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Package contents.............................................................................................................. 1 Chapter 1: About this Guide .............................................................................................. 2 1.1 Purposes.............................................................................................................. 2 1.2 Conventions ......................................................................................................... 2 1.
.8.5 Remote Management .............................................................................. 49 5.8.6 Advanced Security ................................................................................... 50 5.9 Static Routing..................................................................................................... 52 5.10 DDNS............................................................................................................... 53 5.10.1Dyndns.org DDNS ..........................
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Package contents The following contents should be found in your box: ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ One TL-WR541G 54Mbps Wireless Router One AC power Adapter for TL-WR541G 54Mbps Wireless Router Quick Installation Guide One Resource CD for TL-WR541G 54Mbps Wireless Router, including: • This Guide • Other Helpful Information Note: If any of the listed contents are damaged or missing, please contact the retailer from whom you purchased the TL-WR541G 54Mbps Wireless Router for assistance.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 1: About this Guide Thank you for choosing the TL-WR541G 54Mbps Wireless Router. This router provides dedicated solution for Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) networks. With your network all connected, your local wired or wireless network can share Internet access, files and fun for multiple PCs through one ISP account. It adopts 2x to 3x eXtended Range™ WLAN transmission technology so that transmission distance is 2-3 times of traditional IEEE 802.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 2: Introduction 2.1 Overview of the Router The TL-WR541G 54Mbps Wireless Router integrates 4-port Switch, firewall, NAT-router and Wireless AP. Its design is dedicated to Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) wireless network solutions. The TL-WR541G 54Mbps Wireless Router will allow you to connect your network wirelessly better than ever, sharing Internet Access, files and fun, easily and securely.
TL-WR541G ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ 54M Wireless Router User Guide PPPoE. Built-in NAT and DHCP server supporting static IP address distributing. Built-in firewall supporting IP address filtering, Domain Name filtering, and MAC address filtering. Supports connecting/disconnecting from the Internet on a specified time of day. Supports access control, parents and network administrators can establish restricted access policies based on time of day for children or staff.
TL-WR541G Name PWR SYS WLAN WAN,1-4 54M Wireless Router User Guide Action Description Not lit No Power Lit up Power on Lit up The router is initializing Flashing The router is working properly Not lit The router has a hardware error Not lit There is no wireless device linked to the device Flashing The Wireless function is enabled Not lit There is no device linked to the corresponding port Lit up There is a device linked to the corresponding port but no activity Flashing There is an
TL-WR541G Figure 2-2 54M Wireless Router User Guide Rear Panel sketch -6-
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 3: Connecting the Router 3.1 System Requirements ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet) One DSL/Cable modem that has an RJ45 connector (you do not need it if you connect the router to the Ethernet) Each PC in the LAN needs a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors TCP/IP protocol must be installed on each PC Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, Netscape Navigator 6.
TL-WR541G Figure 3-1 54M Wireless Router User Guide Hardware Installation of the TL-WR541G 54Mbps Wireless Router -8-
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 4: Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-WR541G Router into your network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to configure the basic functions of your TL-WR541G Wireless Router. These procedures only take you a few minutes. You can access the Internet via the router immediately after successfully configuring. 4.1 TCP/IP configuration The default IP address of the TL-WR541G 54Mbps Wireless Router is 192.168.1.1.
TL-WR541G Figure 4-1 54M Wireless Router User Guide Successful result of Ping command If the result displayed is similar to that shown in figure 4-2, it means that your PC has not connected to the router. Figure 4-2 Failed result of Ping command Please check it following these steps: 1. Is the connection between your PC and the router correct? Note: The 1/2/3/4 LEDs of LAN port which you link to on the router and LEDs on your PC's adapter should be lit. 2.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide 4.2 Quick Installation Guide With a Web-based (Internet Explorer or Netscape® Navigator) utility, it is easy to configure and manage the TL-WR541G 54Mbps 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://192.168.1.1 in the address field of web browser. Figure 4-3 Login the router After a moment, a login window will appear similar to that shown in Figure 4-4.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Click Next, then Choose WAN Connection Type page will appear, shown in figure 4-6. Figure 4-6 Choose WAN 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 parameters. If you choose "PPPoE", you will see this page shown in figure 4-7: Figure 4-7 ¾ Quick Setup - PPPoE User Name and Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP.
