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TL-R480T+
Load Balance Broadband Router
Rev: 4.1.0
1910010610

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  • Page 1 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router Rev: 4.1.0 1910010610...
  • Page 2 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

    Package Contents The following items should be found in your box: One TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router One power cord for TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router One Resource CD for TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router, including: • This User Guide •...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Chapter 1. Introduction ..................1     1.1   Overview of the Router ....................1   1.2   Features......................... 1   1.3   Conventions........................2   Chapter 2. Hardware installation ................. 3     2.1   Panel Layout........................3   2.1.1  ...
  • Page 6 4.6.3   Domain Filtering ......................50   4.6.4   MAC Filtering........................52   4.6.5   Screen ..........................53   4.7   Static Routing ......................56   4.8   Session Limit ....................... 58   4.8.1   Session Limit ........................58   4.8.2   Session List ........................59   4.9  ...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1. Introduction

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router! 1.1 Overview of the Router The TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router possesses excellent throughput and driving load capability, which consumedly meets the requirements from Internet cafe and small /medium/sizable enterprise with volumes of users, making a more expedite communication.

  • Page 8: Conventions

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Supports TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP Supports UPnP, Dynamic DNS, Static Routing, VPN pass-through Supports Traffic Statistics Supports IP & MAC Binding, Switch Setting, and Session Limit Supports ICMP-FLOOD, UDP-FLOOD, TCP-SYN-FLOOD filter Ignores Ping packets from WAN or LAN ports Supports firmware upgrade Supports Remote and Web management...

  • Page 9: Chapter 2. Hardware Installation

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 2. Hardware installation 2.1 Panel Layout 2.1.1 The Front Panel The Router’s LEDs are located on the front panel (View from left to right). Figure 2-1 LED Descriptions: Name Status Indication Not lit The router is power off.

  • Page 10: The Rear Panel

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Note: Ensure the router is powered on before it restarts completely. WAN: A RJ45 port for connecting the router to a cable, DSL modem or Ethernet. Port 1 is a fixed WAN port. WAN/LAN: Three RJ45 ports which can be adjusted to be WAN or LAN ports.

  • Page 11: System Requirements

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide AC power receptacle: Connect the female of the power cord head here, and the male head to the AC power outlet. 2.2 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...
  • Page 12 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Note: The Grounding Bar and the Ground Cable are not provided with our product. If needed, please self purchase them. • Connecting to the Ground via the power supply If the Router is installed in the normal environment, the Router can be grounded via the PE （Protecting Earth）cable of the AC power supply as shown in the following figure.

  • Page 13: Connecting The Router

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Note: If you intend to connect the Router to the ground via the PE（Protecting Earth）cable of AC power cord, please make sure the PE（Protecting Earth）cable in the electrical outlet is well grounded in advance.
  • Page 14 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 2-3...

  • Page 15: Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-R480T+ router into your network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to configure the basic functions of your TL-R480T+ 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 16 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 3-2 Step 3: In the next screen, select General tab, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click the Properties button. Figure 3-3...
  • Page 17 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Step 4: Configure the IP address as shown in Figure 3-4. After that, click OK. Figure 3-4 Note: You can configure the PC to get an IP address automatically, select “Obtain an IP address automatically”...

  • Page 18: Login

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide If the result displayed is similar to the screen shown below, it means that your PC has not connected to the Router. Figure 3-6 You can check it follow the steps below: Note: Is the connection between your PC and the Router correct? The LEDs of LAN port which you link to the device and the LEDs on your PC's adapter should be lit.
  • Page 19 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 3-7 Note: If the above screen (Figure 3-7) does not prompt, it means that your web-browser may be set to a proxy. Choose Tools menu→Internet Options→Connections→LAN Settings, 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”...
  • Page 20 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Note: Three popular ways to connect to Internet are provided in Quick Setup. Please select one compatible with your ISP. If you are given another way not listed here, refer to Network→ WAN for detailed list.

