TP-Link TD-W8960NB, User Manual

Page 1: ...TD W8960NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2 Modem Router Rev 1 0 0 1910010324...

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: ...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 mus...

Page 4: ...tdoor use and public service France Outdoor use limited to 10 mW e i r p within the band 2454 2483 5 MHz Military Radiolocation use Refarming of the 2 4 GHz band has been ongoing in recent years to al...

Page 5: ...er 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...

Page 6: ...nts 6 2 3 Connecting the Router 6 Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide 8 3 1 TCP IP Configuration 8 3 2 Quick Installation Guide 9 Chapter 4 Configuring the Router 14 4 1 Login 14 4 2 Device Info 14 4 3...

Page 7: ...eless Bridge 79 4 5 5 Advanced 80 4 5 6 Station info 81 4 6 Diagnostics 82 4 7 Management 83 4 7 1 Settings 83 4 7 2 System Log 85 4 7 3 SNMP Agent 87 4 7 4 TR 069 client 88 4 7 5 Access Control 89 4...

Page 8: ...power Adapter for TD W8960NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2 Modem Router Quick Installation Guide One RJ45 cable One RJ11 cables One Resource CD for TD W8960NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2 Modem Router includi...

Page 9: ...a streams at the same time which ensures your network stable and smooth The performance of this 802 11n wireless Router will give you the unexpected networking experience at speed 650 faster than 802...

Page 10: ...A PSK WPA2 PSK data security TKIP AES encryption security Provides 64 128 bit WEP encryption security and wireless LAN ACL Access Control List Adopts Advanced DMT modulation and demodulation technolog...

Page 11: ...ADSL Off The LINE port is disconnected On The Wireless function is enabled Flashing Sending or receiving data over wireless network WLAN Off The Wireless function is disabled On There is a device lin...

Page 12: ...set There are two ways to reset the Router s factory defaults 1 Use the Restore Default function on Management settings Restore Default page in the router s Web based Utility 2 Use the Factory Default...

Page 13: ...he power plug and keep your hands dry 1 Locate an optimum location for the Router The best place is usually at the center of your wireless network 2 Adjust the direction of the antenna Normally uprigh...

Page 14: ...TD W8960NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 2 1 7...

Page 15: ...o this please refer to Appendix B Configuring the PC 2 Configure the network parameters The IP address is 192 168 1 xxx xxx is any number from 2 to 254 Subnet Mask is 255 255 255 0 and Gateway is 192...

Page 16: ...92 168 1 1 your PC s IP address must be within the range of 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 W8960NB 300Mbps Wi...

Page 17: ...n the screen that appears cancel the Using Proxy checkbox and click OK to finish it 2 After your successful login you will see the Login screen as shown in Figure 3 5 Click Quick Setup menu to access...

Page 18: ...te The Quick Setup Wizard will guide you to configure the WAN Service over ATM interface 4 On the Wireless Configurations screen we use the default SSID select Network Authentication take WPA PSK WPA2...

Page 19: ...WAN service will be cleared after clicking the Save button on this Quick Setup page 5 You will see the Finish screen below click Reboot to save these settings Figure 3 8 6 Now your ADSL Modem Router...

Page 20: ...current configuration has been added to Layer2 Interface list 4 4 1 Layer2 Interface shown in Figure 3 10 and WAN Service list 4 4 2 WAN Service shown in Figure 3 11 Figure 3 10 Figure 3 11 Note More...

Page 21: ...nfo 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 its current set...

Page 22: ...S will appear only when you select some corresponding functions Click any one of them and you will be able to configure the corresponding function This Advanced Setup section mainly introduces how to...

Page 23: ...ice and the Ethernet Interface with RJ45 connector 4 4 1 1 ATM interface Choose Advanced Setup Layer2 Interface ATM interface you can Configure ATM interfaces on the screen below Figure 4 2 Remove Sel...

Page 24: ...ategory Select the type of the service assigned by your ISP in the drop down list The default type is UBR Without PCR Connection Mode Select the connection mode for EoA option of DSL Link Type The opt...

Page 25: ...Setup Layer2 Interface ETH Interface you can configure ETH WAN interfaces on the screen below Figure 4 4 Note To make sure the ETH port available you should first choose Advanced Setup LAN Ports to e...

Page 26: ...e 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 A...

Page 27: ...ATM Interface until the ETH Interface is deleted 4 4 2 1 ATM EoA PPPoE If your ISP provides a PPPoE connection and you need to use an ATM Interface follow the steps below to add a WAN service over a s...

Page 28: ...ion 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 The default MTU value is 1480 Bytes It is not...

Page 29: ...tart PPP connection in your local PC Enable IGMP Multicast Proxy IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol is used to manage multicasting on TCP IP networks Some ISPs use IGMP to perform remote configur...

