TP-Link TL-WR2543ND manual

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router Rev: 1.0.0 1910010514[...]

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FCC RF Radiation Exposure S t atement This equipment complies with FCC RF radiatio n exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This device and its antenna must not be co -located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter . “T o comply with FCC RF exposure compliance r equirements, this grant is applicable [...]

This device has been designed to operate with the antennas listed below , and having a maximum gain of 3 dBi. Antennas not included in this list or having a gain greater than 3 dBi are strictly prohibited for use with this device. T he required antenna impedance is 50 ohms. T o reduce potential radio interference to other use rs, the antenna type a[...]

TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router Model No.: TL-WR2543ND T rademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own respon sibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product with in the scope of Counc[...]

CONTENTS Package Content s ..................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 3 1.1 Overview of the Router ............................................................................[...]

4.7.2 DHCP Client s List ......................................................................................... 51 4.7.3 Address Reservation .................................................................................... 51 4.8 USB Settings .....................................................................................................[...]

- III - 4.16.3 No-ip.com DDNS .......................................................................................... 97 4.17 System T ools ............................................................................................................ 98 4.17.1 Ti m e S et t i n g ....................................................................[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 2 - Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router ¾ DC Power A dapter for TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router ¾ Quick Install ation Guide ¾ Resource CD for TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 3 - Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the TL-WR2543ND 45 0Mb ps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router. 1.1 Overview of the Router Th e TL-WR2543ND 4 50Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router i nte gr ate s 4-port Switch, Fi re wal l, NA T -R ou ter an d W ir ele ss AP . Pow er ed[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 4 - 1.2 Conventions The Router or TL-WR2543ND ment ioned in this guide stands for TL -W R25 43N D 450Mbps Dual-Band 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 up to 450Mbp s. ¾ One 10/100/1000M Auto-[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 5 - 1.4 Panel Layout 1.4.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 Front Panel sketch The Router ’s LEDs are located on the front panel (View from lef t to right). Figure 1-2 LEDs on the front p anel Name Statu s Indication Off Power is off. （ Power ） On Power is on. Off The wireless function is di[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 6 - ) Note: After a device is successfully added to the network by WPS function, the WPS LED will keep on for about 5 minutes and then turn off. 1.4.2 The Rear Panel Figure 1-3 Rear Panel sketch The following parts are lo cated on the rear panel (View from left to right). ¾ POWER: The Power[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 7 - Router and client devices and automatically configure wi reless security for your wireless network. ¾ Wireless antenna: T o receive and transmit the wireless data.[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 8 - Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirement s ¾ Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet) ¾ One DSL/Cable Modem that has an RJ45 connector (which is not necessary if the Router is connected directly to the Ethernet.) ¾ PCs with a working Ethernet Adapter and a[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 9 - ) Note: If you want to use the Router to share files or printer , plug the USB storage device to the USB port or connect the printer to the R outer with a matching cable. 6. Connect the power adapt er to the power socket on the Router , and th e other end into an electrical outlet. The R[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 10 - Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions of your 450Mbps Dual-Band 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[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 1 1 - the Router failed. 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 shou[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 12 - 1. T o access the configurat ion utility , open a web-browser and type in the def ault domain name http://tplinklogin.net in the address field. Figure 3-3 Log in the R outer After a moment, a login window will appear , similar to Figure 3-4 . Enter admin for the User Name and Password, [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 13 - Figure 3-5 Quick Setup 3. Click Next , and then WAN Connecti on Type page will appear, shown in Figure 3-6 . Figure 3-6 WAN Connection Type The Router provides Auto-Detect function and supports three popular ways PPPoE , Dyn amic IP and Static IP to connect to the Internet. It’s recom[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 14 - Figure 3-7 Quick Setup - PPPoE ¾ User Name / Password - Enter the User Name and Passw ord provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. If you have difficulty with this process, please contact your ISP. ¾ Confirm Password - Enter the password again to make sure that the passw[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 15 - Figure 3-9 Quick Setup – MAC Clone z If you are visiting the Router from another co mputer, rather than the main computer, please select No , and then enter the main computer’s MAC in the field WAN MAC Address . Figure 3-10 Quick Setup – MAC Clone ) Note: 1. It’ s strongly recom[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 16 - 3) If the connection type detect ed is S tatic IP , the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-12 . Figure 3-12 Quick Setup - S tatic IP ¾ IP Address - This is the WAN IP address as seen by external users on the Internet (including your ISP). Your ISP will provide you with the IP[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 17 - Figure 3-13 Quick Setup – Wireless ¾ Wireless Radio - Choose from the drop-down list to enable or disable the wireless radio. ¾ Wireless Network Name - Also called the SSID (Service Set Identification). Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same nam e must be assigned to all wir[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 18 - ¾ Band - This field determines which operati ng frequency will be used. The default channel is set to 2.4GHz . Two options are available: 2.4GHz and 5GHz. It is recommended that your computers and dev ices running video and vo ice applications use the 5GHz band, while your guest access[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 19 - For ASCII , the key can be made up of any numbers from 0 to 9 and any letters from A to Z, the length should be between 8 and 63 characters. For Hexade cimal , the key can be made up of any numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F, the length shoul d be between 8 and 64 characters. P[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 20 - 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 sixt een main menus on the lef t of the Web-based utility . On the right, there are the corres ponding expla[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 21 - 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 wirele ss device to an existing network quickly by WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) function.[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 22 - 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 R outer's PIN is displayed her e. The default PIN of the Router can be found in the[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 23 - 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 LED flashes for two minutes duri ng the Wi-Fi Protected Setup process. Step 4: When the WPS LED is on, the client device has successfully connected to the [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 24 - ) Note: 1) The WPS LED on the Router will light green for five minutes if the device has been successfully added to the network. 2) The WPS function cannot be conf igured if the Wireless Function of the Router is disabled. Please make sure the Wireless Function is enabled before configu[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 25 - Figure 4-6 WAN – Dynamic IP This page displays the W AN IP parameters assigned dynamic ally 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. [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 26 - Click the Save button to save your settings. 2. If your ISP provides a static or fixed IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway and DNS setting, select Static IP . The Static IP settings page will appear, shown in Figure 4-7 . Figure 4-7 WAN - S tatic IP ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address in [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 27 - Figure 4-8 W AN - PPPoE ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Secondary Connection - It’ s available only for P PPoE Connection. If your ISP provides an extra Connection type such as Dynamic/S tatic IP to co[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 28 - ¾ Time-based Connecting - The connection will only be est ablished in the period from the start time to the end time (both are in HH:MM format). ) Note: Only when you have configured the s ystem time on “ System Tools → Time ” page, will the Time-based Connecting function can tak[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 29 - ¾ ISP S pecified IP Address - If your ISP does not automatically assign IP addresses to the Router during login, please click “ Use IP address specified by ISP ” check box and enter the IP address provided by your ISP in dotted-decimal notation. ¾ Detect Online Interval - The Rout[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 30 - NSW / ACT - ns w.bigpond.net.au VIC / T AS / W A / SA / NT - vic.bigpond.net.au QLD - qld.bigpond.net.au ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum T ransmission Unit) va lue for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recomm ended that you change the default MTU Size unless required[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 31 - Figure 4-1 1 W AN - L2TP/Russia L2TP ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Dynamic IP/ S tatic IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP . Click the Connect button to connect immediately . Click the Disc[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 32 - terminates. ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the Rout er is disconnected. T o use this option, check the radio button. ¾ Connect Manually - Y ou can configure the Router to ma ke it connect or disconnect manually . After a specified period of inactivity ( Max Idle[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 33 - Figure 4-12 PPTP Settings ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Dynamic IP/ S tatic IP - Choose either as you ar e given by your ISP and enter the ISP’ s IP address or the domain name. If you choose static I[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 34 - automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. If you wish to activate Connect on Demand , check the radio button. If you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter “0” in the Max Idle T ime field. Otherwise, e[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 35 - Figure 4-13 LAN ¾ MAC Address - The physical address of the Router , as seen from the LAN. The value can't be changed. ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address of your Router or reset it in dotted-decimal not ation (factory default: 192.168.0.1). ¾ Subnet Mask - An address code that [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 36 - ¾ Your PC's MAC Address - This field displays the MAC addr ess of the PC that is ma naging the Router. If the MAC address is required, you can click the Clone MAC Address To button and this MAC addre ss will fill in the WAN MAC Address field. Click Restore Factory MAC to restore t[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 37 - 4.6.1.1. 