TP-LINK TL-SL2210 Specifications

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Chapter Introduction Chapter 4 System This module is used to configure system properties of the switch. Here mainly introduces:  System Info: Con

Figure 8-9 Static Multicast IP Table The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Create Static Multicast Multicast IP: Enter static mult

report message, the switch will firstly check the multicast filter rules configured for the receiving port. If the port can be added to the multicast

function on the switch. Choose the menu Multicast→Multicast Filter→Port Filter to load the following page. Figure 8-11 Port Filter The following en

Configuration Procedure: Step Operation Description 1 Configure IP-Range Required. Configure IP-Range to be filtered on Multicast→Multicast Filter

Port Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the corresponding port based on the port number you entered. Port: Displays the port number of

Chapter 9 QoS QoS (Quality of Service) functions to provide different quality of service for various network applications and requirements and optim

2. 802.1P Priority Figure 9-2 802.1Q frame As shown in the figure above, each 802.1Q Tag has a Pri field, comprising 3 bits. The 3-bit priority f

Figure 9-4 SP-Mode 2. WRR-Mode: Weight Round Robin Mode. In this mode, packets in all the queues are sent in order based on the weight value for ea

The QoS module is mainly for traffic control and priority configuration, including two submenus: DiffServ and Bandwidth Control. 9.1 DiffServ This s

Step Operation Description 1 Select the port priority Required. On QoS→DiffServ→Port Priority page, configure the port priority. 3 Select a sc

Chapter Introduction Chapter 9 QoS This module is used to configure QoS function to provide different quality of service for various network applic

Step Operation Description 1 Log on to the 802.1P/CoS Mapping page 2 Enable 802.1P priority function Required. By default, the 802.1P priority f

 Priority Level DSCP: Indicates the priority determined by the DS region of IP datagram. It ranges from 0 to 63. Priority Level: Indicates the

WRR-Mode: Weight Round Robin Mode. In this mode, packets in all the queues are sent in order based on the weight value for each queue. The weight va

Figure 9-10 Rate Limit The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Rate Limit Config Port Select: Click the Select button to quick-selec

2. When selecting "Manual" to set Ingress/Egress rate, the system will automatically select integral multiple of 64Kbps that closest to th

Broadcast Rate (bps): Select the bandwidth for receiving broadcast packets on the port. The packet traffic exceeding the bandwidth will be discarded.

 Port Voice VLAN Mode A voice VLAN can operate in two modes: automatic mode and manual mode. Automatic Mode: In this mode, the switch automatic

Security Mode Packet Type Processing Mode UNTAG packet Packet with voice VLAN TAG Do not check the source MAC address of the packet and all the p

Figure 9-13 Port Config Note: To enable voice VLAN function for the LAG member port, please ensure its member state accords with its port mode. If a

checking its OUI address. The switch analyzes the received packets. If the packets recognized as voice packets, the access port will be automatically

Chapter 2 Introduction Thanks for choosing the TL-SL2210/TL-SL2218/TL-SL2428/TL-SL2452 Smart Switch! 2.1 Overview of the Switch Designed for workgr

Step Operation Description 4 Configure the parameters of the ports in voice VLAN. Required. On QoS→Voice VLAN→Port Config page, configure the para

Chapter 10 ACL 10.1 ACL Config An ACL may contain a number of rules, and each rule specifies a different package range. Packets are matched in match

Figure 10-2 ACL Create The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Create ACL ACL ID: Enter ACL ID of the ACL you want to create. Rule O

D-MAC: Enter the destination MAC address contained in the rule. MASK: Enter MAC address mask. If it is set to 1, it must strictly match the address

Figure 10-5 Create Extend-IP Rule The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Create Extend-IP ACL ACL ID: Select the desired Extend-IP

10.2.1 Policy Summary On this page, you can view the ACL and the corresponding operations in the policy. Choose the menu ACL→Policy Config→Policy Su

