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TL-WR841N TL-WR841ND 300Mbp s Wireless N Router REV : 5.0.0 1910010905[...]

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

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[...]

III This device complies with RSS 210 of Industry Canada. This Class B device meets all the requirements of the Canadian interfer ence-causing equipment regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la Classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada. Korea W arning St atements 당해 무선설비는 운용중 ?[...]

IV Safety Information z When product has power button, the powe r butto n is one of the way to shut off the product; when there is no power button, the only way to co mpletely shut off power is to disconnect the product or the power adapter from the power source. z Don’t disassemble the product, or make repairs yourself. Y ou run the risk of elec[...]

TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 300Mbps Wireless N Router Model No.: TL-WR841N / TL-WR8 41ND 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 Dir[...]

I CONTENTS Package Co ntent s ............................................................................................................... ..................... 1 Chapter 1. Introduc tion................................................................................................................... ....... 2 1.1 Overview of the Ro uter ......[...]

II 4.7 DHCP ........................................................................................................................... ....... 45 4.7.1 DHCP Se ttings ........................................................................................................ 45 4.7.2 DHCP Client s List .................................................[...]

III 4.15.2 Dyndns.org DDNS .................................................................................................. 78 4.15.3 No-ip.com DDNS .................................................................................................... 79 4.16 System T ools ............................................................................[...]

TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D 300Mbp s Wireless N Router -1- Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router ¾ DC Power Adapter for TL-WR841N/TL-WR84 1ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router ¾ Quick Install ation Guide ¾ Ethernet Cable ¾ Resource CD for TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -2- Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the TL-WR841N/ TL-WR8 41ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router. 1.1 Overview of the Router Th e TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router i nt eg ra te s 4-port Switch, F ir ew al l, NA T -Router and Wirele ss AP . The 300M b ps W ir e le s s N R ou t e r[...]

TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D 300Mbp s Wireless N Router -3- 1.2 Conventions The router o r TL-WR841N/ TL-WR841N D mentioned in this guide stands for TL-WR8 41N/TL-WR8 41ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router without any explanation. ) Note: The two devices of TL-WR841N and TL-WR841ND are sharing this User Guide. For simplicity , we will take TL-WR841ND for exampl e[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -4- 1.4 Panel Layout 1.4.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 Front Panel sketch The router ’s LEDs and the Wireless On/Off button are located on the front p anel (View from left to right). Name Statu s Indication Off Power is off. （ Power ） On Power is on. Off The Wireless function is disabled. (WLAN)[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -5- 1.4.2 The Rear Panel Figure 1-2 Rear Panel sketch The following parts are lo cated on the rear panel (View from lef t to right). ¾ ON/OFF: The switch for the power . ¾ POWER: The Power socket is where you will c onnect the power adapt er . Please use the power adapter provided with this TL-WR84[...]

TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D 300Mbp s Wireless N Router -6- 2) Use the WPS/RESET button: With the Router powered on, press and hold the WPS/RESET button (more than 5 seconds) until t he SYS LED becomes quick-flash from slow-flash. Then release the button and wait the Router to reboot to its factory default settings. z Used as WPS button: If you have clien[...]

TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D 300Mbp s Wireless N Router -7- 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 RJ45 connector (which is not necessary if the router is connected directly to the Ethernet.) ¾ PCs with a working Ethernet Adapter and an Etherne[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -8- 7. Power on your PC and cable/DSL modem. Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation of the TL-WR841ND 300Mbp s Wireless N Route r[...]

TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D 300Mbp s Wireless N Router -9- Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions of your TL-WR841ND 300Mbp s Wireless N Router using Quick Setup Wiz ar d within minutes. 3.1 TCP/IP Configuration The default domain name of the TL-WR 841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router is http://tpli[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -10- 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 [...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -1 1- 2. Is the TCP/IP configur ation for your PC correct? ) Note: If the router's IP address is 192.168.0.1, your PC's IP address must be within the range of 192.168.0.2 ~ 192.168.0.254. 3. Is the default LAN IP of the router correct? ) Note: If the LAN IP of the modem connec ted with your[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -12- ) Note: If the above screen does not pop-up, it means that y our W eb-browser has been set to a proxy . Go to T ools > Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings , in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it . 2. After successfully login, yo[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -13- you select Auto-Detect , the router will automatically det ect the connection type your ISP provides. If you are sure of what kind of c onnection type your ISP provides, you can sel ect the very type and click Next to go on configuring. ) Note: 1) L2TP and PPTP cannot be detected by the router. [...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -14- Figure 3-8 Quick Setup - S tatic IP ¾ IP Address - This is the WAN IP address as seen by external users on the Internet (including your ISP). Enter t he IP address into the field. ¾ Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask is used for the WA N IP address, it is usually 255.255.255.0. ¾ Default Gateway -[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -15- ¾ Confirm Password - Re-enter the password provided by your ISP to ensure the Password you entered is correct. If the Password is different from the Confirm Password, the screen will appear as shown below. Click OK , and re-enter the Password and Confirm Password. Check the radio button of Dy n[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -16- Select St atic IP if IP Address/ Subnet Mask/ Ga teway and DNS server address have been provided by your ISP . Then please enter server IP address or domain name provided by you r ISP , and also enter the corresponding parameters. 5 ） If the connection type is PPTP/Russian PPTP , the next scre[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -17- Select St atic IP if IP Address/ Subnet Mask/ Ga teway and DNS server address have been provided by your ISP . Then please enter server IP address or domain name provided by you r ISP , and also enter the corresponding parameters. 5. Click Next to continue, the Wireless setti ngs page will appea[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -18- country or region is not listed, please contact your local government agency for assistance. ) Note: Limited by local law regulations, version for North America doe s not have region selection option. ¾ Mode - This field determines the wireless mode which the router works on. ¾ Channel Width -[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -19- 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 a[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -20- Figure 4-1 Router S tatus 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”, and you will see the next screen (shown in [...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -21- Figure 4-2 WPS ¾ WPS St atus - Enable or disable the WPS function here. ¾ Current PIN - The current value of the r outer 's PIN is displayed he re. The default PIN of the router can be found in the l abel attached on the router . ¾ Restore PIN - Restore the PIN of the router to its defau[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -22- Figure 4-3 Add A New Device Step 2: Press and hold the WPS button of the client device directly . Step 3: The Wi-Fi Protected Setup LE D flashes for two minutes during the Wi-Fi Protected Setup process. Step 4: When the WPS LED is on, the client device has successfully connected to the router . [...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -23- ) Note: 1) The WPS LED on the router will light gree n for five minutes if the device has been successfully added to the network. 2) The WPS function cannot be conf igured if the Wireless Function of the router is disabled. Please make sure the Wireless Function is enabled before configuring the[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -24- This page displays the W AN IP parameters a ssigned dynamically by your ISP , including I P 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 [...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -25- ¾ Default Gateway - (Optional) Enter the gateway IP address in dotted-decimal notation 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 b[...]

TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D 300Mbp s Wireless N Router -26- z Disabled - The Secondary Connection is disabl ed by default, so there is PPPoE connection only . This is recommended. z Dyn ami c IP - Y ou can check this radio button to use Dynamic IP as th e secondary connection to connect to the local area network provided by ISP . z St atic IP - Y ou can [...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -27- 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 [...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -28- Figure 4-10 W AN – BigPond Cable 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 lo[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -29- ¾ Connect Automatically - The connection can be re-estab lished automatically when it was down. ¾ Connect Manually - Y ou can click the Connect / Disconnect button to connect/disconnect immediately . This mode also supports the Max Idle Time function as Connect on Demand mode. The Internet con[...]

TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D 300Mbp s Wireless N Router -30- ¾ User Name/Passw ord - Enter the User Name an d Password provided by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Dynamic IP/ St atic IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP . Click the Connect button to connect immediately . Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately . ¾[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -31- Figure 4-12 PPTP Settings ¾ User Name/Passw ord - Enter the User Name an d Password provided by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Dynamic IP/ S t 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 en[...]

TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D 300Mbp s Wireless N Router -32- 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 r outer is disconnected. T o use this op[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -33- Figure 4-13 MAC Address Clone Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter . Changes are rarel y 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 MA[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -34- 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: 192.168.0.1). ¾ Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of th[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -35- Figure 4-16 Wireless Settings ¾ Wireless Network Name - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same name of SSID (Service Set Identification) must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network. Considering your wireless network securi ty, the default SSID is set to be (XXXXXX indicates[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -36- 11bg mixed - Select if you are using both 802.11b and 802.11g wireless clients. 11bgn mixed - Select if you are using a mix of 802.11b, 11g, and 11n wireless clients. Select the desired wireless mode. It is str ongly recommended that you set the Mode to 802.11b&g&n , and all of 802.11b, [...]

TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D 300Mbp s Wireless N Router -37- ¾ Survey - Click this button, you can search the AP which runs in the current channel. ¾ WDS Mode - This field determines which WDS Mode will be used. It is not necessary to change the WDS Mode unless you notice netwo rk communication probl ems with root AP. If you select Auto, then router wil[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -38- Figure 4-17 Wireless Security ¾ Disable Security - If you do not want to use wireless secu rity, select this check box, but it’s strongly recommended to choose one of t he following modes to enable security. ¾ WP A/WP A2 – Personal (Recommended) - It’s the WPA/WPA2 aut hentication type b[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -39- Figure 4-18 • Wireless Password - You can enter ASCII characters bet ween 8 and 63 characters or 8 to 64 Hexadecimal characters. • Group Key Up date Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value should be 30 or above. Ente r 0 to disable the update. Be sure to click th[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -40- • Group Key Up date Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value should be 30 or above. Ente r 0 to disable the update. 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 4-20 . Figure 4-20 ?[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -41- 4.6.3 Wireless MAC Filtering Choose menu “ Wir el es s → MAC Filtering ”, you can control the wirele ss access by configuring the Wireless MAC Address Filtering function, shown in Figure 4-21 . Figure 4-21 Wireless MAC addre ss Filtering T o filter wireless users by MAC Address, click Ena [...]

TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D 300Mbp s Wireless N Router -42- 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. Enter a simple description of the wireless station in the Description field. For example: Wireless station A. 3. [...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -43- 4.6.4 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “ Wireless → Wireless Advanced ”, you can configure the advanced settings of your wireless network. Figure 4-23 Wireless Advanced ¾ Transmit Power - Here you can specify the transmit power of router. You can select High, Middle or Low which you would li[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -44- ¾ Fragmentation Threshold - This value is the maximum size determining whether packets will be fragmented. Setting the Fragment ation Thresh old too low may result in poor network performance since excessive packets. 2346 is the default setting and is recommended. ¾ DTIM Interval - This value [...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -45- ¾ Current Status - The connected wireless 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 - Packets sent by the station You cannot[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -46- Figure 4-26 DHCP Settings ¾ DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server . If you disable 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 whe[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -47- 4.7.2 DHCP Clients List Choose menu “ DHCP → DHCP Client s List ”, you can view the info rmation about the clients attached to the router in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-27 ) . Figure 4-27 DHCP Clie nts List ¾ ID - The index of the DHCP Client ¾ Client Name - The name of the DHCP c[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -48- 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 4-29 ) 2. Enter the MAC address (in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format.) and IP address in dotted-decim[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -49- There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 4-30 ): Virtual Servers , Port T riggering , DMZ and UPnP . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.8.1 Virtual Servers Choose menu “ Forwarding → Virtual Servers ”, you can view a[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -50- 4. Select the protocol used for this application, either TCP or UDP , or All . 5. Select the Enable check box to enable the virtual server . 6. Click the Save button. Figure 4-32 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry ) Note: If your computer or server has more than one type of available service, [...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -51- pure NA T router . Port T riggerin g is used for some of these applications that can work with an NA T router . Figure 4-33 Port T riggering Once the router is configured, the operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connection us ing a destination port number defined in the T [...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -52- Applications do not have the app licati on you need, enter the T rigger Port and the Incoming Port s manuall y . 3. Select the protocol used for Trigger Port from the T rigger Protocol drop-down list, either TCP , UDP , or All . 4. Select the protocol used for Incoming Ports from the Incoming Pr[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -53- 4.8.3 DMZ Choose menu “ Forwarding → DMZ ”, you can vi ew and configure DMZ host in the screen (shown in Figure 4-35 ).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 al[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -54- Figure 4-36 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. •[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -55- 4.9.1 Basic Security Choose menu “ Security → Basic Security ”, you can configure the bas ic security in the screen as shown in Figure 4-37. Figure 4-38 Basic Secu rity ¾ Firewall - A firewall protects your network from t he outside world. Here you can enabl e or disable the router’s fi[...]

TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D 300Mbp s Wireless N Router -56- z L2TP Passthrough - Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2T P) is the method used to enable Point-to-Point sessions via the Internet on the Layer 2 level. To allow L2T P tunnels to pass through the router, keep the default, Enabled . z IPSec Passthrough - Internet Protocol Security (IPSe c) is a suite [...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -57- Figure 4-39 Advanced Security ¾ Packets Statistics Interval (5~60) - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 a nd 60 seconds from the drop-down list. The Packets S t atistics Interval value indicates the time section of the packe ts sta tistics. The result of the statistics is used fo[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -58- ¾ UDP-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 500. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600. When the current UPD-FLOOD Packe ts number is beyond the set value, the router will startup the blocking function immediately. ¾ Enable TCP-SYN-FLOOD Attack Filtering - Enable or Disable the TCP-[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -59- the Setup page of the router's W eb-Based Utility locally from insi de the network, check the radio button “ Only the PCs listed can brow se the built-in web pages to perform Administrator tasks ”, and then enter each MAC Address in a separate field. The format for the MAC Ad dress is X[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -60- number. For example, if your router's WAN address is 202.96.12. 8, and the port numbe r used is 8080, please enter h ttp://202.96.12.8:8080 in your b r owser. Later, you may be asked for the router's password. After su ccessfully entering the username and password, you will be able to [...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -61- 1. Click the Add New… button and the next screen will pop-up as shown in Figure 4-43 . 2. Enter the MAC address of the PC (e.g. 00-11-2 2 -33-44-AA) you’d like to control in the MAC Address of Child PC field. Or you can choos e the MAC address from the All Address in Current LAN drop-down li[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -62- For example : If you desire that the child PC with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA can access www.google.com on Saturday only wh ile the parent PC with MAC address 00-11-22- 33-44-BB is without any restriction, you should follow the settings below. 1. Click “ Parental Control ” menu on the lef[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -63- 4.11.1 Rule Choose menu “ Access Control → Rule ”, you can view and set Ac cess Control rules in the screen as shown in Figure 4-46 . 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 D[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -64- 2. Give a name (e.g. Rule_1 ) for the rule in the Rule Name field. 3. Select a host from the Host drop -down list or choose “ Click Here To Add New Host List ”. 4. Select a target from the Target drop-sown list or choose “ Click Here To Add New Target List ”. 5. Select a schedule from th[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -65- 4. Click “ Access Control → Rule ” in the left to return to the Access Control Rule Management page. Select “ Enable Internet Access Control ” and choose " Allow the packets specified by any enabled access control policy to pass through the Router". 5. Click Add New... button[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -66- 1) In Host Des cription field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). 2) In LAN IP Address field, enter the IP address. z If you select MAC Address, the screen shown is Figure 4-50 . 1) In Host Des cription field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). 2) In MAC[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -67- 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 4-51 . The target list is necessary for the Access Control Rule. Figure 4-51 T arget Settings ¾ Target Description - Here displays the description about the ta [...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -68- 3. Click the Save button. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries in the table. Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Previous button return to the previous page. Figure 4-52 Add or Modify an Access T arget Entry Figure 4-53 Add or Modify an Access T arget Entr[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -69- 5. Click Save to complete the settings. Then you will go back to the Target Settings page and see the following list. 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 4-54 . The Schedule list is necessary [...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -70- Figure 4-55 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 New... button sh[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -71- 4.12.1 Static Routing List Choose menu “ Advanced Routing → St atic Routing List ”, and then you c an configure the static route in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-57 ). A static route is a pre-determined path that network information must travel to reach a specific host or network. Fig[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -72- Other configurations for the entries: Click the Delete button to delete the entry . Click the Enable All button to enable all the entries. 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 informa[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -73- 4.13 Bandwidth Control Figure 4-60 There are two submenus under the Ba ndwidth Control menu as shown in Figure 4-6 0 . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the co rresponding function. T he detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below . 4.13.1 Control Settings Choose[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -74- Figure 4-62 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 upload bandwidth through the WAN port, the default is 0. ¾ Ingress bandwidth - This field displays the max and mix[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -75- There are two submenus under the IP &MAC Binding menu (shown in Figure 4-64 ): Binding Settings 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 are provided below . 4.14.1 Binding Settings Thi[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -76- 3. Select the Bind checkbox. 4. Click the Save button to save it. To modify or delete an existing entry, follow the steps below. 1. Find the desired entry in the table. 2. Click Modify or Delete as desired on the Modify column. To find an existing entry, follo w the steps below. 1. Click the Fin[...]

TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D 300Mbp s Wireless N Router -77- ¾ IP Address - The assigned IP address of the cont rolled computer in the LAN. ¾ Status - Indicates whether or not the MAC and IP addresses are bound. ¾ Configure - Load or delete an item. z Load - Load the item to the IP & MAC Binding list. z Delete - Delete the item. Click the Bind All [...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -78- Figure 4-69 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. T ype the Do main Name received from your dynamic DNS service provider . 2. T ype the User Name for your DDNS account. 3. T ype the Passw ord for your DDNS account. 4. Click the Login button to log in to the DD[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -79- Figure 4-70 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 Passw ord for your DDNS account. 3. T ype the Do main Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider here. 4. Click the Login button to log in to th[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -80- Figure 4-71 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 Passw ord for your DDNS account. 3. T ype the Do main Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider . 4. Click the Login button to log in the DDNS s[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -81- 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 Settings Choose menu “ System T ools → Time Settings ”, you can configure the time on the fol[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -82- 2. Enter the Date in Month/Day/Y ear format. 3. Enter the Ti me in Hour/Minute/Second format. 4. Click Save . T o set time automatically: 1. Select your local time zone. 2. Enter the address or domain of the NTP Server I or NTP Server II . 3. Click the Get GMT button to get system time from In t[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -83- Figure 4-74 Diagnostic T ools ¾ Diagnostic T ool - Check the radio button to select one diagnostic too. z Ping - This diagnostic tool troubl eshoots connectivity , reac hability , and name resolution to a given host or gateway . z T raceroute - This diagnostic tool tests the performance of a co[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -84- Click St ar t to check the connectivity of the Internet. The Diagnostic Result s page displays the result of diagnosis. If the result is similar to the following screen, the connectivity of t he Internet is fine. Figure 4-75 Diagnostic Results ) Note: Only one user can use this tool at one time.[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -85- 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 firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experiencing pro b lems caused by the router rath[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -86- Figure 4-78 Backup & Restore Configu ration 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 Browse… button to locate the update file for the ro[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -87- 4.16.7 Passw ord Choose menu “ System T ools → Pass word ”, you can change the factory default user name an d password of the router in the nex t screen as shown in Figure 4-77. Figure 4-80 Password It is strongly recommended that you should c hange the factory default user name and passwo[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -88- Figure 4-81 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 4-82 . Figure 4-82 Mail[...]

TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D 300Mbp s Wireless N Router -89- z SMTP Server - Your smtp server. It corresponds with the mailbox filled in the From field. You can log on the rele vant website for Help if you are not clear with the address. z Authentication - Most SMTP Server requires Authent ication. It is required by most mailboxes that need User Name and [...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -90- Figure 4-83 S tatistics ¾ Current Statistics Status - Enable or Disable. The default val ue is disabled. To enable, click the Enable button. If disabled, the f unction of DoS protection in Security settings will be disabled. ¾ Packets Statistics Interval （ 5-60 ） - The default value is 10.[...]

TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D 300Mbp s Wireless N Router -91- UDP Tx The number of UDP packets transmitt ed 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 W AN per second at the specified Packets Statist[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -92- Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by A DSL 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 M[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -93- 2. How do I configure the router to access Internet by Ethernet users? 1) Login to the router , click th e “Network” menu on the left of your browser , and click "WAN" submenu. On the W AN page, sele ct “ Dynamic IP” for "W AN Connection T ype", finish by clicking “[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -94- Figure A-5 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry ) Note: Your opposite side should call your WA N IP, which is displayed 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 " submen[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -95- Figure A-7 Basic Security 4. I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what 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 nu[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -96- ) Note: If the above configuration takes effect, to configure to the router by typing http://192.168.0.1:88 (the router’s LAN IP address: Web Management Port) in the ad dress field of the Web browser. 3) Log in to the router , click the “ Forwarding ” menu on the left of your browser , and[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -97- 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 wo rking, refer to the adapter ’s manual if needed. 1. Install TCP/IP component 1) On the Windows taskbar , click the Sta[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -98- Figure B-0-2 5) The following TCP/IP Pr operties window will display and the IP Address t ab 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 ai n DNS serve[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -99- Figure B-0-3 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 192.168.0.1, specify the IP address as 192.168.0.x (x is from 2 to 254), and Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. 3 T ype the route[...]

300Mbp s Wireless N Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D -100- Figure B-0-4[...]

TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D 300Mbp s Wireless N Router -101- 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 [...]

TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D 300Mbp s Wireless N Router -102- 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 spatia[...]

TL-WR841N/TL-WR841N D 300Mbp s Wireless N Router -103- ¾ SSID - A S ervice S et Id entification is a thirty-two char acter (maximum) alphanumeric key 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 configuratio[...]