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BR-6641 Us er Manual 1 T able of Content s Chapter1 Qu ick St art .................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Prep aration ............................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Access to t he Web-base d UI .................[...]

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BR-6641 Us er Manual 3 Copyright © by Edimax T echnology Co, L TD. all right s reserved. No pa rt of this publication may be reproduced, transm itted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, o r translated into any langua ge or computer language, in any form or by any means, elect ronic, mechanical, magnetic,optical, chemi cal, manual or otherw[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 4 Chapter1 Quick Start At the first time using the product of BR-6641, you may confronted with complicated settings whi ch prevents you from st arting well. This chapter will explain the basic functiona lities of BR-6 641 and how to operate an d configure the system.It will also cover related subject s in network struct ures an[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 5 help you complete the setup of BR-6641 p arameters.  BR-6641 uses a web-based man agement user interface (Web -based UI). Due to internal design co nstraints, you have to use MS Internet Explorer 6.0 (IE 6.0), or higher to access the W eb-based UI. A screen resolution of 800x600 or higher is recom mended.  Use a cross-o[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 6 1.2 Access to the W eb-based UI The Web-based UI enable s you to easily per form every configuration task. Follow the steps below to acce ss the Web-based UI. 1. Connect your PC Ethernet LAN interface to LAN port of BR-6641 with a cross-over cable. The default management LAN port of BR-6641 is LAN port. 2. After powering on B[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 7 Cancel the Proxy Setting[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 8 1.3 BR-6641 Web-based UI Overview After logging in, you will be able to st art configuring or monitoring BR-6641 through the Web -based UI. In order to help you to familiar with the basic operations, the expla nations are as follows: The Web -based UI tasks are gro uped into four categories. The categories are located at the [...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 9 second: 9600, Dat a bits: 8, Parity: None, S top bits: 8, Flow control: None. Th e serial console and Web-based UI u se the same username and p assword pai rs. By default, the password of “Administrato r” is 12 34, and the password of “Monitor” is 5678. If the password is changed via t he Web-based UI, it will also be[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 10 1.4 How to use BR-6641 Web-based UI This section describes the operatio ns a nd arrangement of Web Based UI, figure 1-2 displays the operating menu of BR-6641 Web-based UI syste m. BR-6641 Web Based UI Operati ng Menu Items 1.4.1 BR-6641 Operating Menu The task bar of operating menu cont ains five categories, which are Sy st[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 11 Click this button to recover the old settings which apply has saved. Click the Help button to display the on-line help of the current page, the on-line hel p information will automatically swap when you change the function page or language. Click Hide Help to hide the on-line help information. Table 5.0 Buttons Note: Th e Ap[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 12 Write a note for the current rule . Table 5.1 Operating Rules When you add a new rule, the newly added rule will be placed right below the current rule. Moving the rule up or down will swap positions between the upper a nd lower rules. Checkbox It is quite common that you see the following checkboxes in some tables. The se c[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 13 Chapter 2 System In this chapter , you will learn how to c onfigure system settings. System settings are the fundament al configurations of the BR- 6641 system. They have to be specific in order for the system to work properly . Ex amples are provided here to help you to fulfill the configuration. Figure 3.1 The Location of [...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 14 2.1 Summary [Summary] is in the submenu of [System], which helps the Administrato r to know the system information. While logging in the Web UI, System/Summary is the first page you see when you log into BR-6641’s web-ba sed UI. [Summary] provide the following information: System Information Category Field Description V er[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 15 W AN Link St ate The section on W AN Link S tate shows the current st atus of each and every W AN link. Each W AN link is represented as a color-coded block with the following color coding scheme to indicate its status. The allowed numbe r of W AN Link is also show n here . y Green: Active W AN link. y Red: Brok en W AN link[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 16 2.2 T raffic S t atistics Figure 3.2 The Location of “System/ Traffic S tatistics” on the Menu Bar In the traffic st atistics page, you can insp ect real-time traffic inform ation sorted by traffic class o ver each W AN link. The statistics of traf fic classes in the table is adjusted accordingly by your selection of tra[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 17 2.3 Diagnostic T ools System Traffic Statistics Summary Diagnostic Tools Administration Date & Time Network Service Log Figure 3.3 The Location of “System/Diagnostic T ools” on the Menu Bar ARP Enforcement: ARP Enforcement updates ARP tables of servers and network devices around BR-6641. When the Enforce button is p [...