TP-Link TL-WR340G User Manual

TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD User Guide
54M Wireless Router
Rev: 1.0.2
1910010064
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All rights reserved.
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FCC STATEMENT
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ TV technician for help.
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1) This device may not cause harmful interference.
2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement
This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This device and its antenna must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
“To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, this grant is applicable to only Mobile Configurations. The antennas used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.”
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 required to take adequate measures.
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National Restrictions
2400.0-2483.5 MHz
Country Restriction Reason/remark
Bulgaria
France
Italy
Luxembourg None
Norway Implemented
Russian Federation
General authorization required for outdoor use and
Outdoor use limited to 10 mW e.i.r.p. within the band 2454-2483.5 MHz
If used outside of own premises, general authorization is
NoteIt’s not used outdoors in France.
public service
Military Radiolocation use. Refarming of the 2.4 GHz band has been ongoing in recent years to allow current relaxed regulation. Full implementation planned 2012
required
General authorization required for network and service supply(not for spectrum)
This subsection does not apply for the geographical area within a radius of 20 km from the centre of Ny-Ålesund
Only for indoor applications
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TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
For the following equipment:
Product Description: 54M Wireless Router
Model No.: TL-WR340G
Trademark: TP-LINK
We declare under our own responsibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product within the scope of Council Directives:
Directives 1999/5/EC
The above product is in conformity with the following standards or other normative documents:
ETSI EN 300 328 V1.7.1: 2006
ETSI EN 301 489-1 V1.6.1:2005
ETSI EN 301 489-17 V1.2.1:2002
EN 61000-3-2:2006
EN 61000-3-3:1995+A1:2001
EN60950-1:2006
EN50371:2002
Directives 2004/108/EC
The above product is in conformity with the following standards or other normative documents
EN 55022:2006
EN 55024:1998+A1:2001+A2:2003
EN 61000-3-2:2006
EN 61000-3-3:1995+A1:2001+A2:2005
Directives 2006/95/EC
The above product is in conformity with the following standards or other normative documents EN60950-1:2006
Person is responsible for marking this declaration:
Zhao Jianjun
Director of International Business
TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
South Building, No.5 Keyuan Road, Central Zone, Science & Technology Park, Nanshan,
Shenzhen, P. R. China
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 Installation Guide
¾ One Resource CD for TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Router, including:
This Guide
Other Helpful Information
Note:
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Make sure that the package contains the above items. If any of the listed items are damaged or missing, please contact with your distributor.
Conventions
The Router or TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD, or device mentioned in this User guide stands for TD-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router without any explanations.
Parameters provided in the pictures are just references for setting up the product, which may differ from the actual situation.
You can set the parameters according to your demand.
Note:
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The two devices of TL-WR340G and TL-WR340GD are shared with this User Guide, we use TL-WR340G for example.
The differences between them are:
¾ TL-WR340G router with an fixed antenna; ¾ TL-WR340GD router with a detachable antenna.
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CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Introduction ........................................................................................1
1.1 Product Overview...................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Main Features ........................................................................................................... 1
Chapter 2. Hardware Installation ......................................................................... 3
2.1 The Front Panel ........................................................................................................ 3
2.2 The Back Panel......................................................................................................... 4
2.3 System Requirements............................................................................................... 4
2.4 Installation Environment Requirements..................................................................... 5
2.5 Connecting the Device .............................................................................................. 5
2.6 Configure PC............................................................................................................. 6
Chapter 3. Software Configuration.................................................................... 10
3.1 Login ....................................................................................................................... 10
3.2 Status ...................................................................................................................... 10
3.3 Quick Setup............................................................................................................. 11
3.4 Network ................................................................................................................... 12
3.4.1 LAN.................................................................................................................................12
3.4.2 WAN............................................................................................................................... 12
3.4.3 MAC Clone.....................................................................................................................23
3.5 Wireless .................................................................................................................. 24
3.5.1 Wireless Settings............................................................................................................24
3.5.2 MAC Filtering..................................................................................................................28
3.5.3 Wireless Statistics ..........................................................................................................30
3.6 DHCP ...................................................................................................................... 31
3.6.1 DHCP Settings ...............................................................................................................31
3.6.2 DHCP Clients List...........................................................................................................32
3.6.3 Address Reservation......................................................................................................33
3.7 Forwarding .............................................................................................................. 34
3.7.1 Virtual Servers................................................................................................................34
3.7.2 Port Triggering................................................................................................................35
3.7.3 DMZ................................................................................................................................37
3.7.4 UPnP..............................................................................................................................38
3.8 Security ................................................................................................................... 39
3.8.1 Firewall...........................................................................................................................39
3.8.2 IP Address Filtering........................................................................................................40
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3.8.3 Domain Filtering .............................................................................................................41
3.8.4 MAC Filtering..................................................................................................................43
3.8.5 Remote Management.....................................................................................................44
3.8.6 Advanced Security .........................................................................................................45
3.9 IP & MAC Binding Setting ....................................................................................... 47
3.9.1 Binding Setting ...............................................................................................................47
3.9.2 ARP List.......................................................................................................................... 49
3.10 Routing.................................................................................................................... 49
3.11 DDNS ...................................................................................................................... 51
3.11.1 Dyndns.org DDNS..........................................................................................................51
3.11.2 Oray.net DDNS ..............................................................................................................51
3.11.3 Comexe.cn DDNS..........................................................................................................52
3.12 System Tools .......................................................................................................... 53
3.12.1 Time................................................................................................................................54
3.12.2 Firmware.........................................................................................................................55
3.12.3 Factory Defaults .............................................................................................................55
3.12.4 Backup and Restore.......................................................................................................56
3.12.5 Reboot............................................................................................................................56
3.12.6 Password........................................................................................................................57
3.12.7 Log..................................................................................................................................58
3.12.8 Statistics.........................................................................................................................58
Appendix A: Glossary ............................................................................................ 60
Appendix B: Specifications ................................................................................... 61
Appendix C: FAQ.................................................................................................... 62
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Chapter 1. Introduction

Thank you for choosing the TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Router.

