TP-Link Archer C8 manual

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Dual Ban d Gigabit Rout er R EV1.0.0 191001 1049[...]

COPYRIG HT & TRADEMARKS S pecifications are subject t o change without notice. is a registered trade mark of TP - LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered tradem arks of their res pective holders. No part of the specifications m ay be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any deri[...]

FCC S T A TEMENT This equipment has bee n tested and found t o comply with the lim its for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. Thes e limits are designed to provide r easonable protec tion against harmf ul interference i n a residential installation. This equipment generat es, uses and can radiate radio frequenc y energy[...]

CE Mark W arn ing This is a class B product. In a domesti c environment, this product may caus e radio interfere nce, in which case the user m ay be required to take adequate m easures. National Restrictions This device is int ended for home and office use in all EU countries (and other countries followi ng the EU directive 199 9/5/EC) without a ny[...]

Luxembourg None General author ization requir ed for network a nd service supply (not f or spectrum) Russian Feder ation No info 5250 - 5350 MHz Country Restriction Reason/remark Bulgaria Not implemented Planned Croatia License requir ed Ital y General autho r ization requir ed if used outside o wn premises Luxembourg None General autho rization re[...]

Canadian Compliance St atement This device compli es with Industry Canada l icense - ex empt RSS standard(s). Operation i s subject to the following t wo conditions : (1) This device may not cause int erference, and (2) This device m ust accept any interferenc e, including interfe rence that may caus e undesired operation of the devic e. Cet appare[...]

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TP - LINK TECHNOLO GIES CO., L TD TP- LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Building 24 (floors 1, 3, 4, 5) , and 28 (floors 1 - 4) Central S cience and T echn ology Park, Shennan Rd, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China DECL ARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equi pment: Product Descri ption: AC1750 Wireles s Dual Band Gigabi t Router Model No.: Archer C8 T rade[...]

CONTENTS Package Contents ..................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 2 1.1 Overview of the router .............................................................................[...]

5.4.5 Wireless Advanc ed ....................................................................................... 46 5.4.6 Wireless S tatistics ......................................................................................... 47 5.5 Wireless 5GHz ................................................................................................[...]

5.14.1 S tatic Routing List ......................................................................................... 93 5.14.2 S ystem Routing T able ................................................................................... 94 5.15 Bandwidth Cont rol ........................................................................................[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 1 - Package Content s The following i tems should be found in your package:  Arc her C8 AC1750 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabi t Router  DC Power Adapter for Arc her C8 AC1750 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabi t Router  Quic k Installation Guide  Re s ource CD for Archer C8 AC1750 Wireles s Dual[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 2 - Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview of th e router The Archer C8 AC1750 Wirel ess Dual Band Gigabit Router integrates 4- port Swit ch, Firewall, N AT - router and Wireless AP . Powered by 3x 3 MIMO technolog y , t he AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router delivers except ional range and s[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 3 - 1.3 Main Features  Compl ies with IEE E 802.1 1 ac .  One 10/ 100 /1000M Auto - Negotiation RJ45 Internet port, four 10/100 /1000M Auto - Negoti ation RJ45 Ethernet port s, supporting Auto MDI/MDIX.  Provi des a USB 3.0 port and a USB 2. 0 p ort supporting f ile sharing and p ri nt [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 4 - 1.4 Panel Layout 1.4.1 The Front Panel The router ’ s LEDs are located on the f ront panel (View from left to right) . Name S t atus Indication (Power) On T he router has fini shed booting. Flashing The router is booting or u pgrading. Off Power is off. (Wireless ) On T he wireless func ti[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 5 - ( WPS ) On/Off It turns on when a wirele ss device has been successful ly c onnected to the network via WP S. Af ter about 5 minutes , the WPS LED will turn off. Slow Flash A wireles s device is trying to connect to the network via WPS. This process may take up to 2 minutes. Quick Flash A wi[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 6 - Pressing thi s button for more than 5 sec onds enables t he Reset function. Wi th the router powered on, press and hold the WPS/ Reset butt on for app roximately 8 s econds . And the n release the butt on and wait the router to rebo ot to its factory default sett ings.  Internet: This por[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 7 - Chapter 2. Connecting the router 2.1 System Requir e ment s  B roadband Internet Access Service (DSL/ Cable/Ethernet)  One DS L/Cable Modem that has an RJ45 connec tor (which is not necessary if the rout er is connected direct ly to the Ethernet)  P Cs with a working Ethernet Adapte[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 8 - Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation Figure 2-2 USB Installatio n  Note: If you want to use the router to share fil es or printer , plug the US B storage device to t he USB port or connect the print er to the router wit h a matching c able.