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TL-R488T

Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide

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Click the

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button to view the information in the previous screen,

click the

Next

button to

view the information in the next screen.

4.5 Forwarding

Choose menu “

Forwarding

”, and you can see the submenus under the main menu:

Virtual

Servers

,

Port Triggering

,

DMZ

and

UPnP

.

Figure 4-22

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 in the next

screen (shown in Figure 4-23).

Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services on your LAN, such as DNS, Email and
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 configured as a
virtual server must have a static or a reserved IP address because its IP address may change
when using the DHCP function.

Figure 4-23

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Service Port

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This field displays the numbers of External Ports. It can be a service port or a

range of service ports (the format is XXX - YYY, XXX is Start port, YYY is End port).

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IP Address

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This field displays the IP address of the PC running the service application.

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Protocol

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This field displays the protocol used for this application, either

TCP

,

UDP

, or

All

(all protocols supported by the router).

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Summary of Contents for TL-R488T

Page 1: ...TL R488T Load Balance Broadband Router Rev 1 1 2 ...

Page 2: ...s are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation transformation or adaptation without permission from TP LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD Copyright 2008 TP LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD All rights reserved http www tp link com ...

Page 3: ...ined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technic...

Page 4: ...r 3 Quick Installation Guide 7 3 1 Configure PC 7 3 2 Login 11 Chapter 4 Configuring the Router 15 4 1 Status 15 4 2 Quick Setup 17 4 3 Network 17 4 3 1 LAN 17 4 3 2 WAN 18 4 3 3 Network service detection 29 4 3 4 MAC Clone 31 4 3 5 Flow Balance 31 4 3 6 Balance Policy 33 4 3 7 WAN Port Parameter 35 4 4 DHCP 36 4 4 1 DHCP Settings 37 4 4 2 DHCP Clients List 38 4 4 3 Address Reservation 38 4 5 Forw...

Page 5: ...11 2 PeanutHull DDNS 64 4 11 3 Comexe DDNS 65 4 12 Switch Setting 65 4 12 1 Port Statistics 66 4 12 2 Port Rate Control 66 4 12 3 Port Parameter 67 4 12 4 Port Status 67 4 13 System Tools 68 4 13 1 Time Setting 68 4 13 2 Firmware 69 4 13 3 Factory Defaults 70 4 13 4 Backup and Restore 70 4 13 5 Reboot 72 4 13 6 Password 73 4 13 7 Log 73 4 13 8 Remote Management 74 4 13 9 Statistics 75 4 13 10 WAN ...

Page 6: ...Router One power cord for TL R488T Load Balance Broadband Router One Resource CD for TL R488T Load Balance Broadband Router including This Guide Other Helpful Information Mounting kits for installing in a standard 19 rack Note If any of the listed contents are damaged or missing please contact the retailer from whom you purchased the product for assistance ...

Page 7: ...lly work it works with backup and load balancing functions The connection will furbish when one line is broken down while the streaming will part automatically Featuring firewall and VPN Passthrough the TL R488T Load Balance Broadband Router resists most common Internet attacks and ensures secure data connectivity and transmission over the Internet TL R488T Load Balance Broadband Router is easy to...

Page 8: ...ets from WAN or LAN ports Supports firmware upgrade Supports Remote and Web management 1 3 Conventions The Router or TL R488T mentioned in this User guide stands for TL R488T Load Balance Broadband 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...

Page 9: ... linked to the corresponding port Lit up There is a device linked to the corresponding port but no activity WAN LAN Link Act Flashing There is an active device linked to the corresponding port Not lit The linked device is running at 10Mbps 100M Lit up The linked device is running at 100Mbps The front panel contains the following features Viewed from left to right Reset Use the button to restore th...

Page 10: ...uch as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 0 or later Netscape Navigator 6 0 or later 2 3 Installation Environment Requirements Not in direct sunlight or near a heater or heating vent Not cluttered or crowded There should be at least 2 inches 5 cm of clear space on all sides of the router Well ventilated especially if it is in a closet Operating temperature 0 40 32 104 Operating Humidity 10 90 RH Non co...

Page 11: ...ure 2 3 3 Connect the DSL Cable modem to the WAN port on the router shown in figure 3 1 4 Connect the AC power adapter to the AC power socket on the router and the other end into an electrical outlet The router will start to work automatically 5 Power on your PC s and Cable DSL modem LAN To LAN Switch Hub To WAN XDSL Cable Ethernet INTERNET ISP TL R488T Quad WAN Enterprise Broadband Router Figure ...

