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TD-W8901GB

54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router

Rev: 1.0.5
1910010397

Summary of Contents for TD-W8901GB

Page 1: ...TD W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2 Modem Router Rev 1 0 5 1910010397...

Page 2: ...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 tran...

Page 3: ...d 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 cause harmful interference 2 This device mu...

Page 4: ...band 2454 2483 5 MHz Military Radiolocation use Refarming of the 2 4 GHz band has been ongoing in recent years to allow current relaxed regulation Full implementation planned 2012 Italy If used outsi...

Page 5: ...normative documents ETSI EN 300 328 V1 7 1 2006 ETSI EN 301 489 1 V1 8 1 2008 ETSI EN 301 489 17 V2 1 1 2009 EN60950 1 2006 Recommendation 1999 519 EC EN62311 2008 Directives 2004 108 EC The above pro...

Page 6: ...uter 6 Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide 8 3 1 Configure PC 8 3 2 Login 11 Chapter 4 Software Configuration 15 4 1 Status 15 4 1 1 Device Info 15 4 1 2 System Log 16 4 1 3 Statistics 17 4 2 Quick Sta...

Page 7: ...51 4 5 4 UPnP 51 4 5 5 DDNS 52 4 5 6 CWMP 52 4 6 Maintenance 53 4 6 1 Administration 53 4 6 2 Time Zone 54 4 6 3 Firmware 55 4 6 4 System Restart 58 4 6 5 Diagnostic 58 4 7 Help 59 Appendix A Specifi...

Page 8: ...ter for TD W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2 Modem Router Quick Installation Guide One RJ45 cable Two RJ11 cables One ADSL splitter One Resource CD including z This User Guide z Other Helpful Information Not...

Page 9: ...gh local Ethernet using any web browser ADSL The TD W8901GB supports full rate ADSL2 connectivity conforming to the ITU and ANSI specifications In addition to the basic DMT physical layer functions th...

Page 10: ...rmanent Virtual Circuit Built in DHCP server Built in firewall supporting IP MAC filter Application filter and URL filter Supports Virtual Server DMZ host and IP Address Mapping Supports Dynamic DNS U...

Page 11: ...INE port is linked down Off There is no successful PPP connection or the Router works on Bridge mode On A successful PPP connection has been built Internet Flash Data is being transferred over the Int...

Page 12: ...o your PC or the other Ethernet network devices LINE Through the port you can connect the router with the telephone Or you can connect them by an external separate splitter For details please refer to...

Page 13: ...ivide the data and voice and then you can access the Internet and make calls at the same time The external splitter has three ports LINE Connect to the wall jack PHONE Connect to the phone sets MODEM...

Page 14: ...TD W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2 Modem Router User Guide 7 Figure 2 3...

Page 15: ...or connect your adapter to a Hub Switch which has connected to the Router you need to configure your PC s IP address Follow the steps below to configure it Step 1 Click the Start menu on your desktop...

Page 16: ...TD W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2 Modem Router User Guide 9 Figure 3 2 Step 3 Select General tab highlight Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click the Properties button Figure 3 3...

Page 17: ...Obtain DNS server address automatically in the screen above Now you can run the Ping command in the command prompt to verify the network connection Please click the Start menu on your desktop select r...

Page 18: ...IP configuration for your PC correct If the Router s IP address is 192 168 1 1 your PC s IP address must be within the range of 192 168 1 2 192 168 1 254 3 2 Login Once your host PC is properly config...

Page 19: ...Click the NEXT button Figure 3 8 Step 2 Configure the time for the Router and then click the NEXT button Figure 3 9 Step 3 Select the connection type to connect to the ISP We select PPPoE PPPoA mode...

Page 20: ...rules for the WLAN and click NEXT Figure 3 12 Note If the Access Point is activated the wireless function will be available even without the external antenna because of an additional printed antenna...

Page 21: ...TD W8901GB 54M Wireless ADSL2 Modem Router User Guide 14 Figure 3 13...

Page 22: ...l be available after you click one of the main menus On the center of the Web based Utility there are the detailed configurations or status information To apply any settings you have altered on the pa...

Page 23: ...ure 4 2 Note Click the other submenus System Log or Statistics in Figure 4 2 and you will be able to view the system log and traffic statistics about the Router 4 1 2 System Log Choose Status System L...

