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TL-MR3040

Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G

Wireless N Router

Rev: 2.0.0

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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Rev: 2.0.
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COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS 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. Copyright © 2012 TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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CE Mark Warning This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. Canadian Compliance Statement This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1)This device may not cause interference, and (2)This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.
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Продукт сертифіковано згідно с правилами системи УкрСЕПРО на відповідність вимогам нормативних документів та вимогам, що передбачені чинними законодавчими актами України. Safety Information z z z When product has power button, the power button is one of the way to shut off the product; when there is no power button, the only way to completely shut off power is to disconnect the product or the power adapter from the power source. Don’t disassemble the product, or make repairs yourself.
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TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Model No.
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CONTENTS Package Contents .......................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. Introduction................................................................................................................. 2 1.1 Overview of the router .................................................................................................. 2 1.2 Conventions ...........................................................................
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4.8 4.9 4.7.1 DHCP Settings ............................................................................................... 54 4.7.2 DHCP Clients List ........................................................................................... 55 4.7.3 Address Reservation ...................................................................................... 56 Forwarding ................................................................................................................. 57 4.8.
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4.16.5 Backup & Restore........................................................................................... 95 4.16.6 Reboot ............................................................................................................ 96 4.16.7 Password........................................................................................................ 97 4.16.8 System Log..................................................................................................... 97 4.16.9 Statistics .....
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5.11.2 Host .............................................................................................................. 151 5.11.3 Target............................................................................................................ 153 5.11.4 Schedule....................................................................................................... 155 5.12 Advanced Routing .................................................................................................... 156 5.12.
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6.6.5 6.7 6.8 Wireless Statistics......................................................................................... 201 DHCP ....................................................................................................................... 202 6.7.1 DHCP Settings ............................................................................................. 203 6.7.2 DHCP Clients List ......................................................................................... 204 6.7.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ¾ Power Adapter ¾ Battery ¾ USB Cable ¾ Ethernet cable ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ Resource CD for TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router, including: • This Guide • Other Helpful Information ) Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router. 1.1 Overview of the router TL-MR3040 from TP-LINK is a truly mobile wireless networking platform that when paired with a 3G/4G USB modem, is able to broadcast a wireless signal at up to 150Mbps around a room, creating a mobile office or entertainment network for up to five devices to access the Internet simultaneously.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ¾ Built-in NAT and DHCP server supporting automatic and dynamic IP address IP address distribution ¾ Connects Internet on demand and disconnects from the Internet when idle for PPPoE ¾ Provides 64/128/152-bit WEP encryption security and wireless LAN ACL (Access ControlList) ¾ Supports Flow Statistics ¾ Supports firmware upgrade and Web management 1.4 Panel Layout 1.4.
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TL-MR3040 1.4.2 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router The Rear Panel Figure 1-2 Rear Panel sketch The following parts are located on the rear panel (View from left to right). ¾ Ethernet Port: This port can be LAN or WAN port depending on the working mode. ¾ 3G/4G USB Port: This port is used to plug a 3G/4G modem. ¾ Reset: With the Router powered on, press and hold the Reset button for at least 10 seconds, and then the Router will restore to the default setting.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirements ¾ 3G/4G Mobile Broadband Internet Access Service (With LTE/HSPA+/UMTS/HSPA/EVDO USB dongle) ¾ PCs with a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors ¾ TCP/IP protocol on each PC ¾ Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 , Netscape Navigator 6.0 or above 2.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions of your Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router using Quick Setup Wizard within minutes. 3.1 Three Typical Working Mode 3G/4G Router Mode After inserting the 3G/4G Card/Modem to the Router’s 3G/4G USB port and configuring the Router, the Computers/WiFi Phone/Tablet PC could connect to the Internet.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Travel Router (AP) Mode The Travel Router (AP) Mode includes the following four connection types: Access Point, Repeater, Bridge with AP and Client. ¾ Access Point In this mode, the TL-MR3040 is connected to a wired network and transforms the wired Internet access into wireless so that multiple users can share the Internet. ¾ Repeater TL-MR3040 is used to extend the range of wireless signal of the existing AP or wireless router.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router repeat. To avoid the conflict of DHCP service with front-end devices, the DHCP server is default to be closed in this mode. If you want to log in the management page, please set your computer’s IP address manually. ¾ Bridge with AP TL-MR3040 in Bridge mode is used to extend the range of wireless signal of the existing AP or wireless router. In this mode, the only wired port works as LAN.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router TL-MR3040 is used as a wireless network card to connect the wireless network signal or wireless router. In this mode, the only wired port works as LAN. Computer could connect to the device by either wired or wireless way. To avoid the conflict of DHCP service with front-end devices, the DHCP server is default to be closed on this mode. If you want to log in the management page, please set your computer’s IP address manually. 3.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 3. When Connected appears, you’ve successfully connected to the wireless network. 3.2.2 Router Configuration To access the configuration utility, open a web-browser and type the default address http://192.168.0.1 in the address field of the browser. Figure 3-1 Login the Router After a moment, a login window will appear, similar to the Figure 3-2. Enter admin for the User Name and Password, both in lower case letters.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 3-3 ¾ Operation Mode 3G/4G Only - Only use 3G/4G as the access to the Internet. The Ethernet port is used as LAN port. ¾ 3G/4G Preferred - Use 3G/4G as the primary access, WAN as a backup. The Ethernet port is used as WAN port. ¾ WAN Preferred - Use WAN as the primary access, 3G/4G as a backup. The Ethernet port is used as WAN port. ¾ WAN Only - Only use WAN as the access to the Internet. The Ethernet port is used as WAN port. 2.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router then click Next. 1) Create a unique and easy-to-remember Wireless Network Name. 2) Select WPA-Personal/WPA2-Personal under Wireless Security and enter a password in the field. Figure 3-5 4. Quick Setup – Wireless Click Reboot to make the settings take effect. Figure 3-6 Quick Setup – Finish ) Note: After the rebooting, please reconnect to the network according to 3.2.1Connect to Network.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 3-7 2. Quick Setup Choose your WAN Connection type and click Next to continue. Figure 3-8 ¾ Quick Setup – WAN Connection Type If the connection type is PPPoE, the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-9. Figure 3-9 z Quick Setup – PPPoE User Name and Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case sensitive. If you have difficulty with this process, please contact your ISP.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router If the connection type is Dynamic IP, the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-10. Figure 3-10 z Quick Setup – MAC Clone If you are visiting the router from the main computer, please select Yes, and then click Clone MAC Address. z If you are visiting the router from another computer, rather than the main computer, please select No, and then enter the main computer’s MAC in the field WAN MAC Address.
