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TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 1.2 Main Features ¾ Complies with IEEE 802.11n draft version 2.0 to provide a wireless dat

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 0-4 Now: Click OK to keep your settings. 93

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Appendix C: Specifications General Standards ANSI T1.413, ITU G.992.1, ITU G.992.2, ITU G.9

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Appendix D: Glossary ¾ 802.11n - 802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standards by adding MI

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ¾ Browser - An application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ¾ IPoA (IP and ARP over ATM) - A protocol that provides extensions to the IP Group for h

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card. It corresponds to the ESSID in

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 1.3 Panel Layout 1.3.1 The Front Panel The Router’s LEDs are located on the front panel.

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 1.3.2 The Back Panel The Router's ports, where the cables are connected, and RESET but

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirements ¾ Broadband Internet Access Servi

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 6. Turn on the ON/OFF switch to power the Device. It will start to work automatically. Fig

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic fu

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 3-1 Success result of Ping command ¾ If the result displayed is similar to the F

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 3.2 Quick Installation Guide With a Web-based utility, it is easy to configure and manage t

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 3-5 3. Change the VPI or VCI values which are used to define a unique path for your

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 3-7 ) Note: All the existed ATM&WAN service will be clean after click the "

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TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 3-9 Figure 3-10 ) Note: More detailed configurations please refer to 4.4.1 Layer2

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This chapter will show each Web page's key functions

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-2 ) Note: Click the other submenus under the main menu Device Info, and you will b

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide This Advanced Setup section mainly introduces how to configure the Router for adequate use.

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-4 ¾ VPI/VCI: the VPI and VCI values provided by your ISP. Do not change them unle

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ) Note: Enabling packet level QoS for PVC improves performance for selected classes of appli

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-7 ¾ Remove: Select the check box in the table on the screen above and then click

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.2.1 ATM-EoA-PPPoE If your ISP provides a PPPoE connection and you need to use an ATM In

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-11 ¾ PPP Username/Password: Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ¾ Enable IGMP Multicast Proxy: IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) is used to manage

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TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-14 8. On the next screen you will see the WAN Port Information Table with the new

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 2. Click the Add button on the screen (as shown Figure 4-8). Select WAN Service Interface ov

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide device may use IAID value 1 for the virtual circuit corresponding to the first connection ob

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ) Note: If you select the Enable NAT checkbox, the NAT menu will be added to the Web-based U

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 1. Add a new ATM interface and select EoA option for DSL Link Type (see 4.4.1.1 ATM interf

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-20 4.4.2.7 ETH-IPoE If your ISP provides an IPoE connection and you want to use a

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-21 ¾ IP Address: You can configure the Router’s IP Address and Subnet Mask for LA

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide • End IP Address: Enter a value for the DHCP server to end with when issuing IP addresses.

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-22 Type the new value for the WAN Interface who’s MAC Address you want to change,

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.5.1 Virtual Servers Choose “Advanced Setup”Æ“NAT”Æ“Virtual Servers”, you can set up vir

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TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-25 2. Select the Interface which you want to use from the drop-down list. 3. Sel

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.5.2 Port Triggering Choose “Advanced Setup”Æ“NAT”Æ“Port Triggering”, you can set Port T

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-27 2. Select the application from the drop-down list. If the list does not have t

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-28 To add a new DMZ Host: You can enter the computer's IP address and then cl

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-30 Setup an Outgoing IP Filtering rule: 1. Click the Add button (pop-up Figure 4-3

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ) Note: When you add an Outgoing IP Filtering entry, you must configure at least one conditi

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-33 2. Enter the Filter name for the rule, it is exclusive and must be filled in. 3

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ) Note: MAC Filtering is only effective on ATM PVC(s) configured in Bridge mode. Figure 4-3

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-35 2. Select Protocol Type in the drop-down list for the rule. 3. Enter Destinatio

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-37 To add a Time Restriction entry for Parental Control rule: 1. Click the Add but

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TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.7.2 URL Filter This section allows you to configure the filter rules based on URL to co

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.8 Quality of Service Choose “Advanced Setup”Æ“Quality of Service”, you can enable QoS (

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Click the Add button, and you can configure the QoS queue entry on the next screen (shown in

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-45 Click the Add button, and you can configure the QoS on the next screen. Figure

