Edimax Technology BR-6478AC manual

1 BR-6478A C User Manual 02-20 13 / v1.0[...]

2 COPYRIGHT Copyright  Edimax T ec hnology Co., Lt d. a ll rig h ts reserved. No p a rt of this pub lica tion ma y be reproduced, tr a nsmi t ted, tr anscri bed, stor ed in a r etrieval sy stem, or t r ansl at ed int o a ny lan guage or comp ut er lan gu age, i n an y form or by any means, elec tr o nic, mechanical, magnetic, optica l, che mical[...]

3 CONTENTS I. PRODUCT INF ORMA T ION ... ..... .. ... ... ..... ..... ... ... ... .. ... ... ..... ..... ... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... ... ..... .... 5 I-1. Pack age Con t e n ts ................................................................ ........................ 5 I-2. Har d w a r e ................................ ........................[...]

4 IV-7- 2. Access Con tr ol ................................ ............................................................. 51 IV-8. QoS (Quali ty of Serv ice) ................................ ................................ ................. 52 IV-8- 1. QoS ................................ ..........................................................[...]

5 I. PRODUCT INFORM ATION Thank y ou f or pur ch a sing an Edi max B R-647 8AC A C 1 200 wire le ss co ncurr ent dual-band gig abit r out e r . I-1. Pack age Con tent s Be for e yo u st art using this p roduc t, ple as e check if ther e is anythi ng missing in the p ack age, and co nt act your deale r t o claim the missing it em(s): BR - 64 78 AC E[...]

6 I-2. Har dwar e Item N am e Descr iptio n Ant enna Connect s the supplie d 3 dBi a nt enn a s. Ra dio ON/OFF S wit ch Swit ch th e wir ele s s signal on/ of f accor dingly . R e set / WPS But t on Re set s the r out er t o fact o ry d ef ault set tings ( clea r s all set tings) or s tart s the WPS functi on. Re set: P r ess and hol d f or 12 sec [...]

7 LED LED St a tus Descript ion Power On Rout er is on. Off Rout er is of f. Inter net On Inter ne t co nnection is activ e . Flashing Rout er is con necting to internet . Off No i nter net connecti on. 2.4 GHz On 2.4GHz wir eles s is ac tive. Flashing 2.4GHz LAN ac tiv ity (tra nsferrin g/receiving dat a). Off 2.4GHz wir eles s is no t active . 5 [...]

8 I-4. Saf ety Inf ormation In or der to ensur e the saf e oper ation o f th e device and it s user s, ple a se re ad and act in acc ordan ce with t he fo llowing saf ety instruct ions. 1. The r oute r is desi gne d f or indoor use onl y; d o not place th e ro uter out door s. 2. Do not place t he ro ut e r i n or ne ar hot /humid plac e s, such a [...]

9 • Support s WMM, WEP , W P A, WP A2, D DNS, QoS, IP /MAC filt er , DMZ and virt ual server . II. HARDWAR E INSTAL LATION & NETWORK S ETTINGS II-1. Har dwar e In stal lati on Please setup your router, computer , modem and ot her ne twork dev ices as shown be low. Be for e using the BR-64 78AC, ple ase mak e sur e y our c ompute r is set t o [...]

10 2. Double click the “Netw ork Connect ions” ic on and the “Net wo rk Connect ions” window will appear . 3. Right c lick “Loc al Are a Connectio n” on the mouse . When the “Local Area Connect ion Pro perties ” window ap pears, clic k “Prop erties”.[...]

1 1 4. Select “ TCP /IP ” and cl ick “Pro pert ie s” . 5. Select “Obtain an IP address automati call y” and “O btain D NS serv er[...]

12 addres s auto matically”, th en click “O K”.[...]

13 II-2-2. W indo ws V ist a 1. Click the “St art ” butt on (it should be loc at ed in the low e r - le f t c orner of your c omput er), then click “Con trol Pan el” . Click “ V iew Net wo rk St a tus and T ask s” , then c lic k “Manage Net wo rk Connect ions” . Ri ght -cl ic k “Loc al Are a Netw ork” , then s elect “Pr operti[...]

14 II-2-3. W indo ws 7 1. Click the “St art ” butt on (it should be loc at ed in the low e r - le f t c orner of your c omput er), then click “Con trol Pan el” .[...]

15 2. Under “N etw ork and I nt ernet ” click “ V iew netw ork st atu s and t ask s” . 3. Click “Local Area Conne ction”.[...]

