Page 2 - COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS; Specifications are subject to change without notice.
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 ...
Page 3 - FCC STATEMENT; Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.; FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement
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 residential installation. This equipment generates, uses a...
Page 4 - Canadian Compliance Statement; (1)cet appareil ne doit pas provoquer d’interférences et; Industry Canada Statement; Complies with the Canadian ICES-003 Class B specifications.; Korea Warning Statements:; 당해
Canadian Compliance Statement This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1)This device may not cause interference, and (2)This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired op...
Page 5 - Safety Information
●注意防潮,請勿將水或其他液體潑灑到本產品上。 ●插槽與開口供通風使用,以確保本產品的操作可靠並防止過熱,請勿堵塞或覆蓋開口。 ●請勿將本產品置放於靠近熱源的地方。除非有正常的通風,否則不可放在密閉位置中。 ●請不要私自打開機殼,不要嘗試自行維修本產品,請由授權的專業人士進行此項工作。 Продукт сертифіковано згідно с правилами системи УкрСЕПРО на відповідність вимогам нормативних документів та вимогам , що передбачені чинними законодавчим...
Page 6 - DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY; For the following equipment:; The product carries the CE Mark:; Person responsible for marking this declaration:
TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD Building 24 (floors 1, 3, 4, 5), and 28 (floors 1-4) Central Science and Technology Park, Shennan Rd, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Mod...
Page 7 - CONTENTS
CONTENTS Package Contents .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. Product Overview ................................................................................... 2 1.1 Overview of the Modem Router ...........................
Page 10 - 00Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide; Package Contents
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 1 Package Contents The following contents should be found in your package: ¾ One TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router ¾ One Power Adapter for TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router ¾ Quick Installa...
Page 11 - Chapter 1. Product Overview; Thank you for choosing the; TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router; Overview of the Modem Router
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 2 Chapter 1. Product Overview Thank you for choosing the TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router . 1.1 Overview of the Modem Router The TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router integrates 4-port Switch,...
Page 14 - you have already made a right connection, please contact your IS
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 5 On A wireless device has been successfully added to the network by WPS function. Slow Flash WPS handshaking is in process and will continue for about 2 minutes. Please press the WPS button on other wireless devices that you want to...
Page 15 - Modem Router
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 6 ¾ ADSL : Through the port, you can connect the modem router with the telephone. Or you can connect them by an external separate splitter. For details, please refer to 2.3 Connecting the Modem Router . ¾ USB1, USB2 : The USB port co...
Page 16 - Chapter 2. Connecting the Modem Router; System Requirements; The Router can be placed on a shelf or desktop.
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 7 Chapter 2. Connecting the Modem Router 2.1 System Requirements ¾ Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet). ¾ PCs with a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors. ¾ TCP/IP protocol on each PC...
Page 17 - Connecting the Modem Router; Method two
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 8 ) Note: The diameter of the screw, 3.5mm<D<8mm, and the distance of two screws is 122mm. The screw that project from the wall need around 4mm based, and the length of the screw need to be at least 20mm to withstand the weight...
Page 18 - Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide; Configuring the PC; Click the; Start; menu on your desktop, right click; My Network Places; Right click; Local Area Connection
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 9 Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide 3.1 Configuring the PC After you directly connect your PC to the modem router TD-W8970 or connect your adapter to a Hub/Switch which has connected to the modem router, you need to configure your ...
Page 19 - Select; General; , and then click the; Properties; Configure the IP address as Figure 3-4 shows. After that, click; OK
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 10 Figure 3-2 Step 3: Select General tab, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) , and then click the Properties button. Figure 3-3 Step 4: Configure the IP address as Figure 3-4 shows. After that, click OK .
Page 20 - menu on your desktop, select; run; in the field; on the next screen, and then press; Enter
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 11 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 th...
Page 21 - You can check it following the steps below:; ) Is the connection between your PC and the modem router correct?; Quick Installation Guide; You will see the login screen as shown in Figure 3-8. Enter; admin; for the user name and; Login; button or press the
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 12 If the result displayed is similar to the screen shown below, it means that your PC has not connected to the modem router. Figure 3-6 You can check it following the steps below: 1) Is the connection between your PC and the modem r...
Page 22 - which are needed for PPP connections.; Tools; menu; Internet Options; , in the screen that; menu to access; Here we use PPPoE as an example. Click
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 13 ) Note: 1) Do not mix up the user name and password with your ADSL account user name and password which are needed for PPP connections. 2) The login screen will be locked for 10 minutes after five failed attempts to login. 3) If t...
Page 24 - You will see the; Complete; screen below, click; Finish; to complete these settings.