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TL-MR3040 z Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask is used for the WAN IP address, it is usually 255.255.255.0. 3. z Default Gateway - Enter the gateway IP address into the box if required. z Primary DNS - Enter the DNS Server IP address into the box if required. z Secondary DNS - If your ISP provides another DNS server, enter it into this field. Click Next to continue, the Wireless settings page will appear as shown in Figure 3-12.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ) Note: After the rebooting, please reconnect to the network according to 3.2.1Connect to Network. If Wireless Security is enabled, you need to enter the password you’ve just set to successfully finish the connecting. 3. Travel Router (AP) Mode 1. Switch the mode to Travel Router (AP) Mode. Login the management page again. You can click the Quick Setup menu to quickly configure your router, and then click Next. Figure 3-14 2.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 3-16 z Quick Setup – AP Wireless Network Name (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 set to be TP-LINK_MR3040_xxxxxx (xxxxxx indicates the last unique six characters of each router's MAC address), which can ensure your wireless network security.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 3-17 z Quick Setup – Repeater Name of remote AP (SSID) - Enter the name of a remote AP (also called the SSID) that you want to access. Click the Survey button behind it, you can choose one of searching results to fill in this field. z MAC Address - Enter the MAC address of AP that you want to access. When you use the survey function to fulfill the Name of remote AP (SSID), this field will be filled in automatically.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router If you choose Bridge with AP, the next screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-18. This operation mode bridges the AP and up to 4 APs also in bridge mode to connect two or more wired LANs. Figure 3-18 ¾ Quick Setup – Bridge with AP z Wireless Network Name (SSID) - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. To achieve more information, you can read the same glossary in Access Point part.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 3-19 3. Quick Setup – Client z Wireless Network Name (SSID) - Enter a value of up to 32 characters. Click the Survey button behind it, you can choose one of searching results to fill in this field. z Security Mode – Please refer to the Appendix C: Security Mode. Click Next and you will see the page as shown in Figure 3-20. Click Reboot to reboot the router and make the settings take effect.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Chapter 4. Configuration—3G/4G Router Mode This chapter will show each Web page's key functions and the configuration way on 3G/4G Router Mode. The default mode of the router is 3G/4G Router. 4.1 Login After your successful login, you will see the main menus on the left of the Web-based utility. On the right, there are the corresponding explanations and instructions. The detailed explanations for each Web page’s key function are listed below.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 4-1 Router Status 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Chapter 3: "Quick Installation Guide." 4.4 WPS WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) can help you to quickly and securely connect to a network.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly by function. The WPS function is only available when the Operation Mode is set to Access Point. Select menu “WPS”, you will see the next screen shown in Figure 4-2. Figure 4-2 WPS ¾ WPS Status - To enable or disable the WPS function here. ¾ Current PIN - The current value of the device's PIN is displayed here.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Method One: Step 1: Keep the WPS Status as Enabled and click the Add device button in Figure 4-2, then the following screen will appear. Figure 4-3 Add A New Device Step 2: Choose “Press the button of the new device in two minutes” and click Connect. Step 3: For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose “Push the button on my access point or wireless router” in the configuration utility of the WPS as below, and click Connect.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Method Two: Enter the PIN into my AP Step 1: For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose “Enter the PIN of this device into my access point or wireless router” in the configuration utility of the WPS as below, and click Connect. The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter ) Note: In this example, the default PIN code of this adapter is 16952898 as the above figure shown.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Step 3: Choose “Enter the new device's PIN” and enter the PIN code （take 16952898 for example） of the wireless adapter in the field after PIN as shown in the figure below. Then click Connect. Figure 4-4 Add A New Device Method Three: Enter the PIN from my AP Step 1: Get the Current PIN code of the AP in Figure 4-2 (each AP has its unique PIN code. Here takes the PIN code 12345670 of this AP for example).
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router You will see the following screen when the new device has successfully connected to the network. Figure 4-5 ) Note: 1) The WPS LED on the AP will light green for five minutes if the device has been successfully added to the network. 2) The WPS function cannot be configured if the Wireless function of the AP is disabled. Please make sure the Wireless function is enabled before configuring the WPS. 4.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 4-7 ¾ Internet Access Mode 3G/4G Only In this mode, the router will try 3G/4G access only. WAN access is disabled. ¾ 3G/4G Preferred In this mode, the router will try 3G/4G access first. When 3G/4G access fails, or when no 3G/4G USB modem is inserted, the router would switch to WAN access; when the router succeeds to connect to the 3G/4G network, the router would stop the WAN connection and switch back to 3G/4G access immediately.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router router. If your USB modem inserted is supported by the router, “identified” will be shown in the 3G/4G USB Modem field as shown in Figure 4-8. Otherwise, “Unknown Modem” will be shown instead as shown in Figure 4-9. Please visit our website http://www.tp-link.com to get the latest USB modems compatibility list.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ¾ Location - Please select the location where you're enjoying the 3G/4G card. ¾ Mobile ISP - Please select the ISP (Internet Service Provider) you apply to for 3G/4G service. The router will show the default Dial Number and APN of that ISP. Click the Connect button to connect to your 3G/4G network. Once the connection is successful, you will find the 3G/4G screen is similar to Figure 4-10.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router again. If you wish to activate Connect on Demand, click the radio button. If you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter 0 in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 4-12 3G/4G USB Modem Settings 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 (Access Point Name) provided by your ISP. ¾ Username/Password - Enter the Username and Password provided by your ISP.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Click the Modem Settings button if your 3G/4G USB Modem is not supported by the router, and then you will see the screen as shown in Figure 4-13. Parameters of your USB modem can be configured on this page. Figure 4-13 3G/4G USB Modem Settings There is already much 3G/4G USB modem information embedded in the router. The USB modem parameters will be set automatically if the card is supported by the router.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router WAN settings are unavailable when the Internet Access mode is set to 3G/4G Only mode. Please change settings on 4.5.1 Internet Access if you want to use WAN. 1. If your ISP provides the DHCP service, please choose Dynamic IP type, and the router will automatically get IP parameters from your ISP.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ¾ Host Name - This option specifies the Host Name of the router. ¾ Get IP with Unicast DHCP - A few ISPs' DHCP servers do not support the broadcast applications. If you cannot get the IP Address normally, you can choose this option. (It is rarely required.) 2. If your ISP provides a static or fixed IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway and DNS setting, select Static IP. The Static IP settings page will appear, shown in Figure 4-16.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 4-17 ¾ WAN - PPPoE User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Secondary Connection - It’s available only for PPPoE Connection. If your ISP provides an extra Connection type such as Dynamic/Static IP to connect to a local area network, then you can check the radio button of Dynamic/Static IP to activate this secondary connection.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Time-based Connecting - The connection will only be established in the period from the start time to the end time (both are in HH:MM format). ) Note: Only when you have configured the system time on System Tools -> Time page, will the Time-based Connecting function can take effect. ¾ Connect Manually - You can click the Connect/ Disconnect button to connect/disconnect immediately.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Detect Online Interval - The router will detect Access Concentrator online at every interval. The default value is “0”. You can input the value between “0”and “120”. The value “0” means no detect. ¾ DNS IP address - If your ISP does not automatically assign DNS addresses to the router during login, please click “Use the following DNS servers” check box and enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation of your ISP’s primary DNS server.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router VIC / TAS / WA / SA / NT - vic.bigpond.net.au QLD - qld.bigpond.net.au ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 4-20 ¾ L2TP Settings User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Dynamic IP/ Static IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP. Click the Connect button to connect immediately. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Connect Manually - You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually. After a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time), the router will disconnect from your Internet connection, and you will not be able to re-establish your connection automatically as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option, click the radio button.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Dynamic IP/ Static IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP and enter the ISP’s IP address or the domain name. If you choose static IP and enter the domain name, you should also enter the DNS assigned by your ISP. And click the Save button. Click the Connect button to connect immediately. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router The router can not detect PPTP/L2TP/BigPond connections with your ISP. If your ISP uses one of these protocols, then you must configure your connection manually. 4.5.4 MAC Clone Choose menu “Network→MAC Clone”, you can configure the MAC address of the WAN on the screen below. Figure 4-22 MAC Address Clone Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter. Changes are rarely needed here.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router MAC Address - The physical address of the router, as seen from the LAN. The value can't be changed. ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address of your router or reset it in dotted-decimal notation (factory default: 192.168.0.1). ¾ Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask. ) 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 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 4-25 ¾ Wireless Settings Wireless Network Name - The same name of Wireless Network Name must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network. Considering your wireless network security, the default Wireless Network Name is set to be TP-LINK_MR3040_XXXXXX (XXXXXX indicates the last six unique numbers of each router’s MAC address). This value is case-sensitive. For example, TEST is NOT the same as test.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 11bgn mixed - Select if you are using a mix of 802.11b, 11g, and 11n wireless clients. Select the desired wireless mode. When 802.11g mode is selected, only 802.11g wireless stations can connect to the router. When 802.11n mode is selected, only 802.11n wireless stations can connect to the AP. It is strongly recommended that you set the Mode to 802.11b&g&n, and all of 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n wireless stations can connect to the router.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router • Auth Type - This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP(ASCII) or WEP(HEX).It indicates the authorization type of the Root AP. • Password - If the AP your router is going to connect needs password, you need to fill the password in this blank. 4.6.2 Wireless Security Choose menu “Wireless→Wireless Security”, you can configure the security settings of your wireless network.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router or WPA2-PSK (Pre-shared key of WPA) automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. • Encryption - When WPA-PSK or WPA is set as the Authentication Type, you can select either Automatic, or TKIP or AES as Encryption. ) Note: If you check the WPA/WPA2 – Personal (Recommended) radio button and choose TKIP encryption, you will find a notice in red as shown in Figure 4-27.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router • Radius Server IP - Enter the IP address of the Radius Server. • Radius Port - Enter the port that radius service used. • Radius Password - Enter the password for the Radius Server. • Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the update. ¾ WEP - It is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ) Note: If you do not set the key, the wireless security function is still disabled even if you have selected Shared Key as Authentication Type. Be sure to click the Save button to save your settings on this page. 4.6.3 Wireless MAC Filtering Choose menu “Wireless → Wireless MAC Filtering”, you can control the wireless access by configuring the Wireless MAC Address Filtering function, shown in Figure 4-30.
