Edimax Technology BR-6226N инструкция обслуживания

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3 C A T A L O G Chapter I: Pr oduct Information ....................................................................................... 6 1-1 Intr oduction and safety information .......................................................................... 6 1-2 Safety Information .......................................................................[...]

4 3-3-2 LAN IP ............................................................................................... 74 3-3-3 DHCP Server ...................................................................................... 75 3-3-4 S tatic DHCP Leases ........................................................................... 76 3-4 W ir eless ........[...]

5 6-1 Configuration T ools ........................................................................................... 164 6-2 Firmware Upgrade ............................................................................................. 165 6-3 Restart ................................................................................................[...]

6 Chapter I: Pr oduct Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing Edimax BR-6225n / BR-6226n nLite wireless broadband router! This high cost-efficie ncy router is the best choice for Small of fice / Home office users, all computers a nd network devices can share a single xDSL / cable modem in ternet connection at hi[...]

7 • Compatible with wireless IEEE802.1 1n standard • Support DHCP (Server/Client) for easy client IP-address setup • Advanced network and security featur es like: S pecial Applications, DMZ, V irtual Servers, URL blocking, QoS, Access Control, Firewall. • Allow you to monitor the router ’s status like: DHCP Client Log, System Log, Securit[...]

8 1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of user s and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This router is designed for indoor use only; DO NOT place this router outdoor . 2. DO NOT put this router at or n ear hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. Also, do not left this router in the car in summe[...]

9 1-3 System Requirements z Internet connection, provided by xDSL or cable modem with a RJ-45 Ethernet port. z Computer or network devices with wired 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). z An available power socket[...]

10 1-4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this router , please check if there’ s anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for miss ing ite ms: □ Router …………………… …………………………………… 1 □ Quick installation guide (1 pcs) ………………………………… 2[...]

11 1-5 Familiar with your new wireless broadband router Fr ont Panel LED Name Light Status Description PWR ON Router is switched on and correctly powered WLAN On W ireless network is switched on Off W ireless network is switched off Flashing W ireless LAN activity (transferring data) or WPS mode is on. (LED will on and of f every 1 second) WA N LNK[...]

12 Back Panel BR-6226n BR-6225n Item Name Description Antenna High gain 3dBi Antenna ON/OFF Enable / Disable wireless signal Y ou can not connect the router via wireless adapter , when you disable (OFF) the wireless signal. 12V (Power) Power connector , connects to power ad apter Reset / WPS Reset the router to factory default settings (clear all s[...]

13 Chapter II: System and Network Setup 2-1 Establish netw or k connection Please follow the following instructi on to build the network connection between your new Broadband router and your computers, network devices: 1. Connect your xDSL / cable modem to the W AN port of router by Ethernet cable. 2. Connect all your computers, netw ork devices (n[...]

14 3. Connect the power adapter to the wall socket, and then connect it to the ‘Power ’ socket of the router . 4. Please check all LEDs on the front panel. ‘PWR’ LED should be steadily on, W AN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer / network device connected to the re spective port of the router is powered on and correctly connected . I[...]

15 2-2 Setup client computers to obtain IP address automatically After the network connection is es tablished, the next step you should do is setup the router with proper network parameters, so it can work properly in your network environment. Before you can connect to the r outer and start configuration procedures, your computer must be able to ge[...]

16 2-2-1 W indows 95/98/Me IP addr ess setup: 1. Click ‘S tart’ button (it should be located at lower -left corner of your computer), then click c ontrol panel. Double-click Network icon, and Network window will appear . Select ‘TCP /IP’, then click ‘Properties’.[...]

17 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address fro m a DHCP server ’, then click ‘OK’.[...]

18 2-2-2 W indows 2000 IP addr ess setup: 1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower - left corner of your computer), then click c ontrol panel. Double-click Network and Dial-up Connections icon, double click Local Area Connection, and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear . Select ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’, the[...]

19 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address au tomatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.[...]

20 2-2-3 W indows XP IP addr ess setup: 1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower - left corner of your computer), then click c ontrol panel. Double-click Network and Internet Connections icon, click Network Connections, then double-click Local Area Connection, Local Area Connection S tatus window will appear , and then click ‘Pr[...]

21 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address au tomatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.[...]

22 2-2-4 W indows V ista IP addr ess setup: 1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower - left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Click V iew Network S tatus and Ta s k s , then click Manage Network Connections.. Right-click Local Area Netwrok, then select ‘Pr operties’ . Local Ar ea Connection Pr operties window[...]

23 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address au tomatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.[...]

24 2-3 Connect to broadband r outer by web browser Default IP address of th is broadband router is ‘192.168.2.1’, and you can connect to broadband router ’ s web- based configuration interface by any connected computer with web browse r (Internet Explorer 5.x or above, Firefox, or Netscape). Please input ‘192.168.2.1’ in web brow ser ’ [...]

25 Please input ‘admin’ in ‘User name’ fi eld, and ‘1234’ in ‘Password’ field, and click ‘OK’ button to ente r web configuration in terface. TIPS: If you can’t establish connecti on with broadba nd router with web browser (got ‘The page cannot be di splayed’ or simila r error message), the IP address you inputted may be wr[...]

26 Please click ‘start’ -> ‘run’ at the bottom-lower corner of your desktop: Input ‘cmd’, then click ‘OK’[...]

27 Input ‘ipconfig’, then press ‘Enter ’ key . Please check the IP address followed by ‘Default Gateway’ (In this example, the IP address of router is 192.168.2.1, please note that this value may be differ ent. ) If you tried the instructions listed a bove and still can not find the IP address of this broadband router / you for get the [...]

