Firmware for tp link wr841nd router. Restoring the TP-Link TL-WR841ND v8.1 router


The performance of any router, as well as its performance level and set available to users functions are determined not only by hardware components, but also by the firmware built into the device. To a lesser extent than for other devices, but still the software part of any router requires maintenance and sometimes recovery after failures. Let's look at how to independently update the firmware for the popular TP-Link TL-WR841N model.

Despite the fact that updating or reinstalling the firmware on a router in a normal situation is a simple procedure provided and documented by the manufacturer, it is impossible to guarantee that the processes will run smoothly. Therefore consider:

All manipulations described below are performed by the reader at his own peril and risk. The site administration and the author of the material are not responsible for possible problems with the router that arose during or as a result of following the recommendations below!

Just like positive result Any other work, successful flashing of routers requires some preparation. Read the suggested recommendations, learn how to perform simple manipulations and prepare everything you need. With this approach, updating, reinstalling and restoring the TL-WR841N firmware will not cause problems and will not take much time.

Administrative panel

In the general case (when the router is operational), managing the device’s settings, as well as manipulating its firmware, is carried out through the administrative panel (the so-called admin panel). To access this setup page, you must address bar any web browser, enter the following IP, and then click "Enter" on keyboard:

and then click "Login" ("To come in").

Hardware revisions

The TL-WR841N model is a very successful TP-Link product, judging by the scale of distribution of the solution. Developers are constantly improving the hardware and software components of the device and releasing new versions of the model.

At the time of writing, there are as many as 14 hardware revisions of the TL-WR841N, and knowledge of this parameter is very important when choosing and downloading firmware for a specific device instance. You can find out the revision by looking at the label located on the bottom of the device case.

In addition to the sticker, information about the hardware version is necessarily indicated on the router packaging and displayed on the page "Status" ("State") in the admin panel.

Firmware versions

Since the TL-WR841N from TP-Link is sold all over the world, the firmware built into the product differs not only in versions (release date), but also in localization, which determines what interface language the user will see after logging into the router’s administrative panel. To find out the build number of the firmware installed in the TL-WR841N in currently, you need to go to the router’s web interface, click "Status" ("State") in the menu on the left and look at the value of the item "Firmware Version:".

Both “Russian” and “English” assemblies of the latest firmware versions for almost all revisions of the TL-WR841N are available for download from the manufacturer’s official website (how to download software packages is described below in the article).

Backup settings

As a result of flashing the firmware, the user-defined parameter values ​​of the TL-WR841N may be reset or lost, resulting in the inoperability of the wired and wireless networks, the center of which is the router. In addition, sometimes you need to run forced reset devices to the factory state, as described in the next section of this material.

In any case, having a backup copy of the settings will not be superfluous and will allow you to quickly return access to the Internet through the router in many situations. A backup of TP-Link device parameters is created as follows:


If necessary, restore the settings:


Reset settings

If access to the web interface is blocked due to the previously changed IP address of the router, as well as the login and/or password of the admin panel, resetting the TP-Link TL-WR841N settings to factory values ​​may help. Among other things, returning the router parameters to the “default” state, and then installing the settings “from scratch” without flashing, quite often allows you to eliminate errors that arise during operation.

There are two ways to return the model in question to the “out of the box” state in relation to the integrated software.

If you have access to the web interface:


If access to "admin" absent:


A few tips that you can follow to almost completely protect your router from damage during the firmware process:


Firmware

After the above preparatory manipulations have been completed and their implementation has been mastered, you can proceed to reinstalling (updating) the TP-Link TL-WR841N firmware. The choice of firmware method is dictated by the state of the router software. If the device is functioning normally, use the first instruction, if there is a serious failure in the firmware and do the following "Method 1" not feasible, proceed to software recovery "Method 2".

Method 1: Web Interface

So, almost always updating the router firmware, as well as reinstalling the firmware, is carried out using the functions of the administrative panel.

