Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product TL-R860 TP-Link
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COMMENT Package cont ent s .......................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. About this Guide ......................................................................... 2 1.1 Purpos es .............
5.7.2 IP Address F ilterin g ............................................................................ 30 5.7.3 Domain Filt ering ................................................................................. 32 5.7.4 MAC Filter ing ............
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Package contents The following contents should be found in your box: ¾ One TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router ¾ One AC power Adapter for TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router ¾ Quick I.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 1. About this Guide Thank you for choosing the TL -R860 Cable/DSL Router . This router provides dedicated solutions for Small Office/Home Of fice (S OHO) networks. With your network all connected, your local network can share Internet access, f iles and fun for multiple PCs through one ISP account.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 2. Introduction 2.1 Overview of the Router The TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router integrates an 8- p or t s wi t c h, firewall, and NA T -router . Its design is dedicated to Small Office/H ome Offi ce (SOHO) netw ork solutions.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 2.3 Panel Layout 2.3.1 The Front Panel The front panel of the TL-R86 0 consists of several LED i ndicators, which is designed to indicate connections. V iewed from left to right. T able 2-1 describes the LEDs on the front panel of the router .
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 2-2 Rear Panel sketch - 5 -.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 3. Connecting the Router 3.1 System Requirement s ¾ Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Et hernet) ¾ One DSL/Cable modem that has an RJ45 co nnec.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 3-1 Hardware Inst allation of the TL-R860 C able/DSL Router - 7 -.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 4. Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-R860 router into your network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to c onfigure the basic f unctions of your TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router . These procedures may take you only a few minutes.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide If the result displayed is similar to what is shown in Figure 4-1 , the connection between your PC and the router has been established. Figure 4-2 Failed result of Ping command If the result displayed is si milar to what is shown in Figure 4-2 , it means that your PC has not connected to the router .
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-4 Login Windows Note : If the above screen does not prompt, it means that your web-browser has been set to a proxy . Go to T ools menu>Internet Op tions>Connections>LAN Settings, in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy c heckbox, and click OK to finish it.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-7 Quick Setup - PPPoE ¾ User Name and Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case s ensitive. If you have difficult y with this process, please contact your ISP.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide After finishing all configurations of basic network p arameters, please click Finish button to exit this Quick Setup .
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 5. Configuring the Router This chapter describes eac h web page's key functions. 5.1 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-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-1 Router S tatus 5.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 4.2: "Quick Installation Guide." 5.4 Network Figure 5-2 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu (show n in Figure 5-2 ): LAN , WA N and MAC Clone.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-3 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 r outer (factory default: 192.168.1.1). ¾ Subnet Mask - An address code that determines t he size of the network.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-4 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-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-5 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. Click the Login button to start 802.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-7 W AN - 802.1X + S tatic 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. Click Login to start 802.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide disconnect based on time. Enter the start time in HH:MM for connecting and en d time in HH:MM for disconnecting in the Period of T ime fields. Note: Only you have set the system time on System T ools -> T ime page, will the Time-based Connecting function t ake effect.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide seconds. If the value is 0, it means do not detect. ¾ DNS IP Address - If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit DNS addresses to the router during login, click “ Use the follow ing DNS servers ” checkbox and enter the IP address of your ISP’ s primary DNS server .
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.5 DHCP Figure 5-1 1 the DHCP me nu There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 5-1 1 ): DHCP Settings , DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding functi on.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide the router, default value is 192.168.1.1 ¾ Default Domain - (Optional.) Input the domai n name of your network. ¾ Primary DNS - (Optional.) Input the DNS IP addre ss provided by your ISP. Or consult your ISP. ¾ Secondary DNS - (Optional.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-14 Address Reservation ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC of which you want to reserve IP address. ¾ Assigned IP Address - The IP address of the router reserved. ¾ Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled .
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.6 Forwarding Figure 5-16 the Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 5-16 ): Vir tu al Servers , Port T riggering , DMZ and UPnP . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 4. Select the protocol used for this application, either TCP or UDP , or All . 5. Select the Enable checkbox to enable the virtual server .
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-19 Port T riggering Once configured, operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connec tion using a destination port number defined in the T rigger Por t field.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-20 Add or Modify a T riggering 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.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-21 DMZ T o assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server: 1. Click the Enable radio button 2. Enter the local host IP Address in the DMZ Host IP Address field 3. Click the Save button. Note : After you set the DMZ host, the fire wall related to the host will not work.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Click Refresh to update the Current UPnP Settings List. 5.7 Security Figure 5-23 the Security menu There are six submenus under the Security menu (shown in Figure 5-23 ): Firew all , IP Address Filtering, Domain Filtering, MAC Filtering, Remote Management and Advanced Security .
