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Chapter II: System and Network Setup

2-1 Establish network connection

Please follow the following instruction to build the network connection
between your new Broadband router and your computers, network
devices:

1.

Connect your xDSL / cable modem to the WAN port of router by
Ethernet cable.

Connect all your computers, network devices (network-enabled
consumer devices other than computers, like game console, or switch /
hub) to the LAN port of the router.

Summary of Contents for BR-6424n

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Page 2: ...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 different from those shown in this QIG For more detailed information about this product please refer to the User Manual on the CD ROM The software and specifications are subject to change without noti...

Page 3: ...b browser 24 2 4 Using Quick Setup 28 2 4 1 Using Cable Modem as broadband connection type 32 2 4 2 Using Fixed IP xDSL as broadband connection type 34 2 4 3 Using PPPoE xDSL as broadband connection type 36 2 4 4 Using PPTP xDSL as broadband connection type 38 2 4 5 Using L2TP xDSL as broadband connection type 41 2 4 6 Using Telstra Big Pond as broadband connection type 44 Chapter III General Setu...

Page 4: ... 1 1 Basic QoS Settings 108 3 5 1 2 Add a new QoS entry 110 3 5 2 NAT 112 3 5 2 1 Virtual Server 112 3 5 2 2 Special Applications 115 3 5 2 3 Firewall 118 3 5 2 3 1 Access Control 118 3 5 2 3 2 URL Blocking 124 3 5 2 3 3 DoS 127 3 5 2 4 DDNS 130 3 5 2 5 Port Forwarding 133 3 5 2 6 DMZ 136 Chapter IV EZ View 139 Chapter V Status 147 5 1 Internet Connection 149 5 2 Device Status 150 5 3 System Log 1...

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Page 6: ...cellular phone game console and more can connect to this broadband router without additional cabling New Draft N wireless capability also gives you the highest speed of wireless experience ever With a compatible wireless card installed in your PC you can transfer file for up to 300 Mbps The radio coverage is also doubled so don t worry if your office or house is really big Other features of this r...

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 wired Ethernet ports ...

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 long time This is normal and is not a malfunction DO NOT put this router on paper cloth or other flammable materials 7 There s no user serviceable part inside the router If you found that the router i...

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 Opera web browser or Safari web browser z An available power socket ...

Page 10: ...Accessaries 1 pcs 6 You can configure the router by running the Setup Wizard in the CD ROM provided in the package The wizard provides quick setup for the Internet connection SSID wireless security firmware upgrade and changing router s password When you start the Setup Wizard you will get the following Welcome screen Please choose the language to start with and follow the easy steps in the Wizard...

Page 11: ...is switched on Off Wireless network is switched off WLAN Flashing Wireless LAN activity transferring data or WPS mode is on LED will on and off every 1 second On WAN port is connected Off WAN port is not connected WAN LNK ACT Flashing WAN activity transferring data On LAN port is connected Off LAN port is not connected LAN LNK ACT Flashing LAN activity transferring data ...

Page 12: ...ignal 12V Power Power connector connects to power adapter Reset WPS Reset the router to factory default settings clear all settings or start WPS function Press this button and hold for 20 seconds to clear all settings and press this button for less than 5 seconds to start WPS function 1 4 Local Area Network LAN ports 1 to 4 WAN Wide Area Network WAN Internet port Antenna A Antenna B ...

Page 13: ...network connection between your new Broadband router 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 than computers like game console or switch hub to the LAN port of the router ...

Page 14: ...spective 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 recheck the cabling 5 To improve wireless signal reception please arrange the antennas as the picture shown below horizontal or vertical installation and place the wireless access point in open space Please keep the distance between antennas if the antennas are too close ...

Page 15: ...r 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 following instructions to configure your computer to use dynamic IP address If the operating system of your computer is Windows 95 98 Me please go to section 2 2 1 Windows 2000 please go to section 2 2 2 Wi...

Page 16: ...8 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 then click Properties ...

Page 17: ...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 window will appear Select Internet Protocol TCP IP then click Properties ...

Page 19: ...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 Area Connection Status window will appear and then click Properties ...