28 2-4 Using ‘Quick Setup’ This broadband router provides a ‘Quick Setup’ menu, and you can setup basic parameters of this broadband router . Please follow the following instructions to use ‘Quick Setup’ menu: 1. Click ‘Quick Setup’ after logged in.[...]

29 2. In the first step of quick set up, you can setup automatic time synchronization settings. The descriptions of every settin g items are listed as follow: Item Name Description T ime Zone Please select a time zone of the country or region of your residenc e here. If you can’ t find the country / region of your residence here, please select a [...]

30 After you finish with time zone settings , please click ‘Next’ to proceed to next step of quick setup - broadband type: Please choose the broadband (Internet connection) type you’re using in this page. There are six types of Internet connection, they are: Dynamic IP - Please go to section 2-4-1 Fixed-IP xDSL - Please go to section 2-4-2 PP[...]

31 If you’re not sure, please contact your Internet service provider . A wrong Internet connection type will cause connection problem, and you will not be able to connect to internet. If you want to go back to previous step, please press ‘Back’ button on the bottom of this page. 3. NOTE: Some service providers use ‘DHCP’ (Dynamic Host Con[...]

32 2-4-1 Using ‘Dynamic IP’ as broadband connection type If your Internet service provider uses cable modem to provide Internet service to you, you can select this c onnection type. Y ou can also select this connection type if your ISP tells you that they will assign you the IP address by ’DHCP’ (Dynamic Ho st Configuration Protocol). Here [...]

33 If you wish to select another conn ection type as broadband connection type, click ‘Back’; or you can click ‘ OK’ to finish with quick setup. Y ou’ll see the following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save change s you made and rest art the broadband router , this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop respon[...]

34 2-4-2 Using ‘Fixed-IP xDSL ’ as broadband connection type If your ISP requires you to set a fixed IP address to establish connection, you can use this connection type to input the IP address information assigned by your ISP . Please note that not only xDSL conn ections (like ADSL, HDSL, VDSL) can use this connection type, you can se lect thi[...]

35 If you wish to select another conn ection type as broadband connection type, click ‘Back’; or you can click ‘ OK’ to finish with quick setup. Y ou’ll see the following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save change s you made and rest art the broadband router , this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop respon[...]

36 2-4-3 Using ‘PPPoE xDSL ’ as broadband connection type If your ISP requires you to establis h Internet connection by PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet ), you can use this connection type to establish Internet connection. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description User Name Please input user name assigned by [...]

37 Internet when ther e’ s a connect attempt, Manual - only connects to Internet when ‘Connect’ button on this page is pr essed, and disconnects when ‘Disconnect button is pr essed. Idle T ime Out Please specify the time to shutdown internet connect after no internet activity is detected in minute(s). This option is only available when conn[...]

38 2-4-4 Using ‘PPTP xDSL ’ as broadband connection type If your ISP requires you to use PPTP (Point-to-Point T unneling Protocol) to establish connection, you can select this connection type to establish Internet connection. PPTP xDSL requires two kinds of se tting: W AN interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP us er name an[...]

39 Now please go to PPTP settings section: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description User ID Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e. Passwor d Please input the passwor d assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e. PPTP Gateway Please input the IP addr ess of PPTP gateway ass[...]

40 ‘Continuous’ - keep i nternet connection alive, do not disconnect. ’Connect on Demand’ - only connects to Internet when ther e’ s a connect attempt, Manual - only connects to Internet when ‘Connect’ button on this page is pr essed, and disconnects when ‘Disconnect button is pr essed. Idle T ime Out Please specify the time to shut[...]

41 2-4-5 Using 'L2TP xDSL' as broadband connection type If your ISP requires you to use L2TP (Layer-2 T unneling Protocol) to establish connection, you can select this connection type to establish Internet connection. L2TP is anot her popular connection method for xDSL and other Internet connection ty pes, and all required setting item s [...]

42 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description User ID Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e. Passwor d Please input the passwor d assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e. L2TP Gateway Please input the IP addr ess of L2TP gateway assigned by your Internet service pr ovider[...]

43 Idle T ime 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 conn ection type as broadband connection type, click ‘Back’; or you can click ‘ OK’ to finish with quick setu[...]

44 2-4-6 Using 'T elstra Big Pond' as broadband connection type This connection type only works for T elstra big pond network service in Australia. DO NOT select this connecti on type if you’re not using T elstra big pond network service. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description User Name Please input the user n[...]

45 router , this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding (this is normal and is not malfunction). Y ou can reconnect to this broadband router and con tinue on other settings later .[...]

46 2-4-7 WISP (W ireless ISP Connection mode) Y ou can connect with ISP via the router wirelessly , because the router provides WISP connection mode. Clic k “ Enable “ and “ Select Site Survey “ button Here you will find many W ireless Access Points as follows. T o Choose an Access Point which you would like conn ect , then click “Select?[...]

47 made and restart the broadband router , this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop res ponding (this is normal and is not malfunction). Y ou can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later .[...]

48 Chapter III: General Setup The ‘General Setup’ is for you to setup “System, W AN, LAN, W ireless, and others ( Advance settings ) “. Please follow the following instructions to use ‘General Setup’ menu: 1. Click ‘General Setup’ after logged in.[...]