Page 12: ...your TL R488T Load Balance Broadband Router These procedures only take you a few minutes You can access the Internet via the router immediately after it has been successfully configured 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 Figure 3 1 Step 2 On the following screen right click Local Area Connection ...

Page 13: ...TL R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 8 Figure 3 2 Step 3 On the following screen select General tab highlight Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click the Properties button ...

Page 14: ...TL R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 9 Figure 3 3 Step 4 Configure the IP address as shown in Figure 3 4 After that click OK ...

Page 15: ...P address manually 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 1 1 on the next screen and then press Enter If the result displayed is similar to the screen below the connection between your PC and the Router has been established Figure 3 5 ...

Page 16: ... TCP IP configuration for your PC correct If the Router s IP address is 192 168 1 1 your PC s IP address must be within the range of 192 168 1 2 192 168 1 254 3 2 Login Once your host PC is properly configured please proceed as follows to use the Web based Utility Start your web browser and type the private IP address of the Router in the URL field 192 168 1 1 After that you will see the screen as...

Page 17: ...y Choose Tools menu Internet Options Connections LAN Settings in 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 Figure 3 8 Step 2 Select the connection type to connect to the ISP and then click the Next button ...

Page 18: ...e 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 Figure 3 10 Step 4 If you choose Dynamic IP in Figure 3 9 the router will automatically receive the IP parameters from your ISP without needing to enter any parameters Step 5 If you Choose Stati...

Page 19: ...TL R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 14 Figure 3 11 Step 6 After that you will see the next screen Click Finish to complete the quick installation Figure 3 12 ...

Page 20: ...tility After your successful login you can configure and manage the router There are main menus on the left of the Web based Utility Submenus will be available after you click one of the main menus On the center of the web based Utility you can configure the function Besides this you can refer to the help on the right of the Web based Utility To apply any settings you have altered on the page plea...

Page 21: ...TL R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 16 Figure 4 1 ...

Page 22: ...utton If you have not connected to the Internet a Connect button will be shown and you can click the button to establish the connection Traffic Statistics This field displays the traffic statistics of WAN ports System Up Time This field displays the time of the router running from the time it is powered on or is reset 4 2 Quick Setup Please refer to chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide 4 3 Network C...

Page 23: ... IP Address pool in the DHCP sever will not take effect until they are re configured Besides this the Virtual Server and DMZ Host may change accordingly at the same time and you d better re configure it as well 4 3 2 WAN Choose menu Network WAN you can configure the IP parameters of the WAN on the screen below The Router provides three connection types for WAN to connect to the Internet they are D...

Page 24: ... 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 Primary DNS Secondary DNS If your ISP gives you one or two DNS addresses select Use These DNS Servers and enter the primary and secondary addresses into the correct fields Otherwise the DNS servers will be assigned dynamically from I...

Page 25: ...t Static IP shown in Figure 4 5 and then fixed IP parameters specified by your ISP Figure 4 5 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 Enter the gateway IP address in dotted decimal notation provided by your ISP Optional MTU Size The norm...

Page 26: ...igure 4 6 If you are not sure which connection type you use currently please contact your ISP to obtain the correct information Figure 4 6 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 If your Internet ...

Page 27: ... 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 You need click the Connect button manually to connect immediately or click the Disconnect button manually to disconnect immediately To us...

Page 28: ...fied by ISP and enter the IP address in dotted decimal notation which your ISP provided Detect Online Interval The default value is 0 you can input the value between 0 and 120 The router will detect Access Concentrator online at every interval between the times If the value is 0 it means the Router does not detect Primary DNS Secondary DNS If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit ...

Page 29: ...itive Auth Server Enter the authenticating server IP address or host name Auth Domain Type in the domain suffix server name based on your location MTU Size The normal MTU Maximum Transmit Unit value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 bytes For some ISPs you may need to modify the MTU But this is rarely required and should not be done unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP connection Conn...

Page 30: ...isconnected To use this option click the radio button 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 as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again To use this option click the radio butt...

Page 31: ...tion after a specified period of the Internet connectivity Max Idle Time If your Internet connec tion 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 If you want your Internet connection to remain active at all...

Page 32: ...r Internet connection and not be able to re establish your connection automatically as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again To use this option click the radio button If you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times enter 0 in the Max Idle Time field Otherwise enter the number in minutes that you wish to have the Internet connecting last unless a new link requested Not...

