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Archer C5 AC1 200 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit R outer R EV1.1.0 191001 1055.
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Safety Informatio n When prod uct has power button, t he power button is one of th e way to shu t off the product; w hen there is no powe r button, t he only way to com pletely shut off power is to disconnect the product or the power ada pter from the power sourc e.
TP - LI NK TECHNOLO GIES CO., L TD TP- LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Building 24 (floors 1, 3, 4, 5) , and 28 (floors 1 - 4) Central S cience and T echno logy Park, Shennan Rd, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China DECL ARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equi pment: Product Descri ption: AC1200 Wir eless Dual Band Gi gabit Router Model No.
- I - CONTENTS Package Contents ..................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 2 1.
- II - 4.7.1 Wireless Setti ngs .......................................................................................... 48 4.7.2 WPS ............................................................................................................. 50 4.
- III - 4.16 Advanced Routing .................................................................................................. 100 4.16.1 S tatic Rout ing List ....................................................................................... 100 4.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 1 - Package Contents The following i tem s should be found in your package : Archer C5 AC120 0 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Rout er DC P ow.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 2 - Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview of th e router The Archer C5 A C1200 Wireless Dual B and Gigabit Router integrates 4- port Switch, Firewall, N AT - router and Wireless AP .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 3 - 1.2 Conventions The rout er or Archer C5 mentio ned in t his gu ide stands f or Arc her C5 AC1200 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router without any expla nation . 1.3 Main Features Complies wit h IEEE 802.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 4 - 1.4 Panel Layout 1.4.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 LEDs on the f ront panel The router ’s LEDs are located on the front panel (View from left to right) . Name St atus Indication ( Power ) Off Power is o ff .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 5 - ( WPS ) Slow Flash A wireles s devic e is c onnecting to the net work by WPS function. T his process will las t in the first 2 minut es. On A wirel ess devic e has been success fully added to th e network by WPS function .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 6 - Internet : This port is where you wi ll connect t he DSL/cable M odem, or Ethernet . Ethernet (1 , 2, 3, 4 ): These ports ( 1 , 2, 3, 4 ) connect the rout er to the local PC(s ) . WPS/ R eset : Pressing thi s button for les s than 5 seconds ena bles the WPS fun ction.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 7 - Chapter 2. Connecting the rou ter 2.1 System Require ment s Broadb and Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/ Ethernet) One DSL/ Cable M.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 8 - 5. Plug the supplied power adapt er into the P ow er jack, and then pres s the On/Off butt on to turn on the router and w ait for 1 minute.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 9 - Chapter 3. Quick Inst allation Guide This chapter wil l show you how to configure th e basic f unctions of your AC120 0 Wi reless Dual Band Gigabit Rout er using Quick S etup Wiz a rd within minutes.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 10 - Figure 3-2 Failure res ult of Ping command Please check the conn ection follow ing these steps: 1. Is the connecti on between your PC and the router c orrec t? Note: The 1/2/3/4 LEDs of Ethernet port s which you link to on the router and LEDs on your PC's adapte r should be lit.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 11 - Figure 3-3 Log in the rout er After a moment, a login window wil l appear , s imilar to Figure 3-4 . Enter admin for t he User Name and Password, both in l ower case letters. Then cli ck the OK butt on or press the Enter k e y.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 12 - Note: The Router will aut omaticall y detect the Internet c onnection. If the Internet is available, the Router will direc t you to Step 5 ; otherwise, you ne ed to continue with Step 3 .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 13 - Figure 3-7 Quick Setup – MAC Clone 2) I f the connect ion type detected is St atic IP , the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3 -8 . Configure the f ollowing parameters and then click Next to continue.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 14 - Figure 3-9 Quick Setup – PPPoE /Russia PPPoE User Name / Passwo rd - Enter the User Name and P assword provided by yo ur ISP. These fields are c ase - sens itive. If you ha ve difficult y with this proc ess, pleas e contact your ISP.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 15 - S elect Dyn a mic IP if none of the a bove parameters are provi ded. Then yo u just need to e nter server IP address or domain name provided b y your ISP . 