TP-Link TD-W8901N manual

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router Rev: 1.0.1 1910010775[...]

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subjec t to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Other brands and product names are trademarks 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 Ru les. These limits are designed to pr ovide reasonable protectio n against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment ge nerates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if[...]

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    III This is a Class B product. In a domestic environm ent, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. This device has been designed to operate with the antennas listed below , and havin g a maximum gain of 5dBi. Antennas not included in this list or having a gai n greater than 5dBi a[...]

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    第十四條 低功率射頻電機之使用不得影響飛航安全及干擾合法通行;經發現有干擾現象時,應立 即停用,並改善至無干擾時方得繼續使用。前項合法通信,指依電信規定作業之無線電信。 低功率 射頻電機需忍受合法通信或工業、科學以及醫療用電波輻射性電機設?[...]

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    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Building 24 (floors 1, 3, 4, 5), and 28 (floors 1-4) Central Science and Technology Park, Shennan Rd, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router Model No.: TD-W8901N T rademark: TP-LINK We d[...]

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    CONTENTS Package Cont ents .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. Introducti on ......................................................................................... 2 1.1 Product Over view .................................................................................[...]

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    4.5.4 UPnP ....................................................................................................................... 62 4.5.5 DDNS ...................................................................................................................... 63 4.5.6 CWMP ........................................................................[...]

