TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Rev: 1.0.
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CONTENTS Package Contents .......................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. Introduction................................................................................................................. 2 1.1 Overview of the Router................................................................................................. 2 1.2 Conventions .............................................................................
4.8 4.9 4.7.1 DHCP Settings ............................................................................................... 54 4.7.2 DHCP Clients List ........................................................................................... 56 4.7.3 Address Reservation ...................................................................................... 56 Forwarding ................................................................................................................. 57 4.8.
4.16.5 Backup & Restore........................................................................................... 96 4.16.6 Reboot ............................................................................................................ 97 4.16.7 Password........................................................................................................ 98 4.16.8 System Log..................................................................................................... 98 4.16.9 Statistics .....
5.11.2 Host .............................................................................................................. 153 5.11.3 Target............................................................................................................ 155 5.11.4 Schedule....................................................................................................... 157 5.12 Advanced Routing .................................................................................................... 158 5.12.
6.6.5 6.7 6.8 Wireless Statistics......................................................................................... 202 DHCP ....................................................................................................................... 202 6.7.1 DHCP Settings ............................................................................................. 203 6.7.2 DHCP Clients List ......................................................................................... 204 6.7.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ Power Adapter ¾ Battery ¾ USB Cable ¾ Ethernet cable ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ Resource CD for TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router, including: • This Guide • Other Helpful Information ) Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router. 1.1 Overview of the Router TL-MR3040 from TP-LINK is a truly mobile wireless networking platform that when paired with a 3G USB modem, is able to broadcast a wireless signal at up to 150Mbps around a room, creating a mobile office or entertainment network for up to five devices to access the Internet simultaneously.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.
TL-MR3040 1.4.2 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router The Rear Panel Figure 1-2 Rear Panel sketch The following parts are located on the rear panel (View from left to right). ¾ Ethernet Port: This port can be LAN or WAN port depending on the working mode. ¾ 3G USB Port: This port is used to plug a 3G modem/card. ¾ Reset: With the Router powered on, press and hold the Reset button for at least 10 seconds, and then the Router will restore to the default setting.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirements ¾ 3G/3.75G Mobile Broadband Internet Access Service (With a UMTS/HSPA/EVDO USB dongle) ¾ PCs with a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors ¾ TCP/IP protocol on each PC ¾ Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 , Netscape Navigator 6.0 or above 2.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions of your Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router using Quick Setup Wizard within minutes. 3.1 Four Typical Working Mode 3G Router Mode After inserting the 3G Card/Modem to the Router’s 3G USB port and configuring the Router, the Computers/WiFi Phone/Tablet PC could connect to the Internet.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router WISP Client Router Mode In this mode, the TL-MR3040 is wirelessly connected to the WISP (Wireless Internet Service Provider) and share the internet to multiple users. Standard AP Mode The Standard AP Mode includes the following four connection types: Access Point, Repeater, Bridge with AP and Client.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router TL-MR3040 is used to extend the range of wireless signal of the existing AP or wireless router. In this mode, the only wired port works as LAN. Computer could connect to the device by either wired or wireless way. The SSID of TL-MR3040should be the same as that of the device you repeat. To avoid the conflict of DHCP service with front-end devices, the DHCP server is default to be closed in this mode.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Client TL-MR3040 is used as a wireless network card to connect the wireless network signal or wireless router. In this mode, the only wired port works as LAN. Computer could connect to the device by either wired or wireless way. To avoid the conflict of DHCP service with front-end devices, the DHCP server is default to be closed on this mode. If you want to log in the management page, please set your computer’s IP address manually. 3.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Settings → Control Panel → View network status and tasks → Manage network connection. Right click Wireless Network Connection, and select Properties. 2. For Windows XP, double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in the item list; for Windows 7, double click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). 3. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically”. Click OK to finish the settings. 3.2.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 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. After a successfully login, you can click the Quick Setup menu to quickly configure your Router, and then click Next.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Then you can configure the Wireless Settings according to the mode. 1. 3G Router Mode 1. Choose the Internet Access type, and then click Next. Here we take 3G Only for example. Figure 3-5 ¾ Quick Setup – Internet Access 3G Only - Only use 3G as the access to the Internet. The Ethernet port is used as LAN port. ¾ 3G Preferred - Use 3G as the primary access, WAN as a backup. The Ethernet port is used as WAN port.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router then click Next. 1) Create a unique and easy-to-remember Wireless Network Name. 2) Select WPA-Personal/WPA2-Personal under Wireless Security and enter a password in the field. Figure 3-7 4. Quick Setup – Wireless Click Reboot to make the settings take effect. Figure 3-8 Quick Setup – Finish ) Note: After the rebooting, please reconnect to the network according to 3.2.1Connect to Network.
TL-MR3040 Figure 3-9 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Quick Setup – WAN Connection Type If Auto-Detect is chosen, the router will detect the Internet connection type provided by your ISP automatically. Figure 3-10 ¾ Quick Setup – Auto Detect If the connection type is PPPoE, the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-11. Figure 3-11 z Quick Setup – PPPoE User Name and Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case sensitive.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router If the connection type is Dynamic IP, the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-12. Figure 3-12 z Quick Setup – MAC Clone If you are visiting the Router from the main computer, please select Yes, and then click Clone MAC Address. z If you are visiting the Router from another computer, rather than the main computer, please select No, and then enter the main computer’s MAC in the field WAN MAC Address.
TL-MR3040 z Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask is used for the WAN IP address, it is usually 255.255.255.0. 2. z Default Gateway - Enter the gateway IP address into the box if required. z Primary DNS - Enter the DNS Server IP address into the box if required. z Secondary DNS - If your ISP provides another DNS server, enter it into this field. Click Next to continue, the Wireless settings page will appear as shown in Figure 3-14.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ) Note: After the rebooting, please reconnect to the network according to 3.2.1Connect to Network. If Wireless Security is enabled, you need to enter the password you’ve just set to successfully finish the connecting. 3. Standard AP Mode 1. Choose the Wireless Operation Mode Type and click Next. Figure 3-16 ¾ Quick Setup – Wireless Operation Mode If you choose Access Point (AP), the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-17.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router default SSID is set to be TP-LINK_POCKET_3040_xxxxxx (xxxxxx indicates the last unique six characters of each Router's MAC address), which can ensure your wireless network security. But it is recommended strongly that you change your networks name (SSID) to a different value. This value is case-sensitive. For example, MYSSID is NOT the same as MySsid. ¾ z Region - Select your region from the pull-down list.
TL-MR3040 z Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Name of remote AP (SSID) - Enter the name of a remote AP (also called the SSID) that you want to access. Click the Survey button behind it, you can choose one of searching results to fill in this field. z MAC Address - Enter the MAC address of AP that you want to access. When you use the survey function to fulfill the Name of remote AP (SSID), this field will be filled in automatically.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router z Channel - This field determines which operating frequency will be used. To achieve more information, you can read the same glossary in Access Point part. z Add a remote AP - Click the Survey button to fill in the MAC of remote AP (1-4) field. z MAC of remote AP (1-4) - Enter the MAC address of AP that you want to access. z Security Mode – Please refer to the Appendix C: Security Mode.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ) Note: After the rebooting, please change the PC’s TCP/IP settings to “Use the following IP Address” and “Use the following DNS Server Addresses” and enter the address and DNS server address manually, and then reconnect to the network according to 3.2.1Connect to Network. If Wireless Security is enabled, you need to enter the password you’ve just set to successfully finish the connecting. 4. WISP Client Router Mode 1.