Page 24: ...nd what happened to the Router Click the CLEAR LOG button to clear the logs Click the SAVE LOG button to save the logs 4 1 3 Statistics Choose Status Statistics menu and you will be able to view the n...

Page 25: ...over the Ethernet port when data is being transmitted Transmit Statistics Transmit Error Frames The error frames over the Ethernet port when data is being transmitted Receive Frames The frames receiv...

Page 26: ...frames transmitted over the WLAN when wireless data is being transmitted Tx Errors Count The errors occurred over the WLAN when wireless data is being transmitted Transmit Statistics Tx Drops Count Th...

Page 27: ...next screen shown in Figure 4 6 Figure 4 6 ATM VC ATM settings are used to connect to your ISP Your ISP provides VPI Virtual Path Identifier VCI Virtual Channel Identifier settings to you In this Dev...

Page 28: ...olled by the parameters specified below including PCR Peak Cell Rate SCR Sustained Cell Rate and MBS Maximum Burst Size please configure them according to your needs Encapsulation There are four conne...

Page 29: ...packet OUT only means the ADLS router will only send but will not accept RIP packet Multicast Select IGMP version or disable the function IGMP Internet Group Multicast Protocol is a session layer prot...

Page 30: ...nk Username Enter your username for your PPPoE PPPoA connection Password Enter your password for your PPPoE PPPoA connection Encapsulation For both PPPoE PPPoA connection you need to specify the type...

Page 31: ...m this device MAC Spoofing Enable the MAC Spoofing and enter a MAC address to configure the WAN port It makes your inside network appear as a device with this MAC address to the outside world 4 Bridge...

Page 32: ...P2 M are both sent in RIP2 format the difference is that RIP2 M using Multicast while RIP2 B using Broadcast format Direction Select this option to specify the RIP direction None is for disabling the...

Page 33: ...P address for the Router is 192 168 1 1 the default Start IP Address is 192 168 1 2 and the Start IP Address must be 192 168 1 2 or greater but smaller than 192 168 1 254 IP Pool Count The max user po...

Page 34: ...ecessary for you to enter the primary and optional secondary DNS server IP addresses After type in the address click SAVE button to save it and invoke it DHCP Relay Select Relay then you will see the...

Page 35: ...hannel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby access point Beacon Interval Enter a value between 20 1000 milliseconds The Beacon Interval value indicates the frequency interval of...

Page 36: ...ess you wish to filter in the field Multiple SSIDs Settings These are the settings of the SSID SSID Index The index of the SSID and in this model you can only leave it as a default value of 1 SSID Wir...

Page 37: ...configure WPA 64Bits settings select the WPA 64Bits option from the drop down list The menu will change to offer the appropriate settings 128 bit is stronger than 64 bit Figure 4 16 3 WPA PSK To confi...

Page 38: ...vanced Encryption Standard A security method that uses symmetric 128 bit block data encryption Pre Shared Key Enter the key shared by the Router and your other network devices It must have 8 63 ASCII...

Page 39: ...nu and you will see the next screen shown in Figure 4 20 Figure 4 20 Firewall Select this option can automatically detect and block Denial of Service DoS attacks such as Ping of Death SYN Flood Port S...

Page 40: ...s of one of the remote nodes Metric Metric represents the cost of transmission for routing purposes IP Routing uses hop count as the measurement of cost with a minimum of 1 for directly connected netw...

Page 41: ...rtual servers Furthermore for VCs with multiple IPs they can define the Address Mapping rules for VCs with single IP since they have only one IP there is no need to individually define the Address Map...

Page 42: ...IP Address Enter the IP Address for the Virtual Server in LAN side Virtual Server Listing This displays the information about the Virtual Servers you establish To add a virtual server entry Step 1 Sel...

Page 43: ...all local IPs then the Start IP is 0 0 0 0 and the End IP is 255 255 255 255 Public Start End IP Enter the public IP Address you want to do NAT Public Start IP is the starting public IP address and Pu...

Page 44: ...xt screen QoS helps to prioritize data as it enters your router By attaching special identification marks or headers to incoming packets QoS determines which queue the packets enter based priority Thi...

Page 45: ...a IP information IP QoS function is intended to deliver guaranteed as well as differentiated Internet services by giving network resource and usage control to the Network operator IP Precedence Range...

