TP-Link TL-R460 manual

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS S pecifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK T echnologies Co., Lt d. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specificatio ns may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative[...]

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    Package contents .............................................................................................................. 1 Chapter 1: About this Guide .............................................................................................. 2 1.1 Purposes ..................................................................................[...]

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    5.9.1 Oray.net DDNS ........................................................................................ 36 5.9.2 Comexe.cn DDNS .................................................................................... 36 5.10 System T ools .................................................................................................... 37 5.10.1[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Package content s The following contents should be found in your box:  One TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router  One AC power Adapter for TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router  Quick Installation Guide  One Resource CD for TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router , including: • This Guide • Other Helpful Information  W all-mounting sc[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 1: About this Guide Thank you for choosing the TL -R460 Cable/DSL Router . This router provides dedicated solutions for Small Office/Home Of fice (S OHO) networks. With you r network all connected, your local network can share Internet access, f iles and fun for multiple PCs through one ISP account. It is[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 2: Introduction 2.1 Overview of the Router The TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router integrates a 4 - po r t s w i t ch , firewall, and NA T -router . Its design is dedicated to Small Office/Home Of fi ce (SOHO) netw ork solutions. The TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router will allo w you to connect your network better than ever ,[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide indicate connections. V iewed from left to ri ght. T able 2-1 describes the LEDs on the front panel of the router . Link /Act 100M M1 M2 Figure 2-1: Front Panel sketch Name Action Description Not lit The router works properly M1 Lit up The router has a hardware error Not lit The router has a hardware error Lit up[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 3: Connecting the Router 3.1 System Requirement s  Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet)  One DSL/Cable modem that has an RJ45 co nnector (It’s not necessary if you connect the router to Ethernet)  Each PC on the LAN needs a working Ether net Adapter and an Ethernet cable with [...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Swit ch/Hub To WAN To L A N 1 W A N 234 RESET () XDSL C able Ether net 、、 Figure 3-1 Hardware Installation of the TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router - 6 -[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 4: Quick Inst allation Guide After connecting the TL-R460 router into your network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to c onfigure the basic f unctions of your TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router . These procedure s only take you a fe w minutes. Y ou can access the Internet via the router immediat[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide your PC and the router has been established. Figure 4-2 Failed result of Ping command If the result displayed is similar to what show n in figure 4-2, it means that your PC has not connected to the router . If so, refer to the following steps for a solution. 1. Is the connection between your PC and the router cor[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Note : If the above screen does not prompt, it means that your web-browser has been set to a proxy . Go to T ools menu>Internet Op tions>Connections>L AN Settings, in the screen that appears, cancel the Us ing Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it. If the User Name and Password are correct, y ou can [...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide ISP. These fields are case s ensitive. If you have difficult y with this process, please contact your ISP. If you choose " Dyn a mi c I P ", the router will automatically receive the IP parameters from your ISP without needing to enter any parameters. If you Choose " St atic IP ", the S tatic [...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 5: Configuring the Router This chapter describes eac h web page's key functions. 5.1 login After your successful login, you can confi gure and manage the router . There are nine main menus on the left of the web- based utility . Submenus will be av ailable after you click one of the main menus. The n[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-1 Router S tatus 5.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 4.2: "Quick Installation Guide." 5.4 Network Figure 5-2 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in figure 5-2): LAN , WA N and MAC Clone. Click any of them, and you will be abl e to configure the correspond[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide  MAC Address - The physical address of the r outer , as seen from the LAN. The value can't be changed.  IP Address - Enter the IP address of your router in dotted-decimal notation (factory default: 192.168.1.1).  Subnet Mask - An address code that determines t he size of the network. Normally use 25[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide This page displays the W AN IP paramete rs assigned dynamically by your ISP , including IP address, Su bnet Mask, Default Gateway , etc. Click the Renew button to renew the IP p arameters from your ISP . Click the Release button to release the IP parameters. MTU Size: The normal MTU (Maximum Transmissi on Unit) v[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-5 WAN - S tatic IP You should type the following paramet ers into the spaces provided:  IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP .  Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-dec imal notation provided by you r ISP , usually is 255.255.255.0.  Default [...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Click Logout to end 802.1x authentication. 