TP-Link VR200 web interface help needed

valve90210

valve90210

valve90210

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Just got myself a VR200 to replace my dying Thomson router that was supplied when I got my fibre broadband 3 years ago.

All seems well and I've got internet etc up and running but I'm a little confused by the web interface.

On my Thomson I could see a list of all the connected devices and from there I could select a device and tell the router to always give that device that IP address.

I can't see any way of doing this on the VR200, I'm sure It can be done but can someone please point me in the right direction for how to do this?
 
If it's the same interface as my VR900 then:

1. Go on the 'Advanced' tab at the top
2. Under 'Network' go to 'LAN Settings'
3. Scroll down to Address Reservation, press 'Add'
4. Input the MAC address of the device and IP you want to reserve

Hint: The client list is above this, which shows all your current connected devices and MAC address etc.
 
Been having trouble with my NAS drive not being able to be reconnected at windows start up. I did have this when I first got the NAS and cured it by setting it to have a static IP address on the device and telling my router that it had it's own static IP.

I realised I've having the issues since I got this new router but can't see a way to tell the Couter that it's a static IP? I've got it setup so the Router always gives the NAS the same one but feel it might help to actually have the router knowing that it's actually a static one setont he device.

Can anyone tell me how to go about this as I just can't seem to find an option for it.
 
Your best bet is to configure the router with a DHCP reservation for the NAS and then leave the NAS using DHCP. Your post suggests that you may already have set up the reservation.

What is the connection issue you're having? Is it just a mapped drive warning or something more serious? If it's just a mapped drive it should connect the first time you try to access it.
 
Yeah I've got a reservation setup which seems to work fine but when I boot up my pc it fails to connect the mapped drive and I get a warming. When I then go to connect it doesn't remember the credentials, it has the user name but not the password even though I have selected for it to remember the credentials...

I'm pretty sure I had the same previously and it was cured with a static ip address for the NAS.
 
If it isn't remembering the credentials check the Credential Manager in Windows Control Panel.

If there's an entry in there for the NAS connection delete it. Then reconnect the share and enter the username and password when prompted (and tick the box so it remembers them).
 
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