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TD-W8900GB

54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide

5.4.7

DNS

When you select the connection type

PPPoE, PPPoA

MER

IPoA

for WAN configuration, you

will see the

DNS

menu in the Web-based Utility (shown in Figure 5-38). It includes

DNS Server

and

Dynamic DNS

submenus.

Figure 5-38

5.4.7.1. DNS Server

Choose “

Advanced Setup

”

“

DNS

”

“

DNS Server

”. You can see the

DNS Server

screen, this

screen allows you to configure the DNS Server Addresses (shown in Figure 5-39).

Figure 5-39

If you select

Enable Automatic Assigned DNS

, this Router will accept automatically the first

received DNS assignment from one of

PPPoA

PPPoE

MER/DHCP

enabled PVC(s) during the

connection establishment. If the checkbox is not selected, please enter the primary and /or
optional secondary DNS server IP addresses provided by your ISP. Then click the

Save

button to

save the new configuration.

Summary of Contents for TD-W8900GB

Page 1: ...TD W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2 ROUTER Rev 1 0 2 1910010067...

Page 2: ...s 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 tra...

Page 3: ...cted Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cau...

Page 4: ...the 2 4 GHz band has been ongoing in recent years to allow current relaxed regulation Full implementation planned 2012 Italy If used outside of own premises general authorization is required Luxembou...

Page 5: ...Guide One RJ45 cable Two RJ11 cables One ADSL splitter One Resource CD for TD W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2 Router including This User Guide Other Helpful Information Note Make sure that the package con...

Page 6: ...ation 5 3 3 The Back Panel 6 3 4 System Requirements 6 3 5 Installation Environment Requirements 7 3 6 Connecting the Router 7 3 6 1 The Best Location for Wireless Network Connection 7 3 6 2 Wired net...

Page 7: ...3 Wireless MAC Filter 62 5 5 4 Wireless Advanced 63 5 5 5 Wireless Statistics 65 5 6 Diagnostics 65 5 7 Management 66 5 7 1 Settings 66 5 7 2 System Log 68 5 7 3 Internet Time 70 5 7 4 TR 069 client 7...

Page 8: ...functions accurately 1 2 Conventions The Router or TD W8900GB mentioned in this User guide stands for TD W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2 Router without any explanations Parameters provided in the pictures...

Page 9: ...agement is done through the Web based Utility which can be accessed through local Ethernet using any web browser Remote management is provided so that you may configure the Router through WAN port by...

Page 10: ...ccess Control List Supports Virtual Server Port Triggering and DMZ host Supports UPnP Dynamic DNS Static Routing Built in DHCP server Built in firewall supporting IP address filtering MAC address filt...

Page 11: ...er User Guide 4 2 4 Transmit Data rate Downstream data rates up to 24Mbps upstream data rates up to 3 5Mbps With Annex M enabled Supports 54 48 36 24 18 12 9 6Mbps IEEE 802 11g and 11 5 5 2 1Mbps IEEE...

Page 12: ...e Router has an error On The Router is initializing System Flashing The Router is working properly Off The LINE port is disconnected On The LINE port has connected to ISP s network Slow flash Self det...

Page 13: ...ults 1 Press the reset button of the Router and then power on the Router hold reset button pressed down for about five seconds 2 Restore the default setting from Management Settings Restore Default of...

Page 14: ...area in which your PC will be wirelessly connected The place had better accord with the Installation Environment Requirements 2 Adjust the direction of the antenna Normally upright is a good directio...

Page 15: ...onnection You can connect the Router directly to a 10 100BASE TX Ethernet adapter installed on a PC using the Ethernet cable 10 100BASE TX The illustration below shows the Router connected to Ethernet...

Page 16: ...ccount user name and password which needed for PPP connections 2 The default screen shows as below Change the VPI or VCI values which are used to define a unique path for your connection If you have b...

Page 17: ...type PPPoA PPPoE MER IPoA or Bridging which is provided by your ISP We select PPPoE mode For example and then click Next to continue Figure 4 3 4 Enter the PPP Username and PPP Password provided by yo...

Page 18: ...his screen click Next to continue Figure 4 5 6 Use the default IP Address 192 168 1 1 and Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Use the default setting of Enable DHCP Server and click Next to continue Figure 4 6...

