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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router Rev : 1.0.0[...]
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COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subjec t to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trade marks or registered trademarks of t heir respective holders. No part of the specificat ions may be reproduced in any form or b y any means or used to make any derivativ[...]
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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi th the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limit s are designed to pro-vide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment ge nerates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if [...]
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Package contents The following contents should be found in your box: ¾ One TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router ¾ One AC power Adapter for TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ One RJ45 cable ¾ Two RJ11 cables ¾ One ADSL splitter (only for Annex A) ¾ One Resource CD , including: z This User Guide z Other Helpful Informati[...]
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COMMENT Chapter 1. Introduc tion ........................................................................................ 1 1.1 Product Overview ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Main Features ..................................................................................[...]
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4.6.4 System Restart ............................................................................................................... 46 4.6.5 Diagnostic ..................................................................................................................... .. 46 4.7 Help ................................................................[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 1 Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Product Overview Thank you for choosing the TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router . The device is designed t o provide a simple and cost-effective ADSL Inte rnet connection for a pr ivate Ethernet network. The Router is easy to use. The TD-8816 connects to an Ethernet LAN or compu[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 2 ¾ Supports Multiple PVC (Per manent Virtual Circuit). ¾ Built-in DHCP server. ¾ Built-in firewall, supports IP/MAC filter, Application filter and URL filter. ¾ Supports Virtual Server, DMZ host and IP Address Mapping. ¾ Supports Dynamic DNS, UPnP and Static Routing. ¾ Supports system log and flow [...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 3 Chapter 2. Hardware Installation 2.1 The Front Panel Figure 2-1 The LEDs locates on the front panel, they indicate the device’s working st atus. For details, please refer to LED Explanation. LED Explan ation: Indicator Description Status Function Details LAN Ethernet On Off Flash LAN port normal Conne[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 4 ¾ LAN: Through the port, you can connect the Router to your PC or the other Ethernet network devices. ¾ LINE: Through the port, you can connec t the Router with the telephone. 2.3 Inst allation Environment ¾ The Product should not be locat ed where it will be exposed to moisture or excessive heat. ¾[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 5 Figure 2-3[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 6 Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide 3.1 Configure PC After you directly connect your PC to the TD-881 6 or connect your adapter to a Hub/Switch which has connected to the Router, you need to configure your PC’s IP address. Follow the steps below to configure it. Step 1: Click the Start menu on your de[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 7 Figure 3-2 Step 3: Select General tab, highlight Internet Protoc ol (TCP/IP), and then click the Properties button. Figure 3-3[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 8 Step 4: Configure the IP address as Figure 3-4 shows. After that, click OK . Figure 3-4 ) Note: You can c onfigure the PC to get an IP address manually, select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server addre ss automatically” in the screen above. Now, you can run the Ping comma[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 9 If the result displayed is similar to the screen shown below, it means that your PC has not connected to the Router. Figure 3-6 You can check it follow the steps below: 1) Is the connection between your PC and the Router correct? The LEDs of LAN port which you link to the dev ice and the LEDs on y our P[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 10 Step 1: Select the Quick Start tab, then click RUN WIZARD , and you will see the next screen. Click the NEXT button. Figure 3-8 Step 2: Change the login password in the next screen, and then click the NEXT button. Figure 3-9 Step 3: Configure the time for the Router, and then click the NEXT button. Fig[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 11 Figure 3-1 1 Step 5: Configure the following opti ons provided by you r ISP: Username , Password , VPI , VCI and Connection Type . Then click Next . Figure 3-12 ) Note: In Quick S tart, you shouldn’t configure the PVC which uses the same VPI/VCI as the seven default PVCs in factory configuration does[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 12 Step 6: Click NEXT to finish the Quick Start. Figure 3-13[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 13 Chapter 4. Software Configuration This User Guide recommends using the “Quick Installation Guide” for first-time installation. For advanced users, if you want to know more abo ut this device and make use of its functions adequately, maybe you will get help from this chapter to configur e the advanc[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 14 Figure 4-2 ) Note: Click the other submenus System Log or Statistics in Figure 4-2, you will be able to view the system log a nd traffic statistics about the Router. 