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 18 Push T est button to begin the test. The result of the test is one of the following:  Everything is ok.  BR-6641 discovers that a machine in DMZ conflict s with Network Setting on BR-6641. For example, a public IP address should be in W AN but is used by a machine in DMZ. An error message with the conflicting IP addres[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 19 refer other materials. Y ou may specify a target device in the T ar get IP field. It accepts either an IP address or a host name. Y ou may specify a target device in the T ar get IP field. It accepts either an IP address or FQDN. Select a network interfac e, WA N or LAN. If it is WA N, select W AN link number in Index field.[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 20 2.4 Date&T ime System Traffic Statistics Summary Diagnostic Tools Administration Date & Time Network Service Log Figure 3.4 The Location of “System/Date/Time” on the Menu Bar 2.4.1 Date&T ime Setting In this page, you can set up time related configurations. For time zone information, Y ou should pi ck the reg[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 21 2.4.2 Busyhour Setting Busyhour Setting is very important from a MIS manager’s point of view. It provides a tool for you to define two time segm ents: busy-hour and idle-hour. All other rule-based services such as bandwidth management and auto-routing can take advantage of this function. For exampl e, you can define 9:00 a[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 22 2.5 Administration Figure 3.5 The Location of “System/Administration” on the Me nu Bar In this page, you ca n do a few administrative tasks. First, you can change the password of Administrator and Monito r accounts. Every BR-6641 comes with t he same passwords initially . T o avoid any securi ty risks, it is absolutely n[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 23 Y ou can reset BR-6641 to i ts factory default state. In doi ng this, you will lose your entire customized configuration. Finally , you can reboot BR-664 1. Due to web interface limitations. There will not be any messages after you h ave rebooted the sy stem. W ait two minutes or so and try to re-connect to BR-6641 using the[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 24 Log on to Web UI as the Administrator and go to function [System] → [Administration]. Use [Browse...] to select the path to t he new firmware image, then select [Upload]. The firmware update will t ake a while so be patient. During the update proce ss BE SURE not to turn of f the system or pull the power plu g. Y ou should[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 25 Chapter3 Network Figure 3.1 The Location of “Network” on the Menu Bar[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 26 3.1 W AN Setting Figure 3.2 System / Network Setting [W AN Setting] is quite important part for BR-6641. The relavent parameter is defined here. The configuration is done one W AN link at a time. However , you can apply all the changes at once at the end. Y ou can se lect a W AN link by selecting the link number in a W AN Li[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 27 After connect ing the WAN Link to the machine, W AN No. need to be defined in [Basic Setting]. W AN is to be different for dif ferent type of W AN. BR-6641 provide the following choices:  S tandard  DHCP  PPPoE  PPTP  Advanced Figure 3.3 W AN Setting / Basic Setting[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 28 3.1.1 S t andard Mode  Basic Setting: Figure 3.4 S tandard Mode / Basic Setting When you select S tandard Mode as the W A N T ype, you need to fill the parameters as in the Basic Setting tabl e.