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TL-WR841N
TL-WR841ND
300Mbps Wireless N Router
REV5.1.0
1910011249

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  • Page 1 TL-WR841N TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router REV5.1.0 1910011249...

  • Page 2: Fcc Statement

    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 or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

  • Page 3: Ce Mark Warning

    Note: The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modifications could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment.

  • Page 4: Industry Canada Statement

    Industry Canada Statement Complies with the Canadian ICES-003 Class B specifications. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. This device complies with RSS 210 of Industry Canada. This Class B device meets all the requirements of the Canadian interference-causing equipment regulations.

  • Page 5: Declaration Of Conformity

    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 300Mbps Wireless N Router Model No.: TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND Trademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product within the scope of Council Directives:...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Package Contents ............................ 1 Chapter 1. Introduction .......................... 2 Overview of the Router ......................2 Conventions .......................... 3 Main Features ........................3 Panel Layout ......................... 4 1.4.1 The Front Panel ......................4 1.4.2 The Rear Panel ......................5 Chapter 2. Connecting the Router ......................7 System Requirements ......................
  • Page 7 DHCP ..........................46 4.7.1 DHCP Settings ......................46 4.7.2 DHCP Clients List ....................48 4.7.3 Address Reservation ....................48 Forwarding .......................... 49 4.8.1 Virtual Servers ......................50 4.8.2 Port Triggering ......................51 4.8.3 DMZ ........................54 4.8.4 UPnP........................54 Security ..........................55 4.9.1 Basic Security ......................
  • Page 8 4.15.2 Dyndns.org DDNS ....................79 4.15.3 No-ip.com DDNS ....................80 4.16 System Tools ........................81 4.16.1 Time Settings ......................82 4.16.2 Diagnostic ....................... 83 4.16.3 Firmware Upgrade ....................85 4.16.4 Factory Defaults ...................... 86 4.16.5 Backup & Restore ....................86 4.16.6 Reboot ........................

  • Page 9: Package Contents

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router  DC Power Adapter for TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router  Quick Installation Guide  Ethernet Cable  Resource CD for TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router, including: ...

  • Page 10: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Incredible Speed The TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router provides up to 300Mbps wireless connection with other 802.11n wireless clients. The incredible speed makes it ideal for handling multiple data streams at the same time, which ensures your network stable and smooth. The performance of this 802.11n wireless router will give you the unexpected networking experience at...

  • Page 11: Conventions

    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 example throughout this Guide. The differences between them are: TL-WR841N router with 2 fixed antennas.

  • Page 12: Panel Layout

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 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 panel (View from left to right). Name Status Indication Power is off.

  • Page 13: The Rear Panel

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 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). ON/OFF: The switch for the power.  POWER: The Power socket is where you will connect the power adapter. Please use the ...
  • Page 14 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 2) Use the WPS/RESET button: With the Router powered on, press and hold the WPS/RESET button (more than 5 seconds) until the SYS LED becomes quick-flash from slow-flash. Then release the button and wait the Router to reboot to its factory default settings.

  • Page 15: Chapter 2. Connecting The Router

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Chapter 2. Connecting the Router System Requirements Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet)  One DSL/Cable Modem that has an RJ45 connector (which is not necessary if the router is  connected directly to the Ethernet.) PCs with a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors ...

  • Page 16: Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 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. Power on your PC and cable/DSL modem. Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation of the...

  • Page 17: Tcp/Ip Configuration

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions of your TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router using Quick Setup Wizard within minutes. TCP/IP Configuration The default domain name of the TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router is http://tplinkwifi.net, the default IP address is 192.168.0.1, and the default Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0.
  • Page 18 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 3-1 Success result of Ping command If the result displayed is similar to the it means the connection between your PC Figure  and the router is failed. Figure 3-2 Failure result of Ping command...

