TL-ER6120 Multi-WAN VPN Router Rev: 1.0.
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CONTENTS Package Contents ..................................................................................................................1 Chapter 1 About this Guide ...................................................................................................2 1.1 Intended Readers ..................................................................................................................2 1.2 Conventions ......................................................................................
3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.3.3 Session Limit ...........................................................................................................59 3.3.4 Load Balance...........................................................................................................60 3.3.5 Routing ....................................................................................................................65 Firewall.......................................................................................
4.2 Network Topology...............................................................................................................129 4.3 Configurations....................................................................................................................129 4.3.1 Internet Setting ......................................................................................................129 4.3.2 VPN Setting ......................................................................................
Package Contents The following items should be found in your box: ¾ One TL-ER6120 Router ¾ One power cord ¾ One console cable ¾ One ground cable ¾ Two mounting brackets and other fittings ¾ Installation Guide ¾ Resource CD for TL-ER6120 Router, including: • This User Guide • Other Helpful Information Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items. If any of the listed items are damaged or missing, please contact with your distributor.
Chapter 1 About this Guide This User Guide contains information for setup and management of TL-ER6120 Router. Please read this guide carefully before operation. 1.1 Intended Readers This Guide is intended for Network Engineer and Network Administrator. 1.2 Conventions In this Guide the following conventions are used: ¾ The Router or TL-ER6120 mentioned in this Guide stands for TL-ER6120 SafeStreamTM Multi-WAN VPN Router without any explanation.
Appendix A Hardware Specifications Lists the hardware specifications of this Router. Appendix B FAQ Provides the possible solutions to the problems that may occur during the installation and operation of the router. Appendix C Glossary Lists the glossary used in this guide.
Chapter 2 Introduction Thanks for choosing the SafeStreamTM Multi-WAN VPN Router TL-ER6120. 2.
z Multi-WAN Ports + Providing three adjustable 10/100/1000M WAN/LAN ports for users to configure the amount of WAN ports based on need and connect multiple Internet lines for bandwidth expansion. + Supporting multiple Load Balance modes, including Bandwidth Based Balance Routing, Application Optimized Routing, and Policy Routing to optimize bandwidth usage. + Featured Link Backup to switch all the new sessions from dropped line automatically to another for keeping an always on-line network.
¾ Supports to change the MAC address of LAN, WAN, DMZ port ¾ Supports Logs, Statistics, Time setting ¾ Supports Remote and Web management ¾ Supports Diagnostic (Ping/Tracert) and Online Detection VPN ¾ Supports IPsec VPN and provides up to 100 IPsec VPN tunnels ¾ Supports IPSec VPN in LAN-to-LAN or Client-to-LAN ¾ Provides DES, 3DES, AES128, AES152, AES256 encryption, MD5, SHA1 authentication ¾ Supports IKE Pre-Share Key and DH1/DH2/DH5 Key Exchanges ¾ Supports PPTP/L2TP Server/Client Traf
z LEDs LED Status Indication On The Router is powered on Off The Router is powered off or power supply is abnormal Flashing The Router works properly On/Off The Router works improperly On There is a device linked to the corresponding port Off There is no device linked to the corresponding port Flashing The corresponding port is transmitting or receiving data On (Green) The linked device is running at 1000Mbps PWR SYS Link/Act Speed On (Yellow) The linked device is running at 100Mbps
press and hold the Reset button (about 4~5 seconds). After the SYS LED goes out, release the Reset button. If the SYS LED is flashing with a high frequency about two or three seconds, it means the Router is restored successfully. 2.3.2 Rear Panel The rear panel of TL-ER6120 is shown as the following figure. z Power Socket Connect the female connector of the power cord to this power socket, and the male connector to the AC power outlet.
Chapter 3 Configuration 3.1 Network 3.1.1 Status The Status page shows the system information, the port connection status and other information related to this Router. Choose the menu Network→Status to load the following page.
Figure 3-1 Status 3.1.2 System Mode The TL-ER6120 Router can work in three modes: NAT, Non-NAT and Classic. If your Router is hosting your local network’s connection to the Internet with a network topology as the Figure 3-2 shown, you can set it to NAT mode.
Figure 3-2 Network Topology - NAT Mode If your Router is connecting the two networks of different areas in a large network environment with a network topology as the Figure 3-3 shown, and forwards the packets between these two networks by the Routing rules, you can set it to Non-NAT mode. Figure 3-3 Network Topology – Non-NAT Mode If your Router is connected in a combined network topology as the Figure 3-4 shown, you can set it to Classic Mode.
Figure 3-4 Network Topology – Classic Mode Choose the menu Network→System Mode to load the following page. Figure 3-5 System Mode You can select a System Mode for your Router according to your network need. z NAT Mode NAT (Network Address Translation) mode allows the Router to translate private IP addresses within internal networks to public IP addresses for traffic transport over external networks, such as the Internet. Incoming traffic is translated back for delivery within the internal network.
In this mode, the Router functions as the traditional Gateway and forwards the packets via routing protocol. The Hosts in different subnets can communicate with one another via the routing rules whereas no NAT is employed. For example: If the DMZ port of the Router is in WAN mode, the Hosts in the subnet of DMZ port can access the servers in Internet only when the Static Router rules permit. Note: In Non-NAT mode, all the NAT forwarding rules will be disabled.
Note: 1) By default, TL-ER6120 is set to work in the mode of dual WAN ports. 2) Any change to the number of WAN ports may lead to a loss of current configurations. Please be sure to backup your configurations in advance. 3) The DMZ port will not be available if four WAN ports are enabled. 3.1.3.2 WAN1 TL-ER6120 provides the following six Internet connection types: Static IP, Dynamic IP, PPPoE/Russian PPPoE, L2TP/Russian L2TP, PPTP/Russian PPTP and BigPond.
The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ Static IP Connection Type: Select Static IP if your ISP has assigned a static IP address for your computer. IP Address: Enter the IP address assigned by your ISP. If you are not clear, please consult your ISP. Subnet Mask: Enter the Subnet Mask assigned by your ISP. Default Gateway: Optional. Enter the Gateway assigned by your ISP. MTU: MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) is the maximum data unit transmitted by the physical network.
Figure 3-8 WAN – Dynamic IP The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ Dynamic IP Connection Type: Select Dynamic IP if your ISP assigns the IP address automatically. Click to get the IP address from your ISP’s server. Click to release the current IP address of WAN port. Host Name: Optional. This field allows you to give a name for the Router. It's blank by default. MTU: MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) is the maximum data unit transmitted by the physical network.
Get IP Address by The broadcast requirement may not be supported by Unicast: a few ISPs. Select this option if you can not get the IP address from your ISP even with a normal network connection. This option is not required generally. Use the following DNS Select this option to enter the DNS (Domain Name Server: Server) address manually. Primary DNS: Enter the IP address of your ISP’s Primary DNS (Domain Name Server). If you are not clear, please consult your ISP. Secondary DNS: Optional.
IP Address: Displays the IP address assigned by your ISP. Subnet Mask: Displays the Subnet Mask assigned by your ISP. Gateway Address: Displays the Gateway Address assigned by your ISP. Primary DNS: Displays the IP address of your ISP’s Primary DNS. Secondary DNS: Displays the IP address of your ISP’s Secondary DNS.
Figure 3-9 WAN - PPPoE The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ PPPoE Settings Connection Type: Select PPPoE if your ISP provides xDSL Virtual Dial-up connection. Click to dial-up to the Internet and obtain the IP address. Click to disconnect the Internet connection and release the current IP address.
