Edimax BR-6214K manual

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1 Copyright © by Edimax T echnology Co, L TD. all rights reserved. No p art of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrie val system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the pr ior w[...]

2 Introduction ................................................................................................................... ..................................... 3 Features ....................................................................................................................... ...................................... 3 Minimum R[...]

3 Introduction Congratulations on purc hasing this Broadband Ro uter . This Broad band R outer is a cost-effective IP Sharing Ro uter that enables multiple users to share the Inte rnet through an ADSL or cable modem. Simp ly configure your Internet connection settings in the Broadband R outer and plug your PC to the LA N port an d you're ready[...]

4 Front Panel On the router ’s front panel there are LED lights that inform you of the r outer ’s cu rrent status. Below is an explanation of each LED and its description. Figure 1.1 LED Light St atus Description PWR ON Router ’s power supply is on W AN 10/100M ON W AN port 100Mbps is connected Off W AN port 10Mbps is connected W AN LNK/ACT O[...]

5 operating systems (Macintosh, Sun, etc.), follo w the manufacturer ’s instructions. The following is a step-by-step illustration on how to configure your PC to obtain an IP address automatically for 2a) Windows 95/98/Me , 2b) Windows XP , 2c) Wind ows 2000 and 2d) Wi ndows NT . 2a) Windows 95/98/Me 1. Click the St a r t button and select Settin[...]

6 5. Click OK to confirm the setting. Y our PC will now obtain an IP address automatically from your Broadband Router ’s DHCP server . Note : Please make sure that the Broadband router ’ s DHCP serv er is the only DHCP server available on your LAN. Once you’ve configured yo ur PC to obtain an IP address automatically , please pr oceed to S te[...]

7 2d) Windows V ista IP address setup: 1. Click ‘S tart’ button (it should be located at lo wer-left co rner of your computer), t hen click control panel. Click Vi ew Network St atus and T asks , then click Manage Network Connections.. Right-click Loc al Area Netwrok, then select ‘Properties’. Local Area Connection Pro perties window will a[...]

8 2e) Windows NT 1. Click the St a r t button and select Settings , then click Contro l Panel . The Control Panel wi ndo w wi l l ap pe ar. 2. Dou ble-click Network icon. The Network window will app ear . Select the Protocol t ab from the Network wind ow . 3. Check if the TCP/IP Protocol is on your list of Network Protocols . If TCP/IP is not insta[...]

9 6) The HOME page screen belo w will appear . The Home Page is divided into four sec tions, Quick Setup Wizard , General Setup , St atus Infor mation, and T ools. Quick Setup Wizard (Chapter 1) Select your Internet connection type and then input the configurat ions needed to connect to your Internet Service Provider (ISP). General Setup (Chapter 2[...]

10 7) Click on Quick Setup Wizard (see chapter 1) to start configuring settings required by your ISP so that you can start accessing the Internet. The other secti ons (General Setup, St atus Information and T ools) do not need to be config ured unless you wish to implement /monitor more advance features/information. Select the section (Quick Setup [...]

11 Chapter 1 Quick Setup The Quick Setup section is d esigned to get you using th e br oadband r outer as quickly as possi ble. In the Quick Setup you are required to fill in onl y the information necessary to access the Internet. Once you click on the Quick Setup Wizard in the HOME page, you should see the screen below . Step 1) T ime Zone The Tim[...]

12 Menu Description 1.1 Dynamic IP Y our ISP will automatically give you an IP address 1.2 S tatic IP Address Y our ISP has given you an IP address already 1.3 PPPoE Y our ISP requires you to use a Point-to-P oint Protocol over Ether net (PPPoE) connection. 1.4 PPTP Y our ISP requires you to use a Point- to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) connectio[...]

13 Parameters De scription Clone MAC Y our ISP may require a particular MAC ad dress in order for you to connec t to the Internet. This MAC address is the PC’s MAC addr ess that your ISP had originally connected your Internet connection to. T ype in this MAC address in this section or use the “ Clone MAC Addre ss” button to replace the WAN MA[...]

14 Click < OK> when you hav e finished the configurati on above. Congratulations ! Y ou have completed the configuration for the S tatic IP Address c onnection. Y ou ca n start using the router no w , if you wish to use some of th e advance features supported by this router see chapter 2, 3, 4. 1.3 PPPoE Select PPPoE if your ISP requires the [...]

