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TD-W8901G

54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide

 

 

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Select the “MAC” as the Rule Type on the Filter screen (show in Figure 4-33). 

, 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. 

 

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Note: 

If you want to make the rule take effect, please select 

Yes

 to active the rule. 

Step 3: 

Enter the “MAC Address” and select the Unmatched rule as “Next”. 

 

Step 4: 

Finally, click the 

SAVE

 to save the entry.

 

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 will show as follows. You can 
enter the 

IP / MAC Filter Set Index

 to view the information about the rule. 

 

Other operations for the entries as shown in Figure 4-32: 

Select the 

IP / MAC Filter Set Index

 and 

IP/MAC Filter Rule Index

 to view or modify the entry. 

Select the 

IP / MAC Filter Set Index

 and 

IP/MAC Filter Rule Index

 to locate the specific rule, 

and then click the 

DELETE

 button to delete the entry. 

4.5.2.3  Application Filter 

Select 

Application Filter

 as the Filter type (shown in Figure 4-34), and then you can configure 

the filter rules based on application. 

Summary of Contents for TD-W8901G - VERSION 1.0.4

Page 1: ...TD W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2 Router Rev 1 0 1 1910010020 ...

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 transformation or adaptation without permission from TP LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD Copyright 2008 TP LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD All rights reserved http www tp link com ...

Page 3: ...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 cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for complianc...

Page 4: ... ongoing in recent years to allow current relaxed regulation Full implementation planned 2012 Italy If used outside of own premises general authorization is required Luxembourg None General authorization required for network and service supply not for spectrum Norway Implemented This subsection does not apply for the geographical area within a radius of 20 km from the centre of Ny Ålesund Russian ...

Page 5: ... Adapter for TD W8901G ADSL2 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 Note Make sure that the package contains the above items If any of the listed items are damaged or missing please contact with your distributor ...

Page 6: ... Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide 7 3 1 Configure PC 7 3 2 Login 10 Chapter 4 Software Configuration 13 4 1 Status 13 4 2 Quick Start 14 4 3 Interface Setup 14 4 3 1 Internet 14 4 3 2 LAN 19 4 3 3 Wireless 22 4 4 Advanced Setup 27 4 4 1 Firewall 27 4 4 2 Routing 27 4 4 3 NAT 28 4 4 4 QoS 32 4 4 5 VLAN 33 4 4 6 ADSL 35 4 5 Access Management 36 4 5 1 ACL 36 4 5 2 Filter 37 4 5 3 SNMP 45 4 5 4 UPnP...

Page 7: ...4 6 Maintenance 47 4 6 1 Administration 48 4 6 2 Time Zone 48 4 6 3 Firmware 50 4 6 4 System Restart 52 4 6 5 Diagnostic 52 4 7 Help 52 Appendix A Specification 54 ...

Page 8: ...d Utility which can be accessed through local Ethernet using any web browser ADSL The TD W8901G supports full rate ADSL2 connectivity conforming to the ITU and ANSI specifications In addition to the basic DMT physical layer functions the ADSL2 PHY supports dual latency ADSL2 framing fast and interleaved and the I 432 ATM Physical Layer Wireless In the most attentive wireless security the Router pr...

Page 9: ...ts Multiple PVC Permanent 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 UPnP and Static Routing Supports system log and flow Statistics Supports firmware upgrade and Web management Provides WPA PSK WPA2 PSK data security TKIP AES encryption security Provi...

Page 10: ...AN port System Quick Flash There is data transmitting or receiving on WAN port Slow flash Connection to telecom network is abnormal Quick flash Connecting to the telecom network ADSL On Connection to telecom network is OK Off The Wireless function is disabled Slow flash The Wireless function is enabled WLAN Quick flash Sending or receiving data over wireless network Off There is no device linked t...

