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TD-W8950ND
150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router
Rev: 2.0.0
1910010793

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  • Page 1 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router Rev: 2.0.0 1910010793...
  • 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 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: 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. This device has been designed to operate with the antennas listed below, and having a maximum gain of 5 dBi.

  • Page 5: Safety Information

    第十四條 低功率射頻電機之使用不得影響飛航安全及干擾合法通行；經發現有干擾現象時，應立即 停用，並改善至無干擾時方得繼續使用。前項合法通信，指依電信規定作業之無線電信。低功率射 頻電機需忍受合法通信或工業、科學以及醫療用電波輻射性電機設備之干擾。 安全諮詢及注意事項 ●請使用原裝電源供應器或只能按照本產品注明的電源類型使用本產品。 ●清潔本產品之前請先拔掉電源線。請勿使用液體、噴霧清潔劑或濕布進行清潔。 ●注意防潮，請勿將水或其他液體潑灑到本產品上。  ●插槽與開口供通風使用，以確保本產品的操作可靠並防止過熱，請勿堵塞或覆蓋開口。 ●請勿將本產品置放於靠近熱源的地方。除非有正常的通風，否則不可放在密閉位置中。 ●請不要私自打開機殼，不要嘗試自行維修本產品，請由授權的專業人士進行此項工作。 Продукт сертифіковано згідно с правилами системи УкрСЕПРО на відповідність вимогам нормативних документів та вимогам, що передбачені чинними законодавчими актами України. Safety Information When product has power button, the power button is one of the way to shut off the product; when there is no power button, the only way to completely shut off power is to disconnect the product or the power adapter from the power source.

  • Page 6: Declaration Of Conformity

    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router Model No.: TD-W8950ND 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 7: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Package Contents ....................1 Chapter 1. Product Overview...................2 1.1 Overview of the Modem Router ..................2 1.2 Main Features ........................3 1.3 Panel Layout ........................4 1.3.1 The Front Panel ........................4 1.3.2 The Back Panel........................5 Chapter 2. Connecting the Modem Router .............7 2.1 System Requirements ......................
  • Page 8 4.4.13 UPnP..........................54 4.4.14 Interface Grouping ......................55 4.4.15 IPSec..........................56 4.4.16 Multicast ..........................60 4.5 Wireless ......................... 60 4.5.1 Basic ..........................61 4.5.2 Security ..........................61 4.5.3 MAC Filter .......................... 76 4.5.4 Wireless Bridge ........................77 4.5.5 Advanced ........................... 79 4.5.6 Station info .........................

  • Page 9: Package Contents

    One power Adapter for TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router Quick Installation Guide One RJ45 cable Two RJ11 cables One ADSL splitter One Resource CD for TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router, including: • This User Guide • Other Helpful Information Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items.

  • Page 10: Chapter 1. Product Overview

    150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Chapter 1. Product Overview Thank you for choosing the TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router. 1.1 Overview of the Modem Router The TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router integrates 4-port Switch, Firewall, NAT-Router and Wireless AP.

  • Page 11: Main Features

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 1.2 Main Features Complies with IEEE 802.11n to provide a wireless data rate of up to 150Mbps One RJ11 LINE port, four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 LAN ports, supporting Auto MDI/MDIX Quick response semi-conductive surge protect circuit, reliable surge-protect function...

  • Page 12: Panel Layout

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 1.3 Panel Layout 1.3.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 The modem router’s LEDs are located on the front panel (View from left to right). LED Explanation: Name Status Indication The modem router is powered on.

  • Page 13: The Back Panel

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide please refer to Note 1. If your ADSL LED is GREEN ON, please check your Internet configuration. You may need to check this part of information with your ISP and make sure everything have been input correctly.
  • Page 14 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 2) Use the Factory Default RESET button: With the modem router powered on, use a pin to press and hold the RESET button for at least 5 seconds. And the modem router will reboot to its factory default settings.

  • Page 15: Chapter 2. Connecting The Modem Router

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Chapter 2. Connecting the Modem Router 2.1 System Requirements Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet). PCs with a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors. TCP/IP protocol on each PC.
  • Page 16 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 2-1...

