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TD-W8960N
300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router
REV: 6.0.0
1910011225

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  • Page 1 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router REV: 6.0.0 1910011225...
  • 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. National Restrictions This device is intended for home and office use in all EU countries (and other countries following the EU directive 1999/5/EC) without any limitation except for the countries mentioned below: Country Restriction...

  • Page 5: Industry Canada Statement

    This device has been designed to operate with the antennas listed below, and having a maximum gain of 5 dBi. Antennas not included in this list or having a gain greater than 5 dBi are strictly prohibited for use with this device. The required antenna impedance is 50 ohms. To reduce potential radio interference to other users, the antenna type and its gain should be so chosen that the equivalent isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.) is not more than that permitted for successful communication.

  • Page 6: Safety Information

    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. Don’t disassemble the product, or make repairs yourself.

  • Page 7: Declaration Of Conformity

    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router Model No.: TD-W8960N 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 8: 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  ...
  • Page 9 4.4.13   UPnP..........................51   4.4.14   Interface Grouping ......................52   4.4.15   IP Tunnel..........................53   4.4.16   IPSec..........................56   4.4.17   Multicast ..........................59   4.5   Wireless ......................... 59   4.5.1   Basic ..........................59   4.5.2  ...

  • Page 10: Package Contents

    Quick Installation Guide  One RJ45 cable  Two RJ11 cables  One ADSL splitter  One Resource CD for TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router, including:   This User Guide  Other Helpful Information  Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items. If any of the listed items are damaged or missing, please contact your distributor.

  • Page 11: Chapter 1. Product Overview

    300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Chapter 1. Product Overview Thank you for choosing the TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router. 1.1 Overview of the Modem Router The TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router integrates 4-port Switch, Firewall, NAT-router and Wireless AP.

  • Page 12: Main Features

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps 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 300Mbps  One RJ11 LINE port, four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 LAN ports, supporting Auto MDI/MDIX ...

  • Page 13: Panel Layout

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 1.3 Panel Layout 1.3.1 The Front Panel The router’s LEDs are located on the front panel (View from left to right). Figure 1-1 LED Explanation: Name Status Indication The modem router is powered on.

  • Page 14: The Back Panel

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide  Note: 1. If the ADSL LED is off, please check your Internet connection first. Refer to 2.3 Connecting the Modem Router for more information about how to make Internet connection correctly. If...
  • Page 15 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide  POWER: The Power plug is where you will connect the power adapter.  Wireless Antennas: To receive and transmit the wireless data.

  • Page 16: Chapter 2. Connecting The Modem Router

     Keep away from the strong electromagnetic radiation and the device of electromagnetic sensitive. Generally, TD-W8960N is placed on a horizontal surface. The device also can be mounted on the wall as shown in Figure 2-1. Figure 2-1 Wall-mount Install ...

  • Page 17: Connecting The Modem Router

    Plug one end of the twisted-pair ADSL cable into the ADSL port on the rear panel of TD-W8960N. Connect the other end to the MODEM port of the external splitter. Step 2: Connect the Ethernet cable. Attach one end of a network cable to your computer’s Ethernet port or a regular hub/switch port, and the other end to the LAN port on the modem router TD-W8960N.

  • Page 18: Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide

    300Mbps 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-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router using Quick Setup Wizard within minutes. 3.1 TCP/IP Configuration The default IP address of the TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router is 192.168.1.1.

  • Page 19: 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-W8960N 300Mbps 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 20 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 3-5 Choose the WAN Type for Internet access, and then click Next. Figure 3-6  Note: The Quick Setup Wizard will guide you to configure the WAN Service over ATM interface.
  • Page 21 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide If you are unwilling to configure WAN Service now, you can click the Skip WAN button. Then you can configure WAN service referring to 4.4.1 Layer2 Interface. If ADSL WAN is choosen, please select your Country and ISP from the drop-down list. Select WAN Link Type provided by your ISP and enter the related parameters, and then click Next.
  • Page 22 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide The WLAN function is enabled by default. You can rename your wireless network name and create your own password in this page. The default wireless name is TP-LINK_XXXXXX, and the default wireless password, the same as the PIN code, is printed on the bottom label. Click Next to continue.

