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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

 

different.

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

If

 

you

 

tried

 

the

 

instructions

 

listed

 

above

 

and

 

still

 

cannot

 

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 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 network setup procedure

Summary of Contents for BR-6428n

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Page 2: ...vise this publication and 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...

Page 3: ... 3 Connecting to broadband router via web browser 24 2 4 Using Quick Setup 33 2 4 1 Using Dynamic IP as broadband connection type 36 2 4 2 Using Static IP as broadband connection type 37 2 4 3 Using PPPoE as broadband connection type 40 2 4 4 Using PPTP as broadband connection type 42 2 4 5 Using L2TP as broadband connection type 46 2 5 Using iQoS 50 Chapter III General Setup 53 3 1 System 55 3 1 ...

Page 4: ... 3 3 1 1 Basic QoS Settings 131 3 3 2 DDNS 136 3 3 3 Port Forwarding 140 3 3 4 DMZ 143 3 6 NAT 146 3 5 1 Virtual Server 147 3 5 2 Special Applications 151 3 5 3 UPnP Settings 155 3 5 4 ALG Settings 156 3 5 5 Static Routing 158 3 7 Firewall 161 3 6 1 Access Control 161 3 6 2 URL Blocking 167 3 6 3 DoS 169 3 6 4 Parental Control 173 3 8 Status 176 3 7 1 Internet Connection 178 3 7 2 Device Status 17...

Page 5: ...ork devices including PDA 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 bi...

Page 6: ...rtual Servers Access Control Firewall Allow you to monitor the router s status like DHCP Client Log System Log Security Log and Device Connection Status Easy to use Web 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 7: ...y secured Falling from high places would damage the router and its accessories and warranty will be void 5 Accessories of this router like antenna and power supply are danger to small children under 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 lon...

Page 8: ... electrical power off before you do anything or contact an experienced technician for help 9 If you smell something strange or even see some smoke coming out from the router or power supply remove the power supply or switch the electrical power off immediately and call dealer of purchase for help ...

Page 9: ... 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 AC power socket 100 240 V 50 60Hz ...

Page 10: ... the package and contact your dealer to claim the missing item s BR 6428n broadband router 1 pcs 1 Quick installation guide 1 pcs 2 CDROM with multi language setup wizard multi language quick installation guide and user manual 1pcs 3 5V 1A power adapter 1 pcs 4 Ethernet cable 1 pcs 5 Antenna 1 pcs 6 ...

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

Page 12: ...N Internet port 5VDC Power connector connects to power adapter Wireless Switch Turn on off the wireless signal WPS Reset Resets the router to factory default settings clears all settings or starts WPS function Press this button and hold for 20 seconds to clear all settings or press this button for less than 20 seconds to activate WPS function ...

Page 13: ...uild a network connection between your new broadband router your computers and other network devices 1 Connect your xDSL cable modem to the WAN Blue port with an Ethernet cable 2 Connect all your computers network devices network enabled consumer devices like game consoles or switches hubs to the LAN ports Yellow 1 to 4 ...

Page 14: ... 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 or jump to 4 2 Troubleshooting for possible reasons and solution 5 To improve wireless signal reception please arrange the antenna and make it perpendicular to the ground and place the wireless access point in open space Please keep the distance between antenn...

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 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 W...

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 Statuss 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: ... you 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 ...

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Page 26: ...e you can check all settings and system information of BR 6428n wireless broadband router System Model Displays the model name of this broadband router Useful when you need technical services Up time Displays the time since this router is switched on Hardware Version Displays the hardware version of this broadband router Useful when you need technical services ...

Page 27: ...n Displays the boot code version of this broadband router Useful when you need technical services Runtime Code Version Displays the runtime code version of this broadband router Useful when you need technical services ...

Page 28: ...s The physical address of WAN port Primary DNS Displays IP address of first DNS server of WAN connection Secondary DNS Displays IP address of second backup DNS server of WAN connection Wireless Configuration Mode Displays the operation mode of wireless access point ESSID Displays the ESSID Extend Service Set IDentifier or the name of access point Channel Number Displays the channel number of wirel...

