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Package contents.............................................................................................................. 1 Chapter 1: About this Guide .............................................................................................. 2 1.1 Purposes.............................................................................................................. 2 1.2 Conventions ......................................................................................................... 2 1.
5.9.1 Oray.net DDNS ........................................................................................ 36 5.9.2 Comexe.cn DDNS.................................................................................... 36 5.10 System Tools.................................................................................................... 37 5.10.1 Time ....................................................................................................... 38 5.10.2 Firmware ....................................
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Package contents The following contents should be found in your box: One TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router One AC power Adapter for TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router Quick Installation Guide One Resource CD for TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router, including: • This Guide • Other Helpful Information Wall-mounting screws Note: If any of the listed contents are damaged or missing, please contact the retailer from whom you purchased the TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router for assistance.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 1: About this Guide 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. 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-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 2: Introduction 2.1 Overview of the Router The TL-R460 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-R460 Cable/DSL Router will allow you to connect your network better than ever, sharing Internet Access, files and fun, easily and securely.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide indicate connections. Viewed from left to right. Table 2-1 describes the LEDs on the front panel of the router.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 3: Connecting the Router 3.1 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-R460 WAN Cable/DSL Router User Guide 1 2 3 4 RESET To WAN To LAN Switch/Hub （XDSL、Cable、Ethernet） Figure 3-1 Hardware Installation of the TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router -6-
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 4: Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-R460 router into your network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to configure the basic functions of your TL-R460 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-R460 Cable/DSL Router is 192.168.1.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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-R460 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 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-R460 Figure 5-1 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Router Status 5.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 4.2: "Quick Installation Guide." 5.4 Network 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. 5.4.1 LAN You can configure the IP parameters of the LAN on this page.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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-R460 Figure 5-5 Cable/DSL Router User Guide WAN - Static IP You should type the following parameters into the spaces provided: 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 255.255.255.0. Default Gateway: (Optional) Enter the gateway IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Click Logout to end 802.1x authentication. 3. If you choose PPPoE, you should enter the following parameters (figure 5-6): Figure 5-6 WAN - PPPoE User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle Time).
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide that you wish to have the Internet connecting last unless a new link is requested. 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-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.4.3 MAC Clone You can configure the MAC address of the WAN port on this page, figure 5-8: Figure 5-8 MAC Address Clone Some ISPs require that you register the MAC address of your adapter, which is connected to your cable, DSL modem or Ethernet during installation. You do not generally need to change anything here. WAN MAC Address - This field displays the current MAC address of the WAN port, which is used for the WAN port.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.5.1 DHCP Settings The router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PCs that are connected to the router on the LAN. The DHCP Server can be configured on the page (shown in figure 5-10): Figure 5-10 DHCP Settings DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide DHCP Client attached to the router (figure 5-11): Figure 5-11 DHCP Clients List Index - The index of the DHCP Client Client Name - The name of the DHCP client MAC Address - The MAC address of the DHCP client Assigned IP - The IP address that the router has allocated to the DHCP client. Lease Time - The time of the DHCP client leased. Before the time is up, DHCP client will request to renew the lease automatically. You cannot change any of the values on this page.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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. Select the reserved address entry as you desire, and modify it. If you wish to delete the entry, make all of the entry fields blank. 2.
TL-R460 Figure 5-14 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Virtual Servers Service Port - The numbers of External Ports. You can type a service port or a range of service ports (the format is XXX – YYY, XXX is Start port, YYY is End port). IP Address - The IP address of the PC running the service application Protocol - The protocol used for this application, either TCP, UDP, or All (all protocols supported by the router). Enable - The Enable checkbox to enable the virtual server entry.
