TP-Link TD-W9980 manual

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router Rev: 1.0.0 1910010923[...]

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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi th the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment gen erates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if no[...]

This is a class B product. In a domestic environmen t, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measure s. National Restrictions This device is intended for home and office use in all EU countries (and ot her countries following the EU directive 1999/5/EC) wit hout any limitation except for [...]

Industry Canada Statement Complies with the Canadian ICES-003 Class B specifications. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. This device complies with RSS 210 of Industry Canada. This Class B device meets all the requirements of the Canadian interfer ence-causing equipment regulations. Cet appareil numér[...]

Safety Information  When product has power button, the powe r button is one of the way to shut off the product; when there is no power button, the only way to co mpletely shut off power is to disconnect the product or the power adapter from the power source.  Don’t disassemble the product, or make repairs yourself. You run the ri sk of elec[...]

TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD 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: N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router Model No.: TD-W9980 T rademark: T[...]

CONTENTS Package Contents .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. Product Overview ................................................................................... 2 1.1 Overview of the Modem Router ..........................................................................[...]

4.6.3 Address Reservation .......................................................................................................... 45 4.6.4 Conditional Pool ................................................................................................................. 46 4.7 Dual Band Selection ..................................................[...]

4.13.4 UPnP ............................................................................................................................... .8 3 4.14 Parental Control ............................................................................................................ 84 4.15 IPv4 Firewall ....................................................[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 1 Package Content s The following contents should be found in your package:  One TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router  One Power Adapter for TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Rou ter  Quick Installation Guide  One RJ45 cable [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 2 Chapter 1. Product Overview Thank you for choosing the TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router . 1.1 Overview of the Modem Router The TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDS L2 Modem Router integrates 4-port Switch, Firewall, NAT-Router and Wireless AP[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 3 1.2 Main Features  Complies with IEEE 802.11n to provide a wireless data rate of up to 30 0 Mb p s (2 . 4G H z) + 300Mbps (5GHz).  Four 10/100/1000Mbps Auto-Negotiation RJ45 LAN ports (Auto MDI/MDIX), one RJ11 port.  Provides external splitter.  Adopts Advanced DMT[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 4 1.3 Panel Layout 1.3.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 The modem router’s LEDs are loca ted on the front panel (View from le ft to right). They indi cate the device’s working status. For details, please refer to LED Explanation. LED Explanation: Name Status Indication On The mo[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 5 Flash Wireless is enabled. The modem ro uter is working on 2.4GHz radio band. (Wireless 2.4GHz) Off Wireless is disabled. Flash Wireless is enabled. The modem router is working on 5GHz radio band. (Wireless 5GHz) Off Wireless is disabled. On A wireless device has been successf[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 6 1.3.2 The Back Panel Figure 1-2  VDSL : Through the port, you can connect the modem router with the telephone. Or you can connect them by an external separate sp litter. For details, please refer to 2.3 Connecting the Modem Router .  USB1, USB2 : The USB port connects to[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 7 Chapter 2. Connecting the Modem Router 2.1 System Requirement s  Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet).  PCs with a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors.  TCP/IP protocol on each PC.  Web browser, such as Micr osoft I[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 8  Note: The diameter of the screw, 3.5mm<D<6mm, and t he distance of two screws is 122mm. The screw that project from the wall need aro und 4mm based, and the l ength of the screw need to be at least 20mm to withstand the weight of the product. 2.3 Connecting the Modem[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 9 Chapter 3. Quick Inst allation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure t he basic functions of your TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router using Quick Setup Wizard within minutes. 