Edimax BR-6478Gn User Manual

 BR-6478Gn User Manual 03-2012 / v1.0 

9“LocalAreaConnectionProperties”windowappears,select“InternetProtocol(TCP/IP)”,andthenclick“Properties”.2. Select“ObtainanIPadd

10Connection”.Whenthe“LocalAreaConnectionProperties”windowappears,click“Properties”.2. Select“ObtainanIPaddressautomatically”and

11select“Properties”.Whenthe“LocalAreaConnectionProperties”windowappears,select“InternetProtocolVersion4(TCP/IPv4)”and thenclick“P

122‐3ConnectingtoBroadbandRouterviaWebBrowserYoucanaccessthebroadbandrouter’sweb‐basedconfigurationinterfaceviaanyconnectedcompu

134. Thefirstpageyouseeafterlogginginis“Home”.Youcanseeallthecurrentsettingsandothersysteminformationhere.SystemModel Di

14Security DisplaysthesecurityauthenticationmodeoftheaccesspointLANConnectionIPAddress DisplaystheIPaddressoftheLANconnection

152. Input“cmd”,andthenclick“OK”.3. Input“ipconfig”,thenpress“Enter”.UsetheIPaddressfollowing“DefaultGateway”toaccessthisr

162. Thefollowingwillappear.3. Click“PerformiQSetup”anditwillstartdetectingyourInternetservicetype.Note:Yourcomputeror

17Note:Forsecurityreasons,Edimaxsuggeststhatyousetupthewirelesssecurity.Ifyouclick“Yes(recommended)”,youwillbeaskedtoenter

18Note:Forsecurityreasons,Edimaxsuggeststhatyousetupthewirelesssecurity.Ifyouclick“Setupwirelesssecurity(recommended)”,youwil

1COPYRIGHTCopyright©EdimaxTechnologyCo.,Ltd.allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,transmitted,transcribed,s

192‐5Using“iQoS”iQoSisEdimax’sanswertotheneedforaquickandeasywaytomanageinternetbandwidth.Itsintuitiveandfriendlyuserinte

203. Enteryouruploadanddownloadbandwidthvaluesinthe“TotalDownloadBandwidth”and“TotalUploadBandwidth”fields.Note:Pleasecheckw

21CHAPTERIII:GENERALSETUPYoucanperformadvancedconfigurationofthisbroadbandrouterin“GeneralSetup”.1. Click“GeneralSetup”afterlo

22Youcanconfigureyourtimezone,password,andremotemanagementsettingshere.Afteryouhavecompletedtheconfigurations,click“Apply” tosav

23Click“Apply”tosavethechangesandrestartthebroadbandrouter.Ittakesabout60secondsforthebroadbandroutertorestart.Click“Contin

243‐1‐3RemoteManagementSettingupthe“RemoteManagement”functionallowsyoutomanagethisbroadbandrouterfromoutsideyourlocalareanetwor

25Selectaconnectiontypeandproceedwiththesetup;thenclick“Apply”to savethechanges.Ifyouarenotsurewhichconnectiontypeyoushoul

26ItemName DescriptionHostName Inputthehostnameofyourcomputerhere.ThisisoptionalandonlyrequiredifyourISPasksyoutodoso.MA

27ItemName DescriptionFixedIPAddress InputtheIPaddressassignedbyyourISPhere.SubnetMask InputthesubnetmaskassignedbyyourISP

28ItemName DescriptionUserName InputtheusernameassignedbyyourISPhere.Password InputthepasswordassignedbyyourISPhere.MACAddr

2CONTENTSCHAPTERI:PRODUCTINFORMATION...

29IdleTimeOut Specifytheamountoftimetherouterwaitsbeforeshuttingdownanidleconnection.Thisoptionisonlyavailablewhen“Connecton

30ItemName DescriptionHostName Inputthehostnameofyourcomputerhere.ThisisoptionalandonlyrequiredifyourISPasksyoutodoso.MAC

31ItemName DescriptionUserID Inputtheusername assignedbyyourISPhere.Password InputthepasswordassignedbyyourISPhere.PPTPGatewa

32ItemName DescriptionHostName Inputthehostnameofyourcomputerhere.ThisisoptionalandonlyrequiredifyourISPasksyoutodoso.M