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TL-MR3040 Address is Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example: 00-0A-EB-00-07-8A. 2. Enter a simple description of the wireless station in the Description field. For example: Wireless station A. 3. Status - Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status pull-down list. 4. Click the Save button to save this entry. To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify.
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TL-MR3040 4.6.4 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Wireless Advanced Choose menu “Wireless→Wireless Advanced”, you can configure the advanced settings of your wireless network. Figure 4-32 Wireless Advanced ¾ Beacon Interval - Enter a value between 40-1000 milliseconds for Beacon Interval here. The beacons are the packets sent by the router to synchronize a wireless network. Beacon Interval value determines the time interval of the beacons. The default value is 100.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router multicast messages for associated clients, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM Interval value. You can specify the value between 1-255 Beacon Intervals. The default value is 1, which indicates the DTIM Interval is the same as Beacon Interval. ¾ Enable WMM - WMM function can guarantee the packets with high- priority messages being transmitted preferentially. It is strongly recommended enabled.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router If the numbers of connected wireless stations go beyond one page, click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return the previous page. ) Note: This page will be refreshed automatically every 5 seconds. 4.7 DHCP Figure 4-34 The DHCP menu There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 4-34): DHCP Settings, DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router End IP Address - Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to end with when assigning IP addresses. 192.168.0.199 is the default end address. ¾ Address Lease Time - The Address Lease Time is the amount of time a network user will be allowed connection to the router with their current dynamic IP Address. Enter the amount of time in minutes and the user will be "leased" this dynamic IP Address.
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TL-MR3040 4.7.3 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Address Reservation Choose menu “DHCP→Address Reservation”, you can view and add a reserved addresses for clients via the next screen (shown in Figure 4-37).When you specify a reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always receive the same IP address each time when it accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to the servers that require permanent IP settings.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G 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 the previous page. 4.8 Forwarding Figure 4-39 The Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 4-39): Virtual Servers, Port Triggering, DMZ and UPnP.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router specific port number when Service Port is a single one. ¾ IP Address - The IP Address of the PC providing the service application. ¾ Protocol - The protocol used for this application, either TCP, UDP, or All (all protocols supported by the router). ¾ Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled. To setup a virtual server entry: 1. Click the Add New… button. (pop-up Figure 4-41) 2.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return the previous page. ) Note: If you set the service port of the virtual server as 80, you must set the Web management port on System Tools –> Remote Management page to be any other value except 80 such as 8080. Otherwise there will be a conflict to disable the virtual server. 4.8.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ALL (all protocols supported by the router). ¾ Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled. To add a new rule, follow the steps below. 1. Click the Add New… button, the next screen will pop-up as shown in Figure 4-43. 2. Select a common application from the Common Applications drop-down list, then the Trigger Port field and the Incoming Ports field will be automatically filled.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ) Note: 1) When the trigger connection is released, the according opening ports will be closed. 2) Each rule allowed to be used only by one host on LAN synchronously. The trigger connection of other hosts on LAN will be refused. 3) Incoming Port Range cannot overlap each other. 4.8.3 DMZ Choose menu “Forwarding→DMZ”, you can view and configure DMZ host in the screen (shown in Figure 4-44).
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 4-45 ¾ UPnP Setting Current UPnP Status - UPnP can be enabled or disabled by clicking the Enable or Disable button. As allowing this may present a risk to security, this feature is enabled by default. ¾ Current UPnP Settings List - This table displays the current UPnP information.
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TL-MR3040 4.9.1 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Basic Security Choose menu “Security → Basic Security”, you can configure the basic security in the screen as shown in Figure 4-47. Figure 4-47 ¾ Basic Security Firewall - A firewall protects your network from the outside world. Here you can enable or disable the router’s firewall. z SPI Firewall - SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection, also known as dynamic packet filtering) helps to prevent cyber attacks by tracking more state per session.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router customized Network Address Translation (NAT) traversal filters to be plugged into the gateway to support address and port translation for certain application layer "control/data" protocols such as FTP, TFTP, H323, RTSP etc. 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.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Enable ICMP-FLOOD Attack Filtering - Enable or Disable the ICMP-FLOOD Attack Filtering. ¾ ICMP-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600. When the current ICMP-FLOOD Packets number is beyond the set value, the router will startup the blocking function immediately. ¾ Enable UDP-FLOOD Filtering - Enable or Disable the UDP-FLOOD Filtering.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 4-49 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.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 4-50 Remote Management ¾ Web Management Port - Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80. This router's default remote management web port number is 80. For greater security, you can change the remote management web port to a custom port by entering that number in the box provided. Choose a number between 1 and 65534 but do not use the number of any common service port.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 4-51 Parental Control Settings ¾ Parental Control - Check Enable if you want this function to take effect, otherwise check Disable. ¾ MAC Address of Parental PC - In this field, enter the MAC address of the controlling PC, or you can make use of the Copy To Above button below. ¾ MAC Address of Your PC - This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing this router.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 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 4-52 Add or Modify Parental Control Entry For example: If you desire that the child PC with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA can access www.google.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router z Enter “www.google.com” in the Allowed Domain Name field. z Select “Schedule_1” you create just now from the Effective Time drop-down list. z In Status field, select Enable. 4. Click Save to complete the settings. Then you will go back to the Parental Control Settings page and see the following list, as shown in Figure 4-53. Figure 4-53 Parental Control Settings 4.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 4-55 Access Control Rule Management ¾ Enable Internet Access Control - Select the check box to enable the Internet Access Control function, so the Default Filter Policy can take effect. ¾ Rule Name - Here displays the name of the rule and this name is unique. ¾ Host - Here displays the host selected in the corresponding rule. ¾ Target - Here displays the target selected in the corresponding rule.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G 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 4-56. Figure 4-56 Quick Setup – Create a Host Entry ¾ Host Description - In this field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). ¾ Mode - Here are two options, IP Address and MAC Address. You can select either of them from the drop-down list.
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TL-MR3040 Figure 4-57 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Quick Setup – Create an Access Target Entry Target Description - In this field, create a description for the target. Note that this description should be unique (e.g. Target_1). ¾ Mode - Here are two options, IP Address and Domain Name. You can choose either of them from the drop-down list.
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TL-MR3040 Figure 4-58 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Quick Setup – Create an Advanced Schedule Entry Schedule Description - In this field, create a description for the schedule. Note that this description should be unique (e.g. Schedule_1). ¾ Day - Choose Select Days and select the certain day (days), or choose Everyday. ¾ Time - Select "24 hours", or specify the Start Time and Stop Time yourself. ¾ Start Time - Enter the start time in HHMM format (HHMM are 4 numbers).
