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he same time. The

one sets

port of TD-W8961N

Plug

ble into the ADSL port on the rear panel of

TD-

the external splitter.

Step 2:

on the

er adapter. Connect the power adapter to the power connector on the rear

electrical outlet or power extension. The

Method two

：

You can use a separate splitter. External splitter can divide the data and

voice, and then you can access the Internet and make calls at t

external splitter has three ports:

• LINE: Connect to the wall jack

• PHONE: Connect to the ph

• MODEM: Connect to the ADSL

one end of the twisted-pair ADSL ca

W8961N. Connect the other end to the MODEM port of

Connect the Ethernet cable. Attach one end of a network cable to your computer’s

Ethernet port or a regular hub/switch port, and the other end to the LAN port

TD-W8961N.

Step 3:

Power on the computers and LAN devices.

Step 4:

Attach the pow

of the device and plug in the adapter to a

electrical outlet shall be installed near the device and shall be easily accessible.

Figure 2-4

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Chapter 3

Quick Installation Guide

3.1

TCP/IP Configuration

The default IP address of the TD-W8961N 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router is

192.168.1.1. And the default Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0. These values can be changed as

you desire. In this guide, we use all the default values for description.

Connect the local PC to the LAN/WAN port of the Router. And then you can configure the IP

address for your PC in the following way.



Obtain an IP address automatically

1)

Set up the TCP/IP Protocol in "

Obtain an IP address automatically

" mode on your PC.

If you need instructions as to how to do this, please refer to

T3

in

Appendix B:

Troubleshooting

.

2)

Then the built-in DHCP server will assign IP address for the PC.

Now, you can run the Ping command in the command prompt to verify the network connection.

Please click the

Start

menu on your desktop, select

run

tab, type

cmd or command

in the field

and press

Enter

. Type

ping 192.168.1.1

on the next screen, and then press

Enter

.

If the result displayed is similar to the screen below, the connection between your PC and the

router has been established.

Figure 3-1

If the result displayed is similar to the screen shown below, it means that your PC has not

connected to the router.

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Figure 3-2

You can check it following the steps below:

1)

Is the connection between your PC and the router correct?

The LEDs of LAN port which you link to the device and the LEDs on your PC's adapter should

be lit.

2)

Is the TCP/IP configuration for your PC correct?

If the router's IP address is 192.168.1.1, your PC's IP address must be within the range of

192.168.1.2 ~ 192.168.1.254.

3.2

Login

Once your host PC is properly configured, please proceed as follows to use the Web-based Utility:

Start your web browser and type the private IP address of the modem router in the URL field:

192.168.1.1

.

After that, you will see the screen shown below, enter the default User Name

admin

and the

default Password

admin

,

and then click

OK

to access to the

Quick Start

screen. You can follow

the steps below to complete the Quick Start.

Figure 3-3

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Step 1:

Select the

Quick Start

tab, then click

RUN WIZARD

, and you will see the next screen.

Click the

NEXT

button.

Figure 3-4

Step 2:

Configure the time for the modem router, and then click the

NEXT

button.

Figure 3-5

Step 3:

Select the connection type to connect to the ISP (We select

PPPoE/PPPoA

mode for

example here), and then click the

NEXT

button.

Figure 3-6

Step 4:

Configure the following options provided by your ISP:

Username

,

Password

,

VPI

,

VCI

and

Connection Type

. Then click

NEXT

.

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Figure 3-7

Step 5:

Configure the rules for the WLAN, and click

NEXT

.

Figure 3-8



Note:

If the Access Point is activated, the wireless function will be available even without the external

antenna because of an additional printed antenna. To adopt the wireless security protection

measures, please refer to

4.3.3 Wireless

.

Step 6:

Click

NEXT

to finish the Quick Start.

Figure 3-9