Page 2 - COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS; Specifications are subject to change without notice.
I 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 for...
Page 3 - 4M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide; FCC STATEMENT; Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.; FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement; CE Mark Warning
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide II 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 provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a reside...
Page 4 - Please don’t use the product outdoor in France.
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide III National Restrictions 2400.0-2483.5 MHz Country Restriction Reason/remark Bulgaria General authorization required for outdoor use and public service France Outdoor use limited to 10 mW e.i.r.p. within the band 2454-2483.5 MHz Military Radiolocatio...
Page 5 - Package contents
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide IV Package contents The following contents should be found in your box: ¾ One TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router ¾ One DC power Adapter for TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ One RJ45 cable ¾ Two RJ11 cables ¾ One AD...
Page 6 - CONTENTS; The Best Location
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide V CONTENTS Chapter 1. About This User Guide.......................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose ..................................................................................................................... 1...
Page 8 - Chapter 1. About This User Guide; You can set the parameters according to your demand.; Overview of this User Guide
1 Chapter 1. About This User Guide 1.1 Purpose For helping user know about TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router better, use it accurately and adequately, maintain it expediently, we write this User Guide. This Guide introduces the product comprehensively, including the product’s functions, paramete...
Page 9 - Chapter 2. Product Overview; Overview of the Router; IP Filtering; ADSL
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 2 Chapter 2. Product Overview 2.1 Overview of the Router Thank you for choosing the TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router . The Router is designed to provide a simple and cost-effective ADSL Internet connection for a private Ethernet or 802.11g/802.11...
Page 10 - Supporting Protocol
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 3 ¾ AFE to support Annex A/B/C/I/J/K, Land M deployments. ¾ Provides external splitter. ¾ Adopts Advanced DMT modulation and demodulation technology. ¾ Supports bridge mode and Router function. ¾ Multi-user sharing a high-speed Internet connection ¾ C...
Page 11 - With Annex M
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4 2.4 Transmit Data-rate ¾ Downstream data rates up to 24Mbps, upstream data rates up to 3.5Mbps （ With Annex M enabled ） . ¾ Supports 54/48/36/24/18/12/9/6Mbps (IEEE 802.11g) and 11/5.5/2/1Mbps (IEEE 802.11b) WLAN data transfer rates.
Page 12 - Chapter 3. Hardware Installation Guide; The Front Panel
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 5 Chapter 3. Hardware Installation Guide 3.1 The Front Panel The Router’s LEDs are located on the front panel. Figure 3-1 The LED indicators on the front panel include the Power , System , ADSL , WLAN and 1-4 (LAN) . The ADSL, WLAN and 1-4 (LAN) indic...
Page 13 - System Requirements
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 6 3.3 The Back Panel The Router's ports, where the cables are connected, and RESET button are located on the back panel. Figure 3-2 ¾ Antenna: Used for wireless operation and data transmit. ¾ Power: The Power plug is where you will connect the power a...
Page 14 - Installation Environment Requirements; Installation Environment Requirements.
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 7 3.5 Installation Environment Requirements ¾ The Router should not be located where it will be exposed to moisture or excessive heat. ¾ Place the Router in a location where it can be connected to the various devices as well as to a power source. ¾ Ma...
Page 15 - Wired network connection; Back Panel picture; Chapter 4. Quick Installation Guide; Configure the Router
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 8 3.6.2 Wired network connection Wired network connections are provided through the Line port and LAN ports which are on the back of the Router. See the Back Panel picture above and the illustrations below for examples. 3.6.2.1. Connect ADSL Line Use ...
Page 17 - Connection Type; the; PPP Username; and; PPP Password; provided by your ISP. If PPPoE Service
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 10 3. On the Connection Type screen, you can select a connection 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...
Page 18 - Use the default setting of this screen click “Next” to continue.; Enable DHCP Server; Use the default setting “; Enable Wireless
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 11 5. Use the default setting of this 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 7. U...
Page 19 - You will see the
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 12 Figure 4-7 8. You will see the WAN Setup-Summary 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 br...