  • Page 17: Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide

    150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions of your TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router using Quick Setup Wizard within minutes. 3.1 Configuring the PC After you directly connect your PC to theTD-W8950ND or connect your adapter to a Hub/Switch which has connected to the modem router, you need to configure your PC’s IP address.
  • Page 18 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps 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 19 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps 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 20: Quick Installation Guide

    192.168.1.2 ~ 192.168.1.254. 3.2 Quick Installation Guide With a Web-based utility, it is easy to configure and manage the TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router. The Web-based utility can be used on any Windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari.
  • Page 21 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 3-8 Note: 1) Do not mix up the user name and password with your ADSL account user name and password which are needed for PPP connections. 2) If the above screen does not pop up, it means that your Web-browser has been set to a proxy.
  • Page 22 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 3-10 ADSL WAN Choose the WAN Link Type given by your ISP. Here we use PPPoE as an example. Enter the PPP Username and PPP Password provided by your ISP and then click Next.
  • Page 23 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 3-12 On the Wireless Configurations screen, you can rename your wireless network and create your own password in this page. The default wireless network name is TP-LINK_XXXXXX; and the default wireless password, the same as the PIN code, is printed on the bottom label.
  • Page 24 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 3-14...

  • Page 25: Chapter 4. Configuring The Modem Router

    Software and Hardware. The second table displays the current status of the TD-W8950ND connection. This information will vary depending on the settings of the modem router configured on the Advanced Setup screen.

  • Page 26: Quick Setup

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Note: Click the other submenus under the main menu Device Info, and you will be able to view the corresponding information about WAN, Statistics, Route, ARP and DHCP. 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 3.2 Quick Installation...

  • Page 27: Layer2 Interface

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Note: To completely configure the WAN Interface, you need to first select the Layer2 Interface (4.4.1 Layer2 Interface) according to the connection ISP provides you, and then to select the type of the connection (4.4.2 WAN...
  • Page 28 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-3 VPI/VCI: the VPI and VCI values provided by your ISP. Do not change them unless it was required by your ISP. DSL Link Type: Select a DSL Link Type which is provided by your ISP. The options include EoA (it is for PPPoE, IPoE, and Bridge), PPPoA (PPP over ATM) and IPoA (IP over ATM).

  • Page 29: Wan Service

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide enable the Virtual LAN Ports feature. Add: Click the Add button, and you can add a new interface in the next screen. Figure 4-5 ETH port: Select an ETH port to configure as the WAN port.
  • Page 30 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-7 Note: The following section adopts different VPI, VCI to introduce further configuration for the different connection types, if you need to change the configuration of ATM PVC (VPI/VCI), you should go to the previous section (4.4.1 Layer2...
  • Page 31 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-9 Enter the following parameters and then click Next. Figure 4-10 PPP Username/Password: Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. PPPoE Service Name: Enter the Service Name if it was provided by your ISP. If you leave it blank, the default name will be the same as the Service Description on the previous screen.
  • Page 32 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Dial on demand (with idle timeout timer): The modem router will cut off the Internet connection after it has been inactive for a specific period of time (idle timeout), and it will automatically re-establish the connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again.
  • Page 33 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-12 Select DNS Server Interface from available WAN Interfaces: You can select this option to automatically get DNS server information from the selected WAN interface. Use the following Static DNS IP Address: You can select this option to manually enter the primary and /or optional secondary DNS server IP addresses provided by your ISP.
  • Page 34 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-14 Remove All: Click Remove All, then all the interface will be deleted in the table. Remove: Select the check box in the table above and then click Remove, the corresponding interface will be deleted in the table.
  • Page 35 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Note: The response message from a DHCP server typically contains a number of configuration parameters (DHCP options) for the modem router. The DHCP options include IP network information, and also the vendor-specific options. In some cases, the modem router is implemented to perform user-defined operations (as shown below).
  • Page 36 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Enable Firewall: A SPI firewall enhances network’s security. Select the option to use a firewall, or else without a firewall. Enable IGMP Multicast: This is disabled by default. This setting will not allow IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) packets to be forwarded to the LAN.
  • Page 37 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-19 4.4.2.3 ATM-EoA-Bridging If you want to adopt the Bridge service and you need to use an ATM Interface, follow the steps below to add a WAN service over a selected ATM interface: Add a new ATM interface and select EoA option for DSL Link Type (see 4.4.1.1 ATM...

  • Page 38: Mac Clone

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Note: ETH and ATM service can not coexist. If the ATM Interface had configured, you cannot configure any other WAN service over the ETH Interface until the ATM Interface is deleted.

