We and our partners use cookies to give you the best online experience, including to personalise advertising and content. Data about your interaction with this site and the ads shown to you may be shared with companies involved in the delivery and/or personalisation of ads on this site and elsewhere online.

Compare 3 products

Close
TP-Link TL-WR740N Router
TP-Link TL-WR740N
Close
TP-Link TL-WR840N Router
TP-Link TL-WR840N
Close
TP-Link TL-WR841N Router
TP-Link TL-WR841N
Available colors
User rating
62
3.7 out of 5
62 user ratings
5 stars
33 %
4 stars
24 %
3 stars
20 %
2 stars
20 %
1 stars
0 %
291
3.5 out of 5
291 user ratings
5 stars
28 %
4 stars
17 %
3 stars
34 %
2 stars
12 %
1 stars
7 %
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
Number of USB 2.0 ports
N/A
2
N/A
Communication mode
N/A
N/A
Full-Duplex

Design

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

Dimensions

Width5.91 in7.17 in7.56 in
Height1.1 in1.38 in1.3 in
Depth3.94 in5.04 in5.28 in
Weight0.82 lb3.64 lb1.41 lb
Number of units111
Rack-mount designno
N/A
no

Features

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

Communication

Management interfaceWeb/networkWeb/networkWeb/network
6to4no
N/A
no
Communication protocol
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
Data link layer
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
Wireless standards
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • 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-LAN150.0 Mbps
N/A
100.0 Mbps
VoIP (SIP)no
N/A
no
Wireless networkyesyesyes
2.4GHz wireless networkyesyesyes
5GHz wireless networknonono
External antennayesnoyes
Detachable antennano
N/A
no
MIMOnoyesyes
Total wireless data transfer rate150.0 Mbps300.0 Mbps300.0 Mbps
Wireless security
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
Frequency band
N/A
2.4 GHz2.4 GHz
Network / transport Protocol
N/A
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • DDNS
  • TCP/IP
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
Number of antennas
N/A
22
Number of simultaneous connections
N/A
N/A
4
2.4GHz data transfer rate
N/A
N/A
300.0 Mbps

Compatibility

DynDNSyesyesyes
Support for alternative firmwareOpenWrt
N/A
  • DD-Wrt
  • OpenWrt
Target audienceHome usersHome users
  • Business
  • Home users
Routing protocol
N/A
Static IP routingStatic IP routing

Security

DMZyesyesyes
VPN protocol
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
VPN clientyesyesno
Encryption Algorithm
N/A
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • 152-bit WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
Number of DMZ ports
N/A
N/A
4

Often compared with TP-Link TL-WR840N

Often compared with TP-Link TL-WR841N