TP-Link Wireless N Router TL-WR940N Bedienungsanleitung

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I COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS S pecifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of t heir respective holders. No part of th e specifications ma y be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivat[...]

II FCC RF Radiation Exposure S t atement This equipment complies with FCC RF radiatio n exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This device and its antenna must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter . “T o comply with FCC RF exposure compliance r equirements, this grant is applicabl[...]

TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: Wireless N Router Model No.: TL-WR940N T rademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own respon sibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product with in the scope of Council Directives: Directives 19[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router I CONTENTS Package Contents .......................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................. 2 1.1 Overview of the Router ..[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router II 4.6.5 Wireless S tatisti cs ........................................................................................... 44 4.7 DHCP ......................................................................................................................... 45 4.7.1 DHCP Settings ..........................................[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router III 4.15.3 No-ip.com DDNS ............................................................................................ 78 4.16 System T ools .............................................................................................................. 79 4.16.1 Ti m e S et t i n g ........................................[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ TL-WR940N Wireless N Router ¾ DC Power Adapter for TL-WR940N Wireless N Router ¾ Quick Install ation Guide ¾ Resource CD for TL-WR940N Wireless N Router , including: • This Guide • Other Help ful Information ) Note: Make sure that the package[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the TL-WR940N Wireless N Router . 1.1 Overview of the Router Th e TL-WR940N Wireless N Router i nt egr at es 4-port Switch, Fi re wal l, N A T -Ro ut er and Wireless AP . Th e Wireless N Router delivers exceptional ra nge and speed, w hi ch ca n fu lly m ee t t he need of Sm[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 1.3 Main Features ¾ Complies with IEEE 802.1 1n to provide a wireless data rate of up to 300Mbps. ¾ One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 WAN port, four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 LAN ports, supporting Auto MDI/MDIX. ¾ Provides WP A/WP A2, WP A-PSK/WP A2-PSK authentic ation, TKIP/AES encryption security . ¾ Shares dat[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Off Power is off. PWRr On Power is on. On The Router is initializing or maybe has a system error . Flashing The Router is working properly . SYS Off The Router has a system error . Off The Wireless function is disabled. WLAN Flashing The Wireless function is enabled. Off There is no device linked to the corresponding por[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router There are two ways to reset to the Router's factory defaults: 1) Use the Factory Default s function on System T ools -> Factory Defaults page in the Router's Web-based Utility . 2) Use the Factory Default Reset button : Pr ess the Reset button for five seconds and then wait for the Router to reboot. ¾ WA N [...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirement s ¾ Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet) ¾ One DSL/Cable Modem that has an RJ 45 connector (which is not necessary if the Router is connected directly to the Ethernet.) ¾ PCs with a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connec[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation of the TL-WR940N Wireless N Router -7-[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basi c functions of your TL-WR940N Wireless N Router using Quick Setup Wiz ar d within minutes. 3.1 TCP/IP Configuration The default IP address of the TL-WR940N Wire less N Router is 192.168. 1.1. And the default Subnet Mask is 255.255.25[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 3-1 Success result of Ping command ¾ If the result displayed is similar to the Figure 3-2 , it means the connec tion between your PC and the Router is failed. Figure 3-2 Failure result of Ping command Please check the connection following these step s: 1. Is the connection bet ween your PC and the Router correct?[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 2. Is the TCP/IP configur ation for your PC correct? ) Note: If the Router's IP addres s is 192. 168.1.1, your PC's IP address must b e within the range of 192.168.1.2 ~ 192.168.1.254. 3.2 Quick Inst allation Guide With a Web-based (Internet Explorer or Netscape ® Navigator) utility , it is easy to configure a[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 3-5 Quick Setup 3. Click Next , and then W AN Connection T ype page will appear , shown in Figure 3-6 . Figure 3-6 Choose WAN Connection Type The Router provides Auto-Detect function and supports three popular ways PPPoE , Dyn amic IP and Static IP to connect to the Internet. It’s recommended that you make use o[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router ¾ User Name and Password - Enter the User Name and Passw ord provided by your ISP. These fields are case sensitive. If you have difficulty with this pr ocess, please contact your ISP. 2 ） If the connection type detect ed is Dynamic IP , the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-9. Then you can go on with the wi[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 3-9 Quick Setup – Wireless ¾ Wireless Radio - Enable or disable the wireless radi o choosing from the pull-down list. ¾ SSID - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same name of SSID (Service Set Identification) must be assigned to all wire less devices in your network. Considering your wireless network se[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router ¾ Channel - This field determines which operati ng frequency will be used. The default channel is set to Auto , so the AP will choose the best channel automatically. It is not necessary to change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby access point. ¾ Mode - This field determine[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 3-1 1 Quick Setup - Finish -15-[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This chapter will show each Web p age's ke y functions and the c onfiguration way . 