16 4. Click “Proper ties”. 5. Select “Internet Proto col Version 4 (TCP/IPv6) and t hen cl ick “Properti es”.[...]

17 6. Select “Obtain an IP address automati call y” and “O btain DNS server addres s auto matically”, th en click “O K”. II-2-4. W indo ws 8 1. Fro m the W indo ws 8 St art s cr een, y ou nee d to switc h to de sk t op mode. Mov e y our cur ser to the bott om le f t of the screen a nd click .[...]

18 2. In de skt op mode, cl ic k t he F i le Explorer ico n in t h e bot tom le ft of th e scr een, a s shown b elow . 3. Righ t cl ick “Net work” and th en select “Prop ert ie s” .[...]

19 4. In the window t ha t ope ns, select “Change a dapt er set tings” fr om the le ft side. 5. Choose y our co nnectio n and righ t click, the n sel ect “Pr opertie s” .[...]

20 6. Select “Inter net Pro t o c ol V er sion 4 (T C P /IPv6) a nd the n cli ck “Pro pert ies” . 7. Select “Obt a in an IP add r e ss au t omatic ally” and “ Obt ain DNS server addre s s aut omatic ally” , then click “O K” .[...]

21 III. SETTING UP III-1. iQ Setu p iQ Set up is a simple and int ellige nt W AN det ect ion t ool. Ple ase f ollow the ins tructions below . 1. Use a W i- F i devic e (e . g. c om put er , tablet , smartpho ne) t o sear ch f or a W i -F i netw ork wit h the SSID “ e dimax.se tup” and c onnect t o it. 2. Open a we b br owser and if yo u do not [...]

22 Not e: If you can not a cce ss h ttp:// e dima x.setup , pl ease mak e sure you r co mput er is set t o use a dynamic IP addre ss. See II. NETW ORK SETTINGS 3. Ensur e th at y our r outer is pr op erly connect e d to your modem a s shown o n the s cr e en, and click “Next ” t o c o n tinue.[...]

23 4. Ple a se w ait a moment while the BR - 647 8AC de t ect s y our W AN c onnect ion type . 5. The BR-64 78A C will di spla y the ne xt s cr een dep ending on y our W AN c onnecti on type. For Dynamic I P user s ple ase click “Ne xt ” t o con tinue:[...]

24 For PPP oE user s ple ase en ter the usernam e an d p a ssw or d pro vide d by y our ISP and clic k “Ne xt ” t o c ontinue: For other user s ple ase select y our W AN c onnection type manually fr om the dr op down menu, cl ick “Ne x t ” t o con t inue and f ollow the on-scr een inst ruction s. Not e: If you are not s ure which W AN conne[...]

25 6. Ple a se ent er a netw ork name (SSID) a nd W i- F i Pa sswor d f or e ach of the BR-64 78 AC ’ s 2.4GHz an d 5GHz W i-F i netw ork s and cli ck “Ne xt ” t o c onti nue. Not e: Pleas e remember the se det ails. F or y our con venience, you can writ e them do wn at t he end o f this QIG in “W i-F i Se tting s” . 7. Y ou will s ee t h[...]

26 8. Y ou will s ee a f inal “Congr a tula tions” scre en and c onfi gur ati on is now c omplet e. Ple ase close y ou r br ows er window . III-2. Manual Setu p via W eb Bro wser 1. Ent er “19 2.168. 2.1” in the w eb br owser ’ s addr e ss bar a nd pre ss “Ent er ” . 2. Input t he use rname “ a dmin” and th e pa sswor d “1234”[...]

27 3. Input t he us ername “ a dm in” and the p a ssw or d “1234” and clic k “ OK” . Y ou will arriv e the at Sta tus pag e, use the m enu on the lef t si de of the sc r een to na vig at e. Y ou c an also chang e the language usin g the dr op down menu in the t op right c orner . R ef er t o IV . BRO WSER BAS E D C ONF IGUR A TION INTER[...]

28 IV. BROWSER BA SED CONFIGUR ATION INT ERFACE Once y ou have setup the r oute r a s det ailed in III-1. iQ S etup o r th e inc luded QIG , yo u c an furthe r con figur e the set tings o f the r oute r or run iQ Set up ag ain using the br owser base d con figur ati on in terf ace. If yo u pre fe r , y ou can also skip iQ Set up and c onfigur e the[...]