  • Page 39: Lan

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Type the new value for the WAN Interface who’s MAC Address you want to change. You can select corresponding WAN Interface from the drop-down list and click Clone button to clone your current PC MAC.
  • Page 40 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide default gateway for DHCP client connected to it. Keep in mind that if you change the IP address of the modem router, you must change the range of IP addresses in the pool used for DHCP on the LAN.
  • Page 41 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.4.1 IPv6 LAN Config Choose “Advanced Setup” “LAN” ”IPv6 LAN Config”, and you will see the screen (shown in Figure 4-23), the section allows you to configure LAN IPv6 interfaces for the modem router.

  • Page 42: Nat

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide address. After the dynamic IPv6 address has expired, the user will be automatically assigned a new dynamic IPv6 address. The default is 24 hours. For RADVD: • Prefix: Enter a value for the site prefix.
  • Page 43 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide port will be redirected to the computer specified by the server IP. Any PC that was used for a virtual server must have a static or reserved IP Address because its IP Address may change when using the DHCP function.
  • Page 44 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-26 Select the Interface which you want to use from the drop-down list. Select the service which you want to use from the drop-down list. If the list does not have the service you need, type the name of the custom service in the text box.
  • Page 45 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-27 Port Triggering Table: The table indicates the information about the Port Triggering entries. • Application (Name): This is the name of the Port Triggering. It is exclusive and must be filled.
  • Page 46 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Enter the Trigger Port Start, Trigger Port End, Open Port Start and Open Port End in the table, and then select the Trigger protocol and Open protocol, TCP, UDP or All.

  • Page 47: Security

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-30 Click the Save/Apply button to save your settings. 4.4.6 Security Choose “Advanced Setup” “Security”, and you will see the security screen including IP Filtering and MAC Filtering (only effective in Bridging mode) submenus.
  • Page 48 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Set up an Outgoing IP Filtering rule: Click the Add button in Figure 4-32, and you will see the next screen as shown in Figure 4-33. Figure 4-33 Enter the Filter name for the rule, it is exclusive and must be filled.
  • Page 49 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-34 Change Policy: There are two policies for the MAC filters: FORWARDED and BLOCKED Select the Change checkbox and click the Change Policy button to change from one policy to another. When you set FORWA...

  • Page 50: Parental Control

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Click Save/Apply to save this entry and then you will see your settings as shown in Figure 4-34. 4.4.7 Parental Control Choose “Advanced Setup” “Parental Control”. You can configure the Parental Control on the screen as shown in Figure 4-36 .
  • Page 51 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-38 Enter the User Name of the LAN device connected to the modem router. To restrict the device where the browser is running, select the Browser's MAC Address radio button. The MAC Address has been automatically displayed in the text box. To restrict other LAN devices, click Other MAC Address radio button and enter the MAC address of the other LAN device.

  • Page 52: Quality Of Service

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Deny: Block the PCs to access the specified URL. To add a URL Filter entry: Check the Deny or Allow radio button. Here we take Deny for example. Click the Add button in Figure 4-39 and then you will see the next screen as shown in Figure 4-40.
  • Page 53 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.8.1 Queue Config Choose “Advanced Setup” “Quality of Service” “Queue Config”, you can set up virtual servers on the screen below. Figure 4-42 Click the Add button in Figure 4-42, and you can configure the QoS queue entry on the next screen as shown in Figure 4-43.
  • Page 54 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Precedence: Specify precedence for this QoS queue entry. DSL Latency: Select latency path for the type of data transmission, only Path0 is available for this modem router. After you specify the condition, click Save/Apply to save the entry and then you will see you settings as shown in Figure 4-42.

  • Page 55: Bandwidth Control

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-45 After you specify the condition, click Save/Apply to save the entry. 4.4.9 Bandwidth Control Choose “Advanced Setup” “Bandwidth Control” and then you will see the screen as shown in Figure 4-46.
  • Page 56 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Note: The Total Upstream Bandwidth and Total Downstream Bandwidth are required to be configured. 4.4.9.1 Rule List Choose “Advanced Setup” “Bandwidth Control” “Rule List” and then you will see the screen as shown in Figure 4-47. This page allows you to view and configure TC rules.

  • Page 57: Routing

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Edit button. If you want to delete the rule, check the Remove box first and then click the Remove button. Figure 4-49 Note: The priority, max upstream/downstream rate and min upstream/downstream rate work on allocation of surplus upload/download bandwidth.
  • Page 58 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide last one the lowest priority if the WAN interface is connected. Priority order can be changed by removing all and adding them back in again. 4.4.10.2 Static Route Choose “Advanced Setup” “Routing” “Static Route”. You can see the Static Route screen, this screen allows you to configure the static routes (shown in Figure 4-51).