  • Page 23: Chapter 4. Configuring The Modem Router

    Software and Hardware. The second table displays the current status of the TD-W8960N connection. This information will vary depending on the settings of the router configured on the Advanced Setup screen.

  • Page 24: Quick Setup

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-1  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.

  • Page 25: Layer2 Interface

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide This Advanced Setup section mainly introduces how to configure the router for adequate use. The detailed explanations for each subsection are provided below.  Note: To completely configure the WAN Interface, you need to first select the Layer2 Interface (4.4.1...
  • Page 26 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-2  Remove: Select the check box in the table on the screen above and then click the Remove button, the corresponding interface will be deleted in the table. ...
  • Page 27 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide service, the Quality of Service menu will be added to the Web-based Utility, the detailed configuration will be described in 4.4.8 Quality of Service. 4.4.1.2 ETH Interface Choose “Advanced Setup”“Layer2 InterfaceETH Interface”, you can configure ETH WAN interfaces on the screen below.

  • Page 28: Wan Service

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.2 WAN Service Choose “Advanced Setup”“WAN Service”, and you will see the WAN Port Information Table in the screen similar to Figure 4-7, which describes the WAN port settings and the relevant manipulation to each interface.
  • Page 29 TD-W8960N 300Mbps 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 30 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide  Note: If you are not sure about the PPP IP extension and PPP Debug Mode etc. below, please don’t select these options.  MTU Size: Maximum Transmission Unit Size. Check this box then you can change the MTU size.
  • Page 31 TD-W8960N 300Mbps 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 32 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide  Remove: Select the check box in the table above and then click Remove, the corresponding interface will be deleted in the table. 4.4.2.2 ATM-EoA-IPoE If your ISP provides an IPoE connection and you need to use an ATM Interface, follow the steps...
  • Page 33 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide  Option 61 IAID: IAID (Identity Association ID) assigns an Identity Association ID to individual interfaces. In cases where the device is functioning with a single DHCP client identity, it must use value 1 for IAID for all DHCP interactions. In cases where the device is functioning with multiple DHCP client identities, the values of IAID have to start at 1 for the first identity and be incremented for each subsequent identity.
  • Page 34 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide  Note: If you select the Enable NAT checkbox, the NAT menu will be added to the Web-based Utility. We will describe the detailed configuration in 4.4.5 NAT. Select a preferred WAN interface as the system default gateway and click Next.
  • Page 35 TD-W8960N 300Mbps 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 36: Mac Clone

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps 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 37: Lan

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps 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 38 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Ethernet port. When the router is set for DHCP, it becomes the default gateway for DHCP client connected to it. Keep in mind that if you change the IP address of the router, you must change the range of IP addresses in the pool used for DHCP on the LAN.
  • Page 39 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-23 Interface Address (prefix length is required): Here enter the prefix length of your interface  address.  IPv6 LAN Applications: Select a type to assign IPv6 addresses to the computers in your LAN.

  • Page 40: Nat

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps 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: 1) If Randomly Generate is selected, it doesn’t need to be configured.
  • Page 41 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.5.1 Virtual Servers Choose “Advanced Setup”“NAT”“Virtual Servers”, you can set up virtual servers on the screen below (shown in Figure 4-25). Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services on your LAN, such as DNS, Email and FTP.
  • Page 42 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Virtual Server in the next screen as shown in Figure 4-26. 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 43 TD-W8960N 300Mbps 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 44 TD-W8960N 300Mbps 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 45: Security

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps 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 46 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-32 Enter the Filter name for the rule, it is exclusive and must be filled. Select the protocol: TCP/UDP, TCP, UDP or ICMP in the drop-down list for the connection between the Source IP address and Destination IP address.
  • Page 47 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-33  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.