Page 11: ... can connect them by an external separate splitter For details please refer to 2 4 Antenna Used for wireless operation and data transmit Note There is an additional printed antenna with 0 dBi gain Without external antenna you can also connect the Router to your PC or the other Ethernet network devices by close quarters 2 3 Installation Environment The Product should not be located where it will be...

Page 12: ...ide 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 Connect to the ADSL LINE port of TD W8901G Plug one end of the twisted pair ADSL cable into the ADSL LINE port on the rear panel of TD W8901G Connect the other end to the MODEM port of the external spli...

Page 13: ...TD W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2 Router User Guide 6 Figure 2 3 ...

Page 14: ... 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 Figure 3 1 Step 2 Right click Local Area Connection LAN and then select Properties ...

Page 15: ...TD W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2 Router User Guide 8 Figure 3 2 Step 3 Select General tab highlight Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click the Properties button Figure 3 3 ...

Page 16: ...ain 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 run tab type cmd or command in the field and press Enter Type ping 192 168 1 1 on the next screen and then press Enter If the result displayed is similar to the screen below the connection between your PC...

Page 17: ...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 configured please proceed as follows to use the Web based Utility Start your web browser and type the private IP address of the Router in the URL field 192 168 1 1 After that you will see the screen shown belo...

Page 18: ...Click the NEXT button Figure 3 8 Step 2 Change the login password in the next screen and then click the NEXT button Figure 3 9 Step 3 Configure the time for the Router and then click the NEXT button Figure 3 10 Step 4 Select the connection type to connect to the ISP We select PPPoE PPPoA mode for example here and then click the NEXT button ...

Page 19: ... Password VPI VCI and Connection Type Then click Next Figure 3 12 Note If the PVC uses the same VPI VCI as the default PVCs in factory configuration you will have an Error Message ERROR FAIL TO UPDATE DUE TO Duplicate to a VPI VCI In this condition please configure the PVC manually To get detailed information please refer to 4 3 1 ...

Page 20: ...ice There are main menus on the top of the Web based Utility submenus will 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 page please click the SAVE button 4 1 Status Choose Status you can see the next submenus Device Info System Log and Statistics Cl...

Page 21: ...statistics about the Router 4 2 Quick Start Please refer to 3 2 Login 4 3 Interface Setup Choose Interface Setup you can see the next submenus Internet and LAN Figure 4 3 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 4 ...

Page 22: ... ISP Your ISP provides VPI Virtual Path Identifier VCI Virtual Channel Identifier settings to you In this Device you can totally setup 8 VCs on different encapsulations if you apply 8 different virtual circuits from your ISP You need to activate the VC to take effect For PVCs management you can use ATM QoS to ...

Page 23: ... UBR Unspecified Bit Rate and VBR Variable Bit Rate These QoS types are all controlled by the parameters specified below including PCR Peak Cell Rate SCR Sustained Cell Rate and MBS Maximum Burst Size please configure them according your needs Encapsulation There are four connection types Dynamic IP Address Static IP Address PPPoA PPPoE and Bridge Mode Please choose the designed type that you want...

Page 24: ...and then incorporate them into routing table IN only means the ADLS router will only accept but will not send RIP 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 protocol used to establish membership in a multicast group The ADSL ATU R supports both IG...

Page 25: ...connection Please enter the information accordingly Figure 4 7 Servicename Enter a name to mark current connection or you can leave it blank 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 of Multiplexing either LLC or VC Mux Bridge Interface Activate...

Page 26: ...te You should select Yes to configure the PVC as the default gateway to internet from 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 Mode If you select this type of connection the modem can be configured to act as a bridging device between your LAN...

Page 27: ... for LAN 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 Both means the ADSL Router will periodically send routing information and accept routing information and then incorporate ...

Page 28: ...ter but smaller than 192 168 1 254 IP Pool Count The max user pool size Lease Time The length of time for the IP lease After the dynamic IP address has expired the user will be automatically assigned a new dynamic IP address The default is 259200 seconds 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 ...