4.2 Quick S t art Please refer to " 3.2: Login" . 4.3 Interface Setup Choose “ Interface Setup ”, you can see the next subm[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 15 4.3.1 Internet Choose “ Interface Setup → Internet ” menu, you can conf igure the parameters for WAN ports in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-4). Figure 4-4 ¾ ATM VC: ATM settings are used to connect to your ISP. Your ISP provides VPI (Virtual Path Identifier), VCI (Virtual Channel Identifier[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 16 • Virtual Circuit: Select the VC number you want to setup, PVC0~PVC7. • Status: If you want to use a designed VC, you should activate it. • VPI: Identifies the virtual path bet ween endpoints in an ATM ne twork. The valid range is from 0 to 255. Please input the value provided by your ISP. • VC[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 17 for WAN interface, including RIP1 , RIP2-B and RIP2-M . RIP2-B and RIP2-M are both sent in RIP-2 format, the difference is that RIP2-M using Multicast, while RIP-2M using Broadcast format. • Direction: Select this option to s pecify the RIP direction. None is for disabling the RIP function. Both mean[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 18 Figure 4-7 ¾ Username: Enter your username for your PPPoE/PPPoA connection. ¾ Password: Enter your password for your PPPoE/PPPoA connection. ¾ Encapsulation: For both PPPoE/PPPoA connection, y ou need to specify the type of Multiplexing, either LLC or VC Mux. ¾ Bridge Interface: Activate the option[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 19 If you select this type of connection, the modem can be configured to ac t as a bridging device between your LAN and your ISP. Bridges are devices that enable two or more networks to communicate as if they are two s egments of the same physical LAN. Figure 4-8 ) Note: After you finish the Internet conf[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 20 Internet. • IP Address: Enter the Router’s local IP Address, then you can access to the Web-based Utility via the IP Address, the default val ue is 192.168.1.1. • IP Subnet Mask: Enter the Router’s Subnet Mask, the default value is 255.255.255.0. • Dynamic Route: Select this option to specify[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 21 • Lease Time: The length of time for the IP lease. After the dynamic IP a ddress has expired, the user will be aut omatically assigned a new dynam ic IP address. The default is 259200 seconds. • DNS Relay: If you want to disable this feature, you just need to set both Primary and secondary DNS IP t[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 22 4.4 Advanced Setup Choose “ Advanced Setup ”, you can see the next submenus: Figure 4-12 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corre sponding function. 4.4.1 Firewall Choose “ Advanced Setup → Firew all ” menu, and you will see the next screen (shown in Figure 4-13). Figure[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 23 Figure 4-14 Click ADD ROUTE button to add a new route in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-15). Figure 4-15 ¾ Destination IP Address: This parameter specifies the IP network address of the final destination. ¾ IP Subnet Mask: Enter the subnet mask for this destination. ¾ Gateway IP Address: Enter t[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 24 Figure 4-16 ¾ Virtual Circuit: Enter Virtual Circuit Index that you plan to setup for the NAT function. ¾ NAT Status: This field shows the current statu s of the NAT function for the current VC. You can go to the previous screen (shown in Figure 4-4) to activate the function. ¾ Number of IPs; This f[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 25 The Virtual Server is the server or server(s) behind NAT (on the LAN), for example, Web server or FTP server, that you can make visible to t he outside world even though NAT makes your whole inside network appear as a single machine to the outside world. Figure 4-18 ¾ Rule Index: The Virtual server ru[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 26 4.4.3.3. IP Address Mapping Choose “ Advanced Set up → NAT → IP Address Mapping ” in Figure 4-16, you can con figure the Address Mapping Rul e in the next screen. The IP Address Mapping is for those VCs that configured with multiple IPs. The IP Address M apping rule is per-VC based (only for Mu[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 27 Click the Back button to return to the previous screen. Click the CANCEL button to cancel the configur ation which is made just now. 4.4.4 QoS Choose “ Advanced Setup → QoS ”, you can configure the QoS in the next screen. QoS helps to prioritize data as it enters your router. By a ttaching specia[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 28 DiffServ). ¾ Summary: Click the button to view t he configurations of QoS. ¾ Rule: Configure the rules for QoS. If the traffic complies with the rule, then the Router will take the corresponding action to deal with it. • Rule Index: Select the index for the rule you want to configure. • Active: A[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 29 can communicate as if they were attached to t he same wire, when in fact they ar e located on a number of different LAN segm ents. Because VLANs are based on lo gical instead of physical connections, it is very flexible for user/ host management, bandwidth allocation and r esource optimization. There a[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 30 2. Define VLAN Group Click Define VLAN Group in Figure 4-21, you can define VLAN groups in th e next screen (shown in Figure 4-23). Figure 4-23 ¾ VLAN Index: Select the VLAN index for this VC. You can specify 8 gr oups in maximum. ¾ VLAN ID: This indicates the VLAN group. ¾ ATM VCs: Select the ATM V[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 31 Figure 4-24 ¾ ADSL Mode: Select the ADSL operation mode wh ich your ADSL connection uses. ¾ ADSL Type: Select the ADSL operation type wh