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TP-Link TL-WR340G Installation Manual

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TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD User Guide
54M Wireless Router
Rev: 1.0.2
1910010064

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  • Page 1 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD User Guide 54M Wireless Router Rev: 1.0.2 1910010064...
  • Page 2 Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

  • Page 3: Fcc Statement

    FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
  • Page 4 National Restrictions 2400.0-2483.5 MHz Country Restriction Reason/remark General authorization required for outdoor use and Bulgaria public service Military Radiolocation use. Refarming of the 2.4 GHz band Outdoor use limited to 10 has been ongoing in recent years to allow current relaxed France mW e.i.r.p.

  • Page 5: Declaration Of Conformity

    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 54M Wireless Router Model No.: TL-WR340G Trademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product within the scope of Council Directives:...

  • Page 6: Package Contents

    You can set the parameters according to your demand. Note: The two devices of TL-WR340G and TL-WR340GD are shared with this User Guide, we use TL-WR340G for example. The differences between them are: TL-WR340G router with an fixed antenna;...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Chapter 1. Introduction ..................1 Product Overview ...................... 1 Main Features ......................1 Chapter 2. Hardware Installation ................. 3 The Front Panel ......................3 The Back Panel......................4 System Requirements ....................4 Installation Environment Requirements..............5 Connecting the Device ....................5 Configure PC......................
  • Page 8 3.8.3 Domain Filtering ......................41 3.8.4 MAC Filtering........................43 3.8.5 Remote Management.....................44 3.8.6 Advanced Security ......................45 IP & MAC Binding Setting ..................47 3.9.1 Binding Setting .......................47 3.9.2 ARP List..........................49 3.10 Routing........................49 3.11 DDNS ........................51 3.11.1 Dyndns.org DDNS......................51 3.11.2 Oray.net DDNS ......................51 3.11.3 Comexe.cn DDNS ......................52 3.12 System Tools ......................

  • Page 9: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Thank you for choosing the TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Router. 1.1 Product Overview Thank you for choosing the TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Router. This router provides dedicated solution for Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) networks. With your network all connected, your local wired or wireless network can share Internet access, files and fun for multiple PCs through one ISP account.
  • Page 10 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Supports connecting/disconnecting from the Internet on a specified time of day. Supports access control, parents and network administrators can establish restricted access policies based on time of day for children or staff.

  • Page 11: Chapter 2. Hardware Installation

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 2. Hardware Installation 2.1 The Front Panel Figure 2-1 The Router’s LEDs are located on the front panel (View from left to right). LED Explanation: Name Status Indication No Power Power on The Router has an error...

  • Page 12: The Back Panel

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 2.2 The Back Panel Figure 2-2 The following parts are located on the rear panel (View from left to right). Antenna: Used for wireless operation and data transmit. Reset Button: There are two ways to reset the Router's factory defaults. With the router...

  • Page 13: Installation Environment Requirements

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Each PC in the LAN needs a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors TCP/IP protocol must be installed on each PC Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, Netscape Navigator 6.0 or later 2.4 Installation Environment Requirements...

  • Page 14: Configure Pc

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 2-3 Hardware Installation of the Router 2.6 Configure PC Your PC needs a network adapter. You may directly connect your adapter to the Router, or you may connect your adapter to a Hub/Switch, and then connect the Hub/Switch to the Router.
  • Page 15 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 2-4 In the Network Connections window, right-click on LAN (Local Area Connection), then click Properties. Figure 2-5 In the General tab of Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties menu, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) under “This connection uses the following items:” by clicking on it once.
  • Page 16 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Click on the Properties button. Figure 2-6 Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” by clicking the radio-button. Click OK Figure 2-7 Configure the IP address manually Open TCP/IP Properties of the LAN card in your PC, enter the IP address as 192.168.1.* (* is any value between 2 to 254, Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, Gateway is 192.168.1.1,...
  • Page 17 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Now, you can run the Ping command in the command prompt to verify the network connection between your PC and the Router. The following example is in Windows XP Operating System. Open a command prompt, From the Start menu on your desktop, select run tab, type cmd in the field, and type ping 192.168.1.1 on the screen that appears, and then press...

  • Page 18: Chapter 3. Software Configuration

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Chapter 3. Software Configuration This User Guide recommends using the “Quick Installation Guide” for first-time installation, For advanced users, if you want to know more about this device and make use of its functions adequately, you need to read this chapter and configure advanced settings though the Web-based Utility.

  • Page 19: Quick Setup

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-1 Router Status 3.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Quick Installation Guide...