49 2. Five submenus will appear: System - Basic system settings (please go to chapter 3-1) W AN - Setup W AN port manually (please go to chapter 3-2) LAN - Setup LAN port manually (please go to chapter 3-3) W ireless - Setup wireless interface manua lly (please go to chapter 3-4) Advance Settings - Setup advanced settings of this broadband router ([...]

50 3-1 System Y ou can setup basic system settings of this broadband router in ‘System’ menu: Please select the setting item you wish to set, then click ‘Apply’ button to proceed. Y ou can also click ‘Previous’ button to back to ‘System’ menu. 3-1-1 T ime Zone Y ou can change the time zone settings of this broadband router . It’ s[...]

51 The descriptions of every se tting item are listed as follow: Item Name Description T ime Zone Please select a time zone of the country or region of your residenc e here. If you can’ t find the country / region of your residence here, please select a city / region which time zone is the same with the country / region of your residence. T ime S[...]

52 3-1-2 Password Settings Y ou can change the web login passw ord of this broadband router . If you keep using the default password ‘ 1234’, other people may access the configuration interface without your permission. Please change the password as soon as possible. The descriptions of every se tting item are listed as follow: Item Name Descrip[...]

53 3-1-3 Remote Management If you need to manage this broadband router outside of your LAN (i.e. from Internet), you can use this func tion to assign a remote IP address which is permitted to connect to this broadband router ’ s web management interface from Internet. If it’ s not required for you to manage th is broadband router from Internet,[...]

54 Please click ‘Apply’ to save change s in this page, or you can click ‘Cancel’ to discard all settings in this page. After you click ‘Apply’ button, you’ll see the following message: Please click ‘Apply’ to save change s you made and rest art the broadband router , this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will sto[...]

55 3-2 W AN Y ou can setup W AN (W ide Area Network, i.e. Internet) connections of this broadband router in ‘W AN’ menu: Please select the W AN connection type you wish to use, then click ‘Apply’ to continue. Y ou can also c lick ‘Previous’ to back to previous page. If you’re not sure which connection ty pe you should use, please call[...]

56 3-2-1 Dynamic IP Dynamic IP means your ISP will assign an IP address to you automatically by ‘DHCP’ (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). Dynamic IP is often used by cable modem Internet connection. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Host Name Please input the host name of your computer , this is optional, and[...]

57 If you wish to select another conn ection type as broadband connection type, click ‘Back’; or you can click ‘ OK’ to finish with quick setup. Y ou’ll see the following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save change s you made and rest art the broadband router , this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop respon[...]

58 3-2-2 Stati c IP Some ISP will give you a fixed IP addr ess, and ask you to use this IP address to establish Internet connection. In this case, you have to select this connection type to estab lish connection with your ISP . Please note that if your ISP is assigning a fixed IP address to you by DHCP or PPPoE, do not select this connection type. [...]

59 If you wish to select another conn ection type as broadband connection type, click ‘Back’; or you can click ‘ OK’ to finish with quick setup. Y ou’ll see the following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save change s you made and rest art the broadband router , this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop respon[...]

60 3-2-3 PPPoE If your ISP requires you to establis h Internet connection by PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet ), you can use this connection type to establish Internet connection. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description User Name Please input user name assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e. Passwor [...]

61 Internet when ther e’ s a connect attempt, Manual - only connects to Internet when ‘Connect’ button on this page is pr essed, and disconnects when ‘Disconnect button is pr essed. Idle T ime Out Please specify the time to shutdown internet connect after no internet activity is detected in minute(s). This option is only available when conn[...]

62 3-2-4 PPTP If your ISP requires you to use PPTP (Point-to-Point T unneling Protocol) to establish connection, you can select this connection type to establish Internet connection. PPTP requires two kinds of setti ng: W AN interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we start from W AN interface settin[...]

63 Now please go to PPTP settings section: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description User ID Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e. Passwor d Please input the passwor d assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e. PPTP Gateway Please input the IP addr ess of PPTP gateway ass[...]

64 ‘Continuous’ - keep i nternet connection alive, do not disconnect. ’Connect on Demand’ - only connects to Internet when ther e’ s a connect attempt, Manual - only connects to Internet when ‘Connect’ button on this page is pr essed, and disconnects when ‘Disconnect button is pr essed. Idle T ime Out Please specify the time to shut[...]

65 3-2-5 L2TP If your ISP requires you to use L2TP (Layer-2 T unneling Protocol) to establish connection, you can select this connection type to establish Internet connection. L2TP is anot her popular connection method for xDSL and other Internet connection ty pes, and all required setting item s are the same with PPTP connection. Like PPTP , there[...]

66 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description User ID Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e. Passwor d Please input the passwor d assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e. L2TP Gateway Please input the IP addr ess of L2TP gateway assigned by your Internet service pr ovider[...]

67 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 conn ection type as broadband connection type, click ‘Back’; or you can click ‘ OK’ to finish with quick setup. Y ou’ll see the following messages: Please click ‘App[...]

68 3-2-6 T elstra Big Pond This connection type only works for T elstra big pond network service in Australia. DO NOT select this connecti on type if you’re not using T elstra big pond network service. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description User Name Please input the user name assigned by T elstra. Passwor d Please inpu[...]

69 Please click ‘Apply’ to save change s you made and rest art the broadband router , this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding (this is normal and is not malfunction). Y ou can reconnect to this broadband router and con tinue on other settings later .[...]

