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TP-Link TD-W9980 User Manual

N600 wireless dual band gigabit vdsl2 modem router
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TD-W9980
N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem
Router
Rev: 1.0.0
1910010923

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  • Page 1 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router Rev: 1.0.0 1910010923...
  • Page 2 Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

  • Page 3: Fcc Statement

    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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

  • Page 4: National Restrictions

    This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. National Restrictions This device is intended for home and office use in all EU countries (and other countries following the EU directive 1999/5/EC) without any limitation except for the countries mentioned below: Country Restriction...

  • Page 5: Industry Canada Statement

    Industry Canada Statement Complies with the Canadian ICES-003 Class B specifications. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. This device complies with RSS 210 of Industry Canada. This Class B device meets all the requirements of the Canadian interference-causing equipment regulations.

  • Page 6: Safety Information

    Safety Information  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 only way to completely shut off power is to disconnect the product or the power adapter from the power source. ...

  • Page 7: Declaration Of Conformity

    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router Model No.: TD-W9980 Trademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibility that the above products satisfy all the technical...

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Package Contents ....................1 Chapter 1. Product Overview...................2 1.1 Overview of the Modem Router ..................2 1.2 Main Features......................... 3 1.3 Panel Layout........................4 1.3.1 The Front Panel ........................4 1.3.2 The Back Panel........................6 Chapter 2. Connecting the Modem Router .............7 2.1 System Requirements ....................
  • Page 9 4.6.3 Address Reservation......................45 4.6.4 Conditional Pool ......................... 46 4.7 Dual Band Selection ..................... 47 4.8 Wireless 2.4GHz......................48 4.8.1 Basic Settings ........................48 4.8.2 WPS Settings ........................50 4.8.3 Wireless Security ....................... 53 4.8.4 Wireless MAC Filtering ...................... 55 4.8.5 Wireless Advanced ......................
  • Page 10 4.13.4 UPnP ..........................83 4.14 Parental Control......................84 4.15 IPv4 Firewall ......................... 85 4.15.1 Rule ..........................85 4.15.2 LAN Host .......................... 86 4.15.3 WAN Host ......................... 87 4.15.4 Schedule........................... 88 4.16 IPv6 Firewall ......................... 89 4.16.1 IPv6 Rule .......................... 90 4.16.2 IPv6 LAN Host ........................

  • Page 11: Package Contents

    Package Contents The following contents should be found in your package: One TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router  One Power Adapter for TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router  Quick Installation Guide ...

  • Page 12: Chapter 1. Product Overview

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Chapter 1. Product Overview Thank you for choosing the TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router. 1.1 Overview of the Modem Router The TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router integrates 4-port Switch, Firewall, NAT-Router and Wireless AP.

  • Page 13: Main Features

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 1.2 Main Features  Complies with IEEE 802.11n to provide a wireless data rate of up to 300Mbps (2.4GHz) + 300Mbps (5GHz). Four 10/100/1000Mbps Auto-Negotiation RJ45 LAN ports (Auto MDI/MDIX), one RJ11 port.

  • Page 14: Panel Layout

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 1.3 Panel Layout 1.3.1 The Front Panel Figure 1-1 The modem router’s LEDs are located on the front panel (View from left to right). They indicate the device’s working status. For details, please refer to LED Explanation.
  • Page 15 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Wireless is enabled. The modem router is working on 2.4GHz Flash (Wireless radio band. 2.4GHz) Wireless is disabled. Wireless is enabled. The modem router is working on 5GHz Flash (Wireless radio band.

  • Page 16: The Back Panel

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 1.3.2 The Back Panel Figure 1-2  VDSL: Through the port, you can connect the modem router with the telephone. Or you can connect them by an external separate splitter. For details, please refer to 2.3 Connecting the...

  • Page 17: Chapter 2. Connecting The Modem Router

    Keep away from the strong electromagnetic radiation and the device of electromagnetic sensitive. Generally, TD-W9980 is placed on a horizontal surface. The device also can be mounted on the wall as shown in Figure 2-1 . Figure 2-1 Wall-mount install...