29 Y ou wi ll see the scr een below . Ple ase r ef er back t o III-I iQ Setup onw ard s f or guidance on iQ Setup. IV -3. Int ernet IV -3-1. W AN Setup Selec t a W ide Ar e a Net wo rk (W AN) c onnec tio n mode fr om th e dr op down menu. A ft er y ou select y our c onnection mode an d c om ple t e the co nfigura tion, the r oute r will re st art f[...]

30 Dynamic IP Select “Dynamic IP ” if y our Int ernet Service Pr ovider a ssigns an IP a ddre ss t o y ou automa tic ally using DHCP (Dynamic Hos t Conf igur ati on Pr otoc ol) (e.g. cabl e in ternet pr oviders) . St a tic IP Selec t “St atic IP ” if y our ISP pr ovide s y ou with a fix e d IP a ddr ess. PPPo E Selec t “PPPo E” if y our[...]

31 IV -3-1-1. Dyna mic IP Hos t Name Input t he host name o f your c omputer ( only required if your ISP instruc ts you t o do so) . MAC A ddre ss If you r ISP only permit s compute rs with cert a in MAC addres ses t o ac ce ss the in ternet, i nput the MAC addres s of y ou r co mputer here . If your computer i s conne cte d to interne t via cab le[...]

32 Mos t Dynamic IP s assi gned t o user s by ISPs ar e c onfigur a tion fre e IV -3-1-2. Sta tic IP IP Addr es s Input t he st a tic IP a ddr ess ass igne d by y our ISP . Subnet Ma sk Input t he subnet mask assigne d by y o ur ISP . De fault G a t ewa y A ddr e ss Input t he de f ault ga te wa y ad dre ss assigne d by y our ISP . MAC A ddre ss If[...]

33 v alue of y our netw ork connect ion. The def ault v alue, whi ch is typic a l f or a dynamic IP or s t atic IP , is 15 00. T TL Enable t he “ T TL ” func tio n if y ou r ISP r equir e s y ou t o do so. IV -3-1-3. PPPoE User N ame En t er the user n am e a ssigned by y our ISP . Pa sswor d Ent er t he pa sswor d assigne d by y our ISP . MAC [...]

34 DNS a ddre ss Selec t “ Obtain an IP addr e ss aut omat ical ly” o r “Use the f ollowing IP a ddr ess” . If yo u cho ose “Use th e f ollowin g IP add r e ss” , y ou will nee d to complet e th e “DNS1 Addr e ss” , “DNS2 Add r e ss” and “DNS3 Addr e ss” fi elds belo w . DNS1 Input t he a ddre ss of DNS1 a ssigne d by y our [...]

35 Obt ain an IP addr ess aut omati cally: Hos t Name Input t he host name o f your c omputer (onl y requir ed if your ISP instruc ts you t o do so) . MAC A ddre ss If you r ISP only permit s compute rs with cert a in MAC[...]

36 addres ses t o ac ce ss the int ernet, i nput the MAC addre ss of your compute r here. If your co mputer is c onnecte d to inte rnet via cable modem, cl ick “Clone M ac addr ess” to ente r the MAC addr ess automati cally. Use the f ollowing I P addr ess: St a tic IP Addr es s Input t he st atic IP a ddr ess ass igne d by y our ISP . Subnet M[...]

37 “Con tinuo us” – alw a ys c onnecte d. “Connect on De mand” – c onnect when r equire d. “Manual” – c onnect and di sconne ct m anuall y . Idle T ime Out For ” Connect o n Demand” co nnect ion ty pe, specify t he leng th o f inacti vity re quire d to d isconnect . BEZE Q -ISRAEL Check this bo x to enable use with t he BEZE Q[...]

38 dif f ic ult t o a cce ss a service pr ovide d by a dynamic IP user; a D DNS servic e though c an map such dy namic IP a ddre sse s to a fix ed hostna me, f or e asier acce ss. The r out er support s sev er al DDNS service pr ovide r s, f or mor e det ai ls and to re gist er fo r a DDNS acc oun t plea se visit th e DDNS provide r s website (s), [...]

39 IV -4. L AN Her e yo u can c onfigur e y our Loc al Are a Net wo rk (L AN). Y ou c an enable the r out er to dynamical ly alloc at e IP addr e sse s to y our L A N c lien ts, and you can modify the IP a ddre ss of the r ou t e r . IP Addr es s Specif y an IP a ddre ss her e. This IP a ddre ss will be a ssigned to y our r outer and will r eplace [...]