70 3-2-7 WISP ( W ireless ISP Connection Mode ) Y ou can connect with ISP via the router wirelessly , because the router provides WISP connection mode. Clic k “ Enable “ and “ Select Site Survey “ button Here you will find many W ireless Access Points as follows. T o Choose an Access Point which you would like conn ect , then click “Selec[...]

71 made and restart the broadband router , this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop res ponding (this is normal and is not malfunction). Y ou can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later .[...]

72 3-3 LAN (W ired) Y ou can setup W ired LAN (Local Ar ea Network) connections of this broadband router in ‘LAN’ menu. Th is broadband router has 4 LAN ports and they’ll all use the same LAN IP address settings. Please also note that both wired and wireless LAN uses the same LAN IP addr ess settings, too. LAN settings split into 3 sections: [...]

73 Suggestions on IP address nu mbering plan: If you have no idea on how to defi ne an IP address plan for y our network, here are some suggestions. 1. A valid IP address has 4 fields : 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 between 0 and 254, and d is an integer between 1 and 254. [...]

74 3-3-2 LAN IP If you enable “DHCP Server” , the rout er can assign IP address to PC which connect with the router . Y ou can use this setting to assign an IP address to the LAN interface of this broadband router . Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description IP addr ess Please input the IP addr ess of this br oadband r ou[...]

75 3-3-3 DHCP Server Y ou can use this setting to decide the ran ge of IP address leases. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description St a r t I P Please input the start IP addr ess of the IP leases range. End IP Please input the end IP addr ess of the IP leases range. Domain Name If you wish, you can also input the domain nam[...]

76 3-3-4 Static DHCP Leases If you wish to assign a fixed IP addr ess to certain computers / devices by DHCP , you can use this function to establish a MAC-to-IP address table here, so you can assign a specific IP address to a specific computer / network device by its MAC address. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description En[...]

77 All MAC-to-IP address entries will be listed in this page, and this broadband router supports up 16 static DHCP leases: T o delete one or more entries list ed here, please check the box of the mapping entry (under ‘Select’), and c lick ‘Delete Selected’ button. If you wish to delete all mapping entrie s, click ‘Delete All’ button. T [...]

78 3-4 W ireless Y ou can setup W ireless LAN connecti on parameters of this broadband router in ‘W ireless’ menu: Please select one setting in this menu, then click ‘Apply’ to proceed. If you wish to go back to previous page, click ‘Previous’.[...]

79 3-4-1 Basic Settings Y ou can set basic settings of wireless LAN here. Please select the working mode of this broadband router from ‘Mode’ dropdown list first: a. AP : Standard wireless AP (access point). b. S tation-Infrastructur e: This broadband router acts as both wireless communication client and server - connects to another wireless ac[...]

80 3-4-1-1 AP mode In AP mode, the following settings will appear: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Band Please select the radio band fr om one of following options: 2.4 GHz (B): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.1 1b wir eless network c lient to connect this r outer (maximum transfer rate 1 1Mbps). 2.4 GHz (N): 2.4GHz b[...]

81 It’ s r ecommends to select this band to maximize compatibility . ESSID This is the name of br oadband r outer . Y ou can type any alphanumeric al characters her e, maximum 32 characters. ESSID is used to identify your own br oadband r outer fr om others when ther e ar e other br oadband r outers in the same ar ea. Default SSID is ‘default?[...]

82 Wher e you can setup Channel W idth in ” Auto 20/40MHz ” to get good wir eless signal. When you finished with the settings in this page, you can click ‘Apply’ button to save changes you made in th is page, or you can click ‘Cancel’ to discard changes. After you clic k ‘Apply’ button, you’ll see the following messages: TIPS: Y o[...]

83 Please click ‘Apply’ to save change s you made and rest art the broadband router , this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding (this is normal and is not malfunction). Y ou can reconnect to this broadband router and conti nue on other settings later . Y ou can click ‘Continue’ to continue on other setting[...]

84 3-4-1-2 S tation-Infrastructure In Station-Infrastructure m ode, you can select a wireless access point to become its wireless client, and also acts as wireless access point to serve other wireless clients. If you have th e access privilege of other wireless access point nearby , and you wish to use that access point to access Internet, you can [...]

85 1 1Mbps for 802.1 1b clients, and maximum 54Mbps for 802.1 1g clients). 2.4 GHz (G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.1 1g wir eless network c lient to connect this r outer (maximum transfer rate 54Mbps). 2.4 GHz (B+G+N): 2.4GHz Band, Allows 802.1 1b, 802.1 1g, and 802. 1 1N wir eless clients. It’ s r ecommends to select this band to maximize comp[...]

86 MAC’ button to use the MAC addr ess of your computer (the one you us ed to connect to the web management interface curr ently). Auto MAC Clone If you wish to use the MAC addr ess of wir ed LAN interface of this br oadband r outer , select ‘Enable’, or select ‘Disable’ to not to use the MAC addr ess of the wir ed LAN interface of this b[...]

87 3-4-1-3 AP Bridge-Point to Point In this mode, you can use this broa dband router as a wireless network bridge and let all computers connected to the LAN ports of both wireless access points to communicate with each other . This mode supports only one wireless access point peer . Please note that when you select this mode, this broadband router [...]

88 r outer (maximum transfer rate 150Mbps). 2.4 GHz (B+G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.1 1b and 802.1 1g wir ele ss network client to connect this r outer (m aximum transfer rate 1 1Mbps for 802.1 1b clients, and maximum 54Mbps for 802.1 1g clients). 2.4 GHz (G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.1 1g wir eless network c lient to connect this r outer ([...]

