TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router Rev: 1.0.
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Package Contents The following contents should be found in your package: ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ One TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router One power cord for TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router Mounting kits for installing in a standard 19” rack One Resource CD for TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router, including: • This 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.
CONTENTS Chapter 1. Introduction....................................................................................................................1 1.1 Overview of the Router......................................................................................................1 1.2 Features ............................................................................................................................1 1.3 Panel Layout ............................................................................
4.10 DDNS ..............................................................................................................................41 4.10.1 Dyndns.org DDNS ................................................................................................41 4.10.2 Oray.net DDNS .....................................................................................................42 4.10.3 Comexe.cn DDNS ................................................................................................42 4.
TL-R4000 Chapter 1. 1.1 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Introduction Overview of the Router The TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router possesses excellent throughput and driving load capability, which consumedly meets the requirements from Internet café and small/medium/sizable enterprise with volumes of users, making a more expedite communication. The superior performance will bring you full-new experience of a non-bottle-neck network.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Supports firmware upgrade Supports Remote and Web management Standard 19-inc rack-mountable steel case ¾ ¾ ¾ 1.3 Panel Layout 1.3.1 The Front Panel The front panel of the TL-R4000 consists of several LED indicators, which is designed to indicate connections. Viewed from left, Table 1-1 describes the LEDs on the front panel of the router.
TL-R4000 ¾ ¾ Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide WAN RJ45 port for connecting the router to a cable, DSL modem or Ethernet One expansion slot for fiber module, sharing with WAN port, the recommended module is TL-SM21 series. 1.3.2 The Rear Panel The rear panel of the TL-R4000 only features a power receptacle, which is an AC power receptacle. Connect the female of the power cord head here, and the male head to the AC power outlet.
TL-R4000 Chapter 2. 2.1 ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ 2.2 ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ 2.3 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Connecting the Router System Requirements Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet) One DSL/Cable modem that has an RJ45 connector (It’s not necessary if you connect the router to Ethernet) Each PC on the LAN needs a working Ethernet Adapter and an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors TCP/IP protocol must be installed on each PC Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.
TL-R4000 Chapter 3. Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-R4000 router into your network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to configure the basic functions of your TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router. These procedures only take you a few minutes. You can access the Internet via the router immediately after it has been successfully configured. 3.
TL-R4000 Figure 3-1 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Successful result of Ping command If the result displayed is similar to what is shown in Figure 3-1, the connection between your PC and the router has been established. Figure 3-2 Failed result of Ping command If the result displayed is similar to what shown in Figure 3-2, it means that your PC has not connected to the router. If so, refer to the following steps for a solution. 1.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide admin for the User Name and Password, both in lower case letters. Then click the OK button or press the Enter key. Figure 3-4 Login Windows ) Note: If the above screen does not prompt, it means that your web-browser has been set to a proxy. Go to Tools menu>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings, in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide compatible with your ISP, if you are given another way not listed here, refer to Network->WAN for detailed list. Click Next to enter the necessary network parameters. If you choose "PPPoE", you will see this page shown in Figure 3-7: Figure 3-7 ¾ Quick Setup - PPPoE Account Name and Password - Enter the Account Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case sensitive. If you have difficulty with this process, please contact your ISP.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Figure 3-9 Quick Setup - Finish After finishing all configurations of basic network parameters, please click Finish button to exit this Quick Setup.
TL-R4000 Chapter 4. Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Configuring the Router This chapter describes each web page's key functions. 4.1 login After your successful login, you can configure and manage the router. There are nine main menus on the left of the web-based utility. Submenus will be available after you click one of the main menus. The ten main menus are: Status, Quick Setup, Network, DHCP, Forwarding, Security, Static Routing, IP & MAC Binding, Dynamic DNS, and System Tools.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-1 Router Status 4.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 3.2: "Quick Installation Guide." 4.4 Network Figure 4-2 the Network menu There are six submenus under the Network menu: LAN, WAN, MAC Clone, Bandwidth Control, VLAN and Port Mirror. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.4.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-3 LAN ¾ MAC Address - The physical address of the router, as seen from the LAN. The value can't be changed. ¾ IP Address - Enter the IP address of your router in dotted-decimal notation (factory default: 192.168.1.1). ¾ Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask. ) Note: a. b. c.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-4 WAN - Dynamic IP This page displays the WAN IP parameters assigned dynamically by your ISP, including IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, etc. Click the Renew button to renew the IP parameters from your ISP. Click the Release button to release the IP parameters. MTU Size: The normal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes. For some ISPs you need to reduce the MTU.