15 1.4 PPTP Select PPTP if your ISP requires the PPT P protocol to conn ect you to the Internet. Y our ISP should provide all the information required in this section. Parameter Description Obtain an IP address The ISP requires you to obtain an IP address by DHCP server before co nnecting automatically to the PPTP server . Use the following The ISP[...]

16 Click < OK> when you hav e finished the configurati on above. Congratulations ! Y ou have completed the configuration for the PPTP connection. Y ou can start using t he router now , if you wish to use some of the advance feat ures supported b y this router see chapter 2, 3, 4. 1.5 L2TP Select L2TP if your ISP requires the L2TP protocol to [...]

17 Auth T y pe Select P AP or CHAP for the aut hentication type requested by yo ur ISP . Click < OK> when you hav e finished the configurati on above. Congratulations ! Y ou have completed the configuration for the L2TP connection. Y ou ca n start using th e router now , if you wish to us e some of the advance featur es supported by this rout[...]

18 Chapter 2 General Settings Once you click on the General Setup button at the Home Page, you should see the screen belo w . If you have already configure d the Quick Setup Wizard y ou do NOT need to configure anyt hing thing in the Gener al Setup screen for you to start using the Internet. The General Setup contains adv anced featur es that allow[...]

19 Parameters Description 2.1.1 T ime Zone Select the time zone of the countr y you are currently in. T he router will set its time based on your selection. 2.1.2 Password Settings Allows you to select a pa ss word in order to access the web-based management website. 2.1.3 Remote Management Y ou can specif y a Host IP add ress that can perform remo[...]

20 Parameters Description Account Enter your account name to login to your Broadba nd router . Password Enter your password Retype your Enter your password again for verification purposes Password Note : If you forget your password, you’ll have to reset the router to the factory default (password is 1234) with the reset button (see router ’s ba[...]

21 2.2 W AN Use the W AN Settings screen if you have already configur ed the Quick Setup Wizard section and you would like to change your I nternet connection type. T he W AN Settings screen allows to specify the type of W AN port connect you want to establish with your I SP . The WAN settings of fer the following selections for the router ’ s W [...]

22 Parameters Description Service T ype Select a DDNS service provider or select Disabled to dis able DDNS function. Username The account that your DDNS service provide r assigned to you Password The password you set for the DDNS service account above Host Name Y our static domain name that use DDNS Click < Apply> at the bottom of the screen [...]

23 Parameters Description IP address This is the router ’s LAN port IP address (Y our LAN clients default gateway IP address) IP Subnet Mask S pecify a Subnet Mask for your LAN segment DHCP Server S tatus Y ou can enab le or disable the DHCP server . By enabling the DHCP server the router will automatically give yo ur LAN clients an IP address. I[...]

24 2.4.1 Port-based QoS For Application based QoS, user can spec ify a destination port numb er and associate it with an egres s priority (High or Low). For example, if user c onfigures port 7297 with high pr iority , then user w ould experience better service quali ty for such flows. For Port based QoS, user can specify the High/Low queue priorit [...]

25 Parameters Description Src/dst If you want to monitor the source IP of the packets, please select src IP . Otherwise, please select dst IP . IP Address S pecify the IP Address that y ou want to limit the transmit/receive rate. IP Mask If you want to limit a subnet, you can specify the subnet mask here. Protocol S pecify the protocol you want to [...]

26 2.5 NA T Network Address T ranslation (NA T) allows multiple users at your local site to access the Internet thro ugh a single Public IP Address or multiple Public IP Addresses. NA T provides Firewall protection from hacker attacks and has the flexibility to allow you to map Private IP Addresses to Public IP Addresses for key servi ces such as W[...]

27 Parameters Description W AN Port Range Enter the service (service/Inte rnet app lication) port number from t he Internet that will be re-directed to the above Priva te IP address host in your LAN Note : Virtual Server function will have priority ov er the DM Z function if there is a conflict between the Virtual Server and the DMZ settings. Serve[...]

28 Example: Virtual Serv er The diagram below demonstrates one of th e ways you can use the Virtual Server function. Use the Virtual Server when you want the web server loc ated in your pri vate LAN to be accessible to Inter net users. T he confi guration below mean s that any request coming for m the Internet to access your web server will be tran[...]

