TP-Link TL-R488T manuel d'utilisation

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router Rev: 1.1.2[...]

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. ® is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trade marks or registered trademarks of t heir respective holders. No part of the specificat ions may be reproduced in any form or b y any means or used to make any derivat[...]

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    FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi th the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Ru les. These limits are designed to pr ovide reasonable protectio n against harmful interference in a residential in stallation. This equipment ge nerates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if[...]

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    CONTENTS Package C ontents .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introduc tion .......................................................................................... 2 1.1 Overview of the Router ............................................................................[...]

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    4.6.2 IP Filt ering ...................................................................................................... 46 4.6.3 Domain Filtering ............................................................................................. 49 4.6.4 MAC Filtering ....................................................................................[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 1 Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ One TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Ro uter ¾ One power cord for TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Route r ¾ One Resource CD for TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Ro uter, including: • This Guide • Other Helpful Information[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router ! 1.1 Overview of the Router The TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Ro uter possesses excellent throughput and driving load capability, which cons umedly meets the requirements fr om Internet cafe and small /medi[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 3 ¾ Supports UPnP, Dynamic DNS, Stat ic Routing, VPN pass-through ¾ Supports Traffic Statistics ¾ Supports ICMP-FLOOD, UDP-FLOOD, TCP-SYN-FLOOD filter ¾ Ignores Ping packets from WAN or LAN ports ¾ Supports firmware upgrade ¾ Supports Remote and Web management 1.3 Conventions The Router or TL-[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 4 Chapter 2 Hardware installation 2.1 Panel Layout 2.1.1 The Front Panel The front panel of the TL-R488T consists of sever al LED indicators, which is designed to indicate connections. Viewed from left, the next table descri bes the LEDs on the front panel of the router. Figure 2-1 LED Descriptions:[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 5 ¾ WAN: Four RJ45 port for connecting the router to a cable, DSL modem or Ethernet ¾ LAN: One 10/100Mbps RJ45 port for connecti ng the router to the local PCs 2.1.2 The Rear Panel The rear panel of the TL-R4 88T only features a power rece ptacle, which is an AC power receptacle. Connect the femal[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 6 1. Power off your PC(s), C able/DSL modem, and the router. 2. Conn ect the PC(s) and all Swit ches/Hubs on your LAN to the LAN Ports on the router, shown in Figure 2-3. 3. Conn ect the DSL/Cable modem to the WAN port on the router, shown in figure 3-1. 4. Connect the AC power adapter to the AC pow[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 7 Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-R488T router into your network, you should confi gure it. This chapter describes how to configure the basic functions of your TL-R488T Loa d Balance Broadband Router. These procedures only take you a few minut es. You can access the Intern[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 8 Figure 3-2 Step 3: On the following screen, select General tab, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click the Properties button.[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 9 Figure 3-3 Step 4: Configure the IP addr ess as shown in Figure 3-4. After that, click OK .[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 10 Figure 3-4 ) Note: You can select “Obtain an IP address automatic ally” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically” as shown above to get an IP address manually. Now, you can run the Ping command in the comm and prompt to verify the network connection. Please click the Start menu on you[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 11 If the result displayed is similar to the screen as shown below, it means that your PC has not connected to the Router. Figure 3-6 You can check it follow the steps below: ) Note: Is the connection between your PC and the Router correct? The LEDs of LAN port which you link to the de vice and the [...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 12 Figure 3-7 ) Note: If the above screen ( Figure 3-7) does not prompt, it means t hat your web-browser may be set to a proxy. Choose Tools menu → Internet Options → Connections → LAN Settings , in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox , and click OK to finish it. Step 1: S[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 13 Figure 3-9 ) Note: The router supports three popular ways to connect to Internet. Please select one compatible with your ISP. If you are given another way not listed here, please refer to Netw ork → WAN for detailed list. Step 3: If you choose PPPoE , you will see the screen as shown in Figure [...