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CONTENTS Chapter 1. Introduction ........................................................................................ 1 1.1 Overview of the Router .................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Features.......................................

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 1 Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview of the Router The TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router possesses excellent throughput and driving load capability, which consumedly meets the requirements from Internet cafe and small /medium/sizable enterpr...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 2 ¾ Supports ICMP-FLOOD, UDP-FLOOD, TCP-SYN-FLOOD filter ¾ Ignores Ping packets from WAN or LAN ports ¾ Supports firmware upgrade ¾ Supports Remote and Web management 1.3 Conventions Parameters provided in the pictures are just references for settin...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 3 The front panel contains the following features. (Viewed from left to right) ¾ Reset: Use the button to restore the router to the factory defaults. There are two ways to reset the router: Method one: Use the Factory Defaults function on System Too...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 4 ¾ Operating Humidity: 10%~90%RH, Non-condensing ) Note: Do not use this product near water, for example, in a wet basement or near a swimming pool. Avoid using this product during an electrical storm. There may be a remote risk of electric shock f...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 5 Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-R4299G router into your network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to configure the basic functions of your TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router. These procedures onl...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 6 Figure 3-2 Step 3: In the next screen, select General tab, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click the Properties button. Figure 3-3

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 7 Step 4: Configure the IP address as shown in Figure 3-4. After that, click OK . Figure 3-4 ) Note: You can c onfigure the PC to get an IP address manually, select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically” i...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 9 Figure 3-7 ) Note: If the above screen (Figure 3-7) does not prompt, it means that your web-browser may be set to a proxy. Choose Tools menu → Internet Options → Connections → LAN Settings , in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy check...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 11 Chapter 4. Configuring the Router This User Guide recommends using the “Quick Installation Guide” for first-time installation. For advanced users, if you want to know more about this device and make use of its functions adequately, you need to re...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 12 Figure 4-1 ¾ LAN - This field displays the current information for the LAN, including the “MAC address”, “IP address” and “Subnet Mask”. ¾ WAN 1~2 - This field displays the parameters applied to the WAN ports of the router, including “MAC address...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 14 DHCP sever will not take effect, until they are re-configured. Besides this, the Virtual Server and DMZ Host may change accordingly at the same time, you’d better re-configure it as well. 4.3.2 WAN Choose menu “ Network → WAN ”, you can configure...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 15 Figure 4-4 ¾ interior network: When the WAN is connecting with a LAN, you can select the option, and enter the LAN IP addresses in the field, then the WAN port will only transmit the traffic whose destination IP address are contained in the field...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 16 applications. If you can not get the IP address normally, you can choose this option. (You don’t need select this option generally). ¾ Ingress Bandwidth: Enter the bandwidth for ingress traffic. ¾ Egress Bandwidth: Enter the bandwidth for egress ...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 20 4. BigPondCable If your ISP provides BigPond Cable (or Heart Beat Signal) connection, please select BigPond Cable option. Figure 4-8 ¾ User Name/Password - Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are case-sensitive. ¾ ...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 26 ¾ Destination IP Address for Ping - Enter the correct IP address that really existed on the WAN network. For example: 202.96.134.188. ¾ By DNS Query - Detect whether Internet connection is online or not by sending query packet to DNS Server. ¾ DN...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 29 Figure 4-15 ¾ On Fastest-Session - If you select the option, the data will be transmited through one of the WAN ports which connect the WAN much quicker than the other. • Faster age for Speed-Detect-Table - Faster timeouts for the entries in Spee...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 34 Figure 4-21. Step 2: Enter the MAC address, IP address and select Status as shown in the screen below. Figure 4-21 Step 3: Click the Save button when finished. ) Note: 4) If you want to add more than one reserved IP, please go to step 1 to contin...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 36 Figure 4-24 Step 3: After that, select Enable to make the entry take effect. Step 4: Click Save button to save the configuration. ) Note: 6) If you want to add more than one reserved IP, please go to step 1 to continue. 7) It is possible that you...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 38 Figure 4-26 Step 3: After that, select Enabled to make the entry take effect. Step 4: Click Save button to save the configuration. ) Note: 1) If you want to add more than one reserved IP, please go to step 1 to continue. 2) When the trigger conne...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 44 4.6.3 Domain Filtering Choose menu “ Security → Domain Filtering ”, you can configure the Domain filtering rule in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-34). The Domain Filtering feature allows you to control access to certain websites on the Intern...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 48 Figure 4-40 ¾ Region - This option used to select the specifically area from which the packets will be monitored by the next settings. ¾ Scan Attack Defence • IP Scan: During the specific time, if a computer (identified by a particular source IP ...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 49 • Port Scan - During the specific time, if a computer (identified by a particular source IP address) transmits TCP SYN packets to another computer's (identified by a destination IP address) ten different ports, then the source IP address will be ...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 51 Figure 4-41 ¾ Destination IP Address - The “Destination IP Address” is the address of the network or host that you want to assign to a static route. ¾ Subnet Mask - The “Subnet Mask” determines which portion of an IP address is the network portio...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 53 Figure 4-45. Step 2: Enter the appropriate LAN IP Address, Max Session and then select the status. Figure 4-45 Step 3: Click the Save button. 4.8.2 Session List Choose menu “ Session Limit → Session List ”, you can view the the information about ...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 57 Figure 4-54 Step 3: Click Find button, then you will see the entry with the specific MAC address or IP address. Step 4: Click Back to return the previous screen. ) Note: You can click “to page” to edit the entry in the corresponding screen. Other...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 58 Click Load to load the specific item to the IP & MAC Binding list (shown in Figure 4-52). Click Delete to load the specific item to the IP & MAC Binding list. Click the Bind All button to bind all the current items, available after enable...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 59 Step 1: Select the WAN port to configure. Step 2: Type the “User Name” and “Password” for your DDNS account. Step 3: Enter the domain name that your dynamic DNS service provider offers. Step 4: Enable DDNS, and click Save to save the current conf...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 60 Figure 4-58 To set up for Comexe DDNS, follow these instructions: Step 1: Select the WAN port to configure. Step 2: Enter the domain name your dynamic DNS service provider offer. Step 3: Type the “User Name” and “Password” for your DDNS account. ...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 61 Figure 4-59 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.12.1 Port Statistics Choose menu “ Switch Setting → Port statistics ”, you can view the ...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 62 Figure 4-61 ¾ Mirror Config - There are three Mirror modes: Disable, Output mirror, Input mirror. The Output/Input mirror is related to the Router. ¾ Port Mirror - This is the port linked to the mirror computer. ¾ Mirrored Ports List - The option...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 63 Figure 4-62 4.12.4 Port Parameter Choose menu “ Switch Setting → Port Parameter ”, you can configure the parameters for the LAN port in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-63).

