TP-LINK TD-W8968 V1 User's Guide

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router 1910010750 Rev: 1.1.0

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 1 Package Contents The following contents should be found in your package: ¾ One TD-W

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 91 Figure 4-93 ¾ Current User Status: This box displays the information about User

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 92 Figure 4-94 ¾ CWMP: Select enable the CWMP function. ¾ Inform: Enable or disable

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 93 Figure 4-95 An SNMP Agent is an application running on the modem router that perfo

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 94 Figure 4-97 Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 95 There is no need to upgrade the firmware unless the new firmware has a new feature

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 96 Figure 4-100 ¾ Statistics Status: Enable or Disable. The default value is disab

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 97 Appendix A: Specifications General Standards and Protocols ANSI T1.413, ITU G.992.1

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 98 Appendix B: Troubleshooting T1. How do I restore my modem router’s configuration to

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 99 Click Change adapter settings Click Properties Right-click Local Area Connection

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 100 Double-click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Click OK Select Obtain DNS

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 2 Chapter 1. Product Overview Thank you for choosing the TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N U

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 101 For Windows Vista OS Go to Start > Settings >Control Panel, and then you wi

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 102 Double-click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Select Obtain DNS server add

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 103 For Windows XP OS Go to Start > Control Panel, you will then see the following

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 104 Double-click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Select Obtain DNS server address automa

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 105 Click OK

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 106 2) Configure your IE browser Open your IE browser, click Tools tab and you wi

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 107 3) Consult your ISP and make sure all the VPI/VCI, Connection Type, account userna

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 108 Appendix C: Technical Support Technical Support  For more troubleshooting help,

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 3 1.2 Main Features ¾ Four 10/100Mbps Auto-Negotiation RJ45 LAN ports (Auto MDI/MDIX

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 4 1.3 Panel Layout 1.3.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 The Router’s LEDs are located o

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 5 On A storage device or printer has connected to the USB port. Flash The modem route

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 6 ¾ ON/OFF: The switch for the power. ¾ WPS: The switch for the WPS function. For de

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 7 Chapter 2. Connecting the Modem Router 2.1 System Requirements ¾ Broadband Interne

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 8 ) Note: The diameter of the screw, 3.5mm<D<7.8mm, and the distance of two scre

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 9 Figure 2-2

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 10 Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide 3.1 Configuring the PC After you directly conn

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TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 11 Figure 3-2 Step 3: Select General tab, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 12 Step 4: Configure the IP address as Figure 3-4 shows. After that, click OK. Figur

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 13 If the result displayed is similar to the screen shown below, it means that your PC

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 14 Figure 3-8 ) Note: 1) Do not mix up the user name and password with your ADSL acc

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 15 Figure 3-9 3. The modem router supports three modes: ADSL Modem Router Mode, 3G R

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 16 ¾ Wireless Router Mode: In this mode, the device enables multi-users to share Inte

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 17 z 3G Router Mode To use the 3G function, you should first insert your 3G USB mod

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 18 Figure 3-17 ) Note: 3G can be set as a backup connection method if your current co

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 19 Figure 3-19 7. You will see the Complete screen below, click Finish to complete t

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 20 Chapter 4. Configuring the Modem Router This chapter will show each Web page's

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.

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 21 Figure 4-1 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 3.2 Quick Installation Guide.

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 22 Figure 4-2 ¾ ADSL Modem Router Mode: In this mode, the device enables multi-users

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 23 4.5.1 WAN Settings Choose “Network”Æ“WAN Settings”, and you will see the WAN Port

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 24 Figure 4-4 4.5.1.1 Static IP Select this option if your ISP provides static IP in

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 25 Figure 4-5 ATM Configuration: ¾ VPI (0~255): Identifies the virtual path between

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 26 ¾ DNS Server/ Secondary DNS Server: Here you can set DNS Server (at least one) man

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 27 Figure 4-6 Click Advance, advanced selections for WAN Service Setup can be shown.

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 28 client devices, such as the modem router. The default value is enabled, and if you

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 29 Figure 4-7 ¾ PPP Username/Password/Confirm Password: Enter the User Name, Passwor

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 30 ¾ IPv6 Default Gateway: Select a WAN connection from the drop-down list as the IPv

This device has been designed to operate with the antennas listed below, and having a maximum gain of 3 dBi. Antennas not included in this list or ha

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 31 Figure 4-8 4.5.1.5 IPoA If your ISP provides an IPoA connection, select IPoA opt

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 32 Figure 4-9 ¾ IP Address/Subnet Mask: Enter the IP Address and Subnet Mask provide

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 33 Figure 4-10 ) Note: After you finish the Internet configuration, please click Save

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 34 Figure 4-11 ¾ Location: Please select the location where you're enjoying the

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 35 Figure 4-12 Click advance in Figure 4-11, advanced settings can be shown as below.

