FTP Server Application Guide REV: 1.1.
CONTENTS Chapter 1. Topology and USB Device ................................................................................................................ 2 1.1 Typical Topology ...................................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Special Topology ...................................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 USB Device ......................
Application Guide Chapter 1. Topology and USB Device Note: Here in this guide, we take the configuration procedures of TL-WDR4300 for example. 1.1 Typical Topology TL-WDR4300 Figure 1-1 Typical Topology Note: 1. USB Flash Device stands for FTP Server in this topology.
Application Guide 2. Local PC here means the PC that is in the same subnet with the FTP Sever. Local PC can access the FTP Server by LAN (Local Area Network), which is called LAN Access. 3. Remote PC here means the PC that is not in the same subnet with the FTP Sever. Remote PC needs to go through the Internet if needed to access the FTP server, which is called WAN Access. 1.
Application Guide Note: The WAN port of TL-WDR4300 is linked to the LAN port of an xDSL modem. If the modem has already obtained a public IP by dialing to the Internet with the username and password provided from your ISP and TL-WDR4300 obtains its IP through Dynamic IP service provided by the modem, the remote PC cannot reach the FTP server through the WAN IP of TL-WDR4300 because the WAN IP of TL-WDR4300 is not a public IP in case of this situation.
Application Guide Chapter 2. Configuration of the Wireless Router To set up your FTP Server, please follow the instructions below: 1. Make sure you have a PC connected to the wireless router, either through wireless connection or wired connection. 2. Plug an external USB hard disk drive or USB flash drive into the USB port on the back panel of the Router. 3. Open a Web browser and type the Router’s default domain name http://tplinklogin.
Application Guide Figure 2-2 Login Window 5. Go to USB Settings->FTP Server, the screen will appear as shown in Figure 2-3. The IP behind Internet Address would be used to access the FTP server.
Application Guide Figure 2-3 FTP Server Configuration 6. Select the Enable box to enable Internet Access to FTP from WAN port. 7. Specify a Service Port for FTP Server. (The default is 21. Do not change it unless necessary.) 8. Click Add New Folder to add new folders for the FTP Server. The Local PC or Remote PC can only access the folder you add here. 9. Enter a display name for the share folder in Display Name edit box, for example, TP-LINK. 10.
Application Guide Figure 2-4 Add or Modify Share Folder 11. Click the Save button to save the settings and the screen will appear as shown in the figure below.
Application Guide Figure 2-5 Click Save 12. Click the Start button to start the FTP Server. Note: 1. The max share folders number is 10. If you want to share a new folder when the number has reached 10, you can delete an existing share folder and then add a new one. 2. The change of the FTP settings will not take effect until the FTP Server is restarted. 3. Currently, there is quantitative restriction of FTP Server user.
Application Guide maximum quantity, the following users would fail to log in even if they have input the correct username and password. 4. If a folder contains subfolders, you will see the configuration page as below when you try to Add New Folder. You can select the radio box under Select to share the specified folder and click the upper button to go to the upper folder.
Application Guide Chapter 3. Access via Web Browser Here we take the Web browser Internet Explorer for example. 3.1 WAN Access 1. Input the Internet Address in IE address field. (The address can be found on FTP Server page as shown in Figure 3-2. Here is ftp://218.18.0.163.).
Application Guide 2. Press the Enter key and a login window will pop up as shown below. Enter the User name and Password of the wireless router (default username: admin, default password: admin, both in lower case letters) and then click Log On. Figure 3-3 Log On 3. Now you can see the IE as Figure 3-4. Double-click the folder TP-LINK.
Application Guide Figure 3-4 4. You will see the files contained in TP-LINK as below. Figure 3-5 5. To open a folder, right click the folder, for example tplink02, and select Open option. To download a file, right click the file, for example test03.doc, and select Copy option.
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Application Guide Note: When trying to open a file by double-clicking the file, an error will occur as shown in Figure 3-8. We recommend that you use Copy and Paste method to download the file on FTP Server.
