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Chapter III Advanced Operation Techniques

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3-1 Status

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3-1-1 Status Information

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3-1-2 System Log

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3-1-3 Statistics

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3-2 Tools

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3-2-1 Save/Reload Settings

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3-2-2 Firmware Upgrade

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Chapter IV Appendix

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4-1 Specifications

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4-2 Troubleshooting

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4-3 Well-Known Services

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Summary of Contents for br-6204wlg

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Page 2: ...respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is Should th...

Page 3: ...nd to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes The product you have purchased and the setup screen may appear slightly...

Page 4: ...4 Windows Vista IP address setup 21 2 3 Connect to broadband router by web browser 23 2 4 Using Quick Setup 27 2 5 Using General Setup 39 2 5 1 System 40 2 5 1 1 Time Zone 40 2 5 1 2 Password Setting...

Page 5: ...3 1 Status 78 3 1 1 Status Information 79 3 1 2 System Log 80 3 1 3 Statistics 81 3 2 Tools 82 3 2 1 Save Reload Settings 83 3 2 2 Firmware Upgrade 85 Chapter IV Appendix 87 4 1 Specifications 87 4 2...

Page 6: ...abling The wireless interface can work in both AP access point and client mode In AP mode this router serves other wireless client s connection needs in client mode this router can connect to other wi...

Page 7: ...b based GUI for network configuration and management purposes Remote management function allows configuration and upgrades from a remote computer over the Internet Auto MDI MDI X function for all wire...

Page 8: ...r 3 years old They may put the small parts in their nose or month and it could cause serious damage to them KEEP THIS ROUTER OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN 6 The router will become hot when being used for...

Page 9: ...able modem with a RJ 45 Ethernet port z Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface card z Web browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 0 or above Netscape Navigator 4 7 or above...

Page 10: ...n the package and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items Broadband router with Antenna 1 pcs 1 Quick installation guide 1 pcs 2 CDROM with multi languages setup wizard multi langua...

Page 11: ...ess network is switched on Off Wireless network is switched off Wireless Flashing Wireless LAN activity transferring data On WAN port Internet is running at 100Mbps Off WAN port Internet is running at...

Page 12: ...h Set to ON to switch wireless function on set to OFF to switch wireless function off 12V Power connector connects to power adapter Reset Reset the router to factory default settings clear all setting...

Page 13: ...r and your computers network devices 1 Connect your xDSL cable modem to the WAN port of router by Ethernet cable 2 Connect all your computers network devices network enabled consumer devices other tha...

Page 14: ...LAN LEDs should be on if the computer network device connected to the respective port of the router is powered on and correctly connected If PWD LED is not on or any LED you expected is not on please...

Page 15: ...er and start configuration procedures your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically use dynamic IP address If it s set to use static IP address or you re unsure please follow the follo...

Page 16: ...98 Me IP address setup 1 Click Start button it should be located at lower left corner of your computer then click control panel Double click Network icon and Network window will appear Select TCP IP t...

Page 17: ...16 2 Select Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server then click OK...

Page 18: ...be located at lower left corner of your computer then click control panel Double click Network and Dial up Connections icon double click Local Area Connection and Local Area Connection Properties win...

Page 19: ...18 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK...

Page 20: ...be located at lower left corner of your computer then click control panel Double click Network and Internet Connections icon click Network Connections then double click Local Area Connection Local Ar...

Page 21: ...20 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK...

Page 22: ...orner of your computer then click control panel Click View Network Status and Tasks then click Manage Network Connections Right click Local Area Netwrok then select Properties Local Area Connection Pr...

Page 23: ...22 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK...

Page 24: ...ou can connect to broadband router s web based configuration interface by any connected computer with web browser Internet Explorer 5 x or above Firefox or Netscape Please input 192 168 2 1 in web bro...

Page 25: ...got The page cannot be displayed or similar error message the IP address you inputted may be wrong If you ve changed the IP address of this broadband router previously please input correct IP address...

Page 26: ...25 Please click start run at the bottom lower corner of your desktop Input cmd then click OK...

Page 27: ...s listed above and still can not find the IP address of this broadband router you forget the password please jump to chapter xx xx to reset the broadband router NOTE If the IP address of Gateway is no...

Page 28: ...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 Setu...

Page 29: ...ck Enable NTP client update box so this router will setup its internal clock automatically by synchronizing with time server Please select the time zone of your residence from Time Zone Select dropdow...

Page 30: ...he LAN interface here You can use default setting and just click Next to continue 5 Please select the WAN connection type here from WAN Access Type dropdown menu Every connection type requires differe...

Page 31: ...ess You must know this IP address before you can access Internet DHCP Client Your Internet Service Provider requires you to use DHCP client to obtain an IP address from them Many Internet Service Prov...

Page 32: ...123 45 67 but not dns somewhere com If you select DHCP Client as connection type Item Name Description Hostname Input the hostname This field is optional and only required when your Internet Service P...

