Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product TL-WR842ND TP-Link
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Configuration and Access of FTP Server TL-WR1042ND TL-WR1043ND TL-WR2543ND TL-WR842ND This guide applies to all the models above. Rev: 1.0.0 1910010521.
CONTENTS Chapter 1. T opology and US B Devi ce ................................................................. 2 1.1 T ypical T opology ......................................................................................................... 2 1.2 S pecial T opology .
Application Guide - 2 - Chapter 1. Topology and USB Device 1.1 Ty p i c a l To p o l o g y Figure 1-1 T ypical T opology ) Note: 1. USB Flash Device stands for FTP Server in this topology. 2. Lo cal PC here means the PC t hat is in the same subnet with the FTP Sever.
Application Guide - 3 - 1.2 S pecial T opology Figure 1-2 S pecial T opology ) Note: The W A N port of TL-WR1043ND is linked to the LAN port of an xDSL modem.
Application Guide - 4 - 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 wire less router, either through wireless con nection or wired connection.
Application Guide - 5 - 5. Go to USB Settings -> FTP Server , the screen will appear as shown in Figure 2-3 . The IP behind Internet Address would be us ed to access the FTP server. Figure 2-3 FTP Server Configuration 6. Select the Enable box to enable Internet Access to FTP from WAN port.
Application Guide - 6 - 10. Select the Share entire partition or a specific folder option. If you select Share entire partition , the folders contained in this partition will all be shared. 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 - 7 - ) Note: 1. The max share folders number is 10. If you want to share a new folder when the number h as reached 10, you can delete an existing s hare folder and then a dd a new one. 2. The change of the FTP settings will not take e ffect until the FTP Server is restarted.
Application Guide - 8 - Chapter 3. Access via Web Browser Here we take the W eb browser Internet Explorer for example. 3.1 W AN 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 .
Application Guide - 9 - Figure 3-3 Log On 3. Now you can see the IE as Figure 3-4 . Double-click the folder TP-LINK . Figure 3-4.
Application Guide - 10 - 4. Y ou will see the files contained in TP-LINK as below . Figure 3-5 5. T o open a folder , right click the folder , for example tplink02 , and select Open option. T o download a file, right click the file, for exampl e test03.
Application Guide - 1 1 - Figure 3-7 ) 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 - 12 - 3.2 LAN Access 1. Go to Sta r t- > Run , input cmd as below , then click OK or press Enter key . Figure 3-9 2. Y ou will see the interface as below . Figure 3-10 3. Input ipconfig , and press Enter key . Write down the IP address behind Default Gateway as shown in Figure 3-1 1 .
Application Guide - 13 - Figure 3-1 1 4. Input the address (The address written down in S tep 3. Here is192.168.0.1) in IE address field in format of ftp://192.
Application Guide - 14 - Figure 3-13 5. Now you can see the IE as below , double-click the folder TP-LINK . Figure 3-14.
Application Guide - 15 - 6. Y ou will see the files contained in TP-LINK as below: Figure 3-15 7. T o open a folder , right click the folder , for example tplink02 , and select Open option. T o download a file, right click the file, for exampl e test03.
Application Guide - 16 - Figure 3-17 ) Note: When trying to open the file by double-clicki ng the file, an error will occur as shown in Figure 3-1 8 . We recommend that you use Copy and Paste method to download the file on FTP Server.
Application Guide - 17 - Chapter 4. Access via PC Client Software Here we take CuteFTP Professional 8 for example. 4.1 W AN Access 1. Open the CuteFTP and it will show as below .
Application Guide - 18 - 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.
Application Guide - 19 - 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. Comment s: The information that you want to record for the specifi c site.
Application Guide - 20 - 4. Now you can see the folder TP-LINK in the panel. Double-click the folder . Figure 4-5 5. Y ou will see three subfol ders and three files in the TP-LINK folder .
Application Guide - 21 - 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 loca l folder to save your downloaded files, and the default remote folder is th e folder specified when you configured the site.
Application Guide - 22 - 2. Y ou will see the interface as below . Figure 4-9 3. Follow the cursor , input ipconfig and press Enter key . Write down the IP address of Default Gateway as shown in Figure 4-10 .
Application Guide - 23 - 4. Open the CuteFTP and it will show as below . Figure 4-1 1 5. Go to File -> New -> FTP Site or press Ctrl+N to open a new Site properties .
Application Guide - 24 - 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 S tep 3 (here is 192.168.0.1). Username: Default setting of the wireless router is admin in lower case letters.
Application Guide - 25 - 7. Now you can see the folder TP-LINK in the panel. Double-click the folder . Figure 4-14 8. Y ou can see three subfol d ers and three files in the TP-LINK folder .
Application Guide - 26 - 9. Double-click a file and it will be downloaded automatically . 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 w hen you configured the site.
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