TL-MR3040 z Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router User Name and Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case sensitive. If you have difficulty with this process, please contact your ISP. z Confirm Password - Re-enter the password provided by your ISP to ensure the Password you entered is correct. If the Password is different from the Confirm Password, the screen will appear as shown below. Click OK, and re-enter the Password and Confirm Password.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 3-26 z Quick Setup - Static IP IP Address - This is the WAN IP address seen by external users on the Internet (including your ISP). Enter the IP address into the field. z Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask is used for the WAN IP address, it is usually 255.255.255.0. 2. z Default Gateway - Enter the gateway IP address into the box if required. z Primary DNS - Enter the DNS Server IP address into the box if required.
TL-MR3040 3. Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Click Next and you will see the page as shown in Figure 3-28. Click the Reboot button to make your wireless configuration take effect and finish the Quick Setup. (You’re recommended to go to Wireless > Wireless Security to set up the wireless security.) Figure 3-28 Quick Setup – Finish ) Note: After the rebooting, please reconnect to the network according to 3.2.1Connect to Network.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Chapter 4. Configuration—3G Router Mode This chapter will show each Web page's key functions and the configuration way on 3G Router Mode. The default mode of the Router is 3G Router. 4.1 Login After your successful login, you will see the main menus on the left of the Web-based utility. On the right, there are the corresponding explanations and instructions. The detailed explanations for each Web page’s key function are listed below. 4.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-1 Router Status 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide. 4.4 Operation Mode On this page, you can choose the operation mode of the Router. The default mode is 3G Router. If you want to use other modes, select them as Figure 4-2 shown.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-2 Operation Mode 4.5 Network Figure 4-3 the Network menu There are five submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 4-3): Internet Access, 3G, WAN, MAC Clone and LAN. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.5.1 Internet Access Choose menu “Network→Internet Access”, you can configure the access mode on the screen below.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 3G Preferred In this mode, the router will try 3G access first. When 3G access fails, or when no 3G USB modem is inserted, the router would switch to WAN access; when the router succeeds to connect to the 3G network, the router would stop the WAN connection and switch back to 3G access immediately. ¾ WAN Preferred In this mode, the router will try WAN access first.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-5 3G Figure 4-6 ¾ Location - Please select the location where you're enjoying the 3G card. ¾ Mobile ISP - Please select the ISP (Internet Service Provider) you apply to for 3G service. The router will show the default Dial Number and APN of that ISP.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Click the Connect button to connect to your 3G network. Once the connection is successful, you will find the 3G screen is similar to Figure 4-7. Click menu Status and you will see the 3G status is similar to Figure 4-8. Figure 4-7 Figure 4-8 ¾ Connect on Demand - You can configure the Router to disconnect your Internet connection after a specified period of the Internet connectivity (Max Idle Time).
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max Idle Time because some applications visit the Internet continually in the background. ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the Router is disconnected. To use this option, click the radio button. ¾ Connect Manually - You can configure the Router to make it connect or disconnect manually.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Set the Dial Number and APN manually - Check the box and fill the Dial Number and APN blanks below if your ISP is not listed in the Mobile ISP list or the default values are not the latest ones. ¾ Dial Number - Enter the Dial Number provided by your ISP. ¾ APN - Enter the APN (Access Point Name) provided by your ISP. ¾ Username/Password - Enter the Username and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 1. Download a most recent 3G USB modem configuration file from our website (http://www.tp-link.com). 2. Click the Add New... button in Figure 4-10, and then you will see Figure 4-11. 3. Click Browse… to select the path name where you save the downloaded file on the computer into the File blank. 4. Click the Upload button to upload the configuration. Figure 4-11 4.5.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-12 WAN - Dynamic IP This page displays the WAN IP parameters assigned dynamically by your ISP, including IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, etc. Click the Renew button to renew the IP parameters from your ISP. Click the Release button to release the IP parameters. ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 2. If your ISP provides a static or fixed IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway and DNS setting, select Static IP. The Static IP settings page will appear, shown in Figure 4-13. Figure 4-13 WAN - Static IP ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP. ¾ Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP, usually is 255.255.255.0.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-14 ¾ WAN - PPPoE 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 Connection. If your ISP provides an extra Connection type such as Dynamic/Static IP to connect to a local area network, then you can check the radio button of Dynamic/Static IP to activate this secondary connection.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Time-based Connecting - The connection will only be established in the period from the start time to the end time (both are in HH:MM format). ) Note: Only when you have configured the system time on System Tools -> Time page, will the Time-based Connecting function can take effect. ¾ Connect Manually - You can click the Connect/ Disconnect button to connect/disconnect immediately.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Detect Online Interval - The Router will detect Access Concentrator online at every interval. The default value is “0”. You can input the value between “0”and “120”. The value “0” means no detect. ¾ DNS IP address - If your ISP does not automatically assign DNS addresses to the Router during login, please click “Use the following DNS servers” check box and enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation of your ISP’s primary DNS server.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router e.g. NSW / ACT - nsw.bigpond.net.au VIC / TAS / WA / SA / NT - vic.bigpond.net.au QLD - qld.bigpond.net.au ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-17 ¾ L2TP Settings 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. Click the Connect button to connect immediately. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Connect Manually - You can configure the Router to make it connect or disconnect manually. After a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time), the Router will disconnect from your Internet connection, and you will not be able to re-establish your connection automatically as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option, click the radio button.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Dynamic IP/ Static IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP and enter the ISP’s IP address or the domain name. If you choose static IP and enter the domain name, you should also enter the DNS assigned by your ISP. And click the Save button. Click the Connect button to connect immediately. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router The Router can not detect PPTP/L2TP/BigPond connections with your ISP. If your ISP uses one of these protocols, then you must configure your connection manually. 4.5.4 MAC Clone Choose menu “Network→MAC Clone”, you can configure the MAC address of the WAN on the screen below. Figure 4-19 MAC Address Clone Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter. Changes are rarely needed here.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-20 ¾ LAN MAC Address - The physical address of the Router, as seen from the LAN. The value can't be changed. ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address of your Router or reset it in dotted-decimal notation (factory default: 192.168.0.1). ¾ Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-22 ¾ Wireless Settings Wireless Network Name - The same name of Wireless Network Name must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network. Considering your wireless network security, the default Wireless Network Name is set to be TP-LINK_POCKET_3040_XXXXXX (XXXXXX indicates the last six unique numbers of each Router’s MAC address). This value is case-sensitive. For example, TEST is NOT the same as test.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 11bgn mixed - Select if you are using a mix of 802.11b, 11g, and 11n wireless clients. Select the desired wireless mode. When 802.11g mode is selected, only 802.11g wireless stations can connect to the Router. When 802.11n mode is selected, only 802.11n wireless stations can connect to the AP. It is strongly recommended that you set the Mode to 802.11b&g&n, and all of 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n wireless stations can connect to the Router.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router • Auth Type - This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP(ASCII) or WEP(HEX).It indicates the authorization type of the Root AP. • Password - If the AP your Router is going to connect needs password, you need to fill the password in this blank. 4.6.2 Wireless Security Choose menu “Wireless→Wireless Security”, you can configure the security settings of your wireless network.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router • Version - you can choose the version of the WPA-PSK security on the drop-down list. The default setting is Automatic, which can select WPA-PSK (Pre-shared key of WPA) or WPA2-PSK (Pre-shared key of WPA) automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. • Encryption - When WPA-PSK or WPA is set as the Authentication Type, you can select either Automatic, or TKIP or AES as Encryption.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-25 • Radius Server IP - Enter the IP address of the Radius Server. • Radius Port - Enter the port that radius service used. • Radius Password - Enter the password for the Radius Server. • Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the update. ¾ WEP - It is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router • WEP Key- Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching WEP key that you create. Make sure these values are identical on all wireless stations in your network. • Key Type - You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-bit.) for encryption. "Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Description - A simple description of the wireless station. To Add a Wireless MAC Address filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The "Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry" page will appear, shown in Figure 4-28: Figure 4-28 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry To add a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router but all the other wireless stations cannot access the Router, you can configure the Wireless MAC Filtering list by following these steps: 1. Click the Enable button to enable this function. 2. Select the radio button: Allow the stations specified by any enabled entries in the list to access for Filtering Rules. 3. Delete all or disable all entries if there are any entries already. 4. Click the Add New...