3. If you choose PPPoE, you should enter the following parameters (figure 5-6): Figure 5-6 WAN - PPPoE  User Name/Passw ord - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP . These fields are case-sensitive.  Connect on Demand - Y ou can configure the router[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide that you wish to have the Internet connec ting last unless a new link is requested. Caution : Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max Idle T ime. This is because t here may still be active applications in the background, which may cause f ee accounted by your ISP . Click[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.4.3 MAC Clone You can configure the MA C address of the WAN port on this page, figure 5-8: Figure 5-8 MAC Address Clone Some ISPs require that you register the MAC address of your adapter, which is connected to your cable, DSL modem or Ethernet duri ng installation. You do not generally need to change anything [...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.5.1 DHCP Settings The router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dy namic Host Configuration Prot ocol) server , which provides the TCP/IP conf iguration for all the PCs that are connected to the router on the LAN. The DHCP Server can be conf igured on the page (shown in figure 5-10): Figure 5-10 DHCP Settings  [...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide DHCP Client att ached to t he router (figure 5-1 1): Figure 5-1 1 DHCP Clients List  Index - The index of the DHCP Client  Client Name - The name of the DHCP client  MAC Address - The MAC address of the DHCP client  Assigned IP - The IP address that the router has allocated to the DHCP client.  Lea[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide  Assigned IP Address - The IP address of the router reserved. To Reserve IP addresses: 1. Enter the MAC address (The format fo r the MAC address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX.) and IP address in dotted-decimal not ation of the computer you wish to add. 2. Click the Save button when finished. To modify A Reserved IP add[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-14 Virtual Servers  Service Port - The numbers of External Ports. Y ou can type a service port or a range of service ports (the format is XXX – YYY , XXX is S tart port, YYY is End port).  IP Address - The IP address of the PC running the service application  Protocol - The protocol used for t[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 3. Click the Save button. To delete a service entry: 1. Clear the entry's all in formation except for the Protocol pull-down list. 2. Click the Save button. To delete all service entries: 1. Click the Clear All button. 2. Click the Save button Click the Next button to go to the next page and Click the Previo[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide  T rigger Port - The port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection using this port will "T rigger" this rule.  T rigger Protocol - The protocol used for Trigger Port s, either TCP , UDP , or All (all protocols supported by the router).  Incoming Port s Range - The port or port range used by[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Note: 1. When the trigger connection is released, the according ope ning ports will be closed. 2. Each rule allowed to be used only by one host on LAN synchronously . The trigger connection of other hosts on LAN will be refused. 3. Incoming Port Range c annot overlap each other. 5.6.3 DMZ The DMZ host feature all[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide  Enable UPnP - UPnP can be enabled or di sabl ed by clicking the Enable or Disable button. As allowing this may present a risk to securi ty, this feature is disabled by default.  Current UPnP Settings Table - this table displays the current UPnP information. • App Description – The description provided [...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-19 Firewall Settings  Enable Firew all - The general firewall switch is on or off.  Enable IP Address Filtering - Set IP Address Filteri ng is enabled or disabled. There are two default filtering rules of IP Address Filtering, either Allow or Reny passing through the router.  Enable Domain Filte[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide To disable the IP Address Filteri ng feature, keep t he default setting, Disabled . To set up an IP Address Filt ering entry, click Enable Firewall and Enable IP Address Filtering on the Firewall page, and click the Add New… button. The page " Add or Modify an IP Address Filtering entry " will appear [...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Click the Disable All button to disable all entries. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries You can change the entry’s order as desired. Fore entries are before hin d entries. Enter the ID number in the first box you want to move and another ID number in the second box you want to move to, and then c[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-23 Add or Modify a Domain Filtering entry To add or modify a Domain Filteri ng entry, follow these instructions: 1. Effective Time - Enter a range of time in HHMM format, which point to the range time for the entry to take effect. For exampl e, 0803 - 1705, the ent ry will take effect from 08:03 to 17:05[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.7.4 MAC Filtering Like the IP Address Filtering page, the MAC Address Filtering page (shown in figure 5-24) allows you to control access to the Internet by users on your local network based on their MAC addresses. Figure 5-24 MAC Address Filtering Before setting up MAC Filtering entries, you must ensure th at E[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Click the Enable All button to enable all entries. Click the Disable All button to disable all entries. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. Click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return to the previous page. Fox example: If you want to block the PCs with MAC a[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide router's password. After succe ssfully entering the password, you will be able to access the router's w eb-based utility. Note: Be sure to change the router's default password to a very secure password . 5.7.6 Advanced Security Using Advanced Security page (shown in figure 5-27), you can protect th[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide value between 5 ~ 3600 packets. When the current UPD-FLOOD Packets numbers are beyond the set value, the router will st art up the blocking function immediately .  