  • Page 21: Chapter 4. Configuring The Router

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This User Guide recommends using the “Quick Installation Guide” for first-time installation. For advanced users, if you want to know more about this device and make use of its functions adequately, you need to read this chapter and configure advanced settings though the Web-based Utility.
  • Page 22 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-1 LAN - This field displays the current information for the LAN, including the “MAC address”, “IP address” and “Subnet Mask”. WAN - This field displays the parameters applied to the WAN ports of the router, including “MAC address”, “IP address”, “Subnet Mask”, “Default Gateway”...

  • Page 23: Quick Setup

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide button. If you have not connected to the Internet, a Connect button will be shown, and you can then establish the connection by clicking the button. 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 24: Lan

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-3 WAN Number – Here allows you to select the total number of WAN ports at your need. And the Router will adjust the physical ports accordingly, which can be illustrated on the following port sketch.

  • Page 25: Wan

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the range of the network. Our Router supports VLSM (Variable Length Subnet Mask), with which you can enter the subnet mask according to your demand. Note: If you change the IP address of the LAN, you must use the new IP address to login to the router.
  • Page 26 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-5 WAN Port: Here allows you to select the WAN port to configure. Interior network: When the WAN is connecting with a LAN, you can select the option, and enter the LAN IP addresses in the field, then the WAN port will only transmit the traffic whose destination IP address are contained in the field.
  • Page 27 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Get IP with Unicast DHCP: A few ISPs' DHCP servers do not support the broadcast applications. If you can not get the IP address normally, you can choose this option. (You don’t need select this option generally). Ingress Bandwidth: Enter the bandwidth for ingress traffic.
  • Page 28 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Primary DNS - Type the DNS address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP (Optional). Secondary DNS - Type another DNS address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP if provided (Optional). Ingress Bandwidth: Enter the bandwidth for ingress traffic. Egress Bandwidth: Enter the bandwidth for egress traffic.
  • Page 29 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Note: If you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter 0 in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates.
  • Page 30 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-8 MTU Size- The default MTU size is 1492 bytes, which is usually fine. For some ISPs, you need modify the MTU. This should not be done unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP.
  • Page 31 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-9 WAN Port: Here allows you to select the WAN port to configure. User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. Auth Server - Enter the authenticating server IP address or host name. Auth Domain - Type in the domain suffix server name based on your location.
  • Page 32 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 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 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-10 WAN Port: Here allows you to select the WAN port to configure. 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).
  • Page 34 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 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-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-11 WAN Port: Here allows you to select the WAN port to configure. 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).

  • Page 36: Network Service Detection

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 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 37: Mac Clone

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide DNS Server IP Address - Enter the correct DNS IP address that really existed on the WAN network. For example: 202.96.134.133. 4.3.5 MAC Clone Choose menu “Network→MAC Clone”, you can configure the MAC address of the WAN on the screen below (shown in Figure 4-13).
  • Page 38 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-14 Enable/Disable WAN - Click the check box of WAN which you want to enable the Load Balance. Enable Extra IP Address Dispatch Rules - Click the check box of Enable Extra IP Address Dispatch Rules to apply the extra IP address dispatch rules.
  • Page 39 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Note: The Intelligent Balance mode will only be effective until the Ingress Bandwidth of the WAN port has been set in “Network→WAN” screen. Manual Balance - In Manual Balance mode, the traffic will be transmitted to the WAN port according to manual Balance type and percentage of traffic load on each WAN port.
  • Page 40 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide • Current - Current flow usage of each WAN port. Current Statistics/Overall Statistics- Here displays the information about the router's traffic status of WAN ports. When finished, click the Save button to apply your settings. Click the Refresh button to get the latest status of the router.

  • Page 41: Balance Policy

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide To add a dispatch rule: Step 1: Click Add New… button, you will see the following screen. • Enable - Make the scheduler rule enabled. • Rules Select - The direction rule of the datagram get through the WAN port. •...

