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TP-Link TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router (Black)

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Brand TP-Link
Model Name TP-link R470
Special Feature QoS
Frequency Band Class Dual-Band
Wireless Communication Standard 802.11n

About this item

  • IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.3x, TCP/IP, DHCP, ICMP, NAT, PPPoE, SNTP, HTTP, DDNS. Version 6.0
  • 10/100 Mbps
  • 1 Wan Port
  • 1 Lan Port
  • 1 Year Limited

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  • TL-R470T+, Power Cord, RJ-45 Ethernet Cable, Quick Installation Guide and Resource CD

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    TP-Link TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router

    The TL-R470T+ load balance broadband router is a wise choice for small business. It brings you high return on investment with low overhead. Featuring three changeable WAN/LAN ports, TL-R470T+ supports up to 4 WAN ports, which can satisfy various Internet access requirements through one device. TL-R470T+ integrates multiple load balancing strategies, advanced QoS and strong firewall to provide you with consistent network uptime and reliable Ethernet connectivity. Moreover, it is easy to manage the TL-R470T+ via a web-based utility, which makes building and managing your network more convenient.

    Three Changeable WAN/LAN Ports

    The TL-R470T+ features three changeable ports that can be set to either LAN or WAN, allowing the router to support up to four WAN ports to satisfy various Internet access requirements through one device. The router also has an integrated smart load balancing function which automatically selects the most efficient line according to load and bandwidth requirements, providing users with consistent network uptime and reliable Ethernet connectivity.

    Abundant Security Features:

    For defense against external threats, TL-R470T+ can automatically detect and block Denial of service (DoS) attacks such as TCP/UDP/ICMP Flooding, Ping of Death and other related threats. Moreover, this router provides IP/MAC/URL/WEB ­filtering functions, which forcefully prevent attacks from intruders and viruses. For applications such as FTP, H.323, SIP, IPsec and PPTP which are not well compatible with NAT, TL-R470T+ offers administrators one-click enable of ALG choices corresponding to the above five applications.

    Efficient Access Management

    By setting a PPPoE Server to allocate PPPoE accounts to private network users, the router only allows users with legal accounts that have passed authentication to access the Internet. Cooperating with IP-based Bandwidth Control, it is capable of confining bandwidth usage of certain PPPoE accounts. Moreover, the E-Bulletin function is able to release a bulletin in the form of webpage to certain user groups periodically, which notifies the users about the expiration date of the PPPoE account. With the above features, the router will prioritize different users in surfer jurisdictions for more efficient management.

    Safety Minded Enterprise Investments

    Professional lightning protection technology is designed to prevent electrical surges from penetrating the interior of the device, to be discharged harmlessly into the Earth. This router is designed to prevent lightning damage of up to 4KV in the well-grounded connection conditions. This feature ensures that networking infrastructure investments remain as safe as possible from one of Mother Nature’s more violent elements.

    TP-Link TL-R470T+ Load Balance Broadband Router Information

    Technical Details

    Brand ‎TP-Link
    Manufacturer ‎TP-Link
    Series ‎TP-link R470
    Colour ‎Black
    Item Height ‎26 Millimeters
    Item Width ‎15.8 Centimeters
    Product Dimensions ‎10.6 x 15.8 x 2.6 cm; 176 g
    Item model number ‎TL-R470T+
    Processor Count ‎1
    Computer Memory Type ‎DDR3 SDRAM
    Wireless Type ‎802.11n
    Number of Ethernet Ports ‎2
    Voltage ‎110 Volts
    Wattage ‎1.56 Watts
    Operating System ‎Windows
    Are Batteries Included ‎No
    Included Components ‎TL-R470T+, Power Cord, RJ-45 Ethernet Cable, Quick Installation Guide and Resource CD
    Manufacturer ‎TP-Link
    Item Weight ‎176 g

    Additional Information

    ASIN B004UC9V8Q
    Customer Reviews
    4.1 out of 5 stars 1,048 ratings

    4.1 out of 5 stars
    Date First Available 7 August 2012
    Item Dimensions LxWxH 10.6 x 15.8 x 2.6 Centimeters

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    4.1 out of 5 stars
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    Customers find the router excellent for small office use, with good build quality and easy configuration. They appreciate its load balancing capabilities, with one customer noting it distributes traffic evenly across all WAN connections. The connectivity and speed receive mixed feedback - while customers can utilize multiple connections together, some report connection drops, and while many report good speeds, others find them unsatisfactory.

