TP-LINK TL-WR843ND Specifications

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router Rev: 1.0.0 1910010694

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 2 - Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview of the Router The TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 92 - To set time automatically: 1. Select your local time zone. 2. Enter the address or do

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 93 - Figure 4-81 Diagnostic Tools  Diagnostic Tool - Check the radio button to select on

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 94 - If the result is similar to the following screen, the connectivity of the Internet is f

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 95 - There is no need to upgrade the firmware unless the new firmware has a new feature you

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 96 - Figure 4-85 Backup & Restore Configuration  Click the Backup button to save al

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 97 -  Update the configuration with the file (system will reboot automatically. 4.17.7 Pas

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 98 - Figure 4-88 System Log  Auto Mail Feature - Indicates whether auto mail feature is e

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 99 - Figure 4-89 Mail Account Settings  From - Your mail box address. The Router would co

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 100 - Figure 4-90 Statistics  Current Statistics Status - Enable or Disable. The default

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 101 - UDP TxThe number of UDP packets transmitted to the WAN per second at the specified Pac

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 3 - Simple Installation Since the Router is compatible with virtually all the major operati

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 102 - Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the Router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1)

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 103 - 2) Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter, which is conn

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 104 - Figure A-5 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry  Note: Your opposite side shoul

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 105 - Figure A-7 Basic Security 4. I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 106 - “Service Port”, and your IP address next to the “IP Address”, assuming 192.168.0.188 f

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 107 - Appendix B: Configuring the PC In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and con

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 108 - Figure B-2 5) The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 109 - Figure B-3  Note: For Windows 98 OS or before, the PC and Router may need to be res

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 110 - Now click OK to keep your settings.

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 111 - Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.11b, IE

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 4 - 1.4 Panel Layout 1.4.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 Front Panel sketch The Router’s

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 112 - Appendix D: Glossary  802.11n - 802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standards by add

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 113 - hosts to the Internet over an always-on connection by simulating a dial-up connection.

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 5 - 1.4.2 The Rear Panel Figure 1-2 Rear Panel sketch The following parts are located o

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 6 - settings.  Used as WPS button: If you have client devices, such as wireless adapters,

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 7 - Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirements  Broadband Internet Access

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 8 - a) WISP Client Router Mode Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation of the TL-WR843ND in WISP

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 9 - Figure 2-3 Wall-mount Install Note: The diameter of the screw, 4mm<D<8mm, and the

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 10 - Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the ba

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 11 - Figure 3-1 Success result of Ping command  If the result displayed is similar to

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TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 12 - 3. Is the default LAN IP of the Router correct?  Note: If the LAN IP of the modem co

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 13 - 2. After a successful login, you can click the Quick Setup menu to quickly configure y

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 14 - 3.2.1 Configuration for Router Mode When you choose Standard Wireless Router on Workin

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 15 - 2) If the connection type detected is PPPoE, the next screen will appear as shown in F

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 16 - Figure 3-11 Quick Setup – Wireless  Wireless Radio - The wireless radio can only

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 17 -  Channel Width - Select any channel width from the drop-down list. The default settin

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 18 - Figure 3-13 Quick Setup – WAN Connection Type The router in Client Router mode support

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 19 - Figure 3-15 Static IP  Note: The IP parameters should have been provided by your ISP.

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 20 - Figure 3-16 Quick Setup – Wireless  SSID- The SSID of the AP your Router is going to

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 21 - Figure 3-17 AP List Figure 3-18 Quick Setup – Wireless  Note: If you know the SSID

FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This dev

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 22 - 3. After you have completed the above, click Next, the Finish page will appear as belo

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 23 - Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This chapter will show each Web page's key func

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 24 - Figure 4-1 Router Status 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to 3.2 Quick Installation Gu

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 25 - 4.4 WPS This section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing networ

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 26 - Step 1: Press the WPS/RESET button on the back panel of the Router for one second. You

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 27 - Step 2: The Wi-Fi Protected Setup LED flashes for two minutes during the Wi-Fi Protect

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 28 - 4.6 Network Figure 4-6 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network m

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 29 - This page displays the WAN IP parameters assigned dynamically by your ISP, including IP

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 30 -  Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP,

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 31 -  Disabled - The Secondary Connection is disabled by default, so there is PPPoE conne

This device complies with RSS 210 of Industry Canada. This Class B device meets all the requirements of the Canadian interference-causing equipment

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 32 - Figure 4-10 PPPoE Advanced Settings  MTU Size - The default MTU size is “1480” bytes

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 33 - Figure 4-11  User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 34 -  Connect Manually - You can click the Connect/Disconnect button to connect/disconnec

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 35 -  Dynamic IP/ Static IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP. Click the Connec

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 36 - Figure 4-13 PPTP Settings  User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password pr

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 37 - Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet co

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 38 - Figure 4-14 MAC Address Clone Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 39 -  Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 40 - Figure 4-17 Wireless Settings  Wireless Network Name (also called the SSID) - Enter

