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Package contents.............................................................................................................. 1 Chapter 1: About this Guide ........................................................................................... 2 1.1 Purposes ........................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Conventions ...................................................................................................... 2 1.
5.7.6 Advanced Security ................................................................................ 35 5.8 Static Routing .................................................................................................. 37 5.9 DDNS .............................................................................................................. 38 5.9.1 Oray.net DDNS ..................................................................................... 38 5.9.2 Comexe.cn DDNS ..............................
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Package contents The following contents should be found in your box: One TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router One power cord for TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router One Resource CD for TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router, including: • This Guide • Other Helpful Information Mounting fittings for installing in a standard 19” rack Note: If any of the listed contents are damaged or missing, please contact the retailer from whom you purchased the TL-R480T Enter
TL-R480T Chapter 1: Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude About this Guide Thank you for choosing the TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router. This router provides dedicated solutions for Internet café and small/medium/sizable enterprise with volumes of users. With your network all connected, your local network can share Internet access, files and fun for multiple PCs through one ISP account. It is an easy, web-based setup for installation and management.
TL-R480T Chapter 2: 2.1 Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Introduction Overview of the Router The TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router possesses excellent throughput and driving load capability, which more than meets the requirements for Internet cafés and small/medium/sizable enterprises with volumes of users, making more efficient communication. The superior performance will bring you a full-new experience of a non-bottle-neck network.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Supports firmware upgrade Supports Remote and Web management Rack-mountable steel case 2.3 Panel Layout 2.3.1 The Front Panel The front panel of the TL-R480T consists of several LED indicators, which is designed to indicate connections. Viewed from left to right. Table 2-1 describes the LEDs on the front panel of the router.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude WAN RJ45 port for connecting the router to a cable, DSL modem or Ethernet 2.3.2 The Rear Panel The rear panel of the TL-R480T only features a power receptacle, which is an AC power receptacle. Connect the female of the power cord head here, and the male head to the AC power outlet. 220V~ 50Hz 0.
TL-R480T Chapter 3: 3.1 Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Connecting the Router System Requirements Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet) One DSL/Cable modem that has an RJ45 connector (It’s not necessary if you connect the router to Ethernet) Each PC on the LAN needs a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors TCP/IP protocol must be installed on each PC Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, Netscape Navigator 6.0 or later 3.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude 1 T L-R 48 0 T 2 3 4 M1 POWER Enterprise Broadband Router M2 To WAN To LAN Switch/Hub (XDSL、Cable、Ethernet) Figure 3-1 Hardware Installation of the TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router -7-
TL-R480T Chapter 4: Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-R480T router into your network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to configure the basic functions of your TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router. These procedures only take you a few minutes. You can access the Internet via the router immediately after it has been successfully configured. 4.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude your PC and the router has been established. 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 port on the router and LEDs on your PC's adapter should be lit. 2.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Note: If the above screen does not prompt, it means that your web-browser has been set to a proxy. Go to Tools menu>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings, in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it. If the User Name and Password are correct, you can configure the router using the web browser. Please click the Quick Setup link on the left of the main menu and the Quick Setup screen will appear.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude ISP. These fields are case sensitive. If you have difficulty with this process, please contact your ISP. If you choose " Dynamic IP", the router will automatically receive the IP parameters from your ISP without needing to enter any parameters. If you Choose "Static IP", the Static IP settings page will appear, shown in figure 4-8: Figure 4-8 Quick Setup - Static IP Note: The IP parameters should have been provided by your ISP.
TL-R480T Chapter 5: Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Configuring the Router This chapter describes each web page's key functions. 5.1 login After your successful login, you can configure and manage the router. There are nine main menus on the left of the web-based utility. Submenus will be available after you click one of the main menus. The nine main menus are: Status, Quick Setup, Network, DHCP, Forwarding, Security, Static Routing, DDNS and System Tools.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Figure 5-1 5.3 Router Status Quick Setup Please refer to Section 4.2: "Quick Installation Guide." 5.4 Network Figure 5-2 the Network menu There are six submenus under the Network menu (shown in figure 5-2): LAN, WAN, MAC Clone, Bandwidth Control, VLAN and Port Mirror. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 5.4.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Figure 5-3 LAN MAC Address - The physical address of the router, 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 the size of the network. Normally use 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask. Note: a. If you change the IP address of the LAN, you must use the new IP address to login to the router. b.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude 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. MTU Size: The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. For some ISPs you need to reduce the MTU.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Figure 5-4a WAN - 802.1X + Dynamic IP User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1x authentication provided by your ISP Password - Enter the password for 802.1x authentication provided by your ISP. Click the Login button to start 802.1x authentication. Click the Logout button to end 802.1x authentication. 2. If you choose Static IP, you should have fixed IP parameters specified by your ISP.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude If you are also given a user name and a password for 802.1x authentication, you should select 802.1x + Static IP for WAN Connection Type, a box will then appear requesting a user name and a password, shown in figure 5-5a: Figure 5-5a WAN - 802.1X + Static IP User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1x authentication provided by your ISP Password - Enter the password for 802.1x authentication provided by your ISP. Click Login to start 802.1x authentication.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Caution: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to Max Idle Time. This is because there may still be active applications in the background, which may cause fee accounted by your ISP. Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this option, click the radio button. Time-based Connecting - You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect based on time.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Service Name/AC Name - The service name and AC (Access Concentrator) name, this should not be done unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP. ISP Specified IP Address - If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit your IP address to the router during login, click “Use the IP Address specified by ISP” check box and enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation, which your ISP provided.