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    TD-W8901N 1 50Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 1 Package Contents The following contents should be found in your package: ¾ One TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router ¾ One Power Adapter for TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ One RJ45 cable ¾ Two RJ11 cables ¾ One ADSL splitte[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 2 Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router . 1.1 Product Overview The device is designed to provide a simple and cost-effective ADSL Internet connection for a private Ethernet or IEEE 802.11n/ IEEE 802.11g/ IEEE 802.11b wireless ne[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 3 ¾ Supports long transfers, the max line length can reach to 6.5Km. ¾ Supports remote configurati on and management through SNMP and CWMP. ¾ Supports PPPoE, it allows connecting the internet on dem and and disconnecting from the Internet when idle. ¾ Provides reli able ESD and surge-p[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4 Chapter 2. Hardware Installation 2.1 The Front Panel Figure 2-1 The LEDs locate on the front panel. They indicate the device’s working st atus. For details, please refer to LED Explanation. LED Explanation: Name Status Indication On The modem router is powered on. (Power) Off The modem[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 5 everything have been input correctly. Refer to 4.1.1 Device Info and 4.3.1 Internet for more information. 2.2 The Back Panel Figure 2-2 ¾ POWER : The Power plug is where yo u will connect the power adapter. ¾ ON/OFF : The switch for the power. ¾ WiFi : Press this button to enable or d[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 6 ¾ ADSL : Through the port, you can connect the router with the telephone. Or you can connect them by an external separate spli tter. For details, please refer to 2.4 Connecting the Modem Router . ¾ Antenna : Used for wireless operation and data transmit. 2.3 Inst allation Environment ?[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 7 2.4 Connecting the Modem Router Before installing the device, please make sure y our broadband service provided by your ISP is available. If there is any problem, please contact your ISP. Before cabl e connection, cut off the power supply and keep your hands dr y. You can follow the step[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 8 Figure 2-4[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 9 Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide 3.1 Configure PC After you directly connect your PC to the TD-W 8901N or connect your adapter to a Hub/Switch which has connected to the Router, you need to conf igure your PC’s IP address. Follow the steps below to configure it. Step 1: Click the St[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 10 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-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 11 Step 4: Configur e the IP address as Figure 3-4 shows. After that, click OK . Figure 3-4 ) Note: You can configure the PC to get an IP address automatically, select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server addre ss automatically” in the screen above. Now, you [...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 12 Figure 3-5 If the result displayed is similar to the screen shown belo w, it means t hat your PC has not connected to the Router. Figure 3-6 You can check it follo wing the steps below: 1) Is the connection between your PC and the Router correct? The LEDs of LAN port which you link to t[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 13 Figure 3-7 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: Configur e the time for the Router, and then click the NEXT button. Figure 3-9 Step 3: Select the connection type to c onnect to the ISP (We[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 14 Figure 3-10 Step 4: Configur e the following options provided by your ISP: Username , Password , VPI , VCI and Connection Type . Then click NEXT . Figure 3-1 1 Step 5: Configur e the rules for the WLAN, and click NEXT .[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 15 Figure 3-12 ) Note: If the Access Point is activated, the wireless f unction will be available even without the external antenna because of an additional prin ted antenna. To adopt the wi reless security protection measures, please refer to 4.3.3 Wireless . Step 6: Click NEXT to finish [...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 16 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 ab o ut this device and make use of its functions adequately, maybe you will get help from this chapter to c on[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 17 Figure 4-2 ) Note: Click the other submenus Sy stem Log or Statistics in Figure 4-2 , and you will be able to view the system log and traffic statistics about the Router. 4.1.2 System Log Choose “ Status → System Log ” menu, and you will be able to quer y the logs of the Router.[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 18 Figure 4-3 The Router can keep logs of all traffic. Yo u can query the logs to find what happened to the Router. Click the CLEAR LOG button to clear the logs. Click the SAVE LOG button to save the logs. 4.1.3 Statistics Choose “ Status → Statistics ” menu, and you will be able to [...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 19 Figure 4-4 ¾ Interface: You can select Ethernet , ADSL and WLAN to view the corresponding network traffic over different ports. ¾ Select Ethernet , and you will see the statistics table as below. Statistics Table: Transmit Frames The frames transmitted over the Ethernet port. Transmit[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 20 ¾ Select ADSL , and you will see the statistics table as below. Statistics Table: Transmit total PDUs The total PDUs transmitted over the ADSL port. Transmit Statistics Transmit total Error Counts The total errors occurred ov er the ADSL port when dat a is being transmitted. Receive to[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 21 4.3 Interface Setup Choose “ Interface Setup ”, you can see the next submenus: Internet , LAN and Wireless . Figure 4-5 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corre sponding function. 