TL-WR541G ¾ ¾ ¾ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Default Gateway - Enter the gateway IP address into the box if required. Primary DNS - Enter the DNS Server IP address into the boxes if required. Secondary DNS - If your ISP provides another DNS server, enter it into this field. After you complete the above, click Next, the Wireless settings page will appear, shown in figure 4-9.
TL-WR541G Figure 4-10 54M Wireless Router User Guide Quick Setup - Finish After finishing all configurations of basic network parameters, please click Finish button to exit this Quick Setup.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 5: Configuring the Router This chapter describes each web page's key functions. 5.1 login After your successful login, you can configure and manage the router. There are ten main menus on the left of the web-based utility. Submenus will be available after you click one of the main menus. The ten main menus are: Status, Quick Setup, Network, Wireless, DHCP, Forwarding, Security, Static Routing, DDNS and System Tools.
TL-WR541G Figure 5-1 54M Wireless Router User Guide Router Status 5.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 4.2: "Quick Installation Guide.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide 5.4 Network Figure 5-2 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in figure 5-2): LAN, WAN and MAC Clone. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 5.4.1 LAN You can configure the IP parameters of LAN on this page. Figure 5-3 LAN ¾ MAC Address - The physical address of the router, as seen from the LAN. The value can't be changed.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Static IP. If you are given a user name and a password, please select the type of your ISP provided(PPPoE/BigPond/L2TP/PPTP). If you are not sure which connection type you use currently, please contact your ISP to obtain the correct information. 1. If you choose Dynamic IP, the router will automatically get IP parameters from your ISP.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide this option. (This is 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 5-5: Figure 5-5 WAN - Static IP You should type the following parameters into the spaces provided: ¾ ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 5-6 WAN - 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 connection after a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time).
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide active at all times, enter "0" in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number time in minutes that you wish to have the Internet connecting last unless a new link is requested. Caution: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max Idle Time, since some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide 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 + Dynamic IP, you should enter the follow parameters(figure 5-8) : Figure 5-8 ¾ ¾ 802.1X + Dynamic IP Settings User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP Password - Enter the password for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP. Click Login to start 802.1X authentication.
TL-WR541G Figure 5-9 ¾ ¾ 54M Wireless Router User Guide 802.1X + Static IP Settings User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP Password - Enter the password for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP. Click Login to start 802.1X authentication. Click Logout to end 802.1X authentication. ¾ ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP. Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.
TL-WR541G Figure 5-10 54M Wireless Router User Guide BigPond 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. Auth Domain - Type in the domain suffix server name based on your location. Eg, NSW / ACT - nsw.bigpond.net.au VIC / TAS / WA / SA / NT - vic.bigpond.net.au QLD - qld.bigpond.net.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide your connection automatically as 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 in minutes that you wish to have the Internet connecting last unless a new link is requested.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Click the Connect button to connect immediately, Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately. ¾ Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect from your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time). If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand enables the router to automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again.
TL-WR541G Figure 5-12 54M Wireless Router User Guide 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 domain name, you should also enter the DNS assigned by your ISP. And click the Save button.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates. Caution: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max Idle Time, since some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background. ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this option, click the radio button. ¾ Connect Manually - You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually.
TL-WR541G Note: 1) 2) 54M Wireless Router User Guide Only the PC on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone feature. If you click the Save button, the router will prompt you to reboot. 5.5 Wireless Figure 5-14 Wireless menu There are three submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in figure 5-14): Wireless Settings, MAC Filtering and Wireless Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 5.5.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide 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 default SSID is TP-LINK, but it is recommended strongly that you change your networks name (SSID) to a different value. This value is case-sensitive. For example, TP-LINK is NOT the same as tp-link. ¾ Region - Select your region from the pull-down list.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide pre-shared passphrase. • ¾ WPA /WPA2 - Select WPA/WPA2 authentication type based on Radius Server. Authentication Options - You can select one of the following authentication options: • When you select WEP for authentication type you can select the following authentication options: • Automatic - Select Shared Key or Open System authentication type automatically based on the wireless station request. • Shared Key - Select 802.11 Shared Key authentication.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide 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 interval in seconds. The value can be either 0 seconds or from 30 seconds and up, 1-29 seconds are not usable figures. Enter 0 to disable the update.
