Page 4 - COMMENT
COMMENT Package contents .......................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. About this Guide ......................................................................... 2 1.1 Purposes ....................................................................
Page 6 - Cable/DSL Router User Guide; Package contents
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Package contents The following contents should be found in your box: ¾ One TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router ¾ One AC power Adapter for TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ One Resource CD for TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router, including: • This Guide • Other Helpf...
Page 7 - Chapter 1. About this Guide; This Guide tells you how to use the TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router.; Overview of this User Guide
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 1. About this Guide Thank you for choosing the TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router. This router provides dedicated solutions for Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) networks. With your network all connected, your local network can share Internet access, files and fun for...
Page 8 - Chapter 2. Introduction; Overview of the Router; Supports Virtual Server, Port Triggering, and DMZ host
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 2. Introduction 2.1 Overview of the Router The TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router integrates an 8-port switch, firewall, and NAT-router. Its design is dedicated to Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) network solutions. The TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router will allow you to conn...
Page 9 - Layout; Figure 2-1 Front Panel sketch; Power; Table 2-1 The LEDs description
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 2.3 Panel Layout 2.3.1 The Front Panel The front panel of the TL-R860 consists of several LED indicators, which is designed to indicate connections. Viewed from left to right. Table 2-1 describes the LEDs on the front panel of the router. Figure 2-1 Front Panel sk...
Page 10 - Figure 2-2 Rear Panel sketch
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 2-2 Rear Panel sketch - 5 -
Page 11 - Chapter 3. Connecting the Router; Requirements; TCP/IP protocol must be installed on each PC; Installation Environment Requirements; Not in direct sunlight or near a heater or heating vent; Connecting the Router
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 3. Connecting the Router 3.1 System Requirements ¾ Broadband Internet Access Service (DSL/Cable/Ethernet) ¾ One DSL/Cable modem that has an RJ45 connector (It’s not necessary if you connect the router to Ethernet) ¾ Each PC on the LAN needs a working Ether...
Page 12 - Figure 3-1 Hardware Installation of the TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 3-1 Hardware Installation of the TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router - 7 -
Page 13 - Chapter 4. Quick Installation Guide; configuration; Obtain an IP address automatically; : If you need instructions as to how to do this, please refer to; command prompt; to verify the network; Enter; Figure 4-1 Successful result of Ping command
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 4. Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-R860 router into your network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to configure the basic functions of your TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router. These procedures may take you only a few minutes. You ...
Page 14 - Figure 4-2 Failed result of Ping command; Quick Installation Guide; admin
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide If the result displayed is similar to what is shown in Figure 4-1, the connection between your PC and the router has been established. Figure 4-2 Failed result of Ping command If the result displayed is similar to what is shown in Figure 4-2, it means that your PC...
Page 15 - Figure 4-4 Login Windows; link on the left of the main menu and the Quick; Figure 4-5 Quick Setup; Click; Figure 4-6 Choose WAN Connection Type; for detailed list. Click
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-4 Login Windows Note : If the above screen does not prompt, it means that your web-browser has been set to a proxy. Go to Tools menu>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings, in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click...
Page 17 - Finish; button; Quick Setup
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide After finishing all configurations of basic network parameters, please click Finish button to exit this Quick Setup . - 12 -
Page 18 - Chapter 5. Configuring the Router
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Chapter 5. Configuring the Router This chapter describes each web page's key functions. 5.1 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...
Page 19 - Figure 5-1 Router Status; Setup; Please refer to; Figure 5-2 the Network menu; LAN; and
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-1 Router Status 5.3 Quick Setup Please refer to Section 4.2: "Quick Installation Guide." 5.4 Network Figure 5-2 the Network menu There are three submenus under the Network menu (shown in Figure 5-2): LAN , WAN and MAC Clone. Click any of them, and...
Page 20 - MAC Address
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-3 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 (factory default: 192.168.1.1). ¾ Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the ...
Page 21 - Renew
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-4 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...
Page 24 - Figure 5-9 PPPoE Advanced Settings
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide disconnect based on time. Enter the start time in HH:MM for connecting and end time in HH:MM for disconnecting in the Period of Time fields. Note: Only you have set the system time on System Tools -> Time page, will the Time-based Connecting function take effec...
Page 25 - Figure 5-10 MAC Address Clone
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide seconds. If the value is 0, it means do not detect. ¾ DNS IP Address - If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit DNS addresses to the router during login, click “ Use the following DNS servers ” checkbox and enter the IP address of your ISP’s prima...
