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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Rev: 1.0.0 1910010615 ...
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COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS S pecifications ar e subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of t heir respective holders. No part of the specific ations may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivativ ...
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FCC RF Radiation Exposure S t atement This equipment complies with FCC RF radiati on e xposure limits set forth fo r an uncontrolled environment. This device and its antenna must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter . “T o comply with FCC RF exposure compliance r equirements, this grant is applicable ...
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III Industry Canada S t atement: This device complies with RSS-210 of the Industry Canada Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1)This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2)This device must accept any interference re ceived, including interference that may cause undesired operation. IMPORT ANT NOTE: Radiation Exp ...
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TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Model No.: TL-MR3040 T rademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own respons ibility that the above product s satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product with in the scope o ...
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CONTENTS Package Contents .......................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................. 2 1.1 Overview of the Router ................................ ...
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4.7.1 DHCP Settings ............................................................................................... 54 4.7.2 DHCP Client s List ........................................................................................... 56 4.7.3 Address Reservation ..................................................................................... ...
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4.16.5 Backup & Restore ........................................................................................... 96 4.16.6 Reboot ............................................................................................................ 97 4.16.7 Password ..................................................................................... ...
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5.1 1.2 Host .............................................................................................................. 153 5.1 1.3 T arget ............................................................................................................ 155 5.1 1.4 Schedule ............................................................................ ...
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V 6.6.5 Wireless S tatistics ......................................................................................... 202 6.7 DHCP ....................................................................................................................... 202 6.7.1 DHCP Settings .......................................................................... ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 Install ation Guide ¾ Resource CD for TL-MR3040 Portable 3G/3 .75G Battery Powered ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 wire less networking platform that when paired with a 3G USB modem, is able to broadcast a wireless signa ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ Provides Automatic-connection and Scheduled Co nnection on certain time to the Internet ¾ Built-in NAT and DHCP server supporting aut omatic and dynamic IP address IP address distribution ¾ Connects Internet on dem and and disconnects from the Internet when idle for PPPoE ¾ Provid ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 1.4.2 The Rear Panel Figure 1-2 Rear Panel sketch The following parts are lo cated on the rear panel (V iew from left to right). ¾ Ethernet Port: This port can be LAN or W AN por t depending on the working mode. ¾ 3G USB Port: This port is used to plug a 3G modem/card. ¾ Reset: With ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirement s ¾ 3G/3.75G Mobile Broadband Internet Acce ss Service (With a UMTS/HSP A/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 Mi ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 Wiz ar d within minutes. 3.1 Four T ypical Working Mode 3G Router Mode After inserting the 3G Card/Modem to t ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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. St andard AP Mode The S tandard AP Mode includes the following fo ur connection types: Access Point, Repeater , Bridge w ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router TL-MR3040 is used to extend the range of wirele ss 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-MR3040s h ould be the same as t hat of the device you r ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ 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 . T o avoid the c onflict of DHCP service with front-en ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Settings → Control Panel → V iew network st atus and t asks → 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 V ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 T ools menu>Internet Options>Connections >LAN Settings, in the screen th at appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it. ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 Quick Setup – Internet Access ¾ 3G Only - Only use 3G as the access to the Internet. The Ethern ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router then click Next . 1) Create a unique and easy-to-rememb er Wireless Network Name . 2) Select WP A-Personal/WP A2-Personal under Wireless Securit y and enter a password in the field. Figure 3-7 Quick Setup – Wireless 4. Click Reboot to make the settings take ef fect. Figure 3-8 Quick S ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 3-9 Quick Setup – W AN Connection T ype ¾ If Auto-Detect is chosen, the router will detect the Internet c onnection type provided b y your ISP automatically . Figure 3-10 Quick Setup – Auto Detect ¾ If the connection type is PPPoE , the next screen will appear as shown in F ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ If the connection type is Dynamic IP , t he next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-12 . Figure 3-12 Quick Setup – MAC Clone z 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 an ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router z Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask is used for the WAN IP address, it is usually 255.255.255.0. 