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Rule - In this field, create a name for the rule. Note that this name should be unique (e.g. Rule_1). ¾ Host - In this field, select a host from the drop-down list for the rule. The default value is the Host Description you set just now. ¾ Target - In this filed, select a target from the drop-down list for the rule. The default value is the Target Description you set just now.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 1. Click the submenu Rule of Access Control in the left to return to the Rule List page. Select Enable Internet Access Control and choose "Allow the packets specified by any enabled access control policy to pass through the Router". 2. We recommend that you click Setup Wizard button to finish all the following settings. 3. Click the submenu Host of Access Control in the left to enter the Host List page.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry. To add a new entry, please follow the steps below. 1. Click the Add New… button. 2. In the Mode field, select IP Address or MAC Address. z If you select IP Address, the screen shown is Figure 4-62. 1) In Host Description field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). 2) In LAN IP Address field, enter the IP address.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 3. In Host Description field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). 4. In MAC Address field, enter 00-11-22-33-44-AA. 5. Click Save to complete the settings. Then you will go back to the Host Settings page and see the following list. 4.11.3 Target Choose menu “Access Control → Target”, you can view and set a Target list in the screen as shown in Figure 4-64. The target list is necessary for the Access Control Rule.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router (www.google.com, www.google.hk) will be blocked or allowed. You can enter 4 domain names. 3. Click the Save button. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries in the table. Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Previous button return to the previous page.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 4. In Domain Name field, enter www.google.com. 5. Click Save to complete the settings. Then you will go back to the Target Settings page and see the following list. 4.11.4 Schedule Choose menu “Access Control → Schedule”, you can view and set a Schedule list in the next screen as shown in Figure 4-67. The Schedule list is necessary for the Access Control Rule.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 4-68 Advanced Schedule Settings For example: If you desire to restrict the internet activities of host with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA to access www.google.com only from 18:00 to 20:00 on Saturday and Sunday, you should first follow the settings below: 1. Click Add New... button shown in Figure 4-67 to enter the Advanced Schedule Settings page. 2. In Schedule Description field, create a unique description for the schedule (e.g.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 4.12.1 Static Routing List Choose menu “Advanced Routing → Static Routing List”, you can configure the static route in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-70). A static route is a pre-determined path that network information must travel to reach a specific host or network. Figure 4-70 Static Routing To add static routing entries: 1. Click Add New… shown in Figure 4-70, you will see the following screen. Figure 4-71 2.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Other configurations for the entries: Click the Delete button to delete the entry. Click the Enable All button to enable all the entries. Click the Disable All button to disable all the entries. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries. Click the Previous button to view the information in the previous screen, click the Next button to view the information in the next screen. 4.12.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router There are two submenus under the Bandwidth Control menu as shown in Figure 4-73: Control Settings and Rules List. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.13.1 Control Settings Choose menu “Bandwidth Control → Control Settings”, you can configure the Egress Bandwidth and Ingress Bandwidth in the next screen.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Ingress bandwidth - This field displays the max and mix download bandwidth through the WAN port. The default is 0. ¾ Enable - This displays the status of the rule. ¾ Modify - Click Modify to edit the rule. Click Delete to delete the rule. To add a Bandwidth Control rule, follow the steps below. Step 1: Click Add New… shown in Figure 4-75, you will see a new screen shown in Figure 4-76.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 4-78 Binding Settings ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN. ¾ IP Address - The assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN. ¾ Bind - Check this option to enable ARP binding for a specific device. ¾ Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry.
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TL-MR3040 3. Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Click the Find button in the page as shown in Figure 4-80. Figure 4-80 Find IP & MAC Binding Entry Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. 4.14.2 ARP List To manage the computer, you could observe the computers in the LAN by checking the relationship of MAC address and IP address on the ARP list, and you could configure the items on the ARP list also.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Click the Load All button to load all items to the IP & MAC Binding list. Click the Refresh button to refresh all items. ) Note: An item could not be loaded to the IP & MAC Binding list if the IP address of the item has been loaded before. Error warning will prompt as well. Likewise, "Load All" only loads the items without interference to the IP & MAC Binding list. 4.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 2. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. 3. Type the Password for your DDNS account. 4. Click the Login button to log in to the DDNS service. Connection Status -The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Click Logout to log out of the DDNS service. 4.15.2 Dyndns.org DDNS If the dynamic DNS Service Provider you select is www.dyndns.org, the page will appear as shown in Figure 4-83. Figure 4-83 Dyndns.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 4-84 No-ip.com DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. 2. Type the Password for your DDNS account. 3. Type the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider. 4. Click the Login button to log in the DDNS service. Connection Status - The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Click Logout to log out the DDNS service. 4.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Password, System Log and Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.16.1 Time Settings Choose menu “System Tools→Time Settings”, and then you can configure the time on the following screen. Figure 4-86 Time Settings ¾ Time Zone - Select your local time zone from this pull down list.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router To set time manually: 1. Select your local time zone. 2. Enter the Date in Month/Day/Year format. 3. Enter the Time in Hour/Minute/Second format. 4. Click Save. To set time automatically: 1. Select your local time zone. 2. Enter the address or domain of the NTP Server I or NTP Server II. 3. Click the Get GMT button to get system time from Internet if you have connected to the Internet. To set Daylight Saving: 1.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 4-88 ¾ Diagnostic Tools Diagnostic Tool - Check the radio button to select one diagnostic too. z Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name resolution to a given host or gateway. z Traceroute - This diagnostic tool tests the performance of a connection. ) Note: You can use ping/traceroute to test both numeric IP address or domain name.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Click Start to check the connectivity of the Internet. The Diagnostic Results page displays the result of diagnosis. If the result is similar to the following screen, the connectivity of the Internet is fine. Figure 4-89 Diagnostic Results ) Note: Only one user can use this tool at one time. Options “Number of Pings”, “Ping Size” and “Ping Timeout” are used for Ping function. Option “Tracert Hops” are used for Tracert function. 4.16.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ) Note: 2) New firmware versions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. There is no need to upgrade the firmware unless the new firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experiencing problems caused by the router rather than the configuration, you can try to upgrade the firmware.
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TL-MR3040 Figure 4-92 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Backup & Restore Configuration Click the Backup button to save all configuration settings as a backup file in your local computer. ¾ To upgrade the router's configuration, follow these instructions. • Click the Browse… button to locate the update file for the router, or enter the exact path to the Setting file in the text box. • Click the Restore button.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 4.16.7 Password Choose menu “System Tools → Password”, you can change the factory default user name and password of the router in the next screen as shown in Figure 4-94. Figure 4-94 Password It is strongly recommended that you should change the factory default user name and password of the router, because all users who try to access the router's Web-based utility or Quick Setup will be prompted for the router's default user name and password.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 4-95 System Log ¾ Log Type - By selecting the log type, only logs of this type will be shown. ¾ Log Level - By selecting the log level, only logs of this level will be shown. ¾ Refresh - Refresh the page to show the latest log list. ¾ Save Log - Click to save all the logs in a txt file. ¾ Clear Log - All the logs will be deleted from the router permanently, not just from the page.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Packets Statistics Interval （5-60） - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the pull-down list. The Packets Statistic interval indicates the time section of the packets statistic. ¾ Sorted Rules - Choose how displayed statistics are sorted. Select the Auto-refresh checkbox to refresh automatically. Click the Refresh button to refresh immediately. Click Reset All to reset the values of all the entries to zero.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Chapter 5. Configuration—WISP Mode This chapter will show each Web page's key functions and the configuration way on WISP Mode. 5.1 Login After your successful login, you will see the main menus on the left of the Web-based utility. On the right, there are the corresponding explanations and instructions. The detailed explanations for each Web page’s key function are listed below. 5.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-1 Router Status 5.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Chapter 3: "Quick Installation Guide." 5.4 WPS WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) can help you to quickly and securely connect to a network. This section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly by function.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router The WPS function is only available when the Operation Mode is set to Access Point. Select menu “WPS”, you will see the next screen shown in Figure 5-2. Figure 5-2 WPS ¾ WPS Status - To enable or disable the WPS function here. ¾ Current PIN - The current value of the device's PIN is displayed here. The default PIN of the device can be found in the label or User Guide. ¾ Restore PIN - Restore the PIN of the device to its default.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Method One: Step 5: Keep the WPS Status as Enabled and click the Add device button in Figure 5-2, then the following screen will appear. Figure 5-3 Add A New Device Step 6: Choose “Press the button of the new device in two minutes” and click Connect. Step 7: For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose “Push the button on my access point or wireless router” in the configuration utility of the WPS as below, and click Connect.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Method Two: Enter the PIN into my AP Step 1: For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose “Enter the PIN of this device into my access point or wireless router” in the configuration utility of the WPS as below, and click Connect. The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter ) Note: In this example, the default PIN code of this adapter is 16952898 as the above figure shown.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Step 3: Choose “Enter the new device's PIN” and enter the PIN code （take 16952898 for example） of the wireless adapter in the field after PIN as shown in the figure below. Then click Connect. Figure 5-4 Add A New Device Method Three: Enter the PIN from my AP Step 1: Get the Current PIN code of the AP in Figure 5-2 (each AP has its unique PIN code. Here takes the PIN code 12345670 of this AP for example).