Page 19: ...y screen below click Save Reboot to save these settings and reboot the Router Figure 4 8 Note The reboot process will take a while to complete please wait before reopening your web browser 4 2 Configu...

Page 20: ...Switch to the Router Follow the instructions below to configure a computer running Windows XP to be a DHCP client 1 From the Start menu on your desktop go to Settings and then click on Network Connec...

Page 21: ...tab of Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties menu highlight Internet Protocol TCP IP under This connection uses the following items by clicking on it once Click on the Properties button Figure 4 11 4 S...

Page 22: ...ovided by ISP Now you can run the Ping command in the command prompt to verify the network connection between your PC and the Router The following example is in Windows XP Operating System Open a comm...

Page 23: ...1 254 the gateway must be 192 168 1 1 For more details of configuring the Router please refer to 1Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Basic Router Configuration This User Guide recommends using the Quick Installation...

Page 24: ...Choose Device Info menu there are six submenus under the main menu Summary WAN Statistics Route ARP and DHCP This Device Info section mainly introduces the elementary information about the Router and...

Page 25: ...n menu Among the submenus WAN LAN Routing DSL and Port Mapping are default menus while NAT Security Quality of Service and DNS will appear only when you select some corresponding functions click any o...

Page 26: ...Add Click the Add button you can add a new interface in the next screen shown in Figure 5 4 Save Reboot If you are sure of the settings choose Save Reboot to apply the changes and reboot the system N...

Page 27: ...P in the drop down list The default type is UBR Without PCR 3 If you want to adopt QoS Quality of Service for the connection please select the Enable Quality Of Service check box 4 Click the Next butt...

Page 28: ...urations for the WAN Port or else click the Back button to go to the previous screen to make modifications Note 802 1q VLAN tagging is only available for the connection type of PPPoE MER and Bridging...

Page 29: ...y timeout value the range is from 1 to 4320 minutes Then the Router will cut off the Internet connection after it has been inactive for a specific period of time Inactivity Timeout If your Internet co...

Page 30: ...A service you have to select the Enable WAN Service option in the screen above or else the service will not take effect 6 Click the Next button and you will see the next screen which displays the deta...

Page 31: ...n You can refer to Chapter 4 to achieve the configuration for the connection type 3 MER If you choose MER in the previous screen shown in Figure 5 5 you can see the screen shown in Figure 5 9 Follow t...

Page 32: ...You can also click the Back button to return to the previous screen to make modifications On the screen below you can Enable the NAT Firewall IGMP Multicast and WAN Service if you are not sure about...

Page 33: ...een which displays the detailed settings you ve made shown in Figure 5 11 Or else click the Back button to return to the previous screen to make modifications Figure 5 11 6 If you are sure about the c...

Page 34: ...ting 3 Click the Next button and you will see the next screen which displays the detailed settings you ve made shown in Figure 5 13 Or else click the Back button to return to the previous screen to ma...

Page 35: ...uter s IP Address and Subnet Mask for LAN Interface IP Address Enter the Router s local IP Address then you can access to the Web based Utility via the IP Address the default value is 192 168 1 1 Subn...

Page 36: ...ased Time hour The Leased Time is the amount of time in which a network user will be allowed connection to the Router with their current dynamic IP address Enter the amount of time in hours then the u...

Page 37: ...Address Reservation screen showed below 7 Click Save Reboot bottun to save the settings and reboot the router Note 1 DHCP IP Reservation are not available for the connection type of Bridge here they w...

Page 38: ...T Virtual Servers you can set up virtual servers on the screen below shown in Figure 5 16 Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services on your LAN such as DNS Email and FTP A virtual ser...

Page 39: ...on TCP UDP or TCP UDP Internal Port Start The base number of Internal Ports You can type a service port or leave it blank Internal Port End The end number of Internal Ports You can type a service port...

Page 40: ...r in the Server IP Address text box 4 Enter the External Port Start External Port End Internal Port Start and Internal Port End in the table and then select the protocol used for this Virtual Server T...

Page 41: ...llows the remote party from the WAN side to establish new connections back to the application on the LAN side using the open ports A maximum 32 entries can be configured Figure 5 18 Port Triggering Ta...

Page 42: ...ger 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 4 Click the Save Apply button to enable the settings Note If you selec...