Enter the Account Name provided by your ISP. If you Account Name: are not clear, please consult your ISP. Password: Enter the Password provided by your ISP. Active Mode: You can select the proper Active mode according to your need. z Manual: Select this option to manually activate or terminate the Internet connection by the or button. It’s optimum for the dial-up connection charged on time. z Always-on: Select this option to keep the connection always on.
connection. Dynamic IP and Static IP connection types are provided. Connection Type: Select the secondary connection type. Options include Disable, Dynamic IP and Static IP. IP Address: If Static IP is selected, configure the IP address of WAN port. If Dynamic IP is selected, the obtained IP address of WAN port is displayed. Subnet Address: If Static IP is selected, configure the subnet address of WAN port. If Dynamic IP is selected, the obtained subnet address of WAN port is displayed.
this problem remains. IP Address: Displays the IP address assigned by your ISP. Gateway Address: Displays the Gateway Address assigned by your ISP. Primary DNS: Displays the IP address of your ISP’s Primary DNS. Secondary DNS: Displays the IP address of your ISP’s Secondary DNS. 4) L2TP If your ISP (Internet Service Provider) has provided the account information for the L2TP connection, please choose the L2TP connection type.
Figure 3-10 WAN - L2TP The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ L2TP Settings Connection Type: Select L2TP if your ISP provides a L2TP connection. Click to dial-up to the Internet and obtain the IP address. Click to disconnect the Internet connection and release the current IP address. Account Name: Enter the Account Name provided by your ISP.
not clear, please consult your ISP. Password: Enter the Password provided by your ISP. Server IP: Enter the Server IP provided by your ISP. MTU: MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) is the maximum data unit transmitted by the physical network. It can be set in the range of 576-1460. The default MTU is 1460. It is recommended to keep the default value if no other MTU value is provided by your ISP. Active Mode: You can select the proper Active Mode according to your need.
Primary If Static IP is selected, configure the DNS. If Dynamic IP DNS/Secondary DNS: is selected, the obtained DNS is displayed. Upstream Specify the bandwidth for transmitting packets on the Bandwidth: Downstream port. Specify the bandwidth for receiving packets on the port. Bandwidth: ¾ L2TP Status Status: Displays the status of PPPoE connection. z “Disabled” indicates that the L2TP connection type is not applied.
Figure 3-11 WAN - PPTP The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ PPTP Settings Connection Type: Select PPTP if your ISP provides a PPTP connection. Click to dial-up to the Internet and obtain the IP address. Click to disconnect the Internet connection and release the current IP address.
Account Name: Enter the Account Name provided by your ISP. If you are not clear, please consult your ISP. Password: Enter the Password provided by your ISP. Server IP: Enter the Server IP provided by your ISP. MTU: MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) is the maximum data unit transmitted by the physical network. It can be set in the range of 576-1460. The default MTU is 1460. It is recommended to keep the default value if no other MTU value is provided by your ISP.
displayed. Primary If Static IP is selected, configure the DNS. If Dynamic IP DNS/Secondary DNS: is selected, the obtained DNS is displayed. Upstream Bandwidth: Specify the bandwidth for transmitting packets on the port. Specify the bandwidth for receiving packets on the port. Downstream Bandwidth: ¾ PPTP Status Status: Displays the status of PPTP connection. z “Disabled” indicates that the PPTP connection type is not applied.
The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ BigPond Settings Connection Type: Select BigPond if your ISP provides a BigPond connection. Click to dial-up to the Internet and obtain the IP address. Click to disconnect the Internet connection and release the current IP address. Account Name: Enter the Account Name provided by your ISP. If you are not clear, please consult your ISP. Password: Enter the Password provided by your ISP.
Enter the domain name of authentication server. It's only Auth Domain: required when the address of Auth Server is a server name. You can select the proper Active mode according to your Auth Mode: need. z Manual: Select this option to manually activate or terminate the Internet connection by the or button. It’s optimum for the dial-up connection charged on time. z Always-on: Select this option to keep the connection always on.
IP Address: Displays the IP address assigned by your ISP. Subnet Mask: Displays the Subnet Mask assigned by your ISP. Default Gateway: Displays the IP address of the default gateway assigned by your ISP. Note: To ensure the BigPond connection re-established normally, please restart the connection at least 5 seconds after the connection is off. 3.1.4 LAN 3.1.4.1 LAN On this page, you can configure the parameters for LAN port of this router. Choose the menu Network→LAN→LAN to load the following page.
3.1.4.2 DHCP The Router with its DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server enabled can automatically assign an IP address to the computers in the LAN. Choose the menu Network→LAN→DHCP to load the following page. Figure 3-13 DHCP Settings The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ DHCP Settings DHCP Server: Enable or disable the DHCP server on your Router. To enable the Router to assign the TCP/IP parameters to the computers in the LAN automatically, please select Enable.
Default Gateway: Optional. Enter the Gateway address to be assigned. It is recommended to enter the IP address of the LAN port of the Router. Default Domain: Optional. Enter the domain name of your network. Primary DNS: Optional. Enter the Primary DNS server address provided by your ISP. It is recommended to enter the IP address of the LAN port of the Router. Secondary DNS: 3.1.4.3 Optional. If a Secondary DNS Server address is available, enter it.
Figure 3-15 DHCP Reservation The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ DHCP Reservation MAC Address: Enter the MAC address of the computer for which you want to reserve the IP address. IP Address: Enter the reserved IP address. Description: Optional. Enter a description for the entry. Up to 28 characters can be entered. Status: ¾ Activate or Inactivate the corresponding entry.
3.1.5 DMZ DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) is a network which has fewer default firewall restrictions than the LAN does. TL-ER6120 provides a DMZ port to allow all the local hosts connected to this port to be exposed to the Internet for some special-purpose services, such as such as Internet gaming and video-conferencing. The DMZ physical port can work in Public mode and Private mode. In Public mode, the DMZ port allows the Hosts in DMZ to directly communicate with Internet via routing mode using public IP address.
Choose the menu Network→DMZ→DMZ to load the following page. Figure 3-18 DMZ The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ DMZ Status: Activate or inactivate this entry. The DMZ port functions as a normal LAN port when it’s disabled. Mode: Select the mode for DMZ port to control the connection way among DMZ, LAN and Internet. Options include: Public and Private. IP Address: Enter the IP address of DMZ port. Subnet Mask: Enter the Subnet Mask of DMZ port.
Set the MAC Address for LAN port: In a complex network topology with all the ARP bound devices, if you want to change to use TL-ER6120 instead of the current router in a network node, you can just set the MAC address of TL-ER6120 ‘s LAN port the same to the MAC address of the previous router, which can avoid all the devices under this network node to update their ARP binding tables.
to apply. Note: To avoid a conflict of MAC address on the LAN, it’s not allowed to set the MAC address of the Router’s LAN port to the MAC address of the current management PC. 3.1.7 Switch Some basic switch port management functions are provided by TL-ER6120, which facilitates you to monitor the traffic and manage the network effectively. 3.1.7.1 Statistics Statistics screen displays the detailed traffic information of each port, which allows you to monitor the traffic and locate faults promptly.
Unicast: Displays the number of normal unicast packets received or transmitted on the port. Broadcast: Displays the number of normal broadcast packets received or transmitted on the port. Pause: Displays the number of flow control frames received or transmitted on the port. Multicast: Displays the number of normal multicast packets received or transmitted on the port. Undersize: Displays the number of the received frames (including error frames) that are less than 64 bytes long.
Figure 3-21 Port Mirror The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ General Enable Port Mirror: Check the box to enable the Port Mirror function. If unchecked, it will be disabled. Mode: Select the mode for the port mirror function. Options include: z Ingress: When this mode is selected, only the incoming packets sent by the mirrored port will be copied to the mirroring port.