5) I f the connect ion type detected is PP TP /Russia n PP TP , t he next screen wil l appear as shown in Figure 3- 11 .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 16 - S elect Dynamic IP if none of the above parameter s are provide d. Then you jus t need to e nter server IP address or domain name provided b y your ISP . 5. After finishing W AN Connection T ype s election, the Dual Band Selecti on page will appear as shown in Figure 3- 12 .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 17 - Figure 3- 13 Quick Setup – Wireless Wirel ess Radio - Dis plays whether the wireles s functi on is enabled or not . Wirel ess Network Name - Also called the SSID ( Se rvice Set Identifi cation ) .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 18 - No Change - If you cho o s e this option, wi reless securit y configuration wil l not change! The above settings are o nly for basic wireless pa rameters . F or advanced s ettings, please check “ More Advanced Wireless Settin gs ” , and then you c an set the following paramet ers.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 19 - Figure 3- 14 Quick Setup – Wi reless Wireless Radio - Choose from the drop - down list to e nable or di sable the wireless radio. Wireless Netw ork Name - Al so called the SSID ( Service Set Identific ation ) .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 20 - No Change - If you chose this option, wireles s security conf iguration will not change! The above settings are only for bas ic wireless parameters . F or advanc ed settings , please check “ More Advanced Wireless Settin gs ” , and then you c an set the following paramet ers.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 21 - Chapter 4. Configuring t he router This chapter wil l show each Web page's key functions and the c onfiguration way . 4.1 Login After your successful login, you will see the main menus on the left of the Web - based utility .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 22 - Figure 4-1 S tatus 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to 3. 2 Quick Installation Guide ..
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 23 - 4.4 Network Figure 4-2 the Network menu There are three subm enus under the Network menu (shown in F igure 4-2 ): WA N , LAN and MAC Clone . Click any of them, and you wil l be able to configure t he correspondin g functi on.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 24 - MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum T ransmission Unit) value for most Ethernet network s is 1500 Bytes . It is not recomm ended that you cha nge the defaul t MTU S ize unless required by your ISP .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 25 - MTU S ize - The normal MT U (Maximum T ransmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes . It is not recomm ended that you cha nge the default MTU Size unles s required by your ISP .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 26 - St atic IP - Y ou can check this radio button to u se S tatic IP as the secondary connection to connect t o the local area network pr ovided by ISP .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 27 - Figure 4-6 PPPoE Advanced Set tings MTU Size - The default MT U size is “ 1480 ” bytes, which is usually fi ne . It is not recommended that you change the default MTU S ize unless required by your IS P .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 28 - Figure 4-7 WA N - BigPond Cable User Nam e/Passwo rd - Enter the User Name an d Password provi ded by your ISP . These fields are case - s ensitive. Auth S erver - Enter the aut henticating s erver IP address or host name.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 29 - Connect Manually - Y ou can c lick the Connect / Disconn ect butt on to connect / dis connect immediately . This mode also supports the M ax Idle Time f unction as Connect on Demand mode.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 30 - Dynamic IP/ S t atic IP - Choos e either as you are given by your ISP . Cli ck the Connect button to connect immediately .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 31 - Figure 4-9 PPTP Settin gs User Name/Passw ord - Enter the Us er Name and Pass word provided by your ISP . These fields are case - s ensitive. Dynamic IP/ S t atic IP - Choose either as you are gi ven by your ISP and enter the ISP ’s IP address or the domain na me.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 32 - Otherwise, enter t he number of minut es you want to have el apsed before your Internet connection term inates. Connect Au tomaticall y - Connect automat ically after the rout er is disconnected.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 33 - Figure 4- 10 LAN MAC Addr ess - The physical address of the router , as seen from the LAN. The value can't be changed. IP Address - Ent er the IP address of your router or res et it in dotted - deci mal notation (factory defaul t: 192.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 34 - Some ISPs require t hat you register t he MAC Address of your adapt er . Changes are rarely needed here . WAN MAC Address - This fi eld displays the current MA C address of the Internet port .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 35 - 4.6 Wireless 2.4GHz Figure 4- 13 Wireles s menu There are six s ubmenus under the Wireless menu (s hown in Figure 4- 13 ): Wireless Se ttings , WPS , Wireless Security , Wireless MAC Filtering , Wireless Advan ced and Wireless St atistics .