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 4 - 당해; NCC Notice & BSMI Notice; 注意!; 依據 低功率電波輻射性電機管理辦法
CE Mark Warning 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 subj...
Page 5 - 安全諮詢及注意事項; Safety Information; Avoid water and wet locations.
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。 減少電磁波影響,請妥適使用。 安全諮詢及注意事項 ●請使用原裝電源供應器或只能按照本產品注明的電源類型使用本產品。 ●清潔本產品之前請先拔掉電源線。請勿使用液體、噴霧清潔劑或濕布進行清潔。 ●注意防潮,請勿將水或其他液體潑灑到本產品上。 ●插槽與開口供通風使用,以確保本產品的操作可靠並防止過熱,請勿堵塞或覆蓋開...
Page 7 - DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY; For the following equipment:; 00Mbps Wireless N Router; The product carries the CE Mark:; Person responsible for making 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 Wireless N Router Model No.:...
Page 8 - CONTENTS
- I - CONTENTS Package Contents..................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. Introduction......................................................................................... 2 1.1 Overview of the Router...........................
Page 11 - 00Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide; Package Contents; missing, please contact your distributor.
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 1 - Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router ¾ Power Adapter for TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ Resource CD for TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router, i...
Page 12 - Chapter 1. Introduction; Overview of the Router; networks and the users demanding higher networking performance.; Simple Installation
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 2 - Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview of the Router The TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router integrates 4-port Switch, Firewall, NAT-Router and Wireless AP. Powered by 2x2 MIMO technology, the 300Mbps Wireless N Router delivers exceptional range and...
Page 13 - Router without any explanation.
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 3 - 1.2 Conventions The Router or TL-WR840N mentioned in this guide stands for TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router without any explanation. 1.3 Main Features ¾ Complies with IEEE 802.11n to provide a wireless data rate of up to 300Mbps. ¾ One 10/100M ...
Page 14 - Figure 1-1 Front Panel sketch; After a device is successfully added to the network by; WPS; LED will keep on
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 4 - 1.4 Panel Layout 1.4.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 Front Panel sketch The Router’s LEDs are located on the front panel (View from left to right). Name Status Indication Off Power is off. ( Power ) On Power is on. Flashing The Router is working prop...
Page 15 - Figure 1-2 Rear Panel sketch; Used as RESET button:
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 5 - 1.4.2 The Rear Panel Figure 1-2 Rear Panel sketch The following parts are located on the rear panel (View from left to right). ¾ WIFI: This button is used to enable/disable the Router’s wireless function. ¾ WPS/RESET: This button is used for both ...
Page 16 - 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-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 6 - Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirements ¾ Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet) ¾ One DSL/Cable Modem that has an RJ45 connector (which is not necessary if the Router is connected directly to the Ethernet.) ¾ PCs ...
Page 17 - electrical outlet. The Router will start to work automatically.; Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation; least 20mm to withstand the weight of the product.
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 7 - 5. 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. 6. Power on your PC and Cable/DSL Modem. Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation Figure 2-2 Wall-mou...
Page 18 - Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide; Quick Setup
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 8 - Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions of your TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router using Quick Setup Wizard within minutes. 3.1 TCP/IP Configuration The default domain name of the TL-WR8...
Page 19 - Figure 3-1 Success result of Ping command; and the Router is failed.; Figure 3-2 Failure result of Ping command; Please check the connection following these steps:; Is the connection between your PC and the Router correct?
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 9 - Figure 3-1 Success result of Ping command ¾ 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 the...
Page 20 - Is the default LAN IP of the Router correct?; Quick Installation Guide; Log in the Router; admin; for the; OK; button or press the; Enter; Figure 3-4 Login Windows; cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it.
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N 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. Therefo...
Page 21 - Figure 3-5 Quick Setup
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 11 - 1. After successful log in, you can click the Quick Setup menu to quickly configure your Router. Figure 3-5 Quick Setup 2. Click Next , and then WAN Connection Type page will appear, shown in Figure 3-6. Figure 3-6 WAN Connection Type The Router ...
Page 24 - Figure 3-10 Quick Setup – MAC Clone
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 14 - ¾ User Name / Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case sensitive. If you have difficulty with this process, please contact your ISP. ¾ Confirm Password - Re-enter the password provided by your ISP to...
Page 25 - Figure 3-13 Quick Setup – Wireless
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 15 - 5) If the connection type detected is Static IP , the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-12. Figure 3-12 Quick Setup - Static IP ¾ IP Address - This is the WAN IP address as seen by external users on the Internet (including your ISP). E...
Page 26 - TEST
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 16 - ¾ Wireless Radio - The wireless radio can only be enabled/disabled by using the WIFI ON/OFF switch on the device. ¾ Wireless Network Name - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same name of SSID (Service Set Identification) must be assigned ...
