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Chapter 4 Quick Installation Guide
After connecting the TL-WR543G Router into your network, you should configure it. This chapter
describes how to configure the basic functions of your TL-WR543G Wireless AP Client Router.
These procedures only take you a few minutes. You can access the Internet via the router
immediately after successfully configuring.
4.1 TCP/IP configuration
The default IP address of the TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router is 192.168.1.1. And the
default Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0. These values can be seen from the LAN. They can be
changed as you desire, as an example we use the default values for description in this guide.
Connect the local PC to the LAN ports of the router. There are then two ways to configure the IP
address for your PC.
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Configure the IP address manually
1) Set up the TCP/IP Protocol for your PC. If you need instructions as to how to do this,
please refer to Appendix B: Configuring the PC
2) Configure the network parameters. The IP address is 192.168.1.xxx ("xxx" is from 2 to
254), Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0, and Gateway is 192.168.1.1 (The router's default
IP address)
¾ Obtain an IP address automatically
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) Power off the router and PC. Then turn on the router and restart the PC. The built-in
DHCP server will assign IP address for the PC.
Now, you can run the Ping command in the command prompt to verify the network connection
between your PC and the router. The following example is in Windows 2000 OS.
Open a command prompt, and type ping 192.168.1.1, and then press Enter.
If the result displayed is similar to that shown in Figure 4-1, the connection between your PC and
the router has been established.
Figure 4-1 Success result of Ping command
If the result displayed is similar to that shown in Figure 4-2, it means that your PC has not
connected to the router.