TP-LINK TL-WR1043ND V3 User's Guide

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TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Package Contents The following items should be found in your package:  TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-93 IP & MAC Binding Setting (Add & Modify) To add IP & MAC Binding entries, follo

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.17.2 ARP List To manage the computer, you could observe the computers in the LAN by checking the rel

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router service providers such as www.comexe.cn, dyn.com/dns, or www.noip.com. The Dynamic DNS client service p

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-97 Dyn.com/dns DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the Use

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-98 Noip.com DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the User N

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.19.1 IPv6 Status Figure 4-100 IPv6 Status The IPv6 Status page displays the router's current I

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.19.2 IPv6 Setup Figure 4-101 Enable/Disable IPv6  Enable IPv6 - Tick the checkbox to enable the I

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 1) SLAAC Figure 4-102 SLAAC  IPv6 Address - Display the IPv6 address in colon-hexadecimal notation

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Address Autoconfiguration Type - RADVD (Router Advertisement Daemon) and DHCPv6 (Dynamic Host Config

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Primary DNS - Enter the DNS IPv6 address in colon-hexadecimal notation provided by your ISP.  Seco

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview of the Router The TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Rout

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 3) Static IPv6 Figure 4-104 Static IPv6  IPv6 Address - Enter the IPv6 address in dotted-decimal no

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Static - Configure the Site Prefix and Site Prefix Length manually. Please contact your ISP to get m

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  IPv6 Address - Display the IPv6 address in colon-hexadecimal notation provided by your ISP.  IPv6

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 5) Tunnel 6to4 Figure 4-106 Tunnel 6to4  Address/Subnet Mask/Default Gateway - the IPv4 address/ su

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Delegated - Get the IPv6 address prefix from the ISP automatically, and the device will delegate it

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-108 Time settings  Time Zone - Select your local time zone from this pull down list.  Date

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router To set time automatically: 1. Select your local time zone. 2. Enter the address or domain of the NTP

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-110 Diagnostic Tools  Diagnostic Tool - Check the radio button to select one diagnostic too

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router The Diagnostic Results page displays the result of diagnosis. If the result is similar to the following

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Note: 1. New firmware versions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free.

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 1.2 Conventions The router or TL-WR1043ND mentioned in this guide stands for TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-114 Backup & Restore Configuration  Click the Backup button to save all configuration se

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.20.7 Password Choose menu “System Tools → Password”, and then you can change the factory default us

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-117 System Log  Auto Mail Feature - Indicates whether auto mail feature is enabled or not.

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Note: Only when you select Authentication, do you have to enter the User Name and Password in the fol

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-119 Statistics  Current Statistics Status - Enable or Disable. The default value is disable

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Statistics Table: IP/MAC Address The IP and MAC address are displayed with related statistics. Total

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) First, configur

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 2. How do I configure the router to access Internet by Ethernet users? 1) Login to the router, click

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure A-5 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry  Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP,

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure A-7 Basic Security 4. I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? 1) Because t

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 1.4 Panel Layout 1.4.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 Front Panel sketch The router’s LEDs are located o

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router field of the Web browser. If the LAN IP of the modem connected with your router is 192.168.0.x, th

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll use Windows 7 as an example to introduce how to

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 3) Click on Change adapter settings. Figure B-3 4) Right-click Local Area Connection, and then selec

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure B-6 2. Verify the network connection between your PC and the router Open a command prompt, and

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure B-5 Failure result of Ping command Please check the connection following these steps: 4. Is th

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g and IE

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Appendix D: Glossary  802.11n - 802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standards by adding MIMO (multipl

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  SSID - A Service Set Identification is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key identi

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Note: After a device is successfully added to the network by WPS function, the WPS LED will keep on f

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router flash together once. And then release the button and wait the router to reboot to its factory default s

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirements  Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Ca

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 7. Power on your PC and Cable/DSL Modem. Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation of the 450Mbps Wireless N G

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  If the result displayed is similar to the Figure 3-2, it means the connection between your PC and th

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TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 1. To access the configuration utility, open a web-browser and type the default address http://tplin

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 3-6 Choose WAN Connection Type The router provides Auto-Detect function and supports five

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router b) If the connection type is Static IP, the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-8. Configure

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Confirm Password - Enter the password again to make sure that the password is correct. Check the

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Select Dynamic IP if none of the above parameters are provided. Then you just need to enter server IP

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Select Dynamic IP if none of the above parameters are provided. Then you just need to enter server IP

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Region - Select your region from the drop-down list. This field specifies the region where the wirel

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 3-13 Quick Setup – Finish -18-

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This chapter will show each Web page's key functions and the co

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.2 Status The Status page provides the current status information about the router. All informatio

FCC STATEMENT 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.

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.4 WPS This section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly by WPS

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-4 Figure 4-5 Add A New Device Step 2: Press and hold the WPS button of the client device.

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router III. Enter the router’s PIN on your client device Use this method if your client device asks for the r

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-8 WAN - Dynamic IP This page displays the WAN IP parameters assigned dynamically by your ISP,

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-9 WAN - Static IP  IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-10 WAN - PPPoE  User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP.

