TP Link Technologies C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router User Manual

TP-Link Technologies Co., Ltd. AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router

User Manual

Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router REV1.0.0 1910011101
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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ TV technician for help. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1） This device may not cause harmful interference. 2） This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Note: The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modifications could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This device and its antenna must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. “To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, this grant is applicable to only Mobile Configurations. The antennas used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 27cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.” The device is restricted to indoor use only.
CE Mark Warning This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. National Restrictions This device is intended for home and office use in all EU countries (and other countries following the EU directive 1999/5/EC) without any limitation except for the countries mentioned below: Country Restriction Reason/remark Bulgaria None General authorization required for outdoor use and public service France Outdoor use limited to 10 mW e.i.r.p. within the band 2454-2483.5 MHz Military Radiolocation use. Refarming of the 2.4 GHz band has been ongoing in recent years to allow current relaxed regulation. Full implementation planned 2012 Italy None If used outside of own premises, general authorization is required Luxembourg None General authorization required for network and service supply(not for spectrum) Norway Implemented This subsection does not apply for the geographical area within a radius of 20 km from the centre of Ny-Ålesund Russian Federation None Only for indoor applications 5150-5250 MHz Country Restriction Reason/remark Bulgaria Not implemented Planned Croatia License required Italy General authorization required if used outside own premises
Luxembourg None General authorization required for network and service supply (not for spectrum) Russian Federation No info 5250-5350 MHz Country Restriction Reason/remark Bulgaria Not implemented Planned Croatia License required Italy General authorization required if used outside own premises Luxembourg None General authorization required for network and service supply (not for spectrum) Russian Federation No info 5470-5725 MHz Country Restriction Reason/remark Bulgaria Not implemented Planned France Relevant+ provisions for the implementation of DFS mechanism described in ETSI standard EN 301 893 V1.3.1 and subsequent versions Italy General authorization required if used outside own premises Luxembourg None General authorization required for network and service supply (not for spectrum) Russian Federation No info Turkey Not implemented Defence systems Note: Please don’t use the product outdoors in France.
Canadian Compliance Statement two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2)This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Ce dispositif est conforme à la norme CNR-210 d'Industrie Canada applicable aux fonctionnappareils radio exempts de licence.Son fonctionnement est sujet aux deux conditions suivantes: (1) le dispositif ne doit pas produire de brouillage préjudiciable, et (2) ce dispositif doit accepter tout brouillage reçu, y compris un brouillage susceptible de provoquer un fonctionnement indésirable. (i) the device for operation in the band 5150-5250 MHz is only for indoor use to reduce thefor harmful interference to co-channel mobile satellite systems;successful communication. AvertissementKorea Warning Statements 당해 무선설비는 운용중 전파혼신 가능성이 있음. This device complies with RSS-210 of the Industry Canada Rules. Operation is subject to the followingCaution(ii) high-power radars are allocated as primary users (i.e. priority users) of the bands 5250--5350 MHz and 5650-5850 MHz and that these radars could cause interference and/or damage to LE-LAN devices.(i) les dispositifs fonctionnant dans la bande 5150-5250 MHz sont réservés uniquement pourune utilisation à l’intérieur afin de réduire les risques de brouillage préjudiciable aux systèmes de satellites mobiles utilisant les meêêêmes canaux;(ii)De plus, les utilisateurs devraient aussi être avisés que les utilisateurs de radars de hautepuissance sont désignés utilisateurs principaux (c.-à-d., qu’ils ont la priorité) pour les bandes 5250-5350 MHz et 5650-5850 MHz et que ces radars pourraient causer du brouillage et/ou desdommages aux dispositifs LAN-EL.Radiation Exposure StatementThis equipment complies with IC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolledenvironment.This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 27cm betweenthe radiator & your body.NCC Notice & BSMI Notice 注意！ Déclaration d'exposition aux radiationsCet équipement est conforme aux limites d'exposition aux rayonnements IC établies pour unenvironnement non contrôlé. Cet équipement doit être installé et utilisé avec un minimum de 27cm dedistance entre la source de rayonnement et votre corps
DETACHABLE ANTENNA USAGE This device has been designed to operate with an antenna having a maximum gain of 2.1 dB. Antenna having a higher gain is strictly prohibited per regulations of Industry Canada. The required antenna impedance is 50 ohms. Under Industry Canada regulations, this radio transmitter may only operate using an antenna of a type and maximum (or lesser) gain approved for the transmitter by Industry Canada. To reduce potential radio interference to other users, the antenna type and its gain should be so chosen that the equivalent isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.) is not more than that necessary for successful communication. This radio transmitter (IC: 8853A-C9/ Model: C9) has been approved by Industry Canada to operate with the antenna types listed below with the maximum permissible gain and required antenna impedance for each antenna type indicated. Antenna types not included in this list, having a gain greater than the maximum gain indicated for that type, are strictly prohibited for use with this device. Ce dispositif a été conçu pour fonctionner avec une antenne ayant un gain maximal de 2.1 dB. Une antenne à gain plus élevé est strictement interdite par les règlements d'Industrie Canada. L'impédance d'antenne requise est de 50 ohms. Conformément à la réglementation d'Industrie Canada, le présent émetteur radio peutfonctionner avec une antenne d'un type et d'un gain maximal (ou inférieur) approuvé pourl'émetteur par Industrie Canada. Dans le but de réduire les risques de brouillage radioélectriqueà l'intention des autres utilisateurs, il faut choisir le type d'antenne et son gain de sorte que lapuissance isotrope rayonnée équivalente (p.i.r.e.) ne dépasse pas l'intensité nécessaire àl'établissement d'une communication satisfaisante. Le présent émetteur radio (IC: 8853A-C9/ Model: C9) a été approuvé par Industrie Canada pour fonctionner avec les types d'antenne énumérés ci-dessous et ayant un gain admissible maximal et l'impédance requise pour chaque type d'antenne. Les types d'antenne non inclus dans cette liste, ou dont le gain est supérieur au gain maximal indiqué, sont strictement interdits pour l'exploitation de l'émetteur. Approved antenna(s) list (for instance) Type Gain Brand Manufacturer Omi direction 2.4G: 2.1 dBi 5G: 1.7 dBi TP-LINK TP-LINK
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TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Model No.: Archer C9 Trademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product within the scope of Council Directives: Directives 1999/5/EC, Directives 2004/108/EC, Directives 2006/95/EC, Directives 1999/519/EC, Directives 2011/65/EU The above product is in conformity with the following standards or other normative documents EN 300 328 V1.8.1 EN 301 489-1 V1.9.2 & EN 301 489-17 V2.2.1 EN 55022: 2010 + AC: 2011 EN 55024: 2010 EN 61000-3-2: 2006 + A1: 2009 + A2: 2009 EN 61000-3-3: 2013 EN 60950-1: 2006 + A11: 2009 + A1: 2010 + A12: 2011 EN 50385: 2002 EN 301 893 V1.7.1 The product carries the CE Mark: Person responsible for making this declaration: Yang Hongliang Product Manager of International Business Date of issue: 2014TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Building 24 (floors 1, 3, 4, 5), and 28 (floors 1-4) Central Science and Technology Park, Shennan Rd, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China
CONTENTS Package Contents ..................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 2 1.1 Overview of the router .................................................................................................. 2 1.2 Conventions .................................................................................................................. 2 1.3 Main Features ............................................................................................................... 3 1.4 Panel Layout ................................................................................................................. 4 1.4.1 The Front Panel ................................................................................................ 4 1.4.2 The Rear Panel ................................................................................................. 5 Chapter 2. Connecting the router ........................................................................ 7 2.1 System Requirements .................................................................................................. 7 2.2 Installation Environment Requirements ........................................................................ 7 2.3 Connecting the router ................................................................................................... 7 Chapter 3. Quick Setup ......................................................................................... 9 Chapter 4. Basic .................................................................................................. 15 4.1 Network Map ............................................................................................................... 15 4.2 Internet ........................................................................................................................ 15 4.3 Wireless ...................................................................................................................... 20 4.4 USB Settings ............................................................................................................... 20 4.4.1 File Sharing ..................................................................................................... 20 4.4.2 Print Server ..................................................................................................... 23 4.5 Guest Network ............................................................................................................ 23 Chapter 5. Advanced .......................................................................................... 25 5.1 Status .......................................................................................................................... 25 5.2 Network ....................................................................................................................... 26 5.2.1 WAN ................................................................................................................ 26 5.2.2 MAC Clone ...................................................................................................... 34 5.2.3 LAN ................................................................................................................. 34 5.2.4 IPTV ................................................................................................................ 35 5.3 Dual Band Selection ................................................................................................... 36 5.4 Wireless 2.4GHz ......................................................................................................... 36 5.4.1 Wireless Settings ............................................................................................ 36 5.4.2 WPS ................................................................................................................ 38 5.4.3 Wireless Security ............................................................................................ 40
5.4.4 Wireless MAC Filtering ................................................................................... 44 5.4.5 Wireless Advanced ......................................................................................... 46 5.4.6 Wireless Statistics ........................................................................................... 47 5.5 Wireless 5GHz ............................................................................................................ 48 5.5.1 Wireless Settings ............................................................................................ 48 5.5.2 WPS ................................................................................................................ 50 5.5.3 Wireless Security ............................................................................................ 52 5.5.4 Wireless MAC Filtering ................................................................................... 55 5.5.5 Wireless Advanced ......................................................................................... 57 5.5.6 Wireless Statistics ........................................................................................... 58 5.6 Guest Network ............................................................................................................ 59 5.7 DHCP .......................................................................................................................... 60 5.7.1 DHCP Settings ................................................................................................ 61 5.7.2 DHCP Clients List ........................................................................................... 62 5.7.3 Address Reservation ...................................................................................... 62 5.8 USB Settings ............................................................................................................... 64 5.8.1 Device Settings ............................................................................................... 64 5.8.2 File Sharing ..................................................................................................... 64 5.8.3 Print Server ..................................................................................................... 67 5.9 NAT Boost ................................................................................................................... 67 5.10 Forwarding .................................................................................................................. 68 5.10.1 Virtual Servers ................................................................................................ 68 5.10.2 Port Triggering ................................................................................................ 70 5.10.3 DMZ ................................................................................................................ 72 5.10.4 UPnP ............................................................................................................... 73 5.11 Security ....................................................................................................................... 74 5.11.1 Basic Security ................................................................................................. 74 5.11.2 Advanced Security .......................................................................................... 75 5.11.3 Local Management ......................................................................................... 77 5.11.4 Remote Management ..................................................................................... 78 5.12 Parental Control .......................................................................................................... 79 5.13 Access Control ............................................................................................................ 81 5.13.1 Rule ................................................................................................................. 82 5.13.2 Host ................................................................................................................. 87 5.13.3 Target .............................................................................................................. 89 5.13.4 Schedule ......................................................................................................... 90
5.14 Advanced Routing ...................................................................................................... 92 5.14.1 Static Routing List ........................................................................................... 93 5.14.2 System Routing Table ..................................................................................... 94 5.15 Bandwidth Control ...................................................................................................... 94 5.15.1 Control Settings .............................................................................................. 95 5.15.2 Rules List ........................................................................................................ 95 5.16 IP & MAC Binding ....................................................................................................... 97 5.16.1 Binding Settings .............................................................................................. 97 5.16.2 ARP List .......................................................................................................... 98 5.17 Dynamic DNS ............................................................................................................. 99 5.17.1 Comexe.cn DDNS........................................................................................... 99 5.17.2 Dyn.com/dns DDNS ...................................................................................... 100 5.17.3 No-ip.com DDNS .......................................................................................... 101 5.18 IPv6 Support ............................................................................................................. 102 5.18.1 IPv6 Status .................................................................................................... 103 5.18.2 IPv6 Setup .................................................................................................... 104 5.19 System Tools ............................................................................................................. 111 5.19.1 Time Settings ................................................................................................ 112 5.19.2 Diagnostic ..................................................................................................... 113 5.19.3 Firmware Upgrade ........................................................................................ 115 5.19.4 Factory Defaults ............................................................................................ 116 5.19.5 Backup & Restore ......................................................................................... 116 5.19.6 Reboot ........................................................................................................... 117 5.19.7 Password ...................................................................................................... 118 5.19.8 System Log ................................................................................................... 118 5.19.9 Statistics ........................................................................................................ 120 Appendix A: FAQ .................................................................................................. 123 Appendix B: Configuring the PC ......................................................................... 128 Appendix C: Specifications ................................................................................. 131 Appendix D: Glossary .......................................................................................... 132
