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TP-Link TD-W8901GB User Manual

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TD-W8901GB
54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router
Rev: 1.0.5
1910010397

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  • Page 1 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router Rev: 1.0.5 1910010397...
  • Page 2 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 pro-vide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not in-stalled and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

  • Page 4: Ce Mark Warning

    CE Mark Warning This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. National Restrictions 2400.0-2483.5 MHz Country Restriction Reason/remark General authorization required for outdoor use and Bulgaria public service Outdoor use limited to 10...

  • Page 5: Declaration Of Conformity

    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router Model No.: TD-W8901GB 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 6: 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 7 4.5.3 SNMP ...................... 51 4.5.4 UPnP ....................... 51 4.5.5 DDNS ...................... 52 4.5.6 CWMP ..................... 52 Maintenance..................53 4.6.1 Administration..................53 4.6.2 Time Zone ....................54 4.6.3 Firmware....................55 4.6.4 System Restart ..................58 4.6.5 Diagnostic....................58 Help..................... 59 Appendix A: Specification..................60...

  • Page 8: Package Contents

    Package Contents The following contents should be found in your package: One TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router One Power Adapter for TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router Quick Installation Guide One RJ45 cable Two RJ11 cables One ADSL splitter...

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Introduction

    The device is designed to provide a simple and cost-effective ADSL Internet connection for a private Ethernet or 802.11g/802.11b wireless network. The TD-W8901GB 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 10: 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-W8901GB without any explanations. Parameters provided in the pictures are just references for setting up the product, which may...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless 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 12: The Back Panel

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 2.2 The Back Panel Figure 2-2 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: With the Router powered on, use a pin to press and hold the Reset button for at least 5 seconds.

  • Page 13: 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-W8901GB, 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 14 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 2-3...

  • Page 15: Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide

    Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide 3.1 Configure PC After you directly connect your PC to the TD-W8901GB 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 16 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless 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 17 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless 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 18: Login

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless 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 19 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless 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 20 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide and Connection Type. Then click NEXT. 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 21 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 3-13...

  • Page 22: Chapter 4 Software Configuration

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless 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 23: System Log

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless 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 24: Statistics

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless 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. Click the SAVE LOG button to save the logs.
  • Page 25 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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. The multicast frames transmitted over the Ethernet Transmit Multicast Frames port.

  • Page 26: Quick Start

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless 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 27: Internet

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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 28 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide • 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 between endpoints in an ATM network. The valid range is from 0 to 255.
  • Page 29 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide TCP MTU Option: Enter the TCP MTU as your desire. Dynamic Route: Select this option to specify the RIP (Routing Information 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 Multicast, while RIP2-B using Broadcast format.
  • Page 30 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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 for your PPPoE connection. Please enter the information accordingly.

  • Page 31: Lan

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide automatically. And once there is traffic send or receive, the connection will be automatically 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.
  • Page 32 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless 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 33 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide The Router will work as a DHCP Server; it becomes the default gateway for DHCP client 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 34: Wireless

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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.
  • Page 35 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless 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 36 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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 Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM).
  • Page 37 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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 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.
  • Page 38 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Encryption: Select the encryption you want to use: Automatic, TKIP or AES (AES is an encryption method stronger than TKIP). • TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) - a wireless encryption protocol that provides dynamic encryption keys for each packet transmitted.

  • Page 39: Advanced Setup

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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 corresponding function. 4.4.1 Firewall Choose “Advanced Setup→Firewall” menu, and you will see the next screen (shown in Figure 4-20).

  • Page 40: Nat

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-21 Click ADD ROUTE button to add a new route in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-22). Figure 4-22 Destination IP Address: This parameter specifies the IP network address of the final destination.
  • Page 41 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-23 Virtual Circuit: Enter Virtual Circuit Index that you plan to setup for the NAT function. NAT Status: This field shows the current status of the NAT function for the current VC. You can go to the previous screen (shown in Figure 4-6) to activate the function.
  • Page 42 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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 the outside world even though NAT makes your whole inside network appear as a single machine to the outside world.
  • Page 43 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.3.3 IP Address Mapping Select Multiple for numbers of IPs in Figure 4-23, and choose “Advanced Setup→NAT→IP Address Mapping(for Multiple IP Service)”. You can configure the Address Mapping Rule in the next screen. The IP Address Mapping is for those VCs that configured with multiple IPs. The IP Address Mapping rule is per-VC based (only for Multiple IPs' VCs).

  • Page 44: Qos

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Click the Back button to return to the previous screen. Click the CANCEL button to cancel the configuration 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.

  • Page 45: Vlan

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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 46 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide can communicate as if they were attached to the same LAN, when in fact they are located on a number of different LAN segments. Because VLANs are based on logical instead of physical connections, it is very flexible for user/host management, bandwidth allocation and resource optimization.
  • Page 47 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-29 PVID: Each physical port has a default VID called PVID (Port VID). PVID is assigned to untagged frames or priority tagged frames (frames with null (0) VID) received on this port.

  • Page 48: Adsl

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-30 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 49: Access Management

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-31 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 4-32 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

  • Page 50: Filter

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-33 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. ACL Rule Index: Select the ACL rule index for the entry.
  • Page 51 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-34 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 52 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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. IP/MAC Filter Rule Index: Select the Rule index for the IP Filter entry.
  • Page 53 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless 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” in the corresponding field.
  • Page 54 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless 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 4-35), and then you can configure the filter rules based on MAC address.
  • Page 55 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Select the “MAC” as the Rule Type on the Filter screen (show in Figure 4-35). , 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”...
  • Page 56 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-36 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 57 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-37 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 58: Snmp

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.5.3 SNMP Choose “Access Management→SNMP”, you can see the SNMP screen. The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used for exchanging information between network devices. Figure 4-38 Get Community: Set the password for the incoming Get and Get next requests from the management station.

  • Page 59: Ddns

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.5.5 DDNS Choose “Access Management→DDNS”, you can configure the DDNS function in the screen (shown in Figure 4-40). The router offers a Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) feature. The feature lets you use a static host name with a dynamic IP address.

  • Page 60: Maintenance

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-41 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 61: Time Zone

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-43 Note: 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. When you change the password, you should enter the new password twice, and then click SAVE to make the new password take effect.

  • Page 62: Firmware

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Note: 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.
  • Page 63 Figure 4-47 To upgrade the router's firmware, follow these instructions below: Step 1: Download a more recent firmware upgrade file from the TP-LINK website (http://www.tp-link.com). Step 2: Type the path and file name of the update file into the “New Firmware Location” field. Or click the Browse button to locate the update file.
  • Page 64 TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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”...

  • Page 65: System Restart

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.6.4 System Restart Choose “Maintenance→System Restart”, you can select to restart the device with current settings or restore to factory default settings in the screen (shown in Figure 4-50). Figure 4-50 4.6.5 Diagnostic Choose “Maintenance→Diagnostic”, you can view the test results for the connectivity of the...

  • Page 66: Help

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.7 Help Choose “Help”, you can view the help information for configuration of any function. Figure 4-52 Note: Click the tab, and you will be able to get the corresponding information.

  • Page 67: Appendix A: Specification

    TD-W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Appendix A: Specification General ANSI T1.413, ITU G.992.1, ITU G.992.2, ITU G.992.3, ITU G.992.5 Standards and Protocols IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g ,IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, TCP/IP, PPPoA , PPPoE, SNTP, HTTP, DHCP, ICMP, NAT Safety &...

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