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  • TP-Link TL-R488T | User Guide - Page 1
    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router Rev: 1.1.2
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    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
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    This equipment has been tested and found to if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more
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    4 Configuring the Router 15 4.1 Status ...15 4.2 Quick Setup ...17 4.3 Network ...17 4.3.1 LAN ...17 4.3.2 4.3.3 4.3.4 WAN...18 Network service detection 29 MAC Clone...31 4.3.5 Flow Balance 31 4.3.6 Balance Policy 33 4.3.7 WAN Port Parameter 35 4.4 DHCP ...36 4.4.1 DHCP Settings 37
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    Time Setting 68 4.13.2 Firmware ...69 4.13.3 Factory Defaults 70 4.13.4 Backup and Restore 70 4.13.5 Reboot ...72 4.13.6 Password ...73 4.13.7 Log ...73 4.13.8 Remote Management 74 4.13.9 Statistics...75 4.13.10 WAN Speed Detect 76 4.13.11 IP NAT Table 78 4.13.12 NAT Source Port Settings 78
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ One TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router ¾ One power cord for TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router ¾ One Resource CD for TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router, including: •
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    network. TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router provides four WAN ports, with plugging four wan lines, the export bandwidth of it could be multi-time-increased, enjoying various services from different ISPs. The router features fully automatically load balance policy, no need for any manually work
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    from WAN or LAN ports ¾ Supports firmware upgrade ¾ 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
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 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
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide ¾ WAN: Four RJ45 port for connecting the router to a cable, DSL modem or Ethernet ¾ 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
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 1. Power off your PC(s), Cable/DSL modem, and the router. 2. Connect the PC(s) and all Switches/Hubs on your LAN to the LAN Ports on the router, shown in Figure 2-3. 3. Connect the DSL/Cable modem to the WAN port on the router, shown in figure 3-1.
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User 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
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    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. 8
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    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. 9
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 3-4 ) Note: You can select "Obtain an IP address automatically" and "Obtain DNS server address automatically" as shown above to get an IP address manually. Now, you can run the Ping command in the command prompt to verify the network
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide If the result displayed is similar to the screen as 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
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    TL-R488T 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
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide ) Note: Figure 3-9 The router supports three popular ways to connect to Internet. Please select one compatible with your ISP. If you are given another way not listed here, please refer to Network→ WAN for detailed list. Step 3: If you choose
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    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 14
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    TL-R488T 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
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-1 16
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide ¾ LAN - This field displays the current information for the LAN, including the "MAC address", "IP address" and "Subnet Mask". ¾ WAN 1~4 - This field displays the parameters applied to the WAN ports of the router, including "MAC address", "IP address
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-3 ¾ MAC Address - This field displays the physical address of the LAN. The value can't be changed. ¾ 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
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-4 ¾ Interior network is: 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.
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Get IP with Unicast DHCP: A few ISPs' DHCP servers do not support the broadcast applications. If you can not get the IP ISP, usually is 255.255.255.0. ¾ Default Gateway - Enter the gateway IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Primary DNS - Type the DNS address in dotted-decimal notation 4-6 ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide set the system time on System Tools→Time screen, will the Time-based Connecting function take effect. ¾ Connect Manually - You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually last unless a new link is requested. 2) Sometimes
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-7 ¾ 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. ¾ Service Name/AC Name - The service name and AC (
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide If your ISP provides BigPond Cable (or Heart Beat Signal) connection, please select BigPond Cable option. Figure 4-8 ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password - You can configure the router to disconnect your Internet connection 24
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide after a specified period of the Internet connectivity (Max Idle Time). If your Internet connec-tion has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand enables the router to automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-9 ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect your Internet connection after a specified period of the
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminal. ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this option, click the radio button. ¾ Connect Manually - You can
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-10 ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Connect on Demand - You can configure the router to disconnect your Internet connection after a specified period of the
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection ter-minates. ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this option, click the radio button. ¾ Connect Manually - You
