TP-Link TD-W8901G manual

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router Rev: 1.0.4 1910010194[...]

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TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. South Building, No.5 Keyuan Road, Central Zone, Science & Technology Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen, P. R. China DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router Model No.: TD-W8901G T rademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own resp[...]

CONTENTS Package C ontents .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introduc tion ......................................................................................... 2 1.1 Product Ov erview ..................................................................................[...]

4.5.3 SNMP ...................................................................................................... 50 4.5.4 UPnP ....................................................................................................... 50 4.5.5 DDNS ...................................................................................................... 5[...]

1 Package Contents The following contents should be found in your package: ¾ One TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router ¾ One DC power Adapter for TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Rout er ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ One RJ45 cable ¾ Two RJ11 cables ¾ One ADSL splitter ¾ One Resource CD, including: z This User Guide z Other Helpful In[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the TD-W8901G 54M Wireless 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 802.1 1g/802.11b wireless network. The TD-W8901G connects to an E[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 3 Internet when idle. ¾ Provides reliable ESD and surge-prot ect f unction with quick response semi-conductive surge protection circuit. ¾ High speed and asymmetrical dat a transmit mode, provides safe and exclusive bandwidt h. ¾ Supports All ADSL industrial standards. ¾ Compatible with all [...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless 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 Power is on. Power Off Power is off. Flash The ADSL negotia[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 5 2.2 The Back Panel Figure 2-2 ¾ POWER : The Power plug is where yo u will connect the power adapter. ¾ RESET : There are two ways to reset the Router's factory defaults. Method one : With the Router powered on, use a pin to press an d hold the Reset button for at least 5 seconds. And th[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 6 2.4 Connecting the Router Before installing the device, please make sure your broad band service provided by your ISP is available. If there is any problem, please contac t your ISP. Before cable connection, cut off the power supply and keep your hands dr y. You can follow the steps below to i[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 7 Figure 2-3[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 8 Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide 3.1 Configure PC After you directly connect your PC to the TD-W 8901G 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 men[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 9 Figure 3-2 Step 3: Select General tab, highlight Internet Protoc ol (TCP/IP), and then click the Properties button. Figure 3-3[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 10 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 aut omatically, select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server addre ss automatically” in the screen above. Now, you can r[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 11 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[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 12 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: Configure the time for the Router, and then click the NEXT button. Figure 3-9 Step 3: Select the connection type to connect to the ISP (We select PPPoE/PPPoA[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 13 and Connection Type . Then click Next . Figure 3-1 1 Step 5: Configure 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[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 14 Figure 3-13[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless 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 configur e t[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless 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 Router. 4.1.2 System Log Choose “ Status → System Log ” menu, and you will be able to quer y the logs of the Router.[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 17 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 view t[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 18 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 Multicast Frames The multicast frames transmitted over the Ethernet port. Transmit total Bytes The total[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 19 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 total PDUs The total PDUs transmitted over the ADSL port. Receive Statist[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 20 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 igure the parameters for WAN ports in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-6). Figure 4-6 ¾ ATM VC: ATM settings are used to connect t[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 21 • 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 I[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 22 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 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 Mul[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 23 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 connection. Please enter the information accordingly. Figure 4-9 ¾ Servicename: Enter a name to mark current conne ction[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 24 automatically. And once there is traffic send or receive, the connection will be automatically on. ¾ Static/Dynamic IP Address: For PPPoE/PPPoA connection, you need to specify the public IP address for this ADSL Router. The IP addr ess can be either dynamically (via DHCP) or given IP address[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 25 Figure 4-1 1 ¾ 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 Internet. ?