3.1 TCP/IP Configuration The default IP address of the TD-W9980 N6[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 10 You can check it follo wing 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 device and the LEDs on y our PC's adapter should be lit. 2) Is the TCP/IP configuration for y our PC correct? If the[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 11 Figure 3-5 3. Select your Region and Time Zone from the drop-down list, then click Next . Figure 3-6 4. The modem router suppo rts two modes: xDSL Modem Router Mode and Wireless Router Mode . Choose your desired mode and then click Next . Figure 3-7  xDSL Modem Router Mode[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 12  Wireless Router Mode: In this mode, the device enables multi-users to share Internet via Ethernet WAN (EWAN) using its interchangeable LAN/WAN port and share it wirelessly at 300Mbps wireless 802.11n speeds.  xDSL Modem Router Mode 1) Select your ISP from the drop-down[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 13 Figure 3-9 3) Here we use PPPoE as an example. Enter the PPPoE Username and Password provided by your ISP. After confirming the password, click Next to continue. Figure 3-10  Wireless Router Mode 1) Select the connection type provided by your ISP. Figure 3-11 2) Here we us[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 14 Figure 3-12 5. Configure the basic parameters for 2.4GHz wireless network in the following screen as shown in Figure 3-13 , and then click Next . Figure 3-13 6. Configure th e basic parameters for 5GHz wireless network in the following screen as shown in Figure 3-14 , and the[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 15 7. On this page, please confirm all parameters. Click Back to modify or click the Save button to save your configuration. Figure 3-15 8. You will see the Complete screen below, click Finish to complete these settings. Figure 3-16[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 16 Chapter 4. Configuring the Modem Router This chapter will show each Web page' s key function and t he configuration. 4.1 Login After your successful login, you will see the tw enty-two main menus on the left of the Web-based management page. On the right, there are the c[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 17 Figure 4-1 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 3.2 Quick Installation Guide .[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 18 4.4 Operation Mode Choose “ Operation Mode ”, and you will see the screen as shown in Figure 4-2 . Select your desired mode and then click Save . Figure 4-2  xDSL Modem Router Mode: In this mode, the device enables mu lti-users to share Internet via xDSL using its VDSL[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 19 4.5.1 WAN Settings Choose “ Netw ork ”  “ WAN Settings ”, and you will see the WAN Port Information Table in the screen similar to Figure 4-3 . 4.5.1.1 VDSL WAN Settings For VDSL mode, there are four different connecti on types, which are Static IP, Dynamic IP, PPP[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 20 Figure 4-4 DSL Modulation Type:  DSL Modulation Type: The modem router supports two modulation types: ADSL and VDSL, you can select the corresponding types according to your needs. PTM Configuration:  Enable VLAN ID: Check the box to enable the Virtual LAN ID.  VLAN [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 21 Figure 4-5 WAN Service Setup:  Enable IPv4 ： Check the box to enable IPv4.  IP Address: Enter the IP address in dotted-decim al notation provided by your ISP.  Subnet Mask: Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-decim al notation provided by your ISP, usually is 255.255.2[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 22  IPv6 Default Gateway: Select a WAN Interface from the drop-down list as the IPv6 default gateway. Click Advance , advanced selections of WAN Service Setup can be shown.  MTU (bytes): Maximum Transmission Unit Size. Check this box then you can change the MTU size. The d[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 23  MTU (bytes): Maximum Transmission Unit Size. Check this box then you can change the MTU size. The default MTU value is 1500 Bytes. It is not re commended that you change the default value unless required by your ISP.  Enable NAT: This technology translates the IP addre[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 24 Figure 4-7  PPP Username/Password/Confirm Password : Enter the User Name, Password and Confirm Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive.  Connection Mode: For PPPoE connection, you can select Always on or Connect on demand or Connect manually . Con[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 25  MTU (bytes): Maximum Transmission Unit Size. C heck this box then you can change the MTU size. The default MTU value is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default value unless required by your ISP.  Enable Fullcone NAT : It is a type of NAT, if not e[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 26 4.5.1.2 ADSL WAN Settings For ADSL mode, there ar e six different configurations for the connecti on types, which are Static IP, Dynamic IP, PPPoE, PPPoA , IPoA and Bridge. You can select the corresponding types according to your needs. Figure 4-9 Click Add to add a new entry[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 27 1) Static IP Select this option if your ISP prov ides static IP information to you. You should set static IP address, IP subnet mask, and gateway address in the screen below. Figure 4-11 Click Advance , advanced selections of ATM Configuration can be shown.  