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Package Contents The following items should be found in your package:  Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  DC Power Adapter for Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Quick Installation Guide  Resource CD for Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router, including: • This Guide • Other Helpful Information  Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items. If any of the listed items are damaged or missing, please contact your distributor. - 1 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview of the router The Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router integrates 4-port Switch, Firewall, NAT-router and Wireless AP. Powered by 3x3 MIMO technology, the AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router delivers exceptional range and speed, which can fully meet the need of Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) networks and the users demanding higher networking performance. Your wireless connections are radio band selectable to avoid interference in your area, and the four built-in Gigabit ports supply high-speed connection to your wired devices. The Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router provides up to 1900Mbps wireless connection with other wireless clients. The incredible speed makes it ideal for handling multiple data streams at the same time, which ensures your network stable and smooth. The performance of this 802.11ac wireless router will give you the unexpected networking experience at speed much faster than 802.11n. It is also compatible with all IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g products. With multiple protection measures, including SSID broadcast control and wireless LAN 64/128/152-bit WEP encryption, Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA2- PSK, WPA- PSK), as well as advanced Firewall protections, the Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router provides complete data privacy. The Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router provides flexible access control, so that parents or network administrators can establish restricted access policies for children or staff. It also supports Virtual Server and DMZ host for Port Triggering, and then the network administrators can manage and monitor the network in real time with the remote management function. Since the router is compatible with virtually all the major operating systems, it is very easy to manage. Quick Setup Wizard is supported and detailed instructions are provided step by step in this user guide. Before installing the router, please look through this guide to know all the router’s functions. 1.2 Conventions The router or Archer C9 mentioned in this guide stands for Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router without any explanation. Simple Installation Flexible Access Control Multiple Security Protections Incredible Speed - 2 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 1.3 Main Features  Complies with IEEE 802.11ac.  One 10/100/1000M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 Internet port, four 10/100/1000M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 Ethernet ports, supporting Auto MDI/MDIX.  Provides a USB 3.0 port and a USB 2.0 port supporting file sharing and print server.  Provides WPA/WPA2, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK authentication, TKIP/AES encryption security.  Shares data and Internet access for users, supporting Dynamic IP/Static IP/PPPoE/PPTP/ L2TP Internet access.  Supports simultaneous 2.4GHz and 5GHz connections for 1900Mbps of total available bandwidth.  Supports Virtual Server, Special Application and DMZ host.  Supports UPnP, Dynamic DNS, Static Routing.  Provides Automatic-connection and Scheduled Connection on certain time to the Internet.  Built-in NAT and DHCP server supporting static IP address distributing.  Supports Parental Control and Access Control.  Connects Internet on demand and disconnects from the Internet when idle for PPPoE.  Provides WEP encryption security and wireless LAN ACL (Access Control List).  Supports Flow Statistics.  Supports IPv6.  Supports firmware upgrade and Web management. - 3 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 1.4 Panel Layout 1.4.1 The Front Panel The router’s LEDs are located on the front panel (View from left to right). Name Status Indication (Power) Flashing The router is booting or upgrading. On The router has booted. Off Power is off. (2.4G Wireless) On 2.4G wireless is working properly. Off 2.4G wireless is disabled. (5G Wireless) On 5G wireless is working properly. Off 5G wireless is disabled. (Ethernet) On There is device(s) connected to the Ethernet (1/2/3/4) port(s). Off No any device is connected to the Ethernet (1/2/3/4) port. (Internet) Blue The Internet port is connected, and the Internet is accessible. Orange The Internet port is connected, but the Internet is inaccessible. Off The Internet port isn’t connected, and the Internet is inaccessible. (WPS) Flashing WPS button on the router is pressed, and the router is trying to connect a wireless device to its network via WPS. On The connection via WPS is successful. Off The connection via WPS fails. - 4 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router (USB 1) Flashing The router is identifying the device connected to the USB 2.0 port. On The device is identified successfully. Off No device is connected to the USB 2.0 port. (USB 2) Flashing The router is identifying the device connected to the USB 3.0 port. On The device is identified successfully. Off No device is connected to the USB 3.0 port.  Note: After a device is successfully added to the network by WPS function, the WPS LED will keep on for about 5 minutes and then turn off. 1.4.2 The Rear Panel Figure 1-1 Rear Panel sketch The following parts are located on the rear panel (View from left to right).  USB 2.0: The USB 2.0 port connects to a USB 2.0 storage device or a USB 2.0 printer.  Reset/WPS: Pressing this button for less than 5 seconds enables the WPS function. If your client devices, such as wireless adapters, that support Wi-Fi Protected Setup, then you can press this - 5 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router button to quickly establish a connection between the router and client devices and automatically configure wireless security for your wireless network. Pressing this button for more than 5 seconds enables the Reset function. With the router powered on, press and hold the Reset/WPS button for approximately 8 seconds. And then release the button and wait the router to reboot to its factory default settings.  Internet: This port is where you will connect the DSL/cable Modem, or Ethernet.  Ethernet (1, 2, 3, 4): These ports (1, 2, 3, 4) connect the router to the local PC(s).  Power On/Off: The switch for the power.  Power: The Power socket is where you will connect the power adapter. Please use the power adapter provided. The following parts are located on the side panel (View from top to bottom).  WiFi: The button for the wireless function.  USB 3.0: The USB 3.0 port connects to a USB 3.0 storage device or a USB 3.0 printer. - 6 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Chapter 2. Connecting the router 2.1 System Requirements  Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet)  One DSL/Cable Modem that has an RJ45 connector (which is not necessary if the router is connected directly to the Ethernet)  PCs with a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors  TCP/IP protocol on each PC  Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari 2.2 Installation Environment Requirements  Place the router in a well-ventilated place far from any heater or heating vent  Avoid direct irradiation of any strong light (such as sunlight)  Keep at least 2 inches (5 cm) of clear space around the router  Operating Temperature: 0℃~40℃ (32℉~104℉)  Operating Humidity: 10%~90%RH, Non-condensing 2.3 Connecting the router Before installing the router, make sure your PC is connected to the Internet through the broadband service successfully. If there is any problem, please contact your ISP. After that, please install the router according to the following steps. Don't forget to pull out the power plug and keep your hands dry. 1. Power off your modem (if the modem has a backup battery, please remove it too.), and disconnect your existing router if you have one. 2. Connect the Internet port on your Router to the Modem’s LAN port with an Ethernet cable. 3. Connect your computer to one of the Ethernet ports labeled 1~4 on the Router with an Ethernet cable. 4. Power on the modem and wait for 2 minutes. 5. Make sure the Wireless On/Off switch is ON. Then plug the provided power adapter into the Power jack and the other end to a standard electrical wall socket. Press the On/Off button to power on the Router. (Before you power on the Router, please make sure your computer is NOT connected to any other wireless network.) - 7 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation Figure 2-2 USB Installation  Note: If you want to use the router to share files or printer, plug the USB storage device to the USB port or connect the printer to the router with a matching cable. - 8 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Chapter 3. Quick Setup 1. Set up the TCP/IP Protocol in "Obtain an IP address automatically" mode on your PC. If you need instructions as to how to do this, please refer to Appendix B: Configuring the PC. 2. Open a web-browser (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari), and type in the default IP address http://tplinkwifi.net in the address field. Figure 3-1 Log in the router After a moment, a login window will appear. Enter admin for the User Name and Password, both in lower case letters. Then click the Login button or press the Enter key. Figure 3-2 Login Windows  Note: If the above screen does not pop up, it means that your Web-browser has been set to a proxy. Go to Tools menu>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings, in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it. 3. After successful login, the Quick Setup page will appear for you to select your Region and Time zone. After finishing the selection, click Next. Figure 3-3 Quick Setup - 9 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4. Then WAN Connection Type page will appear as shown below. Select your connection type if you know what it is or click Auto Detect button; then follow the instructions to continue.  Note: 1) It's likely that you will skip Step 3 and jump to Step 4 in some situations, which is normal. 2) Make sure the cable is securely plugged into the Internet port before using Auto-Detect. 3) Auto-Detect supports only three popular connection types, PPPoE, Dynamic IP, and Static IP. If your connection type is L2TP or PPTP, you need to manually select the very type and click Next to go on configuring. Figure 3-4 WAN Connection Type Dynamic IP Choose to clone MAC address or not and then click Next to continue. Figure 3-5 WAN Connection Type - 10 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Static IP Figure 3-6 WAN Connection Type  IP Address - Enter the IP address into this field.  Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet mask into this field. It is usually 255.255.255.0.  Default Gateway - Enter the gateway IP address into this field.  Primary DNS - Enter the DNS Server IP address into this field.  Secondary DNS (Optional) - If your ISP provides another DNS server IP address, enter it into this field. PPPoE/Russian PPPoE Figure 3-7 WAN Connection Type  Username - Enter the username provided by your ISP. This field is case-sensitive.  Password - Enter the password provided by your ISP. This field is case-sensitive. - 11 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router L2TP Figure 3-8 WAN Connection Type  VPN Server IP/ Domain Name - Enter the server IP address/name provided by your ISP.  Username - Enter the username provided by your ISP. This field is case-sensitive.  Password - Enter the Password provided by your ISP. This field is case-sensitive.  Dynamic IP/Static IP - Select Static IP if the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, and Primary DNS server address have been provided by your ISP. Otherwise, please select Dynamic IP.  IP Address - Enter the IP address provided by your ISP.  Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet mask provided by your ISP.  Default Gateway- Enter the default gateway provided by your ISP.  Primary DNS - Enter the primary DNS provided by your ISP. - 12 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router PPTP Figure 3-9 WAN Connection Type  VPN Server IP/Domain Name - Enter the server IP address/name provided by your ISP.  Username - Enter the username provided by your ISP. This field is case-sensitive.  Password - Enter the Password provided by your ISP. This field is case-sensitive.  Dynamic IP/Static IP - Select Static IP if the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, and Primary DNS server address have been provided by your ISP. Otherwise, please select Dynamic IP.  IP Address - Enter the IP address provided by your ISP.  Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet mask provided by your ISP.  Default Gateway- Enter the default gateway provided by your ISP.  Primary DNS - Enter the primary DNS provided by your ISP. 5. After finishing WAN Connection Type selection, you need to configure the basic parameters for your wireless network, including 2.4GHz and 5GHz, and then click Next. Figure 3-10 WAN Connection Type - 13 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Wireless 2.4GHz/5GHz - Displays whether the wireless function is enabled or not.  Network Name (SSID) - Also called the SSID (Service Set Identification). Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same name must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network. This value is case-sensitive. For example, TEST is NOT the same as test.  Password - Create a password for your 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless network. - 14 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Chapter 4. Basic 4.1 Network Map Network Map provides a router-centered dashboard that lets you see the status of your Internet connection and network at a glance. You can click any of the six sections of the dashboard to view the detail information. All the information is read-only. Figure 4-1 Network Map  Internet - Click to view the ISP settings of your router.  Wireless Clients - Click to view the wireless devices connected to your network.  Wired Clients - Click to view the wired devices connected to your network.  Wireless - Click to view or change the wireless settings for your router.  Printer - Click to view the information of the printer connected to your network.  USB Disk - Click to view the information of the USB storage device connected to your network. 4.2 Internet Choose menu “Basic→Internet”, and you can view or change the basic ISP information for your router. - 15 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-2 Internet 1. If your ISP provides the DHCP service, please choose Dynamic IP type, and the router will automatically get IP parameters from your ISP. You can see the page as shown below. Figure 4-3 Dynamic IP  IP Address - Assigned dynamically by your ISP.  Subnet Mask - Assigned dynamically by your ISP.  Default Gateway - Assigned dynamically by your ISP. Click the Renew button to renew the IP parameters from your ISP. Click the Release button to release the IP parameters. - 16 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Primary/Secondary DNS - If your ISP gives you one or two DNS addresses, select Use These DNS Servers and enter the primary and secondary addresses into the correct fields. Otherwise, the DNS servers will be assigned dynamically from your ISP.  Note: If you find error when you go to a website after entering the DNS addresses, it is likely that your DNS servers are set up improperly. You should contact your ISP to get DNS server addresses. Click the Save button to save your settings. 2. If your ISP provides a static or fixed IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway and DNS setting, select Static IP. The Static IP settings page will appear as shown below. Figure 4-4 Static IP  IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.  Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP, usually is 255.255.255.0.  Default Gateway - Enter the gateway IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.  Primary/Secondary DNS - Enter one or two DNS addresses in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP. Click the Save button to save your settings. 3. If your ISP provides a PPPoE connection, select PPPoE/Russia PPPoE option. And you should enter the following parameters in the screen below. - 17 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-5 PPPoE  User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. Click the Connect button to connect immediately. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately. Click the Save button to save your settings. 4. If your ISP provides L2TP connection, please select L2TP/Russia L2TP option. And you should enter the following parameters in the screen below. Figure 4-6 L2TP/Russia L2TP  VPN Server IP/Domain Name - Enter the IP address or domain name of your VPN server.  User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive.  Dynamic IP/Static IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP. Click the Connect button to connect immediately. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately. Click the Save button to save your settings. - 18 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 5. If your ISP provides PPTP connection, please select PPTP/Russia PPTP option. And you should enter the following parameters (Figure 5-8). Figure 4-7 PPTP/Russia PPTP  VPN Server IP/Domain Name - Enter the IP address or domain name of your VPN server.  User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive.  Dynamic IP/ Static IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP and enter the ISP’s IP address or the domain name. If you choose static IP and enter the domain name, you should also enter the DNS assigned by your ISP. And click the Save button. Click the Connect button to connect immediately. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately. Click the Save button to save your settings.  Note: If you don't know how to choose the appropriate connection type, click the Detect button to allow the router to automatically search your Internet connection for servers and protocols. The connection type will be reported when an active Internet service is successfully detected by the router. This report is for your reference only. To make sure the connection type your ISP provides, please refer to the ISP. The various types of Internet connections that the router can detect are as follows:  PPPoE - Connections which use PPPoE that requires a user name and password.  Dynamic IP - Connections which use dynamic IP address assignment.  Static IP - Connections which use static IP address assignment. The router cannot detect PPTP and L2TP connections with your ISP. If your ISP uses one of these protocols, then you must configure your connection manually. - 19 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4.3 Wireless Choosing menu “Basic→Wireless”, you can configure the basic settings for the wireless network including 2.4GHz and 5GHz. Figure 4-8 Wireless Setting  Wireless 2.4GHz/5GHz - Select ON to enable your wireless 2.4GHz/5GHz network, and select OFF to disable your wireless 2.4GHz/5GHz network.  Network Name (SSID) - Create a name (up to 32 characters) for your wireless 2.4GHz/5GHz network. If the Hide SSID checkbox is selected, the SSID of your wireless network will be hidden from the Wi-Fi network.  Password - Create a password for your wireless network. The password must have a minimum of 8 characters in length. Click the Save button to save your settings. 4.4 USB Settings 4.4.1 File Sharing Choose menu “Basic→USB Settings→File Sharing”, you can configure the sharing settings. - 20 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-9 File Sharing  Device Setting - Click the Scan button to display the information of the USB storage device connected to the router. Click the Safely Remove button to remove the USB storage device safely from the router. Select the Active checkbox, and then the corresponding USB storage device is active.  Sharing Settings  Network/Media Server Name - Show the name of the network/media server. This is the name used to access the USB device connected to the router.  Access Method - Select the check boxes for the access methods that you want. 1) Network Neighborhood: This method is enabled by default. To access the USB drive for example from a Windows computer: i. Select Start > Run. ii. Enter \\192.168.0.1 in the dialog box and click the OK button. 2) FTP: This method is disabled by default. If you select this check box and click the Save button, the LAN users can access the USB drive through FTP. To access the USB drive for example from a Windows computer: i. Select Start > Run. - 21 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router ii. Enter ftp://192.168.0.1:21 in the dialog box and click the OK button. 3) FTP (Remote): This method is disabled by default. If you select this check box, remote users can access the USB drive through FTP over the Internet. This feature supports both downloading and uploading of files. To change the FPT (Remote) port, modify the port and then click the Save button. To access the USB drive for example from a Windows computer: i. Select Start > Run. ii. Enter ftp://WAN IP:port in the dialog box and click the OK button.  Note: If the port for FTP (Remote) is changed, the port for FTP will be changed to the same port.  Sharing Mode 1) If Share All is selected, all the folders in the USB drive will be shared. Besides Authentication will appear for you to choose or not. 2) If Share Selected Folders is selected, only the folders you specified will be shared. You have to click the Create Share Folder appeared to specify folders allowed to be shared in the next screen. Figure 4-10 Add or Modify Share Folder - 22 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Allow Guest Network Access - If this checkbox is selected, guests are allowed to access the sharing file.  Enable Authentication - If this checkbox is selected, then the file sharing is need authentication.  Enable Write Access - If this checkbox is selected, then the sharing file is allowed write access.  Enable Media Sharing - Select this checkbox to enable media sharing. To specify the folders: i. Select the volume desired to share from the Volume Name drop-down list. ii. Create a share name, e.g. Movie. iii. Select the checkboxes according to your needs. iv. Select the folder allowed to be shared, e.g. Movies. v. Click the Save button. 4.4.2 Print Server Choose menu “Basic→USB Settings→Print Server”, you can enable or disable the print server. Figure 4-11 Print Server 4.5 Guest Network Choose menu “Basic→Guest Network”, you can configure a wireless network for the guest, including 2.4GHz and 5GHz. - 23 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 4-12 Guest Network  Allow Guests To See Each Other - If ON is selected, anyone who connects to the guest network can access each other.  Allow Guests To Access My Local Network - If ON is selected, anyone who connects to the guest network has access to your local network, not just Internet access.  Wireless 2.4GHz/5GHz - Select ON to enable guest wireless 2.4GHz/5GHz network, and select OFF to disable guest wireless 2.4GHz/5GHz network.  Network Name(SSID) - create a value of up to 32 characters. The same Name(SSID) must be assigned to all wireless devices in your guest network.  Password - Create a password for the guest network. The password must have a minimum of 8 characters in length. - 24 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Chapter 5. Advanced 5.1 Status Choose menu “Advanced→Status”, you can see the current status information about the router. Figure 5-1 Status - 25 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 5.2 Network Figure 5-2 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu as shown in Figure 5-2: WAN, MAC Clone, LAN and IPTV. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 5.2.1 WAN Choose menu “Advanced→Network→WAN”, you can configure the IP parameters of the WAN on the screen below. 1. If your ISP provides the DHCP service, please choose Dynamic IP type, and the router will automatically get IP parameters from your ISP. You can see the page, shown in Figure 5-3. Figure 5-3 WAN – Dynamic IP This page displays the WAN IP parameters assigned dynamically by your ISP, including IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, etc. Click the Renew button to renew the IP parameters from your ISP. Click the Release button to release the IP parameters. - 26 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP.  Use These DNS Servers - If your ISP gives you one or two DNS addresses, select Use These DNS Servers and enter the primary and secondary addresses into the correct fields. Otherwise, the DNS servers will be assigned dynamically from your ISP.  Note: If you find error when you go to a website after entering the DNS addresses, it is likely that your DNS servers are set up improperly. You should contact your ISP to get DNS server addresses.  Host Name - This option specifies the Host Name of the router.  Get IP with Unicast DHCP - A few ISPs' DHCP servers do not support the broadcast applications. If you cannot get the IP Address normally, you can choose this option. (It is rarely required.) Click the Save button to save your settings. 2. If your ISP provides a static or fixed IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway and DNS setting, select Static IP. The Static IP settings page will appear, shown in Figure 5-4. Figure 5-4 WAN - Static IP  IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.  Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP, usually is 255.255.255.0.  Default Gateway - Enter the gateway IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP. - 27 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP.  Primary/Secondary DNS - (Optional) Enter one or two DNS addresses in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP. Click the Save button to save your settings. 3. If your ISP provides a PPPoE connection, select PPPoE/Russia PPPoE option. And you should enter the following parameters (Figure 5-5). Figure 5-5 WAN - PPPoE  User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive.  Secondary Connection - It’s available only for PPPoE Connection. If your ISP provides an extra Connection type such as Dynamic/Static IP to connect to a local area network, then you can check the radio button of Dynamic/Static IP to activate this secondary connection.  Disabled - The Secondary Connection is disabled by default, so there is PPPoE connection only. This is recommended.  Dynamic IP - You can check this radio button to use Dynamic IP as the secondary connection to connect to the local area network provided by ISP. - 28 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Static IP - You can check this radio button to use Static IP as the secondary connection to connect to the local area network provided by ISP.  Connect on Demand - In this mode, the Internet connection can be terminated automatically after a specified inactivity period (Max Idle Time) and be re-established when you attempt to access the Internet again. If you want your Internet connection keeps active all the time, please enter “0” in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet access disconnects.  Connect Automatically - The connection can be re-established automatically when it was down.  Time-based Connecting - The connection will only be established in the period from the start time to the end time (both are in HH:MM format).  Note: Only when you have configured the system time on “Advanced→System Tools→Time Settings” page, will the Time-based Connecting function can take effect.  Connect Manually - You can click the Connect/Disconnect button to connect/disconnect immediately. This mode also supports the Max Idle Time function as Connect on Demand mode. The Internet connection can be disconnected automatically after a specified inactivity period and re-established when you attempt to access the Internet again. Click the Connect button to connect immediately. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately. Caution: Sometimes the connection cannot be terminated although you specify a time to Max Idle Time because some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background. If you want to do some advanced configurations, please click the Advanced button, and the page shown in Figure 5-6 will then appear. - 29 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-6 PPPoE Advanced Settings  MTU Size - The default MTU size is “1480” bytes, which is usually fine. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP.  Service Name/AC Name - The service name and AC (Access Concentrator) name should not be configured unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP. In most cases, leaving these fields blank will work.  ISP Specified IP Address - If your ISP does not automatically assign IP addresses to the router during login, please click “Use IP address specified by ISP” check box and enter the IP address provided by your ISP in dotted-decimal notation.  Detect Online Interval - The router will detect Access Concentrator online at every interval. The default value is “0”. You can input the value between “0” and “120”. The value “0” means no detect.  Primary DNS/Secondary DNS - If your ISP does not automatically assign DNS addresses to the router during login, please click “Use the following DNS servers” check box and enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a secondary DNS server address is available, enter it as well. Click the Save button to save your settings. 4. If your ISP provides L2TP connection, please select L2TP/Russia L2TP option. And you should enter the following parameters (Figure 5-7). - 30 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-7 WAN - L2TP/Russia L2TP  VPN Server IP/Domain Name - Enter the IP address or domain name of the VPN server provided by your ISP.  User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive.  Dynamic IP/ Static IP - Select Static IP if IP address, subnet mask, gateway and DNS server address have been provided by your ISP. Otherwise, please select Dynamic IP.  Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect from your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time). If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand enables the router to automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. If you wish to activate Connect on Demand, check the radio button. If you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter 0 in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates. - 31 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this option, check the radio button.  Connect Manually - You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually. After a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time), the router will disconnect from your Internet connection, and you will not be able to re-establish your connection automatically as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option, check the radio button. If you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter "0" in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes that you wish to have the Internet connecting last unless a new link is requested. Caution: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max Idle Time, because some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background. Click the Save button to save your settings. 5. If your ISP provides PPTP connection, please select PPTP/Russia PPTP option. And you should enter the following parameters (Figure 5-8). Figure 5-8 PPTP Settings - 32 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  VPN Server IP/Domain Name - Enter the IP address or domain name of the VPN server provided by your ISP.  User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive.  Dynamic IP/ Static IP - Select Static IP if IP address, subnet mask, gateway and DNS server address have been provided by your ISP. Otherwise, please select Dynamic IP.  Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect from your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time). If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand enables the router to automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. If you wish to activate Connect on Demand, check the radio button. If you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter “0” in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates.  Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this option, check the radio button.  Connect Manually - You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually. After a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time), the router will disconnect from your Internet connection, and you will not be able to re-establish your connection automatically as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option, click the radio button. If you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter "0" in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number in minutes that you wish to have the Internet connecting last unless a new link is requested. Caution: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max Idle Time because some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background. Click the Save button to save your settings.  Note: If you don't know how to choose the appropriate connection type, click the Detect button to allow the router to automatically search your Internet connection for servers and protocols. The connection type will be reported when an active Internet service is successfully detected by the router. This report is for your reference only. To make sure the connection type your ISP provides, please refer to the ISP. The various types of Internet connections that the router can detect are as follows:  PPPoE - Connections which use PPPoE that requires a user name and password.  Dynamic IP - Connections which use dynamic IP address assignment. - 33 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Static IP - Connections which use static IP address assignment. The router cannot detect PPTP/L2TP connections with your ISP. If your ISP uses one of these protocols, then you must configure your connection manually. 5.2.2 MAC Clone Choose menu “Advanced→Network→MAC Clone”, you can configure the MAC address of the WAN on the screen below, Figure 5-9. Figure 5-9 MAC Address Clone Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter. Changes are rarely needed here.  WAN MAC Address - This field displays the current MAC address of the Internet port. If your ISP requires you to register the MAC address, please enter the correct MAC address into this field in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format (X is any hexadecimal digit).  Your PC's MAC Address - This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing the router. If the MAC address is required, you can click the Clone MAC Address button and this MAC address will fill in the WAN MAC Address field. Click Restore Factory MAC to restore the MAC address of Internet port to the factory default value. Click the Save button to save your settings.  Note: Only the PC on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone function. 5.2.3 LAN Choose menu “Advanced→Network→LAN”, you can configure the IP parameters of the LAN on the screen as below. - 34 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-10 LAN  MAC Address - The physical address of the router, as seen from the LAN. The value can't be changed.  IP Address - Enter the IP address of your router or reset it in dotted-decimal notation (factory default: 192.168.0.1).  Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask.  Note: 1) If you change the IP Address of LAN, you must use the new IP Address to log in the router. 2) If the new LAN IP Address you set is not in the same subnet, the IP Address pool of the DHCP server will change accordingly at the same time, while the Virtual Server and DMZ Host will not take effect until they are re-configured. 5.2.4 IPTV Choose menu “Advanced→Network→IPTV”, you can configure the IPTV on the screen as below.  IGMP Proxy- If you want to watch TV through IGMP, please Enable it.  Mode  Automatic - There would be no change to the LAN ports, work with IGMP Proxy technology, allowing watch IPTV via wired and wireless connection.  Bridge - Assign an individual LAN port for IPTV set-top-box, which can get IP address from ISP directly, without any quality loss even when PCs connect with router are downloading torrents at maximum speed, since this LAN port is isolated from other NAT LAN ports. - 35 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  802.1Q Tag VLAN - ISP would provide the networking service based on 802.1Q Tag VLAN technology. You can assign different VLAN Tag ID for different LAN ports, to connect PC, IPTV set-top-box or IP-phone. Please contact with you ISP to get the VLAN ID information. 5.3 Dual Band Selection Choose menu “Advanced→Dual Band Selection”, and you can choose the working frequency for your router. It is recommended that your computers and devices running video and voice applications use the 5GHz band, while your guest access and computers that are only browsing the web use the 2.4GHz band. Figure 5-11 Dual Band Selection 5.4 Wireless 2.4GHz Figure 5-12 Wireless menu There are six submenus under the Wireless menu, shown in Figure 5-12: Wireless Settings, WPS, Wireless Security, Wireless MAC Filtering, Wireless Advanced and Wireless Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding functions. 5.4.1 Wireless Settings Choose menu “Advanced→Wireless 2.4GHz→Wireless Settings”, you can configure the basic settings for the wireless network of 2.4GHz on this page. - 36 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-13 Wireless Settings (2.4GHz)  Wireless Network Name - The wireless network name (SSID) that the router uses. You can create a new one with up to 32 characters. The default SSID is set to be TP-LINK_XXXX. This value is case-sensitive. For example, TEST is NOT the same as test.  Region - The geographic region where the router is being used. This field specifies the region where the wireless function of the router can be used. It might be illegal to use the wireless features of the router in some parts of the world. If your country or region is not listed, please contact your local government agency for assistance.  Mode - Select the desired mode.  11n only - Select if you are using 802.11n wireless clients.  11bg mixed - Select if you are using both 802.11b and 802.11g wireless clients.  11bgn mixed - Select if you are using a mix of 802.11b, 11g, and 11n wireless clients. It is strongly recommended that you set the Mode to 802.11bgn mixed, and all of 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n wireless stations can connect to the router.  Channel Width - Select the channel width from the drop-down list, including Auto, 20MHz, 40MHz. The default setting is Auto.  Note: If 11bg mixed is selected in the Mode field, the Channel Width selecting field will turn grey and the value will become 20MHz, which is unable to be changed.  Channel - This field determines which operating frequency will be used. The default channel is set to Auto, so the router will choose the best channel automatically. It is not necessary to change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby access point. - 37 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Enable SSID Broadcast - When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks to associate with, they will detect the SSID broadcast by the router. If you select the Enable SSID Broadcast checkbox, the Wireless router will broadcast its name (SSID) on the air.  Enable WDS Bridging - Check this box to enable WDS. With this function, the router can bridge two or more WLANs. If this checkbox is selected, you will have to set the following parameters as shown in Figure 5-14. Make sure the following settings are correct.  Figure 5-14 WDS Settings  SSID (to be bridged) - The SSID of the AP your router is going to connect to as a client. You can also use the Survey function to select the SSID to join.  MAC Address (to be bridged) - The MAC address (BSSID) of the AP your router is going to connect to as a client. You can also use the Survey function to select the MAC address (BSSID) to join.  Survey - Click this button, you can search the APs that run in all channels.  Key type - This option should be chosen according to the AP's security configuration.  WEP Index - This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP. It indicates the index of the WEP key.  Auth Type - This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP. It indicates the authorization type of the Root AP.  Password - If the AP your router is going to connect needs password, you need to fill the password in this blank. 5.4.2 WPS Choose menu “Advanced→Wireless 2.4GHz→WPS”, you can see the screen as shown in Figure 5-15. This section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly by WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) function. - 38 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-15 WPS  WPS Status - Enable or disable the WPS function here.  Current PIN - Displays the current value of the router's PIN. The default PIN of the router can be found in the label or User Guide.  Restore PIN - Restore the PIN of the router to its default value.  Gen New PIN - Click this button, and then you can get a new random value for the router's PIN. You can ensure the network security by generating a new PIN.  Add device - You can add a new device to the existing network manually by clicking this button. If the wireless adapter supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), you can establish a wireless connection between wireless adapter and the router using either Push Button Configuration (PBC) method or PIN method. I. Use the Wi-Fi Protected Setup Button Use this method if your client device has a WPS button. Step 1: Press the WPS/Reset button on the back panel of the router. Step 2: Press and hold the WPS button of the client device. The WPS LED flashes for two minutes during the Wi-Fi Protected Setup process. Step 3: When the WPS LED is on, the client device has successfully connected to the router. II. Enter the client device’s PIN on the router Use this method if your client device does not have the WPS button, but has a Wi-Fi Protected Setup PIN number. Step 1: Enable WPS. The default is enabled. Click the Add device button in Figure 5-15, then Figure 5-16 will appear. - 39 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-16 Add A New Device Step 2: Enter the PIN number from the client device in the field on the WPS screen above. Then click Connect button. Step 3: “Connect successfully” will appear on the screen of Figure 5-16, which means the client device has successfully connected to the router.  Note: 1) The WPS LED on the router will light blue for five minutes if the device has been successfully added to the network. 2) The WPS function cannot be configured if the wireless function of the router is disabled. Please make sure the wireless function is enabled before configuring the WPS. 5.4.3 Wireless Security Choose menu “Advanced→Wireless 2.4GHz→Wireless Security”, you can configure the security settings of your wireless network. There are five wireless security modes supported by the router: WPA-Personal, WPA2-Personal, WPA-Enterprise, WPA2-Enterprise, and WEP. - 40 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-17 Wireless Security  Disable Security - If you do not want to use wireless security, check this radio button. But it’s strongly recommended to choose one of the following modes to enable security.  WPA/WPA2-Personal - It’s the WPA/WPA2 authentication type based on pre-shared passphrase. The router is configured by this security type by default.  Version - You can choose the version of the WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK security on the drop-down list. The default setting is WPA2-PSK.  Encryption - You can select either TKIP or AES as Encryption. The default setting is AES.  Note: If you check the WPA/WPA2-Personal radio button and choose TKIP encryption, you will find a notice in red as shown in Figure 5-18. - 41 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-18 WPA/WPA2 – Personal  Wireless Password - You can enter ASCII characters between 8 and 63 characters or 8 to 64 Hexadecimal characters. The default password is the same with the default PIN code, which is labeled on the router or can be found in Figure 5-15.  Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the update.  WPA/WPA2- Enterprise - It’s based on Radius Server. If you choose WPA/WPA2 - Enterprise, WPS function will be disabled.  Version - you can choose the version of the WPA security on the drop-down list. The default setting is Automatic, which can select WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) or WPA2 (WPA version 2) automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request.  Encryption - You can select either Automatic, or TKIP or AES.  Note: If you check the WPA/WPA2-Enterprise radio button and choose TKIP encryption, you will find a notice in red as shown in Figure 5-19. Figure 5-19 WPA/WPA2 - Enterprise  Radius Server IP - Enter the IP address of the Radius server.  Radius Port - Enter the port number of the Radius server.  Radius Password - Enter the password for the Radius server. - 42 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the update.  WEP - It is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard. If you check this radio button, you will find a notice in red as shown in Figure 5-20. Figure 5-20 WEP  Type - you can choose the type for the WEP security on the drop-down list. The default setting is Automatic, which can select Shared Key or Open System authentication type automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request.  WEP Key Format - Hexadecimal and ASCII formats are provided here. Hexadecimal format stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified length. ASCII format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length.  WEP Key - Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching WEP key that you create. Make sure these values are identical on all wireless stations in your network.  