TP-Link TL-WR1042ND manual

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbp s Wireless N Gigabit Router Rev: 1.1.0 1910010638[...]

COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS S pecifications ar e subject to change w ithout notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of t heir respective holders. No part of th e specifications ma y be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivat[...]

FCC ST A TEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable pr otection against harmful interference in a residential inst allation. This eq uipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy an d, i[...]

CE Mark W arning This is a class B product. In a domestic environment , this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. National Restrictions This device is intended for home and office use in all EU countries (and ot her countries following the EU directive 1999/5/EC) wit hout any limita[...]

Industry Canada S t atement: This device complies with RSS-210 of the Industry Canada Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1)This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2)This device must accept any interference rec e ived, including interference that may cause undesired operation. IMPORT ANT NOTE: Radiation Exposu[...]

TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Building 24 (floors 1, 3, 4, 5), and 28 (floors 1-4) Central Science and T echnology Park, Shennan Rd, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 300Mbp s Wireless N Gigabit Router Model No.: TL-WR1042ND T rademark: TP-LINK We d[...]

I CONTENTS Package Co ntents ............................................................................................................... ........... 1 Chapter 1. Introduc tion................................................................................................................. 2 1.1 Ov erview of the Router............................[...]

II 4.7.3 Address Rese rvation ...................................................................................... 43 4.8 USB Setti ng s .............................................................................................................. 45 4.8.1 S torage S haring .........................................................................[...]

III 4.17 System T ools .............................................................................................................. 89 4.17.1 T ime Setting.................................................................................................... 90 4.17.2 Diagnos tic ......................................................................[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -1- Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router ¾ DC Power Adapter for TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router ¾ Quick Install ation Guide ¾ Resource CD for TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router, including: • [...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -2- Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview of the Router The TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Rout er integrates 4-port Switch, Firewall, NA T -Router and Wireless AP . The 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router delivers exceptional range and speed, which can full y meet the need of Small Office/Hom e O[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -3- 1.2 Conventions The Router or TL-WR1042ND mentioned in this guide stands for TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router without any explanation. 1.3 Main Features ¾ Complies with IEEE 802.1 1n to provide a wireless data rate of u p to 300Mbps. ¾ One 10/100/1000M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 WAN por t[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -4- 1.4 Panel Lay out 1.4.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 Front Panel sketch The Router ’s LEDs and the Wireless On/Off button are located on the front p anel (View from left to right). Name Statu s Indication Off Power is off. PWR On Power is on. On The Router is initializing or maybe has a system erro[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -5- ) Note: 1. After a device is successfully added to the netwo rk by WPS function, the WPS LED will keep on for about 5 minutes and then turn off. 2. Pressing the Wireless On/Off button for two sec onds will turn on/off the wireless radio. When the WIRELESS LED flashes, the wireless f unction has bee[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -6- ¾ 1,2,3,4 (LAN): These ports (1, 2, 3, 4) connect the Router to the local PC(s). ¾ Wireless antenna: T o receive and transmit the wireless data.[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -7- Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 Sy stem Requirement s ¾ Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet) ¾ One DSL/Cable Modem that has an RJ 45 connector (which is not necessary if the Router is connected directly to the Ethernet.) ¾ PCs with a working Ethernet Adapter and an Etherne[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -8- electrical outlet. The Router w ill start to work automatically . 7. Power on your PC and Cable/DSL Modem. Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation of the TL-WR1042ND 300Mbp s Wireless N Gigabit Router[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -9- Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basi c functions of your TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router using Quick Setup Wiz ar d within minutes. 