Encapsulation [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 28  Prefix Length: Enter the prefix length of the IPv6 address. The default value is 64.  IPv6 Gateway: Enter the gateway IPv6 addre ss provided by your ISP.  IPv6 DNS Server / Secondary IPv6 DNS Server: Here you can set IPv6 DNS Server (at least one) manually. The Rout[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 29 Figure 4-12 Click Advance , advanced selections for WAN Service Setup can be shown.  MTU (bytes): Maximum Transmission Unit Size. Check this box then you can change the MTU size. The default MTU value is 1500 Bytes. It is not re commended that you change the default value [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 30  Set DNS Server manually: Choose “Set DNS Server manually”, you can set DNS Server manually here. The modem router will use this DNS Server for priority.  Get IPv6 Address with Unicast: This is disabled by default. The minority of DHCPv6 Server of ISP will not suppo[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 31  PPP Username/Password/Confirm Password : Enter the User Name, Password and Confirm Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive.  Connection Mode: For PPPoE connection, you can select Always on or Connect on demand or Connect manually . Connect on dem[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 32 Figure 4-14 5) IPoA If your ISP provides an IPoA connection, select IPoA option for the Connection T ype on the screen.[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 33 Figure 4-15  IP Address/Subnet Mask: Enter the IP Address and Subnet Mask provided by ISP. If you forget, you can ask your ISP.  DNS Server/Secondary DNS Server: Type in your preferred DNS server.  Default Gateway: Select a WAN Interface from the drop-down list as th[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 34 Figure 4-16  Note: After you finishing the Internet configuration, please click Save to make the settings take ef fect. 4.5.2 Interface Grouping Choose “ Network ”  “ Interface Grouping ”, you can view all the current groups on this page (shown in Figure 4-17 ).[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 35 To support this feature, you must create mapping groups with appropriate LAN and WAN interfaces using the Add button. The Remove button will remove the grouping and add the ungrouped interfaces to the Default group. Only the default group has IP interface. Click the Add butto[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 36 Figure 4-19  IP Address: You can configure the modem router’s IP Address and Subnet Mask for LAN Interface.  IP Address: Enter the modem router’s local IP A ddress, then you can access to th e Web-based management page via the IP Addr ess, the default va lue is 192.[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 37  End IP Address: Enter a value for the DHCP server to end with when issuing IP addresses. The End IP Address must be sm aller than 192.168.1.254. The default End IP Address is 192.168.1.254 .  Leased Time: The Leased Time is the amount of ti me in which a network user w[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 38  Leased Time: The Leased Time is the amount of time in whic h a network user will be allowed connection to the modem router with their current dynamic IPv6 address. Enter the amount of time, in hours, then the user will be “leased” this dynamic IPv6 address. After the [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 39  Note: Only the WAN Ports can use MAC Address Clone function. All the clone MAC addresses must not be the same with each other. 4.5.6 ALG Settings Choose menu “ Network ”  “ ALG Settings ”, and then you can configure the basic security in the screen as shown in [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 40  H323 ALG: To allow H323 clients and servers to transfer data across NAT, click Enable .  SIP ALG: To allow SIP clients and servers to transfer data across NAT, click Enable . Click the Save button to save your settings. 4.5.7 DSL Settings Choose “ Advanced Setup ” [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 41  Note: You could also use other VPN Routers to se t VPN tunnels with TD-W9980. TD-W9980 supports up to 10 VPN tunnels simultaneously. Click Add New Connection in Figure 4-27 and then you will enter the screen shown in Figure 4-28 . Figure 4-28  IPSec Connection Name: En[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 42 ddress if you want single IP to join the VPN network. Device2 ) from remote IP addresses: Choose Subnet if you want the Remote Whole evice2 ) emo te LAN. ( For example: Input ample: Input 12345678) and click Save/Apply in both Device1 and D evice2 , PCs in LAN1 unicate with P[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 43 Figure 4-29  Mode: Select Main Mode to configure the st andard negotiation parameters for IKE phase1.  Aggressive Mode: Select Aggressive Mode to configur e IKE phase1 of the VPN Tunnel to carry out negotiation in a shorter amount of time. (Not Recommended-Less Secure) [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 44 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corre sponding function. 4.6.1 DHCP Settings Choose menu “ DHCP Server ”  “ DHCP Settings ”, you can configure the DHCP Server on the page as shown in Figure 4-30 .The modem route r is set up by default as a [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 45  Secondary DNS - (Optional.) Input the IP address of another DNS server if your ISP provides two DNS servers.  