Page 29: ...time IP address of LAN connection and runtime code number will always display on the top of webpage TIPS If you can t establish connection with broadband router with web browser 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...

Page 30: ...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 router ...

Page 31: ...Please click start run at the bottom lower corner of your desktop Input cmd then click OK ...

Page 32: ...s listed above and still cannot 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 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 33: ...llowing instructions to use Quick Setup menu 1 Click Quick Setup after logged in 2 In the first step of quick setup you can setup automatic time synchronization settings The descriptions of every setting items are listed as follow Item Name Description Time Zone Please select a time zone of the country or region of your residence here If you can t find ...

Page 34: ...he 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 of your residence use daylight saving time please check Enable Function box and select the beginning and ending date of daylight time saving After y...

Page 35: ...o to section 2 4 3 PPTP Please go to section 2 4 4 L2TP Please go to section 2 4 5 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 NOTE To setup WISP Wireless ISP connection please...

Page 36: ...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 address field with the MAC address of your computer If yo...

Page 37: ... and continue on other settings later 2 4 2 Using Static IP 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 Generally you ll get a letter from your ISP which indicates an IP address subnet mask gateway address and DNS address Here are descriptions of eve...

Page 38: ...NS address Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider Default Gateway Please input the IP address of default gateway provided by your service provider Note Some ISP may call this as Default route You must use the addresses provided by your Internet service provider wrong setting value will cause connection problem ...

Page 39: ...th quick setup 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 40: ...me Description User Name Please input user name 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 connec...

Page 41: ...net 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 message Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband...

Page 42: ...e 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 Dynamic IP 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 a...

Page 43: ...way Please input the IP address of 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 ...

Page 44: ... specify the time to shutdown internet connect after no internet activity is detected in minute s This option is only available when connection type is Connect on Demand If you wish to select another connection type as broadband connection type click Back or you can click OK to finish with quick setup You ll see the following message Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broa...

Page 45: ...settings later ...

Page 46: ...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 Dynamic IP section above or Use the following IP address equal to static IP address please refer to PPPoE section above WAN interface settings must be correctly set or the Internet connectio...

Page 47: ...ay Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your 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 connec...

Page 48: ...his page is pressed and disconnects when Disconnect button is pressed Idle Time Out Please specify the time to shutdown internet connect after no internet activity is detected in minute s This option is only available when connection type is Connect on Demand ...

Page 49: ...th quick setup 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 50: ...dth It s intuitive and friendly user interface allows you to arrange your bandwidth priorities in a few simple steps 1 First click iQoS to access the iQoS user interface 2 Check the Enable iQoS box to enable the function 3 Click the Bandwidth Detect button to test the speed of your Internet connection ...

Page 51: ...is not operating correctly please perform the test with the bandwidth testing sites listed on the bottom right and enter the test results manually 5 The icons near the bottom show the current priority order for various application types from left to right Re arrange the priority by clicking the icons in the order that suits your needs ...

Page 52: ...6 After you have arranged your application priorities click the Apply button to enable it The icons will be shown in the order of your preference after the device has restarted ...

Page 53: ...etup menu 1 Click General Setup after logged in 2 All available setup items will appear as a list under General Setup tab You can select one setup item from the list System Basic system settings please go to chapter 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 ...

Page 54: ...uter Please go to chapter 3 5 NAT Network Address Translation settings Please go to chapter 3 6 Firewall Firewall settings Please go to chapter 3 7 Parental Control Parental control controls children from accessing inappropriate web site Please go to chapter 3 8 ...

Page 55: ...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 You can also click Previous button to back to System menu ...

Page 56: ...ind 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 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 d...

Page 57: ...daylight saving time please check Enable Function box and select the beginning and ending date of daylight time saving ...

Page 58: ...ions 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 password untouched Please note that you ll be ask...