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Beacon Interval - Enter a value between 40-1000 milliseconds for Beacon Interval here. The beacons are the packets sent by the router to synchronize a wireless network. Beacon Interval value determines the time interval of the beacons. The default value is 100. ¾ RTS Threshold - Here you can specify the RTS (Request to Send) Threshold.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-30 The Router attached wireless stations ¾ MAC Address - The connected wireless station's MAC address. ¾ Current Status - The connected wireless station's running status, one of STA-AUTH / STA-ASSOC / STA-JOINED / WPA / WPA-PSK / WPA2 / WPA2-PSK / AP-UP / AP-DOWN / Disconnected. ¾ Received Packets - Packets received by the station. ¾ Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station. You cannot change any of the values on this page.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Protocol) server, which provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PC(s) that are connected to the Router on the LAN. Figure 4-32 ¾ DHCP Settings DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server. If you disable the Server, you must have another DHCP server within your network or else you must configure the computer manually. ¾ Start IP Address - Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to start with when assigning IP addresses. 192.168.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ) Note: To use the DHCP server function of the Router, you must configure all computers on the LAN as "Obtain an IP address automatically" mode. 4.7.2 DHCP Clients List Choose menu “DHCP→DHCP Clients List”, you can view the information about the clients attached to the Router in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-33). Figure 4-33 DHCP Clients List ¾ ID - The index of the DHCP Client. ¾ Client Name - The name of the DHCP client.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve IP address. ¾ Reserved IP Address - The IP address of the Router reserved. ¾ Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled. To Reserve IP addresses: 1. Click the Add New … button. (Pop-up Figure 4-35) 2. Enter the MAC address (in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format.) and IP address in dotted-decimal notation of the computer you wish to add. 3.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 4-36): Virtual Servers, Port Triggering, DMZ and UPnP. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.8.1 Virtual Servers Choose menu “Forwarding→Virtual Servers”, you can view and add virtual servers in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-37).
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 5. Select the Enable check box to enable the virtual server. 6. Click the Save button. Figure 4-38 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry ) Note: If your computer or server has more than one type of available service, please select another service, and enter the same IP Address for that computer or server. To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-39 Port Triggering Once the Router is configured, the operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connection using a destination port number defined in the Trigger Port field. 2. The Router records this connection, opens the incoming port or ports associated with this entry in the Port Triggering table, and associates them with the local host. 3.
TL-MR3040 6. Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Click the Save button to save the new rule. Figure 4-40 Add or Modify a Triggering Entry To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the Delete. 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-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-41 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 3. Click the Save button. ) Note: After you set the DMZ host, the firewall related to the host will not work. 4.8.4 UPnP Choose menu “Forwarding→UPnP”, you can view the information about UPnP(Universal Plug and Play) in the screen (shown in Figure 4-42).
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router z App Description -The description provided by the application in the UPnP request z External Port - External port, which the router opened for the application. z Protocol - Shows which type of protocol is opened. z Internal Port - Internal port, which the router opened for local host. z IP Address - The UPnP device that is currently accessing the router. z Status - The port’s status displayed here.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-44 ¾ Basic Security Firewall - A firewall protects your network from the outside world. Here you can enable or disable the Router’s firewall. z SPI Firewall - SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection, also known as dynamic packet filtering) helps to prevent cyber attacks by tracking more state per session. It validates that the traffic passing through the session conforms to the protocol. SPI Firewall is enabled by factory default.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router z FTP ALG - Select Enable, to allow FTP servers to operate properly. z TFTP ALG - Select Enable, to allow TFTP servers to operate properly. z H323 ALG - Select Enable, to allow H323 services to operate properly. z RTSP ALG - Select Enable, to allow RTSP services to operate properly. Click the Save button to save your settings. 4.9.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ICMP-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600. When the current ICMP-FLOOD Packets number is beyond the set value, the Router will startup the blocking function immediately. ¾ Enable UDP-FLOOD Filtering - Enable or Disable the UDP-FLOOD Filtering. ¾ UDP-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 500. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-46 Local Management By default, the radio button “All the PCs on the LAN are allowed to access the Router's Web-Based Utility” is checked.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-47 Remote Management ¾ Web Management Port - Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80. This Router's default remote management web port number is 80. For greater security, you can change the remote management web port to a custom port by entering that number in the box provided. Choose a number between 1 and 65534 but do not use the number of any common service port.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-48 Parental Control Settings ¾ Parental Control - Check Enable if you want this function to take effect, otherwise check Disable. ¾ MAC Address of Parental PC - In this field, enter the MAC address of the controlling PC, or you can make use of the Copy To Above button below. ¾ MAC Address of Your PC - This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing this Router.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 6. In the Status field, you can select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable your entry. 7. Click the Save button. Click the Enable All button to enable all the rules in the list. Click the Disable All button to disable all the rules in the list. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries in the table. Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Previous button return to the previous page.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 3. Click “Parental Control” menu on the left to go back to the Add or Modify Parental Control Entry page: z Click Add New... button. z Enter 00-11-22-33-44-AA in the MAC Address of Child PC field. z Enter “Allow Google” in the Website Description field. z Enter “www.google.com” in the Allowed Domain Name field. z Select “Schedule_1” you create just now from the Effective Time drop-down list. z In Status field, select Enable. 4.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-52 Access Control Rule Management ¾ Enable Internet Access Control - Select the check box to enable the Internet Access Control function, so the Default Filter Policy can take effect. ¾ Rule Name - Here displays the name of the rule and this name is unique. ¾ Host - Here displays the host selected in the corresponding rule. ¾ Target - Here displays the target selected in the corresponding rule.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router There are two methods to add a new rule. Method One: 1. Click Setup Wizard button and the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 4-53. Figure 4-53 Quick Setup – Create a Host Entry ¾ Host Description - In this field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). ¾ Mode - Here are two options, IP Address and MAC Address. You can select either of them from the drop-down list.
TL-MR3040 Figure 4-54 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Quick Setup – Create an Access Target Entry Target Description - In this field, create a description for the target. Note that this description should be unique (e.g. Target_1). ¾ Mode - Here are two options, IP Address and Domain Name. You can choose either of them from the drop-down list.
TL-MR3040 Figure 4-55 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Quick Setup – Create an Advanced Schedule Entry Schedule Description - In this field, create a description for the schedule. Note that this description should be unique (e.g. Schedule_1). ¾ Day - Choose Select Days and select the certain day (days), or choose Everyday. ¾ Time - Select "24 hours", or specify the Start Time and Stop Time yourself. ¾ Start Time - Enter the start time in HHMM format (HHMM are 4 numbers).
