TP-Link TL-R402M manual

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router Rev: 3.0.2 1910010053[...]

i COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subjec t to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specif ications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative[...]

ii FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply 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 interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and c an radiate radio frequency ener g y and, [...]

iii ¾ Do not use this product near water, fo r example, in a wet basement or near a swimming pool. ¾ Avoid using this product during an electric al storm. There may be a remote risk of electric shock from lightning.[...]

iv 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 One Quick Installation Guide ¾ One Resource CD for TL-R402Ms Cable/DSL Router, including: • This User Guide • Other Helpful Information ) Note: Make sure that the package c ontains th[...]

v CONTENTS Chapter 1. Introduc tion ................................................................................ 1 1.1 Overview of the Router ....................................................................................... 1 1.2 Featur es.....................................................................................................[...]

vi 4.6 Forwar ding ........................................................................................................ 23 4.6.1 Virtual Servers .................................................................................................. 23 4.6.2 Port Triggering .............................................................................[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide -1- Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing TL - R 402M Ca ble/DSL Router. 1.1 Overview of the Router The TL-R402M Cab l e/DSL Router integrates a 4-p o rt sw i tc h, firewall, and NAT-rou ter. Its design is dedicated to Sma ll Office/Home Office (SOHO) netw ork solution s. The TL-R402M Cable /DSL Router [...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 2 ¾ Supports firmware upgrade ¾ Supports Remote and Web management 1.3 Panel Layout 1.3.1 The Front Panel The Router’s LEDs are located on the fr ont panel (View from left to right). Figure 1-1 The LEDs ： Name Status Indication Not lit The router works properly M1 Lit up The router has a hardware error Not[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 3 1.3.2 The Rear Panel Figure 1-2 Rear Panel sketch The following parts are located on the rear panel (View from left to right). ¾ Power socket: The Power socket is where you will c onnect the power adapter. Please use the power adapter provided with this Router. ¾ Reset button There are two ways to reset to t[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 4 Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 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 5 5. Power on yo ur PC(s) and Cable/DSL modem. Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation of the TL-R40 2M Cable/DSL Router[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 6 Chapter 3. 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 immedia[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 7 Figure 3-1 Successful result of Ping command If the result displayed is similar to what is shown in Figure 3-1, the connec tion betwe en your P C and the router has been established. Figure 3-2 Failed result of Ping command If the result displayed is similar to what shown in Figure 3-2 it means that your PC ha[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 8 Connect to the router by typing http://192.168.1.1 in the address field of web browser . Figure 3-3 Login to the router After a moment, a login window will appear simi lar to that shown in Figure 4-4. Enter admin for the User Name and Password, both in lower case letters. Then click the OK button or press the [...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 9 Figure 3-5 Quick Setup Click Next , the Choose WAN Connection Type page will appear, shown in Figure 3-6. Figure 3-6 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[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 10 If you Choose " Static IP ", the Static IP settings page will appear, shown in Figure 3-8: Figure 3-8 Quick Setup - Static IP ¾ IP Address - This is the WAN IP address as seen by ex ternal users on the Internet (including your ISP). Enter the IP address into the field ¾ Subnet Mask - The Subnet Ma[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 11 Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This chapter describes each web page's key functions. 4.1 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 12 Figure 4-1 Router Status 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 3.2: "Quick Installation Guide." 4.4 Network Figure 4-2 The Network menu There are three submenus under the Network me nu (shown in Figure 4-2): LAN , WAN and MAC Clone. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corres p[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 13 Figure 4-3 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 14 Figure 4-4 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 15 Figure 4-5 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 provide d by your ISP, usually is 255.255.255.0 ¾ Default Gatew[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 16 Figure 4-6 WAN - PPPoE ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive 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 connectio[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 17 Caution : Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max Idle Time. This is because there ma y still be active applications in the background, which may cause fee accounted by your ISP. Click the Connect button to connect immediately, Click the Disconnect button to disconne[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 18 addresses to the router during login, click “ Use the follo wing DNS servers ” checkbox and enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notati on of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a secondary DNS server address is available, enter it as well. Click the Save button to save your settings 4. If you choose L2[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 19 need modify the MTU. This shoul d not be done unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP ¾ Max Idle Time - 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 have elapsed before your Internet connec[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 20 ¾ WAN MAC Address - This field displays the current MAC address of the WAN port, which is used for the WAN port. If your ISP requires that you register the MAC address, please enter the correct MAC address into this fiel d. The format for the MAC address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit) ¾ Y[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 21 Figure 4-11 DHCP Settings ¾ DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server. If you disable the Server, you must have another DHCP server within your network or else you must manually configure the computer ¾ Start IP Address - This field specifies the first of the addresses in the IP address pool. 192.168.[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 22 Client attached to the router ( Figure 4-12): Figure 4-12 DHCP Clients List ¾ Index - The index of the DHCP Client ¾ Client Name - The name of the DHCP client ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the DHCP client ¾ Assigned IP - The IP address that the router has allocated to the DHCP client ¾ Lease Time - [...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 23 Figure 4-13 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 24 FTP. A virtual server is defined as a service port, an d all requests from Internet to this service port will be redirected to the computer specified by the server IP. Any PC that was used for a virtual server must have a static or reserved IP address because its IP address may change when using the DHCP func[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 25 5. Click the Save button. ) Note: It is possible that you have a com puter or server that has more t han one type of available service. If so, select another service, and enter the same IP address for that computer or server . To modify a virtual server entry: 1. Select the entry you wa nt to modify 2. Modify[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 26 Figure 4-16 Port Triggering Once configured, operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connection us ing a destination port number defined in the Trigger Port field. 2. The router records this connection, opens t he incoming port or ports associated with this entry in the Port Triggering tabl[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 27 2. Select the protocol used for Trigger Port from the pull-down list, either TCP , UDP , or All. 3. Enter the range of port number s used by the remote system when it responds to the PC's request. 4. Select the protocol used for Incoming Ports Range from the pull-down list, either TCP , UDP , or All. 5. [...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 28 using the DHCP function. You can set up DMZ host on this page shown in Figure 4-17: Figure 4-17 DMZ To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server: 1. Click the Enable radio button 2. Enter the local host IP address in the DMZ Host IP Address field 3. Click the Save button. ) Note: After you set the DMZ ho[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 29 ¾ Internal Port - Internal port, which the router opened for local host ¾ IP Address - The UPnP device that is cu rrently accessing the router ¾ Status - Either Enabled or Disabled, “Enabled” means that port is still active, otherwise, the port is inactive Click Refresh to update the Current UPnP Setti[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 30 Figure 4-20 Firewall Settings ¾ Enable Firewall - The general firewall switch is on or off ¾ Enable IP Address Filtering - Set IP Address Filtering is enabled or disabled. There are two default filtering rules of IP Address Filter ing, either Allow or Deny passing through the router ¾ Enable Domain Filteri[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 31 Figure 4-21 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 Keep the field open, which means all WAN Po rts have been put into the field. 5 Protocol - Select which protocol is to be used, either TCP, UDP , or All (all protocols supported by the router). 6 Pass - Select either Allow or Deny through the router. 7 Status - Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 33 4.7.3 Domain Filtering The Domain Filtering page (shown in Figure 4-23) allows you to contro l access to certain websites on the Internet by specifying their domains or key words. Figure 4-23 Domain Filtering Before adding a Domain Filtering entry, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and Enable Domain Filter[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 34 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 Edit column. 3. Click the Enable All button to enable all entries. 4. Click the Disable All button to disable all entries. 5. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. 