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TL-R480T SMB Broadband Router User Guide

Chapter 1. Introduction

Thank you for choosing TL-R480T SMB Broadband Router!

1.1 Overview of the Router

The TL-R480T SMB Broadband Router possesses excellent throughput and driving load

capability, which consumedly meets the requirements from Internet cafe 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-R480T SMB Broadband Router makes plenty of applications become a reality. It can be used

for constructing intranet FTP, WEB, and Mail server, etc. Inaccessibly, it features network game

ports opened, MSN audio conversation and special application setting, providing much more

additional value to your network.

Featuring firewall and VPN Passthrough, the TL-R480T SMB Broadband Router resists most

common Internet attacks and ensures secure data connectivity and transmission over the

Internet.

TL-R480T SMB Broadband Router is easy-to-manage. Quick Setup is supported and friendly help

messages are provided for every step. So you can configure it quickly and share Internet access,

files and fun comfortably.

1.2 Features

¾ Complies with IEEE 802.3, 802.3u standards

¾ 4 LAN ports, 1 WAN port

¾ Support Port Bandwidth Control, Port Mirror, Port-based VLAN for LAN ports

¾ Supports IP address-based QoS

¾ Built-in NAT and DHCP server supporting static IP address distributing

¾ Supports Virtual Server, Port Triggering, and DMZ host

¾ Built-in firewall supporting IP address filtering, Domain Name filtering, and MAC address

filtering

¾ Supports connecting/disconnecting Internet at a specified time of day

¾ Supports access control, allowing parents and network administrators to establish restricted

access policies based on the time of day for children or staff

¾ Supports TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, SNTP

¾ Supports UPnP, Dynamic DNS, Static Routing, VPN pass-through

¾ Supports IP & MAC Binding, Switch Setting, and Session Limit

¾ Supports Traffic Statistics

¾ Supports ICMP-FLOOD, UDP-FLOOD, TCP-SYN-FLOOD filter

¾ Ignores Ping packets from WAN or LAN ports