Edimax BR-6228nC manuale d’uso

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     COPYRIGHT  English    Copyright ©  by  Edim ax  T echnology  Co,  LT D . ?[...]

CA T AL O G   Chapter I: Pr oduct Information ......................................................................................................................... 5  1 ‐ 1  Intr oduction  and  safety  inf ormation  .................................................................................................... [...]

3 ‐ 2  W ir eless....................................................................................................................... .......................  72  3 ‐ 2 ‐ 1  Basic  Set tings  ..........................................................................................................................  73 ?[...]

 Chapter  I:  Product  Inf ormation   1 ‐ 1  Intr oduction  and  safety  inf o rmation   Thank  yo u  fo r  purchasing  BR ‐ 6228nS_nC  wir eless  br oadband  rou te r!  This  high  cost ‐ ef ficiency  ro ut e r  is  the  bes t  choice  fo r  Sma ll  off[...]

• Allow you to monitor the router ’s st atus like: DHCP Client Log, System Log, Security Log and Device/Connection S tatus • Easy to use Web-based GUI for network configuration and management purposes • Remote management function allows configurat ion and upgrades from a remote computer (over the Internet)  • Auto MDI / MDI-X function [...]

1 ‐ 2  Saf ety  Inf ormation   In  order  to  k eep  the  saf ety  of  us er s  and  yo ur  propertie s,  ple ase  follow  the  f o llowing  safety  instructions:   1.  This  ro u te r  is  designed  for  indoor  use  only;  DO  NOT  place  this [...]

 1 ‐ 3  Syste m  Re qu i rem e nts   z Internet connection, provided by xDSL or cable modem with a RJ-45 Ethernet port. z Computer or network devices with wir ed or wireless network interface card. z Web browser ( Microsof t Internet Explor er 4.0 or above, Netscape Navigator 4.7 or above, Opera web browser , or Safari web browser)[...]

1 ‐ 4  Pa c ka g e  Cont ent s   Bef ore  yo u  star t in g  to  use  this  rou t er ,  please  check  if  there’ s  anything  missing  in  the  pac kage ,  and  conta ct  yo u r  dealer  of  purchase  to  claim  fo r  missing  items:      ?[...]

1 ‐ 5  Fa m i li a r  with  yo ur  new  wireless  br oad band  ro u te r   Fro nt  P anel      LED  Name  Light  St atus  Description  PWR   ON  Ro ut e r  is  switched  on  and  correc tly  power ed  OFF  Ro ut e r  is  not  power ed  (or [...]

Back  Pan e l      BR ‐ 6228nS      BR ‐ 6228nS_nC           Item  Name  Description  Ant enna  Wi r e l e s s  ant enna  1  –  4  (Y ellow)  Local  Ar ea  Network  (L AN)  ports  1  to  4  WA N  (Blue)  Wi d e  Area ?[...]

 Bott om     Item Name Description Wall mount hole Mount BR-6228nS_nC on the wall.[...]

Chapter  II:  Syste m  and  Network  Se tup   2 ‐ 1  Est ablish  network  con nec tion  Please  fol l o w  the  following  ins truction  to  bui ld  the  network  connection  between  you r  new  Br oadband  ro ut e r  and  yo u r  co mputers,  network  devi[...]

3. Connect  the  power  ad ap ter  to  the  wa ll  sock et,  and  then  connect  it  to  the  ‘5VDC ’  sock et  of  the  ro u te r .     4. Please  check  all  LEDs  on  the  fron t  pan el .  ‘PWR’  LED  should  be  stead i ly  on,  [...]

2 ‐ 2  Setup  client  comput ers  to  obtain  IP  a ddre ss  automatically    Af t e r  the  network  connection  is  es t ablished,  the  next  step  yo u  sho uld  do  is  setup  the  ro ut er  with  proper  network  parame ters ,  so  it  ca n ?[...]

 2 ‐ 2 ‐ 1  Wi n d o w s  95/ 98/Me  IP  addre ss  setup:   1. Click  ‘Start ’  button  (it  should  be  located  at  lower ‐ left  corner  of  yo u r  com puter),  then  click  contro l  pan el .  Double ‐ click  Network  icon,  and  Network  wind[...]

2.  Select  ‘Obta in  an  IP  addr ess  fr om  a  DHCP  ser ver ’ ,  then  click  ‘O K’ .     [...]

2 ‐ 2 ‐ 2  Wi n d o w s  2000  IP  address  se tup:   1.  Click  ‘Start ’  button  (it  should  be  located  at  lower ‐ left  corne r  of  yo u r  co mpu ter),  then  click  contro l  pan el .  Double ‐ click  Network  and  Dial ‐ up  Connections ?[...]

2.  Select  ‘Obta in  an  IP  addr ess  automa tically ’  and  ‘O btain  DNS  server  addre ss  automatically ’ ,  then  click  ‘OK’ .     [...]

2 ‐ 2 ‐ 3  Wi n d o w s  XP  IP  addre ss  setup:   1.  Click  ‘Start ’  button  (it  should  be  located  at  lower ‐ left  corne r  of  yo u r  co mpu ter),  then  click  contro l  pan el .  Double ‐ click  Network  and  Interne t  Connections  i[...]

2.  Select  ‘Obta in  an  IP  addr ess  automa tically ’  and  ‘O btain  DNS  server  addre ss  automatically ’ ,  then  click  ‘OK’ .    [...]

