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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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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Package contents The following contents should be found in your box: ¾ One TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router ¾ One AC power Adapter for TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router ¾ One Quick Installation Guide ¾ One Resource CD for TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client 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 product for assistance.
COMMENT Chapter 1 About this Guide ................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purposes................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Conventions........................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Overview of this User Guide ..................................................................................
5.9 Security................................................................................................................ 43 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4 5.9.5 5.9.6 Firewall....................................................................................................................43 IP Address Filtering.................................................................................................44 Domain Filtering...................................................................................
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Chapter 1 About this Guide Thank you for choosing the TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client 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 the Internet access, files and fun for multiple PC(s) through one ISP account. And if the device works in the AP Client mode, you can access the Internet wirelessly by your WISP’s support.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Chapter 2 Introduction 2.1 Overview of the Router The TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client 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-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router will allow you to connect your network wirelessly better than ever, sharing the Internet Access, files and fun, easily and securely.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ¾ Provides WPA/WPA2 and 64/128/152-bit WEP encryption security. ¾ Supports PPPoE, Dynamic IP, Static IP, L2TP, PPTP and Big Pond Cable Internet Access. (AP Router mode only) ¾ Built-in NAT and DHCP server supporting static IP address distributing. ¾ Supports UPnP, Dynamic DNS, Static Routing, VPN Pass-through. ¾ Support Port QoS. ¾ Supports Parental Control, Virtual Server, Special Application and DMZ host.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Name PWR SYS WLAN Status Off On On Flashing Off Off Flashing Off WAN,1-4 On Flashing description Power off Power on The router is initializing The router is working properly The router has a hardware error There is no wireless device linked to the router The Wireless function is enabled There is no device linked to the corresponding port There is a device linked to the corresponding port but no activity There is an active device linked to the correspon
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TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Chapter 3 Connecting the Router 3.1 System Requirements ¾ Each PC in the LAN needs a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors ¾ TCP/IP protocol must be installed on each PC ¾ Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, Netscape Navigator 6.0 or later ¾ If the device is configured to AP client router mode, you also need: ¾ Wireless Internet Access Service (WISP).
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TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Chapter 4 Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-WR543G Router into your network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to configure the basic functions of your TL-WR543G Wireless AP Client 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-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router is 192.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 4-2 Failure result of Ping command Please check the connection 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. Is the TCP/IP configuration for your PC correct? ) Note: If the router's IP address is 192.168.1.1, your PC's IP address must be within the range of 192.168.1.2 ~ 192.168.1.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ) Note: If the above screen does not pop-up, it means that your Web-browser has been set to a proxy. Go to Tools menu>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings, in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it. If the User Name and Password are correct, you can configure the router using the Web browser. Please click the Quick Setup link on the left of the main menu and the Quick Setup screen will appear.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ¾ Figure 4-8 Quick Setup - PPPoE User Name and Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case sensitive. If you have difficulty with this process, please contact your ISP. If you choose "Dynamic IP", the router will automatically receive the IP parameters from your ISP without needing to enter any parameters.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide In this page, you can configure the following wireless parameters: ¾ Wireless Radio - Indicates whether the Access Point feature of the router is enabled or disabled. If disabled, the WLAN LED on the front panel will not be lit and the wireless stations will not be able to access the router. If enabled, the WLAN LED will be lit up and wireless stations will be able to access the router. ¾ SSID - Enter a value of up to 32 characters.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client 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 eleven main menus on the left of the Web-based utility. Submenus will be available after you click one of the main menus. The eleven main menus are: Status, Quick Setup, Operation Mode, Network, Wireless, DHCP, Forwarding, Security, Static Routing, DDNS and System Tools.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 5-1 Router Status 5.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 4.2: "Quick Installation Guide." 5.4 Operation Mode The router supports two operation modes, AP Client Router and AP Router. Please select one your want. Click Save to save your choice. (The default mode is AP Client Router).