Page 33: ...ess of PPTP connection server User Name Input the user name of PPTP connection server Password Input the password of PPTP connection server If you select L2TP as connection type Item Name Description...

Page 34: ...ser name of L2TP connection server Password Input the password of L2TP connection server When you finish click Next to continue 6 Please select the wireless band and mode here Item Name Description Ba...

Page 35: ...Infrastructure or Ad Hoc This option is only required when this router is working in Client mode SSID Input the SSID Service Set IDentifier of this access point or the SSID of the access point you wi...

Page 36: ...lick Next to continue 7 Select the encryption mode of wireless connection Please select wireless encryption type from Encryption dropdown menu If you select None as encryption type no encryption will...

Page 37: ...is Hex 10 characters which means the length of WEP key is 10 characters Default Tx Key You can set up to four sets of WEP key and you can decide which key is being used by default here If you don t k...

Page 38: ...rase here It s not recommended to use a word that can be found in a dictionary due to security reason If you select WPA2 AES as encryption type Item Name Description Pre shared Key Format Select the t...

Page 39: ...63 or Hex 64 characters of 0 9 and a f Pre shared Key Please input the WPA passphrase here It s not recommended to use a word that can be found in a dictionary due to security reason When you finish...

Page 40: ...of all functions and settings of this router If you want to maximize the functionality of this router you can use this setup menu to configure detailed settings of this router To enter General Setup...

Page 41: ...related settings in System menu Select the setup item you wish to set then click Next to continue 2 5 1 1 Time Zone You can setup router s internal clock here and you can also let router s clock to sy...

Page 42: ...lock with time server automatically NTP Server Select the IP address of time server from dropdown list or input the IP address by yourself here Every IP address in dropdown list comes with the locatio...

Page 43: ...tem Name Description User Name Input the user name used to enter web configuration interface New Password Input the password used to enter web configuration interface with user name Confirm password I...

Page 44: ...43 Click OK to disable protection or click Cancel and this router will still ask for user name and password before one can enter web configuration interface...

Page 45: ...in Quick Setup menu but you can do more detailed configuration here To setup WAN settings please select the type of WAN connection from WAN Access Type dropdown menu first and then refer to correspond...

Page 46: ...ut hostname here At lease one DNS server is required Clone MAC Address If your Internet Service Provider only permits connection from specific MAC address type the MAC address here Enable uPNP Check t...

Page 47: ...e provider automatically Set DNS Manually DNS 1 3 Select this and input the DNS Domain Name System server s IP address assigned by your Internet Service Provider You can input up to 3 IP addresses of...

Page 48: ...Save changes you made in this page Cancel Discard changes you made in this page 2 5 2 3 WAN Access Type PPPoE The descriptions of every setup item are listed below Item Name Description User Name Inp...

Page 49: ...you should use you can use default value Obtain DNS Automatically Most of service provider will provide DNS IP address via DHCP Select this option and this router will obtain DNS server s IP address...

Page 50: ...2 4 WAN Access Type PPTP How to choose a proper MTU size Default MTU value 1412 works in most cases however it may not be the best choice in your network environment If your Internet connection is sta...

Page 51: ...r service provider automatically Set DNS Manually DNS 1 3 Select this and input the DNS Domain Name System server s IP address assigned by your Internet Service Provider You can input up to 3 IP addre...

Page 52: ...et Service Provider will assign an IP address to you automatically by DHCP Set IP Manually Select this option if your Internet Service Provider assigns an IP address to you and requires you to use thi...

Page 53: ...vider automatically Set DNS Manually DNS 1 3 Select this and input the DNS Domain Name System server s IP address assigned by your Internet Service Provider You can input up to 3 IP addresses of DNS s...

Page 54: ...o input the gateway IP address here use default value 0 0 0 0 However if you want your network clients to use other IP address as default gateway address you can input its IP address here and network...

Page 55: ...vents pop up window from appearing please disable this function or you will not be able to use Show Client function 802 11d Spanning Tree If there s 802 11d spanning tree compatible switch attached to...

Page 56: ...nctions like SSID and wireless security When you want to use this router as wireless client and connect to other access point you can also scan for access points by wireless setup menu Please select t...

Page 57: ...ter Maximum connection speed is 11Mbps 2 4GHz G only wireless clients with 802 11g capability can connect to this router Maximum connection speed is 54Mbps 2 4GHz B G Both 802 11b and 802 11g wireless...

Page 58: ...the SSID Service Set IDentifier of this access point or the SSID of the access point you wish to connect when in Client mode You can input up to 32 alphanumerical characters as SSID SSID is used to id...

Page 59: ...s point and access point serve wireless client s communication needs check this box and this router will act as access point and wireless client at the same time SSID of Extended Interface When you en...

Page 60: ...ment threshold is used to control the size of the maximum size of every network packet When radio reception is good and there s no or very few radio interference it s suggested to use a larger value t...

Page 61: ...to improve network performance and stability please decrease Fragment Threshold value also Beacon Interval Beacon Interval is used to control the time interval between every beacon packet If you use...