40 a single acti ve p ath bet we en an y tw o net wo rk node s. DHCP Serv er Selec t “Enable ” or “Di sab le” t o enable/di sable DCHP server acc or dingly . Le ase T ime S el ect a lea se time f or t he DHCP le ases he r e. The DHCP cl ien t will obt ain a ne w IP ad dr e ss aft er the per iod e xpir es. If t he r e are l e ss than 30 c om[...]

41 IV -5-1. Basic S ettings Mode Selec t a mode fr om the dro p down menu: AP , St a tion -Infr a s tructure , AP Bridg e-Poin t t o Poi n t, AP Brid ge- Poin t to Mul ti-P oin t, AP Bri dge-WDS, Univ er sal R epe at er . W ir ele ss St andar d Sele ct a wir e le ss st andar d fr om: 2.4GHz(b+ g+n) 2.4GHz(b) 2.4GHz(g) 2.4GHz(n) 2.4GHz(b+ g) W ir el[...]

42 Channel N umber Selec t a c hannel number or se t to “ Au t o” . Nort h Americ a use s channel s 1–11 and Eur ope us e s channels 1–13. W ir ele ss Client s Clic k t he “Show Li st” but ton to s how the li s t o f all c onnecte d wire less client s. Click “R e fre sh” in the new windo w t o r efr esh t he lis t or click “Clo se[...]

43 5 243 2 Y Y Y Y Y Y 6 243 7 Y Y Y Y Y Y 7 244 2 Y Y Y Y Y Y 8 244 7 Y Y Y Y Y Y 9 245 2 Y Y Y Y Y Y 10 2457 Y Y Y Y Y N 1 1 246 2 Y Y Y Y Y N 12 2467 Y N Y Y Y N 13 2472 Y N Y Y Y N 14 2484 N N N Only 802 .11b N N IV -5-1-1. W irele ss Security WPA Pre-share d key is t he re comm en ded and most secur e encryp tion typ e. IV -5-1-1 - 1. WEP Ke y[...]

44 wir ele ss client s. Plea se mak e sur e y our wir ele ss client support s your s election. WP A2 (AES) is r ec omm ende d f ollow ed by WP A2 Mix e d if y our clien t does no t suppor t WP A2 (AE S). Pre - shar ed k ey f ormat Selec t th e pre -shar e d k ey f o rma t fr om “Pa ssphr as e” (8 t o 63 alph anumeric a l char act er s) or “He[...]

45 The de faul t v alue is 1812. RADIUS Serve r P as swo r d Input the pa ssw or d o f the RADIUS authe nt i c atio n server here . IV-5-2. Guest Wireless S etti ngs Here y ou ca n setu p a “Guest” wi reless networ k w hich permits user s to browse the Internet but doesn’t allow users to modify the router’s sett ings – ideal for guest s i[...]

46 IV-5-3. WPS WPS (Wi-Fi Protec ted Setup) provides an e asy and secur e way to e stablish the conne ction be tween BR-6478AC and wireles s client s. Any WPS-compati ble wirel ess clie nts can est abl ish s ecure conn ecti on wi th BR-6478AC using si mple push-butt on ty pe confi guration or Pin Code ty pe co nfiguratio n. We rec ommend you us e W[...]

47 c onnect t o the r ou t e r , it will be de nied. T o enab le t his funct ion, check the bo x label e d “Enable Ac ce ss Con trol” . IV-5-5. Wireless Schedul e Check the b ox “Enable S che dule Settings” to enabl e a wir eless s chedule. A wirel ess sc hedule en ables you to au tomate the wirel ess networ k on or off at speci fied ti mes[...]

48 IV-6. 5G Hz W irele s s 2.5GHz and 5G Hz are diff erent frequency bands for your concurr ent Wi-Fi netwo rks. The configurati on settings for 5G Hz are the same as 2.4GHz - for more de tail ed guidan ce, ple ase refer back to IV-5. 2.4G Wir eless. When[...]

49 sele cting which wi rele ss s tandar d to use u nder “B and”, 5 GHz (A+N+AC) i s reco mmended for best perfor mance. Not e: It is reco mmende d t o assi gn differen t SSIDs t o your 2.4GHz & 5GHz W i-F i net works for iden tific ation purpos es . The t able bel ow is int ende d as guidan ce i f yo u wish t o manuall y set a channel numbe[...]