6. Click[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 35 Figure 4-25 MAC Address Filtering Before setting up MAC Filtering entries, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and Enable MAC Filtering have been selected on the Fi rewall page. To Add a MAC Addr ess filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The page " Add or Modify a MAC Address Filtering entry &qu[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 36 1. Find the desired ent ry in the table. 2. Click Modify or Delete as desired on the Edit column. 3. Click the Enable All button to enable all entries. 4. Click the Disable All button to disable all entries. 5. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. 6. Click the Next button to go to the next page [...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 37 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 To access the router, you wi[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 38 Figure 4-29 Static Routing To add static routing entries: 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 networ[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 39 ) Note: You can set up to 8 entries. 4.9 System T ools Figure 4-30 System Tools menu There are five submenus under t he System Tools menu (shown in Figure 4-30): Firm w are , Factory Defaults, Reboot, Password and Log. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding func tion. The detai[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 40 you write down the router settings before you upgrade its firmware. To upgrade the router's firmwa re, follow these instructions: 1. Downl oad a more recent firmware upg rade file from the TP-LINK website ( www.tp-link.com ). 2. Run a TFTP Server on a PC on your LAN, and take the file in the TFTP server?[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 41 Any settings you have saved will be lost when the default settings are restored. 4.9.3 Reboot This page (shown in Figure 4-33) allows you to reboot the router. Figure 4-33 Reboot the router Click the Reboot button to reboot the router. Some settings of the router will take effect only after rebooting, which i[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 42 Figure 4-34 Password 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 [...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 43 Figure 4-35 System Log The router can keep logs of all traffic. You c an query the logs to find what happened to the router. ¾ Click the Refresh button to refresh the logs ¾ Click the Clear Log button to clear all the logs[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 44 Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the router to acc ess 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 WAN port on the router. The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of the ADSL modem. 3) Login t[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 45 1) Login to the router, click t he “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu. On the WAN page, sele ct “Dynamic IP” for "WAN Connection Type", finish by clicking “Save”. 2) Some ISPs require that you register the MAC address of your adapter, which is c[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 46 Figure 4 Virtual Server ) Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page. 4) How to enab le DMZ Host: Login to the router , click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click "DMZ" submenu. On the "DMZ" page, click “Enabl[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 47 Figure 6 Remote Management ) Note: If the above configuration takes effect, to configure to the router by typing http://192.168.1.1:88 (the router’s LAN IP address: Web Management Port) in the address field of the web browser. 3) Login to the router, click the “Forwar ding” me nu on the left of your bro[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 48 Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP corr ectly in Windows XP. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is wo rking, refer to the adapter’s manual if needed. 1. Install TCP/IP component 1) On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, poin[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 49 Figure 2 5) The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default. Now you have two ways to configure the TCP/IP protocol below: ¾ Setting IP address automatically Select Obtain an IP address automatically , Choose Obtain DNS server automaticall y , as s[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 50 Figure 3 ¾ Setting IP address manually 1 Select Use the following IP address radio button. And the fo llowing items available 2 If the router's LAN IP addre ss is 192.168.1.1, type IP address is 192.168.1.x (x is from 2 to 254), and Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. 3 Type the router’s LAN IP address (t h[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 51 Figure 4[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 52 Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE802.3 10Base-T IEEE802.3u 100Base-TX WAN 1 10/100M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 port, Auto MDI/MDIX Ports LAN 4 10/100M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 ports, Auto MDI/MDIX 10Base-T: UTP category 3, 4, 5 cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100 Ω STP (maximum 100m) Network Media([...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 53 Environmental and Physical Operating Temperature 0°C~40°C (32 ℉ ~104 ℉ ) Storage Temperature -40°C~70°C (-40 ℉ ~158 ℉ ) Operating Humidity 10%~90% RH non-condensing Storage Humidity 5%~90% RH non-condensing[...]

TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 54 Appendix D: Glossary DDNS ( D ynamic D omain N ame S ys tem) - The capability of assigni ng a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address. DHCP ( D ynamic H ost C onfiguration P rotocol) - A protocol that automatic ally configure the TCP/IP parameters for the all the PCs that are connected to [...]