Page 59: ...iptions of every setting 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 808...

Page 60: ...u 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 To setup other items now and restart broadband router later click Continue ...

Page 61: ...Please select the WAN connection type you wish to use to setup Internet connection and click Apply to save changes you made If you re not sure which connection type you should use please contact your ISP s service hotline and ask for help You ll not be able to connect to Internet with wrong connection type ...

Page 62: ...me Please input the host 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 ...

Page 63: ...th quick setup 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 64: ...e 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 item 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 serve...

Page 65: ...You must use the addresses provided by your Internet service provider wrong setting value will cause connection problem ...

Page 66: ...th quick setup 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 67: ...er Name Please input user name 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 Inte...

Page 68: ...net 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 message Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband...

Page 69: ...ace 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 correct Please contact...

Page 70: ...way Please input the IP address of 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 ...

Page 71: ... Demand only connects to Internet when there s a connect attempt Manual only connects to Internet when Connect button on this page is pressed and disconnects when Disconnect button is pressed Idle Time Out Please specify the time to shutdown internet connect after no internet activity is detected in minute s This option is only available when connection type is Connect on Demand ...

Page 72: ...th quick setup 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 73: ... 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 Dynamic IP section above or Use the following IP address equal to static IP address please refer to PPPoE section above WAN interface settings must be correctly set or the Internet connection will fail even ...

Page 74: ...ay Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your 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 connec...

Page 75: ...his page is pressed and disconnects when Disconnect button is pressed Idle Time Out Please specify the time to shutdown internet connect after no internet activity is detected in minute s This option is only available when connection type is Connect on Demand ...

Page 76: ...th quick setup 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 77: ...less access point to establish Internet connection Here are descriptions of every setup item Item Name Description WISP Enable or disable WISP function ESSID Input the ESSID i e the name of wireless access point of your ISP s access point Channel Number Select the wireless channel number of wireless access point you wish to connect Site Survery Click this button to scan for wireless access points ...

Page 78: ...security settings of the wireless access point you with to connect you ll be prompted to input WEP key WPA passphrase so you can pass the security check of access point A correct WEP key WPA passphrase is required to connect to wireless access point with security setting Please ask your wireless ISP for correct WEP key WPA passphrase If you wish to select another connection type as broadband conne...

Page 79: ...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 80: ...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 81: ...54 or any number between 1 and 254 and pick a number between 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 stati...

Page 82: ... activate 802 1d spanning tree function select Enabled for setup item 802 1d Spanning 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 add...

Page 83: ... less than 30 computers Recommended Value if you don t know what to fill IP Address 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 ...

Page 84: ...eases range Domain Name If you wish you can also input the domain name for your network This is optional DNS1 address Input the IP address of DNS server provided by your ISP here This field is REQUIRED DNS2 address Input another IP address of DNS server provided by your ISP here This field is optional and you can leave it blank Recommended Value if you don t know what to fill Lease Time Two Weeks ...

Page 85: ...entioned 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 Start IP End IP and IP Address of LAN IP section mentioned a b and c field should be the same ...

Page 86: ... Description Enable 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...

Page 87: ...address and IP address field ...

Page 88: ...mapping entries click Delete All button To deselect 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 message Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires a...

Page 89: ...and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later ...

Page 90: ... 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 91: ...unication client and server connects to another wireless access point as client and serves other wireless 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 ...

Page 92: ... Universal Repeater This broadband router will repeat other wireless access point s signal to extend its wireless signal coverage and also acts as a wireless access point to serve other wireless clients ...

Page 93: ...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 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 ...

Page 94: ...ault 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 Please select a channel from the dropdown list of Channel Number available 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 pro...

Page 95: ...e popup window or you will not be able to see the wireless client list window 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 while transferring the file over wireless network There could be some other broadband routers using the same channel which will disturb the radio communication between wireless client and the br...

Page 96: ...ply 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 can click Continue to continue on other settings without restart the broadband router however the changes you made will not take effect bef...