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ¾ ¾ Figure 5-2 Operation Mode AP Client Router: In this mode, the device enables multi-user to share the Internet from WISP. All LAN ports share the same IP from WISP through Wireless port. While connecting to WISP, the Wireless port works as a WAN port in AP Client mode. The Ethernet WAN port is automatically disabled. The WAN Connection Type can be setup in WAN page by using Dynamic IP, Static IP, PPPoE, L2TP, and PPTP.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ) Note: a. If you change the IP Address of LAN, you must use the new IP Address to login the router. b. If the new LAN IP Address you set is not in the same subnet, the IP Address pool of the DHCP server will not take effect, until they are re-configured. c. If the new LAN IP Address you set is not in the same subnet, the Virtual Server and DMZ Host will change accordingly at the same time. 5.5.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide If your ISP gives you one or two DNS addresses, select Use These DNS Servers and enter the primary and secondary addresses into the correct fields. Otherwise, the DNS servers will be assigned dynamically from your ISP. ) Note: If you get address and find error when you go to a Web site, it is likely that your DNS servers are set up improperly. You should contact your ISP to get DNS server addresses.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ¾ ¾ Figure 5-7 WAN - PPPoE User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time).
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Click the Connect button to connect immediately, Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately. Click the Advanced Settings button to set up the advanced option, the page shown in Figure 5-8 will then appear: ¾ Figure 5-8 PPPoE Advanced Settings Packet MTU - The default MTU size is 1492 bytes, which value is usually fine. For some ISPs, you need modify the MTU. This should not be done unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ¾ Figure 5-9 802.1X + Dynamic IP Settings User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP ¾ 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 Host Name - This field is required to be filled by some service provider. 5. If you choose 802.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ¾ Figure 5-10 802.1X + Static IP Settings User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP ¾ 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 ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ¾ Figure 5-11 Big Pond Settings 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. E.g., NSW / ACT - nsw.bigpond.net.au VIC / TAS / WA / SA / NT - vic.bigpond.net.au QLD - qld.bigpond.net.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide 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. Click the Connect button to connect immediately, Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately. 7.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ) Note: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max Idle Time, since some applications is 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-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide 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. 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).
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ¾ Your PC's MAC Address - This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing the router. If the MAC address is required, you can click the Clone MAC Address button and this MAC address will fill in the WAN MAC Address field. Click Restore Factory MAC to restore the MAC address of WAN port to the factory default value. Click the Save button to save your settings. ) Note: 1) Only the PC on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone feature.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 5-16 Wireless Settings in AP Client Router mode 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.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide • Automatic - Select Shared Key or Open System authentication type automatically based on the wireless station request. • Shared Key - Select 802.11 Shared Key authentication. • Open System - Select 802.11 Open System authentication. • When you select WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK for authentication type you can select Automatic, WPA –PSK or WPA2-PSK as authentication options.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 5-16b WPA/WPA2 ¾ Radius Server IP - Enter the IP address of the Radius Server ¾ Radius Port - Enter the port number that the radius service used. ¾ Radius Password - Enter the password for the Radius Server. If you select AP Router, the basic settings for the wireless network are set on this page.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 5-17 Wireless Settings in AP Router mode ¾ Region - Select your region from the pull-down list. 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 field. If your country or region is not listed, please contact your local government agency for assistance. The default region is United States.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Note Dialog ) Note: Limited by local law regulations, version for North America does not have region selection option. ¾ ¾ Channel - This field determines which operating frequency will be used. It is not necessary to change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby access point. Mode - Select the desired wireless mode. The options are: • 54Mbps (802.11g) - Both 802.11g and 802.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ) Note: If Bridges is enabled in AP Client mode, there is only one Security Type (WEP) for you to encrypt the wireless network. Otherwise, there are three Security Type (WEP, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK and WPA/WPA2). Be sure to click the Save button to save your settings on this page. ) Note: The router will reboot automatically after you click Save. 5.6.2 Advanced Settings This page shows some advanced settings about this router for you.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ¾ Choose - Choose one AP from list to connect to. If you click the Connect, the Figure 5-16 will be shown. And the SSID has been configured. E.g. If you see the page as Figure 5-19 and you want to connect to the TP-LINK- WR543G site, you can click Connect. The Figure 5-16 will display and the SSID is TP-LINK-WR543G. Shown in Figure 5-20: Figure 5-20 the SSID of Wireless Settings 5.6.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide To Add a Wireless MAC Address filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The “Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry" page will appear, shown in Figure 5-22: Figure 5-22 Add or Modify Wireless 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).
