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Safety Information  When product has power button, the power button is one of the way to shut off the product; when there is no power button, the only way to completely shut off power is to disconnect the product or the power adapter from the power source.  Don’t disassemble the product, or make r...

TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD TP-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 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Ro...

- I - CONTENTS Package Contents ..................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 2 1.1 Overview of the router ........................

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 1 - Package Contents The following items should be found in your package:  Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  DC Power Adapter for Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router  Quick Installation Guide  Resource CD for A...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 2 - Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview of the router The Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router integrates 4-port Switch, Firewall, NAT-router and Wireless AP. Powered by 3x3 MIMO technology, the AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Rou...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 3 - 1.2 Conventions The router or Archer C7 mentioned in this guide stands for Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router without any explanation. 1.3 Main Features  Complies with IEEE 802.11ac.  One 10/100/1000M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 In...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 4 - 1.4 Panel Layout 1.4.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 LEDs on the front panel The router’s LEDs are located on the front panel (View from left to right). Name Status Indication (Power) Off Power is off. On Power is on. (System) On The router is in...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 5 - (WPS) Slow Flash A wireless device is connecting to the network by WPS function. This process will last in the first 2 minutes. On A wireless device has been successfully added to the network by WPS function. Quick Flash A wireless device fail...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 6 -  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).  WPS/Reset: Pressing this button for less than 5 seconds enables the WP...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 7 - 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)  P...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 8 - power on the Router. (Before you power on the Router, please make sure your computer is NOT connected to any other wireless network.) Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation Figure 2-2 USB Installation  Note: If you want to use the router to share f...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 9 - Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions of your AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router using Quick Setup Wizard within minutes. 3.1 TCP/IP Configuration The default IP address of th...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 10 - Figure 3-2 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 1/2/3/4 LEDs of Ethernet ports which you link to on the router and LEDs on y...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 12 - Figure 3-6 WAN Connection Type The router provides Auto-Detect function and supports three popular ways PPPoE, Dynamic IP , and Static IP and to connect to the Internet. It’s recommended that you make use of the Auto-Detect function. If you a...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 13 -  If you are visiting the Router from the main computer, please select Yes , and then click Next .  If you are visiting the Router from another computer rather than the main computer, please select No , and then click Next .  Note: 1. It’s ...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 17 - Figure 3-11 Quick Setup – Dual Band Selection  2.4GHz - You can use the 2.4GHz band to connect to many classic wireless devices like gaming consoles, laptops, DVRs, ect.  5GHz - This band is less crowded and is used for time-sensitive music...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 18 - in your network. The default SSID is set to be TP-LINK_2.4GHz_XXXXXX. This value is case-sensitive. For example, TEST is NOT the same as test .  Region - Select your region from the drop-down list. This field specifies the region where the w...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 22 - Chapter 4. Configuring the router This chapter will show each Web page's key functions and the configuration way. 4.1 Login After your successful login, you will see the main menus on the left of the Web-based utility. On the right, there are...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 24 - 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to 3.2 Quick Installation Guide . 4.4 Network Figure 4-2 the Network menu There are four submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 4-2): WAN , LAN , MAC Clone and IPTV . Click any of them, and you will be a...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 27 -  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 ne...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 33 - 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 automatical...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 34 - Figure 4-10 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).  ...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 35 -  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...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 36 - 4.5 Dual Band Selection Choose menu “ 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 ...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 37 - 4.6 Wireless 2.4GHz Figure 4-14 Wireless menu There are six submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 4-14): Wireless Settings , WPS , Wireless Security , Wireless MAC Filtering , Wireless Advanced and Wireless Statistics . Click any ...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 39 - Figure 4-16 WDS Setting  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.  MAC Address (to be bridged) - The BSSID of the AP your rout...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 42 - III. Enter the router’s PIN on your client device Use this method if your client device asks for the router’s PIN number. Step 1: On the client device, enter the PIN number listed on the router’s Wi-Fi Protected Setup screen, shown in Figure ...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 45 - 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 ...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 47 - 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 b...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 48 -  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 f...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 49 -  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 Pac...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 54 - Use this method if your client device asks for the router’s PIN number. Step 1: On the client device, enter the PIN number listed on the router’s Wi-Fi Protected Setup screen, shown in Figure 4-32 (It is also labeled on the bottom of the rout...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 55 - Figure 4-36 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...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 60 - 4.7.5 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “ Wireless → Wireless Advanced ”, you can configure the advanced settings of your wireless network. Figure 4-42 Wireless Advanced  Transmit Power - Here you can specify the transmit power of router. You ca...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 63 -  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.  Wireless Security - You can configure the security of Guest Network here.  