Page 28 - Chapter 4. Configuring the Router
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 18 - 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, there...
Page 29 - Figure 4-1 Router Status; Please refer to
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 19 - 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 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) function. a). Choose menu “WPS”...
Page 30 - To build a successful connection by; , you should also do the corresponding configuration of; function meanwhile.; Figure 4-3 Add A New Device
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 20 - Figure 4-2 WPS ¾ WPS Status - Enable or disable the WPS function here. ¾ Current PIN - The current value of the Router's PIN is displayed here. The default PIN of the Router can be found in the label attached on the router. ¾ Restore PIN - Restor...
Page 31 - added to the network.
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 21 - Step 2: Press and hold the WPS button of the client device directly. Step 3: The Wi-Fi Protected Setup LED flashes for two minutes during the Wi-Fi Protected Setup process. Step 4: When the WPS LED is on, the client device has successfully connec...
Page 32 - Figure 4-5 the Network menu
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 22 - 4.5 Network Figure 4-5 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 4-5): WAN , LAN and MAC Clone. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.5.1 WAN Choose menu “ Netwo...
Page 35 - Only when you have configured the system time on “; System Tools; function can take effect.; Figure 4-9 PPPoE Advanced Settings
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 25 - access the Internet again. If you want your Internet connection keeps active all the time, please enter “0” in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet access disconnects. ¾ Con...
Page 38 - Figure 4-11 PPTP Settings
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 28 - Figure 4-11 PPTP Settings ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Dynamic IP/ Static IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP and enter the ISP’s IP address or the do...
Page 39 - button to allow; PPPoE; Connections which use dynamic IP address assignment.; Static IP; Connections which use static IP address assignment.; Figure 4-12 MAC Address Clone
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 29 - ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the Router is disconnected. To use this option, check the radio button. ¾ Connect Manually - You can configure the Router to make it connect or disconnect manually. After a specified period of...
Page 40 - Only the PC on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone function.
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 30 - Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter. Changes are rarely needed here. ¾ WAN MAC Address - This field displays the current MAC address of the WAN port. If your ISP requires you to register the MAC address, please ent...
Page 41 - Figure 4-14 Wireless menu
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 31 - 4.6 Wireless Figure 4-14 Wireless menu There are five submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 4-14): Wireless Settings , Wireless Security, Wireless MAC Filtering, Wireless Advanced and Wireless Statistics. Click any of them, and you wi...
Page 42 - If; Mode
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 32 - When you select your local region from the drop-down list, click the Save button , then the Note Dialog appears. Click OK . Note Dialog ) Note: Limited by local law regulations, version for North America does not have region selection option. ¾ M...
Page 44 - Figure 4-17 Wireless Security; If you check the
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 34 - Figure 4-17 Wireless Security ¾ 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. ¾ WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK – Personal (Recomme...
Page 45 - WPA /WPA2 – Enterprise; radio button and choose TKIP encryption, you
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 35 - • PSK Passphrase - You can enter ASCII characters between 8 and 63 characters or 8 to 64 Hexadecimal characters. • Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the...
Page 46 - Figure 4-21 Wireless MAC Filtering
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 36 - • WEP Key Format - Hexadecimal and ASCII formats are provided here . Hexadecimal format stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified length. ASCII format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in th...
Page 47 - Figure 4-22 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 37 - To Add a Wireless MAC Address filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The " Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry " page will appear, shown in Figure 4-22: Figure 4-22 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry To...
Page 49 - Figure 4-24 Wireless Statistics
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 39 - performance because of excessive packets. 2346 is the default setting and is recommended. ¾ DTIM Interval - This value determines the interval of the Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM). A DTIM field is a countdown field informing clients ...
Page 50 - This page will be refreshed automatically every 5 seconds.; Figure 4-26 DHCP Settings
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 40 - You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current connected wireless stations, click on the Refresh button. If the numbers of connected wireless stations go beyond one page, click the Next button to go ...
Page 51 - Figure 4-27 DHCP Clients List
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 41 - ¾ End IP Address - Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to end with when assigning IP addresses. 192.168.0.199 is the default end address. ¾ Address Lease Time - The Address Lease Time is the amount of time a network user will be allowed con...
Page 52 - Figure 4-28 Address Reservation
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 42 - 4.7.3 Address Reservation Choose menu “ DHCP → Address Reservation ”, you can view and add a reserved address for clients via the next screen (shown in Figure 4-28).When you specify a reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always r...
Page 53 - Figure 4-30 The Forwarding menu
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 43 - 4.8 Forwarding Figure 4-30 The Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 4-30), Virtual Servers , Port Triggering , DMZ and UPnP . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding fun...
Page 54 - Figure 4-32 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry; service, and enter the same IP Address for that computer or server.; Security; ” page to be any other value except 80 such as 8080.
