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    TD-8840 User Guide External ADSL2+ ROUTER Rev : 1.0.1[...]

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    II 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 deriva[...]

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    III 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,[...]

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    IV Package contents The following contents should be found in your box: ¾ One TD-8840 External ADSL2+ ROUTER ¾ One AC power Adapter fo r TD-8840 External ADSL2+ ROUTER ¾ One Resource CD for TD-8840 External ADSL2+ ROUTER, including: • This Guide • Other Helpful Information • Quick installation Guide Program ¾ Quick installation Guide ¾ O[...]

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    V COMMENT Chapter 1. Introducti on ........................................................................................ 1 1.1 Product Overview ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Main Features ................................................................................[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 1 Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Product Overview TP-LINK® TD-8840 External ADSL2+ ROUTER is the latest product designed and manufactured by TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. With TP-L INK’s excellent circuit design and high quality production, we guarantee the ADSL2+ ROUTER’s high performanc e, great stabil[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 2 ¾ Real-time Configurati on and device monitoring ¾ Quick response semi-conductive surge protec t circuit, provides reliable ESD and surge-protect function 1.3 Supporting protocol - G.992.1 (G.dmt) - Annex A - G.992.2 (G.lite) - Annex A - ANSI T1.413 - G.992.3 (ADSL2) - Annex A and Annex M - G.992.5 (ADS[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 3 ¾ Max upload data-rate: 1Mbps ¾ Max line length: 6Km 1.5 A TM propert ¾ AAL0, AAL5, OAM, RM, and raw cell types supported ¾ Direct hardware support for 4 Receive VCs, wi th additional RX VCs and TX VCs supported in software ¾ Full 24-bit Virtual Path Identifier (VPI ) and Virtual Circui t Identifier [...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4 1.9 Conventions The Router or TD-8840, or device mentioned in this User guide stands for TD-8840 External ADSL2+ ROUTER without any explanations. Parameters provided in the pictures are just references for setting up the product, which may differ from the actual situation. You can set the parameters accor[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 5 Chapter 2. Hardware Installation The TD-8840 maintains five separate interfac es, four Ethernet and one ADSL interface. The Router should not be located where it will be expo sed to moisture or ex cessive heat. Place the Router in a location where it can be safely connec ted to the various devices as well[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 6 port Off No data transmitting or receiving on WAN port On 1~4(LAN) port normal Off Connection on 1~4(LAN) port abnormal LAN(1-4) Ethernet Flash Data transmitting or receiving on 1~4(LAN) port 2.2 Rear-p anel ¾ ON/OFF : Turn on/off the ADSL2+ ROUTER’s power. ¾ Power (9VAC/0.8A input) : please do not us[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 7 ROUTER and the other end to a standard electrical outlet. Last Step : Check the line connection to see if ev erything is ready. Power up finally. Figure 2-1[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 8 Chapter 3. System Configuration 3.1 Computer Configuration 1. Connect the cable according to Chapter 2, turn on the power . 2. Change the IP address of your PC ( Figure 3-1 ) : Open TCP/IP Properties of the LAN card in your PC, enter the IP address as 192.168.1.* (* is any value between 2 to 254, Net [...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 9 Properties -> Right-click Local Connection -> Choose Properties -> Double-click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). ) Note: The words in fact may be different with this guide. Remarks: you can check whether your configuration is successful through PING command. Enter Ping 192.168.1.1 If the screen looks [...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 10 Figure 3-4 Y ou will then see the Figure 3-5, you will see some information such as link rate and so on. Figure 3-5 User name and password is “admin”; if you want to change them, pl ease go to “Managem ent” Æ “Access control” Æ “Passwords” changing them. (Figure 3-6)[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 11 Figure 3-6 3.3 Web Setup Choose “ Advanced Setup ” Æ ” WA N ”, you will enter the page of Wide Area Network (W AN) Setup, you will s ee the Figure 3-7. Figure 3-7 There are 7 PVC links in the W AN setup page, choose the appropri ate P VC according to your[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 12 need, and then click the edit button, you will enter the pa ge of A TM PVC Configuration (See Figure 3-8) Figure 3-8 Enter VPI/VCI value and service category which is provided by your ISP, click next to enter the next step. You will see the Figure 3-9. ) Note: The type of network protocol selected may be[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 13 Figure 3-9 After choosing the proper protoc ol, enter the correct parameters supported by yo ur ISP. Enable the configurations, then you will go to Internet. 1. PPP over ATM (PPPoA) If you select the protocol of PPP over ATM (PPPo A), you will see the Figur e 3-10, enter the value of user name and passwo[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 14 Figure 3-10 You will see the Figure 3-11, then turn on the se lected functions according to your demands. Clicking the next button to enter the next step, you w ill see the Figure 3-12, finally click save to complete the configuration. Figure 3-1 1[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 15 Figure 3-12 2. PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) If you select the protocol of PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE), you will see the Figure 3-13, enter the value of user name and password which is provided by your ISP, after select ing the other function (often using the default setup), click the next button.