TP-LINK TL-WR740N User Manual

TL-WR740N TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router Rev: 3.0.0 1910010520

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -3- 1.2 Conventions The Router or TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND mentioned in this guide stands for TL-WR740N/T

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -93- Figure 4-102 Statistics ¾ Current Statistics Status - Enable or Disable. The default value is

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -94- Statistics Table: IP/MAC Address The IP and MAC address are displayed with related statistics.

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -95- Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the Router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) First, co

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -96- 2. How do I configure the Router to access Internet by Ethernet users? 1) Login to the Router,

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -97- Figure A-5 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry ) Note: Your opposite side should call your

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -98- Figure A-7 Basic Security 4. I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? 1) Be

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -99- http://192.168.0.1:88 (the Router’s LAN IP address: Web Management Port) in the address field of

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -100- of your wireless stations.

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -101- Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure th

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -102- 4) In the prompt page that showed below, double click on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Figur

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -4- 1.4 Panel Layout 1.4.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 Front Panel sketch The Router’s LEDs and t

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -103- 6) Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server automatically, as shown in th

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -104- Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE802.11n, IEEE802.11b,

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -105- Appendix D: Glossary ¾ 802.11n - 802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standards by adding MIMO (

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -106- identifying a wireless local area network. For the wireless devices in a network to communicate

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -5- ) Note: After a device is successfully added to the network by QSS function, the QSS LED will keep

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -6- Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirements ¾ Broadband Internet Access Service (D

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -7- electrical outlet. The Router will start to work automatically. 7. Power on your PC and Cable/DSL

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -8- Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functio

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -9- ¾ If the result displayed is similar to the Figure 3-2, it means the connection between your PC a

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -10- 1. To access the configuration utility, open a web-browser and type the default address http://t

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -11- Figure 3-6 Choose WAN Connection Type The Router provides Auto-Detect function and supports t

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -12- ¾ If the connection type detected is Dynamic IP, the next screen will appear as shown in Figure

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TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -13- Figure 3-10 Quick Setup - Static IP ¾ IP Address - This is the WAN IP address seen by extern

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -14- ¾ SSID - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same name of SSID (Service Set Identification

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -15- in Figure 3-12. Click the Finish button to finish the Quick Setup. Figure 3-12 Quick Setup –

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -16- Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This chapter will show each Web page's key functions and

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -17- Figure 4-1 Router Status 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 3.2: "Quick Installati

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -18- 4.4 QSS This section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -19- Step 2. Press and hold the QSS button of the adapter directly for 2 or 3 seconds. Step 3. Wai

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -20- Step 2. For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose Push the button on my acces

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -21- Method Three: Step 1. Keep the default QSS Status as Enabled and click the Add device button in

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -22- Step 4. Wait for a while until the next screen appears. Click Finish to complete the QSS config

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TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -23- Step 3. For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose Enter a PIN into my access

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -24- The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter ) Note: The default PIN code of the Router can

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -25- 4.5 Network Figure 4-4 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -26- parameters from your ISP. Click the Release button to release the IP parameters. ¾ MTU Size - Th

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -27- ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -28- • Static IP - You can check this radio button to use Static IP as the secondary connection to co

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -29- Figure 4-8 PPPoE Advanced Settings ¾ MTU Size - The default MTU size is “1480” bytes, which

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -30- Figure 4-9 WAN – BigPond Cable ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provi

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -31- down. ¾ Connect Manually - You can click the Connect/Disconnect button to connect/disconnect im

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -32- to connect immediately. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately. ¾ Connect on Dema

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TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -33- Figure 4-11 WAN –PPTP ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -34- enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates.

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -35- ¾ MAC Address - The physical address of the Router, as seen from the LAN. The value can't b

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -36- 4.6 Wireless Figure 4-14 Wireless menu There are five submenus under the Wireless menu (shown

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -37- ¾ Region - Select your region from the drop-down list. This field specifies the region where the

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -38- disabled to allow wireless stations access. ¾ Enable SSID Broadcast - When wireless clients sur

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -39- Figure 4-16 ¾ Disable Security - If you do not want to use wireless security, select this check

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -40- setting is Automatic, which can select Open System or Shared Key authentication type automaticall

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -41- • Radius Server IP - Enter the IP address of the Radius Server. • Radius Port - Enter the port

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -42- Figure 4-20 Wireless MAC address Filtering To filter wireless users by MAC Address, click Ena

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router I CONTENTS Package Contents ...