3.1 TCP/IP Configuration The default domain name of the Router is http://tplinklogin.net and the defa[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -10- Figure 3-2 Failure result of Ping command Please check the connection following these step s: 1. Is the connection bet ween your PC and the Router correct? ) Note: The 1/2/3/4 LEDs of LA N ports which you link to on the Router and LEDs on your PC's adapter should be lit. 2. Is the TCP/IP conf[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -1 1- Figure 3-3 Login the Router After a moment, a login window will appear , similar to the 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 me[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -12- Figure 3-6 Choose WAN Connection Type The Router provides Auto-Detect function and supports three popular ways PPPoE , Dyn ami c 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 p[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -13- ¾ If the connection type detect ed is Dynamic IP , the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-8. z If you are visiting the Router from the main computer, please select Yes , and then click Clone MAC Address . Figure 3-8 Quick Setup – MAC Clone z If you are visiting the Router from another[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -14- Figure 3-10 Find MAC Address ¾ If the connection type detect ed is S tatic IP , the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-1 1. Figure 3-1 1 Quick Setup - S tatic IP ¾ IP Address - This is the WAN IP address seen by external users on the Internet (including your ISP). Enter t he IP address[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -15- Figure 3-12 Quick Setup – Wireless ¾ Wireless Radio - Enable or disable the wireless radi o by choosing from the drop-down list. ¾ Wireless Network Name - Enter a value of up to 32 c haracters. The same name of SSID (Service Set Identificat ion) must be assigned to all wireless devices in your[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -16- disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect the Router wit hout encryption. It is strongly recommended that you choose one of following options to enable security. ¾ WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK - Select WPA based on pre-shared passphrase. z PSK Password - You can enter ASCII or Hexadecimal chara[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -17- Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This chapter will show each Web p age's ke y functions and the c onfiguration way . 4.1 Login After your successful login, you will see the sixteen main menus on the left of the W eb-based utility . On the right, there are the corre sponding explanations a nd[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -18- Figure 4-1 Router S tatus 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 3.2: "Quick Installation Guide." 4.4 WPS This section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly by WPS[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -19- (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) function. a). Choose menu “WPS”, and you will see the next screen (shown in Figure 4-2 ). Figure 4-2 WPS ¾ WPS St atus - Enable or disable the WPS function here. ¾ Current PIN - The current value of the Router's PIN is displayed here. The default PIN of the Route[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -20- Figure 4-3 Add A New Device Step 2: Press and hold the WPS button of the client device directly . Step 3: The Wi-Fi Protected Setup LE D flashes for two minutes during the Wi-Fi Protected Setup process. Step 4: When the WPS LED is on, the client device has successfully connected to the Router . St[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -21- ) Note: 1) The WPS LED on the Router will light gr een for five minutes if the device has been successfully added to the network. 2) The WPS function cannot be configured if the Wireless Function of the Router is disabled. Please make sure the Wireless Function is enabled before configuring the WP[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -22- This page displays the W AN IP parameters a ssigned dynamically by your ISP , including IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway , etc. Click the Renew button to renew the IP parameters from your ISP . Click the Release button to release the IP parameters. ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum T r[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -23- ¾ Default Gatewa y - (Optional) Enter the gateway IP address provided by your ISP in dotted-decimal notation. ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum T ransmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recomm ended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by yo[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -24- • Dyn ami c IP - Y ou can check this radio button to use Dynamic IP as the secondary connection to connect to the local area network provided by ISP . • St atic IP - Y ou can check this radio button to us e S tatic IP as the secondary connection to connect to the local area network provided by[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -25- Figure 4-9 PPPoE Advanced Settings ¾ MTU Size - The default MTU size is “1480” bytes, which is usually fine. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP . ¾ Service Name/AC Name - The service name and AC (Acce ss Concentrat or) name, which should no[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -26- Figure 4-10 W AN – BigPond Cable ¾ User Name/Passw ord - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Auth Server - Enter the authenticating serv er IP address or host name. ¾ Auth Domain - T ype in the domain suffix server name based on your loca[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -27- ¾ Connect Manually - Y ou can click the Connect / Disconnect button to connect/disconnect immediately . This mode also supports the Max Idle Time function as Connect on Demand mode. The Internet connection can be disconnected automatically after a specified inactivity period and re-established wh[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -28- ¾ Connect on Demand - Y ou can configure the Router to disconnect from your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity ( Max Idle T ime ). If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity , Connect on Demand enables the Router to automatically re-establish your co[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -29- Figure 4-12 W AN –PPTP ¾ User Name/Passw ord - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Dynamic IP/ S t atic IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP and enter the ISP’ s IP address or the domain name. If you choose static IP and enter[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -30- ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the Rout er is disconnected. T o use this option, click the radio button. ¾ Connect Manually - Y ou can configur e the Router to ma ke it connect or disconnect manually . After a specified period of inactivity ( Max Idle T ime ), the Router w[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -31- (factory default: 192.168.0.1). ¾ Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask. ) Note: 1. If you change the IP Address of LAN, you must use the new IP Address to login the Router . 2. If the new LAN IP Address you set is not[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -32- 4.6 W ireless Figure 4-15 Wireless men u There are five submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 4-15 ): Wireless Settings , Wireless Security , Wireless MAC Filtering, Wireless Advanced and Wireless St atistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to c onfigure the corresponding func[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -33- TP-LINK_XXXXXX (XXXXXX indicate s the last unique six number s of each Router’s MAC address). This value is case -sensitive. For example, TEST is NOT the same as test . ¾ Region - Select your region from the drop-down list. This field specifies the region where the wireless function of the Rout[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -34- ¾ Max Tx Rate - Y ou can limit the maximum tx rate of the Router through this field. ¾ Enable Wireless Router Radio - The wireless radio of this Router can be enabled or disabled to allow wireless stations access. ¾ Enable SSID Broadcast - When wireless clients survey the local area for wireles[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -35- Figure 4-17 ¾ Disable Security - If you do not want to use wireless secu rity, select this check box, but it’s strongly recommended to choose one of t he following modes to enable security. ¾ WEP - It is based on the IEEE 802. 11 standard. If you select this check box, you will find a notice i[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -36- stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified length. ASCII format stands for any combination of keyboa rd characters in t he specified length. • WEP Key- Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching WEP key that you create. Make sure thes[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -37- ¾ WP A/WP A2 - Personal(Recommended) - It’s the WPA/WPA2 aut hentication type based on pre-shared passphrase. • Ve r s i o n - you can choose the version of the WPA-PSK security on the drop-down list. The default setting is Automatic , which can select WP A-PSK ( Pre-shared key of WPA) or WP [...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -38- Figure 4-21 Wireless MAC addre ss Filtering T o filter wireless users by MAC Address, click Ena ble . The default setting is Disable . ¾ MAC Address - The wireless station's MAC address that you want to filter . ¾ Statu s - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled . ¾ Descriptio[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -39- 4. Click the Save button to save this entry . T o 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 All button to make all entries enab[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -40- 4.6.4 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “ Wir el es s → Wireless Advanced ”, and then you can c onfigure the advanced settings of your wireless network. Figure 4-23 Wireless Advanced ¾ Transmit Power - Here you can specify the transmit power of Router. You can select High, Middle or Low which y[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -41- ¾ Enable WMM - WMM function can guarantee the packets with high- priority messages being transmitted preferentially. It is strongly recommended ena bled. ¾ Enable Short GI - This function is recommended for it will increase the data capacity by reducing the guard interval time . ¾ Enabled AP Is[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -42- 4.7 DHCP Figure 4-25 The DHCP m enu There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 4-25 ): D HCP Settings , DHCP Client s List and Address Reserv ation. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.7.1 DHCP Settings Choose menu “ DHCP → DHCP[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -43- be allowed connection to the Router with thei r current dynamic IP Address. Enter the amount of time in minutes and t he user will be "leased" this dy namic 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 ~ 28[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -44- address for clients via the next screen (shown in Figure 4-28 ). 