[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 16 Figure 3-13 You will see the Figure 3-14, then tu rn on the selected functions acco rding to your needs. Clicking the next button to enter the next step, you will see the Figure 3-15, finally click save to complete the configuration. Figure 3-14[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 17 Figure 3-15 3. MAC Encapsulation Routing (MER) If you select the protocol of MAC Encapsulation Routing (MER ), you will see the page(Figure 3-16), Enter the parameter and the way which is provided by your ISP, then click the next button.[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 18 Figure 3-16 You will see the Figure 3-17, then tu rn on the selected functions acco rding to your needs. Clicking the next button to enter the next step, you will see the Figure 3-18, finally click save to complete the configuration. Figure 3-17[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 19 Figure 3-18 4. IP over ATM (IPoA) If you select the protocol of IP over ATM (IPoA), you will see the Figure 3-19, enter the parameter and the way which is provided by your ISP, then click the next button. Figure 3-19 You will see the page (Figure 3-20), then turn on the selected functions according to yo[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 20 Figure 3-20 Figure 3-21 5. Bridging If you select the Bridging protocol, you just open the bridge serv ice function options, you will see the Figure 3-22, then click the next button, you will see the Figure 3-23, finally click save to[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 21 complete the configuration. Figure 3-22 Figure 3-23 ) Note: After you complete any setup, the new setup must be saved and the Router must be restarted for[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 22 the configuration to go into effect. Please click the Save/Reboot button to restart, referring to the Figure 3-24. Figure 3-24 ) Note: All of the above setup is under windows XP OS. 3.3.1 DHCP IP Reservation When you specify a reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always receive the same [...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 23 function in this screen. Figure 3-25 1. Click the Set Address Reservation botton, and the Address Reservation screen pop up, as it showed below ; Figure 3-26[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 24 2. Click New Entry botton to add new e ntries, and the screen showed below pop up, you can modify an address reservation entry in this screen; Figure 3-27 3. Type the MAC Address(00:13:8F:A9:E6:CA for in stance) of the computer which you want to reserve an IP(192.168.1.100 for instance) for in the MAC Ad[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 25 7. Click Save/Reboot button to save the settings and reboot the router. ) Note: The function won't take effect until the router reboots. 3.3.2 DNS When you select the connection type PPPoE, PPPoA , MER or IPoA for WAN configuration, you will see the DNS menu in the Web-based Utility (shown in Figure[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 26 Figure 3-30 If you select Enable Automatic Assigned DNS , this Router will accept au tomatically the first received DNS assignment from one of PPPoA , PPPoE or MER/DHCP enabled PVC(s) during the connection establishment. If the checkbox is not selected, pl ease enter the primary and /or optional secondar[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 27 you to alias a dynamic IP address to a static hos tname in any of the many domains, allowing your Router to be more easily accessed from various locations on the Internet. Figure 3-31 To setup DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Click the Add button (pop-up Figure 3-31), then you will set the DDNS in the[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 28 Figure 3-32 ) Note: This page allows you to add a Dynamic DNS address from DynDNS.org,TZO or No-IP . 2. Select D-DNS provider (DynDNS.org,TZO or No-IP) in the drop-down list. 3. Enter the Hostname of the DNS Server, and select the corresponding Interface for the DDNS, you can leave it default. 4. Type th[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 29 1. The users of Windows XP can click the “ start->All Programs->Accessories-> Communications->New connection w izard ”, then click Next to enter the configuration page. 2. Please you select the “ connect to the internet ” ,and then click the Next butt on to enter the next page and sel[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 30 Chapter 4. Advantage management setup In order to satisfy our customer's needs we offer an excelle nt Web management interface. Feel free to utilize the Advantage application and onli ne software upgrades. The functions of the Web management interface are as follows: 1. Upgrade software 2. Modify th[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 31 Appendix A: FAQ 1. What related parameters are requi red to acquire ISP when you want to access the internet by ADSL2+ Router? 1) Dial user: Connection prot ocol, User name, Password, Va lue of VPI/VCI, Encapsulation mode of AAL5 and so on. 2) Static IP user: Connecti on protocol, WAN IP Address, Su bnet[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 32 3) Whatever the setup of the IP address on y our computer (if you cl ose the DHCP function, you can't obtain the IP address automatically, must specify the IP address of your computer manually). 4) Run the winipcfg order in the windows 95/98( run the ipconfig order in the windows 2000) to check whet[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 33 Appendix B: Default Config User name admin Password admin IP Address 192.168.1.1[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 34 Appendix C: Contact Information For help with the installation or operation of TP-LINK Product, please visit our website. http://www.tp-link.com[...]