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TP-Link TL-WR841N Router
TP-Link TL-WR841N
Available colors
User rating
38
4.3 out of 5
38 user ratings
5 stars
52 %
4 stars
26 %
3 stars
18 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
2 %
43
4.1 out of 5
43 user ratings
5 stars
34 %
4 stars
41 %
3 stars
20 %
2 stars
2 %
1 stars
0 %
186
3.6 out of 5
186 user ratings
5 stars
34 %
4 stars
14 %
3 stars
32 %
2 stars
15 %
1 stars
3 %

Connectivity

Number of LAN ports444
Number of WAN ports111
USBnonono
Connectivity technology
N/A
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
Communication mode
N/A
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex
Full-Duplex

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Grey
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Grey
  • White
Active cooling (fan)nonono

Dimensions

Width7.05 in7.32 in7.56 in
Height1.46 in1.89 in1.3 in
Depth4.69 in7.87 in5.28 in
Weight0.66 lb1.1 lb1.41 lb
Number of units111
Rack-mount designnonono

Features

Built-in DSL modemnonono
File serverNo
N/A
No
Designed for wall mounting
N/A
N/A
yes
Mobile app for controlling features
N/A
N/A
yes

Communication

Management interface
  • SNMP
  • Telnet
  • Web/network
Web/networkWeb/network
6to4no
N/A
no
Communication protocol
Quality of Service
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
Data link layer
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
Wireless standards
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11d
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11i
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3i
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11i
  • IEEE 802.1x
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3i
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.1x
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
Jumbo frames supportno
N/A
no
Mobile broadband supportnonono
Throughput WAN-LAN100.0 Mbps54.0 Mbps100.0 Mbps
VoIP (SIP)no
N/A
no
Wireless networkyesyesyes
2.4GHz wireless networkyesyesyes
5GHz wireless networknonono
External antennayesyesyes
Detachable antennayesyesno
MIMOnonoyes
Total wireless data transfer rate300.0 Mbps54.0 Mbps300.0 Mbps
Wireless security
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
Frequency band
N/A
2.4 GHz2.4 GHz
Number of antennas
N/A
22
Network / transport Protocol
N/A
N/A
  • TCP/IP
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
Number of simultaneous connections
N/A
N/A
4
2.4GHz data transfer rate
N/A
N/A
300.0 Mbps

Compatibility

DynDNSyesyesyes
Target audience
  • Business
  • Home users
  • Smaller offices
  • Home users
  • Business
  • Home users
Support for alternative firmware
N/A
  • DD-Wrt
  • OpenWrt
  • DD-Wrt
  • OpenWrt
Routing protocol
N/A
N/A
Static IP routing

Security

DMZnoyesyes
VPN clientnoyesno
Number of DMZ ports
N/A
14
Encryption Algorithm
N/A
  • AES
  • TKIP
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • 152-bit WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
VPN protocol
N/A
N/A
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP

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