TL-WR541G ¾ ¾ ¾ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Privilege - Select the privileges for this entry. You may select one of the following Allow / Deny / 64-bit / 128-bit / 152-bit. Description - A simple description of the wireless station. WEP Key - Specify a unique WEP key (in Hexadecimal format) to access the router. To set up an entry, follow these instructions: First, you must decide whether the unspecified wireless stations can access the router or not.
TL-WR541G 2. the Delete. Modify the information. 3. Click the Save button. 54M Wireless Router User Guide Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled Click the Disabled All button to make all entries disabled. 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 to the previous page. For example: If you desire that the wireless station A with MAC address 00-0A-EB-0007-BE be able to access the router.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide any enabled entries in the list to access for Filtering Rules, and there are not any enable entries in the list, thus, no wireless stations can access the router. 5.5.3 Wireless Statistics This page shows MAC Address, Current Status, Received Packets and Sent Packets for each connected wireless station.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide 5.6.1 DHCP Settings The router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PCs that are connected to the router on the LAN. The DHCP Server can be configured on the page (shown in figure 5-20): Figure 5-20 DHCP Settings ¾ DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide DHCP Client attached to the router (figure 5-21): Figure 5-21 ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ DHCP Clients List Index - The index of the DHCP Client Client Name - The name of the DHCP client MAC Address - The MAC address of the DHCP client Assigned IP - The IP address that the router has allocated to the DHCP client. Lease Time - The time of the DHCP client leased. Before the time is up, DHCP client will request to renew the lease automatically.
TL-WR541G 3. 54M Wireless Router User Guide Click the Save button when finished. Figure 5-23 Add or Modify a Address Reservation Entry To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the Delete. 2. Modify the information. 3. Click the Save button. Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled Click the Disabled All button to make all entries disabled.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide because its IP Address may change when using the DHCP function. You can set up virtual servers on this page, shown in figure 5-25: Figure 5-25 Virtual Servers ¾ Service Port - The numbers of External Ports. You can type a service port or a range of service ports (the format is XXX – YYY, XXX is Start port, YYY is End port). ¾ ¾ IP Address - The IP Address of the PC providing the service application.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Note: It is possible that you have a computer or server that has more than one type of available service. If so, select another service, and enter the same IP Address for that computer or server. To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the Delete. 2. Modify the information. 3. Click the Save button.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide ¾ Trigger Port - The port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection using this port will "Trigger" this rule. ¾ Trigger Protocol - The protocol used for Trigger Ports, either TCP, UDP, or All (all protocols supported by the router). ¾ Incoming Ports Range - The port or port range used by the remote system when it responds to the outgoing request. A response using one of these ports will be forwarded to the PC that triggered this rule.
TL-WR541G 1. 54M Wireless Router User Guide 2. Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the Delete. Modify the information. 3. Click the Save button. Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled Click the Disabled All button to make all entries disabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries Note: 1. When the trigger connection is released, the according opening ports will be closed. 2.
TL-WR541G Figure 5-30 54M Wireless Router User Guide UPnP Settings ¾ Current UPnP Status - UPnP can be enabled or disabled by clicking the Enable or Disable button. As allowing this may present a risk to security, this feature is disabled by default. ¾ Current UPnP Settings List - This table displays the current UPnP information. • App Description – The description provided by the application in the UPnP request • • • • • External Port - External port, which the router opened for the application.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide on or off. The default setting for the switch is off. If the general firewall switch is off, even if IP Address Filtering, DNS Filtering and MAC Filtering are enabled, their settings are ineffective. Figure 5-32 ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ Firewall Settings Enable Firewall - the general firewall switch is on or off. Enable IP Address Filtering - set IP Address Filtering is enabled or disabled.
TL-WR541G Figure 5-33 54M Wireless Router User Guide IP address Filtering To disable the IP Address Filtering feature, keep the default setting, Disabled. To set up an IP Address Filtering entry, click Enable Firewall and Enable IP Address Filtering on the Firewall page, and click the Add New… button.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Keep the field open, which means all WAN IP Addresses have been put into the field. 5. WAN Port - Enter a WAN Port or a range of WAN Ports in the field. For example, 25 – 110. Keep the field open, which means all WAN Ports have been put into the field. 6. Protocol - Select which protocol is to be used, either TCP, UDP, or All (all protocols supported by the router). 7. 8. 9. Pass - Select either Allow or Deny through the router.