DHCP Relay: Select Relay , then you will see the next screen, and the modem router will work as a DHCP Relay. A DHCP relay is a computer that forwards DHCP dat[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 46 accesses the DHCP server. Reserv ed IP addresses should be assigned to the servers that require permanent IP settings. Figure 4-32  MAC Address: The MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP address.  IP Address: The IP address reserved for the PC by the[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 47 Figure 4-34 To add a vendor class: 1. Click the Add New button. Then Figure 4-35 will pop up. 2. Enter parameters for the vendor class. Click the Save button. Figure 4-35 To modify or delete an existing entry: 4. Click the Edit in the entry you want to modify. If you want to [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 48 Figure 4-36  Concurrently with 2.4GHz and 5GHz (802.11a/b/g/n) : Choose this option, and then the modem router will work concurrent ly in 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency.  Only work in 2.4GHz band (802.11b/g/n): Choose this option, and then the modem router will only work in [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 49 Figure 4-37  SSID: Wireless network name shared among all p oint s in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all devices in the wireless network. It is case -sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters (use any of the char acters on the keyboard). Make su re th[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 50  Note: If 11b onl y , 11g only , or 11bg mixed is selected in the Mode field, the Channel Width selecting field will turn grey and the value w ill become 20M, which is unable to be changed.  Enable SSID Broadcast: When wireless clients survey the local a rea for w i rel[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 51 Figure 4-38  WPS: Enable or disable the WPS function here.  Current PIN: The current value of the modem rout er's PIN is displayed here. The default PIN of the modem router can be found in the label or User Guide.  Restore PIN: Restore the PIN of the modem route[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 52 Step 2: Press and hold the WPS button of the client device directly. Step 3: The Wi-Fi Protected Setup LED flashes for tw o minutes during the Wi-Fi Protected Setup process. Step 4: When the W PS LED is on, the client device has successfu lly connected to the modem router. Re[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 53 There are three wireless security modes supported by the modem router: WPA/WPA2 – Personal, WPA/WPA2 – Enterprise, WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). Figure 4-41  Disable Wireless Security: If you do not want to use wire less security, check this radio button. But it’s [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 54  Authentication Type : Authentication Type: You can choose the type for the WPA/WPA2-Personal security on the drop-down list. The default setting is Auto , which can select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK authentication type automatic ally based on the wireless station's capabili[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 55  Note: If you do not set the key, the wireless security func tion is still disabled even if you have selected Shared Key as Authentication Type. Be sure to click the Save button to save your settings on this page. 4.8.4 Wireless MAC Filtering Choose menu “ Wireless 2.4GH[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 56 4. Click the Save button to save this entry. T o edit or delete an existing entry: 1. Click the Edit in the entry you want to modify. 2. Modify the information. 3. Click the Save button. Click the Enable/ Disabled Selected button to make selected entries enabled or disabled. [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 57 Figure 4-44  Transmit Power: Here you can specify the transmit power of modem router. You can select High, Middle or Low which you would like. High is the default setting and is recommended.  Beacon Interval: Enter a value between 25- 1000 milliseconds for Beac on Inter[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 58 4.8.6 Wireless Status Choose menu “ Wireless 2.4GHz ”  ” Wireless Status ”, you can see the MA C Address, Current Status, Received Packets and Sent Packets for each connected wireless station. Figure 4-45  MAC Address: The connected wireless station's MAC a[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 59 Figure 4-46  SSID: Wireless network name shared among all p oint s in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all devices in the wireless network. It is case -sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters (use any of the char acters on the keyboard). Make su re th[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 60 Enable SSID Broadcast checkbox, the Wireless Router w ill broadcast its name (SSID) on the air. Click Save to save yo ur settings. 4.9.2 WPS Settings This section will guide you to add a new wire less device to an existing network quickly by WPS (also called QSS ) function. a[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 61 You can also keep the default WPS Status as Enabled and click the Add device button in Figure 4-47 , then Choose “ Press the button of the ne w device in two minutes ” and click Connect . (Shown in the following figure) Figure 4-48 Step 2: Press and hold the WPS button of[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 62  Note: 1) The WPS LED on the modem r outer will light green for five minutes if the device has been successfully added to the network. 