Enable TCP-SYN-FLOOD Att ack Filtering - Enable or Disable the TCP-SYN- FLOOD Attack Filtering.  TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packet s threshold: (5 ~ 3600 ) -[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-29 S tatic Routing T o add st atic routing entries: 1. Enter the following data:  Destination IP Address - The Destination IP Address is the address of the network or host that you want to assign to a static route.  Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask determines which portion of an IP address is the netw[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.9.1 Oray.net DDNS If your selected dynamic DNS Service Provider is www.oray.net . The page shown in figure 5-30 will appear: Figure 5-30 Oray .net DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. T ype the User Name for your DDNS account. 2. T ype the Passw ord for your DDNS account. 3. Click the[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-31 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. T ype the domain names your dynamic DNS service provider gave. 2. T ype the User Name for your DDNS account. 3. T ype the Passw ord for your DDNS account. 4. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS service. Connection Status[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.10.1 Time Y ou can set the time manually or get GMT from the Internet for the router on this page (shown in figure 5-33): Figure 5-33 T ime settings  Time Zone - Select your local time zone from this pull down list.  Date - Enter your local date in MM/DD/YY into the right blanks.  Tim e - Enter your lo[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide New firmware versi ons 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 has a new feature that you want to use. Note: When you upgrade the router's firmware, you may lo[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-36 Reboot the router Click the Reboot button to reboot the router. Some settings of the router will take effect only after rebooting, which include: • Change LAN IP Address. (Syste m will reboot automatically) • MAC Clone (system will reboot automatically) • DHCP service function. • Static addres[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.10.6 Log This page (shown in figure 5-38) allows you to query the Logs of the router. Figure 5-38 System Log The router can keep logs of all traffic. Y ou can query the logs to find what happened to the router. Click the Refresh button to refresh the logs. Click the Clear Log button to clear all the logs. 5.10.[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Statistics Table: IP A ddress The IP address displayed with statistics Packets The total amount of packets rece ived and transmitted by the router. Total Bytes The total amount of bytes receiv ed and transmitted by the router. Packets The total amount of packets rece ived and transmitted in the last Packet s Stat[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix A: F AQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) First, configure the ADSL modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. 2) Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL modem to the W AN port on t he router . The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of the ADSL modem. 3) Login to[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide your browser , and then click "MAC Clone" submenu link. On the "MAC Clone" page, if your PC’ s MAC address is a proper MAC address, click the "Clone MAC Address" button and your PC’s MAC address will fill in the "W AN MAC Address" field. Or else, type the MA C address i[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure A-5 DMZ 4. I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? 1) Because the WEB Server port 80 will interfere with the WEB management port 80 on the router , you must change the WEB management port number to avoid interference. 2) T o change the WEB manageme nt port num ber: Login to the router , [...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to inst all and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows 95/98. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter ’s manual if needed. 1. Inst all TCP/IP component 1) On the Windows taskbar , click the Star t button, po[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide window that appears. An example is shown in the following figure: Figure B-3 Configuration tab 3) Click on Properties . The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default. 4) Now you have two ways to configure the TCP/IP protocol below: • Assigned by DHC[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure B-5 Gateway tab c. Choose Disable DNS on the DNS c onfiguration tab, as shown in the following figure: Figure B-6 DNS Configuration tab • Setting IP address manually a. Select S pecify an IP address on IP Ad dress tab, as shown in the following figure. If the router's LAN IP addre ss is 192.168.1.1,[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure B-7 IP Address t ab b. T ype the router ’s LAN IP address (t he default IP is 192.168.1.1) into the N ew g at e way field on the Gateway tab, and click on the Add button, as shown in the figure: Figure B-8 Gateway tab c. On the DNS Configuration tab, click Enable DNS radio, and type your computer name in[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide click Add button . Shown below: Figure B-9 DNS Configuration tab Now , all the configurations are finished, it will take ef fect after reboot. - 50 -[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix C: S pecifications General S tandards IEEE 802.3, 802.3u Protocols TCP/IP , PPPoE, DHCP , ICMP , NA T , SNTP Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port. Four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 ports supporting Auto MDI/MDIX Cabling T ype 10BASE-T : UTP category 3, 4, 5 cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-5[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix D: Glossary  DDNS ( D ynamic D omain N ame S ystem) - The capability of assigning a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address.  DHCP ( D ynamic H ost C onfiguration P rotocol) - A protocol that automatically configure the TCP/IP p arame ters for the all the PCs t hat are connected[...]

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    TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix E: Cont act Information For help with the installation or operation of the TP-LINK TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router, please contact us. E-mail: support@tp-link.com Website: http://www.tp-link.com - 53 -[...]