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Rule - In this field, create a name for the rule. Note that this name should be unique (e.g. Rule_1). ¾ Host - In this field, select a host from the drop-down list for the rule. The default value is the Host Description you set just now. ¾ Target - In this filed, select a target from the drop-down list for the rule. The default value is the Target Description you set just now.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 1. Click the submenu Rule of Access Control in the left to return to the Rule List page. Select Enable Internet Access Control and choose "Allow the packets specified by any enabled access control policy to pass through the Router". 2. We recommend that you click Setup Wizard button to finish all the following settings. 3. Click the submenu Host of Access Control in the left to enter the Host List page.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry. To add a new entry, please follow the steps below. 1. Click the Add New… button. 2. In the Mode field, select IP Address or MAC Address. z If you select IP Address, the screen shown is Figure 4-59. 1) In Host Description field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). 2) In LAN IP Address field, enter the IP address.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 3. In Host Description field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). 4. In MAC Address field, enter 00-11-22-33-44-AA. 5. Click Save to complete the settings. Then you will go back to the Host Settings page and see the following list. 4.11.3 Target Choose menu “Access Control → Target”, you can view and set a Target list in the screen as shown in Figure 4-61. The target list is necessary for the Access Control Rule.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router (www.google.com, www.google.hk) will be blocked or allowed. You can enter 4 domain names. 3. Click the Save button. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries in the table. Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Previous button return to the previous page.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 4. In Domain Name field, enter www.google.com. 5. Click Save to complete the settings. Then you will go back to the Target Settings page and see the following list. 4.11.4 Schedule Choose menu “Access Control → Schedule”, you can view and set a Schedule list in the next screen as shown in Figure 4-64. The Schedule list is necessary for the Access Control Rule.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-65 Advanced Schedule Settings For example: If you desire to restrict the internet activities of host with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA to access www.google.com only from 18:00 to 20:00 on Saturday and Sunday, you should first follow the settings below: 1. Click Add New... button shown in Figure 4-64 to enter the Advanced Schedule Settings page. 2. In Schedule Description field, create a unique description for the schedule (e.g.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 4.12.1 Static Routing List Choose menu “Advanced Routing → Static Routing List”, you can configure the static route in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-67). A static route is a pre-determined path that network information must travel to reach a specific host or network. Figure 4-67 Static Routing To add static routing entries: 1. Click Add New… shown in Figure 4-67, you will see the following screen. Figure 4-68 2.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Other configurations for the entries: Click the Delete button to delete the entry. Click the Enable All button to enable all the entries. Click the Disable All button to disable all the entries. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries. Click the Previous button to view the information in the previous screen, click the Next button to view the information in the next screen. 4.12.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router There are two submenus under the Bandwidth Control menu as shown in Figure 4-70: Control Settings and Rules List. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.13.1 Control Settings Choose menu “Bandwidth Control → Control Settings”, you can configure the Egress Bandwidth and Ingress Bandwidth in the next screen.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Ingress bandwidth - This field displays the max and mix download bandwidth through the WAN port. The default is 0. ¾ Enable - This displays the status of the rule. ¾ Modify - Click Modify to edit the rule. Click Delete to delete the rule. To add a Bandwidth Control rule, follow the steps below. Step 1: Click Add New… shown in Figure 4-72, you will see a new screen shown in Figure 4-73.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-75 Binding Settings ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN. ¾ IP Address - The assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN. ¾ Bind - Check this option to enable ARP binding for a specific device. ¾ Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry.
TL-MR3040 3. Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Click the Find button in the page as shown in Figure 4-77. Figure 4-77 Find IP & MAC Binding Entry Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. 4.14.2 ARP List To manage the computer, you could observe the computers in the LAN by checking the relationship of MAC address and IP address on the ARP list, and you could configure the items on the ARP list also.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Click the Load All button to load all items to the IP & MAC Binding list. Click the Refresh button to refresh all items. ) Note: An item could not be loaded to the IP & MAC Binding list if the IP address of the item has been loaded before. Error warning will prompt as well. Likewise, "Load All" only loads the items without interference to the IP & MAC Binding list. 4.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 2. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. 3. Type the Password for your DDNS account. 4. Click the Login button to log in to the DDNS service. Connection Status -The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Click Logout to log out of the DDNS service. 4.15.2 Dyndns.org DDNS If the dynamic DNS Service Provider you select is www.dyndns.org, the page will appear as shown in Figure 4-80. Figure 4-80 Dyndns.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-81 No-ip.com DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. 2. Type the Password for your DDNS account. 3. Type the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider. 4. Click the Login button to log in the DDNS service. Connection Status - The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Click Logout to log out the DDNS service. 4.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Password, System Log and Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.16.1 Time Settings Choose menu “System Tools→Time Settings”, and then you can configure the time on the following screen. Figure 4-83 Time Settings ¾ Time Zone - Select your local time zone from this pull down list.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router To set time manually: 1. Select your local time zone. 2. Enter the Date in Month/Day/Year format. 3. Enter the Time in Hour/Minute/Second format. 4. Click Save. To set time automatically: 1. Select your local time zone. 2. Enter the address or domain of the NTP Server I or NTP Server II. 3. Click the Get GMT button to get system time from Internet if you have connected to the Internet. To set Daylight Saving: 1.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-85 ¾ Diagnostic Tools Diagnostic Tool - Check the radio button to select one diagnostic too. z Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name resolution to a given host or gateway. 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-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Click Start to check the connectivity of the Internet. 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 4-86 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.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ) Note: 1) New firmware versions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. There is no need to upgrade the firmware unless the new firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experiencing problems caused by the Router rather than the configuration, you can try to upgrade the firmware.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-89 ¾ Backup & Restore Configuration Click the Backup button to save all configuration settings as a backup file in your local computer. ¾ To upgrade the Router's configuration, follow these instructions. • Click the Browse… button to locate the update file for the Router, or enter the exact path to the Setting file in the text box. • Click the Restore button.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 4.16.7 Password Choose menu “System Tools → Password”, you can change the factory default user name and password of the Router in the next screen as shown in Figure 4-91.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-92 System Log ¾ Log Type - By selecting the log type, only logs of this type will be shown. ¾ Log Level - By selecting the log level, only logs of this level will be shown. ¾ Refresh - Refresh the page to show the latest log list. ¾ Save Log - Click to save all the logs in a txt file. ¾ Clear Log - All the logs will be deleted from the Router permanently, not just from the page.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-93 ¾ Statistics Current Statistics Status - Enable or Disable. The default value is disabled. To enable, click the Enable button. If disabled, the function of DoS protection in Security settings will disabled. ¾ Packets Statistics Interval （5-60） - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the pull-down list. The Packets Statistic interval indicates the time section of the packets statistic.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Statistics Table: IP/MAC Address Packets The IP and MAC address are displayed with related statistics. The total number of packets received and transmitted by the Router. Total Bytes Packets Bytes ICMP Current Tx The total number of bytes received and transmitted by the Router. The total number of packets received and transmitted in the last Packets Statistic interval seconds.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Chapter 5. Configuration—Wireless Router / WISP Mode This chapter will show each Web page's key functions and the configuration way on WISP Mode and Wireless Router Mode. 5.1 Login After your successful login, you will see the main menus on the left of the Web-based utility. On the right, there are the corresponding explanations and instructions. The detailed explanations for each Web page’s key function are listed below. 5.
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TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 5.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Chapter 3: "Quick Installation Guide." 5.4 Operation Mode On this page, you can choose the operation mode of the Router. Here take the WISP Mode as example. If you want to use other modes, select them as Figure 5-2 shown. Figure 5-2 Operation Mode 5.5 Network Figure 5-3 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 5-3): WAN, MAC Clone and LAN.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-4 WAN - Dynamic IP This page displays the WAN IP parameters assigned dynamically by your ISP, including IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, etc. Click the Renew button to renew the IP parameters from your ISP. Click the Release button to release the IP parameters. ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-5 WAN - Static IP ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP. ¾ Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet Mask provided by your ISP in dotted-decimal notation. Usually, the Sub Mask is 255.255.255.0. ¾ Default Gateway - (Optional) Enter the gateway IP address provided by your ISP in dotted-decimal notation.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-6 ¾ WAN - PPPoE User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Confirm Password - Re-enter the Password provided by your ISP to ensure the Password you entered is correct. ¾ Secondary Connection - It’s available only for PPPoE Connection.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Connect Automatically - The connection can be re-established automatically when it was down. ¾ Time-based Connecting - The connection will only be established in the period from the start time to the end time (both are in HH:MM format). ) Note: Only when you have configured the system time on System Tools -> Time page, will the Time-based Connecting function can take effect.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ISP Specified IP Address - If your ISP does not automatically assign IP addresses to the Router during login, please click “Use IP address specified by ISP” check box and enter the IP address provided by your ISP in dotted-decimal notation. ¾ Detect Online Interval - The Router will detect Access Concentrator online at every interval. The default value is “0”. You can input the value between “0”and “120”. The value “0” means no detect.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Auth Domain - Type in the domain suffix server name based on your location. e.g. NSW / ACT - nsw.bigpond.net.au VIC / TAS / WA / SA / NT - vic.bigpond.net.au QLD - qld.bigpond.net.au ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-9 WAN –L2TP 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. Click the Connect button to connect immediately. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates. ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the Router is disconnected. To use this option, click the radio button. ¾ Connect Manually - You can configure the Router to make it connect or disconnect manually.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-10 ¾ WAN –PPTP 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. If you choose static IP and enter the domain name, you should also enter the DNS assigned by your ISP. And click the Save button. Click the Connect button to connect immediately.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Connect on Demand - You can configure the Router to disconnect from your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time). If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand enables the Router to automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. If you wish to activate Connect on Demand, click the radio button.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-11 MAC Address Clone Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter. Changes are rarely needed here. ¾ WAN MAC Address - This field displays the current MAC address of the WAN port. If your ISP requires you to register the MAC address, please enter the correct MAC address into this field in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format(X is any hexadecimal digit).