Page 20 - Start; menu on your desktop, go to; Settings; , and then click on Network; Network Connections
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 13 may connect your adapter to a Hub/Switch, and then connect the Hub/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...
Page 21 - General; tab of
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 14 Figure 4-10 3. In the General 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. Select “O...
Page 22 - Configure the IP address manually; cmd; in the
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 15 Figure 4-12 ¾ Configure the IP address manually Open TCP/IP Properties of the LAN card in your PC, enter the IP address as 192.168.1.* (* is any value between 2 to 254, Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, Gateway is 192.168.1.1, DNS address is the value ...
Page 23 - For more details of configuring the Router, please refer to; Chapter 5. Basic Router Configuration
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 16 Figure 4-13 If the result displayed is similar to that shown in figure below, it means that your PC has not connected to the Router. Figure 4-14 Please check it following these steps: 1. If the connection between your PC and the Router is correct? ...
Page 25 - Click the other submenus under the main menu; Chapter 4; WAN
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 18 Figure 5-2 ) Note: Click the other submenus under the main menu Device Info , you will be able to view the corresponding information about WAN , Statistics , Route , ARP and DHCP . 5.3 Quick Setup Please refer to the Chapter 4 to get the detailed i...
Page 26 - button to implement it.; Follow the instructions below to Add or Edit an ATM PVC
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 19 Figure 5-3 ¾ WAN Port Information Table: This table describes the WAN port settings and the relevant manipulation to each interface. ¾ Remove: Select the check box in the table (shown in Figure 5-3) and then click the Remove tab, the corresponding ...
Page 28 - q VLAN tagging is only available for the connection type of; PPPoE; Bridging
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 21 service, the Quality of Service menu will be added to the Web-based Utility, the detailed configuration will be described in 5.4.5 Quality of Service . 2. Select the Connection Type in the next screen (shown in Figure 5-5). Figure 5-5 1) Select the...
Page 29 - If you are not sure about the; PPP IP extension; PPP Debug Mode; , please don’t select this
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 22 1. PPPoA If you choose connection type PPPoA on the screen above (shown in Figure 5-5), you will see the screen below (shown in Figure 5-6). Follow the instructions to configure the WAN Interface. Figure 5-6 1) Enter the PPP Username and PPP Passwo...
Page 33 - If you select the; NAT; Security; in
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 26 the screen above, or else the service will not take effect. ¾ service name: You can enter the service name in the text box or leave the default name. ) Note: If you select the NAT and Security check box on the screen (shown in Figure 5-10), the NAT...
Page 35 - LAN; Advanced Setup
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 28 5.4.2 LAN Choose “ Advanced Setup ” Æ “ LAN ”, and you will see the LAN screen (shown in Figure 5-14) ， the section allows you to configure the Router’s LAN ports settings. Figure 5-14 ¾ IP Address: You can configure the Router’s IP Address and Sub...
Page 37 - Bridge; DHCP IP Reservation are not available for the connection type of; with PPP IP
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 30 3. Type the MAC Address(00:13:8F:A9:E6:CA for instance) of the computer which you want to reserve an IP(192.168.1.100 for instance) for in the MAC Address text box; 4. Type the IP Address(192.168.1.100 for instance) you have reserved in the Reserve...
Page 41 - only need to enter the Server IP Address for the Virtual Server.
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 34 only need to enter the Server IP Address for the Virtual Server. 5.4.3.2. Port Triggering Choose “ Advanced Setup ” Æ “ NAT ” Æ “ Port Triggering ”, you can set Port Triggering on the screen (shown in Figure 5-18). Some applications require that sp...
Page 45 - When you add an
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 38 Figure 5-24 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 Source IP address and Destination IP address. 4. Enter a...
Page 47 - When you add a; Protocol; blank, it means that the rule is
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 40 ) Note: When you add a Incoming IP Filtering entry, you must configure at least one condition on the screen above except the Filter name. If you leave Protocol blank, it means that the rule is effective to all protocols, if you leave the Source IP ...
Page 49 - Quality of Service
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 42 Figure 5-29 To setup a Parental Control rule: 1. Click the Add button (pop-up Figure 5-29), and then you will set the new rule in the next screen (shown in Figure 5-30). Figure 5-30 2. Enter the User Name of the LAN device connected to the Router. ...