  1. Boot the PC to disk and prepare the firmware version corresponding to the hardware revision of the router. For this:
    • Go to page technical support models of the official TP-Link website at the link:

    • Select the router hardware revision from the drop-down list.

    • Click "Firmware".

    • Next, scroll down the page until you see a list of the latest firmware assemblies available for the router. Click on the name of the selected firmware, which will begin downloading the archive with it to your computer disk.

    • Once the download is complete, go to the file’s saving directory and unpack the resulting archive. The result should be a folder containing the file "wr841nv.......bin"- this is the firmware that will be installed in the router.

  2. Log in to the router admin panel and open the page "Firmware Upgrade" ("Firmware update") from section "System Tools" (« System Tools» ) in the options menu on the left.

  3. Click the button "Choose File" located next to the point "Firmware File Path:" ("Path to firmware file:"), and specify the path to the downloaded firmware. With the bin file highlighted, click "Open".

  4. To begin installing the firmware, click "Upgrade" ("Update") and confirm the received request.

  5. Next, wait for the process of rewriting the router’s memory to complete, and then reboot the device.

  6. At this point, the reinstallation/update of the TP-Link TL-WR841N firmware is considered complete. Start using your device now running firmware new version.

Method 2: Restoring the official firmware

If, when reinstalling the firmware using the method described above, unexpected failures occurred (for example, the power went out, the patch cord was removed from the PC or router connector, etc.), the router may stop showing signs of operation. In such a situation, firmware recovery is required using specialized software tools and specially prepared firmware packages.

In addition to restoring crashed router software, the instructions below make it possible to return factory firmware after installing unofficial (custom) solutions into the model - OpenWRT, Gargoyle, LEDE, etc., and is also applicable if it is not possible to find out what was installed in the router earlier and as a result the device stopped functioning properly.

  1. As a tool available for use ordinary users, when restoring the TL-WR841N firmware, the TFTPD32(64) utility is used. The numbers in the name of the tool indicate the bit depth of the Windows OS for which this or that version of TFTPD is intended. Download the utility distribution kit for your Windows edition from the official web resource of the developers:

    Install the tool

    and following the installer's instructions.

  2. To restore the software part of the TL-WR841N router, firmware downloaded from the manufacturer’s official website is used, but for this purpose only those assemblies that do not contain the word "boot".

    Selecting the file used for recovery is extremely important point! Overwriting the router's memory with firmware data containing a boot loader as a result of following the steps in the instructions most often leads to the final inoperability of the device!

    To get the “correct” bin file, download from the technical support page all available firmware for the hardware revision of the device being restored, unpack the archives and look for an image that DOES NOT CONTAIN in its name "boot".

    If you cannot find the firmware without a bootloader on the official TP-Link website, use the link below and download ready file to restore your router revision.

    Copy the result to the directory with the TFTPD utility (by default - C:\Program Files\Tftpd32(64)) and rename the bin file to “wr841nv X _tp_recovery.bin", where X- revision number of your router instance.

  3. Configure the network adapter of the PC used for recovery as follows:
    • Open "Network Control Center and shared access» from "Control Panels" Windows.

    • Click on the link "Change adapter settings" located on the right side of the window "Center".

    • Call context menu network adapter, used to connect the router by placing the mouse cursor on its icon and clicking right button manipulator. Select "Properties".

    • In the next window, click on the item "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" and then click the button "Properties".

    • In the options window, move the switch to "Use the following IP address:" and enter these values:

      192.168.0.66 – in the field "IP address:";

      255.255.255.0 — "Subnet mask:".

  4. Temporarily suspend the antivirus and firewall running on the system.
  5. Run the Tftpd utility as Administrator.


  6. Turn off the TL-WR841N by moving the button to the appropriate position "Power" on the device body. Connect any LAN port of the router (yellow) and the connector of the computer’s network adapter with a patch cord.