2.4GHz Wireless Settings Figure 4-16 Wireless Settings – 2.4GHz ¾ Wireless Network Name - Also called the SSID (Service Set Identification). Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same name must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network. Considering your wireles[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 38 - option. ¾ Band - This field determines which operating frequency will be used. Two options are available: 2.4GHz and 5GHz. It is recommended that your computers and devices running video and voice applications us e the 5GHz band, while your guest access and computers that are only brow[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 39 - Figure 4-17 WDS Setting ¾ SSID(to be bridged) - The SSID of the AP your Router is going to connect to as a client. You can also use the search func tion to select the SSID to join. ¾ BSSID(to be bridged) - The BSSID of the AP your R outer is going to connect to as a client. You can al[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 40 - 4.6.1.2. 5GHz Wireless Settings Figure 4-18 Wireless Settings – 5GHz ¾ Wireless Network Name - Also called the SSID (Service Set Identification). Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same name must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network. Considering your wireless ne[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 41 - ) Note: Limited by local law regulations, version for North America does not have region sel ection option. ¾ Band - This field determines which operating frequency will be used. Two options are available: 2.4GHz and 5GHz. It is recommended that your computers and devices running video[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 42 - Figure 4-19 ¾ SSID(to be bridged) - The SSID of the AP your Router is going to connect to as a client. You can also use the search func tion to select the SSID to join. ¾ BSSID(to be bridged) - The BSSID of the AP your R outer is going to connect to as a client. You can also use the s[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 43 - Figure 4-20 Wireless Security ¾ Disable Security - If you do not want to use wireless securi ty, check this radio button. 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 check this radio [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 44 - format stands for any combinati on of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specifie d length. ASCII format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length. • WEP Key - Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching WEP key that you cre[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 45 - ¾ WP A-PSK/WP A2-PSK- Personal - 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 li st. The default setting is Automatic , which can select WP A-PSK (Pre-shared key of WPA) o[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 46 - Figure 4-24 Wireless MAC Filtering T o filter wireless users by MAC Address, click Enable . The default setting is Disabled . ¾ MAC Address - The wireless st ation's MAC address that you want to filter . ¾ Statu s - The status of this entry , either Enabled or Disabled . ¾ Descr[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 47 - Click the Previous button to return to the previous page. For example: If you desire that the wireless statio n A with MAC address 00-0A- EB-B0-00-0B and the wireless station B with MAC address 00-0A-EB -00-07-5F are able to access the Router, but all the other wi reless stations cannot[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 48 - Figure 4-26 Wireless Advanced ¾ Transmit Power - Here you can specify the transmit power of Router. You can select High, Middle or Low which you would like. High is the default setting and is recommended. ¾ Beacon Interval - Enter a value between 20-1000 millise conds for Beacon Inter[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 49 - ¾ Enabled AP Isolation - This function can isolate wireless stations on your network from each other. Wireless devices will be able to communi cate with the Router but not with each other. To use this function, check this box. AP Isolation is disab led by default. ) Note: If you are no[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 50 - 4.7 DHCP Figure 4-28 The DHCP menu There are three submenus unde r the DH CP menu (shown in Figure 4-28 ), DHCP Settings , DHCP Client s List and Address Reserv ation. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corre sponding function. 4.7.1 DHCP Settings Choose menu “ D[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 51 - amount of time in minutes and t he user will be "leased" this dynamic IP Address. After the time is up, the user will be automatically assigned a new dynam ic IP address. The range of the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes. The default value is 120 minutes. ¾ Default Gateway - (Optiona[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 52 - DHCP server . Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to the servers that require p ermanent IP settings. Figure 4-31 Address Reservation ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP address. ¾ Reserved IP Address - The IP address reserved for the PC [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 53 - Click the Next button to go to the next page and Click the Previous button to return the previous page. 4.8 USB Settings Figure 4-33 T he USB Settings menu There are four submenus under t he USB Settings menu (shown in Figure 4-33 ), S torage Sharing , FTP Server , Media Server , Print [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 54 - 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 volume is non-shared, you can click the Enable button to share the volume. Click the Start button to start the Network Sharing serv[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 55 - Figure 4-36 FTP Server Configuration ¾ Service Status - Indicates the FTP Server's current status. ¾ Internet Access - Select enable to allow access of t he FTP serve r from the Internet. Otherwise, select disable to onl y allow local network access. ¾ Service Port - Enter the F[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 56 - Figure 4-37 Add or Modify Share Folder 2. Select the Share entire partition or a specific folder option. 3. Enter display name of the share folder in Display Name filed. 