  • Page 20: Network

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 3.4 Network Figure 3-2 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 3-2): LAN, WAN and MAC Clone. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below.
  • Page 21 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide are not sure which connection type you use currently, please contact your ISP to obtain the correct information. If you choose Dynamic IP, the router will automatically get IP parameters from your ISP. You can see the page as follows (Figure 3-4): Figure 3-4 WAN –...
  • Page 22 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide If you choose Static IP, you should have fixed IP Parameters specified by your ISP. The Static IP settings page will appear, shown in Figure 3-5: Figure 3-5 WAN - Static IP You should type the following parameters into the spaces provided: IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.
  • Page 23 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-6 WAN - PPPoE User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time).
  • Page 24 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Caution:Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max Idle Time, since some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background. Click the Connect button to connect immediately. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately.
  • Page 25 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-8 802.1X + Dynamic IP Settings User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP Password - Enter the password for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP. Click Login to start 802.1X authentication.
  • Page 26 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-9 802.1X + Static IP Settings User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP Password - Enter the password for 802.1X authentication provided by your ISP. Click Login to start 802.1X authentication.
  • Page 27 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-10 Big Pond Settings User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. Auth Server - Enter the authenticating server IP address or host name.
  • Page 28 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option, click the radio button. If you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter "0" in the Max Idle Time field.
  • Page 29 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide connection after a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time). If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand enables the router to automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again.
  • Page 30 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-12 PPTP Settings User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. Dynamic IP/ Static IP – Choose either as you are given by your ISP and enter the ISP’s IP address or the domain name.

  • Page 31: Mac Clone

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Caution: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max Idle Time, since some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background. Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this option, click the radio button.

  • Page 32: Wireless

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 3.5 Wireless Figure 3-14 Wireless menu There are three submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 3-14): Wireless Settings, MAC Filtering and Wireless Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.
  • Page 33 SSID - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same name (SSID) must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network. The default SSID is TP-LINK, but it is recommended strongly that you change your networks name (SSID) to a different value. This value is case-sensitive.
  • Page 34 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide The APs can communicate with each other in Bridge mode unless they know each other’s MAC address. For example, if the router whose MAC address is 00-13-56-A8-9E-1A wants to communicate with an AP whose MAC address is 00-13-56-A8-9E-1B in Bridge mode, you should do as following: Select Enable Bridges and input 00-13-56-A8-9E-1B as following screen shown.
  • Page 35 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide WEP Key settings - Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching WEP key information for your network in the selected key radio button. These values must be identical on all wireless stations in your network.

  • Page 36: Mac Filtering

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Radius Port - Enter the port number that the radius service used. Radius Password - Enter the password for the Radius Server. Be sure to click the Save button to save your settings on this page.
  • Page 37 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-20 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions: Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC...

  • Page 38: Wireless Statistics

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide by following these steps: 1. Click the Enable button to enable this function. 2. Select the radio button: Deny the stations not specified by any enabled entries in the list to access for Filtering Rules.

  • Page 39: Dhcp

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Current Status - The connected wireless station's running status, one of STA-AUTH / STA-ASSOC / AP-UP / WPA / WPA-PSK /WPA2/WPA2-PSK/None Received Packets - Packets received by the station Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station You cannot change any of the values on this page.

  • Page 40: Dhcp Clients List

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide have another DHCP server within your network or else you must manually configure the computer. Start IP Address - This field specifies the first of the addresses in the IP address pool. 192.168.1.100 is the default start address.

  • Page 41: Address Reservation

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 3.6.3 Address Reservation When you specify a reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always receive the same IP address each time when it accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to servers that require permanent IP settings.

  • Page 42: Forwarding

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 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 the previous Note: The function won't take effect until the router reboots.

  • Page 43: Port Triggering

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Service Port list does not have the service that you want to use, type the number of the service port or service port range in the Service Port box. Type the IP Address of the computer in the Server IP Address box.
  • Page 44 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-30 Port Triggering Once configured, operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connection using a destination port number defined in the Trigger Port field. 2. The router records this connection, opens the incoming port or ports associated with this entry in the Port Triggering table, and associates them with the local host.

  • Page 45: Dmz

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-31 Add or Modify a Triggering Entry There are many popular applications in the Popular Application list. You can select it, and the application will fill in the Trigger Port, incoming Ports Range boxes and select the Enable checkbox.

  • Page 46: Upnp

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-32 DMZ To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server: Click the Enable radio button Enter the local host IP Address in the DMZ Host IP Address field Note: After you set the DMZ host, the firewall related to the host will not work.

  • Page 47: Security

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 3.8 Security Figure 3-34 The Security menu There are six submenus under the Security menu (shown in Figure 3-34): Firewall, IP Address Filtering, Domain Filtering, MAC Filtering, Remote Management and Advanced Security. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below.

  • Page 48: Ip Address Filtering

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Enable MAC Filtering - set MAC Address Filtering is enabled or disabled. You can select the default filtering rules of MAC Address Filtering, either Allow or Deny accessing the router. 3.8.2 IP Address Filtering The IP address Filtering feature allows you to control Internet Access by specific users on your LAN based on their IP addresses.

  • Page 49: Domain Filtering

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide open, which means all LAN IP Addresses have been put into the field. LAN Port - Enter a LAN Port or a range of LAN ports in the field. For example, 1030 - 2000.
  • Page 50 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-38 Domain Filtering Before adding a Domain Filtering entry, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and Enable Domain Filtering have been selected on the Firewall page. To Add a Domain filtering entry, click the Add New…...

