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TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 31.3 Features ¾ Complies with IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u standards. ¾ 1 10/100

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 41.4 Panel Layout 1.4.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 Front Panel sketch The Router’s LEDs are located

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 51.4.2 The Rear Panel Figure 1-2 Rear Panel sketch The rear panel contains the following features.

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 6Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirements ¾ Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 7 Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation of the TL-WR642G 108Mbps Wireless Router

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 8Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-WR642G Router into your network, you should c

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

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 103.2 Quick Installation Guide With a Web-based (Internet Explorer or Netscape® Navigator) utility, it is

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 figu

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 12 Figure 3-8 Quick Setup - Static IP ) Note: The IP parameters should have been provided by your ISP.

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TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 13¾ SSID: Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same SSID must be assigned to all wireless devices on

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 14Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This chapter describes each Web page's key functions. 4.1 Login

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 15 Figure 4-1 Router Status 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 menu (shown in F

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 17IP. If you are given a fixed IP (static IP), please select Static IP. If you are given a user name and a

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 18rarely required.) 2. If you choose Static IP, you should have fixed IP Parameters specified by your ISP

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 19 Figure 4-6 WAN - PPPoE ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. T

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 20soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option, click the radio button. If you wan

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 21to the router during login, click “Use the following DNS servers” checkbox and enter the IP address in d

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 22 Figure 4-9 802.1X + Static IP Settings ¾ User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1X authentication pro

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

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 y

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 24¾ Connect Manually - You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually. After a sp

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 25¾ Dynamic IP/ Static IP – Choose either as you are given by your ISP. Click the Connect button to conne

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 IS

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 27enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates. Caution

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 28Click the Save button to save your settings. ) Note: 1) Only the PC on your LAN can use the MAC Address

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) mus

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 30¾ Region - Select your region from the pull-down list. This field specifies the region where the wirele

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 31¾ Enable Wireless Security – The wireless security function can be enabled or disabled. If disabled, th

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

National Restrictions 2400.0-2483.5 MHz Note: Please don’t use the product outdoors in France. Country Restriction Reason/remark Bulgaria

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 33 Figure 4-16 Wireless MAC address Filtering The Wireless MAC Address Filtering feature allows you to

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 341. Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address is XX-XX

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 35pull-down list and select Enabled in the Status pull-down list. Click the Save and the Return button. 5.

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 36¾ Received Packets - Packets received by the station ¾ Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station You

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 37computer. ¾ Start IP Address - This field specifies the first of the addresses in the IP address pool.

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 384.6.3 Address Reservation When you specify a reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will alwa

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 39Click the Delete All button to delete all entries Click the Next button to go to the next page and Click

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 40To setup a virtual server entry: 1. Click the Add New button.(pop-up Figure 4-25) 2. Select the servi

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 414.7.2 Port Triggering Some applications require multiple connections, like Internet games, video confer

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 42request. 5. Select the protocol used for Incoming Ports Range from the pull-down list, either TCP or UD

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TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 43and should have a new static IP Address assigned to it because its IP Address may change when using the

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 44• Status - Either Enabled or Disabled, “Enabled” means that port is still active. Otherwise, the port i

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 45default filtering rules of IP Address Filtering, either Allow or Deny passing through the router. ¾ Ena

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 461. Effective Time - Enter a range of time in HHMM format, which point to the range time for the entry t

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 control access t

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 48To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If you want

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 49shown in Figure 4-38: Figure 4-38 Add or Modify a MAC Address Filtering entry To add or modify a M

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 50 4.8.5 Advanced Security Using Advanced Security page (shown in Figure 4-39), you can protect the route

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 51between 5 ~ 3600 packets. When the current UPD-FLOOD Packets numbers is beyond the set value, the router

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 52 Figure 4-41 Static Routing To add static routing entries: 1. Click the Add New button. (pop-up Figure

CONTENTS Package Contents ... 1 Chapter 1. Introd

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 534.10 IP QoS IP QoS helps you to arrange the network resources more reasonably. This function can guaran

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 54Bandwidth Limit. ¾ Bandwidth – Specifies the bandwidth you want to supply to this entry. ¾ Description

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 55 Figure 4-45 IP & MAC Binding Setting • MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 561. Click the Find button (shown in Figure 4-45). 2. Enter the MAC Address or IP Address. 3. Enter the

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 57Click the Load All button to load all items to the IP & MAC Binding list. Click the Refresh button t

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 584.12.2 Oray.net DDNS If your selected dynamic DNS Service Provider is www.oray.net, the page will appear

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 domai

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 604.13.1 Time You can set time manually or get GMT from the Internet for the router on this page (shown in

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 614.13.2 Firmware The page (shown in Figure 4-54) allows you to upgrade the latest version firmware to kee

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 62• The default Password: admin • The default IP Address: 192.168.1.1 • The default Subnet Mask: 255.25

4.7.3 DMZ...42 4.7.4 UPnP

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 63• Web Service Port of the router. • Upgrade the firmware of the router (system will reboot automatical

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 64 Figure 4-59 System Log The router can keep logs of all traffic. You can query the logs to find what ha

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 65your browser: http://202.96.12.8:8080. You will be asked for the router's password. After successfu

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 66UDP TxThe total amount of the UDP packets transmitted to WAN in the last Packets Statistic interval seco

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 67Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) First, configure

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 681) Login to the router, click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN"

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

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 70 Figure A-7 Remote Management ) Note: If the above configuration takes effect, to configure to the rout

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

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/

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 1

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

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

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,

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 77 Appendix D: Glossary ¾ 108M Super G™ WLAN Transmission Technology - 108M Super G™ WLAN Transmission Te

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 78IP addresses. ¾ Domain Name - A descriptive name for an address or group of addresses on the Internet.

TL-WR642G 108M Wireless Router User Guide 2Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the TL-WR642G 108Mbps Wireless Router. 1.1 Overview of