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

Page 22: ...rner 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 Properties window will appear select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and then click Properties ...

Page 23: ...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 browser s address bar and press Enter key to establish connection You should see the following authentication window ...

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 instead of the default IP address 192 168 2 1 If the DHCP server function of this broadband router is enabled please follow the following instructions to find out the IP address of this broadband rout...

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

Page 27: ... listed above and still can not find the IP address of this broadband router you forget the password please jump to chapter 3 6 1 to reset the broadband router NOTE If the IP address of Gateway is not displayed or the address followed by IP Address begins with 169 please recheck network connection between your computer and router and or go to the beginning of this chapter to recheck every step of ...

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 Setup after logged in ...

Page 29: ...ntry region of your residence Time Server Address This load balance router supports NTP Network Time Protocol NTP server will provide correct time for this router to setup the date and time of the router automatically Please input the host name or IP address of 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 ...

Page 30: ...nection they are Cable Modem Please go to section 2 4 1 Fixed IP xDSL Please go to section 2 4 2 PPPoE xDSL Please go to section 2 4 3 PPTP xDSL Please go to section 2 4 4 L2TP xDSL Please go to section 2 4 5 Telstra Big Pond Please go to section 2 4 6 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...

Page 31: ...rs use DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol to assign IP address to you In this case you can choose Cable Modem as Internet connection type even you re using another connection type like xDSL Also some cable modem uses PPPoE so you can choose PPPoE xDSL for such cable modem connection even you re using a cable modem ...

Page 32: ...st name of your computer this is optional and only required if your service provider asks you to do so MAC address Please input MAC address of your computer here if your service provider only permits computer with certain MAC address to access internet If you re using the computer which used to connect to Internet via cable modem you can simply press Clone Mac address button to fill the MAC addres...

Page 33: ...th quick setup You ll see the following messages Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later ...

Page 34: ...Please contact your ISP s service hotline to make sure you really need to use static IP as connection type Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description IP address assigned by your by your service provider Please input IP address assigned by your service provider Subnet Mask Please input subnet mask assigned by your service provider DNS address Please input the IP address of DNS...

Page 35: ...k Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later You must use the addresses provided by your Internet service provider wrong setting value will cause connection problem ...

Page 36: ...ame assigned by your Internet service provider here Password Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here Service Name Please give a name to this Internet service this is optional MTU Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value Connection Type Please select the connection type of Internet connection you wish to...

Page 37: ...alue in an Internet Protocol packet that tells a network router whether or not the packet has been in the network too long and should be discarded If you wish to select another connection type as broadband connection type click Back or you can click OK to finish with quick setup You ll see the following messages Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requ...

Page 38: ...and password Here we start from WAN interface setting first Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here You can choose Obtain an IP address automatically equal to DHCP please refer to Cable Modem section above or Use the following IP address i e static IP address WAN interface settings must be correctly set or the Internet connection will fail even those settings o...

Page 39: ... PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here Connection ID Please input the connection ID here this is optional and you can leave it blank MTU Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value BEZEQ ISRAEL Check Enable box if you re using BEZEQ network service in Israel Do not check this box if you re using other Internet servic...

Page 40: ...et 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 broadband connection type click Back or you can click OK to finish with quick setup You ll see the following messages Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband...

Page 41: ...tting we ll start from WAN Interface Settings Please select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here You can choose Obtain an IP address automatically equal to DHCP please refer to Cable Modem section above or Use the following IP address equal to static IP address please refer to PPPoE xDSL section above WAN interface settings must be correctly set or the Internet con...

Page 42: ... Internet service provider here MTU Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value Connection Type Please select the connection type of Internet connection you wish to use There are 3 options Continuous keep internet connection alive do not disconnect Connect on Demand only connects to Internet when there s a connect attempt Manual only conne...

Page 43: ...nother connection type as broadband connection type click Back or you can click OK to finish with quick setup You ll see the following messages Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other...

Page 44: ... setup items Item Name Description User Name Please input the user name assigned by Telstra Password Please input the password assigned by Telstra User device login server manually Check this box to choose login server by yourself Login Server Please input the IP address of login server here If you wish to select another connection type as broadband connection type click Back or you can click OK t...