  • Page 18: Connecting The Modem Router

    Plug one end of the twisted-pair VDSL cable into the VDSL port on the rear panel of TD-W9980. Connect the other end to the MODEM port of the external splitter. Step 2: 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 on the modem routerTD-W9980.

  • Page 19: Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide

    N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide This chapter will show you how to configure the basic functions of your TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router using Quick Setup Wizard within minutes.

  • Page 20: Quick Installation Guide

    192.168.1.2 ~ 192.168.1.254. 3.2 Quick Installation Guide With a Web-based management page, it is easy to configure and manage the TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router. The Web-based management page can be used on any Windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari.
  • Page 21 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 3-5 Select your Region and Time Zone from the drop-down list, then click Next. Figure 3-6 The modem router supports two modes: xDSL Modem Router Mode and Wireless Router Mode.
  • Page 22 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  Wireless Router Mode: In this mode, the device enables multi-users to share Internet via Ethernet WAN (EWAN) using its interchangeable LAN/WAN port and share it wirelessly at 300Mbps wireless 802.11n speeds.
  • Page 23 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 3-9 Here we use PPPoE as an example. Enter the PPPoE Username and Password provided by your ISP. After confirming the password, click Next to continue. Figure 3-10 ...
  • Page 24 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 3-12 Configure the basic parameters for 2.4GHz wireless network in the following screen as shown in Figure 3-13, and then click Next. Figure 3-13 Configure the basic parameters for 5GHz wireless network in the following screen as shown in Figure 3-14, and then click Next.
  • Page 25 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide On this page, please confirm all parameters. Click Back to modify or click the Save button to save your configuration. Figure 3-15 You will see the Complete screen below, click Finish to complete these settings.

  • Page 26: Chapter 4. Configuring The Modem Router

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Chapter 4. Configuring the Modem Router This chapter will show each Web page's key function and the configuration. 4.1 Login After your successful login, you will see the twenty-two main menus on the left of the Web-based management page.

  • Page 27: Quick Setup

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-1 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 3.2 Quick Installation Guide.

  • Page 28: Operation Mode

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 4.4 Operation Mode Choose “Operation Mode”, and you will see the screen as shown in Figure 4-2. Select your desired mode and then click Save. Figure 4-2  xDSL Modem Router Mode: In this mode, the device enables multi-users to share Internet via xDSL using its VDSL port and share it wirelessly at 300Mbps wireless 802.11n speeds.

