Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product TL-R470t+ TP-Link
Go to page of 92
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router Rev: 1.1.0 1910010609.
COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subjec t to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other br ands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of t heir respective holders.
FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi th the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Ru les. These limits are designed to pr ovide reasonable protectio n against harmful interference when the equipme nt is operated in a commercial environment.
Package Contents The following items should be found in your box: ¾ One TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband R outer ¾ One power cord for TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadba nd Router ¾ One Resource CD for .
CONTENTS Chapter 1. Introducti on ........................................................................................ 1 1.1 Overview of the Router .......................................................................................
4.6.3 Domain Filt ering ............................................................................................................. 49 4.6.4 MAC Filt ering .................................................................................
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 1 Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing TL-R470T + Load Balance Broadb and Router! 1.1 Overview of the Router The TL-R470T+ Load Balance Bro.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 2 ¾ Supports TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP ¾ Supports UPnP, Dynamic DNS, Stat ic Routing, VPN pass-through ¾ Supports Traffic Statistics ¾.
TL-R470T+ 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 fr ont panel (View from left to right). Figure 2-1 LED Descriptions: Name Status Indication Not lit The router is power off.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 4 Method two: With the router powered on, use a pin to press and hold the Reset button (about 5 seconds) until the SYS LED lights up and flashes. And then release the button and wait the rout er to reboot to its factory default settings.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 5 Connecting to the Ground via the power supply The Router can be grounded via the P E （ Protecting Earth ） cable of the AC pow er supply as shown in the following figure.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 6 2. Conn ect the PC(s) and all Swit ches/Hubs on your LAN to the LAN Ports on the router, shown in figure 2-3.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-R470T+ router into your network, you should confi gure it. This chapter describes how to configure t he basic functions of your TL -R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 8 Figure 3-2 Step 3: In the next screen, select General tab, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click the Properties button.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 9 Step 4: Configure the IP addr ess as shown in Figure 3-4 . After that, click OK . Figure 3-4 ) Note: You can c onfigure the PC to get an IP addres s automatically, select “ Ob tain an IP address automatically ” and “ Obtain DNS server address automatically ” in the screen above.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 10 If the result displayed is similar to the screen shown below, it means that your PC has not connected to the Router.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 11 Figure 3-7 ) Note: If the above screen ( Figure 3-7 ) does not prompt, it m eans that your web-bro wser 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.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 12 ) Note: Three popular ways to connect to Internet ar e provided in Quick Setup. Please select one compatible with your ISP. If you are gi ven anothe r way not listed here, refer to Netw ork → WAN for detailed list.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 13 Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This User Guide recommends using the “Quick Installation Guide” for first-time installation.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 14 Figure 4-1 ¾ LAN - This field displays the current informat ion for the LAN, i ncluding the “MAC address”, “IP address” and “Subnet Mask”.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 15 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. ¾ Traffic Statistics: This field displays the traffic statistics of WAN ports.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 16 Figure 4-3 ¾ WAN Number – Here allows you to select the tota l 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.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 17 ¾ Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the range of the network. Our Ro ute r supports VLSM (Variable Length Subnet Mask), wi th which you can ent er the subnet mask according to your demand.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 18 Figure 4-5 ¾ WAN Port: Here allows you to select the WAN port to configure. ¾ Interior network: When the WAN is connecti ng with a LAN, you can .
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 19 ¾ 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 c an choose this option. (You don’t need select this option generally).
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 20 ¾ Primary DNS - Type the DNS address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP (Optional). ¾ Secondary DNS - Type another DNS address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP if provided (Optional).
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 21 ) Note: 1) If you want your Internet connection to re main active at all times, enter 0 in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to hav e elapsed before your Inte rnet connection terminates.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 22 Figure 4-8 ¾ MTU Size- The default MTU size is 1492 bytes, whic h is usually fine. For some ISPs, you need modify the MTU. This shoul d not be done unl ess you are sure it is necessary for your ISP.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 23 Figure 4-9 ¾ WAN Port: Here allows you to select the WAN port to configure. ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. Thes e fields are case-sensitive. ¾ Auth Server - Enter the authenticating server IP address or host name.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 24 ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the r outer is disconnect ed. To use this option, click the radio button. ¾ Connect Manually - You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 25 Figure 4-10 ¾ WAN Port: Here allows you to select the WAN port to configure. ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 26 ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the r outer is disconnect ed. To use this option, click the radio button. ¾ Connect Manually - You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 27 Figure 4-1 1 ¾ WAN Port: Here allows you to select the WAN port to configure. ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 28 ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the r outer is disconnect ed. To use this option, click the radio button. ¾ Connect Manually - You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 29 ¾ DNS Server IP Address - Enter the correct DNS IP address that really existed on the WAN network. For exampl e: 202.96.134.133. 4.3.5 MAC Clone Choose menu “ Netw ork → MAC Clone ”, you can configure the MA C address of the WAN on the screen below (shown in Figure 4-13 ).