Page 45: ...you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later ...

Page 46: ...II General Setup The General Setup is for you to setup System WAN LAN Wireless and others Advance settings Please follow the following instructions to use General Setup menu 1 Click General Setup after logged in ...

Page 47: ...apter 3 1 WAN Setup WAN port manually please go to chapter 3 2 LAN Setup LAN port manually please go to chapter 3 3 Wireless Setup wireless interface manually please go to chapter 3 4 Advance Settings Setup advanced settings of this broadband router Please go to chapter 3 5 ...

Page 48: ... item you wish to set then click Apply button to proceed You can also click Previous button to back to System menu 3 1 1 Time Zone You can change the time zone settings of this broadband router It s important to have correct date and time setting if you need to read system log and use build in firewall functions ...

Page 49: ...ress This load balance router supports NTP Network Time Protocol NTP server will provide correct time for this router to setup the date and time of the router automatically Please input the host name or IP address of 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...

Page 50: ...nge the password as soon as possible The descriptions of every setting item are listed as follow Item Name Description Current Password Please input current password here New Password Please input new password here Confirmed Password Please input new password here again for confirmation After you inputted current and new password click Apply to save changes or you can click Cancel to keep current ...

Page 51: ...etting item are listed as follow Item Name Description Host address Input the IP address of the remote host you wish to initiate a management access Port You can define the port number this router should expect an incoming connection request If you re providing a web service default port number is 80 you should try to use other port number You can use the default port setting 8080 or something lik...

Page 52: ...lick Apply button you ll see the following message Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later ...

Page 53: ...se select the WAN connection type you wish to use then click Apply to continue You can also click Previous to back to previous page If you re not sure which connection type you should use please call your ISP s service hotline and ask for help You ll not be able to connect to Internet with wrong connection type ...

Page 54: ...ur service provider asks you to do so MAC address Please input MAC address of your computer here if your service provider only permits computer with certain MAC address to access internet If you re using the computer which used to connect to Internet via cable modem you can simply press Clone Mac address button to fill the MAC address field with the MAC address of your computer TTL Time to live TT...

Page 55: ...th quick setup You ll see the following messages Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later ...

Page 56: ...nnection type Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description IP address assigned by your by your service provider Please input IP address assigned by your service provider Subnet Mask Please input subnet mask assigned by your service provider DNS address Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider Service Provider Gateway Address Please input the I...

Page 57: ...k Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later You must use the addresses provided by your Internet service provider wrong setting value will cause connection problem ...

Page 58: ... Internet service provider here Password Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here Service Name Please give a name to this Internet service this is optional MTU Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value Connection Type Please select the connection type of Internet connection you wish to use There are 3 opt...

Page 59: ...alue in an Internet Protocol packet that tells a network router whether or not the packet has been in the network too long and should be discarded If you wish to select another connection type as broadband connection type click Back or you can click OK to finish with quick setup You ll see the following messages Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requ...

Page 60: ...art from WAN interface setting first Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here You can choose Obtain an IP address automatically equal to DHCP please refer to Cable Modem section above or Use the following IP address i e static IP address WAN interface settings must be correctly set or the Internet connection will fail even those settings of PPTP settings are cor...

Page 61: ... PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here Connection ID Please input the connection ID here this is optional and you can leave it blank MTU Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value BEZEQ ISRAEL Check Enable box if you re using BEZEQ network service in Israel Do not check this box if you re using other Internet servic...

Page 62: ...et 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 broadband connection type click Back or you can click OK to finish with quick setup You ll see the following messages Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband...

Page 63: ...om WAN Interface Settings Please select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here You can choose Obtain an IP address automatically equal to DHCP please refer to Cable Modem section above or Use the following IP address equal to static IP address please refer to PPPoE xDSL section above WAN interface settings must be correctly set or the Internet connection will fail ev...

Page 64: ...re MTU Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value Connection Type Please select the connection type of Internet connection you wish to use There are 3 options Continuous keep internet connection alive do not disconnect Connect on Demand only connects to Internet when there s a connect attempt Manual only connects to Internet when Connect ...