4.3.1 Internet Choose “ Interface Setup → Internet ” menu, you can conf igu[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 22 Figure 4-6 ¾ ATM VC: ATM settings are used to connect to your ISP. Your ISP provides VPI (Vir tual Path Identifier), VCI (Virtual Channel Identif ier) settings to you. In this Device, you can totally setup 8 VCs on different encapsulations, if you apply 8 different virtual circuits fro[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 23 • Status: If you want to use a designed VC, you should activate it. • VPI: Identifies the virtual path between endpoints in an ATM network. The valid range is from 0 to 255. Please input the value provided by your ISP. • VCI: Identifies the virtual channel endpoints in an ATM netw[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 24 ¾ Default Route: If enable this function, the current PVC will be considered as the default gateway to internet from this device. ¾ TCP MTU Option: Enter the TCP MTU as your desire. ¾ Dynamic Route: Select this option to s pecify the RIP (Routing Info rmation protocol) version for WA[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 25 ) Note: Each IP address entered in the fields must be in t he appropriate IP form, which is four IP octets separated by a dot (x.x.x.x), such as 192.168.1.100. The Router will not acce pt the IP address if it is not in this format. 4.3.1.3 PPPoA/PPPoE Select this option if your ISP requ[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 26 ¾ Encapsulation: For both PPPoA/PPPoE connection, y ou need to specify the type of Multiplexing, either LLC or VC Mux. ¾ Bridge Interface: Activate the option, and the Router can also work in Bridge mode. ¾ Connection: For PPPoA/PPPoE connection, you can select Always on or Connect o[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 27 Figure 4-1 1 ¾ Router Local IP: These are the IP settings of the LAN interface for the device. These settings may be referred to as Private settings. You may change the LAN IP address if needed. The LAN IP address is private to your internal network and cannot be seen on the Internet. [...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 28 • Multicast: Select IGMP version, or disable the function. IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol) is a session-layer prot ocol used to establish member ship in a multicast group. The ADSL ATU-R supports IGMP version 1 ( IGMP v1 ), IGMP v2 and IGMP v3 . Select “Disabled” to disab[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 29 be able to obtain IP address automatically al thou gh the DHCP function is enabled. All the ports are checked by default. ¾ DHCP Table : The information of the DHCP clients will be displayed here • Hostname: Display the name of the DHCP client. • IP Address: Display the IP Address [...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 30 Figure 4-13 • DHCP Server IP for Relay Agent: Enter the DHCP server IP Address runs on WAN side. ) Note: If you select Disabled , the DHCP function will not take ef fect. 4.3.3 Wireless Choose “ Interface Setup → Wireless ” menu, and you will see the Wireless screen (shown in Fi[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 31 Figure 4-14[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 32 ¾ Access point Settings: These are the settings of the ac cess point. You c an configure the rules to allow wireless-equipped computers and other devices to communicate with a wireless network. • Access point: Select Activated to allow wireless st ation to associate with the access p[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 33 ¾ 11n Settings: These are the settings of the 11n par ameters. If “802.11n”, “802.11g+n” or “802.11b+g+n” is selected for Wireless mode , these settings will be displayed. • Channel Bandwidth: Select the Bandwidth you want to use from the drop-down List. There are two opt[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 34 1) WEP-64Bits To configure WEP-64Bits settings, select the WEP-64Bits option from the drop-down list. The menu will change to offer the appropriate settings . WEP-64Bits is a data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11g standard. Figure[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 35 Figure 4-18 ¾ Encryption: Select the encryption you want to use: TKIP/AES, TKIP or AES (AE S is an encryption method str onger than TKIP). • TKIP ( T emporal K ey I ntegrity P rotocol) - a wireless encrypti on protocol that provides dynamic encryption keys fo r each packet transmitte[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 36 Figure 4-20 4.3.3.1 WPS Settings ¾ WPS Settings: WPS can help you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly. This section will gui de you how to use WPS function. • WPS state: Display the current WPS state. • WPS mode: If the wireless adapter supports Wi-F i Prote[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 37 The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Method Two: Step 1: Click Start WPS button in Figure 4-21 . Step 2: For the configurati on of the wireless adapter, please choose “ Push the button on my access point ” in the configuration utility of t he WPS as below, and click Next[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 38 Step 3: Wait for a while until the next screen appears. Click Finish to complete the WPS configuration. The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter 2) PIN code If the wireless adapter supports Wi -Fi Protected Setup and the PIN method, you can add it to the network by PIN with t he[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 39 The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Step 2: For the Rou ter, keep PIN code selected and enter the PIN code of the wireless adapter in the field after enrollee PIN code as shown below. Then click Start WPS . Figure 4-23 Method Two: Enter the PIN from my Router Step 1: Get th[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 40 The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter ) Note: The default PIN code of the Rout er can be found in its label or the WPS configuration screen as Figure 4-23 . • SSID: Wireless network name shared among all po ints in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all devi[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 41 • MAC Address: Enter the MAC Address you wish to filter in the field. ) Note: For most users, it is recommended to use t he default Wireless LAN Performance settings. Any changes made to these settings ma y adversely affect your wireless network. Und er certain circumstances, changes [...