[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 9 - Chapter 3. Quick Setup 1. Set up the TCP/I P Protocol in " Obtain an IP address automaticall y " mode on your P C. If you need instruct ions as to how to do this, please refer to Appendix B: Conf iguring the PC . 2. Open a web - browser (s uch as Microsoft Internet Explorer , Mozil[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 10 - 4. T hen WAN Connection Ty pe page will appear as shown below . Select your connection type if you know what it i s or c lick Auto Detect button ; then follow the i nstruction s t o continue.  Note: 1) It's lik ely that you will sk ip S tep 3 and jump to S tep 4 in some situations ,[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 - St atic IP Figure 3-6 WAN Connect ion Type  IP Address - Enter t he IP address into this field.  Subnet Mask - Ent er the subnet mask int o this field. It is usually 255.255. 255.0.  Defau lt Gatew ay - Enter the gateway IP address into t his field .  Primary DNS - Enter the DNS[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 12 - L2TP Figure 3-8 WAN Connect ion Type  Server IP Address/ Name - Enter t he server IP address/nam e provided by your ISP.  User Name - Enter t he username provided by your I SP. Th is field is case - sensitive.  Password - Enter t he Password provi ded by your ISP. Th is field is ca[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 13 - PP TP Figure 3-9 WAN Connect ion Type  Server IP Address/ Name - Enter t he server IP address/nam e provided by your ISP.  User Name - Enter t he username provided by your I SP. Th is field is case - sensitive.  Password - Enter t he Password provi d ed by your ISP. Th is field is [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 14 -  Wireless 2.4GHz/5GHz - Displays whether t he wireless function is enabled or not .  Network Name (SSID) - Also called the SSID (Service Set Identific ation). Enter a value of up to 32 characters . The same name m ust be assigned t o all wirel ess devices in your n etwork. This value [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 15 - Chapter 4. Basic 4.1 Network Map Network Map provides a router - centered dashboard that lets you see the st atus of your Internet connection and network at a glance. Y ou can click any of the six sections of the dashboard to view the d etail information. All the information is read - only [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 16 - Figure 4-2 Internet 1. If your ISP provides the DHCP service, pl ease choose D ynamic IP type , and the router wi ll automaticall y get IP parameters from your ISP. Y ou can see the page as shown belo w . Figure 4-3 Dynamic IP  I P Address - A ssigned dynamically by your IS P .  S ubn[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 17 -  Primary/Secondary D NS - If your IS P gives you one or two DNS addr esses, select Use These DNS Servers a nd enter the primary and se condary addres ses into the correc t fields. Otherwise, the DNS servers will be ass igned dynamic ally from your ISP .  Note: If you find error w hen [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 18 - Figure 4-5 PPPoE  User N ame/ Passw ord - Enter the User Name an d Password provided b y your ISP . These fields are cas e - sensitive. Click t he Connect butt on to connect imm ediately . Click the Disconnect but ton to disconnect i mmediately . Click the Save button to save you r setti[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 19 - 5. If your ISP provides PPTP connection, please select PPTP/Russia PPTP option. And you should enter the f ollowing parameters ( Figure 5- 8). Figure 4-7 PPTP /Russia PPTP  V PN Server IP/Do main Name - Enter the IP address or domain nam e of your VPN server .  User N ame/Passw ord - [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 20 - 4.3 Wireless Choose menu “ Basic → Wireless ”, you can c onfigure the basic setti ngs for the wireless net work, including 2.4 GHz 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 dis able your[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 21 - Figure 4-9 File Shari ng  Di sk Setting - Click t he Scan button to displ ay the information of the USB storage de vice connected to the router . Click t he Safely Remove butt on to remove the USB st orage device safely from the router. Select the Active checkbox, and then th e correspon[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 22 - ii. Enter ftp://192.168.0.1:21 in the dialog box an d click the OK but ton. 3) FTP (Remote): This method is d isabled by default. If you select this check box, remote users can access the USB dri ve through FTP over the Internet. This feature supports both downloading a nd uploading of f il[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 23 -  Enable Write Access - If this c heckbox is selected, t hen the sharing file is allowed write access .  Enable Media Sharing - Select this checkbox to enable media s haring. T o speci fy the folders: i. Select the volum e desired to share f rom the V olum e Name drop - dow n list. ii.[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 24 - Figure 4- 12 Guest Network  Allow G uest s T o S ee E ach O ther - If ON is selected, anyone who connec ts to the g uest n etwork can access eac h other .  Al low Guests T o Access My Local Network - If ON is s elected, anyone who conn ects to t he guest network has access to your loc[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 25 - Chapter 5. Advanced 5.1 S t atus Choose menu “ Advanc ed → St atus ”, you can see the current s tatus information about the router . Figure 5-1 S tatus[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 26 - 5.2 Network Figure 5-2 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu as shown in Figure 5-2 : WA N , MAC Clone and LAN . Click a ny of them, and you will be able to c onfigure the correspon ding function. 