TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router Rev: 2.0.
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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 Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
CONTENTS Package Contents ........................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. Introduction................................................................................................ 2 1.1 Product Overview ............................................................................................... 2 1.2 Main Features..................................................................................................... 2 1.
4.7 Static Routing.................................................................................................... 47 4.8 IP QoS .............................................................................................................. 48 4.9 IP & MAC Binding ............................................................................................. 50 4.9.1 Binding Setting .......................................................................................... 50 4.9.2 ARP List........
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Package Contents The following contents should be found in your package: ¾ One TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router ¾ One AC power Adapter for TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ One Resource CD for TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router, including: • This 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.
Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Product Overview Thank you for choosing the TL-R460 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. The TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router integrates a 4-port switch, firewall, and NAT-router.
TL-R460 ¾ Supports firmware upgrade ¾ Supports Remote and Web management 1.3 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Conventions The Router or TL-R460 mentioned in this User guide stands for TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router without any explanations. Parameters provided in the pictures are just references for setting up the product, which may differ from the actual situation. You can set the parameters according to your demand.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 2. Hardware Installation 2.1 Panel Layout 2.1.1 The Front Panel Figure 2-1 The LED indicators displayed on the front panel, the status of these LED indicators represent the device’s working circs. For details, please refer to LED Explanation. LED Explanation: Name Indication Status Off No Power. On Power on. Off The Router has an error. On The Router is initializing. PWR SYS Flashing The Router is working properly.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide ) Note: Please use the power adapter supplied with the TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router, if you use a different adapter, it may cause damage to the Router. ¾ RESET: Use the button to reset the router's factory defaults. There are two ways to reset 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-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide help. After that, please install the router according to the following steps. Don't forget to pull out the power plug and keep your hands dry. Step 1: Locate an optimum location for the Router. The best place is usually near the center of the area in which your PC will be wirelessly connected. The place had better accord with the Installation Environment Requirements.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-R460 router to your network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to configure the PC and the Router to access the Internet immediately after it has been successfully configured (take Windows XP for example). 3.1 Configure PC Step 1: Click the Start menu on your desktop, right click My Network Places, and then select Properties (shown in Figure 3-1).
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 3-2 Step 3: On the next screen, select General tab, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click the Properties button. Figure 3-3 Step 4: Configure the IP address as shown in Figure 3-4. After that, click OK.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 3-4 ) Note: You can configure the PC to get an IP address automatically, select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically” on the screen above. Now, you can run the Ping command in the command prompt to verify the network connection. Please click the Start menu on your desktop, select run tab, type cmd in the field, and then type ping 192.168.0.1 on the next screen, and then press Enter.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 3-6 You can check it follow the steps below: ) Note: Is the connection between your PC and the Router correct? The LEDs of LAN port which you link to the device and the LEDs on your PC's adapter should be lit. Is the TCP/IP configuration for your PC correct? If the Router's IP address is 192.168.0.1, your PC's IP address must be within the range of 192.168.0.2 ~ 192.168.0.254, the gateway must be 192.168.0.1. 3.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 3-7 ) Note: If the above screen (Figure 3-7) does not prompt, it means that your web-browser may be set to a proxy. Choose Tools menu→Internet Options→Connections→LAN Settings, on the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it. Step 1: Select the Quick Setup tab on the left of the main menu and the “Quick Setup” screen will appear. Click the Next button.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide ) Note: The router supports three popular ways to connect to Internet. Please select one compatible with your ISP, if you are given another way that is not listed here, refer to Network→ WAN for detailed list. ¾ If you choose PPPoE, you will see the screen as shown in Figure 3-10, enter the Username and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case sensitive. If you have difficulty with this process, please contact your ISP.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This User Guide recommends using the “Quick Installation Guide” for first-time installation. For advanced users, if you want to know more about this device and make use of its functions adequately, you need to read this chapter and configure advanced settings though the Web-based Utility. After your successful login, you can configure and manage the router. There are main menus on the left of the Web-based Utility.