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Connect Automatically - The connection can be re-established automatically when it was down.  Time

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  ISP Specified IP Address - If your ISP does not automatically assign IP addresses to the router duri

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router e.g. NSW / ACT - nsw.bigpond.net.au VIC / TAS / WA / SA / NT - vic.bigpond.net.au QLD - qld.bigpond.net

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-13 WAN –L2TP  User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. T

Canadian Compliance Statement This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two con

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this option,

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-se

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  PPPoE - Connections which use PPPoE that requires a user name and password.  Dynamic IP - Connec

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-16 LAN  MAC Address - The physical address of the router, as seen from the LAN. The value c

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.6.1 Wireless Settings Choose menu “Wireless→Wireless Setting”, and then you can configure the basic

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Channel - This field determines which operating frequency will be used. The default channel is set t

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router • Key type - This option should be chosen according to the AP's security configuration. It is rec

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router • Version - you can choose the version of the WPA-PSK security on the drop-down list. The default sett

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router • Radius Port - Enter the port number of the Radius server. • Radius Password - Enter the password fo

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.6.3 Wireless MAC Filtering Choose menu “Wireless→Wireless MAC Filtering”, and then you can contr

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TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 2. Enter a simple description of the wireless station in the Description field. For example: Wireless

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.6.4 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “Wireless→Wireless Advanced”, and then you can configure the a

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  DTIM Interval - This value determines the interval of the Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current connected

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Egress Bandwidth For Guest Network - The upload speed through the WAN port for Guest Network.  I

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-30 Guest Network Storage Sharing • User Name - The user name is guest for Guest Network, it

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.8.1 DHCP Settings Choose menu “DHCP→DHCP Settings”, and then you can configure the DHCP Server on th

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Note: To use the DHCP server function of the router, you must configure all computers on the LAN as &

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-34 Address Reservation  MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC for which you want to reser

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.9 USB Settings Figure 4-36 The USB Settings menu There are five submenus under the USB Settings men

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TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Click the Eject Disk button to safely remove the USB storage device that is connected to USB port. Thi

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.9.2 FTP Server Choose menu “USB Settings→FTP Server”, and then you can configure FTP Server on this

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-41 FTP Server Configuration 2. Click the Enable/Disable box to enable/disable internet acces

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Folder - Name of folders that is in current path.  Save - You can click the Save button to save yo

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.9.3 Media Server Choose menu “USB Settings→Media Server”, and then you can configure Media Server on

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-46 Media Server Setting 3. Click the Add share folder button to specify a folder as the sear

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Save - You can click the Save button to save your settings and the page will be redirected to th

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Online - Indicates the print server has been turned on. You can click the "Stop" button to

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-51 Add or Modify User Account  User Name - Type the user name that you want to give access

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-52 NAT Control Setting  Enable NAT Control - If enabled, the NAT function and the Forwardin

CONTENTS Package Contents ...

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-54 Virtual Servers  Service Port - The numbers of External Service Ports. You can enter a s

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-55 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry  Note: It is possible that you have a computer or se

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-56 Port Triggering To add a new rule, follow the steps below. 1. Click the Add New… button

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Incoming Port - The port or port range used by the remote system when it responds to the outgoing re

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router DHCP client function disabled and should have a new static IP Address assigned to it because its IP Add

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router • App Description - The description about the application which initiates the UPnP request. • Ext

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-61 Basic Security  Firewall - A firewall protects your network from the outside world. Here

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router • IPSec Passthrough - Internet Protocol security (IPSec) is a suite of protocols for ensuring priva

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-62 Advanced Security  Packets Statistics Interval (5~60) - The default value is 10. Select

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Enable TCP-SYN-FLOOD Attack Filtering - Enable or Disable the TCP-SYN-FLOOD Attack Filtering.  T

4.8 DHCP ... 46 4.8.1 DHCP

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router use the password to browse the built-in web pages to perform Administrator tasks while all the others w

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.13 Parental Control Choose menu “Parental Control”, and then you can configure the parental control

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-66 Add or Modify Parental Control Entry  Parental Control - Check Enable if you want thi

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4. Enter the allowed domain name of the website, either the full name or the keywords (e.g. google) i

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-67 Parental Control Settings 4.14 Access Control Figure 4-68 Access Control There are four

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Rule Name - Here displays the name of the rule and this name is unique.  Host - Here displays th

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  LAN IP Address - Enter the IP address or address range of the host in dotted-decimal format (e.g. 19

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router If the Domain Name is selected, you will see the following items:  Domain Name - Here you can enter

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-73 Quick Setup – Create an Internet Access Control Entry  Rule - In this field, create a na

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-74 Add Internet Access Control Entry For example: If you desire to allow the host with MAC ad

4.18 Dynamic DNS ... 92 4.18.1 Comexe.c

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.14.2 Host Choose menu “Access Control → Host”, and then you can view and set a Host list in the sc

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-77 Add or Modify a Host Entry For example: If you desire to restrict the internet activities

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 2. In Mode field, select IP Address or Domain Name. 3. If you select IP Address, the screen shown is

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 5. Click the Save button. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries in the table. Click th

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 2. In Schedule Description field, create a unique description for the schedule (e.g. Schedule_1).

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.15 Advanced Routing Figure 4-83 Advanced Routing There are two submenus under the Advanced Routing

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask determines which portion of an IP Address is the network portion,

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router  Interface - This interface tells you either the Destination IP Address is on the LAN & WLAN (int

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Figure 4-89 Bandwidth Control Rules List  Description - This is the information about the rules such

TL-WR1043ND 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router 4.17 IP & MAC Binding Setting Figure 4-91 the IP & MAC Binding menu There are two submenus u