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router You will see the following screen when the new device has successfully connected to the network. Figure 5-5 ) Note: 1) The WPS function cannot be configured if the Wireless function of the AP is disabled. Please make sure the Wireless function is enabled before configuring the WPS.The WPS LED on the AP will light green for five minutes if the device has been successfully added to the network.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-7 WAN - Dynamic IP This page displays the WAN IP parameters assigned dynamically by your ISP, including IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, etc. Click the Renew button to renew the IP parameters from your ISP. Click the Release button to release the IP parameters. ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-8 WAN - Static IP ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP. ¾ Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet Mask provided by your ISP in dotted-decimal notation. Usually, the Sub Mask is 255.255.255.0. ¾ Default Gateway - (Optional) Enter the gateway IP address provided by your ISP in dotted-decimal notation.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-9 ¾ WAN - PPPoE User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Confirm Password - Re-enter the Password provided by your ISP to ensure the Password you entered is correct. ¾ Secondary Connection - It’s available only for PPPoE Connection.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Connect Automatically - The connection can be re-established automatically when it was down. ¾ Time-based Connecting - The connection will only be established in the period from the start time to the end time (both are in HH:MM format). ) Note: Only when you have configured the system time on System Tools -> Time page, will the Time-based Connecting function can take effect.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ISP Specified IP Address - If your ISP does not automatically assign IP addresses to the router during login, please click “Use IP address specified by ISP” check box and enter the IP address provided by your ISP in dotted-decimal notation. ¾ Detect Online Interval - The router will detect Access Concentrator online at every interval. The default value is “0”. You can input the value between “0”and “120”. The value “0” means no detect.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Auth Domain - Type in the domain suffix server name based on your location. e.g. NSW / ACT - nsw.bigpond.net.au VIC / TAS / WA / SA / NT - vic.bigpond.net.au QLD - qld.bigpond.net.au ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-12 WAN –L2TP ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Dynamic IP/ Static IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP. Click the Connect button to connect immediately. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates. ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this option, click the radio button. ¾ Connect Manually - You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-13 ¾ WAN –PPTP User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Dynamic IP/ Static IP - Choose either as you are given by your ISP and enter the ISP’s IP address or the domain name. If you choose static IP and enter the domain name, you should also enter the DNS assigned by your ISP. And click the Save button. Click the Connect button to connect immediately.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect from your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time). If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand enables the router to automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. If you wish to activate Connect on Demand, click the radio button.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-14 MAC Address Clone Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter. Changes are rarely needed here. ¾ WAN MAC Address - This field displays the current MAC address of the WAN port. If your ISP requires you to register the MAC address, please enter the correct MAC address into this field in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format(X is any hexadecimal digit).
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask. ) Note: 1) The WPS function cannot be configured if the Wireless function of the AP is disabled. Please make sure the Wireless function is enabled before configuring the WPS.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 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-17 Wireless Settings - WISP ¾ SSID - The SSID of the AP your router is going to connect to as a client. You can also use the search function to select the SSID to join. ¾ BSSID - The BSSID of the AP your router is going to connect to as a client. You can also use the search function to select the BSSID to join. ¾ Survey - Click this button, you can survey the AP which runs in the current channel.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Enable SSID Broadcast - If you select the Enable SSID Broadcast checkbox, the wireless router will broadcast its name (SSID) on the air. ¾ Disable Local Wireless Access - If you select the Disable Local Wireless Access checkbox, the wireless router will disable local wireless access; other stations will not be able to access the router by wireless.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-19 ) 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 WPS function cannot be configured if the Wireless function of the AP is disabled. Please make sure the Wireless function is enabled before configuring the WPS.
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TL-MR3040 5.6.2 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Wireless Security Choose menu “Wireless→ Wireless Security”, and then you can configure the security settings of your wireless network. There are five wireless security modes supported by the router: WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access), WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2), WPA2-PSK (Pre-Shared Key), WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Key).
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ) Note: If you check the WPA/WPA2 – Personal (Recommended) radio button and choose TKIP encryption, you will find a notice in red as shown in Figure 5-21. Figure 5-21 • PSK Password - You can enter ASCII characters between 8 and 63 characters or 8 to 64 Hexadecimal characters. • Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the update.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router • Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the update. ¾ WEP - It is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard. If you select this check box, you will find a notice in red as show in Figure 5-23. Figure 5-23 • Type - you can choose the type for the WEP security on the pull-down list.
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TL-MR3040 5.6.3 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Wireless MAC Filtering Choose menu “Wireless→MAC Filtering”, and then you can control the wireless access by configuring the Wireless MAC Address Filtering function, shown in Figure 5-24. Figure 5-24 Wireless MAC address Filtering To filter wireless users by MAC Address, click Enable. The default setting is Disable. ¾ MAC Address - The wireless station's MAC address that you want to filter.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 3. Status - Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status drop-down list. 4. Click the Save button to save this entry. To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the Delete. 2. Modify the information. 3. Click the Save button. Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled. Click the Disabled All button to make all entries disabled.
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TL-MR3040 5.6.4 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Wireless Advanced Choose menu “Wireless→Wireless Advanced”, and then you can configure the advanced settings of your wireless network. Figure 5-26 Wireless Advanced ¾ Beacon Interval - Enter a value between 40-1000 milliseconds for Beacon Interval here. The beacons are the packets sent by the router to synchronize a wireless network. Beacon Interval value determines the time interval of the beacons. The default value is 100.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Enable WMM - WMM function can guarantee the packets with high- priority messages being transmitted preferentially. It is strongly recommended enabled. ¾ Enable Short GI - This function is recommended for it will increase the data capacity by reducing the guard interval time. ¾ Enabled AP Isolation - This function can isolate wireless stations on your network from each other.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 5.7 DHCP Figure 5-28 The DHCP menu There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 5-28): DHCP Settings, DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 5.7.1 DHCP Settings Choose menu “DHCP→DHCP Settings”, and then you can configure the DHCP Server on the page (shown in Figure 5-29).
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router time is up, the user will be automatically assigned a new dynamic IP address. The range of the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes. The default value is 120 minutes. ¾ Default Gateway - (Optional) Suggest to input the IP address of the LAN port of the router, default value is 192.168.0.1. ¾ Default Domain - (Optional) Input the domain name of your network. ¾ Primary DNS - (Optional) Input the DNS IP address provided by your ISP. Or consult your ISP.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router it accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to the servers that require permanent IP settings. Figure 5-31 Address Reservation ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve IP address. ¾ Assigned IP Address - The IP address of the router reserved. ¾ Status - The status of this entry, either Enabled or Disabled. To Reserve IP addresses: 1. Click the Add New … button.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 5.8 Forwarding Figure 5-33 The Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 5-33): Virtual Servers, Port Triggering, DMZ and UPnP. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 5.8.1 Virtual Servers Choose menu “Forwarding→Virtual Servers”, and then you can view and add virtual servers in the next screen (shown in Figure 5-34).
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ¾ Common Service Port - Some common services already exist in the drop-down list. ¾ Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry. To setup a virtual server entry: 1. Click the Add New... button. (pop-up Figure 5-35) 2. Select the service you want to use from the Common Service Port list.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ) Note: If you set the service port of the virtual server as 80, you must set the Web management port on System Tools –> Remote Management page to be any other value except 80 such as 8080. Otherwise there will be a conflict to disable the virtual server. 5.8.2 Port Triggering Choose menu “Forwarding→Port Triggering”, you can view and add port triggering in the next screen (shown in Figure 5-36).
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TL-MR3040 Figure 5-37 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Add or Modify a Triggering Entry Trigger Port - The port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection using this port will trigger this rule. ¾ Trigger Protocol - The protocol used for Trigger Ports, either TCP, UDP, or All (all protocols supported by the router). ¾ Incoming Port - The port or port range used by the remote system when it responds to the outgoing request.