Page 46: ...mization There are two types of VLAN as follows Port Based VLAN Each physical switch port is configured with an access list specifying membership in a set of VLANs ATM VLAN Using LAN Emulation LANE pr...

Page 47: ...sical port has a default VID called PVID Port VID PVID is assigned to untagged frames or priority tagged frames frames with null 0 VID received on this port 2 Define VLAN Group Click Define VLAN Group...

Page 48: ...thernet Select the Ethernet port as a member of VLAN Wireless LAN Select the wireless LAN port as a member of VLAN and if you leave the Tagged blank the tag in frames will be deleted when transmitted...

Page 49: ...connection uses 4 5 Access Management Choose Access Management you can see the next submenus Figure 4 32 Click any of them and you will be able to configure the corresponding function 4 5 1 ACL Choos...

Page 50: ...hen you can access the Router through it Interface Select the interface for access LAN WAN or Both Access Control of Listing This displays the information about the ACL Rules 4 5 2 Filter Choose Acces...

Page 51: ...IP MAC Filter Rule Indexes Interface Select the interface for the entry Note If select PVC0 PVC7 as an interface the filter will match the IP traffic of WAN port with specified IPs Source IP Address...

Page 52: ...he Port Number for the rule You can enter 0 which means that all ports are controlled by the rule Protocol Select the protocol TCP UDP or ICMP for the filter rule Rule Unmatched If the current rule ca...

Page 53: ...mail received by the IP address 192 168 1 7 on your local network Make the PC with IP address 192 168 1 8 unable to visit the website of IP address 202 96 134 12 Note After you complete the IP filter...

Page 54: ...current rule can not match and you select Forward the router will skip the rule and transmit directly If you select Next the router will find the next filter rule show in Filter list to match IP MAC...

Page 55: ...y Step 5 Go to Step 2 to configure the next rule Block the PC with MAC address 00 0A EB 00 07 5F to access the Internet Note After you complete the MAC filter rules for the example the Filter list wil...

Page 56: ...er Activate or deactivate the function ICQ MSN YMSG Real Audio Video Select Allow or Deny for these applications If you select Allow the Router will accept the application if you select Deny the Route...

Page 57: ...ple If you want to forbid the user to access the website www yahoo com Presume the rule is aimed at the interface PVC0 and its index is 1 Step 1 Select the URL Filter as the Filer Type Selection show...

Page 58: ...y is a distributed open networking standard that uses TCP IP for simple peer to peer network connectivity between devices An UPnP device can dynamically join a network obtain an IP address convey its...

Page 59: ...rd or not Figure 4 40 Dynamic DNS Activate the DDNS function or not Service Provider This field displays the service provider of DDNS My Host Name Enter your host name here E mail Address Enter your E...

Page 60: ...User Name Password Enter the User Name and Password that provided the ACS server to login the router Periodic Inform Activate or deactivate the function If Activated the information will be informed...

Page 61: ...Time Zone you can configure the system time in the screen shown in Figure 4 44 The system time is the time used by the device for scheduling services There are three methods to configure the time You...

Page 62: ...r firstly 2 PC s Clock Select PC s Clock as the Synchronize time you don t need to set any items Figure 4 45 3 Manually Select Manually as the Synchronize time you need to set the date and time corres...

Page 63: ...ink com and can be downloaded for free If the router is not experiencing difficulties there is no need to download a more recent firmware version unless the version has a new feature that you want to...

Page 64: ...2 Save the file as the appointed file shown in Figure 4 49 Figure 4 49 To restore the Router s settings Step 1 Click the Browse button to locate the update file for the device or enter the exact path...

Page 65: ...rt the device with current settings or restore to factory default settings in the screen shown in Figure 4 50 Figure 4 50 4 6 5 Diagnostic Choose Maintenance Diagnostic you can view the test results f...

Page 66: ...reless ADSL2 Modem Router User Guide 59 4 7 Help Choose Help you can view the help information for configuration of any function Figure 4 52 Note Click the tab and you will be able to get the correspo...

Page 67: ...n RJ45 port Auto MDI MDIX One RJ11 port LEDs Power ADSL Internet WLAN 1 2 3 4 LAN Network Medium 10Base T UTP category 3 4 5 cable 100Base TX UTP category 5 Max line length 6 5Km Data Rates Downstream...

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