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 44 - 1. Click the Add New… button, the next screen will pop-up as shown in Figure 4-32. 2. Select the service port you want to use from the Common Service Port list. If the Common Service Port list does not have the service that you want to use, type ...
Page 56 - Figure 4-34 Add or Modify a Port Triggering Entry; connection of other hosts on LAN will be refused.
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 46 - 5. Select Enable in Status field. 6. Click the Save button to save the new rule. Figure 4-34 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 t...
Page 58 - Figure 4-37 The Security menu
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 48 - • Status - The status of the port is displayed here. “Enabled” means that the port is still active. Otherwise, the port is inactive. Click Refresh to update the Current UPnP Settings List. 4.9 Security Figure 4-37 The Security menu There are four...
Page 60 - Dos Protection will take effect only when the; Traffic Statistics; in “
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 50 - Figure 4-39 Advanced Security ¾ 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 statist...
Page 61 - Figure 4-40 Local Management
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 51 - ¾ TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600. When the current TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets numbers is beyond the set value, the Router will startup the blocking function immediately. ¾ Ignore Ping...
Page 62 - button; Figure 4-41 Remote Management; Web Management Port -; used is 8080 in your browser. Later, you may be asked
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 52 - Click the Save button to save your settings. ) Note: If your PC is blocked but you want to access the Router again, use a pin to press and hold the WPS/RESET ٛ button (hole) on the back panel for about 5 seconds to reset the Router’s factory defa...
Page 63 - Parental Control; Figure 4-42 Parental Control Settings
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 53 - 4.10 Parental Control Choose menu “ Parental Control ”, and you can configure the parental control in the screen as shown in Figure 4-42. The Parental Control function can be used to control the internet activities of the child, limit the child t...
Page 64 - Figure 4-43 Add or Modify Parental Control Entry
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 54 - 5. Select from the Effective Time drop-down list the schedule (e.g. Schedule_1) you want the entry to take effect. If there are not suitable schedules for you, click the Schedule in red below to go to the Advance Schedule Settings page and create...
Page 65 - Figure 4-44 Parental Control Settings
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 55 - 3. Click “ Parental Control ” menu on the left to go back to the Add or Modify Parental Control Entry page: z Click Add New... button. z Enter 00-11-22-33-44-AA in the MAC Address of Children’s PC field. z Enter “Allow Google” in the Website Desc...
Page 66 - Figure 4-46 Access Control Rule Management
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 56 - Figure 4-46 Access Control Rule Management ¾ Enable Internet Access Control - Select the check box to enable the Internet Access Control function, so the Default Filter Policy can take effect. ¾ Rule Name - Here displays the name of the rule and ...
Page 67 - Figure 4-47 Quick Setup – Create a Host Entry
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 57 - Figure 4-47 Quick Setup – Create a Host Entry ¾ Mode - Here are two options, IP Address and MAC Address . You can select either of them from the drop-down list. ¾ Host Description - In this field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Ho...
Page 70 - Figure 4-51 Add Internet Access Control Entry
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 60 - Figure 4-51 Add Internet Access Control Entry For example : If you desire to allow the 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, and forbid other hosts in the LAN to access t...
Page 71 - Figure 4-52 Host Settings
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 61 - 4.11.2 Host Choose menu “ Access Control → Host ”, you can view and set a Host list in the screen as shown in Figure 4-52. The host list is necessary for the Access Control Rule. Figure 4-52 Host Settings ¾ Host Description - Here displays the de...
Page 72 - Figure 4-54 Add or Modify a Host Entry
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 62 - Figure 4-54 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 New... button in Figure 4-52 to enter the ...
Page 73 - ) will be blocked or allowed. You can enter 4; Figure 4-56 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 63 - 2. In Mode field, select IP Address or Domain Name. z If you select IP Address , the screen shown is Figure 4-56. 1) In Target Description field, create a unique description for the target (e.g. Target_1). 2) In IP Address field, enter the IP add...
Page 74 - Figure 4-57 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry; only, you should first follow the; Figure 4-58 Schedule Settings; Here displays the time period in a day.
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 64 - Figure 4-57 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, you should first follow the settings below: 1. C...
Page 75 - Figure 4-59 Advanced Schedule Settings
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 65 - ¾ Modify - Here you can edit or delete an existing schedule. To add a new schedule, follow the steps below. 1. Click Add New... button shown in Figure 4-58 and the next screen will pop-up as shown in Figure 4-59. 2. In Schedule Description field,...
Page 76 - Advanced Routing; Figure 4-60 Advanced Routing Menu
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 66 - Then you will go back to the Schedule Settings page and see the following list. 4.12 Advanced Routing Figure 4-60 Advanced Routing Menu There are two submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 4-60): Static Routing List and System Routing T...
