TP-Link Gigabit VPN Router (ER7206) user manual

Contents

1. Conventionsp. 8

   When using this guide, notice that features available in SafeStream series products may vary by model and software version. Availability of SafeStream series…

2. More Informationp. 8

   The latest software and documentations can be found at Download Center at https://www.tp-link.com/support. • The Installation Guide (IG) can be found where you…

3. Determine the Management Methodp. 10

   User Guide 3 1 Determine the Management Method Before building your network, choose a proper method to manage your router based on your actual network…

4. Web Interface Accessp. 11

   Web Interface Access The following example shows how to log in via the web browser. 1) Connect a PC to a LAN port of the router with an RJ45 port properly. If…

5. System Statusp. 14

   User Guide 7 1 System Status The System Status page displays the basic system information (like the hardware version, firmware version and system time) and the…

6. Traffic Statisticsp. 15

   Traffic Statistics Traffic Statistics displays detailed information relating to the data traffic of interfaces and IP addresses. You can monitor the traffic…

7. Overviewp. 19

   Overview The Network module provides basic router functions, including WAN connection, DHCP service, VLAN and more. 1.1 Supported Features WAN WAN ports…

8. WAN Configurationp. 20

   User Guide 13 2 WAN Configuration WAN ports connect to the internet. You can configure multiple WAN ports for your network. Each WAN port has its own…

9. LAN Configurationp. 30

   User Guide 23 3 LAN Configuration The LAN port is used to connect to the LAN clients, and works as the default gateway for these clients. You can configure the…

10. IPTV Configurationp. 35

    IPTV Configuration Configure IPTV settings to enable Internet/IPTV/Phone service provided by your ISP (internet service provider). To complete IPTV…

11. MAC Configurationp. 37

    MAC Configuration Generally, the MAC address does not need to be changed. However, in the following situations, you may need to change the MAC address of the…

12. Switch Configurationp. 39

    Switch Configuration The router provides some basic switch port management function, including Statistics, Port Mirror, Rate Control, Port Config, Port Status…

13. VLAN Configurationp. 45

    VLAN Configuration VLAN enables you to divide the LAN into multiple logical networks and control the traffic among them in a convenient and flexible way. The…

14. IPv6 Configurationp. 48

    User Guide 41 8 IPv6 Configuration IPv6 is the next-generation network protocol following IPv4. You can configure IPv6 network for the router if your ISP…

15. Overviewp. 62

    User Guide 55 1 Overview The USB Modem function is used to connect to the 3G/4G network of the ISP (Internet Service Provider) as the WAN connection, after you…

16. USB Modem Configurationp. 63

    USB Modem Configuration The USB Modem function is used to connect to the 3G/4G network of the ISP (Internet Service Provider) as the WAN connection, after you…

17. USB Storagep. 67

    USB Storage 3.1 Managing the USB Storage Choose the menu USB > USB Storage > USB Storage to load the following page. Figure 3-1 Managing the USB Storage Plug…

18. Overviewp. 70

    User Guide 63 1 Overview You can preset certain preferences, such as IP groups, time ranges, IP Pools and service types. These preferences will appear as…

19. IP Group Configurationp. 71

    IP Group Configuration In IP Group, you can preset IP groups that will appear as options for you to choose when configuring related parameters for some…

20. IPv6 Group Configurationp. 73

    IPv6 Group Configuration In IPv6 Group, you can preset IPv6 groups that will appear as options for you to choose when configuring related parameters for some…

21. Time Range Configurationp. 75

    Time Range Configuration Time range configuration allows you to define time ranges by specifying the period in a day and days in a week. The time range…

22. VPN IP Pool Configurationp. 77

    VPN IP Pool Configuration In VPN IP Pool, you can preset VPN IP pools that will appear as options for you to choose when configuring L2TP VPN and PPTP VPN.…

23. Service Type Configurationp. 78

    User Guide 71 6 Service Type Configuration In Service Type, you can define service type entries that will appear as matching conditions for you to choose when…

24. Transmissionp. 82

    User Guide 75 1 Transmission 1.1 Overview Transmission function provides multiple traffic control measures for the network. You can configure the transmission…

25. NAT Configurationsp. 84

    User Guide 77 2 NAT Configurations With NAT configurations, you can: • Configure the One-to-One NAT. • Configure the Virtual Servers. • Configure the Port…

26. Bandwidth Control Configurationp. 89

    Bandwidth Control Configuration Bandwidth Control functions to control the bandwidth by configuring rules for limiting various data flows. In this way, the…

27. Quality of Services Configurationsp. 91

    Quality of Services Configurations 4.1 Configuring Bandwidth Control Bandwidth Control allows you to configure rules to limit various data flows. In this way…

28. Session Limit Configurationsp. 95

    Session Limit Configurations To complete Session Limit configuration, follow these steps: 1) Configure session limit. 2) View the session limit information.…

29. Load Balancing Configurationsp. 97

    Load Balancing Configurations With load balancing configurations, you can: • Configure the load balancing • Configure the link backup • Configure the online…

30. Routing Configurationsp. 100

    User Guide 93 7 Routing Configurations With routing configurations, you can: • Configure the static routing • Configure the policy routing rule • View the…