TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router Rev: 1.0.
COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Copyright © 2009 TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pro-vide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not in-stalled and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
National Restrictions 2400.0-2483.5 MHz Country Restriction Reason/remark General authorization required for outdoor use and Bulgaria public service France Outdoor use limited to 10 Military Radiolocation use. Refarming of the 2.4 GHz mW e.i.r.p. within the band band has been ongoing in recent years to allow current 2454-2483.5 MHz relaxed regulation.
TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router Model No.: TD-W8901G 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: Directives 1999/5/EC The above product is in conformity with the following standards or other normative documents: ETSI EN 300 328 V1.7.
CONTENTS Package Contents .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introduction ......................................................................................... 2 1.1 Product Overview.................................................................................. 2 1.2 Main Features ....................................................................................... 2 1.3 Conventions ................................
4.5.3 SNMP ...................................................................................................... 50 4.5.4 UPnP ....................................................................................................... 50 4.5.5 DDNS ...................................................................................................... 51 4.5.6 CWMP ..................................................................................................... 51 4.6 Maintenance...........................
Package Contents The following contents should be found in your package: ¾ One TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router ¾ One DC power Adapter for TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ ¾ ¾ One RJ45 cable Two RJ11 cables One ADSL splitter ¾ One Resource CD, including: z This User Guide z 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.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router. 1.1 Product Overview The device is designed to provide a simple and cost-effective ADSL Internet connection for a private Ethernet or 802.11g/802.11b wireless network. The TD-W8901G connects to an Ethernet LAN or computers via standard Ethernet ports. The ADSL connection is made using ordinary telephone line with standard connectors.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Internet when idle. ¾ Provides reliable ESD and surge-protect function with quick response semi-conductive surge protection circuit. ¾ High speed and asymmetrical data transmit mode, provides safe and exclusive bandwidth. ¾ Supports All ADSL industrial standards. ¾ Compatible with all mainstream DSLAM (CO). ¾ Provides integrated access of internet and route function which face to SOHO user. ¾ Real-time Configuration and device monitoring.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 The Front Panel Figure 2-1 The LEDs locate on the front panel, they indicate the device’s working status. For details, please refer to LED Explanation. LED Explanation: Name Status Indication On Power is on. Off Power is off. Flash The ADSL negotiation is in progress. On The LINE port is linked up. Off The LINE port is linked down.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 2.2 The Back Panel Figure 2-2 ¾ POWER: The Power plug is where you will connect the power adapter. ¾ RESET: There are two ways to reset the Router's factory defaults. Method one: With the Router powered on, use a pin to press and hold the Reset button for at least 5 seconds. And the Router will reboot to its factory default settings. Method two: Restore the default setting from “Maintenance-SysRestart” of the Router's Web-based Utility.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 2.4 Connecting the Router Before installing the device, please make sure your broadband service provided by your ISP is available. If there is any problem, please contact your ISP. Before cable connection, cut off the power supply and keep your hands dry. You can follow the steps below to install it. Step 1: Connect the ADSL Line.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 2-3 7
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide 3.1 Configure PC After you directly connect your PC to the TD-W8901G or connect your adapter to a Hub/Switch which has connected to the Router, you need to configure your PC’s IP address. Follow the steps below to configure it. Step 1: Click the Start menu on your desktop, right click My Network Places, and then select Properties (shown in Figure 3-1).