  • Page 29: Wan Settings

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 4.5.1 WAN Settings Choose “Network”“WAN Settings”, and you will see the WAN Port Information Table in the screen similar to Figure 4-3. 4.5.1.1 VDSL WAN Settings For VDSL mode, there are four different connection types, which are Static IP, Dynamic IP, PPPoE and Bridge.
  • Page 30 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-4 DSL Modulation Type:  DSL Modulation Type: The modem router supports two modulation types: ADSL and VDSL, you can select the corresponding types according to your needs.
  • Page 31 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-5 WAN Service Setup: Enable IPv4：Check the box to enable IPv4.  IP Address: Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.  Subnet Mask: Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP, ...
  • Page 32 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  IPv6 Default Gateway: Select a WAN Interface from the drop-down list as the IPv6 default gateway. Click Advance, advanced selections of WAN Service Setup can be shown.  MTU (bytes): Maximum Transmission Unit Size. Check this box then you can change the MTU size.
  • Page 33 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  MTU (bytes): Maximum Transmission Unit Size. Check this box then you can change the MTU size. The default MTU value is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default value unless required by your ISP.
  • Page 34 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-7  PPP Username/Password/Confirm Password: Enter the User Name, Password and Confirm Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive.  Connection Mode: For PPPoE connection, you can select Always on or Connect on demand or Connect manually.
  • Page 35 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  MTU (bytes): Maximum Transmission Unit Size. Check this box then you can change the MTU size. The default MTU value is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default value unless required by your ISP.
  • Page 36 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 4.5.1.2 ADSL WAN Settings For ADSL mode, there are six different configurations for the connection types, which are Static IP, Dynamic IP, PPPoE, PPPoA, IPoA and Bridge. You can select the corresponding types according to your needs.
  • Page 37 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Static IP Select this option if your ISP provides static IP information to you. You should set static IP address, IP subnet mask, and gateway address in the screen below.
  • Page 38 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  Prefix Length: Enter the prefix length of the IPv6 address. The default value is 64.  IPv6 Gateway: Enter the gateway IPv6 address provided by your ISP. ...
  • Page 39 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-12 Click Advance, advanced selections for WAN Service Setup can be shown.  MTU (bytes): Maximum Transmission Unit Size. Check this box then you can change the MTU size.
  • Page 40 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  Set DNS Server manually: Choose “Set DNS Server manually”, you can set DNS Server manually here. The modem router will use this DNS Server for priority.  Get IPv6 Address with Unicast: This is disabled by default. The minority of DHCPv6 Server of ISP will not support to enable this.
  • Page 41 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  PPP Username/Password/Confirm Password: Enter the User Name, Password and Confirm Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive.  Connection Mode: For PPPoE connection, you can select Always on or Connect on demand or Connect manually.
  • Page 42 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-14 IPoA If your ISP provides an IPoA connection, select IPoA option for the Connection Type on the screen.
  • Page 43 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-15  IP Address/Subnet Mask: Enter the IP Address and Subnet Mask provided by ISP. If you forget, you can ask your ISP.  DNS Server/Secondary DNS Server: Type in your preferred DNS server.

  • Page 44: Interface Grouping

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-16  Note: After you finishing the Internet configuration, please click Save to make the settings take effect. 4.5.2 Interface Grouping Choose “Network”“Interface Grouping”, you can view all the current groups on this page (shown in Figure 4-17).

  • Page 45: Lan Settings

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide To support this feature, you must create mapping groups with appropriate LAN and WAN interfaces using the Add button. The Remove button will remove the grouping and add the ungrouped interfaces to the Default group.
  • Page 46 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-19  IP Address: You can configure the modem router’s IP Address and Subnet Mask for LAN Interface.  IP Address: Enter the modem router’s local IP Address, then you can access to the Web-based management page via the IP Address, the default value is 192.168.1.1.

  • Page 47: Ipv6 Lan Settings

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  End IP Address: Enter a value for the DHCP server to end with when issuing IP addresses. The End IP Address must be smaller than 192.168.1.254. The default End IP Address is 192.168.1.254.

  • Page 48: Mac Clone

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  Leased Time: The Leased Time is the amount of time in which a network user will be allowed connection to the modem router with their current dynamic IPv6 address. Enter the amount of time, in hours, then the user will be “leased”...

  • Page 49: Alg Settings

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  Note: Only the WAN Ports can use MAC Address Clone function. All the clone MAC addresses must not be the same with each other. 4.5.6 ALG Settings Choose menu “Network”“ALG Settings”, and then you can configure the basic security in the screen as shown in Figure 4-25.

  • Page 50: Dsl Settings

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide H323 ALG: To allow H323 clients and servers to transfer data across NAT, click  Enable. SIP ALG: To allow SIP clients and servers to transfer data across NAT, click Enable.
  • Page 51  Note: You could also use other VPN Routers to set VPN tunnels with TD-W9980. TD-W9980 supports up to 10 VPN tunnels simultaneously. Click Add New Connection in Figure 4-27 and then you will enter the screen shown in Figure 4-28.
  • Page 52 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  Tunnel access from local IP addresses: Choose Subnet if you want the Whole LAN to join the VPN network, or else choose Single A ddress if you want single IP to join the VPN network.

  • Page 53: Dhcp Server

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-29  Mode: Select Main Mode to configure the standard negotiation parameters for IKE phase1.  Aggressive Mode: Select Aggressive Mode to configure IKE phase1 of the VPN Tunnel to carry out negotiation in a shorter amount of time.