89 Please click ‘Apply’ to save change s you made and rest art the broadband router , this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding (this is normal and is not malfunction). Y ou can reconnect to this broadband router and conti nue on other settings later . Y ou can click ‘Continue’ to continue on other setting[...]

90 3-4-1-4 AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point In this mode, you can use this broa dband router as a wireless network bridge and let all computers connected to the LAN ports of all wireless access points to communicate with each other . This mode supports up to four wir el ess access point peers. Please note that when you select this mode, this broadban[...]

91 r outer (maximum transfer rate 54Mbps). 2.4 GHz (B+G+N): 2.4GHz Band, Allows 802.1 1b, 802.1 1g, and 802. 1 1N wir eless clients. It’ s r ecommends to select this band to maximize compatibility . Channel Number Select the channel number you wish to use; all access points must use the same channel. MAC addr ess 1 to 4 Input the MAC addr ess of [...]

92 3-4-1-5 AP Bridge-WDS In this mode, this broadband router acts as both wireless communication bridge and wireless access point. Th is broadband router can establish communication with up to four WDS-c o mpatible wireless access points, and let all computers connected to th e LAN ports of every wireless access points communicate with each other .[...]

93 802.1 1n wir eless network c lient to connect this r outer (maximum transfer rate 150Mbps). 2.4 GHz (B+G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.1 1b and 802.1 1g wir ele ss network client to connect this r outer (m aximum transfer rate 1 1Mbps for 802.1 1b clients, and maximum 54Mbps for 802.1 1g clients). 2.4 GHz (G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.1 1g [...]

94 wir eless client list window . MAC addr ess 1 to 4 Input the MAC addr ess of other wir eless access points (the access points you wish to connect). Set Security Click ‘Set Secu rity’ button to set security functions of this wir eless connection to impr ove security . Please r efer to chapter 3-2-1-7 for detailed instructions. When you finish[...]

95 3-4-1-6 Universal Repeater In this mode, this broadband router acts as a wireless repeater . It will repeat the signal of the wireless acce ss point you specified, to extend its wireless coverage. The br oadband router will still accept wireless clients when in this mode. Note : Y ou will not get this mode, when you enable WISP . Here are descri[...]

96 1 1Mbps for 802.1 1b clients, and maximum 54Mbps for 802.1 1g clients). 2.4 GHz (G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.1 1g wir eless network c lient to connect this r outer (maximum transfer rate 54Mbps). 2.4 GHz (B+G+N): 2.4GHz Band, Allows 802.1 1b, 802.1 1g, and 802. 1 1N wir eless clients. It’ s r ecommends to select this band to maximize comp[...]

97 wir eless access point you wish to connect fr om the list, and click ‘Done’. If the wir eless access point you wish to connect is not listed, you can click ‘Refr esh’ to r escan. If you still can’ t find the wire less access point you wish to connect, please move the br oadband r outer to the place near er to the access point you wish [...]

98 3-4-1-7 Set Security In certain AP working modes, you can enable encryption to improve security level. When you click ‘Set Security’ butt on, the following window will appear: Please select an encryption method from ‘Encryption’ dropdown menu, and corresponding setting will appear: Disabled Encryption is disabled. It’ s not recommended[...]

99 WEP Select WEP to enable WEP (W ired Equivalent Privacy) encryption: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Key Length Ther e ar e two type s of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit. Using ‘128-bit’ is safer than ’64-bit’, but will r educe some data transfer performance. Key Format Ther e ar e two types of key fo[...]

100 displayed at ‘Key Format’ field. Y ou can use any alphanumerical char acters (0-9, a-z, and A-Z) if you select ‘ASCII’ key format, and if you select ‘Hex’ as k ey format, you can use characters 0-9, a-f, and A-F . Y ou must enter at least one encryption key her e, and if you enter ed multiple WEP keys, they should not be same with e[...]

101 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description WP A Unicast Cipher Suite Please select a type of WP A cipher suite. A vailable options ar e: WP A (TKIP), WP A2 (AES), and WP A2 Mixed. Y ou can select one of them, but you have to make sur e your wir eless client support the cipher you selected. Pr e-shar ed Key Format Select t[...]

102 3-4-2 Security Settings This wireless router supports two types of encryption: WEP (W ired Equivalent Privacy) and WP A (W i-Fi Protected Access): Please select an encryption method from ‘Encryption’ dropdown menu, and corresponding setting will appear: Disabled Encryption is disabled. It’ s not recommended to disable encryption because o[...]

103 WEP Select WEP to enable WEP (W ired Equivalent Privacy) encryption: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Key Length Ther e ar e two type s of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit. Using ‘128-bit’ is safer than ’64-bit’, but will r educe some data transfer performance. Key Format Ther e ar e two types of key f[...]

104 displayed at ‘Key Format’ field. Y ou can use any alphanumerical char acters (0-9, a-z, and A-Z) if you select ‘ASCII’ key format, and if you select ‘Hex’ as k ey format, you can use characters 0-9, a-f, and A-F . Y ou must enter at least one encryption key her e, and if you enter ed multiple WEP keys, they should not be same with e[...]

105 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description WP A Unicast Cipher Suite Please select a type of WP A cipher suite. A vailable options ar e: WP A (TKIP), WP A2 (AES), and WP A2 Mixed. Y ou can select one of them, but you have to make sur e your wir eless client support the cipher you selected. Pr e-shar ed Key Format Select t[...]