4.1 Login After your successful login, you will see the fif t een main menus on the left of the Web-based utility . On the right, there are the corres ponding explanations and instructions. The detai[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-1 Router S tatus 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 3.2: "Quick Installation Guide." -17-[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 4.4 QSS This section will guide you add a new wireless device to an existing net work quickly by QSS (Quick Secure Setup) function. a). Choose menu “ QSS ”, you will see the next screen (shown in Figure 4 -2 ). Figure 4-2 QSS ¾ QSS St atus - Enable or disable the QSS function here. ¾ Current PIN - The current value[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Step 2: Press and hold the QSS button of t he adapter directly for 2 or 3 seconds. Step 3: W ait for a while until the next screen appears. Click Fini sh to complete the QSS configuration. The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Method T wo: Step 1: Press the QSS button on the front panel of the Router . Step 2:[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Step 3: W ait for a while until the next screen appears. Click Finish to complete the QSS configuration. The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Method Three: Step 1: Keep the default QSS Status as Enabled and click the Add device button in Figure 4-2 , then the f[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-3 Add A New Device Step 2: Choose Press the button of the new device in two minutes and click Connect . Step 3: For the confi guration of the wirele ss adapter , please choose Push the button on my access point in the configuration utility of t he QSS as below , and click Next . The QSS Configuration Screen of W[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter II. By PIN If the new device supports Wi-Fi Protected Se tup and the PIN method, you can add it to the network by PIN with the following two methods. Method One: Enter the PIN into my Router Step 1: Keep the defaul t QSS Status as Enabled and click the Add device button in[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter ) Note: In this example, the default PIN code of this adapter is 16952898 as the above figure shown. Method T wo: Enter the PIN from my Router Step 1: Get the Current PI N code of the Router in Figure 4-2 (each Router has it s unique PIN code. Here takes the PIN code 12345[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router ) Note: The default PIN code of the Router can be found in its label or the QSS configuration screen as Figure 4-2 . c). Y ou will see the following screen when the new device successfully connected to the network. ) Note: 1. The status LED on the Router will light green all the time if the device has been successfully a[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router ¾ MAC Address - The physical address of the Router , as seen from the LAN. The value can't be changed. ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address of your Router or reset it in dotted-decimal not ation (factory default: 192.168.1.1). ¾ Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use 25[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway , etc. Click the Renew button to renew the IP parameters from your ISP . Click the Release button to release the IP parameters. ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recomm ended that you change the default [...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router provided by your ISP . ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum T ransmission Unit) va lue for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recomm ended that you change the defa ult MTU Size unless required by your ISP . ¾ Primary/Secondary DNS - (Optional) Enter one or two DNS addresses in dotted-decim al notation prov[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router z St atic IP - Y ou can check this radio button to us e S tatic IP as t he secondary connectio n to connect to the local area network provided by ISP . ¾ Connect on Demand - In this mode, the Internet connec tion can be terminat ed automaticall y after a specified inactivity period ( Max Idle T ime ) and be re-establish[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-9 PPPoE Advanced Settings ¾ MTU Size - The default MTU size is “1480” bytes, which is usually fine. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP . ¾ Service Name/AC Name - The service name and AC (Acce ss Concentrat or) name, which should not be configured unless y[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-10 ¾ User Name/Passw ord - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Auth Server - Enter the authenticating serv er IP address or host name. ¾ Auth Domain - T ype in the domain suffix server name based on your location. e.g. NSW / ACT - nsw .bigpond.net.au VIC [...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router ¾ Connect Manually - Y ou can click the Connect / Disconnect button to connect/disconnect immediately . This mode also supports the Max Idle T ime function as Connect on Demand mode. The Internet connection can be disconnected automatically after a specified inactivity period and re-established when you attempt to acces[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router to connect immediately . Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately . ¾ Connect on Demand - Y ou can configure the Router to disconnect from your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity ( Max Idle T ime ). If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity , Connect on Demand[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-12 PPTP Settings ¾ User Name/P assword - Enter the Us er Name and Password provi ded by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Dynamic IP/ St atic 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 s[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter 0 in the Max Idle T ime field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed befor e your Internet connection terminates. ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the Rout er is disconnected. T o use this option, click the radio butt[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 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 enter the correct MAC address into this field in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX form at(X [...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-15 Wireless Settings ¾ SSID - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same nam e of SSID (Ser vice Set Identification) must b e assigned to all wireless devices in your network. Considering your wireless network security, the default SSID is set to be TP-LINK_XXXXXX (XXXXXX indicates t h e last unique six num[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router ¾ Mode - Select the desired mode. The default setting is 11bgn mixed. 11b only - Select if all of your wireless clients are 802.11b. 11g only - Select if all of your wireless clients are 802.11g. 11n only- Select only if all of your wireless clients are 802.11n. 11bg mixed - Select if you are using both 802.11b and 802.[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router ¾ Search - Click this button, you can search the AP which runs in the current channel. ¾ Key type - This option should be chosen according to the AP's security configuration.It is recommended that the security type is the same as your AP's security type ¾ WEP Index - This option should be chosen if the key t[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-16 ¾ Disable Security - If you do not want to use wireless secu rity, select this c heck box, but it’s strongly recommended to choose one of t he following modes to enable security. ¾ WEP - It is based on the IEEE 802. 11 standard. If you select this check box, you will find a notice in red as show in Figure[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router setting is Automatic , which can select WP A ( Wi-Fi Protected Access) or WP A2 ( WPA version 2) automatically based on the wireless stat ion's capability and request. • Encryption - You can select either Automatic , or TKIP or AES. ) Note: If you check the WP A/WP A2 radi o button and choose TKIP encryption, you [...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-19 • PSK Passphrase - You can enter ASCII characters between 8 and 63 characters or 8 to 64 Hexadecimal characters. • Group Key Up date Period - Specify the group key update interval in secon ds. The value should be 30 or above. Ente r 0 to disable the update. Be sure to click the Save button to save your se[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-21 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follo w these instructions: 1. Enter the appropriat e MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is an y hexadecimal digit). For example: 00-0A-EB-00-07-8A. 2. [...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router to access for Filtering Rules. 3. Delete all or disable all en tries if there are any entries already. 4. Click the Add New... button and enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-8A / 00-0A-EB -00-23-11 in the MAC Address field, then enter wireless station A/B in the Description field, while select Enabled in the Status pull[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router ¾ RTS Threshold - Here you can specify the RTS (Req uest to Send) Threshold. If the packet is larger than the specified RTS Thre shold size, the router will send RTS frames to a particular receiving station and negotiate the sending of a dat a frame. The default value is 2346. ¾ Fragmentation Threshold - This value is [...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router ¾ MAC Address - The connected wireless station's MAC address ¾ Current Status - The connected wi reless stati on's running status, one of ST A-AUTH / STA-ASSOC / STA-JOINED / WPA / WPA -PSK / WPA2 / WPA2-PSK / AP-UP / AP-DOWN / Disconnected ¾ Received Packets - Packets received by the station ¾ Sent Packets[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-25 DHCP Settings ¾ DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server . If you dis able the Server , you must have another DHCP server within your network or else you must configure the compute r manually . ¾ St art IP Address - S pecify an IP address for the DHCP Server to start with when assigning IP addresses.[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router "Obtain an IP Address automatically" mode. 4.7.2 DHCP Clients List Choose menu “ DHCP → DHCP Clients List ”, you can view the info rmation about the client s attached to the Router in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-26 ) . Figure 4-26 DHCP Client s List ¾ ID - The index of the DHCP Client ¾ Client Na[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-27 Address Reservation ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC for whic h you want to reserve IP address. ¾ Assigned IP Address - The IP address of the Router reserved. ¾ Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled . To Reserve IP addresses: 1. Click the Add New … button. (Pop-up Figure 4[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Click the Next button to go to the next page and Click the Previous button to return the previous page. 4.8 Forwarding Figure 4-29 T he Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwar ding menu (shown in Figure 4-29 ): Virtual Servers , Port T riggering , DMZ and UPnP . Click any of them, and you will be able to[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router To setup a virtual server entry: 1. Click the Add New… button. (pop-up Figure 4-31 ) 2. Select the service you want to use fr om the Co mmon Service Port list. If the Common Service Port list does not have the serv ice that you want to us e, type the number of the service port or service port range in the Service Port [...