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 3-2 Step 3: Select General tab, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click the Properties button.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless 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” and “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.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide If the result displayed is similar to the screen shown below, it means that your PC has not connected to the Router. Figure 3-6 You can check it follow the steps below: 1) Is the connection between your PC and the Router correct? The LEDs of LAN port which you link to the device and the LEDs on your PC's adapter should be lit. 2) Is the TCP/IP configuration for your PC correct? If the Router's IP address is 192.168.1.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Step 1: Select the Quick Start tab, then click RUN WIZARD, and you will see the next screen. 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 for example here), and then click the NEXT button.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide and Connection Type. Then click Next. Figure 3-11 Step 5: Configure the 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. To adopt the wireless security protection measures, please refer to section 4.3.3. Step 6: Click NEXT to finish the Quick Start.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 3-13 14
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Chapter 4 Software Configuration This User Guide recommends using the “Quick Installation Guide” for first-time installation. For advanced users, if you want to know more about this device and make use of its functions adequately, maybe you will get help from this chapter to configure the advanced settings through the Web-based Utility. After your successful login, you can configure and manage the device.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 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 Log” menu, and you will be able to query the logs of the Router.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-3 The Router can keep logs of all traffic. You can query the logs to find 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 network traffic over Ethernet, ADSL and WLAN.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide traffic over different ports. ¾ Select Ethernet, and you will see the statistics table as below. Statistics Table: Transmit Frames The frames transmitted over the Ethernet port. The multicast frames transmitted over the Ethernet Transmit Multicast Frames port. Transmit Transmit total Bytes Statistics The total bytes transmitted over the Ethernet port. The collision occurred over the Ethernet port when Transmit Collision data is being transmitted.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Statistics Table: The total PDUs transmitted over the ADSL port. Transmit total PDUs Transmit Statistics The total errors occurred over the ADSL port when data Transmit total Error Counts is being transmitted. The total PDUs transmitted over the ADSL port. Receive total PDUs Receive Statistics The total errors occurred over the ADSL port when data Receive total Error Counts is being received.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.3.1 Internet Choose “Interface Setup→Internet” menu, you can configure the parameters for WAN ports in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-6). Figure 4-6 ¾ 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.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide • Virtual Circuit: Select the VC number you want to setup, PVC0~PVC7. • Status: If you want to use a designed VC, you should activate it. • VPI: Identifies the virtual path between endpoints in an ATM network. The valid range is from 0 to 255. Please input the value provided by your ISP. • VCI: Identifies the virtual channel endpoints in an ATM network. The valid range is from 32 to 65535 (1 to 31 is reserved for well-known protocols).
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ¾ TCP MTU Option: Enter the TCP MTU as your desire. ¾ Dynamic Route: Select this option to specify the RIP (Routing Information protocol) version for WAN interface, including RIP1, RIP2-B and RIP2-M. RIP2-B and RIP2-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 RIP function.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide used for DSL services. Select Dynamic PPPoE to obtain an IP address automatically for your PPPoE connection. Select Static PPPoE to use a static IP address for your PPPoE connection. Please enter the information accordingly. Figure 4-9 ¾ Servicename: Enter a name to mark current connection, or you can leave it blank. ¾ Username: Enter your username for your PPPoE/PPPoA connection. ¾ Password: Enter your password for your PPPoE/PPPoA connection.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide automatically. And once there is traffic send or receive, the connection will be automatically on. ¾ Static/Dynamic IP Address: For PPPoE/PPPoA connection, you need to specify the public IP address for this ADSL Router. The IP address can be either dynamically (via DHCP) or given IP address provided by your ISP. For Static IP, you need to specify the IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway IP address.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-11 ¾ Router Local IP: These are the IP settings of the LAN interface for the device. These settings may be referred to as Private settings. You may change the LAN IP address if needed. The LAN IP address is private to your internal network and cannot be seen on the Internet. • 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.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide The Router will work as a DHCP Server; it becomes the default gateway for DHCP client connected to it. DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Control Protocol. The DHCP Server gives out IP addresses when a device is booting up and request an IP address to be logged on to the network. That device must be set as a DHCP client to obtain the IP address automatically. By default, the DHCP Server is enabled.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 1). Select an IP Address from the drop-down list. 2). Enter the MAC Address of the client in the table. • DNS Relay: If you want to disable this feature, you just need to set both Primary and secondary DNS IP to 0.0.0.0. If you want to use DNS relay, you can setup DNS server IP to 192.168.1.1 on their Computer. If not, the device will perform as no DNS relay. • Primary DNS Server: Type in your preferred DNS server.