2 ‐ 2 ‐ 4  Wi n d o w s  Vi s t a  IP  address  setup:   1.  Click  ‘Start ’  button  (it  should  be  located  at  lower ‐ left  corne r  of  yo u r  co mpu ter),  then  click  contro l  pan el .  Click  Vi e w  Network  Sta tus  and  Ta s k s , [...]

2.  Select  ‘Obta in  an  IP  addr ess  automa tically ’  and  ‘O btain  DNS  server  addre ss  automatically ’ ,  then  click  ‘OK’ .   [...]

2 ‐ 3  Connect  to  broa dband  ro u ter  by  web  br owser   Def ault  IP  addre ss  of  this  broa dband  ro u te r  is  ‘192.168.2.1’ ,  and  yo u  ca n  connect  to  br oadband  ro u te r ’ s  web ‐ base d  configuration  in t erf ace  by  any  c[...]

Please  input  ‘ad m i n ’  in  ‘User  name’  field,  and  ‘1234’  in  ‘P asswor d’  field,  and  click  ‘O K’  butt on  to  ent er  web  configu r ation  interface.     The  page  you ’ll  see  after  logon  is  ‘Home’ ,  you ?[...]

Int ernet  Connection:   IP Address Mode Displays current mode of how this broadband router obtains IP address. IP Address Displays the IP address of WAN connection. Subnet Mask Displays the subne t mask of WAN connection. Default Gateway Displays IP addr ess of the default gateway of WAN connection. MAC Address The physical address of WAN[...]

The  SSID ,  up  time,  IP  addr ess  of  LA N  con nect ion,  and  runti me  code  number  will  alway s  display  on  the  top  of  webpa ge:     TIPS:  If  yo u  can’ t  estab li sh  co nnec tio n  with  broa dband  ro u te r  with  web  br[...]

Please  click  ‘sta r t ’ ‐ >  ‘run’  at  the  bottom ‐ lo wer  corner  of  yo ur  desktop:     Input  ‘c m d ’ ,  then  click  ‘OK’    [...]

Input  ‘i p c o n f i g’ ,  then  pre ss  ‘Ent er ’  ke y .  Ple ase  check  the  IP  addres s  fo l l o w ed  by  ‘Default  Gat ewa y ’  (In  this  exa m pl e ,  the  IP  ad dres s  of  rou te r  is  192.168.2.1,  plea se  not e  that  this  va lu e [...]

2 ‐ 4  Using  ‘Quick  Setup’   This  broa d band  ro u te r  pr ovides  a  ‘Qu ic k  Setup’  menu,  and  yo u  ca n  setup  basic  pa ra m et ers  of  this  broadband  rou te r .   Please  fol l o w  the  following  ins tructions  to  use  ‘Q ui[...]

NTP server here. If you don’t know the host name or IP address of time server, please ask network administrator or use ‘pool.ntp.org’ as time server. Daylight Savings If the country / region of your residence use daylight saving time, please check ‘Enable Function’ box, and select the beginning and ending date of daylight time saving. [...]

 If  you  want  to  go  back  to  previous  ste p,  plea se  pre ss  ‘Back’  button  on  the  bott om  of  this  page .   NOTE: T o setup WISP (W ireless ISP) conn ection, please use General Setup -> W AN setup menu.[...]

2 ‐ 4 ‐ 1  Using  ‘Dynamic  IP ’  as  broa d band  connection  type   If  you r  Int ernet  service  provider  wi ll  assign  IP  addres s  to  you  aut omat ica lly  by  ’DHCP’  (Dynamic  Hos t  Configura tion  Prot ocol),  you  need  to  select ?[...]

2 ‐ 4 ‐ 2  Using  ‘Static  IP’  as  br oadband  conn ection  type   If  you r  ISP  req u ires  you  to  set  a  fix ed  IP  addre ss  to  esta b li sh  connection,  yo u  ca n  use  this  connection  type  to  input  the  IP  add ress  inf[...]

If  you  wish  to  select  another  connection  type  as  broa dband  connection  typ e,  click  ‘Back’;  or  yo u  ca n  click  ‘OK ’  to  finish  with  quick  setup.  Yo u ’ l l  see  the  fo l l o wi n g  message s:     Please  click  [...]

2 ‐ 4 ‐ 3  Using  ‘PPP oE’  as  broa d band  conn ect ion  type   If  you r  ISP  req u ires  you  to  esta bl i sh  Int ernet  connection  by  PPP oE  (P oin t ‐ to ‐ Po i nt  Protoc ol  over  Ethe r net ),  yo u  ca n  use  this  connection  type  t[...]

Idle Time Out Please specify the time to shutdown internet connect after no internet activity is detected in minute(s). This option is only available when connection type is ‘Connect on Demand’.  If  you  wish  to  select  another  connection  type  as  broa dband  connection  typ e,  click  ‘Back’;[...]

2 ‐ 4 ‐ 4  Using  ‘PPTP ’  as  broadband  connection  type   If  you r  ISP  req u ires  you  to  use  PPTP  (P oint ‐ to ‐ Po i n t  T unne ling  Prot ocol)  to  est a blish  connection,  yo u  can  select  this  connection  type  to  estab li sh [...]

 Here  ar e  descriptions  of  every  setup  items:   Item Name Description User ID Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. PPTP Gateway Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your[...]