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 41 -  Mode - Select the desired mode. The default setting is 11bgn mixed. 11b only - Selec

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TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 42 -  SSID (to be bridged) - The SSID of the AP your Router is going to connect to as a c

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 43 - 2) Failure to follow these guidelines can result in significant performance degradatio

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 44 -  WEP Index - This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP (ASCII) or WEP (HEX)

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 45 - Figure 4-20  Note: If you know the SSID of the desired AP, you can also input it into

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 46 - 2) Failure to follow these guidelines can result in significant performance degradatio

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 47 - default setting is Automatic, which can select WPA-PSK (Pre-shared key of WPA) or WPA2

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 48 -  Radius Port - Enter the port number of the Radius server.  Radius Password - Enter

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 49 - 4.7.3 Wireless MAC Filtering Choose menu “Wireless → MAC Filtering”, you can control

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 50 - To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want to mod

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 51 - Figure 4-27 Wireless Advanced  Transmit Power - Here you can specify the transmit po

CONTENTS Package Contents...1 Chapter 1. Introduct

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 52 -  Enabled AP Isolation - This function can isolate wireless stations on your network f

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 53 - 4.8 DHCP Figure 4-29 The DHCP menu There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (s

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 54 - time is up, the user will be automatically assigned a new dynamic IP address. The range

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 55 - Figure 4-32 Address Reservation  MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC for which

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 56 - 4.9 Forwarding Figure 4-34 The Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the F

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 57 - To set up a virtual server entry: 1. Click the Add New… button, the next screen will

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 58 - 4.9.2 Port Triggering Choose menu “Forwarding → Port Triggering”, you can view and ad

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 59 - 3. Select the protocol used for Trigger Port from the Trigger Protocol drop-down list,

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 60 - function disabled and should have a new static IP Address assigned to it because its IP

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 61 -  App Description - The description provided by the application in the UPnP request. 

4.7.5 Wireless Statistics... 52 4.8 DHCP ...

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 62 - Figure 4-42 Basic Security  Firewall - A firewall protects your network from the out

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 63 - protocols such as FTP, TFTP, H323 etc.  FTP ALG - To allow FTP clients and servers

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 64 -  Note: Dos Protection will take effect only when the Traffic Statistics in “System Too

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 65 - Figure 4-44 Local Management By default, the radio button “All the PCs on the LAN are

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 66 - Figure 4-45 Remote Management  Web Management Port - Web browser access normally uses

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 67 -  MAC Address of Parental PC - In this field, enter the MAC address of the controlling

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 68 - Figure 4-47 Add or Modify Parental Control Entry For example: If you desire that th

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 69 - Then you will go back to the Parental Control Settings page and see the following list,

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 70 - Figure 4-50 Access Control Rule Management  Enable Internet Access Control - Selec

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 71 - Figure 4-51 Quick Setup – Create a Host Entry  Mode - Here are two options, IP Ad

- III - 4.17.1 Time Settings...90 4.17.2 Diagnostic...

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 72 -  Target Description - In this field, create a description for the target. Note that t

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 73 -  Time - Select "24 hours", or specify the Start Time and Stop Time yourself

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 74 - 5. Select a schedule from the Schedule drop-down list or choose “Click Here To Add New

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 75 -  Click Save to complete the settings. Then you will go back to the Access Control Rul

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 76 - Figure 4-57 Add or Modify a Host Entry Figure 4-58 Add or Modify a Host Entry F

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 77 - Figure 4-59 Target Settings  Target Description - Here displays the description abou

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 78 - Figure 4-60 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry Figure 4-61 Add or Modify an A

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 79 - 4.12.4 Schedule Choose menu “Access Control → Schedule”, you can view and set a Schedu

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 80 - Figure 4-63 Advanced Schedule Settings For example: If you desire to restrict the i

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 81 - 4.13.1 Static Routing Choose menu “Advanced Routing → Static Routing”, and you can con

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 1 - Package Contents The following items should be found in your package:  TL-WR843ND 300M

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 82 - Click the Disable All button to disable all the entries. Click the Delete All button to

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 83 - 4.14.1 Control Settings Choose menu “Bandwidth Control → Control Settings”, you can co

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 84 -  Ingress bandwidth - This field displays the max and mix download bandwidth through t

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 85 - Figure 4-72 Binding Settings  MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled comput

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 86 - 2. Click Modify or Delete as desired on the Modify column. To find an existing entry,

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 87 -  Delete - Delete the item. Click the Bind All button to bind all the current items,

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 88 - Figure 4-76 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1.

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 89 - Figure 4-77 Dyndns.org DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions:

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 90 - To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Type the User Name for your DDNS acco

TL-WR843ND 300Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router User Guide - 91 - Figure 4-80 Time settings  Time zone - Select your local time zone from this drop-do