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 36 - the router in a regio n other than o ne of those s pecified in thi s field. If your c ountry or region is not listed, please contact your loc al government agency f or assist ance.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 37 - Figure 4- 15 WDS Setting SSID (to be bridged) - The SSID of the AP your router is going to connect to as a client. You can also use t he search funct ion to select the SS ID to join. MAC Addr ess (to be bridged) - The BSSID of the AP your router is going to connec t to as a client.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 38 - Figure 4- 16 WPS WPS Status - Enable or disable the WPS function here. Curren t PIN - The current value of the router 's PIN is displ ayed here. The default PIN of the router can be found i n the label or User Guide.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 39 - Figure 4- 17 Figure 4- 18 Add A New Device Step 2: P ress and hold the WPS button of the client device. Step 3: The Wi - Fi Protected Setup LED flas hes for two minutes duri ng the Wi - Fi Prot ected Setup process.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 40 - III. E nter th e router ’ s P IN on your client device Use this method if your c lient device as ks for the router ’ s PIN number .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 41 - Disabl e Securit y - If you do not want to use wireless security, check this radio button.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 42 - Figure 4- 22 WP A/WP A2 - Enterpris e • Radius Server I P - Enter the IP address of the Radius s erver. • Radius Port - E nter the port number of the Radius server . • Radius Passw ord - Enter the password for the R adius s erver.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 43 - • Ke y T yp e - You can sel ect the WEP key length (64 - bi t, or 128 - bit, or 152 - bit.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 44 - Figure 4- 25 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entr y To add or modify a MAC Address F iltering entr y, follow these instructi ons: 1. Enter the appropriat e MAC Address into t he MAC Address field.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 45 - 3. Delete al l or disable all en tries if there are an y entries already. 4. Clic k the Add New ... button . 1) E nter the MAC address 00 - 0A - EB -B0-00- 0B/00 - 0A - EB - 00 - 07 - 5F i n the MAC Address field .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 46 - Beacon Interval - Enter a value between 20 - 10 00 millisec onds for Beac on Interval here . The beacons are the packets sent by the router to s ynchronize a wireles s network . B eacon Interval value determ ines the ti me interval of the beac ons.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 47 - Figure 4- 27 Wireles s S t atisti cs MAC Address - The c onnected wireles s station's MA C address Current Status - T he connec.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 48 - 4.7.1 Wireless Settings Choose menu “ Wirele ss 5 GHz → Wireless Settings ” , you c an configure t he basic set tings for the wireless net work of 5 GHz on this page .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 49 - Mode - Selec t the desired mode. 11 a/n mixed - Select i f you are using both 802.11 a and 802.11 n wireless cl ients. 11a/ n /ac mixed - Select if you are using a mix of 802.11 a , 11 n , and 11 ac wireles s clients.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 50 - Auth Type - This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP(ASCII ) or WEP(HEX).I t indicates the authori zation type of the Root AP. Passw ord - If the AP your router is going to c onnect needs pas sword, you need to f ill the password in thi s blank.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 51 - Step 1: Press t he WPS /Reset button on the b ack panel of the router , as shown in F igure 4- 32 . Y ou can a lso kee p the default WPS s tatus as Enabled and c lick the Add device button in Figure 4- 31 .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 52 - Step 3: “ Connect succes sfully ” will appear on the s creen of Figure 4- 34 , which means the cli ent device has succ essfully connect ed to the router .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 53 - Figure 4- 35 Wireles s Security Disabl e Securit y - If you do not want to use wireless security, check this radio button. B ut it ’ s strongly recom mended to choose one of t he following modes to enable sec urity.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 54 - Figure 4- 36 WP A/WP A2 – Personal • PSK Pass word - You can ent er ASCII characters between 8 and 63 char acters or 8 t o 64 Hexadecimal characters.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 55 - WEP - It is based on the IEEE 802. 11 standard . I f you check this radio button, you wil l find a notice in red as s how in F igure 4- 38 . Figure 4- 38 WEP • Type - you can choose the type f or the WEP security on the drop - d own list.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 56 - 4.7.4 Wireless MAC Filte ring Choose menu “ Wireless → MAC Filtering ” , you can c ontrol the wireless access by configur ing the Wireless MAC Fil tering functi on, shown in Figure 4- 24 .