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TL-MR3040 2. Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router The router records this connection, opens the incoming port or ports associated with this entry in the Port Triggering table, and associates them with the local host. 3. When necessary, the external host will be able to connect to the local host using one of the ports defined in the Incoming Ports field. ) Note: 1) When the trigger connection is released, the corresponding opened ports will be closed.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-39 UPnP Setting ¾ Current UPnP Status - UPnP can be enabled or disabled by clicking the Enable or Disable button. This feature is enabled by default. ¾ Current UPnP Settings List - This table displays the current UPnP information. • App Description - The description about the application which initiates the UPnP request. • External Port - The port which the router opened for the application.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 5.9.1 Basic Security Choose menu “Security → Basic Security”, and then you can configure the basic security in the screen as shown in Figure 5-41. Figure 5-41 Basic Security ¾ Firewall - A firewall protects your network from the outside world. Here you can enable or disable the router’s firewall.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router through the use of cryptographic security services. To allow IPSec tunnels to pass through the router, click Enable. ¾ ALG - It is recommended to enable Application Layer Gateway (ALG) because ALG allows customized Network Address Translation (NAT) traversal filters to be plugged into the gateway to support address and port translation for certain application layer "control/data" protocols such as FTP, TFTP, H323 etc.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Packets Statistics Interval (5~60) - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds from the drop-down list. The Packets Statistics Interval value indicates the time section of the packets statistics. The result of the statistics is used for analysis by SYN Flood, UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood. ¾ DoS Protection - Denial of Service protection. Check the Enable or Disable button to enable or disable the DoS protection function.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-43 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.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-44 Remote Management ¾ Web Management Port - Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80. This router's default remote management web port number is 80. For greater security, you can change the remote management web port to a custom port by entering that number in the box provided. Choose a number between 1 and 65534 but do not use the number of any common service port.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-45 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 5-46.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ¾ Parental Control - Check Enable if you want this function to take effect; otherwise, check Disable. ¾ MAC Address of Parental PC - In this field, enter the MAC address of the controlling PC, or you can make use of the Copy To Above button below. ¾ MAC Address of Your PC - This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing this router.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 2. Click “Access Control → Schedule” on the left to enter the Schedule Settings page. Click Add New... button to create a new schedule with Schedule Description is Schedule_1, Day is Sat and Time is all day-24 hours. 3. Click “Parental Control” menu on the left to go back to the Add or Modify Parental Control Entry page: 4. 1) Click Add New... button. 2) Enter 00-11-22-33-44-AA in the MAC Address of Child PC field.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-49 Access Control Rule Management ¾ Enable Internet Access Control - Select the check box to enable the Internet Access Control function, so the Default Filter Policy can take effect. ¾ Rule Name - Here displays the name of the rule and this name is unique. ¾ Host - Here displays the host selected in the corresponding rule. ¾ Target - Here displays the target selected in the corresponding rule.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G 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 5-50. Figure 5-50 Quick Setup – Create a Host Entry ¾ Host Description - In this field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). ¾ Mode - Here are two options, IP Address and MAC Address. You can select either of them from the drop-down list.
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TL-MR3040 Figure 5-51 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Quick Setup – Create an Access Target Entry Target Description - In this field, create a description for the target. Note that this description should be unique (e.g. Target_1). ¾ Mode - Here are two options, IP Address and Domain Name. You can choose either of them from the drop-down list.
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TL-MR3040 Figure 5-52 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Quick Setup – Create an Advanced Schedule Entry Schedule Description - In this field, create a description for the schedule. Note that this description should be unique (e.g. Schedule_1). ¾ Day - Choose Select Days and select the certain day (days), or choose Everyday. ¾ Time - Select "24 hours", or specify the Start Time and Stop Time yourself. ¾ Start Time - Enter the start time in HHMM format (HHMM are 4 numbers).
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Rule - In this field, create a name for the rule. Note that this name should be unique (e.g. Rule_1). ¾ Host - In this field, select a host from the drop-down list for the rule. The default value is the Host Description you set just now. ¾ Target - In this filed, select a target from the drop-down list for the rule. The default value is the Target Description you set just now.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 1. Click the submenu Rule of Access Control in the left to return to the Rule List page. Select Enable Internet Access Control and choose "Allow the packets specified by any enabled access control policy to pass through the router". 2. We recommend that you click Setup Wizard button to finish all the following settings. 3. Click the submenu Host of Access Control in the left to enter the Host List page.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router To add a new entry, please follow the steps below. 1. Click the Add New… button. 2. In the Mode field, select IP Address or MAC Address. z If you select IP Address, the screen shown is Figure 5-56. 1) In Host Description field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1). 2) In LAN IP Address field, enter the IP address. z If you select MAC Address, the screen shown is Figure 5-57.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 5. Click Save to complete the settings. Then you will go back to the Host Settings page and see the following list. 5.11.3 Target Choose menu “Access Control → Target”, you can view and set a Target list in the screen as shown in Figure 5-58. The target list is necessary for the Access Control Rule. Figure 5-58 Target Settings ¾ Target Description - Here displays the description about the target and this description is unique.
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TL-MR3040 3. Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Click the Save button. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries in the table. Click the Next button to go to the next page, or click the Previous button return to the previous page. Figure 5-59 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry Figure 5-60 Add or Modify an Access Target Entry For example: If you desire to restrict the internet activities of host with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA in the LAN to access www.google.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G 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 5-61. The Schedule list is necessary for the Access Control Rule. Figure 5-61 ¾ Schedule Settings Schedule Description - Here displays the description of the schedule and this description is unique.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-62 Advanced Schedule Settings For example: If you desire to restrict the internet activities of host with MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-AA to access www.google.com only from 18:00 to 20:00 on Saturday and Sunday, you should first follow the settings below: 1. Click Add New... button shown in Figure 5-61 to enter the Advanced Schedule Settings page. 2. In Schedule Description field, create a unique description for the schedule (e.g.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 5.12.1 Static Routing List Choose menu “Advanced Routing → Static Routing List”, and then you can configure the static route in the next screen (shown in Figure 5-64). A static route is a pre-determined path that network information must travel to reach a specific host or network. Figure 5-64 Static Routing To add static routing entries: 1. Click Add New… shown in Figure 5-65, you will see the following screen.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Click the Delete button to delete the entry. Click the Enable All button to enable all the entries. Click the Disable All button to disable all the entries. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries. Click the Previous button to view the information in the previous screen, click the Next button to view the information in the next screen. 5.12.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router There are two submenus under the Bandwidth Control menu as shown in Figure 5-67: Control Settings and Rules List. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 5.13.1 Control Settings Choose menu “Bandwidth Control → Control Settings”, and then you can configure the Egress Bandwidth and Ingress Bandwidth in the next screen.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Ingress bandwidth - This field displays the max and mix download bandwidth through the WAN port, the default is 0. ¾ Enable - This displays the status of the rule. ¾ Modify - Click Modify to edit the rule. Click Delete to delete the rule. To add/modify a Bandwidth Control rule, follow the steps below. 1. Click Add New… shown in Figure 5-69, you will see a new screen shown in Figure 5-70. 2.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-72 Binding Setting ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN. ¾ IP Address - The assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN. ¾ Bind - Check this option to enable ARP binding for a specific device. ¾ Modify - To modify or delete an existing entry.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 1. Click the Find button as shown in Figure 5-72. 2. Enter the MAC Address or IP Address. 3. Click the Find button in the page as shown in Figure 5-74. Figure 5-74 Find IP & MAC Binding Entry Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. 5.14.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Delete - Delete the item. Click the Bind All button to bind all the current items, available after enable. Click the Load All button to load all items to the IP & MAC Binding list. Click the Refresh button to refresh all items. ) Note: An item could not be loaded to the IP & MAC Binding list if the IP address of the item has been loaded before. Error warning will prompt as well.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-76 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the Domain Name your dynamic DNS service provider gave. 2. Enter the User Name for your DDNS account. 3. Enter the Password for your DDNS account. 4. Click the Login button to login the DDNS service. Connection Status -The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Click Logout to log out of the DDNS service.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-77 Dyndns.org DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the User Name for your DDNS account. 2. Enter the Password for your DDNS account. 3. Enter the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider. 4. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS service. Connection Status -The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Click Logout to logout of the DDNS service.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-78 No-ip.com DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the User Name for your DDNS account. 2. Enter the Password for your DDNS account. 3. Enter the Domain Name you received from dynamic DNS service provider. 4. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS service. Connection Status - The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Click Logout to log out the DDNS service.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Choose menu “System Tools”, and you can see the submenus under the main menu: Time Settings, Diagnostic, Firmware Upgrade, Factory Defaults, Backup & Restore, Reboot, Password, System Log and Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 5.16.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router End - The time to end the Daylight Saving. Select the month in the first field, the week in the second field, the day in the third field and the time in the last field. ¾ Daylight Saving Status - Displays the status whether the Daylight Saving is in use. To set time manually: 1. Select your local time zone. 2. Enter the Date in Month/Day/Year format. 3. Enter the Time in Hour/Minute/Second format. 4. Click Save.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-82 ¾ Diagnostic Tools Diagnostic Tool - Check the radio button to select one diagnostic too. z Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name resolution to a given host or gateway. z Traceroute - This diagnostic tool tests the performance of a connection. ) Note: You can use ping/traceroute to test both numeric IP address or domain name.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Click Start to check the connectivity of the Internet. The Diagnostic Results page displays the result of diagnosis. If the result is similar to the following screen, the connectivity of the Internet is fine. Figure 5-83 Diagnostic Results ) Note: Only one user can use this tool at one time. Options “Number of Pings”, “Ping Size” and “Ping Timeout” are used for Ping function. Option “Tracert Hops” are used for Tracert function. 5.16.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ) Note: 1) Each rule can only be used by one host on the LAN at a time. The trigger connection of other hosts on the LAN will be refused. New firmware versions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. There is no need to upgrade the firmware unless the new firmware has a new feature you want to use.