  • Page 48: Parental Control

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps 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 4-35.
  • Page 49 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-37 Enter the User Name of the LAN device connected to the 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 50: Quality Of Service

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide  Disable: URL Filter function will not take effect.  Allow: Only allow the PCs to access the specified URL.  Deny: Block the PCs to access the specified URL. To add a URL Filter entry: Check the Deny or Allow radio button.
  • Page 51 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide  Note: The default DSCP mark is used to mark all egress packets that do not match any classification rules. 4.4.8.1 Queue Config Choose “Advanced Setup”“Quality of Service”“Queue Config”, you can set up virtual servers on the screen below.
  • Page 52 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide  Name: Set a name for the entry.  Enable: Select Enable option to take this entry effect.  Interface: Assigned a specific Wan Service for this QoS queue entry. ...

  • Page 53: Bandwidth Control

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-44 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 4-45. This page allows you to enable this function and to configure the value of Total Upstream/Downstream Bandwidth.
  • Page 54 TD-W8960N 300Mbps 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 Rules List Choose “Advanced Setup”“Bandwidth Control” “Rules List” and then you will see the screen as shown in Figure 4-46. This page allows you to view and configure TC rules.

  • Page 55: Routing

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide  Downstream: Enter the min and max download speed through the WAN port. After completing the above configuration, click the Save/Apply button to make it take effect and then you will see the following list as shown in Figure 4-48. If you want to modify the rule, click the Edit button.
  • Page 56 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-49 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 4-50). A static route is a pre-determined path that network information must travel to reach a specific host or network.
  • Page 57 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-51 Enter the following data: IP Version: Select the version of IP.  Destination IP Address/prefix length: The Destination IP Address is the address of the  network or host that you want to assign to a static route.

  • Page 58: Dns

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide  Note: RIP cannot be configured on the WAN Interface which has NAT enabled (such as PPPoE). 4.4.11 DNS When you select the connection type PPPoE, PPPoA or IPoA for WAN configuration, you will see the DNS menu in the Web-based Utility.
  • Page 59 TD-W8960N 300Mbps 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 4-54). 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 60: Dsl

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.12 DSL Choose “Advanced Setup”“DSL”, you can see the DSL Settings screen, this screen allows you to configure the DSL (shown in Figure 4-56). Figure 4-56 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.

  • Page 61: Interface Grouping

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-57 Select the checkbox and click Save/Apply to enable the UPnP function. 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.

  • Page 62: Ip Tunnel

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-59 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 63 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide IPv6 completely supplants IPv4. It is a temporary solution for networks that do not support native dual-stack, where both IPv6 and IPv4 run independently. Choose “Advanced Setup”“IP Tunnel”, it includes two menus: IPv6inIPV4 and IPv4inIPv6, The detailed descriptions are provided below.
  • Page 64 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide  Note: In this type, there should not have any IPv6 WAN connections. If there are IPv6 WAN connections, the page will prompt you to delete all the IPv6 WAN connections.

  • Page 65: Ipsec

     Note: You could also use other VPN routers to set VPN tunnels with TD-W8960N. TD-W8960N supports up to 10 VPN tunnels simultaneously. Click Add New Connection in Figure 4-64 and then you will enter the screen shown in Figure...
  • Page 66 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-65  IPSec Connection Name: Enter a name for your VPN.  Remote IPSec Gateway Address (URL/IPv4): Enter the destination gateway IP address in the box which is the public WAN IP or Domain Name of the remote VPN server endpoint.
  • Page 67 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide After complete the basic settings and click Save/Apply in both Device1 and Device2, PCs in LAN1 could conmmunicate with PCs in remote LAN2. (For example: You can ping the IP address of PC2 which is 192.168.2.100 in PC1)