106 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description WP A Unicast Cipher Suite Please select a type of WP A cipher suite. A vailable options ar e: WP A (TKIP), WP A2 (AES), and WP A2 Mixed. Y ou can select one of them, but you have to make sur e your wir eless client support the cipher you selected. RADIUS Server IP addr ess Input [...]

107 3-4-3 MAC Address Filtering This function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your wireless router; onl y those wireless devices who have the MAC address you a ssigned here can gain access to your wireless router . Y ou can use this function with other security measures described in previous section, to create a sa fe[...]

108 All MAC address entries will be listed in this page: T o delete one or more entries list ed here, please check the box of the mapping entry (under ‘Select’), and c lick ‘Delete Selected’ button. If you wish to delete all mapping entrie s, click ‘Delete All’ button. T o deselect all checked boxes, click ‘Reset’ button. When you f[...]

109 3-4-4 WPS WPS (W i-Fi Protected Setup) provides a convenient way to establish the connection between this broadband router and wireless clients. Any WPS-compatible wireless clients can establish secure connection with this broadband router with simple push-button type configuration or PinCode type configuration. Here are descriptions of every s[...]

11 0 this wir eless r outer will be displayed her e. Passphrase Key The WP A passphr ase will be displayed as asterisk her e. Config Mode Select the WPS configuration r ole of this br oadband r outer . Registrar: This br oadband r outer will act as WPS r egistrar and wait for wir eless clients to send WPS configuration r equest. Enr ollee: This br [...]

111 3-4-5 W ireless Schedule By wireless schedule, you can restrict wireless clients (computers) from accessing improper website. Because you can setup time and you can enable/disable router ’ s wireless si gnal to control schedule of Internet access . Item Name Description Enable Schedule settings Check this box to enable Schedule function, unch[...]

11 2 3-5 Advance Settings* This router provides various network functionalities like QoS and NA T , and you can configure these functi ons in ‘Advanced Settings’ menu. Please select the function you wish to set, then click ‘Apply’ button. If you wish to go back to previous page, click ‘Previous’ button.[...]

11 3 3-5-1 QoS Quality of service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to share the internet bandwidth with a promised quality of internet service. W ithout QoS, all computers and devices on the network will compete with each other to get internet ba ndwidth, and some applications which require guaranteed bandwidth ( like video st[...]

11 4 Edit If you want to modify the content of a specific rule, please check the ‘select’ b ox of the rule you want to edit, then click ‘Edit’ button. Only one rule should be selected a time! If you didn’ t select a rule b efor e clicking ‘Edit’ button, you’ll be pr ompted to add a new rule. Delete Selected Y ou can delete selected [...]

11 5 3-5-1-2 Add a new QoS entry After you click ‘Add’ button in Qo S menu, a new setting page will appear: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Rule Name Please give a name to this QoS rule (up to 15 alphanumerical characters). Bandwidth Set the bandwidth limitation of this QoS rule. Y ou have to select the data di[...]

11 6 number that will be affected by this rule. If you want to apply this rule on port 80 to 90, please input ’80-90’; if you want to apply this rule on a single port, just input the port number , like ‘80’ Remote IP Addr ess Specify the r emo te (destination) IP addr ess that will be affected by this rule. Please input the starting IP addr[...]

11 7 3-5-2 NA T Network address translations solve the problem if sharing a single IP address to multiple computers. W it hout NA T , all computers must be assigned with a valid Internet IP addr ess to get connected to Internet, but Internet service providers only provide very few IP addresses to every user . Therefore it’ s necessary to us e NA [...]

11 8 3-5-2-1 V irtual Server This function allows you to redirect a port on Internet IP address (on W AN port) to a specified port of an IP address on local network, so you can setup an Internet service on th e computer on local network, without exposing it on Internet directly . Y ou can also build many sets of port redirection, to provide many di[...]

11 9 addr ess which will be r edir ected to the port number of local IP addr ess defined above. Comment Please input any text to describe this mapping, up to 16 alphanumerical characters. Add Add the mapping to virtual server table. Reset Remove all inputted values. All existing virtual server mappings w ill be displayed in this page. T o delete on[...]

120 3-5-2-2 Special Applications Some applications require more than one connection a time; these applications won’t work with sim ple NA T rules. In order to make these applications work, you can use this function to let these applications work. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Enable Check this box to enable sup[...]

121 single value, or a range (like 20-50). If you need to input mor e than one port number and they’r e not contiguous, list all port numbers her e and separate them by comma ( , ). If the application does not use TCP port, leave it blank. UDP Port to Open) Input the UDP port number r equir ed by the special application, the port number can be a [...]

122 When you finished with the settings in this page, you can click ‘Apply’ button to save changes you made in th is page, or you can click ‘Cancel’ to discard changes. After you clic k ‘Apply’ button, you’ll see the following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save change s you made and rest art the broadband router , this require[...]

123 3-5-2-3 UPnP Settings Parameters Default Description UPnP Feature Disable Y ou can Enable or Disable UPnP feature here. After you enable the UPnP feature, all client systems that support UPnP , like W indows XP , can discover this router automatically and access the Internet through this router without any configuration. The NA T T raversal fun[...]

124 3-5-2-4 ALG Settings You can select applications that require “Applicati on Layer Gateway” support. Parameters Default Description Enable Y ou can enable “Application Layer Gateway” function, and the router will let selected application correctly pass though the NA T gateway . Click < Apply > at the bottom of the screen to save th[...]