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 4.8.2 Port Triggering Choose menu “ Forwarding → Port T riggering ”, you can view and add po rt triggering in the ne xt screen (shown in Figure 4-32 ). Some applications require mult iple connections, like Internet games, video conferencing, Inter net calling and so on. These applic ations cannot work with a pure N[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 2. Select a common application from the Common Applications drop-down list, then the T rigger Port field and the Incoming Port s field will be automatically filled. If the Common Applications do not have the app licati on you need, enter the T rigger Port and the Incoming Port s manually . 3. Select the protocol used for[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 4.8.3 DMZ Choose menu “ Forwarding → DMZ ”, you can view and configure DMZ host in the screen (shown in Figure 4-34 ).The DMZ host feature allows one local hos t to be exposed to the Internet for a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferen cing. DMZ host forwards all the ports at the same tim[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-35 UPnP Setting ¾ Current UPnP Status - UPnP can be enabled or di sabled by clicking the Enable or Disable button. As allowing this may present a ri sk to security, this feature is enabled by default. ¾ Current UPnP Settings List - This table displays the current UPnP information. • App Description - The des[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-37 Basic Security ¾ Firewall - A firewall protects your network from t he outside world. Here you can enabl e or disable the Router’s firewall. z SPI Firewall - SPI (Stateful Packet In spection, also known as dynamic packet filtering) helps to prevent cyber attacks by tracking mo re state per session. It vali[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router ¾ ALG - It is recommended to enable Application Layer Gatew ay (ALG) because ALG allows customized Network Address T ranslation (NA T ) traversal filters to be plugged into the gateway to support address and port translation fo r certain application layer "control/data" protocols such as FTP , TFTP , H323 etc.[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood. ¾ DoS Protection - Denial of Service protection. Check the Enable or Disable button to enable or disable the DoS protecti on function. Only when it is en abled, will the flood filters be enabled. ) Note: Dos Protection will take ef fect only when the T raffic St atistics in “ System T ool →[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-39 Local Management By default, the radio button “ All the PCs on the LAN are allowed to access the Router's Web-Based Utility ” is checked. If you want to allo w PCs with specific MAC Addresses to access the Setup page of the Ro uter's Web-Based Utility locally from inside the network, check the r[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-40 Remote Management ¾ Web Management Port - Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80. This Router's default remote manag ement web por t number is 80. For greater security, you can change the remote management web port to a custom port by entering that number in the box provided.[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-41 Parental Control Settings ¾ Parental Control - Check Enable if you want this function to take effect, otherwise check Disable . ¾ MAC Address of Parental PC - In this field, enter the MAC address of the controlling PC, or you can make use of the Copy To Above button below. ¾ MAC Address of Your PC - This f[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 6. In the Status field, you can select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable your entry. 7. Click the Save button. Click the Enable All button to enable all the rules in the list. Click the Disable All button to disable all the rules in the list. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries in the table. Clic[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 3. Click “ Parental Control ” menu on the left to go back to the Add or Modi fy Parental Control Entry page: z Click Add New... button. z Enter 00-11- 22-33-44-AA in the MAC Address of Child PC field. z Enter “Allow Google” in the Website D escription field. z Enter “www. google.com” in the Allowed Domain Nam[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-45 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 this name is unique. ¾ Host - Here displays the host selected in the corr[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 6. In the Action field, select Deny or Allow . 7. In the Status field, select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable your entry. 8. Click the Save button. Click the Enable All button to enable all the rules in the list. Click the Disable All button to disable all the rules in the list. Click the Delete All button to de[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 4. Click “ Access Control → Rule ” in the left to return to the Access Control Rule Management page. Select “ Enable Internet Access Control ” and choose "Den y the packets not specified by any access cont rol policy to pass through the Router". 5. Click Add New... button to add a new rule as follows:[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 2) In LAN IP Address field, enter the IP address. z If you select MAC Address, the screen shown is Figure 4-49 . 