Page 33: ...ction after a specified period of the Internet connectivity Max Idle Time If your Internet connec tion 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 If you want your Internet connection to remain active at al...

Page 34: ...ion automatically as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again To use this option click the radio button If you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times enter 0 in the Max Idle Time field Otherwise enter the number in minutes that you wish to have the Internet connecting last unless a new link requested Note Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you spe...

Page 35: ...ion IP Address for Ping Enter the correct IP address that really existed on the WAN network For example 202 96 134 188 By DNS Query Detect whether Internet connection is online or not by sending query packet to DNS Server DNS Server IP Address Enter the correct DNS IP address that really existed on the WAN network For example 202 96 134 133 ...

Page 36: ... example 00 0A EB 12 34 1A Your PC s MAC Address This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing the router If the MAC address is required you can click the Clone MAC Address button and this MAC address will fill in the WAN MAC Address field Note 1 Click Restore Factory MAC to restore the MAC address of WAN port to the factory default value 2 Only the PC s on your LAN can use the MA...

Page 37: ...ton to backup the list files Upload Click the button to upload an existed file You can click Browse to locate the specific file first and then click the Upload List Files to complete the process Rules list This table displays the current dispatch rules To add a dispatch rule Step 1 Click Add New button in Figure 4 13 Figure 4 14 will appears Step 2 Select the Rules Select Protocol Datagram Pass Po...

Page 38: ...ion in the previous screen click the Next button to view the information in the next screen 4 3 6 Balance Policy Choose menu Network Flow Balance you can configure the balance policy in the next screen This screen configure the WAN s forward policies which based on three principles Speed First Paired IP First and Application First We use four tables including Speed Detect Table Fast Connection Tab...

Page 39: ...e Threshold for Fastest Session During the time if the Router receives a response from Internet then the connection will be considered as a fast connection And the connection will be registered in the Faster Connection Table Age for Fastest Session Table Normal timeouts for the entries in Faster Connection Table During the time if an entry has never been used the entry will be deleted from the tab...

Page 40: ...ar WAN port then the connection will be registered in the Application Table and the later connections related to the application will be made through the WAN port also Age for Application Table Normal timeouts for the entries in Application first Table During the time if an entry has never been used the entry will be deleted from the Application Table Obliged age for Application Table The maximal ...

Page 41: ...plex 100M Half Duplex and 100M Full Duplex Ingress Limit Mode Ingress Limit Speed Select the limit mode and limit speed for the WAN ports Egress Limit Egress Limit speed Enable Egress Limit for WAN ports and select the limit speed for them Note Egress speed limit is designed for controlling the broadcasting storm When the current flux oversteps the setting value the overstepped Datagrams will be d...

Page 42: ... router on the LAN Figure 4 18 DHCP Server Enable or disable the DHCP server If you disable the Server you must have another DHCP server within your network or else you must manually configure the computer Start IP Address This field specifies the first address in the IP address pool The default address is 192 168 1 100 End IP Address This field specifies the end address in the IP address pool The...

Page 43: ...rmation about the clients attached to the router in the next screen shown in Figure 4 19 Click the Refresh button to update the information Figure 4 19 Client Name This field displays the name of the DHCP client MAC Address This field displays the MAC address of the DHCP client Assigned IP This field displays the IP address that the router has allocated to the DHCP client Lease Time This field dis...

Page 44: ...ess Step 1 Click Add New Modify shown in Figure 4 20 you will see a new screen shown in Figure 4 21 Step 2 Enter the MAC address IP address and select Status as shown below Figure 4 21 Step 3 Click the Save button when finished Note 1 If you want to add more than one reserved IP please go to step 1 to continue 2 The function won t take effect until the router reboots Other configurations for the e...

Page 45: ...23 Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services on your LAN such as DNS Email and 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 configured as a virtual server must have a static or a reserved IP address because its IP address may change when using the ...

Page 46: ...and Protocol manually Figure 4 24 Step 3 After that select Enable to make the entry take effect Step 4 Click Save button to save the configuration Note 1 If you want to add more than one reserved IP please go to step 1 to continue 2 If you configure more than one type of available service on a computer or server that means the IP addresses for the virtual servers are same Other configurations for ...