If  you  wish  to  select  another  connection  type  as  broa dband  connection  typ e,  click  ‘Back’;  or  yo u  ca n  click  ‘OK ’  to  finish  with  quick  setup.  Yo u ’ l l  see  the  fo l l o wi n g  message s:     Please  click  [...]

2 ‐ 4 ‐ 5  Using  'L2TP'  as  broadband  connection  type   If  you r  ISP  req u ires  you  to  use  L2TP  (La yer ‐ 2  Tu n n e l i n g  Protocol)  to  esta bl is h  connect ion,  yo u  can  select  this  conne ction  type  to  estab li sh  I[...]

Here  ar e  descriptions  of  every  setup  items:   Item Name Description User ID Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. L2TP Gateway Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Int[...]

If  you  wish  to  select  another  connection  type  as  broa dband  connection  typ e,  click  ‘Back’;  or  yo u  ca n  click  ‘OK ’  to  finish  with  quick  setup.  Yo u ’ l l  see  the  fo l l o wi n g  message s:     Please  click  [...]

Chapter  III:  General  Setup   This  broa d band  ro u te r  pr ovides  a  ‘Qu ic k  Setup’  menu,  and  yo u  ca n  setup  basic  pa ra m et ers  of  this  broadband  rou te r .   Please  fol l o w  the  following  ins tructions  to  use  ‘Q ui ck ?[...]

Fi r e w a l l  –  Fi r e w a l l  settings  (Please  go  to  chapter  3 ‐ 7)   Pa re n ta l  Contr ol  –  Pare nta l  control, controls  children  fr om  accessing  inappropriat e  web  site  (Please  go  to  chapter  3 ‐ 8)  [...]

3 ‐ 1  System   Yo u  can  setup  basic  system  settings  of  this  br oadband  ro u te r  in  ‘Sys tem’  menu:     Please  select  the  setting  it em  you  wish  to  set,  then  click  ‘ Apply ’  butt on  to  procee d.  Yo u  can ?[...]

3 ‐ 1 ‐ 1  Ti m e  Zo ne   Yo u  can  change  the  time  zo ne  settin gs  of  this  br oadband  ro u te r .  It ’ s  important  to  have  correc t  date  and  time  setting  if  yo u  nee d  to  read  sys te m  log  and  use  build ‐ in  f[...]

3 ‐ 1 ‐ 2  P asswor d  Set tings   Yo u  can  change  the  web  login  pas sword  of  this  br oadband  rou te r .  If  yo u  k eep  using  the  def ault  pas sword  ‘1234’ ,  ot her  people  may  acce ss  the  configuration  in t erf ace  without  [...]

3 ‐ 1 ‐ 3  Rem ote  Management   If  you  need  to  manage  this  br oadband  rou te r  outside  of  yo u r  LAN  (i.e.  from  In terne t),  you  can  use  this  funct ion  to  assign  a  re mo te  IP  addre ss  which  is  p er mi tted  to  con[...]

Please  click  ‘A p p l y ’  to  save  change s  you  made  and  resta rt  the  br oadband  ro u te r ,  this  req u ires  about  30  seconds  and  the  broa d band  rou te r  will  sto p  res p on di n g  (this  is  normal  and  is  not  malfunctio n).[...]

3 ‐ 2  WA N   Yo u  can  setup  WA N  (W ide  Area  Network,  i.e.  Int ernet)  connections  of  this  br oadband  ro u te r  in  ‘W AN’  menu:     Please  select  the  WA N  connection  type  you  wish  to  use  to  setup  Int ernet  c[...]

3 ‐ 2 ‐ 1  Dynamic  IP   Dynamic  IP  means  your  ISP  will  assign  an  IP  addr ess  to  yo u  automatically  by  ‘DHCP ’  (Dynamic  Hos t  Configura tion  Prot ocol).  Dynamic  IP  is  often  used  by  cab le  modem  Int erne t  connection. ?[...]

If  you  wish  to  select  another  connection  type  as  broa dband  connection  typ e,  click  ‘Back’;  or  yo u  ca n  click  ‘OK ’  to  finish  with  quick  setup.  Yo u ’ l l  see  the  fo l l o wi n g  message s:     Please  click  [...]

3 ‐ 2 ‐ 2  Sta tic  IP   Some  ISP  will  give  you  a  fix e d  IP  addr ess,  and  ask  yo u  to  use  this  IP  addre ss  to  esta bl i sh  Int ernet  connection.  In  this  case ,  yo u  have  to  select  this  connection  type  to  e[...]

If  you  wish  to  select  another  connection  type  as  broa dband  connection  typ e,  click  ‘Back’;  or  yo u  ca n  click  ‘OK ’  to  finish  with  quick  setup.  Yo u ’ l l  see  the  fo l l o wi n g  message s:     Please  click  [...]

3 ‐ 2 ‐ 3  PPP oE   If  you r  ISP  req u ires  you  to  esta bl i sh  Int ernet  connection  by  PPP oE  (P oin t ‐ to ‐ Po i nt  Protoc ol  over  Ethe r net ),  yo u  ca n  use  this  connection  type  to  estab li sh  Interne t  conn ect ion.    [...]

Idle Time Out Please specify the time to shutdown internet connect after no internet activity is detected in minute(s). This option is only available when connection type is ‘Connect on Demand’.  If  you  wish  to  select  another  connection  type  as  broa dband  connection  typ e,  click  ‘Back’;[...]