[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 29 Basic Setting: Field V alue Description Down S tream The down stream (inbound) bandwidth of the W AN link, for example 25600 (Kbps). Up S tream The up stream (outbound) bandwidth of the W AN link, for example 25600 (Kbps). Port S peed Auto 10Mbps/Half duplex 10Mbps/Full duplex 100Mbps/Half duplex 100Mbps/Full duplex The spee[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 30 Health Detection pa ge, the following parameters are available: Figure 3.5 W AN Link Health Detection Field Description Never BR-6641 assumes a healthy W AN and stop monitoring ICMP and TCP packets. Always BR-6641 will always do the health detection according to the rules. Only when no packet is received If BR-6641 detects n[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 31 3.1.2 DHCP Mode This model is enabled when BR-6641 is a client using DHCP to acquire a dynamic IP addre ss from an ISP's DHCP server . Figure 3.6 DHCP Mode / Basic Setting Field V alue Description Down S tream The down stream (inbound) bandwidth of the W AN link, for example 25600 (Kbps). Up S tream The up stream (outbo[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 32 100Mbps/Full duplex Health Detection Never Always Only when n o packet is received This function is used to configure the W AN link health detection mechanism for the specific W AN link. Please refer to Chapter 3.2.1 W AN Link Health Detection. Clone MAC Normally DHCP will assign IP dynamically . S tatic IP , however , can b[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 33 3.1.3 PPPoE Mode PPPoE is a very popular bridging mode protoc ol for ADSL. Y ou need to specify the ADSL account information to obtain IPs from the ISP PPPoE server . Figure 3.7 PPPoE Mode / Basic Setting Field V alue Description Down S tream The down stream (inbound) bandwidth of the W AN link, for example 25600 (Kbps). Up [...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 34 10Mbps/Half duplex 10Mbps/Full duplex 100Mbps/Half duplex 100Mbps/Full duplex set it manually or system can got it automatically . Health Detection Never Always Only when n o packet is received This function is used to configure the W AN link health detection mechanism for the specific W AN link. Please refer to Chapter 3.2.[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 35 3.1.4 PPTP Mode This model is enabled when BR-6641 i s access to PPTP server via Internet. Figure 3.8 PPTP Mode / Basic Setting Field V alue Description Down S tream The down stream (inbound) bandwidth of the W AN link, for example 25600 (Kbps). Up S tream The up stream (outbound) bandwidth of the W AN link, for example 2560[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 36 Port S peed Auto 10Mbps/Half duplex 10Mbps/Full duplex 100Mbps/Half duplex 100Mbps/Full duplex The speed and duplex of WAN Port. Y ou can set it manually or system can got it automatically . Health Detection Never Always Only when n o packet is received This function is used to configure the W AN link health detection mechan[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 37 3.1.5 Advanced Mode Advanced mode is used where BR-6641 is c onnecte d with a router via its private IP and it s actual public IP deploye d in DMZ. Figure 3.9 Advanced Model / Basic Setting[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 38 Field V alue Description Down S tream The down stream (inbound) bandwidth of the W AN link, for example 25600 (Kbps). Up S tream The up stream (outbound) bandwidth of the W AN link, for example 25600 (Kbps). Port S peed Auto 10Mbps/Half duplex 10Mbps/Full duplex 100Mbps/Half duplex 100Mbps/Full duplex The speed and duplex of[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 39 3.2 LAN Setting Figure 3.10 Network/LAN Setting Basic Subnet The table of Basic Subnet allows you to specify one or more private subnets t hat connect to BR-6641 dire ctly . Figure 3.11 LAN Setting / Basic Subnet[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 40 Input the IP Address of LA N Port in [Basic Subnet] - [IP Address] and input the corresponding subnet mask in [Netmask]. Select the correspon ding Speed/Duple x in [Port-Speed]. RIP Configuration BR-6641 support RIP (Routing Information Protocols) for both version 1 and 2. RIP v1 is the basic definition while v2 has some fun[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 41 Note: DMZ is virtual area, which is in the port wi th LAN. DMZ support the public IP Address. The public IP support only one IP range, which do not support multi-IP range Routing. Example: Figure 3.13 LAN Private Subnet / S tatic Routing Subnet Figure 3.14 LAN Private Subnet / S tatic Routing Subnet Setting[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 42 3.3 DHCP Setting Figure 3.15 Network / DHCP Setting Click on “Enable DHCP” to enable this functi on. BR-6641 is a client using DHCP to acquire a dynamic IP address from a n ISP’s DHCP serve r . The following is an example of how you set it up.[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 43 Figure 3.16 DHCP Setting[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 44 Field Description Lease T ime Input the Lease T ime by hour . Default Gateway Input the Default Gateway . The Client will take this address as Gateway when DHCP is enabled. Note: This address should be in the subnet with LAN’s Subnet Netmask Input the IP Address of DNS. The Client will take this address as DNS Server when [...