TL-R460 3. Cable/DSL Router User Guide Click the Save button. To delete a service entry: 1. Clear the entry's all information except for the Protocol pull-down list. 2. Click the Save button. To delete all service entries: 1. Click the Clear All button. 2. Click the Save button Click the Next button to go to the next page and Click the Previous button to return the previous page.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Trigger Port - The port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection using this port will "Trigger" this rule. Trigger Protocol - The protocol used for Trigger Ports, either TCP,UDP, or All (all protocols supported by the router). Incoming Ports Range - The port or port range used by the remote system when it responds to the outgoing request. A response using one of these ports will be forwarded to the PC that triggered this rule.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Note: 1. When the trigger connection is released, the according opening ports will be closed. 2. Each rule allowed to be used only by one host on LAN synchronously. The trigger connection of other hosts on LAN will be refused. 3. Incoming Port Range cannot overlap each other. 5.6.3 DMZ The DMZ host feature allows one local host to be exposed to the Internet for a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Enable UPnP - UPnP can be enabled or disabled by clicking the Enable or Disable button. As allowing this may present a risk to security, this feature is disabled by default. Current UPnP Settings Table - this table displays the current UPnP information. • App Description – The description provided by the application in the UPnP request • • • • • External Port - External port, which the router opened for the application. Protocol - Which type of protocol is opened.
TL-R460 Figure 5-19 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Firewall Settings 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-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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. The page " Add or Modify an IP Address Filtering entry " will appear shown in figure 5-21: Figure 5-21 Add or Modify an IP Address Filtering Entry To create or modify an IP Address Filtering entry, please follow these instructions: 1.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Click the Disable All button to disable all entries. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries You can change the entry’s order as desired. Fore entries are before hind entries. Enter the ID number in the first box you want to move and another ID number in the second box you want to move to, and then click the Move button to change the entry’s order. Click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return to the previous page.
TL-R460 Figure 5-23 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Add or Modify a Domain Filtering entry To add or modify a Domain Filtering entry, follow these instructions: 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. Domain Name - Type the domain or key word as desired in the field. A blank in the domain field means all websites on the Internet. For example: www.xxyy.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.7.4 MAC Filtering Like the IP Address Filtering page, the MAC Address Filtering page (shown in figure 5-24) allows you to control access to the Internet by users on your local network based on their MAC addresses. Figure 5-24 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.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Click the Enable All button to enable all entries. Click the Disable All button to disable all entries. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. Click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return to the previous page.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide router's password. After successfully entering the password, you will be able to access the router's web-based utility. Note: Be sure to change the router's default password to a very secure password. 5.7.6 Advanced Security Using Advanced Security page (shown in figure 5-27), you can protect the router from being attacked by TCP-SYN Flood, UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood from LAN.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide value between 5 ~ 3600 packets. When the current UPD-FLOOD Packets numbers are beyond the set value, the router will start up the blocking function immediately. Enable TCP-SYN-FLOOD Attack Filtering - Enable or Disable the TCP-SYNFLOOD Attack Filtering. TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets threshold: (5 ~ 3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600 packets.
TL-R460 Figure 5-29 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Static Routing 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.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.9.1 Oray.net DDNS If your selected dynamic DNS Service Provider is www.oray.net. The page shown in figure 5-30 will appear: Figure 5-30 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.
TL-R460 Figure 5-31 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.10.1 Time You can set the time manually or get GMT from the Internet for the router on this page (shown in figure 5-33): Figure 5-33 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. Enter date and time in the right blanks 3.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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-R460 Figure 5-36 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.10.6 Log This page (shown in figure 5-38) allows you to query the Logs of the router. Figure 5-38 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-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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. The total amount of bytes received and transmitted in the last Packets Statistic interval seconds.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix A: FAQ 1. 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-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide your browser, and then click "MAC Clone" submenu link. On the "MAC Clone" page, if your PC’s MAC address is a proper MAC address, click the "Clone MAC Address" button and your PC’s 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 A-3 3.
TL-R460 Figure A-5 4. Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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. 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-R460 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-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide window that appears. An example is shown in the following figure: 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.
TL-R460 Figure B-5 c. Gateway tab Choose Disable DNS on the DNS configuration tab, as shown in the following figure: Figure B-6 • Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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-R460 Figure B-7 b. Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide click Add button. Shown below: Figure B-9 DNS Configuration tab Now, all the configurations are finished, it will take effect after reboot.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix C: 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. Four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 ports supporting Auto MDI/MDIX Cabling Type 10BASE-T: UTP category 3, 4, 5 cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100Ω STP (maximum 100m) 100BASE-TX: UTP category 5, 5e cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100Ω STP (maximum 100m) Power Supply 9V~ 0.
TL-R460 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.
TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix E: Contact Information For help with the installation or operation of the TP-LINK TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router, please contact us. E-mail: support@tp-link.com Website: http://www.tp-link.