Page 65: ...dband connection type click Back or you can click OK to finish with quick setup You ll see the following messages Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later ...

Page 66: ... Name Description User Name Please input the user name assigned by Telstra Password Please input the password assigned by Telstra User device login server manually Check this box to choose login server by yourself Login Server Please input the IP address of login server here If you wish to select another connection type as broadband connection type click Back or you can click OK to finish with qui...

Page 67: ...you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later ...

Page 68: ...must have a valid IP address There are two ways to assign IP addresses to computers static IP address set the IP address for every computer manually and dynamic IP address IP address of computers will be assigned by router automatically It s recommended for most of computers to use dynamic IP address it will save a lot of time on setting IP addresses for every computer especially when there are a ...

Page 69: ... 0 and 254 for field c 2 In most cases you should use 255 255 255 0 as subnet mask which allows up to 253 clients this also meets router s capability of working with up to 253 clients 3 For all servers and network devices which will provide services to other people like Internet service print service and file service they should use static IP address Give each of them a unique number between 1 and...

Page 70: ...Tree or set it to Disabled DHCP Server If you want to activate DHCP server function of this router select Enabled or set it to Disabled Lease Time Please select the lease time for every DHCP leases here You can select the time period from the dropdown list and the DHCP client will be forced to obtain a new IP address from this broadband router after this period of time You can select Forever if yo...

Page 71: ...your network This is optional Recommended Value if you don t know what to fill Lease Time Two Weeks or Forever if you have less than 20 computers Start IP 192 168 1 1 End IP 192 168 1 200 Domain Name leave it blank NOTE 1 The number of the last field mentioned d field of End IP must be greater than Start IP and can not the same with router s IP address 2 The former three fields of IP address of St...

Page 72: ...nable Static DHCP Leases Check this box to enable this function otherwise uncheck it to disable this function MAC Address Input the MAC address of the computer or network device total 12 characters with character from 0 to 9 and from a to f like 001122aabbcc IP address Input the IP address you want to assign to this computer or network device Add After you inputted MAC address and IP address pair ...

Page 73: ...all checked boxes click Reset button When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop ...

Page 74: ... You can setup Wireless LAN connection parameters of this broadband router in Wireless menu Please select one setting in this menu then click Apply to proceed If you wish to go back to previous page click Previous ...

Page 75: ...ess clients as server c AP Bridge Point to Point Connect this router with another broadband router to expand the scope of network d AP Bridge Point to Multi Point Connect this router with up to four other broadband routers to expand the scope of network e AP Bridge WDS Connect this router with up to four WDS capable broadband routers to expand the scope of network f Universal Repeater This broadba...

Page 76: ... this router maximum transfer rate 11Mbps 2 4 GHz N 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11n wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 300Mbps 2 4 GHz B G 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11b and 802 11g wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802 11b clients and maximum 54Mbps for 802 11g clients 2 4 GHz G 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11g wirele...

Page 77: ...ailable channel numbers are 1 to 13 You can choose any channel number you want to use and almost all wireless clients can locate the channel you re using automatically without any problem However it s still useful to remember the channel number you use some wireless client supports manual channel number select and this would help in certain scenario when there is some radio communication problem A...

Page 78: ...malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later You can click Continue to continue on other settings without restart the broadband router however the changes you made will not take effect before you restart the broadband router TIPS You can try to change channel number to another one if you think the data transfer rate is too slow or keep having problem ...

Page 79: ...tions of every setup items Item Name Description Band Please select the radio band from one of following options must be the same with the wireless access point you wish to connect 2 4 GHz B 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11b wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 11Mbps 2 4 GHz N 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11n wireless network client to connect this router maximum tran...

Page 80: ...aningful to you like myhome office_room1 etc Site Survey Click Select Site Survey and a popup window will appear All reachable wireless access points will be shown in the window Select the wireless access point you wish to connect from the list and click Done If the wireless access point you wish to connect is not listed you can click Refresh to rescan If you still can t find the wireless access p...

Page 81: ...es you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings lat...