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 57 - 2. Give a sim ple descripti on for the wireless station in the Descr iption field. For example: Wireless st ation A. 3. Select En abled or Disabled for t his entry on the Status drop - down list .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 58 - 4.7.5 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “ Wireles s → Wireless Advance d ” , you can configure t he advanc ed s ettings of your wireless net work. Figure 4- 41 Wireles s Advanced Transmit Pow er - Here you can specify the t ransmit power of rout er .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 59 - DTIM Interval - This value determines the interval of t he Delivery Traffic Indic ation Message (DTIM). A DTIM field i s a countdown fi eld informing c lients of t he next window for lis tening to broadcast and mult icast messages.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 60 - Note: This page will be refres hed automati cally every 5 sec onds. 4.8 Guest Network Figure 4- 43 The Guest Network m enu There are two submenus under the Guest Network menu (shown in Figure 4- 43 ) : Wireless Settings and Storage Sh arin g .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 61 - Allow Guest T o Access M y Local Network - If enabled, gues ts can communicate with hosts. Enable Guest Ne twork Bandw idth Control - If enabled, th e Guest Network Bandw idth Control rules wil l take effect.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 62 - Confirm Passwor d - Re - enter the password here. Storage Authority - Auth ority of user: Read Onl y or Read and Write. Name - This folder's display name. Partition - The v olume that t he folder resides .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 63 - 4.9 DHCP Figure 4- 47 The DHCP menu There are three subme nus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figu re 4 - 47 ) : DHCP Settings , DHCP Client s List and Address Reservation . Click any of them , and you will be able to configure the c orresponding func tion s.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 64 - of time in minut es and t he user w ill be "leased " t his dynamic IP Address. A fter the time is up, the user will be autom atically ass igned a new dynam ic IP address. T he rang e of the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 65 - PC on the LAN, t hat PC will always r eceive the same IP address each time when it accesses the DHCP server . Reser ved IP addresses should b e assi gned to the servers that require p ermanent IP settin gs.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 66 - Click the Delete All but ton to delete all entri es . Click the Next butt on to go to the nex t page and Click t he Previous button t o return the previ ous page.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 67 - Free - T he available spac e of the USB driver. Use % - The percentage of the used space.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 68 - 4.10.2 FTP Serve r Choose menu “ US B Settings → FTP Server ” , you can create an FTP server that can be ac cessed from the Internet or your l ocal network. Figure 4- 55 FTP Server Configurat ion Servi ce Status - Indic ates the FTP S erver 's current status.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 69 - To add a new fol der, follow the inst ructions belo w. 1. Click Add New Folder in Figure 4- 55 . Figure 4- 56 Add or Modify Share Folder 2. Select the Share en tire partition or a specific f older option.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 70 - Figure 4- 57 Media S erver Setting Server Nam e - The name of thi s Media Server. Server S tatus - Indic ates the Media Server ’s current s tatus, started or stopped . Y ou can c lick the S tart button to start the Media Server an d click the S top button to stop it .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 71 - Figure 4- 59 Media S erver Setting 3. Click the Add sh are folder button to spec ify a folder as the s earch path of media s erver. T he screen will then appear as shown in Figure 4- 60 . Figure 4- 60 Add New Fol der Display Name - You can enter a display name fo r the share fol der.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 72 - Back - C lick th is button to di scard the sett ings and just go to the media server confi guration page.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 73 - Figure 4- 62 User Ac count Manageme nt Only Adminis trator can use a Web browser to t ransfer the fi les from a PC to the Writable shared volume on the USB dri ve. T o add a new user account, please foll ow the steps belo w: 1.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 74 - Passw ord - Ent er the password in t he Password f ield. The pas sword must be c omposed of alphanumeric symbols not exc eeding 15 charac ters in lengt h. For securit y purposes, t he password for eac h user account is not dis played.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 75 - Enab le Hardw are NAT Control - If enabled, t he Hardware NAT f eature will tak e effect. Disabl e Hardware NAT Con trol - If dis abled, neither Hardw are NAT feature will tak e effect.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 76 - IP Addr ess - The IP address of the PC running the servic e application. Protocol - The protocol us ed for this appli cation, eit her TCP , UDP , or All (all protocols supported by t he router).
