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TD-8841T
4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router
Rev: 1.0.1
1910010059

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  • Page 1 TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router Rev: 1.0.1 1910010059...
  • Page 2 COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS 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: Fcc Statement

    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 limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

  • Page 4: Package Contents

    Package contents The following contents should be found in your box: One TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router One AC power Adapter for TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router One Quick Installation Guide One RJ45 cable Two RJ11 cables One USB cable...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 2. Hardware Installation ... 3 The Front Panel ... 3 The Back Panel... 3 Installation Environment ... 4 Connecting the Router ... 4 Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide ... 6 Configure PC... 6 USB Configuration ... 9 Login ... 11 Chapter 4.
  • Page 6 4.6.3 Firmware...49 4.6.4 System Restart...51 4.6.5 Diagnostic...51 Help... 51 Appendix A: Specification... 53...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1. Introduction

    ADSL Internet connection for a private Ethernet network. The TD-8841T 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 8: Conventions

    Supports firmware upgrade and Web management. 1.3 Conventions The Router or device mentioned in this User guide stands for TD-8841T without any explanations. Parameters provided in the pictures are just references for setting up the product, which may differ from the actual situation.

  • Page 9: Chapter 2. Hardware Installation

    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.

  • Page 10: Installation Environment

    Method one: Plug one end of the twisted-pair ADSL cable into the ADSL LINE port on the rear panel of TD-8841T, 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 11 TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Figure 2-3...

  • Page 12: Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide

    Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide 3.1 Configure PC After you directly connect your PC to the TD-8841T 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 13 TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB 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 14 192.168.1.1 on the next screen, and then press Enter. If the result displayed is similar to the screen below, the connection between your PC and the Router has been established. TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Figure 3-4...

  • Page 15: Usb Configuration

    CD, or download from our website. (http://www.tp-link.com) USB Drive installation procedures Step 1: Please connect your PC to the Router through the USB port at first, then open the relative operating system folder in the CD, and double click Setup.exe to install the USB driver.
  • Page 16 Step 3: You will see Figure 3-8 as follow, please wait a moment. Step 4: After that, you will see Figure 3-9. Click Finish to complete the installation. TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Figure 3-7 Figure 3-8...

  • Page 17: Login

    If you want to pull out the USB device you must disconnect the network of USB first. In the Vista operating system, maybe the “Unknown Device” screen will pop up when you insert the USB cable of the Router to a computer, please just unplug the USB cable and try again.
  • Page 18 Click the NEXT button. Step 2: Change the login password in the next screen, and then click the NEXT button. Step 3: Configure the time for the Router, and then click the NEXT button. TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide...
  • Page 19 Step 4: Select the connection type to connect to the ISP (We select PPPoE/PPPoA mode for example here), and then click the NEXT button. Step 5: Configure the following options provided by your ISP: Username, Password, VPI, VCI and Connection Type. Then click Next. TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Figure 3-13 Figure 3-14...
  • Page 20 TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Note: If the PVC uses the same VPI/VCI as the default PVCs in factory configuration, you will have an Error Message “ ERROR: FAIL TO UPDATE DUE TO... Duplicate to a VPI/VCI ! ”. In this condition, please choose “Interface Setup→Internet”, and configure the PVC manually.
  • Page 21 TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Step 6: Click NEXT to finish the Quick Start. Figure 3-16...

  • Page 22: Chapter 4. Software Configuration

    Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. Figure 4-1 Choose “Status→Device Info” menu, and you will be able to view the device information, including LAN, WAN and ADSL. The information will vary depending on the settings of the Router configured on the Interface Setup screen.

  • Page 23: Quick Start

    Note: Click the other submenus System Log or Statistics in Figure 4-2, you will be able to view the system log and traffic statistics about the Router. 4.2 Quick Start Please refer to "3.3 Login". 4.3 Interface Setup Choose “Interface Setup”, you can see the next submenus: Internet and LAN.

