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TP LINK TL-WR841N: How to Connect Wi-Fi Router to Home Network with PoE and Twisted Pair Cables?

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  • #1 16225930
    dawid4157
    Level 8  
    Hello,
    I present the diagram of the network I currently have at home:
    TP LINK TL-WR841N: How to Connect Wi-Fi Router to Home Network with PoE and Twisted Pair Cables?
    (source: https://http2.mlstatic.com/antena-wifi-exteri...1-D_NQ_NP_338411-MLA20553330033_012016-F.jpg)
    I would like to connect a Wi-Fi router to this. I do not know how. Two twisted pair cables are coming from the power supply. From the LAN port the cable goes to the network card in the computer, from the POE port the cable goes to the external modem (antenna) located on the roof of the building.
    How do you connect a router to this?
    When I unplug the cable from the LAN port from the power supply and plug it into the yellow LAN port on the router, I have the opportunity to enter the management panel tplinkwifi.net . From what I know, this cable should go rather to the WAN port (blue). But when I switch this cable to the WAN port, the indicator on the router lights up, but I cannot connect to the router management panel. How to connect these cables correctly?

    The router is: TP-LINK TL-WR841N
    Antenna (modem): it's ubiquiti airOS and it imposes IP: 192.168.100.1
    Unfortunately, I do not know the login details (the provider knows them).

    Here is the content of the command ipconfig / al l:
    TP LINK TL-WR841N: How to Connect Wi-Fi Router to Home Network with PoE and Twisted Pair Cables?

    Anyone have an idea how to add a Wi-Fi router to this network?
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    #2 16226014
    suser222
    Level 24  
    The cable from the PoE adapter is to be plugged into the WAN socket on the router. To display the router's www panel, simply enter its IP address into the browser, if the computer gets an address, e.g. 192.168.1.100, then enter the gateway address (192.168.1.1).
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    #3 16226113
    LucekB
    Network and Internet specialist
    You connect the LAN cable from the PoE adapter to the WAN socket in TP Link, connect the computer to the LAN in TP-Link and log in to the TP-Link configuration page.
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    #4 16226122
    jimasek
    VIP Meritorious for electroda.pl
    Or you configure TP-Link as AP - link
  • #5 16226249
    dawid4157
    Level 8  
    suser222 wrote:
    The cable from the PoE adapter is to be plugged into the WAN socket on the router. To display the router's www panel, simply enter its IP address into the browser, if the computer gets an address, e.g. 192.168.1.100, then enter the gateway address (192.168.1.1).

    Yes, but I know how to get to the tplink configuration page.

    The main problem is that it can't detect my connected WAN port:

    TP LINK TL-WR841N: How to Connect Wi-Fi Router to Home Network with PoE and Twisted Pair Cables?

    I also tried:
    1. Change the address to another, e.g. 10.0.0.200
    2. Clone the MAC address

    jimasek wrote:
    Or you configure TP-Link as AP - link


    3. I tried to configure it as AccessPoint, switching ports to LAN and set it up correctly but still the same (from the link you provided).

    Now I have restored to factory settings again, I'm combining and I don't know how to bite it further. Any ideas yet?
    The cable from the poe adapter is connected as you wrote.
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  • #6 16227499
    jimasek
    VIP Meritorious for electroda.pl
    Configuration as AP, after connecting the internet from the power supply to the router's LAN port, the LED on the router lights up from that port? WAN will be empty in this configuration and will be unpluged all the time.
  • #7 16227730
    dawid4157
    Level 8  
    Just then, no lights are on.
  • #8 16227736
    jimasek
    VIP Meritorious for electroda.pl
    You have replaced the LAN cable of the power supply? Because it looks like there is a problem here.
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  • #9 16227792
    dawid4157
    Level 8  
    Yes, a new patchcord comes out of the LAN space in the power supply. However, if I connect the same cable from the network card socket to the LAN port of the router then the indicator lights up.
  • #10 16227812
    jimasek
    VIP Meritorious for electroda.pl
    I am sorry but I do not understand because once you write that nothing shines and now the opposite !?
    What happens when you connect the cable from the PoE adapter to one of the 4 Tp-link LAN ports (yellow ports). The WAN port may be damaged. I am asking for a specific answer.
  • #11 16227909
    dawid4157
    Level 8  
    When I connect the cable from the PoE adapter to one of the 4 Tp-link LAN ports, nothing lights up, no lights. Connecting with a cable from the LAN outlet from the power supply and any LAN port on the router does not result in the display of the indicator.
  • #12 16227928
    jimasek
    VIP Meritorious for electroda.pl
    The PoE socket must be connected to an external antenna and do not change it. LAN power supply socket for TP-link (4 yellow ports to choose from).

    Now read what you wrote:

    dawid4157 wrote:
    Connecting with a cable from the LAN outlet from the power supply and any LAN port on the router does not result in the display of the indicator.


    What do I mean by that?
  • #13 16227949
    dawid4157
    Level 8  
    I showed a picture of the diagram.
    Note that 2 come out of the power supply, I emphasize 2 cables. The first "signed" POE cable is powering the antenna and I do not move it, the second "signed" LAN is connected to the router. Now I don't understand what you don't understand.
  • #14 16227961
    jimasek
    VIP Meritorious for electroda.pl
    dawid4157 wrote:
    Connecting with a cable from the LAN outlet from the power supply and any LAN port on the router does not result in the display of the indicator.

    I mean this sentence is it logical in any way !?
  • #15 16228006
    dawid4157
    Level 8  
    Due to the erosion of the previously written thought, I did not notice that a few words remained from it. But that's not the point. Maybe again:

    The attachment contains a photo of the power supply. I leave the POE cable unchanged, plug the LAN adapter cable into the LAN1 port on the router as you write. The port indicator light is OFF. Why is this happening?
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  • #16 16228015
    jimasek
    VIP Meritorious for electroda.pl
    This LAN patchcord does not look original.
  • #17 16228055
    dawid4157
    Level 8  
    It is not original, it is a paid cable. The same standard was maintained. After taking a photo, I plugged in 3 new cables to this port and it was different each time. So the cables are ok.
  • #18 16228061
    jimasek
    VIP Meritorious for electroda.pl
    Show pictures of plugins on both sides. I would like to see the plugins from the pin page.

Topic summary

The discussion revolves around connecting a TP-Link TL-WR841N Wi-Fi router to a home network using Power over Ethernet (PoE) and twisted pair cables. The user describes their current setup, which includes a PoE adapter supplying power to an external antenna and a LAN connection to a computer. Responses suggest that the LAN cable from the PoE adapter should be connected to the WAN port of the router, while the computer should connect to one of the router's LAN ports. The user encounters issues with the WAN port not detecting the connection, despite attempts to configure the router as an Access Point and using different cables. Troubleshooting steps include checking cable integrity and ensuring correct port connections, but the user continues to experience connectivity problems.
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