Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product TL-R4000 TP-Link
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TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router Rev: 1.0.1 1910010031.
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Package Content s The following contents should be found in your package: ¾ One TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router ¾ One power cord for TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router ¾ Mounting kits for in.
CONTENTS Chapter 1. Introduc tion ................................................................................................................... .1 1.1 Ov erview of the R outer .....................................................................
4.10 DDNS ........................................................................................................................... ... 41 4.10.1 Dyndns.o rg DDNS ......................................................................................
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 1 Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview of the Router The TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadban d Router possesses excellent throughp ut and driving load capabili.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 2 ¾ Supports firmware upgrade ¾ Supports Remote and Web management ¾ S tandard 19-inc rack-mountable steel case 1.3 Panel Layout 1.3.1 The Front Panel The front panel of the TL-R40 00 consists of several LED i ndicators, which is designed t o indicate connections.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 3 ¾ W AN RJ45 port for connecting the router to a cable, DSL modem or Ethernet ¾ One expansion slot for fiber module, sharing with W AN port, the recommended module is TL-SM21 series.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 4 Chapter 2. Connecting the Router 2.1 System Requirement s ¾ Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/E thernet) ¾ One DSL/Cable modem that has a.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 5 Chapter 3. Quick Inst allation Guide After connecting the TL-R4000 router into your network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to conf igure the basic func tions of your TL-R4 000 Enterprise Broadband Router .
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 6 Figure 3-1 Successful result of Ping command If the result displayed is similar to what is shown in Figure 3-1, the connection between your PC an d the router has been established.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 7 admin for the User Name and Password, both in lower case letters. Then click the OK button or press the Enter key . Figure 3-4 Login Windows ) Note: If the above screen does not prompt, it means that your web-browser has been set to a proxy .
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 8 compatible with your ISP, if you are gi ven another way not listed here, refer to Network -> WAN for detailed list.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 9 Figure 3-9 Quick Setup - Finish After finishing all configurations of basic network p arameters, please click Finish button to exit this Quick Setup .
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 10 Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This chapter describes eac h web page's key functions. 4.1 login After your successful login, you can confi gure and manage the router . There are nine main menus on the left of the web- based utility .
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 11 Figure 4-1 Router S tatus 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 , W AN, MAC Clone , Bandwid th Control , VLAN and Port Mirror .
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 12 Figure 4-3 LAN ¾ MAC Address - The physical address of the r outer , as seen from the LA N. The value can't be changed. ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address of your router in dotted-decimal notation (factory default: 192.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 13 Figure 4-4 W AN - Dynamic IP This page displays the W AN IP p aramete rs assigned dynamically by your ISP , including IP address, Su bnet Mask, Default Gateway , etc. Click the Renew button to renew the IP p arameters from your ISP .
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 14 Figure 4-5a W AN - 802.1X + Dynamic IP ¾ User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1x authentication provided by your ISP ¾ Password - Enter the password for 802.1x authentication provided by your ISP.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 15 If you are also given a user name and a password for 802.1x authentication, you should select 802.1x + St atic IP for W AN Connection T ype , a box will then appear requesting a user name and a password, shown in Figure 4-7a: Figure 4-7a W AN - 802.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 16 time to Max Idle T ime. This is because t here may still be active applications in the background, which may cause fee accounted by your ISP . ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after t he router is disconnected.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 17 necessary for your ISP . ¾ Service Name/AC Name - The service name and AC (A ccess Concentrator) name, this should not be done unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP .
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 18 ) Note: 1) Only the PC(s) on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone feature. 2) If you click the Save button, the router will prompt you to reboot. 4.4.4 Bandwid th Control You can control bandwi dth of each LAN port on this page.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 19 4.4.6 Port Mirror You can configure LAN port mirror feature on this page. Figure 4-13 Port Mirror ¾ Mirror Port - The port will collect packet from Mirrored Port(s). ¾ Mirrored Port(s) - Any packets through the Mirrored Port(s) will be copied and be forwarded to the Mirror Port.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 20 Figure 4-15 DHCP Settings ¾ DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server . If you disable the Server , you must have another DHCP server within your network or else you must manually configure the computer .
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 21 Figure 4-16 DHCP Client s Lis t ¾ Index - The index of the DHCP Client ¾ Client Name - The name of the DHCP client ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the DHCP client ¾ Assigned IP - The IP address that the router has allocated to the DHCP client.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 22 When you want to add or modify a Addr ess Reservation, you can click the Add New button or Modify button, then you will go to the nex t page. This page is used for adding or modifying a Address Reservation (shown in Figure 4-18 ).
