My friend has subscribed to a internet service. the service provider provides a RJ45 connection till home. Now instead of ordering a router, He (yes its a he 
) ordered a Modem + router.I feel the modem + router should work. Require your help as to what settings i should change to make it work
Which model?
its TP Link TD-W8951ND
It’s easy, go to router setup page 192.168.1.1 or whatever.. Select router mode, put lan cable in WAN port of router… And you are good to go..
That is the problem. It has no WAN port. Only 4 LAN ports and 1 DSL port (RJ11)
Its not possible check closely, on one of the ports (mostly first or fourth) , WAN will be written within brackets or something…
Specs page says :
CONNECTIVITY
AntennaeExternal
Number of LAN ports4
Number of WAN ports1
Number of USB Ports0
WANRJ-11
LANRJ-45
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Well according to this picture , the WAN port is not mentioned on the router , but there is one , manuals might help you !
Try the guides here :
http://www.tp-link.in/products/details/?model=TD-W8951ND#down
When u open the router page , during setups , there will a place to sellect ISP ..
Options will be : Dynamic IP ADDRESS , Static IP ADDRESS,PPPoA/PPPoE,Bridge Mode.
Select Dynamic IP address to use just as router , or id u are using modem in Bridge mode , then select bridge mode (advanced users).
The only problem is figuring out , which is the WAN port !
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I have the same query. Is there any way to use an ADSL modem + router as only router having no WAN ports ??
I sure there are no wan ports?
Look closely..
The wan port is the ADSL port!! I sold of mine. I tried everything and it did not work. Even the technical support says its not possible.
The problem is the NAT only works with ADSL. tp-link has models that do NAT off WAN as well as ADSL. This isn’t that model.
Was using TP link 8968,port no 1 is wan port in that, ADSL is a separate port..
I’m now using WR841… Had wr740n before that.. Since I found router plus modem combo seems to work better and plus added benefits of dd wrt and open wrt..
Yes, your model has the EWAN (tp-link speak for ethernet wan connections).
Whereas the 8951 does not have ewan.
I thought there was another model that also had ewan but it seems the 8968 is the only one.
Sure, best of breed discrete is usually more flexible than all-in-one.
But people always want the cheaper unit which is a compromise.
another thing you need to take into consideration that dhcp won’t be enabled as long as you are using regular rj45 as WAN. you can connect it to a LAN port and configure Static/Dynamic IP for the WAN
Won’t work unless the router can NAT to those addresses. That won’t happen with a model that cannot do WAN on the ethernet port.