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-14 ¾ Access point Settings: These are the settings of the access point. You can configure the rules to allow wireless-equipped computers and other devices to communicate with a wireless network. • Access point: Select Activated to allow wireless station to associate with the access point. • Channel: Select the channel you want to use from the drop-down List of Channel. This field determines which operating frequency will be used.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Clear to Send (CTS) frame to acknowledge the right to begin transmission. In most cases, keep its default value of 2347. • DTIM: This value, between 1 and 255, indicates the interval of the Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM). A DTIM field is a countdown field informing clients of the next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide menu will change to offer the appropriate settings. WPA-64Bits is a data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11g standard. Figure 4-15 2) WEP-128Bits To 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.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-17 ¾ Encryption: Select the encryption you want to use: Automatic, TKIP or AES (AES is an encryption method stronger than TKIP). • TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) - a wireless encryption protocol that provides dynamic encryption keys for each packet transmitted. • AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) - A security method that uses symmetric 128-bit block data encryption.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4 Advanced Setup Choose “Advanced Setup”, you can see the next submenus: Figure 4-19 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.4.1 Firewall Choose “Advanced Setup→Firewall” menu, and you will see the next screen (shown in Figure 4-20). Figure 4-20 ¾ Firewall: Select this option can automatically detect and block Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, such as Ping of Death, SYN Flood, Port Scan and Land Attack.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-21 Click ADD ROUTE button to add a new route in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-22). Figure 4-22 ¾ Destination IP Address: This parameter specifies the IP network address of the final destination. ¾ IP Subnet Mask: Enter the subnet mask for this destination. ¾ Gateway IP Address: Enter the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is an immediate neighbor of your ADSL Router that will forward the packet to the destination.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-23 ¾ Virtual Circuit: Enter Virtual Circuit Index that you plan to setup for the NAT function. ¾ NAT Status: This field shows the current status of the NAT function for the current VC. You can go to the previous screen (shown in Figure 4-6) to activate the function. ¾ Number of IPs; This field is to specify how many IPs are provided by your ISP for current VC. It can be single IP or multiple IPs. We select Multiple to explain.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide The Virtual Server is the server or server(s) behind NAT (on the LAN), for example, Web server or FTP server, that you can make visible to the outside world even though NAT makes your whole inside network appear as a single machine to the outside world. Figure 4-25 ¾ Rule Index: The Virtual server rule index for this VC. You can specify 10 rules in maximum. All the VCs with single IP will use the same Virtual Server rules.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.3.3 IP Address Mapping Select Multiple for numbers of IPs in Figure 4-23, and choose “Advanced Setup→NAT→IP Address Mapping(for Multiple IP Service)”. You can configure the Address Mapping Rule in the next screen. The IP Address Mapping is for those VCs that configured with multiple IPs. The IP Address Mapping rule is per-VC based (only for Multiple IPs' VCs). Figure 4-26 ¾ Rule Index: Select the Virtual server rule index for this VC.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Click the Back button to return to the previous screen. Click the CANCEL button to cancel the configuration which is made just now. 4.4.4 QoS Choose “Advanced Setup→QoS”, you can configure the QoS in the next 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.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ¾ Rule: Configure the rules for QoS. If the traffic complies with the rule, then the Router will take the corresponding action to deal with it. • Rule Index: Select the index for the rule you want to configure. • Active: Activate the rule. The rule can take effect only when it is activated. • Application: Select the application that the rule aimed at. • Physical Ports: Select the port whose traffic flow are controlled by the rule.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide optimization. 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) protocol to map Ethernet packets into ATM cells and deliver them to their destination by converting an Ethernet MAC address into an ATM address.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 2) Define VLAN Group Click Define VLAN Group in Figure 4-28, you can define VLAN groups in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-30). Figure 4-30 ¾ VLAN Index: Select the VLAN index for this VC. You can specify 8 groups in maximum. ¾ VLAN ID: This indicates the VLAN group. ¾ ATM VCs: Select the ATM VCs as members of VLAN, and if you leave the Tagged blank, the tag in frames will be deleted when transmitted from the VC.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-31 ¾ ADSL Mode: Select the ADSL operation mode which your ADSL connection uses. ¾ ADSL Type: Select the ADSL operation type which your ADSL 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 Choose “Access Management→ACL”, you can see the next screen (shown in Figure 4-33).
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-33 ¾ ACL: If Activated, the IP addresses which are contained in the Access Control List can access to the Router. If Deactivated, all IP addresses can access to the Router. ¾ ACL Rule Index: Select the ACL rule index for the entry. ¾ Active: Enable the ACL rule. ¾ Secure IP Address: Select the IP addresses which are permitted to access to the Router remotely. With the default IP 0.0.0.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-34 ¾ Filter Type Selection: Select the filter type for the configuration below. ¾ IP/MAC Filter Set Index: Select the Set index for the IP Filter entry. This index can match with six IP / MAC Filter Rule Indexes. ¾ 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 and Destination IP Address).