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide stations cannot access the router, you should configure the Wireless MAC Address Filtering list by following these steps: 1. Click the Enable button to enable this function. 2. Select the radio button: Deny the stations not specified by any enabled entries in the list to access for Filtering Rules. 3. Delete all or disable all entries if there are any entries already. 4. Click the Add New...
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ MAC Address - The connected wireless station's MAC address Current Status - The connected wireless station's running status, one of STA-AUTH / STA-ASSOC / AP-UP / WPA / WPA-PSK /WPA2/WPA2-PSK/None Received Packets - Packets received by the station Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current connected wireless stations, click on the Refresh button.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ Address Lease Time - The Address Lease Time is the amount of time in which a network user will be allowed connection to the router with their current dynamic IP Address. Enter the amount of time, in minutes. The user will be "leased" this dynamic IP Address. The range of the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes. The default value is 120 minutes. Default Gateway - (Optional.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 5-27 ¾ ¾ ¾ Address Reservation MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC of which you want to reserve IP address. Assigned IP Address - The IP address of the router reserved. Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled. To Reserve IP addresses: 1. Click the Add New button. (Pop-up Figure 5-28) 2. Enter the MAC address (The format for the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide 5.8 Forwarding Figure 5-29 The Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 5-29): Virtual Servers, Port Triggering, DMZ and UPnP. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 5.8.1 Virtual Servers Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services on your LAN, such as DNS, Email and FTP.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 5-31 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry ) 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. 3. Modify the information. Click the Save button.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Once configured, operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connection using a destination port number defined in the Trigger Port field. 2. The router records this connection, opens the incoming port or ports associated with this entry in the Port Triggering table, and associates them with the local host. 3. When necessary the external host will be able to connect to the local host using one of the ports defined in the Incoming Ports field.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide There are many popular applications in the Popular Application list. You can select it, and the application will fill in the Trigger Port, incoming Ports Range boxes and select the Enable checkbox. It has the same effect as adding a new rule. 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. 3. Modify the information. Click the Save button.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ¾ Figure 5-35 UPnP Settings 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-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ¾ Figure 5-37 Firewall Settings Enable Firewall - the general firewall switch is on or off. ¾ Enable IP Address Filtering - set IP Address Filtering is enabled or disabled. There are two 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.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide will appear shown in Figure 5-39: Figure 5-39 Add or Modify an IP Address Filtering Entry To create or modify an IP Address Filtering entry, please follow these instructions: 1. Effective Time - Enter a range of time in HHMM format, which point to the range time for the entry to take effect. For example, 0803 - 1705, the entry will take effect from 08:03 to 17:05. 2.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide to, and then click the Move button to change the entry’s order. Click the Next button to the next page and click the Previous button to return to the previous page. For example: If you desire to block E-mail received and sent by the IP Address 192.168.1.7 on your local network, and to make the PC with IP Address 192.168.1.8 unable to visit the website of IP Address 202.96.134.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide field means all websites on the Internet. For example: www.xxyy.com.cn, .net. 3. Status - Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status pull-down list. 4. Click the Save button to save this 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. 3. Modify the information. Click the Save button.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 5-43 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-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ¾ ¾ Figure 5-44 Remote Management 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. Choose a number between 1024 and 65534, but do not use the number of any common service port.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ 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. Only when it is enabled, will the flood filters be effective.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide 5.10 Static Routing A static route is a pre-determined path that network information must travel to reach a specific host or network. To add or delete a route, work in the area under the Static Routing page (shown in Figure 5-47). Figure 5-47 Static Routing To add static routing entries: 1. Click the Add New button. (pop up Figure 5-48) 2.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide 5.11 Dynamic DNS The router offers a Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) feature. DDNS lets you assign a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP Address. It is useful when you are hosting your own website, FTP server, or other server behind the router. Before using this feature, you need to sign up for DDNS service providers such as www.dyndns.org, www.oray.net or www.comexe.cn.