TP-Link TL-R402M manual

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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comp ly with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rule s. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful inte rference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio fr equency energy and, if [...]

COMMENT Package cont ents .......................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. About this Guide ........................................................................ 2 1.1 Purpos es............................................................................................................. 2 1.2[...]

iv 5.7.4 MAC Filter ing .................................................................................................... 34 5.7.5 Remote Man agement ....................................................................................... 35 5.7.6 Ping from WAN ......................................................................................[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide -1- Package contents The following contents should be found in your box: ¾ One TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router ¾ One AC power Adapter for TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ One Resource CD for TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router, including: • This User Guide • Other Helpful Information Note: If any o[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 2 Chapter 1. About this Guide Thank you for choosing the TL-R402M Cable/ DSL Router. This router provides dedicated solutions for Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) net works. With your network all connected, your local network can share Internet access, file s and fun for multiple PCs through one ISP account. It i[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 3 Chapter 2. Introduction 2.1 Overview of the Router The TL-R402M Cable /DSL Router integ rates a 4-p o r t s wi tc h , firewall, and NAT-router. Its design is dedicated to Sma ll Office/Home Office (SOHO) netw ork solution s. The TL-R402M Cable/DSL Rou ter will allow you to connect y our network better than e v[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 4 2.3 Panel Layout 2.3.1 The Front Panel The front panel of the TL-R402M c onsists of several LED indicators , which is designed to indicat e connections. 2.3.2 The LEDs describes the LEDs on the front panel of the router. Figure 2-1 2.3.2 The LEDs Name Action Description Not lit The router works properly M1 Lit[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5 Note: Ensure the router is powered on before it restarts completely. ¾ WAN RJ45 port for connecting the router to a cable, DSL modem or Ethernet ¾ Four LAN 10/100Mbps RJ45 ports for c onnecting the router to the local PCs ¾ AC power socket: only use the power adapter supplied with the TL-R402M Cable/DSL Rou[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 6 Chapter 3. Connecting the Router 3.1 System Requirement s ¾ Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet) ¾ One DSL/Cable modem that has an RJ45 connector (It’s not necessary if you connect the router to Ethernet) ¾ Each PC on the LAN needs a wo rking Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with R[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 7 Figure 3-1 Hardware Installation of the TL-R402M Cable/DSL R outer[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 4. Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-R402M router into your network, you should confi gure it. This chapter describes how to configure t he basic functions of your TL -R402M Cable/DSL Router. These procedures only take you a few minutes. You can access the Internet via the router immediate[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 9 Figure 4-2 Failed result of Ping command If the result displayed is similar to what shown 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 correct? Note: The Link/Act LEDs of LAN por t on [...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 10 Figure 4-4 Login Windows Note: If the above screen does not prompt, it means that your web-browser has been set to a proxy. G o to Tools menu>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings , in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Pro xy checkbox, and click OK to finish it. If the User Name and Passw[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 11 Figure 4-6 Choose WAN Connection Type The router supports three popular ways to connect to Internet. Please select one compatible with your ISP, click Next to enter the necessary network parameters. If you choose " PPPoE ", you will see this page shown in Figure 4-7 : Figure 4-7 Quick Setup - PPPoE [...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 12 ¾ Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask is used for the WAN IP address, it is usually 255.255.255.0 ¾ Default Gateway - Enter the gateway into the box if required ¾ Primary DNS - Enter the DNS Server IP addre ss into the boxes if required ¾ Secondary DNS - If your ISP provides another DNS se rver, enter it into t[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 13 Chapter 5. Configuring the Router This chapter describes each web page's key functions. 5.1 Login After your successful login, you can configur e and manage the router. There are eight main menus on the left of the web-bas ed utility. Submenus will be avail able after you click one of the main menus. The[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 14 Figure 5-1 Router Status 5.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 4.2: "Quick Installation Guide." 