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Load Balance Broadband Router
Rev: 1.1.2

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  • Page 1 TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router Rev: 1.1.2...
  • Page 2 COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS ® is a registered trademark of Specifications are subject to change without notice. TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names 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.

  • Page 3: Fcc Statement

    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.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Package Contents ... 1 Chapter 1 Introduction ... 2 Overview of the Router ... 2 Features ... 2 Conventions... 3 Chapter 2 Hardware installation... 4 Panel Layout... 4 2.1.1 The Front Panel ...4 2.1.2 The Rear Panel...5 System Requirements ... 5 Installation Environment Requirements ...
  • Page 5 4.6.2 IP Filtering...46 4.6.3 Domain Filtering...49 4.6.4 MAC Filtering ...50 4.6.5 Screen...52 Static Routing ... 55 Session Limit ... 57 4.8.1 Session Limit...57 4.8.2 Session List...58 QoS ... 58 4.9.1 QoS Settings...59 4.9.2 QoS Rules List ...59 4.10 IP & MAC Binding ... 60 4.10.1 Binding Setting...60 4.10.2...

  • Page 6: Package Contents

    Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: One TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router One power cord for TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router One Resource CD for TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router, including: • This Guide •...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introduction

    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router makes plenty of applications become a reality. It can be used for constructing intranet FTP, WEB, and Mail server, etc. Inaccessibly, it features network game ports opened, MSN audio conversation and special application setting, providing much more additional value to your network.

  • Page 8: Conventions

    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.

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    2.1 Panel Layout 2.1.1 The Front Panel The front panel of the TL-R488T consists of several LED indicators, which is designed to indicate connections. Viewed from left, the next table describes the LEDs on the front panel of the router. LED Descriptions:...

  • Page 10: The Rear Panel

    LAN: One 10/100Mbps RJ45 port for connecting the router to the local PCs 2.1.2 The Rear Panel The rear panel of the TL-R488T only features a power receptacle, which is an AC power receptacle. Connect the female of the power cord head here, and the male head to the AC power outlet.
  • Page 11 Connect the DSL/Cable modem to the WAN port on the router, shown in figure 3-1. 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.

  • Page 12: Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide

    Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-R488T router into your network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to configure the basic functions of 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.
  • Page 13 TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 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 Figure 3-3 Step 4: Configure the IP address as shown in Figure 3-4. After that, click OK.
  • Page 15 192.168.1.1 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. TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 3-4...

  • Page 16: Login

    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 192.168.1.1, your PC's IP address must be within the range of 192.168.1.2 ~ 192.168.1.254. 3.2 Login...
  • Page 17 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. Step 2: Select the connection type to connect to the ISP and then click the Next button. TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 3-7...
  • Page 18 Username and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case sensitive. If you have difficulty with this process, please contact your ISP. 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.
  • Page 19 TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 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: Chapter 4 Configuring The Router

    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. Submenus will be available after you click one of the main menus.
  • Page 21 TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-1...

  • Page 22: Quick Setup

    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.

  • Page 23: Wan

    MAC Address - This field displays the physical address of the LAN. The value can't be changed. IP Address - Enter the IP address for the LAN of the Router, the formal is in dotted-decimal notation (the factory default value is 192.168.1.1).
  • Page 24 If you get ‘Address not found' errors when you go to a Web site, it is likely that your DNS servers are set up improperly. You should contact your ISP to get correct DNS server. TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide...
  • Page 25 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. TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-5...
  • Page 26 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 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.
  • Page 27 Only you have set the system time on System Tools→Time screen, will the Time-based Connecting function take effect. 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.
  • Page 28 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 address in dotted-decimal notation, which your ISP provided.
  • Page 29 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. Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect your Internet connection TL-R488T...
  • Page 30 Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. 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.
  • Page 31 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 the Internet connectivity (Max Idle Time). If your Internet...
  • Page 32 Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. 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.
  • Page 33 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 the Internet connectivity (Max Idle Time). If your Internet...

  • Page 34: Network Service Detection

    Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. 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.
  • Page 35 TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-11 By Ping - Detect whether Internet connection is online or not by Ping. Destination IP Address for Ping - Enter the correct IP address that really existed on the WAN network. For example: 202.96.134.188.

  • Page 36: Mac Clone

    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.
  • Page 37 Step 1: Click Add New button in Figure 4-13, Figure 4-14 will appears. Step 2: Select the Rules Select, Protocol, Datagram Pass Policy and Transmit Path; enter IP address and Port as shown below. TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-13...