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 15 Figure 3-14 8. You will see the Complete screen below, click Finish to complete these settings. Figure 3-15
Page 25 - Chapter 4. Configuring the Modem Router; Choose “
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 16 Chapter 4. Configuring the Modem Router This chapter will show each Web page's key function and the configuration way. 4.1 Login After your successful login, you will see the eighteen main menus on the left of the Web-based utilit...
Page 26 - Please refer to Section; Operation Mode; ”, and you will see the screen as shown in Figure 4-2. Select your; Save
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 17 Figure 4-1 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 3.2 Quick Installation Guide . 4.4 Operation Mode Choose “ Operation Mode ”, and you will see the screen as shown in Figure 4-2. Select your desired mode and then click Save .
Page 28 - Network; ”, and you will see the WAN Port Information Table in the; Add
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 19 4.5.1 WAN Settings Choose “ Network ” Æ “ WAN Settings ”, and you will see the WAN Port Information Table in the screen similar to Figure 4-3, which describes the WAN port settings and the relevant manipulation to each interface. ...
Page 32 - Click
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 23 Figure 4-6 Click Advance , advanced selections for WAN Service Setup can be shown. ¾ MTU (bytes): Maximum Transmission Unit Size. Check this box then you can change the MTU size. The default MTU value is 1500 Bytes. It is not reco...
Page 36 - If your ISP provides an IPoA connection, select; IPoA; option for the; Connection Type; on the
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 27 Figure 4-8 4.5.1.5 IPoA If your ISP provides an IPoA connection, select IPoA option for the Connection Type on the screen.
Page 37 - Enter the IP Address and Subnet Mask provided by ISP. If you
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 28 Figure 4-9 ¾ IP Address/Subnet Mask: Enter the IP Address and Subnet Mask provided by ISP. If you forget, you can ask your ISP. ¾ DNS Server/Secondary DNS Server: Type in your preferred DNS server. ¾ Default Gateway: select a WAN ...
Page 38 - After you finish the Internet configuration, please click; to make the settings take effect.; Max Idle
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 29 ) Note: After you finish the Internet configuration, please click Save to make the settings take effect. 4.5.2 3G Settings If your modem router is in 3G Router Mode , choose menu “ Network → 3G Settings ”, you can configure parame...
Page 39 - or change settings on Operation Mode if you want to use 3G.
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 30 ¾ Connect manually: You can click the Connect / Disconnect button to connect/disconnect connection immediately. This mode also supports the Max Idle Time function as Connect on demand mode. If you want your Internet connection to ...
Page 44 - WAN Settings
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 35 ¾ Site Prefix Configuration Type: Select a type to assign prefix to IPv6 addresses. Delegated and Static are provided. 1) If Delegated is selected, please complete the following parameters. Figure 4-20 • Prefix Delegated WAN Conne...
Page 49 - If you want to change the default settings of; Advanced Settings; , please make sure that both VPN; DHCP Server
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 40 Figure 4-27 ¾ Mode: Select Main Mode to configure the standard negotiation parameters for IKE phase1. ¾ Aggressive Mode: Select Aggressive Mode to configure IKE phase1 of the VPN Tunnel to carry out negotiation in a shorter amount...
Page 50 - Choose menu “; ”, you can configure the DHCP Server on the
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 41 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.6.1 DHCP Settings Choose menu “ DHCP Server ” Æ “ DHCP Settings ”, you can configure the DHCP Server on the page as shown in Figure 4-28.The modem ...
Page 51 - , the DHCP function will not take effect.
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 42 ¾ Secondary DNS - (Optional.) Input the IP address of another DNS server if your ISP provides two DNS servers. ¾ DHCP Relay: Select Relay , then you will see the next screen, and the modem router will work as a DHCP Relay. A DHCP ...
Page 54 - Wireless; ”, you will see the screen shown as below. The basic
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 45 4.7 Wireless Choose “ Wireless ”, there are six submenus to configure Wireless LAN settings. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided ...
Page 55 - If; Mode; selecting; Enable SSID Broadcast:
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 46 ) Note: Limited by local law regulations, version for North America does not have region selection option. ¾ Mode : Select the desired mode. 11b only: Select if all of your wireless clients are 802.11b. 11g only: Select if all of ...
Page 58 - successfully added to the network.; ”, you can configure the security settings of your; Disable Wireless Security:; If you do not want to use wireless security, check this radio
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 49 Step 1: On the client device, enter the PIN number listed on the modem router’s Wi-Fi Protected Setup screen. (It is also labeled on the bottom of the modem router.) Step 2: The Wi-Fi Protected Setup LED flashes for two minutes du...