  • Page 51: Mac Filtering

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Click the Delete All button to delete all entries Click the Next button to go to the next page and the Previous button to return to the previous page. For example: if you want to block the PC(s) on your LAN to access websites www.xxyy.com.cn, www.aabbcc.com and websites with .net in the end on the Internet while no limit for other...

  • Page 52: Remote Management

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions: Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX hexadecimal digit). example: 00-0E-AE-B0-00-0B. Type the description of the PC in the Description field. Fox example: John’s PC.

  • Page 53: Advanced Security

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Web Management Port - Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80. This router’s default remote management Web port number is For greater security, you can change the remote management Web interface to a custom port by entering that number in this box provided.
  • Page 54 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 60 seconds in the pull-down list. The Packets Statistic interval value indicates the time section of the packets statistic. The result of the statistic used for analysis by SYN Flood, UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood.

  • Page 55: Ip & Mac Binding Setting

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide will regain the capability to access Internet. Click the Return button to return to the Advanced Security page. 3.9 IP & MAC Binding Setting Figure 3-45 the IP & MAC Binding menu There are two submenus under the IP &MAC Binding menu (shown in Figure 3-45): Binding Setting and ARP List.
  • Page 56 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-47 IP & MAC Binding Setting (Add & Modify) To add IP & MAC Binding entries: Click the Add New.. button. Enter the MAC Address and IP Address. Select the Bind checkbox. Click the Save button to save it.

  • Page 57: Arp List

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 3.9.2 ARP List To manage the computer, you could observe the computers in the LAN by checking the relationship of MAC address and IP address on the ARP list, and you could configure the items on the ARP list also.
  • Page 58 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-50 Static Routing To add static routing entries: Click the Add New button. (pop-up Figure 3-51) Enter the following data: Destination IP Address - The Destination IP Address is the address of the network or host that you want to assign to a static route.

  • Page 59: Ddns

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 3.11 DDNS The router offers a Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) feature. DDNS lets you assign a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP Address. It is useful when you are hosting your own website, FTP server, or other server behind the router.

  • Page 60: Comexe.cn Ddns

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-53 Oray.net DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Type the User Name for your DDNS account. Type the Password for your DDNS account. Click the Login button to login the DDNS service.

  • Page 61: System Tools

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-54 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Type the domain names your dynamic DNS service provider gave. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. Type the Password for your DDNS account.

  • Page 62: Time

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide explanations for each submenu are provided below. 3.12.1 Time You can set time manually or get GMT from the Internet for the router on this page (shown in Figure 3-56): Figure 3-56 Time settings Time Zone - Select your local time zone from this pull down list.

  • Page 63: Firmware

    Figure 3-57 Firmware Upgrade New firmware is posted at www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. If the router is not experiencing difficulties, there is no need to upgrade firmware, unless the new firmware supports a new feature you need.

  • Page 64: Backup And Restore

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-58 Restore Factory Default Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their default values. The default User Name: admin The default Password: admin The default IP Address: 192.168.1.1 The default Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Note: Any settings you have saved will be lost when the default settings are restored.

  • Page 65: Password

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Figure 3-60 Reboot the router Click the Reboot button to reboot the router. Some settings of the router will take effect only after rebooting, which include: Change LAN IP Address. (System will reboot automatically) MAC Clone (system will reboot automatically) DHCP service function.

  • Page 66: Log

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide 3.12.7 Log This page (shown in Figure 3-62) allows you to query the logs of the router. Figure 3-62 System Log The router can keep logs of all traffic. You can query the logs to find what happened to the router.
  • Page 67 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide ineffective. Packets Statistics Interval - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the pull-down list. The Packets Statistic interval indicates the time section of the packets statistic.

  • Page 68: Appendix A: Glossary

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix A: Glossary Access Point - A device that allows wireless-equipped computers and other devices to communicate with a wired network. Also used to expand the range of a wireless network. Ad-hoc Network - An ad-hoc network is a group of computers, each with a wireless adapter, connected as an independent IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN.

  • Page 69: Appendix B: Specifications

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix B: Specifications General IEEE 802.3,IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g Standards and Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP Safety & Emission FCC、CE LEDs Power, SYS, WLAN, WAN, 1-4 One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port, Four 10/100M...

  • Page 70: Appendix C: Faq

    TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide Appendix C: FAQ How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? First, configure the ADSL Modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL Modem to the WAN port on the router. The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of the ADSL Modem.
  • Page 71 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide register, login to the router and click the "Network" menu link on the left of your browser, and then click "MAC Clone" submenu link. On the "MAC Clone" page, if your PC’s MAC address is proper MAC address, click the "Clone MAC Address" button and your PC’s MAC address will fill in the "WAN MAC Address"...
  • Page 72 TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54M Wireless Router User Guide I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? Because the WEB Server port 80 will interfere with the WEB management port 80 on the router, you must change the WEB management port number to avoid interference.

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