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BR-6214K

Fast Ethernet Broadband Router

User’s Manual

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Page 2: ... right to revise 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 Linux Open Source Code Certain Edimax products include software code developed by third parties including software code subject to the GNU General Public License GPL or GNU Lesser General Public License LGPL Please see the GNU www gnu or...

Page 3: ...21 2 2 2 DHCP 21 2 2 3 PPPoE PPP over Ethernet 21 2 2 4 PPTP 21 2 2 5 L2TP 21 2 2 6 DDNS 21 2 3 LAN 22 2 4 QoS 22 2 4 1 Port based QoS 24 2 4 2 Rate Policing QoS 24 2 4 3 Guaranteed Spare Class QoS 25 2 5 NAT 26 2 5 1 Virtual Server 27 2 5 2 Special Applications 29 2 5 3 ALG Settings 30 2 5 4 UPnP Settings 31 2 5 5 Static Routing 32 2 6 Firewall 32 2 6 1 Access Control List 33 2 6 2 URL Filter 34 ...

Page 4: ...uter PC PCs with a Web Browser Internet Explorer 4 0 or higher or Netscape Navigator 4 7 or higher Package Content One Broadband Router One Quick Installation Guide One User Manual CD One Power Adapter Other Accessories Note The WAN idle timeout auto disconnect function may not work due to abnormal activities of some network application software computer virus or hacker attacks from the Internet F...

Page 5: ... 1 2 Getting started This is a step by step instruction on how to start using the router and get connected to the Internet 1 Setup your network as shown in the setup diagram above fig 1 2 2 You then need to set your LAN PC clients so that it can obtain an IP address automatically All LAN clients require an IP address Just like an address it allows LAN clients to find one another If you have alread...

Page 6: ...lick the Properties button 7 Check each of the tabs and verify the following settings Bindings Check Client for Microsoft Networks and File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks Gateway All fields are blank DNS Configuration Select Disable DNS WINS Configuration Select Disable WINS Resolution IP Address Select Obtain IP address automatically 8 Reboot the PC Your PC will now obtain an IP addre...

Page 7: ...al Area Connection icon The Local Area Connection window will appear 3 In the Local Area Connection window click the Properties button 4 Check your list of Network Components You should see Internet Protocol TCP IP on your list Select it and click the Properties button 5 In the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties window select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automa...

Page 8: ...k 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 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK ...

Page 9: ...ver Note Please make sure that the Broadband router s DHCP server is the only DHCP server available on your LAN Once you ve configured your PC to obtain an IP address automatically please proceed to Step 3 3 Once you have configured your PCs to obtain an IP address automatically the router s DHCP server will automatically give your LAN clients an IP address By default the Broadband Router s DHCP s...

Page 10: ...ker Attack Prevention DMZ Special applications and other functions to meet your LAN requirements Status Information Chapter 3 In this section you can see the Broadband router s system information Internet Connection Device Status System Log Security Log and DHCP client information Tools Chapter 4 This section contains the broadband router s Tools Tools include Configuration tools Firmware upgrade ...

Page 11: ...ation and Tools do not need to be configured unless you wish to implement monitor more advance features information Select the section Quick Setup Wizard General Setup Status Information and Tools you wish to configure and proceed to the corresponding chapter Use the selections on the web management s top right hand page see below to navigate around the web based management User Interface ...

Page 12: ...rewall settings Parameter Description Time Zone Select the time zone of the country you are currently in The router will set its time based on your selection NTP Server You can manually assign three time server addresses here Time Here shows the time of current router setting Click on NEXT to proceed to the next page step 2 WAN Settings Step 2 WAN Settings In this section you have to select one of...

Page 13: ...equires you to use a Layer Two Tunneling Protocol L2TP connection Click on one of the WAN type and then proceed to the manual s relevant sub section 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 or 1 5 Click on Back to return to the previous screen 1 1 Dynamic IP Choose Dynamic IP if your ISP will automatically give you an IP address Some ISP s may also require that you fill in additional information such as MAC address see sc...

Page 14: ...ation on MAC address Click OK when you have finished the configuration above Congratulations You have completed the configuration for the Dynamic IP connection You can start using the router now if you wish to use some of the advance features supported by this router see chapter 2 3 4 1 2 Static IP Address Select Static IP Address if your ISP has given you a specific IP address for you to use Your...