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 77 - Click the Enable / Disable All button to mak e all entries enab led / di sabled . Click the Delete All butt on to delete all entri es . Click the Next but ton to go to the next pag e and c li ck the Previous bu tton to return to the previous page.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 78 - Figure 4- 69 Add or Modify a T riggeri ng Entry T rigger Port - The port for outgoing tr affic.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 79 - Once the router i s configured, the operation is as follow s: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connect ion to an external host using a des tination port number defined in the T rigger Port field.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 80 - 4.12.4 UPnP Choose menu “ Forwarding → UPnP ” , and then yo u can view the information about UPnP in the screen (shown in Figure 4- 71).
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 81 - 4.13 Security Figure 4- 72 The Security menu There are four subm enus under the Sec urity menu as shown in Figure 4- 72 : Basi c Securit y , Advanced Securit y , Loc al Management and Remote Management .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 82 - VPN - VPN Pass through must be enabl ed if you want t o allow VPN t unnels using VPN protocols to pass through the router . PPTP Passthro ugh - Point - to - Point Tunneling Prot ocol (PPT P) allows the Point - to - Point P rotocol (PPP) to be tunneled t hrough an IP network .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 83 - Figure 4- 74 Advanced Security Packets Statisti cs Interval (5~60) - The default val ue is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds from the drop - dow n list. The Pac kets S tatistic s I nterval valu e indicates the time section of the packets statistic s .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 84 - Enab le TCP - SYN - FLOOD Attack Filteri ng - Enable or Disable the TCP - SYN - FLOOD Attack Filteri ng. TCP - SYN - FLOOD Pack ets T hreshold (5~3600) - The default value is 50. Ent er a value between 5 ~ 3600.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 85 - use the password to browse t he built - in web pages to perform Administrator t asks while all the others will be bloc ked. After click th e Add button, your PC's MA C Address will be placed in the l is t above.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 86 - 4.14 Parent al Control C hoose menu “ Parental Control ” , and then you can conf igure the parental control in the s creen as shown in Fi gure 4- 77 .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 87 - Parental Control - Check Enable if you want thi s function to tak e effect ; otherwise , check Disable . MAC Addre ss of Parental P C - In this fiel d, enter the MAC addres s of the controllin g PC, or you can make us e of the Copy To Above button below.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 88 - 1. Click “ Parental Control ” menu on the left to enter the Parental Control Settings page. Check Enable and enter the M AC address 00 - 11 - 22 - 33 - 44 - BB in the MAC Address of Parental PC field.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 89 - 4.15.1 R ule C hoose menu “ Ac cess Control → Rule ” , and then you can view and set Access Control rules i n the screen as s hown in Figure 4- 81 .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 90 - Move - You can change the ent ry’s order as des ired. Enter i n the first box t he ID number of the entry you want t o move and in t he second box another I D number, and t hen click the Move button to change the entri es’ order.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 91 - Figure 4- 83 Quick Setup – Create an Access T arget Ent ry Targ et Description - In this field, create a des cription for t he target. Note t hat this description should be u nique (e.g.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 92 - Fi gure 4- 84 Quick S etup – Create an A dvanced Schedule E ntry Sch edule Description - In this field, create a des cription for t he schedule. Note that thi s description should be u nique (e.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 93 - Rul e - In this field, create a name for the rule. Note that this name s hould be unique (e.g. Rule_1) . Host - I n this field, select a host from the dro p - down lis t for the rule.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 94 - For exam ple : If you des ire to allow the hos t with MAC address 00 - 11 - 22 - 33 - 44 - AA to access www .googl e.com only f rom 18:00 to 20:00 on Saturday and Sunday , and for bid other hosts in the LAN to access the I nternet, you should f ollow the settings below: 1.