Page 47: ...cols supported by the router Incoming Ports This displays the port or port range used by the remote system they are used for responding to the outgoing request A response using one of these ports will be forwarded to the PC that triggered this rule You can input at most 5 groups of ports or port section Every group of ports must be apart with For example 2000 2038 2050 2051 2085 3010 3030 Incoming...

Page 48: ...ure these options manually Figure 4 26 Step 3 After that select Enabled to make the entry take effect Step 4 Click Save button to save the configuration Note 1 If you want to add more than one reserved IP please go to step 1 to continue 2 When the trigger connection is released the according opening ports will be closed 3 Each rule allowed to be used only by one host on LAN synchronously The trigg...

Page 49: ... change when using the DHCP function Figure 4 27 To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server Step 1 Click the Enable radio button Step 2 Enter the local host IP address in the DMZ Host IP Address field Step 3 Click the Save button Note After you set the DMZ host the firewall related to the host will not take effect 4 5 4 UPnP Choose menu Forwarding UPnP you can view the information about UPn...

Page 50: ...is displays the internal port which the router opened for local host IP Address The UPnP device that is currently accessing the router Status This displays the status Enabled means that the port is still active Disabled means that the port is inactive 4 6 Security Choose menu Security and you can see the submenus under the main menu Firewall IP Address Filtering Domain Filtering MAC Address Filter...

Page 51: ...se select the rule for your need Enable Domain Filtering Enable the Domain Filtering or not Enable MAC Filtering Enable MAC Address Filtering or not There are two default filtering rules please select the rule for your need Enable Screen Enable the screen function or not 4 6 2 IP Filtering Choose menu Security IP Filtering you can configure the IP Address filtering rule in the next screen shown in...

Page 52: ...ch means all WAN IP addresses are controlled by the rule WAN Port This is the WAN Port or the range of WAN Ports For example 25 110 Keep the field blank which means all WAN Ports are controlled by the rule Protocol This indicates which protocol is used TCP UDP or All all protocols supported by the router Action This field displays the action that the Router takes to deal with the traffic Allow mea...

Page 53: ...in Figure 4 32 Step 4 Enter the LAN IP Address LAN Port WAN IP Address and WAN Port in the corresponding field as shown in Figure 4 32 Step 5 Select the Protocol Action and Status for the rule as shown in the next screen Figure 4 32 Step 6 Click the Save button to save this entry Step 7 Go to Step 2 to complete the other rules continually After you finish the configurations you will see the rules ...

Page 54: ...Figure 4 34 Effective Time This is the time or the range of time for the entry to take effect For example 0800 2400 it means that the entry will take effect from 08 00 to 20 00 Domain Name This is the domain or key word as desired Leaving the field blank means all websites on the Internet are prohibited from accessing Status This field displays the status Enabled means the rule is effective while ...

Page 55: ...ore adding an IP Address Filtering entry you should enable the Firewall and the IP Address Filtering function first shown in Figure 4 30 Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure 4 34 Click the Delete button to delete the entry 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 en...

Page 56: ...ive while Disabled means the rule is ineffective To add or modify a Domain Filtering entry Fox example If you want to block the PCs with MAC addresses 00 0A EB 00 07 BE and 00 0A EB 00 07 5F to access the Internet you can configure as follows Step 1 Enable the Firewall and MAC Address Filtering on the Firewall screen show in Figure 4 30 And then specify the Default MAC Address Filtering Rule Deny ...

Page 57: ...ction first shown in Figure 4 30 Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure 4 37 Click the Delete button to delete the entry 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 in the previous screen click the Next button to ...

Page 58: ...which the packets will be monitored by the next settings Scan Attack Defence IP Scan During the specific time if a computer identified by a particular source IP address transmits packets to at least ten different computers identified by different destination IP addresses and then the source IP address will be deemed to make IP ...

Page 59: ...ceives many TCP SYN packets and the number of these packets exceeds the prescript value then the Port will be deemed to suffering from SYN Flood Attack And the Router will start up the blocking function immediately Land Attack This is an attack combining Flood attack and IP spoofing When the attackers send the spoof SYN datagram which including the casualty s IP address and make it the destination...

Page 60: ...nitor whether the IP packets from the particular region contain the field of Stream ID In the event the Router will start up the blocking function immediately IP Record Route Option If you select this option the Router will monitor whether the IP packets from the particular region contain the field of Record Route In the event the Router will start up the blocking function immediately IP Loose Sou...