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TL-MR3040 Figure 5-86 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Backup & Restore Configuration Click the Backup button to save all configuration settings as a backup file in your local computer. ¾ To upgrade the router's configuration, follow these instructions. • Click the Browse… button to locate the update file for the router, or enter the exact path to the Setting file in the text box. • Click the Restore button.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 5.16.7 Password Choose menu “System Tools → Password”, you can change the factory default user name and password of the router in the next screen as shown in Figure 4-89. Figure 5-88 Password It is strongly recommended that you should change the factory default user name and password of the router, because all users who try to access the router's Web-based utility or Quick Setup will be prompted for the router's default user name and password.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 5-89 System Log ¾ Log Type - By selecting the log type, only logs of this type will be shown. ¾ Log Level - By selecting the log level, only logs of this level will be shown. ¾ Refresh - Refresh the page to show the latest log list. ¾ Save Log - Click to save all the logs in a txt file. ¾ Clear Log - All the logs will be deleted from the router permanently, not just from the page.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router and 60 seconds in the pull-down list. The Packets Statistic interval indicates the time section of the packets statistic. ¾ Sorted Rules - Choose how displayed statistics are sorted. Select the Auto-refresh checkbox to refresh automatically. Click the Refresh button to refresh immediately. Click Reset All to reset the values of all the entries to zero. Click Delete All to delete all entries in the table.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Chapter 6. Configuration—AP Mode This chapter will show each Web page's key functions and the configuration way on AP Mode. The Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router is easy to configure and manage with the Web-based (Internet Explorer, Netscape® Navigator, Firefox, Safari, Opera or Chrome) management page, which can be launched on any windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a web browser. 6.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 6-1 Device Status 6.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Chapter 3: "Quick Installation Guide." 6.4 WPS WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) can help you to quickly and securely connect to a network. This section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly by function. The WPS function is only available when the Operation Mode is set to Access Point. Select menu “WPS”, you will see the next screen shown in Figure 6-2.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 6-2 WPS ¾ WPS Status - To enable or disable the WPS function here. ¾ Current PIN - The current value of the device's PIN is displayed here. The default PIN of the device can be found in the label or User Guide. ¾ Restore PIN - Restore the PIN of the device to its default. ¾ Gen New PIN - Click this button, and then you can get a new random value for the device's PIN. You can ensure the network security by generating a new PIN.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 6-3 Add A New Device Step 2: Choose “Press the button of the new device in two minutes” and click Connect. Step 3: For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose “Push the button on my access point or wireless router” in the configuration utility of the WPS as below, and click Connect. The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Step 4: Wait for a while until the next screen appears.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Method Two: Enter the PIN into my AP Step 1: For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose “Enter the PIN of this device into my access point or wireless router” in the configuration utility of the WPS as below, and click Connect. The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter ) Note: In this example, the default PIN code of this adapter is 16952898 as the above figure shown.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 6-4 Add A New Device Method Three: Enter the PIN from my AP Step 1: Get the Current PIN code of the AP in Figure 6-2 (each AP has its unique PIN code. Here takes the PIN code 12345670 of this AP for example).
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 6-5 ) Note: 1) The WPS LED on the AP will light green for five minutes if the device has been successfully added to the network. 2) The WPS function cannot be configured if the Wireless function of the AP is disabled. Please make sure the Wireless function is enabled before configuring the WPS. 6.5 Network Figure 6-6 the Network menu There is one submenu under the Network menu (shown in Figure 6-6): LAN.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address of your AP in dotted-decimal notation (factory default setting is 192.168.0.1). ¾ Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask. ¾ Gateway - The gateway should be in the same subnet as your IP address. ) Note: 1) If you change the IP Address, you must use the new IP Address to log in the AP.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 1) Access Point: This mode allows wireless stations to access this device. Figure 6-9 Wireless Settings in Access Point mode ¾ Wireless Network Name (also called SSID) - Identifies your wireless network name. Create a name and make sure all wireless points in the wireless network with the same SSID. The default SSID is TP-LINK_MR3040_XXXXXX (XXXXXX indicates the last unique six characters of each device’s MAC address).
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Channel - Determines the operating frequency to be used. It is not necessary to change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby access point. ¾ Mode - Select the desired wireless mode. The options are: • 11b only - Only 802.11b wireless stations can connect to the device. • 11g only - Only 802.11g wireless stations can connect to the device. • 11n only - Only 802.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 2) Client: This mode allows the device to act as a wireless station to enable wired host(s) to access an AP. Figure 6-10 Wireless Settings in Client mode ¾ SSID - If you select the radio button before SSID, the AP client will connect to the AP according to SSID. Enter the SSID of AP that you want to access. ¾ MAC of AP - If you select the radio button before MAC of AP, the AP client will connect to the AP according MAC address.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ) Note: Limited by local law regulations, version for North America does not have region selection option. ¾ Channel Width - Determines the channel width to be used. It is unnecessary to change the default value unless required. ¾ Enable Wireless Radio - Select or deselect this check box to allow or deny wireless stations to access the device. Click the Survey button to detect the SSIDs in the local area.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Region - Select your region from the pull-down list. This field specifies the region where the wireless function of the device can be used. It may be illegal to use the wireless function of the device in a region other than one of those specified in this field. If your country or region is not listed, please contact your local government agency for assistance.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 4) Bridge with AP: This mode can bridge the AP and up to 4 APs also in bridge mode to connect two or more wired LANs. Figure 6-12 Wireless Settings in Bridge with AP mode ¾ Wireless Network Name (also called SSID) - Identifies your wireless network name. Create a name and make sure all wireless points in the wireless network with the same SSID.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ) Note: Limited by local law regulations, version for North America does not have region selection option. ¾ Channel - Determines the operating frequency to be used. It is not necessary to change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby access point. ¾ Mode - This field determines the wireless mode which the device works on. • 11b only - Only 802.11b wireless stations can connect to the device.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 1) Access Point Figure 6-13 Wireless Security - Access Point ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. ¾ Disable Security - Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security.
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TL-MR3040 • Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value can be either 0 or at least 30. Enter 0 to disable the update. ¾ WPA/WPA2 – Enterprise - Select WPA/WPA2 based on Radius Server. • Version - You can select one of following versions. 1) Automatic - Select WPA or WPA2 automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. 2) WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access. 3) WPA2 - WPA version 2.
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TL-MR3040 3) Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router For 152-bit encryption - You can enter 32 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 16 ASCII characters. ) Note: If you do not set the key, the wireless security function is still disabled even if you have selected Shared Key as Authentication Type. Be sure to click the Save button to save your settings on this page. ) Note: You will be reminded to reboot the device after clicking the Save button.
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TL-MR3040 1) Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Automatic (Recommended) - Select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. • 2) WPA-Personal - Pre-shared key of WPA. 3) WPA2-Personal - Pre-shared key of WPA2. Encryption - When you select WPA-Personal or WPA2-Personal for Authentication Type, you can select either Automatic (Recommended), TKIP or AES as Encryption. • PSK Passphrase - Enter a passphrase here.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ) Note: You will be reminded to reboot the device after clicking the Save button. 3) Repeater Figure 6-15 Wireless Security – Repeater ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. ¾ Disable Security - Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security.
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TL-MR3040 • Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value can be either 0 or at least 30. Enter 0 to disable the update. ¾ WEP - Select 802.11 WEP security. • Type - You can select one of following types. 1) Automatic - Select Shared Key or Open System authentication type automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. • 2) Shared Key - Select 802.11 Shared Key authentication type.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 4) Bridge with AP Figure 6-16 Wireless Security – Bridge with AP ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode. ¾ Disable Security - Check this box radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security. ¾ WEP - Select 802.11 WEP security.