1) In Host Description field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). 2) In MAC Address field, enter the MAC address. 3. Click the Save button to complete the settings. Click the Delete All but[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 4.11.3 Target Choose menu “ Access Control → Ta r g e t ”, you can view and set a T a rget list in the screen as shown in Figure 4-50 . The target list is necessary for the Access Control Rule. Figure 4-50 T arget Settings ¾ Target Description - Here displays the description about the target and this description i[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Previous button return to the previous page. Figure 4-51 Add or Modify an Access T arget Entry Figure 4-52 Add or Modify an Access T arget Entry For example : If you desire to restrict the inter net activities of host with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA in the LAN[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 4.11.4 Schedule Choose menu “ Access Control → Schedule ”, you can view and set a Schedule list in the next screen as shown in Figure 4-53 . The Schedule list is necessary for the Access Control Rule. Figure 4-53 Schedule Settings ¾ Schedule Description - Here displays the description of the schedule and this desc[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-54 Advanced Schedule Settings For example : If you desire to restrict the inter net 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 the settings below: 1. Click Add N ew ... button shown in Figure 4-53 to en[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-55 S tatic Routing T o add static routing entries: 1. Click Add New… shown in Figure 4-55 , you will see the following screen. Figure 4-56 Add or Modify a S tatic Ro ute Entry 2. Enter the following data: ¾ Destination IP Address - The Destination IP Address is the address of the network or host that you want[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 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 screen. 4.13 Bandwidth Control Figure 4-57 There are two submenus under the Ba[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-59 Bandwidt h Control Rules List ¾ Description - This is the information about the rules such as ad dress range. ¾ Egress bandwidth - This field displays the max and mix uploa d bandwidth through the W AN port, the default is 0. ¾ Ingress bandwidth - This field displays the max and mix download bandwidth thro[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 4.14 IP & MAC Binding Setting Figure 4-61 the IP & MAC Binding menu There are two submenus under the IP &MAC Binding menu (shown in Figure 4-61 ): Binding Setting and ARP List . Click any of them, and you will be able to scan or configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanat ions for each submenu[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-63 IP & MAC Binding Setting (Add & Modify) To add IP & MAC Binding entries, follo w the steps below. 1. Click the Add New... button as shown in Figure 4- 62. 2. Enter the MAC Address and IP Address. 3. Select the Bind checkbox. 4. Click the Save button to save it. To modify or delete an existing entr[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router the ARP list also. This page displays the ARP List; it shows all the existing IP & MAC Binding entries (shown in Figure 4-65 ). Figure 4-65 ARP List ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the contro lled computer in the LAN. ¾ IP Address - The assigned IP address of the cont rolled computer in the LAN. ¾ Status - Indi[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 4.15.1 Comexe.cn DDNS If the dynamic DNS Service Provider you select is www.comexe.cn , the page will appear as shown in Figure 4-66 . Figure 4-66 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. T ype the Domain Name received from your dynamic DNS service provider . 2. T ype the User Name for yo[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-67 Dyndns.org DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. T ype the User Name for your DDNS account. 2. T ype the Password for your DDNS account. 3. T ype the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider here. 4. Click the Login button to log in to the DDNS service. Connection S[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-68 No-ip.com DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. T ype the User Name for your DDNS account. 2. T ype the Password for your DDNS account. 3. T ype the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider . 4. Click the Login button to log in the DDNS service. Connection Status - [...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Password, System Log and St atistics. Click any of them, and you w ill be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanat ions for each submenu are provided below . 4.16.1 Time Setting Choose menu “ System T ools → Time Setting ”, you can configure the time on the following screen. Figure 4-70 T[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 3. The router wi ll obtain GMT automatica lly from In ternet if it has already connected to Internet. 4.16.2 Diagnostic Choose menu “ System T ools → Diagnostic ”, you can transact Ping or T raceroute function to check connectivity of your net work in the following screen. Figure 4-71 Diagnostic T ools ¾ Diagnosti[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router ¾ Ping Timeout - Set the waiting time for the reply of each Ping packet. If there is no reply in the specified time, the connection is overtime. ¾ T raceroute Max TTL - The max num ber of hops for a Traceroute connection. Click St a rt to check the connectivity of the Internet. The Diagnostic Result s page displays the[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 2. Type the path and file name of the update file into the File field. Or click the Brow se button to locate the update file. 3. Click the Upgrade button. ) Note: 1. New firmware vers ions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. There is no need to upgrade the firmware unle ss the new firmwar[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-75 Backup & Restore Configuration ¾ Click the Backup button to save all configuration setti ngs as a backup file in your local computer . ¾ T o upgrade the Router's configurat ion, follow these instructions. • Click the Brow se… button to locate the update file for the Router , or enter the exact [...