50 128 5640 Y es Y es Y es No No No Y es 132 5660 Y es Y es Y es No No No Y es 136 5680 Y es Y es Y es No No No Y es 140 5700 Y es Y es Y es No No No Y es 149 5745 Y es No No No Y es Y es Y es 153 5765 Y es No No No Y es Y es Y es 157 5785 Y es No No No Y es Y es Y es 161 5805 Y es No No No Y es Y es Y es 165 5825 Y es No No No Y es Y es Y es 183 4[...]

51 IV-7-2. Access Control Ac ce ss Cont r ol is a se curity f ea tu r e that c an help to pr e v en t u naut hori ze d user s fr om connect ing to y our wir el e s s r outer . This fun ctio n allow s you t o de f ine a li s t of wir eless de vice s permitt ed o r not permit t e d to conne ct to t he ro ut e r , ident ifie d by their unique M AC add[...]

52 Enable MAC Filterin g Table: Choose “Deny” or “All ow” next to “Enable MAC Filter ing”, to deny o r allow a speci fic MAC addr ess acc ordingly, t hen enter the req uired informati on. Enable IP Fi ltering Ta ble: Choose “Deny” or “All ow” next to “Enable MAC Filter ing”, to deny o r allow a speci fic IP addre ss acco rdi[...]

53 Check the “Enable Qo S” box to enable th is fu nction and the n enter t he desir ed val u es. Total Do wnload Bandwidt h Set th e li mit of total do wnload bandwidt h in k bi ts. To di sable downlo ad bandwi dth li mitation, input “0” her e. Total Upl oad B andwidt h Set th e li mit of total up load bandwidt h in k bi ts. To di sable upl[...]

54 Rule Name Input a unique name for this QoS ru le for ref erence . Bandwid th Downlo ad/u pload bandwidt h (guar antee or max imum ) . Local IP Address Set t he IP addre ss range t hat wil l be affected by this QoS rul e. If o nly one IP addr ess is involv ed, input the IP address in the lef t field only. Local Port R ange Set t he port r ange th[...]

55 IV-8-2. iQoS iQoS is a mor e int u itiv e and aut omat ed t ool t o m anag e in t erne t bandwi dth than manual ly c onfiguri ng the set ting s usi ng QoS. Fo r onl ine g am er s, or user s with b andwidth r equ ir ement s f or audio/vide o , iQoS is usefu l and ef f e ctiv e funct ion. iQoS c annot be use d in c onjunct ion wit h QoS and vice -[...]

56 In t erne t Br owsin g P2P / B T Downlo ad FTP Multime dia T rans mission Onli ne Gaming The pri orit y tab le (lar ge ic ons) is or dere d fr om l e ft to right, hi gh t o lo w priority . Double click a lar ge ic on t o r emov e it fr om the priorit y tabl e, and the other lar ge ico ns will mov e left. Doub le click a s mall ic on to inser t t[...]

57 IV-9-2. Port Forwardi ng This fun ctio n allow s you t o r edir ect a single port or co nsecutiv e port s o f an in ternet IP add r e ss t o the same port o f a loc al IP a ddre s s. The po rt nu mber(s) o f th e int ernet IP a ddre ss and loca l IP a ddr ess must be the same. If the port numbe r o f the i n t e rnet IP ad dr ess and loc al IP a[...]

58 Privat e IP S peci fy t he IP addre ss o f t he computer on yo ur local net work. Computer N ame Selec t the nam e of a Windows c om puter f rom the d rop-down menu and cl ick to auto-input its IP add ress i n the “Priva te IP” fi eld. Privat e Port Specif y th e private por t you wish to use on the compute r in y our lo cal networ k. Type S[...]

59 Fragment Threshol d Set t he Fragment t hresh old of the wireless radio. (Def ault: 2346) RTS Threshol d Set t he RTS thr eshol d of the wirel ess radi o . (Def ault: 2347) Beac on Inte rval Set t he b eacon interval of the wireless radio . (Def ault: 100ms) DTIM Perio d Set t he DTIM pe riod of wireless r adio . (Def ault: 3) Data R ate Set t h[...]

60 IV-9-5. 5GHz Wireless The se se t tings ar e f or exper ience d us er s only . Plea se do not ch ang e an y of the v alue s on this p age unle ss you ar e alrea dy f am iliar with the se functions. Ple ase r ef er back t o IV -9-4. 2.4 G Hz W ir eless. IV-9-6. ALG Applic ation Layer Gat eway (ALG ) is a networ k se curity gat eway whi ch suppor [...]