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 30 Figure 4-14 ¾ Enable/Disable WAN - Click the check box of WAN which you want to enable the Load Balance. ¾ 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.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 31 ) Note: The Intelligent Balance mode will only be effective until the Ingress Bandw idth of the WAN port has been set in “ Network → WAN ” screen.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 32 • Current - Current flow usage of each WAN port. ¾ Current Statistics / Overall Statistics- Here displays the informati on abo ut the router's traffic status of WAN ports. When finished, click the Save button to apply your settings.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 33 To add a dispatch rule: Step 1: Click Add Ne w… button, you will see the following screen. • Enable - Make the scheduler rule enabled. • Rules Select - The direction rule of the dat agram get through the WAN port .
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 34 Figure 4-15 ¾ 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. • Age for IP-Pairs-Table - Normal timeouts for the entries in IP-Pairs-Table.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 35 Figure 4-16 ¾ WAN Index - This shows the Router's WAN ports. ¾ Port Status - This shows the ports' current status: Enabled or Disabl ed, the default status is Enabled.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 36 Click any of them, and you will be able to c onfigure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provide d 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 ).
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 37 ) Note: To use the DHCP server function of the router, you must configure all computers on the LAN as "Obtain an IP Address automatically" mode. This function will take effect until the router reboots.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 38 ¾ Assigned IP Address - This field displays the IP ad dress of the router reserved. ¾ Status - This field displays the status of the virtual server entry. Enabled means that the entry will take effect, Disabled means that the entry will not take effect.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 39 Figure 4-22 Click any of them, and you will be able to c onfigure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provide d below.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 40 configure the IP address for the virtual server; If the “ Common Service Port ” does not contain the service that y ou want, please configu re the Service Port, IP Address and Protocol manually.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 41 Figure 4-25 ¾ Trigger Port - This displays the port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection using this port will "Trigger" this rule. ¾ Trigger Protocol - This displays the protocol used for Trigger Ports, either TCP , UDP , or All (all protocols supported by the router).
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 42 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: 1) If you want to add more than one reserved IP, please go to step 1 to continue.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 43 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.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 44 ¾ External Port - This displays the external port, whic h the router opened for the application. ¾ Protocol - This displays the protoc ol for the application. ¾ Internal Port - This displays the internal port, wh ich the router opened for local host.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 45 Click any of them, and you will be able to conf igure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provide d below. 4.6.1 Firewall Choose menu “ Security → Firewall ”, you can control the general fire wall switch in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-31 ).
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 46 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 f eature allows you to control Internet Access by specific users on your LAN based on their IP addresses.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 47 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 2 200; And wish to make the PCs with IP addresses 192.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 48 ) Note: Before adding an IP Address Filtering entry, y ou should enable the Fire wall and the IP Address Filtering function first (shown in Figure 4-31 ). Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure 4-3 2 : Click the Delete button to delete the entry.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 49 ¾ Domain Name - This is the domain or key word as desired. Leaving the fi eld blank means all websites on the Internet are prohibited from accessing. ¾ Status - This field displays the status, Enabled means the rule is effective, Disabled means the rule is ineffective.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 50 Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure 4-3 2 : 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.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 51 Step 2: Click Add New… / Modify shown in Figure 4-38 , you will see a new screen shown in Figure 4-39 . Step 3: Enter the appropriate MAC address and descriptions , then select the status as shown in Figure 4-39 .
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 52 Figure 4-41 ¾ Region - This option used to select the specifica lly area from which the packets will be monitored by the next settings.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 53 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 func tion immediately. • IP Snoop - If you select this option, the Router will monitor whether the packets from the particular region is doing IP deceive.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 54 • TCP packet with FIN but without ACK: The TCP packets that contain FIN but without ACK are considered as abnormal .