TL-R460 ¾ Cable/DSL Router User Guide WAN - This field displays the parameters applied to the WAN port of the router, including “MAC address”, “IP address”, “Subnet Mask”, “Default Gateway” and so on. ) Note: If PPPoE/L2TP/PPTP is chosen as the WAN connection type, the Disconnect button will be shown here while you are accessing the Internet. You can also cut the connection by clicking the button.
TL-R460 ¾ Cable/DSL Router User Guide MAC Address - This field displays the physical address of the LAN. The value can't be changed. ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address for the LAN of the Router, the formal is in dotted-decimal notation (the factory default value is 192.168.0.1). ¾ Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet mask for the LAN of the Router, this address code determines the size of the network. Normally use 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-4 ¾ Host Name - Enter the host name. 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. But this is rarely required, and should not be done unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP connection.
TL-R460 2. Cable/DSL Router User Guide Static IP If you are given a fixed IP (static IP), please select Static IP (shown in Figure 4-5), and then fixed IP parameters specified by your ISP. Figure 4-5 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.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-6 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). 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.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide ) Note: Only you have set the system time on System Tools→Time screen, will the Time-based Connecting function take effect. ¾ Connect Manually - You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually. After a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time), the router will disconnect your Internet connection, and not be able to re-establish your connection automatically even though you attempt to access the Internet again.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide necessary for your ISP. ¾ Service Name/AC Name - The service name and AC (Access Concentrator) name should not be configured unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP. ¾ ISP Specified IP Address - If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit your IP address to the router during login, select Use IP Address specified by ISP and enter the IP in dotted-decimal notation, which your ISP provided.
TL-R460 ¾ Cable/DSL Router User Guide User Name & Password - Enter the user name and password for 802.1x authentication provided by your ISP 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. But this is rarely required, and should not be done unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP connection.
TL-R460 6. Cable/DSL Router User Guide BigPond Cable If you are provided BigPond Cable for ISP connection, your ISP will provides user name, password, Auth Name and Auth Domain for you. You should select “BigPond Cable” (shown in Figure 4-10).and enter these information correctly. Figure 4-10 ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Auth Server & Auth Domain: Enter the Auth Name and Auth Domain provided by your ISP.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-11 ¾ User Name & Password - 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 Dynamic IP & Static IP - Select the type of IP address under your ISP’s introduction (We select Dynamic IP for example as shown in Figure 4-11).
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide then enter the following parameters (shown in Figure 4-12). Figure 4-12 ¾ User Name & Password - 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 Dynamic IP & Static IP - Select the type of IP address under your ISP’s introduction (We select Dynamic IP for example as shown in Figure 4-12).
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide provides user name, password and other information for you. Please select “Dual Access/Russia PPPoE” and then enter the following parameters (shown in Figure 4-13 ). Figure 4-13 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-R460 ¾ Cable/DSL Router User Guide Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this option, click the radio button. ¾ Time-based Connecting - You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect based on time. Enter the start time in HH:MM for connecting and end time in HH:MM for disconnecting in the Period of Time fields. ) Note: Only you have set the system time on System Tools→Time screen, will the Time-based Connecting function take effect.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-14 ¾ MTU Size- The default MTU size is 1480 bytes, which is usually fine. For some ISPs, you need modify the MTU. This should 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 should not be configured unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-15 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 field. The format for the MAC address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (for example: 00-0A-EB-22-13-52). ¾ Your PC's MAC Address - This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing the router.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide on the LAN. Figure 4-17 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 address in the IP address pool. The default address is 192.168.0.100. ¾ End IP Address - This field specifies the end address in the IP address pool. The default address is 192.168.0.199.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 4.4.2 DHCP Clients List Choose menu “DHCP→DHCP Clients List”, you can view the information about the clients attached to the router on the next screen (shown in Figure 4-18). Click the Refresh button to update the information.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide ¾ Reserved IP Address - This field displays the IP address of the router reserved. ¾ Status - This field displays the status of the virtual server entry. Enabled means that the entry will take effect, Disabled means that the entry will not take effect. To add/modify a reserved IP address: Step 1: Click Add New…/Modify shown in Figure 4-19, you will see a new screen shown in Figure 4-20.