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide ¾ Enable IP Address Filtering - set IP Address Filteri ng is enabled or disabled. There are two default filtering rules of IP Address Filtering, either Allow or Reny passing through the router. ¾ Enable Domain Filtering - Set Domain Filtering as enabled or disabled.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide from 08:03 to 17:05. 2. LAN IP Address - Type a LAN IP ad dress or a range of LAN IP addresses in the field. For example, 192. 168.1.20 - 192.168.1.30. K eep the field open, which means all LAN IP addresses have been put into the field.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.7.3 Domain Filtering The Domain Filtering page (shown in Figure 5-2 7 ) allows you to control access to cert ain websites on the Internet by specif ying their domains or key words.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Click the Enabled All button to enable all entries. Click the Disable All button disable all entries. 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.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-30 Add or Modify a MAC Address Filtering entry 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-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-31 Remote Management ¾ Web Management Port - Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-32 Advanced Security settings 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-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide W AN port. The default is disabled. If enabl ed, the ping packet from the Internet cannot access the router . ¾ Forbid Ping Packet from LAN Port - Enable or Disable forbidding Ping Packet to access the router from the LAN port.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-34 S tatic Routing T o add st atic routing entries: 1. Click the Add New button. (pop-up Figure 5-35 ) 2. Enter the following data: ¾ 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.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.9 IP & MAC Binding Setting Figure 5-36 the IP & MAC Binding menu There are two submenu s under the IP &MAC Binding menu (shown in Figure 5-36 ): Binding Setting and ARP List . Click any of them, and you will be able to scan or configure the corresponding function.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-38 IP & MAC Binding Setting (Add & Modify) To add IP & MAC Bindin g entries: 1. Click the Add New.. button. 2. Enter the MAC Address and IP Address. 3. Select the Bind checkbox. 4. Click the Save button to save it.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide MAC Binding entries (shown in Figure 5-40 ). Figure 5-40 ARP List • MAC Address - The MAC address of the contro lled computer in the LAN. • IP Address - The assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide appear as shown in Figure 5-41 : Figure 5-41 Dyndns.org DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. T ype the domain name your dynamic DNS service provider gave. 2. T ype the User Name for your DDNS account.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. T ype the User Name for your DDNS account. 2. T ype the Password for your DDNS account. 3. Click the Login button to login the DDNS service. ¾ Connection Status - The status of the DDNS servic e connection is displayed here.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.11 System T ools Figure 5-44 the System T ools menu There are seven submenus under t he System T ools menu (shown in Figure 5-44 ): Tim e , Firmware , Factory Default s, Backup and Restore, Reboot, Password, Log and St atistics.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Internet. Note : 1. This setting will be used for some time -based functions such as firewall. You must specify your time z one once you login to the router successfully, if not the time limited on these functions will not take effect.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 2. The router will reboot a fter the upgrade has finished. 5.11.3 Factory Defaults This page (shown in Figure 5-47 ) allows you to restore the factory default settings for the router . Figure 5-47 Restore Factory Default Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their default values.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-49 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-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.11.7 Log This page (shown in Figure 5-51 ) allows you to query the Logs of the router. Figure 5-51 System Log The router can keep logs of all traffic. Y ou can query the logs to find what happened to the router. Click the Refresh button to refresh the logs.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide IP A ddress The IP address displayed with statistics Packets The total amount of packets receiv ed and transmitted by the router.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) First, configure the ADSL modem configured in RFC1483 bridg e model. 2) Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL modem to the W AN port on the router .
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide MAC register , login to the router and cl ick the "Network" menu link on the left of your browser , and then click "MAC Clone" submenu link.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide “S tatus” p age. 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-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure A-8 Virtual Serve r - 53 -.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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 adapte r ’s manual if needed.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure B-54 5) The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure B-55 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 192.168.1.x (x is from 2 to 254), and Subnet mask is 255.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure B-4 Now: All the configurations are fi nished; it will take ef fect after reboot your computer . - 57 -.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix C: Specifications General S tandards IEEE 802.3, 802.3u Protocols TCP/IP , PPPoE, DHCP , ICMP , NA T , SNTP Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix E: Contact Information For help with the installation or operation of the TP-LINK TL-R8 60 Cable/DSL Router, please contact us.
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