  • Page 54: Dhcp Settings

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.6.1 DHCP Settings Choose menu “DHCP Server”“DHCP Settings”, you can configure the DHCP Server on the page as shown in Figure 4-30.The modem router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dynamic Host...

  • Page 55: Clients List

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Secondary DNS - (Optional.) Input the IP address of another DNS server if your ISP  provides two DNS servers.  DHCP Relay: Select Relay, then you will see the next screen, and the modem router will work as a DHCP Relay.

  • Page 56: Conditional Pool

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to the servers that require permanent IP settings. Figure 4-32 MAC Address: The MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP address.

  • Page 57: Dual Band Selection

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-34 To add a vendor class: Click the Add New button. Then Figure 4-35 will pop up. Enter parameters for the vendor class. Click the Save button. Figure 4-35 To modify or delete an existing entry: Click the Edit in the entry you want to modify.

  • Page 58: Wireless 2.4Ghz

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-36 Concurrently with 2.4GHz and 5GHz (802.11a/b/g/n): Choose this option, and then the  modem router will work concurrently in 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency. Only work in 2.4GHz band (802.11b/g/n): Choose this option, and then the modem router ...
  • Page 59 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-37  SSID: Wireless network name shared among all points in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all devices in the wireless network. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters (use any of the characters on the keyboard).

  • Page 60: Wps Settings

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  Note: If 11b only, 11g only, or 11bg mixed is selected in the Mode field, the Channel Width selecting field will turn grey and the value will become 20M, which is unable to be changed.
  • Page 61 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-38 WPS: Enable or disable the WPS function here.  Current PIN: The current value of the modem router's PIN is displayed here. The default PIN  of the modem router can be found in the label or User Guide.

  • Page 62: Wireless Security

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Step 2: Press and hold the WPS button of the client device directly. Step 3: The Wi-Fi Protected Setup LED flashes for two minutes during the Wi-Fi Protected Setup process.
  • Page 63 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide There are three wireless security modes supported by the modem router: WPA/WPA2 – Personal, WPA/WPA2 – Enterprise, WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). Figure 4-41  Disable Wireless Security: If you do not want to use wireless security, check this radio button.
  • Page 64 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  Authentication Type: Authentication Type: You can choose the type for the WPA/WPA2-Personal security on the drop-down list. The default setting is Auto, which can select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK authentication type automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request.

  • Page 65: Wireless Mac Filtering

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  Note: If you do not set the key, the wireless security function is still disabled even if you have selected Shared Key as Authentication Type. Be sure to click the Save button to save your settings on this page.

  • Page 66: Wireless Advanced

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Click the Save button to save this entry. To edit or delete an existing entry: Click the Edit in the entry you want to modify. Modify the information. Click the Save button.
  • Page 67 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-44 Transmit Power: Here you can specify the transmit power of modem router. You can select  High, Middle or Low which you would like. High is the default setting and is recommended.

  • Page 68: Wireless Status

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 4.8.6 Wireless Status Choose menu “Wireless 2.4GHz””Wireless Status”, you can see the MAC Address, Current Status, Received Packets and Sent Packets for each connected wireless station. Figure 4-45 MAC Address: The connected wireless station's MAC address ...
  • Page 69 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-46  SSID: Wireless network name shared among all points in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all devices in the wireless network. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters (use any of the characters on the keyboard).

  • Page 70: Wps Settings

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Enable SSID Broadcast checkbox, the Wireless Router will broadcast its name (SSID) on the air. Click Save to save your settings. 4.9.2 WPS Settings This section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly by WPS (also called QSS) function.
  • Page 71 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide You can also keep the default WPS Status as Enabled and click the Add device button in Figure 4-47, then Choose “Press the button of the new device in two minutes” and click Connect.

  • Page 72: Wireless Security

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  Note: The WPS LED on the modem router will light green for five minutes if the device has been successfully added to the network. The WPS function cannot be configured if the Wireless Function of the modem router is disabled.
  • Page 73 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide which is labeled on the bottom of the Router or can be found in Figure 4-38.  Group Key Update Period: Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value should be 30 or above.

