TP-Link TL-R480T+ manual Load Balance, Configuration, Policy Routing

Choose the menu Advanced→Session Limit→Session List to load the following page.

Figure 4-33 Session List

In this table, you can view the session limit information of users configured with Session Limit. Click the <Refresh> button to get the latest information.

4.5.4 Load Balance

On this part, you can configure how the traffic load is shared by the WAN ports to optimize the resource utilization.

4.5.4.1Configuration

Choose the menu Advanced→Load Balance→Configuration to load the following page.

Figure 4-34 Configuration

With the box before Enable Application Optimized Routing checked, the router will consider the source IP address and destination IP address of the packets as a whole and record the WAN port they pass through. And then the packets with the same source IP address and destination IP address or destination port will be forwarded to the recorded WAN port. This feature is to ensure the multi-connected applications to work properly.

Check the box before Enable Bandwidth Based Balance Routing and select the WAN port below, Load Balance of the specified WAN port will be enabled automatically if no routing rules are set.

Then click the <Save> button to apply the settings.

Note:

The WAN ports not connecting to the Internet will not apply Intelligent Balance, please do not select them.

4.5.4.2Policy Routing

Policy Routing provides a more accurate way to control the routing based on the policy defined by the network administrator.

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