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    70 customers mention "Functionality"55 positive15 negative

    Customers find the router works well and is particularly suitable for small businesses.

    "...Cheapest Load Balancing Router in market. Decent load balancing. Changeable LAN/WAN ports...." Read more

    "Very Useful product. And it does more than our expectations like: 1. Bandwidth control to distribute load according to requirement...." Read more

    "...All that said, for the cost, it's definitely worth buying and I don't regret my decision at all." Read more

    "...but with no luck. Since it was not working and was not serving my purpose, I initiated a return of product." Read more

    18 customers mention "Ease of setup"13 positive5 negative

    Customers find the router easy to configure and use, with smooth setup and a user-friendly interface.

    "...Pros++ Simple UI and it is much more simpler than previous versions. Cheapest Load Balancing Router in market...." Read more

    "...Set up wasn't too hard, but could require some googling to set up the load balancing properly because their manual doesn't fully explain all..." Read more

    "...comes preconfigured for 1 WAN port, and 4 LAN ports, but can be easily reconfigured (without rebooting) for upto 4 WAN and 1 LAN...." Read more

    "...once you read the documentation and figured it out, setting up is not very difficult but not very easy and intuitive too...." Read more

    13 customers mention "Load balancing"13 positive0 negative

    Customers praise the router's load balancing capabilities, with one customer noting that it distributes traffic evenly across all WAN connections.

    "...But it is the best load balancer under 3k Update: don't take if you have total bandwidth of more than 95Mbps..." Read more

    "...2. Load evenly distributed over all WAN according to connection status & Bandwidth availability. 3...." Read more

    "Good product...... Perfectly doing load balancing.... Built quality very good... And it's software is user-friendly....." Read more

    "Great product for load balancing. Like it a lot." Read more

    8 customers mention "Build quality"8 positive0 negative

    Customers praise the router's build quality, with one noting its premium feel.

    "...Decent load balancing. Changeable LAN/WAN ports. Build Quality is excellent with metal body...." Read more

    "...The product performance and built quality are excellent. My router is always-on and I have never experienced any problem...." Read more

    "...But a great product to ensure reliability for a small office" Read more

    "Good product...... Perfectly doing load balancing.... Built quality very good... And it's software is user-friendly....." Read more

    5 customers mention "Size"5 positive0 negative

    Customers like the router's size, with one mentioning it's excellent for small office use.

    "...Excellent product for small office or home setup." Read more

    "It is a great device and must for a small Office. I have two Internet connections, both unreliable...." Read more

    "Best product for a small office use. You can get a high speed with the 4 connection of different netwrk" Read more

    "Perfect for small to medium sized offices using multiple Internet lines..." Read more

    29 customers mention "Connectivity"20 positive9 negative

    Customers have mixed experiences with the router's connectivity: while some appreciate that it can utilize both connections together, others report that it keeps dropping connections.

    "...Now it is attached with two connection, one is Local LAN based ISP and another is FTTH. Now i will list its pros and cons. Pros++..." Read more

    "...3. Option to set Connection to other wan2 only on wan1 Fail over. 4. Auto detect WAN status when you disconnect/connect WAN. 5...." Read more

    "...So was not getting the fiber connection at all. Tried all trouble shooting options including setting different IP address ranges etc...." Read more

    "...I now get the combined bandwidth of both ISPs and moreover when one them fails, I still have internet at home without any manual switching of cables..." Read more

    14 customers mention "Speed"8 positive6 negative

    Customers have mixed experiences with the router's speed, with some reporting good performance while others find it inadequate.