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 5-50 Oray.net DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. 2. 3. 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. ¾ Domain Name - The domain names are displayed here. Click Logout to logout the DDNS service. 5.11.3 Comexe.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 5-51 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Type the domain names your dynamic DNS service provider gave. 2. 3. 4. 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.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 5-52 Port QoS Settings ¾ Enable QoS - Enable or Disable QoS function. It is the switch of QoS. The following Port QoS Configuration won't be effective unless it is enabled. ¾ UpLoad Bandwidth - The upload bandwidth provided by your ISP. ¾ DownLoad Bandwidth - The download bandwidth provided by your ISP. ¾ Port - There are five ports, 1,2,3,4 and Wireless, which means four physical LAN port and one wireless interface.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide For example, we assume that the UpLoad Bandwidth and DownLoad Bandwidth supplied by ISP are 10Mbps respectively. If you desire highest priority to port 1, lower priority (take 2 level for example) to port 2 and lowest priority to wireless communication, you can configure the router as Figure 5-52 shown. ) Note: 1. In configuring system Bandwidth, there are two unitages provided: "kbps" means 1000 bit/sec; "Mbps" means 1000,000 bit/sec. 2.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ¾ Figure 5-54 Time settings 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 local time in HH/MM/SS into the right blanks. Time setting follows these steps below: 1. Select your local time zone. 2. Enter date and time in the right blanks 3. Click Save.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 5-55 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 upgrade firmware, unless the new firmware supports a new feature you need. ) Note: When you upgrade the router's firmware, you will lose current configuration settings, so make sure you backup the router’s settings before you upgrade its firmware.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Any settings you have saved will be lost when the default settings are restored. 5.13.4 Backup and Restore This page (shown in Figure 5-57) allows you to save current configuration of router as backup or restore the configuration file you saved before. ¾ Figure 5-57 Backup & Restore Configuration Click the Backup button to save all configuration settings as a backup file in your local computer.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 5-59 Password It is recommended strongly that you change the factory default user name and password of the router. All users who try to access the router's Web-based utility or Quick Setup will be prompted for the router's user name and password. ) Note: The new user name and password must not exceed 14 characters in length and must not include any spaces. Enter the new Password twice to confirm it. Click the Save button when finished.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide ¾ Figure 5-61 Statistics Current Statistics Status - Enable or Disable. The default value is disabled. To enable, click the Enable button. If disabled, the function of DoS protection in Security settings will be ineffective. ¾ Packets Statistics Interval - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the pull-down list. The Packets Statistic interval indicates the time section of the packets statistic.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the router to access the 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) Login to the router, click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide address is proper MAC address, click the "Clone MAC Address" button and your PC’s MAC address will fill in the "WAN MAC Address" field. Or else, type the MAC Address into the "WAN MAC Address" field. The format for the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX. Then click the "Save" button. It will take effect after rebooting. Figure A-3 3.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure A-6 4. DMZ I want to build a Web Server on the LAN, what should I do? 1) Because the Web Server port 80 will interfere with the Web management port 80 on the router, you must change the Web management port number to avoid interference. 2) To change the Web management port number: Login to the router, click the “Security” menu on the left of your browser, and click "Remote Management" submenu.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide A-9 5. Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry The wireless stations cannot connect to the router. 1) Make sure the "Wireless Router Radio" is enabled. 2) Make sure that the wireless stations' SSID accord with the router's SSID. 3) Make sure the wireless stations have the right KEY for encryption when the router is encrypted. 4) If the wireless connection is ready, but you can’t access the router, check the IP Address of your wireless stations.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client 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 XP. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter’s manual if needed. 1. Install TCP/IP component 1) 3) On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide 5) Figure 2 The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Figure 3 ¾ Setting IP address manually 1 2 3 4 Select Use the following IP address radio button. And the following items available 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. Type the router’s LAN IP address (the default IP is 192.168.1.1) into the Default gateway field. Select Use the following DNS server addresses radio button.
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TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide Appendix C: Specifications Radio Data Rate LEDs Safety & Emissions General IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.11b and 802.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client 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.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide communicate with each other wirelessly, which network serving users are limited in a local area. http://www.tp-link.
