Firmware Upgrade, TL-WR940N Wireless N Router | TP-Link specs

4.16.3 Firmware Upgrade

TL-WR940NWireless N Router

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 4-74 Diagnostic Results

)Note:

Only one user can use this tool at one time. Options “Number of Pings”, “Ping Size” and “Ping Timeout” are used for Ping function. Option “Tracert Hops” are used for Tracert function.

4.16.3 Firmware Upgrade

Choose menu “System Tools → Firmware Upgrade”, you can update the latest version of firmware for the Router on the following screen.

Figure 4-75 Firmware Upgrade

¾Firmware Version - This displays the current firmware version.

¾Hardware Version - This displays the current hardware version. The hardware version of the upgrade file must accord with the Router’s current hardware version.

To upgrade the Router's firmware, follow these instructions below:

1.Download a more recent firmware upgrade file from the TP-LINK website (http://www.tp-link.com).

2.Type the path and file name of the update file into the File field. Or click the Browse button to locate the update file.

3.Click the Upgrade button.

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TP-Link TL-WR940N manual Firmware Upgrade, To upgrade the Routers firmware, follow these instructions below

Contents

Rev 1.1.0 TL-WR940N Wireless N Router FCC STATEMENT COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS CE Mark Warning FCC RF Radiation Exposure StatementNational restrictions Country Industry Canada Statement Korea Warning StatementsNCC Notice ETSI EN 300 328 V1.7.1 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITYETSI EN 301 489-1 V1.8.12008& ETSI EN 301 489-17 EN 550222006 +A12007 EN 550241998+A12001+A22003 EN 61000-3-22006+A12009+A22009 EN CONTENTS Package ContentsChapter 4.6.5 4.15.1 TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Package Contents Simple Installation Flexible Access ControlChapter 1.Introduction 1.1 Overview of the Router 1.3 Main Features 1.4 Panel Layout1.4.1 The Front Panel 1.4.2 The Rear Panel Wireless N RouterTL-WR940N Indication ¾ RESET 2.2 Installation Environment Requirements Chapter 2.Connecting the Router2.3 Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirements Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation of the TL-WR940N Wireless N Router 3.1 TCP/IP Configuration Chapter 3.Quick Installation Guide Figure 3-1 Success result of Ping command Please check the connection following these stepsFigure 3-2 Failure result of Ping command 1. Is the connection between your PC and the Router correct? 3.2 Quick Installation Guide Figure 3-6 Choose WAN Connection Type Figure 3-5 Quick Setup Figure 3-8 Quick Setup - MAC Clone Figure 3-7 Quick Setup - PPPoE Figure 3-10 Quick Setup - Static IP Figure 3-9 Quick Setup - MAC Clone Note Dialog z PSK Password - You can enter ASCII or Hexadecimal characters Figure 3-13 Quick Setup - Finish Chapter 4.Configuring the Router 4.1 Login4.2 Status 4.4 QSS 4.3 Quick SetupPlease refer to 3.2 Quick Installation Guide Figure 4-1 Router Status Method One I. By PBC Method Two The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Method Three TL-WR940N Wireless N Router II. By PIN Method Two Enter the PIN from my Router 4.5 Network 4.5.1 WANadded to the network Figure 4-5 WAN - Dynamic IP Figure 4-6 WAN - Static IP Figure 4-7 WAN - PPPoE Figure 4-8 PPPoE Advanced Settings NSW / ACT - nsw.bigpond.net.au QLD - qld.bigpond.net.au Figure 4-10 L2TP Settings Figure 4-11 PPTP Settings z Static IP - Connections which use static IP address assignment z Dynamic IP - Connections which use dynamic IP address assignment 4.5.3 MAC Clone 4.5.2 LANFigure 4-12 LAN Figure 4-13 MAC Address Clone 4.6 Wireless 4.6.1 Wireless SettingsOnly the PC on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone function Figure 4-15 Wireless Settings ¾ Mode - Select the desired mode. The default setting is 11bgn mixed 4.6.2 Wireless Security ¾ WPA /WPA2 - Enterprise - It’s based on Radius Server Encryption - You can