Edimax BR-6218Mg manual

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Introduction Congratulations on purcha sing this Wireless Broadband Ro uter. This Wireless Broadband Router is a cost- effective IP Sharing Router that enables multiple us ers to share the Internet through an ADS L or cable modem. Simply configure your Internet conne ction se ttings in the Wireless Bro adba nd Router and plug your PC to the LAN por[...]

Get to know the Broadband Router Back Panel The diagram (fig1.0) below sho ws the broadband router’s back panel. The router ’s back panel is divided into three sections, LAN , WAN and Reset : Figure 1.0 1) Local Area Net work (LAN) The Broadband router’s 4 LAN port s are where you connect your LAN’s PCs, printer serve rs, hubs and switches [...]

LED Light Status Description PWR ON Router’s power supply is on ON WAN port 100Mbps is connecte d WAN 10/100M Off WAN port 10Mbps is conn ected ON WAN is connected Off No WAN connection WAN LNK/ACT Flashing WAN port is Activity (ACT) ON LAN port 100Mbps is conn ected LAN 10/100M (Port 1-4) Off LAN port 10Mbps is conn ected ON LAN is connected Off[...]

Getting started This is a step-by-step instruction on how to start u si ng the router and get connected to the Internet. 1) Setup your network as shown in the setup diagram above (fig 1.2). 2) You then need to set your LAN PC clients so that it can obtain an IP addre ss automatically. All LAN clients require an IP address. Just like an address, it [...]

8: Reboot the PC. Your PC will now obtain an IP address automatically from your Broadband Router’s DHCP server. Note : Please make sure t hat the Broadband route r’s DH CP server is the only DHCP server available on your LAN. Once you’ve configured your PC to obtain an IP address automatically, please proceed to Step 3 2b) Windows XP 1: Click[...]

2c) Windows 2000 1: Click the Start button and select Settings , then click Control Panel . The Cont rol Panel window will appear. 2: Double-click Network and Dial-up Connectio ns icon. In the Network and Dial -up Connection window, double-click Local Area Connect ion icon. The Local Area Conne ction win dow will appear. 3: In the Local Area Connec[...]

2d) Windows NT 1: Click the Start button and select Settings , then click Control Panel . The Cont rol Panel window will appear. 2: Double-click Network ico n. The Network window will appear. Select the Protocol tab from the Network window. 3: Check if the TCP/IP Protocol is on your list of Network P roto cols . If TCP/IP is not installed, click th[...]

3) Once you have configured your PCs to obtain an IP address automatically, the r outer’s DHCP serve r will automatically give your LAN clients an IP addre s s. By default the Broadban d Router’s DHCP server is enabled so that you can obtain an IP address automati cally. To see if you have obtained a n IP addre s s, see Appendix A. Note : Pleas[...]

Menu Description Quick Setup Wizard (Chapter 1) Select your Internet connection type and then input the configurations needed to connect to your Internet Service Provider (ISP). General Setup (Chapter 2) This section contains configuratio ns for the Broa dband router’s advance functions such as: Address Mapping, Virtual Server, Access Co ntrol, H[...]

Chapter 1 Quick Setup The Quick Setup section is desi gned to get you using t he broadban d router as quickly as possible. In the Quick Setup you are required to fill in only the informat ion nece ssary to access the Internet. Once you click on the Quick Setup Wizard in the HOME page, you should see the screen below. Step 1) Time Zone The Time Zone[...]

Step 2) WAN Settings In this section you have to select one of four types of conne ctions that you will be using to connect your broadband router’s WAN port to your ISP (see screen below). Note : Different ISP’s require different method s of con necti ng to the Internet, please check with your ISP as to the type of connection it requires. Param[...]

1.1 Dynamic IP Choose Dynamic IP if your ISP will automatically give you an IP address. Some ISP’s may also require that you fill in additional information such a s MAC add re ss (see screen belo w). Note: The MAC addres s section is optional a nd you can skip this section if your ISP does not require these settings for you to connect to the Inte[...]