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 14 Figure 3-1 1 Step 6: After that, you will see the next screen. Click Finish to complete the quick installation. Figure 3-12[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 15 Chapter 4 Configuring the Router This User Guide recommends using the “Quick Installation Guide” for first-time installation. For advanced users, if you want to know more abo ut this device and make use of its functions adequately, you nee d to read this chapter and configure advance d settin[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 16 Figure 4-1[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 17 ¾ LAN - This field displays the current informat ion for the LAN, including the “MAC address”, “IP address” and “Subnet Mask”. ¾ WAN 1~4 - This field displays the parameters app lied to the WAN ports of the router, including “MAC address”, “IP address”, “Subnet Mask”, ?[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 18 Figure 4-3 ¾ MAC Address - This field displays the physical address of the LAN. The value can't be changed. ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address for the LAN of the R outer, the formal is in dotted-decimal notation (the factory defau lt value is 192.168.1.1). ¾ Subnet Mask - Enter the subne[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 19 Figure 4-4 ¾ Interior network is: When the WAN is connecting with a LA N, you can sele ct the option, and enter the LAN IP addresses in t he field, then the WAN port will only transmit the traffic whose destination IP address are contained in the field. ¾ MTU Size - The normal MTU (Maximum Tran[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 20 ¾ Get IP with Unicast DHCP: A few ISPs' DHCP servers do not support the broadcast applications. If you can not get the IP address normally, you c an choose this option. (You don’t need select this option generally). ¾ Ingress Bandwidth: Enter the bandwidth for ingre ss traffic. ¾ Egress[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 21 ¾ Primary DNS - Type the DNS address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP (Optional). ¾ Secondary DNS - Type another DNS address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP if provided (Optional). ¾ Ingress Bandwidth: Enter the bandwidth for ingre ss traffic. ¾ Egress Bandwidth[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 22 ) Note: 1) If you want your Internet connection to re main active at all times, enter 0 in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to hav e elapsed before your Inte rnet connection terminates. 2) Sometimes the connection can not be disconnec ted although you speci[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 23 Figure 4-7 ¾ MTU Size- The default MTU size is 1492 bytes, whic h is usually fine. For some ISPs, you need modify the MTU. This shoul d not be done unl ess you are sure it is necessary for your ISP. ¾ Service Name/AC Name - The service name and AC (Acc ess Concentrator) name shoul d not be conf[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 24 4. BigPondCable If your ISP provides BigPond Cable (or Heart Beat Signal) connection, please select BigPond Cable option. Figure 4-8 ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided b y your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Auth Server - Enter the authenticating server IP[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 25 after a specified period of the Internet connectivity (Max Idle Time). If your Internet connec-tion has been termi nated 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 activa[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 26 Figure 4-9 ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. Thes e fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect your Internet connection after a specified period of the Internet connectivity ( Max Idle Time ). If your I[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 27 enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminal. ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the r outer is disconnect ed. To use this option, click the radio button. ¾ Connect Manually - You can configure the router to make it connect or [...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 28 Figure 4-10 ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided b y your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect your Internet connection after a specified period of the Internet connectivity (Max Idle Time). If your In[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 29 enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection ter-minates. ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the r outer is disconnect ed. To use this option, click the radio button. ¾ Connect Manually - You can configure the router to make it connect [...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 30 Figure 4-1 1 ¾ By Ping - Detect whether Internet connecti on is online or not by Ping. ¾ Destination IP Address for Ping - Enter the correct IP address that really existed on the WAN network. For exam ple: 202.96.134.188. ¾ By DNS Query - Detect whether Internet connection is online or not by [...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 31 4.3.4 MAC Clone Choose menu “ Netw ork → MAC Clone ”, you can configure the MA C addres s of the WAN on the screen below (shown in Figure 4-12). Some ISPs require that you register the MAC address of your adapter, which is connected to your cable, DSL modem or Ethernet during installati on.[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 32 Figure 4-13 ¾ Enable/Disable WAN - Enable the WAN port you want to use, then click Save t o m a k e i t effective. ¾ Extra IP Address Dispatch Rules - Enable the function, and then ma ke the dispatch rules. ¾ Backup - Click the button to backup the list files. ¾ Upload - Click the button to u[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 33 Figure 4-14 Step 3: Click Save . To add additional rules, repeat steps 1-3. Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure 4-13 : Click the Delete button to delete the entry. Click the Enable All button to enable all the entries. Click the Disable All button to disable all the entries. C[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 34 Figure 4-15 ¾ On Fastest-Session - If you select the option, the dat a will be transmitted through one of the WAN ports which connect the WAN much quicker than the other. • Fastest age for Speed-Detect Table - The maximal timeouts for the entries in Speed-Detect-Table. During the time, the ent[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 35 connections between the paired IP w ill be made through the WAN port also. • Age for IP-Pairs-Table - Normal timeouts for the entries in Paired-IP-first Table. During the time, if an entry has never been used, the entry will be deleted from the Paired IP Table. • Obliged age for Pairs-IP-Tabl[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 36 Figure 4-16 ¾ WAN Index - This shows the Router's WAN ports. ¾ Port Status - This shows the ports' current stat us: Enabled (default) or Disabled. ¾ Flow Control - This shows the function of Flow Control is Enabled or Disabled. ¾ Negotiation Mode - The options are: Auto Negotiation,[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 37 Figure 4-17 Click any of them, and you will be able to c onfigure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provide d below. 4.4.1 DHCP Settings Choose menu “ DHCP → DHCP Settings ”, you can configure the DHCP in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-18). The r[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 38 ¾ Default Gateway – IP address of the LAN port of the r outer. Suggest input a value, and the default is 192.168.1. 1. (Optional). ¾ Default Domain - Input the domain name of your network. (Optional). ¾ Primary DNS - Input the DNS IP address provided by your ISP. You can consult your ISP for[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 39 Figure 4-20 ¾ MAC Address - This field displays the MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve IP address. ¾ Reserved IP Address - This field displays the IP ad dress of the router reserved. ¾ Status - This field displays the status of the virtual server entry. Enabled means that the [...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 40 Click the Previous button to view the information in the previous screen, click the Next button to view the information in the next screen. 4.5 Forwarding Choose menu “ Forwarding ”, and you can see the subm enus under the main menu: Virtual Servers , Port Triggering , DMZ and UPnP . Figure 4[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 41 ¾ Status - This field displays the status of the virtual server entry. Enabled means that the entry will take effect, Disabled means that the entry will not take effect. To add/modify a virtual server entry: Step 1: Click Add New… / Modify shown in Figure 4-20, you will see a new screen shown [...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 42 System Tools –> Remote Management screen to be any value except 80 such as 8080. Or else there will be a conflict to di sable the virtual server. 4.5.2 Port Triggering Choose menu “ Forwarding → Port Triggering ”, you can view and add port triggering in the next screen (shown in Figure[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 43 Step 3: When necessary, the external host will be able to connect to the local host using one of the ports defined in the Incoming Ports field. To add/modify a port triggering entry: Step 1: Click Add New… / Modify shown in Figure 4-25, you will see a new screen shown in Figure 4-26. Step 2: Se[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 44 view the information in the next screen. 4.5.3 DMZ Choose menu “ Forwarding → DMZ ”, you can view and configure DMZ host in the screen (shown in Figure 4-27). The DMZ ho st feature allows one local host to be exposed to the Internet for a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or v[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 45 Figure 4-28 ¾ Current UPnP Status - If you want to use the Router’s UPnP f unction, please click Enable button. If you don’t want use the function, please click Disable button. Allowing the function may cause a risk to security, and th is feature is disabled by default. ¾ App Description - [...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 46 Filtering, MAC Address Filtering and Screen are di sabled, an d their settings are ineffective in the default settings. Figure 4-30 ¾ Enable Firewall - Enable the general firewall switch or not. ¾ Enable IP Filtering - Enable the IP Address Filtering or not. There are two default filtering rule[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 47 Figure 4-31 ¾ Effective Time - This is the time or the range of time fo r the entry to take effect. For example, 1800 - 2200, it means that the entry will take effect from 18:00 to 22:00. ¾ LAN IP - This is the LAN IP address or the ran ge of LAN IP addresses in dotted-decimal notation format. [...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 48 while other PCs have no limit. You c an configure the rules as follows. Step 1: Enable the “Firewall” and “IP Address F iltering” on the Firewall screen (show in Figure 4-30 ), and then, you should select the Defa ult IP Address Filtering Rule "Allow the packets not specified by any [...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 49 Click the Disable All button to disable all the entries. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries. Click the Previous button to view the information in the previous screen, click the Next button to view the information in the next screen. 