3 ‐ 2 ‐ 4  PPTP   If  you r  ISP  req u ires  you  to  use  PPTP  (P oint ‐ to ‐ Po i n t  T unne ling  Prot ocol)  to  est a blish  connection,  yo u  can  select  this  connection  type  to  estab li sh  Interne t  conn ect ion.   PPTP  req ui res  t[...]

Here  ar e  descriptions  of  every  setup  items:   Item Name Description User ID Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. PPTP Gateway Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Int[...]

If  you  wish  to  select  another  connection  type  as  broa dband  connection  typ e,  click  ‘Back’;  or  yo u  ca n  click  ‘OK ’  to  finish  with  quick  setup.  Yo u ’ l l  see  the  fo l l o wi n g  message s:     Please  click  [...]

3 ‐ 2 ‐ 5  L2TP   If  you r  ISP  req u ires  you  to  use  L2TP  (La yer ‐ 2  Tu n n e l i n g  Protocol)  to  esta bl is h  connect ion,  yo u  can  select  this  conne ction  type  to  estab li sh  Int ernet  connection.  L2TP  is  another  popular ?[...]

Here  ar e  descriptions  of  every  setup  items:   Item  Name  Description  User  ID  Please  input  user  ID  (user  name)  assigned  by  your  Int ernet  service  provider  here.  Pa ss w o rd  Please  input  the  pass wor d  assigned  by  your ?[...]

If  you  wish  to  select  another  connection  type  as  broa dband  connection  typ e,  click  ‘Back’;  or  yo u  ca n  click  ‘OK ’  to  finish  with  quick  setup.  Yo u ’ l l  see  the  fo l l o wi n g  message s:     Please  click  [...]

3 ‐ 2 ‐ 6  WISP   WISP  (W irele ss  ISP)  is  a  connection  method  which  estab li sh es  Int ernet  connection  by  wirele ss  netw ork.  In  this  mode,  BR ‐ 6228nS_nC  broadband  ro u te r  wi ll  act  as  a  wireless  client  and  conn ect  to[...]

Security According to the secu rity settings of the wireless access point you with to connect, you’ll be prompted to input WEP key / WPA passphrase so you can pass the security check of access point. A correct WEP key / WPA passphrase is required to connect to wi reless access point with security setting. Please ask your wireless ISP for correct [...]

3 ‐ 3  LA N  (W ire d)   Yo u  can  setup  Wi r e d  LA N  (Local  Area  Network)  connections  of  this  broadband  ro u te r  in  ‘L AN’  menu.  This  broadband  ro u te r  has  4  LA N  ports  and  they ’ll  all  use  the  same  LA N  IP[...]

Suggestions on IP address numbering plan: If y ou have no idea on how to define an IP address plan for your network, here are some suggestions. 1. A valid IP address has 4 fi elds: a.b.c.d, for most of home and comp an y users, it’ s suggested to use 192.168.c.d, where c is an integer betw een 0 and 254, and d is an integer between 1 and 254. Thi[...]

3 ‐ 3 ‐ 2  LA N  IP   Yo u  can  use  this  setting  to  assign  an  IP  add ress  to  the  LA N  interface  of  this  broa dband  ro ut er .     Here  ar e  descriptions  of  every  setup  items:  Item  Name  Description  IP  addre ss ?[...]

3 ‐ 3 ‐ 3  DHCP  Server   Yo u  can  use  this  setting  to  decide  the  ra n ge  of  IP  addr ess  leases.     Here  ar e  descriptions  of  every  setup  items:   Item  Name  Description  Start  IP   Please  input  the  star t ?[...]

3 ‐ 3 ‐ 4  Sta tic  DHCP  Leases   If  you  wish  to  assign  a  fix ed  IP  addre ss  to  certain  comp uters  /  devices  by  DHCP ,  yo u  ca n  use  this  function  to  esta bl i sh  a  MAC ‐ to ‐ IP  ad dress  ta bl e  here,  so  yo u [...]

All  MAC ‐ to ‐ IP  add ress  entrie s  will  be  list ed  in  this  page ,  and  this  br oadband  ro u te r  supports  up  16  stat i c  DHCP  leases:     To  delete  one  or  more  entries  lis te d  here,  plea se  check  the  box  of ?[...]

3 ‐ 2  Wi r e l e s s   Yo u  can  setup  Wi r e l e s s  LAN  conn ect ion  param ete rs  of  this  br oadband  ro ute r  in  ‘W irel es s’  menu:     Please  select  one  setting  in  this  menu,  then  click  ‘A p p l y ’  to  procee d.  If [...]

3 ‐ 2 ‐ 1  Basic  Settings   Yo u  can  set  basic  settings  of  wirele ss  LA N  her e.     Please  select  the  worki ng  mode  of  this  broadband  ro ute r  from  ‘Mode’  dropdown  list  fir st:   a.  AP :  Standar d  wireless ?[...]

3 ‐ 2 ‐ 1 ‐ 1  AP  mode   In  AP  mode,  the  f ollowing  settings  will  appear:     Here  ar e  descriptions  of  every  setup  items:   Item  Name  Description  Band   Please  select  the  r adio  band  from  one  of  following  o[...]

type  an y  alphanumerical  char acters  here,  ma ximum  32  charact ers.  ESSID  is  use d  to  identify  your  own  broad band  router  from  others  when  there  are  other  broadband  routers  in  the  same  area.  Def ault  SSI D  is  ‘ default ?[...]