  • Page 38: Balance Policy

    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-14 Step 3: Click Save . To add additional rules, repeat steps 1-3. Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure 4-13: Click the Delete button to delete the entry. Click the Enable All button to enable all the entries.
  • Page 39 During the time, if an entry has never been used, the entry will be deleted from the table. • 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.

  • Page 40: Wan Port Parameter

    WAN Port Parameter Choose menu “Network→WAN Port Parameter”, you can view the information about the WAN ports in the next screen. TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Normal timeouts for the entries in Application-first Table. The maximal timeouts for the entries in...

  • Page 41: Dhcp

    WAN Index - This shows the Router's WAN ports. Port Status - This shows the ports' current status: Enabled (default) or Disabled. Flow Control - This shows the function of Flow Control is Enabled or Disabled. Negotiation Mode - The options are: Auto Negotiation, 10M Half Duplex, 10M Full Duplex, 100M Half Duplex, and 100M Full Duplex.

  • Page 42: 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. 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.

  • Page 43: Dhcp Clients List

    Default Gateway – IP address of the LAN port of the router. Suggest input a value, and the default is 192.168.1.1. (Optional). Default Domain - Input the domain name of your network. (Optional). Primary DNS - Input the DNS IP address provided by your ISP. You can consult your ISP for it.
  • Page 44 MAC Address - This field displays the MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve IP address. Reserved IP Address - This field displays the IP address of the router reserved. 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.

  • Page 45: Forwarding

    IP Address - This field displays the IP address of the PC running the service application. Protocol - This field displays the protocol used for this application, either TCP, UDP, or All (all protocols supported by the router). TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-22...
  • Page 46 Click the Previous button to view the information in the previous screen, click the Next button to view the information in the next screen. Note: If you set the virtual server of the service port as 80, you must set the web management port on TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-24...

  • Page 47: Port Triggering

    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.
  • Page 48 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 TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-26...

  • Page 49: Dmz

    The Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) feature allows the devices, such as Internet computers, to access the local host resources or devices as needed. UPnP devices can be automatically discovered by the UPnP service application on the LAN. TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-27...

  • Page 50: Security

    Current UPnP Status - If you want to use the Router’s UPnP function, please click Enable button. If you don’t want use the function, please click Disable button. Allowing the function may cause a risk to security, and this feature is disabled by default.

  • Page 51: Ip Filtering

    Choose menu “Security→IP Filtering”, you can configure the IP Address filtering rule in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-31). The IP Address Filtering feature allows you to control Internet Access by specific users on your LAN based on their IP addresses. TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-30...
  • Page 52 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 means that the Router allows the traffic through the Router, Deny means that the Router rejects the traffic through the router.
  • Page 53 4-30), 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 4-31, you will see a new screen shown in Figure 4-32.

  • Page 54: Domain Filtering

    Step 1: Enable the “Firewall” and “Domain Filtering” on the Firewall screen (show in Figure TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-34 and websites with end of .net on the Internet, while no limit...

  • Page 55: Mac Filtering

    MAC Filtering Choose menu “Security→MAC Filtering”, you can configure the MAC Address filtering rule in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-37). The MAC Address Filtering feature allows you to control TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-35...
  • Page 56 Step 2: Click Add New…/Modify shown in Figure 4-37, you will see a new screen shown in Figure 4-38. Step 3: Enter the appropriate MAC address and descriptions, and then select the status as shown in Figure 4-38. TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-37...

  • Page 57: Screen

    Click the Previous button to view the information in the previous screen, click the Next button to view the information in the next screen. 4.6.5 Screen Choose menu “Security→Screen”, you can configure the functions below to protect the router from being attacked in the next two screens. TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide...
  • Page 58 TL-R488T Region - This option used to select the specifically area from 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...
  • Page 59 IP Deceive - If you select this option, the Router will monitor whether the packets from the particular region is doing IP deceive. In the event, the Router will start up the blocking function immediately. Note: The function takes effect only when the Region is LAN.

  • Page 60: Static Routing

    • IP Stream Option: If you select this option, the Router will monitor 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. •...
  • Page 61 Default Gateway - This is the IP address of the gateway device that allows for contact 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.