  • Page 19: Quick Installation Guide

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 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. Therefore, in order to verify the network connection between your PC and the router, you can open a command prompt, and type ping 192.168.1.1, and then press Enter.
  • Page 20 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 3-5 Quick Setup  Note: The Router will automatically detect the Internet connection. If the Internet is available, the Router will direct you to step 5 Wireless settings; otherwise, you need to continue with step 3 to choose WAN Connection Type.
  • Page 21 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Before continuing, please make sure the cable of the WAN port is well connected to your device. If the WAN port is not connected, the cable is unplugged page will appear. If you select Auto-Detect, the router will automatically detect the connection type your ISP provides.
  • Page 22 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 3-8 Quick Setup - Static IP IP Address - This is the WAN IP address as seen by external users on the Internet  (including your ISP). Enter the IP address into the field.
  • Page 23 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 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.
  • Page 24 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Select Static IP if IP Address/ Subnet Mask/ Gateway and DNS server address have been provided by your ISP. Then please enter server IP address or domain name provided by your ISP, and also enter the corresponding parameters.
  • Page 25 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Select Static IP if IP Address/ Subnet Mask/ Gateway and DNS server address have been provided by your ISP. Then please enter server IP address or domain name provided by your ISP, and also enter the corresponding parameters.
  • Page 26 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router  Note: Limited by local law regulations, version for North America does not have region selection option. Mode - This field determines the wireless mode which the router works on.  Channel Width - Select any channel width from the pull-down list. The default setting is ...

  • Page 27: Chapter 4. Configuring The Router

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This chapter will show each Web page's key functions and the configuration way. Login After your successful login, you will see the sixteen main menus on the left of the Web-based utility.

  • Page 28: Quick Setup

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-1 Router Status Quick Setup Please refer to 3.2 Quick Installation Guide. This section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly by WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) function.
  • Page 29 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-2 WPS WPS Status - Enable or disable the WPS function here.  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.
  • Page 30 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 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 LED flashes for two minutes during the Wi-Fi Protected Setup process.

  • Page 31: Network

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router  Note: The WPS LED on the router will light green for five minutes if the device has been successfully added to the network. The WPS function cannot be configured if the Wireless Function of the router is disabled.
  • Page 32 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router This page displays the WAN IP parameters assigned dynamically by your ISP, including IP 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.
  • Page 33 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Default Gateway - (Optional) Enter the gateway IP address in dotted-decimal notation  provided by your ISP. MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks  is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP.
  • Page 34 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Disabled - The Secondary Connection is disabled by default, so there is PPPoE  connection only. This is recommended. Dynamic IP - You can check this radio button to use Dynamic IP as the secondary ...
  • Page 35 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-9 PPPoE Advanced Settings 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.
  • Page 36 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-10 WAN – BigPond Cable User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These  fields are case-sensitive. Auth Server - Enter the authenticating server IP address or host name.
  • Page 37 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Connect Automatically - The connection can be re-established automatically when it was  down. Connect Manually - You can click the Connect/Disconnect button to connect/disconnect  immediately. This mode also supports the Max Idle Time function as Connect on Demand mode.
  • Page 38 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These  fields are case-sensitive. Dynamic IP/ Static IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP. Click the Connect button ...
  • Page 39 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-12 PPTP Settings User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These  fields are case-sensitive. Dynamic IP/ Static IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP and enter the ISP’s IP ...

  • Page 40: Mac Clone

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter 0 in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates. Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this ...

  • Page 41: Lan

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-13 MAC Address Clone Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter. Changes are rarely needed here. WAN MAC Address - This field displays the current MAC address of the WAN port. If your ...

  • Page 42: Wireless

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router MAC Address - The physical address of the router, as seen from the LAN. The value can't  be changed. IP Address - Enter the IP address of your router or reset it in dotted-decimal notation ...
  • Page 43 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-16 Wireless Settings 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.
  • Page 44 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Mode - Select the desired mode. The default setting is 11bgn mixed.  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.

