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

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 1 Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router! 1.1 Overview of the Router The TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router possesses excellent throughput and driving load capability, which consumedly meets the r...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 2. Hardware installation 2.1 Panel Layout 2.1.1 The Front Panel The Router’s LEDs are located on the front panel (View from left to right). Figure 2-1 LED Descriptions: Name Status Indication Not lit The router is power off. PWR Lit up (Gree...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 4 Method two: With the router powered on, use a pin to press and hold the Reset button (about 5 seconds) until the SYS LED lights up and flashes. And then release the button and wait the router to reboot to its factory default settings. ) Note: Ensu...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 5 Connecting to the Ground via the power supply The Router can be grounded via the PE （ Protecting Earth ） cable of the AC power supply as shown in the following figure. ) Note: If you intend to connect the Router to the ground via the PE （ Protecti...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 6 2. Connect the PC(s) and all Switches/Hubs on your LAN to the LAN Ports on the router, shown in figure 2-3. 3. Connect the DSL/Cable modem to the WAN port on the router, shown in figure 2-3. 4. Connect the AC power adapter to the AC power socket o...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide After connecting the TL-R470T+ router into your network, you should configure it. This chapter describes how to configure the basic functions of your TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router. These procedures only ...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 8 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-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 9 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 automatically, select “ Obtain an IP address automatically ” and “ Obtain DNS server address automati...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 11 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 chec...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 13 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-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 14 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 - This field displays the parameters applied to the WAN ports of the router, including “MAC address”, “...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 15 button. If you have not connected to the Internet, a Connect button will be shown, and you can then establish the connection by clicking the button. ¾ Traffic Statistics: This field displays the traffic statistics of WAN ports. ¾ System Up Time: ...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 16 Figure 4-3 ¾ WAN Number – Here allows you to select the total number of WAN ports at your need. And the Router will adjust the physical ports accordingly, which can be illustrated on the following port sketch. ) Note: 1) By default, TL-R470T+ is ...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 18 Figure 4-5 ¾ WAN Port: Here allows you to select the WAN port to configure. 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 th...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 29 ¾ DNS Server IP Address - Enter the correct DNS IP address that really existed on the WAN network. For example: 202.96.134.133. 4.3.5 MAC Clone Choose menu “ Network → MAC Clone ”, you can configure the MAC address of the WAN on the screen below ...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 31 ) Note: The Intelligent Balance mode will only be effective until the Ingress Bandwidth of the WAN port has been set in “ Network → WAN ” screen. ¾ Manual Balance - In Manual Balance mode, the traffic will be transmitted to the WAN port according...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 32 • Current - Current flow usage of each WAN port. ¾ Current Statistics / Overall Statistics- Here displays the information about the router's traffic status of WAN ports. When finished, click the Save button to apply your settings. Click the Refre...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 34 Figure 4-15 ¾ On Existed-IP-Pair - If host A in LAN has connected to host B in WAN, then all the packages coming from host A to host B will be forwarded by the same WAN port. • Age for IP-Pairs-Table - Normal timeouts for the entries in IP-Pairs-...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 38 ¾ Assigned IP Address - This field displays the IP address of the router reserved. ¾ Status - This field displays the status of the virtual server entry. Enabled means that the entry will take effect, Disabled means that the entry will not take e...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 40 configure the IP address for the virtual server; If the “ Common Service Port ” does not contain the service that you want, please configure the Service Port, IP Address and Protocol manually. Figure 4-24 Step 3: After that, select Enable to make...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 52 Figure 4-41 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-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 53 IP address) ten different ports, then the source IP address will be deemed to make Port Attacks. And the Router will start up the blocking function immediately. • IP Snoop - If you select this option, the Router will monitor whether the packets f...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 55 Figure 4-42 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-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 57 Step 2: Enter the appropriate LAN IP Address, Max Session and then select the status. Figure 4-46 Step 3: Click the Save button. 4.8.2 Session List Choose menu “ Session Limit → Session List ”, you can view the information about the number of con...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 61 Step 4: Click Back to return the previous screen. ) Note: You can click “to page” to edit the entry in the corresponding screen. Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure 4-53 : Click the Delete button to delete the entry. Click the...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 63 Step 4: Enable DDNS, and click Save to save the current configuration. Click Login to login the DDNS service. Click Logout to logout the DDNS service. The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed in the Connection Status field. 4.11.2 P...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 65 Figure 4-60 To set up for No-IP DDNS, follow these instructions: 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 your dynamic DNS service provider offered...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 66 4.12.1 Port Statistics Choose menu “ Switch Settings → Port statistics ”, you can view the statistics information about the LAN port in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-62). Figure 4-62 ) Note: Before you view the information, please click the ...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 68 Figure 4-65 ¾ Port - Here displays the Router's LAN Disabled. Enabled (default status) means the abled means the Flow Control f Duplex, 10M Full Duplex, 4.12.5 Port Status Settings → Port Status ”, you can view the status of the LAN port in the P...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 71 Step 2: Click the Get GMT button to get system time from Internet if you have connected to the Internet. Step 3: Click Save to save the configuration. ) Note: 1) This setting will be used for some time-based functions such as firewall. You must s...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 72 ¾ Ping Timeout - Indicates the time before the Ping timeout. ¾ Tracert Hops – Specify the maximum hops of the Tracert here. Click Start to start the test and the result will display in the Diagnostic Result table. ) Note: 1). Only one user can us...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 73 4.13.4 Factory Defaults Choose menu “ System Tools → Factory Defaults ”, you can restore the configurations of the Router to factory defaults on the screen (shown in Figure 4-71). Figure 4-71 Click the Restore button to reset all configuration se...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 75 4.13.6 Reboot Choose menu “ System Tools → Reboot ”, click the Reboot button to reboot the router via the next screen. Figure 4-75 ) Note: Some settings of the router will take effect only after rebooting, which include: 1) Change LAN IP Address....

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 76 ) Note: 1) It is strongly recommended that you change the factory default user name and password of the router. All users who try to access the router's web-based utility will be prompted for the router's user name and password. 2) The new user n...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 77 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 b...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 80 Appendix A: Specifications General Standards and Protocols IEEE 802.3, 802.3u TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP,HTTP,DNS Safety & Emission FCC 、 CE Ports One 10/100M Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port Three adjustable WAN/LAN ports One 10/100M...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 81 Appendix B: Preventing Lightning To avoid damage during a lightning storm and ensure a stable performance, our router has adopted the professional lightning protection technology to prevent the lightning. However, although these measures have bee...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 84 Figure C-4 ) Note: Your opposite side should call your WAN IP, which is displayed on the “Status” page. Method two: Use DMZ Host Login to the router, click the menu Forwarding → DMZ . On the DMZ screen, select “Enable”, and enter your IP address ...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 85 Figure C-6 ) Note: If the above configuration takes effect, you should login the Router by entering http://192.168.0.1:88 (the router’s LAN IP address: Web Management Port) in the address field of the web browser. Step 2: To add a WEB Server: Log...

TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide 86 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...