TL-WR541G Figure 5-35 54M Wireless Router User Guide Domain Filtering Before adding a Domain Filtering entry, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and Enable Domain Filtering have been selected on the Firewall page. To Add a Domain filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The page "Add or Modify a Domain Filtering entry " will appear, shown in figure 5-36: Figure 5-36 Add or Modify a Domain Filtering entry To add or modify a Domain Filtering entry, follow these instructions: 1.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Click the Enabled All button to make all entries enabled. Click the Disabled All button to make all entries disabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries Click the Next button to go to the next page and the Previous button to return to the previous page. For example, if you want to block the PCs on your LAN to access websites www.xxyy.com.cn, www.aabbcc.com and websites with .
TL-WR541G Figure 5-38 54M Wireless Router User Guide Add or Modify a MAC Address Filtering entry To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example: 00-0E-AE-B0-00-0B. 2. Type the description of the PC in the Description field. Fox example: John’s PC. 3.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide This feature allows you to manage your Router from a remote location, via the Internet. Figure 5-39 Remote Management ¾ Web Management Port - Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80. This router’s default remote management web port number is 80. For greater security, you can change the remote management web interface to a custom port by entering that number in this box provided.
TL-WR541G Figure 5-40 ¾ ¾ 54M Wireless Router User Guide Advanced Security settings Packets Statistic interval (5 ~ 60) - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the pull-down list. The Packets Statistic interval value indicates the time section of the packets statistic. The result of the statistic used for analysis by SYN Flood, UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood. DoS protection - Enable or Disable the DoS protection function.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide WAN port. The default is disabled. If enabled, the ping packet from the Internet cannot access the router. ¾ Forbid Ping Packet from LAN Port - Enable or Disable forbidding Ping Packet to access the router from the LAN port. The default value is disabled. If enabled, the ping packet from the LAN port cannot access the router. (Defends against some viruses) Click the Save button to save the settings.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide 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 Mask determines which portion of an IP Address is the network portion, and which portion is the host portion. ¾ Gateway - This is the IP Address of the gateway device that allows for contact between the router and the network or host. 3. 4.
TL-WR541G Figure 5-44 54M Wireless Router User Guide Dyndns.org DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. 2. 3. 4. Type the domain names your dynamic DNS service provider gave. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. Type the Password for your DDNS account. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS service. ¾ Connection Status -The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Click Logout to logout of the DDNS service. 5.10.2 Oray.
TL-WR541G 1. 2. 3. 54M Wireless Router User Guide Type the User Name for your DDNS account. Type the Password for your DDNS account. Click the Login button to login the DDNS service. ¾ Connection Status - The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Domain Name - The domain names are displayed here. Click Logout to logout the DDNS service. ¾ 5.10.3 Comexe.cn DDNS If your selected dynamic DNS Service Provider is www.comexe.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide 5.11 System Tools Figure 5-47 The System Tools menu There are eight submenus under the System Tools menu (shown in figure 5-47): Time, Firmware, Factory Defaults, Backup and Restore, Reboot, Password, Log and Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 5.11.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Click the Get GMT button to get GMT time from Internet if you have connected to Internet. If you’re using Daylight saving time, please follow the steps below. 1. Select using daylight saving time. 2. Enter daylight saving beginning time and end time in the right blanks. 3. Click Save. Note: 1. This setting will be used for some time-based functions such as firewall.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide being upgraded. 2. The router will reboot after the Upgrading has been finished. 5.11.3 Factory Defaults This page (shown in figure 5-50) allows you to restore the factory default settings for the router. Figure 5-50 Restore Factory Default Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their default values. • The default User Name: admin • The default Password: admin • The default IP Address: 192.168.1.1 • The default Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.