    "...Ample DRAM(128 MB) for lag free operation. Cons-- Its takes a while to start, more than 1.5 minutes...." Read more

    "...You can see combined speed SOMETIMES and ONLY IF if you disable "Application Optimized Routing"...." Read more

    "...5. Track data usage in each WAN. 6. Time scheduled control. ....and much more. Very much satisfied." Read more

    "...and during off-peak times, this 100 mbps router gives me 90 mbps upload and download throughput, which is great...." Read more

    Cheapest Load Balancer
    5 out of 5 stars
    Cheapest Load Balancer
    TP-Link never disappoints you! It took 5 mins to configure the whole Load Balancing configuration. I was lucky enough that i got the latest version V6. Now it is attached with two connection, one is Local LAN based ISP and another is FTTH. Now i will list its pros and cons. Pros++ Simple UI and it is much more simpler than previous versions. Cheapest Load Balancing Router in market. Decent load balancing. Changeable LAN/WAN ports. Build Quality is excellent with metal body. Ample DRAM(128 MB) for lag free operation. Cons-- Its takes a while to start, more than 1.5 minutes. Sometimes Web UI lags but eventually works. But it is the best load balancer under 3k Update: don't take if you have total bandwidth of more than 95Mbps NAT is capable of delivering 95 mbps of performance
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    • Reviewed in India on 7 January 2019
      Verified Purchase
      TP-Link never disappoints you!
      It took 5 mins to configure the whole Load Balancing configuration. I was lucky enough that i got the latest version V6. Now it is attached with two connection, one is Local LAN based ISP and another is FTTH. Now i will list its pros and cons.
      Pros++
      Simple UI and it is much more simpler than previous versions.
      Cheapest Load Balancing Router in market.
      Decent load balancing.
      Changeable LAN/WAN ports.
      Build Quality is excellent with metal body.
      Ample DRAM(128 MB) for lag free operation.

      Cons--
      Its takes a while to start, more than 1.5 minutes.
      Sometimes Web UI lags but eventually works.

      But it is the best load balancer under 3k

      Update: don't take if you have total bandwidth of more than 95Mbps
      NAT is capable of delivering 95 mbps of performance
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      5.0 out of 5 stars
      Cheapest Load Balancer

      Reviewed in India on 7 January 2019
      TP-Link never disappoints you!
      It took 5 mins to configure the whole Load Balancing configuration. I was lucky enough that i got the latest version V6. Now it is attached with two connection, one is Local LAN based ISP and another is FTTH. Now i will list its pros and cons.
      Pros++
      Simple UI and it is much more simpler than previous versions.
      Cheapest Load Balancing Router in market.
      Decent load balancing.
      Changeable LAN/WAN ports.
      Build Quality is excellent with metal body.
      Ample DRAM(128 MB) for lag free operation.

      Cons--
      Its takes a while to start, more than 1.5 minutes.
      Sometimes Web UI lags but eventually works.

      But it is the best load balancer under 3k

      Update: don't take if you have total bandwidth of more than 95Mbps
      NAT is capable of delivering 95 mbps of performance
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    • Reviewed in India on 15 August 2019
      Verified Purchase
      Very Useful product. And it does more than our expectations like:

      1. Bandwidth control to distribute load according to requirement.
      2. Load evenly distributed over all WAN according to connection status & Bandwidth availability.
      3. Option to set Connection to other wan2 only on wan1 Fail over.
      4. Auto detect WAN status when you disconnect/connect WAN.
      5. Track data usage in each WAN.
      6. Time scheduled control.