5.2.1 WAN Choose menu “ Advan ced → Netwo rk → WA N ”, yo u[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 27 -  MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum T ransmission Unit) value for most Ethernet net works is 1500 Bytes . It is not recommended that you change t he default MTU Size unless required by your ISP .  Use These DNS Server s - If your ISP gives you one or two DNS addres ses, select Use The[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 28 -  M TU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum T ransmission Unit) value for mos t Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes . It is not recommended that you change t he defa ult MTU Size unless requi red by your ISP .  Primary/Secondary DNS - (Optional ) Enter one or two DNS addresses in dotted - decima[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 29 -  St atic IP - Y ou c an check this radio button t o use S tatic IP as the secondary connection to connect to the l ocal area network provide d by ISP .  Con nect on Demand - In this mode, the Internet connection can be t erminated automaticall y after a specified inactivit y period ( [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 30 - Figure 5-6 PPPoE Advanced Settings  M TU Size - The default MTU size is “1480” bytes, whic h is usually f ine . It is not recommended that you change the default M TU Size unles s required by your ISP .  S ervice Name/AC Nam e - The s ervice name and A C (Access Concent rator) nam[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 31 - Figure 5-7 WA N - L2 T P/Russia L2TP  V PN Server IP/Do main Name - Enter the IP address or domain name of the VP N server provided by your ISP .  User N ame/Passw ord - Enter the User Name an d Password provided b y your ISP . These fields are case - s ensitive.  D ynamic IP / St [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 32 - again. If you wish to act ivate Connect on Demand , chec k the radio button. If you want your Internet connect ion to remain active at all t imes, enter 0 in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connect ion terminates.[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 33 - Figure 5-8 PPTP Settin gs  V PN Server IP/Do main Name - Enter the IP address or domain name of the VP N server provided by your ISP .  User N ame/Passw ord - Enter the User Name an d Password provided b y your ISP . These fields are case - s ensitive.  D ynamic IP / St atic IP - C[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 34 - again. If you wish to acti vate Connect on Demand , chec k the radio button. If you want your Internet connect ion to remain active at al l times, enter “0” in the Max Idl e Tim e field. Otherwise, enter t he number of minutes you want to have elapsed before yo ur Internet connection te[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 35 - Figure 5-9 MAC Addres s Clone Some ISPs require t hat you register the M AC Address of your adapter . Changes are rarely needed here .  WAN M AC Address - Thi s field displays the c urrent MAC address of the Internet port. If your ISP requires you to register the MAC address , please ent[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 36 -  S ubnet Mask - An addres s code that determines the s ize of the network. Normal ly use 255.255.255. 0 as the subnet mask.  Note: 1) If you c hange 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 s [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 37 - Figure 5- 13 Wireles s Settings ( 2.4G Hz )  Wi reless Netw ork Name - The wireless network name (SSID) that t he router uses . Y ou can create a new one with u p to 32 characters . T he default SSID is set to be TP - LINK _XXXX. This value is cas e - sensitive. For exam ple, TEST is NOT[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 38 -  E nable SSID Broadca st - When wi reless client s survey the local area for wireles s networks to associate with, they will detect the SSID broadcast by t he router . If you select the E nabl e SSID Broadcast c heckbox, the Wireles s router will broadcast its name (SSID) on the air . ?[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 39 - Fig ure 5- 15 WPS  WPS St atus - Enable or disable the WP S function here.  Cur rent PIN - Displ ays the current value of the router 's PIN. The default PI N of the router can be found in the l abel or User Guide.  Restor e PIN - Restore t he PIN of the router t o its default [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 40 - Figure 5- 16 Add A New Device Step 2: Enter the P IN number from the cl ient device in the fiel d on the WPS screen above . Then click Connect button. Step 3: “ Connect successfull y ” will appe ar on the scree n of Figure 5- 16 , which means the client device has successfull y connecte[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 41 - Figure 5- 17 Wireles s Security  Di sable Securit y - If you do not want to us e wireless securi ty, check this radio but ton. But it’s strongly recom mended to choose one of the f ollowing modes to enabl e security.  W PA / W PA 2 - Personal - It’s the WPA/WPA2 authent ication ty[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 42 - Figure 5- 18 WP A/WP A2 – Personal  W ireless Pass word - You can enter ASCII characters between 8 and 63 c haracters or 8 to 64 Hexadecim al characters. T he default password is the same with the defaul t PIN code, which is labeled on the router or can be found in Fig ure 5- 15 .  [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 43 -  Group Key Up date Period - Specify the group key up date interval in s econds. The value should be 30 or ab ove. Enter 0 to disabl e the update.  WEP - It is based on the IEEE 802. 