10.2.3 Action Create On this page you can add ACLs for the policy. Choose the menu ACL→Policy Config→Action Create to load the following page. Figu

Show Mode: Select a show mode appropriate to your needs.  Policy Bind Table Select: Select the desired entry to delete the corresponding binding

Figure 10-11 Bind the policy to the VLAN The following entries are displayed on this screen:  VLAN-Bind Config Policy Name: Select the name o

 Configuration Procedure Step Operation Description 1 Configure for requirement 1 On ACL→ACL Config→ACL Create page, create ACL 11. On ACL→ACL

The front panel of TL-SL2218 is shown as Figure 2-2. Figure 2-2 Front Panel of TL-SL2218 The front panel of TL-SL2428 is shown as Figure 2-3. Figur

Step Operation Description 3 Configure for requirement 3 and 4 On ACL→ACL Config→ACL Create page, create ACL 101. On ACL→ACL Config→Standard-IP A

Chapter 11 SNMP  SNMP Overview SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) has gained the most extensive application on the UDP/IP networks. SNMP pr

SNMP v1: SNMP v1 adopts Community Name authentication. The community name is used to define the relation between SNMP Management Station and SNMP Age

management station. The specified User Name and the Auth/Privacy Password are used for SNMP Management Station to access the SNMP Agent, functioning

11.1.2 SNMP View The OID (Object Identifier) of the SNMP packets is used to describe the managed objects of the switch, and the MIB (Management Info

Choose the menu SNMP→SNMP Config→SNMP Group to load the following page. Figure 11-5 SNMP Group The following entries are displayed on this screen: 

Notify View: Select the View to be the Notify View. The management stationcan receive trap messages of the assigned SNMP view generatedby the switch

User Name: Enter the User Name here. User Type: Select the type for the User.  Local User: Indicates that the user is connected to a local SNMP e

SNMP v1 or SNMP v2c is employed, you can directly configure the SNMP Community on this page without configuring SNMP Group and User. Choose the men

Configuration Procedure:  If SNMPv3 is employed, please take the following steps: Step Operation Description 1 Enable SNMP function globally. Re

Note: When using the SFP port with a 100Mbps module or a gigabit module, you need to configure its corresponding Speed and Duplex mode on Switching→

11.2 Notification With the Notification function enabled, the switch can initiatively report to the management station about the important events tha

Type: Select the type for the notifications.  Trap: Indicates traps are sent.  Inform: Indicates informs are sent. The Inform type has a higher

RMON Group Function History Group After a history group is configured, the switch collects and records network statistics information periodically,

Status: Select Enable/Disable the corresponding sampling entry. 11.3.2 Event Config On this page, you can configure the RMON events. Choose the men

Figure 11-11 Alarm Config The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Alarm Table Select: Select the desired entry for configuration. In

Interval: Enter the alarm interval time in seconds. Owner: Enter the name of the device or user that defined the entry. Status: Select Enable/Disa

Chapter 12 Maintenance Maintenance module, assembling the commonly used system tools to manage the switch, provides the convenient method to locate

Click the Monitor button to enable the switch to monitor and display its CPU utilization rate every four seconds. 12.1.2 Memory Monitor Choose the m

informational 6 Informational messages debugging 7 Debug-level messages Table 12-1 Log Level The Log function is implemented on the Log Table, Local

12.2.2 Local Log Local Log is the log information saved in switch. By default, all system logs are saved in log buffer and the logs with severities

The rear panel of TL-SL2428 is shown as the following figure. Figure 2-7 Rear Panel of TL-SL2428 The rear panel of TL-SL2452 is shown as the follo

Figure 12-5 Log Host The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Log Host Index: Displays the index of the log host. The switch supports

The following entry is displayed on this screen:  Backup Log Backup Log: Click the Backup Log button to save the log as a file to your computer.