Page 15: ...AC Name should your ISP requires it otherwise leave it blank MTU This is optional You can specify the maximum size of your transmission packet to the Internet Leave it as it is if you don t want to set a maximum packet size Dial On Demand If checked gateway won t dial this session until received a packet that requested Internet access If unchecked gateway dials this session immediately after syste...

Page 16: ...teway then enter the ISP s Gateway IP address above Login ID Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for the PPTP connection Sometimes called a Connection ID Password Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the PPTP connection MTU This is optional You can specify the maximum size of your transmission packet to the Internet Leave it as it is if you don t want to set a maximum packet size Silen...

Page 17: ...ubnet Mask provided by your ISP e g 255 255 255 0 Gateway Enter the IP address of the ISP Gateway L2TP Server If your LAN has a L2TP Server then enter that L2TP Server IP address here If you do not have a L2TP Server then enter the ISP s Gateway IP address above Login ID Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for the L2TP connection Sometimes called a Connection ID Password Enter the Password pr...

Page 18: ... by your ISP Click OK when you have finished the configuration above Congratulations You have completed the configuration for the L2TP connection You can start using the router now if you wish to use some of the advance features supported by this router see chapter 2 3 4 ...

Page 19: ...one Password and Remote Management Administrator 2 2 WAN This section allows you to select the connection method in order to establish a connection with your ISP same as the Quick Setup Wizard section 2 3 LAN You can specify the LAN segment s IP address subnet Mask enable disable DHCP and select an IP range for your LAN 2 4 QoS You can setup the QoS bandwidth control policy 2 5 NAT You can configu...

Page 20: ...ettings Parameter Description Time Zone Select the time zone of the country you are currently in The router will set its time based on your selection NTP Server You can manually assign three time server addresses here Time Here shows the time of current router setting Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations You can now configure other advance sections or start usin...

Page 21: ...s you to designate a host range in the Internet the ability to configure the Broadband router from a remote site Enter the designated host IP Addresses in the IP Address field Parameters Description IP Address Please specify the IP range to the Remote Management IP fields All the Internet IPs that inside this range can manage this router from WAN side Port To avoid conflict of virtual server at po...

Page 22: ... given you a specific IP address for you to use Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section See chapter 1 Static IP Address for more detail 2 2 2 DHCP Choose the DHCP selection if your ISP will automatically give you an IP address Some ISP s may also require that you fill in additional information such as MAC address see chapter 1 Dynamic IP for more detail 2 2 3 PPPoE PPP...

Page 23: ... for the DDNS service account above Host Name Your static domain name that use DDNS Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router with the advance settings in place 2 3 LAN The LAN Port screen below allows you to specify a private IP address for your router s LAN ports as well as a subnet mask for you...

Page 24: ...a specific MAC address Dynamic DHCP Client List Dynamic DHCP Client List shows all IP addresses already assigned and the corresponding LAN PC hostname and their MAC addresses Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router with the advance settings in place 2 4 QoS This router supports various types of ...

Page 25: ...rt Set the priority of the specified protocol name or port number to higher or lower priority Enable QoS by device port Enable Port based QoS Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router with the advance settings in place 2 4 2 Rate Policing QoS This router supports Rate Policing QoS User can specify...

Page 26: ...e settings in place 2 4 3 Guaranteed Spare Class QoS User can first specify maximum WAN total bandwidth and then set bandwidth allocation rules according to two different classes Guaranteed or Spared Rules in Guaranteed class are guaranteed to have specified percentage of WAN Total bandwidth At any period of time if the aggregated bandwidth used by flows in guaranteed class doesn t exceed total ba...

Page 27: ...rt Bandwidth allocation policy Guaranteed or Spare Percentage Input the percentage of total bandwidth that this queue have DSCP Marking Differentiated Services Code Point is a model in which traffic is treated by intermediate systems with relative priorities based on the type of services If you want to mark this Queue to specified DSCP type enable this option and filled a value in the DSCP value f...

Page 28: ...ws XP can discover this router automatically and access the Internet through this router without any configuration The NAT Traversal function provided by UPnP can let applications that support UPnP smoothly connect to Internet sites without any incompatibility problem due to the NAPT port translation 2 5 5 Static Routing You can disable NAT function and setup the routing rules manually Click on on...

Page 29: ...P address that the Public Port number packet will be sent to Note You need to give your LAN PC clients a fixed static IP address for Virtual Server to work properly Server Port Range This is the port number of the above Private IP host that the below Public Port number will be changed to when the packet enters your LAN to the LAN Server Client IP Protocol Select the port number protocol type TCP U...

