TP-LINK TL-WR840N Specifications

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router REV1.0.0 1910010811

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 1 - Package Contents The following items should be found in your package:  TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wirel

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 91 - 5) The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 92 - Now click OK to keep your settings.

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 93 - Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 94 - Appendix D: Glossary  802.11n - 802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standards by adding MIM

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 95 -  PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) - PPPoE is a protocol for connecting remote ho

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 2 - Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview of the Router The TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router inte

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 3 - 1.2 Conventions The Router or TL-WR840N mentioned in this guide stands for TL-WR840N 300M

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 4 - 1.4 Panel Layout 1.4.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 Front Panel sketch The Router’s LEDs are

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 5 - 1.4.2 The Rear Panel Figure 1-2 Rear Panel sketch The following parts are located on the re

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 6 - Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirements  Broadband Internet Access Service

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 7 - 5. Connect the power adapter to the power socket on the Router, and the other end into an ele

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 8 - Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic fu

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 9 - Figure 3-1 Success result of Ping command  If the result displayed is similar to the Figure

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 10 - 3. Is the default LAN IP of the Router correct?  Note: If the LAN IP of the modem connected

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TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 11 - 1. After successful log in, you can click the Quick Setup menu to quickly configure your Route

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 12 - Figure 3-7 Quick Setup – L2TP/Russia L2TP  User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 13 - Figure 3-8 Quick Setup – PPTP/Russia PPTP  User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 14 -  User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These field

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 15 - 5) If the connection type detected is Static IP, the next screen will appear as shown in Fi

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 16 -  Wireless Radio - The wireless radio can only be enabled/disabled by using the WIFI ON/OFF sw

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 17 - These settings are only for basic wireless parameters. For advanced settings, please refer to 4

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 18 - Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This chapter will show each Web page's key functions and

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 19 - Figure 4-1 Router Status 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to 3.2 Quick Installation Guide. 4.4

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 20 - Figure 4-2 WPS  WPS Status - Enable or disable the WPS function here.  Current PIN - Th

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TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 21 - Step 2: Press and hold the WPS button of the client device directly. Step 3: The Wi-Fi Prot

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 22 - 4.5 Network Figure 4-5 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu (sho

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 23 -  MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 15

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 24 -  MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 15

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 25 - access the Internet again. If you want your Internet connection keeps active all the time,

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 26 -  Service Name/AC Name - The service name and AC (Access Concentrator) name should not be conf

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 27 -  User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 28 - Figure 4-11 PPTP Settings  User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided b

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 29 -  Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the Router is disconnected. To use this

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 30 - Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter. Changes are rarely needed

CE Mark Warning This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be requ

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 31 - 4.6 Wireless Figure 4-14 Wireless menu There are five submenus under the Wireless menu (show

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 32 - When you select your local region from the drop-down list, click the Save button, then the Note

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 33 - Figure 4-16  SSID(to be bridged) - The SSID of the AP your Router is going to connect to as

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 34 - Figure 4-17 Wireless Security  Disable Security - If you do not want to use wireless securit

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 35 - • PSK Passphrase - You can enter ASCII characters between 8 and 63 characters or 8 to 64 Hexad

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 36 - • WEP Key Format - Hexadecimal and ASCII formats are provided here. Hexadecimal format stands

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 37 - To Add a Wireless MAC Address filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The "Add or Modi

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 38 - 1) Enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B/00-0A-EB-00-07-5F in the MAC Address field. 2) Ent

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 39 - performance because of excessive packets. 2346 is the default setting and is recommended. 