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 36 ¾ MTU size(in bytes): The default MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) size is 1480 byt

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 37 To support this feature, you must create mapping groups with appropriate LAN and WA

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 38 Figure 4-17 ¾ IP Address: You can configure the modem router’s IP Address and Sub

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 39 • Leased Time: The Leased Time is the amount of time in which a network user will

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 40 ¾ Site Prefix Configuration Type: Select a type to assign prefix to IPv6 addresses

Safety Information z When product has power button, the power button is one of the way to shut off the product; when there is no power button, the o

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 41 be the same with each other. 4.5.7 ALG Settings Choose menu “Advanced Setup”Æ“ALG

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 42 4.5.8 DSL Settings Choose “Advanced Setup”Æ“DSL Settings”, you can select the DSL

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 43 Figure 4-25 ¾ Start IP Address: Enter a value for the DHCP server to start with w

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 44 ) Note: 1) To use the DHCP server function of the modem router, you must configur

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 45 Figure 4-27 ¾ MAC Address: The MAC address of the PC for which you want to rese

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 46 Figure 4-29 To add a vendor class: 1. Click the Add New button. Then Figure 4-30 w

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 47 4.7 Wireless Choose “Wireless”, there are six submenus to configure Wireless LAN s

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 48 11b only: Select if all of your wireless clients are 802.11b. 11g only: Select if a

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 49 ¾ Scan: Click this button, you can search the AP which runs in the current channel

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 50 Step 1: Press the WPS button on the back panel of the modem router, as shown in th

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TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 51 III. Enter the modem router’s PIN on your client device Use this method if your cl

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 52 ¾ Disable Wireless Security: If you do not want to use wireless security, check th

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 53 ¾ WEP: It is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard. • Authentication Type - You ca

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 54 Figure 4-36 To filter wireless users by MAC Address, click Enable. The default set

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 55 Click the Delete Selected button to selected entries. For example: If you desire th

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 56 ¾ Transmit Power: Here you can specify the transmit power of modem router. You can

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 57 ¾ Sent Packets: Packets sent by the station. You cannot change any of the values o

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 58 ¾ Action: When the volume is shared, you can click the Deactivate to stop sharing

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 59 4.8.3 Storage Sharing Choose menu “USB Settings” → ”Storage Sharing”, you can co

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 60 Figure 4-43 2. Click the Browse button, and then select the Select Volume from the

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TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 61 Figure 4-44 ¾ Server Status: Indicates the FTP Server's current status. ¾ I

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 62 Figure 4-45 2. Click the Browse button, and then select the Select Volume from t

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 63 ¾ Server Name: The name of this Media Server. To add a new share folder for your m

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 64 4.9.1 Default Gateway Choose “Route Settings”Æ“Default Gateway”, you can see the

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 65 Figure 4-51 2. Enter the following data: ¾ Destination IP Address: The Destinati

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 66 1. Click the Add New button in Figure 4-52, and you will see the screen as shown in

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 67 ) Note: RIP cannot be configured on the WAN Interface which has NAT enabled (such a

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 68 service port or service port range in the Service Port field. 3. Select the servic

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 69 Figure 4-57 To add a new rule, follow the steps below. 1. Click the Add New butt

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 70 ¾ Open Protocol: The protocol used for Incoming Port, either TCP, UDP, or ALL (al

4.6.3 Address Reservation... 44 4.6.4 Condit

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 71 To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server: 1. Click the Enable button.

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 72 Figure 4-61 ¾ Enable Parental Control: Check the box if you want this function to

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 73 4.12 Firewall There are four submenus under the IPv4 Firewall menu: Rule, LAN H

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 74 The methods to add a new IPv4 rule: 1. Click the Add New button and the next screen

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 75 To add a new entry, please follow the steps below. 1. Click the Add New button. 2.

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 76 If you select MAC Address, the screen shown is Figure 4-67. Figure 4-67 1) In Desc

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 77 To add a new schedule, follow the steps below: 1. Click Add New button and the next

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 78 4.13.1 IPv6 Rule Choose menu “IPv6 Firewall” → “IPv6 Rule”, and then you can vie

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 79 3. Select a host from the LAN Host drop-down list or choose “Add LAN Host”. 4. Se

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 80 4. Enter the prefix length of the IPv6 address in the Prefix Length field. 5. Clic

4.13.4 IPv6 Schedule... 80 4.14 IPv

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 81 Figure 4-77 ¾ Description: Here displays the description of the schedule and this

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 82 Choose menu “IPv6 Tunnel”, and you will see the screen as shown in Figure 4-79. Fi

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 83 Figure 4-81 ¾ WAN Connection: Select a WAN connection from the drop-down list. On

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 84 4.15 Bandwidth Control Choose menu “Bandwidth Control”, and then you can configure

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 85 Figure 4-84 3. Click the Save button. Click the Enable/ Disable Selected button to

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 86 ¾ IP Address: The assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN. ¾

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 87 ¾ MAC Address: The MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN. ¾ IP Addr

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 88 Figure 4-89 4.19 System Tools Choose menu “System Tools”, and you can see the

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 89 Figure 4-90 ¾ Log Type: By selecting the log type, only logs of this type will

TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide 90 Figure 4-92 ¾ Time Zone: Select your local time zone from this pull down list.