  • Page 42: Wan Port Parameter

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-15 On Existed-IP-Pair - If host A in LAN has connected to host B in WAN, then all the packages coming from host A to host B will be forwarded by the same WAN port. •...

  • Page 43: Dhcp

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-16 WAN Index - This shows the Router's WAN ports. Port Status - This shows the ports' current status: Enabled or Disabled, the default status is Enabled. Flow Control - This displays whether the Flow Control is Enabled, "Enabled" means the function is enabled, and “Disabled"...

  • Page 44: Dhcp Settings

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.4.1 DHCP Settings Choose menu “DHCP→DHCP Settings”, you can configure the DHCP in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-18).

  • Page 45: Dhcp Clients List

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Secondary DNS - Input the IP address of another DNS server if your ISP provides two DNS servers. (Optional) Note: To use the DHCP server function of the router, you must configure all computers on the LAN as "Obtain an IP Address automatically"...

  • Page 46: Forwarding

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide MAC Address - This field displays the MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve IP address. Assigned IP Address - This field displays the IP address of the router reserved. Status - This field displays the status of the virtual server entry.

  • Page 47: Virtual Servers

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 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).

  • Page 48: Port Triggering

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide configure the IP address for the virtual server; If the “Common Service Port” does not contain the service that you want, please configure the Service Port, IP Address and Protocol manually. Figure 4-24 Step 3: After that, select Enable to make the entry take effect.
  • Page 49 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-25 Trigger Port - This displays the port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection using this port will "Trigger" this rule. Trigger Protocol - This displays the protocol used for Trigger Ports, either TCP,UDP, or All (all protocols supported by the router).

  • Page 50: Dmz

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 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: If you want to add more than one reserved IP, please go to step 1 to continue. When the trigger connection is released, the according opening ports will be closed.

  • Page 51: Upnp

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 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.

  • Page 52: Alg

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide External Port - This displays the external port, which the router opened for the application. Protocol - This displays the protocol for the application. Internal Port - This displays the Internal port, which the router opened for local host. IP Address - The UPnP device that is currently accessing the router.

  • Page 53: Firewall

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 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 Firewall Choose menu “Security→Firewall”, you can control the general firewall switch in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-31).

  • Page 54: Ip Filtering

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 4.6.2 IP Filtering Choose menu “Security→IP Address Filtering”, you can configure the IP Address filtering rule in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-32). The IP Address Filtering feature allows you to control Internet Access by specific users on your LAN based on their IP addresses.
  • Page 55 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide To add/modify an IP Address filtering entry: For example: If you desire to block E-mail received and sent by the IP address 192.168.0.7 on your local network during the time of 1800 to 2200; And wish to make the PCs with IP addresses 192.168.0.8 to 192.168.0.12 unable to visit the website of IP address 202.96.134.12 all the day, while other PCs have no limit.

  • Page 56: Domain Filtering

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Note: Before adding an IP Address Filtering entry, you should enable the Firewall and the IP Address Filtering function first (shown in Figure 4-31). Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure 4-32: Click the Delete button to delete the entry.
  • Page 57 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 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, Disabled means the rule is ineffective.

  • Page 58: Mac Filtering

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 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 view the information in the next screen.

  • Page 59: Screen

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Step 3: Enter the appropriate MAC address and descriptions, then select the status as shown in Figure 4-39. Figure 4-39 Step 4: Finally, click Save to make the rule take effect. Step 5: Go to Step 2 to complete the other rules continually. After you finish the configurations, you will see the rules in the table below: Figure 4-40 Note:...
  • Page 60 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-41 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 address) transmits packets to at least ten different computers (identified by different destination IP addresses), then the source IP address will be deemed to make IP Attacks.
  • Page 61 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide IP address) ten different ports, then the source IP address will be deemed to make Port Attacks. And the Router will start up the blocking function immediately. • IP Snoop - If you select this option, the Router will monitor whether the packets from the particular region is doing IP deceive.