Key Type - You can select the WEP key length (64-bit or 128-bit) for encryption. "Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid. 64-bit - You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not promoted) or 5 ASCII characters. 128-bit - You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not promoted) or 13 ASCII characters.  Note: If you do not set the key, the wireless security function is still disabled even if you have selected Shared Key as Authentication Type. Be sure to click the Save button to save your settings on this page. - 43 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 5.4.4 Wireless MAC Filtering Choose menu “Advanced→Wireless 2.4GHz→Wireless MAC Filtering”, you can control the wireless access by configuring the Wireless MAC Filtering function, shown in Figure 5-21. Figure 5-21 Wireless MAC Filtering To filter wireless users by MAC Address, click Enable. The default setting is Disabled.  MAC Address - The wireless station's MAC address that you want to filter.  Status - The status of this entry, either Enabled or Disabled.  Description - A simple description of the wireless station. To Add a Wireless MAC Address filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The "Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry" page will appear, shown in Figure 5-22. Figure 5-22 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example: 00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B. 2. Give a simple description for the wireless station in the Description field. For example: Wireless station A. - 44 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 3. Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status drop-down list. 4. Click the Save button to save this entry. To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If you 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 Disable All button to make all entries disabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. Click the Next button to go to the next page. Click the Previous button to return to the previous page. For example: If you desire that the wireless station A with MAC address 00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B and the wireless station B with MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-5F are able to access the router, but all the other wireless stations cannot access the router, you can configure the Wireless MAC Address Filtering list by following these steps: 1. Click the Enable button to enable this function. 2. Select the radio button “Allow the stations specified by any enabled entries in the list to access” for Filtering Rules. 3. Delete all or disable all entries if there are any entries already. 4. Click the Add New... button. 1) Enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B/00-0A-EB-00-07-5F in the MAC Address field. 2) Enter wireless station A/B in the Description field. 3) Select Enabled in the Status drop-down list. 4) Click the Save button. The filtering rules that configured should be similar to the following list: - 45 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 5.4.5 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “Advanced→Wireless 2.4GHz→Wireless Advanced”, you can configure the advanced settings of your wireless network. Figure 5-23 Wireless Advanced  Transmit Power - Here you can specify the transmit power of router. You can select High, Middle or Low which you would like. High is the default setting and is recommended.  Beacon Interval - Enter a value between 40-1000 milliseconds for Beacon Interval here. The beacons are the packets sent by the router to synchronize a wireless network. Beacon Interval value determines the time interval of the beacons. The default value is 100.  RTS Threshold - Here you can specify the RTS (Request to Send) Threshold. If the packet is larger than the specified RTS Threshold size, the router will send RTS frames to a particular receiving station and negotiate the sending of a data frame. The default value is 2346.  Fragmentation Threshold - This value is the maximum size determining whether packets will be fragmented. Setting the Fragmentation Threshold too low may result in poor network performance because of excessive packets. 2346 is the default setting and is recommended.  DTIM Interval - This value determines the interval of the Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM). A DTIM field is a countdown field informing clients of the next window for listening to - 46 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router broadcast and multicast messages. When the router has buffered broadcast or multicast messages for associated clients, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM Interval value. You can specify the value between 1-255 Beacon Intervals. The default value is 1, which indicates the DTIM Interval is the same as Beacon Interval.  Enable WMM - WMM function can guarantee the packets with high-priority messages being transmitted preferentially. It is strongly recommended.  Enable Short GI - This function is recommended for it will increase the data capacity by reducing the guard interval time.  Enabled AP Isolation - This function can isolate wireless stations on your network from each other. Wireless devices will be able to communicate with the router but not with each other. To use this function, check this box. AP Isolation is disabled by default.  Note: If you are not familiar with the setting items in this page, it's strongly recommended to keep the provided default values; otherwise it may result in lower wireless network performance. 5.4.6 Wireless Statistics Choose menu “Advanced→Wireless 2.4GHz→Wireless Statistics”, you can see the MAC Address, Current Status, Received Packets and Sent Packets for each connected wireless station. Figure 5-24 Wireless Statistics  MAC Address - The connected wireless station's MAC address  Current Status - The connected wireless station's running status, one of STA-AUTH/ STA-ASSOC/ STA-JOINED/ WPA/ WPA-PSK/ WPA2/ WPA2-PSK/ AP-UP/ AP-DOWN/ Disconnected  Received Packets - Packets received by the station  Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current connected wireless stations, click on the Refresh button. - 47 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router If the numbers of connected wireless stations go beyond one page, click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return the previous page.  Note: This page will be refreshed automatically every 5 seconds. 5.5 Wireless 5GHz Figure 5-25 Wireless menu There are six submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 5-12): Wireless Settings, WPS, Wireless Security, Wireless MAC Filtering, Wireless Advanced and Wireless Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding functions. 5.5.1 Wireless Settings Choose menu “Advanced→Wireless 5GHz→Wireless Settings”, you can configure the basic settings for the wireless network of 5GHz on this page. Figure 5-26 Wireless Settings (5GHz)  Wireless Network Name - The wireless network name (SSID) that the router uses. You can create a new one with up to 32 characters. The default SSID is set to be - 48 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router TP-LINK_XXXX_5G. This value is case-sensitive. For example, TEST is NOT the same as test.  Region - The geographic region where the router is being used. This field specifies the region where the wireless function of the router can be used. It might be illegal to use the wireless features of the router in some parts of the world. If your country or region is not listed, please contact your local government agency for assistance.  Mode - Select the desired mode.  11ac only - Select if you are using 802.11ac wireless clients.  11a/n/ac mixed - Select if you are using a mix of 802.11a, 11n, and 11ac wireless clients. This is the default mode, where all of 802.11a, 802.11n, and 802.11ac wireless stations can connect to the router.  Channel Width - Select the channel width from the drop-down list, including Auto, 20MHz, 40MHz, 80MHz. The default setting is Auto.  Channel - This field determines which operating frequency will be used. The default channel is set to Auto, so the router will choose the best channel automatically. It is not necessary to change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby access point.  Enable SSID Broadcast - When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks to associate with, they will detect the SSID broadcast by the router. If you select the Enable SSID Broadcast checkbox, the Wireless router will broadcast its name (SSID) on the air.  Enable WDS Bridging - Check this box to enable WDS. With this function, the router can bridge two or more WLANs. If this checkbox is selected, you will have to set the following parameters as shown in Figure 5-27. Make sure the following settings are correct. Figure 5-27 WDS Settings  SSID (to be bridged) - The SSID of the AP your router is going to connect to as a client. You can also use the search function to select the SSID to join. - 49 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  MAC Address (to be bridged) - The MAC address (BSSID) of the AP your router is going to connect to as a client. You can also use the Survey function to select the MAC address (BSSID) to join.  Survey - Click this button, you can search the APs that run in all channels.  Key type - This option should be chosen according to the AP's security configuration. It is recommended that the security type is the same as your AP's security type  WEP Index - This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP. It indicates the index of the WEP key.  Auth Type - This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP. It indicates the authorization type of the Root AP.  Password - If the AP your router is going to connect needs password, you need to fill the password in this blank. 5.5.2 WPS Choose menu “Advanced→Wireless 5GHz→WPS”, you can see the screen as shown in Figure 5-28. This section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly by WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) function. Figure 5-28 WPS  WPS Status - Enable or disable the WPS function here.  Current PIN - The current value of the router's PIN is displayed here. The default PIN of the router can be found in the label or User Guide.  Restore PIN - Restore the PIN of the router to its default.  Gen New PIN - Click this button, and then you can get a new random value for the router's PIN. You can ensure the network security by generating a new PIN.  Add Device - You can add a new device to the existing network manually by clicking this button. - 50 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router If the wireless adapter supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), you can establish a wireless connection between wireless adapter and router using either Push Button Configuration (PBC) method or PIN method.  Note: To build a successful connection by WPS, you should also do the corresponding configuration of the new device for WPS function meanwhile. I. Use the Wi-Fi Protected Setup Button Use this method if your client device has a Wi-Fi Protected Setup button. Step 1: Press the WPS/Reset button on the back panel of the router Step 2: Press and hold the WPS button of the client device directly. The Wi-Fi Protected Setup LED flashes for two minutes during the Wi-Fi Protected Setup process. Step 3: When the WPS LED is on, the client device has successfully connected to the router. II. Enter the client device’s PIN on the router Use this method if your client device does not have the WPS button, but has a Wi-Fi Protected Setup PIN number. Step 1: Enable WPS. The default is enabled. Click the Add device button in Figure 5-28, then Figure 5-29 will appear. Figure 5-29 Add A New Device Step 2: Enter the PIN number from the client device in the above PIN field. Then click Connect button. Step 3: “Connect successfully” will appear on the screen of Figure 5-29, which means the client device has successfully connected to the router.  Note: 1) The WPS LED on the router will light blue for five minutes if the device has been successfully added to the network. 2) The WPS function cannot be configured if the wireless function of the router is disabled. Please make sure the wireless function is enabled before configuring the WPS. - 51 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 5.5.3 Wireless Security Choose menu “Advanced→Wireless 5GHz→Wireless Security”, you can configure the security settings of your wireless network. There are five wireless security modes supported by the router: WPA-Personal, WPA2-Personal, WPA-Enterprise, WPA2-Enterprise, and WEP. Figure 5-30 Wireless Security  Disable Security - If you do not want to use wireless security, check this radio button. But it’s strongly recommended to choose one of the following modes to enable security.  WPA/WPA2-Personal - It’s the WPA/WPA2 authentication type based on pre-shared passphrase. The router is configured by this security type by default.  Version - You can choose the version of the WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK security on the drop-down list. The default setting is WPA2-PSK.  Encryption - You can select either TKIP or AES as Encryption. The default setting is AES. - 52 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Note: If you check the WPA/WPA2-Personal radio button and choose TKIP encryption, you will find a notice in red as shown in Figure 5-31. Figure 5-31 WPA/WPA2 – Personal  Wireless Password - You can enter ASCII characters between 8 and 63 characters or 8 to 64 Hexadecimal characters. The default password is the same with the default PIN code, which is labeled on the bottom of the router or can be found in Figure 5-28.  Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the update.  WPA/WPA2- Enterprise - It’s based on Radius Server. If you choose WPA/WPA2 - Enterprise, WPS function will be disabled.  Version - you can choose the version of the WPA security on the drop-down list. The default setting is Automatic, which can select WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) or WPA2 (WPA version 2) automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request.  Encryption - You can select either Automatic, or TKIP or AES.  Note: If you check the WPA/WPA2-Enterprise radio button and choose TKIP encryption, you will find a notice in red as shown in Figure 5-32. Figure 5-32 WPA/WPA2 - Enterprise - 53 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Radius Server IP - Enter the IP address of the Radius server.  Radius Port - Enter the port number of the Radius server.  Radius Password - Enter the password for the Radius server.  Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the update.  WEP - It is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard. If you check this radio button, you will find a notice in red as shown in Figure 5-33. Figure 5-33 WEP  Type - you can choose the type for the WEP security on the drop-down list. The default setting is Automatic, which can select Shared Key or Open System authentication type automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request.  WEP Key Format - Hexadecimal and ASCII formats are provided here. Hexadecimal format stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified length. ASCII format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length.  WEP Key - Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching WEP key that you create. Make sure these values are identical on all wireless stations in your network.  Key Type - You can select the WEP key length (64-bit or 128-bit) for encryption. "Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid. 64-bit - You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not promoted) or 5 ASCII characters. 128-bit - You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not promoted) or 13 ASCII characters. - 54 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Note: If you do not set the key, the wireless security function is still disabled even if you have selected Shared Key as Authentication Type. Be sure to click the Save button to save your settings on this page. 5.5.4 Wireless MAC Filtering Choose menu “Advanced→Wireless→MAC Filtering”, you can control the wireless access by configuring the Wireless MAC Filtering function, shown in Figure 5-34. Figure 5-34 Wireless MAC Filtering To filter wireless users by MAC Address, click Enable. The default setting is Disabled.  MAC Address - The wireless station's MAC address that you want to filter.  Status - The status of this entry, either Enabled or Disabled.  Description - A simple description of the wireless station. To Add a Wireless MAC Address filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The "Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry" page will appear, shown in Figure 5-35. Figure 5-35 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions: - 55 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 1. Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example: 00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B. 2. Give a simple description for the wireless station in the Description field. For example: Wireless station A. 3. Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status drop-down list. 4. Click the Save button to save this entry. To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If you 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 Disable All button to make all entries disabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. Click the Next button to go to the next page. Click the Previous button to return to the previous page. For example: If you desire that the wireless station A with MAC address 00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B and the wireless station B with MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-5F are able to access the router, but all the other wireless stations cannot access the router, you can configure the Wireless MAC Address Filtering list by following these steps: 1. Click the Enable button to enable this function. 2. Select the radio button “Allow the stations specified by any enabled entries in the list to access” for Filtering Rules. 3. Delete all or disable all entries if there are any entries already. 4. Click the Add New... button. 5. Enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B/00-0A-EB-00-07-5F in the MAC Address field. 6. Enter wireless station A/B in the Description field. 7. Select Enabled in the Status drop-down list. 8. Click the Save button. The filtering rules that configured should be similar to the following list: - 56 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 5.5.5 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “Advanced→Wireless→Wireless Advanced”, you can configure the advanced settings of your wireless network. Figure 5-36 Wireless Advanced  Transmit Power - Here you can specify the transmit power of router. You can select High, Middle or Low which you would like. High is the default setting and is recommended.  Beacon Interval - Enter a value between 40-1000 milliseconds for Beacon Interval here. The beacons are the packets sent by the router to synchronize a wireless network. Beacon Interval value determines the time interval of the beacons. The default value is 100.  RTS Threshold - Here you can specify the RTS (Request to Send) Threshold. If the packet is larger than the specified RTS Threshold size, the router will send RTS frames to a particular receiving station and negotiate the sending of a data frame. The default value is 2346.  Fragmentation Threshold - This value is the maximum size determining whether packets will be fragmented. Setting the Fragmentation Threshold too low may result in poor network performance because of excessive packets. 2346 is the default setting and is recommended.  DTIM Interval - This value determines the interval of the Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM). A DTIM field is a countdown field informing clients of the next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages. When the router has buffered broadcast or multicast - 57 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router messages for associated clients, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM Interval value. You can specify the value between 1-255 Beacon Intervals. The default value is 1, which indicates the DTIM Interval is the same as Beacon Interval.  Enable WMM - WMM function can guarantee the packets with high-priority messages being transmitted preferentially. It is strongly recommended.  Enable Short GI - This function is recommended for it will increase the data capacity by reducing the guard interval time.  Enable AP Isolation - This function can isolate wireless stations on your network from each other. Wireless devices will be able to communicate with the router but not with each other. To use this function, check this box. AP Isolation is disabled by default.  Note: If you are not familiar with the setting items in this page, it's strongly recommended to keep the provided default values; otherwise it may result in lower wireless network performance. 5.5.6 Wireless Statistics Choose menu “Advanced→Wireless→Wireless Statistics”, you can see the MAC Address, Current Status, Received Packets and Sent Packets for each connected wireless station. Figure 5-37 Wireless Statistics  MAC Address - The connected wireless station's MAC address  Current Status - The connected wireless station's running status, one of STA-AUTH/ STA-ASSOC/ STA-JOINED/ WPA/ WPA-PSK/ WPA2/ WPA2-PSK/ AP-UP/ AP-DOWN/ Disconnected  Received Packets - Packets received by the station  Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current connected wireless stations, click on the Refresh button. If the numbers of connected wireless stations go beyond one page, click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return the previous page. - 58 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Note: This page will be refreshed automatically every 5 seconds. 5.6 Guest Network Choose menu “Advanced→Guest Network”, you can configure the Guest Network Wireless Settings on the page as shown in Figure 5-38. Figure 5-38 Guest Network Wireless Settings - 59 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Access And Bandwidth Control  Allow Guests to See Each Other - If this checkbox is selected, anyone who connects to the guest network can communicate with each other.  