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 95 - Figure 4- 87 Host S ettings Host Descrip tion - Here displ ays the descript ion of the host and this description is unique . Information - Here displays t he information about the host.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 96 - Figure 4- 89 Add or Modify a Host Entry For example : If you des ire to restrict the i nternet activities of hos t with MAC address 00 - 11 - 22 - 33 - 44 - AA, you should f irst follow the s ettings below: 1.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 97 - T o add a new entry , pl ease follow the steps below. 1. C lick the Add New … button. 2. In Mode fiel d, select IP Address or Domain Name . 3. I f you select IP Ad dress , the screen shown is Figure 4- 91 .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 98 - 1) In Target Descri ption field, c reate a unique desc ription for t he target (e.g. Target_1). 2) I n Domain Name field, ent er the domain name, ei ther the full na me or the keywords (f or example , google) in the blank.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 99 - Schedule Description - Here displa ys the desc ription of the s chedule and this description is unique . Da y - Here dis plays the day(s) in a we ek. Time - Here displays the time period in a day.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 100 - 1. Click Add New ... button s hown in Figure 4- 93 to ent er the Advanced Sc hedule Settings page. 2. In Schedule Descripti on fi eld, create a uni que descr ipti on for the schedule ( e.g. Schedule_1 ) .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 101 - T o ad d st atic routing entries: 1. Click Add Ne w … shown i n Figure 4- 96 , you will see the f ollowing screen.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 102 - Figure 4- 98 System Routing T able Destinati on Netw ork - The Desti nation Network is the address of the network or hos t to which the static route is assigned.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 103 - Figure 4- 100 B andwidth Control Settings En able Bandw i dth Control - Check this box so that the Bandwidth Control settings can take effect. Line Type - Select the right type for you network connection.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 104 - 1. Click Add Ne w … shown i n Figure 4- 101 , you will see a new screen shown i n Figure 4- 102 . 2. Enter the informat ion like the sc reen shown below . Figure 4- 102 B andwidth Control Rule Sett ings 3.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 105 - MAC Address - The MAC addr ess of the cont rolled computer in t he LAN. IP Address - The ass igned IP address of t he controlled computer i n the LAN. Bind - Check this opt ion to enable ARP bi nding for a speci fic device .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 106 - Figure 4- 106 Fi nd IP & MAC Binding Entry Click the Enable All button to m ake all entries enabled.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 107 - 4.19 Dynamic DNS Choose menu “ D ynamic DNS ” , and you can c onfigure the D ynam ic DNS functi on.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 108 - Connection Status - T he status of t he DDNS service connect ion is displayed here. Click Logout to log out of the DDNS service.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 109 - 4.19.3 No - ip.com DDNS If the dynamic DNS Service Provi der you selec t is www.no - ip.com , the page will appear as shown in Figure 4- 11 0 . Figure 4- 11 0 No - ip.com DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, fol low these inst ructions: 1.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 11 0 - 4.20.1 IPv6 Status Figure 4- 11 2 IPv6 S tatus The I Pv6 Status page displays t he router 's current I Pv6 status and confi guration.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 111 - 4.20.2 IPv6 Setup Figure 4- 11 3 Enable/Dis able IPv6 Enable IPv6 - T ick the c heckbox to enable the IP v6 function. It ’ s enabled by default. W AN Connecti on T yp e - Choos e the correct WAN connection type based on your ISP ne twork topology .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 11 2 - 1) DHCPv6 Figure 4- 11 4 DHCPv6 Get non - te mporar y IPv6 address - Get a non - temporary I Pv6 address f rom the ISP.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 11 3 - Get IPv6 with Unicast DHCP - A few ISPs' DHCP servers do not support t he broadcast applications. If you can't get the I Pv6 Address normal ly , you can choos e Unicast. (Y ou generally need not to check this option).
