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Figure 4-17 Port Config

The following items are displayed on this screen:

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Port Config

Status:

Specify whether to enable the port. The packets can be transported via

this port after being enabled.

Flow Control:

Allows you to enable/disable the Flow Control function.

Negotiation Mode:

Select the Negotiation Mode for the port.

All Ports:

Allows you to configure the parameters for all the ports at one time.

4.3.4.5

Port Status

On this page, you can view the current status of each port.

Choose the menu

Network

→

Switch

→

Port Status

to load the following page.

Figure 4-18 Port Status

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4.3.4.6

Port VLAN

A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) is a network topology configured according to a logical scheme

rather than the physical layout, which allows you to divide the physical LAN into multiple logical LANs

so as to control the communication among the ports

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The VLAN function can prevent the broadcast storm in LANs and enhance the network security. By

creating VLANs in a physical LAN, you can divide the LAN into multiple logical LANs, each of which

has a broadcast domain of its own. Hosts in the same VLAN communicate with one another as if they

are in a LAN. However, hosts in different VLANs cannot communicate with one another directly.

Therefore, broadcast packets are limited in a VLAN.

TL-R470T+ provides the Port VLAN function, which allows you to create multiple logical VLANs for the

LAN ports based on their port numbers.

Choose the menu

Network

→

Switch

→

Port VLAN

to load the following page.

Figure 4-19 Port VLAN

The following items are displayed on this screen:

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Port VLAN

Network:

Displays the current logical network of the physical port.

VLAN:

Select the desired VLAN for the port.

Tips:

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The Port VLAN can only be created among the LAN ports.

4.4 User Group

The User Group function is used to group different users for unified management, so that you can

perform other applications such as Bandwidth Control, Session Limit, and Access Control etc. on per

group.

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4.4.1 Group

On this page you can define the group for management.

Choose the menu

User Group

→

Group

to load the following page.

Figure

4-20

Group Configuration

The following items are displayed on this screen:

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Group Config

Group Name:

Specify a unique name for the group.

Description:

Give a description for the group. It's optional.

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List of Group

In this table, you can view the information of the Groups and edit them by the Action buttons.

4.4.2 User

On this page, you can configure the User for the group.

Choose the menu

User Group

→

User

to load the following page.

Figure 4-21 User Configuration

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The following items are displayed on this screen:

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User Config

User Name:

Specify a unique name for the user.

IP Address:

Enter the IP Address of the user. It cannot be the network address or

broadcast address of the port.

Description:

Give a description to the user for identification. It's optional.

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List of User

In this table, you can view the information of the Users and edit them by the Action buttons.

4.4.3 View

On this page, you can configure the User View or Group View.

Choose the menu

User Group

→

View

to load the following page.

Figure 4-22 View Configuration

The following items are displayed on this screen:

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View Config

View:

Select the desired view for configuration.

User Name:

Select the name of the desired User.

Available Group:

Displays the Groups that the User can join.

Selected Group:

Displays the Groups to which this User belongs.

Group Name:

Select the name of the desired Group.

Group Structure:

Click this button to view the tree structure of this group. All the members of

this group will be displayed, including Users and sub-Groups. The Group

Names are displayed in bold.

Available Member:

Displays the Users and the Groups which can be added into this group.

Selected Member:

Displays the members of this group, including Users and Groups.

4.5 Advanced

4.5.1 NAT

NAT (Network Address Translation) is the translation between private IP and public IP, which allows

private network users to visit the public network using private IP addresses.

With the explosion of the Internet, the number of available IP addresses is not enough. NAT provides a

way to allow multiple private hosts to access the public network with one public IP at the same time,

which alleviates the shortage of IP addresses. Furthermore, NAT strengthens the LAN (Local Area

Network) security of the network since the address of LAN host never appears on the Internet.

4.5.1.1

NAT Setup

On this page, you can set up the NAT function.

Choose the menu

Advanced

→

NAT

→

NAT Setup

to load the following page.