Allow Guests To Access My Local Network - If this checkbox is selected, anyone who connects to the guest network has access to your local network, not just Internet access.  Enable Guest Network Bandwidth Control - If this checkbox is selected, the Guest Network Bandwidth Control rules will take effect. 1) Egress Bandwidth For Guest Network - Specify the upload speed through the WAN port for Guest Network. 2) Ingress Bandwidth For Guest Network - Specify the download speed through the WAN port for Guest Network.  Wireless 2.4GHz  Enable Guest Network (2.4G) - Select this checkbox to enable 2.4GHz guest network.  Network Name - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same Name (SSID) must be assigned to all wireless devices in your Guest Network.  Guest Number - Limit the number of the guest.  Wireless Security - You can configure the security of Guest Network here.  Access Time - During this time the wireless stations could access the AP.  Wireless 5GHz  Enable Guest Network (5G) - Select this checkbox to enable 5GHz guest network.  Network Name - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same Name (SSID) must be assigned to all wireless devices in your Guest Network.  Guest Number - Limit the number of the guest.  Wireless Security - You can configure the security of Guest Network here.  Access Time - During this time the wireless stations could accessing the AP.  Note: The range of bandwidth for Guest Network is calculated according to the setting of Bandwidth Control on the page “Bandwidth Control->Control Settings”. - 60 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 5.7 DHCP Figure 5-39 The DHCP menu There are three submenus under the DHCP menu, shown in Figure 5-39: DHCP Settings, DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding functions. 5.7.1 DHCP Settings Choose menu “Advanced→DHCP→DHCP Settings”, you can configure the DHCP Server on the page as shown in Figure 5-40.The router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PC(s) that are connected to the router on the LAN. Figure 5-40 DHCP Settings  DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server. If you disable the Server, you must have another DHCP server within your network or else you must configure the computer manually.  Start IP Address - Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to start with when assigning IP addresses. 192.168.0.100 is the default start address.  End IP Address - Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to end with when assigning IP addresses. 192.168.0.199 is the default end address.  Address Lease Time - The Address Lease Time is the amount of time a network user will be allowed connection to the router with their current dynamic IP Address. Enter the amount of time in minutes and the user will be "leased" this dynamic IP Address. After the time is up, - 61 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router the user will be automatically assigned a new dynamic IP address. The range of the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes. The default value is 120 minutes.  Default Gateway - (Optional.) It is suggested to input the IP address of the Ethernet port of the router. The default value is 192.168.0.1.  Default Domain - (Optional) Input the domain name of your network.  Primary DNS - (Optional) Input the DNS IP address provided by your ISP or consult your ISP.  Secondary DNS - (Optional.) Input the IP address of another DNS server if your ISP provides two DNS servers.  Note: To use the DHCP server function of the router, you must configure all computers on the LAN as "Obtain an IP Address automatically". 5.7.2 DHCP Clients List Choose menu “Advanced→DHCP→DHCP Clients List”, you can view the information about the clients attached to the router in the screen as shown in Figure 5-41. Figure 5-41 DHCP Clients List  Client Name - The name of the DHCP client  MAC Address - The MAC address of the DHCP client  Assigned IP - The IP address that the router has allocated to the DHCP client  Lease Time - The time of the DHCP client leased. After the dynamic IP address has expired, a new dynamic IP address will be automatically assigned to the user. You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current attached devices, click the Refresh button. 5.7.3 Address Reservation Choose menu “Advanced→DHCP→Address Reservation”, you can view and add a reserved address for clients via the next screen, shown in Figure 5-42. When you specify a reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always receive the same IP address each time when it - 62 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to the servers that require permanent IP settings. Figure 5-42 Address Reservation  MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP address.  Reserved IP Address - The IP address reserved for the PC by the router.  Status - The status of this entry, either Enabled or Disabled. To Reserve an IP address: 1. Click the Add New… button. Then Figure 5-43 will pop up. 2. Enter the MAC address (in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format.) and IP address (in dotted-decimal notation) of the computer for which you want to reserve an IP address. 3. Click the Save button. Figure 5-43 Add or Modify an Address Reservation Entry To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the Delete. 2. Modify the information. 3. Click the Save button. Click the Enable/Disable All button to make all entries enabled/disabled Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. Click the Next button to go to the next page and Click the Previous button to return the previous page. - 63 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 5.8 USB Settings Figure 5-44 The USB Settings menu There are three submenus under the USB Settings menu (shown in Figure 5-44): Device Settings, File Sharing, and Print Server. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding functions. 5.8.1 Device Settings Choose menu “Advanced→USB Settings→Device Settings”, you can configure the USB disk drive attached to the router and view the information. Figure 5-45 Device Settings Click the Scan button to scan the USB drive connected to the router.  Volume - The volume name of the USB drive the users have access to. Volume 1-8 is mapping to USB port1, and Volume 9-16 is mapping to USB port2.  Capacity - The storage capacity of the USB driver.  Free Space- The available space of the USB driver.  Active - Select the checkbox to active the USB driver. Click the Safely Remove button to safely remove the USB storage device that is connected to USB port. This takes the drive offline. 5.8.2 File Sharing Choose menu “Advanced→USB Settings→File Sharing”, you can configure the sharing account and sharing settings. - 64 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-46 File Sharing  Sharing Account  Use Login Account - Select this radio button, and the sharing account is the same with the login account.  Use Following Account - Select this radio button, then you have to specify the new username and password in the Username and Password fields for sharing account.  Sharing Settings  Network/Media Server Name - Show the name of the network/media server. This is the name used to access the USB device connected to the router.  Access Method - Select the check boxes for the access methods that you want. 1) Network Neighborhood: This method is enabled by default. To access the USB drive for example from a Windows computer: i. Select Start > Run. ii. Enter \\192.168.0.1 in the dialog box and click the OK button. - 65 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 2) FTP: This method is disabled by default. If you select this check box and click the Save button, the LAN users can access the USB drive through FTP. To access the USB drive for example from a Windows computer: i. Select Start > Run. ii. Enter ftp://192.168.0.1:21 in the dialog box and click the OK button. 3) FTP (Remote): This method is disabled by default. If you select this check box, remote users can access the USB drive through FTP over the Internet. This feature supports both downloading and uploading of files. To access the USB drive for example from a Windows computer: i. Select Start > Run. ii. Enter ftp://WAN IP:port in the dialog box and click the OK button.  Note: If the port for FTP (Remote) is changed, the port for FTP will be changed to the same port.  Sharing Mode 1) If Share All is selected, all the folders in the USB drive will be shared. Besides Authentication will appear for you to choose or not. 2) If Share Selected Folders is selected, only the folders you specified will be shared. You have to click the Create Share Folder appeared to specify folders allowed to be shared in the next screen. Figure 5-47 Add or Modify Share Folder - 66 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Allow Guest Network Access - If this checkbox is selected, guests are allowed to access the sharing file.  Enable Authentication - If this checkbox is selected, then the file sharing is need authentication.  Enable Write Access - If this checkbox is selected, then the sharing file is allowed write access.  Enable Media Sharing - Select this checkbox to enable media sharing. To specify the folders: i. Select the volume desired to share from the Volume Name drop-down list. ii. Create a share name, e.g. Movie. iii. Select the checkboxes according to your needs. iv. Select the folder allowed to be shared, e.g. Movies. v. Click the Save button. 5.8.3 Print Server Choose menu “Advanced→USB Settings→Print Server”, you can enable or disable print server on the screen below. Figure 5-48 Pint Server Setting 5.9 NAT Boost Choose “Advanced→NAT Boost”, and you can enable or disable the NAT boost. It is enabled by default. If NAT boost is enabled, the router will have the best throughout. If NAT boost if disabled, the Bandwidth Control can take effect and it also allows the statistics data to be collected. We do recommend to enable NAT Boost for the best performance in normal operation. - 67 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-49 NAT Boost 5.10 Forwarding Figure 5-50 The Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu: Virtual Servers, Port Triggering, DMZ and UPnP. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 5.10.1 Virtual Servers Choose menu “Advanced→Forwarding→Virtual Servers”, and then you can view and add virtual servers in the next screen shown in Figure 5-51. Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services on your LAN. A virtual server is defined as a service port, and all requests from Internet to this service port will be redirected to the computer specified by the server IP. Any PC that was used for a virtual server must have a static or reserved IP address because its IP address may change when using the DHCP function. If you want the Virtual Servers configuration take effect, please make sure the NAT is enabled. Figure 5-51 Virtual Servers - 68 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Service Port - The numbers of External Service Ports. You can enter a service port or a range of service ports (the format is XXX – YYY; XXX is the Start port and YYY is the End port).  Internal Port - The Internal Service Port number of the PC running the service application. You can leave it blank if the Internal Port is the same as the Service Port, or enter a specific port number when Service Port is a single one.  IP Address - The IP address of the PC running the service application.  Protocol - The protocol used for this application, either TCP, UDP, or All (all protocols supported by the router).  Status - The status of this entry, "Enabled" means the virtual server entry is enabled.  Common Service Port - Some common services already exist in the drop-down list.  Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry. To setup a virtual server entry: 1. Click the Add New... button. 2. Select the service you want to use from the Common Service Port list. If the Common Service Port menu does not list the service that you want to use, enter the number of the service port or service port range in the Service Port field. 3. Enter the IP address of the computer running the service application in the IP Address field. 4. Select the protocol used for this application in the Protocol drop-down list, either TCP, UDP, or All. 5. Select the Enabled option in the Status drop-down list. 6. Click the Save button. Figure 5-52 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry - 69 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Note: It is possible that you have a computer or server that has more than one type of available service. If so, select another service, and type the same IP address for that computer or server. 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. Click the Enable/ Disable All button to make all entries enabled/ disabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. Click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return to the previous page.  Note: If you set the service port of the virtual server as 80, you must set the Web management port on Advanced→Security→Remote Management page to be any other value except 80 such as 8080. Otherwise there will be a conflict to disable the virtual server. 5.10.2 Port Triggering Choose menu “Advanced→Forwarding→Port Triggering”, you can view and add port triggering in the next screen shown in Figure 5-53. Some applications require multiple connections, like Internet games, video conferencing, Internet telephoning and so on. Port Triggering is used for some of these applications that cannot work with a pure NAT router. Figure 5-53 Port Triggering To add a new rule, follow the steps below. 1. Click the Add New… button, the next screen will pop-up as shown in Figure 5-54. 2. Select a common application from the Common Applications drop-down list, then the Trigger Port field and the Incoming Ports field will be automatically filled. If the Common Applications do not have the application you need, enter the Trigger Port and the Incoming Ports manually. - 70 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 3. Select the protocol used for Trigger Port from the Trigger Protocol drop-down list, either TCP, UDP, or All. 4. Select the protocol used for Incoming Ports from the Incoming Protocol drop-down list, either TCP or UDP, or All. 5. Select Enabled in Status field. 6. Click the Save button to save the new rule. Figure 5-54 Add or Modify a Triggering Entry  Trigger Port - The port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection using this port will trigger this rule.  Trigger Protocol - The protocol used for Trigger Ports, either TCP, UDP, or All (all protocols supported by the router).  Incoming Port - The port or port range used by the remote system when it responds to the outgoing request. A response using one of these ports will be forwarded to the PC which triggered this rule. You can input at most 5 groups of ports (or port sections). Every group of ports must be separated with ",", for example, 2000-2038, 2046, 2050-2051, 2085, 3010-3030.  Incoming Protocol - The protocol used for Incoming Port, either TCP, UDP, or ALL (all protocols supported by the router).  Status - The status of this entry, Enabled means the Port Triggering entry is enabled.  Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry.  Common Applications - Some popular applications already listed in the drop-down list of Incoming Protocol. 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. - 71 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled. Click the Disable All button to make all entries disabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries Once the router is configured, the operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connection to an external host using a destination port number defined in the Trigger Port field. 2. The router records this connection, opens the incoming port or ports associated with this entry in the Port Triggering table, and associates them with the local host. 3. When necessary, the external host will be able to connect to the local host using one of the ports defined in the Incoming Ports field.  Note: 1. When the trigger connection is released, the corresponding opened ports will be closed. 2. Each rule can only be used by one host on the LAN at a time. The trigger connection of other hosts on the LAN will be refused. 3. Incoming Ports ranges cannot overlap each other. 5.10.3 DMZ Choose menu “Advanced→Forwarding→DMZ”, and then you can view and configure DMZ host in the screen shown in Figure 5-55. The DMZ host feature allows one local host to be exposed to the Internet for a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing. The router forwards packets of all services to the DMZ host. Any PC whose port is being forwarded must have its DHCP client function disabled and should have a new static IP Address assigned to it because its IP Address may be changed when using the DHCP function. Figure 5-55 DMZ To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server: 1. Select the Enable radio button. 2. Enter the IP address of a local PC that is set to be DMZ host in the DMZ Host IP Address field. 3. Click the Save button. - 72 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 5.10.4 UPnP Choose menu “Advanced→Forwarding→UPnP”, and then you can view the information about UPnP in the screen shown in Figure 5-56. The Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) feature allows the devices, such as Internet computers, to access the local host resources or devices as needed. UPnP devices can be automatically discovered by the UPnP service application on the LAN. Figure 5-56 UPnP Setting  Current UPnP Status - UPnP can be enabled or disabled by clicking the Enable or Disable button. This feature is enabled by default.  Current UPnP Settings List - This table displays the current UPnP information.  App Description - The description about the application which initiates the UPnP request.  External Port - The port which the router opened for the application.  Protocol - The type of protocol which is opened.  Internal Port - The port which the router opened for local host.  IP Address - The IP address of the local host which initiates the UPnP request.  Status - Either Enabled or Disabled. "Enabled" means that the port is still active; otherwise, the port is inactive. Click the Enable button to enable UPnP. Click the Disable button to disable UPnP. Click the Refresh button to update the Current UPnP Settings List. - 73 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 5.11 Security Figure 5-57 The Security menu There are four submenus under the Security menu: Basic Security, Advanced Security, Local Management and Remote Management. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding functions. 5.11.1 Basic Security Choose menu “Advanced→Security→Basic Security”, and then you can configure the basic security in the screen as shown in Figure 5-58. Figure 5-58 Basic Security  Firewall - A firewall protects your network from the outside world. Here you can enable or disable the router’s firewall.  SPI Firewall - SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection, also known as dynamic packet filtering) helps to prevent cyber attacks by tracking more state per session. It validates that the traffic passing through the session conforms to the protocol. SPI Firewall is enabled by factory default. If you want all the computers on the LAN exposed to the outside world, you can disable it. - 74 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  VPN - VPN Passthrough must be enabled if you want to allow VPN tunnels using VPN protocols to pass through the router.  PPTP Passthrough - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) allows the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) to be tunneled through an IP network. To allow PPTP tunnels to pass through the router, click Enable.  L2TP Passthrough - Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is the method used to enable Point-to-Point sessions via the Internet on the Layer Two level. To allow L2TP tunnels to pass through the router, click Enable.  IPSec Passthrough - Internet Protocol security (IPSec) is a suite of protocols for ensuring private, secure communications over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, through the use of cryptographic security services. To allow IPSec tunnels to pass through the router, click Enable.  ALG - It is recommended to enable Application Layer Gateway (ALG) because ALG allows customized Network Address Translation (NAT) traversal filters to be plugged into the gateway to support address and port translation for certain application layer "control/data" protocols such as FTP, TFTP, H323 etc.  FTP ALG - To allow FTP clients and servers to transfer data across NAT, click Enable.  TFTP ALG - To allow TFTP clients and servers to transfer data across NAT, click Enable.  H323 ALG - To allow Microsoft NetMeeting clients to communicate across NAT, click Enable.  RTSP ALG - To allow some media player clients to communicate with some streaming media servers across NAT, click Enable. Click the Save button to save your settings. 5.11.2 Advanced Security Choose menu “Advanced→Security→Advanced Security”, and then you can protect the router from being attacked by TCP-SYN Flood, UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood in the screen as shown in Figure 5-59. - 75 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-59 Advanced Security  Packets Statistics Interval (5~60) - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds from the drop-down list. The Packets Statistics Interval value indicates the time section of the packets statistics. The result of the statistics is used for analysis by SYN Flood, UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood.  DoS Protection - Denial of Service protection. Check the Enable or Disable button to enable or disable the DoS protection function. Only when it is enabled, will the flood filters be enabled.  Note: Dos Protection will take effect only when the Traffic Statistics in “Advanced→System Tools→Statistics” is enabled.  Enable ICMP-FLOOD Attack Filtering - Enable or Disable the ICMP-FLOOD Attack Filtering.  ICMP-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600. When the current ICMP-FLOOD Packets number is beyond the set value, the router will startup the blocking function immediately.  Enable UDP-FLOOD Filtering - Enable or Disable the UDP-FLOOD Filtering.  UDP-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 500. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600. When the current UPD-FLOOD Packets number is beyond the set value, the router will startup the blocking function immediately. - 76 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Enable TCP-SYN-FLOOD Attack Filtering - Enable or Disable the TCP-SYN-FLOOD Attack Filtering.  TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600. When the current TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets numbers is beyond the set value, the router will startup the blocking function immediately.  Ignore Ping Packet From WAN Port - Enable or Disable Ignore Ping Packet From WAN Port. The default setting is disabled. If enabled, the ping packet from the Internet cannot access the router.  Forbid Ping Packet From LAN Port - Enable or Disable Forbid Ping Packet From LAN Port. The default setting is disabled. If enabled, the ping packet from LAN cannot access the router. This function can be used to defend against some viruses. Click the Save button to save the settings. Click the Blocked DoS Host List button to display the DoS host table by blocking. 5.11.3 Local Management Choose menu “Advanced→Security→Local Management”, and then you can configure the management rule in the screen as shown in Figure 5-60. The management feature allows you to deny computers in LAN from accessing the router. Figure 5-60 Local Management By default, the radio button “All the PCs on the LAN are allowed to access the router's Web-Based Utility” is checked. If you want to allow PCs with specific MAC Addresses to access the Setup page of the router's Web-Based Utility locally from inside the network, check the radio button “Only the PCs listed can browse the built-in web pages to perform Administrator tasks”, and then enter each MAC Address in a separate field. The format for the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). Only the PCs with MAC address listed can - 77 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router use the password to browse the built-in web pages to perform Administrator tasks while all the others will be blocked. After click the Add button, your PC's MAC Address will be placed in the list above. Click the Save button to save your settings.  Note: If your PC is blocked but you want to access the router again, use a pin to press and hold the WPS/Reset button (hole) on the back panel for about 5 seconds to reset the router’s factory defaults on the router’s Web-Based Utility. 5.11.4 Remote Management Choose menu “Advanced→Security→Remote Management”, and then you can configure the Remote Management function in the screen as shown in Figure 5-61. This feature allows you to manage your router from a remote location via the Internet. Figure 5-61 Remote Management  Web Management Port - Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80. This router's default remote management web port number is 80. For greater security, you can change the remote management web port to a custom port by entering that number in the box provided. Choose a number between 1 and 65534 but do not use the number of any common service port.  Remote Management IP Address - This is the current address you will use when accessing your router from the Internet. This function is disabled when the IP address is set to the default value of 0.0.0.0. To enable this function change 0.0.0.0 to a valid IP address. If set to 255.255.255.255, then all the hosts can access the router from internet.  Note: 1. To access the router, you should type your router's WAN IP address into your browser's address (in IE) or Location (in Navigator) box, followed by a colon and the custom port number. For example, if your router's WAN address is 202.96.12.8, and the port number used is 8080, please enter http://202.96.12.8:8080 in your browser. Later, you may be asked for the router's password. After successfully entering the username and password, you will be able to access the router's web-based utility. 2. Be sure to change the router's default password to a very secure password. - 78 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 5.12 Parental Control Choose menu “Advanced→Parental Control”, and then you can configure the parental control in the screen as shown in Figure 5-62. The Parental Control function can be used to control the internet activities of the child, limit the child to access certain websites and restrict the time of surfing. Figure 5-62 Parental Control Settings  Parental Control - Check Enable if you want this function to take effect; otherwise, check Disable.  MAC Address of Parental PC - In this field, enter the MAC address of the controlling PC, or you can make use of the Copy To Above button below.  MAC Address of Your PC - This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing this router. If the MAC Address of your adapter is registered, you can click the Copy To Above button to fill this address to the MAC Address of Parental PC field above.  Website Description - Description of the allowed website for the PC controlled.  Schedule - The time period allowed for the PC controlled to access the Internet. For detailed information, please go to “Advanced→Access Control→Schedule”.  Status - Check to enable the corresponding entry.  Modify - Here you can edit or delete an existing entry. To add a new entry, please follow the steps below. 1. Click the Add New… button and the next screen will pop-up as shown in Figure 5-63. - 79 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-63 Add or Modify Parental Control Entry 2. Enter the MAC address of the PC (e.g. 00-11-22-33-44-AA) you’d like to control in the MAC Address of Child PC field, or you can choose the MAC address from the All Address in Current LAN drop-down list. 3. Give a description (e.g. Allow Google) for the website allowed to be accessed in the Website Description field. 4. Enter the allowed website name, e.g. www.google.com. 5. Select the schedule (e.g. Schedule_1) you want from the Effective Time drop-down list. If there are not suitable schedules for you, please go to “Access Control->Schedule” page to create the schedule you need. 6. In the Status field, you can select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable your entry. 7. Click the Save button. Click the Enable All button to enable all the rules in the list. Click the Disable All button to disable all the rules in the list. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries in the table. Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Previous button to return to the previous page. For example: If you desire that the child PC with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA can access www.google.com on Saturday only, while the parent PC with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-BB is without any restriction, you should follow the settings below. - 80 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 1. Click “Parental Control” menu on the left to enter the Parental Control Settings page. Check Enable and enter the MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-BB in the MAC Address of Parental PC field. 2. Click “Advanced→Access Control→Schedule” on the left to enter the Schedule Settings page. Click Add New... button to create a new schedule with Schedule Description is Schedule_1, Day is Sat and Time is all day-24 hours. 3. Click “Parental Control” menu on the left to go back to the Add or Modify Parental Control Entry page: 1) Click Add New... button. 2) Enter 00-11-22-33-44-AA in the MAC Address of Child PC field. 3) Enter “Allow Google” in the Website Description field. 4) Enter “www.google.com” in the Allowed Website Name field. 5) Select “Schedule_1” you create just now from the Effective Time drop-down list. 6) In Status field, select Enable. 4. Click Save to complete the settings. Then you will go back to the Parental Control Settings page and see the following list. 5.13 Access Control Figure 5-64 Access Control There are four submenus under the Access Control menu as shown in Figure 5-64: Rule, Host, Target and Schedule. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. - 81 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 5.13.1 Rule Choose menu “Advanced→Access Control→Rule”, and then you can view and set Access Control rules in the screen as shown in Figure 5-65. Figure 5-65 Access Control Rule Management  Enable Internet Access Control - Select the checkbox to enable the Internet Access Control function, so the Default Filter Policy can take effect.  Rule Name - Displays the name of the rule and this name is unique.  Host - Displays the host selected in the corresponding rule.  Target - Displays the target selected in the corresponding rule.  Schedule - Displays the schedule selected in the corresponding rule.  Status - Displays the status of the rule, enabled or not. Select the corresponding checkbox to enable the entry.  Modify - Here you can edit or delete an existing rule.  Setup Wizard - Click the Setup Wizard button to create a new rule entry.  Add New... - Click the Add New... button to add a new rule entry.  Enable All - Click the Enable All button to enable all the rules in the list.  Disable All - Click the Disable All button to disable all the rules in the list.  Delete All - Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries in the table. - 82 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Move - You can change the entry’s order as desired. Enter in the first box the ID number of the entry you want to move and in the second box another ID number, and then click the Move button to change the entries’ order. Click the Next button to go to the next page. Click the Previous button to return to the previous page. There are two methods to add a new rule. Method One: 1. Click Setup Wizard button and the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 5-66. Figure 5-66 Quick Setup – Create a Host Entry  Host Description - In this field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1).  Mode - Here are two options, IP Address and MAC Address. You can select either of them from the drop-down list. If the IP Address is selected, you can see the following item:  LAN IP Address - Enter the IP address or address range of the host in dotted-decimal format (e.g. 192.168.0.23). If the MAC Address is selected, you can see the following item:  MAC Address - Enter the MAC address of the host in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format (e.g. 00-11-22-33-44-AA). 2. Click Next when finishing creating the host entry. The next screen will appear as shown in Figure 5-67. - 83 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-67 Quick Setup – Create an Access Target Entry  Target Description - In this field, create a description for the target. Note that this description should be unique (e.g. Target_1).  Mode - Here are two options, IP Address and Domain Name. You can choose either of them from the drop-down list. If the IP Address is selected, you will see the following items:  IP Address - Enter the IP address (or address range) of the target (targets) in dotted-decimal format (e.g. 192.168.0.33).  Target Port - Specify the port or port range for the target. For some common service ports, you can make use of the Common Service Port item below.  Protocol - Here are four options, All, TCP, UDP, and ICMP. Select one of them from the drop-down list for the target.  Common Service Port - Lists some common service ports. Select one from the drop-down list and the corresponding port number will be filled in the Target Port field automatically. For example, if you select "FTP", "21" will be filled in the Target Port automatically. If the Domain Name is selected, you will see the following items:  Domain Name - Here you can enter 4 domain names, either the full name or the keywords (for example, google). Any domain name with keywords in it (www.google.com, www.google.cn) will be blocked or allowed. 3. Click Next when finishing creating the access target entry, and the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 5-68. - 84 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-68 Quick Setup – Create an Advanced Schedule Entry  Schedule Description - In this field, create a description for the schedule. Note that this description should be unique (e.g. Schedule_1).  Day - Choose Select Days and select the certain day (days), or choose Everyday.  Time - Select "all day-24 hours" checkbox, or deselect the checkbox and specify the Start Time and Stop Time manually.  Start Time - Enter the start time in HHMM format (HHMM are 4 numbers). For example 0800 is 8:00.  Stop Time - Enter the stop time in HHMM format (HHMM are 4 numbers). For example 2000 is 20:00. 4. Click Next when finishing creating the advanced schedule entry. The next screen will appear as shown in Figure 5-69. Figure 5-69 Quick Setup – Create an Internet Access Control Entry  Rule Name - In this field, create a name for the rule. Note that this name should be unique (e.g. Rule_1).  Host - In this field, select a host from the drop-down list for the rule. The default value is the Host Description you set just now. - 85 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Target - In this filed, select a target from the drop-down list for the rule.  Schedule - In this field, select a schedule from the drop-down list for the rule.  Status - In this field, there are two options, Enabled or Disabled. Select Enabled so that the rule will take effect. Select Disabled so that the rule won't take effect. 5. Click Finish to complete adding a new rule. Method Two: 1. Click the Add New… button and the next screen will pop up as shown in Figure 5-70. 2. Give a name (e.g. Rule_1) for the rule in the Rule Name field. 3. Select a host from the Host drop-down list or choose “Click Here To Add New Host List”. 4. Select a target from the Target drop-sown list or choose “Click Here To Add New Target List”. 5. Select a schedule from the Schedule drop-down list or choose “Click Here To Add New Schedule”. 6. In the Status field, select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable your entry. 7. Click the Save button. Figure 5-70 Add Internet Access Control Entry For example: If you desire to allow the host with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA to access www.google.com only from 18:00 to 20:00 on Saturday and Sunday, and forbid other hosts in the LAN to access the Internet, you should follow the settings below: 1. Click the menu Access Control on the left. Select Enable Internet Access Control and choose "Allow the packets specified by any enabled access control policy to pass through the router". 2. Click Setup Wizard button. 3. Add a new host with the Host Description is Host_1 and MAC Address is 00-11-22-33-44-AA, and click Next. - 86 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 4. Add a new target with the Target Description is Target_1 and Domain Name is www.google.com, and click Next. 5. Add a new schedule with the Schedule Description is Schedule_1, Day is Sat and Sun, Start Time is 1800 and Stop Time is 2000, and click Next. 6. Add a new rule with the Rule Description is Rule_1, Host is Host_1, Target is Target_1, Schedule is Schedule_1, Status is Enabled, and click Finish. Then you will go back to the Access Control Rule Management page and see the following list. 5.13.2 Host Choose menu “Advanced→Access Control→Host”, and then you can view and set a Host list in the screen as shown in Figure 5-71. The host list is necessary for the Access Control Rule. Figure 5-71 Host Settings  Host Description - Displays the description of the host and this description is unique.  Information - Displays the information about the host. It can be IP or MAC.  Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry. To add a new entry, please follow the steps below. 1. Click the Add New… button. 2. In the Mode field, select IP Address or MAC Address. 1) If you select IP Address, the screen is shown as Figure 5-72.  In Host Description field, create a unique description for the host, e.g. Host_1.  In LAN IP Address field, enter the IP address. - 87 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-72 Add or Modify a Host Entry 2) If you select MAC Address, the screen is shown as Figure 5-73.  In Host Description field, create a unique description for the host, e.g. Host_1.  In MAC Address field, enter the MAC address. Figure 5-73 Add or Modify a Host Entry 3. Click the Save button to complete the settings. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries in the table. Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Previous button to return to the previous page. For example: If you desire to restrict the internet activities of host with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA, you should first follow the settings below: 1. Click Add New... button in Figure 5-71 to enter the Add or Modify a Host Entry page. 2. In Mode field, select MAC Address from the drop-down list. 3. In Host Description field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). 4. In MAC Address field, enter 00-11-22-33-44-AA. 5. Click Save to complete the settings. Then you will go back to the Host Settings page and see the following list. - 88 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 5.13.3 Target Choose menu “Advanced→Access Control→Target”, and then you can view and set a Target list in the screen as shown in Figure 5-74. The target list is necessary for the Access Control Rule. Figure 5-74 Target Settings  Target Description - Displays the description about the target and this description is unique.  Information - The target can be IP address, port, or domain name.  Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry. To add a new entry, please follow the steps below. 1. Click the Add New… button. 2. In Mode field, select IP Address or Domain Name. 3. If you select IP Address, the screen is shown as Figure 5-75. Figure 5-75 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry 1) In Target Description field, create a unique description for the target, e.g. Target_1. 2) In IP Address field, enter the IP address of the target. 3) Select a common service from Common Service Port drop-down list, so that the Target Port will be automatically filled. If the Common Service Port drop-down list doesn’t have the service you want, specify the Target Port manually. 4) In Protocol field, select TCP, UDP, ICMP or ALL from the drop-down list. 4. If you select Domain Name, the screen is shown as Figure 5-76. - 89 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-76 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry 1) In Target Description field, create a unique description for the target, e.g. Target_1. 2) In Domain Name field, enter the domain name, either the full name or the keywords (e.g. google) in the blank. Any domain name with keywords in it (www.google.com, www.google.cn) will be blocked or allowed. You can enter 4 domain names. 5. Click the Save button. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries in the table. Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Previous button to return to the previous page. For example: If you desire to restrict the internet activities of host with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA in the LAN to access www.google.com only, you should first follow the settings below: 1. Click Add New… button in Figure 5-74. 2. In Mode field, select Domain Name from the drop-down list. 3. In Target Description field, create a unique description for the target, e.g. Target_1. 4. In Domain Name field, enter www.google.com. 5. Click Save to complete the settings. Then you will go back to the Target Settings page and see the following list. 5.13.4 Schedule Choose menu “Advanced→Access Control→Schedule”, and then you can view and set a schedule in the next screen as shown in Figure 5-77. The schedule is necessary for the Access Control Rule. - 90 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-77 Schedule Settings  Schedule Description - Displays the description of the schedule and this description is unique.  Day - Displays the day(s) in a week.  Time - Displays the time period in a day.  Modify - Here you can edit or delete an existing schedule. To add a new schedule, follow the steps below: 1. Click Add New... button shown in Figure 5-77 and the next screen will pop-up as shown in Figure 5-78. 2. In Schedule Description field, create a unique description for the schedule, e.g. Schedule_1. 3. In Day field, select the day or days you need. 4. In Time field, you can select all day-24 hours or you may enter the Start Time and Stop Time in the corresponding field. 5. Click Save to complete the settings. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries in the table. Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Previous button to return to the previous page. Figure 5-78 Advanced Schedule Settings - 91 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router For example: If you desire to restrict the internet activities of host with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA to access www.google.com only from 18:00 to 20:00 on Saturday and Sunday, you should first follow the settings below: 1. Click Add New... button shown in Figure 5-77 to enter the Advanced Schedule Settings page. 2. In Schedule Description field, create a unique description for the schedule, e.g. Schedule_1. 3. In Day field, check the Select Days radio button and then select Sat and Sun. 4. In Time field, enter 1800 in Start Time field and 2000 in Stop Time field. 5. Click Save to complete the settings. Then you will go back to the Schedule Settings page and see the following list. 5.14 Advanced Routing Figure 5-79 Advanced Routing There are two submenus under the Advanced Routing menu as shown in Figure 5-79: Static Routing List and System Routing Table. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 5.14.1 Static Routing List Choose menu “Advanced→Advanced Routing→Static Routing List”, and then you can configure the static route in the next screen (shown in Figure 5-80). A static route is a pre-determined path that network information must travel to reach a specific host or network. Figure 5-80 Static Routing - 92 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router To add static routing entries: 1. Click Add New… shown in Figure 5-80, you will see the following screen. Figure 5-81 Add or Modify a Static Route Entry 2. Enter the following data:  Destination Network - The Destination Network is the address of the network or host that you want to assign to a static route.  Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask determines which portion of an IP Address is the network portion, and which portion is the host portion.  Default 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 drop-down list. 4. Click the Save button to make the entry take effect. Other configurations for the entries: Click the Delete button to delete the entry. Click the Enable All button to enable all the entries. Click the Disable All button to disable all the entries. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries. Click the Previous button to view the information in the previous screen, click the Next button to view the information in the next screen. 5.14.2 System Routing Table Choose menu “Advanced→Advanced Routing→System Routing Table”, and then you can view the System Routing Table in the next screen (shown in Figure 5-82). System routing table views all of the valid route entries in use. The Destination IP address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and Interface will be displayed for each entry. - 93 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-82 System Routing Table  Destination Network - The Destination Network is the address of the network or host to which the static route is assigned.  Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask determines which portion of an IP address is the network portion, and which portion is the host portion.  Gateway - This is the IP address of the gateway device that allows for contact between the router and the network or host.  Interface - This interface tells you either the Destination IP Address is on the LAN & WLAN (internal wired and wireless networks), or on the WAN (Internet). 5.15 Bandwidth Control Figure 5-83 Bandwidth Control There are two submenus under the Bandwidth Control menu as shown in Figure 5-83: Control Settings and Rules List. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below.  Note: Bandwidth Control will become invalid if NAT Boost is enabled. If you want to enable Bandwidth Control, please go to “Advanced→NAT Boost” to disable NAT Boost first. 5.15.1 Control Settings Choose menu “Advanced→Bandwidth Control→Control Settings”, and then you can configure the Egress Bandwidth and Ingress Bandwidth in the next screen. For optimal control of the bandwidth, please select the right Line Type and ask your ISP for the total bandwidth of the egress and ingress. - 94 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-84 Bandwidth Control Settings  Enable Bandwidth Control - Select this checkbox so that the Bandwidth Control settings can take effect.  Line Type - Select the right type for you network connection. If you don’t know how to choose, please ask your ISP for the information.  Egress Bandwidth - The upload speed through the Internet port.  Ingress Bandwidth - The download speed through the Internet port. 5.15.2 Rules List Choose menu “Advanced→Bandwidth Control→Rules List”, and then you can view and configure the Bandwidth Control rules in the screen below. Figure 5-85 Bandwidth Control Rules List  Description - This is the information about the rules such as address range.  Egress bandwidth - This field displays the max and mix upload bandwidth through the Internet port, the default is 0.  Ingress bandwidth - This field displays the max and mix download bandwidth through the Internet port, the default is 0.  Enable - This displays the status of the rule.  Modify - Click Modify to edit the rule. Click Delete to delete the rule. - 95 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router To add/modify a Bandwidth Control rule, follow the steps below. 1. Click Add New… shown in Figure 5-85, you will see a new screen shown in Figure 5-86. 2. Enter the information like the screen shown below. Figure 5-86 Bandwidth Control Rule Settings 3. Click the Save button. 5.16 IP & MAC Binding Figure 5-87 the IP & MAC Binding menu There are two submenus under the IP &MAC Binding menu, shown in Figure 5-87: Binding Settings and ARP List. Click any of them, and you will be able to scan or configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 5.16.1 Binding Settings Choose menu “Advanced→Bandwidth Control→Binding Setting”, you can configure the IP & MAC binding rules in the screen as shown in Figure 5-88. - 96 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-88 Binding Setting  MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN.  IP Address - The assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN.  Bind - Check this option to enable ARP binding for a specific device.  Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry. 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 5-89. Figure 5-89 IP & MAC Binding Setting (Add & Modify) To add IP & MAC Binding entries, follow the steps below. 1. Click the Add New... button as shown in Figure 5-88. 2. Enter the MAC Address and IP Address. 3. Select the Bind checkbox. 4. Click the Save button to save it. To modify or delete an existing entry, follow the steps below. 1. Find the desired entry in the table. 2. Click Modify or Delete as desired on the Modify column. To find an existing entry, follow the steps below. - 97 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 1. Click the Find button in Figure 5-88. 2. Enter the MAC Address or IP Address. 3. Click the Find button in Figure 5-90. Figure 5-90 Find IP & MAC Binding Entry Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. 5.16.2 ARP List Choose menu “Advanced→Bandwidth Control→ARP List”, you can see the ARP List, showing all the existing IP & MAC Binding entries as shown in Figure 5-91. 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 also configure the items on the ARP list. Figure 5-91 ARP List 1. MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN. 2. IP Address - The assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN. 3. Status - Indicates whether or not the MAC and IP addresses are bound. 4. Configure - Load or delete an item.  Load - Load the item to the IP & MAC Binding list.  Delete - Delete the item. Click the Bind All button to bind all the current items, available after enable. Click the Load All button to load all items to the IP & MAC Binding list. Click the Refresh button to refresh all items. - 98 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Note: An item could not be loaded to the IP & MAC Binding 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. 5.17 Dynamic DNS Choose menu “Dynamic DNS”, and you can configure the Dynamic DNS function. The router offers the DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) feature, which allows the hosting of a website, FTP server, or e-mail server with a fixed domain name (named by yourself) and a dynamic IP address, and then your friends can connect to your server by entering your domain name no matter what your IP address is. Before using this feature, you need to sign up for DDNS service providers such as www.comexe.cn, dyn.com/dns, or www.no-ip.com. The Dynamic DNS client service provider will give you a password or key. 5.17.1 Comexe.cn DDNS If the dynamic DNS Service Provider you select is www.comexe.cn, the page will appear as shown in Figure 5-92. Figure 5-92 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the Domain Name your dynamic DNS service provider gave. 2. Enter the User Name for your DDNS account. 3. Enter the Password for your DDNS account. 4. Click the Login button to login the DDNS service. - 99 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Connection Status -The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Click Logout to log out of the DDNS service.  Note: If you want to login again with another account after a successful login, please click the Logout button, then input your new username and password and click the Login button. 5.17.2 Dyn.com/dns DDNS If the dynamic DNS Service Provider you select is dyn.com/dns, the page will appear as shown in Figure 5-93. Figure 5-93 Dyndns.org DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the User Name for your DDNS account. 2. Enter the Password for your DDNS account. 3. Enter the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider. 4. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS service. Connection Status -The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Click Logout to logout of the DDNS service.  Note: If you want to login again with another account after a successful login, please click the Logout button, then input your new username and password and click the Login button. 5.17.3 No-ip.com DDNS If the dynamic DNS Service Provider you select is www.no-ip.com, the page will appear as shown in Figure 5-94. - 100 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-94 No-ip.com DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the User Name for your DDNS account. 2. Enter the Password for your DDNS account. 3. Enter the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider. 4. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS service. Connection Status - The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Click Logout to log out the DDNS service.  Note: If you want to login again with another account after a successful login, please click the Logout button, then input your new username and password and click the Login button. 5.18 IPv6 Support Figure 5-95 IPv6 Support There are two submenus under the IPv6 Support menu (shown in Figure 5-95): IPv6 Status and IPv6 Setup. Click either of them, and you will be able to scan or configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. - 101 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 5.18.1 IPv6 Status Figure 5-96 IPv6 Status The IPv6 Status page displays the router's current IPv6 status and configuration. All information is read-only.  WAN • Connection Type - The IPv6 connection way for WAN • IPv6 Address - The WAN IPv6 address • IPv6 Default Gateway - The router's default gateway • Primary IPv6 DNS - The primary IPv6 DNS address • Secondary IPv6 DNS - The secondary IPv6 DNS address  LAN • IPv6 Address Assign Type - There are two types of assignation for IPv6 address: SLAAC (Stateless address auto-configuration) and DHCPv6 (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6) Server. 1) SLAAC • IPv6 Address Prefix -The Prefix of IPv6 Address 2) DHCPv6 Server • Release Time - the length of time a network user will be allowed to keep connecting to the router with the current DHCPv6 Address. Enter the amount of time (in seconds) that the DHCPv6 address will be leased. The time range is 1~691200 seconds. The default value is 86400 seconds. • IPv6 Address - Displays the LAN IPv6 Address. - 102 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 5.18.2 IPv6 Setup Figure 5-97 Enable/Disable IPv6  Enable IPv6 - Tick the checkbox to enable the IPv6 function. It’s enabled by default.  WAN Connection Type - Choose the correct WAN connection type based on your ISP network topology. • DHCPv6 - Connections which use dynamic IPv6 address assignment. • Static IPv6 - Connections which use static IPv6 address assignment. • PPPoEv6 - Connections which use PPPoEV6 that requires a user name and password. • Tunnel 6to4 - Connections which use 6to4 address assignment. Different types of WAN connection require you to do different settings. Below are the detailed explanations for the respective type. - 103 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 1) DHCPv6 Figure 5-98 DHCPv6 - SLAAC Figure 5-98 DHCPv6 – DHCPv6 Server  Get non-temporary IPv6 address - Get a non-temporary IPv6 address from the ISP. - 104 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Get IPv6 prefix delegation - Get a temporary IPv6 address and IPv6 prefix from the ISP, the temporary IPv6 address is set to the WAN port, and the LAN port advertise IPv6 address by RADVD or DHCPs.  IPv6 Address - The IPv6 address assigned by your ISP dynamically. Click the Renew button to renew the IPv6 parameters from your ISP. Click the Release button to release the IPv6 parameters from your ISP. If your ISP gives you one or two DNS IPv6 addresses, select Use the following IPv6 DNS Servers and enter the Primary IPv6 DNS and Secondary IPv6 DNS into the correct fields. Otherwise, the DNS servers will be assigned from ISP dynamically.  Primary IPv6 DNS - Enter the DNS IPv6 address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.  Secondary IPv6 DNS - Enter another DNS IPv6 address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.  Note: If you get Address not found error when you access a Web site, it is likely that your DNS servers are set up improperly. You should contact your ISP to get DNS server addresses.  IPv6 Address Assign Type - There are two types of assignation for IPv6 address: SLAAC (Stateless address auto-configuration) and DHCPv6 (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6) Server. SLAAC • IPv6 Address Prefix -The Prefix of IPv6 Address. DHCPv6 Server • IPv6 Address Prefix -The Prefix of IPv6 Address. • Release Time - the length of time a network user will be allowed to keep connecting to the router with the current DHCPv6 Address. Enter the amount of time (in seconds) that the DHCPv6 address will be leased. The time range is 1~691200 seconds. The default value is 86400 seconds.  LAN IPv6 Address - Displays the LAN IPv6 Address. - 105 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 2) Static IPv6 Figure 5-99 Static IPv6 - SLAAC Figure 5-99 Static IPv6 – DHCPv6 Server  IPv6 Address - Enter the IPv6 address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.  Default Gateway - Enter the default gateway in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP. - 106 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. For some ISPs, you may need to modify the MTU. But this is rarely required, and should not be done unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP connection.  Primary DNS - Enter the DNS IPv6 address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.  Secondary DNS - Enter another DNS IPv6 address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.  IPv6 Address Assign Type - There are two types of assignation for IPv6 address: SLAAC (Stateless address auto-configuration) and DHCPv6 (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6) Server. SLAAC • IPv6 Address Prefix -The Prefix of IPv6 Address DHCPv6 Server • IPv6 Address Prefix -The Prefix of IPv6 Address • Release Time - the length of time a network user will be allowed to keep connecting to the router with the current DHCPv6 Address. Enter the amount of time (in seconds) that the DHCPv6 address will be leased. The time range is 1~691200 seconds. The default value is 86400 seconds.  LAN IPv6 Address - Displays the LAN IPv6 Address. 3) PPPoEv6 Figure 5-100 PPPoEv6 - SLAAC - 107 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-100 PPPoEv6 – DHCPv6 Server  User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive.  Get IPv6 Address Way • Get non-temporary IPv6 address - Get a non-temporary IPv6 address by DHCPv6 from the ISP. • Get IPv6 prefix delegation - Get a prefix delegation IPv6 address by DHCPv6 from the ISP, and the clients in LAN create IPv6 address with the delegation. • Use IP address specified by ISP - Input a static IPv6 address from the ISP Click the Connect button to connect immediately. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately.  IPv6 Address Assign Type - There are two types of assignation for IPv6 address: SLAAC (Stateless address auto-configuration) and DHCPv6 (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6) Server. SLAAC • IPv6 Address Prefix -The Prefix of IPv6 Address DHCPv6 Server • IPv6 Address Prefix -The Prefix of IPv6 Address • Release Time - the length of time a network user will be allowed to keep connecting to the router with the current DHCPv6 Address. Enter the amount of time (in seconds) that the - 108 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router DHCPv6 address will be leased. The time range is 1~691200 seconds. The default value is 86400 seconds.  LAN IPv6 Address - Displays the LAN IPv6 Address. 4) Tunnel 6to4 Figure 5-101 Tunnel 6to4 - SLAAC - 109 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-101 Tunnel 6to4 – DHCPv6 Server  Address/Subnet Mask/Default Gateway - the IPv4 address/ subnet mask/ default gateway assigned, in dotted-decimal notation.  MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1480 Bytes. For some ISPs, you may need to modify the MTU. But this is rarely required, and should not be done unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP connection. If your ISP gives you one or two DNS IPv6 addresses, select Use the following IPv6 DNS Servers and enter the Primary IPv6 DNS and Secondary IPv6 DNS into the correct fields. Otherwise, the DNS servers will be assigned from ISP dynamically.  Primary IPv6 DNS - Enter the DNS IPv6 address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.  Secondary IPv6 DNS - Enter another DNS IPv6 address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.  IPv6 Address Assign Type - There are two types of assignation for IPv6 address: SLAAC (Stateless address auto-configuration) and DHCPv6 (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6) Server. SLAAC • IPv6 Address Prefix -The Prefix of IPv6 Address DHCPv6 Server • IPv6 Address Prefix -The Prefix of IPv6 Address - 110 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router • Release Time - the length of time a network user will be allowed to keep connecting to the router with the current DHCPv6 Address. Enter the amount of time (in seconds) that the DHCPv6 address will be leased. The time range is 1~691200 seconds. The default value is 86400 seconds.  IPv6 Address - Displays the LAN IPv6 Address. 5.19 System Tools Figure 5-102 The System Tools menu Choose menu “System Tools”, and you can see the submenus under the main menu: Time Settings, Diagnostic, Firmware Upgrade, Factory Defaults, Backup & Restore, Reboot, Password, System Log and Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding functions. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 5.19.1 Time Settings Choose menu “Advanced→System Tools→Time Settings”, and then you can configure the time on the following screen. - 111 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-103 Time settings  Time Zone - Select your local time zone from this pull down list.  Date - Enter your local date in MM/DD/YY into the right blanks.  Time - Enter your local time in HH/MM/SS into the right blanks.  NTP Server I / NTP Server II - Enter the address or domain of the NTP Server I or NTP Server II, and then the router will get the time from the NTP Server preferentially. In addition, the router built-in some common NTP Servers, so it can get time automatically once it connects the Internet.  Enable Daylight Saving - Check the box to enable the Daylight Saving function.  Start - The time to start the Daylight Saving. Select the month in the first field, the week in the second field, the day in the third field and the time in the last field.  End - The time to end the Daylight Saving. Select the month in the first field, the week in the second field, the day in the third field and the time in the last field.  Daylight Saving Status - Displays the status whether the Daylight Saving is in use. To set time manually: 1. Select your local time zone. 2. Enter the Date in Month/Day/Year format. 3. Enter the Time in Hour/Minute/Second format. 4. Click Save. - 112 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router To set time automatically: 1. Select your local time zone. 2. Enter the address or domain of the NTP Server I or NTP Server II. 3. Click the Get GMT button to get system time from Internet if you have connected to the Internet. To set Daylight Saving: 1. Check the box to enable Daylight Saving. 2. Select the start time from the drop-down lists in the Start field. 3. Select the end time from the drop-down lists in the End field. 4. Click the Save button to save the settings. Figure 5-104 Time settings  Note: 1. This setting will be used for some time-based functions such as firewall. You must specify your time zone once you login to the router successfully; otherwise, these functions will not take effect. 2. The time will be lost if the router is turned off. 3. The router will automatically obtain GMT from the Internet if it is configured accordingly. 4. The Daylight Saving will take effect one minute after the configurations are completed. 5.19.2 Diagnostic Choose menu “Advanced→System Tools→Diagnostic”, and then you can transact Ping or Traceroute function to check connectivity of your network in the following screen. - 113 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-105 Diagnostic Tools  Diagnostic Tool - Check the radio button to select one diagnostic too.  Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name resolution to a given host or gateway.  Traceroute - This diagnostic tool tests the performance of a connection.  Note: You can use ping/traceroute to test both numeric IP address or domain name. If pinging/tracerouting the IP address is successful, but pinging/tracerouting the domain name is not, you might have a name resolution problem. In this case, ensure that the domain name you are specifying can be resolved by using Domain Name System (DNS) queries.  IP Address/Domain Name - Enter the IP Address or Domain Name of the PC whose connection you wish to diagnose.  Pings Count - Specifies the number of Echo Request messages sent. The default is 4.  Ping Packet Size - Specifies the number of data bytes to be sent. The default is 64.  Ping Timeout - Time to wait for a response, in milliseconds. The default is 800.  Traceroute Max TTL - Set the maximum number of hops (max TTL to be reached) in the path to search for the target (destination). The default is 20. Click Start to check the connectivity of the Internet. The Diagnostic Results page displays the result of diagnosis. If the result is similar to the following screen, the connectivity of the Internet is fine. - 114 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-106 Diagnostic Results  Note: 1. Only one user can use the diagnostic tools at one time. 2. "Ping Count", "Ping Packet Size" and "Ping Timeout" are Ping Parameters, and "Traceroute Max TTL" is Traceroute Parameter. 5.19.3 Firmware Upgrade Choose menu “Advanced→System Tools→Firmware Upgrade”, and then you can update the latest version of firmware for the router on the following screen. Figure 5-107 Firmware Upgrade  Firmware Version - Displays the current firmware version.  