Page 30: ...Internet remote users must know your global IP address For websites you will need to have a fixed static global public IP address 2 5 2 Special Applications Some applications require multiple connections such as Internet games video conferencing Internet telephony and others In this section you can configure the router to support multiple connections for these types of applications Parameters Desc...

Page 31: ...ications that require multiple connections specify the port outbound normally associated with that application in the Trigger Port field Then select the protocol type TCP or UDP and enter the public ports associated with the trigger port to open them up for inbound traffic Example Name Incoming Type Incoming Port Range Trigger Type Trigger Start Port Trigger Finish Port Enable MSN Game Zone TCP 23...

Page 32: ...nd can access the Internet through this router easily Parameters Description UPnP Feature You can Enable or Disable UPnP feature here After you enable the UPnP feature all client systems that support UPnP like Windows XP can discover this router automatically and access the Internet through this router without any configuration The NAT Traversal function provided by UPnP can let applications that ...

Page 33: ...outer that this router should communicate with on the path to the destination LAN Interface The interface that go to the next hop router Click Apply at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router with the advance settings in place 2 6 Firewall The Broadband router provides extensive firewall protection by restrict...

Page 34: ...tions services e g Internet websites email FTP etc this is the place to set that configuration Access Control allows users to define the traffic type permitted in your LAN You can control which PC client can have access to these services Parameters Description Policy User can choose to log or not to log packets which match any configured ACL Direction IP Ingress means packets from LAN to Gateway a...

Page 35: ...ver LAN client B is able to access websites and any other service that uses ports between 80 and 999 2 6 2 URL Filter You can block access to some Web sites from particular PCs by entering a full URL address or just keyword of the Web site Parameters Description URL String Pattern You can enter the full URL address or the keyword of the web site you want to block Source IP Range You can specify a ...

Page 36: ...n hacker attacks including Denial of Service Ping of Death Port Scan and Sync Flood etc If Internet attacks occur the router can log the events Parameters Description DoS Prevention Enable Enables selected Anti DoS features Ignore LAN Side Check Skip DoS checks for all LAN WAN packets ...

Page 37: ...pen the client up to unrestricted two way Internet access by defining a DMZ Host The DMZ function allows you to re direct all packets going to your WAN port IP address to a particular IP address in your LAN The difference between the virtual server and the DMZ function is that the virtual server re directs a particular service Internet application to a particular LAN client server whereas DMZ re d...

Page 38: ...re version numbers any illegal attempts to access your network and information on all DHCP client PCs currently connected to your network Parameters Description 3 1 Status and Information Shows the router s system information 3 2 Logs This router supports five types of Log messages System Log ACL Log URL filter DoS Log and New connection Log Select one of the above Status selections and proceed to...

Page 39: ...Information section allows you to view the router s system information Parameters Description Information You can see the router s system information such as the router s System Information LAN Information WAN Information and Wireless Information ...

Page 40: ...s router supports five types of Log messages System Log ACL Log URL filter DoS Log and New connection Log You can Enable or Disable each of these Logs 3 2 1 System Log 3 2 2 ACL Log 3 2 3 URL Filter Log 3 2 4 DoS Log ...

Page 41: ...40 3 2 5 New Connection Log ...

Page 42: ...he Browse button to find the firmware file on your PC Factory Default you can use the Factory Defaults tool to force the Broadband router to perform a power reset and restore the original factory settings System Restart In the event that the system stops responding correctly or in some way stops functioning you can perform a reset Your settings will not be changed To perform the reset click on the...

Page 43: ...towards the destination DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol This protocol automatically gives every computer on your home network an IP address DNS Server IP Address DNS stands for Domain Name System which allows Internet servers to have a domain name such as www Broadbandrouter com and one or more IP addresses such as 192 34 45 8 A DNS server keeps a database of Internet servers and their re...

Page 44: ... an IP address for the Internet router located at the ISP s office ISP Internet Service Provider An ISP is a business that provides connectivity to the Internet for individuals and other businesses or organizations LAN Local Area Network A LAN is a group of computers and devices connected together in a relatively small area such as a house or an office Your home network is considered a LAN MAC Add...

Page 45: ...Unreliable Datagram Protocol UDP TCP IP is the standard protocol for data transmission over the Internet Both TCP and UDP are transport layer protocol TCP performs proper error detection and error recovery and thus is reliable UDP on the other hand is not reliable They both run on top of the IP Internet Protocol a network layer protocol WAN Wide Area Network A network that connects computers locat...

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