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 45 3.4 Host Names Figure 3.17 Network / DHCP Setting This function is to define th e the name for system, specific IP and IP group. These defined names will ap pear in sub-menu of sou rce and destination in Firewall, Multihoming, etc. System Name: Field Description Name Input the host name of the BR-6641. Domain Input the domai[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 46 Named IP Addresses: Field Description Name Input the name which is to be substitute for the IP address. Address S pecify the IP Address. It can be: IP Address IP Range T able 3.9 System Name[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 47 3.5 Service Names Figure 3.18 Network / Service Names This function is to configure the name, pr otocol and other p arameters of service. (BR-6641 has a default list of comm only used services.) These defined name s will appear in sub-menu of service in Firewall , Multihoming, etc.. Service List: Field V alue Description Nam[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 48 ICMP: The service used ICMP , e.g. Ping. TCP: The service used TCP , e.g. FTP . UDP: The service used UDP . Parameter Number T ype From…T o S pecify the parameter for different Protocols. Number: Input Protocol Number . T ype: Input the service type of ICMP . From..T o: Input the Port Number of TCP/UDP . Single Port Number[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 49 3.6 IP Grouping BR-6641 of fers a variety of services. Thes e services will be discussed in the next chapter . In order to help IT manager configure services ef ficiently , BR-6641 provides a few management tools. IP Grouping is one of them. This function allows you to assign a name to a group of IP addresses. Later on when [...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 50 IP Grouping: Feild Description Group Name Input the name of the group, then it will appear in the service menu and the relevant options. Note: Y ou can set at most 5 groups. T able 3.1 1 IP Grouping Rules Setting: Field V alue Description IP address <IP address> Input IP address - One single IP address, or an IP addres[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 51 3.7 Service Grouping This function allows you to assign a name to a group o f TCP ports, UDP ports, and/or ICMP. Later on when you are asked to spec ify a port, you can use the name of the service group instead. The name of a service group wil l automatically show up in the port selection list if the service group is enable [...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 52 UDP@ service menu. The format is port (xxx) for single Port and port (xxx-yyy) for a range of port, e.g. 6891-6900. Group belong to not belong to Define if the the Port IP Address in former Field belongs to the group. T able 3.13 Service Grouping For example, you can set up a service group called “MSN File Tra nsfer”. It[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 53 Chapter 4 Service After having set up your network environment in the previous chapter , we will now look into the services provided by BR-6641. These services can help y ou manage your network more efficiently and ef fectively . In figure 4.1, you can see a list of functi ons BR-6641 is cap able of. These services play an i[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 54 4.1 Firewall [Summary] is in the submenu of [System], which helps the Administrator to know the system information. While logging in the W eb UI, System/Summary is the first page you see when you log into BR-6641’ s web-based UI. [Summary] provide the following information: Figure 4.2 The Location of “Service/Firewall”[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 55 Source Any address LAN WA N Localhost IP Address IP Range Subnet <Named IP addresses> < IP Grouping > Packets sent from the specified source will be matched: Any Address: Ma tch all packet s regardless of its source. LAN: Match all packet s that come from the LAN. W AN: Match all packets that come from the W AN. [...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 56 < Service Grouping Name> Group: The packets from the group which are predefined in [Service Grouping]. Any: All packets are to be matched. Note: The default value by BR-6641 is to neglect all the packet s. Action Accept Deny Accept: The firewall will let the matched p ackets pass through. Deny: The firewall will drop a[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 57 4.2 Auto Routing Auto Routing service allows administrators to speci fy how traffic is routed to W AN links. If you have only one W AN link, default configuration is ok. If you have multiple W AN links, you may like to setup your routing rules i n many situations. For example, an administrator can rese rve a WA N link to a g[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 58 Source Any address LAN Local host IP Address IP Range Subnet <Named IP addresses> < IP Grouping > Packets sent from the specified source will be matched: Any Address: Ma tch all packet s regardless of its source. LAN: Match all packet s that come from the LAN. Localhost: Match all packet s that come from BR-6641 [...