Page 26 - Figure 5-11 the DHCP menu; Settings; Figure 5-12 DHCP Settings
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.5 DHCP Figure 5-11 the DHCP menu There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 5-11): DHCP Settings , DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explana...
Page 27 - Figure 5-13 DHCP Clients List; Reservation
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide the router, default value is 192.168.1.1 ¾ Default Domain - (Optional.) Input the domain name of your network. ¾ Primary DNS - (Optional.) Input the DNS IP address provided by your ISP. Or consult your ISP. ¾ Secondary DNS - (Optional.) Input the IP address of ano...
Page 28 - Figure 5-14 Address Reservation
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-14 Address Reservation ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC of which you want to reserve IP address. ¾ Assigned IP Address - The IP address of the router reserved. ¾ Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled . To Reserve IP address...
Page 29 - Figure 5-16 the Forwarding menu; Servers; Figure 5-17 Virtual Servers
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.6 Forwarding Figure 5-16 the Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 5-16): Virtual Servers , Port Triggering , DMZ and UPnP . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detaile...
Page 30 - Figure 5-18 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry; Triggering
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 4. Select the protocol used for this application, either TCP or UDP , or All . 5. Select the Enable checkbox to enable the virtual server. 6. Click the Save button. Figure 5-18 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry Note: It is possible that you have a computer or s...
Page 31 - Figure 5-19 Port Triggering
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-19 Port Triggering Once configured, operation is as follows: 1. A local host makes an outgoing connection using a destination port number defined in the Trigger Port field. 2. The router records this connection, opens the incoming port or ports associated...
Page 33 - Figure 5-22 UPnP Settings
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-21 DMZ To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server: 1. Click the Enable radio button 2. Enter the local host IP Address in the DMZ Host IP Address field 3. Click the Save button. Note : After you set the DMZ host, the firewall related to the host wi...
Page 34 - Refresh; to update the Current UPnP Settings List.; Figure 5-23 the Security menu; Firewall; Figure 5-24 Firewall Settings; Enable Firewall; the general firewall switch is on or off.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Click Refresh to update the Current UPnP Settings List. 5.7 Security Figure 5-23 the Security menu There are six submenus under the Security menu (shown in Figure 5-23): Firewall , IP Address Filtering, Domain Filtering, MAC Filtering, Remote Management and Advanc...
Page 35 - Figure 5-25 IP Address Filtering
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide ¾ Enable IP Address Filtering - set IP Address Filtering is enabled or disabled. There are two default filtering rules of IP Address Filtering, either Allow or Reny passing through the router. ¾ Enable Domain Filtering - Set Domain Filtering as enabled or disabled...
Page 37 - Figure 5-27 Domain Filtering
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.7.3 Domain Filtering The Domain Filtering page (shown in Figure 5-27) allows you to control access to certain websites on the Internet by specifying their domains or key words. Figure 5-27 Domain Filtering Before adding a Domain Filtering entry, you must ensure ...
Page 38 - Figure 5-29 MAC Address Filtering
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Click the Enabled All button to enable all entries. Click the Disable All button disable all entries. Click the Delete All button to delete all entries Click the Next button to go to the next page and the Previous button to return to the previous page. For example...
Page 39 - Figure 5-30 Add or Modify a MAC Address Filtering entry; Management
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-30 Add or Modify a MAC Address Filtering entry To add or modify a MAC Address 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 hexadec...
Page 40 - Figure 5-31 Remote Management; Web Management Port; Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP; Remote Management IP Address; This is the current address you will use when; Security
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-31 Remote Management ¾ Web Management Port - Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80. This router’s default remote management web port number is 80 . For greater security, you can change the remote management web interface to a ...
Page 41 - Figure 5-32 Advanced Security settings
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-32 Advanced Security settings ¾ 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 res...
Page 42 - Figure 5-33 Thwarted DoS Host Table; Routing
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide WAN port. The default is disabled. If enabled, the ping packet from the Internet cannot access the router. ¾ Forbid Ping Packet from LAN Port - Enable or Disable forbidding Ping Packet to access the router from the LAN port. The default value is disabled. If enabl...
Page 43 - Figure 5-34 Static Routing
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-34 Static Routing To add static routing entries: 1. Click the Add New button. (pop-up Figure 5-35) 2. Enter the following data: ¾ Destination IP Address - The Destination IP Address is the address of the network or host that you want to assign to a static...