 When  yo u  finished  with  the  settings  in  this  page,  you  can  click  ‘A p p l y ’  butt on  to  save  change s  you  made  in  this  pag e,  or  yo u  can  click  ‘Cancel’  to  discard  chang es.  Aft e r  you  click  ‘A p p l y [...]

3 ‐ 2 ‐ 1 ‐ 2  Sta tion ‐ Infr astructur e   In  Sta tion ‐ Infr astru cture  mode,  yo u  can  select  a  wireless  acce ss  point  to  become  its  wirele ss  client,  and  also  acts  as  wirele ss  access  point  to  serve  other  wireless  clien ts[...]

clients.  It ’ s  recommends  to  select  this  band  to  ma ximize  compati bi li ty .  ESSID   This  is  the  name  of  broad band  router .  Yo u  can  type  an y  alphanumerical  char acters  here,  ma ximum  32  charact ers.  ESSID  is  use d  to [...]

When  yo u  finished  with  the  settings  in  this  page,  you  can  click  ‘A p p l y ’  butt on  to  save  change s  you  made  in  this  pag e,  or  yo u  can  click  ‘Cancel’  to  discard  chang es.  Aft e r  you  click  ‘A p p l y ’ [...]

3 ‐ 2 ‐ 1 ‐ 3  AP  Bridge ‐ Po i nt  to  Po i nt   In  this  mode,  yo u  ca n  use  this  broa d band  ro u te r  as  a  wireless  network  bridge  and  let  all  compu ters  connected  to  the  LA N  ports  of  both  wirele ss  access  poin [...]

 2.4  GHz  (G):  2.4GHz  band,  only  allows  802.11g  wirele ss  network  client  to  connect  this  router  (ma ximum  tr ansfe r  ra te  11Mbps).   2.4  GHz  (B+G+N):  2.4GHz  Band,  Allows  802.11b,  80 2.11g,  and  802.11N  wirele ss  clients.  I[...]

3 ‐ 2 ‐ 1 ‐ 4  AP  Bridge ‐ Po i nt  to  Multi ‐ Po i nt   In  this  mode,  yo u  ca n  use  this  broa d band  ro u te r  as  a  wireless  network  bridge  and  let  all  compu ters  connected  to  the  LA N  ports  of  all  wireless  acce ss [...]

802.11b  and  802.11g  wirele ss  network  client  to  connect  this  router  (ma ximum  tr ansfer  ra te  11Mbps  fo r  802.11b  clients,  and  ma ximum  54Mbps  fo r  802.11g  clients).   2.4  GHz  (G):  2.4GHz  band,  only  allows  802.11g  wirele ss [...]

3 ‐ 2 ‐ 1 ‐ 5  AP  Bridge ‐ WDS   In  this  mode,  this  broadband  ro ute r  acts  as  both  wireless  communication  bridge  and  wirele ss  acce ss  point.  This  broa dband  ro u te r  can  esta bl is h  commu nication  with  up  to  fo ur  WDS ‐[...]

54Mbps  fo r  802.11g  clients).   2.4  GHz  (G):  2.4GHz  band,  only  allows  802.11g  wirele ss  network  client  to  connect  this  router  (ma ximum  tr ansfe r  ra te  11Mbps).   2.4  GHz  (B+G+N):  2.4GHz  Band,  Allows  802.11b,  80 2.11g,  an[...]

When  yo u  finished  with  the  settings  in  this  page,  you  can  click  ‘A p p l y ’  butt on  to  save  change s  you  made  in  this  pag e,  or  yo u  can  click  ‘Cancel’  to  discard  chang es.  Aft e r  you  click  ‘A p p l y ’ [...]

3 ‐ 2 ‐ 1 ‐ 6  Univer sal  Rep eat er   In  this  mode,  this  broadband  ro ute r  acts  as  a  wireless  rep eate r .  It  will  re p eat  the  signal  of  the  wireless  acce ss  point  you  specified,  to  exte n d  its  wirele ss  coverage.  T[...]

(ma ximum  tr ansfe r  ra te  11Mbps).   2.4  GHz  (B+G+N):  2.4GHz  Band,  Allows  802.11b,  80 2.11g,  and  802.11N  wirele ss  clients.  It ’ s  recommends  to  select  this  band  to  ma ximize  compati bi li ty .  ESSID   This  is  the  name  of ?[...]

When  yo u  finished  with  the  settings  in  this  page,  you  can  click  ‘A p p l y ’  butt on  to  save  change s  you  made  in  this  pag e,  or  yo u  can  click  ‘Cancel’  to  discard  chang es.  Aft e r  you  click  ‘A p p l y ’ [...]

3 ‐ 2 ‐ 2  Set  Security   In  certain  AP  workin g  modes,  yo u  can  enable  encryption  to  impro ve  security  lev el.   When  yo u  click  ‘Set  Security ’  button,  the  f ollowing  window  will  appear:     Please  select  an ?[...]

WEP   Select  WEP  to  enable  WEP  (W ire d  Equ iva le nt  Privacy)  encryption:     Here  ar e  descriptions  of  every  setup  items:   Item  Name  Description  Key  Length  There  are  two  types  of  WEP  ke y  length:  64 ‐ bit  and [...]

server  to  perform  802.1x  authentication.  Server  IP  address  Input  Radius  authentication  server ’ s  IP  address  here.  RADIUS  Server  Po r t  Input  Radius  authentication  ser ver ’ s  service  port  here.  Gener ally  it ’ s  1812.  RADIUS  Se[...]