Page 82: ...ct to the wireless access point with the same functionality only If you wish to connect to the wireless access points made by other manufacturer please select AP Bridge WDS mode if the wireless access point you wish to connect supports WDS Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Band Please select the radio band from one of following options must be the same with the wirel...

Page 83: ...ds to select this band to maximize compatibility Channel Number Select the channel number you wish to use both access points must use the same channel MAC address 1 Input the MAC address of another wireless access point the one you wish to connect Set Security Click Set Security button to set security functions of this wireless connection to improve security Please refer to chapter 3 2 1 7 for det...

Page 84: ... router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later You can click Continue to continue on other settings without restart the broadband router however the changes you made will not take effect before you restart the broadband router ...

Page 85: ... select AP Bridge WDS mode if the wireless access point you wish to connect supports WDS Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Band Please select the radio band from one of following options must be the same with the wireless access point you wish to connect 2 4 GHz B 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11b wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 11M...

Page 86: ...to chapter 3 2 1 7 for detailed instructions When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router wi...

Page 87: ...ess points communicate with each other The broadband router is able to serve other wireless clients and acts as a wireless access point at the same time Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Band Please select the radio band from one of following options must be the same with the wireless access point you wish to connect 2 4 GHz B 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11b wireless...

Page 88: ...ype any alphanumerical characters here maximum 32 characters ESSID is used to identify your own broadband router from others when there are other broadband routers in the same area Default SSID is default it s recommended to change default ESSID value to the one which is meaningful to you like myhome office_room1 etc Channel Number Select the channel number you wish to use all access points must u...

Page 89: ...ave changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other set...

Page 90: ...d router acts as a wireless repeater It will repeat the signal of the wireless access point you specified to extend its wireless coverage The broadband router will still accept wireless clients when in this mode Modem BR 6574n BR 6574n Universal Repeater ...

Page 91: ...his router maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802 11b clients and maximum 54Mbps for 802 11g clients 2 4 GHz G 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11g wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 54Mbps 2 4 GHz B G N 2 4GHz Band Allows 802 11b 802 11g and 802 11N wireless clients It s recommends to select this band to maximize compatibility ESSID This is the name of broadband router ...

Page 92: ...less access point you wish to extend signal coverage Site Survey Click Select Site Survey and a popup window will appear All reachable wireless access points will be shown in the window Select the wireless access point you wish to connect from the list and click Done If the wireless access point you wish to connect is not listed you can click Refresh to rescan If you still can t find the wireless ...

Page 93: ... router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later You can click Continue to continue on other settings without restart the broadband router however the changes you made will not take effect before you restart the broadband router ...

Page 94: ...t Security button 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 to disable encryption because other people may use certain wireless scanner to copy the data transferred over air ...

Page 95: ...n you select a key format the number of characters of key will be displayed For example if you select 64 bit as key length and Hex as key format you ll see the message at the right of Key Format 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 know wh...

Page 96: ... with each other Please click Apply to save changes or click Reset to clear the texts in all fields If you click Apply the following messages will appear You can click Continue to back to previous page and continue setting or click Apply to restart the broadband router so the changes will take effect WPA pre shared key WPA Wi Fi Protected Access is also an encryption method and is safer than WEP I...

Page 97: ...ed key you can select Passphrase 8 or more alphanumerical characters up to 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 Please click Apply to save changes or click Reset to clear the texts in all fields If you click Apply the following messages will appear You c...

Page 98: ...acy and WPA Wi 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 other people may use certain wireless scanner to copy the data transferred over air ...

Page 99: ...n you select a key format the number of characters of key will be displayed For example if you select 64 bit as key length and Hex as key format you ll see the message at the right of Key Format 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 know wh...

Page 100: ... with each other Please click Apply to save changes or click Reset to clear the texts in all fields If you click Apply the following messages will appear You can click Continue to back to previous page and continue setting or click Apply to restart the broadband router so the changes will take effect WPA pre shared key WPA Wi Fi Protected Access is also an encryption method and is safer than WEP I...

Page 101: ...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 Please click Apply to save changes or click Reset to clear the texts in all fields If you click Apply the following messages will appear You can click Continue to back to previous page and continue setting or click Apply to restart the broadband router so the ...