TL-R4000 Figure 4-5a ¾ ¾ 2. Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide WAN - 802.1X + Dynamic IP User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1x authentication provided by your ISP Password - Enter the password for 802.1x authentication provided by your ISP. Click the Login button to start 802.1x authentication. Click the Logout button to end 802.1x authentication. If you choose Static IP, you should have fixed IP parameters specified by your ISP.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide If you are also given a user name and a password for 802.1x authentication, you should select 802.1x + Static IP for WAN Connection Type, a box will then appear requesting a user name and a password, shown in Figure 4-7a: Figure 4-7a ¾ ¾ 3. WAN - 802.1X + Static IP User Name - Enter the user name for 802.1x authentication provided by your ISP Password - Enter the password for 802.1x authentication provided by your ISP. Click Login to start 802.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide time to Max Idle Time. This is because there may still be active applications in the background, which may cause fee accounted by your ISP. ¾ Connect Automatically - Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this option, click the radio button. ¾ Time-based Connecting - You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect based on time.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide necessary for your ISP. ¾ Service Name/AC Name - The service name and AC (Access Concentrator) name, this should not be done unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP. ¾ ISP Specified IP Address - If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit your IP address to the router during login, click “Use the IP Address specified by ISP” check box and enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation, which your ISP provided.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide ) Note: 1) 2) 4.4.4 Only the PC(s) on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone feature. If you click the Save button, the router will prompt you to reboot. Bandwidth Control You can control bandwidth of each LAN port on this page. This feature can be used for distributing flexibly Internet resource. Figure 4-11 Bandwidth Control ¾ LAN - LAN port number. LAN1 point to LAN port 1, LAN2 point to LAN port 2, and so on.
TL-R4000 4.4.6 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Port Mirror You can configure LAN port mirror feature on this page. Figure 4-13 ¾ ¾ Port Mirror Mirror Port - The port will collect packet from Mirrored Port(s). Mirrored Port(s) - Any packets through the Mirrored Port(s) will be copied and be forwarded to the Mirror Port. ) Note: 1) The Mirror port cannot be mirrored. 2) All in the Mirrored Port(s) means all LAN ports except for Mirror Port. 4.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-15 DHCP Settings ¾ DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server. If you disable the Server, you must have another DHCP server within your network or else you must manually configure the computer. ¾ Start IP Address - This field specifies the first of the addresses in the IP address pool. 192.168.1.100 is the default start address. ¾ End IP Address - This field specifies the last of the addresses in the IP address pool. 192.168.1.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-16 ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ DHCP Clients List Index - The index of the DHCP Client Client Name - The name of the DHCP client MAC Address - The MAC address of the DHCP client Assigned IP - The IP address that the router has allocated to the DHCP client. Lease Time - The time of the DHCP client leased. Before the time is up, DHCP client will request to renew the lease automatically. You cannot change any of the values on this page.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide When you want to add or modify a Address Reservation, you can click the Add New button or Modify button, then you will go to the next page. This page is used for adding or modifying a Address Reservation (shown in Figure 4-18). Figure 4-18 Add or Modify a Address Reseration Entry To Reserve IP addresses: 1. Enter the MAC address (The format for the MAC address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide DMZ and UPnP. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.6.1 Virtual Servers Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services on your LAN, such as DNS, Email and FTP. A virtual server is defined as a service port, and all requests from Internet to this service port will be redirected to the computer specified by the server IP.