The entry in Figure 3-21 indicates: The outgoing packets sent by port 1, port 2, port 3 and port 5 (mirrored ports) will be copied to port 4 (mirroring port). Tips: If both the mirrored port and the mirroring port are the LAN ports, these two LAN ports should be in the same Port VLAN. For example, if port 3 (the mirroring port) and port 4 (the mirrored port) are the LAN ports, the Port Mirror function can take effect only when port 3 and port 4 are in the same Port VLAN.
Figure 3-22 Rate Control The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ Rate Control Port: Displays the port number. Ingress Limit: Specify whether to enable the Ingress Limit feature. Ingress Mode: Select the Ingress Mode for each port. Options include: z All Frames: Select this option to limit all the frames. z Broadcast&Multicast: Select this option to limit broadcast frame and multicast frame.
Figure 3-23 Port Config The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ Port Config Status: Specify whether to enable the port. The packets can be transported via this port after being enabled. Flow Control: Allows you to enable/disable the Flow Control function. Negotiation Mode: Select the Negotiation Mode for the port. All Ports: Allows you to configure the parameters for all the ports at one time. 3.1.7.5 Port Status On this page, you can view the current status of each port.
3.1.7.6 Port VLAN A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) is a network topology configured according to a logical scheme rather than the physical layout, which allows you to divide the physical LAN into multiple logical LANs so as to control the communication among the ports. The VLAN function can prevent the broadcast storm in LANs and enhance the network security. By creating VLANs in a physical LAN, you can divide the LAN into multiple logical LANs, each of which has a broadcast domain of its own.
3.2.1 Group On this page you can define the group for management. Choose the menu User Group→Group to load the following page. Figure 3-26 Group Configuration The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ ¾ Group Config Group Name: Specify a unique name for the group. Description: Give a description for the group. It's optional. List of Group In this table, you can view the information of the Groups and edit them by the Action buttons. 3.2.
¾ ¾ User Config User Name: Specify a unique name for the user. IP Address: Enter the IP Address of the user. It cannot be the network address or broadcast address of the port. Description: Give a description to the user for identification. It's optional. List of User In this table, you can view the information of the Users and edit them by the Action buttons. 3.2.3 View On this page, you can configure the User View or Group View. Choose the menu User Group→View to load the following page.
Group Structure: Click this button to view the tree structure of this group. All the members of this group will be displayed, including Users and sub-Groups. The Group Names are displayed in bold. Available Member: Displays the Users and the Groups which can be added into this group. Selected Member: Displays the members of this group, including Users and Groups. 3.3 Advanced 3.3.
NAT-DMZ: Enable or disable NAT-DMZ. NAT DMZ is a special service of NAT application, which can be considered as a default forwarding rule. When NAT DMZ (Pseudo DMZ) is enabled, all the data initiated by external network falling short of the current connections or forwarding rules will be forwarded to the preset NAT DMZ host. Host IP Address: 3.3.1.2 Enter the IP address of the host specified as NAT DMZ server. One-to-One NAT On this page, you can configure the One-to-One NAT.
The first entry in Figure 3-29 indicates: The IP address of host1 in local network is 1.1.1.1 and the WAN IP address after NAT mapping is specified to be 2.2.2.2. The data packets are transmitted from WAN1 port. DMZ Forwarding and this entry are both activated. Note: One-to-One NAT entries take effect only when the Connection Type of WAN is Static IP. Changing the Connection type from Static IP to other ones will make the entries attached to the interface disabled. 3.3.1.
The first entry in Figure 3-30 indicates that: This is a Multi-Nets NAT entry named tplink1. The subnet under the LAN port of the Router is 192.168.2.0/24 and this entry is activated. After the corresponding Static Route entry is set, the hosts within this subnet can access the Internet through the Router via NAT. Note: ● Multi-Nets NAT entry takes effect only when cooperating with the corresponding Static Route entries.
Configuration procedure 1. Establish the Multi-Nets NAT entries with Subnet/Mask of VLAN2 and VLAN3. The configured entries are as follows: 2. Then set the corresponding Static Route entry, enter the IP address of the interface connecting the Router and the three layer switch into the Next Hop field. Choose the menu Advanced→Routing→Static Route to load the following page.
3.3.1.4 Virtual Server Virtual server can be used for setting up public services in your private network, such as DNS, Email and FTP. Virtual server can define a service port. All the service requests to this port will be transmitted to the LAN server appointed by the Router via IP address. Choose the menu Advanced→NAT→Virtual Server to load the following page. Figure 3-31 Virtual Server The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ Virtual Server Name: Enter a name for Virtual Server entries.
Status: Activate or inactivate the entry. Note: ● The External port and Internal Port should be set in the range of 1-65535. ● The external ports of different entries should be different, whereas the internal ports can be the same. ¾ List of Rules In this table, you can view the information of the entries and edit them by the Action buttons.
¾ Port Triggering Name: Enter a name for Port Triggering entries. Up to 28 characters can be entered. Trigger Port: Enter the trigger port number or range of port numbers. Only when the trigger port initiates connection will all the corresponding incoming ports open and provide service for the applications, otherwise the incoming ports will not open. Trigger Protocol: Select the protocol used for trigger port. Incoming Port: Enter the incoming port number or range of port numbers.
Choose the menu Advanced→NAT→ALG to load the following page. Figure 3-33 ALG The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ ALG FTP ALG: Enable or disable FTP ALG. The default setting is enabled. It is recommended to keep the default setting if no special requirement. H.323 ALG: Enable or disable H.323 ALG. The default setting is enabled. H.323 is used for various applications such as NetMeeting and VoIP. SIP ALG: Enable or disable SIP ALG. The default setting is enabled.
Figure 3-34 Configuration The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ General Disable Bandwidth Select this option to disable Bandwidth Control. Control: Enable Bandwidth Select this option to enable Bandwidth Control all the time. Control all the time: Enable Bandwidth Control When: ¾ With this option selected, the Bandwidth Control will take effect when the bandwidth usage reaches the specified value.
Interface: Displays the current enabled WAN port(s). The Total bandwidth is equal to the sum of bandwidth of the enabled WAN ports. Upstream Displays the bandwidth of each WAN port for transmitting data. The Bandwidth: Upstream Bandwidth of WAN port can be configured on WAN page. Downstream Displays the bandwidth of each WAN port for receiving data. The Bandwidth: Downstream Bandwidth of WAN port can be configured on WAN page.
¾ Bandwidth Control Rule Direction: Select the data stream direction for the entry. The direction of arrowhead indicates the data stream direction The DMZ port displays in the drop-down list only when the DMZ port is enabled. WAN-ALL means all WAN ports through which the data flow might pass. Individual WAN port cannot be selected after WAN-ALL rules are added. Group: Select the group to define the controlled users.
Note: ● The premise for single rule taking effect is that the bandwidth of the interface for this rule is sufficient and not used up. ● It is impossible to satisfy all the guaranteed bandwidth if the total guaranteed bandwidth specified by all Bandwidth Control rules for certain interface exceeds the physical bandwidth of this interface. ● When DMZ port is disabled, it is only allowed deleting operation to the related rules. 3.3.
Enable Session Limit: ¾ ¾ Check here to enable Session Limit, otherwise all the Session Limit entries will be disabled. Session Limit Group: Select a group to define the controlled user. Max. Sessions: Enter the max. Sessions for the users. Description: Give a description for the entry. Status: Activate or inactivate the entry. List of Session Limit You can view the information of the entries and edit them by the Action buttons.
Figure 3-38 Configuration With the box before Enable Application Optimized Routing checked, the Router will consider the source IP address and destination IP address of the packets as a whole and record the WAN port they pass through. And then the packets with the same source IP address and destination IP address or destination port will be forwarded to the recorded WAN port. This feature is to ensure the multi-connected applications to work properly.