29 Note : Individual port numbers are separated by a comma (e.g. 47624, 5775, 6 541 etc.). T o input a port range us e a “dash” to separate the two port number range (e.g. 2300-2400) T rigger T ype Select whether the outbound por t protocol is “TCP”, “UDP” or both. T rigger S tart/Finish Range This is the out-going (O utbound) range of [...]

30 Parameters Description Enable Y ou can select to enable “Applic ation Layer Gateway”, then the router will let that application correctly pass though the NA T gateway . Click < Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above c onfigurations. Y o u can now configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance[...]

31 2.5.5 St atic Routing This router provides S tatic Routing func tion whe n NA T is disabled. With St atic Routing, the rout er can for ward packets according to your routing rules . The IP sharing f unction will not work anymore in S tatic Routing mode. Note: The DMZ function of firewall will not work if static routing is enabled. Parameter Desc[...]

32 Parameters Description 2.6.1 Access Control List Access Cont rol List allo ws you to specify which hosts users can or cannot have access to certain Internet applications 2.6.2 URL Filter URL Filter allo ws you to s pecify which URLs can’t be accessed by users. 2.6.3 Anti-DoS The Broadband router's firewa ll can block common hack er attack[...]

33 Day/T ime Y ou can select a range of da y and time that the specified PCs will not able to access the Internet on these time period. Enable Y ou can Ena ble/Disable some policies by check their ena ble checkbox. Y ou can now configure other adva nce sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place) Example: Access Control L[...]

34 2.6.3 Anti-DoS (Denial of Service) The Broadband router's fire wall can block common hacker attacks, in cluding Denial of Service, Ping of Death, Port Scan and Sync Flood, .etc. If Internet attacks occur the router can log the ev ents. Parameters Description DoS Prevention Enable Enables selected Anti-DoS features. Ignore LAN-Side Check Ski[...]

35 Whole system flood System-wide DoS threshold for SYN/FIN/UDP/ICMP flooding. Per-source IP flood SYN/F IN/UDP/ICMP flooding thresh old per host. Offending host would be blocked for 120 seconds (default) if Source IP Blocking is enabled. Whole system FlowCnt Control System-wide Flow Count Control for TCP/UDP or Both protocol. Per-source IP FlowCnt[...]

36 Chapter 3 Stat u s The S tatus section allows you to monitor the current status of your r outer . Y ou can use t he St atus page to monitor: the connection status of the Broadband rout er's W AN/LAN interf aces, the current firmware and hard ware version numbers, any illegal attempts to access your network, and information on all DHCP clien[...]

37 3.1 St atus and Information The S tatus and Information section allows you to vie w the router ’s system information Parameters Description Information Y ou can se e the router ’s system informati o n such as the router ’s: System Information, LAN Information, W AN Information , and Wireless Information.[...]

38 3.2 Logs This router supports five types of Log messages: System Log, ACL Log, URL filter , DoS Log and New connection Log. Y ou can Enable or Disable e ach of these Logs. 3.2.1 System Log 3.2.2 ACL Log 3.2.3 URL Filter Log 3.2.4 DoS Log[...]

39 3.2.5 New Connection Log[...]

40 Chapter 4 T ools This page includes the basic configuration to ols, such as Firmware Upgrade (upgrade s ystem firmware) and Reset. Parameters Description Firmware V ersion This shows your current firmware version. Firmware Upgrade T his tool allows you to upgra de the Broadband r outer ’s system firmware. T o upgrade the firmware of your Broad[...]

41 Appendix A How to Manually find your PC’ s IP and MAC address 1) In Window’s open the Command Prompt program 2) T y pe Ipconfig /all and <enter> • Y our PC’s IP address is the one entitled IP address (192.168.1.77) • The router’s IP address is the one entitled Default Gateway (192.168.1.254) • Y our PC’s MAC Address is the [...]

42 Ethernet: A standard for computer networks. Ethernet networks are connected by special cables and hubs, and move data around at up to 10/100 million bits per second (Mbps). Idle Timeout: Idle T imeout is designed so that afte r there is no traf fic to the Internet for a pre-configured amount of time, the connection will automaticall y be disconn[...]

43 Router: A router is an intelligent net work device that forwards packet s between different networks based on net work layer address information such as IP addresses. Subnet Mask: A subnet mask, which may be a pa rt of the TCP/IP info rmation provided by your ISP , is a set of four numbers (e.g. 255.255.255.0) configured like an IP address. It i[...]

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