    Get ready to watch the TL-WR841N's LED indicators. Click "WPS/RESET" on the router and holding this button, turn on the power. As soon as the only indicator, indicated by the image of a lock, lights up ( "QSS"), release "VPS/RESET".

  7. As a result of following the previous steps of the instructions, it should begin automatic copy firmware into the router, do nothing, just wait. The file transfer process is very fast - a progress bar will appear briefly and then disappear.

    The TL-WR841N will eventually reboot automatically, as can be seen from LED indicators, which will start flashing as if regular work devices.

  8. Wait 2-3 minutes and turn off the router by pressing the button "Power" on his body.
  9. Return the settings of the computer’s network card, which were changed by following step 3 of these instructions, to their original state.

  10. Turn on the router, wait for it to load and go to the administrative panel of the device. This completes the firmware recovery, now you can update the software to latest version the first way, which is described above in the article.

The two instructions above describe the main methods of interaction with the software part of the TP-Link TL-WR841N router, which are available for implementation by ordinary users. Of course, flashing the considered model and restoring its functionality in many cases is possible using special technical means(programmer), but such operations can only be performed in service centers and are carried out by experienced specialists, who should be contacted in case of serious failures and malfunctions in the operation of the device.

Today we will talk about the popular TP-LINK WR841ND router, namely its configuration.

All settings of any router can be divided into several stages, namely: connecting the router to personal computer, settings WAN connections, WiFi setup.

The first step is to connect our router via a patch cord (RJ-45 network cable included with the router) to our PC via any port of the router except the WAN port. We connect our connection to the Internet to the WAN port (blue port on the router).

Next, launch any browser and enter the IP address 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 in the address bar, depending on the factory firmware (this is the address of our router) and press enter.

In the window that opens, you need to enter your login and password to access the settings; by default they are admin / admin.

The next step is to configure the router and the connection to the Internet. Select Network - WAN and enter the type of our connection, mainly PPPoE, below we write the login and password that our provider provided us.


For a smaller load, set the IP address to dynamic. And click save.


Go to the Wireless menu item and configure our WiFi. We select Wireless Security in the encryption type, WPA2-PSK is recommended and enter the password in the PSK Password field and click save.


Next, go to System tools and click Reboot, reboot the router. That's all, now you have your own secure connection.

In addition, on this router you can configure traffic control, blocking by IP address, various types of restrictions and much more. Personally, we recommend it for home use. In terms of price/quality ratio it is one of the best.
On back side The router has five connectors: one WAN, into which the cable laid into the premises by the provider is inserted, and four LAN, through which the router is connected using a patch cord to network card computer. connect the router

If you have a working internet connection, do not use it while setting up your router. Otherwise, when creating a new connection, problems may arise that will be difficult to fix.
Should only be active local connection, which must have parameters set in its properties automatic receipt all the data necessary for work.

Router interface

The router settings menu is available at 192.168.0.1. The login credentials are the admin/admin pair.

If password admin does not work, reset the router to factory settings. This can be done using the recessed “Reset” key, which can be found on the back of the device.
After logging into the router interface, it is recommended to change the password so that only you can access the shallow settings. For this:

Go to the "System Tools" tab and open the "Password" section.
Enter old data.Change password
Come up with and write new data in the appropriate fields. Don't forget to confirm your password by writing it a second time.
Click "Save" for the new configuration to take effect.
Now you can proceed to setting up your Internet connection. This is done in the same way as when setting up the Upvel UR 315BN router and other routers.

Creating a new connection

To add a new connection, go to the “Network” tab and open the “WAN” section. On the page that opens, you need to set the parameters of the new connection. This is done in the same way as when setting up a D Link DSL 2640U router. Configure PPPoE

Let's look at the procedure using an example PPPoE connections, which is most popular among providers.

