Configure TD-W8961ND WAN settings

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Configure TD-W8961ND WAN settings
Configure TD-W8961ND WAN settings
2013-06-25 02:30:21
Region : UnitedKingdom

Model : TD-W8961ND

Hardware Version : V3

Firmware Version : 3.0.0 build 120808 Ref,28888

ISP : BT Infinity


Hi, I'm trying to configure my new TD-W8961ND for BT Infinity. I have a printout of the settings I need but I now need to configure one of the LAN ports, preferably LAN 4, to WAN so that I can connect it to the BT Infinity/Open Reach modem.

From what I can find out, the configuration screens on my TD-W8961ND have been changed and look nothing like those described in the TP-Link FAQ's.

Would someone please be so kind as to give me an idiots guide in plain, non-technical, English describing how to configure a LAN port as a WAN port for use with BT Infinity.

Thanks very much.
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Re:Configure TD-W8961ND WAN settings
2013-06-25 15:47:53
Hi.
After checking the User Guide of TD-W8961ND, I'm afraid that this modem cannot be configured to change the LAN port into WAN port.
You can just replace the BT modem router with TD-W8961ND.

Or if you want to make TD-W8961ND work with the BT router, you can disable DHCP function on TD-W8961ND and then connect the BT router to the LAN port of TD-W8961ND by an Ethernet cable. In this way, TD-W8961ND can be working as a wireless access point.
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Re:Configure TD-W8961ND WAN settings
2013-06-27 03:16:28
Hi Stella, many thanks for your reply however all the user guides I have read and even TP-Links own specifications definitely state that the LAN ports can be configured as a WAN port. If you're correct and it cannot be configured as a WAN then surely the Advertising Standards Authority in the United Kingdom would have something to say.

I'm still hoping that someone has an answer to my query.

Regards, Johnwj
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Re:Configure TD-W8961ND WAN settings
2013-06-27 15:02:54
Hi, Johnwj.
Is your modem TD-W8961ND? V3? Can you double check it?
"however all the user guides I have read and even TP-Links own specifications definitely state that the LAN ports can be configured as a WAN port."
Can you make a picture and post it here?
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You can just replace the BT modem router with TD-W8961ND.
2013-06-28 03:31:05
You can just replace the BT modem router with TD-W8961ND.

I suggest you check your contract with BT.
I think you will find this part of BT's network not yours.

yours.:cool:
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2017-11-15 22:14:07
Hi All,
Did anyone find a solution for this ?
If yes can you explain the same here as I was looking for the same solution.
Cheers !!
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Re:Configure TD-W8961ND WAN settings
2017-11-17 17:02:43
Hi anikit,

Is your model also TD-W8961ND? This model doesn't support to work as a router only, it has to be a modem router.

anikit wrote

Hi All,
Did anyone find a solution for this ?
If yes can you explain the same here as I was looking for the same solution.
Cheers !!
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