Chapter 2. Hardware Installation; The Front Panel; The Back Panel - TP-Link TD-8817 User Manual

Chapter 2. Hardware Installation

2.1 The Front Panel

The LEDs are located on the front panel, they indicate the device's working status. For details,
please refer to LED Explanation.
LED Explanation:
Indicator Description
USB USB status
LAN Ethernet
ADSL
ADSL
status
Act Data
Power Power

2.2 The Back Panel

ON/OFF: The switch for the power.
POWER: The Power plug is where you will connect the power adapter.
RESET: There are two ways to reset the Router's factory defaults.
Method one: When the device is working, please press the reset button of the Router, keep
the reset button pressed down for more than five seconds.
Method two：Restore the default setting from "Maintenance-SysRestart" of the Router's
TD-8817 ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide
Figure 2-1
Status
On Connection to telecom network is OK
Off Connection on USB port is abnormal
Flash Data is transmitting or receiving
On Connection to telecom network is OK
Off Connection on LAN port abnormal
Flash Data is transmitting or receiving
Slow flash Connection to telecom network is abnormal
Quick flash Connecting to the telecom network
On Connection to telecom network is OK
Flash There is data transmitting or receiving on WAN
port
Off No data transmitting or receiving on WAN port
On Power OK
Off Power fail
Figure 2-2
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Function Details