“Connection type” specify “PPPoE”.
Enter the identification data specified in the agreement with the provider.
Check that the secondary connection is disabled.
Click "Save".
Refresh the page - the connection status should be listed as "Connected"

Other types of connections (PPTP, L2TP, Dynamic IP, etc.) are configured in a similar way. The only difference is that for them it is necessary to indicate additional information, which can be viewed in the agreement with the provider. Configure L2TP

Setting up a wireless network

Go to the "Wireless" tab and open the "Settings" section wireless mode" Here you only need to enter the network name (SSID).

Set up Wi-Fi Change other parameters only if it is expressly stated in the agreement with the provider or if the operator has asked you to do so.

Replacing the channel is necessary only if it coincides with the neighboring one. In this case, the network may not work correctly.
To correct this error, you can set the Channel field to anything other than Auto.

Safety

Network security settings are specified on the “Wireless Security” tab, which can be found in the “Wireless Mode” section.Wi-Fi SecuritySame as during setup Wi-fi router ASUS RT-G32, it is better to choose WPA2-PSK as the encryption protocol. On this moment it provides the most reliable protection from network hacking by third parties.

The access code must be specified in the “PSK Password” field. Try to make it really complex, and do not include your personal data in the password - then there is practically no chance that your neighbors will connect to your network.
Click "Save" to apply all specified parameters. At the bottom you will see the following message: Reboot message This is a suggestion to reboot the router so that the new configuration is saved and starts working. Click the “click here” link, and then in the window that appears, click the “Reboot” button. Reboot the router The router will reboot, after which you can leave its interface and go about your business on the Internet using a wireless connection.

Setting up IPTV

If your provider provides you with interactive television services, you will have to configure your router to work with the set-top box.

On the “Network” tab, select the “IPTV” section.
In the “Mode” column, set the “Bridge” parameter. Configure IPTV
Select the port to which the set-top box is connected.
Save the changes and reboot the router. Now interactive television will work on TV and computer if installed special program type IPTV Player.

Hello! Let's flash it now Tp-link router TL-WR841N. These instructions are also suitable for the TL-WR841ND model. We already have instructions on our website. There I told you how to find out the hardware version of the router, download the firmware, and actually flash the router. This is such a general article, and I thought that I would need to prepare a separate article on firmware for the Tp-link TL-WR841N router.

This is a very popular model, one might say folk :) Therefore, I think the article will be useful to many. By the way, I wrote about setting up this router in separate instructions, you can read it. Concerning Tp-link firmware TL-WR841N then everything is just as simple:

  • First, let's find out the hardware version of the router
  • Download the firmware for our model from the official website (TL-WR841N, or TL-WR841ND) and hardware version.
  • Let's connect to the router via cable and update the firmware.

All this will take a few minutes. And updating the software can significantly improve the performance of your router. In new updates, the manufacturer always improves, adds, and refines something. Therefore, after updating the firmware, your Tp-link TL-WR841N can work even better and more stable.

Firmware in Russian for TL-WR841ND

For this model, many people search and ask about the firmware in Russian. I think this question needs to be answered. Below, I will show how to download the firmware from the official Tp-Link website. So, for each hardware version of the router, the website displays several firmware versions. Yes, there are versions in Russian. At the time of writing, Russian firmware for Tp-link TL-WR841ND is only available for V9 and V8 (not the newest). The website indicates what language the firmware is in.

I agree that setting up a router is much easier when the control panel is in Russian. But in English there is nothing false there either. Moreover, almost all instructions for setting up this router are written using the English version of the web interface as an example.

Firmware update for Tp-link TL-WR841N

1 It doesn’t matter whether you have a TL-WR841N or an ND, first of all, we need to know the hardware version of our router. The easiest way is to look at the sticker on the bottom of the router itself. The hardware version will be indicated there. For example, my router has hardware version 7.2. Below, on the sticker it says Ver 7.2.

I have old model, now there is already 11 hardware version. That's it, we know the version of our device. This information will be useful to us when loading the sewing. Since the firmware must be downloaded for our version.