2) The WPS function cannot be c onfigured if the Wireless Functi on of the modem router is disabled. Please make sure the Wireless Func ti[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 63 which is labeled on the bottom of the Router or can be found in Figure 4-38 .  Group Key Update Period: Specify the group key update int erval in seconds. The value should be 30 or above. Ente r 0 to disable the update.  WPA/WPA2 – Enterprise: It’s based on Radius S[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 64  Key Type: You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit.) for encryption. "Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid. 64-bit: You can enter 10 hexadecimal di gits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not promoted) or 5 ASCII characters. 128[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 65 1. Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address is XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example: 00:1D:0F:11:22:33. 2. Give a simple description for the wireless station in the Description fie ld. For example: Wire[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 66 Figure 4-53  Transmit Power: Here you can specify the transmit power of modem router. You can select High, Middle or Low which you would like. High is the default setting and is recommended.  Beacon Interval: Enter a value between 25- 1000 milliseconds for Beac on Inter[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 67 Figure 4-54  MAC Address: The connected wireless station's MAC address  Current Status: The connected wireless stati on's running status, one of STA -AUTH/ ST A-AS S O C/ ST A-JO I N E D/ W P A/ W P A- P S K/ W P A2 / W P A2 - PS K / AP - U P/ AP -D O W N / D [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 68 Figure 4-55  Guest Network: You can choose your Guest Network. When you enable this function, you could set wireless parameters for Guest Network.  SSID: The guest network name. When setting up a Guest network, it is strongly recommended to use a name that easily disti [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 69 4.10.2 Guest Network Status Choose menu “ Guest Network ”  “ Guest Network Status ”, you can see the MAC Address, Current Status, Received Packets and Sent Packets for each connected wireless station.  MAC Address: The connected wireless station's MAC addre[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 70 Figure 4-56  Volume: The volume name of the USB drive the users have access to.  File System: The system of the USB drive.  Capacity: The storage capacity of the USB driver.  Status: Indicates the shared or non- shared status of the volume. Online means volume can[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 71 Figure 4-57 To add a new user account, please follow the steps below: 1. Choose the i ndex from the drop-down list of Choose Index . 2. Self-define a New Username . 3. Enter the password in the New Password field. 4. Re-enter the password in the Confirm passw ord field. 5. Cl[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 72  Anonymous access to all the volumes: This function is enabled by default, so users can access all activated volumes of Storage Sharin g without accounts. If you want to add a shared folder which does not allow anonymous login, uncheck the box to disable this function. And[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 73 You can click the upper button to go to the upper folder Click the Enable/Disable Selected button to enable or dis able the selected entries. Click the Delete Selected button to delete the selected entries.  Note: 1. The max share folders number is 10. If you want to share[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 74 1. Click Add New Folder in Figure 4-61 . Figure 4-62 2. Click the Brow se button, and then select the Sele ct Volume from the drop-down list. 3. Enter display name of the share folder in Share Name filed. 4. Click the Apply button to apply the settings. You can click the uppe[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 75  Server Enable : Select this box to enable this function.  Server Name : The name of this Media Server. To add a new share folder for your media server, please follow the instructions below: a) Click Add Ne w Folder button, and you will see the screen as shown in Figure[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 76 4.12 Route Settings Choose “ Route Settings ”, it includes four menus : Default Gateway , Static Route IPv6 Static Route and RIP Settings . The detailed descriptions are provided below. 4.12.1 Default Gateway Choose “ Route Settings ”  “ Default Gatewa y ”, you[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 77 Figure 4-68 2. Enter the following data:  Destination IP Address: The Destination IP Addr ess is the address of the network or host that you want to assign to a static route.  Subnet Mask: The Subnet Mask determines which portion of an IP Address is the network portion,[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 78 To add a new entry , follow the instructions below. 1. Click the Add New button in Figure 4-69 , and you will see the screen as shown in Figure 4-70 . Figure 4-70 2. Enter the following data:  Destination IPv6 Address: The Destination IPv6 Address is the address of the net[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 79 Figure 4-71  Note: RIP cannot be configured on the WAN Interface which has NAT enabled (such as PPPoE). 