Page 61: ...t between the router and the network or host Status This field displays the status Enabled means the rule is effective while Disabled means the rule is ineffective To add modify a static routing entry Step 1 Click Add New Modify shown in Figure 4 41 you will see a new screen shown in Figure 4 42 Step 2 Enter the appropriate Destination IP Address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway and then select the...

Page 62: ...The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below 4 8 1 Session Limit Choose menu Session Limit Session Limit you can view and configure the session limits in the next screen For conveniently control the connections of the computers in the LAN you can set the max number of connections for different computers Figure 4 44 Enable Enable or disable the session limit Only after choose Enabl...

Page 63: ...on List Choose menu Session Limit Session List you can view the information about the number of connection Figure 4 46 Note You can click the Refresh to update the information 4 9 QoS Choose menu QoS and you can see the submenus under the main menu Figure 4 47 Click any of them and you will be able to configure the corresponding function The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided belo...

Page 64: ...andwidth and share bandwidth Independent bandwidth means every port has its own upload and download bandwidth share bandwidth means address or port share upload and download bandwidth Upload bandwidth This field displays the max and mix upload bandwidth through the WAN port the default is 0 Download bandwidth This field displays the max and mix download bandwidth through the WAN port the default i...

Page 65: ...he submenus under the main menu Binding Setting ARP List Figure 4 51 Click any of them and you will be able to configure the corresponding function The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below 4 10 1 Binding Setting Choose menu IP MAC Binding Binding Setting you can view and add IP MAC binding entries in the next screen shown in Figure 4 52 ...

Page 66: ...the function take effect To add modify an IP MAC binding entry Step 1 Click Add New Modify shown in Figure 4 52 you will see a new screen shown in Figure 4 53 Step 2 Enter the MAC Address and IP Address in the corresponding field Figure 4 53 Step 3 Select Bind the MAC and IP address and then click Save button to save the configuration To find a specific IP MAC binding entry Step 1 Click Find shown...

Page 67: ...o enable all the entries Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries Click the Previous button to view the information in the previous screen click the Next button to view the information in the next screen 4 10 2 ARP List Choose menu IP MAC Binding ARP List you can view the ARP list in the next screen shown in Figure 4 55 This screen displays the ARP list and all the existing IP MAC Bin...

Page 68: ...f the item has been loaded before 4 11 Dynamic DNS Choose menu Dynamic DNS and you can configure Dynamic DNS function The router offers a Dynamic Domain Name System DDNS feature DDNS lets you assign a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address It is useful when you are hosting your own website FTP server or other server behind the router Before using this feature you need to sign ...

Page 69: ...Click Login to login the DDNS service Click Logout to logout the DDNS service 4 11 2 PeanutHull DDNS If your dynamic DNS Service Provider is www oray net you can configure in the next screen shown in Figure 4 57 Figure 4 57 To set up for PeanutHull DDNS follow these instructions Step 1 Select the WAN port to configure Step 2 Type the User Name and Password for your DDNS account Step 3 Enter the do...

Page 70: ...these instructions Step 1 Select the WAN port to configure Step 2 Enter the domain name your dynamic DNS service provider offer Step 3 Type the User Name and Password for your DDNS account Step 4 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 12 Switch Setting Choose menu Switch Setting and you can see th...

Page 71: ... Statistics Choose menu Switch Setting Port statistics you can view the statistics information about the LAN port in the next screen shown in Figure 4 60 Figure 4 60 Note Before you view the information please click the Refresh button to update it 4 12 2 Port Rate Control Choose menu Switch Setting Port Rate Control you can control the ingress and egress rate for the LAN port in the next screen sh...

Page 72: ...oose menu Switch Setting Port Parameter you can configure the parameters for the LAN port in the next screen shown in Figure 4 62 Figure 4 62 4 12 4 Port Status Choose menu Switch Setting Port Status you can view the status of the LAN port in the next screen shown in Figure 4 63 Figure 4 63 ...

Page 73: ...menu System Tools Time you can configure the time on the screen shown in Figure 4 65 Figure 4 65 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 Preferable NTP Server Enter the address for the NTP Server then the Router will get the time from the Preferable NTP Server...

Page 74: ... to the router successfully or else the time limited on these functions will not take effect 2 The time will be lost if the router is turned off 3 The router will obtain GMT time automatically from Internet if it has already connected to the Internet 4 13 2 Firmware Choose menu System Tools Firmware you can update the latest version of firmware for the Router on the screen shown in Figure 4 66 Fig...