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 59 UDP@ < Service Grouping Name> Any service types (e.g. FTP), or you can choose the po rt number in TCP/UDP packet. T o specify a range of port numbers, type starting port number plus hyphen “-“and en ding port number . e.g. “TCP@123-234”. Group: The packets from the group which are predefined in [Service Groupin[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 60 4.3 V irtual Server Virtual Serve r is a feature to make your intranet (LAN) servers available to the Internet (W AN). Because the private IP add resses assigned to the intranet servers are invisible to the external environment. If you wish to m ake these services (provided on the servers) acce ssible to outsi ders, you must[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 61 Virtual Server : Field V alue Description When Busy Idle All-T ime There are three options available: Bus y hour , idle hour , and All-times. Please refer to Chapter 2 [System] → [ Date/Time] for setting up the definition of busy or idle hours. W AN IP <WAN IP> T o the users from the Internet, your virtual server is [...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 62 4.4 QoS BR-6641 provides QoS to wards both inbound and outbound traf fic. It can ensure certain services whi ch are allocated enough bandwid th to provide satisfactory quality . Because of the burst nature of voice/video/data traf fic, sometimes the amount of traffic excee ds the speed of a link. This function is to manage t[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 63 Y ou can configure your own bandwidth limit for each WAN li nk in Inbound Bandwid th Settings and Outbound Settings by collap se or expand them.. Figure 4.6 The Screenshot of Classes Classes: Field Description Name <Input name> The name for this bandwidth class. We recommend you using a self-explanatory name so that yo[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 64 connections on the W AN link. Normally , we will set up maximum bandwidth for servic es like WWW or SMT P that have a high volume of traffic and may af fect the quality of other services. Guarantee d Kbps The guaranteed bandwidth for this class: This makes sure the connections through the WAN link will be at least allocated [...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 65 IP Range Subnet <Named IP addresses> < IP Grouping > the list as well. Please See [System] → [IP Grouping] for setting up your own IP groups. Service FTP(21) SSH (22) TELNET(23) SMTP(25) POP3(1 10) H323 (1720) Protocol Number ICMP@ TCP@ UDP@ <Service Grouping Name> Any The services, which are predefined i[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 66 4.5 Per IP Max Connection Figure 4.7 The Location of “Service / Per IP Max Connection” on the Menu Bar This function is used to protect network against malicious attacks caused by viru s or hackers. When the number of conne ctions exceeds the preset value, BR-6641 will block the rest of connections and write the event to[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 67 Log Interval <in seconds> The time interval used for system to write the event to the log file. Source <IP Address> Connections estab lished from the specified source will be matched, including Any Addre ss, LAN, W AN, IP Address, IP Range, Subnet, and IP Group. Limit <value> The maximum number of the conne[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 68 4.6 Per IP Max Rate Control Figure 4.9 The Location of “Service / Per IP Ma x Rate Control” on the Menu Bar This function is use d to set the maximum bandwid th assigned to inbound and outbound traf fic per IP in order to p revent network congestion from non-business application bandwid th consumption. Figure 4.10 The sc[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 69 Field V alue Description IP <IP Address> The IP where the packets come from will be matched, including LAN, IP Address, IP Range, IP Subnet, and specified IP Group. Inbound (Kbps) <value> Maximum bandwidth assigned to inbound traffic per IP . Outbound (Kbps) <value> Maximum bandwidth assigned to outbound tr[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 70 4.7 Multihoming Figure 4.1 1 The Location of “Service / Multihoming” on the Menu Bar BR-6641’ s auto-routing service is a tru nking technology that provides load balanci ng and fault tolerance for all outbound request s. But it does not apply to inbound request s. Based on a unique technology called SwiftDNS TM , BR-66[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 71 are still reachable via other live W AN links. In order to let your Multihoming function properly , you must make sure that the requirement s listed below are met. Prerequisites for Multihoming: Multiple W AN links (at least two). Registered domain names for your publicly acce ssible servers. Y our publicly accessible se rve[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 72 Global Setting: Field V alue Description TTL <TTL> Set DNS query response time. IP Address <IP Address> Enter the reverse lookup IP address. Host Name <Link Number> Enter the corresponding FQDN to the reverse IP . T able 4.8 The Description of the Fiel ds in Multihoming Global Setting  Domain Setting In [...