Page 2 - COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS; Specifications are subject to change without notice.
COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form ...
Page 3 - FCC STATEMENT; Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.; FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement:
FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses a...
Page 4 - Canadian Compliance Statement; (1)cet appareil ne doit pas provoquer d’interférences et; Industry Canada Statement; Complies with the Canadian ICES-003 Class B specifications.; Korea Warning Statements
This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. Canadian Compliance Statement This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the follo...
Page 5 - NCC Notice & BSMI Notice; 注意!; Safety Information
NCC Notice & BSMI Notice 注意! 依據 低功率電波輻射性電機管理辦法 第十二條 經型式認證合格之低功率射頻電機,非經許可,公司、商號或使用者均不得擅自變更頻率、 加大功率或變更原設計之特性或功能。 第十四條 低功率射頻電機之使用不得影響飛航安全及干擾合法通行;經發現有干擾現象時,應立即 停用,並改善至無干擾時方得繼續使用。前項合法通信,指依電信規定作業之無線電信。低功率射 頻電機需忍受合法通信或工業、科學以及醫療用電波輻射性電機設備之干擾。 Продукт сертифіковано згідно с правилами системи УкрСЕПРО на ...
Page 6 - DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY; For the following equipment:; 00Mbps High Power Router; The product carries the CE Mark:; Person responsible for marking this declaration:; Yang Hongliang
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: 300Mbps High Power Router Model No.:...
Page 7 - CONTENTS
- I - CONTENTS Package Contents ........................................................................................................ 1 Chapter 1. Introduction ........................................................................................... 2 1.1 Overview of the Router ...................
Page 10 - 00Mbps High Power Router User Guide; Package Contents
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 1 - Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router Power Adapter for TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router Quick Installation Guide Resource CD for TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Route...
Page 11 - Chapter 1. Introduction; Overview of the Router; Simple Installation
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 2 - Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview of the Router The TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router integrates 4-port Switch, Firewall, NAT-Router and Wireless AP. Powered by 2x2 MIMO technology, the 300Mbps High Power Router delivers exceptional range a...
Page 12 - Supports Virtual Server, Special Application and DMZ host.
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 3 - 1.2 Conventions The Router or TL-WR841HP mentioned in this guide stands for TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router without any explanation. 1.3 Main Features Complies with IEEE 802.11n to provide a wireless data rate of up to 300Mbps. One 10/10...
Page 15 - Chapter 2. Connecting the Router; System Requirements; TCP/IP protocol on each PC; Installation Environment Requirements; Avoid direct irradiation of any strong light (such as sunlight); Connecting the Router
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 6 - 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.) PCs...
Page 16 - electrical outlet. The Router will start to work automatically.
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 7 - 6. Connect the power adapter to the power socket on the Router, and the other end into an electrical outlet. The Router will start to work automatically. 7. Power on your PC and Cable/DSL Modem. Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation of the 300Mbps Hig...
Page 17 - Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide; Quick Setup
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 8 - Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions of your 300Mbps High Power Router using Quick Setup Wizard within minutes. 3.1 TCP/IP Configuration The default domain name of the 300Mbps High Po...
Page 18 - Figure 3-1 Success result of Ping command; Please check the connection following these steps:; Is the connection between your PC and the Router correct?
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 9 - Figure 3-1 Success result of Ping command If the result displayed is similar to the Figure 3-2, it means the connection between your PC and the Router is failed. Figure 3-2 Failure result of Ping command Please check the connection following th...
Page 19 - network connection between your PC and the Router, you can open a; Enter; Quick Installation Guide; admin
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 10 - 3. Is the default LAN IP of the Router correct? Note: If the LAN IP of the modem connected with your router is 192.168.0.x, the default LAN IP of the Router will automatically switch from 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.1.1 to avoid IP conflict. Theref...
Page 23 - TEST; Region
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 14 - Figure 3-11 Quick Setup – Wireless Wireless Radio - The wireless radio can only be enabled/disabled by using the W IFI ON/OFF switch on the device. Wireless Network Name - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same name of SSID (Service ...
Page 25 - Chapter 4. Configuring the Router
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 16 - 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 fifteen main menus on the left of the Web-based utility. On the right, ther...
Page 26 - Figure 4-1 Router Status
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 17 - Figure 4-1 Router Status 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to 3.2 Quick Installation Guide . 4.4 WPS This section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly by W PS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) function. a). Choose menu “W ...
Page 29 - successfully added to the network.
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 20 - Note: 1) The W PS LED on the Router will light green for five minutes if the device has been successfully added to the network. 2) The WPS function cannot be configured if the Wireless Function of the Router is disabled. Please make sure the W...
Page 33 - Only when you have configured the system time on “; System Tools → Time; function can take effect.
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 24 - Connect Automatically - The connection can be re-established automatically when it was down. Time-based Connecting - The connection will only be established in the period from the start time to the end time (both are in HH:MM format). Note...
Page 38 - button to allow; PPPoE; Connections which use dynamic IP address assignment.
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 29 - Dynamic IP/ Static IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP and enter the ISP’s IP address or the domain name. If you choose static IP and enter the domain name, you should also enter the DNS assigned by your ISP. And click the Save but...
