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TP-Link MR0-W8901G User Manual

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MR0-W8901G
54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router
Rev: 1.0.1
1910010079

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  • Page 1 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router Rev: 1.0.1 1910010079...
  • 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 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 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 Military Radiolocation use. Refarming of the 2.4 GHz France mW e.i.r.p. within the band band has been ongoing in recent years to allow current 2454-2483.5 MHz relaxed regulation.
  • Page 5 Package Contents The following contents should be found in your package: One MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router One DC power Adapter for MR0-W8901G ADSL2+ Router Quick Installation Guide One RJ45 cable Two RJ11 cables One ADSL splitter One Resource CD , including:...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction ..................1 Product Overview.................. 1 Main Features ..................1 Conventions ..................2 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation................3 The Front Panel ..................3 The Back Panel..................4 Installation Environment................ 4 Connecting the Router ................5 Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide ..............
  • Page 7 Maintenance..................48 4.6.1 Administration..................49 4.6.2 Time Zone ....................49 4.6.3 Firmware....................51 4.6.4 System Restart ..................53 4.6.5 Diagnostic....................53 Help..................... 53 Appendix A: Specification..................55...

  • Page 8: Chapter 1 Introduction

    ADSL Internet connection for a private Ethernet or 802.11g/802.11b wireless network. The MR0-W8901G 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

    Supports DYING GASP (For the regions who demand). 1.3 Conventions The Router or device mentioned in this User guide stands for MR0-W8901G without any explanations. Parameters provided in the pictures are just references for setting up the product, which may...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ 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: Name...

  • Page 11: The Back Panel

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ 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: Press the reset button of the Router; keep the reset button pressed down for more than five seconds.

  • 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 MR0-W8901G, 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 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ 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 MR0-W8901G 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 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ 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 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ 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

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ 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: Is the connection between your PC and the Router correct? The LEDs of LAN port which you link to the device and the LEDs on your PC's adapter should be lit.
  • Page 18 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ 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 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide and Connection Type. Then click Next. Figure 3-11 Step 5: Following page allow you to configure the WLAN. Keep the default value and click NEXT. Figure 3-12 Step 6: Click NEXT to finish the Quick Start.

  • Page 20: Chapter 4 Software Configuration

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ 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: Quick Start

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ 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. 4.2 Quick Start Please refer to "...
  • Page 22 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-4 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 23 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide setup each PVC traffic line's priority. 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 24 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 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. Dynamic Route: Select this option to specify the RIP (Routing Information protocol) version for WAN interface, including RIP1, RIP2-B and RIP2-M.
  • Page 25 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide PPPoA/PPPoE Select this option if your ISP requires you to use a PPPoE connection. This option is typically used for DSL services. Select Dynamic PPPoE to obtain an IP address automatically for your PPPoE connection.

  • Page 26: Lan

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide on-Demand or Connect Manually. Connect on demand is dependent on the traffic. If there is no traffic (or Idle) for a pre-specified period of time), the connection will tear down 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.
  • Page 27 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-9 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 28 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide IGMP Snoop: Enable the IGMP Snoop function if you need. DHCP Server: Select Enabled, then you will see the screen below (shown in Figure 4-10). The Router will work as a DHCP Server; it becomes the default gateway for DHCP client connected to it.

  • Page 29: Wireless

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide DHCP Relay: Select Relay, then you will see the next screen (shown in Figure 4-11), and the Router will work as a DHCP Relay. A DHCP relay is a computer that forwards DHCP data between computers that request IP addresses and the DHCP server that assigns the addresses.
  • Page 30 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-12 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. Access point: Select Activated to allow wireless station to associate with the access point.
  • Page 31 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Beacon Interval: Enter a value between 20-1000 milliseconds. The Beacon Interval value indicates the frequency interval of the beacon. A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Router to synchronize the wireless network. The default value is 100.
  • Page 32 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide space provided. Broadcast SSID: When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks to associate with, they will detect the SSID broadcast by the Router. To broadcast the Router’s SSID, keep the default setting. If you don’t want to broadcast the Router’s SSID, select “No”.
  • Page 33 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-14 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. WPA-PSK requires a shared key and does not use a separate server for authentication.
  • Page 34 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ 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 4-16...

  • Page 35: Advanced Setup

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4.4 Advanced Setup Choose “Advanced Setup”, you can see the next submenus: Figure 4-17 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 4-18).

  • Page 36: Nat

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-19 Click ADD ROUTE button to add a new route in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-20). Figure 4-20 Destination IP Address: This parameter specifies the IP network address of the final destination.
  • Page 37 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-21 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 4-4) to activate the function.
  • Page 38 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ 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 39 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4.4.3.3 IP Address Mapping Select Multiple for numbers of IPs in Figure 4-21, and choose “Advanced Setup NAT IP Address Mapping(for Multiple IP Service)”. You can configure the Address Mapping Rule in the next screen.

  • Page 40: Qos

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ 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 41: Vlan

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 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. Rule Index: Select the index for the rule you want to configure.
  • Page 42 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide optimization. There are two types of VLAN as follows: Port-Based VLAN: Each physical switch port is configured with an access list specifying membership in a set of VLANs. ATM VLAN: Using LAN Emulation (LANE) protocol to map Ethernet packets into ATM cells and deliver them to their destination by converting an Ethernet MAC address into an ATM address.

  • Page 43: Adsl

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Define VLAN Group Click Define VLAN Group in Figure 4-26, you can define VLAN groups in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-28). Figure 4-28 VLAN Index: Select the VLAN index for this VC. You can specify 8 groups in maximum.

  • Page 44: Access Management

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-29 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 4-30 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

  • Page 45: Filter

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-31 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 46 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-32 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 47 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ 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 48 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ 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 49 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ 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 4-33), and then you can configure the filter rules based on MAC address.
  • Page 50 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Select the “MAC” as the Rule Type on the Filter screen (show in Figure 4-33). , 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 51 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-34 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 52 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-35 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 53: Snmp

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ 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 4-36 Get Community: Set the password for the incoming Get and Get next requests from the management station.

  • Page 54: Ddns

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4.5.5 DDNS Choose “Access Management DDNS”, you can configure the DDNS function in the screen (shown in Figure 4-38). 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 55: Maintenance

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-39 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 56: Administration

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4.6.1 Administration Choose “Maintenance Administration”, you can set new password for admin in the screen (shown in Figure 4-41). Figure 4-41 Note: There is only one account that can access Web-Management interface. The default account is "admin", and the password is "admin".
  • Page 57 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-42 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 58: Firmware

    Figure 4-45 To upgrade the router's firmware, follow these instructions below: Step 1: Download a more recent firmware upgrade file from the TP-LINK website (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 59 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide the router is not experiencing difficulties, there is no need to download a more recent firmware version, unless the version has a new feature that you want to use. 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.

  • Page 60: System Restart

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 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” field. Step 2: Click the UPGRADE button to complete.
  • Page 61 MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-50 Note: Click the tab, and you will be able to get the corresponding information.

  • Page 62: Appendix A: Specification

    MR0-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ 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 &...
  • Page 63 Page TP-LINK Technologies Co., Ltd. 54M Wireless ADSL2+Router FCC ID:TE7MW8901G NOTE: THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY RADIO OR TV INTERFERENCE CAUSED BY UNAUTHORIZED MODIFICATIONS TO THIS EQUIPMENT. SUCH MODIFICATIONS COULD VOID USER’S AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT.

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