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 11 4 - MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maxim um Transmission Uni t) value for most Ethernet net works is 1500 Bytes . For some ISPs, you may ne ed to modify the MTU. But this i s rarely required, and should not be done u nless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP c onnection.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 11 5 - Get IPv6 Address Way • G et non - temporar y IPv6 address - Get a non - tem porary IPv6 addres s by DHCPv6 from the ISP. • G et IPv6 prefix delegati on - Get a prefix delegation IPv6 address by DHCPv6 from the ISP , and the clients i n LAN create IPv6 address with the delegation.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 11 6 - Address /Subnet M ask/Default Ga tewa y - the IPv4 address / subnet mask/ def ault gateway assigned , in dott ed - decimal notation . MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum T ransmission Unit ) value for most Ethernet networks is 1 48 0 Bytes.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 11 7 - Choose menu “ S ystem T ools ” , and you can s ee the submen us under the main menu: Tim e Settings , Diagnostic , Firmware Upgrade , Factor y Defau l ts , Backup & Restore , Reboot , Password , System Log and St atistics .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 11 8 - Daylight Saving Status - Displays the status whether the Dayli ght Saving is in us e. To set ti me manuall y: 1. Select your local time zone. 2. Enter the Date in Mont h/Day/Y ear for mat.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 11 9 - Figure 4- 121 Diagnos tic T ool s Diagnostic T ool - Chec k the radio button t o select one diagnosti c too. Ping - This diagnosti c tool troubleshoots connect ivity , reachabilit y , and name resolution to a given host or gateway .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 120 - T he Diagnostic Resu lt s page displays the resul t of diagnosis. I f the result is simi lar to the following s creen, the connecti vity of the Internet is fine. Figure 4- 122 Diagnos tic Results Note: 1.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 121 - 3. Click the Upgrade button. 4. The router wil l reboot while t he upgrading has been finished. Note: 1) New firmware vers ions are posted at www.tp - li nk.com and can be downloaded for f ree.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 122 - 4.21.5 Backup & Restore Choose menu “ Sy stem T ool s → Backu p & Restore ” , and then you can save the curren t configuration of the router as a bac kup file and restore t he configuratio n via a backup f ile as shown in Figure 4- 125 .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 123 - • C han ge the Web Management P ort. • Upgr ade the firm ware of the router (s ystem wil l reboot automaticall y). • Res tore the router 's settings t o factory default s (system will reboot automaticall y).
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 124 - Figure 4- 128 S ystem Log Auto Mail Feature - I ndicates whether auto mail feat ure is enabled or not.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 125 - Note: O nly when you selec t Authentication , do you have to enter t he User Name and Pas sword in the following fi elds. • User Name - Your mail account name filled in the From fi eld.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 126 - Figure 4- 130 S tatistic s Curren t Statistics Statu s - Enabl e or Disable. The default value is disabled. To enable it , click the Enab le button. I f it is disabled, the func tion of DoS protecti on in Security sett ings will be disabled.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 127 - Statistics Tabl e: IP /MAC Address The I P and MAC a ddres s are dis played with related statistics . Total Packets The total number of packets received and tra nsmitted by the router . Byt e s The total number of bytes received and t ransmitted by the rout er .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 128 - Appendix A: F AQ 1. How do I configure the r outer to access I nternet by ADSL users? 1) First, confi gure the ADS L Modem configured in RFC148 3 bridge model. 2) Connect the Et hernet cable from your A DSL Modem to the Int ernet port on the router .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 129 - 2. How do I configure the r outer to access I nternet by Ethernet users? 1) Login to the router , click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser , and click "WAN" submenu.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 130 - Figure A - 5 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry Note: Your opposite s ide should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Stat us” page.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 131 - Figure A -7 Basi c Security 4. I want to build a WEB S erver on the LAN, w hat should I do ? 1) Because the WEB S erver port 80 will interfere wi th the WEB management port 80 on the router , y ou must change the WEB management po rt number to avoid interf erence.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 132 - field of the Web browser. If t he LAN IP of the m odem connected wit h your router is 192.168. 0 .x , the default LAN IP of the router wi ll automatic ally switch from 192.168. 0 . 1 to 192.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 133 - Appendix B: Configuring t he PCs In this section, we ’ l l introduce how to install and configure the TCP /IP correctly in Windows XP . First make sure your E thernet A dapter is worki ng, refer to the adapter ’ s manual if needed.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 134 - 5) The followin g TC P/IP Propertie s win dow will display an d the IP Address tab is open on this window b y default .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 135 - Appendix C: S p ecifications General St a n dards IEEE 802.1 1 ac, IEEE 802.1 1n , I EEE 802.1 1g , IEEE 802.1 1b , IEEE 802.1 1 a , IEEE 802.1 1e , IEEE 802.1 1i , IEEE 802. 1X , IEEE 802.3X , IEEE 802.
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 136 - Appendix D: Glossary 802.11 ac - IEEE 802.11ac is a wireless computer net working standard of 802.11.This specific ation will enable m ulti - station W LAN throughput of at least 1 gigabi t per second .
Archer C5 AC1200 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Ro uter - 137 - MTU ( Maximum Transm ission Unit ) - The size in bytes of the largest packet that can be transmitted. NAT ( N et work A ddre ss T ransl ation) - NAT tec hnology translate s IP addresses of a local area network to a diff erent IP address for t he Internet.
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