Page 62 - ”, you can configure the advanced settings of; Fragmentation Threshold:; This value is the maximum size determining whether packets
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 53 4.7.5 Wireless Advanced Choose menu “ Wireless ” Æ ” Wireless Advanced ”, you can configure the advanced settings of your wireless network. Figure 4-41 ¾ Transmit Power: Here you can specify the transmit power of modem router. You...
Page 67 - the changes take effect.
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 58 1. Click Add New Folder in Figure 4-46. Figure 4-47 2. Click the Browse button, and then select the Select Volume from the drop-down list. 3. Enter display name of the share folder in Share Name filed. 4. Click the Apply button to...
Page 74 - There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu:
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 65 Figure 4-58 ) Note: RIP cannot be configured on the WAN Interface which has NAT enabled (such as PPPoE). 4.10 Forwarding There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu: Virtual Servers , Port Triggering , DMZ and UPnP . Click a...
Page 75 - page to be any other value except 80 such as 8080.
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 66 ¾ Protocol : The protocol used for this application, either TCP , UDP , or All (all protocols supported by the modem router). ¾ Status : The status of this entry, "Enabled" means the virtual server entry is enabled. ¾ Edit...
Page 76 - Otherwise there will be a conflict to disable the virtual server.
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 67 Otherwise there will be a conflict to disable the virtual server. 4.10.2 Port Triggering Choose menu “ Forwarding ” → ” Port Triggering ”, you can view and add port triggering in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-61). Some applic...
Page 77 - hosts on the LAN will be refused.; Open Ports; ranges cannot overlap each other.
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 68 this rule. ¾ Trigger Protocol : The protocol used for Trigger Ports, either TCP , UDP , or All (all protocols supported by the modem router). ¾ Open Port : The port or port range used by the remote system when it responds to the o...
Page 79 - Parental Control
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 70 Click the Enable button to enable UPnP. Click the Disable button to disable UPnP. Click the Refresh button to update the Current UPnP Settings List. 4.11 Parental Control Choose menu “ Parental Control ”, and you can configure the...
Page 90 - Select a WAN connection from the drop-down list. Only the connected
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 81 ¾ Mechanism: Select a type for IPv6 tunnel from the drop-down list. DS-Lite, 6RD and 6to4 are supported. 1) DS-Lite This type is used in the situation that your WAN connection is IPv6 while LAN connection is IPv4. Select DS-Lite, ...
Page 91 - Bandwidth Control
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 82 ¾ Configuration Type: Select a configuration type for this tunnel. Auto means to obtain the following parameters automatically while Manual means you set them manually. If Auto is selected, only Dynamic IP connection can be select...
Page 99 - This box displays the information about
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 90 Figure 4-97 ¾ Current User Status: This box displays the information about User Type , User Name , Host IP Address and Host MAC Address . ¾ Account Management: Here you can set the account user information about Old Password , New...
Page 102 - All changed settings will be lost when defaults are restored.
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 93 Figure 4-101 Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their default values. • The default User Name : admin • The default Password : admin • The default Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0 ) Note: All changed settin...
Page 103 - Loss of power during the upgrade could damage the modem router.; System Tools
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 94 ) Note: 1) New firmware versions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. There is no need to upgrade the firmware unless the new firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experiencing p...
Page 105 - Logout; ”, and you will back to the login screen as shown in Figure 4-105.
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 96 4.20 Logout Choose “ Logout ”, and you will back to the login screen as shown in Figure 4-105. Figure 4-105
Page 106 - Appendix A: Specifications
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 97 Appendix A: Specifications General 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 802.11n, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, TCP/IP, PPPoA, PPPoE, SNTP, HTTP, DHCP,...
Page 107 - Appendix B: Troubleshooting; Note; T2. What can I do if I don’t know or forget my password?
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 98 Appendix B: Troubleshooting T1. How do I restore my modem router’s configuration to its factory default settings? With the modem router powered on, press and hold the RESET button on the rear panel for 8 to 10 seconds before relea...
Page 109 - T4. What can I do if I cannot access the Internet?; cables and power adapter.
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 100 Now, try to log on to the Web-based configuration page again after the above settings have been configured. If you still cannot access the configuration page, please restore your modem router’s factory default settings and reconf...
Page 110 - Appendix C: Technical Support; Technical Support
TD-W8970 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 101 Appendix C: Technical Support Technical Support For more troubleshooting help, go to: http://www.tp-link.com/en/support/faq To download the latest Firmware, Driver, Utility and User Guide, go to: http://www.tp-link.com/en/sup...