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-21 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.5.1 Virtual Servers Choose menu “Forwarding→Virtual Servers”, you can view and add virtual servers on the next screen (shown in Figure 4-22). Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services on your LAN, such as DNS, Email and FTP.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide shown in Figure 4-23. Step 2: Select the service you want from the “Common Service Port”, then the port and protocol value will be added to the corresponding field automatically, you only need to configure the IP address for the virtual server; If the “Common Service Port” does not contain the service that you want, please configure the Service Port, IP Address and Protocol manually. Figure 4-23 Step 3: After that, select Enabled to make the entry take effect.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide on the next screen (shown in Figure 4-24). Some applications require multiple connections, like Internet games, video conferencing, Internet calling and so on. These applications cannot work with a pure NAT router. Port Triggering is used for some of these applications that can work with an NAT router. Figure 4-24 ¾ Trigger Port - This displays the port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection using this port will "Trigger" this rule.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Step 2: Select the application you want from the “Common Applications”, then the Trigger port and Incoming ports will be added to the corresponding field automatically, you only need to configure the Trigger protocol and Incoming Protocol for the entry; If the “Common Applications” does not contain the applications that you want, please configure these options manually. Figure 4-25 Step 3: After that, select Enabled to make the entry take effect.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing. DMZ host forwards all the ports at the same time. Any PC whose port is being forwarded must have its DHCP client function disabled and should have a new static IP address assigned to it because its IP address may change when using the DHCP function.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Allowing the function may cause a risk to security, this feature is disabled by default. ¾ App Description - This displays the description provided by the application in the UPnP request. ¾ External Port - This displays the external port, which the router opened for the application. ¾ Protocol - This displays the protocol for the application. ¾ Internal Port - This displays the Internal port, which the router opened for local host.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-29 ¾ Enable Firewall - Enable the general firewall switch or not. ¾ Enable IP Address Filtering - Enable the IP Address Filtering or not. There are two default filtering rules, please select the rule for your need. ¾ Enable Domain Filtering - Enable the Domain Filtering or not. There are two default filtering rules, please select the rule for your need. ¾ Enable MAC Address Filtering - Enable MAC Address Filtering or not.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-30 ¾ Effective Time - This is the time or the range of time for the entry to take effect. For example, 1800 - 2200, it means that the entry will take effect from 18:00 to 22:00. ¾ LAN IP - This is the LAN IP address or the range of LAN IP addresses in dotted-decimal notation format. For example, 192.168.1.20 - 192.168.1.30. Keep the field blank, which means all LAN IP addresses are controlled by the rule.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Step 1: Enable the “Firewall” and “IP Address Filtering” on the Firewall screen (show in Figure 4-29), and then, you should select the Default IP Address Filtering Rule "Allow the packets not specified by any filtering rules to pass through the router". Step 2: Click Add New…/Modify shown in Figure 4-30, you will see a new screen shown in Figure 4-31. Step 3: Enter the “Effective time” that the rule will take effect as shown in Figure 4-31.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Click the Enable All button to enable all the entries. Click the Disable All button to disable all the entries. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries. Click the Previous button to view the information on the previous screen, click the Next button to view the information on the next screen. 4.6.3 Domain Filtering Choose menu “Security→Domain Filtering”, you can configure the Domain filtering rule on the next screen (shown in Figure 4-33).
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Step 2: Click Add New…/Modify shown in Figure 4-33, you will see a new screen shown in Figure 4-34. Step 3: Enter the “Effective time” that the rule will take effect, enter the “Domain Name” as shown in Figure 4-34. Step 4: Select the “Status” for the rule as shown on the next screen. Figure 4-34 Step 5: Finally, click Save to make the rule take effect. Step 6: Go to Step 2 to complete the other rules continually.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-36 ¾ MAC Address - .This is the PC’S MAC address which is controlled by the rule, its format of is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example: 00-0E-AE-B0-00-0B. ¾ Description - This is the description about the PC, Fox example: John’s PC. ¾ Status - This field displays the status, Enabled means the rule is effective, Disabled means the rule is ineffective.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-37 Step 4: Finally, click Save to make the rule take effect. Step 5: Go to Step 2 to complete the other rules continually. After you finish the configurations, you will see the rules in the table below: Figure 4-38 ) Note: Before adding a MAC Address Filtering entry, you should enable the Firewall and the MAC Address Filtering function first (shown in Figure 4-29).