1.2 Static IP Address Select Static IP Address if your ISP has given you a specific IP addres s for you to use. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this se ction. Parameter Description IP Address This is the IP addres s that your ISP has given you. Subnet Mask Enter the Subnet Mask provided by your ISP (e.g. 255.255.255.0) Defau[...]

Parameter Description Login ID Enter the Login ID provided by your ISP for the PPPoE connection Password Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the PPPoE connection Service Name This is optional. Enter the Service name should your ISP requires it , otherwise leave it blank. AC Name This is option al. Enter the AC Name should your ISP requires [...]

Parameter Description Obtain an IP address The ISP requires you to obtain an IP add ress by DHCP automatically before connecting to the PPTP server. Use the following IP address The ISP give you a static IP to be used to connect to the PPTP server. IP Address This is the IP address that your I SP has given you to establish a PPTP connectio n. Subne[...]

1.5 L2TP Select L2TP if your ISP requires the L2TP protocol to connect you to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information requir ed in this section. Parameter Description Obtain an IP address The ISP requires you to obtain an IP add ress by DHCP automatically before connecting to the L2TP server. Use the following IP address The ISP g[...]

Chapter 2 General Settings Once you click on the General Setup button at the Home Page, y ou should see the screen below. If you have already configured the Quick Setup Wizard you do NOT need to configure anything thing in the General Setup screen for you to start using the Internet. The General Setup contains advanced feature s that allow you to c[...]

2.1 System The system screen allows you to specify a time z one, to change the system password and to specify a remote management user for the broadband ro uter. Parameter Description System Settings Time Zone Select the time zone of the country you are currently in. The router will set its time based on your selection. Password Settings Allows you[...]

Parameter Description Time Zone Select the time zone of the country you are currently in. The router will set its time based on your selection. NTP Server # You can manually assign three time server addre sse s here. Time Here shows the time of current router setting. Click < Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save th e abov e configuratio[...]

2.1.3 Remote Management The remote management function all ows you to desi gnate a host in the Internet the ability to configure the Broadband router from a remote site. Enter the design ated ho st IP Address in the Host IP Address field. Parameter Description IP Address Please specify the IP range to the Remote Managem ent IP fields. All the Inter[...]

2.2 WAN Use the WAN Settings screen if you have already conf igured the Q uick Setup Wi za rd section and you woul d like to change your Internet connectio n type. The WA N Settings screen allows to specify the type of WAN port connect you want to establish with your ISP. T he WAN settings offer the foll owin g selections for the router’s WAN por[...]

2.2.4 PPTP Select PPTP if your ISP requires the PPTP protocol to connect you to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section. (See ch apter 1 “PPTP” for more detail) 2.2.5 L2TP Select L2TP if your ISP requires the L2TP protocol to connect you to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information requ[...]

2.3 LAN The LAN Port screen below allows you to spe cify a priv ate IP address for your rout er’s LAN ports as well as a subnet mask for your LAN segment. Parameter Description IP address This is the router’s LAN po rt IP addre ss (Your LAN clients default gateway IP address) IP Subnet Mask Specify a Subnet Mask for your LAN segment DHCP Server[...]

2.4 Wireless Wireless Access Point builds a wireless LAN and c an let all PCs equipped wi th IEEE 802.11b or 801.11g wireless network adaptor conne ct to your Intrane t. It supports WEP and WPA2 e ncryptio n to enhan ce the security of your wireless network. 2.4.1 Basic Settings You can set parameters that are used for the wirele ss stations to con[...]

AP Bridge-Point to Point mode setting page AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode setting page 27[...]

AP Bridge-WDS mode setting page Parameter Description Operation Mode It allows you to set the AP to AP, Bridge or WDS mode. RF Band It allows you to set the AP fix at 802.11b or 802.11g mode. You also can select B+G mode to allow the AP select 802.11b and 802.11 g connection automatically. SSID This is the name of the wireless LAN. All the devices [...]

Parameter Description Fragment Threshold "Fragment Threshold" spec ifies the maximum si ze of packet during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted. If you set this value too low, it will result in bad performance. RTS Threshold When the packet size is smaller the RT S threshold, the wireless router will not use the RTS/CTS mechanism [...]

