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TP-Link TD-W8901G User Manual

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TD-W8901G
54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router
Rev: 1.0.1
1910010020

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  • Page 1 TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router Rev: 1.0.1 1910010020...
  • 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 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

    National Restrictions 2400.0-2483.5 MHz Country Restriction Bulgaria Outdoor use limited to 10 France mW e.i.r.p. within the band 2454-2483.5 MHz Italy Luxembourg None Norway Implemented Russian Federation Note: Please don’t use the product outdoor in France. Reason/remark General authorization required for outdoor use and public service Military Radiolocation use.

  • Page 5: Package Contents

    Package Contents The following contents should be found in your package: One TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router One DC power Adapter for TD-W8901G ADSL2+ Router Quick Installation Guide One RJ45 cable Two RJ11 cables One ADSL splitter One Resource CD , including:...

  • Page 6: Table Of 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 ... 7 Configure PC...
  • Page 7 Maintenance... 47 4.6.1 Administration... 48 4.6.2 Time Zone ... 48 4.6.3 Firmware... 50 4.6.4 System Restart ... 52 4.6.5 Diagnostic... 52 Help... 52 Appendix A: Specification... 54...

  • Page 8: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Product Overview Thank you for choosing the TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router. 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-W8901G connects to an Ethernet LAN or computers via standard Ethernet ports. The ADSL connection is made using ordinary telephone line with standard connectors.

  • 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 TD-W8901G without any explanations. Parameters provided in the pictures are just references for setting up the product, which may differ from the actual situation.

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    Sending or receiving data over wireless network There is no device linked to the corresponding port LAN(1-4) Connected to a device through the corresponding port Flashing Sending or receiving data over corresponding port TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 2-1 Indication...

  • Page 11: The Back Panel

    Make sure the cables and power cord are placed safely out of the way so they do not create a tripping hazard. The Router can be placed on a shelf or desktop. Keep away from the strong electromagnetic radiation and the device of electromagnetic sensitive. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 2-2...

  • 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-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 TD-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 TD-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 TD-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 Enter. Type ping 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-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 3-4...

  • Page 17: Login

    After that, you will see the screen shown below, enter the default User Name admin and the default Password admin, and then click OK to access to the Quick Setup screen. You can follow the steps below to complete the Quick Setup. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 3-6...
  • Page 18 Step 3: Configure the time for the Router, and then click the NEXT button. 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. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 3-8...
  • Page 19 TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 3-11 Step 5: Configure the following options provided by your ISP: Username, Password, VPI, VCI and Connection Type. Then click Next. Figure 3-12 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...

  • Page 20: Chapter 4 Software Configuration

    TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Step 6: Click NEXT to finish the Quick Start. Figure 3-13 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

    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 4-4). TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-2 Figure 4-3...
  • Page 22 TD-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 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. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-5...
  • Page 24 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. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-6...
  • Page 25 Multiplexing, either LLC or VC Mux. Bridge Interface: Activate the option, and the Router can also work in Bridge mode. Connection: For PPPoE/PPPoA connection, you can select Always on or Connect TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-7...

  • Page 26: Lan

    After you finish the Internet configuration, please click SAVE to make the settings take effect. 4.3.2 LAN Choose “Interface Setup→LAN” menu, and you will see the LAN screen (shown in Figure 4-9). Please configure the parameters for LAN ports according to the descriptions below. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-8...
  • Page 27 Protocol) is a session-layer protocol used to establish membership in a multicast group. The ADSL ATU-R supports both IGMP version 1 (IGMP v1) and IGMP v2. Select “Disabled” to disable it. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-9...
  • Page 28 DNS Relay, it is necessary for you to enter the primary and optional secondary DNS server IP addresses. After type in the address, click SAVE button to save it and invoke it. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-10...

  • Page 29: Wireless

    If you select Disabled, the DHCP function will not take effect. 4.3.3 Wireless Choose “Interface Setup→Wireless” menu, and you will see the Wireless screen (shown in Figure 4-12 ). Please configure the parameters for wireless according to the descriptions below. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-11...
  • Page 30 A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Router to synchronize the wireless network. The default value is 100. • RTS/CTS Threshold: Should you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor reduction TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-12...
  • Page 31 Disabled, WEP-64Bits, WEP-128Bits, WPA-PSK, and WPA2-PSK. Note: For most users, it is recommended to use the default Wireless LAN Performance settings. Any changes made to these settings may adversely affect your wireless network. Under certain TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide...
  • Page 32 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 TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-13...
  • Page 33 To configure WPA2-PSK settings, select the WPA2-PSK option from the drop-down list. The 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. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-15...