ich your ADSL connection uses. 4.5 Access Management Choose “ Access Management ”, you can see t he next submenus: Figure 4-25 Click any of them, and you will b[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 32 Figure 4-26 ¾ ACL: If Activated , the IP addresses which are contained in the Access Control List can access to the Router. If Deactivated , all IP addresses can access to the Router. ¾ ACL Rule Index: Select the ACL rule index for the entry. ¾ Active: Enable the ACL rule. ¾ Secure IP Address: Sele[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 33 Figure 4-27 ¾ Filter Type Selection: Select the fil ter type fo r the next configuration. ¾ IP/MAC Filter Set Index: Select the Set index for the IP Filter entry. This index can match with six IP / MAC Filter Rule Indexes. ¾ Interface: Select the interface for the entry. ¾ Direction: Select the dir[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 34 allowed by setting up filters. ¾ IP/MAC Filter Rule Index: Select the Rule index for the IP Filter entry. ) Note: You should set the IP/MAC Filter Set Index and IP/MAC Filter Rule Inde x together to appoint the address (shown in the Filter List) for the IP Filter rule. For example, (1, 2), it means th[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 35 ) Note: If you want to make the rule take ef fect, please select Ye s to active the rule. Step 3: Enter the “Source IP Address”, “Destinat ion IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Port Number” in the corresponding field. Step 4: Select the Protocol as “TCP” and se lect the Unmatched rule[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 36 Figure 4-28 ¾ Rule Type: Select MAC for the MAC Filter rule. ¾ Active: Select “Yes” to make t he rule to take effect. ¾ MAC Address: Enter the MAC address for the rule. ¾ Rule Unmatched: If the current rule can not match, and you select Forward , the router will skip the rule and transmit direc[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 37 select the Interface “PVC0”, and select t he Direction “Outgoing” for the first rule. ) Note: If you want to make the rule take ef fect, please select Ye s to active the rule. Step 3: Enter the “MAC Address” and select the Unmatched rule as “Next”. Step 4: Finally, click the SAVE to sav[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 38 Figure 4-29 ¾ Filter Type Selection: Select the Application Filter for the next configuration. ¾ Application Filter: Activate or deactivate the function. ¾ ICQ & MSN & YMSG & Real Audio/Video: Select Allow or Den y for these applications. If you select Allow, the Router will accept the a[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 39 To add a URL filter entry: For example: If you want to forbid the us er to access the website: www.sina.c om . Presume the rule is aimed at the interfac e PVC0, and its index is “1”. Step 1: Select the “URL Filter” as t he Filer Type Selection (show in Figure 4-30). Step 2: Select the Index for[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 40 Figure 4-32 ¾ UPnP: Activate or Deactivate the UPnP function. Only when the function is activated, can the UPnP take effect. ¾ Auto-Configure: If you activate the function, t hen the UPnP netwo rk devices can automatically configure networ k addressing, announ ce their presence in the network to othe[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 41 ¾ Wildcard support: Select the option to use Wildcard function 4.5.6 CWMP Choose “ Access Management → CWMP ”, you can configure the CW MP function in the screen (shown in Figure 4-34). The router offers CWMP feat ure. The function supports TR -069 protocol which collects information, diagnoses [...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 42 Figure 4-35 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corre sponding function. 4.6.1 Administration Choose “ Maintenance → Administration ”, you can set new password for admin in the screen (shown in Figure 4-36). Figure 4-36 ) Note: 1) There is only one account that can access Web[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 43 Figure 4-37 ) Note: The ADSL Router built-in some NTP Servers, when the Router connects to the In ternet, the Router will get the system time automatically from the NTP Serv er . Y ou can also configure the NTP Server address automatically , and then the Router will get the ti me from the specific Serv[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 44 Figure 4-39 4.6.3 Firmware Choose “ Maintenance → Firmware ”, you can upgrade the firmware of the Router in the screen (shown in Figure 4-40). Make sure the firmware or ro mfile yo u want to use is on the local har d drive of the computer. Click Browse to find the local hard drive and locate the [...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 45 the router is not experiencing difficulties, there is no need to download a more recent firmware version, unless the version ha s a new feature that you want to use. 2) When you upgrade the router's firmw are, yo u may lose its current configurations, so please back up the router’s current setti[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 46 Step 1: Click the Browse button to locate the update file for the de vice, or enter the exact path in “New Romfile Location” field. Step 2: Click the UPGRADE button to complete. 4.6.4 System Restart Choose “ Maintenance → System Restart ”, you can select to rest art the device with current se[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 47 Figure 4-45 ) Note: Click the tab, and you will be able to get the corresponding information.[...]
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TD-8816 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet Router User Guide 48 Appendix A: Specification General Standards and Protocols ANSI T1.413, ITU G.992.1, ITU G. 992.2, ITU G.992.3, ITU G.992.5 IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, TCP/IP, PPPoA , PPPoE, SNTP, HTTP, DHCP, ICMP, NAT,CWMP Safety & Emission FCC 、 CE Ports 1 10/100M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 port ( Auto MDI/MDIX) 1 RJ[...]