  • Page 59: Dns

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide To remove a static routing entry: Select the Remove check box according to the entry in the Figure 4-51. Click the Remove button, and the entry will be deleted. Note: Gateway IP address should be correctly configured if IP based Interface (IPoE, IPoA) is selected.
  • Page 60 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-54 4.4.11.1 DNS Server Choose “Advanced Setup” “DNS” “DNS Server”, and you can see the DNS Server Configuration screen as shown in Figure 4-55. Figure 4-55 For PPPoA, PPPoE enabled PVC(s), please select the Select DNS Server Interface from...

  • Page 61: Dsl

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.11.2 Dynamic DNS Choose “Advanced Setup” “DNS” “Dynamic DNS”, you can see the Dynamic DNS screen, this screen allows you to configure the Dynamic DNS (shown in Figure 4-56). The modem router offers a Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) feature. DDNS lets you assign a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP Address.

  • Page 62: Upnp

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-58 You can select the modulation type, phone line pair and the capability of Bitswap or SRA. After you set them up, click Save/Apply to save the configurations. 4.4.13 UPnP Choose “Advanced Setup”...

  • Page 63: Interface Grouping

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.14 Interface Grouping Choose “Advanced Setup” “Interface Grouping”, you can configure multiple ports to PVC and bridging groups to perform as an independent network. Figure 4-60 To support this feature, you must create mapping groups with appropriate LAN and WAN interfaces using the Add button.

  • Page 64: Ipsec

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Enter a unique name for Group. Select the Interface which you want to use from the drop-down list. Note: If you like to automatically add LAN clients to a WAN Interface in the new group add the DHCP vendor ID string.
  • Page 65 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Note: You could also use other VPN modem routers to set VPN tunnels with TD-W8950ND. TD-W8950ND supports up to 10 VPN tunnels simultaneously. Click Add New Connection in Figure 4-62 and then you will enter the screen shown in Figure 4-63.
  • Page 66 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide endpoint. (For example: Input 219.134.112.247 in Device1, Input 219.134.112.246 in Device Tunnel access from local IP addresses: Choose Subnet if you want the Whole LAN to join the VPN network, or else choose Single Address if you want single IP to join the VPN network.
  • Page 67 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Main Mode: Select Main Mode to configure the standard negotiation parameters for IKE phase1. Aggressive Mode: Select Aggressive Mode to configure IKE phase1 of the VPN Tunnel to carry out negotiation in a shorter amount of time. (Not Recommended-Less Secure)

  • Page 68: Multicast

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.16 Multicast Choose “Advanced Setup” “Multicast”, you can configure the IGMP protocol on the screen. Figure 4-64 Click Apply/Save to save your settings. 4.5 Wireless Choose “Wireless”, there are six submenus to configure Wireless LAN settings. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