  • Page 62: Static Routing

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide • TCP packet with FIN but without ACK: The TCP packets that contains FIN but without ACK is considered as abnormal. And the Router will start up the blocking function immediately. • Unknown Protocol - In IP head the protocol type field, 135 and the value bigger than 135 is reserved and undefined.
  • Page 63 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-42 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.

  • Page 64: Session Limit

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Click the Enable All button to enable all the entries. Click the Disable All button to disable all the entries. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries. Click the Previous button to view the information in the previous screen, click the Next button to view the information in the next screen.

  • Page 65: Session List

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Step 2: Enter the appropriate LAN IP Address, Max Session and then select the status. Figure 4-46 Step 3: Click the Save button. 4.8.2 Session List Choose menu “Session Limit→Session List”, you can view the information about the number of connection.

  • Page 66: Qos Settings

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 4.9.1 QoS Settings Choose menu “QoS→QoS Settings”, you can configure the Upload Bandwidth and Download Bandwidth in the next screen, their value you configure should be less than 1000000Kbps. Figure 4-49 4.9.2 QoS Rules List Choose menu “QoS→QoS Rules List”, you can view and configure the QoS rules in the screen below.

  • Page 67: Ip & Mac Binding

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide To add/modify a QoS rule: Step 1: Click Add New…/Modify shown in Figure 4-50, you will see a new screen shown in Figure 4-51. Step 2: Enter the information like the screen shown below. Figure 4-51 Step 3: Click the Save button.
  • Page 68 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-53 MAC Address - This field displays the MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN. IP Address - This field displays the assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN.

  • Page 69: Arp List

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-55 Step 3: Click Find button, then you will see the entry with the specific MAC address or IP address. Step 4: Click Back to return the previous screen. Note: You can click “to page” to edit the entry in the corresponding screen. Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure 4-53: Click the Delete button to delete the entry.

  • Page 70: Dynamic Dns

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 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.

  • Page 71: Peanuthull Ddns

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-57 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. Step 3: Enter the domain name that your dynamic DNS service provider offers.

  • Page 72: Comexe Ddns

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-58 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: Enable DDNS, and click Save to save the current configuration. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS service.

  • Page 73: No-Ip Ddns

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-59 To set up for Comexe DDNS, follow 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 t o save the current configuration.

  • Page 74: Switch Settings

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-60 To set up for No-IP 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 Domain Name your dynamic DNS service provider offered. Step 4 Enable DDNS, and click Save to save the current configuration.

  • Page 75: Port Statistics

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 4.12.1 Port Statistics Choose menu “Switch Settings→Port statistics”, you can view the statistics information about the LAN port in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-62). Figure 4-62 Note: Before you view the information, please click the Refresh button to update it. 4.12.2 Port Mirror Choose menu "Switch Settings→Port Mirror", you can configure the Mirror modes, Mirror Port and the Mirrored Ports below.

  • Page 76: Port Rate Control

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Mirrored Ports List - The option used to select ports to be mirrored. 4.12.3 Port Rate Control Choose menu “Switch Settings→Port Rate Control”, you can control the ingress and egress rate for the LAN port in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-64). Figure 4-64 Port - Here shows the Router's LAN ports.

  • Page 77: Port Status

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-65 Port - Here displays the Router's LAN Ports. Port Status - There are two statuses- Enabled, Disabled. Enabled (default status) means the ports can be used; Disabled means the ports can't be used. Flow Control - There are two options- Enabled, Disabled.

  • Page 78: Port Vlan

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Click the Refresh button, the information in the table above will be updated. 4.12.6 Port VLAN Choose menu “Switch Settings→Port VLAN”, you can configure the parameters for the Port VLAN in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-67). A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) is a network topology configured according to a logical scheme rather than the physical layout, which allows you to divide the physical LAN into multiple logical LANs so as to control the communication among the ports.