4. Click the Save button to save the settings. You can click the upper button to go to the upper folder. You can clic[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 57 - 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, started or stopped. You can click the Start button to start the Media Server and click the Stop button to stop it. ¾ Name - The display n[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 58 - Figure 4-41 Add New Folder ¾ Display Name - You can enter a display name for the share folder. ¾ Share entire partition - You can select this option and then the folders contained in this partition will all be shared. ¾ Folder Location - Displays the location of this folder. ¾ Selec[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 59 - Figure 4-42 Media Server Setting 4. Click the Scan All button to scan all the share folders imm ediately. You can also select the Auto-scan , at same time, select an auto scan interval time by drop-down list. In this case, the media server will auto sc an the share folders. ) Note: The [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 60 - page. Storage Sharing users can u se Internet Explorer to access files on the USB drive. FTP Server users can log into the FTP Server via FTP Client. There are two default user accounts that can ac cess the S t orage Sharing and FTP Server . They are Administrator and Guest (as shown in[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 61 - Figure 4-45 Add or Modify User Account ¾ User Name - Type the user name that you want to give 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 fiel d. The password mu[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 62 - 4.9 Forwarding Figure 4-46 T he Forwarding 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 m[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 63 - supported by the Router). ¾ Statu s - The status of this entry , "Enabled" m eans the virtual server entry is enabled. 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 se[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 64 - Click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return to the previous page. ) Note: If you set the service port of the virtual server as 80, you must set the Web management port on System Tools –> Remote Management page to be any other value except 80[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 65 - Figure 4-50 Add or Modify a T r iggering Entry ¾ T rigger Port - The port for outgoing traffic. An out going connection using this port will trigger this rule. ¾ T rigger Protocol - The protocol used for Trigger Port s, either TCP , UDP , or All (all protocols supported by the Router)[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 66 - 1. A local host makes an outgoing connection to an external host using a destination port number defined in the T rigger Port field. 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 wit[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 67 - devices can be automatically discovered by the UPnP serv ice application on the LAN. Figure 4-52 UPnP Setting ¾ Current UPnP Status - UPnP can be enabled or disabled by clicking the Enable or Dis able button. This feature is enabled by default. ¾ Current UPnP Settings List - This tabl[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 68 - 4.10 Security Figure 4-53 The Security menu There are four submenus under t he Security menu as shown in Figure 4-53 : Basic Security , Advanced Security , Lo cal Management and Remote Management. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure t he corresponding function. 4.10.1 B[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 69 - ¾ VPN - VPN Passthrough must be enabled if you want to allow VPN tunnels using VPN protocols to pass through the Router. • PPTP Passthrough - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) allows the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) to be t unneled through an IP network. To allow PPTP tunnels[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 70 - Figure 4-55 Advanced Security ¾ Packets Statistics Interval (5~60) - The default value is 10. Se lect a value between 5 and 60 seconds from the drop-down list. The Packets S tatistics Interval value indicates the time section of the p ackets statistics. The result of the statistics is [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 71 - ¾ Enable TCP-SYN-FLOOD Attack Filtering - Enable or Disable the TCP-SYN-FLOOD Attack Filtering. ¾ TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600. When the current TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets numbers is beyond the set value, the Router will[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 72 - use the password to browse the built-in web pages to perform Administrator tasks while all the others will be blocked. After click the Add button, your PC's MAC Addre ss will be placed in the list above. Click the Save button to save your settings. ) Note: If your PC is blocked but[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 73 - 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 c an configure the parental control in the screen as shown in Figure 4-58 . The Parental Control function c an be used to contro[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 74 - Figure 4-59 Add or Modify Parental Control Entry ¾ Parental Control - Check Enable if you w ant this function to take effect; otherwise, check Disable . ¾ MAC Address of Parental PC - In this field, enter the MAC address of the controlling PC, or you can make use of the Copy To Above [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 75 - 3. Give a description (e.g. Allow Google) fo r the website allowed to be accessed in the Website Description field. 4. Enter the allowed domain name of the websit e, either the full name or the keywords (e.g. google) in the Allowed Domain Name field. Any domain name with keywords in it [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 76 - Figure 4-60 Parental Control Settings 4.12 Access Control Figure 4-61 Access Control There are four submenus under the A ccess Control menu as shown in Figure 4-59 : Rule , Host , Ta r g e t and Schedule . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 77 - ¾ Enable Internet Access Control - Select the check box to enable the Internet Access Control function, so the Default Filter Policy can take effect. ¾ Rule Name - Here displays the name of the rule and this name is unique. ¾ Host - Here displays the host selected in the correspondin[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 78 - ¾ Mode - Here are two options, IP Address and MAC Address . You can select either of them from the drop-down list. If the IP Address is selected, you can see the following item: ¾ LAN IP Address - Enter the IP address or address range of the host in dotted-decimal format (e.g. 192.168[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 79 - ¾ Protocol - Here are four options, All, TCP, UDP , and ICMP. Select one of them from the drop-down list for the target. ¾ Common Service Port - Here lists some common serv ice ports. Select one from the drop-down list, and the corresponding port number will be filled in the Target Po[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 80 - 4. Click Next when finishing creating the advanced schedule entry, and the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 4-66 . Figure 4-66 Quick Setup – Create an Internet Access Control Entry ¾ Rule - In this field, create a name for the rule. Note that this name should be unique (e.g[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 81 - 7. Click the Save button. Figure 4-67 Add Internet Access Control Entry For example : If you desire to allow the host with MAC address 00-1 1-22-33-44-AA to access www .googl e.com only from 18:00 to 20:00 on Saturday and Sunday , and forbid other hosts in the LAN to access the Internet[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 82 - 4.12.2 Host Choose menu “ Access Control → Host ”, and then you can view and set a Host list in the screen as shown in Figure 4-68 . The host list is necessary fo r the Access Control Rule. Figure 4-68 Host Settings ¾ Host Description - Here displays the description of t he host [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 83 - Figure 4-69 Add or Modify a Host Entry Figure 4-70 Add or Modify a Host Entry For example : If you desire to restrict the inter net activities of host with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA, you should first follow the settings below: 1. Click Add New... button in Figure 4-6 8 to enter the [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 84 - Figure 4-71 T arget Settings ¾ Target Description - Here displays the description about the target and this description is unique. ¾ Information - The target can be IP address, port, or domain name. ¾ Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry. To add a new entry, please follow t[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 85 - Figure 4-73 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 Domain Name field, enter the domain name, eit her the full name or the keywords (for example, google) in the blank. Any domain name with ke[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 86 - 4.12.4 Schedule Choose menu “ Access Control → Schedule ”, and then you can view and set a Schedule list in the next screen as shown in Figure 4-74 . The Schedule list is necessary for the Access Control Rule. Figure 4-74 Schedule Settings ¾ Schedule Description - Here displays t[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 87 - Figure 4-75 Advanced Schedule Settings For example : If you desire to restrict the inter net activities of host with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA to access www.google.com only from 18:00 to 20:00 on Saturday and Sunday , you should first follow the settings below: 1) Click Add New... b[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 88 - corresponding function. 4.13.1 Static Routing List Choose menu “ Advanced Routing → St atic Routing List ”, and then you can configure the static route in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-77 ). A static route is a pre-determined path that network information must travel to reach[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 89 - 4. Click the Save button to make the entry take effect. Other configurations for the entries: Click the Delete button to delete the entry . Click the Enable All button to enable all the entries. Click the Disable All button to disable all the entries. Click the Delete All button to dele[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 90 - 4.14 Bandwid th Control Figure 4-80 Bandwidt h Control There are two submenus under the Bandw idth Control menu as shown in Figure 4-80 : Control Settings and Rules List . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 91 - 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 W AN port, the default is 0. ¾ Ingress bandwidth - This field displa ys the [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 92 - 4.15 IP & MAC Binding Setting Figure 4-84 the IP & MAC Binding menu There are two submenu s 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 de[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 93 - 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. [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 94 - 4.15.2 ARP List T o manage the computer , you could observe the computers in the LAN by checking 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 & M[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 95 - service providers such as www.comexe.cn , www .dyndns.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 Service Provider you select is www.comexe.cn , the page will appear as shown in Figure 4-89 .[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 96 - ) 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 wi[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 97 - 4.16.3 No-ip.com DDNS If the dynamic DNS Service Provider you select is www.no-ip.com , the page will appear as shown in Figure 4-91 . 