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
TD-W8910GB 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 - National Restrictions; Country Restriction
TD-W8910GB 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-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide IV Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ One TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router ¾ One DC power Adapter for TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ One RJ45 cable ¾ Two RJ11 cables ¾ One A...
Page 6 - CONTENTS; The Best Location
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide V CONTENTS Chapter 1. Product Overview .................................................................................. 1 1.1 Overview of the Router ............................................................................................. 1 1.2 ...
Page 8 - Chapter 1. Product Overview; Overview of the Router; IP Filtering; ADSL
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 1 Chapter 1. Product Overview 1.1 Overview of the Router Thank you for choosing the TD-W8910GB 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 9 - Supporting Protocol
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 2 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 Connecting the internet on demand and disconnecting from the Internet when idle for PPP...
Page 10 - Chapter 2. Hardware Installation Guide; The Front Panel
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 3 Chapter 2. Hardware Installation Guide 2.1 The Front Panel The Router’s LEDs are located on the front panel. Figure 2-1 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 11 - System Requirements
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 4 Figure 2-2 ¾ Line: Connect to the Modem Port of Splitter or to the telephone line. ¾ Reset Button: There are two ways to reset the Router's factory defaults. 1) Use the Restore Default function on Management -> settings page in the router's Web-b...
Page 12 - Connecting the Router; Installation Environment Requirements; Line
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 5 ¾ Operating temperature : 0 ℃ ~40 ℃ (32 ℉ ~104 ℉ ). ¾ Operating Humidity : 10% ~ 90% RH Non-congealing. 2.6 Connecting the Router Before installing the Router, please make sure your broadband service provided by your ISP is available. If there is an...
Page 14 - Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide; the; Start; menu on your desktop, go to; Settings; , and then click on Network; Network Connections
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 7 Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide After connecting the Router to your network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to quickly configure the basic functions of your Router. These procedures only take you a few minutes. You can acces...
Page 15 - General; tab of
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 8 Figure 3-2 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 3-3 4. Select “Obta...
Page 16 - Configure the IP address manually; command; in the field, and type
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 9 Figure 3-4 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 pr...
Page 18 - Configure the Router
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 11 3.2 Configure the Router 1. Login to Home Page To use the web-based utility, launch a suitable web browser and direct it to the IP address of the Router. Type http://192.168.1.1 in the address bar of the browser. A dialog box prompts for User name ...
Page 19 - Connection Type; PPP Username; and; PPP Password; provided by your ISP. If PPPoE Service
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 12 Figure 3-8 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 3-9 4. Enter the PPP U...
Page 20 - Use the default setting of this screen click “Next” to continue.; Enable DHCP Server
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 13 Figure 3-10 5. Use the default setting of this screen click “Next” to continue. Figure 3-11 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.
Page 21 - Use the default setting “; Enable Wireless; You will see the
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 14 Figure 3-12 7. Use the default setting “ Enable Wireless ”. Default SSID is “TP-LINK”, then click “Next”. Figure 3-13 8. You will see the WAN Setup-Summary screen below, click " Save/Reboot " to save these settings and reboot the Router.
Page 22 - For more details of configuring the Router, please refer to; Chapter 4. Basic Router Configuration
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 15 Figure 3-14 ) Note: The reboot process will take a while to complete, please wait before reopening your web browser. For more details of configuring the Router, please refer to 1 Chapter 4 Chapter 4. Basic Router Configuration This User Guide recom...
Page 24 - Click the other submenus under the main menu; WAN
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 17 Figure 4-2 ) 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 . 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to the Chapter 3 to get the detailed i...
Page 25 - button to implement it.; Follow the instructions below to Add or Edit an ATM PVC
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 18 Figure 4-3 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 4-3) and then click the Remove tab, the corresponding ...
Page 27 - configuration will be described in; PPPoE; Bridging
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 20 configuration will be described in 5.4.5 Quality of Service . 2. Select the Connection Type in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-5). Figure 4-5 1) Select the Connection Type and Encapsulation Mode your ISP has instructed you to use, the default co...
Page 29 - If you are not sure about the; PPP IP extension; PPP Debug Mode; , please don’t select this
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 22 ) Note: If you are not sure about the PPP IP extension and PPP Debug Mode , please don’t select this option. Figure 4-7 5) Enable the IGMP Multicast and WAN Service on the screen above, if you are not sure about the IGMP, just leave the default set...
Page 31 - If you select the; NAT; Security
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 24 select obtain default gateway automatically , and then the Router will automatically get gateway parameters from your ISP. If you are provided with a static gateway, please select Use the following default gateway , and then enter the gateway addre...
Page 32 - in
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 25 Security menu will be added to the Web-based Utility. We will describe the detailed configuration in 5.4.4 NAT and 5.4.5 Security . 5) Click the Next button, and you will see the next screen which displays the detailed settings you’ve made (shown i...
Page 34 - LAN; Advanced Setup
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 27 The information of the figure shows above is same as the information in the Figure 4-3. 4.4.2 LAN Choose “ Advanced Setup ” Æ “ LAN ”, and you will see the LAN screen (shown in Figure 4-14) ， the section allows you to configure the Router’s LAN por...
Page 36 - Bridge; DHCP IP Reservation are not available for the connection type of; with PPP IP; MAC Clone
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 29 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 44 - When you add an
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 37 Figure 4-25 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 45 - When you add a; Protocol; blank, it means that the rule is
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 38 Figure 4-26 Setup an Incoming IP Filtering rule: 1. Click the Add button (pop-up Figure 4-26), and then you will set the new rule in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-27). Figure 4-27 2. Enter the Filter name for the rule, it is exclusive and must...
