TP-Link TL-WR542G - Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Introduction..............................................................................1
1.1 Overview of the Router
.................................................................................... 1
1.2 Features
.......................................................................................................... 1
1.3 Panel Layout
................................................................................................... 2
1.3.1 The Front Panel
....................................................................................... 2
1.3.2 The Rear Panel
........................................................................................ 3
Chapter 2. Connecting the Router ............................................................5
2.1 System Requirements
..................................................................................... 5
2.2 Installation Environment Requirement
s........................................................... 5
2.3 Connecting the Router
.................................................................................... 5
Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide..........................................................7
3.1 TCP/IP confi
guration ....................................................................................... 7
3.2 Quick Install
ation Guide .................................................................................. 9
Chapter 4. Configuring the Router..........................................................12
4.1 Login
............................................................................................................. 12
4.2 Status
............................................................................................................ 13
4.3 Quick Setup................................................................................................... 14
4.4 Network
......................................................................................................... 15
4.4.1 LAN
........................................................................................................ 15
4.4.2 WAN
....................................................................................................... 15
4.4.3 MAC Clone
............................................................................................. 27
4.5 Wireless
........................................................................................................ 28
4.5.1 Wireless Set
tings ................................................................................... 28
4.5.2 MAC Filtering
......................................................................................... 33
4.5.3 Wireless Sta
tistics.................................................................................. 36
4.6 DHCP ............................................................................................................ 37
4.6.1 DHCP Settings
....................................................................................... 37
4.6.2 DHCP Client
s List .................................................................................. 38
4.6.3 Address Reserv
ation.............................................................................. 39
4.7 Forwarding
.................................................................................................... 40
4.7.1 Virtual Serv
ers........................................................................................ 40
4.7.2 Port Triggeri
ng ....................................................................................... 42
4.7.3 DMZ
....................................................................................................... 44
4.7.4 UPnP
...................................................................................................... 45
4.8 Security
......................................................................................................... 46
4.8.1 Firewall
................................................................................................... 46
4.8.2 IP Address F
iltering................................................................................ 47
4.8.3 Domain Filtering
..................................................................................... 50