  • Page 45: Wireless Security

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Survey - Click this button, you can search the AP which runs in the current channel.  WDS Mode - This field determines which WDS Mode will be used. It is not necessary to ...
  • Page 46 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-17 Wireless Security Disable Security - If you do not want to use wireless security, select this check box, but it’s  strongly recommended to choose one of the following modes to enable security.
  • Page 47 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-18 Wireless Password - 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 •...
  • Page 48 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value • should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the update. WEP - It is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard. If you select this check box, you will find a ...

  • Page 49: Wireless Mac Filtering

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 4.6.3 Wireless MAC Filtering Choose menu “Wireless→MAC Filtering”, you can control the wireless access by configuring the Wireless MAC Address Filtering function, shown in 4-21. Figure Figure 4-21 Wireless MAC address Filtering To filter wireless users by MAC Address, click Enable. The default setting is Disabled.
  • Page 50 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions: Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX hexadecimal digit). example: 00-0A-EB-00-07-8A. Enter a simple description of the wireless station in the Description field. For example: Wireless station A.

  • Page 51: Wireless Advanced

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 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 Transmit Power - Here you can specify the transmit power of router. You can select ...

  • Page 52: Wireless Statistics

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Fragmentation Threshold - This value is the maximum size determining whether  packets will be fragmented. Setting the Fragmentation Threshold too low may result in poor network performance since excessive packets. 2346 is the default setting and is recommended.

  • Page 53: Dhcp

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Current Status - The connected wireless station's running status, one of STA-AUTH /  STA-ASSOC / STA-JOINED / WPA / WPA-PSK / WPA2 / WPA2-PSK / AP-UP / AP-DOWN / Disconnected Received Packets - Packets received by the station ...
  • Page 54 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-26 DHCP Settings 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 computer manually.

  • Page 55: Dhcp Clients List

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 4.7.2 DHCP Clients List Choose menu “DHCP→DHCP Clients List”, you can view the information about the clients attached to the router in the next screen (shown in 4-27 Figure Figure 4-27 DHCP Clients List ID - The index of the DHCP Client ...

  • Page 56: Forwarding

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Assigned IP Address - The IP address of the router reserved.  Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled.  To Reserve IP addresses: Click the Add New … button. (Pop-up...

  • Page 57: Virtual Servers

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in 4-30): Virtual Servers, Figure Port Triggering, 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 and add virtual servers in the next...

  • Page 58: Port Triggering

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Select the protocol used for this application, either TCP or UDP, or All. Select the Enable check box to enable the virtual server. Click the Save button. Figure 4-32 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry ...
  • Page 59 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router pure NAT router. Port Triggering is used for some of these applications that can work with an NAT router. Port Triggering Figure 4-33 Once the router is configured, the operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connection using a destination port number defined in the Trigger Port field.
  • Page 60 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Applications do not have the application you need, enter the Trigger Port and the Incoming Ports manually. Select the protocol used for Trigger Port from the Trigger Protocol drop-down list, either TCP, UDP, or All.

  • Page 61: Dmz

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 4.8.3 Choose menu “Forwarding→DMZ”, you can view and configure DMZ host in the screen (shown 4-35).The DMZ host feature allows one local host to be exposed to the Internet for a Figure special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing. DMZ host forwards all the ports at the same time.

  • Page 62: Security

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-36 UPnP Setting Current UPnP Status - UPnP can be enabled or disabled by clicking the Enable or  Disable button. As allowing this may present a risk to security, this feature is enabled by default.

  • Page 63: Basic Security

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 4.9.1 Basic Security Choose menu “Security → Basic Security”, you can configure the basic security in the screen as shown in Figure 4-37. Figure 4-38 Basic Security Firewall - A firewall protects your network from the outside world. Here you can enable or ...

  • Page 64: Advanced Security

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router L2TP Passthrough - Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is the method used to enable  Point-to-Point sessions via the Internet on the Layer 2 level. To allow L2TP tunnels to pass through the router, keep the default, Enabled.

  • Page 65: Advanced Security

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Advanced Security Figure 4-39 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 statistics.

  • Page 66: Local Management

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router UDP-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 500. Enter a value  between 5 ~ 3600. When the current UPD-FLOOD Packets number is beyond the set value, the router will startup the blocking function immediately.