11 standard. If you check thi s radio button, you will find a notice in red as s how n in Figure 5- 20 [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 44 - 5.4.4 Wireless MAC Fil tering Choose menu “ Adv anced → Wireless 2.4GHz → Wireless MAC Filtering ” , you can c ontrol the wireless acces s by configuring the Wireless MAC Filtering function, shown in Figure 5- 21 . Figure 5- 21 Wireles s MAC Filtering T o filter wirel ess users by M[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 45 - 3. Select En abled or Disabled for t his entry on the Status dro p - down list . 4. Click the Save button to save thi s entry . T o m odify or delete an existi ng entry: 1. Click the Modify in t he entry you want to modify . If you want t o delete the entry , click the Delete . 2. Modify th[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 46 - 5.4.5 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “ Advan ced → Wireless 2.4GHz → Wireless A dvanced ”, you c an conf igure the advanced setti ngs of your wireless net work. Figure 5- 23 Wireles s Advanced  Tran smit Pow er - Here you can s pecify the trans mit power of router . Y ou can selec[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 47 - broadcast and mult icast messages. When the ro uter has buffered broadcas t or multicast messages for ass ociated client s, it sends the next D TIM with a DTI M Interval value. You c an specify the value between 1 - 25 5 Bea con Intervals. The default value is 1, which indicates the DTIM In[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 48 - If the numbers of connected wireles s stations go beyond one pa ge, click the Next butt on to go to the next page and cli ck the Previous butt on to return the previ ous page.  Note: This page will be refres hed automatic ally every 5 seconds . 5.5 Wireless 5GH z Figure 5- 25 Wireles s m[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 49 - TP - LINK _XXXX _5G . This value is c ase - sensitive. For exampl e, TEST is NOT the same as test .  Regi on - T he geographic region where the router is being used. Thi s field specifies the region where the wirel ess function of the rout er can be used. It might be illegal t o use the [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 50 -  Key ty pe - This opt ion should be chos en according to t he AP's security c onfiguration. It is recommended that the security t ype is the same as your AP's s ecurity type  WEP Index - Thi s option should be c hosen if the key type i s WEP. It indicates t he index of the W[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 51 - I. Use the Wi - Fi Pr otected Setup Button Use this method if your c lient device has a Wi - Fi Protected S etup button. Step 1: Press t he WPS /Reset bu tton on the back panel of the router Step 2: Press and hol d the WPS button of the client device directly . The Wi - Fi Protected Setup L[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 52 - Figure 5- 30 Wireles s Security  Di sable Securit y - If you do not want to us e wireless securi ty, check this radio but ton. But it’s strongly recom mended to choose one of the f ollowing modes to enabl e security.  W PA / W PA 2 - Personal - It’s the WPA/WPA2 authent ication ty[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 53 - Figure 5- 31 WP A/WP A2 – Personal  Wireless Pass word - You can enter ASCII characters between 8 and 63 charact ers or 8 to 64 Hexadecim al characters. The def ault password is the same with the default PIN code, which is labeled on the bottom of the rout er or can be found i n Figure[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 54 -  Group Key Up date Period - Specify the group key up date interval in s econds. The value should be 30 or ab ove. Enter 0 to disabl e the update.  WEP - It is based on the IEEE 802. 11 standard. If you check thi s radio button, you will find a notice in red as s how n in Figure 5- 33 [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 55 - 5.5.4 Wireless MAC Fil tering Choose menu “ Adv anced → Wireless → MAC Filtering ” , you c an control the wirel ess acc ess by configuring the Wireles s MAC Filtering function, s hown in Figure 5- 34 . Figure 5- 34 Wireles s MAC Filtering T o filter wi reless users by MAC Address, c[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 56 - 3. Select En abled or Disabled for t his entry on the Status dro p - down list . 4. Cli ck the Save button to save t his entry . T o m odify or delete an existi ng entry: 1. Click the Modify in t he entry you want to modify . If you want t o delete the entry , click the Delete . 2. Modify t[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 57 - 5.5.5 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “ Advance d → Wireless → Wireless Advanced ”, you can configure the ad vanced settings of your wirel ess network. Figure 5- 36 Wireles s Advanced  Tran smit Pow er - Here you can s pecify the trans mit power of router . Y ou can select High, Mi[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 58 - messages for ass ociated client s, it sends the next D TIM with a DTI M Interval value. You c an specify the value betwee n 1 - 25 5 Beacon Interval s. The default value is 1, which indicates the DTIM Interval is the same as Beacon Interval.  Enable WMM - WMM function can guara ntee the [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 59 -  Note: This page will be ref reshed automatic ally every 5 seconds . 5.6 Guest Network Choose menu “ Advanc ed → Guest Network ”, you can c onfigure the Guest Net work Wireless Settings on the page as shown in Figure 5- 38 . Figure 5- 38 Guest Network Wireles s Settings  Access [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 60 -  Allow Guest s T o Access My Local Network - If this checkbox is s elected , anyone who connects to the guest network has access to your local network , not just Internet acc ess.  Enable Guest Network Ban dwidth Control - If t his checkbox is s elected, the Guest Network Bandwidth Co[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 61 - There are three subm enus under the DHCP menu , shown i n Figure 5- 39 : DHCP Settings , DHCP Clients List and Address Reserv ation . Click any of them, and you wil l be able to co nfigure the correspondin g function s. 5.7.1 DHCP Settings Choose menu “ Ad vanced → DHCP → DHCP Setting[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 62 -  S econdary DNS - ( Optional.) Input the IP address of another DNS server if your I SP provides two DNS s ervers.  