TL-WR541G Figure 5-52 54M Wireless Router User Guide Reboot the router Click the Reboot button to reboot the router. Some settings of the router will take effect only after rebooting, which include: • • • • • • • Change LAN IP Address. (System will reboot automatically) MAC Clone (system will reboot automatically) DHCP service function. Static address assignment of DHCP server. Web Service Port of the router. Upgrade the firmware of the router (system will reboot automatically).
TL-WR541G Figure 5-54 54M Wireless Router User Guide System Log The router can keep logs of all traffic. You can query the logs to find what happened to the router. Click the Refresh button to refresh the logs. Click the Clear Log button to clear all the logs. 5.11.8 Statistics The Statistics page (shown in figure 5-55) displays the network traffic of each PC in LAN, including total traffic and traffic of the last Packets Statistic interval seconds.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Statistics Table: IP Address Total Packets The total amount of packets received and transmitted by the router. Bytes The total amount of bytes received and transmitted by the router. Packets Bytes Current The IP Address displayed with statistics ICMP Tx UDP Tx The total amount of packets received and transmitted in the last Packets Statistic interval seconds.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) 2) First, configure the ADSL modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. 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. Login to the router, click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu. On the WAN page, select “PPPoE” for WAN Connection Type.
TL-WR541G 1) 2) Login to the router, click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu. On the WAN page, select “Dynamic IP” for "WAN Connection Type", finish by clicking “Save”. Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter, which is connected to your cable or DSL modem during installation. If your ISP requires MAC register, login to the router and click the "Network" menu link on the left of your browser, and then click "MAC Clone" submenu link.
TL-WR541G A-5 54M Wireless Router User Guide Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page. 4) How to enable DMZ Host: Login to the router, click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click "DMZ" submenu. On the "DMZ" page, click “Enable” radio and type your IP address into the “DMZ Host IP Address” field, using 192.168.1.169 as an example, remember to click the "Save” button. Figure A-6 4.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide 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” menu on the left of your browser, and click the "Virtual Servers" submenu.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix B: Configuring the PC In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows 95/98. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter’s manual if needed. 1. Install TCP/IP component (If you use Windows 2000 or later, you can skip this step.) 1) 2) 3) On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Network window that appears. An example is shown in the following figure: Figure B-3 3) 4) • Configuration tab Click on Properties. 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: Assigned by DHCP Sever a. Select Obtain an IP address automatically, as shown in the figure below: Figure B-4 b.
TL-WR541G Figure B-5 c. Gateway tab Choose Disable DNS on the DNS configuration tab, as shown in the following figure: Figure B-6 • 54M Wireless Router User Guide DNS Configuration tab Setting IP address manually a. Select Specify an IP address on IP Address tab, as shown in the following figure. If the router's LAN IP address is 192.168.1.1, type IP address is 192.168.1.x (x is from 2 to 254), and subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
TL-WR541G Figure B-7 b. 54M Wireless Router User Guide IP Address tab Type the router’s LAN IP address (the default IP is 192.168.1.1) into the New gateway field on the Gateway tab, and click on the Add button, as shown in the figure: Figure B-8 c. Gateway tab On the DNS Configuration tab, click Enable DNS radio, and type your computer name in to the Host field and a Domain (such as szonline.com) into the Domain field.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Add button. Shown below: Figure B-9 DNS Configuration tab Now, all the configurations are finished, it will take effect after reboot.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.11b and 802.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix D: Glossary ¾ 2x to 3x eXtended Range™ WLAN Transmission Technology - The WLAN device with 2x to 3x eXtended Range™ WLAN transmission technology make its sensitivity up to 105 dB, which gives users the ability to have robust, longer-range wireless connections. With this range-enhancing technology, a 2x to 3x eXtended Range™ based client and access point can maintain a connection at as much as three times the transmission distance of traditional 802.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide ¾ NAT (Network Address Translation) - NAT technology translates IP addresses of a local area network to a different IP address for the Internet. ¾ PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) - PPPoE is a protocol for connecting remote hosts to the Internet over an always-on connection by simulating a dial-up connection. ¾ SSID - A Service Set Identification is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying a wireless local area network.
TL-WR541G 54M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix E: Contact Information For help with the installation or operation of the TP-LINK TL-WR541G 54Mbps Wireless Router, please contact us. E-mail: support@tp-link.com Website: http://www.tp-link.