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TP-Link TL-MR3040 Wireless Router - IEEE 802.11n

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Brand	TP-Link
Special Feature	WPS
Frequency Band Class	Dual-Band
Wireless Communication Standard	802.11bgn
Compatible Devices	Personal Computer
Frequency	2.4 GHz
Recommended Uses For Product	Home
Connectivity Technology	Wi Fi
Color	red
Item Weight	70 Grams

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Tp-link Tl-mr3040 3g/4g Wireless N150 Portable Router, Battery Powered, Ap/wisp/router Mode, Compatible With Selected Att/verizon/sprint/t-mobile Usb Modems - 3.75g - 2.48 Ghz Ism Band - 150 Mbps Wireless Speed - 1 X Broadband Port - Usb - Fast Ethernet External - Rohs Compliance

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tp-link's Tl-mr3040 Is A Truly Mobile Wireless Networking Platform That When Paired With A 3g 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. The Device Is The Ideal Travel Companion, With Pocket-sized Dimensions And Powered By Its Own Powerful Internal 2000mah Battery, Users Can Work Or Play For Hours On End. The Device Is Also Incredibly Easy To Use, Allowing Users To Rapidly Set Up An Internet Connected Wireless Network In As Little Time As It Takes To Plug In Their 3g Usb Router Or Wan Cable And When Finished, Simply Place The Device Back In Their Pockets.

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Product Dimensions

3.94 x 2.44 x 0.63 inches

Item Weight

2.47 ounces

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B00842KJOS

Item model number

TL-MR3040

Batteries

1 Product Specific batteries required.

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3.7 432 ratings

3.7 out of 5 stars

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#3,831 in Computer Routers

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Date First Available

July 3, 2012

Manufacturer

TP-LINK Technologies Co., Ltd

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PaulL

Works great..

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2015

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Works great...easy setup and very long battery life.. (Haven't tested 4G feature)

I bought this to replace my old(Faulty) D-link travel router and I was surprised how this little router outperformed the D-Link straight out of the box.

For the price it is an excellent value for money.

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XOR42

Low cost, multi-talented, portable Wi-fi router and DLSR camera controller.

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2015

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A wondrous low cost small gadget that was designed to be a portable, battery operated Wi-fi hot spot. Coupled with a 3G/4G USB card, it can give a completely mobile hot spot. Even better, when its BIOS is flashed with a special WRT BIOS, it becomes a DLSR camera controller that allows a Nikon or Canon DLSR camera to be wirelessly controlled by an Android (or possibly iOS) camera control app. Considering its very low cost it is a wonderful alternative to the very expensive OEM solutions from Nikon or Canon that can cost $1,000+. I successfully used it to control my Nikon D810 from my Android tablet. Do a web search for "TP-LINK TL-MR3040" and DLSR and you find several articles on how to flash the BIOS for camera control use.

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Adolf Goldberg

Insufficient power output to USB port.

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2017

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Does not supply enough power to the USB port to power a 4G modem. Any 4G modem connected to this router over the USB constantly disconnects due to lack of power. The issue exists regardless of whether or not the router is plugged into a power source.

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UltraDud

The router works as advertised - it's fairly easy to set up

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2017

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The router works as advertised - it's fairly easy to set up, and once set up, works very well. I would - and have ;-) - bought more of them!

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John

Nice modem but...firmware not compatable with usb760

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2012

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I really like the size of this modem, plus it has a battery built in to give about 2-3 hours of use... You can also plug it into A/C, or power it with a usb cable right from your laptop... The problem is with customer support.... These people try, they try hard but don't speak English well enough to communicate over the phone... E-mail is better but they are slow to respond... The problem I had was with setup... I'm using a Verizon (Novatel) usb760 modem and spent hours and hours trying to configure this router... It would identify the modem but would not connect... I tried everything!! Problem solved.... I went back to the tp-link website and downloaded the old firmware and installed it on the router... and now it works like a champ... BTW I did this on my own... tech support was of no help... So, if you buy this and your using a usb760, it ain't gonna work with the firmware installed... It's not a big deal to change it... just saying....

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J. T. Hicks

Bought to add WiFi to my Canon 5DII. Does the job at 10-20% of the cost of the Canon-branded solution.

Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2016

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Bought to add WiFi to my Canon 5DII. Seems to work well but users should expect a 0.5 to 1.0 delay in relaying commands to the camera and receiving images back.

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H. Gleen

Connecting

Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2016

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It connects to my computer and phone with no problems.

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Amazon Customer

NOT "NEW"

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2020

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Item was sold as new. Unit was scratched to hell. Item definitely not "new"

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Rupin Karani

Works with Reliance Pro 3 ZTE AC2791 out of the box

Reviewed in India on January 14, 2015

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This device has many of the important features of a conventional router plus has the advantage of portability and it's form factor is lesser than most routers. It easily fits in your pocket and is about the same size as an iPhone 4/4s

I see a lot of Pros and Cons are already listed in other reviews, so I will keep that part for the end of my review and write the stuff that I think it is more relevant

Things you need to know about the router:

1. It reboots when you connect it to it's charger via the Micro-USB port and reboots when you disconnect charging as well.
What this implies is that you should be prepared for temporary connection loss when you keep it for charge or remove it.

2. It provides good range upto 10 feet and then it's range drops exponentially thereafter.
This implies that it will provide coverage in all corners of a 350 sq ft room if placed in the center. Good enough for most rooms (Hotels/Bedrooms)
Keeping the router at a higher height will provide a marginally better coverage. Walls will reduce it's effective range further; so if you are sitting in a different room than that in which the router is placed, you will get reduced throughput (slower speed) while browsing.

3. It's battery life for 3G/4G connections is about 3-3.5 hours. If you are using it as a WISP client or an Access Point (AP) the battery lasts between 4-4.5 hours

4. The modem can also be configured as Repeater/Client/Bridge in the AP mode.
You can refer to the manual in the accompanying CD on how to do that

5. The back cover is a bit flimsy. If you keep on removing the cover often, chances are it might break.
The reason why you might to open the back cover is when you need to check your Serial number or the initial Wi-Fi password after resetting it. I would suggest you take a photo of the back of the router after removing the back cover and refer to the photo when you need it.

6. If you want to increase the range of this device, you can buy a WiFi Range extender.
One suggestion is that since this device can support a maximum speed of 150 mbps, buy a range extender that supports the same speed. Buying a higher speed range extender won't be of help and will cost you more.

Pros:
All that is listed on the TP-Link Website and on Amazon.com

Points that can be improved upon:
1. Back cover build could have been better
2. Having two LAN ports instead of 1.
3. Higher battery capacity

P.S. For those who haven't been able to configure their ZTE AC2791 on this Router, please refer to my video on Youtube on "How to set-up MR3040 with ZTE AC2791"

Cheers!

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Geoffcw

Nice Design

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 1, 2013

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I bought this mainly for use with a 3G dongle. In that respect it works very well . I get a battery life of around 3 hours streaming (4hrs occasional surfing) in 3G mode.
I tried WISP mode and it worked ok with a laptop but intermittently with a Nexus tablet. I couldn't get repeater mode to work at all. There are some minor issues with charging the battery; I tried a different mains charger with the same spec as the supplied charger and the battery didn't seem to be able to reach full charge; the so-called 'orange' charging led is a sort of mucky green; it would be nice to have a battery state indicator in the bios. Otherwise a satisfactory buy.

4 Star to the product, but Amazon's delivery was completely messed up.

Reviewed in India on November 8, 2014

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First of all, the 3 star is because of Amazon's screw up. The product deserves a 4 star. I asked Amazon to change the delivery address. Called them twice and got confirmation both the times that it will be delivered at the new location but instead, it was delivered at the old address. Great confusion and I had to go to great lengths to receive the product.

Regarding the product, it is a really good product. I bought it because I had an old TATA Docomo 3G E-stick without Wi-Fi hardware built in. Plugges it in, worked like a charm. Will list out the points :

Pros :
1. Easy initial one time setup. Very quick. And after that, you just have to turn the device on and you are good to go.
2. Anytime you plug in a new 3G dongle, just have to set it up once.
2. Compatible with a lot of 3G dongles.
3. Also has an ethernet port. So people having old ADSL modem+router, this is helpful for you too.
4. Elegant look. Light weight.
5. Almost all the configuration features of a good router device (like Belkin etc.) are available on the setup page. You have MAC address filtering also.

Cons :
1. The range of Wi-Fi is decent. If you try to connect from a phone or laptop, you will be able to go up to 10-12 meters since the receptors are strong. But I have a desktop in which I have plugged in a USB Wi-Fi adapter. I have to keep this device just next to it so that it gets full strength. after 2-3 meters, the strength drops significantly and after 5 meters, it doesn't detect the Wi-Fi connection at all. Don't expect a full house range. but yes, it is portable. so that helps.
2. Uses non-standard battery. i am not sure how long will the TP-Link battery last and how do I get a new one. But not worried about it right now.

V P Srinivasan

small unit to create wi fi zone during travel, dependable and works fine ( TP line router)

Reviewed in India on October 4, 2016

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This is my second TP link mini pocket wireless router. Rated 4 stars for the TP Link due to upgrade needed for the firmware. The TP link was connected to my tata photon dongle. The problem was the dongle was not working with this router initially as the firmware was not capable of handling new tata photon plus. Since I live in Bangalore, managed to work with the TP link help line to get the firm ware update link ,and updated the firmware to make the unit work with tata photon dongle. It took two days to make this work ( but the website clearly says the TP link 3040 model works with tata photon plus).

The unit is working fine now, the battery back up is amazing, build quality is good. Except for the firmware update, this unit is a simple plug and play with little programming using the IE to set up the user name, password and pick up the line to dial for the dongle connected. Simple product to create a wi fi zone during travel. Save a lot on hotel internet connections..

Amith Narayanan

Working with Reliance-3 ZTE-2739

Reviewed in India on April 8, 2016

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Thank you Amazon, for your good packing and prompt delivery.
The device is working well with my Reliance 3 ZTE-2739 USB dongle. Configuration was easy once the device firmware was upgraded.

Pros:
*Premium looks and easy to carry in pocket
*Easy to configure
*Uninterrupted connection
*Can be used as a power bank also
*No need to carry separate charger to charge the device while travelling. It works with any of your smartphone micro USB charger.

Cons:
*Battery life maximum 3-4hours only
*Range not that good beyond 1-2 walls
*Back cover is quite flimsy

NB: Update your device firmware before configuring, from TP-link official website, here: [...]

My internet is not getting disconnected while plugging in or removing the charger; as commented by some others here.

Overall I'm satisfied with the device. Friends, if you are planning to buy a portable WiFi router for your 3G-4G USB device, Go for it!

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