2.4.3 Security This Router provides co mplete wireless LAN secu rity functions, incl ude W EP, IEEE 802.11x, IEEE 802.11x with WEP, WPA with pre-shared key and WPA with RA DIUS. With these security functions, you can prev ent your wireless LAN from illegal acce ss. Please make sure your wireless stations use the same security function. 2.4.3.1 WEP [...]

Parameter Description RADIUS Server Port The service port of the external RADIUS server. RADIUS Server IP address The IP address of external RADIUS server. RADIUS Server Password The password used by external RADIUS serve r. Click < Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save th e abov e configuratio ns. You can now co nfigure oth er advance s[...]

2.4.3.4 WPA/WPA2 Pre-shared key Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. You can use a pre-sh ared key to authenticate wireless stations a nd encrypt data during co mmuni cation. It uses TKIP or CCMP(AES) to change the encryption key frequently. So the encryption key is not easy to be broke n by hackers. Thi s can improve secu[...]

2.4.3.5 WPA/WPA2 Radius Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. You can use an external RADIUS server to authenticate wireless stations a nd provide the sessio n key to encrypt data during communica tion. It uses TKIP or CCMP(AES) to change the encryption key fre quently. This can improve security very much. Parameter Descrip[...]

2.4.4 Access Control This wireless router provid es MAC Address Control, which prevents the unauth o rized MAC Addre sses from accessing your wirele ss network. Parameter Description Enable wireless ac ce ss control Enable wireless acce ss control Add MAC address into the list Fill in the "MAC Address" and "Comm ent" of the wire[...]

2.5 QoS This router supports various types of QoS – Port-b ased QoS, Rate Policing QoS, and Gu aranteed/Spare Class QoS. For Port based QoS, user can spe cify the High/Low queue priority for each Ethernet po rt and can apply total rate limit to any port from 128Kbps to 32Mbps or at Full-rate(10 0Mbps). Flow control can also be enabled/disabled on[...]

2.5.1 Port-based QoS For Application based QoS, user can specify a destination port number an d associate it with a egre ss priority(High or Low). For example, if user config port 7297 with high priority, then user would experience better service quality for such flows. For Port based QoS, user can spe cify the High/Low queue priority for each Ethe[...]

2.5.2 Rate Policing QoS This router supports Rate Policing QoS. User can spec ify a L3/4 criterio n and associate it with a maximu m token (packet rate or data rate based). If a packet arrive s and it matches to a rate policin g entry, router decreases entry’s allocated token by one (if pps based) or b y packet length in bytes(if bps based). If u[...]

2.5.3 Guaranteed / Spare Class QoS User can first specify maximum WAN total bandwidth and then set bandwidth allocation rules acco rding to two different classes: Guaranteed or S pared. Rules in Guaranteed class are guar anteed to have specified percentage of WAN Total band width. At any period of time, if the aggregated bandwidth used by flows in [...]

2.6 NAT Network Address Translat ion (NA T) allows multiple users at your lo cal site to access the Internet through a single Public IP Address or multiple Public IP A ddresses. NAT provi des Fi rewall protection from hacke r attacks and has the flexibility to allow you to map Private IP Addresses to Public IP Addresse s for key services such as We[...]

2.6.1 Virtual Server Use the Virtual Server function when you want differe nt servers/cli ents in your LAN to handle different service/Internet application type (e.g. Email, FTP, W eb server etc.) from the Internet. Compu t ers use numbers called port numbers to recogni ze a particular service/Internet application type. The Virtual Serve r allows y[...]

2.6.2 Special Applications Some applications requi re multiple connections, such as Internet ga mes, video confere ncing, Internet telephony and others. In this section you can configur e the router to support multiple connections for these types of applications. 41[...]

Parameter Description Name The description of this setting. Incoming Type Select the Inbound port protocol type: “TCP”, “UDP” o r both Incoming Port Range Enter the In-coming (Inbound) port or port range for this type of application (e.g. 2300-2400, 47624) Note : Individual port numbers are sep arated by a comma (e.g. 47624, 5775, 6541 etc.[...]

2.6.3 ALG Settings You can select applications that need “Applicatio n L ayer Gateway” to support. Parameter Description Enable You can select to enable “Application Layer Gateway”, then the router will let that application correctly pass though the NAT gateway. Click < Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save th e abov e configurat[...]