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 I[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -45- Click the Next button to go to the next page and Click the Previous button to return to the previous page. 4.8 USB Settings Figure 4-30 The USB Settings menu There are five submenus under t he U SB Settings menu (shown in Figure 4-30): S torage Sharing, FTP Server , Media Server , Print Server and[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -46- ¾ Shared - Indicates the shared or non-shared stat us of the volume. When the volume is shared, you can click the Disable to stop sharing the volume; when volum e is non-shared, you can click the Enable button to share the volume. ¾ View- Click “Open the disk” under this column, you can view[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -47- 2. The new settings will not take ef fe ct until you restart the service. 3. T o unplug the USB drive, click Eject Disk button first. It is not recommended to simply pull the USB drive out of the USB port, because th is can cause damage to the device and cause data loss. 4. Mounted volumes are sub[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -48- Figure 4-35 FTP Server Configuration 2. Click the Enable/Disable box to enable/disable internet access to FTP from WAN port. 3. Change the Service Port to specify a port for FTP Server to use. (The default is 21, do not change unless necessary.) 4. Click Add Ne w Folder to add new folders for the [...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -49- ¾ Folder - Name of folders that is in current path. ¾ Save - You can click the Save button to save your settings and page will be redirected to the FTP server configuration page. ¾ Back - You can click the Back button to discard the settings and just go to the FTP Server configuration page. To [...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -50- 4.8.3 Media Server Choose menu “ USB Settings → Media Server ”, an d then you can configure Media Server on this page as shown in Figure 4-38. Figure 4-38 Media Server Setting ¾ Server Name – The name of this Media Server. ¾ Server Status - Indicates the Media Server’s current status, [...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -51- Figure 4-40 Media Server Setting 3. Click the Add share folder button to specify a fold er as t he search path of media server. The screen will then appear as shown in Figure 4-41. Figure 4-41 Add New Folder ¾ Display Name - You can enter a display name for the share folder. ¾ Share entire parti[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -52- ¾ Save - You can click the Save button to save your settings and the page will be redirected to the media se rver configuration page. ¾ Back - You can click the Back button to discard the settings and just go to the media server configuration page. To add a new share folder for your media server[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -53- ¾ Online - Indicates the print server has been turned on, and no user is usi ng it at present. Y o u can click the " Sto p " button to stop the print server . ¾ Offline - Indicates the print server featur e is disabled. Y ou can click " Start " button to start it. 4.8.5 User [...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -54- Figure 4-45 Add or Modify User Account ¾ User Name - Type the user name that you want to gi ve access to the USB drive. The user name must be composed of alphanumeric symbols not exceeding 15 charac ters in length. ¾ Password - Enter the password in the Password field. The password must be compo[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -55- 4.9 Forwarding Figure 4-46 The Forwa rding menu There are four submenus under the Forwar ding menu (shown in Figure 4-46 ): Virtual Servers , Port T riggering , DMZ and UPnP . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.9.1 Virtual Servers Choose menu “ For[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -56- ¾ Common Service Port - Some common services already exist in the drop-down list. ¾ Modify - T o modify or delete an existing entry . To setup a virtual server entry: 1. Click the Add New ... button. (pop-up Figure 4-48 ) 2. Select the service yo u want to use from the Common Service Port list. [...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -57- System Tools –> Remote Management page to be any other value e xcept 80 such as 8080. Otherwise there will be a conflict to disable the virtual server. 4.9.2 Port Triggering Choose menu “ Forwarding → Port T riggering ”, you can view and add port triggering in t he next screen (shown in[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -58- Figure 4-50 Add or Modify a T riggering Entry ¾ T rigger Port - The port for outgoing traffic. An outgoi ng connect ion using this port will trigger this rule. ¾ T rigger Protocol - The protocol used for T rigger Ports, either TCP , UDP , or All (all protocols supported by the Router). ¾ Incomi[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -59- 2. The Router records this connection, opens t he incoming port or ports associated with this entry in the Port T riggering table, and associates them with th e local host. 3. When necessary , the external host will be abl e to connect to the local host using one of the ports defined in the Incomi[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -60- Figure 4-52 UPnP Setting ¾ Current UPnP Status - UPnP can be enabled or di sabled by clicking the Enable or Disable button. This feature is enabled by default. ¾ Current UPnP Settings List - This table displays the current UPnP information. • App Description - The description about the applic [...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -61- Advanced Security , Local Management and Remote Management. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure t he corresponding function. 