If you have a model TL-WR841N, then follow this link: http://www.tp-linkru.com/download/TL-WR841N.html

If you have TL-WR841ND, then follow this link: http://www.tp-linkru.com/download/TL-WR841ND.html

Selected and scroll down the page. Open the tab Firmware(or, firmware).

Download the first firmware in the list. She's the newest. We save the archive with the firmware to the computer. Save it to your desktop, for example.

Now, open the downloaded archive and extract the firmware file from it.

That's all we have required file. All that remains is to upload it to the router.

3 Attention! At the time of updating the firmware, connect your computer (laptop) to Tp-link TL-WR841N via network cable, which comes with the router. You cannot flash a router via Wi-Fi.

So, we connect via cable and go to settings. Open any browser and type the address in the address bar 192.168.1.1 and we move along it. You will be prompted for your username and password (default admin and admin). If you can’t get into the settings, then look.

In the settings go to the tab System Tools - Firmware Upgrade. Click on the button Choose File, and select in Explorer the firmware file that we downloaded.

Click on the button Upgrade.

We are waiting for the firmware update process to complete.

We don’t touch anything and don’t turn it off. The router will reboot itself and will be ready for use.

This router is in great demand among users. It is valued for its signal reliability, many useful functions and reasonable cost. In order for the device to work with the greatest efficiency, experts advise using the latest firmware for TP-LINK TL-WR841ND.

In order for the router to work without failures, you need to regularly check and install software updates

Advantages of firmware

There are a number of problems that only a firmware update can fix. This:

  • device freezing;
  • incorrect operation (for example, a sudden “break” of Wi-Fi);
  • data is not transferred as quickly as the developer indicates;
  • The VPN connection is not established;
  • DHCP service is not supported when TP-LINK TL-WR841ND is automatically configured.

There are other nuances, and in all these cases, installing new firmware helps.

Firmware search

The device is configured exclusively via its interface. All you need to do is enter 192.168.0.1. At the next stage, it is important to fill in the login/pass fields correctly (admin/admin is suitable for new routers). If you were unable to use these data for authorization, reset the settings by pressing reset for ten seconds.

In the main interface window you can find the “Status” tab, where the device and software version is registered. After studying the name of your model, go to the website of the developer company. Here, in the “Downloads” section, you should select your model and download the file located at the very top of the list (it is usually the newest).

When installing an update file intended for another router, you risk permanently ruining the performance of the TP-LINK TL-WR841ND. In the event of such an error, we recommend that you immediately take the equipment to service center(there is a possibility that experienced specialists will cope even with such troubles).

Need to make sure you've chosen the correct model name? Turn the router over and examine the label located on the bottom. The product version will also be indicated here.

Firmware installation

Improving the operation of the TP-LINK TL-WR841ND is not difficult, everything happens in a few clicks. It’s better to write down your settings right away so that after flashing the firmware you can quickly restore the desired configuration. You can also use alternative options- save the file with the settings (this option is also provided in the interface), or take screenshots. Backup done in the submenu of the same name in the “System tools” section. The config.bin file contains all the necessary settings.

If you managed to get the software for TP-LINK TL-WR841ND from the developer’s website, unzip it on your PC to a convenient place. Before updating the firmware, you should establish a cable connection (never update equipment via Wi-Fi connection). We recommend connecting the router to a UPS so that the update process is not interrupted due to problems with the electrical network.

One more detail - disconnect the provider wire from the router, this may prevent you from setting up the product correctly.

Then click on “Firmware Update” and select a file with a *.bin extension. All you have to do is click on the “Update” button and the firmware procedure will begin.

This article will tell you how to update the firmware of Tp-link TL-WR841N and TL-WR841ND routers. Why do you need to do this? Each new version of the software includes some improvements, additions, and bug fixes. Therefore, installing new firmware can make the router work much more stable.

In the instructions for flashing firmware for Tp-link routers, we have already described general outline, how the hardware version of the router is determined, where to download the firmware and how to properly flash the router.