3. The test result is just for your reference. 4. If the port is 100Mbps and its connection status is normal, cable test can’t get the length of th

Figure 12-9 Ping The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Ping Config Destination IP: Enter the IP address of the destination node fo

The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Tracert Config Destination IP: Enter the IP address of the destination device. Max Hop:

Appendix A: Specifications IEEE802.3 10Base-T Ethernet IEEE802.3u 100Base-TX/100Base-FX Fast Ethernet IEEE802.3ab 1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet IEEE802

Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows 2000. First make sure y

150 5) The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the IP Address tab is open on this window by default. Figure B-3 6) Select Use the fo

Appendix C: Glossary Boot Protocol (BOOTP) BOOTP is used to provide bootup information for network devices, including IP address information, the add

Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) A protocol through which hosts can register with their local router for multicast services. If there is mor

Chapter 3 Login to the Switch 3.1 Login 1) To access the configuration utility, open a web-browser and type in the default address http://192.168.0

153 Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS) RADIUS is a logon authentication protocol that uses software running on a central server to c

Figure 3-3 Main Setup-Menu Note: Clicking Apply can only make the new configurations effective before the switch is rebooted. If you want to keep th

Chapter 4 System The System module is mainly for system configuration of the switch, including four submenus: System Info, User Manage, System Tools

Indicates the 1000Mbps port is at the speed of 1000Mbps. Indicates the 1000Mbps port is at the speed of 10Mbps or 100Mbps. Indicates the SFP port

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Rx: Select Rx to display the bandwidth utilization of receiving packets on this port. Tx: Select Tx to display the bandwidth utilization of sending

Figure 4-5 System Time The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Time Info Current System Date: Displays the current date and time of

Figure 4-6 Daylight Saving Time The following entries are displayed on this screen:  DST Config DST Status: Enable or disable the DST. Predefined

4.1.5 System IP Each device in the network possesses a unique IP Address. You can log on to the Web management page to operate the switch using this

2. The switch only possesses an IP address. The IP address configured will replace the original IP address. 3. If the switch gets the IP address fr

Figure 4-9 User Config The following entries are displayed on this screen:  User Info User Name: Create a name for users’ login. Access Level: S

4.3 System Tools The System Tools function, allowing you to manage the configuration file of the switch, can be implemented on Config Restore, Confi

Figure 4-11 Config Backup The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Config Backup Backup Config: Click the Backup Config button to sav

4.3.4 System Reboot On this page you can reboot the switch and return to the login page. Please save the current configuration before rebooting to av

Figure 4-15 Access Control The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Access Control Config Control Mode: Select the control mode for u

IV Safety Information  When product has power button, the power button is one of the way to shut off the product; When there is no power button

 Access User Number Number Control: Select Enable/Disable the Number Control function. Admin Number: Enter the maximum number of the users loggin

The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Global Config SSL: Select Enable/Disable the SSL function on the switch.  Certificate Down

Figure 4-17 SSH Config The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Global Config SSH: Select Enable/Disable SSH function. Protocol V1:

Application Example 1 for SSH:  Network Requirements 1. Log on to the switch via password authentication using SSH and the SSH function is enabled

1. Select the key type and key length, and generate SSH key. Note: 1. The key length is in the range of 256 to 3072 bits. 2. During the key ge

2. On the Web management page of the switch, download the public key file saved in the computer to the switch. Note: 1. The key type should accor

29 After successful authentication, please enter the login user name. If you log on to the switch without entering password, it indicates that the ke

Chapter 5 Switching Switching module is used to configure the basic functions of the switch, including four submenus: Port, LAG, Traffic Monitor and

Description: Give a description to the port for identification. Status: Allows you to Enable/Disable the port. When Enable is selected,the port can

The following entries are displayed on this screen.  Mirror Group List Group: Displays the mirror group number. Mirroring: Displays the mirrorin

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Mirroring Port: Select the mirroring port number.  Mirrored Port Port Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the corresponding port ba

