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- TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 1
Configuration and Access of FTP Server TL-WR1042ND TL-WR1043ND TL-WR2543ND This guide applies to all the models above. TL-WR842ND Rev: 1.0.0 1910010521 - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 2
and USB Device 2 1.1 Typical Topology...2 1.2 Special Topology ...3 1.3 USB Device...3 Chapter 2. Configuration of the Wireless Router 4 Chapter 3. Access via Web Browser 8 3.1 WAN Access...8 3.2 LAN Access...12 Chapter 4. Access via PC Client Software 17 4.1 WAN Access...17 4.2 LAN Access...21 - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 3
Chapter 1. Topology and USB Device 1.1 Typical Topology Application Guide Figure 1-1 Typical Topology ) Note: 1. USB Flash Device stands for FTP Server in this topology. 2. Local PC here means the PC that is in the same subnet with the FTP Sever. Local PC can access the FTP Server by LAN (Local - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 4
of the modem to modify some settings to let the TL-WR1043ND obtain public IP or assign a specific port for FTP server application with private IP. 1.3 USB Device The USB Flash Device taken for example here is Kingston 1GB USB Flash with one volume which includes 3 folders (tplink01, tplink02 - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 5
instructions below: 1. Make sure you have a PC connected to the wireless router, either through wireless connection or wired connection. 2. Plug an external USB hard disk drive or USB flash drive into the USB port on the back panel of the Router. 3. Open a Web browser and type the Router's default - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 6
appear as shown in Figure 2-3. The IP behind Internet Address would be used to access the FTP server. Figure 2-3 FTP Server Configuration 6. Select the Enable box to enable Internet Access to FTP from WAN port. 7. Specify a Service Port for FTP Server. (The default is 21. Do not change it unless - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 7
Application Guide 10. Select the Share entire partition or a specific folder option. If you select Share entire partition, the folders contained in this partition will all be shared. Figure 2-4 Add or Modify Share Folder 11. - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 8
) Note: Application Guide 1. The max share folders number is 10. If you want to 3. Currently, there is quantitative restriction of FTP Server user. TL-WR1043ND supports 2 users at the same time, and TL-WR2543ND, TL-WR1042ND, TL-WR842ND supports 4 users at the same time. Therefore, if you want to - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 9
Here is ftp://218.18.0.163.). Figure 3-1 Input Internet Address Figure 3-2 Internet Address 2. Press the Enter key and a login window will pop up as shown below. Enter the User name and Password of the wireless router (default username: admin, default password: admin, both in lower case letters) and - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 10
Application Guide Figure 3-3 Log On 3. Now you can see the IE as Figure 3-4. Double-click the folder TP-LINK. Figure 3-4 - 9 - - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 11
4. You will see the files contained in TP-LINK as below. Application Guide Figure 3-5 5. To open a folder, right click the folder, for example tplink02, and select Open option. To download a file, right click the file, for example test03.doc, and select Copy option. Figure 3-6 - 10 - - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 12
Application Guide Figure 3-7 ) Note: When trying to open a file by double-clicking the file, an error will occur as shown in Figure 3-8. We recommend that you use Copy and Paste method to download the file on FTP Server. Figure 3-8 - 11 - - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 13
Application Guide 3.2 LAN Access 1. Go to Start->Run, input cmd as below, then click OK or press Enter key. 2. You will see the interface as below. Figure 3-9 Figure 3-10 3. Input ipconfig, and press Enter key. Write down the IP address behind Default Gateway as shown in Figure 3-11. (Here is 192 - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 14
Application Guide Figure 3-11 4. Input the address (The address written down in Step 3. Here is192.168.0.1) in IE address field in format of ftp://192.168.0.1 and then press Enter key, Figure 3-12 A login window will pop up as below. Enter the User name and Password of the wireless router (default - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 15
Application Guide Figure 3-13 5. Now you can see the IE as below, double-click the folder TP-LINK. Figure 3-14 - 14 - - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 16
6. You will see the files contained in TP-LINK as below: Application Guide Figure 3-15 7. To open a folder, right click the folder, for example tplink02, and select Open option. To download a file, right click the file, for example test03.doc, and select Copy option. Figure 3-16 - 15 - - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 17
Application Guide Figure 3-17 ) Note: When trying to open the file by double-clicking the file, an error will occur as shown in Figure 3-18. We recommend that you use Copy and Paste method to download the file on FTP Server. Figure 3-18 - 16 - - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 18
Application Guide Chapter 4. Access via PC Client Software Here we take CuteFTP Professional 8 for example. 4.1 WAN Access 1. Open the CuteFTP and it will show as below. Figure 4-1 - 17 - - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 19
Application Guide 2. Go to File->New->FTP Site or press Ctrl+N to open a new Site properties. Figure 4-2 3. Set the dialog box as below and click Connect. Label: Name of the site. Host address: The Internet Address of FTP Server configuration page (Here is 218.18.0.163). Figure 4-3 - 18 - - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 20
Application Guide Username: Default setting of the wireless router is admin in lower case letters. Password: Default setting of the wireless router is admin in lower case letters. Comments: The information that you want to record for the specific site. Login method: select Normal ¾ Normal - The user - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 21
Application Guide 4. Now you can see the folder TP-LINK in the panel. Double-click the folder. Figure 4-5 5. You will see three subfolders and three files in the TP-LINK folder. Figure 4-6 - 20 - - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 22
6. Double-click a file and it will be downloaded automatically. Application Guide ) Note: Figure 4-7 When you connect to a site, your My Documents folder is the default local folder to save your downloaded files, and the default remote folder is the folder specified when you configured the site. - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 23
2. You will see the interface as below. Application Guide Figure 4-9 3. Follow the cursor, input ipconfig and press Enter key. Write down the IP address of Default Gateway as shown in Figure 4-10. (Here is 192.168.0.1). Figure 4-10 - 22 - - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 24
4. Open the CuteFTP and it will show as below. Application Guide Figure 4-11 5. Go to File->New->FTP Site or press Ctrl+N to open a new Site properties. Figure 4-12 - 23 - - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 25
Guide 6. Set the dialog box as below and click Connect. Label: Name of the site. Host address: The IP of the Default Gateway written down in Step 3 (here is 192.168.0.1). Username: Default setting of the wireless router is admin in lower case letters. Password: Default setting of the wireless router - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 26
Application Guide 7. Now you can see the folder TP-LINK in the panel. Double-click the folder. Figure 4-14 8. You can see three subfolders and three files in the TP-LINK folder. Figure 4-15 - 25 - - TP-Link TL-WDR3500 | TL-WR842ND FTP Server Application Guide for USB function - Page 27
9. Double-click a file and it will be downloaded automatically. Application Guide ) Note: Figure 4-16 When you connect to a site, your My Documents folder is the default local folder to save your downloaded files, and the default remote folder is the folder specified when you configured the site
Configuration and Access of FTP Server
TL-WR1042ND
TL-WR1043ND
TL-WR2543ND
TL-WR842ND
This guide applies to all the models above.
Rev: 1.0.0
1910010521