TL-R4000 Figure 4-21 ¾ Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry Common Service Port - Some common services already listed in the pull-down list. To setup a virtual server entry: 1. Click the Add New.. button. 2. Select the service you want to use from the Common Service Port list, If the Common Service Port list does not have the service that you want to use, enter the number of the service port or service port range in the Service Port box. 3.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Click the Next button to go to the next page and Click the Previous button to return the previous page. ) Note: If you set the virtual server of the service port as 80, you must set the web management port on Security –> Remote Management page to be any value except 80 such as 8080. Or else there will be a conflict to disable the virtual server. 4.6.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide UDP, or ALL (all protocols supported by the router). ¾ Status - The status of this entry, "Enabled" means the Port Triggering entry is enabled, while “Disabled” means the Port Triggering entry is disabled. ¾ Modify - The hyperlink (Modify” and “Delete”) of the Port Triggering entry. When you want to add or modify a Port Triggering, you can click the Add New button or Modify button, and then you will go to the next page.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Find the desired entry in the table. 2. Click Modify or Delete as desired on the Modify column. 3. Click the Enable All button to make all the entries enabled. 4. Click the Disable All button to make all the entries enabled. 5. Click the Delete All button to delete all the entries. 6. Click the Next button to go to the next page and Click the Previous button to return to the previous page. ) Note: 1.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide be automatically discovered by the UPnP service application on the LAN. You can configure UPnP on this page shown in Figure 4-25: Figure 4-25 UPnP Settings ¾ Enable UPnP - UPnP can be enabled or disabled by clicking the Enable or Disable button. As allowing this may present a risk to security, this feature is disabled by default. ¾ Current UPnP Settings Table - this table displays the current UPnP information.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide on or off. The default setting for the switch is off. If the general firewall switch is off, even if IP Address Filtering, DNS Filtering and MAC Filtering are enabled, their settings are ineffective. Figure 4-27 ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ Firewall Settings Enable Firewall - The general firewall switch is on or off. Enable IP Address Filtering - Set IP Address Filtering is enabled or disabled.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-28 IP Address Filtering To disable the IP Address Filtering feature, keep the default setting, Disabled. To set up an IP Address Filtering entry, click Enable Firewall and Enable IP Address Filtering on the Firewall page, and click the Add New… button.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide – 110. Keep the field open, which means all WAN Ports have been put into the field. 6. Protocol - Select which protocol is to be used, either TCP, UDP, or All (all protocols supported by the router). 7. Pass - Select either Allow or Deny through the router. 8. Status - Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status pull-down list. 9. Click the Save button to save this entry. To add additional entries, repeat steps 1-9.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-30 Domain Filtering Before adding a Domain Filtering entry, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and Enable Domain Filtering have been selected on the Firewall page. To Add a Domain filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The page " Add or Modify a Domain Filtering entry " will appear: Figure 4-31 Add or Modify a Domain Filtering entry To add or modify a Domain Filtering entry, follow these instructions: 1.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Click the Delete All button to delete all entries Click the Next button to go to the next page and the Previous button to return to the previous page. For example: if you want to block the PCs on your LAN from accessing websites www.xxyy.com.cn, www.aabbcc.com and websites with .net at the end on the Internet while no limit for other websites.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering 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). For example: 00-0E-AE-B0-00-0B. 2. Type the description of the PC in the Description field. Fox example: John’s PC. 3. Status - Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status pull-down list. 4.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Web Management Port - Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80. This router’s default remote management web port number is 80. For greater security, you can change the remote management web interface to a custom port by entering that number in the box provided. Choose a number between 1024 and 65534, but do not use the number of any common service port.
TL-R4000 ¾ ¾ Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Packets Statistic interval (5 ~ 60) - The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and 60 seconds in the pull-down list. The Packets Statistic interval value indicates the time section of the packets statistic. The result of the statistic used for analysis by SYN Flood, UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood. DoS protection - Enable or Disable the DoS protection function. Only when it is enabled, will the flood filters be effective.
TL-R4000 ¾ ¾ Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Host IP Address - The IP addresses that are blocked by DoS are displayed here. Host MAC Address - The MAC addresses that are blocked by DoS are displayed here. To update this page and to show the current blocked host, click on the Refresh button. Click the Clear All button to clear all displayed entries. After the table is empty the blocked host will regain the capability to access the Internet.
TL-R4000 3. 4. Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide • Destination IP Address - The Destination IP Address is the address of the network or host that you want to assign to a static route. • Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask determines which portion of an IP address is the network portion, and which portion is the host portion. • Default Gateway - This is the IP address of the default gateway device that allows for contact between the router and the network or host.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-40 IP & MAC Binding Setting • MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN. • IP Address - The assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN. • Bind - Whether or not enable the arp binding. • Modify - Edit or delete item. When you want to add or modify a IP & MAC Binding entry, you can click the Add New button or Modify button, then you will go to the next page.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide To find an existing entry: 1. Click the Find button (shown in Figure 4-42). 2. Enter the MAC Address or IP Address. 3. Enter the Find button in the next page (shown in figure 5-40). Figure 4-42 Find IP & MAC Binding Entry Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries. 4.9.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide • Load - Load the item to the IP & MAC Binding list. • Delete - Delete the item. Click the Bind All button to bind all the current items, available after enable. Click the Load All button to load all items to the IP & MAC Binding list. Click the Refresh button to refresh all items. ) Note: An item could not be loaded to the IP & MAC Binding list if the IP address of the item has been loaded before. Error warning will prompt as well.