Page 48 - Quality of Service
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 41 1. Click the Add button (pop-up Figure 4-30), and then you will set the new rule in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-31). Figure 4-31 2. Enter the User Name of the LAN device connected to the Router. 3. To restrict the device where the browser is...
Page 49 - Click the; Add
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 42 Figure 4-32 Click the Add button, and you can configure the QoS on the next screen (shown in Figure 4-33). Figure 4-33
Page 50 - Routing
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 43 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 satisfied with t...
Page 53 - DNS
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 46 4.4.8 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 4-39). It includes DNS Server and Dynamic DNS submenus. Figure 4-39 4.4.8.1. DNS Ser...
Page 54 - Choose “
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 47 ) Note: You have to reboot the Router to make the new configuration take effect. 4.4.8.2. Dynamic DNS Choose “ Advanced Setup ” Æ “ DNS ” Æ “ Dynamic DNS ”, you can see the Dynamic DNS screen, this screen allows you to configure the Dynamic DNS (sh...
Page 55 - DSL
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 48 Figure 4-42 ) 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 56 - button to save the configurations.; ”, you can see the Port Mapping screen, this screen
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 49 Figure 4-43 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. 4.4.10 Port Mapping Choose “ Advanced Setup ” Æ “ Port Mapping ”, y...
Page 58 - Wireless LAN Configuration; Wireless – Basic; Wireless
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 51 4.5 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 59 - Wireless – Security; ”, you will see the screen of; Network Authentication:; Select an authentication type from the drop-down list. Options; WEP Encryption; you will see the screen shown as below.
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 52 4.5.2 Wireless – Security Choose “ Wireless ” Æ ” Security ”, you will see the screen of Wireless-Security settings shown as below. Figure 4-47 This page allows you to configure security features of the wireless LAN interface. You can set the netwo...
Page 60 - 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-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 53 Figure 4-48 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 61 - Encryption Strength; selected “1” and enter 10; Network Key 1; for example, Configure the settings as
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 54 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 encryption keys. 4. Click the Save/Apply button to save the new configuration. Figure 4-...
Page 63 - 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-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 56 Figure 4-51 4.5.2.3. 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 4-52 ¾ WPA Pre-Shared Key: Enter the key shared by the Router and your other network devices...
Page 64 - Click here to display; password you have set.
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 57 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 4-53 ) Note: If you click the option “ Click here to display ”, the Figure 4-54 will pop...
Page 66 - Filter; settings
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 59 Figure 4-57 4.5.2.7. 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 67 - The form of MAC Address must be “; Wireless – Advanced
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 60 Figure 4-59 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 68 - This value specifies the maximum size for a packet before data
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 61 Figure 4-61 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 69 - Wireless – Statistics
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 62 ¾ Mode: In the drop-down list you can select “54Mbps (802.11g)” or “11Mbps (802.11b)”. "54Mbps (802.11g)", which allows both 802.11g and 802.11b wireless stations to connect to the Router. 4.5.5 Wireless – Statistics Choose “ Wireless ” Æ ”...
Page 71 - Save; Management; screen, this screen
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 64 Figure 4-66 2. Click the Save button, and save the file as the appointed file (shown in Figure 4-67). Figure 4-67 4.7.1.2. Update Choose “ Management ” Æ “ Settings ” Æ “ Update ”, you can see the Update screen, this screen (shown in Figure 4-68) a...
Page 72 - button while processing.; System Log
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 65 Figure 4-68 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 73 - View System Log; the Router’s recent logs.; To Configure the System Log Settings:; Configure System Log
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 66 Figure 4-70 To View the System Log: Click the View System Log button, you will see the screen (shown in Figure 4-71) which displays the Router’s recent logs. Figure 4-71 ¾ Refresh: Click the button, the information in the table will be updated. ¾ C...
Page 74 - Internet Time
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 67 Figure 4-72 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 75 - b) The time will be lost if the Router is turned off.; WAN Management Protocol
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 68 Figure 4-73 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 77 - Access Control; This section provides three submenus including; here, they won’t display on the screen
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 70 4.7.5 Access Control This section provides three submenus including Services , Addresses and Password (shown in Figure 4-75), the detailed descriptions are provided below. Figure 4-75 4.7.5.1. Services Choose “ Management ” Æ “ Access Control ” Æ “...
Page 78 - Enabled; contained in the Access Control List. If the Access Control mode is; Disabled; , the function will not
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 71 Figure 4-77 To add the IP Address: 1. Click the Add button. You can add a new IP Address in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-78). Figure 4-78 2. Enter the IP address of the management station permitted to access the local management services. 3. ...
Page 79 - Update Software
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 72 Figure 4-79 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 same as the New Password. 3. Click the Save/Apply button to make your change take eff...
Page 80 - Reboot
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 73 To update the Router's software: 1. Download the latest software upgrade file from the TP-LINK website
Page 81 - Appendix A: Glossary; DDNS
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 74 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 is a group of comput...
Page 83 - VLAN ID
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 76 Ethernet, this protocol is used as a type of broadband connection that provides authentication (username and password) in addition to data transport. PPPoA (P oint to P oint P rotocol over ATM) - PPPoA stands for Point to Point protocol over ATM, t...
Page 85 - Appendix B: Specifications
TD-W8910GB 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide 78 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...
