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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router Rev: 3.0.0 1910010893[...]

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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 br ands 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 with 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 n[...]

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    CE Mark Warning This is a class B product. In a domestic environment , this product may cause radio interference, in Canadian Compliance Statement exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject erference, and luding interference t hat may cause undesired me aux norms CNR ex emptes de licence d’I ndustrie Canada. Le is celles susceptibles de provoqu[...]

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    NCC Notice & BSMI Notice 注意! 依據 低功率電波輻射性電機管理辦法 第十二條 經型式認證合格之低功率射頻電機,非經許可,公司、商號或使用者均不得擅自變更頻 率、加大功率或變更原設計之特性或功能。 第十四條 低功率射頻電機之使用不得影響飛航安全及干?[...]

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    DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router Model No.: TD-W8961ND T rademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own respon sibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product with in the scope of Council Directives: Directives 1999/5/EC, [...]

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    CONTENTS Package Contents .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introduction ......................................................................................... 2 1.1 Product Overview .................................................................................. 2 [...]

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    4.5.2 Filter ........................................................................................................ 50 4.5.3 SNMP ...................................................................................................... 58 4.5.4 UPnP .....................................................................................................[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 1 Package Contents The following contents should be found in your package:  One TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router  One Power Adapter for TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router  Quick Installation Guide  One RJ45 cable  Two RJ11 cables  One ADSL[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the TD-W8961ND 300Mbps 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 n[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 3  Supports PPPoE, it allows connecting the internet on deman d and disconnecting from the Internet when idle.  Provides reliable ESD and surge-prot ect f unction with quick response semi-conductive surge protection circuit.  High speed and asymmetrical dat a transmit mode, provi[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps 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 Explan ation: Name Status Indication On The modem router is powered on. (Power) Off The mod[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 5 enabled. Please refer to 4.3.3 WPS Settings for more information. On There is a device connec ted to this LAN port. Flash The modem router is sending or receiving data over this LAN port. (LAN1-4) Off There is no device connected to this LAN port.  Note: 1. If the ADSL LED is off, pl[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 6 2.2 The Back Panel Figure 2-2  POWER : The Power plug is where yo u will connect the power adapter.  ON/OFF : The switch for the power.  WPS : The switch for the WPS functi on. For details, please refer to 4.3.3.1 Wireless- WPS Settings .  RESET : There are two ways to reset[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 7  Antennas : Used for wireless operation and data transmit. 2.3 Inst allation Environment  The Product should not be locat ed where it will be exposed to moisture or excessive heat.  Place the modem router in a location where it can be connected to t he various devices as well a[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 8 Figure 2-3[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps 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-W89 61ND or connect your adapter to a Hub/Switch which has connected to t he modem router, you n eed to confi gure your P C’s IP address. Follow the steps below to configure it.. Step 1: C[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps 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-W8961ND 300Mbps 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 c onfigure the PC to get an IP address aut omatically, select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server addre ss automatically” in the screen above. Now,[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 12 If the result displayed is similar to the screen shown below, it means that your PC has not connected to the modem router. Figure 3-6 You can check it follow the steps below: 1) Is the connection between your PC and the modem router correct? The LEDs of LAN port which you link to the d[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 13 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 m odem router, and then click the NEXT button. Figure 3-9 Step 3: Select the connection type to c onnect to the ISP (We se[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 14 Figure 3-1 1 Step 5: Configur e the rules for the WLAN, and click NEXT . Figure 3-12  Note: If the Access Point is activated, the wireless f unction will be available ev en without the external antenna because of an additional prin ted antenna. To adopt the wi reless security protec[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 15 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 confi[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 16 Figure 4- 2  Note: Click the other submenus System Log or Statistics in Figure 4-2 , and you will be able to view the system log and traffic statistics about the modem router. 