  • Page 24: Internet

    8 VCs on different encapsulations, if you apply 8 different virtual circuits from your ISP. You need to activate the VC to take effect. For PVCs management, you can use ATM QoS to TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide...
  • Page 25 Default Route: If enable this function, the current PVC will be considered as the default gateway to internet from this device. TCP MTU Option: Enter the TCP MTU as your desire. TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Figure 4-5...
  • Page 26 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 27 Static/Dynamic IP Address: For PPPoE/PPPoA connection, you need to specify the public IP address for this ADSL Router. The IP address can be either dynamically (via DHCP) or given IP address provided by your ISP. For Static IP, you need to specify the IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway IP address.

  • Page 28: Lan

    Please configure the parameters for LAN ports according to the descriptions below. 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...
  • Page 29 IN only means the ADLS router will only accept but will not send RIP packet. OUT only means the ADLS router will only send but will not accept RIP packet.
  • Page 30 Server gives out. Note: If Use Auto Discovered DNS Server Only is selected in DNS Relay, this router will accept the first received DNS assignment from one of the PPPoA, PPPoE or MER/DHCP enabled PVC(s) during the connection establishment. If Use User Discovered DNS Server Only is selected in DNS Relay, it is necessary for you to enter the primary and optional secondary DNS server IP addresses.

  • Page 31: Advanced Setup

    SPI: If you enable SPI, all traffics initiated from WAN would be blocked, including DMZ, Virtual Server, and ACL WAN side. 4.4.2 Routing Choose “Advanced Setup→Routing” menu, and you will see the routing information in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-14). TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Figure 4-12 Figure 4-13...

  • Page 32: Nat

    Gateway IP Address: Enter the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is an immediate neighbor of your ADSL Router that will forward the packet to the destination. On the LAN, the gateway must be a router on the same segment as your Router; over Internet (WAN), the gateway must be the IP address of one of the remote nodes.
  • Page 33 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 4-16, you can configure the Virtual Server in the next screen. TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Figure 4-16 Figure 4-17...
  • Page 34 Enter the index of assigned entry, click the DELETE button to delete the entry. Click the Back button to return to the previous screen. Click the CANCEL button to cancel the configuration which is made just now. TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Figure 4-18...
  • Page 35 IP address and Public End IP is the ending public IP address. If you have a dynamic IP, enter 0.0.0.0 as the Public Start IP. Address Mapping List: This displays the information about the Mapping addresses. TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Figure 4-19...

  • Page 36: 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 attaching special identification marks or headers to incoming packets, QoS determines which queue the packets enter, based priority. This is useful when there are certain types of data you want to give higher priority, such as voice data packets give higher priority than Web data packets.
  • Page 37 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 38: Vlan

    IP Precedence Range: Enter the IP precedence range that the Router takes to differentiate the traffic. • Type of Service: Select the type of service that the Router takes to deal with the traffic. • 802.1p: Select the priority range for the rule.
  • Page 39 (frames with null (0) VID) received on this port. Define VLAN Group Click Define VLAN Group in Figure 4-22, you can define VLAN groups in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-24). TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Figure 4-22 Figure 4-23...

  • Page 40: Adsl

    Choose “Advanced Setup→ADSL”, you can select the ADSL Type and ADSL Mode in the next screen. The ADSL feature can be selected when you meet the physical connection problem. Please check the proper settings with your Internet service provider. TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Figure 4-24...

  • Page 41: Access Management

    Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.5.1 ACL Choose “Access Management→ACL”, you can see the next screen (shown in Figure 4-27). You can specify the client to access the ADSL Router once setting his IP as a Secure IP Address through selected applications. TD-8841T...