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-11 ¾ By Ping - Detect whether Internet connection is online or not by Ping. ¾ Destination IP Address for Ping - Enter the correct IP address that really existed on the WAN network. For example: 202.96.134.188. ¾ By DNS Query - Detect whether
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 4.3.4 MAC Clone Choose menu "Network→MAC Clone", you can configure the MAC address of the WAN on the screen below (shown in Figure 4-12). Some ISPs require that you register the MAC address of your adapter, which is connected to your
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-13 ¾ Enable/Disable WAN - Enable the WAN port you want to use, then click Save to make it effective. ¾ Extra IP Address Dispatch Rules - Enable the function, and then make the dispatch rules. ¾ Backup - Click the button to backup the list
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    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
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-15 ¾ On Fastest-Session - If you select the option, the data will be transmitted through one of the WAN ports which connect the WAN much quicker than the other. • Fastest age for Speed-Detect Table - The maximal timeouts for the entries in
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide connections between the paired IP will be made through the WAN port also. • Age for IP-Pairs-Table - Normal timeouts for the entries in Paired-IP-first Table. During the time, if an entry has never been used, the entry will be deleted from the Paired
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-16 ¾ WAN Index - This shows the Router's WAN ports. ¾ Port Status - This shows the ports' current status: Enabled (default) or Disabled. ¾ Flow Control - This shows the function of Flow Control is Enabled or Disabled. ¾ Negotiation Mode -
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-17 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
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Default Gateway - IP address of the LAN port of the router. Suggest input a value, and the default is 192.168.1.1. (Optional). ¾ Default Domain - Input the domain name of your network. (Optional). ¾ Primary DNS - Input the DNS IP address provided
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-20 ¾ MAC Address - This field displays the MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve IP address. ¾ Reserved IP Address - This field displays the IP address of the router reserved. ¾ Status - This field displays the status of the
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    -R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Click the Previous button to view the information in the previous screen, click the Next button to view the information in the next screen. 4.5 Forwarding Choose menu "Forwarding", and you can see the submenus under the main menu: Virtual Servers, Port
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Status - This field displays the status of the to 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
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide System Tools -> Remote Management screen to be any value except 80 such as 8080. Or else there will be a conflict to disable the virtual server. 4.5.2 Port Triggering Choose menu "Forwarding→Port Triggering", you can view and add port triggering in
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Step 3: When necessary, the external host will be able to connect to the local host using one of the ports defined in the Incoming Ports field. To add/modify a port triggering entry: Step 1: Click Add New.../Modify shown in Figure 4-25, you will see
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide view the information in the next screen. 4.5.3 DMZ Choose menu "Forwarding→DMZ", you can view and configure DMZ host in the screen (shown in Figure 4-27). The DMZ host feature allows one local host to be exposed to the Internet for a special-
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-28 ¾ 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,
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Filtering, MAC Address Filtering and Screen are disabled, and their settings are ineffective in the default settings. Figure 4-30 ¾ Enable Firewall - Enable the general firewall switch or not. ¾ Enable IP Filtering - Enable the IP Address Filtering
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-31 ¾ Effective Time - This is the time or the range of time for the entry to take effect. For example, 1800 - 2200, it means that the entry will take effect from 18:00 to 22:00. ¾ LAN IP - This is the LAN IP address or the range of LAN IP
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide while other PCs have no limit. You can configure the rules as follows. Step 1: Enable the "Firewall" and "IP Address Filtering" on the Firewall screen (show in Figure 4-30), and then, you should select the Default IP Address Filtering Rule "Allow the
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Click the Disable All button to disable all the in the next screen. 4.6.3 Domain Filtering Choose menu "Security→Domain Filtering", you can configure the Domain filtering rule in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-34). The Domain Filtering
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 4-30). Step 2: Click Add New.../Modify shown in Figure Note: Before adding an IP Address Filtering entry, you should enable the Firewall and the IP Address Filtering function first (shown in Figure 4-30). Other configurations for the entries as shown
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide access to the Internet by users on your local network based on , you can configure as follows. Step 1: Enable the "Firewall" and "MAC Address Filtering" on the Firewall screen (show in Figure 4-30). And then specify the Default MAC Address Filtering
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-38 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 4-39 ) Note: Before adding a
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-40 ¾ Region - This option used to select the specifically area from which the packets will be monitored by the next settings. ¾ Scan Attack Defence • IP Scan: During the specific time, if a computer (identified by a particular source IP
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Attacks. And the Router will start up the blocking function immediately. • Port Scan - During the specific time, if a computer (identified by a particular source IP address) transmits TCP SYN packets to another computer's (identified by a destination
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide • TCP packet with FIN but without ACK: The TCP packets that contain FIN but without ACK are 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