TL-R4000 1. 2. 3. 4. Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Enter the User Name for your DDNS account. Enter the Password for your DDNS account. Enter the domain names your dynamic DNS service provider gave. Click the Login button to login the DDNS service. Connection Status - The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Click Logout to logout the DDNS service. 4.10.2 Oray.net DDNS If your selected dynamic DNS Service Provider is www.oray.net.
TL-R4000 Figure 4-46 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Comexe.cn DDNS Settings To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 1. Enter the Domain names your dynamic DNS service provider gave. 2. Enter the User Name for your DDNS account. 3. Enter the Password for your DDNS account. 4. Click the Login button to login to the DDNS service. Connection Status: The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here. Click Logout to logout of the DDNS service.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 4.11 System Tools Figure 4-47 the System Tools menu There are eight submenus under the System Tools menu: Time, Firmware, Factory Defaults, Backup & Restore, Reboot, Password, Log and Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.11.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 2. The time will be lost if the router is turned off. 3. The router will obtain GMT automatically from Internet if it has already connected to Internet. 4.11.2 Firmware The page shown in Figure 4-49 allows you to upgrade to the latest version of firmware for the router. Figure 4-49 Firmware Upgrade You can find the latest version firmware at the TP-LINK website (www.tp-link.com) and it can be downloaded free.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-50 Restore Factory Default Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their default values. • The default User Name: admin • The default Password: admin • The default IP Address: 192.168.1.1 • The default Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 ) Note: Any settings you have saved will be lost when the default settings are restored. 4.11.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Figure 4-52 Reboot the router Click the Reboot button to reboot the router. Some settings of the router will take effect only after rebooting, which include: • Change LAN IP Address. (System will reboot automatically) • MAC Clone (system will reboot automatically) • DHCP service function. • Static address assignment of DHCP server. • Web Service Port of the router. • Upgrade the firmware of the router (system will reboot automatically).
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide 4.11.7 Log This page shown in Figure 4-54 allows you to query the Logs of the router. Figure 4-54 System Log The router can keep logs of all traffic. You can query the logs to find what happened to the router. Click the Refresh button to refresh the logs. Click the Clear Log button to clear all the logs. 4.11.
TL-R4000 ¾ Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Sorted Rules - Here displays sort as desired. Statistics Table: IP Address Total Packets The total amount of packets received and transmitted by the router. Bytes The total amount of bytes received and transmitted by the router. Packets Bytes Current The IP address displayed with statistics ICMP Tx UDP Tx The total amount of packets received and transmitted in the last Packets Statistic interval seconds.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) 2) First, configure the ADSL modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL modem to the WAN port on the router. The telephone cord plugs into the Line port of the ADSL modem. Login to the router, click the “Network” menu on the left of your browser, and click "WAN" submenu. On the WAN page, select “PPPoE” for WAN Connection Type.
TL-R4000 2) Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Some ISPs require that you register the MAC address of your adapter, which is connected to your cable or DSL modem during installation. If your ISP requires MAC register, login to the router and click the "Network" menu link on the left of your browser, and then click "MAC Clone" submenu link.
TL-R4000 4) Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide How to enable DMZ Host: Login to the router, click the “Forwarding” menu on the left of your browser, and click " DMZ" submenu. On the "DMZ" page, click “Enable” radio and type your IP address into the “DMZ Host IP Address” field, using 192.168.1.169 as an example, remember to click the "Save” button. Figure A-5 4.
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TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows XP. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is working, refer to the adapter’s manual if needed. 1. Install TCP/IP component 1) On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Figure 2 5) The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Figure 3 ¾ Setting IP address manually 1 Select Use the following IP address radio button. And the following items available 2 If the router's LAN IP address is 192.168.1.1, type IP address is 192.168.1.x (x is from 2 to 254), and Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. 3 Type the router’s LAN IP address (the default IP is 192.168.1.1) into the Default gateway field. 4 Select Use the following DNS server addresses radio button.
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TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.3, 802.3u Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP Ports Four 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 ports supporting Auto MDI/MDIX One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port.
TL-R4000 Enterprise Broadband Router User Guide Appendix D: Glossary ¾ DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) - The capability of assigning a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address. ¾ DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - A protocol that automatically configure the TCP/IP parameters for the all the PCs that are connected to a DHCP server.