  • Page 42: Filter

    ACL Rule Index: Select the ACL rule index for the entry. Active: Enable the ACL rule. Secure IP Address: Select the IP addresses which are permitted to access to the Router remotely. With the default IP 0.0.0.0, any client would be allowed to remotely access the ADSL Router.
  • Page 43 IPs (Source IP Address and Destination IP Address). If select LAN as an interface, the filter will match the IP traffic of LAN port with specified IPs. Direction: Select the direction for this IP Filter rule. There are three filtering directions: Both, Incoming, Outgoing. TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Figure 4-28...
  • Page 44 Rule Unmatched: If the current rule can not match, and you select Forward, the router will skip the rule and transmit directly. If you select Next, the router will find the next filter rule (show in Filter list) to match.
  • Page 45 Select the IP / MAC Filter Set Index and IP/MAC Filter Rule Index to view or modify the entry. Select the IP / MAC Filter Set Index and IP/MAC Filter Rule Index to locate the specific rule, and then click the DELETE button to delete the entry. TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide...
  • Page 46 Rule Unmatched: If the current rule can not match, and you select Forward, the router will skip the rule and transmit directly. If you select Next, the router will find the next filter rule (show in Filter list) to match.
  • Page 47 DELETE button to delete the entry. 4.5.2.3. Application Filter Select Application Filter as the Filter type (shown in Figure 4-30), then you can configure the filter rules based on application. TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide...
  • Page 48 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; if you select Deny, the Router will forbid the application.
  • Page 49 Other operations for the entries as shown in Figure 4-31: Select the URL Index to view or modify the entry. Select the URL Index to locate the specific rule, and then click the DELETE button to delete the entry. TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Figure 4-31...

  • Page 50: Snmp

    Auto-Configure: If you activate the function, then the UPnP network devices can automatically configure network addressing, announce their presence in the network to other UPnP devices and enable exchange of simple product and service descriptions. TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Figure 4-32...

  • Page 51: Ddns

    Choose “Access Management→DDNS”, you can configure the DDNS function in the screen (shown in Figure 4-34). The router offers a Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) feature. The feature lets you use a static host name with a dynamic IP address. User should type the host name, user name and password assigned to your ADSL Router by your Dynamic DNS provider.

  • Page 52: Maintenance

    Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.6.1 Administration Choose “Maintenance→Administration”, you can set new password for admin in the screen (shown in Figure 4-37). TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Figure 4-35 Figure 4-36...

  • Page 53: Time Zone

    NTP server is set, you will only need to set the time zone. If PC’s Clock is selected, the device will get the PC’s Clock by way of the system time. NTP Server automatically Select NTP Server automatically as the Synchronize time, you only need to set the time zone. TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Figure 4-37...
  • Page 54 The ADSL Router built-in some NTP Servers, when the Router connects to the Internet, the Router will get the system time automatically from the NTP Server. You can also configure the NTP Server address manually, and then the Router will get the time from the specific Server firstly. PC’s Clock Select PC’s Clock as the Synchronize time, you don’t need to set any items.

  • Page 55: Firmware

    4.6.3 Firmware Choose “Maintenance→Firmware”, you can upgrade the firmware of the Router in the screen (shown in Figure 4-41). Make sure the firmware or romfile you want to use is on the local hard drive of the computer. Click Browse to find the local hard drive and locate the firmware or romfile to be used for upgrade.
  • Page 56 When you upgrade the router's firmware, you may lose its current configurations, so please back up the router’s current settings before you upgrade its firmware. 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.

  • Page 57: System Restart

    LAN and WAN sides in the screen (shown in Figure 4-45). 4.7 Help Choose “Help”, you can view the help information for configuration of any function. TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Figure 4-44...
  • Page 58 TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide Figure 4-46 Note: Click the tab, and you will be able to get the corresponding information.

  • Page 59: Appendix A: Specification

    Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, Netscape Navigator 6.0 or later Working Temperature 0℃ ~ 40℃ Working Humidity 10% ~ 90% RH (non-condensing) Storage Temperature -40℃ ~ 70℃ Storage Humidity 5% ~ 90% RH (non-condensing) TD-8841T 4-port ADSL2/2+ Ethernet/USB Router User Guide General Physical and Environment...

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