The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ General Protocol: Select the protocol for the entry in the drop-down list. If the protocol you want to set is not in the list, you can add it to the list on 3.3.4.4 Protocol page. Source IP: Enter the source IP range for the entry. 0.0.0.0 - 0.0.0.0 means any IP is acceptable. Destination IP: Enter the destination IP range for the entry. 0.0.0.0 - 0.0.0.0 means any IP is acceptable.
On this page, you can configure the Link Backup function based on actual need to reduce the traffic burden of WAN port and improve the network efficiency. Choose the menu Advanced→Load Balance→Link Backup to load the following page. Figure 3-40 Link Backup The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ General WAN Ports: Displays all the WAN ports in use. You can drag the light-blue WAN button to primary and backup WAN list.
Timing: Link Backup will be enabled if the specified effective time is reached. All the traffic on the primary WAN will switch to the backup WAN at the beginning of the effective time; the traffic on the backup WAN will switch to the primary WAN at the ending of the effective time. Failover: Specify the premise for Failover Mode. The backup WAN port will be enabled only when the premise is met. Backup Specify the backup effective time if Timing Mode has been selected.
Figure 3-41 Protocol The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ Protocol Name: Enter a name to indicate a protocol. The name will display in the drop-down list of Protocol on Access Rule page. Number: ¾ Enter the Number of the protocol in the range of 0-255. List of Protocol You can view the information of the entries and edit them by the Action buttons. Note: The system predefined protocols cannot be configured. 3.3.5 Routing 3.3.5.
Choose the menu Advanced→Routing→Static Route to load the following page. Figure 3-42 Static Route The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ Static Route Destination: Enter the destination host the route leads to. Subnet Mask: Enter the Subnet Mask of the destination network. Next Hop: Enter the gateway IP address to which the packet should be sent next. Interface: Select the physical network interface, through which this route is accessible. Metric: Defines the priority of the route.
The first entry in Figure 3-42 indicates: If there are packets being sent to a device with IP address of 172.31.70.28 and subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, the Router will forward the packets from WAN1 port to the next hop of 116.10.1.254. Application Example There is a network topology as the following figure shown: If the LAN port of TL-ER6120（with Non-NAT or Classic system mode）is connected to LAN1 with subnet of 192.168.0.
3.3.5.2 RIP RIP (Routing Information Protocol) is a dynamic route protocol using distance vector algorithm to select the optimal path. With features of easy configuration, management and implementation, it is widely used in small and medium-sized networks such as the campus network. The distance of RIP refers to the hop counts that a data packet passes through before reaching its destination, the value range of which is 1–15. It means the destination cannot be reached if the value is more than 15.
Status: Enable or disable RIP protocol. RIP Version: Select RIPv1 or RIPv2. RIPv2 supports multicast and broadcast. Password If RIPv2 is enabled, set the Password Authentication according to the actual Authentication: network situation, and the password should not be more than 15 characters. All Interfaces: Here you can operate all the interfaces in bulk. All the interfaces will not apply RIP if “Enable” option for All Interfaces is selected.
Destination: The Destination of route entry. Gateway: The Gateway of route entry. Flags: The Flags of route entry. The Flags describe certain characteristics of the route. Logical Interface: The logical interface of route entry. Physical The physical interface of route entry. Interface: Metric The Metric of route entry. 3.4 Firewall 3.4.
Figure 3-45 IP-MAC Binding The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ General It is recommended to check all the options. You should import the IP and MAC address of the host to List of IP-MAC Binding and enable the corresponding entry before enabling “Permit the packets matching the IP-MAC Binding entries only”.
¾ List of Rules You can view the information of the entries and edit them by the Action buttons. The first entry in Figure 3-45 indicates: The IP address of 192.168.1.101 and MAC address of 00-19-66-83-53-CF have been bound and this entry is activated. Note: If all the entries in the binding list are disabled and “Permit the packets of IP-MAC Binding entries only” option is selected and saved, the WEB management page of the Router cannot be login.
Indicates that the IP and MAC address of this entry is already bound. To bind the entries in the list, check these entries and click the button, then the settings will take effect if the entries do not conflict with the existed entries. Note: If the local hosts suffered from ARP attack, you cannot add IP-MAC Binding entries on this page. Please add entries manually on 3.4.1.1 IP-MAC Binding. 3.4.1.
Figure 3-48 Attack Defense The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ General Flood Defense: Flood attack is a kind of commonly used DoS (Denial of Service), which including TCP SYN, UDP, ICMP and so on. It is recommended to check all the Flood Defense options and specify the corresponding thresholds.
not sure. Packet Anomaly Packet Defense: Enable Anomaly refers to the abnormal packets. It is recommended to select all the Packet Anomaly Defense options. Attack With this box checked, the Router will record the defense logs. Defense Logs: 3.4.3 MAC Filtering On this page, you can control the access to the Internet of local host by specifying their MAC addresses. Choose the menu Firewall→MAC Filtering→MAC Filtering to load the following page.
Description: ¾ Give a description for the entry. List of Rules You can view the information of the entries and edit them by the Action buttons. 3.4.4 Access Control 3.4.4.1 URL Filtering URL (Uniform Resource Locator) specifies where an identified resource is available and the mechanism for retrieving it. URL Filter functions to filter the Internet URL address, so as to provide a convenient way for controlling the access to Internet from LAN hosts.
¾ URL Filtering Rule Object: Mode: Select the range in which the URL Filtering takes effect: z ANY: URL Filtering will take effect to all the users. z Group: URL Filtering will take effect to all the users in group. Select the mode for URL Filtering. “Keyword’’ indicates that all the URL addresses including the specified keywords will be filtered. “URL Path” indicates that the URL address will be filtered only when it exactly matches the specified URL.
3.4.4.2 Web Filtering On this page, you can filter the desired web components. Choose the menu Firewall→Access Control→Web Filtering to load the following page. Figure 3-51 Web Filtering Check the box before Enable Web Filtering and select the web components to be filtered. 3.4.4.3 Access Rules Choose the menu Firewall→Access Control→Access Rules to load the following page.
Figure 3-52 Access Rule The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ Access Rules Policy: Select a policy for the entry: y Block: When this option is selected, the packets obeyed the rule will not be allowed to pass through the Router. y Allow: When this option is selected, the packets obeyed the rule will be allowed to pass through the Router. Service: Select the service for the entry. Only the service belonging to the specified service type is limited by the entry.
DMZ refers to all the WAN, LAN or DMZ interfaces. Source: Select the Source IP Range for the entries, including the following three ways: y IP/MASK: Enter an IP address or subnet mask. ("0.0.0.0/32" means any IP). y Group: Select a predefined group of users. You can set the group on3.2.1 Group. y Destination: ANY: means for any users. Select the Destination IP Range for the entries, including the following two ways: y IP/MASK: Enter an IP address or subnet mask. ("0.0.0.
¾ List of Rules You can view the information of the entries and edit them by the Action buttons. The smaller the value is, the higher the priority is. The first entry in Figure 3-52 indicates: The TELNET packets transmitted from the hosts within the network of 192.168.0.0/24 will be not allowed to pass through the Router at 8:00-20:00 from Tuesday to Saturday. Note ● For the users in the private network and not being set access rule, the default Policy is Allow. ● To specify all IP addresses, type “0.
The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ Service Name: Enter a name for the service. The name should not be more than 28 characters. The name will display in the drop-down list of Protocol on Access Rule page. Protocol: Select the protocol for the service. The system predefined protocols include TCP, UDP and TCP/UDP. Dest. Port: Enter the start and end ports to make a destination port range for the service. The start port number cannot be greater than the end port number.