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-39 ¾ 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-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-40 ¾ 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. ¾ DoS Protection - Enable or disable the DoS protection function. Only when it is enabled, will the flood filters be effective. ¾ Enable ICMP-FLOOD Attack Filtering - Enable or disable the “ICMP-FLOOD Attack Filtering”.
TL-R460 ¾ Cable/DSL Router User Guide TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets Threshold: (5 ~ 3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600 packets/s. When the current number of TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets is beyond the permitted value, the router will start up the blocking function immediately. ¾ Ignore Ping Packet from WAN Port - Enable or disable “ignore ping packet from WAN port”. The default is disabled. If enabled, the ping packet from the Internet can not access the router.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide shown in Figure 4-42. Step 2: Enter the appropriate Destination IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway, and then select the status. Figure 4-42 Step 3: Click Save to make the entry take effect. ) Note: If you want to add more than one static route, please go to step 1 to continue. Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure 4-30: Click the Delete button to delete the entry. Click the Enable All button to enable all the entries.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-43 ¾ Enable IP QoS - Select this option to enable IP QoS function. ¾ Choose BandWidth Type - Select the network connection type. You can select ADSL or Other. ¾ Bandwidth Apply - Enter the bandwidth you get. If you are not clear about that, please contact with your ISP for help. ¾ IP Range - Set the IP range of this entry. ¾ Mode - There are 2 types of mode: Minimum Bandwidth Guarantee and Maximum Bandwidth Limit.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Click the Clear All button to clear all entries. Click the Save button to save all configurations. 4.9 IP & MAC Binding Choose menu “IP & MAC Binding”, you can see the submenus under the main menu: Binding Setting and ARP List. Figure 4-44 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-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-46 Step 3: Bind the MAC and IP address, then click Save button to save the configuration. To find a specific IP & MAC binding entry: Step 1: Click Find shown in Figure 4-45, you will see a new screen shown in Figure 4-47. Step 2: Enter the specific MAC Address or IP Address in the corresponding field. Figure 4-47 Step 3: Click Find button, then you will see the entry with the specific MAC address or IP address. Step 4: Click Back to return the previous screen.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide IP & MAC Binding entries. To manage the computer, you could observe the computers in the LAN by checking the relationship of MAC address and IP address on the ARP list, and you could configure the items on the ARP list also. Figure 4-48 Click Load to load the specific item to the IP & MAC Binding list (shown in Figure 4-45). Click Delete to load the specific item to the IP & MAC Binding list.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-49 ¾ Connection Status - The status of the DDNS service is displayed here. To set up for Dyndns DDNS, follow these instructions: Step 1: Type the “User Name” and “Password” for your DDNS account. Step 2: Enter the domain name your dynamic DNS service provider offer. Step 3: Enable DDNS, and click Save to save the current configuration. Click Login to login the DDNS service. Click Logout to logout the DDNS service. 4.10.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-50 To set up for PeanutHull DDNS, follow these instructions: Step 1: Type the User Name and Password for your DDNS account. Step 2: Enable DDNS, and click Save to save the current configuration. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS service. Click Logout to logout of the DDNS service. 4.10.3 Comexe DDNS If your dynamic DNS Service Provider is www.comexe.cn, you can configure on the next screen (shown in Figure 4-51).