Note: To use the DHCP serv er function of the router , you must configure all c omputers on the LAN as "Obtain an IP Addres s automaticall y". 5.7.2 DHCP Client[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 63 - F igure 5- 42 Address Reservation  M AC Address - The MAC addr ess of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP address.  Reser ved IP Address - The I P address reserved fo r the PC by the router .  S tatus - The stat us of this entry , ei ther Enabled or Disabled . To Reserve an [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 64 - 5.8 USB Settings Figure 5- 44 The USB Settings menu There are three s ubmenus under the US B Settings m enu (shown in Figure 5- 44 ): Device Settings , F ile Shari ng , and Print Server . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the correspondin g function s. 5.8.1 Device Settin[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 65 - Figure 5- 46 File S haring  Sharing Accoun t  Use Login Account - Select t his radio button, and the sharing acc ount is the same with the login account .  Use Following Accou nt - Select this radi o button, then you have to s pecify the new username and password in the Usern ame a[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 66 - 2) FTP : This method is disabled by default. If you select this check box and c lick the Save button , the LA N users can ac cess the USB drive t hrough FTP . T o access the USB drive for example from a Wi ndows computer: i. Select St art > Run . ii. E nter ftp://192.168.0.1:21 in the di[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 67 -  Allow Guest Network Access - Sel ect this checkbox is select ed, guests are allowed to acces s the sharing file.  Enable Authenticati on - If this checkbox is s elected, then the file sharing i s need authentication .  Enable Write Access - If this c heckbox is selected, t hen the[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 68 - Figure 5- 49 NA T Boost 5.10 Forwarding Figure 5- 50 The Forwarding menu There are four submenu s under the Forwarding menu: Virtual Servers , Port T rigger ing , DMZ and UPnP . Clic k any of them, and you wil l be able to conf igure the correspondi ng function. 5.10.1 Virtual Servers Choos[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 69 -  S ervice Port - The numbers of External Servi ce Ports. Y ou can enter a service port or a range of service ports (the format is XXX – YYY ; XXX is the S tart port and YYY is the End port).  I nternal Port - The Internal Servic e Port number of t he PC running the service applic at[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 70 -  Note: It is possibl e that you have a computer or s erver that has more t han one type of availabl e service. If so, select anothe r service, and t ype the same IP address for that computer or s erver . To modify or delete an exi sting entry: 1. Find the desired entr y in the table. 2. [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 71 - 3. Select the prot ocol used for Trigger Port from t he T rigger Protocol drop - down li st, either TCP , UDP , or All . 4. Select the protocol used for Incoming Ports from the Incoming Protocol drop - down lis t, either TCP or UDP , or All. 5. Select E nable d in Status field . 6. Click th[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 72 - Click the Enable All but ton to make all entries enabled. Click the Disable All button to make all ent ries disabled. Click the Delete All butt on to delete all ent ries Once the router is co nfigured, the operatio n is as follows: 1. A local host makes an out going connecti on to an extern[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 73 - 5.10.4 UPnP Choose menu “ Advance d → Forwarding → UPnP ”, and then you c an view the informati on about UPnP in the screen shown in Figu re 5- 56 . The Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) f eature allows the devices, suc h as Internet computers , to access the local host resources or de[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 74 - 5.11 Security Figure 5- 57 The Security menu There are four submenus under t he Security m enu: Basic Securit y , Advanced Secu rity , Local Management and Remote Managem ent . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the correspondin g function s. 5.11.1 Basic Security Choose m[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 75 -  VPN - VPN P assthrough must be enabled if you want to allow V PN tunnels us ing VPN protocols to pass through the router .  PPTP Passthrough - Poi nt - to - Point Tunneling Prot ocol (PPTP ) allows the Point - to - Point P rotocol (PPP) to be tunneled thr ough an IP network. To allow[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 76 - Figure 5- 59 Advanced Security  Packets Statisti cs Interval (5~60) - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds from t he drop - down lis t. The Packets S tatistics Interval value indi cates the ti me section of the packets st atistics. The result of the statistics[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 77 -  Ena bl e TCP - SYN - FLOOD Attack Filter ing - Enable or Disable the TCP - SYN - FLOOD Attack Filteri ng.  TCP - SYN - FLOOD Packets Thresho ld (5~3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600. When the current TCP - SYN - FLOOD Packets num bers is beyond the set va[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 78 - use the password to browse t he built - in web pages t o perform Administrator tas ks while all the others will be bloc ked. After click th e Add button, your PC's M AC Address will be placed in the list above. Click the Save button to save you r settings.  