Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide | TP-Link TL-R480T+

¾LAN - This field displays the current information for the LAN, including the “MAC address”, “IP address” and “Subnet Mask”.

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Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide

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¾LAN - This field displays the current information for the LAN, including the “MAC address”, “IP address” and “Subnet Mask”.

¾WAN - This field displays the parameters applied to the WAN ports of the router, including “MAC address”, “IP address”, “Subnet Mask”, “Default Gateway” and so on. The number of WAN ports can be configured on the “Network→WAN Number” page. Dual WAN ports mode is set by default.

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If PPPoE/L2TP/PPTP is chosen as the WAN connection type, the Disconnect button will be shown here while you are accessing the Internet. You can also cut the connection by clicking the

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TP-Link TL-R480T+ manual Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide

Contents

TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router Rev 4.1.0 COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS All rights reserved FCC STATEMENT CE Mark Warning Conventions Package Contentsor missing, please contact with your distributor Chapter 1. Introduction Hardware installationChapter 3. Quick Installation Guide Chapter Appendix B Preventing Lightning Appendix A SpecificationsAppendix C FAQ Appendix D Glossary 1.1 Overview of the Router 1.2 FeaturesChapter 1.Introduction TL-R480T+ 1.3 Conventions 2.1.1 The Front Panel Chapter 2.Hardware installation2.1 Panel Layout Status 2.1.2 The Rear Panel Ensure the router is powered on before it restarts completely 2.4 Connect to Ground 2.3 Installation Environment Requirements2.2 System Requirements Connecting to the Grounding Bar Connecting to the Ground via the power supply 2.5 Connecting the Router TL-R480T+ Chapter 3.Quick Installation Guide 3.1 Configure PC TL-R480T+ Step 4 Configure the IP address as shown in Figure 3-4. After that, click OK 2 Is the TCP/IP configuration for your PC correct? 3.2 Login1 Is the connection between your PC and the Router correct? Step 1 Select the Quick Setup tab on the left of the main menu and the “Quick Setup” screen will appear. Click the Next button Step 3 If you choose PPPoE, you will see the screen as shown in Figure 3-10. Enter the Username and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case sensitive. If you have difficulty with this process, please contact your ISP Chapter 4.Configuring the Router 4.1 Status ¾ LAN - This field displays the current information for the LAN, including the “MAC address”, “IP address” and “Subnet Mask” 4.3.1 WAN/LAN Number 4.2 Quick Setup4.3 Network Please refer to chapter 3Quick Installation Guide 4.3.2 LAN 1 By default, TL-R480T+ is set to work at the mode of dual WAN ports 4.3.3 WAN 1. Dynamic IP ¾ WAN Port Here allows you to select the WAN port to configure 2. Static IP ¾ Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity Max Idle Time. If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand enables the router to automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. If you wish to activate Connect on Demand, check the radio button and click Save to apply 3. PPPoE ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this option, click the radio button ¾ Ingress Bandwidth Enter the bandwidth for download traffic 4. BigPondCable TL-R480T+ 5. L2TP TL-R480T+ 6. PPTP TL-R480T+ 4.3.4 Network Service Detection 4.3.6 Load Balance 4.3.5 MAC Clone2 Only the PCs on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone feature ¾ Enable/Disable WAN - Click the check box of WAN which you want to enable the Load Balance Bytes Tx + Rx - Bytes transmitted and received through the WAN port How to set an extra IP address dispatch rule? To add a dispatch rule 4.3.7 Balance PolicyStep 3 Click Save to apply your setting Step 1 Click Add New… button, you will see the following screen 4.3.8 WAN Port Parameter 4.4 DHCP 4.4.1 DHCP Settings 4.4.2 DHCP Clients List 4.4.3 Address Reservation Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure 4.5 Forwarding2 The function wont take effect until the router reboots To add/modify a reserved IP address 4.5.1 Virtual Servers To add/modify a virtual server entry 4.5.2 Port Triggering ¾ Trigger Port - This displays the port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection using this port will Trigger this rule To add/modify a port triggering entry 4.5.3 DMZ 4 Incoming Port Range cannot overlap each other 4.5.4 UPnP To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server 4.6 Security 4.5.5 ALG 4.6.1 Firewall 4.6.2 IP Filtering To add/modify an IP Address filtering entry Step 6 Click the Save button to save this entry 4.6.3 Domain Filtering To add or modify a Domain Filtering entry 4.6.4 MAC Filtering To add or modify a MAC Filtering entry 4.6.5 Screen ¾ Region - This option used to select the specifically area from which the packets will be monitored by the next settings ¾ Scan Attack Defence ¾ DoS Attack Defence IP address ten different ports, then the source IP address will be deemed to make Port Attacks. And the Router will start up the blocking function immediately¾ Dubious Packet Defence 4.7 Static Routing ¾ Packet Defence with IP option To add/modify a static routing entry 4.8.1 Session Limit 4.8 Session LimitTo add/modify a session limit entry 4.8.2 Session List 4.9 QoSYou can click the Refresh to update the information 4.9.1 QoS Settings 4.9.2 QoS Rules List Setting, ARP List 4.10.1 Binding Setting4.10 IP & MAC Binding To add/modify a QoS rule Step 2 Enter the MAC Address and IP Address in the corresponding field To add/modify an IP & MAC binding entryTo find a specific IP & MAC binding entry 4.10.2 ARP List You can click “to page” to edit the entry in the corresponding screen 4.11 Dynamic DNS 4.11.1 Dyndns DDNS 4.11.2 PeanutHull DDNS To set up for Dyndns DDNS, follow these instructions 4.11.3 Comexe DDNS To set up for PeanutHull DDNS, follow these instructions 4.11.4 No-IP DDNS To set up for Comexe DDNS, follow these instructions 4.12 Switch Settings To set up for No-IP DDNS, follow these instructions 4.12.1 Port Statistics 4.12.2 Port Mirror 4.12.3 Port Rate Control 4.12.4 Port Parameter 4.12.5 Port Status 4.13 System Tools 4.12.6 Port VLAN To configure the system time manually 4.13.1 Time SettingsTo configure the system automatically 4.13.2 Diagnostic Tools 2 The time will be lost if the router is turned off 4 The router will reboot after the upgrading has been finished 4.13.3 FirmwareTo upgrade the routers firmware, follow these instructions below 1. Only one user can use these tools at one time 1 The default User Name is admin 2 The default Password is admin 4.13.4 Factory Defaults4.13.5 Backup and Restore 3 The default IP Address is 4 The default Subnet Mask is Step 2 Click the Restore button to complete To restore the Router’s settingsStep 2 Save the file as the appointed file shown in Figure 1 Change LAN IP Address. System will reboot automatically 4.13.6 Reboot4.13.7 Password 2 MAC Clone system will reboot automatically 3 DHCP service function 4.13.9 Remote Management 4.13.8 System Log3 You can click the Clean All button to clean all the configurations 4.13.10 Statistics Total IP AddressMAC Address Packets 4.13.12 NAT Source Port Settings 4.13.11 IP NAT Table General Appendix A SpecificationsPhysical and Environment Appendix B Preventing Lightning Appendix C FAQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? 3. I want to use Netmeeting, what do I need to do? TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User GuideSave Method one Use Virtual Server Method two Use DMZ Host Figure C-47. I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? Figure C-6 Figure C-7 Appendix D Glossary