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- Page 1 TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router Rev: 1.1.0 19100100342...
- 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.
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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
CONTENTS Package Contents..................1 Chapter 1. Introduction ................2 Overview of the Router ................... 2 Features ......................2 Panel Layout ....................3 1.3.1 The Front Panel..................3 1.3.2 The Rear Panel ..................3 Chapter 2. Connecting the Router ............5 System Requirements ..................5 Installation Environment Requirements............ - Page 5 Static Routing ....................37 IP QoS......................38 4.10 IP & MAC Binding Setting ................39 4.10.1 Binding Setting ................... 39 4.10.2 ARP List....................41 4.11 Dynamic DNS....................42 4.11.1 Dyndns.org DDNS ................42 4.11.2 Oray.net DDNS................... 42 4.11.3 Comexe.cn DDNS ................43 4.12 System Tools....................
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Page 6: Package Contents
Package Contents The following contents should be found in your package: One TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router One Power Adapter for TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router Quick Installation Guide One Resource CD for TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router, including: • This Guide • Other Helpful Information Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items. -
Page 7: Chapter 1. Introduction
Cable/DSL Router will allow you to connect your network better than ever, sharing Internet Access, files and fun, easily and securely. The TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router provides flexible access control so that parents or network administrators can establish restricted access policies for children or staff. It has built-in NAT and DHCP server supporting static IP address distributing. -
Page 8: Panel Layout
1.3 Panel Layout 1.3.1 The Front Panel The front panel of the TL-R860 consists of several LED indicators, which is designed to indicate connections. Viewed from left to right. Table 1-1 describes the LEDs on the front panel of the router. - Page 9 TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 1-2 Rear Panel sketch - 4 -...
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Page 10: Chapter 2. Connecting The Router
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirements Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet) One DSL/Cable modem that has an RJ45 connector (It’s not necessary if you connect the router to Ethernet) Each PC on the LAN needs a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with... - Page 11 TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 2-1 Hardware Installation of the TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router - 6 -...
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Page 12: Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide
3.1 TCP/IP configuration The default IP address of the TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router is 192.168.1.1, and the default Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0. These values can be seen from the LAN, and can be changed as your desire. -
Page 13: Quick Installation Guide
3.2 Quick Installation Guide ® With a Web-based (Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) utility, the TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router is easy to configure and manage. The Web-based utility can be used on any Windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a web browser. - Page 14 TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide After a moment, a login window will appear similar to that shown in Figure 3-4. Enter admin for the User Name and Password, both in lower case letters. Then click the OK button or press the Enter key.
- Page 15 TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 3-7 Quick Setup - PPPoE User Name and Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case sensitive. If you have difficulty with this process, please contact your ISP.
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Page 16: Chapter 4. Configuring The Router
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 eleven 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-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-1 Router Status 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 4.2: "Quick Installation Guide." 4.4 Network Figure 4-2 the Network menu - 12 -... -
Page 18: Lan
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 4-2): LAN, WAN and MAC Clone. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. - Page 19 TL-R860 Cable/DSL 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-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide If you are also given a user name and a password for 802.1x authentication, you should select 802.1x + Dynamic IP for WAN Connection Type, a user name and a password will then appear, shown in Figure 4-5: Figure 4-5 WAN - 802.1X + Dynamic IP...
- Page 21 TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Primary DNS - (Optional) Type the DNS address provided by your ISP. Secondary DNS - (Optional) Type another DNS address provided by your ISP if provided. If you are also given a user name and a password for 802.1x authentication, you should select 802.1x + Static IP for WAN Connection Type, a box will then appear...
- Page 22 TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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. If you wish to activate Connect on Demand, click the radio button.
