TP-Link TL-WR642G manual

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router Rev:1. 1 . 0 1910010142[...]

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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi th the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment gen erates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if no[...]

National Restrictions 2400.0-2483.5 MHz Note: Please don’t use the product out doors in France. Country Restriction Reason/remark Bulgaria General authorization require d for outdoor use and public service France Outdoor use limited to 10 mW e.i.r.p. within the band 2454-2483.5 MHz Military Radiolo cation use. Refarming of the 2.4 GHz band has be[...]

TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. South Building, No.5 Keyuan Road, Central Zone, Science & Technology Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen, P. R. China DECLARATION OF CONFOR MITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 108M Wireless Router Model No.: TL-WR642G T rademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibility [...]

CONTENTS Package C ontents .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. Introduc tion............................................................................................ 2 1.1 Overview of the Router ..........................................................................[...]

4.7.3 DMZ ................................................................................................................... 42 4.7.4 UPnP ................................................................................................................. 43 4.8 Security ................................................................................[...]

1 Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ One TL-WR642G 108Mbps Wireless Router ¾ One Power Adapter for TL-WR642G 108Mbps Wireless Router ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ One Resource CD for TL-WR642G 108Mbps Wireless Router, including: • This Guide • Other Helpful Information ) Note: Make sure that the package c[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 2 Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the TL-W R642G 108Mbps Wireless Router. 1.1 Overview of the Router The TL-WR642G 108Mbps Wire less Router in tegrates 4- po rt S wi t c h, Firewall, NAT-router and Wireless AP. Its design is dedicated to Sma ll Office /Home Office (SOHO) wireless networ k sol[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 3 1.3 Features ¾ Complies with IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802. 11b, IEEE 802.3, IE EE 802.3u standards. ¾ 1 10/100M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 WAN port, 4 10/100M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 LAN ports, supporting Auto MDI/MDIX. ¾ Adopts 2x to 3x eXtended Range™ and 108M Super G™ wireless LAN transmission technology. ¾[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 4 1.4 Panel Layout 1.4.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 Front Panel sketch The Router’s LEDs are located on the fr ont panel (View from left to right). Name Status Indication Off No Power PWR On Power on Off The Router has an error On The Router is initializing SYS Flashing The Router is working properly Off [...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 5 1.4.2 The Rear Panel Figure 1-2 Rear Panel sketch The rear panel contains the following features. (View from left to right) ¾ Power socket: The Power socket is where you will connect the power ad apter. Please use the power adapter provide d with this TL-WR642G 108Mbps Wireless Router. ¾ LAN 1,2,3,4: Th[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 6 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 (you do not need it if you connect the router to the Ethernet) ¾ Each PC in the LAN needs a working Ether net Adapter and an Ether net cabl[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 7 Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation of the TL-WR642G 108Mbp s Wireless Router[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 8 Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-WR642G Router into your network, you should confi gure it. This chapter describes how to configure t he basic functions of your TL -WR642G Wireless Router. These procedures only take you a few minutes. You can access the Internet via the router i[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 9 Figure 3-1 Success result of Ping command If the result displayed is similar to that shown in Figure 3-2, it means that your PC has not connected to the router. Figure 3-2 Failure result of Ping command Please check the connection following these steps: 1. Is the connection bet ween your PC and the router[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 10 3.2 Quick Inst allation Guide With a Web-based (Internet Explorer or Netscape ® Navigator) utility, it is easy to configure and manage the TL-WR642G 108Mbps Wireless Router . The Web-based utility can be used on any Windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a Web browser. Connect to the router by typing http:/[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 11 Figure 3-5 Quick Setup Click Next , and then Choose WAN Connection Type page will appear, shown in figure 4-6. Figure 3-6 Choose WA N Connection Type The router supports three popular ways to connect to Internet. Please select one compatible with your ISP. Click Next to enter the necessary network parame[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 12 Figure 3-8 Quick Setup - S tatic IP ) Note: The IP parameters should have been provided by your ISP. ¾ IP Address: This is the WAN IP address as seen by ex ternal users on the Internet (including your ISP). Enter the IP address into the field. ¾ Subnet Mask: The Subnet Mask is used for the WAN IP addre[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 13 ¾ SSID: Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same SSID must be assigned to all wireless devices on your network. T he default SSID is TP-LINK_XXXXXX(XXXXXX i ndicates the last unique six characters of each Router’s MAC address). This va lue is ca se-sensitive. For example, TP-LINK is NOT the same[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 14 Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This chapter describes eac h Web page's key functions. 4.1 Login After your successful login, you can configure and manage the router. There are twe lve main menus on the left of the Web-based utility. Submenus will be availa ble after you click one of the main menu[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 15 Figure 4-1 Router S tatus 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 4.2: "Quick Installation Guide."[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 16 4.4 Network Figure 4-2 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network me nu (shown in Figure 4-2): LAN , WAN and MAC Clone. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corres ponding function. The detailed explanations for eac h submenu are provided below. 4.4.1 LAN You can conf[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 17 IP . If you are given a fixed IP (static IP), please select Static IP . If you are given a user name and a password, please select the type of your IS P provided (PPPoE/BigPond/L2TP/PPTP). If you are not sure which connection type you use curr ently, please contact y our ISP to obtain the correct informa[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 18 rarely required.) 2. If you choose Static IP, you should have fixed IP Parameters specified by your ISP. The Static IP settings page will appear, shown in Figure 4-5: Figure 4-5 W AN - S tatic IP You should type the following paramet ers into the spaces provided: ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address in d[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 19 Figure 4-6 W AN - PPPoE ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect your Internet conn ection after a specified period of inactivity ( Max Idle Time ). If your Internet co[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 20 soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option, click the radio button. If you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter "0" in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number time in mi nutes that you wish to have the Internet connecting last[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 21 to the router during login, click “ Use the follow ing DNS servers ” checkbox and enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a secondary DNS server address is available, enter it as well. Click the Save button to save your settings. 4. If you choose 802.1X [...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 22 Figure 4-9 802.1X + S tatic IP Settings ¾ User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1X auth entication provided by your ISP ¾ Password - Enter the password for 802.1X authe ntication provided by you r ISP. Click Login to start 802.1X authentication. Click Logout to end 802.1X authentication. ¾ IP Addres[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 23 Figure 4-10 Big Pond Settings ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Auth Server - Enter the authenticating server IP address or host name. ¾ Auth Domain - Type in the domain suffix server name based on your location. Eg, NSW / [...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 24 ¾ Connect Manually - You can configure the router to ma ke it connect or disconnect manually. After a specified peri od of inactivity ( Max Idle Time ), the router will disconnect from your Internet connection, and you will not be able to re-establish your connec tion automatically as soon as you attemp[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 25 ¾ Dynamic IP/ Static IP – Choose either as you are given by your ISP. Click the Connect button to connect imm ediately. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately. ¾ Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect fr om your Internet connection after a specified period of in[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 26 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/ Static 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 the doma[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 27 enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates. Caution : Sometimes the connection cannot be disc onnected although you s pecify a time to Max Idle Time, since some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background. ¾ Connect Automatica[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 28 Click the Save button to save your settings. ) Note: 1) Only the PC on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone feature. 2) If you click the Save button, the router will prompt you to reboot. 4.5 Wireless Figure 4-14 Wireless menu There are three submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 4-14): Wir[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 29 Figure 4-15 Wireless Settings ¾ SSID - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same name (SSID) must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network. The def ault SSID is TP-LINK_ XXXXXX(XXXXXX indicates the last unique six characters of each Router’s MAC addre ss), but it is recommended strongl[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 30 ¾ Region - Select your region from the pull-down lis t. This field specifies the region where the wireless function of the router can be used. It may be illegal to use the wireless function of the router in a region other than one of those specified in this fi eld. If your country or regio n is not list[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 31 ¾ Enable Wireless Security – The wireless security functi on can be enabled or disabled. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect the router wit hout encryption. It is recommended strongly that you choose this opt ion to encrypt your wireless network. The encryption settings are desc[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 32 Figure 5-15a WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK ¾ WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Passphrase - You can enter a WPA or WPA2 passphrase between 8 and 63 characters long. ¾ Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update in terval in seconds. The value can be either 0 seconds or from 30 seconds and up, 1-29 seconds are n ot usable[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 33 Figure 4-16 Wireless MAC address Filtering The Wireless MAC Address Filtering feature allows you to control wireless stations accessing the router, which depend on the station's MAC addresses. ¾ MAC Address - The wireless station's MAC address that you want to access. ¾ Status - The status of[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 34 1. Enter the appropriat e MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is an y hexadecimal digit). For example: 00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B. 2. Enter a simple description of the wireless station in the Description field. For example: Wireless station A. 3. Privilege[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 35 pull-down list and select Enabled in the Status pull-down list. Click the Save and the Return button. 