Figure 5-4 Port Security The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Port Security Select: Select the desired port for Port Security con

Note: The Port Security function is disabled for the LAG port member. Only the port is removed from the LAG, will the Port Security function be avail

Forward Portlist: Display the forwardlist. 5.1.5 Loopback Detection With loopback detection feature enabled, the switch can detect loops using loopb

Web Refresh Interval: Set a web refresh interval between 3 and 100 seconds. By default, it’s 3 seconds.  Port Config Port Select: Click the Selec

Tips: 1. Calculate the bandwidth for a LAG: If a LAG consists of the four ports in the speed of 1000Mbps Full Duplex, the whole bandwidth of the LA

Member: Displays the LAG member. Operation: Allows you to view or modify the information for each LAG.  Edit: Click to modify the settings of the

Figure 5-9 Manually Config The following entries are displayed on this screen:  LAG Config Group Number: Select a Group Number for the LAG. Des

and operation key. Only the ports with the same operation key can be selected into the same aggregation group. In an aggregation group, the port with

Port: Displays the port number. Admin Key: Specify an admin key for the port. The member ports in a dynamic aggregation group must have the same

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The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Auto Refresh Auto Refresh: Allows you to Enable/Disable refreshing the Traffic Summaryautomat

Figure 5-12 Traffic Statistics The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Auto Refresh Auto Refresh: Allows you to Enable/Disable refre

UndersizePkts: Displays the number of the received packets (excluding error packets) that are less than 64 bytes long. Pkts64Octets: Displays the n

5.4.1 Address Table On this page, you can view all the information of the Address Table. Choose the menu Switching→MAC Address→Address Table to load

5.4.2 Static Address The static address table maintains the static address entries which can be added or removed manually, independent of the aging t

MAC Address: Displays the static MAC Address. VLAN ID: Displays the corresponding VLAN ID of the MAC address. Port: Displays the corresponding Por

Figure 5-15 Dynamic Address The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Aging Config Auto Aging: Allows you to Enable/Disable the Auto A

Bind: Click the Bind button to bind the MAC address of your selected entryto the corresponding port statically. Tips: Setting aging time properly h

 MAC: Enter the MAC address of your desired entry.  VLAN ID: Enter the VLAN ID number of your desired entry.  Filtering Address Table Select:

Figure 5-17 Network diagram of DHCP For different DHCP clients, DHCP server provides three IP address assigning methods: (1) Manually assign the IP

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packet and broadcast the DHCP-REQUEST packet which includes the assigned IP address of the DHCP-OFFER packet. （4） DHCP-ACK Stage: Since the DH

54 Figure 5-20 DHCP Filtering The following entries are displayed on this screen:  DHCP Filtering DHCP Filtering: Enable/Disable the DHCP Filterin

Chapter 6 VLAN The traditional Ethernet is a data network communication technology based on CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detect)

6.1 802.1Q VLAN VLAN tags in the packets are necessary for the switch to identify packets of different VLANs. The switch works at the data link laye

ingress port belongs to, this packet will be dropped. When the VLAN-tagged packets are forwarded by the Tagged port, its VLAN tag will not be changed

Figure 6-3 VLAN Table To ensure the normal communication of the factory switch, the default VLAN of all ports is set to VLAN1. VLAN1 cannot be modif

Port: Displays the port number. Untagged: The port will be an untagged member of the specific VLAN if you select it. Tagged: The port will

Step Operation Description 1 Configure the Link Type of the ports Required. On VLAN→802.1Q VLAN→VLAN Config page, configure the link type of Port 2

Chapter 7 Spanning Tree STP (Spanning Tree Protocol), subject to IEEE 802.1D standard, is to disbranch a ring network in the Data Link layer in a lo

Figure 7-1 Basic STP diagram  STP Timers Hello Time: Hello Time ranges from 1 to 10 seconds. It specifies the interval to send BPDU packets. It