Page 45 - Figure 5-39 Find IP & MAC Binding Entry; List
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-38 IP & MAC Binding Setting (Add & Modify) To add IP & MAC Binding entries: 1. Click the Add New.. button. 2. Enter the MAC Address and IP Address. 3. Select the Bind checkbox. 4. Click the Save button to save it. To modify or delete an existi...
Page 46 - Figure 5-40 ARP List
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide MAC Binding entries (shown in Figure 5-40). Figure 5-40 ARP List • MAC Address - The MAC address of the controlled computer in the LAN. • IP Address - The assigned IP address of the controlled computer in the LAN. • Status - To show the MAC address and IP address ...
Page 49 - Figure 5-44 the System Tools menu; Figure 5-45 Time settings; - Select your local time zone from this pull down list.
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.11 System Tools Figure 5-44 the System Tools menu There are seven submenus under the System Tools menu (shown in Figure 5-44): Time , Firmware , Factory Defaults, Backup and Restore, Reboot, Password, Log and Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able t...
Page 50 - Figure 5-46 Firmware Upgrade
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Internet. Note : 1. This setting will be used for some time-based functions such as firewall. You must specify your time zone once you login to the router successfully, if not the time limited on these functions will not take effect. 2. The time will be lost if th...
Page 51 - Figure 5-47 Restore Factory Default
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 2. The router will reboot after the upgrade has finished. 5.11.3 Factory Defaults This page (shown in Figure 5-47) allows you to restore the factory default settings for the router. Figure 5-47 Restore Factory Default Click the Restore button to reset all configur...
Page 52 - Figure 5-49 Reboot the router; Reboot; Figure 5-50 Password
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 5-49 Reboot the router Click the Reboot button to reboot the router. Some settings of the router will take effect only after rebooting, which include: • Change LAN IP Address. (System will reboot automatically) • MAC Clone (system will reboot automatically)...
Page 53 - Figure 5-51 System Log
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 5.11.7 Log This page (shown in Figure 5-51) allows you to query the Logs of the router. Figure 5-51 System Log The router can keep logs of all traffic. You can query the logs to find what happened to the router. Click the Refresh button to refresh the logs. Click ...
Page 55 - How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users?
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix A: FAQ 1. How do I configure the router to access Internet by ADSL users? 1) First, configure the ADSL modem configured in RFC1483 bridge model. 2) Connect the Ethernet cable from your ADSL modem to the WAN port on the router. The telephone cord plugs int...
Page 56 - Figure A-3 MAC Clone
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide 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. On the "MAC Clone" page, if your PC’s MAC address is a proper MAC address, click the "Clone MAC Ad...
Page 57 - I want to build a WEB Server on the LAN, what should I do?
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide “Status” page. 4) 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,...
Page 58 - Figure A-8 Virtual Server
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure A-8 Virtual Server - 53 -
Page 59 - Appendix B: Configuring the PCs; the
TL-R860 Cable/DSL 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 Windo...
Page 60 - IP Address
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure B-54 5) The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default. Now you have two ways to configure the TCP/IP protocol below: ¾ Setting IP address automatically Select Obtain an IP address automatically ...
Page 61 - Select
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure B-55 ¾ Setting IP address manually 1 Select Use the following IP address radio button. And the following items available 2 If the router's LAN IP address is 192.168.1.1, type IP address is 192.168.1.x (x is from 2 to 254), and Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. ...
Page 62 - Figure
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure B-4 Now: All the configurations are finished; it will take effect after reboot your computer. - 57 -
Page 63 - Appendix C: Specifications; General
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix C: Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.3, 802.3u Protocols TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port. Eight 10/100M Auto-Negotiation LAN RJ45 ports supporting Auto MDI/MDIX Cabling Type 10BASE-T: UTP categ...
Page 64 - Appendix D: Glossary
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix D: Glossary ¾ DDNS ( D ynamic D omain N ame S ystem) - The capability of assigning a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address. ¾ DHCP ( D ynamic H ost C onfiguration P rotocol) - A protocol that automatically configure the TCP/IP parame...
Page 65 - Appendix E: Contact Information
TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Appendix E: Contact Information For help with the installation or operation of the TP-LINK TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router, please contact us. Website: http://www.tp-link.com - 60 -
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