  • Page 34: 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 4-19). TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-17 Figure 4-18...

  • Page 35: Nat

    RIP broadcasts. If No, this route is kept private and is not included in RIP broadcasts. 4.4.3 NAT Choose “Advanced Setup→NAT” menu, you can setup the NAT (Network Address Translation) function for the Router (shown in Figure 4-21). TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-19 Figure 4-20...
  • Page 36 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 4-21, you can configure the Virtual Server in the next screen. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-21 Figure 4-22...
  • Page 37 Enter the index of assigned entry, and 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-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-23...
  • Page 38 Step 5: After that, click SAVE to make the entry take effect. Other operations for the entries as shown in Figure 4-24: Select the index of assigned entry, and click the DELETE button to delete the entry. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-24...

  • Page 39: Qos

    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. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-25...

  • Page 40: Vlan

    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 TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide...
  • Page 41 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. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-26...

  • Page 42: 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-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-28...

  • Page 43: Access Management

    Choose “Access Management→ACL”, you can see the next screen (shown in Figure 4-31). You can specify the client to access the ADSL Router once setting his IP as a Secure IP Address through selected applications. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-29...

  • Page 44: Filter

    Select IP/Mac Filter as the Filter type, and select IP as the Rule type (shown in Figure 4-32), then you can configure the filter rules based on IP address. The filtering includes Outgoing and Incoming, the detailed descriptions are provided below. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-31...
  • Page 45 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-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-32...
  • Page 46 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 “Both” for the first rule. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide...
  • Page 47 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-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide...
  • Page 48 00-0A-EB-00-07-5F to access the Internet, you can configure as follows. Presume the rules are both aimed at the interface PVC0, and their indexes are (1, 1) and (1, 2). Step 1: Select the “IP/MAC Filter” as the Filer Type Selection: TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-33...
  • Page 49 DELETE button to delete the entry. 4.5.2.3 Application Filter Select Application Filter as the Filter type (shown in Figure 4-34), and then you can configure the filter rules based on application. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide...
  • Page 50 Allow, the Router will accept the application; if you select Deny, the Router will forbid the application. 4.5.2.4 URL Select Application Filter as the Filter type (shown in Figure 4-35), and then you can configure the filter rules based on URL. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-34...
  • Page 51 Other operations for the entries as shown in Figure 4-32: 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-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-35...

  • Page 52: 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-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-36...

  • Page 53: Ddns

    Choose “Access Management→CWMP”, you can configure the CWMP function in the screen (shown in Figure 4-39). The router offers CWMP feature. The function supports TR-069 protocol which collects information, diagnoses the devices and configures the devices automatically via ACS (Auto-Configuration Server). TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-38...

  • Page 54: Maintenance

    Interval: Enter the interval time here. 4.6 Maintenance Choose “Maintenance”, you can see the next submenus: Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-39 Figure 4-40...

  • Page 55: Administration

    Daylight Saving dates and the system time will automatically adjust on those dates. NTP Server automatically Select NTP Server automatically as the Synchronize time, you only need to set the time zone. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-41...
  • Page 56 Select PC’s Clock as the Synchronize time, you don’t need to set any items. Manually Select Manually as the Synchronize time, you need to set the date and time corresponding to the current time. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-42 Figure 4-43...

  • Page 57: Firmware

    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. Step 3: Click the UPGRADE button. Note: New firmware versions are posted at TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-44 Figure 4-45 www.tp-link.com...
  • Page 58 Step 1: Click the ROMFILE SAVE button (shown in Figure 4-45), click Save button in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-46) to proceed. Step 2: Save the file as the appointed file (shown in Figure 4-47). TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-46...

  • Page 59: System Restart

    LAN and WAN sides in the screen (shown in Figure 4-49). 4.7 Help Choose “Help”, you can view the help information for configuration of any function. TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 4-48...
  • Page 60 TD-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 61: Appendix A: Specification

    Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, Netscape Navigator 6.0 or later System Requirement Win 9x/ME/2000/XP/Vista Working Temperature 0℃ ~ 40℃ Working Humidity 10% ~ 90% RH (non-condensing) Storage Temperature -40℃ ~ 70℃ Storage Humidity 5% ~ 90% RH (non-condensing) TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide General Physical and Environment...

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