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 Comparing BPDUs Each switch sends out configuration BPDUs and receives a configuration BPDU on one of its ports from another switch. The followi

RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol), evolved from the 802.1D STP standard, enable Ethernet ports to transit their states rapidly. The premises for th

Figure 7-2 Basic MSTP diagram  MSTP MSTP divides a network into several MST regions. The CST is generated between these MST regions, and multiple

Figure 7-3 Port roles The Spanning Tree module is mainly for spanning tree configuration of the switch, including four submenus: STP Config, Port Co

The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Global Config STP: Select Enable/Disable STP function globally on the switch. Version: Selec

7.1.2 STP Summary On this page you can view the related parameters for Spanning Tree function. Choose the menu Spanning Tree→STP Config→STP Summary t

Figure 7-6 Port Config The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Port Config Port Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the

Port Role: Displays the role of the port played in the STP Instance.  Root Port: Indicates the port that has the lowest path cost from this bridge

Figure 7-7 Region Config The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Region Config Region Name: Create a name for MST region identificat

The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Instance Table Instance ID Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the corresponding

Package Contents The following items should be found in your box:  One TL-SL2210/TL-SL2218/TL-SL2428/TL-SL2452 Smart Switch  One power cord  Tw

Figure 7-9 Instance Port Config The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Port Config Instance ID: Select the desired instance ID for

Global configuration Procedure for Spanning Tree function: Step Operation Description 1 Make clear roles the switches play in spanning tree instan

high-speed links may lead to low-speed links, and network congestion may occur. To avoid this, MSTP provides root protect function. Ports with this f

Figure 7-10 Port Protect The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Port Protect Port Select: Click the Select button to quick-select t

7.4.2 TC Protect When TC Protect is enabled for the port on Port Protect page, the TC threshold and TC protect cycle need to be configured on this pa

 Configuration Procedure  Configure Switch A: Step Operation Description 1 Configure ports On VLAN→802.1Q VLAN page, configure the link type

 Configure Switch C: Step Operation Description 1 Configure ports On VLAN→802.1Q VLAN page, configure the link type of the related ports as Tagg

 The topology diagram of the two instances after the topology is stable  For Instance 1 (VLAN101, 103 and 105), the red paths in the following

Chapter 8 Multicast  Multicast Overview In the network, packets are sent in three modes: unicast, broadcast and multicast. In unicast, the source

 Multicast Address 1. Multicast IP Address: As specified by IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), Class D IP addresses are used as destinatio

Chapter 1 About this Guide This User Guide contains information for setup and management of TL-SL2210/TL-SL2218/TL-SL2428/TL-SL2452 Smart Switch. Pl

should be a group port list, so the switch will duplicate this multicast data and deliver each port one copy. The general format of the multicast add

in the VLAN as well as analyze the message to get the address of the multicast group the host applies for joining. The receiving port will be process

Figure 8-4 Basic Config The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Global Config IGMP Snooping: Select Enable/Disable IGMP Snooping fun

Figure 8-5 Port Config The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Port Config Port Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the

Figure 8-6 VLAN Config The following entries are displayed on this screen:  VLAN Config VLAN ID: Enter the VLAN ID to enable IGMP Snooping for th

Leave Time: Displays the leave time of the VLAN. Router Port: Displays the router port of the VLAN. Note: The settings here will be invalid when mu

Figure 8-7 Multicast VLAN The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Multicast VLAN Multicast VLAN: Select Enable/Disable Multicast VLA

Step Operation Description 1 Enable IGMP Snooping function Required. Enable IGMP Snooping globally on the switch and for the port on Multicast→IGMP

 Network Diagram  Configuration Procedure Step Operation Description 1 Create VLANs Create three VLANs with the VLAN ID 3, 4 and 5 respectiv

Choose the menu Multicast→Multicast IP→Multicast IP Table to load the following page. Figure 8-8 Multicast IP Table The following entries are displa