WP A  pre ‐ share d  ke y   WP A  (W i ‐ Fi  Prot ect ed  A ccess)  is  also  an  encryption  method  and  is  saf er  than  WEP .  It ’ s  recommended  to  use  WP A  inste ad  of  WEP  when  yo u  need  to  use  encryption  to  prot ect  yo[...]

WP A  RADIUS   If  you  have  RADIUS  authentica tion  server  on  yo ur  local  network,  yo u  can  authenticat e  the  wirele ss  clien ts  by  RADIUS  server ’ s  user  database.  Only  authen ticat ed  clients  can  esta b li sh  wirele ss  connection ?[...]

Please  click  ‘A p p l y ’  to  save  change s,  or  click  ‘Re set ’  to  clear  the  texts  in  all  fields.  If  you  click  ‘A p p l y ’,  the  following  messag es  will  appear:     Yo u  can  click  ‘Continue’  to  back  to [...]

3 ‐ 2 ‐ 3  MAC  Addre ss  Fi l t e r i n g   This  function  wi ll  help  yo u  to  pre ven t  unauthoriz ed  user s  from  connecting  to  yo ur  wirele ss  ro ut er ;  only  those  wire le ss  devices  who  ha ve  the  MAC  addres s  yo u  assigned  h[...]

All  MAC  a ddress  en tries  will  be  list ed  in  this  page :     To  delete  one  or  more  entries  lis te d  here,  plea se  check  the  box  of  the  entry  yo u  wish  to  delete  (Under  ‘Select ’),  and  click  ‘Delete [...]

3 ‐ 2 ‐ 4  WPS  (W i ‐ Fi  Pr ot ecte d  Set up)  Settings   WPS  (W i ‐ Fi  Pr otect ed  Setup)  pr ovides  a  convenie nt  way  to  esta bl is h  the  connectio n  between  thi s  broa db and  ro ut er  and  wireless  clients.  An y  WPS ‐ compati bl e  [...]

broadband  router .   Reg ist rar:  This  broad band  router  will  act  as  WPS  registr ar  and  wa it  for  wireless  clien ts  to  send  WPS  configur ation  reque st.   Enrollee:  This  broad band  router  will  act  as  WPS  enrollee  and  se[...]

3 ‐ 3  Adva n ce  Settings   This  ro u te r  pr ovides  var io us  network  func tionalities  li k e  QoS  and  DDNS,  and  yo u  ca n  configure  these  functions  in  ‘A d v a n c e d  Settings’  menu.    [...]

3 ‐ 3 ‐ 1  QoS   Quality  of  ser vice  provide s  an  effi cie nt  way  fo r  comp uters  on  the  netwo rk  to  share  the  internet  bandwidth  with  a  pr omised  quality  of  internet  service.  Wi t h o u t  QoS,  all  comp uters  and  devices [...]

Here  ar e  descriptions  of  every  setup  items:   Item  Name  Description  Enable  QoS  Check  this  bo x  to  enable  QoS  function,  uncheck  it  to  disable  QoS.  To t a l  Download  Bandwidth  Yo u  can  set  the  limit  of  total  downl[...]

the  IP  addre ss  in  left  field  only .  Rem ote  Po r t  Range  Set  the  port  r ange  that  will  activ at e  this  QoS  rule.  If  only  one  port  is  involved,  input  a  single  number  here  (1  to  65535);  if  multiple  ports [...]

 Please  click  ‘A p p l y ’  to  save  change s  you  made  and  resta rt  the  br oadband  ro u te r ,  this  req u ires  about  30  seconds  and  the  broa d band  rou te r  will  sto p  res p on di n g  (this  is  normal  and  is  not  malfunctio[...]

3 ‐ 3 ‐ 2  DDNS   DDNS  (Dynamic  DNS)  is  a  IP ‐ to ‐ Ho stname  mapping  service  fo r  those  Internet  users  who  don’t  have  a  stati c  (fix e d)  IP  addre ss.  It  will  be  a  problem  when  such  use r  wants  to  provide  s[...]

Here  ar e  descriptions  of  every  setup  items:   Item  Name  Description  Dynamic  DNS  If  you  wa nt  to  enable  DDNS  function,  please  select  ‘Enable d’;  otherwise  please  select  ‘Disabled’  Provider   Select  your  DDNS  service ?[...]

(This  field  wi ll  appear  only  when  authentica tion  type  is  QRC).   When  yo u  finished  with  the  settings  in  this  page,  you  can  click  ‘A p p l y ’  butt on  to  save  change s  you  made  in  this  pag e,  or  yo u  can ?[...]

3 ‐ 3 ‐ 3  Po r t  Forw ar ding   This  function  allows  yo u  to  redi re ct  a  single  port  or  consecutive  ports  of  In t erne t  IP  addr ess  to  the  same  port  of  the  IP  addres s  on  local  network .  The  port  number(s)  of ?[...]

field.  Comment  Please  input  any  text  to  de scribe  this  mapping,  up  to  16  alphanumerical  char acters.  Add  Add  the  mapping  to  port  forw arding  table.  Res et  Rem ov e  all  inputt e d  va lu es .   All  ex is ti n g  URLs  will  b[...]