4.6.3 Domain Filtering Choose menu “ Securi[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 50 4-30). Step 2: Click Add New… / Modify shown in Figure 4-34, you will see a new screen shown in Figure 4-35. Step 3: Enter the “Effective time” that the rule w ill take effect, enter the “Domain Name” as shown in Figure 4-35. Step 4: Select the “S tatus” for th e rule as shown below[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 51 access to the Internet by users on your local network based on their MAC addresses. Figure 4-37 ¾ MAC Address - .This is the PC’S MAC address which is controlled by the rule, its format of is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal di git). For example: 00-0E-AE-B0-00-0B. ¾ Description - This[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 52 Figure 4-38 Step 4: Finally, click Save to make the rule take effect. Step 5: Go to Step 2 to complete the other rules continually. After you finish the configurations, yo u will see the rules in the ta ble below: Figure 4-39 ) Note: Before adding a MAC Address Filtering entry , you should enable[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 53 Figure 4-40 ¾ Region - This option used to select the specifica lly area from which the packets will be monitored by the next settings. ¾ Scan Attack Defence • IP Scan: During the specific time, if a computer (identified by a particular source IP address) transmits packets to at least ten dif[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 54 Attacks. And the Router will start up the blocking func tion immediately. • Port Scan - During the specific time, if a computer (identified by a particular source IP address) transmits TCP SYN packets to another computer's (identif ied by a destination IP address) ten different ports, then[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 55 • TCP packet w ith FIN but without ACK: The TCP packets that contain FIN but without ACK are considered as abnormal . And the Router will star t up the blocki ng function immediately. • Unknown Protocol - In IP head the protocol type fi eld, 135 and the value bigger tha n 135 is reserved and [...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 56 Figure 4-41 ¾ Destination IP Address - The “Destination IP Address” is the address of the network or host that you want to assign to a static route. ¾ Subnet Mask - The “Subnet Mask” determines which por tion of an IP address is the network portion, and which portion is the host portion[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 57 Click the Delete button to delete the entry. Click the Enable All button to enable all the entries. Click the Disable All button to disable all the entries. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries. Click the Previous button to view the information in the previous screen, click the N[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 58 Figure 4-45. Step 2: Enter the appropriate LAN IP Address, Max Session and then select the status. Figure 4-45 Step 3: Click the Save button. 4.8.2 Session List Choose menu “ Session Limit → Session List ”, you can view the inform ation about the number of connection. Figure 4-46 ) Note: Yo[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 59 4.9.1 QoS Settings Choose menu “ QoS → QoS Settings ”, you can configure the Upload Bandwidth and Downl oad Bandwidth in the next screen, their value you configure should be less than 1000000Kbps . Figure 4-48 4.9.2 QoS Rules List Choose menu “ QoS → QoS Rules List ”, you can view and[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 60 Figure 4-50 Step 3: Click the Save button. 4.10 IP & MAC Binding Choose menu “ IP & MAC Binding ”, and you can see the subm enus u nder the main menu: Binding Setting, ARP List . Figure 4-51 Click any of them, and you will be able to c onfigure the corresponding function. The detailed[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 61 Figure 4-52 ¾ MAC Address - This field displays the MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN. ¾ IP Address - This field displays the assigned IP addr ess of the controlled computer in the LAN. ¾ Bind - Select whether enable the ARP binding or not. Only bind the MAC address and IP addr[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 62 Figure 4-54 Step 3: Click Fin d button, then you will see the entry wi th the specific MAC address or IP address. Step 4: Click Return to return the previous screen. ) Note: You can click “to page” to edit the entry in the corresponding screen. Other configurations for the entries as shown in[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 63 Click Load to load the specific item to the IP & MAC Binding list (shown in Figure 4-52). Click Delete to load the specific item to the IP & MAC Binding list. Click the Bind All button to bind all the current items, available after enable. Click the Load All button to load all items to th[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 64 ¾ Connection Status - The status of the DDNS service is displayed her e. To set up for Dyndns DDNS, follo w these instructions: Step 1: Select the WAN port to configure. Step 2: Type the “User Name” and “Password” for your DD NS account. Step 3: Enter the domain name that your dynamic DN[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 65 4.11.3 Comexe DDNS If the dynamic DNS Service Provider is www.comexe.cn , you can configure in the next scree n (shown in Figure 4-58). Figure 4-58 To set up for Comexe DDNS, follow these instructions: Step 1: Select the WAN port to configure. Step 2: Enter the domain name your dynamic DNS servic[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 66 Figure 4-59 Click any of them, and you will be able to c onfigure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provide d below. 4.12.1 Port Statistics Choose menu “ Switch Setting → Port statistics ”, you can vie w the stat istics information about the LAN port[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 67 Figure 4-61 4.12.3 Port Parameter Choose menu “ Sw itch Setting → Port Parameter ”, you can configure t he parameters for the LAN port in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-62). Figure 4-62 4.12.4 Port Status Choose menu “ Switch Setting → Port Status ”, you can view the status of the[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 68 4.13 System T ools Choose menu “ System Tools ”, and you can see the subm enus under the main menu: Figure 4-64 Click any of them, and you will be able to c onfigure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provide d below. 