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TL-MR3040 • Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Key Type - You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-bit.) for encryption. "Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid. 1) For 64-bit encryption - You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 5 ASCII characters. 2) For 128-bit encryption - You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 13 ASCII characters.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router To Add a Wireless MAC Address filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The “Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry" page will appear, shown in Figure 6-18 Figure 6-18 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry ¾ MAC Address - Enter the wireless station's MAC address that you want to control. ¾ Description - Give a simple description of the wireless station.
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TL-MR3040 2. Modify the information. 3. Click the Save button. Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled Click the Disabled All button to make all entries disabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries Click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return to the previous page.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 6-19 Wireless Advanced ¾ Beacon Interval - Specifies a value between 20-1000 milliseconds. The beacons are the packets sent by the device to synchronize a wireless network. Beacon Interval value determines the time interval of the beacons. The default value is 100. ¾ RTS Threshold - Specifies the RTS (Request to Send) Threshold.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 6-20 Statistics of the device attached wireless stations ¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 6-21 The DHCP menu 6.7.1 DHCP Settings Selecting “DHCP > DHCP Settings” will enable you to set up the AP as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PCs that are connected to the system on the LAN.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router field blank. ¾ Primary DNS (optional) - Enter the DNS IP address provided by your ISP. Consult your ISP if you don’t know the DNS value. The factory default setting is 0.0.0.0. ¾ Secondary DNS (optional) - Enter the IP address of another DNS server if your ISP provides two DNS servers. The factory default setting is 0.0.0.0. Click Save to save the changes.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router the AP. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to servers that require permanent IP settings. The screen below is used for address reservation (shown in Figure 6-24). Figure 6-24 Address Reservation ¾ MAC Address - Here displays the MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP address. ¾ Reserved IP Address - Here displays the IP address that the AP is reserved.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router a remote host. It’s suggested that you change the default password to a more secure one because it controls access to the device’s web-based management page. Besides, you can find out what happened to the system in System Log. There are ten submenus under the System Tools menu (shown as Figure 6-25): Time Settings, Diagnostic, Firmware Upgrade, Factory Defaults, Backup & Restore, Reboot, Password, System Log and Statistics.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ¾ Time Zone - Select your local time zone from this pull down list. ¾ Date - Enter your local date in MM/DD/YY into the right blanks. ¾ Time - Enter your local time in HH/MM/SS into the right blanks. ¾ NTP Server I / NTP Server II - Enter the address or domain of the NTP Server I or NTP Server II, and then the router will get the time from the NTP Server preferentially.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ) Note: 1) This setting will be used for some time-based functions such as firewall. You must specify your time zone once you login to the router successfully, otherwise, these functions will not take effect. 2) The time will be lost if the router is turned off. 3) The router will automatically obtain GMT from the Internet if it is configured accordingly. 4) The Daylight Saving will take effect one minute after the configurations are completed.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router domain name you are specifying can be resolved by using Domain Name System (DNS) queries. ¾ IP Address/Domain Name - Enter the IP Address or Domain Name of the PC whose connection you wish to diagnose. ¾ Pings Count - Specifies the number of Echo Request messages sent. The default is 4. ¾ Ping Packet Size - Specifies the number of data bytes to be sent. The default is 64. ¾ Ping Timeout - Time to wait for a response, in milliseconds.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ¾ Firmware Version - Displays the current firmware version. ¾ Hardware Version - Displays the current hardware version. The hardware version of the upgrade file must accord with the router’s current hardware version. To upgrade the router's firmware, follow these instructions below: 1. Download a most recent firmware upgrade file from our website (www.tp-link.com). 2.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router ) Note: All changed settings will be lost when defaults are restored. 6.8.5 Backup & Restore Choose menu “System Tools → Backup & Restore”, and then you can save the current configuration of the router as a backup file and restore the configuration via a backup file as shown in Figure 6-32. Figure 6-32 Backup & Restore Configuration ¾ Click the Backup button to save all configuration settings as a backup file in your local computer.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router • Change the Wireless configurations. • Change the Web Management Port. • Upgrade the firmware of the router (system will reboot automatically). • Restore the router's settings to factory defaults (system will reboot automatically). • Update the configuration with the file (system will reboot automatically. 6.8.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure 6-35 System Log ¾ Log Type - By selecting the log type, only logs of this type will be shown. ¾ Log Level - By selecting the log level, only logs of this level will be shown. ¾ Refresh - Refresh the page to show the latest log list. ¾ Save Log - Click to save all the logs in a txt file. ¾ Clear Log - All the logs will be deleted from the router permanently, not just from the page.
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TL-MR3040 ¾ Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Packets Statistics Interval （5-60） - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the drop-down list. The Packets Statistic interval indicates the time section of the packets statistic. ¾ Sorted Rules - Choose how the displayed statistics are sorted. Select the Auto-refresh checkbox to refresh automatically. Click the Refresh button to refresh immediately. Click Reset All to reset the values of all the entries to zero.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) First, configure the ADSL Modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. 2) Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL Modem to the WAN port on the router. The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of the ADSL Modem. 3) Login to the router, click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu.
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TL-MR3040 1) Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Login to the router, click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu. On the WAN page, select “Dynamic IP” for "WAN Connection Type", finish by clicking “Save”. 2) Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter, which is connected to your cable/DSL Modem during installation.
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TL-MR3040 Figure A-5 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry ) Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page. 4) How to enable DMZ Host: Log in to the router, click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click "DMZ" submenu. On the "DMZ" page, click Enable radio button and type your IP address into the “DMZ Host IP Address” field, using 192.168.0.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure A-7 4. Basic Security I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? 1) Because the WEB Server port 80 will interfere with the WEB management port 80 on the router, you must change the WEB management port number to avoid interference. 2) To change the WEB management port number: Log in to the router, click the “Security” menu on the left of your browser, and click "Remote Management" submenu.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router then on the “Add or Modify a Virtual Server” page, enter “80” into the blank next to the “Service Port”, and your IP address next to the “IP Address”, assuming 192.168.0.188 for an example, remember to Enable and Save. Figure A-9 Virtual Servers Figure A-10 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry 5. The wireless stations cannot connect to the router. 1) Make sure the "Wireless Router Radio" is enabled.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows XP. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter’s manual if needed. 1. Install TCP/IP component 1) On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G 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.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure B-3 ¾ Setting IP address manually 1 Select Use the following IP address radio button, and the following items are available. If the router's LAN IP address is 192.168.0.1, type 192.168.0.x (x is from 2 to 254) into the IP address field and 255.255.255.0 into the Subnet mask field. 2 Type the router’s LAN IP address (the default IP is 192.168.0.1) into the Default gateway field.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Figure B-4 Now click OK to keep your settings.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Appendix C: Security Mode ¾ None - The wireless security function can be enabled or disabled. If you select "None", the wireless stations will be able to connect the router without encryption. It is recommended strongly that you choose one of following options to enable security.
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TL-MR3040 z Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value can be either 0 or at least 30. Enter 0 to disable the update. ¾ Use the Previous settings - If you chose this option, wireless security configuration will not change.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.11n、 IEEE 802.11g、IEEE 802.11b、IEEE 802.3、IEEE 802.3u、IEEE 802.3x、IEEE 802.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Appendix D: Glossary ¾ 802.11n - 802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standards by adding MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output). MIMO uses multiple transmitter and receiver antennas to allow for increased data throughput via spatial multiplexing and increased range by exploiting the spatial diversity, perhaps through coding schemes like Alamouti coding. The Enhanced Wireless Consortium (EWC) [3] was formed to help accelerate the IEEE 802.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router identifying a wireless local area network. For the wireless devices in a network to communicate with each other, all devices must be configured with the same SSID. This is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card. It corresponds to the ESSID in the wireless Access Point and to the wireless network name.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router Appendix E: Compatible 3G/4G USB Modem The LTE/HSPA+/UMTS/HSPA/EVDO USB modems we’ve tested in the field are listed below. You can find the latest compatibility list in our website: http://www.tp-link.com.
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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router 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 889 SPRINT U600 TELSEY EVERYWEB HSUPA T-MOBILE USB STICK 120 VENUS VT18 VIRGIN MC760 -230-