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TD-W8961NB
300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router
Rev: 1.0.0
1910010440

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  • Page 1 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router Rev: 1.0.0 1910010440...

  • Page 2: Fcc Statement

    Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

  • Page 3: Ce Mark Warning

    FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This device and its antenna must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. “To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, this grant is applicable to only Mobile Configurations.

  • Page 4: Declaration Of Conformity

    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router Model No.: TD-W8961NB Trademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product within the scope of Council Directives:...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Package Contents ....................1 Chapter 1 Introduction ..................2 Product Overview.................. 2 Main Features ..................2 Conventions ..................3 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation................4 The Front Panel ..................4 The Back Panel..................5 Installation Environment ................ 5 Connecting the Router ................6 Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide ..............
  • Page 6 4.5.3 UPnP ....................... 56 4.5.4 DDNS ...................... 56 4.5.5 CWMP ..................... 57 Maintenance..................58 4.6.1 Administration..................58 4.6.2 Time Zone ....................58 4.6.3 Firmware....................60 4.6.4 System Restart ..................62 4.6.5 Diagnostic....................62 Help..................... 63 Appendix A: Specifications................... 64...

  • Page 7: Package Contents

    Package Contents The following contents should be found in your package: One TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router One DC power Adapter for TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router Quick Installation Guide One RJ45 cable Two RJ11 cables...

  • Page 8: Chapter 1 Introduction

    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 network. The TD-W8961NB connects to an Ethernet LAN or computers via standard Ethernet ports. The ADSL connection is made using ordinary telephone line with standard connectors. Multiple workstations can be networked and connected to the Internet using a single Wide Area Network (WAN) interface and single global IP address.

  • Page 9: Conventions

    Provides 64/128-bit WEP encryption security and wireless LAN ACL (Access Control List). 1.3 Conventions The Router or device mentioned in this User Guide stands for TD-W8961NB without any explanations. Parameters provided in the pictures are just references for setting up the product, which may...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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 status. For details, please refer to LED Explanation. LED Explanation:...

  • Page 11: The Back Panel

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Note: After a device is successfully added to the network by QSS function, the QSS LED will keep on for about 5 minutes and then turn off. 2.2 The Back Panel Figure 2-2 POWER: The Power plug is where you will connect the power adapter.

  • Page 12: Connecting The Router

    Method one: Plug one end of the twisted-pair ADSL cable into the ADSL LINE port on the rear panel of TD-W8961NB, and insert the other end into the wall socket. Method two：You can use a separate splitter. External splitter can divide the data and voice, and then you can access the Internet and make calls at the same time.
  • Page 13 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 2-3...

  • Page 14: Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide

    Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide 3.1 Configure PC After you directly connect your PC to the TD-W8961NB 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.
  • Page 15 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 3-2 Step 3: Select General tab, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click the Properties button. Figure 3-3...
  • Page 16 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Step 4: Configure the IP address as Figure 3-4 shows. After that, click OK. Figure 3-4 Note: You can configure the PC to get an IP address automatically, select “Obtain an IP address automatically”...

  • Page 17: Login

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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:...
  • Page 18 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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.
  • Page 19 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 3-11 Step 5: Configure the rules for the WLAN, and click NEXT. Figure 3-12 Note: If the Access Point is activated, the wireless function will be available even without the external antenna because of an additional printed antenna.

  • Page 20: Chapter 4 Software Configuration

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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 about this device and make use of its functions adequately, maybe you will get help from this chapter to configure the advanced settings through the Web-based Utility.

  • Page 21: System Log

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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...

  • Page 22: Statistics

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-3 The Router can keep logs of all traffic. You can query the logs to find what happened to the Router. Click the CLEAR LOG button to clear the logs.
  • Page 23 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Interface: You can select Ethernet, ADSL and WLAN to view the corresponding network 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.

  • Page 24: Quick Start

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Statistics Table: Transmit total PDUs The total PDUs transmitted over the ADSL port. Transmit The total errors occurred over the ADSL port when data Statistics Transmit total Error Counts is being transmitted.

