Archer VR900v User Guide AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VoIP VDSL2 Modem Router REV1.0.0 1910011504 Contents About This Guide 3 Chapter 1 Get to Know About Your Modem Router 4 1. 1. Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1. 2. Main Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1. 3. Panel Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1. 3. 1. Top View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1. 3. 2. The Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1. 3. 3. The Side Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Chapter 2 Connect the Hardware 11 2. 1. Position Your Modem Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2. 2. Connect Your Modem Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Chapter 3 Log into Your Modem Router 16 Chapter 4 Set Up Internet Connections 18 4. 1. Use Quick Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4. 2. Manually Set up an Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4. 3. Set up an IPv6 Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 4. 4. Test Internet Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Chapter 5 Telephony 23 5. 1. Connecting the Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 5. 2. DECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 5. 2. 1. Registering DECT Handset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 5. 2. 2. Configuring DECT Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 5. 3. Entering Telephone Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 5. 4. Telephone Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 5. 4. 1. Telephone Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 5. 4. 2. Emergency Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 5. 5. Telephony Devices Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 5. 6. Call Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 5. 7. Calling via Which Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 5. 8. Call Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 5. 8. 1. Do Not Disturb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 5. 8. 2. Blocking Certain Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 5. 8. 3. Prevent from Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 5. 9. Forwarding Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 5. 10. Call Through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 5. 11. tpPhone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 5. 12. Voice Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Chapter 6 Bandwidth Control 44 Chapter 7 Network Security 48 7. 1. MAC Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 7. 2. Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 7. 3. IP & MAC Binding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Chapter 8 USB Settings 54 8. 1. Local Storage Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 8. 1. 1. Access the USB disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 8. 1. 2. Customize Your Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 8. 2. Remote Access via FTP Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 8. 2. 1. Access the USB disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 8. 2. 2. Customize Your Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 8. 3. Media Sharing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 8. 3. 1. Access the USB disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 8. 3. 2. Customize Your Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 8. 4. Printer Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 8. 5. 3G/4G Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 8. 5. 1. As a backup solution for Internet access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 8. 5. 2. As the only way to access the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Chapter 9 Parental Controls 75 Chapter 10 Guest Network 79 10. 1. Create a Network for Guests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 10. 2. Customize Guest Network Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Chapter 11 NAT Forwarding 82 11. 1. Share Local Resources in the Internet by Virtual Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 11. 2. Open Ports Dynamically by Port Triggering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 11. 3. Make Applications Free from Port Restriction by DMZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 11. 4. Make Xbox Online Games Run Smoothly by UPnP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Chapter 12 Specify Your Network Settings 88 12. 1. LAN Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 12. 1. 1. Change the LAN IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 12. 1. 2. Use the Modem Router as a DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 12. 1. 3. Reserve LAN IP Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 12. 2. Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 12. 2. 1. Specify Basic Wireless Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 12. 2. 2. Use WPS for Wireless Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 12. 2. 3. Schedule Your Wireless Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 12. 2. 4. View Wireless Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 12. 2. 5. Advanced Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 12. 3. Set Up a Dynamic DNS Service Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 12. 4. Interface Grouping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 12. 5. Create Static Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 12. 6. Set up a VPN Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 12. 7. Set Up the IPv6 Tunnel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 12. 7. 1. Use the Public IPv6 Tunnel Service-6to4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 12. 7. 2. Specify the 6rd Tunnel with Parameters Provided by Your ISP . . . . . . .108 Chapter 13 Administrate Your Network 110 13. 1. Set System Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 13. 2. Update the Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 13. 3. Back up and Restore Configuration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 13. 4. Change the Administrator Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 13. 5. Local Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 13. 6. Remote Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 13. 7. System Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 13. 8. Monitor the Internet Traffic Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 13. 9. CWMP Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 13. 