Page 50 - Click the; Add
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 - After you specify the condition, click the; Routing; Choose “; ”, it includes three menus; Static; shown in
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 44 Figure 5-32 After you specify the condition, click the Save/Apply button to save the entry. ) Note: A rule must be consisting of a class name and at least one condition above. All of the specified conditions in this classification rule must be sati...
Page 52 - ”, you can see the Default Gateway; Enable automatic Assigned Default Gateway; accept the first received default gateway assignment from one of
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 45 Figure 5-33 5.4.6.1. Default Gateway Choose “ Advanced Setup ” Æ “ Routing ” Æ “ Default 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 au...
Page 55 - DNS
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 48 5.4.7 DNS When you select the connection type PPPoE, PPPoA , MER or 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 Ser...
Page 57 - DSL
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 50 Figure 5-41 ) Note: This page allows you to add a Dynamic DNS address from DynDNS.org,TZO or No-IP. 2. Select D-DNS provider (DynDNS.org,TZO or No-IP) in the drop-down list. 3. Enter the Hostname of the DNS Server, and select the corresponding Inte...
Page 58 - button to save the configurations.; Port Mapping; ”, you can see the Port Mapping screen, this screen
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 51 Figure 5-42 You can select the modulation type, 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 ” Æ “ Port Mapping ”, yo...
Page 61 - Wireless LAN Configuration; Wireless – Basic; Wireless; ”, you will see the screen of; Enable SSID Broadcast :; Show the MAC address of the Router.
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 54 5.5 Wireless LAN Configuration The menus used to configure Wireless LAN settings available in the Wireless directory including Basic, Security, MAC Filter, Advanced, and Statistics menus. The Wireless Basic, Security, MAC Filter, Advanced, and Stat...
Page 62 - Wireless – Security
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 55 ¾ Region: Restrict the channel set and transmit power. Click " Apply " to configure the basic wireless options. 5.5.2 Wireless – Security Choose “ Wireless ” Æ ” Security ”, you will see the screen of Wireless-Security settings shown as bel...
Page 63 - To indicate which WEP key to use, select a transmission key number.; Configure WEP Encryption; Select; Open; to allow any wireless station to associate with the access point.; Shared
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 56 Figure 5-47 ¾ Encryption strength: Select the appropriate level of encryption, 64-bit, 128-bit or 152-bit. ¾ Current Network Key: To indicate which WEP key to use, select a transmission key number. ¾ Network Key 1-4: If you want to manually enter t...
Page 64 - Encryption Strength; selected “1” and enter 10; Network Key 1; for example, Configure the settings as
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 57 3. In Network key 1 list, enter 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal digits for 64-bit encryption keys, enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal digits for 128-bit encryption keys, enter 16 ASCII characters or 32 hexadecimal digits for 152-bit e...
Page 66 - must have 8-63 ASCII characters or 64 Hexadecimal digits.; Click here to display:; Click it to show you the WPA Pre-Shared Key.; Configure WPA-PSK settings; the picture show above.
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 59 Figure 5-50 5.5.2.3. WPA-PSK WPA-PSK requires a shared key and does not use a separate server for authentication. PSK keys can be ASCII or Hex type. Figure 5-51 ¾ WPA Pre-Shared Key: Enter the key shared by the Router and your other network devices...
Page 67 - Click here to display; password you have set.
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 60 ASCII or Hex type. 3. Change the Group Key Interval as desired or use the default setting. 4. Click the Save/Apply button to save the new configuration. Figure 5-52 ) Note: If you click the option “ Click here to display ”, the Figure 5-53 will pop...
Page 69 - Filter; settings
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 62 Figure 5-56 5.5.2.7. Mixed WPA2/WPA-PSK To configure Mixed WPA2/WPA-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-...
Page 70 - The form of MAC Address must be “; Wireless – Advanced
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 63 Figure 5-58 Wireless access can be filtered by using the MAC addresses of the wireless devices transmitting within your network’s RADIUS. To filter wireless users by MAC Address, either permitting or blocking access. If you do not wish to filter us...