  • Page 69: Basic

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.5.1 Basic Choose “Wireless” ”Basic”, you will see the screen of Wireless--Basic settings shown as below. The basic settings for wireless networking are set on this screen. Figure 4-65 This page allows you to configure basic features of the wireless LAN interface. You can enable or disable the wireless LAN interface, hide the network from active scans, set the wireless network name (also known as SSID) and restrict the channel set based on Region requirements.
  • Page 70 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-66 4.5.2.1 WPS Setup This section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly by WPS (or called QSS) method. Note: 1) This feature is available only when OPEN, WPA2-PSK or Mixed WPA2/WPA-PSK mode is configured.
  • Page 71 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-67 Method One: Hardware push button. Step 1: Press the WPS button on the back panel of the modem router. Step 2: Press and hold the WPS button of the adapter directly for 2 or 3 seconds.
  • Page 72 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-68 Method Two: Step 1: Press the WPS button on the back panel of the modem router. Step 2: For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose “Push the button on my...
  • Page 73 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-69 Step 3: Wait for a while until the next screen appears. Click Finish to complete the WPS configuration. Figure 4-70 II. By PIN If the new device supports Quick Security Setup and the PIN method, you can add it to the...
  • Page 74 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Method One: Enter the PIN of wireless adapter into my modem router. Step 1: Select the PIN checkbox and enter the PIN code of the wireless adapter in the field under as shown below.
  • Page 75 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-72 Note: In this example, the default PIN code of this adapter is 16952898 as the preceding figure shown. Method Two: Enter the PIN of my modem router into the wireless adapter.
  • Page 76 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Step 2: For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose “Enter a PIN from my access point” in the configuration utility of the WPS as below, and enter the PIN code of the modem router into the field after “Access Point PIN”.
  • Page 77 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-75 Network Authentication: Select an authentication type from the drop-down list. Options available are: Open, Shared, WPA-Enterprise, WPA-Personal, WPA2-Enterprise, WPA2-Personal, Mixed WPA2/WPA Enterprise, and Mixed WPA2/WPA-PSK Personal. 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.
  • Page 78 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-76 Figure 4-77 Encryption Strength: Select the appropriate level of encryption, 64-bit or 128-bit. Current Network Key: To indicate which WEP key to use, select a transmission key number. Network Key 1-4: If you want to manually enter the WEP keys, then enter them in the network Key 1-4 fields.
  • Page 79 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 5. Click Save/Apply to save the new configuration. Figure 4-78 Note: We use Network Authentication Shared (good), Encryption Strength 64-bit, Current Network Key “1” and enter 10 hexadecimal digits”1234567890” in the Network Key 1 for example, as...
  • Page 80 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide WPA security for wireless communication has been developed to overcome some of the shortcomings of WEP. WPA combines the key generation with the authentication services of a RADIUS server. Figure 4-79 WPA Group ReKey Interval: Enter the Key Renewal period, which tells the modem router how often it should change encryption keys.
  • Page 81 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-80 WPA-Personal WPA-Personal requires a shared key and does not use a separate server for authentication. PSK keys can be ASCII or Hex type. Figure 4-81 Wireless Network Key: Enter the key shared by the modem router and your other network devices.
  • Page 82 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4. Click Save/Apply to save the new configuration. Figure 4-82 Note: If you click the option “Click here to display”, the Figure 4-83 will pop-up, and it shows the password you have set. In addition, it won't show the blank characters in both ends of the password phrase.
  • Page 83 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-84 WPA2 Preauthentication: Select Enable from the drop-down list, Stations will authenticate with the AP during the scanning process, and once association is required, the station has been already authenticated.

  • Page 84: Mac Filter

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-86 Mixed WPA2/WPA-Personal To configure Mixed WPA2/WPA-Personal settings, select the Mixed WPA2/WPA-Personal option from the drop-down list. The menu will change to offer the appropriate settings. The steps of this setting are the same with WPA-PSK.

  • Page 85: Wireless Bridge

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-88 Wireless access can be filtered by using the MAC addresses of the wireless devices transmitting within your network’s RADIUS. To filter wireless users by MAC Address, either permitting or blocking access.
  • Page 86 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-90 AP Mode: Select an AP Mode from the drop-down list. Options available are: Access Point and Wireless Bridge. • Access Point: Select this option to allow wireless stations including AP clients to access.

  • Page 87: Advanced

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-92 Note: Only Open or Shared authentication method support wireless bridge, you should choose “Wireless” “Security” to change authentication method to “open” or ”shared” mode first. 4.5.5 Advanced Choose “Wireless” ”Advanced”, you will see the screen of Wireless--Advanced settings shown as below.

  • Page 88: Station Info

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Fragmentation Threshold: This value specifies the maximum size for a packet before data is fragmented into multiple packets. If you experience a high packet error rate, you may slightly increase the Fragmentation Threshold. Setting the Fragmentation Threshold too low may result in poor network performance.

  • Page 89: Diagnostics

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Authorized: Displays the information of Authentication. SSID: Displays the connected wireless station's SSID. Interface: Displays the connected wireless station's Interface mode. 4.6 Diagnostics Choose “Diagnostics”, you will see the Diagnostics screen. This section describes the result of the test for the ENET (Ethernet) Connection, Wireless Connection and ADSL Synchronization.
  • Page 90 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-96 4.7.1.1 Export Choose “Management” “Settings” “Export”, you can see the Export screen, this screen (shown in Figure 4-97) allows you to save the current configuration of the modem router as a backup file.
  • Page 91 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide TD-W8950ND Figure 4-99 4.7.1.2 Import Choose “Management” “Settings” “Import”, you can see the Import screen, this screen (shown in Figure 4-100) allows you to update the modem router’s settings. Figure 4-100 To update the modem router’s settings:...

  • Page 92: System Log

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.7.1.3 Restore Default Choose “Management” “Settings” “Restore Default”, you can see the Restore Default screen, this screen (shown in Figure 4-101) allows you to restore the modem router’s configuration to the factory defaults on the screen.