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask. ) Note: 1. If you change the IP Address of LAN, you must use the new IP Address to login the Router. 2.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-14 Wireless Settings – Wireless Router ¾ Wireless Network Name - The same name of Wireless Network Name must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network. Considering your wireless network security, the default Wireless Network Name is set to be TP-LINK_POCKET_3040_XXXXXX (XXXXXX indicates the last six unique numbers of each Router’s MAC address). This value is case-sensitive. For example, TEST is NOT the same as test.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 11g only - Select if all of your wireless clients are 802.11g. 11n only - Select if all of your wireless clients are 802.11n. 11bg mixed - Select if you are using both 802.11b and 802.11g wireless clients. 11bgn mixed - Select if you are using a mix of 802.11b, 11g, and 11n wireless clients. Select the desired wireless mode. When 802.11g mode is selected, only 802.11g wireless stations can connect to the Router. When 802.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router WEP Index - This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP(ASCII) or WEP(HEX).It indicates the index of the WEP key. ¾ Auth Type - This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP(ASCII) or WEP(HEX).It indicates the authorization type of the Root AP. ¾ Password - If the AP your Router is going to connect needs password, you need to fill the password in this blank. 5.6.1.2.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router WEP Index - This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP (ASCII) or WEP (HEX). It indicates the index of the WEP key. ¾ Auth type - This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP (ASCII) or WEP (HEX).It indicates the authorization type of the Root AP. ¾ Password - If the AP your Router is going to connect needs password, you need to fill the password in this blank. ¾ Local SSID - Enter a value of up to 32 characters.
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TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ) Note: If you know the SSID of the desired AP, you can also input it into the field "SSID" manually. Be sure to click the Save button to save your settings on this page. ) Note: 1. The operating distance or range of your wireless connection varies significantly based on the physical placement of the Router. For best results, place your Router. z Near the center of the area in which your wireless stations will operate.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-18 ¾ Disable Security - If you do not want to use wireless security, select this check box, but it’s strongly recommended to choose one of the following modes to enable security. ¾ WPA/WPA2 – Personal (Recommended) - It’s the WPA/WPA2 authentication type based on pre-shared passphrase. • Version - you can choose the version of the WPA-PSK security on the drop-down list.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-19 • PSK Password - You can enter ASCII characters between 8 and 63 characters or 8 to 64 Hexadecimal characters. • Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the update. ¾ WPA /WPA2 - Enterprise - It’s based on Radius Server. • Version - you can choose the version of the WPA security on the pull-down list.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-21 • Type - you can choose the type for the WEP security on the pull-down list. The default setting is Automatic, which can select Open System or Shared Key authentication type automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. • WEP Key Format - Hexadecimal and ASCII formats are provided. Hexadecimal format stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified length.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-22 Wireless MAC address Filtering To filter wireless users by MAC Address, click Enable. The default setting is Disable. ¾ MAC Address - The wireless station's MAC address that you want to filter. ¾ Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled. ¾ Description - A simple description of the wireless station. To Add a Wireless MAC Address filtering entry, click the Add New… button.
TL-MR3040 4. Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Click the Save button to save this entry. To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the Delete. 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. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries.
TL-MR3040 5.6.4 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Wireless Advanced Choose menu “Wireless→Wireless Advanced”, and then you can configure the advanced settings of your wireless network. Figure 5-24 Wireless Advanced ¾ Beacon Interval - Enter a value between 40-1000 milliseconds for Beacon Interval here. The beacons are the packets sent by the router to synchronize a wireless network. Beacon Interval value determines the time interval of the beacons. The default value is 100.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Enable WMM - WMM function can guarantee the packets with high- priority messages being transmitted preferentially. It is strongly recommended enabled. ¾ Enable Short GI - This function is recommended for it will increase the data capacity by reducing the guard interval time. ¾ Enabled AP Isolation - This function can isolate wireless stations on your network from each other.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 5.7 DHCP Figure 5-26 The DHCP menu There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 5-26): DHCP Settings, DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 5.7.1 DHCP Settings Choose menu “DHCP→DHCP Settings”, and then you can configure the DHCP Server on the page (shown in Figure 5-27).
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Address Lease Time - The Address Lease Time is the amount of time a network user will be allowed connection to the Router with their current dynamic IP Address. Enter the amount of time in minutes and the user will be "leased" this dynamic IP Address. After the time is up, the user will be automatically assigned a new dynamic IP address. The range of the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes. The default value is 120 minutes.
TL-MR3040 5.7.3 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Address Reservation Choose menu “DHCP→Address Reservation”, and then you can view and add a reserved address for clients via the next screen (shown in Figure 5-29). When you specify a reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always receive the same IP address each time when it accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to the servers that require permanent IP settings.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Click the Enable/ Disabled All button to make all entries enabled/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. 5.8 Forwarding Figure 5-31 The Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 5-31): Virtual Servers, Port Triggering, DMZ and UPnP.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Internal Port - The Internal Service Port number of the PC running the service application. You can leave it blank if the Internal Port is the same as the Service Port, or enter a specific port number when Service Port is a single one. ¾ IP Address - The IP address of the PC running the service application. ¾ Protocol - The protocol used for this application, either TCP, UDP, or All (all protocols supported by the Router).
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 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. Click the Enable/ Disabled All button to make all entries enabled/ 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-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 5. Select Enable in Status field. 6. Click the Save button to save the new rule. Figure 5-35 ¾ Add or Modify a Triggering Entry Trigger Port - The port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection using this port will trigger this rule. ¾ Trigger Protocol - The protocol used for Trigger Ports, either TCP, UDP, or All (all protocols supported by the Router).
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Once the Router is configured, the operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connection to an external host using a destination port number defined in the Trigger Port field. 2. The Router records this connection, opens the incoming port or ports associated with this entry in the Port Triggering table, and associates them with the local host. 3.