  • Page 68: Multicast

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.17 Multicast Choose “Advanced Setup”“Multicast”, you can configure the IGMP protocol on the screen. Figure 4-66 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: Security

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-67 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-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-68 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, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK or Mixed WPA2/WPA-PSK mode is configured.
  • Page 71 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-69 Method One: Hardware push button. Step 1: Press the WPS button on the back panel of the router. Step 2: Press and hold the WPS button of the adapter directly for 2 or 3 seconds.
  • Page 72 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-70 Method Two: Step 1: Press the WPS button on the back panel of the router. Step 2: For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose “Push the button on my...
  • Page 73 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-71 Step 3: Wait for a while until the next screen appears. Click Finish to complete the WPS configuration. Figure 4-72 II. By PIN If the new device supports Quick Security Setup and the PIN method, you can add it to the...
  • Page 74 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Method One: Enter the PIN of wireless adapter into my router. Step 1: Select the PIN checkbox and enter the PIN code of the wireless adapter in the field under as shown below. Then click Add Enrollee.
  • Page 75 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-74  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 router into the wireless adapter.
  • Page 76 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-75 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 router into the field after “Access Point PIN”.
  • Page 77 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.5.2.2 Manual Setup AP Follow the instructions below to configure security features of the wireless LAN interface manually. You can set the network authentication method, select data encryption, specify whether a network key is required to authenticate to this wireless network and specify the encryption strength.
  • Page 78 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide encryption to associate with it. Follow the instructions below to configure the Shared Keys. Figure 4-78 Figure 4-79  Encryption strength: Select the appropriate level of encryption, 64-bit or 128-bit.
  • Page 79 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide  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 80 TD-W8960N 300Mbps 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 4-81 ...
  • Page 81 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 7. Click Save/Apply to save the new configuration. Figure 4-82 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.
  • Page 82 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-83  Wireless Network Key: Enter the key shared by the router and your other network devices. It must have 8-63 ASCII characters or 8-64 Hexadecimal digits.  Click here to display: Click it to show you the WPA Pre-Shared Key.
  • Page 83 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-84  Note: If you click the option “Click here to display”, the Figure 4-85 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 84 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-86  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 85 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-87 Mixed WPA2/WPA Enterprise To configure Mixed WPA2/WPA Enterprise settings, select the Mixed WPA2/WPA Enterprise option from the drop-down list. The menu will change to offer the appropriate settings. The steps to...
  • Page 86 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-88 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...

  • Page 87: Wireless Schedule

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-89 4.5.3 Wireless Schedule Choose menu “Wireless”“Wireless Schedule”, you can configure the Task Schedule as shown below. Figure 4-90...

  • Page 88: Mac Filter

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide  Note: The time you set is the period you need the wireless off. Before configure the wireless schedule, please set system time first which refer to 4.8.5 Internet Time, then you can enable or disable Wireless Schedule.

  • Page 89: Wireless Bridge

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-92 When you finished making changes to the MAC Filter List screen, click Save/Apply to save the changes. 4.5.5 Wireless Bridge Choose “Wireless””Wireless Bridge”, you will see the screen of Wireless--Bridge settings shown as below.

  • Page 90: Advanced

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-94  Enabled (Scan): Select this option to enables wireless bridge restriction, and it will scan the environment for APs that exist around the device. Only those selected AP will be granted access.
  • Page 91 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-96  Channel: Select the channel you want to use from the drop-down List. This field determines which operating frequency will be used. It is not necessary to change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby access point.

  • Page 92: Station Info

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem 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 93: Basic

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.6.1 Basic Choose menu “Guest Network”“Basic”, and you will see the screen as shown in Figure 4-98. This feature allows you to create a separate network for your guests without allowing them to access your main network and the computers connected to it.

  • Page 94: Station List

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.6.2 Station list Choose menu “Guest Network”“Station list”, you can see the MAC Address, Associated, Authorized, SSID and Interface. Figure 4-99 MAC: Displays the connected wireless station's MAC address.  Associated: Displays whether the wireless station has associated with the access point.