  • Page 74: Wireless Mac Filtering

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  Key Type: You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit.) for encryption. "Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid. 64-bit: You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not promoted) or 5 ASCII characters.

  • Page 75: Wireless Advanced

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC Address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX hexadecimal digit). example: 00:1D:0F:11:22:33. Give a simple description for the wireless station in the Description field. For example: Wireless station A.

  • Page 76: Wireless Status

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-53 Transmit Power: Here you can specify the transmit power of modem router. You can select  High, Middle or Low which you would like. High is the default setting and is recommended.

  • Page 77: Guest Network

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-54 MAC Address: The connected wireless station's MAC address  Current Status: The connected wireless station's running status, one of  STA-AUTH/ STA-ASSOC/ STA-JOINED/ WPA/ WPA-PSK/ WPA2/ WPA2-PSK/ AP-UP/ AP-DOWN/ Disconnected Received Packets: Packets received by the station ...
  • Page 78 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-55 Guest Network: You can choose your Guest Network. When you enable this function, you  could set wireless parameters for Guest Network.  SSID: The guest network name. When setting up a Guest network, it is strongly recommended to use a name that easily distinguishes it from your primary network.

  • Page 79: Guest Network Status

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 4.10.2 Guest Network Status Choose menu “Guest Network”“Guest Network Status”, you can see the MAC Address, Current Status, Received Packets and Sent Packets for each connected wireless station. MAC Address: The connected wireless station's MAC address.

  • Page 80: User Accounts

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-56 Volume: The volume name of the USB drive the users have access to.  File System: The system of the USB drive.  Capacity: The storage capacity of the USB driver.

  • Page 81: Storage Sharing

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-57 To add a new user account, please follow the steps below: Choose the index from the drop-down list of Choose Index. Self-define a New Username. Enter the password in the New Password field.
  • Page 82 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Anonymous access to all the volumes: This function is enabled by default, so users can  access all activated volumes of Storage Sharing without accounts. If you want to add a shared folder which does not allow anonymous login, uncheck the box to disable this function.

  • Page 83: Ftp Server

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide You can click the upper button to go to the upper folder Click the Enable/Disable Selected button to enable or disable the selected entries. Click the Delete Selected button to delete the selected entries.

  • Page 84: Media Server

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Click Add New Folder in Figure 4-61. Figure 4-62 Click the Browse button, and then select the Select Volume from the drop-down list. Enter display name of the share folder in Share Name filed.

  • Page 85: Print Server

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Server Enable: Select this box to enable this function.  Server Name: The name of this Media Server.  To add a new share folder for your media server, please follow the instructions below: Click Add New Folder button, and you will see the screen as shown in Figure 4-64.

  • Page 86: Route Settings

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 4.12 Route Settings Choose “Route Settings”, it includes four menus: Default Gateway, Static Route IPv6 Static Route and RIP Settings. The detailed descriptions are provided below. 4.12.1 Default Gateway Choose “Route Settings”“Default Gateway”, you can see the Default Gateway screen.

  • Page 87: Ipv6 Static Route

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-68 Enter the following data: Destination IP Address: The Destination IP Address is the address of the network or host  that you want to assign to a static route.

  • Page 88: Rip Settings

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide To add a new entry, follow the instructions below. Click the Add New button in Figure 4-69, and you will see the screen as shown in Figure 4-70. Figure 4-70...

  • Page 89: Forwarding

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-71  Note: RIP cannot be configured on the WAN Interface which has NAT enabled (such as PPPoE). 4.13 Forwarding There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu: Virtual Servers, Port Triggering, DMZ and UPnP.

  • Page 90: Port Triggering

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide supported by the modem router). Status: The status of this entry, "Enabled" means the virtual server entry is enabled.  Edit: To modify or delete an existing entry. ...
  • Page 91 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide games, video conferencing, Internet telephoning and so on. Port Triggering is used for some of these applications that cannot work with a pure NAT modem router. Figure 4-74 To add a new rule, follow the steps below.

  • Page 92: Dmz

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Open Port: The port or port range used by the remote system when it responds to the  outgoing request. A response using one of these ports will be forwarded to the PC which triggered this rule.

  • Page 93: Upnp

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-76 To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server: Click the Enable button. Enter the IP address of a local PC that is set to be DMZ host in the DMZ Host IP Address field.

  • Page 94: Parental Control

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Click the Disable button to disable UPnP. Click the Refresh button to update the Current UPnP Settings List. 4.14 Parental Control Choose menu “Parental Control”, and you can configure the parental control in the screen as shown in Figure 4-78.

  • Page 95: Ipv4 Firewall

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 4.15 IPv4 Firewall There are four submenus under the Firewall menu: Rule, LAN Host, WAN Host and Schedule. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

  • Page 96: Lan Host

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide The methods to add a new rule: Click the Add New button and the next screen will pop up as shown in Figure 4-80. Give a name (e.g. Rule_1) for the rule in the Description field.

  • Page 97: Wan Host

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide To add a new entry, please follow the steps below. Click the Add New button. In the Mode field, select IP Address or MAC Address. If you select IP Address, please follow the steps below: ...

  • Page 98: Schedule

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide In IP Address field, enter the IP address. If you select MAC Address, the screen shown is Figure 4-84. Figure 4-84 In Description field, create a unique d escription for the host (e.g.

  • Page 99: Ipv6 Firewall

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  Edit: Here you can modify an existing schedule. To add a new schedule, follow the steps below: 1. Click Add New button and the next screen will p op-up as shown in Figure 4-87.

  • Page 100: Ipv6 Rule

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 4.16.1 IPv6 Rule Choose menu “IPv6 Firewall” → “IPv6 Rule”, and then you can view and set Access Control rules in the screen as shown in Figure 4-88. Figure 4-88 ...

  • Page 101: Ipv6 Lan Host

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Select a target from the IPv6 WAN Host drop-sown li st or choose “Add IPv6 WAN Host”. Select a schedule from the IPv6 Schedule drop-down list or cho ose “Add IPv6 Schedule”.

  • Page 102: Ipv6 Wan Host

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 4.16.3 IPv6 WAN Host Choose menu “IPv6 Firewall” → “IPv6 WAN Host”, and then you can view and set a Host list in the screen as shown in Figure 4-92.

  • Page 103: Ipv6 Tunnel

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  Description: Here displays the description of the schedule and this description is unique.  Edit: Here you can modify an existing schedule. To add a new schedule, follow the steps below: Click Add New button and you will see the screen as shown in Figure 4-95.
  • Page 104 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-96  Enable: Check the box to enable IPv6 Tunnel function. It is disabled by default.  Mechanism: Select a type for IPv6 tunnel from the drop-down list. DS-Lite, 6RD and 6to4 are supported.
  • Page 105 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-98  WAN Connection: Select a WAN connection from the drop-down list. Only the connected WAN connections can be shown in the drop-down list.  Configuration Type: Select a configuration type for this tunnel. Auto means to obtain the following parameters automatically while Manual means you set them manually.

  • Page 106: Bandwidth Control

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide 4.18 Bandwidth Control Choose menu “Bandwidth Control”, and then you can configure the Upstream Bandwidth and Downstream Bandwidth in the next screen. The values you configure should be less than 1000000Kbps.

  • Page 107: Ip&Mac Binding

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-101 Click the Save button. Click the Enable/ Disable Selected button to make selected entries enabled or disabled. Click the Delete Selected button to delete selected entries. 4.19 IP&MAC Binding There are two submenus under the IP &MAC Binding menu: Binding Settings and ARP List.

  • Page 108: Arp List

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide When you want to add or modify an IP & MAC Binding entry, you can click the Add New button or Edit button, and then you will go to the next page. This page is used for adding or modifying an IP &...