125 3-5-2-5 S tatic Routing This router provides static routing function, and the static routing can work with NAT (IP Sharing) function. W ith static routing, the router can forward packets according to your routing rules. Parameters Description Enable Static Routing Static rout ing function is di sabled by default. Y ou have to enable the static [...]

126 Remove a Rule If you want to remove some routing rules from the "Static Routing T able", select the rules you want to remove in the table and c lick "Delete Selected". If you want remove all rules from th e table, just click "Delete All" button. Click "Reset" will clear your current selections. Click <[...]

127 3-5-3 Firewall This broadband router supports seve ral firewall functions which will help you to protect your network and computer . In this chapter , instructions for using these functions will be given, so you can utilize these functions to protect your network from hack ers and malicious intruders. 3-5-3-1 Access Control By using access cont[...]

128 network devices. Client PC MAC addr ess Please input the MAC addr ess of computer or network device her e, dash ( - ) or colon ( : ) ar e not r equir ed. (i.e. If the MAC addr ess label of your wir eless device indicates ‘aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff ’ or ‘aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:f f ’, just input ‘aabbccddeeff ’ Computer Name All computer names found [...]

129 T o delete one or more entries list ed here, please check the box of the mapping entry (under ‘Select’), and c lick ‘Delete Selected’ button. If you wish to delete all mapping entrie s, click ‘Delete All’ button. T o deselect all checked boxes, click ‘Reset’ button. If you wish to use IP address-base d filtering, please use ‘I[...]

130 Y ou also have to select the type of In ternet services that will be applied to this access control rule from the list: Y ou can select multiple services here . If you wish to deny or allow all services of certain IP address(es), please select both ‘TCP’ and ‘UDP’. If the service you wish to deny or allow is not listed, you can use ‘U[...]

131 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Pr otocol Please select the pr ot ocol type of this service: TCP or UDP , or ‘Both’. Port Range Please input the port range if this service. For a single port number , just input the number of service port (like ‘1 10’). If this service consis ts multiple continuous ports[...]

132 3-5-3-2 URL Blocking If you want to prevent computers in local network from accessing certain website (like pornography , violence, or anything you want to block), you can use this function to stop comput ers in local network from accessing the site you defined here. This function is useful for parents and company managers. Please follow the fo[...]

133 contained in URL ( like pornography , cartoon, stock, or anything). Add Click ‘Add’ button to add the URL / keywor d to the URL / Keywor d filtering table. Reset Click ‘Reset’ to r emove the valu e you inputted in URL/Keywor d field. All existing URLs will be displayed in ‘Current URL Blocking T able’: If you want to delete a specif[...]

134 3-5-3-3 DoS Denial of Service (DoS) is a comm on attack measure, by transmitting a great amount of data or request to your Internet IP address and server , the Internet connection will become very slow , and server may stop responding because it is not capabl e to handle too much traffics. This router has a built-in DoS att ack prevention mecha[...]

135 ping your own r outer fr om internet, too. Port Scan Some malicious intrud er will try to use a ‘port scanner ’ to know how many ports of your Internet IP addr ess ar e open, and they can collect a lot of valuable information by doing so. Check this box and the r outer will block all traffics which ar e trying to scan your Internet IP addr [...]

136 box of Ping of Death, and input the fr equency of thr eshold (how many packets per second, minute, or hour), you can also input the ‘Burst’ value, which means when this number of ‘Ping of Death’ packet is re ceived in very short time, this DoS pr evention mechanism will be activated. Discar d Ping Fr om WA N Check the box to activate th[...]

137 3-5-4 DDNS DDNS (Dynamic DNS) is a IP-to-Host name mapping service for those Internet users who don’t have a static (fixed) IP address. It will be a problem when such user wants to provide services to other users on Internet, because their IP address w ill vary every time when connected to Internet, and other user will not be able to know the[...]

138 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Dynamic DNS If you want to enable DDNS function, please select ‘Enabled’; otherwise please select ‘Disabled’ Pr ovider Select your DDNS service pr ovider her e . Domain Name Input the domain name you’ve obtained fr om DDNS service pr ovider . Account / E-Mail Input acco[...]

139 authentication type is password). AuthP / AuthQ Please input the AuthP/AuthQ you applied during DHIS registration. (This field will appear only when authentication type is QRC). When you finished with the settings in this page, you can click ‘Apply’ button to save changes you made in th is page, or you can click ‘Cancel’ to discard chan[...]

140 3-5-5 Port Forwarding This function allows you to redirect a single port or consecutive ports of Internet IP address to the same port of the IP address on local network. The port number(s) of Internet IP addr ess and private IP address (the IP address on local network) must be the same. If the port number of Internet IP a ddress and private IP [...]

141 T ype Select the type of co nnection, TCP or UDP . If you’r e not sur e, please select ‘Both’. Port Range Input the starting port number in the left field, and input the ending port number in the right field. If you only want to r edir ect a single port number , just fill the port number in the left field. Comment Please input any text to[...]

142 Please click ‘Apply’ to save change s you made and rest art the broadband router , this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding (this is normal and is not malfunction). Y ou can reconnect to this broadband router and con tinue on other settings later .[...]

143 3-5-6 DMZ Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is a special area in your local network. This area resides in local network, and all computers in this area uses private IP address, too. But these private IP addresses are m apped to a certain Internet IP address, so other peopl e on Internet can fully access those computers in DMZ. The DMZ setting page looks[...]

144 you’r e not sur e, please select ‘Both’. Port Range Input the starting port number in the left field, and input the ending port number in the right field. If you only want to r edir ect a single port number , just fill the port number in the left field. Comment Please input any text to describe this mapping, up to 16 alphanumerical charac[...]

