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Package Contents
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Hardware installation
Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter
Appendix A Specifications
Appendix C FAQ
Appendix B Preventing Lightning
Appendix D Glossary
1.2 Features
Chapter 1.Introduction
1.1 Overview of the Router
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1.3 Conventions
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Chapter 2.Hardware installation
2.1 Panel Layout
2.1.1 The Front Panel
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2.1.2 The Rear Panel
Ensure the router is powered on before it restarts completely
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2.3 Installation Environment Requirements
2.2 System Requirements
2.4 Connect to Ground
Connecting to the Grounding Bar
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Connecting to the Ground via the power supply
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2.5 Connecting the Router
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Chapter 3.Quick Installation Guide
3.1 Configure PC
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Step 4 Configure the IP address as shown in Figure 3-4. After that, click OK
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3.2 Login
2 Is the TCP/IP configuration for your PC correct?
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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
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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
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Chapter 4.Configuring the Router
4.1 Status
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¾ LAN - This field displays the current information for the LAN, including the “MAC address”, “IP address” and “Subnet Mask”
4.2 Quick Setup
4.3 Network
4.3.1 WAN/LAN Number
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
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4.3.3 WAN
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1. Dynamic IP
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¾ WAN Port Here allows you to select the WAN port to configure
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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
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3. PPPoE
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¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this option, click the radio button
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¾ Ingress Bandwidth Enter the bandwidth for download traffic
4. BigPondCable
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5. L2TP
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6. PPTP
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4.3.4 Network Service Detection
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4.3.5 MAC Clone
4.3.6 Load Balance
2 Only the PCs on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone feature
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¾ Enable/Disable WAN - Click the check box of WAN which you want to enable the Load Balance
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Bytes Tx + Rx - Bytes transmitted and received through the WAN port
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How to set an extra IP address dispatch rule?
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4.3.7 Balance Policy
Step 3 Click Save to apply your setting
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4.3.8 WAN Port Parameter
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4.4 DHCP
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4.4.1 DHCP Settings
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4.4.2 DHCP Clients List
4.4.3 Address Reservation
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4.5 Forwarding
2 The function wont take effect until the router reboots
Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure
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4.5.1 Virtual Servers
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To add/modify a virtual server entry
4.5.2 Port Triggering
Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure
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¾ Trigger Port - This displays the port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection using this port will Trigger this rule
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To add/modify a port triggering entry
4.5.3 DMZ
Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure
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4.5.4 UPnP
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To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server
4.6 Security
4.5.5 ALG
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4.6.1 Firewall
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4.6.2 IP Filtering
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To add/modify an IP Address filtering entry
Step 6 Click the Save button to save this entry
4.6.3 Domain Filtering
Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure
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Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure
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To add or modify a Domain Filtering entry
4.6.4 MAC Filtering
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To add or modify a MAC Filtering entry
4.6.5 Screen
Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure
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¾ Region - This option used to select the specifically area from which the packets will be monitored by the next settings
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¾ Scan Attack Defence
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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 immediately
¾ DoS Attack Defence
4.7 Static Routing
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¾ Packet Defence with IP option
Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure
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To add/modify a static routing entry
4.8 Session Limit
4.8.1 Session Limit
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4.9 QoS
4.8.2 Session List
You can click the Refresh to update the information
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4.9.1 QoS Settings
4.9.2 QoS Rules List
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4.10.1 Binding Setting
4.10 IP & MAC Binding
Setting, ARP List
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To add/modify an IP & MAC binding entry
Step 2 Enter the MAC Address and IP Address in the corresponding field
4.10.2 ARP List
Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure
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4.11 Dynamic DNS
4.11.1 Dyndns DDNS
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4.11.2 PeanutHull DDNS
To set up for Dyndns DDNS, follow these instructions
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4.11.3 Comexe DDNS
To set up for PeanutHull DDNS, follow these instructions
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4.11.4 No-IP DDNS
To set up for Comexe DDNS, follow these instructions
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4.12 Switch Settings
To set up for No-IP DDNS, follow these instructions
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4.12.1 Port Statistics
4.12.2 Port Mirror
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4.12.3 Port Rate Control
4.12.4 Port Parameter
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4.12.5 Port Status
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4.13 System Tools
4.12.6 Port VLAN
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4.13.1 Time Settings
To configure the system time manually
To configure the system automatically
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4.13.2 Diagnostic Tools
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2 The time will be lost if the router is turned off
4.13.3 Firmware
To upgrade the routers firmware, follow these instructions below
4 The router will reboot after the upgrading has been finished
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4.13.4 Factory Defaults
4.13.5 Backup and Restore
1 The default User Name is admin 2 The default Password is admin
3 The default IP Address is 4 The default Subnet Mask is
To restore the Router’s settings
Step 2 Click the Restore button to complete
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4.13.6 Reboot
4.13.7 Password
1 Change LAN IP Address. System will reboot automatically
2 MAC Clone system will reboot automatically 3 DHCP service function
4.13.8 System Log
4.13.9 Remote Management
3 You can click the Clean All button to clean all the configurations
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4.13.10 Statistics
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IP Address
MAC Address
4.13.12 NAT Source Port Settings
4.13.11 IP NAT Table
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Appendix A Specifications
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General
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Appendix B Preventing Lightning
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Appendix C FAQ
1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users?
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Save
3. I want to use Netmeeting, what do I need to do?
Method one Use Virtual Server
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Figure C-4
Method two Use DMZ Host
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Figure C-6
Figure C-7
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Appendix D Glossary
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