4.1.2 System Log Choose “ Status → System Log ” menu, and you will be able to query the logs of the m[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 17 Figure 4-3 The modem router can keep logs of all traffic. Y ou can query the logs to find what happened to the modem 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 wil[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 18 Figure 4-4  Interface: You can select Ethernet , ADSL and WLAN to view the corresponding net work traffic over different ports.  Select Ethernet , and you will see the statistics table as below. Statistics Table: Transmit Frames The frames transmitted over the Ethernet port. Tran[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 19  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 [...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 20 4.3 Interface Setup Choose “ Interface Setup ”, you can see the next submenus: Internet and LAN . 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, yo u can conf igure the pa[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 21  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.  VCI: Identifies the virtual channel endpoints in an ATM network. The valid range is from 32 to 65535 (1 to 31 is reserved for w[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 22  Dynamic Route: Select this option to s pecify the RIP (Routing Info rmation protocol) version for WAN interface, including RIP1 , RIP2-B and RIP2-M . RIP2-B and RIP2-M are both sent in RIP2 format, the difference is that RIP2-M using Multicast, while RIP2-B using Broadcast format. [...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 23 3) PPPoA/PPPoE Select this option if your ISP requires you to use a PPPoE connection. This option is typically used for DSL services. Select Dynamic PPPoE to obtain an IP address automatically for your PPPoE connection. Select Static PPPoE to use a static IP address fo r your PPPoE con[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 24 automatically. And once there is traffic send or receive, the connection will be automatically on.  Static/Dynamic IP Address: For PPPoA/PPPoE connection, you need to specify the public IP address for this ADSL modem router. The IP address can be either dynamically (via DHCP) or giv[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 25 Figure 4- 1 1  Router Local IP: These are the IP settings of the LA N interface for the device. These settings may be referred to as Private se ttings. You may change the LAN IP addres s if needed. The LAN IP address is private to y our internal networ k and cannot be seen on the In[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 26 means the ADSL modem router will only accept but will not send RIP packet. OUT only means the ADSL modem router will only send but will not accept RIP packet.  Multicast: Select IGMP version, or disable the function. IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol) is a session-layer pr oto[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 27  Physical Po rts: If a physical port is unchecked, the client connected to that port will not be able to obtain IP address automatically although the DHCP function is enabled. All the ports are checked by default.  DHCP Table : The information of the DHCP clients will be displaye[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 28 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 t ake effect. 4.3.3 Wireless Choose “ Interface Setup → Wireless ” menu, and you will see the Wireless screen (shown in[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 29 Figure 4- 14[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 30  Access point Settings: These are the settings of the a ccess point. You can configure the rules to allow wireless-equipped computers and other devices to communicate with a wireless network.  Access point: Select Activated to allow wireless station to associate with the access p[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 31  Extension Channel: If “20/40 MHz” is selected, this option will be displayed.  Guard Interval: Select the guard interval you want from the drop-down list.  MCS: Select the wireless transmission rate from the drop-down list. By default, the option is AUTO.  Multiple SSI[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 32 Figure 4-16 2) WEP-128Bits To configure WEP-128Bits settings, select the WEP-128Bits option from the drop-down list. The menu will change to offer the appropriate settings. 128-bit is stronger than 64-bit. Figure 4-17 3) WPA-PSK To configure WPA-PSK settings, select the WPA-PSK option [...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 33 Figure 4-18  Encryption: Select the encryption you want to us e: TKIP/AES, TKIP or AES (AES is an encryption method str onger than TKIP).  TKIP ( T emporal K ey I ntegrity P rotocol) - a wireless encrypt ion protocol that provides dynamic encryption keys fo r each packet transmit[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 34 Figure 4-20  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-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), yo[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 35 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 Method Two: Step 1: Press the WPS button on the black panel of the modem router or click Start WPS button in Figure 4-21 . Step 2: Fo[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 36 The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter 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 Protect ed Se tup and the PIN met[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 37 Figure 4-22 Method One: Enter the PIN into my modem router Step 1: For the configurati on of the wireless adapter, please choose “ Enter a PIN into m y access point or a registrar ” in the configuration utility of the WPS, and get the PIN code on the screen as below, then click Nex[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 38 Figure 4- 23 Method Two: Enter the PIN from my modem router Step 1: Get the Curr ent PIN code of the modem router from AP self PIN code in Figure 4-23 (each modem router has its unique PIN code. Here takes the PIN cod e 55924054 of this modem router for example). Step 2: For the config[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 39  SSID: Wirele ss network name shared among all po ints in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all devices in the wire less network. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters (use any of the characters on the keyboard). Make sure this setting is the same f[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 40 Figure 4-25  Firewall: Select this option can automatically detect and block Denial of Service (DoS ) attacks, such as Ping of Death, SYN Flood, Port Scan and Land Attack.  SPI: If you enable SPI, all traffics initiated fr om WAN would be blocked, including DMZ, Virtual Server, a[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 41  Gateway IP Address: Enter the IP address of the gatew ay. The gateway is an immediate neighbor of your ADSL modem router that will forward the packet to t he destination. On the LAN, the gateway must be a modem router on the same segment as your modem router; over Internet (WAN), t[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 42 4.4.3.1 DMZ Choose “ Ad vanced Setup → NAT → DMZ ” in Figure 4-28 , you can configure the DMZ host in the next screen. A DMZ (demilitarized zone) is a host between a private local network and the outside public network. It prevents outside users from getting direct access to a [...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 43 example, if you want to set the FTP Virtual server, you can set the start and end port number to 21.  Local IP Address: Enter the IP Address for the Virtual Server in LAN side.  Virtual Server Listing: This displays the information about the Virtual Servers you establish. To add [...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 44  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. If the rule is for all local IPs, then the Start IP is 0. 0.0.0 and the End IP is 255.255.255.255.  Public St[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 45 Figure 4-32  QoS: Select this option to Activate/Deactivate the IP QoS on different types (IP ToS and DiffServ).  Summary: Click the button to view t he configurations of QoS.  Rule: Configure the rules for QoS. If the traffic complies with the rule, then the modem router will[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 46  Source MAC & IP & Mask & Port Range: Enter the IP information about the Source host for the rule.  Protocol ID: Select one among TCP/UDP, TCP, UDP or ICMP protocols for the application.  Vlan ID Range: Enter the Vlan range, and the rule will be effective to the se[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 47 Figure 4-33 1) Assign VLAN PVID for each Interface Click Assign VLAN PVID for each Interface in Figure 4 -33 , you can assign the PVID for each interface in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-34 ). Figure 4-34  PVID: Each physical port has a default VID ca lled PVID (Port VID). PVID[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 48 Figure 4-35  VLAN Index: Select the VLAN index for this VC. You can specify 8 gr oups in maximum.  VLAN ID: This indicates the VLAN group.  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 f[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 49 Figure 4-36  ADSL Mode: Select the ADSL operation mode wh ich your ADSL connection uses.  ADSL Type: Select the ADSL operation type wh ich your ADSL connection uses. Choose “ A ccess Management ”, you can see t he next submenus: 4.5 Access Management Figure 4-37 Click any of [...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 50 Figure 4-38  ACL: If Activated , the IP addresses which are contained in the Access Control List can access to the modem router. If Deactivated , all IP addresses can access to the modem router.  ACL Rule Index: Select the ACL rule index for the entry.  Active: Enable the ACL [...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 51 Figure 4-39  Filter Type Selection: Select the fil ter type fo r the configuration below.  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.  Interface: Select the interface for the entry.  Not[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 52  Note: Incoming means that IP traffic which is comi ng into the modem router , and the Outgoing means that IP traffic which is going out the modem router.  IP/MAC Filter Rule Index: Select the Rule index for the IP Filter entry.  Note: You should set the IP/MAC Filter Set Inde[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 53  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[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 54 4.5.2.2 MAC Filter Select I P/MAC Filter as the Filter type, and select MAC as the Rule type (shown in Figu re 4-40 ), and then you can configure the f ilter rules based on MAC address. Figure 4-40 If you select Next , the modem router will find the the informatio n about the MAC Filte[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 55 Select the “MAC” e 4-40 ). as the Rule Type on the Filter screen (show in Figur , 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-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 56 Figure 4-41  Filter Type Selection: Select the Application Filter for the next configuration.  Application Filter: Activate or deactivate the function.  ICQ & MSN & YMSG & Real Audio/Video: Select Allow or Den y for these applications. If you select Allow, the mode[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 57 Figure 4-42  Filter Type Selection: Select the URL Filter fo r the next configuration.  