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Figure 4-2

Choose “

Statistics

→

Traffic Statistics

” menu, and you will be able to view the traffic statistics

about the Modem.

Figure 4-3

4.2

Basic Setup

Choose “

Basic Setup

”, you can see the next submenus:

WAN Setting, LAN Setting

and

ADSL.

Figure 4-4

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Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

4.2.1 WAN Setting

Choose “

Basic Setup

→

WAN Setting

” menu, you can configure the parameters for WAN ports in

the next screen (shown in Figure 4-5).

Figure 4-5

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WAN Setting:

WAN settings are used to connect to your ISP. Your ISP provides VPI (Virtual

Path Identifier), VCI (Virtual Channel Identifier) settings to you. In this Device, you can totally

setup 2 VCs on different encapsulations, if you apply 2 different virtual circuits from your ISP.

You need to activate the VC to take effect. For PVCs management, you can use ATM QoS to

setup each PVC traffic line's priority.

•

Virtual Circuit:

Select the VC number you want to setup, PVC0~PVC1.

•

Status:

If you want to use a designed VC, you should activate it.

•

VPI:

Identifies the virtual path between endpoints in an ATM network. The valid range is

from 0 to 255. Please input the value provided by your ISP.

•

VCI:

Identifies the virtual channel endpoints in an ATM network. The valid range is from

32 to 65535 (1 to 31 is reserved for well-known protocols). Please input the value

provided by your ISP.

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Encapsulation:

There are two connection types :LLC and VC-Mux. Please choose the

appropriate type which ISP provide.

4.2.2 LAN Setting

Choose “

Basic Setup

→

LAN Setting

” menu, and you will see the LAN screen (shown in Figure

4-6). Please configure the parameters for LAN ports according to the descriptions below.

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Figure 4-6

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LAN Setting:

These are the IP settings of the LAN interface for the device. These settings

may be referred to as Private settings. You may change the LAN IP address if needed. The

LAN IP address is private to your internal network and cannot be seen on the Internet.

•

IP Address:

Enter the Modem’s local IP Address, then you can access to the

Web-based Utility via the IP Address, the default value is 192.168.1.1.

•

IP Subnet Mask:

Enter the Modem’s Subnet Mask, the default value is 255.255.255.0.

4.2.3 ADSL

Choose “

Basic Setup

→

ADSL

”, you can select the ADSL Type and ADSL Mode in the next

screen. The ADSL feature can be selected when you meet the physical connection problem.

Please check the proper settings with your Internet service provider.

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ADSL Mode:

Select the ADSL operation mode which your ADSL connection uses.

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ADSL Type:

Select the ADSL operation type which your ADSL connection uses.

4.3

Maintenance

Choose “

Maintenance

”, you can see the next submenus:

Figure 4-7

Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

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4.3.1 Administration

Choose “

Maintenance

→

Administrator

”, you can set new password for admin in the screen

(shown in Figure 4-8).

Figure 4-8

)

Note:

1)

There is only one account that can access Web-Management interface. The default account

is "admin", and the password is "admin". Admin has read/write access privilege.

2)

When you change the password, you should enter the new password twice, and then click

SAVE

to make the new password take effect.

4.3.2 Firmware

Choose “

Maintenance

→

Firmware

”, you can upgrade the firmware of the Modem in the screen

(shown in Figure 4-9). Make sure the firmware or romfile you want to use is on the local hard

drive of the computer. Click

Browse

to find the local hard drive and locate the firmware or romfile

to be used for upgrade.

Figure 4-9

To upgrade the modem's firmware, follow these instructions below:

Step 1:

Download a more recent firmware upgrade file from the TP-LINK website

(

www.tp-link.com

).

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Step 2:

Type the path and file name of the update file into the “New Firmware Location” field. Or

click the

Browse

button to locate the update file.

Step 3:

Click the

UPGRADE

button.

)

Note:

1)

New firmware versions are posted at

www.tp-link.com

and can be downloaded for free. If

the modem is not experiencing difficulties, there is no need to download a more recent

firmware version, unless the version has a new feature that you want to use.

2)

When you upgrade the modem's firmware, you may lose its current configurations, so

please back up the modem’s current settings before you upgrade its firmware.

3)

Do not turn off the modem or press the Reset button while the firmware is being

upgraded.

4)

The modem will reboot after the upgrading has been finished.

4.3.3 SysRestart

Choose “

Maintenance

→

SysRestart

”, you can select to restart the device with current settings

or restore to factory default settings in the screen (shown in Figure 4-10).

Figure 4-10

4.3.4 Diagnostic Test

Choose “

Maintenance

→

Diagnostic Test

”, you can view the test results for the connectivity of the

physical layer and protocol layer for both LAN and WAN sides in the screen (shown in Figure 4-11).