Access Time - During thi...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 64 -  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 Serv...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 65 -  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 sho...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 70 - 2. Click the Add New... button in Figure 4 ‑ 54, and then you will see Figure 4 ‑ 55. 3. Click Browse… to select the path name where you save the downloaded file on the computer into the File blank. 4. Click the Upload button to upload the co...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 71 - Figure 4-57 Media Server Setting Focus on the Sharing Setting section.  Network/Media Server Name - Name of the USB drive connected to the router. Network Connection is enabled by default.  Enable - The Access Method is active if the Enable...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 73 - 4.12 Forwarding Figure 4-60 The Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 4-60): Virtual Servers , Port Triggering , DMZ and UPnP . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the correspondin...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 75 - 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 We...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 77 - 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 loca...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 79 - There are four submenus under the Security menu as shown in Figure 4-67: Basic Security , Advanced Security , Local Management and Remote Management . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding functions. 4.13.1 Ba...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 80 -  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 - Inte...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 81 - Figure 4-69 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 sta...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 82 -  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.  Enable TCP-SYN-...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 83 - XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). Only the PCs with MAC address listed can 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 P...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 84 - 2. Be sure to change the router's default password to a very secure password . 4.14 Parental Control Choose menu “ Parental Control ”, and then you can configure the parental control in the screen as shown in Figure 4-72. The Parental Control...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 86 - 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 “ Access Control → Schedule ” on the left t...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 87 - 4.15.1 Rule Choose menu “ Access Control → Rule ”, and then you can view and set Access Control rules in the screen as shown in Figure 4-76. Figure 4-76 Access Control Rule Management  Enable Internet Access Control - Select the check box to...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 92 - 5) In Status field, select Enabled . 6) Click Save to complete the settings. Then you will go back to the Access Control Rule Management page and see the following list. 4.15.2 Host Choose menu “ Access Control → Host ”, and then you can view...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 93 - Figure 4-83 Add or Modify a Host Entry Figure 4-84 Add or Modify a Host Entry 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...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 96 - 4.15.4 Schedule Choose menu “ Access Control → Schedule ”, and then you can view and set a Schedule list in the next screen as shown in Figure 4-88. The Schedule list is necessary for the Access Control Rule. Figure 4-88 Schedule Settings  S...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 97 - Figure 4-89 Advanced Schedule Settings 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 foll...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 98 - 4.16.1 Static Routing List Choose menu “ Advanced Routing → Static Routing List ”, and then you can configure the static route in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-91). A static route is a pre-determined path that network information must tr...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 99 - 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. 4.16.2 System Routing Table Choose menu “ Advan...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 100 - 4.17.1 Control Settings Choose menu “ Bandwidth Control → Control Settings ”, and then you can configure the Egress Bandwidth and Ingress Bandwidth in the next screen. Their values you configure should be less than 100000Kbps. For optimal co...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 101 -  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 r...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 103 - 3. Click the Find button in the page as shown in Figure 4-101. Figure 4-101 Find IP & MAC Binding Entry Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. 4.18.2 ARP List To manage...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 105 - 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. Connection Status - The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Click Logout to ...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 110 -  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.  Get IPv6 with Unicast DHCP - A few ISPs' DHCP servers...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 111 -  Default Gateway - Enter the default gateway in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.  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 ...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 114 - 4.21.1 Time Settings Choose menu “ System Tools → Time Settings ”, and then you can configure the time on the following screen. Figure 4-114 Time settings  Time Zone - Select your local time zone from this pull down list.  Date - Enter you...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 115 - 3. Enter the Time in Hour/Minute/Second format. 4. Click Save . 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 f...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 117 -  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 ...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 118 - 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. Click Choose File to select the downloaded file. 3. Click the Upgrade button. 4. The ro...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 119 -  Note: All changed settings will be lost when defaults are restored. 4.21.5 Backup & Restore Choose menu “ System Tools → Backup & Restore ”, and then you can save the current configuration of the router as a backup file and restore...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 120 - • 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). • Re...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 121 - Figure 4-123 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 Ma...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 122 - • 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 i...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 125 - 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. ...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 128 - 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 i...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 129 -  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 co...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 130 - 4) If the wireless connection is ready, but you can’t access the router, check the IP Address of your wireless stations.

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 131 - Appendix B: Configuring the PCs 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 co...

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 132 - 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

Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - 133 - 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, IC...