  • Page 25: Internet

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-5 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.3.1 Internet Choose “Interface Setup→Internet” menu, you can configure the parameters for WAN ports in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-6).
  • Page 26 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ATM VC: ATM settings are used to connect to your ISP. Your ISP provides VPI (Virtual Path Identifier), VCI (Virtual Channel Identifier) settings to you. In this Device, you can totally setup 8 VCs on different encapsulations, if you apply 8 different virtual circuits from your ISP.
  • Page 27 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-7 Encapsulation: Select the encapsulation mode for the Dynamic IP Address, you can leave it default. NAT: Select this option to Enable/Disable the NAT (Network Address Translation) function for this VC. The NAT function can be activated or deactivated per PVC basis.
  • Page 28 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-8 Note: Each IP address entered in the fields must be in the appropriate IP form, which is four IP octets separated by a dot (x.x.x.x), such as 192.168.1.100. The Router will not accept the IP address if it is not in this format.
  • Page 29 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-9 Servicename: Enter a name to mark current connection, or you can leave it blank. Username: Enter your username for your PPPoE/PPPoA connection. Password: Enter your password for your PPPoE/PPPoA connection.

  • Page 30: Lan

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide MAC Spoofing: Enable the MAC Spoofing, and enter a MAC address to configure the WAN port. It makes your inside network appear as a device with this MAC address to the outside world.
  • Page 31 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-11 Router Local IP: These are the IP settings of the LAN interface for the device. These settings may be referred to as Private settings. You may change the LAN IP address if needed.
  • Page 32 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide connected to it. DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Control Protocol. The DHCP Server gives out IP addresses when a device is booting up and request an IP address to be logged on to the network.

  • Page 33: Wireless

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide between computers that request IP addresses and the DHCP server that assigns the addresses. Each of the device's interfaces can be configured as a DHCP relay. If it is enabled, the DHCP requests from local PCs will forward to the DHCP server runs on WAN side. To have this function working properly, please run on router mode only, disable the DHCP server on the LAN port, and make sure the routing table has the correct routing entry.
  • Page 34 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-14 Access point Settings: These are the settings of the access point. You can configure the rules to allow wireless-equipped computers and other devices to communicate with a wireless network.
  • Page 35 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide field determines which operating frequency will be used. It is not necessary to change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby access point. • Beacon Interval: Enter a value between 20-1000 milliseconds. The Beacon Interval value indicates the frequency interval of the beacon.
  • Page 36 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Router’s SSID, keep the default setting. If you don’t want to broadcast the Router’s SSID, select “No”. • Use QSS: Use QSS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) function, you can add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly.
  • Page 37 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide WEP-128Bits To configure WPA-64Bits settings, select the WPA-64Bits 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 WPA-PSK To configure WPA-PSK settings, select the WPA-PSK option from the drop-down list. The menu will change to offer the appropriate settings.
  • Page 38 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide menu will change to offer the appropriate settings. WPA2-PSK requires a shared key and does not use a separate server for authentication. PSK keys can be ASCII or Hex type. Figure 4-19...
  • Page 39 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-21 Method One: Step 1: Press the QSS button on the front panel of the Router or click Start QSS button in Figure 4-21. Step 2: Press and hold the QSS button of the adapter directly for 2 or 3 seconds.
  • Page 40 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Step 2: For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose “Push the button on my access point” in the configuration utility of the QSS as below, and click Next. The QSS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter Step 3: Wait for a while until the next screen appears.
  • Page 41 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide PIN code If the wireless adapter supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup and the PIN method, you can add it to the network by PIN with the following two methods. Click PIN code, you will see the screen as shown below.
  • Page 42 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-23 Method Two: Enter the PIN from my Router Step 1: Get the Current PIN code of the Router from AP self PIN code in Figure 4-23 (each Router has its unique PIN code. Here takes the PIN code 55924054 of this Router for example).

  • Page 43: Advanced Setup

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide exceed 32 characters (use any of the characters on the keyboard). Make sure this setting is the same for all stations in your wireless network. Type the desired SSID in the space provided.

  • Page 44: Routing

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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 from WAN would be blocked, including DMZ, Virtual Server, and ACL WAN side.

  • Page 45: Nat

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide gateway must be the IP address of one of the remote nodes. Metric: Metric represents the "cost" of transmission for routing purposes. IP Routing uses hop count as the measurement of cost, with a minimum of 1 for directly connected networks.
  • Page 46 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-29 DMZ Host IP Address: Enter the specified IP Address for DMZ host on the LAN side. 4.4.3.2 Virtual Server Choose “Advanced Setup→NAT→Virtual Server” in Figure 4-28, you can configure the Virtual Server in the next screen.
  • Page 47 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Note: For VCs with single IP, select Single; For VCs with multiple IPs, select Multiple for the option. Step 2: Select the Rule index for the rule as shown in Figure 4-30.

