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TP-Link External ADSL2+ Rounter manual

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS S pecifications ar e subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK T echnologies Co., Lt d. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specificatio ns may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivativ[...]

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    Package contents .............................................................................................................. 2 Chapter 1: Product Overview ............................................................................................ 3 1.1 Product main specification ..................................................................[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide Package content s The following contents should be found in your box: ¾ One TD-8840 External ADSL2+ ROUTER ¾ One AC power Adapter for TD-8840 External ADSL2+ ROUTER ¾ One Resource CD for TD-8840 External ADSL2+ ROUTER, including: • This Guide • Other Helpful Information • Quick installation Guide P[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide Chapter 1: Product Overview TP-LINK® TD-8840 External ADSL2+ RO UTER is the latest product designed and manufactured by TP-LINK T echnologies Co., Ltd. With TP-LINK’s excellent circuit design and high quality production, we guarantee the ADSL2+ ROU TER’s high performance, great stability and easy to us[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide - Supports RFC2364 (PPPoA) - Supports RFC2516 (PPPoE) - Supports RFC1483 (EoA)(Bridged *and Router) - Supports RFC1577 (IPoA) NOTE . “*” Needs the third-party sof tware. 1.3 T r ansmit data-rate ¾ Max download data-rate: 24Mbps ¾ Max upload data-rate: 1Mbps ¾ Max line length: 6Km 1.4 A TM property ¾[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide Chapter 2: Hardware Inst allation Guide The TD-8840 maintains five separate interf aces, four Ethernet and one ADSL interface. The Router should not be located where it w ill be exposed to moisture or excessive heat. Place the Router in a location where it can be safely connected to t he various devices as [...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide manufacturer ’s setup. ¾ 1~4(LAN) : Connect with your computer ’s NIC. ¾ LINE(W AN) : Con nect to the MODEM Port of S plitter or Connecting the telephone line. 2.4 Hardware inst allation procedures （ figure2-1 ） The procedure to install the Router can be described in general terms in the following[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide Chapter 3: System Configuration 3.1 Computer Configuration 1. Connect the cable according to Chapter 2, turn on the power . 2. Change the IP address of your PC （ Figure 3-1 ） : 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, Net ma[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide The users of Windows 2000/NT/XP c an do the following: Right-click Netw ork Neighbor -> Choose Properties -> Right-click Local Connection -> Choose Properties -> Double-click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). NOTE: The words in fact may be different with this guide. Remarks: you can check whether your[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide Then you will see the Figure 3-3. Y ou will see some information such as link rate and so on. Figure 3-3 Default value of user name and password is “ admin ” ; if you want to change them, please go to “ Management ” Æ “ Access control ” Æ “ Passwords ”. (Figure 3-4) Figure 3-4 - 9 -[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide 3.3 Web Setup Choose “ Advanced Setup ” Æ ” WA N ”, you will enter the page of Wide Area Network (W AN) Setup, you will see the Figure 3-5. Figure 3-5 There are 7 PVC links in the W AN setup page, choose the fit PVC according to your needs, and then click the edit button, you will enter the page of[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide Enter VPI/VCI value and service category which is provided by yo ur ISP , click next to enter the next step. Y ou will see the figure 3-7. NOTE : The type of network protocol selected may be different in different area, there are five types （ Figure 3-7 ） , So you should ask your ISP to acquire the loca[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 3-8 Y ou will see the figure 3-9. Then turn on th e selected functions according to your demands. Clicking the next button to enter the next step, you will see the Figure 3-10, finally click save to complete the configuration. Figure 3-9 - 12 -[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 3-10 ¾ PPP over Et hernet (PPPoE) If you select the protocol of PPP over Et hernet (PPPoE), you will see the figure 3-1 1, enter the value of user name and password which is provided by your ISP, after selecting the other function(often using the default setup), click the next button. Figure 3-1 1 Y[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide Clicking the next button to enter the next step, you will see the Figure 3- 13, finally click save to complete the configuration. Figure 3-12 Figure 3-13 ¾ MAC Encap sulation Routing (MER) - 14 -[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide If you select the protocol of MAC Encapsulation Routing (MER), you will see the page(Figure 3-14). Enter the parameter and the way which is provided by yo ur ISP, then click the next button. Figure 3-14 Y ou will see the figure 3-15. Then turn on the selected functions according to your needs. Clicking the [...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 3-16 ¾ IP over A TM (IPoA) If you select the protocol of IP over A TM (IPoA), you will see the figure 3-17, enter the parameter and the way which is prov ided by your ISP, then click the next button. Figure 3-17 Y ou will see the page (figure 3-18), then turn on the selected functions according to y[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide finally press save to complete the configuration. Figure 3-18 Figure 3-19 ¾ Bridging If you select the Bridging protocol, you just open the bridge serv ice function options, you will see the figure 3- 20, then click the next button, you will see the Figure 3-21,finally press save to complete the configurat[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 3-20 Figure 3-21 NOTE : After you complete the settings, the new settings must be saved and the Router must be restarted for the settings to go into ef fect. Please press the Save/Reboot button to restart, referring to the Figure 3-22. - 18 -[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide Figure 3-22 NOTE : All of the above setup is under windows XP OS. 3.4 Sof tware Dial If TD-8840 CPE work in bridged ( RFC 1483 Bridged) mode when it conn ects Internet. Y ou must to install dial sof tware on your PC. There are some software working on WINDOWS in market, example for EnterNet3000 、 RASPPPoE[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide Chapter 4: Advant age management setup In order to satisfy customer’s needs, feel free to utilize Advant age application and on-line software upgrade , we provided a perfect Web management interface for you, its main function is as follows: ¾ Upgrade software ¾ Modify the default IP address of the port [...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide Chapter 5: FQA 1. What related p arameters are requir ed to acquire ISP when you want to access the internet by ADSL2+ ROUTER? 1) Dial user: Connection protocol, Us er name, Password, V alue of VCI/VPI, Encapsulation mode of AAL5 and so on. 2) Static IP user: Connect ion protocol, WAN IP Address, Subnet Mas[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide Appendix A: Default Configuration USER NAME admin P ASSWORD admin IP ADDRESS 192.168.1.1 VPI/VCI 0/32,1/33,0/35,0 /100,0/200,8/35,8/81 - 22 -[...]

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    TD-8840 External ADSL2+ Router User Guide Appendix B: Cont act Information For help with the installation or operation of the TP-LINK TD-8840 External ADSL2 + ROUTER, please contact us. E-mail: support@tp-link.com Website: http://www.tp-link.com - 23 -[...]