Figure 3-54 Application Rules The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ General Check the box before Enable Application Control to make the Application Control function take effect. The specified application used by the specified local users will be not allowed to access the Internet if the Application Control entry is enabled. ¾ Control Rules Object: Specify the object for the entry. You can select “Group” to limit the predefined group, or select “ANY” to limit all the users.
¾ Effective Time: Specify the time for the entry to take effect. Description: Give a description for the entry. Status: Activate or inactivate the entry. List of Rules You can view the information of the entries and edit them by the Action buttons. The first entry in Figure 3-54 indicates: The group1 is applied with Application Rules. You can click to view the limited applications in the popup checkbox.
technology is developed and used to establish the private network through the public network, which can guarantee a secured data exchange. VPN adopts the tunneling technology to establish a private connection between two endpoints. It is a connection secured by encrypting the data and using point-to-point authentication. The following diagram is a typical VPN topology.
Figure 3-57 IKE Policy The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ IKE Policy Policy Name: Specify a unique name to the IKE policy for identification and management purposes. The IKE policy can be applied to IPsec policy. Exchange Mode: Select the IKE Exchange Mode in phase 1, and ensure the remote VPN peer uses the same mode. z Main: Main mode provides identity protection and exchanges more information, which applies to the scenarios with higher requirement for identity protection.
scenarios with lower requirement for identity protection. Local ID Type: Select the local ID type for IKE negotiation. IP Address: uses an IP address as the ID in IKE negotiation. FQDN: uses a name as the ID. Local ID: The local WAN IP will be inputted automatically if IP Address type is selected. If Name type is selected, enter a name for the local device as the ID in IKE negotiation Remote ID Type: Select the remote ID type for IKE negotiation.
Figure 3-58 IKE Proposal The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ IKE Proposal Proposal Name: Specify a unique name to the IKE proposal for identification and management purposes. The IKE proposal can be applied to IPsec proposal. Authentication: Select the authentication algorithm for IKE negotiation. Options include: z MD5: MD5 (Message Digest Algorithm) takes a message of arbitrary length and generates a 128-bit message digest.
z AES192: Uses the AES algorithm and 192-bit key for encryption. z AES256: Uses the AES algorithm and 256-bit key for encryption. DH Group: Select the DH (Diffie-Hellman) group to be used in key negotiation phase 1. The DH Group sets the strength of the algorithm in bits. Options include DH1, DH2 and DH5. ¾ z DH1: 768 bits z DH2: 1024 bits z DH3: 1536 bits List of IKE Proposal In this table, you can view the information of IKE Proposals and edit them by the action buttons. 3.5.
Figure 3-59 IPsec Policy The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ General You can enable/disable IPsec function for the Router here. ¾ IPsec Policy Policy Name: Specify a unique name to the IPsec policy. Up to 28 characters can be entered. Mode: Select the network mode for IPsec policy. Options include: z LAN-to-LAN: Select this option when the client is a network.
host. Local Subnet: Specify IP address range on your local LAN to identify which PCs on your LAN are covered by this policy. It's formed by IP address and subnet mask. Remote Subnet: Specify IP address range on your remote network to identify which PCs on the remote network are covered by this policy. It's formed by IP address and subnet mask. WAN: Specify the local WAN port for this Policy. The "Remote Gateway" of the remote peer should be set to the IP address of this WAN port.
Phase1 is de-encrypted. Without PFS, the key in Phase2 is created based on the key in Phase1 and thus once the key in Phase1 is de-encrypted, the key in Phase2 is easy to be de-encrypted, in this case, the communication secrecy is threatened. SA Lifetime: Specify IPsec SA Lifetime for IKE mode. Status: Activate or inactivate the entry. z Manual Mode IPsec Proposal: Select the IPsec Proposal. Only one proposal can be selected on Manual mode. You need to first create the IPsec Proposal.
Outgoing SPI: Specify the Outgoing SPI (Security Parameter Index) manually. The Outgoing SPI here must match the Incoming SPI value at the other end of the tunnel, and vice versa. AH Authentication Specify the outbound AH Authentication Key manually if Key-Out: AH protocol is used in the corresponding IPsec Proposal. The outbound key here must match the inbound AH authentication key at the other end of the tunnel, and vice versa.
Figure 3-60 IPsec Proposal The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ IPsec Proposal Proposal Name: Specify a unique name to the IPsec Proposal for identification and management purposes. The IPsec proposal can be applied to IPsec policy. Security Protocol: Select the security protocol to be used. Options include: z AH: AH (Authentication Header) provides data origin authentication, data integrity, and anti-replay services.
for ESP authentication. Options include: z MD5: MD5 (Message Digest Algorithm) takes a message of arbitrary length and generates a 128-bit message digest. z SHA: SHA (Secure Hash Algorithm) takes a message less than the 64th power of 2 in bits and generates a 160-bit message digest. ESP Encryption: Select the algorithm used to encrypt the data for ESP encryption. Options include: NONE: Performs no encryption. DES: DES (Data Encryption Standard) encrypts a 64-bit block of plain text with a 56-bit key.
and the default gateway of remote peer are 172.30.70.151 and 172.30.70.161 respectively. Security protocol and other parameters for IPsec tunnel and the remote router should be configured the same. As Security Association is unidirectional, an ingoing SA and an outgoing SA are created to protect data flows for each tunnel after IPsec tunnel is successfully established. The ingoing SPI value and outgoing SPI value are different.
Figure 3-62 L2TP/PPTP Tunnel The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ General Enable Specify whether to enable VPN-to-Internet function. If VPN-to-Internet: enabled, the VPN client is permitted to access the LAN of the server and Internet. Hello Interval: ¾ Specify the interval to send hello packets. L2TP/PPTP Tunnel Protocol: Select the protocol for VPN tunnel. Options include L2TP and PPTP. Mode: Specify the working mode for this Router.
tunnel. z Server: In this mode, the Router responds the request from the remote client for establishing a tunnel. Account Name: Enter the account name of L2TP/PPTP tunnel. It should be configured identically on server and client. Password: Enter the password of L2TP/PPTP tunnel. It should be configured identically on server and client. Tunnel: Select the network mode for the tunnel. Options include: z LAN-to-LAN: Select this option when the L2TP/PPTP client is a LAN.
IP Pool: Select the IP Pool Name to specify the address range for the server's IP assignment. This item is available for Server mode. Remote Subnet: Enter the IP address range of your remote network. (It's always the IP address range of LAN on the remote peer of VPN tunnel.) It’s the combination of IP address and subnet mask. Activate or inactivate the entry. Status ¾ List of Configurations In this table, you can view your configurations of the tunnels and edit them by the action buttons. The No.
IP Address Range: Specify the start and the end IP address for IP Pool. The start IP address should not exceed the end address and the IP ranges must not overlap. ¾ List of IP Pool In this table, you can view the information of IP Pools and edit them by the action buttons. 3.5.3.3 List of L2TP/PPTP Tunnel This page displays the information and status of the tunnels. Choose the menu VPN→L2TP/PPTP→List of L2TP/PPTP Tunnel to load the following page.
3.6.1.1 General On this page, you can configure PPPoE function globally. Choose the menu Services→PPPoE Server→General to load the following page. Figure 3-65 General The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ General PPPoE Server: Dial-up Access Only: Specify whether to enable the PPPoE Server function. Specify whether to enable the Dial-up Access Only function. If enabled, only the Dial-in Users and the user with Exceptional IP can access the Internet.
Idle Timeout: Enter the maximum idle time. The session will be terminated after it has been inactive for this specified period. It can be 0-10080 minutes. If you want your Internet connection to remain on at all times, enter 0 in the Idle Timeout field. The default value is 30. Authentication: Select the Authentication type. It can be Local authentication and Remote authentication.
