TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router Rev: 3.0.
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¾ Do not use this product near water, for example, in a wet basement or near a swimming pool. ¾ Avoid using this product during an electrical storm. There may be a remote risk of electric shock from lightning.
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 contains the above items. If any of the listed items are damaged or missing, please contact with your distributor.
CONTENTS Chapter 1. Introduction ................................................................................1 1.1 Overview of the Router ....................................................................................... 1 1.2 Features.............................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Panel Layout....................................................................................................... 2 1.3.1 The Front Panel ....
4.6 Forwarding........................................................................................................ 23 4.6.1 Virtual Servers .................................................................................................. 23 4.6.2 Port Triggering .................................................................................................. 25 4.6.3 DMZ .................................................................................................................. 27 4.6.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router. 1.1 Overview of the Router The TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router integrates a 4-port switch, firewall, and NAT-router. Its design is dedicated to Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) network solutions. The TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router will allow you to connect your network better than ever, sharing Internet Access, files and fun, easily and securely.
TL-R402M ¾ Supports firmware upgrade ¾ Supports Remote and Web management Cable/DSL Router User Guide 1.3 Panel Layout 1.3.1 The Front Panel The Router’s LEDs are located on the front panel (View from left to right). Figure 1-1 The LEDs： Name Status Indication Not lit The router works properly Lit up The router has a hardware error M1 and M2 are flashing Not lit The router has a hardware error Lit up The router has a hardware error settings.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 connect the power adapter. Please use the power adapter provided with this Router. ¾ Reset button There are two ways to reset to the router's factory defaults: 1. Use the Factory Defaults function on System Tools -> Factory Defaults page in the router's Web-based Utility. 2.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirements 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 working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors ¾ TCP/IP protocol must be installed on each PC ¾ Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, Netscape Navigator 6.
TL-R402M 5. Cable/DSL Router User Guide Power on your PC(s) and Cable/DSL modem.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-R402M router into your network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to configure the 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 immediately after it has been successfully configured. 3.1 TCP/IP configuration The default IP address of the TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router is 192.168.1.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 3-1 Successful result of Ping command If the result displayed is similar to what is shown in Figure 3-1, the connection between your PC 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 has not connected to the router. If so, refer to the following steps for a solution.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 similar 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 Enter key. Figure 3-4 Login Windows ) Note: If the above screen does not prompt, it means that your web-browser has been set to a proxy.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 external users on the Internet (including your ISP). Enter the IP address into the field ¾ Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask is used for the WAN IP address, it is usually 255.255.255.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This chapter describes each web page's key functions. 4.1 Login After your successful login, you can configure and manage the router. There are eight main menus on the left of the web-based utility. Submenus will be available after you click one of the main menus. The eight main menus are: Status, Quick Setup, Network, DHCP, Forwarding, Security, Static Routing and System Tools.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-1 Router Status 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 3.2: "Quick Installation Guide." 4.4 Network - Network y LAN WAN Figure 4-2 The Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 4-2): LAN, WAN and MAC Clone. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.4.1 LAN You can configure the IP parameters of the LAN on this page.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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. Normally use 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask ) Note: 1. If you change the IP address of the LAN, you must use the new IP address to login to the router. 2.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. For some ISPs you need to reduce the MTU.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-5 WAN - Static IP You should type the following parameters 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.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 period of inactivity (Max Idle Time).
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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. Click the Connect button to connect immediately, Click the Disconnect button to disconnect immediately.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide addresses to the router during login, click “Use the following DNS servers” checkbox and enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation 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 L2TP, you should enter the following parameters (Figure 4-8): Figure 4-8 WAN – L2TP For more details, please refer to your ISP.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide need modify the MTU. This should not be done unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP ¾ Max Idle Time - If you want your 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.
TL-R402M ¾ Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 field. The format for the MAC address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit) ¾ Your PC's MAC Address - This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing the router.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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. 192.168.1.100 is the default start address ¾ End IP Address - This field specifies the last of the addresses in the IP address pool. 192.168.1.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 - The time of the DHCP client leased.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-13 Address Reservation ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC of which 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 the MAC address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX.) and IP address in dotted-decimal notation of the computer you wish to add. 2. Click the Save button when finished. To modify A Reserved IP address: 1.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide FTP. A virtual server is defined as a service port, and 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 function. You can set up virtual servers on this page, shown in Figure 4-15: Figure 4-15 Virtual Servers ¾ Service Port - The numbers of External Ports.