However, as practice shows, many people are looking for information specifically on the firmware of the Tp-link TL-WR841N router. For this reason, an article was written specifically for this model.

Why do we want to talk about this particular Tp-link router? Because the TL-WR841N is one of the most popular models. Hence, this article will be useful for many. You may also need information about setting up your router. Detailed instructions You can read about the TL-WR841N settings here.

It is very easy to reflash the Tp-link TL-WR841N router, in just 3 steps:

  1. determine what hardware version your router has;
  2. download from the official website new firmware for the corresponding hardware version and device model (TL-WR841N, or TL-WR841ND);
  3. connect the router to the computer using a cable and update software.

This simple operation will not take you much time. And the benefits from it will be obvious, since after downloading the new firmware, your router will work more stable.

Firmware in Russian for TL-WR841ND

Very often, users want to install firmware with a Russian-language interface. Here I would like to dwell on this point. When we look at the process of selecting and downloading firmware from the Tp-Link manufacturer’s website, you will see that for each hardware version of the device, several firmware versions are posted on the website. Some of them have an interface in Russian, some have an interface in English.

The list of files on the site indicates what language the firmware is in. When this article was written, the Russian version of the firmware for Tp-link TL-WR841ND was available only for the far from new hardware versions V9 and V8. Therefore, if you want to download the newest version, it will most likely be in English.

Of course, setting up a router is easier and more convenient when the software is in Russian. It will be much easier for you to understand the control panel, especially if you do not have enough experience. However English version also quite simple. And basically the instructions for setting up the TL-WR841N are written for the English interface.

Firmware update on Tp-link

First of all, determine the hardware version of the device. It does not matter what model you have (TL-WR841N or TL-WR841ND). The easiest way to do this is to turn the router over and carefully examine the label stuck on the case. The place where the hardware version is indicated is circled in a red oval in the figure.

We see what the sticker says Ver 9.2, Therefore, our router has hardware version 9.2. This figure shows an outdated model, since currently Tp-link has already developed the 12th hardware version.

Now we know how to determine the version number of our router. This is very important information, which will definitely be required when downloading the firmware, because each version of the device corresponds to certain software.

Let's move on to downloading the file for the router firmware. Please note: the firmware must match your router model and its hardware version.

To download the software from Tp-link official website:

  • for model TL-WR841N – Let's go to the address: http://www.tp-linkru.com/download/TL-WR841N.html;
  • for model TL-WR841ND– go to the address: http://www.tp-linkru.com/download/TL-WR841ND.html.

When desired page will boot, select the version on it that corresponds to the information printed on the device body. For example, if the label on the case indicated Ver 9.2, then select V9.

After selecting the hardware version, scroll down the page and find the tab at the very bottom Firmware(that is, firmware).

Select this tab and a list of files will appear in the window that opens. The first on the list will be the newest firmware, so you need to download it. To do this, save the selected archive file on the desktop of our computer. You can choose another folder to save the file, as long as it is easy to find later.

Let's open the archive file and extract from it the new firmware for our device.

Finally, we downloaded the required software, then we move on to the main stage - flashing the router.

Attention! You cannot flash firmware when connected via Wi-Fi. Before you start updating the firmware, you need to connect the Tp-link TL-WR841N to your computer (laptop) using the cable that comes with the router.

We launch any browser that is installed on your computer. Enter in the address bar tplinklogin.net or in old firmware 192.168.1.1 and wait for the page to load. You will then be asked to enter your username (admin) and password (admin)

If you were unable to enter setup mode, you need to carefully read this article.

In the settings window, open the tab System Tools select from the list below Firmware Upgrade. After that, click on the button located at the top in the window Choose File. When Explorer opens, find and select our file with the new firmware in the window.

To flash the router to a newer version, in the next window, click Upgrade. On the screen it will look something like this.

Let's wait until the firmware is updated.

After the flashing is completed, you need to reboot the system. After the reboot, you will be able to work with the router.


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