TL-MR3040 5.8.4 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router UPnP Choose menu “Forwarding→UPnP”, and then you can view the information about UPnP in the screen (shown in Figure 5-37). The Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) feature allows the devices, such as Internet computers, to access the local host resources or devices as needed. UPnP devices can be automatically discovered by the UPnP service application on the LAN.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 5.9 Security Figure 5-38 The Security menu There are four submenus under the Security menu as shown in Figure 5-38: Basic Security, Advanced Security, Local Management and Remote Management. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 5.9.1 Basic Security Choose menu “Security → Basic Security”, and then you can configure the basic security in the screen as shown in Figure 5-39.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router VPN - VPN Passthrough must be enabled if you want to allow VPN tunnels using VPN protocols to pass through the Router. • PPTP Passthrough - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) allows the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) to be tunneled through an IP network. To allow PPTP tunnels to pass through the Router, click Enable.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-40 ¾ Advanced Security Packets Statistics Interval (5~60) - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds from the drop-down list. The Packets Statistics Interval value indicates the time section of the packets statistics. The result of the statistics is used for analysis by SYN Flood, UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood. ¾ DoS Protection - Denial of Service protection.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ICMP- FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600. When the current ICMP-FLOOD Packets number is beyond the set value, the Router will startup the blocking function immediately. ¾ Enable UDP-FLOOD Filtering - Enable or Disable the UDP-FLOOD Filtering. ¾ UDP-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 500. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-41 Local Management By default, the radio button “All the PCs on the LAN are allowed to access the Router's Web-Based Utility” is checked.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-42 Remote Management ¾ Web Management Port - Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80. This Router's default remote management web port number is 80. For greater security, you can change the remote management web port to a custom port by entering that number in the box provided. Choose a number between 1 and 65534 but do not use the number of any common service port.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-43 Parental Control Settings To add a new entry, please follow the steps below. 1. Click the Add New… button and the next screen will pop-up as shown in Figure 5-44.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ Parental Control - Check Enable if you want this function to take effect; otherwise, check Disable. ¾ MAC Address of Parental PC - In this field, enter the MAC address of the controlling PC, or you can make use of the Copy To Above button below. ¾ MAC Address of Your PC - This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing this Router.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 2. Click “Access Control → Schedule” on the left to enter the Schedule Settings page. Click Add New... button to create a new schedule with Schedule Description is Schedule_1, Day is Sat and Time is all day-24 hours. 3. Click “Parental Control” menu on the left to go back to the Add or Modify Parental Control Entry page: 4. 1) Click Add New... button. 2) Enter 00-11-22-33-44-AA in the MAC Address of Child PC field.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-47 Access Control Rule Management ¾ Enable Internet Access Control - Select the check box to enable the Internet Access Control function, so the Default Filter Policy can take effect. ¾ Rule Name - Here displays the name of the rule and this name is unique. ¾ Host - Here displays the host selected in the corresponding rule. ¾ Target - Here displays the target selected in the corresponding rule.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router There are two methods to add a new rule. Method One: 1. Click Setup Wizard button and the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 5-48. Figure 5-48 Quick Setup – Create a Host Entry ¾ Host Description - In this field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). ¾ Mode - Here are two options, IP Address and MAC Address. You can select either of them from the drop-down list.
TL-MR3040 Figure 5-49 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Quick Setup – Create an Access Target Entry Target Description - In this field, create a description for the target. Note that this description should be unique (e.g. Target_1). ¾ Mode - Here are two options, IP Address and Domain Name. You can choose either of them from the drop-down list.
TL-MR3040 Figure 5-50 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Quick Setup – Create an Advanced Schedule Entry Schedule Description - In this field, create a description for the schedule. Note that this description should be unique (e.g. Schedule_1). ¾ Day - Choose Select Days and select the certain day (days), or choose Everyday. ¾ Time - Select "24 hours", or specify the Start Time and Stop Time yourself. ¾ Start Time - Enter the start time in HHMM format (HHMM are 4 numbers).
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Rule - In this field, create a name for the rule. Note that this name should be unique (e.g. Rule_1). ¾ Host - In this field, select a host from the drop-down list for the rule. The default value is the Host Description you set just now. ¾ Target - In this filed, select a target from the drop-down list for the rule. The default value is the Target Description you set just now.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 1. Click the submenu Rule of Access Control in the left to return to the Rule List page. Select Enable Internet Access Control and choose "Allow the packets specified by any enabled access control policy to pass through the Router". 2. We recommend that you click Setup Wizard button to finish all the following settings. 3. Click the submenu Host of Access Control in the left to enter the Host List page.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router To add a new entry, please follow the steps below. 1. Click the Add New… button. 2. In the Mode field, select IP Address or MAC Address. z If you select IP Address, the screen shown is Figure 5-54. 1) In Host Description field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). 2) In LAN IP Address field, enter the IP address. z If you select MAC Address, the screen shown is Figure 5-55.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 5. Click Save to complete the settings. Then you will go back to the Host Settings page and see the following list. 5.11.3 Target Choose menu “Access Control → Target”, you can view and set a Target list in the screen as shown in Figure 5-56. The target list is necessary for the Access Control Rule. Figure 5-56 Target Settings ¾ Target Description - Here displays the description about the target and this description is unique.
TL-MR3040 3. Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Click the Save button. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries in the table. Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Previous button return to the previous page. Figure 5-57 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry Figure 5-58 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry For example: If you desire to restrict the internet activities of host with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA in the LAN to access www.google.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Then you will go back to the Target Settings page and see the following list. 5.11.4 Schedule Choose menu “Access Control → Schedule”, you can view and set a Schedule list in the next screen as shown in Figure 5-59. The Schedule list is necessary for the Access Control Rule. Figure 5-59 ¾ Schedule Settings Schedule Description - Here displays the description of the schedule and this description is unique.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-60 Advanced Schedule Settings For example: If you desire to restrict the internet activities of host with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA to access www.google.com only from 18:00 to 20:00 on Saturday and Sunday, you should first follow the settings below: 1. Click Add New... button shown in Figure 5-59 to enter the Advanced Schedule Settings page. 2. In Schedule Description field, create a unique description for the schedule (e.g.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 5.12.1 Static Routing List Choose menu “Advanced Routing → Static Routing List”, and then you can configure the static route in the next screen (shown in Figure 5-62). A static route is a pre-determined path that network information must travel to reach a specific host or network. Figure 5-62 Static Routing To add static routing entries: 1. Click Add New… shown in Figure 5-63, you will see the following screen.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Click the Delete button to delete the entry. Click the Enable All button to enable all the entries. Click the Disable All button to disable all the entries. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries. Click the Previous button to view the information in the previous screen, click the Next button to view the information in the next screen. 5.12.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router There are two submenus under the Bandwidth Control menu as shown in Figure 5-65: Control Settings and Rules List. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 5.13.1 Control Settings Choose menu “Bandwidth Control → Control Settings”, and then you can configure the Egress Bandwidth and Ingress Bandwidth in the next screen.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Ingress bandwidth - This field displays the max and mix download bandwidth through the WAN port, the default is 0. ¾ Enable - This displays the status of the rule. ¾ Modify - Click Modify to edit the rule. Click Delete to delete the rule. To add/modify a Bandwidth Control rule, follow the steps below. 1. Click Add New… shown in Figure 5-67, you will see a new screen shown in Figure 5-68. 2.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-70 Binding Setting ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN. ¾ IP Address - The assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN. ¾ Bind - Check this option to enable ARP binding for a specific device. ¾ Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 1. Click the Find button as shown in Figure 5-70. 2. Enter the MAC Address or IP Address. 3. Click the Find button in the page as shown in Figure 5-72. Figure 5-72 Find IP & MAC Binding Entry Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. 5.14.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Delete - Delete the item. Click the Bind All button to bind all the current items, available after enable. Click the Load All button to load all items to the IP & MAC Binding list. Click the Refresh button to refresh all items. ) Note: An item could not be loaded to the IP & MAC Binding list if the IP address of the item has been loaded before. Error warning will prompt as well.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-74 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the Domain Name your dynamic DNS service provider gave. 2. Enter the User Name for your DDNS account. 3. Enter the Password for your DDNS account. 4. Click the Login button to login the DDNS service. Connection Status -The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Click Logout to log out of the DDNS service.