TL-WR941ND Wireless N Router | TP-Link specs

TL-WR941NDWireless N Router

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.

¾WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - A data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit or 128-bit or 152-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11 standard.

¾Wi-Fi - A trade name for the 802.11b wireless networking standard, given by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA, see http://www.wi-fi.net), an industry standards group promoting interoperability among 802.11b devices.

¾WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) - A group of computers and associated devices communicate with each other wirelessly, which network serving users are limited in a local area.

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TP-Link manual TL-WR941ND Wireless N Router

Contents

Rev 1.1.0 TL-WR941ND Wireless N Router FCC STATEMENT COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS CE Mark Warning FCC RF Radiation Exposure StatementNational restrictions Country NCC Notice Industry Canada StatementKorea Warning Statements Page ETSI EN 300 328 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 Chapter CONTENTSPackage Contents DHCP 4.15.2 TL-WR941ND Wireless N Router Package Contents Simple Installation Flexible Access ControlChapter 1.Introduction 1.1 Overview of the Router 1.3 Main Features 1.4.1 The Front Panel 1.4 Panel LayoutName Status 1.4.2 The Rear Panel 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-WR941ND 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 ¾ WPA/WPA2-Personal - Select WPA based on pre-shared passphrase 4.6 Wireless Figure 3-13 Quick Setup - Finish 4.2 Status Chapter 4.Configuring the Router4.1 Login Please refer to 3.2 Quick Installation Guide 4.3 Quick Setup4.4 QSS Figure 4-1 Router Status Method One I. By PBC Method Two The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Method Three TL-WR941ND Wireless N Router II. By PIN Method Two Enter the PIN from my Router added to the network 4.5 Network4.5.1 WAN 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 Only the PC on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone function 4.6 Wireless4.6.1 Wireless Settings 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 This page will be refreshed automatically every 5 seconds 4.7.1 DHCP Settings4.7 DHCP ¾ Default Domain - Optional. Input the domain name of your network 4.7.3 Address Reservation 4.7.2 DHCP Clients List To modify or delete an existing entry 4.8 ForwardingTo Reserve IP addresses 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 Figure 4-55 Advanced Routing 4.12 Advanced RoutingFigure 4-54 Advanced Schedule Settings To add static routing entries Other configurations for the entries4.12.1 Static Routing List 4.12.2 System Routing Table 4.13Bandwidth Control 4.13.2 Rules List 4.13.1 Control Settings To add/modify a Bandwidth Control rule, follow the steps below 4.14IP & MAC Binding Setting4.14.1 Binding Setting 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 Figure 4-67 ARP List 4.14.2 ARP ListFigure 4-66 Find IP & MAC Binding Entry 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 Figure 4-71 The System Tools menu 4.16System ToolsFigure 4-70 No-ip.com DDNS Settings 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. The Router will reboot after the upgrading has been finished 4.16.4 Factory Defaults4.16.5 Backup & Restore 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 Wireless N RouterTL-WR941ND 1. How do I configure the Router to access Internet by ADSL users? Appendix A FAQ Figure A-4 Virtual Servers 3. I want to use Netmeeting, what do I need to do?Figure A-3 MAC Clone 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