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-47 4.4.9.1 Default Gateway Choose “Advanced Setup”Æ“Routing”Æ“Default Gateway”,

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-49 To add static routing entries: 1. Click the Add button (pop-up Figure 4-50), a

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.9.3 RIP Choose “Advanced Setup”Æ“Routing”Æ“RIP”, you can see the RIP (Routing Informati

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-53 For PPPoA, PPPoE enabled PVC(s), please select the Obtain DNS info from a WAN i

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-54 To add a DDNS entry: 1. Click the Add button (pop-up Figure 4-54), and then you

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.11 DSL Choose “Advanced Setup”Æ“DSL”, you can see the DSL Settings screen, this screen a

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TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-57 Select the checkbox and click Save/Apply to enable the UPnP function. 4.4.13 Dn

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-59 To support this feature, you must create mapping groups with appropriate LAN a

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-60 2. Enter a unique name for Group. 3. Select the Interface which you want to u

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ) Note: These clients may obtain public IP addresses. 5. Click Save/Apply to make the entry

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.4.16 IPSec Choose “Advanced Setup”Æ“IPSec”, you can Add/Remove or Enable/Disable the IPSec

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-64 Click Save/Apply to save this entry. Figure 4-65 58

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.5 Wireless Choose “Wireless”, there are six submenus to configure Wireless LAN settings.

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ¾ Country: Restrict the channel set and transmit power. Click Apply/Save to configure the

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ) Note: This feature is available only when OPEN, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK or Mixed WPA2/WPA-PSK mo

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-70 Method Two: Step 1: Press the QSS button on the front panel of the Router. St

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TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Step 3: Wait for a while until the next screen appears. Click Finish to complete the QSS co

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Step 2: For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose “Enter a PIN into my a

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-76 4.5.2.2 Manual Setup AP Follow the instructions below to configure security fe

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-78 ¾ Encryption strength: Select the appropriate level of encryption, 64-bit or 1

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-79 ) Note: We use Encryption Strength 64-bit, Current Network Key selected “1” a

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ¾ WPA Encryption: Select the encryption you want to use: TKIP or AES (AES is an encryption

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Configure WPA-PSK settings 1. Select the WPA-PSK option. The menu will change to offer the

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-85 ¾ WPA2 Preauthentication: Select Enable from the drop-down list, Stations will

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-87 7. Mixed WPA2/WPA-PSK To configure Mixed WPA2/WPA-PSK settings, select the Mix

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Wireless access can be filtered by using the MAC addresses of the wireless devices transmitt

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Package Contents The following contents should be found in your package: ¾ One TD-W8960N Wi

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-91 ¾ AP Mode: Select an AP Mode from the drop-down list. Options available are: A

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-93 ) Note: Only Open or Shared authentication method support wireless bridge, you

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-94 ¾ Channel: Select the channel you want to use from the drop-down List. This fi

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ¾ Beacon Interval: Enter a value between 20-1000 milliseconds. The Beacon Interval value in

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-96 4.7 Management Choose “Management”, there are six submenus under the main menu

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-97 4.7.1.1 Backup Choose “Management”Æ“Settings”Æ“Backup”, you can see the Backup

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-100 4.7.1.2 Update Choose “Management”Æ“Settings”Æ“Update”, you can see the Updat

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-102 ¾ Restore Default Settings: Click this button to restore the Router’s configu

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-105 ¾ Disable/Enable: Select the Enable to log the events, if you don’t want to l

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-106 ¾ SNMP Agent: You can select the checkbox to disable or enable the function.

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Chapter 1. Product Overview Thank you for choosing the TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Rou

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-107 ¾ Inform: You can select the checkbox to disable or enable the Inform Interva

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4.7.5 Internet Time Choose “Management”Æ“Internet Time”, you can see the Time settings scre

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-109 To change the password: 1. Select the Username whose password you want to chan

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-110 ¾ Browse: Click the button to locate the latest software for the device. ¾ U

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the Router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) Firs

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ) Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide the “Add or Modify a Virtual Server” page, enter “80” into the blank next to the “Service Po

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Appendix B: Configuring the PC In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 0-2 5) The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide Figure 0-3 ) Note: For Windows 98 OS or before, the PC and Router may need to be restarted.