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-75 Dyndns.org DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the User Name for your DDNS account. 2. Enter the Password for your DDNS account. 3. Enter the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider. 4. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS service. Connection Status -The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Click Logout to logout of the DDNS service.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-76 No-ip.com DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the User Name for your DDNS account. 2. Enter the Password for your DDNS account. 3. Enter the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider. 4. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS service. Connection Status - The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Click Logout to log out the DDNS service.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Choose menu “System Tools”, and you can see the submenus under the main menu: Time Settings, Diagnostic, Firmware Upgrade, Factory Defaults, Backup & Restore, Reboot, Password, System Log and Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 5.16.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router End - The time to end the Daylight Saving. Select the month in the first field, the week in the second field, the day in the third field and the time in the last field. ¾ Daylight Saving Status - Displays the status whether the Daylight Saving is in use. To set time manually: 1. Select your local time zone. 2. Enter the Date in Month/Day/Year format. 3. Enter the Time in Hour/Minute/Second format. 4. Click Save.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-80 ¾ Diagnostic Tools Diagnostic Tool - Check the radio button to select one diagnostic too. z Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name resolution to a given host or gateway. 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-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Click Start to check the connectivity of the Internet. 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 5-81 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. 5.16.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ) Note: 1) New firmware versions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. There is no need to upgrade the firmware unless the new firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experiencing problems caused by the Router rather than the configuration, you can try to upgrade the firmware.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-84 ¾ Backup & Restore Configuration Click the Backup button to save all configuration settings as a backup file in your local computer. ¾ To upgrade the Router's configuration, follow these instructions. • Click the Browse… button to locate the update file for the Router, or enter the exact path to the Setting file in the text box. • Click the Restore button.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 5.16.7 Password Choose menu “System Tools → Password”, you can change the factory default user name and password of the Router in the next screen as shown in Figure 4-86.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-87 System Log ¾ Log Type - By selecting the log type, only logs of this type will be shown. ¾ Log Level - By selecting the log level, only logs of this level will be shown. ¾ Refresh - Refresh the page to show the latest log list. ¾ Save Log - Click to save all the logs in a txt file. ¾ Clear Log - All the logs will be deleted from the Router permanently, not just from the page.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-88 ¾ Statistics Current Statistics Status - Enable or Disable. The default value is disabled. To enable, click the Enable button. If disabled, the function of DoS protection in Security settings will disabled. ¾ Packets Statistics Interval （5-60） - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the pull-down list. The Packets Statistic interval indicates the time section of the packets statistic.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Statistics Table: IP/MAC Address Packets The IP and MAC address are displayed with related statistics. The total number of packets received and transmitted by the Router. Total Bytes Packets Bytes ICMP Current Tx The total number of bytes received and transmitted by the Router. The total number of packets received and transmitted in the last Packets Statistic interval seconds.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Chapter 6. Configuration—AP Mode This chapter will show each Web page's key functions and the configuration way on AP Mode. The Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router is easy to configure and manage with the Web-based (Internet Explorer, Netscape® Navigator, Firefox, Safari, Opera or Chrome) management page, which can be launched on any windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a web browser. 6.
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TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 6.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Chapter 3: "Quick Installation Guide." 6.4 Operation Mode On this page, you can choose the operation mode of the Router. If you want to use other modes, select them as Figure 4-2 shown. Figure 6-2 Operation Mode 6.5 Network Figure 6-3 the Network menu There is one submenu under the Network menu (shown in Figure 6-3): LAN. Click it and you will be able to configure the LAN function.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router default settings of the AP. Selecting Network will enable you to configure the IP parameters of Network on this page. Figure 6-4 LAN ¾ MAC Address - The physical address of the AP. The value can't be changed. ¾ Type - Select Dynamic IP to get IP address from DHCP server or select Static IP to configure IP address manually from the drop-down list.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Wireless Security, Wireless MAC Filtering, Wireless Advanced and Wireless Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. Figure 6-5 Wireless menu 6.6.1 Wireless Settings Selecting Wireless > Wireless Settings will enable you to configure the basic settings for your wireless network on the screen below (Figure 6-6).
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router characters of each device’s MAC address). This value is case-sensitive. For example, TEST is NOT the same as test. ¾ Region - Select your region from the pull-down list. This field specifies the region where the wireless function of the device can be used. It may be illegal to use the wireless function of the device in a region other than one of those specified in this field.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router area for wireless networks to associate with, they will detect the SSID broadcast by the device. ) Note: To apply any settings you have altered on the page, please click the Save button, and then you will be reminded to reboot the device. 2) Client: This mode allows the device to act as a wireless station to enable wired host(s) to access an AP.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Note Dialog ) Note: Limited by local law regulations, version for North America does not have region selection option. ¾ Channel Width - Determines the channel width to be used. It is unnecessary to change the default value unless required. ¾ Enable Wireless Radio - Select or deselect this check box to allow or deny wireless stations to access the device. Click the Survey button to detect the SSIDs in the local area.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 6-8 Wireless Settings in Repeater mode ¾ MAC of AP - Enter the MAC address of the root AP of which you want to expand wireless range. ¾ Region - Select your region from the pull-down list. This field specifies the region where the wireless function of the device can be used. It may be illegal to use the wireless function of the device in a region other than one of those specified in this field.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Enable Wireless Radio - Select or deselect this check box to allow or deny wireless stations to access the device. Click the Survey button to detect the SSIDs in the local area. ) Note: To apply any settings you have altered on the page, please click the Save button, and then you will be reminded to reboot the device. 4) Bridge with AP: This mode can bridge the AP and up to 4 APs also in bridge mode to connect two or more wired LANs.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router country or region is not listed, please contact your local government agency for assistance. When you select your local region from the pull-down list, click the Save button, then the Note Dialog appears. Click OK. Note Dialog ) Note: Limited by local law regulations, version for North America does not have region selection option. ¾ Channel - Determines the operating frequency to be used.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ) Note: To apply any settings you have altered on the page, please click the Save button, and then you will be reminded to reboot the device. 6.6.2 Wireless Security Selecting Wireless > Wireless Security will enable you to configure wireless security for your wireless network to protect your data from intruders. The AP provides three security types: WEP, WPA/WPA2 and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK.
TL-MR3040 • Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Version - You can select one of following versions. 1) Automatic (Recommended) - Select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. • 2) WPA-Personal - Pre-shared key of WPA. 3) WPA2-Personal - Pre-shared key of WPA2. Encryption - When you select WPA-Personal or WPA2-Personal for Authentication Type, you can select either Automatic (Recommended), TKIP or AES as Encryption.
TL-MR3040 • Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router WEP Key - Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching WEP key information for your network in the selected key radio button. These values must be identical on all wireless stations in your network. • Key Type - You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-bit.) for encryption. "Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 2) Client Figure 6-11 Wireless Security – Client ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. ¾ Disable Security - Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security. ¾ WPA/WPA2 – Personal (Recommended) - Select WPA based on pre-shared key.
TL-MR3040 1) Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Automatic - Select Shared Key or Open System authentication type automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. • 2) Shared Key - Select 802.11 Shared Key authentication type. 3) Open System - Select 802.11 Open System authentication. WEP Key Format - You can select ASCII or Hexadecimal format. ASCII format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 3) Repeater Figure 6-12 Wireless Security – Repeater ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. ¾ Disable Security - Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security. ¾ WPA/WPA2 – Personal (Recommended) - Select WPA based on pre-shared key.
TL-MR3040 1) Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Automatic - Select Shared Key or Open System authentication type automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. • 2) Shared Key - Select 802.11 Shared Key authentication type. 3) Open System - Select 802.11 Open System authentication. WEP Key Format - You can select ASCII or Hexadecimal format. ASCII format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 4) Bridge with AP Figure 6-13 Wireless Security – Bridge with AP ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. ¾ Disable Security - Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security. ¾ WEP - Select 802.11 WEP security.