Hardware Version - Displays the current hardware version. The hardware version of the upgrade file must accord with the router’s current hardware version. To upgrade the router's firmware, follow these instructions below: 1. Download a most recent firmware upgrade file from our website (www.tp-link.com). 2. Enter or select the path name where you save the downloaded file on the computer into the File blank. 3. Click the Upgrade button. 4. The router will reboot while the upgrading has been finished. - 115 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Note: 1) New firmware versions are posted at www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. There is no need to upgrade the firmware unless the new firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experiencing problems caused by the router rather than the configuration, you can try to upgrade the firmware. 2) When you upgrade the router's firmware, you may lose its current configurations, so before upgrading the firmware please write down some of your customized settings to avoid losing important settings. 3) Do not turn off the router or press the Reset button while the firmware is being upgraded. Loss of power during the upgrade could damage the router. 4) The firmware version must correspond to the hardware. 5) The upgrade process takes a few moments and the router restarts automatically when the upgrade is complete. 5.19.4 Factory Defaults Choose menu “Advanced→System Tools→Factory Defaults”, and then and you can restore the configurations of the router to factory defaults on the following screen Figure 5-108 Restore Factory Default Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their default values.  The default User Name: admin  The default Password: admin  The default Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0  Note: All changed settings will be lost when defaults are restored. 5.19.5 Backup & Restore Choose menu “Advanced→System Tools→Backup & Restore”, and then you can save the current configuration of the router as a backup file and restore the configuration via a backup file as shown in Figure 5-109. - 116 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-109 Backup & Restore Configuration  Click the Backup button to save all configuration settings as a backup file in your local computer.  To upgrade the router's configuration, follow these instructions. • Click the Browse button to find the configuration file which you want to restore. • Click the Restore button to update the configuration with the file whose path is the one you have input or selected in the blank.  Note: The current configuration will be covered with the uploading configuration file. Wrong process will lead the device unmanaged. The restoring process lasts for 20 seconds and the router will restart automatically then. Keep the power of the router on during the process, in case of any damage. 5.19.6 Reboot Choose menu “Advanced→System Tools→Reboot”, and then you can click the Reboot button to reboot the router via the next screen. Figure 5-110 Reboot the router Some settings of the router will take effect only after rebooting, which include • Change the LAN IP Address (system will reboot automatically). • Change the DHCP Settings. • Change the Wireless configurations. • Change the Web Management Port. • Upgrade the firmware of the router (system will reboot automatically). • Restore the router's settings to factory defaults (system will reboot automatically). • Update the configuration with the file (system will reboot automatically. - 117 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 5.19.7 Password Choose menu “Advanced→System Tools→Password”, and then you can change the factory default user name and password of the router in the next screen as shown in Figure 5-111. Figure 5-111 Password It is strongly recommended that you should change the factory default user name and password of the router, because all users who try to access the router's Web-based utility or Quick Setup will be prompted for the router's default user name and password.  Note: The new user name and password must not exceed 15 characters in length and not include any spaces. Enter the new Password twice to confirm it. Click the Save button when finished. Click the Clear All button to clear all. 5.19.8 System Log Choose menu “Advanced→System Tools→System Log”, and then you can view the logs of the router. - 118 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-112 System Log  Auto Mail Feature - Indicates whether auto mail feature is enabled or not.  Mail Settings - Set the receiving and sending mailbox address, server address, validation information as well as the timetable for Auto Mail Feature, as shown in Figure 5-113. Figure 5-113 Mail Account Settings • From - Your mail box address. The router would connect it to send logs. • To - Recipient’s address. The destination mailbox where the logs would be received. • SMTP Server - Your smtp server. It corresponds with the mailbox filled in the From field. You can log on the relevant website for help if you are not clear with the address. • Authentication - Most SMTP Server requires Authentication. It is required by most mailboxes that need User Name and Password to log in. - 119 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Note: Only when you select Authentication, do you have to enter the User Name and Password in the following fields. • User Name - Your mail account name filled in the From field. The part behind @ is excluded. • Password - Your mail account password. • Confirm The Password - Enter the password again to confirm. • Enable Auto Mail Feature - Select it to mail logs automatically. You could mail the current logs either at a specified time every day or by intervals, but only one could be the current effective rule. Enter the desired time or intervals in the corresponding field as shown in Figure 5-113. Click Save to keep your settings. Click Back to return to the previous page.  Log Type - By selecting the log type, only logs of this type will be shown.  Log Level - By selecting the log level, only logs of this level will be shown.  Refresh - Refresh the page to show the latest log list.  Save Log - Click to save all the logs in a txt file.  Mail Log - Click to send an email of current logs manually according to the address and validation information set in Mail Settings.  Clear Log - All the logs will be deleted from the router permanently, not just from the page. Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Previous button to return to the previous page. 5.19.9 Statistics Choose menu “Advanced→System Tools→Statistics”, and then you can view the statistics of the router, including total traffic and current traffic of the last Packets Statistic Interval.  Note: Statistics will become invalid if NAT Boost is enabled. If you want to enable Statistics, please go to “Advanced→NAT Boost” to disable NAT Boost first. - 120 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure 5-114 Statistics  Current Statistics Status - Enable or Disable. The default value is disabled. To enable it, click the Enable button. If it is disabled, the function of DoS protection in Security settings will be disabled.  Packets Statistics Interval （5-60） - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the drop-down list. The Packets Statistic interval indicates the time section of the packets statistic.  Sorted Rules - Choose how the displayed statistics are sorted. Select the Auto-refresh checkbox to refresh automatically. Click the Refresh button to refresh immediately. Click Reset All to reset the values of all the entries to zero. Click Delete All to delete all entries in the table. - 121 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Statistics Table: IP/MAC Address The IP and MAC address are displayed with related statistics. Total Packets The total number of packets received and transmitted by the router. Bytes The total number of bytes received and transmitted by the router. Current Packets The total number of packets received and transmitted in the last Packets Statistic interval seconds. Bytes The total number of bytes received and transmitted in the last Packets Statistic interval seconds. ICMP Tx The number of the ICMP packets transmitted to WAN per second at the specified Packets Statistics interval. It is shown like “current transmitting rate / Max transmitting rate”. UDP Tx The number of UDP packets transmitted to the WAN per second at the specified Packets Statistics interval. It is shown like “current transmitting rate / Max transmitting rate”. TCP SYN Tx The number of TCP SYN packets transmitted to the WAN per second at the specified Packets Statistics interval. It is shown like “current transmitting rate / Max transmitting rate”. Modify Reset Reset the value of the entry to zero. Delete Delete the existing entry in the table. There would be 5 entries on each page. Click Previous to return to the previous page and Next to the next page. - 122 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) First, configure the ADSL Modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. 2) Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL Modem to the Internet port on the router. The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of the ADSL Modem. 3) Login to the router, click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu. On the WAN page, select “PPPoE/Russia PPPoE” for WAN Connection Type. Type user name in the “User Name” field and password in the “Password” field, type password in the “Confirm Password” field again, finish by clicking “Connect”. Figure A-1 PPPoE Connection Type 4) If your ADSL lease is in “pay-according-time” mode, select “Connect on Demand” or “Connect Manually” for Internet connection mode. Type an appropriate number for “Max Idle Time” to avoid wasting paid time. Otherwise, you can select “Auto-connecting” for Internet connection mode. Figure A-2 PPPoE Connection Mode  Note: 1. Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max Idle Time, since some applications is visiting the Internet continually in the background. 2. If you are a Cable user, please configure the router following the above steps. - 123 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 2. How do I configure the router to access Internet by Ethernet users? 1) Login to the router, click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu. On the WAN page, select “Dynamic IP” for "WAN Connection Type", finish by clicking “Save”. 2) Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter, which is connected to your cable/DSL Modem during installation. If your ISP requires MAC register, login to the router and click the "Network" menu link on the left of your browser, and then click "MAC Clone" submenu link. On the "MAC Clone" page, if your PC’s MAC address is proper MAC address, click the "Clone MAC Address" button and your PC’s MAC address will fill in the "WAN MAC Address" field. Or else, type the MAC Address into the "WAN MAC Address" field. The format for the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX. Then click the "Save" button. It will take effect after rebooting. Figure A-3 MAC Clone 3. I want to use Netmeeting, what do I need to do? 1) If you start Netmeeting as a host, you don’t need to do anything with the router. 2) If you start as a response, you need to configure Virtual Server or DMZ Host and make sure the H323 ALG is enabled. 3) How to configure Virtual Server: Log in to the router, click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click "Virtual Servers" submenu. On the "Virtual Servers" page, click Add New…. Then on the “Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry” page, enter “1720” for the “Service Port” blank, and your IP address for the “IP Address” blank, taking 192.168.0.169 for an example, remember to Enable and Save. Figure A-4 Virtual Servers - 124 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure A-5 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry  Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page. 4) How to enable DMZ Host: Log in to the router, click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click "DMZ" submenu. On the "DMZ" page, click Enable radio button and type your IP address into the “DMZ Host IP Address” field, using 192.168.0.169 as an example, remember to click the Save button. Figure A-6 DMZ 5) How to enable H323 ALG: Log in to the router, click the “Security” menu on the left of your browser, and click “Basic Security” submenu. On the “Basic Security” page, check the Enable radio button next to H323 ALG. Remember to click the Save button. - 125 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Figure A-7 Basic Security 4. I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? 1) Because the WEB Server port 80 will interfere with the WEB management port 80 on the router, you must change the WEB management port number to avoid interference. 2) To change the WEB management port number: Log in to the router, click the “Security” menu on the left of your browser, and click "Remote Management" submenu. On the "Remote Management" page, type a port number except 80, such as 88, into the "Web Management Port" field. Click Save and reboot the router. Figure A-8 Remote Management  Note: If the above configuration takes effect, you can visit and configure the router by typing http://192.168.0.1:88 (the router’s LAN IP address: Web Management Port) in the address field of the Web browser. If the LAN IP of the modem connected with your router is 192.168.0.x, the default LAN IP of the router will automatically switch from 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.1.1 to avoid IP conflict; in this case, please try http://192.168.1.1:88. - 126 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 3) Log in to the router, click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click the "Virtual Servers" submenu. On the "Virtual Servers" page, click Add New…, then on the “Add or Modify a Virtual Server” page, enter “80” into the blank next to the “Service Port”, and your IP address next to the “IP Address”, assuming 192.168.0.188 for an example, remember to Enable and Save. Figure A-9 Virtual Servers Figure A-10 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry 5. The wireless stations cannot connect to the router. 1) Make sure the "Wireless router Radio" is enabled. 2) Make sure that the wireless stations' SSID accord with the router's SSID. 3) Make sure the wireless stations have right KEY for encryption when the router is encrypted. 4) If the wireless connection is ready, but you can’t access the router, check the IP Address of your wireless stations. - 127 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Appendix B: Configuring the PC In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows XP. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter’s manual if needed. 1. Install TCP/IP component 1) On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2) Click the Network and Internet Connections icon, and then click on the Network Connections tab in the appearing window. 3) Right click the icon that showed below, select Properties on the prompt page. Figure B-1 4) In the prompt page that showed below, double click on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Figure B-2 - 128 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router 5) The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default. 6) Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server automatically, as shown in the Figure below: Figure B-3 2. Verify the network connection between your PC and the router Open a command prompt, and type ping 192.168.0.1, and then press Enter.  If the result displayed is similar to the Figure B-4, it means the connection between your PC and the router has been established well. Figure B-4 Success result of Ping command - 129 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  If the result displayed is similar to Figure B-5, it means the connection between your PC and the router failed. Figure B-5 Failure result of Ping command Please check the connection following these steps: 1. Is the connection between your PC and the router correct?  Note: The Ethernet LED on the router and LEDs on your PC's adapter should be lit. 2. Is the TCP/IP configuration for your PC correct?  Note: If the router's IP address is 192.168.0.1, your PC's IP address must be within the range of 192.168.0.2 ~ 192.168.0.254. 3. Is the default LAN IP of the router correct?  Note: If the LAN IP of the modem connected with your router is 192.168.0.x, the default LAN IP of the router will automatically switch from 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.1.1 to avoid IP conflict. Therefore, in order to verify the network connection between your PC and the router, you can open a command prompt, and type ping 192.168.1.1, and then press Enter. - 130 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11e, IEEE 802.11i, IEEE 802.1X, IEEE 802.3X, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP Ports 1 10/100/1000M Auto-Negotiation Internet RJ45 port; 4 10/100/1000M Auto-Negotiation Ethernet RJ45 ports supporting Auto MDI/MDIX; 2 USB ports supporting storage/FTP/Media/Print Server; Cabling Type 10BASE-T: UTP category 3, 4, 5 cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100Ω STP (maximum 100m) 100BASE-TX: UTP category 5, 5e cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100Ω STP (maximum 100m) 1000BASE-TX: UTP category 5, 5e cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100Ω STP (maximum 100m) LEDs (Power), (Wireless-2.4G), (Wireless-5G), (Ethernet), (Internet), (USB), (USB), (WPS) Safety & Emissions FCC, CE Wireless Frequency Band* 2.4GHz, 5GHz Radio Data Rate 11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps 11a/g: 6/9/12/18/24/36/48/54Mbps 11n: up to 450Mbps 11ac: up to 1.3Gbps Frequency Expansion DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) Modulation 11ac: 256-QAM for OFDM 11n/g/a: QPSK,BPSK,16-QAM, 64-QAM for OFDM 11b: CCK,DQPSK,DBPSK Security WEP, WPA/WPA2, WPA2-PSK/WPA-PSK Sensitivity 5G: 11a 6Mbps: -92dBm 11a 54Mbps: -74dBm 11ac HT20: -66dBm 11ac HT40: -62dBm 11ac HT80: -59dBm 2.4G: 11b 1M: -96dBm 11g 54M: -73dBm 11n HT20: -70dBm 11n HT40: -67dBm Environmental and Physical Temperature Operating: 0℃ to 40℃ (32℉ to 104℉) Storage: -40℃ to 70℃ (-40℉ to 158℉) Humidity Operating: 10% to 90% RH, Non-condensing Storage: 5% to 90% RH, Non-condensing * Only 2.412GHz~2.462GHz is allowed to be used in USA, which means only channel 1~11 is available for American users to choose. - 131 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Appendix D: Glossary  802.11ac - IEEE 802.11ac is a wireless computer networking standard of 802.11.This specification will enable multi-station WLAN throughput of at least 1 gigabit per second .This is accomplished by extending the air interface concepts embraced by 802.11n: wider RF bandwidth, more MIMO spatial streams, multi-user MIMO, and high-density modulation (up to 256 QAM).  802.11n - 802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standards by adding MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output). MIMO uses multiple transmitter and receiver antennas to allow for increased data throughput via spatial multiplexing and increased range by exploiting the spatial diversity, perhaps through coding schemes like Alamouti coding. The Enhanced Wireless Consortium (EWC) [3] was formed to help accelerate the IEEE 802.11n development process and promote a technology specification for interoperability of next-generation wireless local area networking (WLAN) products.  802.11b - The 802.11b standard specifies a wireless networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and WEP encryption for security. 802.11b networks are also referred to as Wi-Fi networks.  802.11g - specification for wireless networking at 54 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology, using OFDM modulation and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and backward compatibility with IEEE 802.11b devices, and WEP encryption for security.  DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) - The capability of assigning a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP Address.  DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - A protocol that automatically configure the TCP/IP parameters for the all the PC(s) that are connected to a DHCP server.  DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) - A Demilitarized Zone allows one local host to be exposed to the Internet for a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing.  DNS (Domain Name System) - An Internet Service that translates the names of websites into IP addresses.  Domain Name - A descriptive name for an address or group of addresses on the Internet.  DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) - A technology that allows data to be sent or received over existing traditional phone lines.  ISP (Internet Service Provider) - A company that provides access to the Internet. - 132 -
Archer C9 AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) - The size in bytes of the largest packet that can be transmitted.  NAT (Network Address Translation) - NAT technology translates IP addresses of a local area network to a different IP address for the Internet.  PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) - PPPoE is a protocol for connecting remote hosts to the Internet over an always-on connection by simulating a dial-up connection.  SSID - A Service Set Identification is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying a wireless local area network. For the wireless devices in a network to communicate with each other, all devices must be configured with the same SSID. This is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card. It corresponds to the ESSID in the wireless Access Point and to the wireless network name.  WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - A data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit or 128-bit or 152-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11 standard.  Wi-Fi - A trade name for the 802.11b wireless networking standard, given by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA, see http://www.wi-fi.net), an industry standards group promoting interoperability among 802.11b devices.  WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) - A group of computers and associated devices communicate with each other wirelessly, which network serving users are limited in a local area. - 133 -

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