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 55 Figure 4-42 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.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 56 Click the Enable All button to enable all the entries. Click the Disable All button to disable all the entries.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 57 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 inform ation about the number of connection.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 58 4.9.1 QoS Settings Choose menu “ QoS → QoS Settings ”, you can configure the Uploa d Bandwidth and Downloa d Bandwidth in the next screen, their value you configure should be less than 1000000Kbps .
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 59 Figure 4-51 Step 3: Click the Save button. 4.10 IP & MAC Binding Choose menu “ IP & MAC Binding ”, you can see the submenus under the main menu: Binding Setting, ARP List . Figure 4-52 Click any of them, and you will be able to c onfigure the corresponding function.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 60 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 addr ess of the controlled computer in the LAN. ¾ Bind - Select whether enable the ARP binding or not.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 61 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.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 62 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 (shown in Figure 4-53 ). Click the Refresh button to refresh all items.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 63 Step 4: Enable DDNS, and click Save to save the current configuration. Click Login to login the DDNS service. Click Logout to logout the DDNS service. The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed in the Connection Status field.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 64 Figure 4-59 instructions: o save the current configuration. The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed in the Connection Status field. rvice Provider is www.no-ip.com , you can configure in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-60 ).
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 65 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.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 66 4.12.1 Port Statistics Choose menu “ Switch Settings → Port statistics ” , you can view the st atistics information about the LAN port in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-62 ). Figure 4-62 ) Note: Before you view the info rmation, please click the Refresh button to update it.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 67 ¾ 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 ).
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 68 Figure 4-65 ¾ Port - Here displays the Router's LAN Disabled. Enabled ( default status ) means the abled means the Flow Control f Duplex, 10M Full Duplex, 4.12.5 Port Status Settings → Port Status ”, you can view the status of the LAN port in the Ports.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 69 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 ).
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 70 Figure 4-68 Click any of them, and you will be able to c onfigure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provide d below.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 71 Step 2: Click the Get GMT button to get system ti me from In ternet if you have connected to the Internet. Step 3: Click Save to save the configuration. ) Note: 1) This setting will be used for some time-bas ed functions such as firewall.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 72 ¾ Ping Ti meout - Indicates the time before the Ping timeout. ¾ Tracert Hops – Specify the maximum hops of the Tracert here. Click Start to start the test and the result will display in the Diagnostic Result table.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 73 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 4-71 ). Figure 4-71 Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their default values.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 74 Figure 4-73 Step 2: Save the file as the appointed file (shown in Figure 4-74 ). Figure 4-74 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.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 75 4.13.6 Reboot Choose menu “ System Tools → Reboot ”, click the Reboot button to reboot the router via the next screen. Figure 4-75 ) Note: Some settings of the router will take e ffect only after rebooting, which include: 1) Change LAN IP Address.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 76 ) Note: 1) It is strongly recommended that you change the factory default user name an d 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.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 77 ¾ Web Management Port - Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80. This router’s default remote manag ement web por t 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 pro vided.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 78 ¾ Packets Statistics Interval - The default value is 10. Sele ct a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the pull-down list. T he Packets Statistic interval value indicates the time section of the packets statistic.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 79 Figure 4-80 ¾ Out Link - The WAN port which links the router. ¾ Protocol Type - The protocol which is used in the link. ¾ IP address - The local or remote IP address to be examined. ¾ Show - To examine the information which the lo cal or remote IP address equals that you input.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 80 Appendix A: Specifications General Standards and Protocols IEEE 802.3, 802.3u TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP,HTTP,DNS Safety & Emission .
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 81 Appendix B: Preventing Lightning To avoid damage during a lightning storm and ensu re a stable performance, our router has adopted the professional lightning protection technology to prev ent the lightning.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 82 Appendix C: FAQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? Step 1: First, configure the ADSL m odem in RFC1483 bridge model. Step 2: Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL modem to the WAN port on the router.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 83 2. 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 T ype ", and finish it by clicking Save .
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 84 Figure C-4 ) Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 85 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 Mana gement Port) in the addres s field of the web browser.
TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 86 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.
An important point after buying a device TP-Link TL-R470t+ (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought TP-Link TL-R470t+ yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data TP-Link TL-R470t+ - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, TP-Link TL-R470t+ you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get TP-Link TL-R470t+ will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of TP-Link TL-R470t+, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime TP-Link TL-R470t+.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with TP-Link TL-R470t+. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device TP-Link TL-R470t+ along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