Page 75: ...rmware is being upgraded 4 The router will reboot after the upgrading has been finished 4 13 3 Factory Defaults Choose menu System Tools Factory Defaults you can restore the configurations of the Router to factory defaults on the screen shown in Figure 4 67 Figure 4 67 Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their default values Note 1 The default User Name is admin 2 The d...

Page 76: ...71 Figure 4 68 To back up the Router s current settings Step 1 Click the Backup button shown in Figure 4 68 click Save button in the next screen shown in Figure 4 69 to proceed Figure 4 69 Step 2 Save the file as the appointed file shown in Figure 4 70 ...

Page 77: ...tting file in the text box Step 2 Click the Upgrade button to complete 4 13 5 Reboot Choose menu System Tools Reboot click the Reboot button to reboot the router via the next screen Figure 4 71 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 func...

Page 78: ...n the next screen shown in Figure 4 72 After configuration click the Save button Figure 4 72 Note 1 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 2 The new user name and password must not exceed 14 characters in length and must no...

Page 79: ...ure the Remote Management function on this screen shown in Figure 4 74 This feature allows you to manage your Router from a remote location via the Internet Figure 4 74 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 custo...

Page 80: ...uccessfully entering the username and password you will be able to access the router s web based utility 2 Be sure to change the router s default password to a very secure password 4 13 9 Statistics Choose menu System Tools Statistics you can view the statistics of the Router This screen shown in Figure 4 75 displays the network traffic of each PC on LAN including total traffic and current traffic...

Page 81: ...rrent SYN Tx The total amount of the TCP SYN packets transmitted to WAN in the last Packets Statistic interval seconds Note 1 If the Current Statistics Status function is disabled the DoS protection in Advanced Security will be ineffective 2 Select the Auto refresh and then the traffic information will be refreshed automatically during the Packets Statistics Interval Click the Refresh button to re...

Page 82: ...ent to such as 5000 Destination Port The datagrams distination port such as 6000 UDP Data The data carried when sent UDP detect datagram take care if in the UDP data exist character for example 123 456 www sohu com the datagram would be considered to be a domain name DNS datagram will be sent at this time no matter what the destination port is the destination port in the sent datagram is always 53...

Page 83: ...The protocol which is used in the link IP address The local or remote IP address to be examined Show To examine the information which the local or remote IP address equals that you input Refresh To get the latest status and settings of the router Per page To set how many information entries a page show 4 13 12 NAT Source Port Settings Choose menu System Tools NAT Source Port Settings you can confi...

Page 84: ...AN RJ45 port One 10 100M Auto Negotiation LAN RJ45 ports Auto MDI MDIX One Console RS232 DB9 Male 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 Input 220VAC 50HZ Consumption 4 1W Max Physical and Environment Working Temperature 0 40 32 104 Working Humidity ...

Page 85: ...he corresponding field and finish it by clicking Connect Figure B 1 Step 4 If your ADSL lease is in pay according time mode select Connect on Demand or connect Manually or Time based Connecting for Internet connection mode Type an appropriate number for Max Idle Time or Period of Time to avoid wasting paid time Otherwise you can select Connect Automatically for Internet connection mode Figure B 2 ...

Page 86: ...n and your PC s MAC address will be filled in the WAN MAC Address field Or else enter the specific MAC address into the WAN MAC Address field manually Then click the Save button It will take effect after rebooting Figure B 3 3 I want to use Netmeeting what do I need to do If you start Netmeeting as a sponsor you don t need to do anything with the router If you start as a responsor you need configu...

Page 87: ... button Figure B 5 4 I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN what should I do 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 And then add a WEB Server on your LAN You can follow the steps below to proceed Step 1 To change the WEB management port number Login to the router click the men...

Page 88: ... address Web Management Port in the address field of the web browser Step 2 To add a WEB Server Login to the router click the menu Forwarding Virtual Servers on the left of your browser On the Virtual Server screen add a Virtual Server rule as shown below Configure 80 as the Service Port and enter your IP address assuming 192 168 1 188 for an example remember to Enable and Save Figure B 7 ...

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Page 90: ...IP addresses Domain Name A descriptive name for an address or group of addresses on the Internet DoS Denial of Service A hacker attack designed to prevent your computer or network from operating or communicating DSL Digital Subscriber Line A technology that allows data to be sent or received over existing traditional phone lines ISP Internet Service Provider A company that provides access to the I...

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