1.1 Product Overview

Thank you for choosing the TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Router. This router provides dedicated solution for Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) networks. With your network all connected, your local wired or wireless network can share Internet access, files and fun for multiple PCs through one ISP account. In addition, this device supports Bridge mode which can make two APs communicate with each other wirelessly.
It is an easy Web-based setup for installation and management. Even though you may not be familiar with the router, this guide will make configuring the router easy. Before installing the router, please look through this guide to know all the router’s functions.

1.2 Main Features

¾ Complies with IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u standards.
¾ 1 10/100M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 WAN port, 4 10/100M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 LAN ports,
supporting Auto MDI/MDIX.
¾ Shares data and Internet access for users, supporting PPPoE, Dynamic IP, Static IP, L2TP,
PPTP, BigPond Cable Internet access.
¾ Ignores Ping packets from WAN or LAN ports.
¾ Connecting Internet on demand and disconnecting from the Internet when idle for PPPoE.
¾ Built-in NAT and DHCP server supporting static IP address distributing.
¾ Built-in firewall supporting IP address filtering, Domain Name filtering, and MAC address
filtering.
¾ Provides WPA/WPA2, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK authentication, TKIP/AES encryption security.
¾ Provides 64/128/152-bit WEP encryption security and wireless LAN ACL (Access Control
List).
¾ Supports Flow Statistics.
¾ Supports firmware upgrade.
¾ Supports Web management.
¾ Supports Virtual Server, Special Application and DMZ host.
¾ Supports UPnP, Dynamic DNS, Static Routing, VPN Pass-through.
¾ Supports ICMP-FLOOD, UDP-FLOOD, and TCP-SYN-FLOOD filter.
¾ Supports 54/48/36/24/18/12/9/6Mbps or 11/5.5/2/1Mbps data transfer rates.
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¾ Supports connecting/disconnecting from the Internet on a specified time of day.
¾ Supports access control, parents and network administrators can establish restricted access
policies based on time of day for children or staff.
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Chapter 2. Hardware Installation

2.1 The Front Panel

Figure 2-1
The Router’s LEDs are located on the front panel (View from left to right).
LED Explanation:
Name Status Indication
PWR
SYS
WLAN
WAN/1-4 (LAN)
Off No Power
On Power on
Off The Router has an error
On The Router is initializing
Flashing The Router is working properly
Off The Wireless function is disabled
Slow flash The Wireless function is enabled
Quick flash Sending or receiving data over wireless network
Off There is no device linked to the corresponding port
On Connected to a device through the corresponding port
Flashing Sending or receiving data over corresponding port
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2.2 The Back Panel

Figure 2-2
The following parts are located on the rear panel (View from left to right).
¾ Antenna: Used for wireless operation and data transmit.
¾ Reset Button: There are two ways to reset the Router's factory defaults. Press the reset
button of the Router, and then power on the Router, hold reset button pressed down for about five seconds, or restore the default setting from “Management - Settings - Restore Default “of the Router's Web-based Utility.
¾ WAN: RJ45 WAN port for connecting the router to a cable/DSL Modem, or Ethernet.
¾ 1, 2, 3, 4 (LAN): Through these ports, you can connect the Router to your PCs and the other
Ethernet network devices.
¾ Power: The Power plug is where you will connect the power adapter.

2.3 System Requirements

¾ Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet)
¾ One DSL/Cable Modem that has an RJ45 connector (you do not need it if you connect the
router to the Ethernet)
¾ Each PC in the LAN needs a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45
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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 later
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2.4 Installation Environment Requirements

¾ The Product should not be located where it will be exposed to moisture or excessive heat.
¾ Place the Router in a location where it can be connected to the various devices as well as to
a power source.
¾ Make sure the cables and power cord are placed safely out of the way so they do not create a
tripping hazard.
¾ Designed to go up to 100 meters indoors and up to 300 meters outdoors for wireless
connection.
¾ The Router can be placed on a shelf or desktop.

2.5 Connecting the Device

Before installing the Router, please make sure your broadband service provided by your ISP is available. If there is any problem, please contact with your ISP. After that, please install the Router according to the following steps. Don't forget to pull out the power plug and keep your hands dry.
1. Locate an optimum location for the Router. The best place is usually near the center of the area in which your PC will be wirelessly connected. The place had better accord with the Installation Environment Requirements.
Adjust the direction of the antenna. Normally, upright is a good direction.
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3. Connect the PC(s) and each Switch/Hub in your LAN to the LAN Ports on the router, shown in Figure 2-3. (If you have the wireless NIC and want to use wireless function, you can this step.)
4. Connect the DSL/Cable Modem to the WAN port on the router, shown in Figure 2-3.
Connect the AC power adapter to the AC power socket on the router, and the other end into
5. an electrical outlet. The router will start to work automatically.
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6. Power on your PC and Cable/DSL Modem.
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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.
Follow the instructions below to configure a computer running Windows XP to be a DHCP client.
1. From the Start menu on your desktop, go to Settings, and then click on Network Connections.
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Figure 2-4
2. In the Network Connections window, right-click on LAN (Local Area Connection), then click Properties.
Figure 2-5
3. In the General tab of Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties menu, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) under “This connection uses the following items:” by clicking on it once.
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