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 anothe ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ) Note: After the rebooting, please reconnec t to the network according to 3.2.1 Connect to Network . If Wireless Security is enabled, you need to enter the password you’ve just set to succe ssfully finish the connecting. 3. St andard AP Mode 1. Choose the Wireless Operation Mode T yp ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router default SSID is set to be TP-LINK_POCKET_3040_xxxxxx (xxxxxx indicat es 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 val ue. Thi ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router z 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 choos e one of searching results to fill in this field. z MAC Address - Enter the MAC address of AP t hat you want to access. When you us ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 t he 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 ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ) Note: After the rebooting, please change th e PC’ s TCP/IP settings to “ Use the following IP Address ” and “ Use the following DNS Server Addresses ” and enter the address and DNS serve r address manually , and then reconnect to the network according to 3.2.1 Connect to Net ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router z User Name and Password - Enter the User Name and Passw ord provided by your ISP. These fields are ca se sensitive. If you have di fficulty with this process , please contact your ISP. z Confirm Password - Re-enter the password provi ded by your ISP to ensure the Password you entered i ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 3-26 Quick Setup - S tatic IP z IP Address - This is the WAN IP address seen by external users on the Internet (including your ISP). Enter t he 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. z Default Gatewa ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 3. 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 . (Y ou’re recommended to go to Wireless > Wireless Security to set up the wireless security .) Figure 3-28 Quick Set ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Chapter 4. Configuration—3G Router Mode This chapter will show each Web p age's key f unctions and the configurat ion 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 th e left of the Web-ba ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-1 Router S tatus 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Chapter 3 Quick Installa tion Guide . 4.4 Operation Mode On this page, you can choose t he 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. -26- ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 , WA N , MAC Clone and LAN . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.5.1 Internet Acc ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ 3G Preferred In this mode, the router will try 3G access fi rst. 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 acc ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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. -29- ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Click the Connect button to connect to your 3G networ k. Once the connection is successful, you will find the 3G screen is similar to Figure 4-7 . Click menu Stat us and you will see the 3G status is s imilar to Figure 4-8 . Figure 4-7 Figure 4-8 ¾ Connect on Demand - You can configure ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnec ted althoug h you s pecify a time to Max Idle Time because some applications visit the In ternet continually in the background. ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the Router is disconnected. To use this option, click the r ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ 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 (Acce ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 4-1 1 . 3. Click Browse… to select the path name where you save the downloaded file on the computer into ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-12 W AN - Dynamic IP This page displays the W AN IP parameters a ssigned 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. ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 2. If your ISP provides a sta tic 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 W AN - S tatic IP ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal not ation provided by your ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-14 W AN - PPPoE ¾ User Name/Passw ord - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Secondary Connection - It’s available only for PPPoE Connec tion. If your ISP provides an extra Connection type such as Dynamic/S tatic IP to c ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ Time-based Connecting - The connection will only be est ab lished in the period from the start time to the end time (both are in HH:MM format). ) Note: Only when you have confi gured the system time on System Tools -> Time page, will the Time-based Connecting function can take eff ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ Detect Online Interval - The Router will detect Access Concentrator online at every interval. The default value is “0”. Y ou can i nput the value betwe en “0”and “120”. The value “0” means no detect. ¾ DNS IP address - If your ISP does not automatically assign DNS ad ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router e.g. NSW / ACT - ns w. bigpond.net.au VIC / T AS / W A / SA / NT - vic.bigpo nd.net.au QLD - qld.bigpond.net.au ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum T ransmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that y ou change the default MTU Size unless re ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-17 L2TP Settings ¾ User Name/Passw ord - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Dynamic IP/ S t atic IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP . Click the Connect button to connect immediately . Click the Disconnect bu ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ Connect Manually - Y ou can configure the Router to make it connect or disconnect manually . After a specified period of inactivity ( Max Idle T ime ), the Router will disconnect from your Internet connecti on, and you will not be able to re-establish your connection automatically as ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ Dynamic IP/ S t atic 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 dom ain name, you should also enter the DNS assigned by your ISP . And click the Save button. Click the Connect button to c ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router The Router can not detect PPTP /L2TP/BigPond connections with yo u r ISP. If your ISP uses one of these protocols, then you must configure your connection manually. 