      ....and much more. Very much satisfied.
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      5.0 out of 5 stars
      Good product, Low price with many control options

      Reviewed in India on 15 August 2019
      Very Useful product. And it does more than our expectations like:

      1. Bandwidth control to distribute load according to requirement.
      2. Load evenly distributed over all WAN according to connection status & Bandwidth availability.
      3. Option to set Connection to other wan2 only on wan1 Fail over.
      4. Auto detect WAN status when you disconnect/connect WAN.
      5. Track data usage in each WAN.
      6. Time scheduled control.

      ....and much more. Very much satisfied.
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    • Reviewed in India on 4 July 2015
      Verified Purchase
      I bound three 60 mbps cable broadband connections and during off-peak times, this 100 mbps router gives me 90 mbps upload and download throughput, which is great. Obviously a 100 mbps router cannot give me the 180 mbps throughput I could have with my three connections. It does hang from time to time and in the two weeks or so I've been using it, I've had to restart it twice. It doesn't have a power button so it needs to be restarted by unplugging it and plugging it back in. Also, it seems to favor WAN1 > WAN2 > WAN3. Even though I've set it to balance between all three, I found the amount of data transferred through each WAN connection in that ratio over a period of time to be in that . Set up wasn't too hard, but could require some googling to set up the load balancing properly because their manual doesn't fully explain all features.

      All that said, for the cost, it's definitely worth buying and I don't regret my decision at all.
      4 people found this helpful
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    • Reviewed in India on 9 September 2015
      Verified Purchase
      Just what I needed. I have internet from 2 ISPs - a high speed FTTH and a more common 16 Mbps ADSL (for backup). While my intent was to have something that does the job of failover, I ended up getting best of both worlds.

      I now get the combined bandwidth of both ISPs and moreover when one them fails, I still have internet at home without any manual switching of cables and router configurations.
      Highly recommended for such use cases!
      4 people found this helpful
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    • Reviewed in India on 2 June 2019
      Verified Purchase
      I purchased this device to combine my Fiber FTTH modem and DSL modem into my LAN network, so that the DSL would work as a fail-over. But the device didnt recognize my FTTH modem, the link to the FTTH WAN comes alive for few seconds and then drops. So was not getting the fiber connection at all. Tried all trouble shooting options including setting different IP address ranges etc. but with no luck. Since it was not working and was not serving my purpose, I initiated a return of product.
    • Reviewed in India on 7 July 2015
      Verified Purchase
      I have two ISPs and I am using this as an Internet Failover Switch. The product performance and built quality are excellent. My router is always-on and I have never experienced any problem. This product offers an amazing value for the investment.

      The mains cable provided doesn't have the earth/ground plug prong. I strongly recommend you to use a mains cable with a earth/ground plug prong.
    • Reviewed in India on 25 June 2019
      Verified Purchase
      This load balancer is just average. I used a PPPoE connection and a DHCP connection as WAN. You can see combined speed SOMETIMES and ONLY IF if you disable "Application Optimized Routing". However if you play games or other single destination P2P application you have to keep "Application Optimized Routing" enabled. In that case you wont really get increased speed. However there is chance that different devices in your LAN might get different connection while using internet. This is how it seems to load balance by assigning a specific ISP to a specific device. However this doesn't happen all the time and you might face speed issues if the same ISP gets assigned to two or more devices. This router does failover correctly even with loadbalance feature switched on. But the ISP switching takes about 10 seconds time and you will face "Packet Loss" during that time. Hence , this router cannot be used for commercial application. Unlike some reviews I didn't face random connection drops and I didnt have to restart the router even once.
      One more thing to mention is that when I ordered this router and I received a faulty device , its CPU usage was almost always 100% . I returned it and ordered the same router from a different seller. The replaced router was fine. So if you see your CPU reaching 100% then I suggest you to replace the router.
      15 people found this helpful
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    • Reviewed in India on 17 March 2015
      Verified Purchase
      This is a great little router. It comes preconfigured for 1 WAN port, and 4 LAN ports, but can be easily reconfigured (without rebooting) for upto 4 WAN and 1 LAN.