Note: If your PC is block[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 79 - 5.12 Parental Control Choose menu “ Advan ced → Parental Control ”, and then you can conf igure the parental control in the screen as shown in Figure 5- 62 . The Pare ntal Control functi on can be used to co ntrol the internet activi ties of the child, lim it the child to access certa[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 80 - 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) y ou’d like to control in the MAC Addre ss of Child PC field, or you can choose the MAC address from the All Address in Current LAN drop - down list. 3. Give a descripti[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 81 - For example : If you desi re that the child P C with MAC address 00 - 11 - 22 - 33 - 44 - AA can access www.google.c om on Saturday only , whi le the parent P C with MAC addres s 00 - 11 - 22 - 33 - 44 - BB is without any rest riction, you should fol low the settings bel ow. 1. Click “ Pa[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 82 - 5.13.1 Rule Choose menu “ Advan ced → Access Control → Rule ”, and then y ou can view and se t Access Control rules in t he screen as shown in Figure 5- 65 . Figure 5- 65 Access Control Rule Management  Enable Internet Access Control - Select t he checkbox to enabl e the Internet[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 83 -  Move - You can change the entry’s order as desired. Ent er in the firs t box the ID number of the entry you want to m ove and in the sec ond box another ID num ber, and then cl ick the Move button to change the entri es’ order. Click the Next button to go to the nex t page. Click th[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 84 - Figure 5- 67 Quick Setup – Create an Access T arget E ntry  Targ et Description - In this f ield, create a desc ription for the target . Note that thi s description should be u nique (e.g. Tar get_1).  Mode - Here are two options, IP Address and Domain Name. You can choose eit her o[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 85 - Figure 5- 68 Quick Setup – C reate an A dvanced Schedule E ntry  Sch edule Description - In this field, create a desc ription for the schedul e. Note that this description should be u nique (e.g. Sc hedule_1).  Da y - Choose Select Days and select the certain day (da ys), or choose [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 86 -  Targ et - In this filed, select a target from the drop - down list f or the rule.  Schedule - In this fiel d, select a schedule f rom the drop - down li st for the rule.  Statu s - In this fiel d, there are two opti ons, Enable d or Disable d . Select Enable d so that the rule wil[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 87 - 4. Add a new target with the Target Description is Target_1 and Domain Name is www.google.c om , and click Next . 5. Add a new schedule with the Sc hedule Description i s Schedule_1, Day is Sat and Sun, Start Time is 1800 and Stop T ime is 2000 , and c lick Next . 6. A dd a new rule with th[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 88 - Figure 5- 72 Add or Modify a Host Entry 2) If you select MAC A ddress, the screen is s hown a s Figure 5- 73 .  In Host Des cription f ield, create a unique desc ription for the hos t , e.g. Host_1 .  In MAC Add ress field, en ter the MAC address. Figure 5- 73 Add or Modify a Host Ent[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 89 - 5.13.3 Target Choose menu “ Advan ced → Access Control → T arg et ”, and then you can view and set a T arget list in the sc reen as shown in Figure 5- 74 . The target list is necessary f or the Access Control Rule. Figure 5- 74 T arget Setti ngs  Target Descri ption - D isplays t[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 90 - Figure 5- 76 Add or Modify an Acc ess T arget Entry 1) In Target Descri ption field, c reate a unique descri ption for the target , e.g. Target_1. 2) In Domain Name field, enter the domai n name, either the ful l name or the keywor ds ( e.g. google) in the blank. Any domai n name with keywo[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 91 - Figure 5- 77 Schedul e Settings  Schedule Descriptio n - D isplays the description of the schedule and thi s description is unique.  Da y - D isplays the day(s) in a week.  Time - D isplays the time period in a day.  Modify - Here you can edit or delete an exis ting schedule. To[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 92 - Figure 5- 78 Advanced Schedule Sett ings For example : If you des ire to restrict the internet ac tivities of host with MA C address 00 - 11 - 22 - 33 - 44 - AA to acces s www.google.com only from 18:00 to 20:00 on Saturday and Sunday , you should first follow the s ettings below: 1. Click [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 93 - 5.14.1 Static Routing List Choose menu “ Advanc ed → Advanced Routing → St atic Routing List ” , and then you c an configure the static route in t he next screen (shown in Figure 5- 80 ). A static route is a pre - determined pat h that network infor mation must travel to reach a spe[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 94 - Click the Disable All button to dis able all the entries . Click the Delete All button to delet e all the entrie s. Click the Previous button to view the informat ion in the previous screen, click the Next button to view the informat ion in the next screen. 5.14.2 System Routing Table Choos[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 95 -  Note: Bandwidth Control will become inval id if NAT Boost i s enabled . If you want to enabl e Bandwidth Control, pleas e go to “ Advanced → NAT Boost ” to dis able NAT Boost first . 5.15.1 Control Settings Choose menu “ Advan ced → Bandwidth Control → Control Settings ”, [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 96 -  Description - This i s t he information about the rules s uch as address range.  Egress bandw id th - This field displays t he max and mix upload bandwidth through the Internet port, t he default is 0.  