TL-MR3040 • Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Key Type - You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-bit.) for encryption. "Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid. 1) For 64-bit encryption - You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 5 ASCII characters. 2) For 128-bit encryption - You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 13 ASCII characters.
TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Wireless MAC Filtering - Click the Enable button to enable the Wireless MAC Address Filtering. The default setting is disabled. To Add a Wireless MAC Address filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The “Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry" page will appear, shown in Figure 6-15 Figure 6-15 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry ¾ MAC Address - Enter the wireless station's MAC address that you want to control.
TL-MR3040 1. Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the Delete. 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. 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-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 6-16 Wireless Advanced ¾ Beacon Interval - Specifies a value between 20-1000 milliseconds. The beacons are the packets sent by the device to synchronize a wireless network. Beacon Interval value determines the time interval of the beacons. The default value is 100. ¾ RTS Threshold - Specifies the RTS (Request to Send) Threshold.
TL-MR3040 6.6.5 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Wireless Statistics Selecting Wireless > Wireless Statistics will allow you to see the wireless transmission information in the following screen shown in Figure 6-17. Figure 6-17 Statistics of the device attached wireless stations ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. Figure 6-18 The DHCP menu 6.7.1 DHCP Settings Selecting DHCP > DHCP Settings will enable you to set up the AP as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PCs that are connected to the system on the LAN.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router the PC will be automatically assigned a new dynamic IP address. The range of the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes. The default value is 120 minutes. ¾ Default Gateway (optional) - Enter the IP address of the gateway for your LAN. The factory default setting is 192.168.0.1. ¾ Default Domain (optional) - Enter the domain name of your DHCP server. You can leave the field blank. ¾ Primary DNS (optional) - Enter the DNS IP address provided by your ISP.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current attached devices, click on the Refresh button. 6.7.3 Address Reservation Selecting DHCP > Address Reservation will enable you to specify a reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, so the PC will always obtain the same IP address each time when it accesses the AP. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to servers that require permanent IP settings.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 6.8 System Tools System Tools option helps you to optimize the configuration of your device. SNMP can help you to manage the device locally or remotely with specified software. The diagnostic tools (Ping and Traceroute) allow you to check the connections of your network components. You can upgrade the AP to the latest version of firmware as well as backup or restore the AP’s configuration files.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 6-23 Time Settings ¾ Time Zone - Select your local time zone from this pull down list. ¾ Date - Enter your local date in MM/DD/YY into the right blanks. ¾ Time - Enter your local time in HH/MM/SS into the right blanks. ¾ NTP Server I / NTP Server II - Enter the address or domain of the NTP Server I or NTP Server II, and then the Router will get the time from the NTP Server preferentially.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router To set time automatically: 1. Select your local time zone. 2. Enter the address or domain of the NTP Server I or NTP Server II. 3. Click the Get GMT button to get system time from Internet if you have connected to the Internet. To set Daylight Saving: 1. Check the box to enable Daylight Saving. 2. Select the start time from the drop-down lists in the Start field. 3. Select the end time from the drop-down lists in the End field. 4.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 6-25 Diagnostic Tools ¾ Diagnostic Tool - Check the radio button to select one diagnostic too. ¾ Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name resolution to a given host or gateway. ¾ 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-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless 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 6-26 Diagnostic Results ) Note: 1. Only one user can use the diagnostic tools at one time. 2. "Ping Count", "Ping Packet Size" and "Ping Timeout" are Ping Parameters, and "Traceroute Max TTL" is Traceroute Parameter. 6.8.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ) Note: 1) New firmware versions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. There is no need to upgrade the firmware unless the new firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experiencing problems caused by the Router rather than the configuration, you can try to upgrade the firmware.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 6-29 Backup & Restore Configuration ¾ Click the Backup button to save all configuration settings as a backup file in your local computer. ¾ To upgrade the Router's configuration, follow these instructions. • Click the Browse button to find the configuration file which you want to restore. • Click the Restore button to update the configuration with the file whose path is the one you have input or selected in the blank.
TL-MR3040 6.8.7 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Password Choose menu “System Tools → Password”, and then you can change the factory default user name and password of the Router in the next screen as shown in Figure 6-31.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 6-32 System Log ¾ Log Type - By selecting the log type, only logs of this type will be shown. ¾ Log Level - By selecting the log level, only logs of this level will be shown. ¾ Refresh - Refresh the page to show the latest log list. ¾ Save Log - Click to save all the logs in a txt file. ¾ Clear Log - All the logs will be deleted from the Router permanently, not just from the page.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 6-33 Statistics ¾ Current Statistics Status - Enable or Disable. The default value is disabled. To enable it, click the Enable button. If it is disabled, the function of DoS protection in Security settings will be disabled. ¾ Packets Statistics Interval （5-60） - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the drop-down list. The Packets Statistic interval indicates the time section of the packets statistic.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Statistics Table: IP/MAC Address The IP and MAC address are displayed with related statistics. Packets The total number of packets received and transmitted by the Router. Bytes The total number of bytes received and transmitted by the Router. Total Packets The total number of packets received and transmitted in the last Packets Statistic interval seconds.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 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. The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of the ADSL Modem. 3) Login to the Router, click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu.
TL-MR3040 1) Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Login to the Router, click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu. On the WAN page, select “Dynamic IP” for "WAN Connection Type", finish by clicking “Save”. 2) Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter, which is connected to your cable/DSL Modem during installation.
TL-MR3040 Figure A-5 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry ) Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page. 4) How to enable DMZ Host: Log in to the Router, click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click "DMZ" submenu. On the "DMZ" page, click Enable radio button and type your IP address into the “DMZ Host IP Address” field, using 192.168.0.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure A-7 4. Basic Security I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? 1) 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. 2) To change the WEB management port number: Log in to the Router, click the “Security” menu on the left of your browser, and click "Remote Management" submenu.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router the "Virtual Servers" submenu. On the "Virtual Servers" page, click Add New…, then on the “Add or Modify a Virtual Server” page, enter “80” into the blank next to the “Service Port”, and your IP address next to the “IP Address”, assuming 192.168.0.188 for an example, remember to Enable and Save. Figure A-9 Virtual Servers Figure A-10 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry 5. The wireless stations cannot connect to the Router.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows XP. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter’s manual if needed. 1. Install TCP/IP component 1) On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure B-2 5) The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure B-3 ¾ Setting IP address manually 1 Select Use the following IP address radio button, and the following items are available. If the Router's LAN IP address is 192.168.0.1, type 192.168.0.x (x is from 2 to 254) into the IP address field and 255.255.255.0 into the Subnet mask field. 2 Type the Router’s LAN IP address (the default IP is 192.168.0.1) into the Default gateway field.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure B-4 Now click OK to keep your settings.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Appendix C: Security Mode ¾ None - The wireless security function can be enabled or disabled. If you select "None", the wireless stations will be able to connect the Router without encryption. It is recommended strongly that you choose one of following options to enable security.
TL-MR3040 z Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value can be either 0 or at least 30. Enter 0 to disable the update. ¾ Use the Previous settings - If you chose this option, wireless security configuration will not change.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.11n、 IEEE 802.11g、IEEE 802.11b、IEEE 802.3、IEEE 802.3u、IEEE 802.3x、IEEE 802.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Appendix D: Glossary ¾ 802.11n - 802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standards by adding MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output). MIMO uses multiple transmitter and receiver antennas to allow for increased data throughput via spatial multiplexing and increased range by exploiting the spatial diversity, perhaps through coding schemes like Alamouti coding. The Enhanced Wireless Consortium (EWC) [3] was formed to help accelerate the IEEE 802.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless 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.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Appendix E: Compatible 3G/3.75G USB Modem The UMTS/HSPA/EVDO USB modems we’ve tested in the field are listed below. You can find the latest compatibility list in our website: http://www.tp-link.com. Compatible 3G/3.
TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3.