Page 97: ...ccess Internet you can use this connection type Here are descriptions of every setup item 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 ...

Page 98: ...haracters 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 Site Survey Click Select Site Survey and a popup window will appear All reachable wireless access points ...

Page 99: ...hat will be accepted by the wireless access point you wish to connect here You can also click Clone MAC button to use the MAC address of your computer the one you used to connect to the web management interface currently Auto MAC Clone If you wish to use the MAC address of wired LAN interface of this broadband router select Enable or select Disable to not to use the MAC address of the wired LAN in...

Page 100: ...ply 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 can click Continue to continue on other settings without restart the broadband router however the changes you made will not take effect bef...

Page 101: ...ill not accept other wireless clients Also you can connect 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 item Item Name Description Band Please select the radio band from o...

Page 102: ...ireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 11Mbps 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 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 wi...

Page 103: ...ply 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 can click Continue to continue on other settings without restart the broadband router however the changes you made will not take effect bef...

Page 104: ...his mode this broadband router will act as wireless bridge only and will not accept other wireless clients Also you can connect 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 setu...

Page 105: ...2 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 11Mbps 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 Channel Number Select the channel number you wish to use all access points must use the s...

Page 106: ...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 You can click Continue to continue on other settings without restart the broadband router however the chan...

Page 107: ...every wireless access 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 item 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...

Page 108: ...e 11Mbps 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 You can type 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 de...

Page 109: ...cker installed you may have to disable it or tell your pop up blocker to allow the popup window or you will not be able to see the wireless client list window MAC address 1 to 4 Input the MAC address of other wireless access points the access points you wish to connect Set Security Click Set Security button to set security functions of this wireless connection to improve security Please refer to c...

Page 110: ...ply 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 can click Continue to continue on other settings without restart the broadband router however the changes you made will not take effect bef...

Page 111: ...eless clients when in this mode Here are descriptions of every setup item 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 net...

Page 112: ...tibility ESSID This is the name of broadband router You can type 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 Selec...

Page 113: ... 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 point you wish to connect please move the broadband router to the place nearer to the access point you wish to connect When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in ...

Page 114: ... 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 115: ...et 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 116: ...nce Key Format There are two types of key format ASCII and Hex When 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 d...

Page 117: ... function You need a Radius authentication server to perform 802 1x authentication Server IP address Input Radius authentication server s IP address here RADIUS Server Port Input Radius authentication server s service port here Generally it s 1812 RADIUS Server Password Input the password of Radius server here Please click Apply to save changes or click Reset to clear the texts in all fields If yo...

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Page 119: ...st Cipher Suite Please select a type of WPA cipher suite Available options are WPA TKIP WPA2 AES and WPA2 Mixed You can select one of them but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you selected Pre shared Key Format Select the type of pre shared 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 Plea...

Page 120: ...y to save changes or click Reset to clear the texts in all fields If you click Apply the following message 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 ...

Page 121: ...pher Suite Please select a type of WPA cipher suite Available options are WPA TKIP WPA2 AES and WPA2 Mixed You can select one of them but you have to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you selected RADIUS Server IP address Input the IP address of RADIUS authentication server here RADIUS Server Port Input the port number of RADIUS authentication server here Most of RADIUS server will...

Page 122: ...Password server here ...

Page 123: ...ck Reset to clear the texts in all fields If you click Apply the following message 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 ...

Page 124: ...ses can be assigned To enable MAC address filtering please check Enable Wireless Access Control 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 ...

Page 125: ...Add Click Add button to add the MAC address and associated comment to the MAC address filtering table Clear Click Clear to remove the value you inputted in MAC address and comment field ...

Page 126: ...ed 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 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 ...

Page 127: ...n type configuration or PinCode type configuration Here are descriptions of every setup item 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...

Page 128: ...WPS registrar and wait for wireless clients to send WPS configuration request Enrollee This broadband 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 t...

