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

¾WAN Port: Here allows you to select the WAN port to configure.

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Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide

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¾WAN Port: Here allows you to select the WAN port to configure.

¾Interior network: When the WAN is connecting with a LAN, you can select the option, and enter the LAN IP addresses in the field, then the WAN port will only transmit the traffic whose destination IP address are contained in the field.

¾MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. For some ISPs you need to reduce the MTU. But this is rarely required, and should not be done unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP connection.

¾Primary DNS & Secondary DNS - If your ISP gives you one or two DNS addresses, select Use These DNS Servers and enter the primary and secondary addresses into the correct fields. Otherwise, the DNS servers will be assigned dynamically from ISP.

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If you get ‘Address not found' errors when you go to a Web site, it is likely that your DNS servers are set up improperly. You should contact your ISP to get correct DNS server.

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TP-Link TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide, ¾ WAN Port Here allows you to select the WAN port to configure

Contents

TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router Rev 4.1.0 COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS All rights reserved FCC STATEMENT CE Mark Warning or missing, please contact with your distributor Package ContentsConventions 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 1 Is the connection between your PC and the Router correct? 3.2 Login2 Is the TCP/IP configuration for your PC 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 2 Only the PCs on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone feature 4.3.5 MAC Clone4.3.6 Load Balance 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 Dubious Packet 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 DoS Attack Defence 4.7 Static Routing ¾ Packet Defence with IP option To add/modify a static routing entry To add/modify a session limit entry 4.8 Session Limit4.8.1 Session Limit You can click the Refresh to update the information 4.9 QoS4.8.2 Session List 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 To find a specific IP & MAC binding entry To add/modify an IP & MAC binding entryStep 2 Enter the MAC Address and IP Address in the corresponding field 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 automatically 4.13.1 Time SettingsTo configure the system time manually 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 Save the file as the appointed file shown in Figure To restore the Router’s settingsStep 2 Click the Restore button to complete 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 3 You can click the Clean All button to clean all the configurations 4.13.8 System Log4.13.9 Remote Management 4.13.10 Statistics Total IP AddressMAC Address Packets 4.13.12 NAT Source Port Settings 4.13.11 IP NAT Table Physical and Environment Appendix A SpecificationsGeneral 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 7. I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? Figure C-4Method two Use DMZ Host Figure C-6 Figure C-7 Appendix D Glossary