  • Page 48: Qos

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide To add a mapping rule: Step 1: Select the “Virtual Circuit” and Multiple for the “Number of IPs”. Then select the tab IP Address Mapping (shown in Figure 4-28). Note: IP Address Mapping is only available for VCs with Multiple IPs.
  • Page 49 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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 the configurations of QoS. 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.

  • Page 50: Vlan

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide • IPP/DS Field: Select the type of the action to assign the priority. When you select IPP/TOS, you can assign the priority via IP information. IP QoS function is intended to deliver guaranteed as well as differentiated Internet services by giving network resource and usage control to the Network operator.
  • Page 51 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-33 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).

  • Page 52: Adsl

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-35 VLAN Index: Select the VLAN index for this VC. You can specify 8 groups 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 when transmitted from the VC.

  • Page 53: Access Management

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-36 ADSL Mode: Select the ADSL operation mode which your ADSL connection uses. ADSL Type: Select the ADSL operation type which your ADSL connection uses. 4.5 Access Management Choose “Access Management”, you can see the next submenus: Figure 4-37 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

  • Page 54: Filter

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-38 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.
  • Page 55 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-39 Filter Type Selection: Select the filter type for 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.
  • Page 56 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Note: You should set the IP/MAC Filter Set Index and IP/MAC Filter Rule Index together to appoint the address (shown in the Filter List) for the IP Filter rule. For example, (1, 2), it means the rule will be shown in the row 2 IP/MAC Filter Set Index 1.
  • Page 57 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Note: If you want to make the rule take effect, please select Yes to active the rule. Step 3: Enter the “Source IP Address”, “Destination IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Port Number”...
  • Page 58 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.5.2.2 MAC Filter Select IP/Mac Filter as the Filter type, and select MAC as the Rule type (shown in Figure 4-40), and then you can configure the filter rules based on MAC address.
  • Page 59 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide , Then you can configure the specific 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 the Direction “Outgoing” for the first rule.
  • Page 60 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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 Deny for these applications. If you select Allow, the Router will accept the application;...
  • Page 61 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-42 Filter Type Selection: Select the URL Filter for the next configuration. Active: Select “Yes” to make the rule to take effect. URL Index: Select the index for the URL Filter entry.

  • Page 62: Upnp

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.5.3 UPnP Choose “Access Management→UPnP”, you can configure the UPnP in the screen (shown in Figure 4-43). UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) is a distributed, open networking standard that uses TCP/IP for simple peer-to-peer network connectivity between devices.

  • Page 63: Cwmp

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-44 Dynamic DNS: Activate the DDNS function or not. Service Provider: This field displays the service provider of DDNS. My Host Name: Enter your host name here. E-mail Address: Enter your E-mail address here.

  • Page 64: Maintenance

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide CWMP: Select activate the CWMP function. URL: Enter the website of ACS which is provided by your ISP. User Name/Password: Enter the User Name and password to login the ACS server.
  • Page 65 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-48). The system time is the time used by the device for scheduling services. There are three methods to configure the time. You can manually set the time or connect to a NTP (Network Time Protocol) server.

  • Page 66: Firmware

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Manually Select Manually as the Synchronize time, you need to set the date and time corresponding to the current time. Figure 4-50 4.6.3 Firmware Choose “Maintenance→Firmware”, you can upgrade the firmware of the Router in the screen (shown in Figure 4-51).
  • Page 67 TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Do not turn off the router or press the Reset button while the firmware is being upgraded. The router will reboot after the upgrading has been finished. To back up the Router’s current settings: Step 1: Click the ROMFILE SAVE button (shown in Figure 4-51), click Save button in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-52) to proceed.

  • Page 68: System Restart

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.6.4 System Restart Choose “Maintenance→SysRestart”, you can select to restart the device with current settings or restore to factory default settings in the screen (shown in Figure 4-54). Figure 4-54 4.6.5 Diagnostic Choose “Maintenance→Diagnostic”, you can view the test results for the connectivity of the...

  • Page 69: Help

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.7 Help Choose “Help”, you can view the help information for configuration of any function. Figure 4-56 Note: Click the tab, and you will be able to get the corresponding information.

  • Page 70: Appendix A: Specifications

    TD-W8961NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Appendix A: Specifications General ANSI T1.413, ITU G.992.1, ITU G.992.2, ITU G.992.3, ITU G.992.5, ITU Annex B Standards and Protocols IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, TCP/IP, PPPoA, PPPoE, SNTP, HTTP, DHCP, ICMP, NAT Safety &...

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