4.13 Forwarding There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu: Virtual Servers , Port Triggering , DMZ and UPnP . Click any of them, and you will be able to configur[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 80 supported by the modem router).  Statu s : The status of this entry , "Enabled" m eans the virtual server entry is enabled.  Edit : T o modify or delete an existing entry . To set up a virtual server entry: 1. Click the Add New button. (pop-u p Figure 4-73 ) 2[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 81 games, video conferencing, Internet telephoning and so on. Port Triggering is used for some of these applications that cannot work with a pure NAT modem router. Figure 4-74 To add a new rule, follow the steps below. 1. Click the Add New button, the next screen will pop-up as [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 82  Open Port : The port or port range used by the remote system when it responds to the outgoing request. A respons e using one of these ports will be forwarded to the PC w hich triggered this rule. You can input at most 5 groups of ports (or port se ctions). Every group of [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 83 Figure 4-76 To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server: 1. Click the Enable button. 2. Enter the IP address of a local PC that is set to be DMZ host in the DMZ Host IP Address field. 3. Click the Save button. 4.13.4 UPnP Choose menu “ Forwarding → UPnP ”, and the[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 84 Click the Disable button to disable UPnP. Click the Refresh button to update the Curr ent UPnP Settings List. 4.14 Parent al Control Choose menu “ Parental Control ”, and you can configure the paren tal control in the screen as shown in Figure 4-78 . The Parental Control [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 85 4.15 IPv4 Firewall There are four submenus under the Fi rewall menu: Rule , LAN Host , WAN Host and Schedule . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corre sponding function. 4.15.1 Rule Choose menu “ Firewall ” → “ Rule ”, and then you can view an[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 86 The methods to add a new rule: 1. Click the Add New button and the next screen will pop up as shown in Figure 4-80 . 2. Give a name (e.g. Rule_1) for the rule in the Description field. 3. Select a host from the LAN Host drop-down list or choose “ Add LAN Host ”. 4. Select[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 87 To add a new entry, please follow the steps below. 1. Click the Add New button. 2. In the Mode field, select IP Address or MAC Address.  If you select IP Address, please follow the steps below: 1) In Description field, create a unique description for the host (e.g. Host_1)[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 88 is Figure 4-84 . 2) In IP Address field, enter the IP address. If you select MAC Address , the screen shown Figure 4-84 1) In Description field, create a unique d the host (e.g. Host_1). re 4-85 . escription for 2) In MAC Address field, enter the MAC address. If you select UR[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 89 op-up as shown in Figure 4-87 . ). he Start Time and Stop Time settings. our settings in the table.  Edit : Here you can modify an existing schedule. To add a new schedule, follo w the steps belo w : 1. Click Add New button and the next screen will p 2. In Description fiel[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 90 rules in the screen as shown in Figure 4-88 . 4.16.1 IPv6 Rule Choose menu “ IPv6 Firewall ” → “ IPv6 Rule ”, and then you can view a nd set Access Control Figure 4-88  Enable IPv6 Firewall: Select the check box to enable the IPv6 Firewall function, so the Defaul[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 91 4. Select a target from the IPv6 WAN Host st or choose “ Add IPv6 WAN Host ”. ose “ Add IPv6 Schedule ”. v6. Select one of them selected entries. t list in drop-sown li 5. Select a schedule from the IPv6 Schedule drop-down list or cho 6. In the Action field, select De[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 92 and set a Host list in 4.16.3 IPv6 WAN Host Choose menu “ IPv6 Firewall ” → “ IPv6 WAN Ho st ”, and then you can view the screen as shown in Figure 4-92 . Figure 4-92  Description: Here displays the description about the WAN and this description is unique.  De[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 93  Description : Here displays the description of the sc hedule and this description is unique.  Edit : Here you can modify an existing schedule. To add a new schedule, follo w the steps belo w : 1. Click Add New button and you will see the screen as shown in Figure 4-95 [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 94 Figure 4-96  Enable: Check the box to enable IPv6 Tunnel function. It is disabled by default.  Mechanism: Select a type for IPv6 tunnel from th e drop-down list. DS-Lite, 6RD and 6to4 are supported. see the screen as shown in Figure 4-97 . 1) DS-Lite This type is used i[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 95 Figure 4-98  WAN Connection: Select a WAN connection from the drop-down list. Only the connected WAN connections can be shown in the drop-down list.  