Active: Select “Yes” to make t he rule to take effect.  URL Index: Select the index for the URL Filter entry.  URL: Enter the URL for this URL Filter.  URL Filter Listing: This di[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 58 4.5.3 SNMP Choose “ Access Management → SNMP ”, you can see the SNMP screen. The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used for exc hanging information between network devices. Figure 4- 43  Get Community: Set the password for the incoming Ge t and Get next requests fro[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 59  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 other UPnP devices and enable exchange of simp le product and service descriptions. 4.5.5 DDNS Choose “ Access[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 60 Figure 4- 46  CWMP: Select activate the CWMP function.  URL: Enter the website of ACS which is provided by your ISP.  User Name/Passwo rd: Enter the User Name and passw ord to login the ACS server.  Path: Enter the path that connects to the ACS server.  Port: Enter the p[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 61 4.6.1 Administration Choose “ Maintenance → Administration ”, you can set new password for admin in the screen (shown in Figure 4-48 ). Figure 4-48  Note: 1) There is only one account that can access Web-Management interface. The default account is "admin", and the p[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 62 Figure 4-49  Note: The ADSL modem router built-in some NTP Serv ers, when the modem router connects to the Internet, the modem router will get the system ti me automatically from the NTP Server . Y ou can also configure the NTP Server address manually , and then the modem router wil[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 63 Figure 4-51 4.6.3 Firmware Choose “ Maintenance → Firmware ”, you can upgrade the firmware of the modem router in the screen (shown in Figure 4-52 ). Make sure the firmware or romf ile you want to use is on the local hard drive of the computer. Click Brow se to find the local har[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 64 3) The modem router will reboot after the upgrading has been finished. To back up the modem router’s current settings: Step 1: Click the ROMFILE SAVE button (shown in Figure 4-52 ), click Save button in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-53 ) to proceed. Figure 4-53 Step 2: Save the [...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 65 Step 2: Click the UPGRADE button to complete. 4.6.4 SysRestart Choose “ Maintenance → SysRe start ”, you can select to restart the 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 “ M[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 66 Figure 4-56 4.7 Help Choose “ Help ”, you can view the help information for configuration of any function.[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 67 Figure 4- 57  Note: Click the tab, and you will be able to get the corresponding information.[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 68 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-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 69 Appendix B: Troubleshooting T1. How do I restore m y Mo dem Router’s configurati on to its f actory default settings? With the modem router powered on, press and hold the RESET button on the rear pan el for 8 to 10 seconds before releasing it.  Note: Once the modem router is reset[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 70 Click Network Connections Right-click Local Area Connection Click Properties[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 71 Double-click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Select Obtain DNS server address automatically Select Obtai n an IP address automatically Click OK[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 72 Click OK[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 73 For Windows Vista OS Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel , and then you will see the following pa ge. Click View network status and tasks Click View status Click Properties[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 74 Double-click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Select Obtain an IP address automatically Select Obtain DNS server address automatically Click OK[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 75 For Windows 7 OS Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel , and then you will see the following page. Click Change adapter settings Click Properties Right-click Local Area Connection Click Vie w network status and tasks[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 76 Double-click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Click OK Select Obtain DNS server address automatically Select Obtai n an IP address automatically[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 77 2) Configure your IE browser Open your IE browser, click Tools tab and you will see the following screen. Click Internet Options Click OK Select Never dial a connection Now, try to log on to the Web-based configur ation page agai n after the above settings have been configured. If you [...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 78 2) Check to see if you can log on to the web management page of the Modem Router. If you can, try the following steps. If you cannot, pl ease set your computer referring to T3 then try to see if you can access the Internet. If the problem persists, please go to the next step. 3) Consul[...]

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    TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 79 Appendix C: Technical Support Technical Support  For more troubleshooting help, go to: http://www.tp-link.com/e n/support/faq  T o download the latest Firm ware, Driver , Utility and User Guide, go to: http://www.tp-link.com/e n/support/do wnload  For all other technical suppo[...]