  • Page 67: Remote Management

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router the Setup page of the router's Web-Based Utility locally from inside the network, check the radio button “Only the PCs listed can browse the built-in web pages to perform Administrator tasks”, and then enter each MAC Address in a separate field. The format for the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit).

  • Page 68: Parental Control

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router number. For example, if your router's WAN address is 202.96.12.8, and the port number used is 8080, please enter http://202.96.12.8:8080 in your browser. Later, you may be asked for the router's password. After successfully entering the username and password, you will be able to access the router's web-based utility.

  • Page 69: Parental Control

    Description field. Enter the allowed domain name of the website, either the full name or the keywords (e.g. TP-LINK) in the Allowed Domain Name field. Any domain name with keywords in it (http://www.tp-link.com) will be allowed. Select from the Effective Time drop-down list the schedule (e.g. Schedule_1) you want the entry to take effect.

  • Page 70: Access Control

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 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 while the parent PC with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-BB is without any restriction, you should follow the settings below.

  • Page 71: Rule

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 4.11.1 Rule Choose menu “Access Control → Rule”, you can view and set Access Control rules in the screen as shown in Figure 4-46. Figure 4-46 Access Control Rule Management Enable Internet Access Control - Select the check box to enable the Internet Access ...
  • Page 72 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 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”.

  • Page 73: Host

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps 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 "Allow the packets specified by any enabled access control policy to pass through the Router".
  • Page 74 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 1) In Host Description field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). 2) In LAN IP Address field, enter the IP address. If you select MAC Address, the screen shown is Figure 4-50.

  • Page 75: Target

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 4.11.3 Target Choose menu “Access Control → Target”, you can view and set a Target list in the screen as shown in Figure 4-51. The target list is necessary for the Access Control Rule. Figure 4-51 Target Settings Target Description - Here displays the description about the target and this description is ...
  • Page 76 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 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.

  • Page 77: Schedule

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 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.

  • Page 78: Advanced Routing

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-55 Advanced Schedule Settings For example: If you desire to restrict the internet activities of host with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA to access www.google.com only from 18:00 to 20:00 on Saturday and Sunday, you should first follow the settings below: 1.

  • Page 79: Static Routing List

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 4.12.1 Static Routing List Choose menu “Advanced Routing → Static Routing List”, and then you can 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.

  • Page 80: System Routing Table

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 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.

  • Page 81: Bandwidth Control

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 4.13 Bandwidth Control Figure 4-60 There are two submenus under the Bandwidth Control menu as shown in Figure 4-60. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below.

  • Page 82: Ip & Mac Binding

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-62 Bandwidth Control Rules List Description - This is the information about the rules such as address range.  Egress bandwidth - This field displays the max and mix upload bandwidth through the WAN ...

  • Page 83: Binding Settings

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 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 explanations for each submenu are provided below.

  • Page 84: Arp List

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Select the Bind checkbox. Click the Save button to save it. To modify or delete an existing entry, follow the steps below. Find the desired entry in the table. Click Modify or Delete as desired on the Modify column.

  • Page 85: Dynamic Dns

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router IP Address - The assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN.  Status - Indicates whether or not the MAC and IP addresses are bound.  Configure - Load or delete an item.

  • Page 86: Dyndns.org Ddns

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-69 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Type the Domain Name received from your dynamic DNS service provider. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. Type the Password for your DDNS account.

  • Page 87: No-Ip.com Ddns

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-70 Dyndns.org DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Type the User Name for your DDNS account. Type the Password for your DDNS account. Type the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider here.

  • Page 88: System Tools

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-71 No-ip.com DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Type the User Name for your DDNS account. Type the Password for your DDNS account. Type the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider.

  • Page 89: Time Settings

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Password, System Log and Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.16.1 Time Settings Choose menu “System Tools → Time Settings”, you can configure the time on the following screen.