[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 26 The Router will work as a DHCP Server; it becomes the default gatew ay for DHCP client connected to it. DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Control Protoc ol. The DHCP Server gives out IP addresses when a device is booting up and request an IP address to be logged on t o the network. That device mus[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 27 1). Select an IP Address from the drop-down list. 2). Enter the MAC Address of the client in the table. • DNS Relay: If you want to disable this feature, you just need to set both Primary and secondary DNS IP to 0.0.0.0. If you want to use DNS relay, you can setup DNS server IP to 192.168.1[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 28 Figure 4-14 ¾ 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 acce[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 29 Clear to Send (CTS) frame to acknowledge the right to begin transmission. In most cases, keep its default value of 2347. • DTIM: This value, between 1 and 255, indicates the interval of the Deliver y Traffic Indication Message (DTIM). A DTIM field is a countdown field informing clients of t[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 30 menu will change to offer the appropriate settings . WPA-64Bits is a data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11g standard. Figure 4-15 2) WEP-128Bits To configure WPA-64Bits settings, select the WPA-64Bits option from the drop-down list. The[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 31 Figure 4-17 ¾ Encryption: Select the encryption you want to use: Automatic, TKIP or AES (AES is an encryption method str onger than TKIP). • TKIP (T emporal K ey I ntegrity P rotocol ) - a wireless encryption prot ocol that provides dynamic encryption keys fo r each packet transmitted. •[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 32 4.4 Advanced Setup Choose “ Advanced Setup ”, you can see the next submenus: Figure 4-19 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 4-2[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 33 Figure 4-21 Click ADD ROUTE button to add a new route in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-22). Figure 4-22 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 Addres[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 34 Figure 4-23 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 4-6) to activate the function. ¾ Number of I[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 35 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 4-25 ¾ Rule Index: The Virtual[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 36 4.4.3.3 IP Address Mapping Select M ultiple for numbers of IPs in Figure 4-23, and choose “ Advan ced Setup → NAT → IP Address Mapping(for Multiple IP Service) ”. You can configure the A ddress Mapping Rule in the next screen. The IP Address Mapping is for those VC s that configured w[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 37 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 ttach[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 38 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: Activate the rule. The rule can take effect only when it is activat[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 39 optimization. There are two ty pes of VLAN as follows: Port-Based VLAN: Each physical switch port is configured with an access list specifying membership in a set of VLANs. ATM VLAN: Using LAN Emulation (LANE) protocol to map Ethernet packets into ATM cells and deliver them to their destinati[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 40 2) Define VLAN Group Click Define VLAN Group in Figure 4-28, you can define VLAN groups in th e next screen (shown in Figure 4-30). Figure 4-30 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[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 41 Figure 4-31 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 4-32 Click any of them, and [...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 42 Figure 4-33 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 Add[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 43 Figure 4-34 ¾ Filter Type Selection: Select the fil t er type fo r the configuration below. 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. ) Note: If selec[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 44 ) Note: Incoming means that IP traffic which is coming into the router, and the Outgoing means that IP traffic which is going out the router. 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 I[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 45 ) 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 Unma[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 46 4.5.2.2 MAC Filter Select IP /Mac Filter as the Filter type, and select MAC as the Rule type (shown in Figu re 4-35), and then you can configure the f ilter rules based on MAC address. Figure 4-35 ¾ Rule Type: Select MAC for the MAC Filter rule. ¾ Active: Select “Yes” to make t he rule [...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 47 Select the “MAC” as the Rule Type on the Filter screen (show in Figure 4-35). , 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 Direction [...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 48 Figure 4-36 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 ac[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 49 Figure 4-37 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 the i[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 50 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 4-38 ¾ Get Community: Set the password for the incoming Ge t and Get next requests from the man[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 51 4.5.5 DDNS Choose “ Access Management → DDNS ”, you ca n configure the DDNS function in the screen (shown in Figure 4-40). The router o ffers a Dynamic Domain Name System ( DDNS ) feature. The feat ure lets you use a static host name with a dynamic IP address. User should type the hos t[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 52 Figure 4-41 ¾ CWMP: Select activate the CWMP function. ¾ URL: Enter the website of ACS which is provided by your ISP. ¾ User Name/Passwo rd: Enter the User Name and passw ord to login the ACS server. ¾ Path: Enter the path that connects to the ACS server. ¾ Port: Enter the port that conn[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 53 Figure 4-43 ) Note: 1) There is only one account that can access Web-Management interface. The default account is "admin", and the password is "admin". Admin has read/write access privilege. 2) When you change the password, you should enter the new password twice, and then[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 54 ) 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 manually , and then the Router will get the time from the specific Server first[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 55 to be used for upgrade. Figure 4-47 To upgrade the router's firmware, follow these instructions below: Step 1: Download a more recent firmware upgr ade file from the TP-LINK website ( www.tp-link.com ). Step 2: Type the path and file na me of the up date file in to the “Ne w Firmware L[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 56 Figure 4-48 Step 2: Save the file as the appointed file (shown in Figure 4-49). Figure 4-49 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 the UPGRADE but[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 57 Figure 4-50 4.6.5 Diagnostic Choose “ Maintenance → Diagnostic ”, you can view the test res ults for the con nectivity of th e physical la yer and protocol layer for both LA N and WAN sides i n the screen (shown in Figure 4-51). Figure 4-51 4.7 Help Choose “ Help ”, you can view the[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 58 Figure 4-52 ) Note: Click the tab, and you will be able to get the corresponding information.[...]

TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 59 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 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g ,IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, TCP/IP, PPPoA , PPPoE, SNTP, HTTP, DHCP, ICMP, NAT Safety & Emission FCC 、 CE Ports Four 10/100M Auto-Negotiati[...]