3 ‐ 3 ‐ 4  DMZ   Demilitarize d  Zon e  (DMZ)  is  a  special  ar ea  in  you r  local  network.  This  ar ea  resi des  in  local  network,  and  all  comp uters  in  this  ar ea  use s  privat e  IP  addr ess,  too.  But  the se  privat e  IP[...]

up  to  16  alphanumerical  char acters.  Add  Add  the  mapping  to  port  forw arding  table.  Res et  Rem ov e  all  inputt e d  va lu es .   NO TE:  Please  not e  that  ev ery  public  IP  address  can  be  mapped  to  a  single  Client  PC ?[...]

3 ‐ 5  NA T   Network  addr ess  tr anslations  solve  the  pr oblem  if  sharing  a  single  IP  ad dres s  to  multiple  compu ters.  Wi t h o u t  NA T ,  all  co mputers  must  be  assi gned  with  a  v alid  Int ernet  IP  addre ss  to  get  co[...]

3 ‐ 5 ‐ 1  Vi r t u a l  Ser ver   This  function  allows  yo u  to  redi re ct  a  port  on  Int ernet  IP  addr ess  (on  WA N  port)  to  a  specified  port  of  an  IP  ad dres s  on  local  network,  so  yo u  can  setup  an  In terne t[...]

Here  ar e  descriptions  of  every  setup  items:   Item  Name  Description  Enable  V irtual  Serv er  Check  this  bo x  to  enable  virtual  server ,  and  uncheck  this  box  to  disable  virtual  server .  Privat e  IP  Input  the  IP  addre [...]

When  yo u  finished  with  the  settings  in  this  page,  you  can  click  ‘A p p l y ’  butt on  to  save  change s  you  made  in  this  pag e,  or  yo u  can  click  ‘Cancel’  to  discard  chang es.  Aft e r  you  click  ‘A p p l y ’ [...]

3 ‐ 5 ‐ 2  Special  Applications   Some  applications  re qui re  more  than  one  connection  a  time;  the se  applica tions  won’t  wo rk  with  simple  NA T  rules.  In  order  to  mak e  the se  applications  work ,  yo u  ca n  use  this  fun[...]

blank.  UDP  Po r t  to  Op en  Input  the  UDP  port  number  require d  by  the  spe ci al  application,  the  port  number  can  be  a  single  va lu e ,  or  a  r ange  (li k e  20 ‐ 50).  If  you  nee d  to  input  more  than  one  por[...]

When  yo u  finished  with  the  settings  in  this  page,  you  can  click  ‘A p p l y ’  butt on  to  save  change s  you  made  in  this  pag e,  or  yo u  can  click  ‘Cancel’  to  discard  chang es.  Aft e r  you  click  ‘A p p l y ’ [...]

3 ‐ 5 ‐ 3  UPnP  Setting   BR ‐ 6228nS_nC  br oadband  ro u te r  support s  UPnP  (univ ersal  plug ‐ and ‐ pla y),  which  allows  other  network  devices  to  co mmunicate  with  this  broa dband  ro u te r  to  exch an ge  information  about  network  cap[...]

3 ‐ 5 ‐ 4  AL G  Settings   AL G  (Application  La yer  Gatew a y)  is  a  kind  of  network  connection  abi lity  support  fo r  specific  network  applications  li k e  gam e  and  inst ant  online  chat.  Wi t h o u t  ALG  support,  these  application[...]

3 ‐ 5 ‐ 5  Sta tic  Ro ut i n g   In  most  c ases,  all  you r  computer s  on  local  network  will  use  default  gateway  (gener ally  provide d  by  you r  ISP)  to  access  servers  on  In ternet .  However ,  if  you  have  pr ef er re d  netw[...]

If  you  want  to  delete  a  specific  stati c  ro ut e  entry ,  check  the  ‘select ’  bo x  of  the  stat ic  ro u te  entry  you  wa nt  to  delete,  then  click  ‘Delete  Selecte d’  butt on.  (Y ou  can  se lect  more  than  one  sta[...]

3 ‐ 6  Fi r e w a l l   This  broa d band  ro u te r  supports  sever al  firew all  functions  which  will  help  yo u  to  pr ot ect  yo ur  network  and  comp uter .  In  this  chapt er ,  instructions  fo r  using  these  functions  wi ll  be  given, [...]

not  required.  (i.e.  If  the  MA C  address  label  of  your  wireless  device  indicate s  ‘a a ‐ bb ‐ cc ‐ dd ‐ ee ‐ ff ’  or  ‘ aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff ’ ,  just  input  ‘ aabbccddeeff ’  Computer  Name  All  compu ter  names  found  by  this  broa[...]

 If  you  wish  to  use  IP  addr ess ‐ base d  filtering,  please  use  ‘IP  Fil t e r i n g  Ta b l e ’  in  this  page :     Please  check  ‘Enable  IP  Fi l t e r i n g  Ta b l e ’  box  fir st,  and  select  ‘Den y ’  or  ‘A l l o w [...]

  Yo u  can  select  multiple  services  here.  If  you  wish  to  deny  or  allow  all  services  of  certain  IP  add ress (es ),  please  select  both  ‘T C P’  and  ‘UDP ’ .   If  the  service  yo u  wish  to  deny  or  allow  [...]

When  yo u  finished  with  the  settings  in  this  page,  you  can  click  ‘A p p l y ’  butt on  to  save  change s  you  made  in  this  pag e,  or  yo u  can  click  ‘Cancel’  to  discard  chang es.  Aft e r  you  click  ‘A p p l y ’ [...]

