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Chapter 3. Quick Installation Guide

After connecting the TL-R480T router into your network, you should configure it. This chapter

describes how to configure the basic functions of your TL-R480T SMB Broadband Router. These

procedures only take you a few minutes. You can access the Internet via the router immediately

after it has been successfully configured.

3.1

Configure PC

Step 1:

Click the

Start

menu on your desktop, right click

My Network Places

, and then select

Properties

(shown in Figure 3-1).

Figure 3-1

Step 2:

In the next screen, right click

Local Area Connection

(LAN), and then select

Properties

.

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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

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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” in the screen above.

For Windows

98 OS or earlier, the PC and router may need to be restarted.

Now, you can run the Ping command in the command prompt to verify the network connection.

Please click the

Start

menu on your desktop, select

run

tab, type

cmd

in the field, and then type

ping 192.168.1.1

on the next screen, and then press

Enter

.

If the result displayed is similar to the screen below, the connection between your PC and the

Router has been established.

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Figure 3-5

If the result displayed is similar to the screen shown below, it means that your PC has not

connected to the Router.

Figure 3-6

You can check it follow the steps below:

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Note:

Is the connection between your PC and the Router correct?

The LEDs of LAN port which you link to the device and the LEDs on

be lit.

Is the TCP/IP configuration for your PC correct?

If the Router's IP address is 192.168.1.1, your PC's IP address must be within the range of

192.168.1.2 ~ 192.168.1.254, the gateway must be 192.168.1.1.

3.2

Login

Once your host PC is properly configured, please proceed as follows to use the Web-based Utility:

Start your web browser and type the private IP address of the Router in the URL field:

192.168.1.1

.

After that, you will see the screen shown below, enter the default User Name

admin

and the

default Password

admin

, and then click

OK

to access to the

Quick Setup

screen. You can follow

the steps below to complete the Quick Setup.

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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 checkbox

, and click

OK

to finish it.

Step 1:

Select the

Quick Setup

tab on the left of the main menu and the “Quick Setup” screen

will appear. Click the

Next

button.

Figure 3-8

Step 2:

Select the connection type to connect to the ISP and then click the

Next

button.

Figure 3-9