4.5.4 MAC Clone Choose menu “ Netw ork → MAC Clone ”, you can configure the MAC address of the W AN on the screen be ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-20 LAN ddress - The physical address of the Router , as see n from the LAN. The value - An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use 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 ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-22 Wireless Settings ¾ Wireless Network Name - The same name of Wireless Network Name must be assigne d to all wireless devices in your network. C onsidering your wireless network security, the default Wireless Network Name is set to be TP-LINK_POCKET_3040_XXXXXX (XXXXXX indic ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 t he Router. When 802.11n mod e is selected, only 802.11n wireless stations can connect t ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router • Auth T ype - This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP(ASCII) or WEP(HEX).It indicates the authorizati on 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 Cho ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router • Ve r s i o n - you can choose the vers ion of the WPA-PSK security on the drop-down list. The default setting is Automatic , which can select WP A-PSK ( Pre-shared key of WPA) or WP A2-PSK (Pre-shared key of WPA) automatica lly based on the wireless station's capability and req ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 Up date Period - Specify the group key update in terval in seconds. The ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router • WEP Key- Select which of the four keys w ill be use d and enter the matching WEP key that you create. Make sure these values ar e identical on all wireless stations in your network. • Key Typ e - You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-bit.) for encryption. & ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ Description - A simple description of the wireless station. To Add a Wireless MAC Address filtering entry, click the Add Ne w… 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 M ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router but all the other wireless st ations 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 a ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ Beacon Interval - Enter a value between 40-1000 millise conds for Beacon Interval here. The beacons are the packe ts sent by the router to synch ronize a wireless network. Beacon Interval value determines the time interval of the beacons. The default value is 100. ¾ RTS Threshold - ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-30 The Router attached wireless st ations ¾ MAC Address - The connected wireless st ation's MAC address. ¾ Current Status - The connected wireless statio n's running status, one of STA-AUTH / STA-ASSOC / STA-JOINED / WPA / WPA- PSK / WPA2 / WPA2-PSK / AP-UP / AP-DOW ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 DHCP Settings ¾ DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server . If you disable the Server , you must have another DHCP server within your network or e ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 info rmation about the clients attached to ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC for whic h 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 Figur ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown i n Figure 4-3 6 ): Virtual Servers , Port T riggering , 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 ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 Addr ess for tha ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-39 Port T riggering Once the Router is configured, the operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connection us ing a destination port number defined in the T rigger Port field. 2. The Router records this connection, opens t he incoming port or ports associated ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 6. Click the Save button to save the new rule. Figure 4-40 Add or Modify a T riggering Entry T o modify or delete an nt to modify . If you want to delete the entry , click the e information. to make all entries enabled d. he trigger connection is released, the according ope ning ports w ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-41 DMZ T o 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 firewa ll related to the host will not work. 4.8.4 ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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. ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-44 Basic Security ¾ Firewall - A firewall protects your network from the outside world. Here yo u can enable or disable the Router’s firewall. z SPI Fire wall - SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection, also known as dynamic packet filtering) helps to prevent cyber attacks by trackin ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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. ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ ICMP-FLOOD Packet s 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 t he blocking function immediately . ¾ Enable UDP-FLOOD Filtering - Enable or Disable the UDP ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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. If you want to allow PCs with specifi c MAC Addresses to access the Setup page of the R outer's Web-Based Utility locally f ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 m anagement web port number is 80. For great er security, you can change the remote management web po rt to a custom port by enter ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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. ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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.c ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 dis ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 Mod ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-54 Quick Setup – Create an Access T arget Entry ¾ 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 f ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-55 Quick Setup – Create an Advanced Schedule Entry ¾ Schedule Description - In this field, create a descr iption for the schedule. Note that this description should be unique (e.g. Schedule_1). ¾ Day - Choose Select Days and select the ce rtain day (days), or choose Everyda ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ 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 fr ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 c hoose "Allow the packets specified by any enabled access control policy to pass through the Router". 2. We recommend that you click Setup Wizard ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ 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 Addre ss, the screen shown is Figure 4-59 . 1) In Host Description field, crea ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 Se ttings page and see the following list. 4.11.3 Target Choose menu “ Acc ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 p ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 a ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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... b ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 4.12.1 Static Routing List Choose menu “ Advanced Routing → S t atic Routing List ”, you can configur e 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 r each a specific host or network. ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 th ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router There are two submenus under the Bandw idth Control menu as shown in Fig ure 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 ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ Ingress bandwidth - This field displays the max and mix download bandwidth through the W AN port. The default is 0. ¾ Enable - This displays th e status of the rule. ¾ Modify - Click Modify to edit the rule. Click Delete to delete the rule. T o add a Bandw id th Control rule, follo ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-75 Binding Settings ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the controll ed computer in the LAN. ¾ IP Address - The assigned IP address of the cont rolled computer in the LAN. ¾ Bind - Check this option to enable ARP binding for a specific device. ¾ Modify - To modify or delete ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 3. Click the Find button in the page as shown in Figure 4-77 . Figure 4-77 Find IP & MAC Binding Ent ry Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. 4.14.2 ARP List T o manage the computer , you could observe th e comput ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Click the Load All button to load all items to the IP & MAC Bind ing list. Click the Refresh button to refresh all items. ) Note: An item could not be loaded to the IP & MAC Bind ing list if the IP addres s of the item has been loaded before. Error warning will prompt as well. L ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 2. T ype the User Name for your DDNS account. 3. T ype 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 servic e connection is displayed here. Click Logout to log out of the DDNS service. 4.15.2 Dyndn ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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. T ype the User Name for your DDNS account. 2. T ype the Password for your DDNS account. 3. T ype the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provi de r . 4. Click the Login button to log in t ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Password, System Log and St atistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanat ions for each submenu are provided below . 4.16.1 Time Settings Choose menu “ System T ools → Time Settings ”, and then you can conf igure t ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router T o set time manually: 1. Select your local time zone. 2. Enter the Date in Month/Day/Y ear format. 3. Enter the Tim e in Hour/Minute/Second format. 4. Click Save . T o set time automatically: 1. Select your local time zone. 2. Enter the address or domain of the NTP Server I or NTP Serv ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-85 Diagnostic T ools ¾ Diagnostic T ool - Check the radio button to select one diagnostic too. z Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connecti vity , reachability , and name resolution to a given host or gateway . z T raceroute - This diagnostic tool tests the performance ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Click St ar t to check the connectivity of the Internet. The Diagnostic Result s page displays the result of diagnosis. If the result is similar to the following screen, the connectivity of t he Internet is fine. Figure 4-86 Diagnostic Results ) Note: Only one user can use this tool at ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ) Note: 1) New firmware vers ions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. There is no need to upgrade the firmware unle ss the new firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experie ncing prob lems caused by the Rout er rather than the configu ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-89 Backup & Restore Configuration ¾ Click the Backup button to save all configuration setti ngs as a backup file in your local computer . ¾ T o upgrade the Router's configurat ion, follow these instructions. • Click the Browse… button to locate the upd ate file f ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 4.16.7 Passw ord Choose menu “ System T ools → Password ”, you can change the fa ctory default user name and password of the Router in the next screen as shown in Figure 4-91 . Figure 4-91 Password It is strongly recommended that you should c hange the factory default user name an ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 4-93 S tatistics ¾ 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 wi ll disabled. ¾ Packets Statistics Interval （ 5-60 ） - The default value ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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. Total Byt es The total number of bytes received and transmitted by the Router. Packets The total number of packets r ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Chapter 5. C o n f i g u r a t i o n — Wireless Router / WISP Mode This chapter will show each W eb pa ge's ke y functions and the conf iguration way on WISP Mode and Wireless Router Mode. 5.1 Login After your successful login, you will see the main menus on th e left of the Web- ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-1 Router S tatus -103- ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 t he 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 ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-4 W AN - Dynamic IP This page displays the W AN IP parameters a ssigned 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. ? ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-5 W AN - S tatic IP ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal not ation 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 Gatewa y - (Optional) Enter th ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-6 W AN - PPPoE ¾ User Name/Passw ord - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Confirm Password - Re-enter the Password provided by you r ISP to ensure the Password you entered is correct. ¾ Secondary Connection - It’ s av ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ Connect Automatically - The connection can be re-establis hed automatically when it was down. ¾ Time-based Connecting - The connection will only be est ablished in the period from the start time to the end time (both are in HH:MM format). ) Note: Only when you have confi gured the s ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ ISP S pecified IP Address - If your ISP does not a utomatically 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 Rou ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ Auth Domain - T ype in the domain suffix server name based on your location. e.g. NSW / ACT - ns w. bigpond.net.au VIC / T AS / W A / SA / NT - vic.bigpo nd.net.au QLD - qld.bigpond.net.au ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 15 ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-9 W AN –L2TP ¾ User Name/Passw ord - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Dynamic IP/ S t atic IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP . Click the Connect button to connect immediately . Click the Disconnect butt ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you w ant to have elap sed before your Internet connection terminates. ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the Router is disconnected. T o use this option, click the radio button. ¾ Connect Manually - Y ou can conf igure the Rou ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-10 W AN –PPTP ¾ User Name/Passw ord - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Dynamic IP/ St atic 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 ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ Connect on Demand - Y ou 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-establi ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-1 1 MAC Address Clone Some ISPs require that you register the MA C Address of your adapter . Changes are rarel y needed here. ¾ WAN MAC Address - This field displays the current MAC ad dress of the WAN port. If your ISP requires you to register the MAC address, please enter t ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ 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. If the new LAN IP Address you set is not in the same subnet, ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 assigne d to all wireless devices in your network. C onsidering your wireless network security, the default Wireless Network Name is set to be TP-LINK_POCKET_3040_ ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 cli ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ 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 ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ WEP Index - This option should be ch osen if the key ty pe is WEP (ASCII) or WEP (HEX). It indicates the index of the WEP key . ¾ Auth type - This option should be chos en if the key type is WEP (ASCII) or WEP (HEX).It indicates the authorizati on type of the Root AP . ¾ Password - ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-16 AP List Figure 5-17 -121- ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 wi reless connection varies significantly based on the ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-18 ¾ Disable Security - If you do not want to use wireless secu rity, select this check box, but it’s strongly recommended to choose one of t he following modes to enable security. ¾ WP A/WP A2 – Personal (Recommended) - It’s the WPA/WPA2 authentication type based on pr ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-19 • PSK Password - You can enter ASCII characters bet ween 8 and 63 characters or 8 to 64 Hexadecimal characters. • Group Key Up date Period - Specify the group key update in terval in seconds. The value should be 30 or above. En ter 0 to disable the update. ¾ WP A /WP A2 ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-21 • Typ e - you can choose the type for the WEP se curity on the pull-down list. The default setting is Automatic , which can select Open Sy stem or Shared Key authentication type automatically based on the wirele ss station's capability and request. • WEP Key Format ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-22 Wireless MAC address Filtering T o 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 Statu s - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled . ¾ D ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 4. Click the Save button to save this entry . T o 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 e ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 5.6.4 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “ Wir el ess → Wireless Advanced ”, and then you can c onfigure the advanced settings of your wireless network. Figure 5-24 Wireless Advanced ¾ Beacon Interval - Enter a value between 40-1000 m illiseconds for Beacon Interval here. The beacons ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ Enable WMM - WMM function can guarantee the packets with high- priority messages being transmitted preferentially. It is strongly recommended ena bled. ¾ Enable Short GI - This function is recommended for it will increase the data capacity by reducing the guard interval time . ¾ En ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 Client s List and Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corre sponding function. 5.7.1 DHCP Settings Choose menu “ DHCP ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ Address Lease Time - The Address Lease Time is the amount of ti me 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 "l e ased" this dynamic IP Address. After the time is u ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 5.7.3 Address Reservation Choose menu “ DHCP → Address Reserva tion ”, and then you can view and add a r eserved address for clients via the next screen (shown in Figure 5-29 ). When you specify a rese rved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will alwa ys receive the same IP a ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 ar ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ Internal Port - The Internal Service Port number of the PC running the service application. Y ou 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 runni ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 ent ries enabled/ disabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. Click the Next butto ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 5. Select Enable in Statu s field. 6. Click the Save button to save the new rule. Figure 5-35 Add or Modify a T riggering Entry ¾ T rigger Port - The port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection usi ng this port will trigger this rule. ¾ T rigger Protocol - The protocol used for ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 T rigger Port field. 2. The Router records this connection, opens t he incoming port o r ports associated with this ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 5.8.4 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 acce ss the local host resources or devices as needed ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 5.9 Security Figure 5-38 The Security menu There are four submenus under t he 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 configur e the corresponding function. 