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TD-W8900G54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide

Chapter 2. Product Overview

2.1Overview of the Router

Thank you for choosing the TD-W8900G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router. The Router is designed to provide a simple and cost-effective ADSL Internet connection for a private Ethernet or 802.11g/802.11b wireless network.

The Router is easy to use. The TD-W8900G connects to an Ethernet LAN or computers via standard Ethernet ports. The ADSL connection is made using ordinary telephone line with standard connectors. Multiple workstations can be networked and connected to the Internet using a single Wide Area Network (WAN) interface and single global IP address. The advanced security enhancements, IP Filtering and MAC Filtering can help protect your network from potentially devastating intrusions by malicious agents from the outside of your network. Parental Control provides flexible access control so that parents or network administrators can establish restricted access policies for children or staff.

The Router is easy to install and manage. Quick Setup of the Web-based Utility is supplied and friendly help messages are provided for every step. Network and Router management is done through the Web-based Utility which can be accessed through local Ethernet using any web browser. Remote management is provided so that you may configure the Router through WAN port by the use of any Web browser.

ADSL

The TD- W8900G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router utilizes integrated ADSL2+ transceiver and high speed MIPS CPU. The Router supports full-rate ADSL2+ connectivity conforming to the ITU and ANSI specifications.

In addition to the basic DMT physical layer functions, the ADSL2+ PHY supports dual latency ADSL2+ framing (fast and interleaved) and the I.432 ATM Physical Layer.

The TD- W8900G 54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router is a complete plug-and-play solution. The Router integrates 4-port switch, firewall and NAT-Router. Its design is dedicated to Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) wireless network solutions.

Wireless

In the most attentive wireless security, the Router provides multiple protection measures. It can be set to turn off the wireless network name (SSID) broadcast so that only stations that have the SSID can be connected. The Router provides wireless LAN 64/128/152-bit WEP encryption security, WPA/WPA2 and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK authentication, as well as TKIP/AES encryption security.

2.2Main Features

¾4 10/100Mbps Auto-Negotiation RJ45 LAN ports (Auto MDI/MDIX), 1 RJ11 port.

¾Quick response semi-conductive surge protect circuit, reliable surge-protect function.

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