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-51 To set up for Comexe DDNS, follow these instructions: Step 1: Enter the domain name your dynamic DNS service provider offer. Step 2: Type the “User Name” and “Password” for your DDNS account. Step 3: Enable DDNS, and click Save to save the current configuration. Click Login to login the DDNS service. Click Logout to logout the DDNS service. 4.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-52 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.11.1 Time Choose menu “System Tools→Time”, you can configure the time on the screen (shown in Figure 4-53). Figure 4-53 ¾ Time Zone - Select your local time zone from this pull down list. ¾ Date - Enter your local date in MM/DD/YY into the right blanks.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide automatically once it connects the Internet. To configure the system manually: Step 1: Select your local time zone. Step 2: Enter date and time in the right blanks. Step 3: Select Using Daylight Saving Time if you need, and configure the begin time and end time for the function. Step 4: Click Save to save the configuration. To configure the system automatically: Step 1: Select your local time zone.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-54 ¾ Choose Mode - Check the radio button to select one diagnostic tool. z Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name resolution to a given host or gateway. z Tracert - This diagnostic tool tests the performance of a connection. ) Note: You can use ping/tracert to test both numeric IP address or domain name.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide If the result is similar to the following screen, the connectivity of the Internet is fine. Figure 4-81 Diagnostic Results ) Note: 1) Only one user can use this tools at one time. 2) These two functions may take several seconds sometimes, please wait. 3) Options "Number of Pings", "Ping size" and "Ping Timeout" are used for Ping function. 4) Option "Tracert Hops" is used for Tracert function. 4.11.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide ) Note: 1) 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. 2) When you upgrade the router's firmware, you may lose its current configurations, so please back up the router’s current settings before you upgrade its firmware.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide To back up the Router’s current settings: Step 1: Click the Backup button (shown in Figure 4-58), click Save button on the next screen (shown in Figure 4-59) to proceed. Figure 4-59 Step 2: Save the file as the appointed file (shown in Figure 4-60). Figure 4-60 To restore the Router’s settings: Step 1: Click the Browse button to locate the update file for the device, or enter the exact path to the Setting file in the text box.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-61 ) Note: Some settings of the router will take effect only after rebooting, which include: 1) Change LAN IP Address. (System will reboot automatically) 2) MAC Clone (system will reboot automatically) 3) DHCP service function. 4) Static address assignment of DHCP server. 5) Web Service Port of the router. 6) Upgrade the firmware of the router (system will reboot automatically).
TL-R460 3) Cable/DSL Router User Guide You can click the Clear All button to clear all the configurations. 4.11.8 Syslog Choose menu “System Tools→Syslog”, you can view the logs of the Router. Figure 4-63 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. 4.11.9 Statistics Choose menu “System Tools→Statistics”, you can view the statistics of the Router.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide button to disable the function. ¾ Packets Statistics Interval - 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. ¾ Sorted Rules - Select the rule for displaying the traffic information. ¾ Statistics Table - This table displays the statistics information about the traffic.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix A: Specifications General Standards and Protocols IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.3x TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP Safety & Emission FCC、CE Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix B: FAQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? Step 1: First, configure the ADSL modem in RFC1483 bridge model. Step 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. Step 3: Login to the router, click the menu Network→WAN on the left of your browser. On the WAN screen, select “PPPoE” for the type of WAN connection.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide the background. 2) 2. If you are a Cable user, please configure the router following the above steps. How do I configure the router to access Internet by Ethernet users? Step 1: Login to the router, click the menu Network→WAN on the left of your browser, On the WAN screen, select “Dynamic IP” for "WAN Connection Type", and finish it by clicking Save.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure B-4 ) Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page. Method two: Use DMZ Host Login to the router, click the menu Forwarding→DMZ. On the DMZ screen, select “Enable”, and enter your IP address into the “DMZ Host IP Address” field (using 192.168.0.102 as an example), then to click the Save button. Figure B-5 4.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure B-6 ) Note: 1) If the above configuration takes effect, for LAN administrators, you should enter 192.168.0.1:88 (the router’s LAN IP address: Web Management Port) in the address field of the web browser to access the Router. 2) For remote access to the router, you should enter the address for example: http://61.45.120.20:88 (presume the WAN IP address of the router is 61.45.120.20) to access the Router.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix C: 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.