Page 39 - Connections which use static IP address assignment.; ”, you can configure the IP parameters of the LAN on the screen; MAC Address; server will change accordingly at the same time; Network; ”, you can configure the MAC address of the WAN on
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 30 - Static IP - Connections which use static IP address assignment. The Router can not detect PPTP/L2TP/BigPond connections with your ISP. If your ISP uses one of these protocols, then you must configure your connection manually. 4.5.2 LAN Choose ...
Page 40 - Only the PC on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone function.
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 31 - Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter. Changes are rarely needed here. WAN MAC Address - This field displays the current MAC address of the W AN port. If your ISP requires you to register the MAC address, please e...
Page 42 - If; Mode
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 33 - Transmission Power - The available options of transmission power are determined by the region selected. Mode - Select the desired mode. The default setting is 11bgn mixed. 11b only - Select if all of your wireless clients are 802.11b. 11g on...
Page 44 - If you check the
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 35 - Figure 4-18 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-PSK/WPA2-PSK – Personal (Recomm...
Page 46 - selected Shared Key as Authentication Type.; WPA /WPA2 – Enterprise; radio button and choose TKIP encryption, you
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 37 - 152-bit - You can enter 32 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not promoted) or 16 ASCII characters. Note: If you do not set the key, the wireless security function is still disabled even if you have selected Shar...
Page 49 - Figure 4-24 Wireless Advanced; Fragmentation Threshold -; This value is the maximum size determining whether packets; Enabled AP Isolation -; This function can isolate wireless stations on your network from
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 40 - Figure 4-24 Wireless Advanced Beacon Interval - Enter a value between 40-1000 milliseconds for Beacon Interval here. The beacons are the packets sent by the Router to synchronize a wireless network. Beacon Interval value determines the time in...
Page 50 - This page will be refreshed automatically every 5 seconds.
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 41 - Note: If you are not familiar with the setting items in this page, it's strongly recommended to keep the provided default values; otherwise it may result in lower wireless network performance. 4.6.5 Wireless Statistics Choose menu “ Wireless →...
Page 55 - ” page to be any other value except 80 such as 8080.
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 46 - Figure 4-33 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry Note: If your computer or server has more than one type of available service, please select another service, and enter the same IP Address for that computer or server. To modify or delete an exi...
Page 57 - connection of other hosts on LAN will be refused.
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 48 - 6. Click the Save button to save the new rule. Figure 4-35 Add or Modify a Port Triggering Entry To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the Delete . 2. M...
Page 61 - Dos Protection will take effect only when the; Traffic Statistics; in “; System Tool
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 52 - Figure 4-40 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 statis...
Page 64 - Parental Control
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 55 - 2) Be sure to change the Router's default password to a very secure password . 4.10 Parental Control Choose menu “ Parental Control ”, and you can configure the parental control in the screen as shown in Figure 4-43. The Parental Control functio...
Page 75 - Figure 4-57 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 66 - Figure 4-57 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry Figure 4-58 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry For example : If you desire to restrict the internet activities of host with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA in the LAN to access www.google.com only...
Page 77 - Advanced Routing
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 68 - Figure 4-60 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 follow ...
Page 79 - Bandwidth Control
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 70 - Click the Disable All button to disable all the entries. 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 s...
Page 91 - Timeout” are used for; Ping; function. Option “Tracert Hops” are used for; Tracert
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 82 - If the result is similar to the following screen, the connectivity of the Internet is fine. Figure 4-79 Diagnostic Results Note: Only one user can use this tool at one time. Options “Number of Pings”, “Ping Size” and “Ping Timeout” are used fo...
Page 92 - ) The Router will reboot after the upgrading has been finished.
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 83 - Note: 1) New firmware versions are posted at
Page 95 - Figure 4-85 System Log; To
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 86 - Figure 4-85 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 Mail Fe...
Page 96 - Only when you select; Authentication; , do you have to enter the User Name and
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 87 - Authentication - Most SMTP Server requires Authentication. It is required by most mailboxes that need User Name and Password to log in. Note: Only when you select Authentication , do you have to enter the User Name and Password in the follow...
Page 98 - There would be 5 entries on each page. Click; Previous; to return to the previous page and; Next; to
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 89 - UDP Tx The number of UDP packets transmitted to the WAN per second at the specified Packets Statistics interval. It is shown like “current transmitting rate / Max transmitting rate”. TCP SYN Tx The number of TCP SYN packets transmitted to the WA...
Page 104 - Appendix B: Configuring the PC; Start; button, and then click; Control Panel; icon, and then click on the; tab in the appearing window.
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 95 - Appendix B: Configuring the PC In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in W indows XP. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter ’s manual if necessary. 1. Configure TCP/IP ...
Page 107 - Now click; OK; to keep your settings.
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 98 - Now click OK to keep your settings.
Page 108 - Appendix C: Specifications; General
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 99 - Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g and IEEE 802.11n Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port, Four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN ...
Page 109 - Appendix D: Glossary
TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Router User Guide - 100 - Appendix D: Glossary 802.11n - 802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standards by adding MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output). MIMO uses multiple transmitter and receiver antennas to allow for increased data throughput via spatial multiplexing...