Page 102: ...thentication server here RADIUS Server Port Input the port number of RADIUS authentication server here Most of RADIUS server will use port number 1812 and you can keep using default value RADIUS Server Password Input the password of RADIUS authentication server here Please click Apply to save changes or click Reset to clear the texts in all fields If you click Apply the following messages will app...

Page 103: ...ol box in this page the descriptions of other setting items are listed as follow Item Name Description MAC address Input the MAC address you wish to add to the MAC address to the table Comment You can input any text here as the comment of this MAC address like ROOM 2A Computer or anything You can input up to 16 alphanumerical characters here This is optional and you can leave it blank however it s...

Page 104: ...ton When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is ...

Page 105: ...every setup items Item Name Description Enable WPS Check this box to enable WPS function uncheck it to disable WPS WPS Status If the wireless security encryption function of this wireless router is properly set you ll see Configured message here If wireless security function has not been set you ll see unConfigured Self PIN code This is the WPS PIN code of this wireless router This code is useful ...

Page 106: ...router will act as WPS enrollee and send WPS configuration request to other WPS registrar Configure via Push Button Click Start PBC to start Push Button type WPS configuration PBC Please push the WPS push button on other WPS compatible network devices to begin WPS configuration You can also push the WPS Reset button located at the back of this broadband router to start PBC without using web config...

Page 107: ... various network functionalities like QoS and NAT and you can configure these functions 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 ...

Page 108: ...th this function you can limit the maximum bandwidth or give a guaranteed bandwidth for a specific computer to avoid said unpleasing result from happening 3 5 1 1 Basic QoS Settings Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Enable QoS Check this box to enable QoS function uncheck it to disable QoS Total Download Bandwidth You can set the limit of total download bandwidth in ...

Page 109: ...ton you can delete all rules currently listed in the QoS table If the QoS table is empty this button will be grayed out and can not be clicked Move Up Move selected item up Move Down Move selected item down Reset If you want to erase all values you just entered Click Reset When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can c...

Page 110: ...load and the speed of bandwidth limitation in Kbps then select the type of QoS guarantee guaranteed usable bandwidth for this rule or max set the maximum bandwidth for the application allowed by this rule Local IP Address Specify the local source IP address that will be affected by this rule Please input the starting IP address in the left field and input the end IP address in the right field to d...

Page 111: ... number like 80 If the remote destination IP address and or port number is universal just leave it blank Traffic Type Please select the traffic type of this rule available options are None SMTP HTTP POP3 and FTP You can select a specific traffic type for this rule if you want to make this rule as a IP address based rule apply the limitation on all traffics from to the specified IP address port num...

Page 112: ...s on local network so everyone can get connected to Internet This broadband router supports four types of NAT functions and the instructions of these functions will be given below 3 5 2 1 Virtual Server This function allows you to redirect a port on Internet IP address on WAN port to a specified port of an IP address on local network so you can setup an Internet service on the computer on local ne...

Page 113: ...e Port Input the port number of the IP address which provides Internet service Type Select the type of connection TCP or UDP If you re not sure please select Both Public Port Please select the port number of Internet IP address which will be redirected to the port number of local IP address defined above Comment Please input any text to describe this mapping up to 16 alphanumerical characters Add ...

Page 114: ...ard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later ...

Page 115: ...l applications and uncheck this box to disable this support IP Address Input the IP address of the computer which is going to use the special application Computer name All computer names found by this broadband router on local network will be listed here You can select the computer name and click button to add selected computer s IP address to IP Address field Please note that this list may not be...

Page 116: ...you remember the purpose of this item This is optional Select Game This router comes with a numerous port mapping settings of network games If the game you wish to set is listed here you can select it from dropdown menu After a game is selected click Add the one next to Select Game dropdown list to add the connection parameters to all respective fields Add Click this button to add a new port mappi...

Page 117: ...ard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later ...

Page 118: ...disallowed applications You can even only allow computers with certain MAC address to access the network or deny the computers in the list from accessing your network Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Enable MAC Filtering Check this box to enable MAC address based filtering and please select Deny or Allow to decide the behavior of MAC filtering table If you select de...

