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successfully entering the password, you will be abl
e to access the routers Web-based utility. 
) Note: 
Be sure to change the routers default password to a very secure password. 
3.8.6 Advanced Security 
Using Advanced Security page (shown in Figure 3-43), you can protect the router from being 
attacked by TCP-SYN Flood, UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood from LAN. 
 
Figure 3-43 Advanced Security settings 
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 resu lt of the statistic used for analysis by  SYN Flood, 
UDP Flood  and ICMP-Flood . 
¾ DoS protection -  Enable  or Disable  the DoS protection function.  Only when it is enabled, 
will the flood filters be effective. 
¾  Enable ICMP-FLOOD Attack Filtering -  Enable  or Disable  the ICMP-FLOOD  Attack 
Filtering. 
¾  ICMP-FLOOD Packets threshold: (5 ~ 3600) -  The default value is 50. Enter a value 
between 5 ~ 3600 packets. When the current  ICMP-FLOOD Packets numbers is beyond the 
set value, the router will start up  the blocking function immediately. 
¾ Enable UDP-FLOOD Filtering -  Enable  or Disable  the UDP-FLOOD  Filtering.   
¾ UDP-FLOOD Packets threshold: (5 ~ 3600) -  The default value is 50. Enter a value 
between 5 ~ 3600 packets. When the current  UPD-FLOOD Packets numbers is beyond the 
set value, the router will start up  the blocking function immediately. 
¾ Enable TCP-SYN-FLOOD Attack Filtering - Enable  or Disable the TCP-SYN- FLOOD  
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¾
 TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets threshold: (5 ~ 3600) -  The default value is 50. Enter a value 
between 5 ~ 3600 packets. When the current  TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets numbers is 
beyond the set value, the router will st art up the blocking function immediately. 
¾ Ignore Ping Packet from WAN Port  -  Enable  or Disable  ignore ping packet from WAN port. 
The default is disabled. If enabled, the ping packet from the Internet cannot access the 
router. 
¾  Forbid Ping Packet from LAN Port  - Enable or Disable forbidding Ping Packet to access 
the router from the LAN port. The default va lue is disabled. If enabled, the ping packet from 
the LAN port cannot access the router . (Defends against some viruses) 
Click the Save button to save the settings. 
Click the  Blocked DoS Host Table  button to display the DoS host table by blocking. The page 
will appear that shown in 
Figure 3-44: 
 
Figure 3-44 Thwarted DoS Host Table 
This page shows  Host IP Address  and Host MAC Address  for each host blocked by the router.   
¾ Host IP Address-  The IP address that blocked by DoS are displayed here. 
¾ Host MAC Address - The MAC address that blocked by DoS are displayed here. 
To update this page and to show the  current blocked host, click on the Refresh  button. 
Click the Clear All button to clear all displayed entries. A fter the table is empty the blocked host 
will regain the capability to access Internet.   
Click the  Return button to return to the  Advanced Security page. 
3.9  IP & MAC Binding Setting 
 
Figure 3-45 the IP & MAC Binding menu 
There are two submenus under the IP &MAC Binding menu (shown in Figure 3-45): Binding 
Setting  and ARP List. Click any of them, and you will be  able to scan or configure the 
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3.9.1 Binding Setting 
This page displays the IP & MAC Binding Setting t
able; you can operate it in accord with your 
desire. (shown in 
Figure 3-46).  
 
Figure 3-46 IP & MAC Binding Setting 
¾  MAC Address - The MAC address of t he controlled computer in the LAN. 
¾  IP Address - The assigned IP address of  the controlled computer in the LAN. 
¾  Bind - Whether or not enable the arp binding. 
¾  Modify - Edit or delete item. 
When you want to add or modify an IP  & MAC Binding entry, you can click the Add New button 
or  Modify  button, and then you will go to the  next page. This page is used for adding or 
modifying an IP & MAC Binding entry (shown in 
Figure 3-47).   
 
Figure 3-47 IP & MAC Binding Setting (Add & Modify) 
To add IP & MAC Binding entries: 
1. Click the  Add New.. button.   
2.  Enter the MAC Address and IP Address. 
3.  Select the Bind checkbox.   
4. Click the  Save button to save it.  
						

							
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To modify or delete an existing entry
: 
1.  Find the desired entry in the table.   
2. Click Modify or Delete as desired on the  Modify column.   
To find an existing entry : 
1. Click the Find button (shown in Figure 3-47).  
2.  Enter the MAC Address or IP Address. 
3. Enter the  Find button in the next page (shown in Figure 3-48). 
 
Figure 3-48 Find IP & MAC Binding Entry 
Click the  Enable All  button to make all entries enabled. 
Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. 
3.9.2 ARP List 
To manage the computer, you could observe  the computers in the LAN by checking the 
relationship of MAC address and IP address on the  ARP list, and you could configure the items on 
the ARP list also. This page displays the ARP Li st; it shows all the existing IP & MAC Binding 
entries (shown in 
Figure 3-49). 
 
Figure 3-49 ARP List 
¾  MAC Address - The MAC address of t he controlled computer in the LAN. 
¾  IP Address - The assigned IP address of  the controlled computer in the LAN.  
						

							
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¾  Status - Enabled or Disabled of 
the MAC address and IP address binding. 
¾  Configure - Load or delete item. 
¾  Load - Load the item to the IP & MAC Binding list. 
¾  Delete - Delete the item. 
1. Click the Bind All button to bind all the current items, available after enable. 
2. Click the Load All button to load all items to the IP & MAC Binding list. 
3. Click the  Refresh button to refresh all items. 
) Note: 
An item could not be loaded to the IP & MAC Bind ing list if the IP address of the item has been 
loaded before. Error warning will prompt as well.  Likewise, Load All only loads the items without 
interference to the IP & MAC Binding list 
3.10 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 3-50). 
 
Figure 3-50 Static Routing 
To add static routing entries: 
1. Click the  Add New button. (pop-up Figure 3-51) 
2.  Enter the following data: 
¾ Destination IP Address  -  The  Destination IP Address  is the address of the network or host 
that you want to assign to a static route. 
¾  Subnet Mask  -  The  Subnet Mask determines which portion of an IP Address is the network 
portion, and which portion  is the host portion. 
¾ Gateway  -  This is the IP Address of the gateway device that allows for contact between the 
router and the network or host. 
3. Select  Enabled or Disabled  for this entry on the  Status pull-down list. 
4. Click the  Save button to save it.  
						

							
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Figure 3-51 Add or Modify a Static Route Entry 
To modify or delete an existing entry: 
1. Click the 
Modify in the entry you want to modify. If y ou want to delete the entry, click the  
Delete. 
2.  Modify the information.   
3. Click the  Save button. 
Click the Enable All  button to make all entries enabled. 
Click the Disabled All  button to make all entries disabled.  
Click the 
Delete All  button to delete all entries 
3.11 DDNS 
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 Addr ess. 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. 
The Dynamic DNS client service provi der will give you a password or key. 
To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 
3.11.1 Dyndns.org DDNS 
If your selected dynamic DNS Service Provider is www.dyndns.org, the page will appear as 
shown in 
Figure 3-52:  
						

							
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Figure 3-52 Dyndns.org DDNS Settings 
To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 
1. Type the 
domain names  your dynamic DNS service provider gave.   
2. Type the User Name for your DDNS account.   
3. Type the  Password for your DDNS account.   
4. Click the  Login button to login to the DDNS service. 
¾ Connection Status - The status of the DDNS servic e connection is displayed here. 
Click Logout to logout of the DDNS service. 
3.11.2 Oray.net DDNS 
If your selected dynamic DNS Service Provider is www.oray.net, the page will appear as shown 
in 
Figure 3-53: 
 
Figure 3-53 Oray.net DDNS Settings 
To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 
1. Type the  User Name for your DDNS account.    
						

							
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2. Type the 
Password for your DDNS account.   
3. Click the  Login button to login the DDNS service.   
¾ Connection Status -  The status of the DDNS servic e connection is displayed here. 
¾ Domain Name -  The domain names are displayed here. 
Click Logout to logout the DDNS service. 
3.11.3 Comexe.cn DDNS 
If your selected dynamic DNS  Service Provider is www.comexe.cn, the page will appear as 
shown in 
Figure 3-54: 
 
Figure 3-54 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings 
To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 
1. Type the  domain names  your dynamic DNS service provider gave.   
2. Type the User Name for your DDNS account.   
3. Type the  Password for your DDNS account.   
4. Click the  Login button to login to the DDNS service. 
¾ Connection Status - The status of the DDNS servic e connection is displayed here. 
Click Logout to logout of the DDNS service.  
						

							
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3.12 System Tools 
 
Figure 3-55 The System Tools menu 
There are eight submenus under th
e System Tools menu (shown in Figure 3-55): Time , 
Firmware , Factory Defaults, Backup and Restore, Reboot, Password, Log  and Statistics. 
Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding  function. The detailed 
explanations for each submenu are provided below. 
3.12.1 Time 
You can set time manually or get GMT from the Internet for the router on this page (shown in 
Figure 3-56): 
 
Figure 3-56 Time settings 
¾  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  
						

							
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3. Click 
Save. 
Click the Get GMT  button to get GMT time from Internet  if you have connected to Internet.   
If you’re using Daylight saving time, please follow the steps below. 
1. Select using daylight saving time .  
2.  Enter daylight saving beginning time and end time in the right blanks.   
3. Click Save.   
) Note: 
This setting will be used for some time-based functi ons such as firewall. You must specify your 
time zone once you login to the router successfu lly, if not, the time limited on these functions will 
not take effect.   
1.  The time will be lost if the router is turned off.   
2.  The router will obtain GMT automatically from Internet if it has already connected to 
Internet. 
3.12.2 Firmware 
The page (shown in Figure 3-57) allows you to upgrade the latest  version firmware to keep your 
router up-to-date. 
 
Figure 3-57 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 upgr ade firmware, unless the new firmware supports 
a new feature you need.  
) Note: 
When you upgrade the routers firmware, you will  lose current configuration settings, so make 
sure you backup the router’s settings before you upgrade its firmware. 
To upgrade the routers firmwa re, follow these instructions: 
1.  Download the latest firmware upgr ade file from the TP-LINK website www.tp-link.com. 
2. Click Browse to view the folders and select the downloaded file.   
3. Click the  Upgrade button.   
¾ Firmware Version -  Displays the current firmware version.