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TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD User Guide 54M Wireless Router Rev ： 1.0.1.
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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi th the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Ru les. These limits are designed to pr ovide reasona ble protectio n against harmful interference in a residential installation.
Package contents The following contents should be found in your box: ¾ One TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Router ¾ One AC power Adapter for TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Router ¾ Quick.
COMMENT Chapter 1. Introduction ........................................................................................ 1 1.1 Product Overview ...................................................................................................... 1 1.
3.8.1 Firewall ........................................................................................................................... 38 3.8.2 IP Address Filtering ..................................................................................
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 1 Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Product Overview Thank you for choosing the TL -WR3 40G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Router. This router provides dedicated solution for Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) networks.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 2 policies based on time of day for children or staff. 1.3 Overview the User Guide Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Hardware Installation Guide Chapter 3: Software Installation Guide Chapter 4: Appendix 1.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 2. Hardware Installation 2.1 The Front Panel Figure 2-1 The LED indicators displayed on t he front panel, the status of thes e LED indicators represent the device’s working circs. For details, please refer to 2.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 4 2.2 The Back Panel Figure 2-2 ¾ Antenna: Used for wireless operation and data transmit. ¾ Reset Button: There are two ways to reset the Rout er's factory defaults.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 5 connectors ¾ TCP/IP protocol must be installed on each PC ¾ Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, Netscape Navigator 6.0 or l ater 2.4 Inst allation Environment Requirement s ¾ The Product should not be locat ed where it will be exposed to moisture or excessive heat.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 6 Figure 2-3 Hardware Installation of the Router 2.6 Configure PC Your PC needs a network adapter. You may directly connect your adapter to the Router, or you may connect your adapter to a Hub/Switch, and then connect the Hub/Switch to the Router.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 7 Figure 2-4 2. In the Network Connections window, right-click on LAN (Local Area Conn e ction), then click Properties.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 8 Click on the Properties button. Figure 2-6 4. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically ” by clicking the radio-button. Click OK Figure 2-7 ¾ Configure the IP address manually 1. Open TCP/IP Properties of the LAN card in your PC, enter the IP address as 192.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 9 Now, you can run the Ping command in the command prompt to verify the network connection between your PC and the Router.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 10 Chapter 3. Software Configuration This User Guide recommends using the “Quick Installation Guide” for first-time installation, For advanced u.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 11 Figure 3-1 Router S tatus 3.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Quick Installation Guide.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 12 3.4 Network Figure 3-2 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network me nu (shown in Figure 3- 2 ): LAN , WAN and MAC Clone. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corres ponding function.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 13 are not sure which connection type you use curr ently, please contact y our ISP to obtain the correct information. 1. If you choose Dynamic I P, the router will automatically get IP parameters from your ISP.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 14 2. If you choose Static IP, you should have fixed IP Parameters specified by your ISP. The Static IP settings page will appear, shown in Figure 3.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 15 Figure 3-6 W AN - PPPoE ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect your Internet conn ection after a specified period of inactivity ( Max Idle Time ).
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 16 Caution :Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnect ed although you specify a time to Max Idle Time, since some applications are visiti ng the Internet continually in the background. Click the Connect button to connect imm ediately.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 17 Figure 3-8 802.1X + Dynamic IP Settings ¾ User Name - Enter the user name for 802. 1X authentication provided by your ISP ¾ Password - Enter the password for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 18 Figure 3-9 802.1X + S tatic IP Settings ¾ User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1X auth entication provided by your ISP ¾ Password - Enter the password for 802.1X authe ntication provided by your ISP.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 19 Figure 3-10 Big Pond Settings ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Auth Server - Enter the authenticating server IP address or host name.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 20 soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option, click the radio button. If you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter "0" in t he Max Idle Time field.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 21 connection after a specified period of inactivity ( Max Idle Time ). If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand enable s the router to automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 22 Figure 3-12 PPTP Settin gs ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Dynamic IP/ Static IP – Choose either as you are given by your ISP and enter the ISP’s IP address or the domain name.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 23 Caution : Sometimes the connection cannot be disc onnected although you s pecify a time to Max Idle Time, since some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background. ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the rout er is disconnected.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 24 3.5 Wireless Figure 3-14 Wireless menu There are three submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 3-14 ): Wireless Settings , MAC Filtering and Wireless Statistics. Click any of them, and you w ill be able to configure the corresponding function.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 25 ¾ Region - Select your region from the pull-down lis t. This field specifies the region where the wireless function of the router can be used. It may be illegal to use the wireless function of the router in a region other than on e of those specified in this field.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 26 ¾ Security Options - You can select one of the following Securityoptions: • When you select WEP for authentication type yo u can select the fo.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 27 ¾ Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update in terval in seconds. The value can be either 0 seconds or from 30 seconds and up, 1-29 seconds are n ot usable figures. Enter 0 to disable the update.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 28 ¾ Privilege - Select the privileges for this entry . You may select one of the following Allow / Deny / 64-bit / 128-bit / 152-bit . ¾ Description - A simple description of the wireless station.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 29 2. Modify the information. 3. Click the Save button. Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled Click the Disabled All button to make all entries disabled.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 30 3.5.3 Wireless Statistics This page shows MAC Address , Current Status , Received Packets and Sent Packets for each connected wireless station.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 31 Figure 3-23 DHCP Settings ¾ DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server. If you disable the Serve r, you must have another DHCP server within your network or else you must manually configure the computer.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 32 Figure 3-24 DHCP Clients List ¾ Index - The index of the DHCP Client ¾ Client Name - The name of the DHCP client ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the DHCP client ¾ Assigned IP - The IP address that the router has allocated to the DHCP client.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 33 Figure 3-26 Add or Modify an Address Reservation Entry T o modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If y ou want to delete the entry, click the Delete .