Page 29: ...DHCP requests from local PCs will forward to the DHCP server runs on WAN side To have this function working properly please run on router mode only disable the DHCP server on the LAN port and make sure the routing table has the correct routing entry Figure 4 11 DHCP Server IP for Relay Agent Enter the DHCP server IP Address runs on WAN side Note If you select Disabled the DHCP function will not ta...

Page 30: ...annel you want to use from the drop down List of Channel 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 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 broad...

Page 31: ...ork s RADIUS Active If you wish to filter users by MAC Address select Activated and Deactived for don t Action To filter wireless users by MAC Address select Allow Association or Deny Association the follow Wireless LAN station s association MAC Address Enter the MAC Address you wish to filter in the field Multiple SSIDs Settings These are the settings of the SSID SSID Index The index of the SSID ...

Page 32: ...PA 64Bits is a data privacy mechanism based on a 64 bit shared key algorithm as described in the IEEE 802 11g standard Figure 4 13 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 Figure 4 14 3 WPA PSK To configure WPA PSK settings select the WPA PSK option from...

Page 33: ...eys for each packet transmitted AES Advanced 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 characters or 64 Hexadecimal digits 4 WPA2 PSK To configure WPA2 PSK settings select the WPA2 PSK option from the drop down list The menu will change to offer the...

Page 34: ... and you will see the next screen shown in Figure 4 18 Figure 4 18 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 SPI If you enable SPI all traffics initiated from WAN would be blocked including DMZ Virtual Server and ACL WAN side 4 4 2 Routing Choose Advanced Setup Routing menu and you will see...

Page 35: ...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 networks Enter a number that approximates the cost for this link The number need not to be precise but it must between 1 and 15 In practice 2 or 3 is usually a good number Announced in RIP This parameter de...

Page 36: ...ual 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 Mapping rule 4 4 3 1 DMZ Choose Advanced Setup NAT DMZ in Figure 4 21 you can configure the DMZ host in the next screen A DMZ demilitarized zone is a host between a private local network and the outside pu...

Page 37: ...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 Select the Virtual Circuit and select Virtual Server Note For VCs with single IP select Single For VCs with multiple IPs select Multiple for the option Step 2 Select the Rule index for the rule as shown in ...

Page 38: ... 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 Public End IP is the ending public IP address If you have a dynamic IP enter 0 0 0 0 as the Public Start IP Address Mapping List This displays the information about the Mapping addresses To add a mapping r...

Page 39: ...cial identification marks or headers to incoming packets QoS determines which queue the packets enter based priority This is useful when there are certain types of data you want to give higher priority such as voice data packets give higher priority than Web data packets This option will provide better service of selected network traffic over various technologies Figure 4 25 QoS Select this option...

Page 40: ...ecedence range that the Router takes to differentiate the traffic Type of Service Select the type of service that the Router takes to deal with the traffic 802 1p Select the priority range for the rule When you select DSCP you can assign the priority via DHCP the header of IP group It maps the IP group into corresponding service class DSCP Range Enter the DSCP range to differentiate the traffic 80...

Page 41: ...s into ATM cells and deliver them to their destination by converting an Ethernet MAC address into an ATM address Figure 4 26 1 Assign VLAN PVID for each Interface Click Assign VLAN PVID for each Interface in Figure 4 26 you can assign the PVID for each interface in the next screen shown in Figure 4 27 Figure 4 27 PVID Each physical port has a default VID called PVID Port VID PVID is assigned to un...

Page 42: ...tag in frames will be deleted when transmitted from the VC Ethernet 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 from the port VLAN Group Summary This displays the information about the VLAN Groups 4 4 6 ADSL Choose Advanced Setup ADSL you can select th...

Page 43: ...nnection uses 4 5 Access Management Choose Access Management you can see the next submenus Figure 4 30 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 31 You can specify the client to access the ADSL Router once setting his IP as a Secure IP Address through selected applications ...