  • Page 62: Session Limit

    Max Session: The max connections of the computer. To add/modify a session limit entry: Step 1: Click Add New…/Modify shown in Figure 4-44, you will see a new screen shown in TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-43...

  • Page 63: Session List

    Choose menu “QoS”, and you can see the submenus under the main menu. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-45...

  • Page 64: Qos Settings

    Step 1: Click Add New…/Modify shown in Figure 4-49, you will see a new screen shown in Figure 4-50. Step 2: Enter the information like the screen as shown below. TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-48 Figure 4-49...

  • Page 65: Ip & Mac Binding

    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). TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-50 Figure 4-51...
  • Page 66 Step 1: Click Find shown in Figure 4-52, you will see a new screen shown in Figure 4-54. Step 2: Enter the specific MAC Address or IP Address in the corresponding field. TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-52...

  • Page 67: Arp List

    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. TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-54...

  • Page 68: Dynamic Dns

    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 up for DDNS service providers such as www.dyndns.org...

  • Page 69: Peanuthull Ddns

    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Connection Status - The status of the DDNS service is displayed here. To set up for Dyndns DDNS, follow these instructions: Step 1: Select the WAN port to configure. Step 2: Type the “User Name” and “Password” for your DDNS account.

  • Page 70: Comexe Ddns

    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 4.11.3 Comexe DDNS If the dynamic DNS Service Provider is www.comexe.cn, you can configure in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-58). Figure 4-58 To set up for Comexe DDNS, follow these instructions: Step 1: Select the WAN port to configure.

  • Page 71: Port Statistics

    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 (shown in Figure 4-61). TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-59 Figure 4-60...

  • Page 72: Port Parameter

    (shown in 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). TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-61 Figure 4-62 Figure 4-63...

  • Page 73: System Tools

    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 firstly. In addition, the Router built-in some common NTP Servers, so it can get time automatically once it connects the Internet.

  • Page 74: Firmware

    To configure the system automatically: Step 1: Select your local time zone. Step 2: Enter the IP address for Preferable NTP Server, then the Router will get the time from the Preferable NTP Server firstly (you can leave it blank also).

  • Page 75: Factory Defaults

    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. Do not turn off the router or press the Reset button while the firmware is being upgraded. The router will reboot after the upgrading has been finished.
  • Page 76 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. Step 2: Save the file as the appointed file (shown in Figure 4-70).

  • Page 77: Reboot

    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. Note: Some settings of the router will take effect only after rebooting, which include: Change LAN IP Address.

  • Page 78: Password

    4.13.6 Password Choose menu “System Tools→Password”, you can change the factory default user name and password of the router in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-72). After configuration, click the Save button. Note: It is strongly recommended that you change the factory default user name and password of the router.

  • Page 79: Remote Management

    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 All button to clear all the logs. 4.13.8 Remote Management Choose menu “System Tools →...

  • Page 80: Statistics

    Remote Management IP Address - This is the current address you will use when accessing your router from the Internet. The default IP address is 0.0.0.0. It means this function is disabled. To enable this function, change the default IP address to another IP address as desired.

  • Page 81: Wan Speed Detect

    Choose menu “System Tools→WAN Speed Detect”, you can detect the wan speed of the router in the screen below. There are three detecting ways: ICMP DETECT, TCP DETECT, UDP DE-TECT. The detect way is the router sends datagram to destination ip address, and then counts the interval between sending the datagram and receiving the response.
  • Page 82 TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-76 Destination IP - the IP address which datagrams are sent to, such as- 202.96.134.188. ID - The number of ICMP datagrames to be sent. Source Port - The port where datagrams are sent to, such as- 5000.

  • Page 83: Ip Nat Table

    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.

  • Page 84: Appendix A: Specifications

    Input: 220VAC 50HZ Power Supply Consumption: 4.1W (Max) Working Temperature 0℃~40℃ (32℉~104℉) Working Humidity 10% - 90% RH, Non-condensing TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide General EIA/TIA-568 100Ω STP (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100Ω STP (maximum 100m) Physical and Environment...

  • Page 85: Appendix B: Faq

    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.
  • Page 86 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. Step 2: Some ISPs require that you register the MAC address of your adapter, which is connected to your cable or DSL modem during installation.
  • Page 87 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.
  • Page 88 (the router’s LAN IP 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.
  • Page 89 TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide...

  • Page 90: Appendix C: Glossary

    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Appendix C: 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.

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