TL-R480T 2) 5.4.4 Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude If you click the Save button, the router will prompt you to reboot. Bandwidth Control You can control bandwidth of each LAN port on this page. This feature can be used for distributing flexibly Internet resource. Figure 5-9 Bandwidth Control LAN - LAN port number. LAN1 point to LAN port 1, LAN2 point to LAN port 2, and so on. Bandwidth - Select the bandwidth value from 128Kbps, 256Kbps, 512Kbps, 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 4Mbps and 8Mbps.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Figure 5-11 Port Mirror Mirroring Port - The port will collect packet from Mirrored Port(s). Mirrored Port(s) - Any packets through the Mirrored Port(s) will be copied and be forwarded to the Mirror Port. Note: 1) The Mirror port cannot be mirrored. 2) All in the Mirrored Port(s) means all LAN ports except for Mirror Port. 5.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude 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. Start IP Address - This field specifies the first of the addresses in the IP address pool. 192.168.1.100 is the default start address. End IP Address - This field specifies the last of the addresses in the IP address pool. 192.168.1.199 is the default end address.
TL-R480T 5.5.3 Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Address Reservation When you specify a reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always receive the same IP address each time it accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to servers that require permanent IP settings. This page is used for address reservation (shown in figure 5-15). Figure 5-15 Address Reservation MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC of which you want to reserve IP address.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Note: The function won't take effect until the router reboots. 5.6 Forwarding Figure 5-16 the Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in figure 5-16): Virtual Servers, Port Triggering, DMZ and UPnP. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 5.6.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude protocols supported by the router). Enable - The Enable checkbox to enable the virtual server entry. Common Service Port - Some common services already listed in the pull-down list. To setup a virtual server entry: 1. Select the service you want to use from the Common Service Port list, select the ID you want to use, and click the Copy to button.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude NAT router. Port Triggering is used for some of these applications that can work with an NAT router. You can set up Port Triggering on this page shown in figure 5-18: Figure 5-18 Port Triggering Once configured, operation is as follows: 1. 2. 3. A local host makes an outgoing connection using a destination port number defined in the Trigger Port field.
TL-R480T 3. 4. 5. 6. Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude or All. Enter the range of port numbers used by the remote system when it responds to the PC's request. Select the protocol used for Incoming Ports Range from the pull-down list, either TCP, UDP, or All. Select the Enable checkbox to enable. Click the Save button to save the new rule. There are many popular applications in the Popular Application list.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Figure 5-19 DMZ To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server: 1. 2. 3. Click the Enable radio button Enter the local host IP address in the DMZ Host IP Address field Click the Save button. Note: After you set the DMZ host, the firewall related to the host will not work. 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.
TL-R480T • Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Status - Either Enabled or Disabled, “Enabled” means that port is still active, otherwise, the port is inactive. Click Refresh to update the Current UPnP Settings List. 5.7 Security Figure 5-21 the Security menu There are six submenus under the Security menu (shown in figure 5-21): Firewall, IP Address Filtering, Domain Filtering, MAC Filtering, Remote Management and Advanced Security.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Enable Firewall - The general firewall switch is on or off. Enable IP Address Filtering - Set IP Address Filtering is enabled or disabled. There are two default filtering rules of IP Address Filtering, either Allow or Reny passing through the router. Enable Domain Filtering - Set Domain Filtering as enabled or disabled. Enable MAC Filtering - Set MAC Address Filtering is enabled or disabled.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude 1. Effective Time - Enter a range of time in HHMM format, which point to the range time for the entry to take effect. For example, 0803 - 1705, the entry will take effect from 08:03 to 17:05. 2. LAN IP Address - Type a LAN IP address or a range of LAN IP addresses in the field, in dotted-decimal notation format. For example, 192.168.1.20 - 192.168.1.30. Keep the field open, which means all LAN IP addresses have been put into the field. 3.
TL-R480T 5.7.3 Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Domain Filtering The Domain Filtering page (shown in figure 5-25) allows you to control access to certain websites on the Internet by specifying their domains or key words. Figure 5-25 Domain Filtering Before adding a Domain Filtering entry, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and Enable Domain Filtering have been selected on the Firewall page. To Add a Domain filtering entry, click the Add New… button.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude To add additional entries, repeat steps 1-4. When finished, click the Return button to return to the Domain filtering page. To Modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Find the desired entry in the table. 2. Click Modify or Delete as desired on the Edit column. Click the Enable All button to enable all entries. Click the Disable All button to disable all entries.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The page " Add or Modify a MAC Address Filtering entry" will appear, shown in figure 5-28: Figure 5-28 Add or Modify a MAC Address Filtering entry To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the appropriate MAC address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example: 00-0E-AE-B0-00-0B. 2.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Figure 5-29 Remote Management Web Management Port - Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80. This router’s default remote management web port number is 80. For greater security, you can change the remote management web interface to a custom port by entering that number in the box provided. Choose a number between 1024 and 65534, but do not use the number of any common service port.