Page 30: ...next screen you will see the detailed settings you ve made Please click the Apply Save button to save these settings Figure 4 13 8 On the next screen you will see the WAN Port Information Table with...

Page 31: ...information dynamically from a DHCP server provided by your ISP Note 1 The response message from a DHCP server typically contains a number of configuration parameters DHCP options for the Router The D...

Page 32: ...and then enter the WAN IP Address WAN Subnet Mask and WAN gateway IP Address manually 5 You will see the next screen as below You can enable the NAT SPI Firewall and IGMP Multicast if you are not sur...

Page 33: ...Next Figure 4 17 7 Configure the DNS Server Addresses on the screen as follows Figure 4 18 Note If only single PVC with IPoA is configured you must enter static DNS server IP addresses 8 On the next s...

Page 34: ...shown Figure 4 9 and click Next button to continue 4 On the screen as shown Figure 4 13 you will see the detailed settings you ve made Please click the Apply Save button to save these settings 4 4 2 4...

Page 35: ...screen of 4 4 1 2 ETH interface 2 Click the Add button on the screen Figure 4 7 and the following configuration is similar to PPPoE over ATM interface see section 4 4 2 1 ATM EoA PPPoE 4 4 2 7 ETH IP...

Page 36: ...ps Wireless N ADSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4 20 4 4 3 LAN Choose Advanced Setup LAN and you will see the LAN screen shown in Figure 4 21 the section allows you to configure the Router s LAN po...

Page 37: ...e IGMP Mode Standard Mode or Blocking Mode DHCP Server These settings allow you to configure the Router s Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server function The DHCP server is enabled by default...

Page 38: ...is 24 hours Static IP Lease List The function allows you to specify a reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN that PC will always obtain the assigned IP address each time when it accesses the DHCP ser...

Page 39: ...ne button to clone your current PC MAC and then click Save Apply Click Restore Default button to restore the WAN Interface s default MAC Address Note Only the WAN Ports can use MAC Address Clone funct...

Page 40: ...ual Server Table The table indicates the information about the Virtual Server entries Server Name This is the name of the Virtual Server It is exclusive and must be filled in External Port Start The b...

Page 41: ...down list If the list does not have the service you need type the name of the custom service in the text box 4 Type the IP Address of the computer in the Server IP Address text box 5 Enter the Extern...

Page 42: ...orts A maximum 32 entries can be configured 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 Trigge...

Page 43: ...er protocol and Open protocol TCP UDP or All 4 Click Save Apply to enable the settings and then you will see you settings as shown in Figure 4 27 Note If you select the application from the drop down...

Page 44: ...ge while using the DHCP function 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 Fi...

Page 45: ...in Figure 4 32 Figure 4 32 2 Enter the Filter name for the rule it is exclusive and must be filled 3 Select the protocol TCP UDP TCP UDP or ICMP in the drop down list for the connection between the So...

Page 46: ...eave the Source Port and or Destination Port blank it suggests that all Source Ports and or Destination Ports are controlled by the rule IP Filtering Incoming Choose Advanced Setup Security IP Filteri...

Page 47: ...t the Filter name If you leave Protocol blank it means that the rule is effective to all protocols if you leave the Source IP address and or Destination IP address blank it suggests that all Source IP...

Page 48: ...ied rules in the table shown in Figure 4 35 While BLOCKED means that all MAC layer frames will be blocked except those matching with any of the specified rules in the preceding table Add Click the Add...

Page 49: ...Save Apply to save this entry and then you will see your settings as shown in Figure 4 35 4 4 7 Parental Control Choose Advanced Setup Parental Control You can configure the Parental Control rules on...

Page 50: ...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 4 Select the day to allow the rul...

Page 51: ...e take Exclude for example 2 Click the Add button in Figure 4 40 and then you will see the next screen as shown in Figure 4 41 Enter the URL Address and Port Number Figure 4 41 3 Click Save Apply to s...

Page 52: ...lt DSCP make from drop down list to automatically mark incoming traffic without reference to a particular classifier Click Save Apply to save the current configuration Note The default DSCP mark is us...

Page 53: ...4 43 Note 1 Lower integer values for precedence imply higher priority for this queue relative to others 2 The queue entry configured here will be used by the classifier to place ingress packets appro...

Page 54: ...gure 4 46 After you specify the condition click Save Apply to save the entry 4 4 9 Routing Choose Advanced Setup Routing it includes three menus Default Gateway Static Route and RIP shown in Figure 4...

Page 55: ...Automatic Assigned Default Gateway from unselected to selected you have to reboot the Router to get the automatically assigned default gateway 2 Default Gateway IP address should be specified since M...

Page 56: ...ted for the Static Route Use Gateway IP Address If you select the IPoE or IPoA mode for Use Interface the screen above will display this item you should type the Gateway address correctly and the othe...