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-41 ¾ Destination IP Address - The "Destination IP Address" is the address of the network or host that you want to assign to a static route. ¾ Subnet Mask - The "Subnet Mask" determines which portion of an IP address is the network portion,
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Click the Delete set the max number of connections for different computers. Figure 4-44 ¾ Enable: Enable or disable the session limit. Only after choose "Enable", the configuration will take effect. ¾ LAN IP address: The controlled computer's IP
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-45. Step 2: Enter the appropriate LAN IP Address, Max Session and then update the information. 4.9 QoS Choose menu "QoS", and you can see the submenus under the main menu. Figure 4-47 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure
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    TL-R488T 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 4-48 4.9.2 QoS Rules List Choose menu "QoS→QoS
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Step 3: Click the Save button. Figure 4-50 4.10 IP & MAC Binding Choose menu "IP & MAC Binding", and you can see the submenus under the main menu: Binding Setting, ARP List. Figure 4-51 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-52 ¾ MAC Address - This field displays the MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN. ¾ IP Address - This field displays the assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN. ¾ Bind - Select whether enable the ARP binding or
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-54 Step 3: Click Find button, then you will see the entry with the specific MAC address or IP address. Step 4: Click Return to return the previous screen. ) Note: You can click "to page" to edit the entry in the corresponding screen. Other
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Click Load to load the specific item to the IP & MAC Binding list (shown in Figure 4-52). Click Delete to load the specific item to the IP & MAC Binding list. Click the Bind All button to bind all the current items, available after enable. Click the
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide ¾ 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
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    4.11.3 TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 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. Step
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-59 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.12.1 Port Statistics Choose menu "Switch Setting→Port statistics", you can view the
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-61 4.12.3 Port Parameter Choose menu "Switch Setting→Port Parameter", you can configure the parameters for the LAN port in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-62). Figure 4-62 4.12.4 Port Status Choose menu "Switch Setting→Port Status", you
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    4.13 System Tools TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Choose menu "System Tools", and you can see the submenus under the main menu: Figure 4-64 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide To configure the system time manually: Step 1: Select your local time zone. Step 2: Enter date and time in the right blanks. Step 3: Click Save to save the configuration. To configure the system automatically: Step 1: Select your local time zone.
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide button to locate the update file. Step 3: Click the Upgrade button. ) Note: 1) New firmware versions are posted at www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. If the router is not experiencing difficulties, there is no need to download a more
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-68 To back up the Router's current settings: Step 1: Click the Backup button (shown in Figure 4-68), click Save button in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-69) to proceed. Figure 4-69 Step 2:
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-70 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. Step 2: Click the Upgrade button to complete. 4.13.5 Reboot Choose
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 4) Static address assignment of DHCP server. 5) Web Service Port of the router. 6) Upgrade the firmware of the router (system will reboot automatically). 7) Restore the router's settings to factory default (system will reboot automatically). 4.13.6
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-73 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 "
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide ¾ 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
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Statistics Table - This table displays the statistics information about the traffic. IP Address MAC Address Total Pack Bytes Packs Bytes Current ICMP Tx UDP Tx SYN Tx The IP address whose statistics information are displayed The total
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-76 ¾ Destination IP - the IP address which datagrams are sent to, such as- 202.96.134.188. ¾ ID - The number of ICMP datagrames to be sent. ¾ Source Port - The port where datagrams are sent to, such as- 5000. ¾ Destination Port - The
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide UDP datagram. ¾ Detect Result - The interval between sending datagram and recving datagram, uint is ms. 4.13.11 IP NAT Table Choose menu "System Tools→IP NAT Table", you will see the IP NAT in the table as below: Figure 4-77 ¾ Out Link - The WAN port
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    TL-R488T 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 Safety & Emission Ports FCC、CE Four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port. One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 ports (Auto MDI/
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Appendix B: FAQ 1. 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
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 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
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure B-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
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Figure B-6 ) Note: If the above configuration takes effect, you should login the Router by typing in http://192.168.1.1:88 (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
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    TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Appendix C: Glossary ¾ DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) - The capability of assigning a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address. ¾ DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - A protocol that automatically configure the TCP/IP
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TL-R488T
Load Balance Broadband Router
Rev: 1.1.2