TL-R480T Figure 5-30 Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Advanced Security settings Packets Statistic interval (5 ~ 60) - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the pull-down list. The Packets Statistic interval value indicates the time section of the packets statistic. The result of the statistic used for analysis by SYN Flood, UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood. DoS protection - Enable or Disable the DoS protection function.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude WAN port. The default is disabled. If enabled, the ping packet from the Internet cannot access the router. Forbid Ping Packet from LAN Port - Enable or Disable forbidding Ping Packet to access the router from the LAN port. The default value is disabled. If enabled, the ping packet from the LAN port cannot access the router. (Defends against some viruses) Click the Save button to save the settings.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude To add static 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 network portion, and which portion is the host portion. Gateway - This is the IP address of the gateway device that allows for contact between the router and the network or host. 2.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Figure 5-33 Oray.net DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. 2. 3. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. Type the Password for your DDNS account. Click the Login button to login the DDNS service. Connection Status - the status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Domain Name - the domain names are displayed here. Click Logout to logout the DDNS service. 5.9.2 Comexe.
TL-R480T Figure 5-34 Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Type the domain names your dynamic DNS service provider gave. 2. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. 3. Type the Password for your DDNS account. 4. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS service. Connection Status: The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Click Logout to logout of the DDNS service. 5.
TL-R480T 5.10.1 Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Time You can set the time manually or get GMT from the Internet for the router on this page (shown in figure 5-36): Figure 5-36 Time 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. Time - Enter your local time in HH/MM/SS into the right blanks. Time setting follows these steps below: 1. Select your local time zone. 2.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude New firmware versions 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 lose its configuration settings, so make sure you write down the router settings before you upgrade its firmware.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Figure 5-39 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. (System will reboot automatically) • MAC Clone (system will reboot automatically) • DHCP service function. • Static address assignment of DHCP server. • Web Service Port of the router. • Upgrade the firmware of the router (system will reboot automatically).
TL-R480T 5.10.6 Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Log This page (shown in figure 5-41) allows you to query the Logs of the router. Figure 5-41 System Log The router can keep logs of all traffic. You 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.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Statistics Table: IP Address Total Packets The total amount of packets received and transmitted by the router. Bytes The total amount of bytes received and transmitted by the router. Packets Bytes Current The IP address displayed with statistics ICMP Tx UDP Tx The total amount of packets received and transmitted in the last Packets Statistic interval seconds.
TL-R480T Appendix A: 1. Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude FAQ How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) 2) First, configure the ADSL modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. 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. Login to the router, click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu. On the WAN page, select “PPPoE” for WAN Connection Type.
TL-R480T 2) Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Some ISPs require that you register the MAC address of your adapter, which is connected to your cable or DSL modem during installation. If your ISP requires MAC register, login to the router and click the "Network" menu link on the left of your browser, and then click "MAC Clone" submenu link.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude “Enable” radio and type your IP address into the “DMZ Host IP Address” field, using 192.168.1.169 as an example, remember to click the "Save” button. Figure A-5 4. DMZ I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do? 1) 2) 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.
TL-R480T Appendix B: Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude 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 working, refer to the adapter’s manual if needed. 1. Install TCP/IP component 1) 2) 3) On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click the Network icon, click on the Configuration tab in the appearing Network window.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Figure B-3 3) 4) • Configuration tab Click on Properties. 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: Assigned by DHCP Sever a. Select Obtain an IP address automatically, as shown in the figure below: Figure B-4 b. IP Address tab Do not type anything into the New gateway field on the Gateway tab.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Figure B-5 c. Choose Disable DNS on the DNS configuration tab, as shown in the following figure: Figure B-6 • Gateway tab DNS Configuration tab Setting IP address manually a. 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 IP address is 192.168.1.x (x is from 2 to 254), and subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Figure B-7 b. IP Address tab 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 B-8 c. Gateway tab On the DNS Configuration tab, click Enable DNS radio, and type your computer name in to the Host field and a Domain (such as szonline.com) into the Domain field.
TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Figure B-9 DNS Configuration tab Now, all the configurations are finished, it will take effect after reboot.
TL-R480T Appendix C: Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.3, 802.3u Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port.
TL-R480T Appendix D: Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Glossary DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) - The capability of assigning a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - A protocol that automatically configure the TCP/IP parameters for the all the PCs that are connected to a DHCP server.
TL-R480T Appendix E: Enterprise Broadband Router User Giude Contact Information For help with the installation or operation of the TP-LINK TL-R480T Enterprise Broadband Router, please contact us. E-mail: support@tp-link.com Website: http://www.tp-link.