select either Automatic, or TKIP or AES Figure 4-20 Wireless MAC address Filtering 4.6.3 Wireless MAC Filtering 4. Click the Save button to save this entry to access for Filtering Rules 4.6.4 Wireless Advanced 4.6.5 Wireless Statistics 4.7.1 DHCP Settings 4.7 DHCPThis page will be refreshed automatically every 5 seconds ¾ Default Domain - Optional. Input the domain name of your network 4.7.3 Address Reservation 4.7.2 DHCP Clients List 4.8 Forwarding To Reserve IP addressesTo modify or delete an existing entry 4.8.1 Virtual Servers To set up a virtual server entry Figure 4-31 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry 4.8.2 Port Triggering To add a new rule, follow the steps below 3. Incoming Port Range cannot overlap each other 4.8.3 DMZ To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server 4.8.4 UPnP 4.9.1 Basic Security 4.9 Security z z z Figure 4-37 Basic Security 4.9.2 Advanced Security 4.9.3 Local Management Figure 4-39 Local Management 4.9.4 Remote Management Figure 4-40 Remote Management 4.10Parental Control To add a new entry, please follow the steps below 7. Click the Save button 4.11.1 Rule 4.11Access Control Figure 4-45 Access Control Rule Management To add a new rule, please follow the steps below Figure 4-46 Add or Modify Internet Access Control Entry Figure 4-47 Host Settings 4.11.2 Host Figure 4-49 Add or Modify a Host Entry Figure 4-48 Add or Modify a Host Entry Figure 4-50 Target Settings 4.11.3 Target Figure 4-52 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry Figure 4-51 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry To add a new schedule, follow the steps below 4.11.4 Schedule 4.12 Advanced Routing Figure 4-54 Advanced Schedule SettingsFigure 4-55 Advanced Routing Other configurations for the entries 4.12.1 Static Routing ListTo add static routing entries 4.12.2 System Routing Table 4.13Bandwidth Control 4.13.2 Rules List 4.13.1 Control Settings 4.14IP & MAC Binding Setting 4.14.1 Binding SettingTo add/modify a Bandwidth Control rule, follow the steps below To modify or delete an existing entry, follow the steps below To add IP & MAC Binding entries, follow the steps belowTo find an existing entry, follow the steps below Figure 4-64 Binding Setting 4.14.2 ARP List Figure 4-66 Find IP & MAC Binding EntryFigure 4-67 ARP List 4.15.1 Comexe.cn DDNS 4.15Dynamic DNS 4.15.2 Dyndns.org DDNS To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions Figure 4-69 Dyndns.org DDNS Settings 4.15.3 No-ip.com DDNS 4.16System Tools Figure 4-70 No-ip.com DDNS SettingsFigure 4-71 The System Tools menu To set time manually 4.16.1 Time Settings To set time automatically 4.16.2 DiagnosticTo set Daylight Saving 2. The time will be lost if the router is turned off Figure 4-73 Diagnostic Tools To upgrade the Routers firmware, follow these instructions below 4.16.3 Firmware Upgrade 4.16.4 Factory Defaults 4.16.5 Backup & Restore4. The Router will reboot after the upgrading has been finished 4.16.6 Reboot 4.16.8 System Log 4.16.7 Password Figure 4-80 System Log Figure 4-81 Mail Account Settings Figure 4-82 Statistics 4.16.9 Statistics Statistics Table 1. How do I configure the Router to access Internet by ADSL users? Appendix A FAQ 3. I want to use Netmeeting, what do I need to do? Figure A-3 MAC CloneFigure A-4 Virtual Servers Figure A-6 DMZ Figure A-5 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry 4. I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? field of the Web browser 5. The wireless stations cannot connect to the Router 1. Install TCP/IP component Appendix B Configuring the PCs Now you have two ways to configure the TCP/IP protocol below ¾ Setting IP address automaticallyshown in the Figure below Figure B-2 Figure B-3 ¾ Setting IP address manually Figure B-4 Wireless Appendix C SpecificationsGeneral Environmental and Physical Appendix D Glossary 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. It corresponds to the ESSID in the wireless Access Point and to the wireless network name