  • Page 109: Dynamic Dns

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Click the Load Selected button to load selected items to the IP & MAC Binding list. Click the Refresh button to refresh all items. 4.20 Dynamic DNS Choose menu “Dynamic DNS”, and you can configure the Dynamic DNS function.

  • Page 110: System Tools

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-106 4.22 System Tools Choose menu “System Tools”, and you can see the submenus under the main menu: System Log, Time Settings, Manage Control, CWMP Settings, SNMP Settings, Backup & Restore, Factory Defaults, Firmware Upgrade, Reboot and Statistics.

  • Page 111: Time Settings

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Figure 4-107 Log Type: By selecting the log type, only logs of this type will be shown.  Log Level: By selecting the log level, only logs of this level will be shown.

  • Page 112: Manage Control

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Time Zone: Select your local time zone from this pull down list.  Date: Enter your local date in MM/DD/YY into the right blanks.  Time: Enter your local time in HH/MM/SS into the right blanks.

  • Page 113: Cwmp Settings

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  Account Management: Here you can set the account user information about Old Password, New User Name, New Password and Confirm Password.  Service Configuration: Here you can modify the port of the modem router’s Web-Management page and limit the hosts which can login this modem router’s...

  • Page 114: Snmp Settings

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  Connection Request Path: Enter the path that connects to the ACS server.  Connection Request Port: Enter the port that connects to the ACS server.  Connection Request URL: Enter the URL that connects to the ACS server.

  • Page 115: Factory Defaults

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  Note: The current configuration will be covered with the uploading configuration file. Wrong process will lead the device unmanaged. The restoring process lasts for 20 seconds and the modem router will restart automatically then.

  • Page 116: Reboot

     Note: New firmware versions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. There is no need to upgrade the firmware unless the new firmware has a new feature you want to use. However, when experiencing problems caused by the modem router rather than the configuration, you can try to upgrade the firmware.

  • Page 117: Statistics

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide  Restore the modem router's settings to factory defaults (system will reboot automatically).  Update the configuration with the file (system will reboot automatically. 4.22.10 Statistics Choose menu “System Tools” → “Statistics”, and then you can view the statistics of the Modem router, including total traffic and current traffic of the last Packets Statistic Interval.

  • Page 118: Logout

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide The number of UDP packets transmitted to the WAN per second UDP Tx at the specified Packets Statistics interval. It is shown like “current transmitting rate / Max transmitting rate”.

  • Page 119: Appendix A: Specifications

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Appendix A: Specifications General ANSI T1.413, ITU G.992.1, ITU G.992.3, ITU G.992.5, ITU G.993.2 IEEE802.11p, IEEE802.11e, IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11g, Standards and Protocols IEEE802.11n, IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, TCP/IP, PPPoA, PPPoE, SNTP, HTTP, DHCP, ICMP, NAT Safety &...

  • Page 120: Appendix B: Troubleshooting

    TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Appendix B: Troubleshooting T1. How do I restore my modem router’s configuration to its factory default settings? With the modem router powered on, press and hold the RESET button on the rear panel for 8 to 10 seconds before releasing it.
  • Page 121 TD-W9980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router User Guide Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically.  Then click OK. For Windows 8 Move your mouse to the lower right corner and you will see Search icon in the Popups.
  • Page 122 3.2 Quick Installation Guide. Please contact our Technical Support if the problem still exists.  Note: For more details about Troubleshooting and Technical Support contact information, please log on to our Technical Support Website: http://www.tp-link.com/en/support...

  • Page 123: Appendix C: Technical Support

    Tel: NZ 0800 87 5465 (Toll Free) *Except French Bank holidays AU 1300 87 5465 (Depending on 1300 policy.) Switzerland E-mail: support.au@tp-link.com (Australia) Tel: +41 (0) 848 800 998 (German Service) support.nz@tp-link.com (New Zealand) Fee: 4-8 Rp/min, depending on rate of different Service time: 24hrs, 7 days a week time.

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