr ess/ subnet mask/ default gateway assigned , in dott ed - decimal notation.[...]

  • Page 121

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 0 -  MTU Size - The norm al MTU (Maximum Transm ission Unit) value for mos t Ethernet networks is 1 48 0 Bytes. For s ome ISPs, you may need to modify the MTU. But this is rarely re quired, and should not be done u nless you are sure it is neces sary for your ISP c onnection. If your ISP g[...]

  • Page 122

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 111 - Password , System Log and S t atistics . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the correspondin g function s . The detailed explanations for eac h submenu are provided belo w . 5.19.1 Time Setting s Choose menu “ Advan ced → System T ools → Time Setting s ”, and then[...]

  • Page 123

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 2 - 1. Select your loc al time zone. 2. Enter the Date in Mont h/Day/Y ear format . 3. Enter the Ti me in Hour/Mi nute/Second format . 4. Click Save . T o set ti me automatically : 1. Select your loc al time zone. 2. Enter the address or domain of the NTP Server I or NTP Server II . 3. Click [...]

  • Page 124

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 3 - Figure 5- 105 Diagnos tic T ools  Diagnostic T ool - Check t he radio button to s elect one diagnostic too.  Pin g - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connect ivity , reachabili ty , and na me resolutio n to a given host or gat eway .  T racerout e - This diagnostic tool tests t[...]

  • Page 125

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 4 - Figure 5- 106 Diagnos tic Results  Note: 1. Only one user can us e the diagnostic tools at one time. 2. "Ping Count", "Ping Packet Siz e" and "Ping T imeout" are Ping P arameters, and "Traceroute Max TTL" is T raceroute Para meter . 5.19.3 Firmwa[...]

  • Page 126

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 5 -  Note: 1) New firmware vers ions are posted at www.tp - link .com and can be downloaded for free. There is no need to upgrade the firm ware unless the new firmware h as a new feature you want t o use. However, when experiencing problems caus ed by the router rather than the configurati[...]

  • Page 127

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 6 - Figure 5- 109 Bac kup & Restore Configurati on  Click the Backup button to save all c onfiguration setti ngs as a backup file i n your local computer .  T o upgrade the router 's configuratio n, follow thes e instructions . • Click the Brow se butt o n to find the configu[...]

  • Page 128

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 7 - 5.19.7 Password Choose menu “ Advance d → System T ools → Password ”, and t hen you can change the f actory default user name and p assword of the router i n the next screen as s hown in Figure 5- 111 . Figure 5- 111 Pass word It is strongly recomm ended that you should c hange th[...]

  • Page 129

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 8 - Figure 5- 11 2 S ystem Log  Auto Mail Feature - Indi cates whether auto mai l feature is ena bled or not.  Mail Settings - Se t the receiving and sending mailbox a ddress, s erver address, valida tion information as well as the timet able for Auto Mail F eature, as shown in Figure 5[...]

  • Page 130

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 9 -  Note: Only when you selec t Authentication , do you have t o enter the User Nam e and Password in the following fi elds. • User Name - Your mail acc ount name filled in the From fi eld. The part behind @ is excluded. • Password - Your mai l account pass word. • Confirm The Passw[...]

  • Page 131

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 120 - Figure 5- 11 4 St atist ics  Current Statisti cs Status - Enable or Dis able. The default value is disabled. To enable it, click the Ena ble button. If it is disabled, the function of DoS protec tion in Security s ettings will be disabled.  Packets Statisti cs Interval ( 5- 60 ) [...]

  • Page 132

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 121 - Statistics Tabl e: IP/MAC Address T he IP and MAC address are di splayed with related s tatistics. Total Packets The tot al number of pac kets received and tra nsmitted by the router . Byt es The tot al number of bytes rec eived and transmitt ed by the router . Current Packets The tot al n[...]

  • Page 133

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 122 - Appendix A: F AQ 1. How do I configur e the router to access I nternet by ADSL users? 1) First, conf igure the ADS L Modem configured in RFC148 3 bridge mo del. 2) Connect t he Ethernet cable from you r ADSL Modem to the I nternet port o n the router . The telephone c ord plugs into the Li[...]

  • Page 134

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 123 - 2. How do I configur e the router to access I nternet by Ethernet u sers? 1) Login to the router , click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser , and click "W AN" submenu. On the WAN page, select “Dynamic IP” for "WAN Connection T y pe", finis h by click[...]

  • Page 135

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 124 - Figure A - 5 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry  Note: Your opposite s ide should call your WA N IP, which is displ ayed on the “Status ” page. 4) How to enabl e DMZ Host: Log in to t he router , click the “ For warding ” menu on the left of your browser , and click " DMZ[...]

  • Page 136

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 125 - Figure A - 7 Basi c Security 4. I want to build a WEB Se rver on the LA N, what should I do? 1) Because t he WEB Server port 80 will interf ere with the WEB manageme nt port 80 on the router , y ou must change the WEB m anagement port num ber to avoid interfer ence. 2) T o change t he WEB [...]

  • Page 137

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 126 - 3) Log in to the rout er , click the “ For warding ” menu on the left of your brows er , and cli ck the " Virtual Servers " subm enu. On the " Virtual Servers " page, cl ick Add New… , then on the “ Add or Modif y a V irtual Server ” page, enter “80” in to[...]

  • Page 138

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 127 - Appendix B: Configuring t he PC In this section, we’l l introduce how to install and configure the TCP /IP correctly in Windows XP . First make sure your E thernet Ada pter is working, refer to the adapter ’s manual if needed. 1. Inst all TCP/IP co mpone nt 1) On the Windows taskbar , [...]

  • Page 139

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 128 - 5) The followin g TCP/IP P ropertie s window will di splay and the I P Address tab is open on this window by default . 6) Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server autom atically , as shown in the Figure bel ow: Figure B -3 2. Ve r i f y the netw ork connection betw e[...]

  • Page 140

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 129 -  If the result displayed is sim ilar to Figure B -5 , it means t he conn ection between y our PC and the router failed. Figure B-5 Failure resul t of Ping command Please check the conn ection follow ing these steps: 1. Is the connect ion between your PC and the rout er correct?  Note[...]

  • Page 141

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 130 - Appendix C: S pecif ications General S tandards IEEE 802.1 1ac , IEEE 802.1 1n , IEEE 802.1 1g , IEEE 802 .1 1b , IEEE 802.1 1 a , I EEE 802.1 1e , IEEE 802.1 1i , IEEE 802.1X , IEEE 802.3X , IEEE 802.3 , IEEE 802.3u , IEEE 802.3ab Protocols TCP/IP , PPPoE, DHCP , ICMP , N AT , SNTP Ports [...]

  • Page 142

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 131 - Appendix D: Glossary  802.11ac - IE EE 802.11ac is a wireless computer networking s tandard of 802.11.Thi s specific ation will enable mul ti - station WLA N throughput of at least 1 gigabit pe r second .This is acco mplished by extending the air int erface concepts em braced by 802.11n[...]

  • Page 143

    Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 132 -  MTU ( Maximum Transm ission Unit ) - The s ize in bytes of the larg est packet that can be transmitted.  NAT ( N etwork A ddress T ranslation) - NA T technology transl ates IP address es of a local area network to a diff erent IP address for the I nternet.  PPPoE ( P oint to P oi[...]