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 23 DMZ and UPnP . Click any of them, and you will be abl e to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provid ed below . 4.6.1 Virtual Serv ers Virtual serve rs can be used for setting up pub lic services on your LAN, such as DNS, Email and FTP.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 24 Figure 4-21 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry ¾ Common Service Port - Some common services already listed in the pull-down list. To setup a virtual server entry: 1. Click the Add New .. button. 2.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 25 Click the Next button to go to the next page and Click the Previous button to return the previous page. ) Note: If you set the virtual server of the service port as 80, you must set the web manag ement port on Security –> Remote Management page to be any value except 80 such as 8080.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 26 UDP , or ALL (all protocols supported by the router). ¾ Statu s - The status of this entry , "Enabled" mea ns the Port T riggering entry is enabled, while “Disabled” means the Po rt T riggering entry is disabled.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 27 To modify or delete an existing entry : 1. Find the desired ent ry in the table. 2. Click Modify or Delete as desired on the Modify column. 3. Click the Enable All button to make all the entries enabled.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 28 be automatically discovered by the UPnP service application on the LAN. You can configure UPnP on this page shown in Figure 4-25: Figure 4-25 UPnP Settings ¾ Enable UPnP - UPnP can be enabled or di sabl ed by clicking the Enable or Disable button.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 29 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 enabl ed, their settings are ineffective.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 30 Figure 4-28 IP Address Filtering To disable the IP Address Filteri ng feature, keep t he default setting, Disabled . To set up an IP Address Filt ering entry, click Enable Firewall and Enable IP Address Filtering on the Firewall page, and click the Add New… button.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 31 – 110. Keep the field open, whic h means all WAN Ports have been put into the field. 6. Protocol - Select which protocol is to be used, either TCP , UDP , or All (all protocols supported by the router).
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 32 Figure 4-30 Domain Filtering Before adding a Domain Filtering e ntry, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and Enable Domain Filtering have been selected on the Firew all page. To Add a Domain filtering entry, click the Add New… button.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 33 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 fr om accessing websites www.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 34 To add or modify a MAC Address Filter ing entry, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the appropriate MAC address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit).
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 35 ¾ 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.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 36 ¾ Packets S tatistic interval (5 ~ 60) - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the pull-down list. The Packets S tatistic interval value indicates the time section of the packe ts statistic.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 37 ¾ Host IP Address - The IP addresses that are blocked by DoS are displayed here. ¾ 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.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 38 • Destination IP Address - The Destination IP Address is the address of the network or host that you want to assig n to a static route. • Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask determines wh ich portion of an IP address is the network portion, and which por tion is the host portion.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 39 Figure 4-40 IP & MAC Binding Setting • MAC Address - The MAC address of the controll ed computer in the LAN. • IP Address - The assigned IP address of the cont rolled computer in the LAN. • Bind - Whether or not enable the arp binding.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 40 To find an existing entry : 1. Click the Find button (shown in Figure 4-42). 2. Enter the MAC Address or IP Address. 3. 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.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 41 • Load - Load the item to the IP & MAC Binding list. • Delete - Delete the item. Click the Bind All button to bind all the current items, available after enable. Click the Load All button to load all items to the IP & MAC Bind ing list.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 42 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.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 43 Figure 4-46 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the Domain names your dynamic DNS service provider gave. 2. Enter the User Name for your DDNS account. 3. Enter the Password for your DDNS account.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 44 4.11 System T ools Figure 4-47 the System T ools menu There are eight submenus under th e System T ools menu: Time , Firmw are , Factory Default s, Backup & Restore, Rebo ot, Password, Log and St atistics.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 45 2. The time will be lost if the router is turned of f. 3. The router will obtain GMT automatically from Internet if it has already connected to Internet. 4.11.2 Firmware The p age shown in Figure 4-49 allows you to upgrade to the latest version of firmware for the router .
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 46 Figure 4-50 Restore Factory Default Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their default values. • The default User Name : admin • The default Password : admin • The default IP Address : 192.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 47 Figure 4-52 Reboot the router Click the Reboot button to reboot the router. Some settings of the router will take effect only after rebooting, which include: • Change LAN IP Address. (Syste m will reboot automatically) • MAC Clone (system will reboot automatically) • DHCP service function.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 48 4.11.7 Log This page shown in Figure 4-54 allows you to query the Logs of the router. Figure 4-54 System Log The router can keep logs of all traffic. Y ou can query the logs to find what happened to the router.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 49 ¾ Sorted Rules - Here displays sort as desired. Statistics Table: IP A ddress The IP address displa yed with statistics Packets The total amount of packets receiv ed and transmitted by the router. Total Bytes The total amount of bytes received and transmitted by the router.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 50 Appendix A: F AQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) First, configure the ADSL modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. 2) Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL modem to the W AN port on the router .
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 51 2) Some ISPs require that you register the MAC address of your adapter , which is connected to your cable or DSL modem during installation.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 52 4) How to enab le DMZ Host: Login to the router , click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser , and click " DMZ" submenu. On t he "DMZ" page, click “Enable” radio and type your IP address into the “DMZ Host IP Address” field, using 192.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 53 Figure A-7 Virtual Server.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 54 Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to inst all and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows XP . First make sure your Ethernet A dapter is working, refer to the adapter ’s manual if needed.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 55 Figure 2 5) The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address t ab is open on this window by default.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 56 Figure 3 ¾ Setting IP address manually 1 Select Use the following IP address radio button. And the following items available 2 If the router's LAN IP address is 192.168. 1.1, type IP address is 192.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 57 Figure 4.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 58 Appendix C: Specifications General S tandards IEEE 802.3, 802.3u Protocols TCP/IP , PPPoE, DHCP , ICMP , NA T , SNTP Ports Four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 ports supporting Auto MDI/MDIX One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation W AN RJ45 port.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 59 Appendix D: Glossary ¾ DDNS ( D ynamic D omain N ame S ystem) - The capability of assigning a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address.
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