Figure 3-66 IP Address Pool The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ IP Address Pool Pool Name: Specify a unique name to the IP Address Pool for identification and management purposes. IP Address Range: Specify the start and the end IP address for IP Pool. The start IP address should not exceed the end address and the IP address ranges must not overlap. ¾ List of IP Pool In this table, you can view the information of IP Address Pools and edit them by the Action buttons. 3.6.1.
Figure 3-67 Account The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ Account Account Name: Enter the account name. This name should not be the same with the one in L2TP/PPTP connection settings. Password: Enter the password. IP Address Assigned Select the IP Address Assigned Mode for IP assignment. Mode: z Static: Select this option to assign a static IP address to the client.
Status: Activate or inactivate the entry. MAC Binding: MAC Address: Select a MAC Binding type from the pull-down list. Options include: z Disable: Select this option to disable the MAC Binding function. z Manual: Select this option to bind the account to a MAC address manually. Only from the Host with this MAC address can the account log on to the server. z Automatical: Select this option to bind the account to the MAC address of its first login automatically.
IP Address Range: Specify the start and the end IP address to make an exceptional IP address range. This range should be in the same IP range with LAN port or DMZ port of the Router. The start IP address should not exceed the end address and the IP address ranges must not overlap. Description: Status: ¾ Give a description to the exceptional IP address range for identification. Activate or inactivate the entry.
Figure 3-70 E-Bulletin The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ General Enable E-Bulletin: Interval: Enable Logs: ¾ Specify whether to enable electronic bulletin function. Specify the interval to release the bulletin. Specify whether to log the E-Bulletin. E-Bulletin Title: Enter a title for the bulletin.
Content: Object: Enter the content of the bulletin. Select the object of this bulletin. Options include: z z ANY: The bulletin will be released to all the users and the PCs on the LAN. Group: The bulletin will be released to the users in the selected group. You can click < > button to add a group to the selected group and click < > to remove a group from the selected group. Group is created on User Group→Group page. Effective Time: Specify the effective time for the bulletin.
DNS database. Therefore, the users can use the same domain name to access the DDNS client even if the IP address of the DDNS client has changed. DDNS is usually used for the Internet users to access the private website and FTP server, both of which are established based on Web server. The Router, as a DDNS client, cannot provide DDNS service. Prior to using this function, be sure you have registered on the official websites of DDNS service providers for username, password and domain name.
DDNS Status: ¾ Displays the current status of DDNS service z Offline: DDNS service is disabled. z Connecting: client is connecting to the server. z Online: DDNS works normally. z Authorization fails: The Account Name or Password is incorrect. Please check and enter it again. List of DynDNS Account In this table, you can view the existing DDNS entries or edit them by the Action button. 3.6.3.2 No-IP On this page you can configure NO-IP DDNS client.
DDNS Status: ¾ Displays the current status of DDNS service z Offline: DDNS service is disabled. z Connecting: client is connecting to the server. z Online: DDNS works normally. z Authorization fails: The Account Name or Password is incorrect. Please check and enter it again. List of No-IP Account In this table, you can view the existing DDNS entries or edit them by the Action button. 3.6.3.3 PeanutHull On this page you can configure PeanutHull DDNS client.
¾ DDNS Status: Displays the current status of DDNS service z Offline: DDNS service is disabled. z Connecting: client is connecting to the server. z Online: DDNS works normally. z Authorization fails: The Account Name or Password is incorrect. Please check and enter it again. Domain Name: Displays the domain names obtained from the DDNS server. Up to 16 domain names can be displayed here. List of PeanutHull Account In this table, you can view the existing DDNS entries or edit them by the Action button.
¾ Domain Name 1: Enter the Domain Name that you registered with your DDNS service provider. Domain Name 2: Optional. Enter the Domain Name that you registered with your DDNS service provider. Domain Name 3: Optional. Enter the Domain Name that you registered with your DDNS service provider. Domain Name 4 Optional. Enter the Domain Name that you registered with your DDNS service provider. Domain Name 5: Optional. Enter the Domain Name that you registered with your DDNS service provider.
Figure 3-75 UPnP The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ General UPnP Function: ¾ Enable or disable the UPnP function globally. List of UPnP Mapping After UPnP is enabled, all UPnP connection rules will be displayed in the list of UPnP Mapping. Up to 64 UPnP service connections are supported in TL-ER6120. The NO.1 entry in Figure 3-75 indicates: TCP data received on port 12856 of the WAN port in the Router will be forwarded to port 12856 in 192.168.0.101 server in LAN.
Figure 3-76 Password The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ Administrator Current User Name: Enter the current user name of the Router. Current Password: Enter the current password of the Router. New User Name: Enter a new user name for the Router. New Password: Enter a new password for the Router. Confirm New Password: Re-enter the new password for confirmation. Tips: 1. The factory default password and user name are both admin. 2.
¾ General Web Management Port: Enter the Web Management Port for the Router. Telnet Management Port: Enter the Telnet Management Port for the Router. Web Idle Timeout: Enter a timeout period that the Router will log you out of the Web-based Utility after a specified period (Web Idle Timeout) of inactivity. Telnet Idle Timeout: Enter a timeout period that the Router will log the remote PCs out of the Web-based Utility after a specified period (Telnet Idle Timeout) of inactivity. Note: 1.
3.7.1.3 Remote Management On this page you can configure the Remote Management function. This feature allows managing your Router from a remote location via the Internet. Choose the menu Maintenance→Setup→Remote Management to load the following page. Figure 3-78 Remote Management The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ ¾ Remote Management Subnet/Mask: Specify a single IP address or network address for the hosts desired to access the Router from external network.
3.7.2.2 Export and Import Choose the menu Maintenance→Management→Export and Import to load the following page. Figure 3-80 Export and Import The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ Configuration Version Displays the current Configuration version of the Router. ¾ Export Click the button to save the current configuration as a file to your computer. You are suggested to take this measure before upgrading or modifying the configuration.
Figure 3-81 Reboot Click the button to reboot the Router. The configuration will not be lost after rebooting. The Internet connection will be temporarily interrupted while rebooting. Note: To avoid damage, please don't turn off the device while rebooting. 3.7.2.4 Firmware Upgrade Choose the menu Maintenance→Management →Firmware Upgrade to load the following page. Figure 3-82 Firmware Upgrade To upgrade the Router is to get more functions and better performance. Go to http://www.tp-link.
Figure 3-83 License 3.7.4 Statistics 3.7.4.1 Interface Traffic Statistics Interface Traffic Statistics screen displays the detailed traffic information of each port and extra information of WAN ports. Choose the menu Maintenance→Statistics→Interface Traffic Statistics to load the following page. Figure 3-84 Interface Traffic Statistics The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ Interface Traffic Statistics Interface: Displays the interface.
¾ Rate Rx： Displays the rate for receiving data frames. Rate Tx: Displays the rate for transmitting data frames. Packets Rx: Displays the number of packets received on the interface. Packets Tx: Displays the number of packets transmitted on the interface. Bytes Rx: Displays the bytes of packets received on the interface. Bytes Tx: Displays the bytes of packets transmitted on the interface. Advanced WAN Information Interface: Displays the interface.
Direction: ¾ Select the direction in the drop-down list to get the Flow Statistics of the specified direction. IP Traffic Statistics This table displays the detailed traffic information of corresponding PCs. Sorted by: Select the rule for displaying the traffic information. 3.7.5 Diagnostics 3.7.5.1 Diagnostics This Router provides Ping test and Tracert test functions for network diagnose. Choose the menu Maintenance→Diagnostics→Diagnostics to load the following page.