Page 62: ...nect to this router However there will be some security risk to let everyone know this router s SSID By selecting Disabled here this router will not broadcast its SSID so only client who know this rou...

Page 63: ...ss data transmission You can set this option to Always and this router will switch turbo mode on infinitely but some wireless clients which are not compatible with Turbo Mode may not be able to connec...

Page 64: ...nect to this router The descriptions of every setup item are listed below Item Name Description Encryption Please select the encryption type from dropdown list For the requirements of the key of every...

Page 65: ...a f and A F You must enter at least one encryption key here and if you entered multiple WEP keys they should not be same with each other When you finish click Apply button to save changes click Close...

Page 66: ...ers of 0 9 and a f Pre shared Key Input WPA WPA2 pre shared key here Enable Pre Authentication Enable Pre Authentication function Authentication RADIUS Server Input the port number IP address and pass...

Page 67: ...alphanumerical characters in this field Next Add the MAC address and associated comment to the list Cancel Discard all settings you made in this page All MAC addresses in the list will be listed in Cu...

Page 68: ...Distribution System You can connect this router with other WDS enabled wireless access point and all clients wireless wired of every WDS enabled wireless access point can communicate with each other...

Page 69: ...nicate with each other Please refer to chapter 2 7 3 for detailed instructions about how to input proper encryption parameters Show Statistics Click this button and a new window with all statistics Tx...

Page 70: ...router provides several advanced network functionalities like port forwarding and IP filtering You can use these functions to control your network in detail Please select the setup item you wish to se...

Page 71: ...included in this port filtering rule Please input the starting port number in the left field and input the ending port number in the right field For example if you want to block port 20 to 40 input 20...

Page 72: ...can still communicate with other LAN devices computers The descriptions of every setup item are listed below Item Name Description Enable IP Filtering Check this box to enable IP filtering Local IP A...

Page 73: ...l rules If you want to unselect all selected boxes click Reset button 2 8 3 MAC Filtering Similar to IP filtering you can block devices computers with certain MAC address from accessing Internet The d...

Page 74: ...t button 2 8 4 Port Forwarding This router uses NAT Network Address Translation to let all devices and computers on LAN to access Internet Normally this is a one way translation Computers on LAN can a...

Page 75: ...if you want to block port 20 to 40 input 20 in the left field and input 40 in the right field If you only want to block a single port number for this rule input the port number in the left field Valid...

Page 76: ...is no longer protected by the built in firewall of this router it must be able to protect itself from attacks The descriptions of every setup item are listed below Item Name Description Enable DMZ Ch...

Page 77: ...a new DDNS account to use their service TZO http www tzo com DynDNS http www dyndns org You can also click the text in DDNS menu to access TZO and DynDNS website pointed by arrow After you obtained a...

Page 78: ...77 DDNS service Next Save DDNS settings Cancel Discard all settings you made in this page...

Page 79: ...outer provides a status menu and you can check all system wide status and statistics of this broadband router Please follow the following instructions to use Status menu 1 Click Status after logged in...

Page 80: ...79 3 1 1 Status Information You can check current system wide status of this router here...

Page 81: ...re listed below Item Name Description Enable Log Check this box to enable log function Wireless only Select this to log wireless related events only System all Select this to log all system wide event...

Page 82: ...81 3 1 3 Statistics In this menu you can see the statistics of all network interfaces The descriptions of every setup item are listed below Item Name Description Refresh Reload statistics...

Page 83: ...ides two tools save reload current router settings and upgrade firmware Please follow the following instructions to use Tools menu 1 Click Tools after logged in 2 Select one tools item you wish to use...

Page 84: ...oblem if the source of problem is improper setting The descriptions of every setup item are listed below Item Name Description Save Settings to File Click Save button to save current router settings t...

Page 85: ...84 Default router You ll be prompted to confirm reset click OK to clear all settings or Cancel to keep current settings untouched...

Page 86: ...u re ready enter Upgrade Firmware menu to upload new firmware file to the router Click Browse button to select a firmware file to upload You ll be prompted to select the firmware file from computer s...

Page 87: ...w minutes please be patient After the file is fully uploaded you ll see the following message indicating the firmware file is successfully uploaded Please wait for 1 minute and click OK button your ro...

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Page 89: ...t s correctly powered c You must use the same IP address section which router uses d Are you using MAC or IP address filter Try to connect the access point by another computer and see if it works if n...

Page 90: ...on your local network If someone s transferring big files other people will think Internet is really slow c Change channel number and see if this works I can t log onto web management interface passw...

Page 91: ...t number Refer to the technical document of the service program you re using to make sure the port number it uses Port Number Description 7 Echo 11 systat 13 Daytime 19 chargen 20 ftp data 21 ftp 22 S...

Page 92: ...o frequency exposure limits human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 2 5cm 1 inch during normal operation Federal Communications Commission FCC RF Exposure Requirements SAR compliance has...

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