Page 57: ...onfigure an individual interface select the desired RIP version and operation and select Enabled checkbox for the interface Click Save Apply to save the configuration 4 4 10 DNS When you select the co...

Page 58: ...single PVC with IPoA static IPoE protocol please select the Use the following Static DNS IP address checkbox and enter the primary and or optional secondary DNS server IP addresses provided by your IS...

Page 59: ...ider 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 account 5...

Page 60: ...sable the UPnP Universal Plug and Play protocol on the screen UPnP Universal Plug and Play is a distributed open networking standard that uses TCP IP for simple peer to peer network connectivity betwe...

Page 61: ...to PVC and bridging groups to perform as an independent network Figure 4 58 To support this feature you must create mapping groups with appropriate LAN and WAN interfaces using the Add button The Rem...

Page 62: ...d LAN clients to a WAN Interface in the new group add the DHCP vendor ID string By configuring a DHCP vendor ID string any DHCP client request with the specified vendor ID DHCP option 60 will be denie...

Page 63: ...client device please REBOOT the client device attached to the modem to allow it to obtain an appropriate IP address 4 4 14 LAN Ports Choose Advanced Setup LAN Ports you can Enable Disable the Virtual...

Page 64: ...ide Figure 4 61 This section will guide you to configure a VPN tunnel between two TD W8960NBs The topology is as follows Note You could also use other VPN Routers to set VPN tunnels with TD W8960NB TD...

Page 65: ...addresses Choose Subnet if you want the Whole LAN to join the VPN network or else choose Single Address if you want single IP to join the VPN network IP Address for VPN Enter the IP address of your L...

Page 66: ...vice2 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 Note The VPN Servers Endpoint from both ends must use the same...

Page 67: ...mote endpoint The default value is 3600 Note If you want to change the default settings of Advanced Settings please make sure that both VPN server endpoints use the same Encryption Algorithm Integrity...

Page 68: ...elect this option to enable AP isolation function so that stations associated to the AP will not be able to communicate with each other SSID Wireless network name shared among all points in a wireless...

Page 69: ...n OPEN WPA PSK WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA2 WPA PSK mode is configured 2 To build a successful connection by QSS you should also do the corresponding configuration of the new device for QSS function meanwhi...

Page 70: ...ne Hardware push button Step 1 Press the QSS button on the front panel of the Router Step 2 Press and hold the QSS button of the adapter directly for 2 or 3 seconds Step 3 Wait for a while until the n...

Page 71: ...gure 4 66 Method Two Step 1 Press the QSS button on the front panel of the Router Step 2 For the configuration of the wireless adapter please choose Push the button on my access point in the configura...

Page 72: ...n Figure 4 68 II By PIN If the new device supports Wi Fi Protected Setup and the PIN method you can add it to the network by PIN with the following two methods Method One Enter the PIN of wireless ada...

Page 73: ...69 Note The PIN code of the adapter is always displayed on the QSS configuration screen Step 2 For the configuration of the wireless adapter please choose Enter a PIN into my access point or a registr...

Page 74: ...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 Step 1 Get the Current PIN code generated by the...

Page 75: ...de Figure 4 71 Step 2 For the configuration of the wireless adapter please choose Enter a PIN from my access point in the configuration utility of the QSS as below and enter the PIN code of the Router...

Page 76: ...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 ke...

Page 77: ...der and evaluate any changes to these wireless settings 1 WEP WEP is a basic encryption method offering two levels of encryption 64 bit and 128 bit encryption To configure the WEP encryption there are...

Page 78: ...TD W8960NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2 Modem Router User Guide below to configure the Shared Keys Figure 4 74 Figure 4 75 71...

Page 79: ...ings 1 Select Shared good from the Network Authentication drop down list The menu will change to offer the appropriate settings 2 Select 64 bit from the WEP Encryption drop down list 3 Select 1 from C...

Page 80: ...of the RADIUS server The default number is 1812 RADIUS key The password of the RADIUS Server WPA Encryption Select the encryption you want to use TKIP or AES AES is an encryption method stronger than...

Page 81: ...nd does not use a separate server for authentication PSK keys can be ASCII or Hex type Figure 4 79 WPA Pre Shared Key Enter the key shared by the Router and your other network devices It must have 8 6...

Page 82: ...II or Hex type 3 Change the Group Key Interval as desired or use the default setting 4 Click Save Apply to save the new configuration Figure 4 80 Note If you click the option Click here to display the...

Page 83: ...nticated Network Re auth Interval Enter a value in seconds as the frequency interval to enable periodic Network Re authentication function while leave it blank or enter 0 to disable it 5 WPA2 PSK To c...