3 ‐ 6 ‐ 2  URL  Blocking   If  you  want  to  prevent  comp uters  in  local  network  from  acce ssing  certain  website  (li k e  pornogr aph y ,  vio lence,  or  anything  you  wa nt  to  block),  you  can  use  this  function  to  sto p  compu[...]

one  URL/Ke ywor d).  If  you  want  to  delete  all  URL/K eyword  list ed  her e,  please  click  ‘Delete  All’  button,  or  you  can  also  click  ‘Re set ’  button  to  unselect  all  URL/Keyw or ds.   When  yo u  finished  with  the  set[...]

3 ‐ 6 ‐ 3  DoS   Denial  of  Service  (DoS)  is  a  common  atta ck  measur e,  by  transmitting  a  gr ea t  amount  of  data  or  req uest  to  you r  Internet  IP  a ddre ss  and  server ,  the  Int ernet  connection  will  become  ve ry  sl[...]

scanner ’  to  know  how  many  ports  of  your  Int ernet  IP  addre ss  are  open,  and  they  can  collect  a  lot  of  valuable  information  by  doing  so.  Check  this  box  and  the  rout er  will  block  all  tr affics  which  are ?[...]

 Po r t  Scan  Many  kind  of  port  scan  methods  are  list ed  here,  please  check  one  or  more  DoS  att ack  methods  you  want  to  prevent.  Syn c  Flood  Lik e  Ping  of  Death,  you  can  set  the  thre sh old  of  when  this ?[...]

3 ‐ 6 ‐ 4  Pa re n ta l  Control   For  those  fa mi lies  who  have  children  in  the  house,  parental  cont rol  is  a  ve ry  useful  funct ion  fo r  pare nts:  If  pare nts  are  not  at  home,  chi ld  wi ll  not  be  able  to  access ?[...]

dropdown  list,  then  click  <<  button.   Please  not e  that  only  active  (connecte d  to  LA N  port  of  this  broad band  router  and  swit che d  on)  comput er ’ s  MAC  addre ss  will  be  liste d  here.  If  you  think  some  co[...]

3 ‐ 7  St atus   In  this  menu,  yo u  can  check  the  opera tion  stat us  of  this  br oadband  ro u te r .  To  view  the  stat us ,  follo w  the  follo wing  instructions:   1.  Click  ‘Status’  tab  fr om  main  menu:     2.  Th[...]

3 ‐ 7 ‐ 1  Int ernet  Connection   This  page  shows  the  current  statu s  of  Int ernet  connection.   [...]

3 ‐ 7 ‐ 2  Device  Status   This  page  shows  curren t  wirele ss  LA N  and  wir e d  LA N  configuration.   [...]

3 ‐ 7 ‐ 3  Syste m  Log   This  page  shows  all  logged  syste m  inf ormation.  Yo u  can  use  scr oll  bar  to  view  the  logs,  or  click  ‘Sav e’  to  downlo ad  the  log  file  to  yo ur  com puter .  Yo u  can  also  click  ‘C[...]

3 ‐ 7 ‐ 4  Security  Log   This  page  shows  all  logged  security ‐ re la ted  inf ormation.  Yo u  can  use  scr oll  bar  to  view  the  logs,  or  click  ‘Sav e’  to  download  the  log  fi le  to  yo u r  compu ter .  Yo u  ca n  also [...]

3 ‐ 7 ‐ 5  Act iv e  DHCP  Client   This  page  shows  all  curren t  DHCP  clients.  Yo u  ca n  click  ‘Refr esh’  to  re l oad  the  list.   [...]

3 ‐ 7 ‐ 6  Sta tistics   This  page  shows  the  stat ist i ca l  inf ormation  of  network  interfaces  of  this  br oadband  ro u te r ,  and  the  tota l  sys te m  uptime.   [...]

3 ‐ 8  T ools   This  broa d band  ro u te r  comes  with  several  tools  that  will  help  yo u  to  manag e  the  configu ration  of  br oadband  ro u te r ,  upgra de  the  firmw are,  and  restar t  the  br oadband  ro u te r .   To  use  these ?[...]

3 ‐ 8 ‐ 1  Configuration  T ools   In  this  page,  yo u  ca n  backup  and  restore  cur ren t  syst em  configuration,  and  reset  all  settings  to  fa c t o r y  def a ult  va lu e.     Here  ar e  descriptions  of  every  setup  items:   [...]

3 ‐ 8 ‐ 2  Fi r m w a r e  Upgra de   New  firmware  relea ses  will  provide  new  functions  to  this  broa dband  ro ut e r ,  and  you  can  use  firmw are  upgrade  function  to  upgrade  the  firmwar e  to  new  ve rsio n.         ?[...]

3 ‐ 8 ‐ 3  Resta rt   If  you  f ound  that  the  broa d band  rou te r  is  not  functioning  correc tly ,  or  r esponding  slowly  then  usual,  yo u  ca n  use  this  function  to  restar t  the  br oadband  ro u te r ,  and  this  ma y  cor rect[...]

3 ‐ 9  Language   This  broa d band  ro u te r ’ s  web ‐ based  user  int e rface  support s  sever al  la nguages.  Yo u  can  change  the  display  language  by  click  ‘Language’  bu tton  in  main  menu.   To  change  the  display  language, [...]

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