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COMMENT Package contents ..........................................................................................1 Chapter 1. About this Guide ........................................................................2 1.1 1.2 1.3 Purposes............................................................................................................. 2 Conventions........................................................................................................ 2 Overview of this User Guide ..............
.7.4 MAC Filtering .................................................................................................... 34 5.7.5 Remote Management ....................................................................................... 35 5.7.6 Ping from WAN ................................................................................................. 36 5.8 Static Routing ................................................................................................... 36 5.9 System Tools .......
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 of the listed contents are damaged or missing, please contact the retailer from whom you purchased the TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router for assistance.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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) networks. 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. Even though you may not be familiar with the router, this guide will make configuring the router easy.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 2. Introduction 2.1 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 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 2.3 Panel Layout 2.3.1 The Front Panel The front panel of the TL-R402M consists of several LED indicators, which is designed to indicate connections. 2.3.2 The LEDs describes the LEDs on the front panel of the router. Figure 2-1 2.3.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 connecting the router to the local PCs ¾ AC power socket: only use the power adapter supplied with the TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router, use of a different adapter may result in product damage.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 3. Connecting the Router 3.1 System Requirements ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ 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-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 3-1 Hardware Installation of the TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router 7
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 4. 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. 4.1 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 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 Is the TCP/IP configuration for your PC correct? Note: If the router's IP address is 192.168.1.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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. 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-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 ¾ User Name and Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case sensitive.
TL-R402M ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ Cable/DSL Router User Guide Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask is used for the WAN IP address, it is usually 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway - Enter the gateway into the box if required Primary DNS - Enter the DNS Server IP address into the boxes if required Secondary DNS - If your ISP provides another DNS server, enter it into this field Note: The IP parameters should have been provided by your ISP.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 5. 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 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 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 menu (shown in Figure 5-2): 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. 5.4.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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. 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 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 (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 5-5 WAN - Static IP You should type the following parameters into the spaces provided: ¾ ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP, usually is 255.255.255.
TL-R402M ¾ Cable/DSL Router User Guide Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect your Internet connection after a specified period 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 you attempt to access the Internet again. If you wish to activate Connect on Demand, click the radio button.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-7 PPPoE Advanced Settings ¾ Packet MTU - The default MTU size is 1492 bytes, which is usually fine. For some ISPs, you need modify the MTU.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-8 WAN – L2TP For more details, please refer to your ISP. ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected Connect Manually - You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.5 DHCP - DHCP y DHCP settings y DHCP Clients List y Address Reservation Figure 5-10 the DHCP menu There are three submenus under 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 function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 5.5.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 domain name of your network Primary DNS - (Optional.) Input the DNS IP address provided by your ISP. Or consult your ISP ¾ ¾ Secondary DNS - (Optional.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-13 Address Reservation ¾ ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC of which you want to reserve IP address 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 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 the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 5.6.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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. If the Common Service Port list does not have the service that you want to use, type the number of the service port or service port range in 2. 3. 4. 5. the Service Port box. Type the IP address of the computer in the Server IP Address box.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-16 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 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: 1. Edit the entry as desired. 2. Click the Save button. Deleting an existing rule: 1.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 application on the LAN. You can configure UPnP on this page shown in Figure 5-18: Figure 5-18 UPnP Settings ¾ Enable UPnP - UPnP can be enabled or disabled by clicking the Enable or Disable button.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 off, even if IP Address Filtering, DNS Filtering and MAC Filtering are enabled, their settings are ineffective.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-21 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 8 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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. To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Find the desired entry in the table. 2. Click Modify or Delete as desired on the Modify column. 3. Click the Enable All button to enable all entries. 4. Click the Disable All button to disable all entries. 5.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 Firewall page. To Add a Domain filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The page " Add or Modify a Domain Filtering entry " will appear, shown in Figure 5-24: Figure 5-24 Add or Modify a Domain Filtering entry To add or modify a Domain Filtering entry, follow these instructions: 1.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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.
TL-R402M address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX 00-0E-AE-B0-00-0B. 2. 3. 4. (X is any Cable/DSL Router User Guide hexadecimal digit). For example: Type the description of the PC in the Description field. Fox example: John’s PC. Status - Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status pull-down list. Click the Save button to save this entry. To add additional entries, repeat steps 1-4. When finished, click the Return button to return to the MAC Address Filtering page.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 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.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 Gateway - This is the IP address of the gateway device that allows for contact between the router and the network or host 2. Click the Enable checkbox. 3.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-31 Firmware Upgrade 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-R402M ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ Cable/DSL Router User Guide The default User Name: admin The default Password: admin The default IP Address: 192.168.1.1 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 router. Figure 5-33 Reboot the router Click the Reboot button to reboot the router.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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. Enter the new Password twice to confirm it ¾ ¾ Click the Save button when finished Click the Clear All button to clear all 5.9.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) 2) 3) 4) 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-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide MAC address will fill in the "WAN MAC Address" 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" button. It will take effect after rebooting. Figure 3 MAC Clone 3. I want to use Netmeeting, what do I need to do? 1) 2) 3) If you start Netmeeting as a sponsor, you don’t need to do anything with the router.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5 DMZ 4. 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. To change the WEB management port number: Login to the router, click the “Security” menu on the left of your browser, and click "Remote Management" 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 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-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 10 Configuration tab 3) 4) 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 1 Select Obtain an IP address automatically, as shown in the figure below: Figure 11 IP Address tab 2 Do not type anything into the New gateway field on the Gateway tab.
TL-R402M 3 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 12 Gateway tab Chose Disable DNS on the DNS configuration tab, as shown 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 IP address is 192.168.1.x (x is from 2 to 254), and subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 in to the Host field and a Domain (such as szonline.com) into the Domain field.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 16 DNS Configuration tab Now: All the configurations are finished; it will take effect after reboot.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port.
TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix D: Glossary ¾ DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) - The capability of assigning a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address. ¾ 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-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix E: Contact Information For help with the installation or operation of the TP-LINK TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router, please contact us. http://www.tp-link.