Parameter Description UPnP Feature You can Enable or Disable UPnP f eature here. After you enable the UPnP feature, all client system s that support UPnP, like Windows XP, can discover this router automatically and access the In ternet thro u gh this router without any configuration. The NAT Traversal fu nction provided by UPnP can let applications[...]

2.7 Firewall The Broadband router provides extensi ve firewall prot ection by restricting co nnection parameters, thu s limiting the risk of hacker attack, and defendin g against a wide array of common Internet attacks. However, for applications that require unrestricted access to the In ternet, you can configu re a specific client/server as a Demi[...]

2.7.1 Access Control List If you want to restrict users from accessing certain Internet applications / services (e.g. Internet websites, email, FTP etc.), then this is the place to set that c onfiguration. Access Control allows users to define the traffic type permitted in your LAN. You can control wh ich PC client can h ave a ccess to these servic[...]

Example: Access Control In the example below, LAN client A can only access websites that use Port 80. However, LA N client B is able to access websites and any other service that use s ports between 80 and 999. 47[...]

2.7.2 URL Filter You can block access to some Web sites from particu l ar PCs by en tering a full URL address or just keyword of the Web site. Parameter Description URL String Pattern You can enter the full URL address or the keyword of the web site you want to block. Source IP Range You can specify a range of LAN PCs that apply to the URL filter f[...]

2.7.3 Anti-DoS (Denial of Service) The Broadband router's firewall can block common hacker attacks, including Denial of Service, Ping of Death, Port Scan and Sync Flood. If Internet attacks occur the router can log the events. Parameter Description DoS Prevention Enable Enables selected Anti-DoS features. Ignore LAN-Side Check Skip DoS checks [...]

2.7.4 DMZ If you have a local client PC that cannot run an Inte rnet application (e.g. Games) properly fro m behind the NAT firewall, then you can open the client up to unrestricted two- way Internet acce ss by defining a DMZ Host. The DMZ function allows you to re-direct all packets g oing to your WAN p ort IP address to a particula r IP address i[...]

Chapter 3 Status The Status section allows you to m onitor the current status of your r outer. You can use the Status pa ge to monitor: the connection status of the Broadband ro uter's WAN/LAN interfaces, the curre nt firmware and hardware version numbers, any illegal attempts to acce ss your network, and information on a ll DHCP clien t PCs c[...]

3.1 Status and Information The Status and Information section allows y ou to view the route r’ s system information Parameter Description Information You can see the router’s sy stem inform at ion such as the router’s: System Information, LAN Information, WAN Information, and Wireless Information. 3.2 Logs This router supports five types of L[...]

3.2.2 ACL Log 3.2.3 URL Filter Log 3.2.4 DoS Log 3.2.5 New Connection Log 53[...]

Chapter 4 Tool This page includes the basic configuration tools, such as Configu ration Tools (sav e or restore config uration settings), Firmware Upgrade (upgrade system firm ware) and Reset. Parameter Description Firmware Version This shows y our current firmware version. Firmware Upgrade This tool allows you to upgrade the Broadband ro uter’s [...]

Appendix A How to Manually find your PC’s IP and MAC address 1) In Window’s open the Command Prom pt program 2) Type Ipconfig /all and <enter> • Your PC’s IP address is the one entitled IP address (192.168.1.77) • The router’s IP address is the one entitled Default Gate way (192.168.1.254) • Your PC’s MAC Address is the one en[...]

Glossary Default Gateway (Router): Every non-router IP device needs to co nf igure a default gateway’s IP address. When the device sends ou t an IP packet, if the destina tion is not on the same network, the device has to send the packet to its default gateway, which w ill then send it out to wards the de stination. DHCP: Dynamic Ho st Co nfigura[...]

comprised of two part s: 3 b y tes of data that corresponds to the Manufacturer ID (uniqu e for each manufacturer), plus 3 bytes that are ofte n used as the product’s se rial number. NAT: Network Address Transl ation. This process allows a ll of the computers o n your hom e network to use one IP address. Using the broadband router’s NAT ca pabi[...]