  • Page 93: Snmp Agent

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Refresh: Click the button, the information in the table will be updated. Close: Click the button, the screen will be closed. To Configure the System Log Settings: Click the Configure System Log button (shown in Figure 4-102), you will see the screen below (shown in Figure 4-104).

  • Page 94: Client

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide receiving the requested information and trap-event reports that are generated by the SNMP agent. SNMP Manager is the third-party management system. Monitor one is an SNMP Manager. Figure 4-105 SNMP Agent: You can select the checkbox to disable or enable the function.

  • Page 95: Internet Time

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-106 Inform: You can select the checkbox to disable or enable the Inform Interval. Inform Interval: Type the interval time of your modem router contact with the ACS. URL: Please accept this information from your ISP.

  • Page 96: Access Control

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-107 4.7.6 Access Control Choose “Management” “Access Control” “Password”, you can see the screen (shown in Figure 4-108) which allows you to change the factory default password of the modem router. The default password is the same as the user name, which is admin/admin, support/support, and user/user respectively.

  • Page 97: Update Firmware

    Update Firmware: After you have selected the latest software, click the button. To update the modem router's software: Download the latest software upgrade file from the TP-LINK website (http://www.tp-link.com). Click Browse to view the folders and select the image file or enter the exact path to the image file location in the text box.

  • Page 98: Reboot

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.7.8 Reboot Choose “Management” “Reboot”, you can see the screen (shown in Figure 4-110) which allows you to reboot the modem router. Figure 4-110 Note: After you clicked the Reboot button, please wait for a while before reopening your web browser.

  • Page 99: Appendix A: Faq

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Appendix A: FAQ How do I configure the modem router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) First, configure the ADSL Modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. 2) Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL Modem to the WAN port on the modem router.
  • Page 100 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page. 4) How to enable DMZ Host: Log in to the modem router, click the “Advanced Setup-NAT” menu on the left of your browser, and click "DMZ Host"...
  • Page 101 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide and click the "Virtual Servers" submenu. On the "Virtual Servers" page, click Add, then on the “NAT-Virtual Servers” page, enter use “80” as service port, and your IP address next to the “Server IP Address”, assuming 192.168.1.188 for an example, and remember to click the...

  • Page 102: Appendix B: Configuring The Pc

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Appendix B: Configuring the PC For Windows 8 Move your mouse to the lower right corner and you will see Search icon in the Popups. Go to ‘ >Apps’. Type ‘Control Panel’ in the search box and press Enter, then you will go to Control Panel.

  • Page 103: Appendix C: Specifications

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Appendix C: Specifications General ANSI T1.413, ITU G.992.1, ITU G.992.2, ITU G.992.3, ITU G.992.5, Standards IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.11b , IEEE 802.11g , 802.11n Protocols TCP/IP, IPoA , PPPoA , PPPoE, SNTP, HTTP, DHCP, ICMP, NAT LAN Ports: Four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 ports（Auto MDI/MDIX)

  • Page 104: Appendix D: Glossary

    TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Appendix D: Glossary 802.11n - 802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standards by adding MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output). MIMO uses multiple transmitter and receiver antennas to allow for increased data throughput via spatial multiplexing and increased range by exploiting the spatial diversity, perhaps through coding schemes like Alamouti coding.
  • Page 105 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) - Allows the hosting of a website, FTP server, or e-mail server with a fixed domain name (e.g., www.xyz.com) and a dynamic IP address. Default Gateway - A device that forwards Internet traffic from your local area network.
  • Page 106 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide LAN - The computers and networking products that make up your local network. MAC (Media Access Control) Address - The unique address that a manufacturer assigns to each networking device. NAT (Network Address Translation) - NAT technology translates IP addresses of a local area network to a different IP address for the Internet.
  • Page 107 TD-W8950ND 150Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Static Routing - Forwarding data in a network via a fixed path. Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the network. TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) - A network protocol for transmitting data that requires acknowledgement from the recipient of data sent.

  • Page 108: Appendix E: Technical Support

    Tel: AU 1300 87 5465 Tel: +41 (0) 848 800 998 (German Service) NZ 0800 87 5465 E-mail: support.ch@tp-link.com E-mail: support.au@tp-link.com (Australia) Fee: 4-8 Rp/min, depending on rate of different support.nz@tp-link.com (New Zealand) time Service time: 24hrs, 7 days a week Service time: Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 12:30 and 13:30 to 17:30.

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