5. Click the Add New... button and enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-5F in the MAC Address field, enter wireless station B in the Description field, select Deny in the Privilege pull-down list and sel[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 36 ¾ Received Packets - Packets received by the station ¾ Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station You cannot change any of the val ues on this page. To update this page a nd to show the current connected wireless stations, click on the Refresh button. If the numbers of connected wireless st ations go b[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 37 computer. ¾ Start IP Address - This field specifies the first of the addresses in the IP address pool. 192.168.1.100 is the def ault start address. ¾ End IP Address - This field specifies the last of the addresses in the IP address pool. 192.168.1.199 is the default end address. ¾ Address Lease Time -[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 38 4.6.3 Address Reservation 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 servers that require permanent IP settings. This page is used for address reservati[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 39 Click the Delete All button to delete all entries Click the Next button to go to the next page and Click the Previous button to return the previous page. ) Note: The function won't take effect until the router reboots. 4.7 Forwarding Figure 4-24 The Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the [...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 40 To setup a virtual server entry: 1. Click the Add Ne w button .(pop-up Figure 4-25) 2. Select the service you want to use fr om the Common Service Port list. If t he Common Service Port list does not have the serv ice that you want to us e, type the number of the service port or service port range in the[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 41 4.7.2 Port Triggering Some applications require multiple connections, li ke Internet games, video conferencing, Internet calling and so on. These applicati ons cannot work with a pure NA T router. Port Triggering is used for some of these applicati ons that can work with an NA T router. You can set up Po[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 42 request. 5. Select the protocol used for Incoming Ports Range from the pull-down list, either TCP or UDP , or All. 6. Select the Enable checkbox to enable. 7. Click the Save button to save the new rule. Figure 4-28 Add or Modify a T riggering Entry There are many popular applications in the Popular Appli[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 43 and should have a new static IP Address assigned to it because its IP Address may chang e when using the DHCP function. You can set up DMZ host on this page shown in Figure 4-29: Figure 4-29 DMZ To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server: 1. Click the Enable radio button 2. Enter the local host IP[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 44 • Status - Either Enabled or Disabled, “Enabled” me ans that port is still active. Otherwise, the port is inactive. Click Refresh to update the Current UPnP Settings List. 4.8 Security Figure 4-31 The Security menu There are five submenus under the Security menu (shown in Figure 4- 31): Firew all, [...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 45 default filtering rules of IP Address Filtering, either Allow or Deny passing through the router. ¾ Enable Domain Filtering - set Domain Filtering is enabled or disabled. ¾ Enable MAC Filtering - set MAC Address Filtering is enabled or disabled. You can select the default filtering rules of MAC Address[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 46 1. Effective Time - Enter a range of time in HHMM forma t, which point to the range time for the entry to take effect. For example, 0803 - 1705, t he entry will take effect from 08:03 to 17:05. 2. LAN IP Address - Enter a LAN IP Address or a range of LAN I P addresses in the field, in dotted-decimal nota[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 47 4.8.3 Domain Filtering The Domain Filtering page (shown in Figure 4-35) allows you to contro l access to certain websites on the Internet by specifying their domains or key words. Figure 4-35 Domain Filtering Before adding a Domain Filtering entry, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and Enable Domain F[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 48 T o modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you wa nt to modify. If y ou want to delete the entry, click the Delete . 2. Modify the information. 3. Click the Save button. Click the Enabled All button to make all entries enabled . Click the Disabled All button to make all entr[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 49 shown in Figure 4-38: Figure 4-38 Add or Modify a MAC Address Filtering entry To add or modify a MAC Address Filter ing entry, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the appropriat e MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is an y hexadecimal digit). For[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 50 4.8.5 Advanced Security Using Advanced Security page (shown in Figure 4-39 ), you can protec t the router from being attacked by TCP-SYN Flood, UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood from LAN. Figure 4-39 Advanced Security settings ¾ Packets Statistic interval (5 ~ 60) - The default value is 10. Se lect a value betwe[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 51 between 5 ~ 3600 packets. When the current UPD-FLOOD Packets numbers is beyond th e set value, the router will start up the blocking function immediately. 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[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 52 Figure 4-41 S tatic Routing To add static routing entries: 1. Click the Add Ne w button. (pop-up Figure 4-42) 2. Enter the following data: ¾ Destination IP Address - The Destination IP Address is the address of the network or host that you want to assign to a static route. ¾ Subnet Mask - The Subnet Ma[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 53 4.10 IP QoS IP QoS helps you to arrange the network resour ces more reasonably. This function can guarantee the minimum bandwidth or limit the maximum bandwidth for the specified IP address(or IP range) to make full use of the s upplied bandwidth. You can configure the IP QoS on this page, shown as in Fi[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 54 Bandwidth Limit . ¾ Bandwidth – Specifies the bandwidth you wa nt to supply to this entry. ¾ Description – Description of this entry. ¾ Enable – Enable this entry. This entry w on’t be effective unless you check the Enable box. Click the Delete button to delete single entry. Click the Delete A[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 55 Figure 4-45 IP & MAC Binding Setting • MAC Address - The MAC address of the controll ed computer in the LAN. • IP Address - The assigned IP address of the cont rolled computer in the LAN. • Bind - Whether or not enable the arp binding. • Modify - Edit or delete item. When you want to add or m[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 56 1. Click the Find button (shown in Figure 4-45). 2. Enter the MAC Address or IP Address. 