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  • Page 1

    Configuration and Access of FTP Server TL-WR1042ND TL-WR1043ND TL-WR2543ND TL-WR842ND This guide applies to all the models above. Rev: 1.0.0 1910010521[...]

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    CONTENTS Chapter 1. T opology and US B Devi ce ................................................................. 2 1.1 T ypical T opology ......................................................................................................... 2 1.2 S pecial T opology .................................................................................[...]

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    Application Guide - 2 - Chapter 1. Topology and USB Device 1.1 Ty p i c a l To p o l o g y Figure 1-1 T ypical T opology ) Note: 1. USB Flash Device stands for FTP Server in this topology. 2. Lo cal PC here means the PC t hat is in the same subnet with the FTP Sever. Local PC ca n access the FTP Server by LAN (Local Area Network), which is called L[...]

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    Application Guide - 3 - 1.2 S pecial T opology Figure 1-2 S pecial T opology ) Note: The W A N port of TL-WR1043ND is linked to the LAN port of an xDSL modem. If the modem has already obtained a public IP by dialing to the Internet with the username and password provided from your ISP and TL-WR1043ND obtains it s IP through Dynamic IP service provi[...]

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    Application Guide - 4 - Chapter 2. Configuration of the Wireless Router To set up your FTP Server, please follow the instructions below: 1. Make sure you have a PC connected to the wire less router, either through wireless con nection or wired connection. 2. Plug an external USB hard disk drive or USB fl ash drive into the USB port on the back pane[...]

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    Application Guide - 5 - 5. Go to USB Settings -> FTP Server , the screen will appear as shown in Figure 2-3 . The IP behind Internet Address would be us ed to access the FTP server. Figure 2-3 FTP Server Configuration 6. Select the Enable box to enable Internet Access to FTP from WAN port. 7. Specify a Service Port fo r FTP Server. (The default [...]

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    Application Guide - 6 - 10. Select the Share entire partition or a specific folder option. If you select Share entire partition , the folders contained in this partition will all be shared. Figure 2-4 Add or Modify Share Folder 11. Click the Save button to save the settings and the screen will appear as shown in the figure below. Figure 2-5 Click S[...]

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    Application Guide - 7 - ) Note: 1. The max share folders number is 10. If you want to share a new folder when the number h as reached 10, you can delete an existing s hare folder and then a dd a new one. 2. The change of the FTP settings will not take e ffect until the FTP Server is restarted. 3. Currently, there is quantitative re striction of FTP[...]

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    Application Guide - 8 - Chapter 3. Access via Web Browser Here we take the W eb browser Internet Explorer for example. 3.1 W AN Access 1. Input the Internet Address in IE address field. (The address can be found on FTP Server page as shown in Figure 3-2 . Here is f tp://218.18.0.163 .). Figure 3-1 Input Internet Address Figure 3-2 Internet Address [...]

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    Application Guide - 9 - Figure 3-3 Log On 3. Now you can see the IE as Figure 3-4 . Double-click the folder TP-LINK . Figure 3-4[...]

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    Application Guide - 10 - 4. Y ou will see the files contained in TP-LINK as below . Figure 3-5 5. T o open a folder , right click the folder , for example tplink02 , and select Open option. T o download a file, right click the file, for exampl e test03.doc , and select Copy option. Figure 3-6[...]

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    Application Guide - 1 1 - Figure 3-7 ) Note: When trying to open a file by double-clicking the file, an error will occur as shown in Figure 3-8 . We recommend that you use Copy and Paste method to download the file on FTP Server. Figure 3-8[...]

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    Application Guide - 12 - 3.2 LAN Access 1. Go to Sta r t- > Run , input cmd as below , then click OK or press Enter key . Figure 3-9 2. Y ou will see the interface as below . Figure 3-10 3. Input ipconfig , and press Enter key . Write down the IP address behind Default Gateway as shown in Figure 3-1 1 . (Here is 192.168.0.1).[...]

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    Application Guide - 13 - Figure 3-1 1 4. Input the address (The address written down in S tep 3. Here is192.168.0.1) in IE address field in format of ftp://192.168.0.1 and then press Enter key , Figure 3-12 A login window will pop up as below . Enter the Us er name and Password of the wireless router (default username: admin , default password: adm[...]

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    Application Guide - 14 - Figure 3-13 5. Now you can see the IE as below , double-click the folder TP-LINK . Figure 3-14[...]

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    Application Guide - 15 - 6. Y ou will see the files contained in TP-LINK as below: Figure 3-15 7. T o open a folder , right click the folder , for example tplink02 , and select Open option. T o download a file, right click the file, for exampl e test03.doc , and select Copy option. Figure 3-16[...]

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    Application Guide - 16 - Figure 3-17 ) Note: When trying to open the file by double-clicki ng the file, an error will occur as shown in Figure 3-1 8 . We recommend that you use Copy and Paste method to download the file on FTP Server. Figure 3-18[...]

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    Application Guide - 17 - Chapter 4. Access via PC Client Software Here we take CuteFTP Professional 8 for example. 4.1 W AN Access 1. Open the CuteFTP and it will show as below . Figure 4-1[...]

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    Application Guide - 18 - 2. Go to File -> New -> FTP Site or press Ctrl+N to open a new Site properties . Figure 4-2 3. Set the dialog box as below and click Connect . Label: Name of the site. Host address: The Internet Address of FTP Server configuration page (Here is 218.18.0.163). Figure 4-3[...]

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    Application Guide - 19 - Username: Default setting of the wireless router is admin in lower case letters. Password: Default setting of the wireless router is admin in lower case letters. Comment s: The information that you want to record for the specifi c site. Login method: select Normal ¾ Normal - The user name and p assword are mandatory to con[...]

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    Application Guide - 20 - 4. Now you can see the folder TP-LINK in the panel. Double-click the folder . Figure 4-5 5. Y ou will see three subfol ders and three files in the TP-LINK folder . Figure 4-6[...]

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    Application Guide - 21 - 6. Double-click a file and it will be downloaded automatically . Figure 4-7 ) Note: When you connect to a site, your My Documents folder is the default loca l folder to save your downloaded files, and the default remote folder is th e folder specified when you configured the site. You can specify a di fferent local folder a[...]

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    Application Guide - 22 - 2. Y ou will see the interface as below . Figure 4-9 3. Follow the cursor , input ipconfig and press Enter key . Write down the IP address of Default Gateway as shown in Figure 4-10 . (Here is 192.168.0.1). Figure 4-10[...]

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    Application Guide - 23 - 4. Open the CuteFTP and it will show as below . Figure 4-1 1 5. Go to File -> New -> FTP Site or press Ctrl+N to open a new Site properties . Figure 4-12[...]

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    Application Guide - 24 - 6. Set the dialog box as below and click Connect . Label: Name of the site. Host address: The IP of the Default Gateway written down in S tep 3 (here is 192.168.0.1). Username: Default setting of the wireless router is admin in lower case letters. Password: Default setting of the wireless router is admin in lower case lette[...]

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    Application Guide - 25 - 7. Now you can see the folder TP-LINK in the panel. Double-click the folder . Figure 4-14 8. Y ou can see three subfol d ers and three files in the TP-LINK folder . Figure 4-15[...]

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    Application Guide - 26 - 9. Double-click a file and it will be downloaded automatically . Figure 4-16 ) Note: When you connect to a site, your My Documents folder is the default local folder to save your downloaded files, and the default remote folder is the folder specified w hen you configured the site. You can specify a different local folder an[...]