10. SNMP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Appendix A: Specifications 122 Appendix B: Troubleshooting 123 About This Guide This guide provides details of each function and shows how to configure the modem router appropriate to your needs. In addition to this guide, a Quick Installation Guide is also released with each TP-LINK modem router, you are suggested to configure your modem router for quick Internet setup by following the published Quick Installation Guide before you get started with a further configuration. Conventions In this guide the following conventions are used: Convention Description modem router/ Stands for AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VoIP VDSL2 Modem Router router without any explanation. Parameters provided in the screenshots are just references for setting up the parameters device, which may differ from the actual situation. You can set the parameters according to your demand. The demonstrated screenshots may look a little different from the actual screenshots web page of your device due to the various firmware versions. Please just configure your product based on the actual web page. Hyperlinks are in blue italic. You can click to redirect to a website or a specific Blue Italic section. Contents to be emphasized and texts on the web page are in blue, including Blue the menus, items, buttons, etc. The menu structures to show the path to load the corresponding page. For > example, Advanced > Wireless > MAC Filtering means the MAC Filtering function page is under the Wireless menu that is located in the Advanced tab. Ignoring this type of note might result in a malfunction or damage to the Note: device. Indicates important information that helps you make better use of your Tips: device. • click to edit the corresponding entry. symbols on the web • click to delete the corresponding entry. page • click to enable or disable the corresponding entry. 6 Chapter 1 Get to Know About Your Modem Router This chapter introduces what the modem router can do and shows its main features and appearance. This chapter contains the following sections: • Product Overview • Main Features • Panel Layout Chapter 1 Get to Know about Your Modem Router 1 1 Product Overview What This Product Does TP-LINK’s Archer VR900v AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VoIP VDSL2 Modem Router is a combined wired/wireless network connection device with integrated wireless router and VDSL modem, reducing hassle of configuration and saving space. Featuring a variety of features and rich functionality, Archer VR900v is the perfect hub of your home or business network. 802 11ac - The Next Generation of Wi-Fi TP-LINK’s Archer VR900v comes with the next generation Wi-Fi standard – 802.11ac, backward compatible with 802.11n and 3 times faster than wireless N speeds. With higher power efficiency and robust security, 802.11ac is the perfect way to accelerate a home multimedia network and solve congestion that multiple devices may cause. 1900Mbps Concurrent Dual Band - More Bandwidth, Less Interference With 1300Mbps wireless speeds over the crystal clear 5GHz band and 600Mbps over the 2.4GHz band, Archer VR900v offers you the flexibility of two dedicated networks and ensures amazing wireless performance. Simple tasks such as sending e-mails or web browsing can be handled by the 2.4GHz band while bandwidth intensive tasks like online gaming or HD video streaming can be processed by the 5GHz band – all at the same time. Broad Wi-Fi Coverage and Targeted Connection Featuring three detachable antennas and external amplifiers, Archer VR900v is able to boost Wi-Fi coverage throughout your home. Advanced Beamforming technology enables Archer VR900v to focus Wi-Fi signal to connected devices, delivering a more targeted and highly efficient wireless connection. Multifunctional USB Port – Easy Storage and Sharing Using the Archer VR900v’s one ultra-fast USB 3.0 port and one USB 2.0 port, you can share a printer with multiple computers and devices on your network and can also share files & media at home or via the FTP server while away from home. Interchangeable LAN/WAN Port - Versatile Connectivity The Archer VR900v supports DSL or Ethernet WAN connections (EWAN), which allows users to have the flexibility of different Internet connections among DSL, cable or fiber modem using its interchangeable LAN/WAN port. This unique feature makes it easier when users need to change to fiber or cable services when necessary. 8 Chapter 1 Get to Know about Your Modem Router Guest Network Guest Network Access provides secure Wi-Fi access for guests sharing your home or office network in a controlled manner without needing to expose private Wi-Fi access codes or other personal data. IPv6 Supported Archer VR900v supports IPv6, which is the foundation of the next generation of the Internet and enables a range of new services and improved user experience. 1 2 Main Features • Supports 802.11ac - The next generation of Wi-Fi, compatible with 802.11n. • Simultaneous 2.4GHz 600Mbps and 5GHz 1300Mbps connections for 1900Mbps of total available bandwidth. • 3 dual band detachable antennas and external pa provide stable signals and optimal wireless coverage. • Beamforming Technology brings a more targeted and highly efficient Wi-Fi connection. • Supports USB 3G/4G modems, USB Storage Sharing, Print Server, FTP Server, Media Server. Share a printer locally and files & media with networked devices or remotely via FTP server. • Ethernet WAN (EWAN) offers another broadband connectivity option for connecting VDSL, cable or fiber modems. • Adopts Advanced DMT modulation and demodulation technology. • Downstream and upstream data rates up to 100Mbps. • Supports long transfers, the max line length can reach to 6.5Km. • Supports VoIP. • Supports Multiple PVC (Permanent Virtual Circuit). • DECT base station for connecting up to 6 cordless telephones. • Built-in DHCP server. • High speed and asymmetrical data transmit mode, provides safe and exclusive bandwidth. • Compatible with all mainstreams DSLAM (CO). • Provides integrated access of internet and route function which face to SOHO user. • Guest Network Access provides secure Wi-Fi access for guests sharing your home or office network. • Parental Controls allow parents or administrators to establish restricted access policies for children or staff. 9 Chapter 1 Get to Know about Your Modem Router • IP-based Bandwidth Control makes it easier for you to manage the bandwidth of devices connected to the router. • Supports IP/MAC filter and URL filter, Access Control list. • SPI and NAT firewall protects end-user devices from potential attacks from the Internet. • WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK encryptions provide user networks with active defense against security threats. • Supports remote configuration and management through SNMP and CWMP. • Easy one-touch WPA wireless security encryption with the WPS button. • Wi-Fi On/Off Button allows users to turn their wireless radio on or off. • Supports firmware upgrade and Web management. • Supports Virtual Server, DMZ host and Port Triggering. • Supports Dynamic DNS, UPnP and Static Routing. • Supports system log and flow Statistics. • Supports IPv6. 1 3 Panel Layout 1 3 1 Top View The modem router’s LEDs are located on the top panel (View from top to bottom). You can check the modem router’s working status by following the LED Explanation table. 10