4.13.1 Time Setting Choose menu “[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 69 To configure the system time manually : Step 1: Select your local time zone. Step 2: Enter date and time in the right blanks. Step 3: Click Save to save the configuration. To configure the system automatically: Step 1: Select your local time zone. Step 2: Enter the IP address for Preferable NTP S[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 70 button to locate the update file. Step 3: Click the Upgrade button. ) Note: 1) New firmwar e vers ions are posted at www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. If the router is not experiencing difficulties, there is no need to download a more recent firmware version, unless the version ha s[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 71 Figure 4-68 To back up the Router’s current settings: Step 1: Click the Backup button (shown in Figure 4-68), click Save button in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-69) to proceed. Figure 4-69 Step 2: Save the file as the appointed file (shown in Figure 4-70).[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 72 Figure 4-70 To restore the Router’s settings: Step 1: Click the Browse button to locate the update file for the device , or enter the exact path to the Setting file in the text box. Step 2: Click the Upgrade button to complete. 4.13.5 Reboot Choose menu “ System Tools → Reboot ”, click th[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 73 4) Static address assignment of DHCP server. 5) Web Service Port of the router. 6) Upgrade the firmware of the router (system will reboot automatically). 7) Restore the router's settings to factory default (system will reboot automatically). 4.13.6 Password Choose menu “ System Tools → P[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 74 Figure 4-73 The router can keep logs of all traffic. You c an query the logs to find what happened to the router. Click the Refresh button to refresh the logs. Click the Clear All button to clear all the logs. 4.13.8 Remote Management Choose menu “ System Tools → Remote Management ”, you ca[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 75 ¾ Remote Management IP Address - This is the current address you will use when accessing your router from the Internet. The default IP addr ess is 0.0.0.0. It means this function is disabled. To enable this function, change the defau lt IP address to another IP address as desired. ) Note: 1) To [...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 76 ¾ Statistics Table - This table displays the statis tics information about the traffic. IP Address MAC Address The IP address whose statistics information are disp layed Pack The total amount of packets received a nd transmitted by the router Total Byt es The total amount of bytes received and t[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 77 Figure 4-76 ¾ Destination IP - the IP address which datagrams are sent to, such as- 202.96.134.188. ¾ ID - The number of ICMP datagrames to be sent. ¾ Source Port - The port where datagrams are sent to, such as- 5000. ¾ Destination Port - The datagrams' distination port, such as-6000. ¾[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 78 UDP datagram. ¾ Detect Result - The interval between sending data gra m and recving datagram, uint is ms. 4.13.11 IP NAT Table Choose menu “ System Tools → IP NAT Table ” , you will see the IP NAT in the table as below: Figure 4-77 ¾ Out Link - The WAN port which links the router. ¾ Prot[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 79 Appendix A: Specifications General Standards and Protocols IEEE 802.3, 802.3u TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP Safety & Emission FCC 、 CE Ports Four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port. One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LA N RJ45 ports (Auto MDI/MDIX) One Console (RS232 DB9 Male) Cabling [...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 80 Appendix B: FAQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? Step 1: First, configure the ADSL m odem in RFC1483 bridge model. Step 2: Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL modem to the WAN port on the router. The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of the ADSL modem[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 81 Step 1: Login to the router, click the menu Network → WAN on the left of your bro wser, On the WAN screen, select “Dynamic IP” for "WAN Connection Type", and finish it by clicking Save . Step 2: Some ISPs require that you register the MAC address of your adapt er, which is connect[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 82 Figure B-4 ) Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page. Method two: Use DMZ Host Login to the router, click the menu Forwarding → DMZ . On the DMZ screen, select “Enable”, and enter your IP address into the “DMZ Host IP Address” field [...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 83 Figure B-6 ) Note: If the above configuration ta kes effect, you should login the Router by typing in http://192.168.1.1:88 (the router’s LAN IP address: Web Mana gement Port) in the addres s field of the web browser. Step 2: To add a WEB Server: Login to the router, click the menu Forwarding ?[...]

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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 85 Appendix C: Glossary ¾ DDNS ( D ynamic D omain N ame S ystem) - The capability of assi gning a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address. ¾ DHCP ( D ynamic H ost C onfiguration P rotocol) - A protocol that autom atically configure the TCP/IP parameters for the all the PCs that[...]