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TP-Link TL-R4000 User Manual

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TL-R4000
Enterprise Broadband Router
Rev: 1.0.1
1910010031

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  • Page 1 TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router Rev: 1.0.1 1910010031...
  • Page 2 COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of 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 A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

  • Page 4: Package Contents

    The following contents should be found in your package: One TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router One power cord for TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router Mounting kits for installing in a standard 19” rack One Resource CD for TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router, including: • This Guide •...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 1. Introduction...1 Overview of the Router...1 Features ...1 Panel Layout ...2 1.3.1 The Front Panel...2 1.3.2 The Rear Panel ...3 Chapter 2. Connecting the Router...4 System Requirements ...4 Installation Environment Requirements ...4 Connecting the Router ...4 Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide...5 TCP/IP configuration ...5...
  • Page 6 4.10 DDNS ...41 4.10.1 Dyndns.org DDNS ...41 4.10.2 Oray.net DDNS ...42 4.10.3 Comexe.cn DDNS ...42 4.11 System Tools ...44 4.11.1 Time...44 4.11.2 Firmware...45 4.11.3 Factory Defaults ...45 4.11.4 Backup & Restore Configuration ...46 4.11.5 Reboot ...46 4.11.6 Password...47 4.11.7 Log ...48 4.11.8 Statistics ...48 Appendix A: FAQ...50...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1. Introduction

    The superior performance will bring you full-new experience of a non-bottle-neck network. TL-R4000 Enterprise 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: Panel Layout

    Standard 19-inc rack-mountable steel case Panel Layout 1.3.1 The Front Panel The front panel of the TL-R4000 consists of several LED indicators, which is designed to indicate connections. Viewed from left, Table 1-1 describes the LEDs on the front panel of the router. TL-R4000...

  • Page 9: The Rear Panel

    TL-SM21 series. 1.3.2 The Rear Panel The rear panel of the TL-R4000 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 10: Chapter 2. Connecting The Router

    Connect the DSL/Cable modem to the WAN port on the router, shown in Figure 2-1. 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 11: Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide

    Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-R4000 router into your network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to configure the basic functions of your TL-R4000 Enterprise 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 12: Quick Installation Guide

    If so, refer to the following steps for a solution. 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. Is the TCP/IP configuration for your PC correct? Note: If the router's IP address is 192.168.1.1, your PC's IP address must be within the range...
  • Page 13 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.
  • Page 14 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.
  • Page 15 TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Figure 3-9 Quick Setup - Finish After finishing all configurations of basic network parameters, please click Finish button to exit this Quick Setup.

  • Page 16: Chapter 4. Configuring The Router

    This chapter describes each web page's key functions. 4.1 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.

  • Page 17: Quick Setup

    TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-1 Router Status 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 3.2: "Quick Installation Guide." 4.4 Network Figure 4-2 the Network menu There are six submenus under the Network menu: LAN, WAN, MAC Clone, Bandwidth Control, VLAN and Port Mirror.

  • Page 18: Wan

    TL-R4000 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.
  • Page 19 TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-4 WAN - Dynamic IP This page displays the WAN IP parameters assigned dynamically by your ISP, including IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, etc. Click the Renew button to renew the IP parameters from your ISP. Click the Release button to release the IP parameters.
  • Page 20 TL-R4000 Figure 4-5a WAN - 802.1X + Dynamic IP User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1x authentication provided by your ISP Password - Enter the password for 802.1x authentication provided by your ISP. Click the Login button to start 802.1x authentication.
  • Page 21 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 22 Only you have set the system time on System Tools -> Time page, 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 as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again.

  • Page 23: 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 24: Bandwidth Control

    TL-R4000 Note: Only the PC(s) on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone feature. If you click the Save button, the router will prompt you to reboot. 4.4.4 Bandwidth Control You can control bandwidth of each LAN port on this page. This feature can be used for distributing flexibly Internet resource.

  • Page 25: Port Mirror

    4.5.1 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:...

  • Page 26: Dhcp Clients List

    Secondary DNS - (Optional.) Input the IP address of another DNS server if your ISP provides two DNS servers. Note: To use the DHCP server function of the router, you must configure all computers on the LAN as "Obtain an IP Address automatically" mode. This function will take effect until the router reboots.

  • Page 27: Address Reservation

    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.

  • Page 28: Forwarding

    Click the Next button to go to the next page and Click the Previous button to return to the previous page. Note: The function won't take effect until the router reboots. 4.6 Forwarding Figure 4-19 the Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu: Virtual Servers, Port Triggering,...

  • Page 29: Virtual Servers

    TL-R4000 DMZ and UPnP. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.6.1 Virtual Servers Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services on your LAN, such as DNS, Email and FTP.
  • Page 30 TL-R4000 Figure 4-21 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry Common Service Port - Some common services already listed in the pull-down list. To setup a virtual server entry: Click the Add New.. button. Select the service you want to use from the Common Service Port list, If the Common Service Port list does not have the service that you want to use, enter the number of the service port or service port range in the Service Port box.

  • Page 31: Port Triggering

    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. You can set up Port Triggering on this page shown in Figure 4-22:...
  • Page 32 TL-R4000 UDP, or ALL (all protocols supported by the router). Status - The status of this entry, "Enabled" means the Port Triggering entry is enabled, while “Disabled” means the Port Triggering entry is disabled. Modify - The hyperlink (Modify” and “Delete”) of the Port Triggering entry.

  • Page 33: Dmz

    TL-R4000 To modify or delete an existing entry: Find the desired entry in the table. Click Modify or Delete as desired on the Modify column. Click the Enable All button to make all the entries enabled. Click the Disable All button to make all the entries enabled.

  • Page 34: Security

    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. •...