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ) Note: Incoming means that IP traffic which is coming into the router, and the Outgoing means that IP traffic which is going out the router. ¾ IP/MAC Filter Rule Index: Select the Rule index for the IP Filter entry. ) Note: You should set the IP/MAC Filter Set Index and IP/MAC Filter Rule Index together to appoint the address (shown in the Filter List) for the IP Filter rule.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ) Note: If you want to make the rule take effect, please select Yes to active the rule. Step 3: Enter the “Source IP Address”, “Destination IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Port Number” in the corresponding field. Step 4: Select the Protocol as “TCP” and select the Unmatched rule as “Next”. Step 5: Finally, click the SAVE to save the entry. Step 6: Go to Step 2 to configure the next two rules: Block E-mail received by the IP address 192.168.1.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.5.2.2 MAC Filter Select IP/Mac Filter as the Filter type, and select MAC as the Rule type (shown in Figure 4-35), and then you can configure the filter rules based on MAC address. Figure 4-35 ¾ Rule Type: Select MAC for the MAC Filter rule. ¾ Active: Select “Yes” to make the rule to take effect. ¾ MAC Address: Enter the MAC address for the rule.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Select the “MAC” as the Rule Type on the Filter screen (show in Figure 4-35). , Then you can configure the specific rule for the example. Step 2: Select the IP/MAC Filter Set Index and IP/MAC Filter Rule Index for the rule, then select the Interface “PVC0”, and select the Direction “Outgoing” for the first rule. ) Note: If you want to make the rule take effect, please select Yes to active the rule.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-36 ¾ Filter Type Selection: Select the Application Filter for the next configuration. ¾ Application Filter: Activate or deactivate the function. ¾ 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 Router will forbid the application. 4.5.2.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-37 ¾ Filter Type Selection: Select the URL Filter for the next configuration. ¾ Active: Select “Yes” to make the rule to take effect. ¾ URL Index: Select the index for the URL Filter entry. ¾ URL: Enter the URL for this URL Filter. ¾ URL Filter Listing: This displays the information about the URL Filter rules. To add a URL filter entry: For example: If you want to forbid the user to access the website: www.yahoo.com.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.5.3 SNMP Choose “Access Management→SNMP”, you can see the SNMP screen. The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used for exchanging information between network devices. Figure 4-38 ¾ Get Community: Set the password for the incoming Get and Get next requests from the management station. ¾ Set Community: Set the password for incoming Set requests from the management station. 4.5.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.5.5 DDNS Choose “Access Management→DDNS”, you can configure the DDNS function in the screen (shown in Figure 4-40). The router offers a Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) feature. The feature lets you use a static host name with a dynamic IP address. User should type the host name, user name and password assigned to your ADSL Router by your Dynamic DNS provider. User also can decide to turn on DYNDNS Wildcard or not.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-41 ¾ CWMP: Select activate the CWMP function. ¾ URL: Enter the website of ACS which is provided by your ISP. ¾ User Name/Password: Enter the User Name and password to login the ACS server. ¾ Path: Enter the path that connects to the ACS server. ¾ Port: Enter the port that connects to the ACS server. ¾ User Name/Password: Enter the User Name and Password that provided the ACS server to login the router.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-43 ) Note: 1) 2) There is only one account that can access Web-Management interface. The default account is "admin", and the password is "admin". Admin has read/write access privilege. When you change the password, you should enter the new password twice, and then click SAVE to make the new password take effect. 4.6.2 Time Zone Choose “Maintenance→Time Zone”, you can configure the system time in the screen (shown in Figure 4-44).
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ) Note: The ADSL Router built-in some NTP Servers, when the Router connects to the Internet, the Router will get the system time automatically from the NTP Server. You can also configure the NTP Server address manually, and then the Router will get the time from the specific Server firstly. 2) PC’s Clock Select PC’s Clock as the Synchronize time, you don’t need to set any items.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide to be used for upgrade. Figure 4-47 To upgrade the router's firmware, follow these instructions below: Step 1: Download a more recent firmware upgrade file from the TP-LINK website (www.tp-link.com). Step 2: Type the path and file name of the update file into the “New Firmware Location” field. Or click the Browse button to locate the update file. Step 3: Click the UPGRADE button. ) Note: 1) New firmware versions are posted at www.tp-link.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-48 Step 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 in “New Romfile Location” field. Step 2: Click the UPGRADE button to complete. 4.6.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-50 4.6.5 Diagnostic Choose “Maintenance→Diagnostic”, you can view the test results for the connectivity of the physical layer and protocol layer for both LAN and WAN sides in the screen (shown in Figure 4-51). Figure 4-51 4.7 Help Choose “Help”, you can view the help information for configuration of any function.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-52 ) Note: Click the tab, and you will be able to get the corresponding information.
TD-W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Appendix A: Specification General ANSI T1.413, ITU G.992.1, ITU G.992.2, ITU G.992.3, ITU G.992.5 Standards and Protocols IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g ,IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.