Application Guide 3.2 LAN Access 1. Go to Start->Run, input cmd as below, then click OK or press Enter key. 2. You will see the interface as below.
Application Guide 3. Input ipconfig, and press Enter key. Write down the IP address behind Default Gateway as shown in Figure 3-11. (Here is 192.168.0.1). Figure 3-11 4. Input the address (The address written down in Step 3. Here is192.168.0.1) in IE address field in format of ftp://192.168.0.
Application Guide A login window will pop up as below. Enter the User name and Password of the wireless router (default username: admin, default password: admin, both in lower case letters) and then click Log On. Figure 3-13 5. Now you can see the IE as below, double-click the folder TP-LINK.
Application Guide Figure 3-14 6.
Application Guide 7. To open a folder, right click the folder, for example tplink02, and select Open option. To download a file, right click the file, for example test03.doc, and select Copy option.
Application Guide Figure 3-17 Note: When trying to open the file by double-clicking the file, an error will occur as shown in Figure 3-18. We recommend that you use Copy and Paste method to download the file on FTP Server.
Application Guide Chapter 4. Access via PC Client Software Here we take CuteFTP Professional 8 for example. 4.1 WAN Access 1. Open the CuteFTP and it will show as below.
Application Guide 2. Go to File->New->FTP Site or press Ctrl+N to open a new Site properties. Figure 4-2 3. Set the dialog box as below and click Connect. Label: Name of the site. Host address: The Internet Address of FTP Server configuration page (Here is 218.18.0.163).
Application Guide Figure 4-3 Username: Default setting of the wireless router is admin in lower case letters. Password: Default setting of the wireless router is admin in lower case letters. Comments: The information that you want to record for the specific site. Login method: select Normal Normal - The user name and password are mandatory to connect to a site. Anonymous - The site does not require any user name and password.
Application Guide Figure 4-4 4. Now you can see the folder TP-LINK in the panel. Double-click the folder.
Application Guide Figure 4-5 5. You will see three subfolders and three files in the TP-LINK folder.
Application Guide 6. Double-click a file and it will be downloaded automatically. Figure 4-7 Note: When you connect to a site, your My Documents folder is the default local folder to save your downloaded files, and the default remote folder is the folder specified when you configured the site. You can specify a different local folder and/or remote folder to appear in the Local and Remote panels when you log in to a site. 4.2 LAN Access 1.
Application Guide Figure 4-8 2. You will see the interface as below.
Application Guide 3. Follow the cursor, input ipconfig and press Enter key. Write down the IP address of Default Gateway as shown in Figure 4-10. (Here is 192.168.0.1). Figure 4-10 4. Open the CuteFTP and it will show as below.
Application Guide Figure 4-11 5. Go to File->New->FTP Site or press Ctrl+N to open a new Site properties.
Application Guide Figure 4-12 6. Set the dialog box as below and click Connect. Label: Name of the site. Host address: The IP of the Default Gateway written down in Step 3 (here is 192.168.0.1). Username: Default setting of the wireless router is admin in lower case letters. Password: Default setting of the wireless router is admin in lower case letters.
Application Guide Comments: The information that you want to record for the specific site. Login method: Select Normal. Normal - The user name and password are mandatory to connect to a site. Anonymous - The site does not require any user name and password. Double - The user name and password are required twice to connect to a site.
Application Guide 7. Now you can see the folder TP-LINK in the panel. Double-click the folder. Figure 4-14 8. You can see three subfolders and three files in the TP-LINK folder.
Application Guide Figure 4-15 9. Double-click a file and it will be downloaded automatically.
Application Guide Figure 4-16 Note: When you connect to a site, your My Documents folder is the default local folder to save your downloaded files, and the default remote folder is the folder specified when you configured the site. You can specify a different local folder and/or remote folder to appear in the Local and Remote panels when you log in to a site.