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 73 Figure 4.12 Domain Setting Domain Setting: Field Description Domain Name Enter the domain names for Multihoming. T o ente r additional domain names, press +. TTL Assign DNS query response time. Responsible Mail Enter the domain administrator ’s email. Primary Name Server Enter the primary server name. Source IP The query I[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 74 Policy T ype The algorithm for selecting WAN links, by Wight or b y T raffic. By Weight: Answer DNS queries by the weight given to each link. By T otal T raffic: Answer DNS queries by selecting the W AN link with the lightest total traf fic. Parameter-IP Enter the IP address to answer DNS queries. Parameter-Weight Input the [...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 75 4.8 Internal DNS Figure 4.13 The Location of “Servi ce / Internal DNS” on the Menu Bar BR-6641 has a built-in DNS server function which can be activate d by completing the fields in this page. Global Settings: Field V alue Enable InternalDNS Turn on/of f internal DNS server . PTR Record TTL Set DNS query response time. I[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 76 Domain Settings: Field Description Domain Name Enter the domain names for internal DNS. T o enter additional domain names, press +. TTL Assign DNS query response time. Responsible Mail Enter the domain administrator ’s email. Primary Name Server Enter the primary server name. IP Address The query IP address can be an IP ad[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 77 4.9 SNMP Figure 4.14 The Location of “Service /SNMP” on the Menu Bar SNMP (Simpl e Network Management Protoc ol) can be used to manage networks by providing stat istical data regarding net work performance and security . It is often used in the management of TCP/IP networks. SNMP Settings: Field Description Enable SNMP E[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 78 4.10 UPnP Figure 4.15 The Location of “Service / UPnP” on the Menu Bar BR-6641 will detect the public UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) equipment in the network and automatically respon d to it s predefined IP Address. Field V alue Description Enable UPnP Enable Disable Enable or disable the function. W AN IP <IP Address[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 79 Chapter 5 Log In this Chapter , you can control BR-6641’ s logging activities with repect to various functionalities such as the System, Firewa ll, Routing, etc. Administrator can also either set up the log transmission method s to another server for purpose of archiving and further analyses, or control the ev ent notifica[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 80 5.1 V iew In the ‘View’ Sub-menu, BR-6641 provides two types of comprehensive log re cords (see the tab le below). Administrator can pick the desired log type and the corresponding event s for that type will be shown in the windows below . Press the ‘refresh’ button to get a copy of the latest log. For log data pushi[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 81 5.2 Control With this sub-menu, you can set up how log data will be transmitted to other servers (out of BR-6641) for archiving and further analy ses. T ransmission methods include FTP , Email and Syslog. Each log type can hav e its own transmi ssion method setting. Figure 5.3 Location of Log/Control Page on the Menu Bar Fie[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 82 Method BR-6641 of fers three types of log transmissi ons: FTP out to an external FTP server , Syslog out to a syslog server o r send emails via SMTP to the administrator ’s mailbox.  E-mail Field V alue Description SMTP Server <IP> or <Domain Name> SMTP server for the logs. Account <SMTP Account> Authe[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 83  FTP Field V alue Description Server <IP> or <Domain Name> FTP Server ’s IP or domain name. Account <FTP Account> FTP user account. Password <Account’s Password> FTP user password. Path <Path> FTP server path. Auto Push Push this button to start log pushing automatically . Scheduled Push [...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 84 5.3 Notification In this sub-menu, you can set up ho w email notifications are sent out for important system event s. The setup is similar to pr evious section’ s email account settings. Figure 5.4 Location of Log/Notification Page on the Menu Bar  Notification Field V alue Description SNMP Email Select how Email notifi[...]

BR-6641 Us er Manual 85 Link Fail Enable this function, system will notify administrator when a Link Fail happened. Admin Password Change Enable this function, system will notify administrator when Administrator password is changed. Table 5.6 The Description of the Fields on Log/Notification[...]