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 42 4.4.2 Routing Choose “ Advanced Setup → Routing ” menu, and you will see the rout ing information in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-26 ). Figure 4-26 Click ADD ROUTE button to add a new route in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-27 ). Figure 4-27 ¾ Destination IP Address: Th[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 43 4.4.3 NAT Choose “ Advanced Setup → NAT ” menu, you can setup the NAT (N etwork Address Translation) function for the Router (shown in Figure 4-28 ). ) Note: To use the NAT function, the Vi rtual Circuit should not be co nf igured to Bridge mode. You can change the mode in Figure [...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 44 Figure 4-29 ¾ DMZ Host IP Address: Enter the specified IP Addre ss for DMZ host on the LAN side. 4.4.3.2 Virtual Server Choose “ Advanced Setup → NAT → Virtual Server ” in Figure 4-28 , you can configure the Virtual Server in the next screen. The Virtual Server is the server or[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 45 ¾ Virtual Server Listing: This displays the information about the Virtual Servers you establish. To add a virtual server entry: Step 1: Select the “Virtual Circuit” and select “ Virtual Server”. ) Note: For VCs with single IP, select Single; For VCs with multiple IPs, select Mu[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 46 ¾ Rule Typ: There are four types: one-to-one, Many-t o-One , Many-to-Many Overload and Many-to-Many No-overload. ¾ Local Start & End IP: Enter the local IP Address you plan to map to. Local Start IP is the starting local IP address and Local End IP is the ending local IP address. [...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 47 Figure 4-32 ¾ QoS: Select this option to Activa te/Deactivate the IP QoS on different types (IP ToS and DiffServ). ¾ Summary: Click the button to view t he configurations of QoS. ¾ Rule: Configure the rules for QoS. If the traffic comp lies with the rule, then the Router will take th[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 48 • Application: Select the application t hat the rule aimed at. • Physical Po rts: Select the port whose traffic fl ow a re controlled by the rule. • Destination MAC & IP & Mask & Port Range: Enter the IP information about the Destination host for the rule. • Source M[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 49 4.4.5 VLAN Choose “ Advanced Setup → VLAN ”, you can activate the VLAN function in the next screen. Virtual LAN (VLAN) is a group of devi ces on one or more LAN s that are configured so that they can communicate as if they were attached to t he same LAN, when in fact they are loca[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 50 Figure 4-34 ¾ PVID: Each physical port has a default VID ca lled PVID (Port VID). PVID is assigned to untagged frames or priority tagged frames (frame s with null (0) VID) received on this port. 2) Define VLAN Group Click Define VLAN Group in Figure 4-33 , you can define VLAN groups in[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 51 Figure 4-35 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 VCs as members of VLAN , and if you leave the Tagged blank, the tag in frames will be deleted wh en transmitted from [...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 52 Figure 4-36 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 4-37 Click any of them[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 53 Figure 4-38 ¾ ACL: If Activated , the IP addresses which are contai ned 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[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 54 4.5.2.1 IP Filter Select IP /MAC Filter as the Filter type, and select IP as the Rule type (shown in Figure 4-39 ), then you can configure the filt er rules based on IP address. The filtering includes Outgoing and Incoming , the detailed descriptions are provided below. Figure 4-39 ¾ F[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 55 ) Note: If select PVC0~PVC7 as an interface, the filter will match the IP traffic of WAN port with specified IPs (Source IP Address and Destination IP Address). If select LAN as an inte rface, the filter will match the IP traffic of LA N port with specified IPs. ¾ Direction: Select the[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 56 as follows. Presume the rules ar e both aimed at the interface PVC 0, and their ind exes are (1, 1), (1, 2) and (1, 3). Step 1: Select the “IP/MAC Filter” as t he Filter Type Selection (show in Figure 4- 39 ). Select the “IP” as the Rule Type on the Filt er screen, then you can [...