Page 119: ... click button to add selected computer s IP address to Private IP field Please note that this list may not be able to list all computers on your local network Comment You can input any text here as the comment of this MAC address like ROOM 2A Computer or anything You can input up to 16 alphanumerical characters here This is optional and you can leave it blank however it s recommended to use this f...

Page 120: ...lete All button To deselect all checked boxes click Reset button If you wish to use IP address based filtering please use IP Filtering Table in this page Please check Enable IP Filtering Table box first and select Deny or Allow to decide the behavior of IP filtering table Deny the access of IP addresses in the list or allow the access of IP addressees in the list You have to click Add PC button to...

Page 121: ... in the left field and input the end IP address in the right field to define a range of IP addresses or just input the IP address in the left field to define a single IP address You also have to select the type of Internet services that will be applied to this access control rule from the list You can select multiple services here If you wish to deny or allow all services of certain IP address es ...

Page 122: ...ust input the number of service port like 110 If this service consists multiple continuous ports you can input 110 120 for port number 110 to 120 or 110 115 120 for port number 110 115 and 120 Click Add to add this IP address restriction rule to the list and back to previous page or click Reset to clear all texts in every field When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply b...

Page 123: ...you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later ...

Page 124: ... useful for parents and company managers Please follow the following instructions to set URL blocking parameters Please click Firewall menu on the left of web management interface then click URL Blocking and the following message will be displayed on your web browser Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Enable URL Blocking Check this box to enforce URL Blocking uncheck ...

Page 125: ...t box of the MAC address you want to delete then click Delete Selected button You can select more than one MAC addresses If you want to delete all URL Keyword listed here please click Delete All button or you can also click Reset button to unselect all URL Keywords When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Can...

Page 126: ...responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later ...

Page 127: ... protect and you can select multiple types of attacks The descriptions of every DoS attack is listed below Item Name Description Ping of Death Ping of Death is a special packet and it will cause certain computer to stop responding Check this box and the router will filter this kind of packet out Discard Ping From WAN Ping is a common and useful tool to know the connection status of a specified rem...

Page 128: ...lood This is another kind of attack which uses a lot of fake connection request to consume the memory of your server and try to make your server become unusable Check this box and the router will filter this kind of traffic out If you need to specify the details of every DoS attack please click Advanced Settings button and the following settings will appear The descriptions of every DoS attack is ...

Page 129: ...tack methods you want to prevent Sync Flood Like Ping of Death you can set the threshold of when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages Please click Apply to save changes ...

Page 130: ...at a certain time This router supports DDNS service of following service providers 3322 http www 3322 org DHS http www dhs org DynDNS http www dyndns org ODS http ods org TZO http www tzo com GnuDIP http gnudip2 sourceforge net DyNS http www dyns cx ZoneEdit http www zoneedit com DHIS http www dhis org CyberGate http cybergate planex co jp ddns Please go to one of DDNS service provider s webpage l...

Page 131: ... DDNS registration Password Key Input DDNS service password or key If your DDNS provider is DHIS the settings will be different Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description HostID Please input the HostID you applied during DHIS registration ISAddr Please input the ISAddr you applied during DHIS registration Authentication Type Please select the DHIS user authentication type fro...

Page 132: ...ck Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and c...

Page 133: ...orwarding setting page looks like this Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Enable Port Forwarding Check this box to enable port forwarding and uncheck this box to disable port forwarding Private IP Input the IP address of the computer on local network which provides internet service Computer name All computer names found by this broadband router on local network will b...

Page 134: ...l existing URLs will be displayed in Current URL Blocking Table If you want to delete a specific port forwarding entry check the select box of the port forwarding entry you want to delete then click Delete Selected button You can select more than one port forwarding entries If you want to delete all port forwarding entries listed here please click Delete All button or you can also click Reset butt...

Page 135: ...you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later ...

Page 136: ...descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Enable DMZ Check this box to enable DMZ function uncheck this box to disable DMZ function Public IP address You can select Dynamic IP or Static IP here If you select Dynamic IP you have to select an Internet connection session from dropdown menu if you select Static IP please input the IP address that you want to map to a specific private IP ...