Ingress bandw id th - This field di splays t he m ax and mix download ban dwid[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 97 - Figure 5- 88 Bindi ng Setting  MAC Address - The MA C address of the cont rolled computer in t he LAN.  IP Address - The ass igned IP address of t he controlled computer in t he LAN.  Bind - Check this option to enable ARP bi nding for a speci fic device.  Modify - To modify or [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 98 - 1. Click the Find butt on in Figure 5- 88 . 2. Enter the MAC Address or IP Address . 3. Click the Find butt on in Figure 5- 90 . Figure 5- 90 Find I P & MAC Binding Entry Click the Enable All button to mak e all entries enabled. Click the Delete All button t o delete all entries. 5.16.2[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 99 -  Note: An item could not be loaded to the IP & MAC Binding list if the IP address of the item has been loaded before. E rror warning will pr ompt as well. Likewise, "Loa d All" only loads the items wit hout interference to t he IP & MAC Binding lis t. 5.17 Dynamic DNS C[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 100 - Connection Status - T he status of t he DDNS service connecti on is displaye d here. Click Logout to log out of the DDNS service.  Note: If you want to logi n again with anothe r account af ter a succes sful login, please c lick the Logout button, then input you r new username and pas s[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 101 - Figure 5- 94 No - ip.c om DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, fol low these instruct ions: 1. Enter the User Name f or your DDNS account. 2. Enter the Passw ord for your DDNS acc ount. 3. Enter the Dom ai n Name you received from dynamic DNS service provi der . 4. Click the Login button to l[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 102 - 5.18.1 I Pv6 Status Figure 5- 96 IPv6 S t atus The IP v6 Status page displays the router 's current IPv6 status and conf iguration. Al l information is read - only.  WAN • Connec tion Type - T he IPv6 connection way f or WAN • IPv6 Address - Th e WAN IPv6 addres s • IPv6 Defa[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 103 - 5.18.2 I Pv6 Setup Figure 5- 97 Enable/ Disable IPv6  Enable IPv6 - T ick t he checkbox to enable the IP v6 function. It’s enabled by default.  W AN Connection T ype - Choos e the correct WAN connection type based on your ISP network topology . • DHCPv6 - Connec tions which us e [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 104 - 1) DHCPv6 Figure 5- 98 DHCPv6  Get non - temporar y IPv6 address - Get a non - temporary IP v6 address from the ISP.[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 105 -  Get IPv6 prefix delegation - Get a temporary IPv6 address and IPv6 prefix from t he ISP, the temporary IPv6 ad dress is set to the WAN port, and the LAN port ad vertise IPv6 addr ess by RADVD or DHCPs.  IPv6 Address - The IPv6 address ass igned by your ISP dynamically . Click the Re[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 106 - 2) St atic IPv6 Figure 5- 99 St a t i c IPv6  IPv6 Addres s - Enter the IPv6 addres s in dotted - dec imal notation provi ded by your ISP.  Default Gatew ay - Enter the def ault gateway in do tted - decimal not ation provided by y our ISP.[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 107 -  MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit ) value for most Ethernet network s is 1500 Bytes . For some ISPs, you may need t o modify the MT U. But this is rarel y required, and should not be done u nless you are sure it is neces sary for your ISP c onnection.  Primary DNS[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 1 08 - Figure 5- 100 PPPoEv6  User Name/Passw ord - Enter t he User Name and Pas sword provided by your ISP . These fields are case - s ensitive .  Get IPv6 Address Wa y • Get non - te mporary IPv6 address - Get a non - temporar y IPv6 address by DHCP v6 from the ISP. • Get IPv6 pr efi[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 109 - 4) T unnel 6to4 Figure 5- 101 T unnel 6to4  Address /Subnet M ask/Default Gat eway - the IPv4 addr ess/ subnet m ask/ default gateway assigned , in dott ed - decimal notation.[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 0 -  MTU Size - T he normal MTU (Maximum Trans mission Unit) value f or most Ethernet network s is 1 48 0 Bytes. For s ome ISPs, you may need to modify the MTU. But this is rarely re quired, and should not be done u nless you are sure it is neces sary for your ISP c onnection. If your ISP [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 111 - Password , System Log and St atistics . Cli ck any of them, and you will be able to conf igure the correspondin g function s . The detailed explanations f or each submenu are provide d below . 5.19.1 Time Setting s Choose menu “ Advan ced → System T ools → Time Setting s ”, and the[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 2 - 1. Select your local time zone. 2. Enter the Date in Mont h/Day/Y ear form at. 3. Enter the Ti me in Hour/Minut e/Second format . 4. Click Save . T o set ti me automatically : 1. Select your local time zone. 2. Enter the address or dom ain of the NTP Server I or NTP Server II . 3. Click t[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 3 - Figure 5- 105 Diagnos tic T ools  Diagnostic T ool - Chec k the radio button to s elect one diagnostic too.  Pin g - This diagnosti c tool troublesho ots connectivity , reachabi lity , and name resolut ion to a given host or gat eway .  T racerout e - This diagnostic tool tests t[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 4 - Figure 5- 106 Diagnos tic Results  Note: 1. Only one user can use t he diagnostic t ools at one time. 2. "Ping Count", "P ing Packet Size" and "P ing T imeout" are Ping Param eters, and "Traceroute Max TTL" is T raceroute Para meter . 