  • Page 95: Settings

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.8.1 Settings This section provides three important functions for managing the router; they are Backup, Update and Restore Default (shown in Figure 4-101). The detailed manipulations are described below. Figure 4-101 4.8.1.1 Export...
  • Page 96 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-103 Click the Save button, and save the file as the appointed file (shown in Figure 4-104). Figure 4-104 4.8.1.2 Import Choose “Management”“Settings”“Import”, you can see the Import screen, this screen...
  • Page 97 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-105 To update the router’s settings: Click the Browse button to locate the update file for the device, and you can also enter the exact path to the Setting file in the text box.

  • Page 98: System Log

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.8.2 System Log Choose “Management”“System Log”, you can see the System Log screen, this screen (shown in Figure 4-107) allows you to view the system log and configure the system log options.

  • Page 99: Snmp Agent

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-109  Disable/Enable: Select the Enable to log the events, if you don’t want to log these events, please select Disable.  Log Level: Select the Log level in the drop-down list, for the Log level, all events above or equal to the selected level will be logged.

  • Page 100: Client

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-110  SNMP Agent: You can select the checkbox to disable or enable the function.  Note: SNMP Community string provides a simple method of authentication between the router (SNMP Agent) and a remote network manager (SNMP Manager).

  • Page 101: Internet Time

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-111  Inform: You can select the checkbox to disable or enable the Inform Interval.  Inform Interval: Type the interval time of your router contact with the ACS.  ACS URL: Please accept this information from your ISP.

  • Page 102: Access Control

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-112 Enable DST: Select the checkbox to enable daylight saving function.  4.8.6 Access Control There are two submenus under the Access Control menu: Passwords and Remote Access. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below.
  • Page 103 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-113 To change the password: Select the Username whose password you want to change. Enter the Old Password in the text box. Enter the New Password and Confirm Password. The Confirm Password should be the same as the New Password.

  • Page 104: Update Firmware

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-114  Web：Select this box, you can access your modem router via web.  Telnet: Select this box, you can access your modem router via command line.  ICMP(ping): Select this box, PC in public network can ping the WAN address of the modem router.

  • Page 105: Reboot

    300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide To update the 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 106 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-117...

  • Page 107: Appendix A: Specifications

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Appendix A: 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 108: Appendix B: Configuring The Pc

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Appendix B: Configuring the PC In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows XP. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter’s manual if necessary.
  • Page 109 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure B-2 The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default. Now you have two ways to configure the TCP/IP protocol below: ...
  • Page 110 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure B-3  Note: For Windows 98 OS or before, the PC and Router may need to be restarted.  Setting IP address manually Select Use the following IP address radio button. And the following items available If the modem router's LAN IP address is 192.168.1.1, specify the IP address as 192.168.1.x...
  • Page 111 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure B-4 Now: Click OK to keep your settings.

  • Page 112: Appendix C: Troubleshooting

    TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Appendix C: Troubleshooting T1. What can I do if I don’t know or forget my password? 1) For default wireless password: Please refer to the “Wireless Password/PIN” labeled on the bottom of the modem router.
  • Page 113 TD-W8960N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 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 114 3.2 Quick Installation Guide. 5) Please feel free to contact our Technical Support if the problem still exists.  Note: For more details about Troubleshooting and Technical Support contact information, please log on to our Technical Support Website: http://www.tp-link.com/en/support.

  • Page 115: Appendix D: Technical Support

    Service time: 24hrs, 7 days a week USA/Canada Toll Free: +1 866 225 8139 Tel: +44 (0) 845 147 0017 E-mail: support.usa@tp-link.com (USA) Fee: Landline: 1p-10.5p/min, depending on the time of day. Mobile: 15p-40p/min, depending on your support.ca@tp-link.com (Canada) mobile network.

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