145 Please click ‘Apply’ to save change s you made and rest art the broadband router , this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding (this is normal and is not malfunction). Y ou can reconnect to this broadband router and con tinue on other settings later .[...]

146 Chapter IV EZ V iew Many network devices like printer , IP camera, and multi-media adapters support UPnP (Universal PnP) function. Those UPnP-com patible devices can communicate with each other , and make appropriate configurations. This broadband router is capable to scan the local network and find all UPnP-compatible devices out, you can get [...]

147 2. A pop-up window (or new web browser tab) will appear to show that broadband router is scanning for UP nP devices on network, please wait for 30 seconds until ‘OK’ button appear s. Click ‘OK’ but ton to continue.[...]

148 3. All UPnP-compatible devices found on the network will be listed here, with the category it belongs to and its name. (For network devices not manufactured by Edimax, or ear lier non-PnP Edimax products, the category and name will not be able to displayed).[...]

149 Y ou can click ‘ ’ button to connect to the web adm inistration interface of the network device, as shown below . (The following picture is an example of connecting to an IP camera, you can input its username and password to login).[...]

150 If you want to rescan UPnP de vices, click ‘Refresh’ button. If you need to set the detailed information of UPnP devices, please click ‘Advanced’ button, and the fo llowing settings will appear: Y ou can click ‘?’ icon and a drop-down list will shown, then you can select an icon for the network devi ce you selected. For example, if [...]

151 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Add Click this button to add a network device, and you can set detailed network information like name and IP addr ess for it. Click ‘Apply’ button to save changes and new setting will take effect until next login. DEL Click this button to de lete all settings assigned to the [...]

152 to access the network at certain time period. Click ‘Set’ button and a new window will appear with thr ee time-selection options: No Block: Do not block this UPnP device. T ime Interval: This UPnP device will be blocked during the time period you specified. Please input ‘fr om’ and ‘to’ hour in two r espective fields of this item by[...]

153 When you finished with the settings in this page, you can click ‘Apply’ button to save changes you made in th is page, or you can click ‘Cancel’ to discard changes. After you clic k ‘Apply’ button, you’ll see the following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save change s you made and rest art the broadband router , this require[...]

154 Chapter V : S tatus In this menu, you can check the operati on status of this broadband router . T o view the status, follow the following instructions: 1. Click ‘Status’ button from main m enu: 2. The basic system information will be shown:[...]

155 Y ou can check the system uptime and fi rmware version of this broadband router . If you need detailed informa tion about Internet connection or system usage log, please choose one of them and click ‘Apply’. If you want to go back to previous page, please click ‘Previous’.[...]

156 5-1 Internet Connection This page shows the current st atus of Internet connection.[...]

157 5-2 Device Status This page shows current wireless LAN and wired LAN configuration.[...]

158 5-3 System Log This page shows all logged system in formation. Y ou can use scroll bar to view the logs, or click ‘Save’ to dow nload the log file to your computer . Y ou can also click ‘Clear ’ to remove a ll logs, or click ‘Refresh’ to reload logs.[...]

159 5-4 Security Log This page shows all logged security -related information. Y ou can use scroll bar to view the logs, or click ‘Save’ to download the log file to your computer . Y ou can al so click ‘Clear ’ to remove all logs, or click ‘Refresh’ to reload logs.[...]

160 5-5 Active DHCP Client This page shows all current DHCP c lients. Y ou can c lick ‘Refresh’ to reload the list.[...]

161 5-6 S tatistics This page shows the statistical inform ation of network interfaces of this broadband router , and the total system uptime.[...]

162 Chapter VI : T ools This broadband router comes with several tools that will help you to manage the configuration of broadba nd router , upgrade the firmware, and restart the broadband router . T o use these tools, follow the following instructions: 1. Click ‘T ools’ button from main menu:[...]

163 2. The list of tools will appear: Please select the tool you wish to use, then click ‘Apply’ button. If you wish to go back to previous page, click ‘Previous’ button.[...]

164 6-1 Configuration T ools In this page, you can backup and rest ore current system configuration, and reset all settings to factory default value. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Backup Settings Click ‘Save…’ button to download the curr ent configuration as ‘config.b in’ file. Save this file on your co[...]

165 6-2 Firmware Upgrade New firmware releases will provide new functions to this broadband router , and you can use firmware upgrade function to upgrade the firmware to new version. Please download the firmware file from our company’ s website and save it on your computer , and use firmware upgrade function to upgrade firmware: Please click ‘B[...]

166 6-3 Restart If you found that the broadband router is not functioning correctly , or responding slowly then usual, you can use this function to restart the broadband router , and this may correct the problem. Click ‘Apply’ button to restart the broadband router . Y ou’ll be prompted to confirm the restart, click ‘OK’ to restart the br[...]

167 Chapter VII : Language This broadband router ’ s web-based user interface supports 12-languages . Y ou can change the display language by click ‘Language’ button in main menu. T o change the display language, fo llow the following instructions: 1. Click ‘Language’ bu tton from main menu:[...]

168 F F e e d d e e r r a a l l C C o o m m m m u u n n i i c c a a t t i i o o n n C C o o m m m m i i s s s s i i o o n n I I n n t t e e r r f f e e r r e e n n c c e e S S t t a a t t e e m m e e n n t t This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limit s for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limi[...]

169 EU Countries not intended for use None A declaration of conformity is available on www .edimax.com N20379[...]

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