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TL-WR340G TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Router Rev: 1.0.5 1910010474.
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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 reasonable protectio n against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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CONTENTS Package Contents .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. Introduction ........................................................................................ 2 1.1 Product Overview .
III 4.7.2 Port Triggering ................................................................................................................ 39 4.7.3 DMZ ...................................................................................................
1 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 Qui.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 2 Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the TL-WR340G/ TL-WR340GD 54Mbp s Wireless Router. 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 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 3 ¾ Supports connecting/disconnecti ng from the Internet on a specified time of day. ¾ Supports access control, parents and network ad ministrators can estab lish restricted access policies based on time of day for children or staff.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide Chapter 2. Hardware Installation 2.1 The Front Panel Figure 2-1 The Router’s LEDs are located on the fr ont panel (View from left to right).
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 5 2.2 The Back Panel Figure 2-2 The following parts are located on the rear panel (View from left to right).
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 6 ¾ Each PC in the LAN needs a working Ether net Adapter and an Ether net cable with RJ45 connectors ¾ TCP/IP protocol must be installed on each PC ¾ Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 7 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 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 8 Figure 2-4 2. In the Network Connections window, right-click on LAN (Local Area Conn ection), then click Properties .
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 9 Figure 2-6 4. Select Obtain an IP address automatically by clicking the radio-button. Click OK .
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 10 Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functi ons of your TL-WR340G 54Mbps Wireless Router using Quick Setup Wizard within minutes. 3.1 TCP/IP Configuration Connect the local PC to the LAN ports of the Router.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 11 Figure 3-2 Login Windows ) Note: If the above screen does not pop up, it means that your Web- browser has been set to a proxy. Go to Tools menu>Internet Options>Connections >LAN Settings, in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 12 The Router supports three popular ways PPPoE , Dynami c IP and Static IP to connect to the Internet. 4. Select your connection type. 1) If the connection type selected is PPPoE , the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-5 .
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 13 5. Click Next to continue, the Wireless settings page will appear as shown in Figure 3-7 . Figure 3-7 Quick Setup – Wireless ¾ Wireless Radio - Enable or disable the wireless radi o choosing from the pull-down list.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 14 It is recommended strongly that you c hoose one of following options to enable security. z WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK - Select WPA based on pre-shared passphrase. z PSK Password - You can enter ASCII or Hexadecimal characters.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 15 Chapter 4. Software Configuration This User Guide recommends using the “Quick Installation Guide” for first-time installation, For advanc.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 16 Figure 4-1 Router S tatus 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Quick Installation Guide ..
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 17 4.4 Network Figure 4-2 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network me nu (shown in Figure 4-2 ): WAN , LAN and MAC Clone . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corres ponding function.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 18 Figure 4-3 W AN – Dynamic IP This page displays the WAN IP parameters assi gned dynamically by your ISP, including IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, etc. Click the Renew button to renew the IP parameters from your ISP.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 19 2. If you choose Static IP, you should have fixed IP parameter s specified by your ISP. The Static IP settings page will appear, shown in Fig.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 20 Figure 4-5 W AN - PPPoE ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Secondary Connection - It's available only for PPPoE C onnection.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 21 ¾ Time-based Connecting - You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect based on time. Enter the start time in HH:MM format for connecting and end time in HH:MM format for disconnecting in the Period of Time fiel ds.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 22 ¾ ISP Specified IP Address - If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit your IP address to the router during login, click “ Use the IP Address specified by ISP ” check box and enter the IP Address in dotted-decima l notation, which your ISP provided.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 23 Click the Connect button to connect imm ediately. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately. ¾ Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect fr om your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity ( Max Idle Time ).
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 24 Figure 4-8 PPTP/Russia PPTP Settings 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 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 25 enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates. 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.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 26 4.4.3 MAC Clone You can configure the MAC address of the WAN port on this page, Figure 4-10 : Figure 4-10 MAC Address Clone Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Addr ess of your a dapter, whic h is connected to your cable/DSL Modem or Ethernet during installa tion.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 27 them, and you will be able to configure the corres ponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 28 ¾ Mode - If all of the wireless devices connected with this wirele ss router can connect in the same transmission mode(eg.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 29 4.5.2 Security Settings Options related to security can be set on this page. Figure 4-15 Wireless Security You can select one of the following security options: ¾ Disable Security - The wireless security function can be enabled or disabled.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 30 z Shared Key - Select 802.11 Shared Key authentication. ¾ WEP Key Format - You can select ASCII or Hexadecimal format. ASCII Code Format stands for any combination of keyboard charac ters in the specifi ed length.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 31 ¾ PSK Password - You can enter ASCII or Hexadecimal characters. For Hexadecimal , the length should be between 8 and 64 characters; for ASCII , the length should be between 8 and 63 characters.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 32 otherwise, select the radio button Deny the stations not specified by any enabled entries in the list to access .
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 33 2. Select the radio button: Deny the stations not specified b y any enabled entries in the list to access for Filtering Rules. 3. Delete all or disable all entries if there are any entri es already.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 34 ¾ RTS Threshold - Here you can specify t he RTS (Request to Send) Threshold. If the packet is larger than the specified RTS Th reshold size, the Router will send RTS frames to a particular receiving station and negotiate the sending of a data frame.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 35 4.6 DHCP Figure 4-20 The DHCP menu There are three submenus unde r the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 4 -20 ): D HCP Settings , DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding func tion.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 36 ¾ Default Domain - (Optional.) Input the domai n name of your network. ¾ Primary DNS - (Optional.) Input the DNS IP addr ess prov ided by your ISP. Or consult your ISP. ¾ Secondary DNS - (Optional.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 37 Figure 4-23 Address Reservation ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC of whic h you want to reserve IP address. ¾ Assigned IP Address - The IP address of the router reserved. ¾ Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled .
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 38 4.7 Forwarding Figure 4-25 The Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu: Virtual Servers , Port Triggering , DMZ and UPnP . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 39 5. Select the Enable checkbox to enable the virtual server. 6. Click the Save button. Figure 4-27 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry ) Note: It is possible that you have a com puter or server that has more t han one type of available service.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 40 Figure 4-28 Port T riggering Once configured, operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connection using a destination port number defined in the Trigger Port field.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 41 Figure 4-29 Add or Modify a T riggering Entry There are many popular applications in the Popular Application list. You can select it, and the application will fill in the Trigger Port , incoming Ports Range boxes and select the Enable checkbox.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 42 Figure 4-30 DMZ To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server: 1. Click the Enable radio button 2. Enter the local host IP Address in the DMZ Host IP Address field ) Note: After you set the DMZ host, the firewa ll related to the host will not work.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 43 4.8 Security Figure 4-32 The Security menu There are six submenus unde r the Security menu: Firewall , IP Address Filtering, Domain Filtering, MAC Address Filtering, Remote Management and Advanced Security.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 44 4.8.2 IP Address Filtering The IP address Filtering feature allows you to c ontrol Internet Access by specific users on your LAN based on their IP addresses.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 45 5. WAN Port - Enter a WAN Port or a range of WAN Port s in th e field. For example, 25 – 110. Keep the field open, which means all WAN Po rts have been put into the field. 6. Protocol - Select which protocol is to be used, either TCP, UDP , or All (all protocols supported by the router).
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 46 Before adding a Domain Filtering entry, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and Enable Domain Filtering have been selected on the Fire wa ll page. To Add a Domain filtering en try, click the Add New… button.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 47 4.8.4 MAC Address Filtering Like the IP Address Filtering pag e, the MAC Address Filtering page allows you to control access to the Internet by users on your lo cal network based on their MAC Address.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 48 2. Modify the information. 3. Click the Save button. Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 49 example, if your Router's WAN address is 202.96.12.8 and you us e port number 8080, enter in your browser: http://202.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 50 ¾ UDP-FLOOD Packets threshold: (5 ~ 3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600 packets. When the current UPD-FLOOD Packets numbers is beyond th e set value, the router will start up the blocking function immediately.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 51 Figure 4-43 S tatic Routing To add static routing entries: 1. Click the Add New button. 2. Enter the following data: ¾ Destination IP Address - The Destination IP Address is the address of the network or host that you want to assign to a static route.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 52 Click the Delete All button to delete all entries 4.10 IP QoS You can configure the IP QoS function on this page. Figure 4-45 IP QoS ¾ Enable IP QoS - Enable or disable the function of IP QoS.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 53 3. If no IP QoS item is enabled, the B andwidth Apply won't be effective. 4. IP address range for different entries could not have intersection with each other. 5. After the confi gurations, click the Save button for the change to take effect.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 54 Figure 4-48 IP & MAC Bin ding Setting (Add & Modify) To add IP & MAC Binding entries: 1. Click the Add New.. button. 2. Enter the MAC Address and IP Address. 3. Select the Bind checkbox.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 55 the ARP list also. This page displays the ARP Li st; it shows all the existing IP & MAC Binding entries. Figure 4-50 ARP List ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the contro lled computer in the LAN.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 56 Figure 4-51 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.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 57 1. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. 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.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 58 4.13 System T ools Figure 4-54 The System T ools menu There are nine submenus under the System Tools menu: Time , Diagnostic , Firmware , Factory Defaults, Backup and Restore, Reboot, Password, Log and Statistics.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 59 3. Enter the Time in Hour/Minute/Second format. 4. Click Save . For automatic time synchronization: 1. Enter the address of the NTP Server Prior . 2. Click the Get GMT button to get GMT time from Internet if you have connected to Internet.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 60 z Traceroute - This diagnostic tool tests the performance of a connection. ) Note: You can use ping/traceroute to test both numeric IP address or domain name.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 61 Figure 4-58 Firmware Upgrade New firmware is posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. If the router is not experiencing difficulties, there is no need to upgrade firmware, unless the new firmwar e supports a new feature you need.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 62 ¾ The default access: tplinklogin.net ) Note: Any settings you have saved will be lost when the default settings are restored. 4.13.5 Backup & Restore This page allows you to save current configuration of router as b ackup or restore the configuration file you saved before.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 63 ¾ Upgrade the firmware of the router (system will reboot automatically). ¾ Restore the router's settings to factory default (system will rebo ot automatically). 4.13.7 Passw ord This page allows you to change the factory def ault user name and password of the router.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 64 4.13.9 Statistics The Statistics page displays the network traffic of each PC in LAN, including total traffic and traffic of the last Packets Statistic interval seconds. Figure 4-64 S tatistics ¾ Current Statistics Status - Enable or Disable.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 65 Appendix A: 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 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 66 ) Note: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max Idle Time, since some applications is visiting the In ternet continually in the background. If you are a Cable user, please configur e the router following the above steps.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 67 ) Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page. 4) How to enab le DMZ Host: Login to the router , click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click "DMZ" submenu.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 68 Virtual Server.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 69 Appendix B: Configuring the PC In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP corr ectly in Windows XP. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is worki ng, refer to the adapter’s manual if necessary.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 70 Figure 0-2 5) The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 71 Figure 0-3 ) Note: For Windows 98 OS or before, the PC and Router may need to be restarted..
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 72 Appendix C: Specifications General Standards and Protocols IEEE 802.3,IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.
TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Route r User Guide 73 Appendix D: Glossary Access Point - A device that allows wireless-equipped computers and other devices to communicate with a wired network. Also us ed to expand the range of a wireless network.
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