Page 43: ...s IP Address may change while using the DHCP function 5 4 3 4 ALG Choose Advanced Setup NAT ALG you can Enable SIP Session Initiation Protocol on the ALG Application Level Gateway screen shown in Figu...

Page 44: ...Outgoing Choose Advanced Setup Security IP Filtering Outgoing you can configure Outgoing Filtering rules on the screen shown in Figure 5 23 The Outgoing IP Filtering feature allows you to control som...

Page 45: ...iltering entry you must configure at least one condition on the screen above except the Filter name If you leave the Protocol blank it means that the rule is effective to all protocols if you leave th...

Page 46: ...in Figure 5 26 Figure 5 26 2 Enter the Filter name for the rule it is exclusive and must be filled in 3 Select Protocol in the drop down list enter Source IP address Source Subnet Mask Source Port De...

Page 47: ...on the screen shown in Figure 5 27 The section allows you to control access to the Internet by users on your local network based on their MAC Address Figure 5 27 Change Policy There are two policies f...

Page 48: ...4 Select Frame Direction in the drop down list for the rule 5 Select the WAN interfaces you can leave the default settings also 6 Click the Save Apply button to save this entry Note MAC Filtering is o...

Page 49: ...ick the Other MAC Address radio button and enter the MAC address of the other LAN device 4 Select the day when the rule will take effect in the table 5 Enter the Start Blocking Time and End Blocking T...

Page 50: ...TD W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2 Router User Guide 43 Figure 5 31 Click the Add button and you can configure the QoS on the next screen shown in Figure 5 32...

Page 51: ...ule must be consisting of a class name and at least one condition above All of the specified conditions in this classification rule must be satisfied with the rule to take effect 5 4 6 Routing Choose...

Page 52: ...fault Gateway you can see the Default Gateway screen this screen allows you to configure the default gateway shown in Figure 5 34 Figure 5 34 If the Enable automatic Assigned Default Gateway check box...

Page 53: ...teway Default Gateway IP address should be specified since MER Interface is selected when you select the Enable automatic Assigned Default Gateway check box 5 4 6 2 Static Route Choose Advanced Setup...

Page 54: ...or else the default Use Interface will be adopted for the Static Route 3 Click the Save Apply button to save it To remove a static routing entry 1 Select the Remove check box according to the entry i...

Page 55: ...Server You can see the DNS Server screen this screen allows you to configure the DNS Server Addresses shown in Figure 5 39 Figure 5 39 If you select Enable Automatic Assigned DNS this Router will acc...

Page 56: ...outer offers a Dynamic Domain Name System DDNS feature DDNS lets you assign a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP Address The Dynamic DNS service allows you to alias a dynamic IP addre...

Page 57: ...r No IP in the drop down list 3 Enter the Hostname of the DNS Server and select the corresponding Interface for the DDNS you can leave it default 4 Type the User Name and Password for your DDNS accoun...

Page 58: ...pe phone line pair and the capability of Bitswap or SRA After you set them up click the Save Apply button to save the configurations 5 4 9 Port Mapping Choose Advanced Setup Port Mapping you can see t...

Page 59: ...s ADSL2 Router User Guide 52 Figure 5 43 Click the Add Edit button and then you can configure the Port Mapping in the next screen shown in Figure 5 44 After you configure the settings click the Save A...

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Page 61: ...SID and restrict the channel set based on Region requirements Enable Wireless If you want to use wireless features you must select Enable Wireless If you deselect Enable Wireless option all the Wirele...

Page 62: ...ryption strength Network Authentication Select an authentication type from the drop down list Options available are Open Shared WPA WPA PSK WPA2 WPA2 PSK Mixed WPA2 WPA and Mixed WPA2 WPA PSK Note For...

Page 63: ...ow any wireless station to associate with the access point y Select Shared to only allow stations using a shared key encryption to associate with it Shared key requires additional configuration of the...

Page 64: ...2 bit encryption keys 4 Click the Save Apply button to save the new configuration Figure 5 48 Note We use Encryption Strength 64 bit Current Network Key selected 1 and enter 10 hexadecimal digits 1908...

Page 65: ...the encryption you want to use Automatic TKIP or AES AES is an encryption method stronger than TKIP Configure WPA settings 1 Select the WPA option from the Network Authentication drop down list The me...