Page 78 - Bandwidth Control; Figure 4-64 Bandwidth Control Settings
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 68 - ¾ Interface - This interface tells you whether the Destination IP Address is on the LAN & WLAN (internal wired and wireless networks), the WAN(Internet) . Click the Refresh button to refresh the data displayed. 4.13 Bandwidth Control Figure 4...
Page 79 - Figure 4-65 Bandwidth Control Rules List
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 69 - Figure 4-65 Bandwidth Control Rules List ¾ Description - This is the information about the rules such as address range. ¾ Egress bandwidth - This field displays the max and mix upload bandwidth through the WAN port, the default is 0. ¾ Ingress ba...
Page 80 - Figure 4-68 Binding Settings
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 70 - 4.14 IP & MAC Binding Setting Figure 4-67 the IP & MAC Binding menu There are two submenus under the IP &MAC Binding menu (shown in Figure 4-67): Binding Settings and ARP List . Click any of them, and you will be able to scan or confi...
Page 82 - Figure 4-71 ARP List; interference to the IP & MAC Binding list.
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 72 - Figure 4-71 ARP List ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN. ¾ IP Address - The assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN. ¾ Status - Indicates whether or not the MAC and IP addresses are bound. ¾ Co...
Page 85 - Figure 4-75 The System Tools menu
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 75 - 4.16 System Tools Figure 4-75 The System Tools menu Choose menu “ System Tools ”, and you can see the submenus under the main menu: Time Settings , Diagnostic , Firmware Upgrade , Factory Defaults, Backup & Restore, Reboot, Password, System L...
Page 86 - The time will be lost if the router is turned off.
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 76 - ¾ NTP Server 1 / NTP Server 2 - Enter the address or domain of the NTP Server 1 or NTP Server 2 , and then the Router will get the time from the NTP Server preferentially. In addition, the Router built-in some common NTP Servers, so it can get ti...
Page 88 - function. Option “Tracert Hops” are used for; Tracert; Figure 4-79 Firmware Upgrade
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 78 - Click Start to check the connectivity of the Internet. The Diagnostic Results page displays the result of diagnosis. If the result is similar to the following screen, the connectivity of the Internet is fine. Figure 4-78 Diagnostic Results ) Note...
Page 89 - configuration, you can try to upgrade the firmware.; Figure 4-80 Restore Factory Default
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 79 - ) Note: 1) New firmware versions ar
Page 90 - Figure 4-81 Backup & Restore Configuration; upgrading process to prevent any damage.; Figure 4-82 Reboot the Router
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 80 - Figure 4-81 Backup & Restore Configuration ¾ Click the Backup button to save all configuration settings as a backup file in your local computer. ¾ To upgrade the Router's configuration, follow these instructions. • Click the Browse… button to...
Page 91 - Figure 4-83 Password; spaces. Enter the new Password twice to confirm.; Figure 4-84 System Log
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 81 - 4.16.7 Password Choose menu “ System Tools → Password ”, you can change the factory default user name and password of the Router in the next screen as shown in Figure 4-83. Figure 4-83 Password It is strongly recommended that you should change th...
Page 92 - Only when you select; Authentication; , do you have to enter the User Name and; Confirm The Password -
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 82 - ¾ Auto Mail Feature - Indicates whether auto mail feature is enabled or not. ¾ Mail Settings - Set the receiving and sending mailbox address, server address, validation information as well as the timetable for Auto Mail Feature, as shown in Figur...
Page 93 - Figure 4-86 Statistics
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 83 - Click Back to return to the previous page. ¾ Log Type - By selecting the log type, only logs of this type will be shown. ¾ Log Level - By selecting the log level, only logs of this level will be shown. ¾ Refresh - Refresh the page to show the lat...
Page 94 - There would be 5 entries on each page. Click; Previous; to return to the previous page and; Next; to
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 84 - Statistics Table: IP/MAC Address The IP and MAC address are displayed with related statistics. Packets The total number of packets received and transmitted by the Router. Total Bytes The total number of bytes received and transmitted by the Route...
Page 99 - Figure A-9 Virtual Servers; The wireless stations cannot connect to the Router.; of your wireless stations.
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 89 - Figure A-9 Virtual Servers Figure A-10 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry 5. The wireless stations cannot connect to the Router. 1) Make sure the " Enable Wireless Router Radio " is checked. 2) Make sure that the wireless stations' SSID...
Page 100 - Appendix B: Configuring the PC; Start; button, and then click; Control Panel; the; Network and Internet Connections; icon, and then click on the; Network; tab in the appearing window.
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 90 - Appendix B: Configuring the PC 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 necessary. 1. Configure TCP/IP com...
Page 102 - Now click; to keep your settings.
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 92 - Now click OK to keep your settings.
Page 103 - Appendix C: Specifications; General
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 93 - 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 R...
Page 104 - Appendix D: Glossary
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 94 - Appendix D: Glossary ¾ 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 a...