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -43- 4. Click the Save button to save this entry. To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -44- 4.6.4 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “Wireless→Wireless Advanced”, and then you can configure the

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -45- ¾ Enable WMM - WMM function can guarantee the packets with high- priority messages being transmi

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -46- 4.7 DHCP Figure 4-24 The DHCP menu There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Fi

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -47- ¾ Address Lease Time - The Address Lease Time is the amount of time a network user will be allow

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -48- 4.7.3 Address Reservation Choose menu “DHCP→Address Reservation”, and then you can view and add

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -49- Click the Enable/ Disabled All button to make all entries enabled/disabled Click the Delete All b

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -50- ¾ IP Address - The IP address of the PC running the service application. ¾ Protocol - The pr

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -51- Click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return to the previ

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -52- Figure 4-48 Add or Modify a Triggering Entry ¾ Trigger Port - The port for outgoing traffic.

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router II 4.7.3 Address Reservation ...

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -53- 2. The Router records this connection, opens the incoming port or ports associated with this ent

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -54- Figure 4-50 UPnP Setting ¾ Current UPnP Status - UPnP can be enabled or disabled by clicking t

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -55- Advanced Security, Local Management and Remote Management. Click any of them, and you will be abl

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -56- • IPSec Passthrough - Internet Protocol security (IPSec) is a suite of protocols for ensuring pr

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -57- Figure 4-53 Advanced Security ¾ Packets Statistics Interval (5~60) - The default value is 10

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -58- ¾ UDP-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 500. Enter a value between 5 ~ 36

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -59- the Setup page of the Router's Web-Based Utility locally from inside the network, check the

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -60- used is 8080, please enter http://202.96.12.8:8080 in your browser. Later, you may be asked for t

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -61- Figure 4-57 Add or Modify Parental Control Entry ¾ Parental Control - Check Enable if you wan

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -62- 4. Enter the allowed domain name of the website, either the full name or the keywords (e.g. goog

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router III 4.16.6 Reboot...

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -63- Figure 4-58 Parental Control Settings 4.11 Access Control Figure 4-59 Access Control There

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -64- ¾ Schedule - Here displays the schedule selected in the corresponding rule. ¾ Enable - Here d

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -65- ¾ MAC Address - Enter the MAC address of the host in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format (e.g. 00-11-22-33-

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -66- ¾ Domain Name - Here you can enter 4 domain names, either the full name or the keywords (for exa

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -67- Figure 4-64 Quick Setup – Create an Internet Access Control Entry ¾ Rule - In this field, cr

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -68- Figure 4-65 Add Internet Access Control Entry For example: If you desire to allow the host wi

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -69- 4.11.2 Host Choose menu “Access Control → Host”, and then you can view and set a Host list in th

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -70- Figure 4-68 Add or Modify a Host Entry For example: If you desire to restrict the internet ac

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -71- 2. In Mode field, select IP Address or Domain Name. 3. If you select IP Address, the screen sho

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -72- (www.google.com, www.google.cn) will be blocked or allowed. You can enter 4 domain names. 5. Cli

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -1- Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150M

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -73- To add a new schedule, follow the steps below: 1. Click Add New... button shown in Figure 4-72 an

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -74- Then you will go back to the Schedule Settings page and see the following list. 4.12 Advanced R

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -75- 2. Enter the following data: ¾ Destination Network - The Destination Network is the address of

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -76- portion, and which portion is the host portion. ¾ Gateway - This is the IP address of the gate

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -77- 4.13.2 Rules List Choose menu “Bandwidth Control → Rules List”, and then you can view and config

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -78- 4.14 IP & MAC Binding Setting Figure 4-82 the IP & MAC Binding menu There are two subme

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -79- Figure 4-84 IP & MAC Binding Setting (Add & Modify) To add IP & MAC Binding entri

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -80- 4.14.2 ARP List To manage the computer, you could observe the computers in the LAN by checking t

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -81- service providers such as www.comexe.cn, www.dyndns.org, or www.no-ip.com. The Dynamic DNS client

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -82- 4.15.2 Dyndns.org DDNS If the dynamic DNS Service Provider you select is www.dyndns.org, the pag

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -2- Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview of the Router The TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N R

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -83- Figure 4-89 No-ip.com DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -84- Choose menu “System Tools”, and you can see the submenus under the main menu: Time Settings, Dia

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -85- second field, the day in the third field and the time in the last field. ¾ Daylight Saving Statu

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -86- Figure 4-93 Diagnostic Tools ¾ Diagnostic Tool - Check the radio button to select one diagnost

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -87- The Diagnostic Results page displays the result of diagnosis. If the result is similar to the fol

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -88- 4. The Router will reboot while the upgrading has been finished. ) Note: 1) New firmware vers

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -89- Figure 4-97 Backup & Restore Configuration ¾ Click the Backup button to save all configur

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -90- 4.16.7 Password Choose menu “System Tools → Password”, and then you can change the factory defa

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -91- Figure 4-100 System Log ¾ Auto Mail Feature - Indicates whether auto mail feature is enabled or

TL-WR740N/TL-WR741ND 150Mbps Wireless N Router -92- mailboxes that need User Name and Password to log in. ) Note: Only when you select Authentication