Edimax BR-6228nS manual

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

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

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

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     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[...]

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    • 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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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     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)[...]

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    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:      ?[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 ?[...]

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

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    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[...]

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    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,  [...]

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    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 ?[...]

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     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[...]

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

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    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 ?[...]

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

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    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[...]

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

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    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 , [...]

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

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    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[...]

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    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 ?[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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. [...]

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     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.[...]

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    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 ?[...]

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    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[...]

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    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  [...]

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    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[...]

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    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’;[...]

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    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 [...]

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     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[...]

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    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  [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

  • Page 43

    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  [...]

  • Page 44

    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 ?[...]

  • Page 45

    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)  [...]

  • Page 46

    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 ?[...]

  • Page 47

    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[...]

  • Page 48

    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  [...]

  • Page 49

    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[...]

  • Page 50

    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).[...]

  • Page 51

    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[...]

  • Page 52

    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. ?[...]

  • Page 53

    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  [...]

  • Page 54

    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[...]

  • Page 55

    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  [...]

  • Page 56

    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.    [...]

  • Page 57

    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’;[...]

  • Page 58

    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[...]

  • Page 59

    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[...]

  • Page 60

    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  [...]

  • Page 61

    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 ?[...]

  • Page 62

    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 ?[...]

  • Page 63

    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  [...]

  • Page 64

    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[...]

  • Page 65

    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 [...]

  • Page 66

    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[...]

  • Page 67

    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[...]

  • Page 68

    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 ?[...]

  • Page 69

    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 ?[...]

  • Page 70

    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 [...]

  • Page 71

    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 ?[...]

  • Page 72

    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 [...]

  • Page 73

    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 ?[...]

  • Page 74

    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[...]

  • Page 75

    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 ?[...]

  • Page 76

     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 [...]

  • Page 77

    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[...]

  • Page 78

    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 [...]

  • Page 79

    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 ’ [...]

  • Page 80

    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 [...]

  • Page 81

     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[...]

  • Page 82

    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 [...]

  • Page 83

    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 [...]

  • Page 84

    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 ‐[...]

  • Page 85

    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[...]

  • Page 86

    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 ’ [...]

  • Page 87

    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[...]

  • Page 88

    (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 ?[...]

  • Page 89

    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 ’ [...]

  • Page 90

    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 ?[...]

  • Page 91

    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 [...]

  • Page 92

    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[...]

  • Page 93

    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[...]

  • Page 94

    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 ?[...]

  • Page 95

    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 [...]

  • Page 96

    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[...]

  • Page 97

    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 [...]

  • Page 98

    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  [...]

  • Page 99

    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[...]

  • Page 100

    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.    [...]

  • Page 101

    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 [...]

  • Page 102

    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[...]

  • Page 103

    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 [...]

  • Page 104

     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[...]

  • Page 105

    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[...]

  • Page 106

    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 ?[...]

  • Page 107

    (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 ?[...]

  • Page 108

    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 ?[...]

  • Page 109

    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[...]

  • Page 110

    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[...]

  • Page 111

    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 ?[...]

  • Page 112

    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[...]

  • Page 113

    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[...]

  • Page 114

    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 [...]

  • Page 115

    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 ’ [...]

  • Page 116

    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[...]

  • Page 117

    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[...]

  • Page 118

    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 ’ [...]

  • Page 119

    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[...]

  • Page 120

    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[...]

  • Page 121

    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[...]

  • Page 122

    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[...]

  • Page 123

    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, [...]

  • Page 124

    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[...]

  • Page 125

     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 [...]

  • Page 126

      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  [...]

  • Page 127

    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 ’ [...]

  • Page 128

    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[...]

  • Page 129

    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[...]

  • Page 130

    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[...]

  • Page 131

    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 ?[...]

  • Page 132

     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 ?[...]

  • Page 133

    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 ?[...]

  • Page 134

    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[...]

  • Page 135

    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[...]

  • Page 136

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

  • Page 137

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

  • Page 138

    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[...]

  • Page 139

    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 [...]

  • Page 140

    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.   [...]

  • Page 141

    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.   [...]

  • Page 142

    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 ?[...]

  • Page 143

    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:   [...]

  • Page 144

    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.         ?[...]

  • Page 145

    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[...]

  • Page 146

    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, [...]

  • Page 147

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