33ItemName DescriptionUserID Inputtheusername assignedbyyourISPhere.Password InputthepasswordassignedbyyourISPhere.L2TPGate

343‐2‐6WISPIfyourInternetserviceproviderisproviding youInternetservicewirelessly,select“WISP”.ItemName Descriptio nWISP Enable

35Click“Apply”tosavethechangesandrestartthebroadbandrouter.Ittakesabout60secondsforthebroadbandroutertorestart.Click“Continue”

36broadbandrouterwithlessthan30computers.Ifyouarenotsurewhattofill,herearesomerecommendedvalues:z IPAddress:“192.168.1.254”

37ItemName DescriptionEnableStaticDHCPLeasesCheckthisboxtoenablethefunction.MACAddress Inputthespecifiedcomputer’sMACaddressh

38Click“Apply”tosavethechangesandrestartthebroadbandrouter.Ittakesabout60secondsforthebroadbandroutertorestart.Click“Continu

33‐4‐2‐3WPAPre‐SharedKey...493‐4‐2‐4WPARADIUS

39z APBridge—WDS:Connectsthisrouterwithupto4WDS‐capablebroadbandroutersz UniversalRepeater:Repeatsanotherwirelessaccesspoint’ssi

40selectthechannelofyourpreference(1to13).AssociatedClients Click“ShowActiveClients”forthelistofallconnectedwirelessclients.Cl

41ItemName DescriptionBand Selectfromoneofthefollowingoptions:2.4GHz(B):Allows802.11bwirelessnetworkclientstoconnecttothisrout

423‐4‐1‐3APBridge—PointtoPoint“APBridge—PointtoPoint”modeconnectsthisroutertoanotherrouterandallowsallthecomputersconnectedto

43signalandselect“Disable”toturnitoff.Click“Apply”tosavethechanges,orclick“Cancel”todiscardthechanges.Afteryouhaveclicked“A

44toconnecttothisrouter.2.4GHz(N):Allows802.11nwirelessnetworkclientstoconnecttothisrouter.2.4GHz(B+G):Allows802.11band802. 1

45ItemName DescriptionBand Selectfromoneofthefollowingoptions:2.4GHz(B):Allows802.11bwirelessnetworkclientstoconnecttothisro

46closethewindow.Note:Ifyouhaveapop‐upblockerinstalled,youmayhavetodisableit,orsetittoallowthepop‐upwindowtoshowup.MACa

47ItemName DescriptionBand Selectfromoneofthefollowingoptions:2.4GHz(B):Allows802.11bwirelessnetworkclientstoconnecttothisrout

48Click“Apply”tosavethechanges,orclick“Cancel”todiscardthechanges.Afteryouhaveclicked“Apply”,youwillseethefollowingmessage:

4CHAPTERI:PRODUCTINFORMATION1‐1PackageContentsBeforeyoustartusingthisrouter,pleasecheckifthereisanythingmissinginthepackage,

49ItemName DescriptionKeyLength Twotypesofkeylengthsareavailable:64‐bitand128‐bit.KeyFormat Twotypesofkeyformatsareavailable:

50ItemName DescriptionWPAUnicastCipherSuite PleaseselectaWPAciphersuitesupportedbyyourwirelessclient.Availableoptionsare“WPA(TK

51RADIUSServerPort InputtheRADIUSserverporthere.Generally,itis“1812”.RADIUSServerPassword InputthepasswordoftheRADIUSserverher

52Clear Click“Clear”toremoveeverythingintheMACaddressandcommentfields.AllMACaddressentrieswillbelistedinthefollowingtable:

53ItemName DescriptionEnableWPS CheckthisboxtoenabletheWPSfunction.WPSStatus ThestatusoftheWPSconfigurationisdisplayedhere.S

543‐5‐1QoSQualityofService(QoS)isameansforcomputersonthenetworktoshareInternetbandwidthwithguaranteedbandwidthqualityforea

55ItemName DescriptionEnableQoS CheckthisboxtoenabletheQoSfunction.TotalDownloadBandwidthYoucansetalimittothetotaldownloadb

56Protocol Definetheprotocoltypehere(TCPorUDP).Add Clickthe“add”buttontoaddnewQoSrulestothetable.Reset Click“Reset”toerase

57z ZoneEdit(http://www .zoneedit.com ) z DHIS(http://www.dhis.org)z CyberGate(http://cybergate.planex.co.jp/ddns)PleasegotooneoftheD