3. Enter the Find button in the next page (shown in Figure 4-47). Figure 4-47 Find IP & MAC Binding Entry Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 57 Click the Load All button to load all items to the IP & MAC Bind ing list. Click the Refresh button to refresh all items. ) Note: An item could not be loaded to the IP & MAC Bind ing list if the IP addres s of the item has been loaded before. Error warning will prompt as well. Likewise, "Loa[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 58 4.12.2 Oray.net DDNS If your selected dynamic DNS Service Provider is www.oray.net , the page will appear as shown in Figure 4-50: Figure 4-50 Oray .net DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. 2. Type the Password for your DDNS account. 3.[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 59 Figure 4-51 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Type the domain names your dynamic DNS service provider gave. 2. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. 3. Type the Password for your DDNS account. 4. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS service. ¾ Connectio[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 60 4.13.1 Time You can set time manually or get GMT from the Internet for the router on this page (shown in Figure 4-53): Figure 4-53 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 Time - Enter your lo[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 61 4.13.2 Firmware The page (shown in Figure 4-54) allows you to up grade the latest version firmware to keep your router up-to-date. Figure 4-54 Firmware Upgrade New firmware is posted at www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. If the router is not experiencing difficulties, there is no need to upg[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 62 • The default Password : admin • The default IP Address : 192.168.1.1 • The default Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0 ) Note: Any settings you have saved will be lost when the default settings are restored. 4.13.4 Backup & Restore This page (shown in Figure 4-56) allows you to save current configurat[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 63 • Web Service Port of the router. • Upgrade the firmware of the router (system will reboot automatically). • Restore the router's settings to factory default (system will rebo ot automatically). 4.13.6 Password This page (shown in Figure 4-58) allows you to change the factory default user name[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 64 Figure 4-59 System Log The router can keep logs of all traffic. You c an query the logs to find what happened to the router. Click the Refresh button to refresh the logs. Click the Clear All button to clear all the logs. 4.13.8 Remote Management You can configure the Remote Mana gement function on this p[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 65 your browser: http://202.96.12.8:8080 . You will be asked for the router's password. After successfully entering the password, you will be abl e to access the router 's Web-based utility. ) Note: Be sure to change the router's defaul t password to a very secure password . 4.13.9 Statistics[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 66 UDP Tx The total amount of the UD P packets transmitted to WAN in the last Packets Statistic interval seconds. TCP SYN Tx The total amount of the TCP SYN pack e ts transmitted to WAN in the last Packets Statistic interval seconds. Click the Save button to save the Packets Statistic interval value. Click [...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 67 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 ADSL Modem to the WAN port on the router. The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of the ADSL Modem. 3) Log[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 68 1) Login to the router, click t he “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu. On the WAN page, sele ct “Dynamic IP” for "WAN Connection Type", finish by clicking “Save”. 2) Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter, which[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 69 Figure A-5 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry ) Note: Your Netmeeting partner should call your WAN IP , which is displayed on the “Status” page. 4) How to enable DMZ Host: Login to the router , click the “Forwarding” me nu on the left of your browser, and click "DMZ" submenu. On the &[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 70 Figure A-7 Remote Management ) Note: If the above configuration takes effect, to configure to 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. 3) Login to the router, click the “Forwarding” me nu on the left of y[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 71 encrypted. 4) If the wireless connection is ready, but you can’t access the router, check the IP Address of your wireless stations.[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 72 Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP corr ectly in Windows XP. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is worki ng, refer to the adapter’s manual if necessary. 1. Configure TCP/IP component 1) On the Windows taskbar, click the Start bu[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 73 Figure 63 5) The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default. Now you have two ways to configure the TCP/IP protocol below: ¾ Setting IP address automatically Select Obtain an IP address automatically , Choose Obtain DNS server automatically ,[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 74 Figure 64 ) Note: For Windows 98 OS or before, the PC and router may need to be restarted. ¾ Setting IP address manually 1 Select Use the following IP address radio button. And the fo llowing items available 2 If the router's LAN IP addre ss is 192.168.1.1, specify the IP address as 192.168.1.x (x [...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 75 Now: Click OK to keep your settings.[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 76 Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.11b and 802.11g Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiati on WAN RJ45 port, Four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 por ts supporting Auto MDI/MDIX Cabling Type 10BASE-T: UTP categor y 3, 4, 5 cable [...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 77 Appendix D: Glossary ¾ 108M Super G ™ WLAN Transmission Technology - 108M Super G ™ WLAN Transmission Technology employs multiple performance-en hanc ing techniques including packet bursting, fast frames, data compression, and dynamic turbo mode that combine to improve the throughput and range of wi[...]

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 78 IP addresses. ¾ Domain Name - A descriptive name for an address or group of addresses on the Internet. ¾ DoS ( D enial o f S ervice) - A hacker attack designed to prevent your computer or network from operating or communicating. ¾ DSL ( D igital S ubscriber L ine) - A technology that allows data to be[...]