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Page 23: Mac Clone
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-9 PPPoE Advanced Settings Packet MTU - The default MTU size is 1480 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 24: Dhcp
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-10 MAC Address Clone Some ISPs require that you register the MAC address of your adapter, which is connected to your cable, DSL modem or Ethernet during installation. You do not generally need to change anything here. -
Page 25: Dhcp Settings
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 (shown in Figure 4-12): Figure 4-12 DHCP Settings DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server. -
Page 26: Dhcp Clients List
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 4.5.2 DHCP Clients List This page shows Client Name, MAC Address, Assigned IP and Lease Time for each DHCP Client attached to the router (Figure 4-13): Figure 4-13 DHCP Clients List Index - The index of the DHCP Client... -
Page 27: Forwarding
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Enter the MAC address (The format for the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX.) and IP address of the computer you wish to add. Click the Save button when finished. Figure 4-15 Add or Modify an Address Reservation Entry To modify or delete an existing entry: Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. -
Page 28: Virtual Servers
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 4.6.1 Virtual Servers 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 the Internet to this service port will be redirected to the computer specified by the server IP. -
Page 29: Port Triggering
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-18 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry Note: It is possible that you have a computer or server that has more than one type of available service. If so, select another service, and enter the same IP Address for that computer or server. - Page 30 TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-19 Port Triggering Once configured, operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connection using a destination port number defined in the Trigger Port field. 2. The router records this connection, opens the incoming port or ports associated with this entry in the Port Triggering table, and associates them with the local host.
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Page 31: Dmz
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-20 Add or Modify a Triggering Entry There are many popular applications in the Popular Application list. You can select it, and the application will fill in the Trigger Port, Incoming Ports Range boxes and select the Enable checkbox. -
Page 32: Upnp
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-21 DMZ To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server: Click the Enable radio button Enter the local host IP Address in the DMZ Host IP Address field Click the Save button. -
Page 33: Security
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Internal Port - Internal port, which the router opened for local host. • IP Address - The UPnP device that is currently accessing the router. • Status - Either Enabled or Disabled, “Enabled” means that port is still active. -
Page 34: Ip Address Filtering
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-24 Firewall Settings Enable Firewall - the general firewall switch is on or off. Enable IP Address Filtering - set IP Address Filtering is enabled or disabled. There are two default filtering rules of IP Address Filtering, either Allow or Reny passing through the router. - Page 35 TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-25 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 "...
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Page 36: Domain Filtering
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide WAN IP Address - Type a WAN IP address or a range of WAN IP addresses in the field. For example, 61.145.238.6 – 61.145.238.47. Keep the field open, which means all WAN IP addresses have been put into the field. - Page 37 TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-27 Domain Filtering 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 "...
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Page 38: Mac Address Filtering
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide For example: if you want to block the PCs on your LAN from accessing websites www.xxyy.com.cn, www.aabbcc.com and websites with .net in the end on the Internet Filtering while no limit for other websites. First, enable the Firewall and Domain... -
Page 39: Remote Management
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Type the description of the PC in the Description field. Fox example: John’s PC. Status - Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status pull-down list. Click the Save button to save this entry. -
Page 40: Advanced Security
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 41 TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Enable ICMP-FLOOD Attack Filtering - Enable or Disable the ICMP-FLOOD Attack Filtering. ICMP-FLOOD Packets threshold: (5 ~ 3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600 packets. When the current ICMP-FLOOD Packets numbers are beyond the set value, the router will start up the blocking function immediately.
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Page 42: Static Routing
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Click the Clear All button to clear all displayed entries. After the table is empty the blocked host will regain the capability to access the Internet. Click the Return button to return to the Advanced Security page 4.8 Static Routing... -
Page 43: Ip Qos
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Click the Modify in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the Delete. Modify the information. Click the Save button. Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled. -
Page 44: Ip & Mac Binding Setting
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Mode – There are 2 types of mode: Minimum Bandwidth Guarantee and Maximum Bandwidth Limit. Bandwidth – Specifies the bandwidth you want to supply to this entry. Description – Description of this entry. Enable – Enable this entry. This entry won’t be effective unless you check the Enable box. - Page 45 TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-38 IP & MAC Binding Setting • MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer(s) in the LAN. • IP Address - The assigned IP address of the controlled computer(s) in the LAN.