Page 71 - This value specifies the maximum size for a packet before data
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 64 Figure 5-60 ¾ Channel: Select the channel 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 w...
Page 72 - Wireless – Statistics
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 65 the Router. 5.5.5 Wireless – Statistics Choose “ Wireless ” Æ ” Statistics ”, you will see the screen of Wireless-Statistics setting shown as below. Figure 5-61 This page shows authenticated wireless stations and their status. ¾ BSSID: Displays the...
Page 74 - Save; Management; screen, this screen
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 67 Figure 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 ” Æ “ Settings ” Æ “ Update ”, you can see the Update screen, this screen (shown in Figure 5-67) a...
Page 75 - button while processing.; System Log
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 68 Figure 5-67 To update the Router’s settings: 1. Click the Browse button to locate the update file for the device, and you can also enter the exact path to the Setting file in the text box. 2. After you have selected the file for updating the settin...
Page 76 - View System Log; the Router’s recent logs.; To Configure the System Log Settings:; Configure System Log
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 69 Figure 5-69 To View the System Log: Click the View System Log button, you will see the screen (shown in Figure 5-70) which displays the Router’s recent logs. Figure 5-70 ¾ Refresh: Click the button, the information in the table will be updated. ¾ C...
Page 77 - Internet Time
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 70 Figure 5-71 ¾ Disable/Enable: Select the Enable to log the events, if you don’t want to log these events, please select Disable . ¾ Log Level: Select the Log level in the drop-down list, for the Log level, all events above or equal to the selected ...
Page 78 - b) The time will be lost if the Router is turned off.; WAN Management Protocol
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 71 Figure 5-72 To set the Router’s time: 1. Select automatically synchronize with Internet time servers. 2. Select the First NTP time server and/or the Second NTP time server in the drop-down list severally. 3. Select your local time zone. 4. Click Sa...
Page 80 - Access Control; This section provides three submenus including; here, they won’t display on the screen
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 73 5.7.5 Access Control This section provides three submenus including Services , Addresses and Password (shown in Figure 5-74), the detailed descriptions are provided below. Figure 5-74 5.7.5.1. Services Choose “ Management ” Æ “ Access Control ” Æ “...
Page 81 - Enabled; contained in the Access Control List. If the Access Control mode is; Disabled; , the function will not
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 74 screen, this screen (shown in Figure 5-76) allows you to configure the IP Address for managing the Router. Figure 5-76 To add the IP Address: 1. Click the Add button. You can add a new IP Address in the next screen (shown in Figure 5-77). Figure 5-...
Page 82 - Update Software
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 75 Figure 5-78) which allows you to change the factory default password of the Router. Figure 5-78 To change the password: 1. Enter the Old Password in the text box. 2. Enter the New Password and Confirm Password . The Confirm Password should be the s...
Page 83 - Reboot
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 76 ¾ Update Software: After you have selected the latest software, click the button. To update the Router's software: 1. Download the latest software upgrade file from the TP-LINK website
Page 84 - Chapter 6. Appendix; Appendix A: Glossary; DDNS
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 77 Chapter 6. Appendix Appendix A: Glossary Access Point - A device that allows wireless-equipped computers and other devices to communicate with a wired network. Also used to expand the range of a wireless network. Ad-hoc Network - An ad-hoc network ...
Page 87 - VLAN ID
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 80 VLAN ID (0-4095) - Indicates the ID number of the VLAN being configured. Up to 256 VLANs can be created. WAN ( W ide A rea N etwork) - Networks that cover a large geographical area. Web-based Utility - The web page that allows you to manage the Rou...
Page 88 - Appendix B: Specifications
TD-W8900GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 81 Appendix B: Specifications Supporting Standards and Protocols ANSI T1.413, ITU G.992.1, ITU G.992.2, ITU G.992.3, ITU G.992.5, IEEE 802.11b , IEEE 802.11g , IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, TCP/IP, IPoA , PPPoA , PPPoE, SNTP, HTTP, DHCP, ICMP, NAT LAN Port...