5.9.1 Basi ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ 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 tu nneled through an IP network. To allow PPTP tunnels ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-40 Advanced Security ¾ Packets Statistics Interval (5~60) - The default value is 10. Se lect a value between 5 and 60 seconds from the drop-down list. The Pa ckets S tatistics Interval value indicates the time section of the packe ts statistics. The re sult of the statistics i ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ ICMP- FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a valu e between 5 ~ 3600. When the current ICMP-FLOOD Packets number is beyond the set value, the Router will startup t he blocking function immediately . ¾ Enable UDP-FLOOD Filtering - Enable or Disable the UD ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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. If you want to allow PCs with specifi c MAC Addresses to access the Setup page of the R outer's Web-Based Utility locally f ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 m anagement web port number is 80. For great er security, you can change the remote management web po rt to a custom port by enter ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 . Figure 5-44 Add or Modify Parental Control Entry -145- ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 fi ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 dis ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 Mod ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-49 Quick Setup – Create an Access T arget Entry ¾ 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 f ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-50 Quick Setup – Create an Advanced Schedule Entry ¾ Schedule Description - In this field, create a descr iption for the schedule. Note that this description should be unique (e.g. Schedule_1). ¾ Day - Choose Select Days and select the ce rtain day (days), or choose Everyda ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ 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 fr ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 "A llow the packets specified by any enabled access control policy to pass through the Router". 2. We recommend that you click Setup Wizard ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 Addre ss, the screen shown is Figure 5-54 . 1) In Host Description field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 5. Click Save to complete the settings. Then you will go back to the Host Se ttings page and see the following list. 5.11.3 Target Choose menu “ Access Control → Ta r g e t ”, you can view and set a T ar get list in the screen as shown in Figure 5-56 . The target list is necessary ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 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. Figure 5-57 Add or Modify an Access T arget Entry Figure 5-58 Add or Modify an Access T a ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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. Fi ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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... b ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 5.12.1 Static Routing List Choose menu “ Advanced Routing → St atic Routing List ”, and then you c an 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 net ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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, ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router There are two submenus under the Bandw idth 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 ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ Ingress bandwidth - This field displays the max and mix download bandwidth through the W AN port, the default is 0. ¾ Enable - This displays th e status of the rule. ¾ Modify - Click Modify to edit the rule. Click Delete to delete the rule. T o add/modify a Bandwid th Control rule, ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-70 Binding Setting ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the controll ed computer in the LAN. ¾ IP Address - The assigned IP address of the cont rolled computer in the LAN. ¾ Bind - Check this option to enable ARP binding for a specific device. ¾ Modify - To modify or delete a ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 Ent ry Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled. Click the Delete All button to ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ 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 Bind ing list. Click the Refresh button to refresh all items. ) Note: An item could not be loaded to the IP & ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 serv ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-76 No-ip.com DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: User Name amic DNS service provider . Logout e DDNS service. ) Note: t to login again with another account after a successful login, please click the 5.16 System T ools 1. Enter the for your DDNS account. ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Choos n see the s ubmenus under the main menu: Ti me ls → Time Settings ”, and then you can conf igure the time on the e menu “ System T ools ”, and you ca Settings , Diagnostic , Firmware Upgrade , Factory Default s, Backup & Restore, Reboot, Password, System Log and St ati ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ 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 St atus - Displays the status whether t he Daylight Saving is in use. T o set time manually: 1. ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-80 Diagnostic T ools ¾ Diagnostic T ool - Check the radio button to select one diagnostic too. z Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connecti vity , reachability , and name resolution to a given host or gateway . z T raceroute - This diagnostic tool tests the performance ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Click St ar t to check the connectivity of the Internet. The Diagnostic Result s page displays the result of diagnosis. If the result is similar to the following screen, the connectivity of t he Internet is fine. Figure 5-81 Diagnostic Results ) Note: Only one user can use this tool at ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ) Note: 1) New firmware vers ions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for fr ee. There is no need to upgrade the firmware unle ss the new firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experiencing pro b lems caused by the Router rather tha n the config ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-84 Backup & Restore Configuration ¾ Click the Backup button to save all configuration setti ngs as a backup file in your local computer . ¾ T o upgrade the Router's configurat ion, follow these instructions. • Click the Browse… button to locate the upd ate file f ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 5.16.7 Passw ord Choose menu “ System T ools → Password ”, you can change the fa ctory default user name and password of the Router in the next screen as shown in Figure 4-86 . Figure 5-86 Password It is strongly recommended that you should c hange the factory default user name an ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 5-88 S tatistics ¾ 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 wi ll disabled. ¾ Packets Statistics Interval （ 5-60 ） - The default value ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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. Total Byt es The total number of bytes received and transmitted by the Router. Packets The total number of packets r ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Chapter 6. Configuration—AP Mode This chapter will show each Web p age's key f unctions and the configurat ion way on AP Mode. The Portable 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wirele s s N Router is easy to configure and m anage with the Web-based (Inter net Explorer , Netscape ® Navigator ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 6-1 Device S tatus ) Note: If you select Client mode in Figure 6-7 , the wireless status in Figure 6-1 will change, similar to the figure below: -180- ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 t he 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 Netw ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router default settings of the AP . Selecting Network will enable you to configure the I P p a rameters of Network on this p age. Figure 6-4 LAN ¾ MAC Address - The physical address of the AP . The value can't be changed. ¾ Ty p e - Select Dynamic IP to get IP address from DHCP server o ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Wireless Security , W ireless MAC Filtering , Wireless Advanced and Wireless St atistics . Click any of them, and you will be able to conf igure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provide d belo w . Figure 6-5 Wireless menu 6.6.1 Wireless Settings ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 lis t. This field specifies the region where the wireless function of the device can be used. It may be illegal to use ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router area for wireless networks to associate with, they will detect the SSI D broadcast by the device. ) Note: To apply any settings you have alte red on the pag e, please click the Save button, and then you will be reminded to reboot the device. 2) Client: This mode allows the device to act ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Note Dialog ) Note: Limited by local law regulations, version fo r 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 deselec ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 wa nt to expand wireless range. ¾ Region - Select your region from the pull-down lis t. This field specifies the region where the wireless function of the device can be used. ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 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. ) Note: To apply any settings you have alte red on the pag e, please click the Save button, and then you w ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 fo r No ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ) Note: To apply any settings you have alte red on the pag e, 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 p ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router • Ve r s i o n - Y ou can select one of following versions. 1) Automatic (Recommen ded) - Select WP A-PSK or WP A2-PSK automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. 2) WP A-Personal - Pre-shared key of WP A. 3) WP A2-Personal - Pre-shared key of WP A2. • ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router • WEP Key - Select which of the four keys w ill be used and enter the matching WEP key information for your network in the select ed key radio button. These values must be identical on all wireless stat ions in your network. • Key T ype - Y ou can select the WEP key length ( 64-bit ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 2) Client Figure 6-1 1 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 encrypt ion. It is st ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 1) Automatic - Select Shared Key or Open System authentication ty pe automat ically based on the wireless station's capability and request. 2) Shared Ke y - Select 802.1 1 Shared Key authentication type. 3) Open S ystem - Select 802.1 1 Open System authentication. • WEP Key Forma ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 3) Repeater Figure 6-12 Wireless Security – Repea ter 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 encrypt ion. It i ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 1) Automatic - Select Shared Key or Open System authentication ty pe automat ically based on the wireless station's capability and request. 2) Shared Ke y - Select 802.1 1 Shared Key authentication type. 3) Open S ystem - Select 802.1 1 Open System authentication. • WEP Key Forma ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 encryp ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router • Key T ype - Y ou can select the WEP key length ( 64-bit , or 128-bit , or 152-bit .) for encryption. "Disabled" means th is WEP key entry is invalid. 1) For 64-bit encryption - Y ou can enter 10 hexadecimal digi ts (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F , zero key is not permi ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ¾ Wireless MAC Filtering - Click the Enable button to enable the Wireless MAC Address Filtering. The default setting is disabled. T o Add a Wireless MAC Address filtering entry , click the Add New… button. The “Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry" page will appe ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 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 D ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 6-16 Wireless Advanced ¾ Beacon Interval - Specifies a value between 20-1 000 milliseconds. The beacons are the packets sent by the device to synchronize a wireless network. Beacon Interval value determines the time interval of t he beacons. The default value is 100. ¾ RTS Thre ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 6.6.5 Wireless Statistics Selecting Wireless > Wireless St atistics will allow you to see the wireless transmission information in the following screen shown in Figure 6-17 . Figure 6-17 S tatistics of the dev ice attached wi rele ss stations ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current ope ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router configure the corresponding functi on. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below . Figure 6-18 T he DHCP me nu 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 , wh ich provi ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 gate way for your LAN. The factory default setting is 192.168.0.1. ¾ Default Domain ( ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Y ou cannot change any of the val ues on this page. T o update thi s 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 th ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 6.8 System T ools System T ools option helps you to optimiz e the configuration of y our device. SNMP can help you to manage the device locally or remotely wi th specified software. The diagnostic tools (Ping and T raceroute) allow you to check the connections of your network components ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 6-23 T ime 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 Tim e - Enter your local time in HH/MM/SS into the right blanks. ¾ NTP Server I / NTP Server II - Enter the address or ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router T o 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 In ternet if you have connected to the Internet. T o set Da ylight Saving: 1. Check the box to enable Day ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 6-25 Diagnostic T ools ¾ Diagnostic T ool - Check the radio button to select one diagnostic too. ¾ Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connecti vity , reachability , and name resolution to a given host or gateway . ¾ T raceroute - This diagnostic tool tests the performan ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router The Diagnostic Result s page displays the result of diagnosis. If the result is similar to the following screen, the connectivity of t he Internet is fine. Figure 6-26 Diagnostic Results ) Note: 1. Only one user can use the diagnostic tools at one time. 2. "Ping Count", " ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router ) Note: 1) New firmware vers ions 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 proble ms caused by the Router rather than the configurat ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 6-29 Backup & Restore Configu ration ¾ Click the Backup button to save all configuration setti ngs as a backup file in your local computer . ¾ T o upgrade the Router's configurat ion, follow these instructions. • Click the Browse button to find the configuration file ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 6.8.7 Password Choose menu “ System T ools → Password ”, and then you can chang e the factory defaul t user name and password of the Router in the next screen as shown in Figure 6-31 . Figure 6-31 Password It is strongly recommended that you should c hange the factory default user ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure 6-33 S tatistics ¾ Current Statistics Status - Enable or Disable. The default value is disabled. To enable it, click the Enable button. If it is disabled, the functio n of DoS protection in Security settings will be disabled. ¾ Packets Statistics Interval （ 5-60 ） - The def ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Statistics Table: IP/MAC A ddress The IP and MAC address are displa yed with related statistics. Packets The total number of packets received a nd transmitted by the Router. Total Bytes The total number of bytes received and transmitted b y the Router. Packets The total number of packet ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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) Conn ect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL Modem to the W AN port on the Router . The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of t ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router 1) Login to the Router , click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser , and click "W AN" submenu. On the W AN page, select “Dynamic IP” for "W AN Connection T ype" , finish by clicking “Save”. 2) Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure A-5 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 “ For warding ” menu on the left of your browser , and click " DMZ " ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure A-7 Basic Security 4. I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? 1) Because the WEB Server port 80 will in terfere with the WEB management port 80 on the Router , you must change the WEB management port number to avoid interference. 2) T o change the WEB managemen ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router the " Virtual Servers " submenu. On the " Virtual Servers " p age, click Add New… , then on the “ Add or Modify a V irtual Server ” page, enter “80” into the blank next to the “ Service Port ”, and your IP address next to the “ IP Address ”, assumin ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 wo rking, refer to the adapter ’s manual if needed. 1. Inst all TCP/IP compone nt 1) On the Windows taskbar , c ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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. Now you have two ways to configure the TCP/IP protocol below: ¾ Setting IP address automatically Select Obt ain an IP address automatically , and choose Obt ain D ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 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 ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Figure B-4 Now click OK to keep your settings. -225- ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Appendix C: Security Mode ¾ None - The wireless security function can be enabl ed or disabled. If you select "None", the wireless stations will be able to connect the Router without encrypt ion. It is recommended strongly that you choose one of fo llowing options to enable se ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router z Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value can be either 0 or at leas t 30. Enter 0 to disable the update. ¾ Use the Previous settings - If you chose this option, wire less security configuration will not change. -227- ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Appendix C: Specifications General S tandards IEEE 802.11n 、 IEEE 802.11g 、 IEEE 802.11b 、 IEEE 802.3 、 IEEE 802.3u 、 IEEE 802.3x 、 IEEE 802.1X Protocols CSMA/CA 、 CSMA/CD 、 TCP/IP 、 DHCP 、 ICMP 、 NAT 、 PPPoE Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiati on WAN/LAN RJ45 port ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Appendix D: Glossary ¾ 802.11n - 802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standar ds by adding MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output). MIMO uses mu ltiple transmitter and receiver antennas to allow for increased data throughput via spatial multiplexing a nd i ncreased range by ex ploiting th ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router identifying a wireless local area network. Fo r 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 wi reless PC card. It corre sponds to the ESSID in the wireless Access ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router Appendix E: Compatible 3G/3.75G USB Modem The UMTS/HSP A/EVDO USB modems we’ve tested in the field are listed below . Y ou can find the latest compatibility li st in our website: http://www .tp-link.com . Compatible 3G/3.75G USB Modem (Tested in the field) HUAWEI E122, E1262, E1550, E ...
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TL-MR3040 Port able 3G/3.75G Battery Powered Wireless N Router -232- HAIER CE100, OLIVE VME110, WM200 HSDC Hsdc-03 MWALKER MBD-100HU MYWAVE FW2012T OPTION iCon 401 PANTECH PX500 QISDA H21 SIERRA WIRELESS AC306, AirCard 881U, Compass 885U, Compass 88 9 SPRINT U600 TELSEY EVERYWEB HSUPA T-MOBILE USB STICK 120 VENUS VT18 VIRGIN MC760 ...

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