Figure 3-86 Diagnostics The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ Ping Destination IP/Domain: Enter destination IP address or Domain name here. Then select a port for testing, if you select “Auto”, the Router will select the interface of destination automatically. After clicking button, the Router will send Ping packets to test the network connectivity and reachability of the host and the results will be displayed in the box below.
¾ Tracert Destination IP/Domain: 3.7.5.2 Enter destination IP address or Domain name here. Then select a port for testing, if Auto is selected, the Router will select the interface of destination automatically. After clicking the button, the Router will send Tracert packets to test the connectivity of the gateways during the journey from the source to destination of the test data and the results will be displayed in the box below.
DNS Lookup: ¾ Enter the IP address of DNS server in Manual mode. 0.0.0.0 means DNS Lookup is disabled. List of WAN status Port: Displays the detected WAN port. Detection: Displays whether the Online Detection is enabled. WAN Status: Display the detecting results. 3.7.6 Time System Time is the time displayed while the Router is running. On this page you can configure the system time and the settings here will be used for other time-based functions like Access Rule, PPPoE and Logs.
Get GMT: When this option is selected, you can configure the time zone and the IP Address for the NTP Server. The Router will get GMT automatically if it has connected to a NTP Server. Manual: Synchronize PC’S Clock: z Time Zone: Select your local time. z Primary/Secondary NTP Server: Enter the IP Address for the NTP Server. With this option selected, you can set the date and time manually. with With this option selected, the administrator PC’s clock is utilized. Note: 1.
Send System Logs: Select Send System Logs and specify the server IP, then the new added logs will be sent to the specified server. The Logs of switch are classified into the following eight levels. Severity Level Description emergencies 0 The system is unusable. alerts 1 Action must be taken immediately.
Chapter 4 Application 4.1 Network Requirements The company has established the server farms in the headquarters to provide the Web, Mail and FTP services for all the staff in the headquarters and the branch offices, and to transmit the commercial confidential data to its partners. The dedicated line access service was used by this company, which costs greatly in network maintain and cable layout.
4.2 Network Topology 4.3 Configurations You can configure the Router via the PC connected to the LAN port of this Router. To log in to the Router, the IP address of your PC should be in the same subnet of the LAN port of this Router. (The default subnet of LAN port is 192.168.0.0/24.). The IP address of your PC can be obtained automatically or configured manually. To access the configuration utility, open a web-browser and type in the default address http://192.168.0.
4.3.1.1 System Mode Set the system mode of the Router to the NAT mode. Choose the menu Network→System Mode to load the following page. Select the NAT mode and the button to apply. Figure 4-1 System Mode 4.3.1.2 WAN Mode Set the Router to work in the mode of dual WAN ports. Choose the menu Network→WAN→WAN Mode to load the following page. Select two WAN ports for the Router and click the button to apply.
Figure 4-3 WAN – Static IP 4.3.1.4 Link Backup Set the connection of WAN1 as the primary link, the connection of WAN 2 as the secondary link. Choose the menu Advanced→Load Balance→Link Backup to load the configuration page. Select WAN1 as Primary WAN, WAN2 as Backup WAN, select the Failover mode as Figure 4-4 shown, and then click the button to apply.
4.3.2 VPN Setting To enable the hosts in the remote branch office (WAN: 116.31.85.133, LAN: 172.31.10.1) to access the servers in the headquarters, you can create the VPN tunnel via the TP-LINK VPN routers between the headquarters and the remote branch office to guarantee a secured communication. The following takes IPsec settings of the Router in the headquarters for example.
Policy Name: IKE_1 Exchange Mode: Main IKE Proposal: proposal_IKE_1 (you just created) Pre-shared Key: aabbccddee SA Lifetime: 3600 DPD: Enable DPD Interval: 10 Click the button to apply.
the headquarters. 2) IPsec Setting To configure the IPsec function, you should create an IPsec Proposal firstly. z IPsec Proposal Choose the menu VPN→IPsec→IPsec Proposal to load the following page. Settings: Proposal Name: proposal_IPsec_1 Security Protocol: ESP ESP Authentication: MD5 ESP Encryption: 3DES Click the button to apply. Figure 4-8 IPsec Proposal z IPsec Policy Choose the menu VPN→IPsec→IPsec Policy to load the configuration page.
WAN: WAN1 Remote Gateway: 116.31.85.133 Exchange Mode IKE IKE Policy: IKE_1 IPsec Proposal: proposal_IPsec_1 (you just created) PFS: DH1 SA Lifetime: 3600 Click the button to add the new entry to the list and click the button to apply. Figure 4-9 IPsec Policy Tips: For the VPN Router in the remote branch office, the IPsec settings should be consistent with the Router in the headquarters.
After the IPsec VPN tunnel of the two peers is established successfully, you can view the connection information on the VPN→IPsec→IPsec SA page. Figure 4-10 List of IPsec SA 4.3.2.2 z PPTP VPN Setting IP Address Pool Choose the menu VPN→L2TP/PPTP→IP Address Pool to load the following page. Enter the Pool Name and the IP Address Range as the following figure shown. Click the button to apply. z L2TP/PPTP Tunnel Choose the menu VPN→L2TP/PPTP→L2TP/PPTP Tunnel to load the following page.
Tunnel: Client-to-LAN IP Pool: PPTP_Dialup_User (you just created) Click the button to apply. 4.3.3 Network Management To manage the enterprise network effectively and forbid the Hosts within the IP range of 192.168.0.30-192.168.0.50 to use IM/P2P application, you can set up a User Group and specify the network bandwidth limit and session limit for this group. The detailed configurations are as follows. 4.3.3.1 User Group Create a User Group with all the Hosts in the IP range of 192.168.0.
Figure 4-11 Group Config z User Choose the menu User Group→User to load the configuration page. Click the button to enter the batch processing screen. Then continue with the following settings: Settings: Action: Add Start IP Address: 192.168.0.30 End IP Address: 192.168.0.50 Prefix Username: User Start No.: 1 Step: 1 Click the OK button to add the Users in bulk. Figure 4-12 User Config - Batch z View Choose the menu User Group→View to load the configuration page.
4.3.3.2 App Control Choose the menu Firewall→App Control→Control Rules to load the configuration page. Check the box before Enable Application Control and click to apply. Then continue with the following settings: Settings: Object: Group Group: group1 Application: Click the button and select the applications desired to be blocked on the popup window. Status: Activate Figure 4-13 App Rules 4.3.3.
Figure 4-14 Bandwidth Setup 2) Interface Bandwidth Choose the menu Network→WAN→WAN1 to load the configuration page. Configure the Upstream Bandwidth and Downstream Bandwidth of the interface as Figure 4-15 shows. The entered bandwidth value should be consistent with the actual bandwidth value. 3) Bandwidth Control Rule Choose the menu Advanced→Traffic Control→Bandwidth Control to load the configuration page.
Figure 4-16 Bandwidth Control Rule 4.3.3.4 Session Limit Choose the menu Advanced→Session Limit→Session Limit to load the configuration page. Check the box before Enable Session Limit and click the button to apply. Then continue with the following settings: Settings: Group: group1 Max. Sessions: 250 Status: Activate Click the button to apply. Figure 4-17 Session Limit 4.3.
4.3.4.1 LAN ARP Defense You can configure IP-MAC Binding manually or by ARP Scanning. For the first time configuration, please bind most of the ARP information by ARP Scanning. For some special items not bound, you can bind them manually. 1) Scan and import the entries to ARP List Specify ARP Scanning range. Choose the menu Firewall→Anti ARP Spoofing→ARP Scanning to load the configuration page. No ARP attack in the local network is the premise of ARP Scanning.