      The configuration menus are simple and easy to understand, with one critical exception. Application specific routing and bandwidth allocation requires a fair amount of planning, and configuration. For example, on a DD-WRT router, you can select Skype from a list of protocols and assign a priority. Here you will have to know which port numbers to select and then assign a WAN port for the traffic to go through that port and so on.

      Buy this if you have 2 or more WAN connections and want a simple router to load balance between them. I use this with 3 WAN links and 1 LAN link and it's been running non-stop since the day I received it.

      Highly recommended.

      One tip: if you are going to use VPN, make sure you upgrade to the latest firmware before using it in a production environment.

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    • Olof Dahlstrand
      5.0 out of 5 stars Works perfectly
      Reviewed in Sweden on 13 March 2025
      Verified Purchase
      Late response (sorry). Been working perfectly since start.
    • トラリラ
      1.0 out of 5 stars 10/100Mbps であることを見落として買ってしまった...
      Reviewed in Japan on 27 April 2022
      Verified Purchase
      お恥ずかしい限りですが、レビュータイトルの通りです。
      開封して接続し、SpeedTestで計測して初めてミスに気がつきました。
      Report
    • Ayman Abouseif
      3.0 out of 5 stars Easy to Setup But ...
      Reviewed in the United Arab Emirates on 24 June 2022
      Verified Purchase
      Very easy to set up as a load balancing router I have 2 internet connections feeding my LAN and if either of the internet services drop my LAN continues to work.
      But it is very cumbersome to try to setup remote management.
      The other thing to remember is that to set this up you must have a PC or a Mac with an internet port, can't be configured via phone or wirelessly
    • Fahd S.
      1.0 out of 5 stars Not efficient
      Reviewed in Saudi Arabia on 2 October 2022
      Verified Purchase
      Dose not work.
      It power up and got configured, but it didn't work it does nothing in contrary it makes the net speed
    • Víctor
      5.0 out of 5 stars Muy buena opción calidad/precio
      Reviewed in Spain on 24 November 2013
      Verified Purchase
      Necesitaba un balanceador de carga ya que quiero contratar una línea adicional de internet (WiMax) para complementar las carencias de velocidad actuales que tengo al vivir alejado de la central telefónica. De este modo voy a combinar ambas líneas ya que no quiero deshacerme del ADSL ya que temo que la conexión WiMax se vea afectada cuando haga mal tiempo.

      Es un router muy potente con muy buenas prestaciones y facilidades de configuración que permiten una gestión avanzada de la red (en mi caso doméstica) incluso para pequeñas empresas.

      De caras al entorno doméstico / pequeña empresa el único inconveniente que le veo es que no lleva incluido un punto de acceso que permita compartir las conexiones de forma inalámbrica por lo que he tenido que comprarlo a parte (más que nada para evitar los cables añadidos que voy a tener que poner). Además, desde el punto de vista de configuración echo en falta la posibilidad de aplicar restricciones de tráfico basadas en un rango de IPs concreto (por ejemplo si quiero que un rango en particular reservado para clientes Wifi tenga ciertas restricciones de tráfico) ya que no es posible prever los clientes Wifi que se conectarán (amigos, conocidos, etc).

      No obstante, por el precio en cuestión, me parece una herramienta estupenda con la que trastear y aprender por un precio inmejorable dadas las prestaciones. Aún no he podido probar las opciones de balanceo de carga ya que no dispongo de la segunda conexión instalada.

      Incluye también la posibilidad de actuar como servidor PPPoE para otros posibles dispositivos aunque ya fuera de un entorno empresarial poco sentido puede tener.

      En definitiva, por el precio que cuesta es un elemento que cumple con creces con las expectativas.
      Muy recomendable. Ojo, según qué tipo de configuración se quiera emplear, puede requerir ciertos conocimientos adicionales de redes.