Page 84: ...he menu will change to offer the appropriate settings The steps to these settings are similar to those for WPA PSK Figure 4 84 7 Mixed WPA2 WPA PSK To configure Mixed WPA2 WPA PSK settings select the...

Page 85: ...C Filter function Allow Select this option to enable MAC Filter function that allow wireless access by the devices listed on this screen Deny Select this option to enable MAC Filter function that bloc...

Page 86: ...less Bridge Access Point Select this option to allow wireless stations including AP clients to access Wireless Bridge Also known as WDS Wireless Distribution System it will bridges the wireless statio...

Page 87: ...nly those selected AP will be granted access Refresh Click this button to scan and display the APs Figure 4 90 Note Only Open or Shared authentication method support wireless bridge you should choose...

Page 88: ...s 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 frame to acknowl...

Page 89: ...point Authorized Displays the information of Authentication SSID Displays the connected wireless station s SSID Interface Displays the connected wireless station s Interface mode 4 6 Diagnostics Choo...

Page 90: ...l be able to configure the corresponding function 4 7 1 Settings This section provides three important functions for managing the Router they are Backup Update and Restore Default shown in Figure 4 94...

Page 91: ...screen pop up Figure 4 95 the following screen will then appear shown in Figure 4 96 Figure 4 96 2 Click the Save button and save the file as the appointed file shown in Figure 4 97 Figure 4 97 4 7 1...

Page 92: ...se Management Settings Restore Default you can see the Restore Default screen this screen shown in Figure 4 99 allows you to restore the Router s configuration to the factory defaults on the screen Fi...

Page 93: ...wn in Figure 4 101 which displays the Router s recent logs Figure 4 101 Refresh Click the button the information in the table will be updated Close Click the button the screen will be closed To Config...

Page 94: ...P Agent you can see the SNMP Configuration screen as shown below SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol has been widely applied in the computer networks currently which is used for ensuring the trans...

Page 95: ...s to the Router that the community has the authority to read and change the device configuration The default value is public System Name Enter alphanumeric string to specify an SNMP community string n...

Page 96: ...User Name and ACS Password WAN Interface used by TR 069 Client Please select the WAN Interface from the drop down list to perform this function Connection Request User Name Type the Connection Reques...

Page 97: ...ware 2 The password cannot contain a space and its maximum length is 16 characters 4 7 6 Update Software Choose Management Update Software you can see the screen shown in Figure 4 106 which allows you...

Page 98: ...oftware is being updated 4 The Router will reboot after the Upgrading is finished 4 7 7 Reboot Choose Management Reboot you can see the screen shown in Figure 4 107 which allows you to reboot the Rout...

Page 99: ...4 10 Note If you are a Cable user please configure the Router following the above steps 2 How do I configure the Router to access Internet by Ethernet users Log in to the Router and configure the WAN...

Page 100: ...s displayed on the Status page 4 How to enable DMZ Host Log in to the Router click the Advanced Setup NAT menu on the left of your browser and click DMZ Host submenu On the DMZ page type your IP addre...

Page 101: ...or an example and remember to click the Save Apply button Note Because the WEB Server port 80 will interfere with the WEB management port 80 on the Router you will be prompt to change the WEB manageme...

Page 102: ...refer to the adapter s manual if necessary 1 Configure TCP IP component 1 On the Windows taskbar click the Start button and then click Control Panel 2 Click the Network and Internet Connections icon...

Page 103: ...ties 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 Setting IP address automatically Select Obtain an IP addr...

Page 104: ...items available 2 If the Router s LAN IP address is 192 168 1 1 specify the IP address as 192 168 1 x x is from 2 to 254 and the Subnet mask as 255 255 255 0 3 Type the Router s LAN IP address the de...

Page 105: ...TD W8960NB 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2 Modem Router User Guide Now Click OK to keep your settings 98...

Page 106: ...5e cable maximum 100m EIA TIA 568 100 STP maximum 100m 1 2 3 4 LAN WLAN ADSL LED Power Internet QSS Safety Emissions FCC CE Wireless Frequency Band 2 4 2 4835GHz Radio Data Rate 11n up to 300Mbps Aut...

Page 107: ...intain a connection at as much as three times the transmission distance of traditional 802 11b and 802 11g products for a coverage area that is up to nine times greater A traditional 802 11b and 802 1...

Page 108: ...e resources of a network from users from other networks Gateway A device that interconnects networks with different incompatible communications protocols IEEE 802 11b The IEEE 802 11b standard specifi...

Page 109: ...l In User Service A protocol that uses an authentication server to control network access RJ45 Registered Jack 45 An Ethernet connector that holds up to eight wires Router A networking device that con...

Page 110: ...are with a newer version VLAN Virtual Local Air Network Logical subgroups that constitute a Local Area Network LAN This is done in software rather than defining a hardware solution VLAN ID 0 4095 Indi...