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 4.16.7 Password Choose menu “ System T ools → Pass w ord ”, you can change the factory default user name and password of the Router in the nex t screen as shown in Figure 4-77. Figure 4-77 Password It is strongly recommended that you should c hange the factory default user name and password of the Router, because a[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-78 System Log 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 Figure 4-79 . -86-[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure 4-79 Mail Account Settings z From - Your mail box address. The Router would connect it to send logs. z To - Recipient’s address. The destination mail box where the logs would be received. z SMTP Server - Your smtp server. It corresponds with the mailbox filled in the From field. You can log on the rele vant webs[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router ¾ Save Log - Click to save all the logs i n a txt file. ¾ Mail Log - Click to sen d an email of current l ogs manually according to the address and validation information set in Mail Settings. ¾ Clear Log - All the logs will be deleted from the R outer permanently, not ju st from the page. Click the Next button to go [...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Statistics Table: IP A ddess/MAC Address The IP Address and MAC address are displayed with related statistics Packets The number of packets received an d transmitted by the Router. Total Bytes The number of bytes received and transm itted by the Router. Packets The number of packets receiv ed and transmitted in the l ast[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the Router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) First, configure the ADSL Modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. 2) Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL Modem to the W AN port on the Router . The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of the ADSL Modem. 3) Login to the Route[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router "W AN" submenu. On the W AN page, select “Dynamic IP” for "W AN Connection T ype", finish by clicking “Save”. 2) Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter , which is connected to your cable/DS L Modem during installation. If your ISP requires MAC register , login to t[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure A-5 Add or Modify a V irtual server Entry ) Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP , which is displayed on the “Status” page. 4) How to enable DMZ Host: Log in to the Router , click the “ Forw arding ” menu on the lef t of your browser , and click " DMZ " submenu. On the "DMZ"[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure A-7 Basic Security 4. I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, w hat should I do? 1) Because the WEB Server port 80 will inte rfere with the WEB management port 80 on the Router , you must change the WEB management port number to avoid interference. 2) T o change the WEB management port number : Log in to the Rout[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router field of the Web browser. 3) Log in to the Router , click the “ Forwarding ” menu on the left of your browse r , and click the " Virtual Servers " submenu. On the " V irtual Servers " page, click Add New… , then on the “ Add or Modify a Virtual Server ” p age, enter “80” into the blank n[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows XP . First make sure your Ethernet Ada pter is wo rking, refer to the adapter’s manual if needed. 1. Inst all TCP/IP component 1) On the Windows taskbar , click the Star t button, poin t to Se[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure B-2 5) The following TCP/IP Pr operties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default. Now you have two ways to configure the TCP/IP protocol below: ¾ Setting IP address automatically Select Obt ain an IP address automatically , Choose Obt ain DNS server automaticall y , as shown in[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Figure B-3 ¾ Setting IP address manually 1 Select Use the following IP address radio button. And the fo llowing items available 2 If the Router's LAN IP address is 192.168.1.1, type IP address is 192.168.1.x (x is from 2 to 254), and Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. 3 T ype the Router ’s LAN IP address (t he default[...]

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TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Appendix C: Specifications General S tandards IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.1 1b, 802.1 1g and 802.1 1n Protocols TCP/IP , PPPoE, DHCP , ICMP , NA T , SNTP Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation W AN RJ45 port, Four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 ports supporting Auto MDI/MDIX 10BASE-T : UTP category 3, 4, 5 cable (maximum 100m[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Appendix D: Glossary ¾ 802.11n - 802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standar ds by adding MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output). MIMO uses mu ltiple transmitter and receiver antennas to allow for increased data throughput via spatial multiplexing and incr eas ed range by exploiting th e spatial diversity, perhaps throug[...]

TL-WR940N Wireless N Router identifying a wireless local area network. Fo r the wireless devices in a network to communicate with each other, all devices must be configured with the same SSID. This is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card. It corresponds to the ESSID in the wireless Access Point and to the wireless network na[...]