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Chapter 4
Configure the Router
•
Wireless Radio
- Indicates whether the wireless feature is enabled or not.
•
Name (SSID)
- The SSID of the router.
•
Mode
- The current wireless working mode in use.
•
Channel Width
- The current wireless channel width in use.
•
Channel
- The current wireless channel in use.
•
MAC Address
- The physical address of the router.
•
WDS Status
- The status of WDS connection.
•
WAN
- This field displays the current settings of the WAN, and you can configure them
on the
Network
>
WAN
page.
•
MAC Address
- The physical address of the WAN port.
•
IP Address
- The current WAN (Internet) IP Address. This field will be blank
or 0.0.0.0 if the IP Address is assigned dynamically and there is no Internet
connection.
•
Subnet Mask
- The subnet mask associated with the WAN IP Address.
•
Default Gateway
- The Gateway currently used is shown here. When you use
Dynamic IP as the Internet connection type, click
Renew
or
Release
here to
obtain new IP parameters dynamically from the ISP or release them.
•
DNS Server
- The IP addresses of DNS (Domain Name System) server.
•
System Up Time
- The length of the time since the router was last powered on or
reset.
Click
Refresh
to get the latest status and settings of the router.
4 2 Network
4 2 1 WAN
1. Visit
http://tplinkwifi.net
, and log in with the username and password you set for the
router.
2. Go to
Network
>
WAN
.
3. Configure the IP parameters of the LAN and click
Save
.
Dynamic IP
If your ISP provides the DHCP service, please select
Dynamic IP
, and the router will
automatically get IP parameters from your ISP.
Click
Renew
to renew the IP parameters from your ISP.
4. Click
Release
to release the IP parameters.Click
Next
to start. Then follow the step-
by-step instructions to connect your router to the internet.
