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Chapter 2.Hardware installation

TL-R480T+

Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide

Chapter 2.Hardware installation

2.1Panel Layout

2.1.1The Front Panel

The Router’s LEDs are located on the front panel (View from left to right).

			Figure 2-1
LED Descriptions:

	Name	Status	Indication
	PWR	Not lit	The router is power off.

		Lit up (Green)	The router is power on.
		Lit up (Green)	The router is power on.

		Not lit	The router has a hardware error.

	SYS	Lit up (Green)	The router has a hardware error.

		Flashing	The router works properly.
		Flashing
		(Green)
		(Green)

		Not lit	There is no device linked to the corresponding port.

		Lit up	There is a device linked to the corresponding port but no
		Lit up	activity. (Green light indicates the corresponding port is
	Link/Act	(Green/Yellow)	activity. (Green light indicates the corresponding port is
	(WAN/LAN)		working as a LAN port, and yellow indicates WAN port.)
	(WAN/LAN)	Flashing	There is an active device linked to the corresponding port.
			There is an active device linked to the corresponding port.
			(Green light indicates the corresponding port is working as a
		(Green/Yellow)
			LAN port, and yellow indicates WAN port.)
		Not lit	The linked device is running at 10Mbps.
	100Mbps
	100Mbps	Lit up	The linked device is running at 100Mbps. (Green light
	(WAN/LAN)	Lit up	indicates the corresponding port is working as a LAN port,
		(Green/Yellow)	indicates the corresponding port is working as a LAN port,
			and yellow indicates WAN port.)

The front panel contains the following features. (Viewed from left to right)

¾Reset: Use the button to restore the router to the factory defaults. There are two ways to reset the router:

Method one: Use the Factory Defaults function on System Tools ->Factory Defaults page in the router's Web-based Utility.

Method two: With the router powered on, use a pin to press and hold the Reset button (about 5 seconds) until the SYS LED lights up and flashes. And then release the button and wait the router to reboot to its factory default settings.

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Rev 4.1.0 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router All rights reserved COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS CE Mark Warning FCC STATEMENT Package Contents Conventionsor missing, please contact with your distributor Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide Hardware installationChapter 1. Introduction Chapter Appendix C FAQ Appendix A SpecificationsAppendix B Preventing Lightning Appendix D Glossary Chapter 1.Introduction 1.2 Features1.1 Overview of the Router TL-R480T+ 1.3 Conventions 2.1 Panel Layout Chapter 2.Hardware installation2.1.1 The Front Panel Status Ensure the router is powered on before it restarts completely 2.1.2 The Rear Panel 2.2 System Requirements 2.3 Installation Environment Requirements2.4 Connect to Ground Connecting to the Grounding Bar Connecting to the Ground via the power supply 2.5 Connecting the Router Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 3.1 Configure PC Chapter 3.Quick Installation Guide Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Step 4 Configure the IP address as shown in Figure 3-4. After that, click OK 3.2 Login 2 Is the TCP/IP configuration for your PC correct?1 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 4.1 Status Chapter 4.Configuring the Router ¾ LAN - This field displays the current information for the LAN, including the “MAC address”, “IP address” and “Subnet Mask” 4.3 Network 4.2 Quick Setup4.3.1 WAN/LAN Number Please refer to chapter 3Quick Installation Guide 1 By default, TL-R480T+ is set to work at the mode of dual WAN ports 4.3.2 LAN 1. Dynamic IP 4.3.3 WAN ¾ WAN Port Here allows you to select the WAN port to configure 2. Static IP 3. PPPoE 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 ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this option, click the radio button 4. BigPondCable ¾ Ingress Bandwidth Enter the bandwidth for download traffic Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 5. L2TP Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 6. PPTP Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 4.3.4 Network Service Detection 4.3.5 MAC Clone 4.3.6 Load Balance2 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? Step 3 Click Save to apply your setting 4.3.7 Balance PolicyTo add a dispatch rule 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 4.4.3 Address Reservation 4.4.2 DHCP Clients List 2 The function wont take effect until the router reboots 4.5 ForwardingOther configurations for the entries as shown in Figure To add/modify a reserved IP address To add/modify a virtual server entry 4.5.1 Virtual Servers 4.5.2 Port Triggering To add/modify a port triggering entry ¾ Trigger Port - This displays the port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection using this port will Trigger this rule 4 Incoming Port Range cannot overlap each other 4.5.3 DMZ To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server 4.5.4 UPnP 4.5.5 ALG 4.6 Security 4.6.1 Firewall 4.6.2 IP Filtering Step 6 Click the Save button to save this entry To add/modify an IP Address filtering entry 4.6.3 Domain Filtering To add or modify a Domain Filtering entry To add or modify a MAC Filtering entry 4.6.4 MAC Filtering 4.6.5 Screen ¾ Scan Attack Defence ¾ Region - This option used to select the specifically area from which the packets will be monitored by the next settings 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 Defence¾ Dubious Packet Defence ¾ Packet Defence with IP option 4.7 Static Routing To add/modify a static routing entry 4.8 Session Limit 4.8.1 Session LimitTo add/modify a session limit entry 4.9 QoS 4.8.2 Session ListYou can click the Refresh to update the information 4.9.2 QoS Rules List 4.9.1 QoS Settings 4.10 IP & MAC Binding 4.10.1 Binding SettingSetting, ARP List To add/modify a QoS rule To add/modify an IP & MAC binding entry Step 2 Enter the MAC Address and IP Address in the corresponding fieldTo find a specific IP & MAC binding entry You can click “to page” to edit the entry in the corresponding screen 4.10.2 ARP List 4.11.1 Dyndns DDNS 4.11 Dynamic DNS To set up for Dyndns DDNS, follow these instructions 4.11.2 PeanutHull DDNS To set up for PeanutHull DDNS, follow these instructions 4.11.3 Comexe DDNS To set up for Comexe DDNS, follow these instructions 4.11.4 No-IP DDNS To set up for No-IP DDNS, follow these instructions 4.12 Switch Settings 4.12.2 Port Mirror 4.12.1 Port Statistics 4.12.4 Port Parameter 4.12.3 Port Rate Control 4.12.5 Port Status 4.12.6 Port VLAN 4.13 System Tools 4.13.1 Time Settings To configure the system time manuallyTo configure the system automatically 2 The time will be lost if the router is turned off 4.13.2 Diagnostic Tools To upgrade the routers firmware, follow these instructions below 4.13.3 Firmware4 The router will reboot after the upgrading has been finished 1. Only one user can use these tools at one time 4.13.5 Backup and Restore 4.13.4 Factory Defaults1 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 completeStep 2 Save the file as the appointed file shown in Figure 4.13.7 Password 4.13.6 Reboot1 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 Management3 You can click the Clean All button to clean all the configurations 4.13.10 Statistics MAC Address IP AddressTotal Packets 4.13.11 IP NAT Table 4.13.12 NAT Source Port Settings Appendix A Specifications GeneralPhysical and Environment Appendix B Preventing Lightning 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? Appendix C FAQ Save TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide3. I want to use Netmeeting, what do I need to do? Method one Use Virtual Server Figure C-4 Method two Use DMZ Host7. I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? Figure C-7 Figure C-6 Appendix D Glossary