5.4 Network - Network y LAN y WAN y MAC Clone Figure 5-2 The Network menu There are three submenus under the Network me nu (shown in Figure 5-2 ): LAN , WAN and MAC Clone. Click any of them, and you wil[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 15 Figure 5-3 LAN ¾ MAC Address - The physical address of the router, as seen from the LAN. The value can't be changed ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address of your router in dotted-decimal notation (factory default: 192.168.1.1) ¾ Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the network. Norm[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 16 Figure 5-4 WAN - Dynamic IP This page displays the WAN IP parameters assigned dynamically by your ISP, including IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, etc. Click the Renew button to renew the IP parameters from your ISP. Click the Release button to release the IP parameters. ¾ MTU Size: The normal MTU (M[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 17 Figure 5-5 WAN - Static IP You should type the following paramet ers into the spaces provided: ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP ¾ Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP, usually is 255.255.255.0 ¾ Default Gatewa[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 18 ¾ Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect your Internet connection after a specified peri od 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[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 19 Figure 5-7 PPPoE Advanced Settings ¾ Packet MTU - 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 unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP ¾ Service Name/AC Name - The service name and AC (Access Concentrator) name, this sh[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 20 Figure 5-8 WAN – L2TP For more details, please refer to your ISP. ¾ User Name /Passw ord - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive ¾ Connect /Disconnect - Click the button, you can handle the on-line connection or disconnection ¾ Dyn ami c IP/Static IP - Ent[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 21 Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter 0 in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected ¾ Connect Manually - You can conf[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 22 5.5 DHCP - DHCP y DHCP settings y DHCP Clients List y Address Reservation Figure 5-10 the DHCP menu There are three submenus unde r the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 5 -10 ): DHCP Settings , DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding func tio[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 23 ¾ Default Gateway - (Optional.) Suggest to input the IP address of the LAN port of the router, default value is 192.168.1.1 ¾ Default Domain - (Optional.) Input the domai n name of your network ¾ Primary DNS - (Optional.) Input the DNS IP address prov ided by your ISP. Or consult your ISP ¾ Secondary DNS [...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 24 Figure 5-13 Address Reservation ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC of whic h you want to reserve IP address ¾ Assigned IP Address - The IP address of the router reserved To Reserve IP addresses: 1. Enter the MAC address (The format for t he MAC address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX.) and IP address in dotted-[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 25 5.6 Forwarding - Forwarding y Virtual Servers y Port Triggering y DMZ y UPnP Figure 5-14 the Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 5 -14 ): Virtual Servers , Port Triggering , DMZ and UPnP . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure t he corresponding fu[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 26 To setup a virtual server entry: 1. Select the service you w ant to use from the Common Service Port list, select the ID you want to use, and click the Copy to button. If the Common Service Port list does not have the service that you want to use, type the num ber of the service port or service port range in [...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 27 Figure 5-16 Port Triggering Once configured, operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connection us ing a destination port number defined in th e Trigger Port field. 2. The router records this connection, opens t he incoming port or ports associated with this entry in the Port Triggering tab[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 28 There are many popular applications in the Popular Application list. You can select it and the ID, then click the Copy to button, the application will fill in the Trigger Port , incoming Ports Range boxes and select the Enable checkbox. It has the same effect as adding a new rule. Modifying an existing rule: [...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 29 5.6.4 UPnP The Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) feature allows the devices, such as Internet computers, to access the local host resources or devices as needed. UPnP devices can be automatically discovered by the UPnP service applic ation on the LAN. You can conf igur e UPnP on this page shown in Figure 5-18 : [...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 30 5.7.1 Firewall Using the Firewall page (shown in Figure 5-20 ), you can turn the general firewall switch on or off. The default setting for the switch is off. If the general firewall switch is o ff, even if IP Address Filtering, DNS Filtering and MA C Filtering are enabled, thei r settings are ineffective. Fi[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 31 Figure 5-21 IP Address Filtering To disable the IP Address Filteri ng feature, keep the default setting, Disabled . To set up an IP Address Filtering 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 [...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 32 8 Click the Save button to save this entry. To add additional entries, repeat steps 1-8. When finished, click the Return button to return to IP Address Filtering page. T o modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Find the desired ent ry in the table. 