Page 129: ...wireless client and click Start PIN to establish connection with the wireless client ...

Page 130: ...3 5 Advance Settings This router provides various network functionalities like QoS and DDNS and you can configure these functions in Advanced Settings menu ...

Page 131: ...ith each other to get internet bandwidth and some applications which require guaranteed bandwidth like video streaming and network telephone will be affected therefore an unpleasing result will occur like the interruption of video audio transfer With this function you can limit the maximum bandwidth or give a guaranteed bandwidth for a specific computer to avoid said unpleasing result from happeni...

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Page 133: ...ere Total Upload Bandwidth You can set the limit of total upload bandwidth in kbits To disable upload bandwidth limitation input 0 here Rule Name Input a name for this QoS rule for identification purpose This name should be unique and not the same with others Bandwidth Set the speed limitation for this QoS rule 1 2 3 1 Please select Download Upload for the direction of data for this QoS rule first...

Page 134: ... port range that will activate this QoS rule If only one port is involved input a single number here 1 to 65535 if multiple ports are involved input starting ending port number in x y format like 10 20 Traffic Type If you re creating a QoS rule for a specific type of traffic you can select it from this menu and you don t have to input port range above Protocol Select the protocol type here TCP or ...

Page 135: ...First QoS rule will be proceed first so you can move higher priority rules up Move Down Move selected rule down 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 message Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband...

Page 136: ...t 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 li...

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Page 138: ...rvice provider here Domain Name Input the domain name you ve obtained from DDNS service provider Account E Mail Input account or email of 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 item Item Name Description HostID Please input the HostID you applied during DHIS registration ...

Page 139: ...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 this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click 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 sec...

Page 140: ...fferent please use Virtual Server function The port forwarding setting page looks like this Here are descriptions of every setup item 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 fo...

Page 141: ... Please input any text to describe this mapping up to 16 alphanumerical characters Add Add the mapping to port forwarding table Reset Remove all inputted values All 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 ...

Page 142: ...card changes After you click 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 143: ... DMZ setting page looks like this Here are descriptions of every setup item 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...

Page 144: ...o 16 alphanumerical characters Add Add the mapping to port forwarding table Reset Remove all inputted values NOTE Please note that every public IP address 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 bu...

Page 145: ...card changes After you click 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 146: ...et connected to Internet but Internet service providers only provide very few IP addresses to every user Therefore it s necessary to use NAT technology to share a single Internet IP address to multiple computers 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 ...

Page 147: ...ified port of an IP address on local network so you can setup an Internet service on the computer on local network without exposing it on Internet directly You can also build many sets of port redirection to provide many different Internet services on different local computers via a single Internet IP address ...

Page 148: ...lected 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 Private 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 th...

Page 149: ... be displayed in this page To delete one or more mappings check the box of the mapping then click Delete Selected button to remove the mapping To delete all existing mappings click Delete All button If you want to uncheck all boxes click Reset ...

Page 150: ...card changes After you click 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 151: ...m Name Description Enable Check this box to enable support for special 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...

Page 152: ...d to input more than one port number and they re not contiguous list all port numbers here and separate them by comma If the application does not use UDP port leave it blank Comment You can input any text here to help 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...

Page 153: ... will be displayed in this page To delete one or more mappings check the box of the mapping then click Delete Selected button to remove the mapping To delete all existing mappings click Delete All button If you want to uncheck all boxes click Reset ...

Page 154: ...card changes After you click 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 155: ...mation about network capability for intercommunication After you made your choice please click Apply button 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 156: ...h their server when working with BR 6428n broadband router All applications that require ALG support and compatible with this broadband router is listed here You can check all applications you will use on local computer After you made your choice please click Apply button Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband r...

Page 157: ...and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later ...

Page 158: ...destination and bypass default gateway Most users will not require this function to access Internet Here are descriptions of every setup item Item Name Description Enable Static Routing Enable static routing function Destination LAN IP Input destination network s address here Subnet Mask Input the subnet mask of destination network here Default Gateway Input the IP address of the gateway which lea...