Page 66: ...ared Key Enter the key shared by the Router and your other network devices It must have 8 63 ASCII characters or 64 Hexadecimal digits Click here to display Click it to show you the WPA Pre Shared Key...

Page 67: ...to save the new configuration Figure 5 52 Note If you click the option Click here to display the Figure 5 53 will pop up and it shows the password you have set Figure 5 53 5 5 2 4 WPA2 To configure WP...

Page 68: ...r the appropriate settings WPA2 PSK requires a shared key and does not use a separate server for authentication PSK keys can be ASCII or Hex type Figure 5 55 5 5 2 6 Mixed WPA2 WPA To configure Mixed...

Page 69: ...PSK settings select the Mixed WPA2 WPA PSK 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 Figure 5 57 5 5 3...

Page 70: ...button to block wireless access from the devices listed on this screen Add Click this button to add the MAC Address Remove Click this button to remove the item of the MAC Address When you click the Ad...

Page 71: ...The Router sends Request to Send RTS frames to a particular receiving station and negotiates the sending of a data frame After receiving an RTS the wireless station responds with a Clear to Send CTS f...

Page 72: ...the connected wireless station s MAC address Associated Displays whether the wireless station has associated with the access point Authorized Displays the information of Authentication 5 6 Diagnostic...

Page 73: ...ree important functions for managing the Router they are Backup Update and Restore Default shown in Figure 5 63 The detailed manipulations are described below Figure 5 63 5 7 1 1 Backup Choose Managem...

Page 74: ...5 65 2 Click the Save button and save the file as the appointed file shown in Figure 5 66 Figure 5 66 5 7 1 2 Update Choose Management Settings Update you can see the Update screen this screen shown...

Page 75: ...Management Settings Restore Default you can see the Restore Default screen this screen shown in Figure 5 68 allows you to restore the Router s configuration to the factory defaults on the screen Figur...

Page 76: ...n shown in Figure 5 70 which displays the Router s recent logs Figure 5 70 Refresh Click the button the information in the table will be updated Close Click the button the screen will be closed To Con...

Page 77: ...ll be displayed Mode Select the mode to record the events If the selected mode is Local events will be recorded in the local memory If the selected mode is Remote events will be sent to the specified...

Page 78: ...all You must specify your time zone once you login to the Router successfully if not the time limited on these functions will not take effect b The time will be lost if the Router is turned off c The...

Page 79: ...r Name information from your ISP ACS Password Please accept the Password information from your ISP Note If you want to log on the ACS you must owned the ACS User Name and ACS Password Connection Reque...

Page 80: ...ss Control Services you can see the Services screen this screen shown in Figure 5 75 allows you to select the services for LAN Ports and WAN Port After you have completed click the Save Apply button t...

Page 81: ...e local management services 3 Click the Save Apply button to save the IP Address 4 Enable the Access Control Mode shown in Figure 5 76 Note If Enabled the Router will permit access to local management...

Page 82: ...firm Password should be the same as the New Password 3 Click the Save Apply button to make your change take effect Note The password cannot contain a space and its maximum length is 16 characters 5 7...

Page 83: ...ick the Update Software button Note Do not turn off the Router or press the Reset button while the software is being updated The Router will reboot after the Upgrading is finished 5 7 7 Reboot Choose...

Page 84: ...M network Bridging A device that connects different networks Browser An application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the information on the World Wide Web DDNS Dynamic Doma...

Page 85: ...nt An infrastructure wireless network connected to a wired network is referred to as a Basic Service Set BSS A set of two or more BSS in a single network is referred to as an Extended Service Set ESS...

Page 86: ...cate with each other all devices must be configured with the same SSID This is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card It corresponds to the ESSID in the wireless Access Point and...

Page 87: ...escribed in the IEEE 802 11g standard Wi Fi A trade name for the IEEE 802 11b wireless networking standard given by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance WECA see http www wi fi net an industry...

Page 88: ...TCP IP IPoA PPPoA PPPoE SNTP HTTP DHCP ICMP NAT LAN Ports 4 10 100M Auto Negotiation RJ45 ports Auto MDI MDIX Ports Line Ports 1 RJ11 port 10Base T UTP category 3 4 5 cable Network Medium 100Base TX...

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