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. amic DNS service provid[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 98 - 4.17 System T ools Figure 4-92 The System T ools menu Choose menu “ System T ools ”, and you can see the submen us under the main menu: Ti me Settings , Diagnostic , Firmw are Upgrade , Factory Default s, Backup & Restore, Reboot, Password, System Log and St atistics. Click any [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 99 - Figure 4-93 T ime settings ¾ Time Zone - Select your local time zone from this pull down list. ¾ Date - Enter your local date in MM/ DD/YY into the right blanks. ¾ Tim e - Enter your local time in HH/MM/SS into the right blanks. ¾ NTP Server I / NTP Server II - Enter the address or [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 100 - Figure 4-94 T ime settings ) Note: 1. This setting will be used for some time-based fu nctions such as firewall. Y ou must specify your time zone once you login to the router successfully , otherwise, these functions will not take ef fect. 2. The time will be lost if the router is turn[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 101 - ) Note: Y ou can use ping/traceroute to test both numeric IP address or domain name. If pinging/tracerouting the IP address is successf ul, but pinging/tracerout ing the domain name is not, you might have a name resolution problem . In this case, ensure that the domain name you are spe[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 102 - Figure 4-97 Firmware Upgrade ¾ Firmware Version - Displays the current firmware version. ¾ Hardware Version - Displays the current hardware vers ion. The hardwar e version of the upgrade file must accord with the R outer’s current hardware version. T o upgrade the Router's fir[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 103 - Loss of power during the upgrade could damage the Router. 5) The firmware version must correspond to the hardware. 6) The upgra de process takes a few moments and the Router restarts automatically when the upgrade is complete. 4.17.4 Factory Defaults Choose menu “ System T ools → F[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 104 - • Click the Browse button to find the configuration file which you want to restore. • Click the Restore button to update the configuration with the file whose path is the one you have input or selected in the blank. ) Note: The current configuration will be covered with the uploadi[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 105 - Figure 4-101 Password It is strongly recommended that you should change the factor y default user name and passwor d of the Router, because all users who try to access the Router's Web-based utility or Quick Setup will be prompted for the Router's default user name and passwo[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 106 - Figure 4-102 System Log ¾ Auto Mail Feature - Indicates whether auto mail feature is enabled or not. ¾ Mail Settings - Set the receiving and sending mailbox address, server ad dress, validation information as well as the timetable for Auto Mail Feature, as shown in Figure 4-103 . Fig[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 107 - • Authentication - Most SMTP Server requires Authent ication. It is required by most mailboxes that need User Name and Password to log in. ) Note: Only when you select Authentication , do you have to enter th e User Name and Password in the following fields. • User Name - Your mail[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 108 - Figure 4-104 S tatistics ¾ Current Statistics Status - Enable or Disable. The default value is disabled. To enable it, click the Enable button. If it is disabled, the function of DoS protecti on in Security settings will be disabled. ¾ Packets Statistics Interval （ 5-60 ） - The d[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 109 - Statistics Table: IP/MAC A ddress The 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 packe[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 1 10 - 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) Connect the Ethernet cable from your AD SL Modem to the W AN port on the Router . The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 1 1 1 - background. 2) If you are a Cable user , please confi gure the Rout er following the above steps. 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 browser , and click "W AN" sub[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 1 12 - Figure A-4 Virtual Servers Figure A-5 Add or Modify a V irtual 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 “ Forwarding ” menu on the left of your browser[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 1 13 - check the Enable radio button next to H323 ALG . Remember to click the Save button. 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 chang[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 1 14 - F igure A-8 Remote Management ) Note: If the above configuration takes effect, you c an visit and configure the Router by typing http://192.168.0.1:88 (the Router’s LAN IP address: W eb Management Port) in the address field of the Web browser. If the LAN IP of the modem connected wi[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 1 15 - Figure A-10 Add or Modify a V irtual server Entry 5. The wireless st ations cannot connect to the Router . 1) Make sure the " Wireless Router Radio " is enabled. 2) Make sure that the wireless stations' SSID accord with the Router's SSID. 3) Make sure the wireless [...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 1 16 - Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to inst all 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 component 1) On the Windows taskbar ,[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 1 17 - 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-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 1 18 - 6) Select Obt ain an IP address automatically and Obt ain DNS server au tomatically , as shown in the Figure below: Figure B-3[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 1 19 - Appendix C: Specifications General S tanda rds IEEE 802.1 1n, IEEE 802.1 1g, IEEE 802.1 1b, IEEE 802.1 1a, IEEE 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 , NA T , SN TP Ports One 10/100/1000M Auto-Neg[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 120 - Appendix D: Glossary ¾ 802.11n - 802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standards by adding MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output). MIMO uses multiple transmi tter and receiver an tennas to allow for increased data throughput via spatial multiplexing and increa sed range by exploiting the[...]

TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router - 121 - hosts to the Internet over an always-on connection by simulating a dial-up connection. ¾ SSID - A S ervice S et Id entification is a thirty-two char acter (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying a wireless local area network. Fo r the wireless devices in a network to communicate with e[...]