  • Page 90: Diagnostic

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router To set time manually: Select your local time zone. Enter the Date in Month/Day/Year format. Enter the Time in Hour/Minute/Second format. Click Save. To set time automatically: Select your local time zone. Enter the address or domain of the NTP Server I or NTP Server II.
  • Page 91 Domain Name System (DNS) queries. IP Address/Domain Name - Type the destination IP address (such as 202.108.22.5) or Domain name (such as http://www.tp-link.com) Pings Count - The number of Ping packets for a Ping connection.

  • Page 92: Firmware Upgrade

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 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 4-75 Diagnostic Results ...

  • Page 93: Factory Defaults

     Note: 1. New firmware versions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. There is no need to upgrade the firmware unless the new firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experiencing problems caused by the router rather than the configuration, you can try to upgrade the firmware.

  • Page 94: Reboot

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-78 Backup & Restore Configuration Click the Backup button to save all configuration settings as a backup file in your local  computer. To upgrade the router's configuration, follow these instructions.  Click the Browse… button to locate the update file for the router, or enter the exact path •...

  • Page 95: Password

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 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 4-77. Figure 4-80 Password It is strongly recommended that you should change the factory default user name and password of the router, because all users who try to access the router's Web-based utility or Quick Setup will be prompted for the router's default user name and password.
  • Page 96 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-81 System Log Auto Mail Feature - Indicates whether auto mail feature is enabled or not.  Mail Settings - Set the receiving and sending mailbox address, server address, validation  information as well as the timetable for Auto Mail Feature, as shown in Figure 4-82.

  • Page 97: Statistics

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router  Note: Only when you select Authentication, do you have to enter the User Name and Password in the following fields. User Name - Your mail account name filled in the From field. The part behind @ is ...
  • Page 98 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure 4-83 Statistics Current Statistics Status - Enable or Disable. The default value is disabled. To enable, click  the Enable button. If disabled, the function of DoS protection in Security settings will be disabled.

  • Page 99: Logout

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router The number of UDP packets transmitted to the WAN per second at the UDP Tx specified Packets Statistics interval. It is shown like “current transmitting rate / Max transmitting rate”. The number of TCP SYN packets transmitted to the WAN per second at the specified Packets Statistics interval.

  • Page 100: Appendix A: Faq

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Appendix A: FAQ How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? First, configure the ADSL Modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL Modem to the WAN port on the router. The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of the ADSL Modem.
  • Page 101 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router How do I configure the router to access Internet by Ethernet users? Login to the router, click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu. On the WAN page, select “Dynamic IP” for "WAN Connection Type", finish by clicking “Save”.
  • Page 102 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure A-5 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry  Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page. How to enable DMZ Host: Log in to the router, click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click "DMZ"...
  • Page 103 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure A-7 Basic Security I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? Because the WEB Server port 80 will interfere with the WEB management port 80 on the router, you must change the WEB management port number to avoid interference.
  • Page 104 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router  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 address field of the Web browser. Log in to the router, click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click the "Virtual Servers"...

  • Page 105: Appendix B: Configuring The Pc

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router 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 needed.
  • Page 106 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure B-2 The following TCP/IP Properties 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:  Setting IP address automatically...
  • Page 107 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure B-3  Setting IP address manually Select Use the following IP address radio button. And the following items available 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.
  • Page 108 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Figure B-4 -100-...

  • Page 109: Appendix C: Specifications

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11n Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port, Four 10/100M Ports Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 ports supporting Auto MDI/MDIX 10BASE-T: UTP category 3, 4, 5 cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100Ω...

  • Page 110: Appendix D: Glossary

    TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router Appendix D: Glossary 802.11n - 802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standards by adding MIMO (multiple-input  multiple-output). MIMO uses multiple transmitter and receiver antennas to allow for increased data throughput via spatial multiplexing and increased range by exploiting the spatial diversity, perhaps through coding schemes like Alamouti coding.
  • Page 111 TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND 300Mbps Wireless N Router SSID - A Service Set Identification is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key  identifying a wireless local area network. For 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.

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