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Page 46: Arp List
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-40 Find IP & MAC Binding Entry Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. 4.10.2 ARP List To manage the computer, you could observe the computers in the LAN by checking the relationship of MAC address and IP address in the ARP list, and you can also configure the items in the ARP list. -
Page 47: Dynamic Dns
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 4.11 Dynamic DNS The router offers a Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) feature. DDNS allows you to 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 up for DDNS service providers such as www.dyndns.org,... -
Page 48: Comexe.cn Ddns
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-43 Oray.net DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Type the User Name for your DDNS account. Type the Password for your DDNS account. Click the Login button to login the DDNS service. -
Page 49: System Tools
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-44 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: Type the domain names your dynamic DNS service provider gave. Type the User Name for your DDNS account. Type the Password for your DDNS account. -
Page 50: Time
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide There are nine submenus under the System Tools menu (shown in Figure 4-45): Time, Diagnostic, Firmware, Factory Defaults, Backup & Restore, Reboot, Password, SysLog and Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. -
Page 51: Diagnostic
System (DNS) queries. IP Address/Domain Name - Type the destination IP address (such as 202.108.22.5) or Domain name (such as http://www.tp-link.com). Number of Pings - The number of Ping packets for a Ping connection. Ping Size - The size of Ping packet. -
Page 52: Firmware
When you upgrade the router's firmware, you may lose its configuration settings, so make sure you write down the router settings before you upgrade its firmware. To upgrade the router's firmware, follow these instructions: Download the latest firmware upgrade file from the TP-LINK website (www.tp-link.com). - 47 -... -
Page 53: Factory Defaults
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Run a TFTP Server on a PC on your LAN, and take the file in the TFTP server’s path. Type the downloaded file name into the File Name box. Type the IP address of the PC that runs the TFTP server in the TFTP Server’s IP Address field. -
Page 54: Reboot
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Click the Backup button to save all configuration settings as a backup file in your local computer. To restore the router's configuration, follow these instructions: • Click the Browse button to select the backup file which you want to restore. -
Page 55: Syslog
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-53 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 56: Statistics
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 4.12.9 Statistics The Statistics page (shown in Figure 4-55) displays the network traffic of each PC on LAN, including total traffic and traffic of the last Packets Statistic Interval seconds. Figure 4-55 Statistics Current Statistics Status - Enable or Disable. The default value is disabled. To enable, click the Enable button. -
Page 57: Appendix A: Faq
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix A: FAQ How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? First, configure the ADSL modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL modem to the WAN port on the router. - Page 58 TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide How do I configure the router to access Internet by Ethernet users? Login to the router, click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu. On the WAN page, select “Dynamic IP” for "WAN Connection Type", finish by clicking “Save”.
- Page 59 TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide A-5 Add or Modify a Virtual server Entry Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page. How to enable DMZ Host: Login to the router, click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click "...
- Page 60 TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure A-7 Remote Management Note: If the above configuration takes effect, to configure to the router by typing http://192.168.1.1:88 (the router’s LAN IP address: Web Management Port) in the address field of the web browser.
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Page 61: Appendix B: Configuring The Pcs
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows XP. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter’s manual if needed. - Page 62 TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure B-57 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...
- Page 63 TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure B-58 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 64 TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure B-4 Now: All the configurations are finished; it will take effect after reboot your computer. - 59 -...
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Page 65: Appendix C: Specifications
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3x Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port. Eight 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 ports supporting Auto MDI/MDIX... -
Page 66: Appendix D: Glossary
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix D: Glossary DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) - The capability of assigning a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - A protocol that automatically configure the TCP/IP parameters for the all the PCs that are connected to a DHCP server.
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