Page 44: ...n 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 Access Management Filter you can see the Filter screen the default is IP MAC Filter screen shown in Figure 4 32 The filtering feature includes IP MAC Filter Application Filter and URL Filter The feature make...

Page 45: ...P 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 and Destination IP Address If select LAN as an interface the filter will match the IP traffic of LAN port with specified IPs Direction Select the direction for this IP Filter rule There are three filter...

Page 46: ... 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 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 Filter Listing Thi...

Page 47: ...l 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 rules for the example the Filter list will show as follows You can enter the IP MAC Filter Set Index to view the information about the rule Other operations for the entries as shown in Figure 4 32 Select...

Page 48: ...rrent 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 Filter Listing This displays the information about the MAC Filter rules To add a MAC Address filtering entry For example If you want to block the PCs with MAC addresses 00 0A EB 00 07 BE and 00 0A EB 00 ...

Page 49: ...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 will show as follows You can enter the IP MAC Filter Set Index to view the information about the rule Other operations for the entries as shown in Figure 4 32 Select the IP MAC Filter Set Index and IP MAC ...

Page 50: ...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 Router will forbid the application 4 5 2 4 URL Select Application Filter as the Filter type shown in Figure 4 35 and then you can configure the filter rules based on URL ...

Page 51: ... 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 in Figure 4 35 Step 2 Select the Index for the rule and then enter the website in the URL field Step 3 Finally Select Yes to active the rule and then click the SAVE to save the entry Other operations for...

Page 52: ...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 capabilities and learn about other devices on the network In turn a device can leave a network smoothly and automatically when it is no longer in use UPnP broadcasts are only allowed on the LAN Figure 4...

Page 53: ... or not Figure 4 38 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 mail address here Username Password Type the User Name and Password for your DDNS account Wildcard support Select the option to use Wildcard function 4 5 6 CWMP Choose Access Management CWMP you can co...

Page 54: ...S server Port Enter the port that connects to the ACS server 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 to ACS server periodically Interval Enter the interval time here 4 6 Maintenance Choose Maintenance you can see the next submenus Figure 4 4...

Page 55: ...ke 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 42 The system time is the time used by the device for scheduling services There are three methods to configure the time You can manually set the time or connect to a NTP Network Time Protocol server If a NTP server is set you will only need to set the time ...

Page 56: ...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 Figure 4 43 3 Manually Select Manually as the Synchronize time you need to set the date and time corresponding to the current time ...

Page 57: ... hard drive and locate the firmware or romfile to be used for upgrade Figure 4 45 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...

Page 58: ...s so please back up the router s current settings before you upgrade its firmware 3 Do not turn off the router or press the Reset button while the firmware is being upgraded 4 The router will reboot after the upgrading has been finished To back up the Router s current settings Step 1 Click the ROMFILE SAVE button shown in Figure 4 45 click Save button in the next screen shown in Figure 4 46 to pro...

Page 59: ...oose Maintenance System Restart you can select to restart the device with current settings or restore to factory default settings in the screen shown in Figure 4 48 Figure 4 48 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 49 Figure 4 49 4 7 Help C...

Page 60: ...TD W8901G 54M Wireless ADSL2 Router User Guide 53 Figure 4 50 Note Click the tab and you will be able to get the corresponding information ...

Page 61: ...n RJ45 port Auto MDI MDIX One RJ11 port LEDs 1 2 3 4 LAN WLAN ADSL Power System Network Medium 10Base T UTP category 3 4 5 cable 100Base TX UTP category 5 Max line length 6 5Km Data Rates Downstream Up to 24Mbps Upstream Up to 3 5Mbps With Annex M enabled System Requirement Internet Explorer 5 0 or later Netscape Navigator 6 0 or later Win 9x ME 2000 XP Vista Physical and Environment Working Tempe...

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