Page 137: ... can be mapped to a single Client PC IP address only All existing DMZ entries will be displayed in Current DMZ Table If you want to delete a specific DMZ entry check the select box of the DMZ entry you want to delete then click Delete Selected button You can select more than one DMZ entries If you want to delete all DMZ entries listed here please click Delete All button or you can also click Reset...

Page 138: ...you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later ...

Page 139: ...nP compatible devices out you can get a list of all UPnP devices on network and you can connect to the administration interface of these devices from web interface directly EZView also helps you to set the name and IP address of UPnP compatible network devices and control its bandwidth usage You can also set special network functions like DMZ and port forwarding for a specific UPnP compatible devi...

Page 140: ...2 A pop up window or new web browser tab will appear to show that broadband router is scanning for UPnP devices on network please wait for 30 seconds until OK button appears Click OK button to continue ...

Page 141: ...vices 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 earlier non PnP Edimax products the category and name will not be able to displayed ...

Page 142: ...lick button to connect to the web administration 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 ...

Page 143: ...f UPnP devices please click Advanced button and the following settings will appear You can click icon and a drop down list will shown then you can select an icon for the network device you selected For example if the network device you selected is a computer you can use the person icon to represent it ...

Page 144: ...ot identified by this broadband router a question mark will appear to the left of device s name You can click the question mark several icons will appear and you can pick an icon that is able to represents this device Config Click Config button to connect to the web configuration interface of UPnP device Upload Download Please click red dot located at the right of Upload and a new pop up window wi...

Page 145: ...lick Cancel to close pop up window and discard changes DMZ Select DMZ to set this device as a DMZ server Please note that you can only set one DMZ server at the same time Port Forwarding You can set the port forwarding rules for this device Click Set and a new pop up window will shown you can set up to 5 sets of port forwarding rules for this device You can click Apply in port forwarding setting w...

Page 146: ...ard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later ...

Page 147: ...tatus In this menu you can check the operation status of this broadband router To view the status follow the following instructions 1 Click Status button from main menu 2 The basic system information will be shown ...

Page 148: ...me and firmware version of this broadband router If you need detailed information 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 ...

Page 149: ...5 1 Internet Connection This page shows the current status of Internet connection ...

Page 150: ...5 2 Device Status This page shows current wireless LAN and wired LAN configuration ...

Page 151: ...This page shows all logged system information You can use scroll bar to view the logs or click Save to download the log file to your computer You can also click Clear to remove all logs or click Refresh to reload logs ...

Page 152: ... page shows all logged security related information You can use scroll bar to view the logs or click Save to download the log file to your computer You can also click Clear to remove all logs or click Refresh to reload logs ...

Page 153: ...5 5 Active DHCP Client This page shows all current DHCP clients You can click Refresh to reload the list ...

Page 154: ...5 6 Statistics This page shows the statistical information of network interfaces of this broadband router and the total system uptime ...

Page 155: ...er comes with several tools that will help you to manage the configuration of broadband router upgrade the firmware and restart the broadband router To use these tools follow the following instructions 1 Click Tools button from main menu ...

Page 156: ...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 ...

Page 157: ...to keep more than one version of configuration file please rename the configuration file to another name Restore Settings Click Browse button to select a previously saved configuration file from your computer then click Upload to upload the configuration file to broadband router and the configuration of broadband router will be replaced by the content of uploaded configuration file Restore to Fact...

Page 158: ...r then click Apply button to start firmware upload The broadband router will restart after file upload is successful and all settings will be lost Please use default IP address 192 168 2 1 to connect to the broadband router and set every settings again NOTE It s recommended to use wired Ethernet connection to upload the firmware file please refrain from using wireless connection to upload the firm...

Page 159: ...ng 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 You ll be prompted to confirm the restart click OK to restart the broadband router ...

Page 160: ... will release English version at first and add others step by step You can view website http www edimax com to check new firmware You can change the display language by click Language button in main menu To change the display language follow the following instructions 1 Click Language button from main menu N20379 ...

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