61 IV-9-7. IGMP IV-9-8. DMZ A Demilit ariz ed Zone ( DMZ) is an isolated area in your l ocal net work where priv ate IP addr esses are mapped to specifi ed int ernet IP addr esses , allowing unres tricte d access t o the private IP addres ses but not to the wider loc al netwo rk. You can de fine a virt ual DMZ ho st here. This is useful for exa mpl[...]

62 IV-9-9. Firewall The router supports fir ewall functi ons which can protect your network and compute r fr om malicio us intrude rs. Denial - of-Serv ice (DoS) is a c ommon form of m alic ious attac k against a netwo rk. The r outer’s fire wall can prote ct agains t such att acks. If yo u are not f am iliar with these fu nct ions, it is re comm[...]

63 Ping of De ath Specif y th e freque ncy of ping of d eath pack ets which wi ll t rigger the r outer’s DoS prot ection f uncti on. Discar d Ping fro m WAN Check this box and the r outer will no t answer ping req uests from the i nternet. Port Scan I ntrud er s use “port scanners” to detect open inte rnet IP addre ss por ts. Che ck each type[...]

64 IV-10. A d ministration IV-10-1. Time Zone Set T im e Z one Select the time z one of your c ou n t ry or r egion. T ime Server Ad dr ess The tr av el r outer supports N TP (Netw ork T ime Pro t ocol) f or aut omat ic time and da t e setup. Input t he ho st name o r IP a ddr ess of the IP serv er manually . Da yligh t Savi ng If y our coun try/r [...]

65 Curr ent Pa sswor d Ent er yo ur cu rre nt p assw o r d. New P a ssw or d En t er your new p assw o r d. Confir med Pa sswor d Confi rm y our n ew p assw or d. IV-10-3. Remote Acc ess Check “ Enable d ” to enabl e the r emote acc e ss f eat ure and then i nput the r equi r e d v alue s. Hos t IP Ad dr ess Specif y the IP a ddre ss allow e d [...]

66 Back up Set tings Click “Save” t o save the current settings on your compute r as c onfig.bin file. Rest ore Settings Click the browse butt o n to find a previous ly saved confi g .bin file and then c lick “Upload ” to r eplace yo ur curre nt settings. Rest ore to Fac tory De fault Click “Reset” t o restore settings to the fact ory d[...]

67 IV-10-7. Logs Here y ou ca n vie w the syst em status/sys tem log and secur ity log. IV-10-8. Active DHCP Cli e nt Displ ay s the DHCP Server assigne d IP addr e ss, MAC a ddre ss and ti me f or e ach c omput er or de vice on the l ocal netwo rk .[...]

68 IV-10-9. Stati stics Displ ay s sen t and r eceive d pack et network st atis tics.[...]

69 V . TROUBL E S HO O TING If y ou ar e e xperiencing pr oblems with y our r ou t er , plea se re fer to t hi s tr ouble shooting guide be fo re c o n tacting y our de aler of p ur chase f or help. Not e: If you a r e e xperiencing prob le ms immedi at ely aft er a firm ware upg r ade, p le ase c on ta ct your de aler of purchase for help. Scenari[...]

70 c. Change channel num ber . The r out er is e xtr emely ho t. a. It is normal f or the r oute r t o heat up duri ng fr equent u se. If y ou c an saf e ly place your hand on the r oute r , the t emper atur e of the device i s at a normal l ev el. b. If y ou smell bu rning or see smok e coming fr om r out er then di sconnect the e xtender imme dia[...]

71 your home net work is the locat ion of the DN S serve r your ISP has as signed t o you. DSL Mode m : DSL stands f or Digital Subscri ber Line. A DSL modem uses y ou r exist ing phone lines to transmit dat a at high spe eds. Ethernet: A st andard for compute r network s. Ether net netwo rks are conne cte d by speci al cables an d hubs , and move [...]

72 ISP: Intern et Ser vice Provi der. An ISP is a busine ss that pr ovides co nnectivity to t he Int ernet for i ndividuals and ot h er busi nesse s or organi zations. LAN: Lo cal Are a Net work . A LAN is a gro up of compute rs and devi ces conne cte d together in a relative ly small are a (suc h as a house o r an office) . Your home n etwor k is [...]

73 Access point: A acces s poin t is a n intelligent network d evice t hat forwar ds packe ts betwee n different net works based on ne twor k layer address info rmation such as IP addres ses. Subnet Ma s k: A s ubnet mask, which may be a par t of the TCP/I P inf ormatio n provi ded by your ISP, is a set o f four numbers (e . g. 255.255. 255.0) conf[...]

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