Configuration Type: Select a configuration type for th is tunnel. Auto means to obtain the following parameters automati[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 96 4.18 Bandwid th Control Choose menu “ Bandwidth Control ”, and then you can configure the Upstream Bandwidth and Downstream Bandwidth in the next screen. T he values you configur e should be less than 1000000Kbps. For optimal control of the bandwidth, please select the ri[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 97 Figure 4-101 3. Click the Save button. Click the Enable/ Disable Selected button to make selected entries enabled or disabled. Click the Delete Selected button to delete selected entries. 4.19 IP&MAC Binding There are two submenus under the IP &MAC Binding menu: Bindi[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 98 When you want to add or modify an IP & MAC Binding entry, you can click the Add New button or Edit button, and then you will go to the next page. Th is page is used for adding or modifying an IP & MAC Binding entry (shown in Figure 4-103 .) Figure 4-103 To add IP &[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 99 Click the Load Selected button to load selected items to the IP & MAC Binding list. Click the Refresh button to refresh all items. 4.20 Dynamic DNS Choose menu “ Dynamic DNS ”, and you can configure t he Dynamic DNS function. The modem router offers the DDNS (Dynamic [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 100 Figure 4-106 4.22 System T ools Choose menu “ System Tools ”, and you can see the s ubmenus under the main menu: System Log , Time Settings , Manage Control , CWMP Settings , SNMP Settings , Backup & Restore , Factory Defaults , Firm ware Upgrade , Reboot and Statist[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 101 Figure 4-107  Log Type: By selecting th e log type, only logs of this type will be shown.  Log Level: By selecting the log level, only logs of this level will be shown.  Refresh: Refresh the page to show the latest log list.  Clear Log: All the logs will be delet[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 102  Time Zone: Select your local time zone from this pull down list.  Date: Enter your local date in MM/DD/YY into the right blanks.  Time: Enter your local time in HH/ MM/SS into th e right blanks.  NTP Server 1 / NTP Server 2: Enter the address or domain of the NT[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 103  Account Management: Here you can set the account user information about Old Passw ord , New User Name , New Password and Confirm Passw ord .  Service Configuration: Here you can modify the por t of the modem router’s Web-Management page and limit the hosts wh ich ca[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 104  Connection Request Path: Enter the path that connec ts to the ACS server.  Connection Request Port: Enter the port that connects to the ACS server.  Connection Request URL: Enter the URL that connects to the ACS server. 4.22.5 SNMP Settings Choose “ System Tools [...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 105  Note: The current configuration will be covered with the uploading configuration file. Wrong process will lead the device unmanaged. The restor ing proces s lasts for 20 sec onds and the modem router will restart automatically then. Keep t he power of the modem router on[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 106  Firmware Version: Displays the current firmware version.  Hardware Version: Displays the current hardwar e vers ion. The hardw are version of the upgrade file must accord with the modem router’s current hardware version. To upgrade the modem router's firmware ,[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 107  Restore the modem router's settings to factory defaults (system will reboot automatically).  Update the configuration with the f ile (system will reboot automatically. 4.22.10 Statistics Choose menu “ System Tools ” → “ Statistics ”, and then you can vi[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 108 UDP Tx The number of UDP packets trans mitted to the WAN per second at the specified Packets Statis tics interval. It is shown like “current transmitting rate / Max transmitting rate”. SYN Tx The number of TCP SYN packets transmitted to the WAN per second at the specifie[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 109 Appendix A: Sp ecifications General Standards and Protocols ANSI T1.413, ITU G.992.1, ITU G. 992.3, ITU G.992.5, ITU G.993.2 IEEE802.11p, IEEE802.11e, IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11g, IEEE802.11n, IEEE802.3, IEEE802. 3u, TCP/IP, PPPoA, PPPoE, SNTP, HTTP, DHCP, ICMP, NAT Safety &[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 110 Appendix B: T roubleshooting T1. How do I restore m y modem router’s configuration to its factor y 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 rout[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 111  Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server addre ss automatically . Then click OK . For Windows 8  Move your mouse to the lower right corner and you will see Search icon in the Popups. Go to “ -> Apps ”. Type Control Panel in the search box[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 112 Now, try to log on to the Web-based management page again after 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 re configure your modem router following the instruc[...]

TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 113 Appendix C: T echnical Support Technical Support  For more troublesh ooting help, go to: http://www.tp-link.com/e n/support/faq  T o download the latest Firmware, Driver , Utility and User Guide, go to: http://www .tp-link .com/en/support/do wnload  For all other te[...]