  • Page 79: Time Settings

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-68 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.13.1 Time Settings Choose menu “System Tools→Time Settings”, you can configure the time on the screen (shown in Figure 4-69).

  • Page 80: Diagnostic Tools

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Step 2: Click the Get GMT button to get system time from Internet if you have connected to the Internet. Step 3: Click Save to save the configuration. Note: This setting will be used for some time-based functions such as firewall. You must specify your time zone once you login to the router successfully, or else, the time limited on these functions will not take effect.

  • Page 81: Firmware

    Router’s current hardware version. To upgrade the router's firmware, follow these instructions below: Step 1: Download a more recent firmware upgrade file from the TP-LINK website (http://www.tp-link.com). Step 2: Type the path and file name of the update file into the “File” field. Or click the Browse button to locate the update file.

  • Page 82: Factory Defaults

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 4.13.4 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 4-72). Figure 4-72 Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their default values. Note: The default User Name is admin.
  • Page 83 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-74 Step 2: Save the file as the appointed file (shown in Figure 4-75). Figure 4-75 To restore the Router’s settings: Step 1: Click the Browse button to locate the update file for the device, or enter the exact path to the Setting file in the text box.

  • Page 84: Reboot

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 4.13.6 Reboot Choose menu “System Tools→Reboot”, click the Reboot button to reboot the router via the next screen. Figure 4-76 Note: Some settings of the router will take effect only after rebooting, which include: Change LAN IP Address.

  • Page 85: System Log

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Note: 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. The new user name and password must not exceed 14 characters in length and must not include any spaces.

  • Page 86: Statistics

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-79 Web Management Port - Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80. This router’s default remote management web port number is 80. For greater security, you can change the remote management web interface to a custom port by entering that number in the box provided.
  • Page 87 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-80 Current Statistics Status - Enable or Disable the statistics function. The default status is disabled. Click the Enable button to use the function. Click the Disable button to disable the function. Packets Statistics Interval - The default value is 10.

  • Page 88: Ip Nat Table

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Select the Auto-refresh, then the traffic information will be refreshed automatically during the Packets Statistics Interval. Click the Refresh button to refresh the information in the table immediately. Click the Auto-refresh checkbox to refresh automatically. Click the Refresh button to refresh immediately.

  • Page 89: Appendix A: Specifications

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Appendix A: Specifications General IEEE 802.3, 802.3u Standards and Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP,HTTP,DNS Safety & Emission FCC、CE One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port Ports Three adjustable WAN/LAN ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 port (Auto MDI/MDIX) One Console (RS232 DB9 Male) 10BASE-T: UTP category 3, 4, 5 cable (maximum 100m) EIA/TIA-568 100Ω...

  • Page 90: Appendix B: Preventing Lightning

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Appendix B: Preventing Lightning To avoid damage during a lightning storm and ensure a stable performance, our router has adopted the professional lightning protection technology to prevent the lightning. However, although these measures have been taken to protect TL-R480T+ from lightning, if the lightning intensity exceeds a certain range, damage to the router may still happen.

  • Page 91: Appendix C: Faq

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Appendix C: FAQ How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? Step 1: First, configure the ADSL modem in RFC1483 bridge model. Step 2: Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL modem to the WAN port on the router. The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of the ADSL modem.
  • Page 92 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide How do I configure the router to access Internet by Ethernet users? Step 1: Login to the router, click the menu Network→WAN on the left of your browser, On the WAN screen, select “Dynamic IP” for "WAN Connection Type", and finish it by clicking Save.
  • Page 93 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure C-4 Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page. Method two: Use DMZ Host Login to the router, click the menu Forwarding→DMZ. On the DMZ screen, select “Enable”, and enter your IP address into the “DMZ Host IP Address”...
  • Page 94 TL-R480T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure C-6 Note: If the above configuration takes effect, you should login the Router by entering http://192.168.0.1:88 (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 in the next screen: configure “80”...

  • Page 95: Appendix D: Glossary

    TL-R480T+ Load Balance 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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