4.10.1 Basic Security Choose menu “ Security → Basic Securit y ”, and then you can configur e the basic security in the screen as shown in Figure 4-54[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -62- the use of cryptographic security services. To allow IPSec tunnels to pass through the Router, click Enable . ¾ ALG - It is recommended to enable Application Layer Gatew ay (ALG) because ALG allows customized Network Address T ranslation (NA T) traversal fil ters to be plugged into the gateway to[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -63- Figure 4-55 Advanced Security ¾ Packets Statistics Interval (5~60) - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 a nd 60 seconds from the drop-down list. The Packets S t atistics Interval value indicates the time section of the packe ts sta tistics. The result of the statistics is used fo r[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -64- ¾ UDP-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 500. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600. When the current UPD-FLOOD Packe ts number is beyond the set value, the Router will startup the bl ocking function immediately. ¾ Enable TCP-SYN-FLOOD Attack Filtering - Enable or Disable the TCP-S[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -65- button “ Only the PCs listed can brow se the built-in web pages to perform Administrator tasks ”, and then enter each MAC Address in a separate field. The format for the MAC Ad dress is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digi t). Only the PCs with MAC address listed can use the password t[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -66- you will be able to access the Router's web-based utility. 2. Be sure to change the Router's default password to a very secure password . 4.11 Parent al Control Choose menu “ Parent al Control ”, and then you can conf igure the parental control in the screen as shown in Figure 4-58. [...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -67- Figure 4-59 Add or Modify Parental Co ntrol Entry 2. Enter the MAC address of the PC (e.g. 00-11-22-33-44-AA) you’d like to control in the MAC Address of Child PC field, or you can choos e the MAC address from the All Address in Current LAN drop-down list. 3. Give a description (e.g. Allow Googl[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -68- For example : If you desire that the child PC with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA can access www.google.com on Saturday o nly while the parent PC with MAC addr ess 00-11-22-33-44-BB is without any restriction, you should follow the settings below. 1. Click “ Parental Control ” menu on the left [...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -69- 4.12.1 Rule Choose menu “ Access Control → Rule ”, and then you can view and set Access Control rules in the screen as shown in Figure 4-62. Figure 4-62 Access Control Rule Management ¾ Enable Internet Access Control - Select the check box to enable the Internet Access Control function, so [...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -70- ¾ Move - You can change the entry ’s order as desired. Enter in the first box the ID number of the entry you want to move and in the se cond box another ID number , a nd then click the Move button to change the entries’ order. ¾ Next - Click the Next button to go to the next page. ¾ Previou[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -71- Figure 4-64 Quick Setup – Create an Access T arget Entry ¾ Target Description - In this field, create a descripti on for the target. Note that this description should be unique (e.g. Target_1). ¾ Mode - Here are two options, IP Address and Domain Name. You can choose either of them from the dr[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -72- Figure 4-65 Quick Setup – Create an Advanced Schedule Entry ¾ Schedule Description - In this field, create a descripti on for the schedule. Note that this description should be unique (e.g. Schedule_1). ¾ Day - Choose Select Days and select the ce rtain day (days), or choose Everyday. ¾ Time [...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -73- ¾ Rule - In this field, create a name for the ru le. Note that this name should be unique (e.g. Rule_1). ¾ Host - In this field, select a host from the dr op-down list for the rule. The def ault value is the Host Description you set just now. ¾ Target - In this filed, select a target from t he [...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -74- 1. Click the sub menu Rule of Access Control in the left to return to the Rule List page. Select Enable Internet Access Contro l and choose "Allow the packets specified by any e nabled access control policy to pass through the Router". 2. We recommend that you click Setup Wizard button t[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -75- ¾ Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry. To add a new entry, please follow the steps below. 1. Click the Add New… button. 2. In the Mode field, select IP Address or MAC Address. z If you select IP Addre ss, the screen shown is Figure 4-69. 1) In Host Description field, create a unique [...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -76- 4. In MAC Address field, enter 00-11 -22-33-44-AA. 5. Click Save to complete the settings. Then you will go back to the Host Se ttings page and see the following list. 4.12.3 Target Choose menu “ Access Control → Ta r g e t ”, and then you can view and set a T arget list in the screen as sho[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -77- Figure 4-72 Add or Modify an Access T arget Entry 1) In Target Description field, create a unique description for the target (e.g. Target_1). 2) In IP Address field, enter the IP address of the target. 3) Select a common service from Common Service Port drop-down list, so that the Target Port will[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -78- 5. Click the Save button. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries in the table. Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Previous button to return to the previous page. For example : If you desire to restrict the inter net activities of host with MAC address 00-11-2[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -79- 2. In Schedule Description field, create a unique description for the schedule (e.g. Schedule_1). 3. In Day field, select the day or days you need. 4. In Time field, you can select all day-24 hours or you may enter the Start Time and Stop Time in the corresponding field. 5. Click Save to complete [...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -80- 4.13 Advanced Routing Figure 4-76 Advanced Routing There are two submenus under the Adv anced Routing menu as shown in Figure 4-76: Stati c Routing List and System Routing T able . Click any of them, and you w ill be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.13.1 Static Routing List Choose m[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -81- you want to assign to a static route. ¾ Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask determines which portion of an IP Address is the network portion, and which por tion is the host portion. ¾ Default Gateway - This is the IP Address of the gat eway device that a llows for contact between the Router a nd the n[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -82- Router and the network or host. ¾ Interface - This interface tells you either the Destination IP Address is on the LAN & WLAN (internal wired and wireless networks), or on the WAN (Internet). 4.14 Bandwid th Control Figure 4-80 Bandwidt h Control There are two submenus under the Bandwidth Con[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -83- Figure 4-82 Bandwidt h Control Rules List ¾ Description - This is the information about the rules such as ad dress range. ¾ Egress bandwidth - This field displays the max and mix upload bandwidth through the WA N port, the default is 0. ¾ Ingress bandwidth - This field displays the max and mix [...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -84- 4.15 IP & MAC Binding Setting Figure 4-84 the IP & MAC Binding menu There are two submenus under the IP &MAC Binding menu (shown in Figure 4-84): Binding Settings and ARP List . Click any of them, and you will be able to scan or configure the corresponding function. The detailed explan[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -85- Figure 4-86 IP & MAC Binding Setting (Add & Modify) To add IP & MAC Binding entries, follo w the steps below. 1. Click the Add New... button as shown in Figure 4- 85. 2. Enter the MAC Address and IP Address. 3. Select the Bind checkbox. 4. Click the Save button to save it. To modify or[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -86- 4.15.2 ARP List T o manage the computer , you co uld observe the computers in the LAN by chec king the relationship of MAC address and IP address on the ARP list, and you could also configure the items on the ARP list. This page displays the ARP Li st; it shows all the existing IP & MAC Bindin[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -87- name no matter what your IP address is. Before us ing this featur e, you need to sign up for DDNS service providers such as www.comexe.cn , www .dynd ns.org , or www.no-ip.com . The Dynamic DNS client service provider w ill give you a password or key. 4.16.1 Comexe.cn DDNS If the dynamic DNS Servi[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -88- ) Note: If you want to login again with another account after a successful login, please click the Logout button, then input your new us ername and password and click the Login button. 4.16.2 Dyndns.org DDNS If the dynamic DNS Service Provider you select is www .dyndns.org , the page will appear a[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -89- Figure 4-91 No-ip.com DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the User Name for your DDNS account. 2. Enter the Passwo rd for your DDNS account. 3. Enter the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider . 4. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS se[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -90- Choose menu “ System T ools ”, and you can see the submenus under th e main menu: Tim e Settings , Diagnostic , Firmw are Upgrade , Factory Default s, Backup & Restore, Reboot, Password, System Log and St atistics. Click any of them, and you w ill be able to configure the corresponding fun[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -91- 2. Enter the address or domain of the NTP Server I or NTP Server II . 3. Click the Get GMT button to get system time from In ternet if you have connected to the Internet. ) Note: 1. This setting will be used for some time-based f unctions such as firewall. Y ou must specify your time zone once you[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -92- pinging/tracerouting the IP address is success ful, but pinging/tracerouting the domain name is not, you might have a name resolution problem . In this case, ensure that the domain name you are specifying can be resolved by usi ng Domai n Name System (DNS) queries. ¾ IP Address/Domain Name - Ente[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -93- Figure 4-96 Firmware Upgrade ¾ Firmware Version - Displays the current firmware version. ¾ Hardware Version - Displays the current hardwa re ve rsion. The hardware version of the upgrade file must accord with the R outer’s current hardware version. T o upgrade the Router's firmware, follo[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -94- Figure 4-97 Restore Factory Default Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their default values. • The default User Name : admin • The default Password : admin • The default IP Address : 192.168.1.1 • The default Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0 ) Note: All changed sett[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -95- 4.17.6 Reboot Choose menu “ System T ools → Reboot ”, and then you can click the Reboot button to reboot the Router via the next screen. Figure 4-99 Reboot the Router Some settings of the Router will take effect only after rebooting, which include • Change the LAN IP Address (syst em will [...