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 64 Figure 4-63 4.12.5 Port Status Choose menu “ Switch Setting → Port Status ”, you can view the status of the LAN port in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-64). Figure 4-64

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 66 Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.13.1 Time Settings Choose menu “ System Tools → Time Settings ”, you can configure the time on the s...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 67 4.13.2 Firmware Choose menu “ System Tools → Firmware ”, you can update the latest version of firmware for the Router on the screen (shown in Figure 4-68). Figure 4-68 ¾ Firmware Version - This displays the current firmware version. ¾ Hardware Ve...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 68 Figure 4-69 Click the Restore button to reset all configuration settings to their default values. ) Note: 1) The default User Name is admin. 2) The default Password is admin. 3) The default IP Address is 192.168.1.1. 4) The default Subnet Mask is...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 70 screen. Figure 4-73 ) Note: Some settings of the router will take effect only after rebooting, which include: 1) Change LAN IP Address. (System will reboot automatically) 2) MAC Clone (system will reboot automatically) 3) DHCP service function. 4...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 71 2) The new user name and password must not exceed 14 characters in length and must not include any spaces. Enter the new Password twice to confirm it. 3) You can click the Clean All button to clean all the configurations. 4.13.7 System Log Choose...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 72 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. ¾ Remote Management IP Address - This is the current address you will use when accessing your router from the ...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 74 Figure 4-78 ¾ Destination IP - the IP address which datagrams are sent to, such as- 202.96.134.188. ¾ ID - The number of ICMP datagrames to be sent. ¾ Source Port - The port where datagrams are sent to, such as- 5000 ¾ Destination Port - The data...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 76 Appendix A: Specifications General Standards and Protocols IEEE 802.3, 802.3u , 802.3x, 802.1x TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP,HTTP,DNS Safety & Emission FCC 、 CE Ports Two 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port. Eight 10/100/1000M Auto-...

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 80 Figure B-6 ) Note: If the above configuration takes effect, you should login the Router by entrying

TL-R4299G Dual-WAN SMB Broadband Router User Guide 81 Appendix C: Glossary ¾ DDNS ( D ynamic D omain N ame S ystem) - The capability of assigning a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address. ¾ DHCP ( D ynamic H ost C onfiguration P rotocol) - A protocol that automatically configure...