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 34 Figure 3-28 Virtual Servers ¾ Service Port - The numbers of External Ports. You can type a service port or a range of service ports (the format is XXX – YYY, X XX is the start port, YYY is the end port).
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 35 2. Modify the information. 3. Click the Save button. Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled Click the Disabled All button to make all entries disabled.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 36 the PC that triggered this rule. You can input at most 5 grou ps of ports (or port section). Every group of ports must be set apart with ", ". For example, 2000-2038, 2050-2051, 2085, 3010-3030.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 37 ) Note: When the trigger connection is released, the according ope ning ports will be closed. Each rule allowed to be used onl y by one host on LAN synchronously. The trigger connection of other hosts on LAN will be refused.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 38 button. As allowing this may present a risk to security, this feature is disabled by default. ¾ Current UPnP Settings List - This table displays the current UPnP information.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 39 Figure 3-35 Firewall Settings ¾ Enable Firewall - the general firewall switch is on or off. ¾ Enable IP Address Filtering - set IP Address Filtering is enabled or disabled. There are two default filtering rules of IP Address Filtering, either Allow or Deny passing through the router.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 40 Address Filtering entry, click Enable Firewall and Enable IP Address Filtering on the Firewall page, and click the Add New… button.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 41 Click the Delete All button to delete all entries You can change the entry’s order as desired.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 42 Figure 3-39 Add or Modify a Domain Filtering entry To add or modify a Domain Filteri ng entry, follow these instructions: 1. Effective Time - Enter a range of time in HHMM format specifying the time for the entry to take effect.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 43 Figure 3-40 MAC address Filtering Before setting up MAC Filtering entries, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and Enable MAC Filtering have been selected on the Firewall page. To Add a MA C Address filtering entry, clicking the Add New … button.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 44 Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled. Click the Disabled All button to make all entries disabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries Click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return to the previous page.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 45 successfully entering the password, you will be abl e to access the router 's Web-based utility.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 46 ¾ TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets threshold: (5 ~ 3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a va lue between 5 ~ 3600 packets. When the current TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets numbers is beyond the set value, the router will st art up the blocking f unction immediately.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 47 3.9.1 Binding Setting This page displays the IP & MAC Binding Setting t able; you can operate it in accord with your desire. (shown in Figure 3-46 ). Figure 3-46 IP & MAC Bin ding Setting ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of t he controlled computer in the LAN.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 48 To modify or delete an existing entry : 1. Find the desired entry in the table. 2. Click Modify or Delete as desired on the Modify column. To find an existing entry : 1. Click the Find button (shown in Figure 3-47 ).
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 49 ¾ Status - Enabled or Disabled of the MAC address and IP address binding. ¾ Configure - Load or delete item. ¾ Load - Load the item to the IP & MAC Binding list. ¾ Delete - Delete the item.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 50 Figure 3-51 Add or Modify a S tatic Route Entry T o modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If y ou want to delete the entry, click the Delete . 2.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 51 Figure 3-52 Dyndns.org DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Type the domain names your dynamic DNS service provider gave. 2. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. 3.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 52 2. Type the Password for your DDNS account. 3. Click the Login button to login the DDNS service. ¾ Connection Status - The status of the DDNS servic e connection is displayed here. ¾ Domain Name - The domain names are displayed here.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 53 3.12 System T ools Figure 3-55 The System T ools menu There are eight submenus under th e System Tools menu (shown in F igure 3-55 ): Time , Firmware , Factor y Defaults, Backup and Restore, Reboot, Pass w ord, Log and Statistics.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 54 3. Click Save . Click the Get GMT button to get GMT time from Internet if you have connected to Internet. If you’re using Daylight saving ti me, please follow the steps below. 1. Select using daylight saving time .
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 55 ¾ Hardware Version - Displays the current hardware version. The hardwar e version of the upgrade file must accord with the current hardware version. ) Note: Do not turn off the router or press the Rese t button while the firmware is being upgraded.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 56 ) Note: The current configuration will be covered with th e uploading configuration file. The restoration process lasts for 20 seconds and the router will restart automatically. K eep the router on during the restoring process, to prevent any damage.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 57 It is recommended strongly that you change the factory defa ult user name and password of the router.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 58 Figure 3-63 S tatistics ¾ Current Statistics Status - Enable or Disable. The default val ue is disabled. To enable, click the Enable button. If disabled, the f unction of DoS protection in Security settings will be ineffective.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 59 Appendix A: Glossary Access Point - A device that allows wireless-equipped computers and other devices to communicate with a wired network.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 60 Appendix B: Specifications General Standards and Protocols IEEE 802.3,IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP Safety & Emission FCC 、 CE Power Supply 9V~ 0.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix C: FAQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) First, configure the ADSL Modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. 2) Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL Modem to the WAN port on the router.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 62 register, login to the router and click the "Net work" menu link on the left of your browser, and then click "MAC Clone" submenu link.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 63 5. I w ant to build a WEB Server on the LAN, w hat should I do? Because the WEB Server port 80 will interfere with the WEB management port 80 on the router, you must change the WEB management port number to avoid interference.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 64 Appendix D: Contact Information For help with the installation or operation of TP-LINK Product, please visit our website.
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