TP Link Network Router TL WR1042ND User Manual

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  
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Chapter 1. Topology and USB Device  
1.1 Typical Topology  
Figure 1-1 Typical Topology  
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1. USB Flash Device stands for FTP Server in this topology.  
2. Local PC here means the PC that is in the same subnet with the FTP Sever. Local PC can  
access the FTP Server by LAN (Local Area Network), which is called LAN Access.  
3. Remote PC here means the PC that is not in the same subnet with the FTP Sever. Remote PC  
needs to go through the Internet if needed to access the FTP server, which is called WAN  
Access.  
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1.2 Special Topology  
Figure 1-2 Special Topology  
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The WAN port of TL-WR1043ND is linked to the LAN port of an xDSL modem. If the modem has  
already obtained a public IP by dialing to the Internet with the username and password provided  
from your ISP and TL-WR1043ND obtains its IP through Dynamic IP service provided by the  
modem, the remote PC cannot reach the FTP server through the WAN IP of TL-WR1043ND  
because the WAN IP of TL-WR1043ND is not a public IP in case of this situation. You can consult  
the vendor of the modem to modify some settings to let the TL-WR1043ND obtain public IP or  
assign a specific port for FTP server application with private IP.  
1.3 USB Device  
The USB Flash Device taken for example here is Kingston 1GB USB Flash with one volume  
which includes 3 folders (tplink01, tplink02, tplink03) and 3 files (test01.doc, test02.doc,  
test03.doc).  
The following part would help you set up a FTP server and download the files from the FTP server  
through a USB Flash.  
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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 wireless router, either through wireless connection  
or wired connection.  
2. Plug an external USB hard disk drive or USB flash drive into the USB port on the back panel of  
the Router.  
3. Open a Web browser and type the Router’s default domain name http://tplinklogin.net in the  
address field to log in the Web-based configuration utility. Then press Enter key.  
Figure 2-1 Type in Default Domain Name  
4. After a moment, a login window will appear. Enter admin for the User Name and Password,  
both in lower case letters. Then click the OK button or press the Enter key.  
Figure 2-2 Login Window  
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5. Go to USB Settings->FTP Server, the screen will appear as shown in Figure 2-3. The IP  
behind Internet Address would be used 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.  
7. Specify a Service Port for FTP Server. (The default is 21. Do not change it unless necessary.)  
8. Click Add New Folder to add new folders for the FTP Server. The Local PC or Remote PC can  
only access the folder you add here.  
9. Enter a display name for the share folder in Display Name edit box, for example, TP-LINK.  
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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.  
Figure 2-5 Click Save  
12. Click the Start button to start the FTP Server.  
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1. The max share folders number is 10. If you want to share a new folder when the number has  
reached 10, you can delete an existing share folder and then add a new one.  
2. The change of the FTP settings will not take effect until the FTP Server is restarted.  
3. Currently, there is quantitative restriction of FTP Server user. TL-WR1043ND supports 2 users  
at the same time, and TL-WR2543ND, TL-WR1042ND, TL-WR842ND supports 4 users at the  
same time. Therefore, if you want to log in, make sure that the number of login-user is less than  
the maximum quantity. Once the number of users had reached the maximum quantity, the  
following users would fail to log in even if they have input the correct username and password.  
4. If a folder contains subfolders, you will see the configuration page as below when you try to  
Add New Folder. You can select the radio box under Select to share the specified folder and  
click the upper button to go to the upper folder.  
Figure 2-6  
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Chapter 3. Access via Web Browser  
Here we take the Web browser Internet Explorer for example.  
3.1 WAN 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. Here is ftp://218.18.0.163.).  
Figure 3-1 Input Internet Address  
Figure 3-2 Internet Address  
2. Press the Enter key and a login window will pop up as shown below. Enter the User name and  
Password of the wireless router (default username: admin, default password: admin, both in  
lower case letters) and then click Log On.  
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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  
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4. You will see the files contained in TP-LINK as below.  
Figure 3-5  
5. To open a folder, right click the folder, for example tplink02, and select Open option.  
To download a file, right click the file, for example test03.doc, and select Copy option.  
Figure 3-6  
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Figure 3-7  
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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.  
Figure 3-8  
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3.2 LAN Access  
1. Go to Start->Run, input cmd as below, then click OK or press Enter key.  
Figure 3-9  
2. You 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 3-11. (Here is 192.168.0.1).  
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Figure 3-11  
4. Input the address (The address written down in Step 3. Here is192.168.0.1) in IE address field  
in format of ftp://192.168.0.1 and then press Enter key,  
Figure 3-12  
A login window will pop up as below. Enter the User name and Password of the wireless router  
(default username: admin, default password: admin, both in lower case letters) and then click  
Log On.  
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Figure 3-13  
5. Now you can see the IE as below, double-click the folder TP-LINK.  
Figure 3-14  
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6. You will see the files contained in TP-LINK as below:  
Figure 3-15  
7. To open a folder, right click the folder, for example tplink02, and select Open option.  
To download a file, right click the file, for example test03.doc, and select Copy option.  
Figure 3-16  
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Figure 3-17  
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When trying to open the file by double-clicking the file, an error will occur as shown in Figure 3-18.  
We recommend that you use Copy and Paste method to download the file on FTP Server.  
Figure 3-18  
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Chapter 4. Access via PC Client Software  
Here we take CuteFTP Professional 8 for example.  
4.1 WAN Access  
1. Open the CuteFTP and it will show as below.  
Figure 4-1  
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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  
218.18.0.163).  
Figure 4-3  
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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.  
Comments: The information that you want to record for the specific site.  
Login method: select Normal  
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Normal - The user name and password are mandatory to connect to a site.  
Anonymous - The site does not require any user name and password.  
Double - The user name and password are required twice to connect to a site.  
Figure 4-4  
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4. Now you can see the folder TP-LINK in the panel. Double-click the folder.  
Figure 4-5  
5. You will see three subfolders and three files in the TP-LINK folder.  
Figure 4-6  
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6. Double-click a file and it will be downloaded automatically.  
Figure 4-7  
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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 when you configured the site.  
You can specify a different local folder and/or remote folder to appear in the Local and Remote  
panels when you log in to a site.  
4.2 LAN Access  
1. Go to Start->Run, input cmd as shown below and then click OK or press Enter key.  
Figure 4-8  
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2. You 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. (Here is 192.168.0.1).  
Figure 4-10  
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4. Open the CuteFTP and it will show as below.  
Figure 4-11  
5. Go to File->New->FTP Site or press Ctrl+N to open a new Site properties.  
Figure 4-12  
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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 Step 3 (here is 192.168.0.1).  
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.  
Comments: The information that you want to record for the specific site.  
Login method: Select Normal.  
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Normal - The user name and password are mandatory to connect to a site.  
Anonymous - The site does not require any user name and password.  
Double - The user name and password are required twice to connect to a site.  
Figure 4-13  
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7. Now you can see the folder TP-LINK in the panel. Double-click the folder.  
Figure 4-14  
8. You can see three subfolders and three files in the TP-LINK folder.  
Figure 4-15  
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9. Double-click a file and it will be downloaded automatically.  
Figure 4-16  
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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 when you configured the  
site. You can specify a different local folder and/or remote folder to appear in the Local and  
Remote panels when you log in to a site.  
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