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 57 Step 6: Go to Step 2 to configure the next two rule s: Block E-mail received by the IP addres s 192.168.1.7 on your local network; Make t he PC with IP address 192.168.1.8 una ble to visit the website of IP address 202.96.134.12. ) Note: After you complete the IP filter rules for the ex[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 58 Figure 4-40 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 an[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 59 Select the “MAC” as the Rule Ty pe on the Filter screen (show in Figure 4 -40 ). , Then you can configure the spec ific rule for the example. Step 2: Select the IP/MAC Filter Set Index and IP/MAC Filter Rule Index for the rule, then select the Interface “PVC0”, and select t he D[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 60 4.5.2.3 Application Filter Select Application Filter as the Filter type (shown in Figure 4-41 ), and then you c an configure the filter rules based on application. Figure 4-41 ¾ Filter Type Selection: Select the Application Filter for the next configuration. ¾ Application Filter: Acti[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 61 Figure 4-42 ¾ Filter Type Selection: Select the URL Filter fo r the next configuration. ¾ Active: Select “Yes” to make t he rule to take effect. ¾ URL Index: Select the index for the URL Filter entry. ¾ URL: Enter the URL for this URL Filter. ¾ URL Filter Listing: This displays[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 62 Other operations for the entries as show n in Figure 4-39 : Select the URL Index to view or modify the entry. Select the URL Index to locate the specific rule, and then click the DELETE button to delete the entry. 4.5.3 SNMP Choose “ Access Manag ement → SNMP ”, you can see the SN[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 63 Figure 4-44 ¾ UPnP: Activate or Deactivate the UPnP function. Only when the function is activa ted, can the UPnP take effect. ¾ Auto-Configure: If you activate the function, t hen the UPnP network devices can automatically configure network addr essing, announce their presence in the [...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 64 ¾ Service Provider: This field displays the service provider of DDNS. ¾ My Host Name: Enter your host name here. ¾ E-mail Address: Enter your E-mail address here. ¾ Username & Password: Type the “User Name” and “Password” for your D DNS account. ¾ Wildcard support: Sele[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 65 ¾ User Name/Passwo rd: Enter the User Name and Password that provided the ACS server to login the router. ¾ Periodic Inform: Activate or deactivate the function. If Activat ed, the information will be informed to ACS server periodically. ¾ Interval: Enter the interval time here. 4.6 [...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 66 4.6.2 Time Zone Choose “ Maintenance → Time Zone ”, you can configure the system time in the screen (shown in Figure 4-49 ). The system time is the time used by the device for scheduling services. There are three methods to configure the time. You can manually set the time or con [...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 67 Figure 4-50 3) Manually Select Manually as the Synchronize time, you need to se t the date and time corresponding to the current time. Figure 4-51 4.6.3 Firmware Choose “ Maintenance → Firmware ”, you can upgrade the firm ware of the Router in the screen (shown in Figure 4-52 ). M[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 68 Figure 4-52 To upgrade the router's firmware, follow these instructions below: Step 1: Type the path and file name of t he update file into the “New Firmware Location” field. Or click the Browse button to locate the update file. Step 2: Click the UPGRADE button. ) Note: 1. When[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 69 Figure 4-53 Step 2: Save the file as the appointed file (shown in Figure 4-54 ). TD-W8901N Figure 4-54 To restore the Router’s settings: Step 1: Click the Browse button to locate the update file for the device, or enter the exact path in “New Romfile Location” field. Step 2: Click[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 70 4.6.4 SysRestart Choose “ Maintenance → SysR esta rt ”, you can select to restart t he device with current settings or restore to factory default settings in the screen (shown in Figure 4-55 ). Figure 4-55 4.6.5 Diagnostics Choose “ Maintenance → Diagnostics ”, you can view [...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 71 Figure 4-56 4.7 Help Choose “ Help ”, you can view the help information for configuration of any function.[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 72 Figure 4-57 ) Note: Click the tab, and you will be able to get the corresponding information.[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 73 Appendix A: Specifications General Standards and Protocols ANSI T1.413, ITU G.992.1, ITU G. 992.2, ITU G.992.3, ITU G.992.5, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, I EEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, TCP/IP, PPPoA, PPPoE, SNTP, HTTP, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, Safety & Emission FCC, CE Ports Four 10[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 74 Appendix B: Troubleshooting T1. How do I rest ore my modem router’s configuration to its factory default settings? With the modem router powered on, press and hold the RESET button on the rear pa nel for 8 to 10 seconds before releasing it. ) Note : Once the modem router is reset, the[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 75 For Windows XP z Click “ Start -> Control Panel -> Net work and Internet Connections -> Network Connections ”. z Right-click Wireless Netw ork Connection (or Local Area Connection), and then click Properties . z Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) , and then click Properties [...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 76 Click OK Select Never dial a connection Now, try to log on to the Web- based configuration page again afte r the above settings have been configured. If you still cannot acce ss the configuration page, please restore your modem router’s factory default settings and reconfigure your mo[...]

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    TD-W8901N 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 77 Appendix C: Technical Support T echnical Support  For more troubleshooting help, go to: http://www .tp-link.com/en/support/faq  T o download the latest Firmware, Dr iver , Utility and User Guide, go to: http://www .tp-link.com/en/support/download  For all other technical suppor[...]