58AuthP/AuthQ InputtheAuthP/AuthQprovidedbyDHIShere.(Thisfieldappearsonlywhentheauthenticationtypeis“QRC”).Click“Apply”tosave

5BackPanelItemName DescriptionAntennaconnector(s)Connectstothesuppliedantenna(s)Wi‐Fion/offswitchSwitcheson/offtheWi‐FisignalW

59endingportnumberintherightfield.Ifonlyoneportnumberistoberedirected,fillthatportnumberintheleftfield.Comment Youcanadda

60localnetworkhere.ComputerName Computernamesfoundinthelocalnetworkarelistedhere.Youcanselectacomputernameandclickthe“<<

61ItemName DescriptionEnableVirtualServer Checkthis boxtoenablethevirtualserverfunction.PrivateIP PleaseinputtheprivateIPaddr

623‐6‐2SpecialApplica tionsSomeapplicationsrequiremultiple simultaneousconnections,whichcannotbesetupwithsimpleNATrules.Youcanco

63Click“Apply”tosavethechanges,orclick“Cancel”todiscardthechanges.Afteryouhaveclicked“Apply”,youwillseethefollowingmessage:

64AllALGrequiringapplicationsthatarecompatiblewiththisbroadbandrouterislisted here.Checktheapplicationsyouwillbeusing.Click“A

65ItemName DescriptionEnableStaticRouting Checkthisboxtoenablethefunction.DestinationLANIP InputthedestinationLANIPhere.Subne

663‐7‐1AccessControlYoucanallowordenycomputerswithcertainMACaddressesaccesstothenetwork.ItemName DescriptionEnableMACFilter

67ItemName DescriptionClientPCDescription InputadescriptionfortheIPaddresshere.Upto16alphanumericalcharactersaresupported.Clie

68PortRange Inputtheportnumber(s)here.Theportnumbercanbeasinglevalue,orarange(e.g.“20‐50”).Ifyouneedtoinputmultiple,non‐con

6CHAPTERII:SYSTEMANDNETWORKSETUP2‐1EstablishingaNetworkConnectionPleasefollowthefollowinginstructionstobuildanetworkconnection

69Click“Apply”tosavethechangesandrestartthebroadbandrouter.Ittakesabout60secondsforthebroadbandroutertorestart.Click“Continu

70ItemName DescriptionPingofDeath Setthethresholdforthisdefensemechanismtobeactivatedhere.Checkthe“PingofDeath”boxandinput

71Click“Apply”tosavethechangesandrestartthebroadbandrouter.Ittakesabout60secondsforthebroadbandroutertorestart.Click“Continue”

72TimeStart/TimeStop Selectthestarting/endingtimetheparentalcontrolrulewilltakeeffect.Add Click“Add”toaddtheparentalcontrolrule

73CHAPTERIV:STATUS,TOOLS&LANGUAGE4‐1StatusYoucancheckhowyourrouteriscurrentlyoperatingunder“Status”. 1. Clickthe“Status”

744‐1‐3SystemLogThispageshowsallloggedsysteminformation.Youcanclick“Save”todownloadthelogfiletoyourcomputer.Youcanalsocli

754‐1‐5ActiveDHCPClientThispageshowsallcurrentDHCPclients.Youcanclick“Refresh”toreloadthelist.4‐1‐6StatisticsThispagesh

761. Clickthe“Tools”tab.2. Youwillbeabletoaccesstheconfigurationtools,upgradeyourfirmware,orrestarttherouterhere.4‐2‐1

77RestoretoFactoryDefaultClick“Reset”torestorethesettingstothefactorydefault.Apop‐upmessagewindowwillappearandaskyoutoconfirm

782. Clickthe“Apply”buttontorestartthebroadbandrouter.3. Whenyouarepromptedtoconfirmtherestart,click“OK”.4‐3LanguageThis

74. PleasecheckalltheLEDsonthefrontpanel.The“PWR”and“WAN”LEDsshouldbeon.The“LAN”LEDshouldbeonifthecomputerisconnecteda

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82. Select“ObtainanIPaddressfromaDHCPserver”,thenclick“OK”.2‐2‐2Windows2000IPAddressSetup1. Clickthe“Start”button(itsh