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 40 - You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current c

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TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 41 -  End IP Address - Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to end with when assigning IP add

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 42 - 4.7.3 Address Reservation Choose menu “DHCP → Address Reservation”, you can view and add a re

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 43 - 4.8 Forwarding Figure 4-30 The Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwardi

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 44 - 1. Click the Add New… button, the next screen will pop-up as shown in Figure 4-32. 2. Select

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 45 - conferencing, Internet calling and so on. These applications cannot work with a pure NAT Router

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 46 - 5. Select Enable in Status field. 6. Click the Save button to save the new rule. Figure 4-

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 47 - Figure 4-35 DMZ To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server: 1. Check the Enable rad

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 48 - • Status - The status of the port is displayed here. “Enabled” means that the port is still ac

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 49 - factory default. If you want all the computers on the LAN exposed to the outside world, you can

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 50 - Figure 4-39 Advanced Security  Packets Statistics Interval (5~60) - The default value is 10

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TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 51 -  TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 52 - Click the Save button to save your settings.  Note: If your PC is blocked but you want to ac

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 53 - 4.10 Parental Control Choose menu “Parental Control”, and you can configure the parental cont

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 54 - 5. Select from the Effective Time drop-down list the schedule (e.g. Schedule_1) you want the e

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 55 - 3. Click “Parental Control” menu on the left to go back to the Add or Modify Parental Control

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 56 - Figure 4-46 Access Control Rule Management  Enable Internet Access Control - Select the ch

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 57 - Figure 4-47 Quick Setup – Create a Host Entry  Mode - Here are two options, IP Address and

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 58 -  IP Address - Enter the IP address (or address range) of the target (targets) in dotted-decim

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 59 - 4. Click Next when finishing creating the advanced schedule entry, and the next screen will

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 60 - Figure 4-51 Add Internet Access Control Entry For example: If you desire to allow the host wi

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TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 61 - 4.11.2 Host Choose menu “Access Control → Host”, you can view and set a Host list in the sc

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 62 - Figure 4-54 Add or Modify a Host Entry For example: If you desire to restrict the internet ac

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 63 - 2. In Mode field, select IP Address or Domain Name.  If you select IP Address, the screen sh

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 64 - Figure 4-57 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry For example: If you desire to restrict the i

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 65 -  Modify - Here you can edit or delete an existing schedule. To add a new schedule, follow t

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 66 - Then you will go back to the Schedule Settings page and see the following list. 4.12 Advanced

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 67 -  Destination Network - The Destination Network is the address of the network or host that you

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 68 -  Interface - This interface tells you whether the Destination IP Address is on the LAN &

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 69 - Figure 4-65 Bandwidth Control Rules List  Description - This is the information about the ru

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 70 - 4.14 IP & MAC Binding Setting Figure 4-67 the IP & MAC Binding menu There are two su

- II - 4.7.2 DHCP Client List ... 41 4.7.3 Address Reservat

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 71 - Figure 4-69 IP & MAC Binding Settings To add IP & MAC Binding entries, follow the step

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 72 - Figure 4-71 ARP List  MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN.

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 73 - Figure 4-72 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Type th

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 74 - To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Type the User Name for your DDNS account.

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 75 - 4.16 System Tools Figure 4-75 The System Tools menu Choose menu “System Tools”, and you ca

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 76 -  NTP Server 1 / NTP Server 2 - Enter the address or domain of the NTP Server 1 or NTP Server

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 77 - 3. The Router will automatically obtain GMT from the Internet if it is configured accordingly.

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 78 - Click Start to check the connectivity of the Internet. The Diagnostic Results page displays t

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 79 -  Note: 1) New firmware versions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded fo

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 80 - Figure 4-81 Backup & Restore Configuration  Click the Backup button to save all config

- III - 4.16.5 Backup & Restore ... 79 4.16.6 Reboot ...

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 81 - 4.16.7 Password Choose menu “System Tools → Password”, you can change the factory default user

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 82 -  Auto Mail Feature - Indicates whether auto mail feature is enabled or not.  Mail Setting

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 83 - Click Back to return to the previous page.  Log Type - By selecting the log type, only logs o

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 84 - Statistics Table: IP/MAC Address The IP and MAC address are displayed with related statistics

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 85 - Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the Router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) First,

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 86 - 2) Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter, which is connected to

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 87 - Figure A-5 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry  Note: Your opposite side should call yo

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 88 - Figure A-7 Basic Security 4. I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? 1)

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 89 - Figure A-9 Virtual Servers Figure A-10 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry 5. The wireles

TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide - 90 - Appendix B: Configuring the PC In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure th