Readers like you help support MUO. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More.

I live a bit away from Kolkata, India and only Siti broadband is reachable to my locality and so I subscribed to it with monthly rental Rs 438.

The technician told me that I can even use a WiFi router it's very easy to use the Internet with my other devices (my phone and iPad) and so I bought the TP Link WR740N from the online shopping site Flipkart. The technician asked me to plug in the WAN RJ45 cable to the WAN port and, yes, it did work automatically without any configuration.

MAKEUSEOF VIDEO OF THE DAY
SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT

I used it for a day but on the next day, the trouble began as I could no more browse the internet. But I could open the login page of the ISP and also I could do the ping test through command. The technician tested it by entering the IP addresses manually in the TP Link's settings page, but this wouldn't work. He suggested that the router had some manufacturing defect and as I had 30 days of replacement warranty from Flipkart, I ordered for a replacement.

But this time again the same case, only the login page of the ISP would open. On the very 1st go of the replaced router, after log in, I tried to open the MakeUseOf site but unfortunately it stopped after it was half-loaded and then it totally stopped working, I could not access any page except the ISP login page.

Then I took a TP Link MR3020 portable router from my friend and just I inserted the RJ45 Jack to the WAN port, after login, it started working like a breeze, just no problem at all. I'm now using it continuously for a week with no issue. Can anyone please specify the issue with the WR740N? Everything that I tested was primarily done in my PC and some times for testing, I used my iPad to check.

Rajaa C
2013-11-21 11:25:17
Follow the quick installation guide from http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?model=TL-WR740N#down
Kyem G
2013-11-21 13:01:17
Rajaa da, got these in the box itself. Eyigulo dekheyi install korechi. Tried with both the cd software and the web version... Bt speed is extremely slow with alliance!! :(
Md Mukhtar M
2013-11-20 13:26:12
I you use CPE then you must be using Wimax service (me too use it), so the problem could be in in your router probably in that case you may try this go to tplinklogin (dot)net ,add user name and password you created (default is admin ,admin)go to network:-wan:-advanced:-mtu size :-reduce it by 20 or 40default should be 1480if it works then please reply
Kyem G
2013-11-20 16:49:18
Mukhtar, the default MTU of my router was 1500 but still it I tried with reducing to 1480 and 1460
Hovsep A
2013-11-19 18:59:50
you changed the IP address to 192.168.2.1?
Hovsep A
2013-11-21 13:24:46
perhaps your antimalware is causing this with the realtime protection, disable or uninstall to see if things will go better.Also tryHow to perform a clean boot in Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, or Windows Vistahttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135maybe pc infected?
Hovsep A
2013-11-19 11:44:54
well this is WR740N router problem. if you can find another WR740N then check if this will work, if yes then replace yours.
Hovsep A
2013-11-21 13:24:03
perhaps your antimalware is causing this with the realtime protection, disable or uninstall to see if things will go better.Also tryHow to perform a clean boot in Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, or Windows Vistahttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135maybe pc infected?