Page 159: ...router here Interface Input the interface which leads to destination network Add Click to add this static route policy to static route table Reset Click to clear all inputted texts ...

Page 160: ... to unselect all static route entries 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 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 ...

Page 161: ...your computers from accessing improper website or using 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 Internet MAC Filtering Deny or allow access based on MAC address of client computer Here are descriptions of every setup item Item Name Description Enable MAC Filtering Check this box to ena...

Page 162: ...e computer name and 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 If you think some computer doesn t appear in the list select Refresh and this broadband router will rescan for all computers attached to LAN port again Comment You can input any text here as the comment of this MAC address...

Page 163: ... mapping entries click Delete 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 addresses in the list You have t...

Page 164: ...characters Client PC IP address Please input the starting IP address 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 ...

Page 165: ...tem Name Description Protocol Please select the protocol 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 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 addr...

Page 166: ...card changes After you click 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 167: ...agers Here are descriptions of every setup item Item Name Description Enable URL Blocking Check this box to enforce URL Blocking uncheck it to disable URL Blocking URL Keyword Input the URL host name or IP address of website like http www blocked site com or http 11 22 33 44 or the keyword which is contained in URL like pornography cartoon stock or anything Add Click Add button to add the URL keyw...

Page 168: ... 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 Cancel to discard changes After you click 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 r...

Page 169: ...it the router will stop the DoS attack for you Here lists four kinds of DoS attacks please select the type of DoS attack you wish this broadband router to 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 ...

Page 170: ...port scanner to know how many ports of your Internet IP address are open and they can collect a lot of valuable information by doing so Check this box and the router will block all traffics which are trying to scan your Internet IP address Sync Flood 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 un...

Page 171: ...or hour you can also input the Burst value which means when this number of Ping of Death packet is received in very short time this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated Discard Ping From WAN Check the box to activate this DoS prevention mechanism Port Scan Many kind of port scan methods are listed here please check one or more DoS attack methods you want to prevent Sync Flood Like Ping of De...

Page 172: ...o discard changes After you click 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 173: ...Parental Control box If this function is enabled this broadband router will check parent computer s presence before allowing other computers to access Internet By default your PC s MAC address will be listed here automatically If you re adding other PC s MAC address you can input it manually in MAC Address of Parental PC box Please note you don t need to add or in MAC address just input 12 hexadec...

Page 174: ...ect Refresh and this broadband router will rescan for all computers on LAN again Weekdays Select weekdays which will be affect by this parental control rule Time Start Time Stop Select starting ending time this parental control rule will take effect Add Add this parental control rule to the list Reset Clear all inputted texts When one or more parental control rule is appear in the list you can sel...

Page 175: ...ick 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 176: ...atus follow the following instructions 1 Click Status tab from main menu 2 The basic system information will be shown You can check basic system information about this broadband router here In addition you can click other information about this broadband router by click status list under Status tab ...

Page 177: ...See detailed description for every kind of information below ...

Page 178: ...3 7 1 Internet Connection This page shows the current status of Internet connection ...

Page 179: ...3 7 2 Device Status This page shows current wireless LAN and wired LAN configuration ...

Page 180: ... 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 181: ...s 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 182: ...3 7 5 Active DHCP Client This page shows all current DHCP clients You can click Refresh to reload the list ...

Page 183: ...3 7 6 Statistics This page shows the statistical information of network interfaces of this broadband router and the total system uptime ...

Page 184: ...n of broadband router upgrade the firmware and restart the broadband router To use these tools follow the following instructions 1 Click Tools tab 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 185: ... If you want 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 Re...

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Page 187: ...ur computer 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 uploa...

Page 188: ...ing 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 189: ...er interface supports several languages You can change the display language by click Language button in main menu To change the display language select Language dropdown menu from upper right corner of main menu and select the language you wish to use ...

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