  • Page 35: Ip Address Filtering

    TL-R4000 on or off. The default setting for the switch is off. If the general firewall switch is off, even if IP Address Filtering, DNS Filtering and MAC Filtering are enabled, their settings are ineffective. Figure 4-27 Firewall Settings Enable Firewall - The general firewall switch is on or off.
  • Page 36 TL-R4000 Figure 4-28 IP Address Filtering To disable the IP Address Filtering feature, keep the default setting, Disabled. To set up an IP Address Filtering entry, click Enable Firewall and Enable IP Address Filtering on the Firewall page, and click the Add New… button. The page " Add or Modify an IP Address Filtering entry "...

  • Page 37: Domain Filtering

    Protocol - Select which protocol is to be used, either TCP, UDP, or All (all protocols supported by the router). Pass - Select either Allow or Deny through the router. Status - Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status pull-down list.
  • Page 38 TL-R4000 Before adding a Domain Filtering entry, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and Enable Domain Filtering have been selected on the Firewall page. To Add a Domain filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The page " Add or Modify a Domain Filtering entry "...

  • Page 39: Mac Filtering

    TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Click the Delete All button to delete all entries Click the Next button to go to the next page and the Previous button to return to the previous page. For example: if you want to block the PCs on your LAN from accessing websites www.xxyy.com.cn,...

  • Page 40: Remote Management

    Remote Management You can configure the Remote Management function on this page shown in Figure 4-34. This feature allows you to manage your Router from a remote location, via the Internet. Figure 4-34 Remote Management Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide...

  • Page 41: Advanced Security

    To enable this function, change the default IP address to another IP address as desired. To access the router, you will type your router's WAN IP address into your browser's address (in IE) or Location (in Navigator) box, followed by a colon and the custom port number.
  • Page 42 Forbid Ping Packet from LAN Port - Enable or Disable forbidding Ping Packet to access the router from the LAN port. The default value is disabled. If enabled, the ping packet from the LAN port cannot access the router. (Defends against some viruses) Click the Save button to save the settings.

  • Page 43: Static Routing

    TL-R4000 Host IP Address - The IP addresses that are blocked by DoS are displayed here. Host MAC Address - The MAC addresses that are blocked by DoS are displayed here. To update this page and to show the current blocked host, click on the Refresh button.

  • Page 44: Ip & Mac Binding Setting

    • Default Gateway - This is the IP address of the default gateway device that allows for contact between the router and the network or host. Select the Enabled in the Status pull-down list. Click the Save button to save it.
  • Page 45 TL-R4000 Figure 4-40 IP & MAC Binding Setting • MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN. • IP Address - The assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN. • Bind - Whether or not enable the arp binding.

  • Page 46: Arp List

    TL-R4000 To find an existing entry: Click the Find button (shown in Figure 4-42). Enter the MAC Address or IP Address. Enter the Find button in the next page (shown in figure 5-40). Figure 4-42 Find IP & MAC Binding Entry Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled.

  • Page 47: Ddns

    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 48: Oray.net Ddns

    TL-R4000 1. Enter the User Name for your DDNS account. 2. Enter the Password for your DDNS account. 3. Enter the domain names your dynamic DNS service provider gave. 4. Click the Login button to login the DDNS service. Connection Status - The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here.
  • Page 49 TL-R4000 Figure 4-46 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Enter the Domain names your dynamic DNS service provider gave. Enter the User Name for your DDNS account. Enter the Password for your DDNS account. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS service.

  • Page 50: System Tools

    4.11.1 Time You can set the time manually or get GMT from the Internet for the router on this page : Time Zone - Select your local time zone from this pull down list.

  • Page 51: Firmware

    TL-R4000 2. The time will be lost if the router is turned off. 3. The router will obtain GMT automatically from Internet if it has already connected to Internet. 4.11.2 Firmware The page shown in Figure 4-49 allows you to upgrade to the latest version of firmware for the router.

  • Page 52: Backup & Restore Configuration

    The current configuration will be covered with the uploading configuration file. Wrong process will lead the device unmanaged. The restoring process lasts for 20 seconds and restart automatically then. Keep the router is on power during restoring process, in case of any damage.

  • Page 53: Password

    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.

  • Page 54: Log

    4.11.7 Log This page shown in Figure 4-54 allows you to query the Logs of the router. 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.
  • Page 55 Statistics Table: IP Address The IP address displayed with statistics Packets The total amount of packets received and transmitted by the router. Total Bytes The total amount of bytes received and transmitted by the router. The total amount of packets received and transmitted in the last Packets Packets Statistic interval seconds.

  • Page 56: Appendix A: Faq

    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.
  • Page 57 DSL modem during installation. If your ISP requires MAC register, login to the router and click the "Network" menu link on the left of your browser, and then click "MAC Clone" submenu link. On the "MAC Clone"...
  • Page 58 (the router’s LAN IP address: Web Management Port) in the address field of the web browser. Login to the router, click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click the "Virtual Servers" submenu. On the "Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry"...
  • Page 59 TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Figure A-7 Virtual Server...

  • Page 60: Appendix B: Configuring The Pcs

    TL-R4000 Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows XP. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter’s manual if needed. Install TCP/IP component On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
  • Page 61 TL-R4000 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: Setting IP address automatically Select Obtain an IP address automatically, Choose Obtain DNS server...
  • Page 62 Setting IP address manually Select Use the following IP address radio button. And the following items available 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.
  • Page 63 TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4...

  • Page 64: Appendix C: Specifications

    TL-R4000 Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.3, 802.3u Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP Ports Four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 ports supporting Auto MDI/MDIX One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port. One 100M Fiber Module Expansion Slot (Shared with WAN RJ45 port)

  • Page 65: Appendix D: Glossary

    TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband 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.

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