5.19.3 Firm[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 5 -  Note: 1) New firmware vers ions are posted at www.tp - li nk.com and can be downloaded for free. There is no need to upgrade the firm ware unless the new firmware h as a new feature you want t o use. However, when experiencing problems caus ed by the router rather than the configurati[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 6 - Figure 5- 109 B ackup & Restore Configurat ion  Cli ck the Backup button to save all c onfiguration setti ngs as a backup file i n your local computer .  T o upgrade the router 's configuratio n, follow thes e instructions . • Click t he Bro wse butto n to find the config[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 7 - 5.19.7 Password Choose menu “ Advance d → System T ools → Password ”, and t hen you can change the f actory default user name and p assword of the router in the next screen as shown in Figure 5- 111 . Figure 5- 111 P assword It is strongly recomm ended that you should c hange the [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 8 - Figure 5- 11 2 System Log  Auto M ail Feature - Indi cates whether auto mai l feature is ena bled or not.  Mai l Settings - Se t the receiving and sending mailbox a ddress, s erver address, vali dation information as well as the timet able for Auto Mail F eature, as shown in Figure [...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 11 9 -  Note: Only when you selec t Authentication , do you have t o enter the User Nam e and Password in the following fi elds. • User Name - Your mail acc ount name filled in the From fi eld. The part behind @ is excluded. • Passwo rd - Your mail account pas sword. • Confirm The Passw[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 120 - Figure 5- 11 4 S tat istic s  Cur rent Statistics Statu s - Enable or Disable. The default value is disabled. To enable it, click the Ena ble button. If it is disabled, the function of DoS protec tion in Security s ettings will be disabled.  P ackets Statistics I nterval （ 5- 60 ?[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 121 - Statistics Tabl e: IP/MAC Address The IP and MAC address are displayed with relat ed statistics . Total Packets The total number of pack ets received and trans mitted by the router . Byt es The total number of byte s received and transm itted by the rout er . Current Packets The total numb[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 122 - Appendix A: F AQ 1. How do I configure the r outer to access In ternet by ADSL users? 1) First, confi gure the ADSL Modem configured in RFC1483 bri dge mo del. 2) Connect the Et hernet cable from your A DSL Modem to the Int ernet port on the route r . The telephone c ord plugs into the Lin[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 123 - 2. How do I configure the r outer to access In ternet by Ethernet user s? 1) Login to the router , click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser , and click "W AN" submenu. On the WAN page, select “Dynamic IP” for "WAN Connection T y pe", finis h by click[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 124 - Figure A - 5 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry  Note: Your opposite s ide should call your WA N IP, which is displ ayed 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 &q[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 125 - Figure A - 7 Basi c Security 4. I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do ? 1) Because the WEB S erver port 80 will interfere wi th the WEB management port 80 on the router , y ou must change the WEB m anagement port num ber to avoid interfer ence. 2) T o change th e WEB ma[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 126 - 3) Log in to the router , click the “ Forwarding ” menu on the left of your browser , and click the " Virtual Servers " subm enu. On the " Virtual Servers " page, cl ick Add New… , then on the “ Add or Modif y a V irtual Server ” page, enter “80” in to the[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 127 - Appendix B: Configuring t he PC In this section, we’l l introduce how to install and configure the TCP /IP correctly in Windows XP . First make sure your E thernet Ada pter is working, refer to the adapter ’s manual if needed. 1. Inst all TCP/I P co mpone nt 1) On the Windows taskbar ,[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 128 - 5) The foll owing TCP/IP Pr operties window will di splay and the I P Address tab is open on this window by defaul t. 6) Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server automati cally , as shown in the Figure bel ow: Figure B -3 2. Ve r i f y the netw ork connection betw ee[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 129 -  If the result di splayed is sim ilar to Figure B -5 , it means t he conn ection between y our PC and the router failed. Figure B-5 Failure resul t of Ping command Please check the conn ection follow ing these steps: 1. Is the connecti on between your PC and the router correct?  Note[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 130 - Appendix C: S pecif ications General S tandards IEEE 802.1 1ac , IEEE 802.1 1n , IEEE 802.1 1g , IEEE 802.1 1b , IEEE 802.1 1 a , I EEE 802.1 1e , IEEE 802.1 1i , IEEE 802.1X , IEEE 802.3X , IEEE 802.3 , IEEE 802.3u , IEEE 802.3ab Protocols TCP/IP , PPPoE, DHCP , ICMP , N AT , SNTP Ports 1[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 131 - Appendix D: Glossary  802. 11ac - IEEE 802.11ac i s a wireless computer network ing standard of 802.11.This specific ation will enable mul ti - station WLA N throughput of at least 1 gigabit pe r second .This is acco mplished by extending the air int erface concepts em braced by 802.11n[...]

Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Du al Band Gigabit Router - 132 -  MTU ( Maximum Transmission Unit ) - The size in bytes of the largest pac ket that can be transmitted.  NAT ( N etwork A ddress T ranslation) - NA T technology transl ates IP address es of a local area network to a diff erent IP address for the I nternet.  PPPoE ( P oint to P oint[...]