2. Click Modify or Delete as desired on the Modify column. 3.[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 33 Figure 5-23 Domain Filtering Before adding a Domain Filtering entry, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and Enable Domain Filtering have been selected on the Fire wa ll page. To Add a Domain filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The page " Add or Modify a Domain Filtering ent ry " will app[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 34 if you want to block the PCs on your LAN from accessing websites www.xxyy.com.cn , www.aabbcc.com and websites with .net at the end on the Internet while no limit for other websites. First, enable the Firewall and Domain Filtering on the Firewall page, then, specify the following Domain filtering list: 5.7.4 [...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 35 address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example: 00-0E-AE-B0-00-0B. 2. Type the description of the PC in the Description field. Fox example: John’s PC. 3. Status - Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status pull-down list. 4. Click the Save button to save this entry. To a[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 36 entering that number in the box pro vided. Choose a number b etween 1024 and 65534, but do not use the number of any common service port 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 fu[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 37 1. Enter the following data: 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 portion of an IP address is the network portion, and which portion is the host portion ¾ Gatewa[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 38 Figure 5-31 Firmware Upgrade New firmware versi ons are posted at www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. If the router is not experiencing difficult ies, there is no need to download a more recent firmware version, unless the version has a new f eature that you want to use. Note: When you upgrade the[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 39 ¾ The default User Name : admin ¾ The default Password : admin ¾ The default IP Address : 192.168.1.1 ¾ The default Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0 Note : Any settings you have saved will be lost when the default settings are restored. 5.9.3 Reboot This page (shown in Figure 5-33 ) allows you to reboot the ro[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 40 It is strongly recommended that you change the fa ctory default user name and passwor d of the router. All users who try to access the router's web-based utility will be pr ompted for the router's user name and password. Note : ¾ The new user name and password must not exceed 14 characters in lengt[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) First, configure the ADSL modem configured in RFC1483 bridg e model. 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. 3) Login to t[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 42 MAC address will fill in the "WAN MAC Addre ss" field. Or else, type the MAC address into the "WAN MAC Address" field. The format for the MAC address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX. Then click the "Save" butto n. It will take effect after rebooting. Figure 3 MAC Clone 3. I want to use Netm[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 43 Figure 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 inte rfere with the WEB management port 80 on the router, you must change the WEB management port number to avoid interference. 2) To change the WEB management port number: Logi n to the router, c[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows 95/98. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is work ing, refer to the adapter’s manual if needed. 1. Install TCP/IP component 1) On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 45 Figure 10 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 h ave two ways to configure the TCP/IP protocol below: Assigned by DHCP Sever 1 Select Obtain an IP address automatically , as shown in [...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 46 Figure 12 Gateway tab 3 Chose Disable DNS on the DNS configuration tab, as s hown in the following figure: Figure 13 DNS Configuration tab Setting IP address manually 1 Select Specify an IP address on IP Address tab, as shown in the following figure. If the router's LAN IP address is 192. 168.1.1, type I[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 47 Figure 14 IP Address tab 2 Type the router’s LAN IP address (the default IP is 192.168.1.1) into the New gateway field on the Gateway tab, and click on the Add button, as shown in the figure: Figure 15 Gateway tab 3 On the DNS Configuration tab, click Enable DNS radio, and type your computer name i n to the[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 48 Figure 16 DNS Configuration tab Now: All the configurations ar e finished; it will take effect after reboot.[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 49 Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiati on WAN RJ45 port. Four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 por ts supporting Auto MDI/MDIX Cabling Type 10BASE-T: UTP categor y 3, 4, 5 cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 [...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 50 Appendix D: Glossary ¾ DDNS ( D yn amic 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 are connect[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 51 Appendix E: Contact Information For help with the installation or operation of the TP-LINK TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router, pleas e contact us. http://www.tp-link.com[...]