Choose the menu Firewall→Anti ARP Spoofing→IP-MAC Binding to load the configuration page. To add the host with IP address of 192.168.1.20 and MAC address of 00-11-22-33-44-aa to the list, you can follow the settings below: Settings: IP Address: 192.168.0.20 MAC Address: 00-11-22-33-44-aa Status: Activate Click the button to apply. The other entries can be added in the same way. 3) Set Attack Defense Choose the menu Firewall→Anti ARP Spoofing→IP-MAC Binding to load the configuration page.
4.3.4.3 Attack Defense Choose the menu Firewall→Attack Defense→Attack Defense to load the configuration page. Select the options desired to be enabled as Figure 4-21 shows, and then click the button. Figure 4-22 Attack Defense 4.3.4.4 1) Traffic Monitoring Port Mirror Choose the menu Network→Switch→Port Mirror to load the configuration page. Check the box before Enable Port Mirror and select the Ingress&Egress mode.
Figure 4-23 Port Mirror 2) Statistics Choose the menu Maintenance→Statistics to load the page. Load the Interface Traffic Statistics page to view the traffic statistics of each physical interface of the Router as Figure 4-23 shows. Figure 4-24 Interface Traffic Statistics Load the IP Traffic Statistics page, and Check the box before Enable IP Traffic Statistics and Enable Auto-refresh, then click the button to apply.
Figure 4-25 IP Traffic Statistics After all the above steps, the enterprise network will be operated based on planning.
Chapter 5 CLI TL-ER6120 provides a Console port for CLI (Command Line Interface) configuration, which enables you to configure the Router by accessing the CLI from console (such as Hyper Terminal) or Telnet. The following part will introduce the steps to access CLI via Hyper Terminal and some common CLI commands. 5.1 Configuration To log on to the Router by the console port on the Router, please take the following steps: 1.
Figure 5-2 Connection Description 4. Select the port (The default port is COM1) to connect in Figure 5-3, and click OK. Figure 5-3 Select the port to connect 5. Configure the port selected in the step above as the following Figure 5-4 shows. Configure Bits per second as 115200, Data bits as 8, Parity as None, Stop bits as 1, Flow control as None, and then click OK.
Figure 5-4 Port Settings 6. Choose File → Properties → Settings on the Hyper Terminal window as Figure 5-5 shows, then choose VT100 or Auto detect for Emulation and click OK.
7. The DOS prompting “TP-LINK>” will appear after pressing the Enter button in the Hyper Terminal window as Figure 5-6 shows. Figure 5-6 Log in the Router 5.2 Interface Mode The CLI of TL-ER6120 offers two command modes: User EXEC Mode and Privileged EXEC Mode. User EXEC Mode only allows users to do some simple operations such as view the system information, while Privileged EXEC Mode allows you to manage and configure the Router. Thus different users have different privileges management.
port). Use the enable command to access Privileged EXEC mode. Privileged Use the enable command to TP-LINK # Use the exit command to disconnect EXEC enter this mode from User EXEC the switch (except that the switch is Mode mode, the original password is connected admin. port). through the Console Enter the disable command to return to User EXEC mode. As Figure 5-7 shown: Figure 5-7 Interface Mode 5.
2) ip - Display or Set the IP configuration ip-mac - Display or Set the IP mac bind configuration sys - System manager user - User configuration Type a command and a question mark separated by space. If there are keywords in this command, all the keywords and their brief descriptions will display.
5.4.1 ip The ip command is used to view or configure the IP address and subnet mask of the interfaces. View command can be used in both User EXEC Mode and Privileged EXEC Mode while configuration function can be only used in Privileged EXEC Mode. Get the configuration TP-LINK > ip get lan Lan Ip: information of LAN port. 192.168.0.1 Lan Mask: 255.255.255.0 TP-LINK # ip set lan address 192.168.0.20 Set the LAN IP address of the Router as 192.168.0.20.
Reboot the system. Y means TP-LINK # sys reboot This command will reboot system, Continue?[Y/N] YES, N means NO. Restore to factory default. Y TP-LINK # sys restore This command will restore system, Continue?[Y/N] means YES, N means NO. TP-LINK # sys export config Export the configuration file. Server address: [192.168.1.101]192.168.1.100 Example: There is a FTP server with IP address of Username: [admin]ftp 192.168.1.
TP-LINK # sys import config Import the configuration file. Server address: [192.168.1.101] The steps are as the above item shown. Username: [admin] Password: [admin] File name: [config.bin] Try to get the configuration file < config.bin > ... Get configuration file < config bin > succeed, file size is 7104 bytes. View the system information. TP-LINK > sys show CPU Used Rate: The current CPU Usage of 1% the system will display. Upgrade the firmware. TP-LINK # sys update Server address: [192.168.
Modify the password of the TP-LINK > user set password Guest. Enter old password: Enter new password: Confirm new password: Query the user name and TP-LINK # user get password Username: admin of the Administrator. Password: admin Modify the password of the TP-LINK # user set password Administrator. Enter old password: Enter new password: Confirm new password: Modify the user name of the TP-LINK # user set username Administrator.
View the history command. TP-LINK > history 1. history 2. sys show 3. history Clear the history command. TP-LINK > history clear 1. history 2. sys show 3. history 4. history clear 5.4.6 exit The exit command is used to exit the system only when logging in by Telnet. Exit CLI.
Appendix A Hardware Specifications Standards IEEE 802.3、IEEE 802.3u、IEEE 802.3x、TCP/ IP、DHCP、ICMP、NAT、 PPPoE、SNTP、HTTP、DNS、L2TP、PPTP、IPsec One 10/100/1000M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port (Auto MDI/MDIX) Three adjustable 10/100/1000M Auto-Negotiation WAN/LAN RJ45 ports Ports (Auto MDI/MDIX) One 10/100/1000M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 port (Auto MDI/MDIX) One Console Port 10Base-T: UTP/STP of Cat. 3 or above Transmission Medium 100Base-TX: UTP/STP of Cat. 5 or above 1000Base-T: UTP/STP of Cat.5e, Cat.
Appendix B FAQ Q1. What can I do if I cannot access the web-based configuration page? 1. 2. For the first login, please try the following steps: 1) Make sure the cable is well connected to the LAN port of the Router. The corresponding LED should flash or be solid light. 2) Make sure the IP address of your PC is set in the same subnet addresses of the Router. It’s recommended to set your PC to get the IP address automatically.
Q3: What can I do if the Router with the remote management function enabled cannot be accessed by the remote computer? 1. Make sure that the IP address of the remote computer is in the subnet allowed to remotely access the router. 2. If the router’s management port has been modified, please log into the Router with the new address, such as http://192.168.0.1:XX (“XX” is the new management port number). 3.
Appendix C Glossary Glossary Description DSL (Digital Subscriber A technology that allows data to be sent or received over existing traditional phone lines. Line) A Application Level Gateway (ALG) is application specific ALG （ Application Layer translation agent that allows an application on a host in one address realm to connect to its counterpart running on a host in Gateway） different realm transparently.
Glossary Description H.323 allows dissimilar communication devices to communicate H.323 H with each other by using a standardized communication protocol. H.323 defines a common set of CODECs, call setup and negotiating procedures, and basic data transport methods. HTTP（Hypertext Transfer The protocol used by Web browsers and Web servers to transfer files, such as text and graphic files.
Glossary Description structures. MAC addresses are 6 bytes long and are controlled by the IEEE. MTU（Maximum The size in bytes of the largest packet that can be transmitted. Transmission Unit） Mechanism for reducing the need for globally unique IP NAT（Network Address addresses. NAT allows an organization with addresses that are Translator） not globally unique to connect to the Internet by translating N those addresses into globally routable address space.
Glossary Description Protocol） processing and retransmission be handled by other protocols. UPnP（Universal Plug and Play） UPnP is a set of networking protocols for primarily residential networks without enterprise class devices that permits networked devices.