TL-R402M 5. Cable/DSL Router User Guide Click the Save button. ) Note: It is possible that you have a computer or server that has more than 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 want to modify 2. Modify the information from the Service Port, the IP Address boxes, and the Protocol pull-down list. 3. Click the Save button. To delete a service entry: 1.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-16 Port Triggering Once configured, operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connection using a destination port number defined in the Trigger Port field. 2. The router records this connection, opens the incoming port or ports associated with this entry in the Port Triggering table, and associates them with the local host. 3.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 2. Select the protocol used for Trigger Port from the pull-down list, either TCP, UDP, or All. 3. Enter the range of port numbers 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. Select the Enable checkbox to enable. 6. Click the Save button to save the new rule. There are many popular applications in the Popular Application list.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 host, the firewall related to the host will not work. 4.6.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide ¾ Internal Port - Internal port, which the router opened for local host ¾ IP Address - The UPnP device that is currently 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 Settings List. 4.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 Filtering, either Allow or Deny passing through the router ¾ Enable Domain Filtering - Set Domain Filtering as enabled or disabled ¾ Enable MAC Filtering - Set MAC Address Filtering is enabled or disabled.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-21 IP Address Filtering To disable the IP Address Filtering 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.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Keep the field open, which means all WAN Ports 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 Status pull-down list. 8 Click the Save button to save this entry. To add additional entries, repeat steps 1-8.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 4.7.3 Domain Filtering The Domain Filtering page (shown in Figure 4-23) allows you to control 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 Filtering have been selected on the Firewall page. To Add a Domain filtering entry, click the Add New… button.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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. 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 and the Previous button to return to the previous page.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 Firewall page. To Add a MAC Address filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The page " Add or Modify a MAC Address Filtering entry" will appear, shown in Figure 4-26: Figure 4-26 Add or Modify a MAC Address Filtering entry To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions: 1.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 1. Find the desired entry 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 and click the Previous button to return to the previous page.
TL-R402M ¾ Cable/DSL Router User Guide Remote Management IP Address - This is the current address you will use when accessing your router from the Internet. The default IP address is 0.0.0.0. It means this function is disabled. To enable this function, change the default IP address to another IP address as desired To access the router, you will type your router's WAN IP address into your browser's address (in IE) or Location (in Navigator) box, followed by a colon and the custom port number.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-29 Static Routing To add static routing entries: 1.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide ) Note: You can set up to 8 entries. 4.9 System Tools - System Tools y Firmware y Factory Defaults y Reboot Figure 4-30 System Tools menu There are five submenus under the System Tools menu (shown in Figure 4-30): Firmware, Factory Defaults, Reboot, Password and Log. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.9.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide you write down the router settings before you upgrade its firmware. To upgrade the router's firmware, follow these instructions: 1. Download a more recent firmware upgrade 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’s path. 3. Type the downloaded file name into the File Name box. 4. Type the IP address of the PC that runs the TFTP server in the TFTP Server’s IP Address field. 5.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 include: ¾ Change LAN IP Address.
TL-R402M Figure 4-34 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Password It is strongly recommended that you change the factory default user name and password of the router. All users who try to access the router's web-based utility will be prompted for the router's user name and password. ) Note: ¾ The new user name and password must not exceed 14 characters in length and must not include any spaces.
TL-R402M Figure 4-35 Cable/DSL Router User Guide System Log The router can keep logs of all traffic. You can query the logs to find what happened to the router.
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 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 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-R402M 1) Cable/DSL Router User Guide Login to the router, click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu. On the WAN page, select “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 connected to your cable or DSL modem during installation.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4 Virtual Server ) Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page. 4) How to enable 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 “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 5 DMZ 4.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click the "Virtual Servers" submenu.
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 XP. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter’s manual if needed. 1. Install TCP/IP component 1) On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 2 5) The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 3 ¾ Setting IP address manually 1 Select Use the following IP address radio button. And the following items available 2 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. 3 Type the router’s LAN IP address (the default IP is 192.168.1.1) into the Default gateway field. 4 Select Use the following DNS server addresses radio button.
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TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix C: Specifications General IEEE802.3 10Base-T Standards Ports IEEE802.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 53
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix D: 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.