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -96- ) Note: The new user name and password m ust not exc eed 14 characters in length and not include any spaces. Enter the new Passw ord twice to confirm it. Click the Save button when finished. Click the Clear All button to clear all. 4.17.8 System Log Choose menu “ System T ools → System Log ”[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -97- Figure 4-102 Mail Accou nt Settings • From - Your mail box address. The Router would connect it to send logs. • To - Recipient’s address. The destination mail box where the logs would be received. • SMTP Server - Your smtp server. It corresponds with the mailbox filled in the From field. Y[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -98- ¾ Mail Log - Click to sen d an email of current l ogs manually according to the address and validation information set in Mail Settings. ¾ Clear Log - All the logs will be deleted from the R outer permanently, not ju st from the page. Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Pr[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -99- Statistics Table: IP/MAC A ddress T he IP and MAC address are displa yed with related statistics. Packets The total number of packets received a nd transmitted by the Router. Total Bytes The total number of bytes received and transmitted b y the Router. Packets The total number of packets received[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -100- Appendix A: FAQ 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) Conn ect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL Modem to the W AN port on the Router . The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of the ADSL Mo[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -101- 2. How do I configure the Router to access Internet by Ethernet users? 1) Login to the Router , click the “Network” m enu on the left of your brows er , and click "W AN" submenu. On the W AN page, select “Dynamic IP” for "W AN Connection T ype", finish by clicking “S[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -102- Figure A-5 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry ) Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP , which is displayed on the “Status” page. 4) How to enable DMZ Host: Log in to the Router , click the “ Forw arding ” menu on the lef t of your browser , and click " DMZ " submenu[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -103- Figure A-7 Basic Security 4. I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, w hat should I do? 1) Because the WEB Server port 80 will inte rfere with the WEB management port 80 on the Router , you must change the WEB management port number to avoid interference. 2) T o change the WEB management port nu[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -104- ) Note: If the above configuration takes effect, you c an visit and configure the Router by typing http://192.168.1.1:88 (the Router’s LAN IP address: Web Management Port) in the address field of the Web browser. If the LAN IP of the modem connected with your router is 192.168.1.x, the default [...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -105- 4) If the wireless connection is ready , but you c an’t access the Router , check the IP Address of your wireless stations.[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -106- Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows XP . First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is wo rking, refer to the adapter ’s manual if needed. 1. Inst all TCP/IP compone nt 1) On the Windows taskbar , click the S[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -107- 4) In the prompt page that showed below , double click on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) . Figure B-2 5) The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default.[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -108- 6) Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server automatically , as shown in the Figure below: Figure B-3[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -109- Appendix C: Specifications General S tandards IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.1 1b, IEEE 802.1 1g and IEEE 802.1 1n Protocols TCP/IP , PPPoE, DHCP , ICMP , NA T , SNTP Ports One 10/100/1000M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port, Four 10/100/1000M Auto-Negotiation LA N RJ45 ports supporting Auto MDI/M[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -1 10- Appendix D: Glossary ¾ 802.11n - 802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standar ds by adding MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output). MIMO uses mu ltiple transmitter and receiver antennas to allow for increased data throughput via spatial multiplexing and incr eas ed range by exploiting th e spatial[...]

TL-WR1042ND 300Mbps W ireless N Gigabit Router -1 1 1- identifying a wireless local area network. Fo r the wireless devices in a network to communicate with each other, all devices must be configured with the same SSID. This is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card. It corresponds to the ESSID in the wireless Access Point and[...]