Edimax BR-6428nS Spécifications

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

993‐6‐2VirtualServerThisfunctionallowsyoutoredirectaportonInternetIPaddress (onWANport)toaspecifiedportofanIPaddressonloc

100Herearedescriptionsofeverysetupitems:ItemName DescriptionEnableVirtualServer Checkthisboxtoenablevirtualserver,anduncheckth

101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

1023‐6‐3SpecialApplica tionsSomeapplicationsrequiremorethanoneconnectionatime;theseapplicationswon’tworkwithsimpleNATrules.Inor

103needtoinputmorethanoneportnumbe randthey’renotcontiguous,listallportnumbershereandseparatethembycomma(,).Iftheapplicati

104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

1053‐6‐4UPnPSettingsBR‐6428nSbroadbandroutersupportsUPnP(universalplug‐and‐play),whichallowsothernetworkdevicestocommunicatewithth

1063‐6‐5ALGSettingsALG(ApplicationLayerGateway)isakindofnetwor kconnectionabilitysupportforspecificnetworkapplicationslikegamea

1073‐7FirewallThisbroadbandroutersupportsseveralfirewallfunctionswhichwillhelpyoutoprotectyournetworkandcomputer.Inthischapter,

108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

103. Connectthepoweradaptertothewallsocket,andthentothe“5VDC”socketonthebackpaneloftherouter.4. PleasecheckalltheLEDso

109Pleasecheck‘EnableIPFilteringTable’boxfirst,andselect‘Deny’or‘Allow’todecidethebehaviorofIPfilteringtable(Denytheaccesso

110Youcanselectmultipleserviceshere.IfyouwishtodenyorallowallservicesofcertainIPaddress(es),pleaseselectboth‘TCP’and‘UDP’.

111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,

1123‐7‐2URLBlockingIfyouwanttopreventcomputersinlocalnetworkfromaccessingcertainwebsite(likepornography,violence,oranythingyou

113IfyouwanttodeleteaspecificURL/Keywordentry,checkthe‘select’boxoftheMACaddressyouwant todelete,thenclick‘DeleteSelected’bu

1143‐7‐3DoSDenialofService(DoS)isacommonattackmeasure,bytransmittingagreatamountofdataorrequesttoyourInternetIPaddressands

115youactivatethisfunction,youwillnotbeabletopingyourownrouterfrominternet,too.PortScan Somemaliciousintruderwilltrytousea

116ofthreshold(howmanypacketspersecond,minute,orhour),youcanalsoinputthe‘Burst’value,whichmeanswhenthisnumberof‘PingofDeath’

1173‐7‐4DMZDemilitarizedZone(DMZ)isaspecialareainyourlocalnetwork.Thisarearesidesinlocalnetwork,andallcomputersinthisareaus

118InternetIPaddresswillbemappedto.ComputerName Pulldownthemenuandallthecomputersconnectedtotherouterwillbelistedhere.Youca

112‐2SettingclientcomputerstoobtainIPaddressesautomaticallyBeforeyoustartconfigurationprocedures,yourcomputermustbeabletogetan

119Pleaseclick‘Apply’tosavechangesyoumadeandrestartthebroadbandrouter,thisrequiresabout30secondsandthebroadbandrouterwillsto

120CHAPTERIV:STATUS&TOOLS4‐1StatusYoucancheckhowyourrouteriscurrentlyoperatingunder“Status”. Youwillbeabletoseesome

1214‐1‐1InternetConnectionThispageshowsthestatusofyourInternetconnection.4‐1‐2DeviceStatusThispageshowsthecurrentsettingso

122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clic

123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

1244‐2ToolsThisbroadbandroutercomeswithseveraltoolsthathelpyoubackupthesettings,upgradethefirmware,andrestartthedevice.4‐2‐1

1251. Downloadthefirmwarefilefromourcompany’swebsiteandsaveitonyourcomputer.2. Click“Browse...”tofindthefirmwarefilesavedon

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122‐2‐1Windows95/98/MeIPaddresssetup1. Clickthe“Start”button(itshouldbelocatedatthelower‐leftcornerofyourscreen),thenclick“C

132. Select“ObtainanIPaddressfromaDHCPserver”,thenclick“OK”.

142‐2‐2Windows2000IPaddresssetup1. Clickthe“Start”button(itshouldbelocatedatthelower‐leftcornerofyourscreen),thenclick“Contr

152. Select“ObtainanIPaddressautomatically”and“ObtainDNSserve raddressautomatically”,thenclick“OK”.

162‐2‐3WindowsXPIPaddresssetup1. Clickthe“Start”button(itshouldbelocatedatthelower‐leftcornerofyourscreen),thenclick“Control

172. Select“ObtainanIPaddressautomatically”and“ObtainDNSserve raddressautomatically”,thenclick“OK”.

182‐2‐4WindowsVistaIPaddresssetup1. Clickthe“Start”button(itshouldbelocatedatthelower‐leftcornerofyourscreen),thenclick“Cont

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192. Select“ObtainanIPaddressautomatically”and“ObtainDNSserve raddressautomatically”,thenclick“OK”.

202‐3ConnectingtobroadbandrouterviawebbrowserYoucanaccessthebroadbandrouter’sweb‐basedconfigurationinterfaceviaanyconnectedcompu

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22Ifthisrouter’sDHCPserverfunctionisenabled,pleasefollowthefollowinginstructionstofindthisrouter’sIPaddress:1. Clickthe“Start”

233. Input“ipconfig”,andthenpress“Enter”.UsetheIPaddressfollowing“DefaultGateway”toaccessthisrouter’sweb‐basedconfigurationinterf

242‐4Using“QuickSetup”Thisbroadbandrouter’s“QuickSetup”allowsyoutosetupbasicparametersinafewsimplesteps.Thefollowinginstructi

253. ChooseyourInternetconnectiontype.Refertothefollowing listforfurtherinstructions:z CableModem   (Seesection2‐4‐1)z Fixed‐

262‐4‐1Using“CableModem”asbroadbandconnectiontype1. IfyourISPisprovidingyouInternetaccessviaacablemodem,select“CableModem”.

272‐4‐2Using“Fixed‐IPxDSL”asbroadbandconnectiontype1. IfyourISPisprovidingyouInternetaccessviaafixedIPaddre ss, select“Fixed‐

282‐4‐3Using“PPPoExDSL”asbroadbandconnectiontype1. IfyourISPisprovidingyouInternetaccessviaPPPoE(Point‐to‐PointProtocoloverEth

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292‐4‐4Using“PPTPxDSL”asbroadbandconnectiontype1. Select“PPTPxDSL”ifyourISPisprovidingyouInternetaccessviaPPTP(Point‐to‐Point

30ItemName DescriptionUserName InputtheusernameassignedbyyourISPhere.Password InputthepasswordassignedbyyourISPhere.PPTPGatew

312‐4‐5Using“L2TPxDSL”asbroadbandconnectiontype1. Select“L2TPxDSL”ifyourISPisprovidingyouInternetaccessviaL2TP(Layer‐2Tunneli

32ItemName DescriptionUserName InputtheusernameassignedbyyourISPhere.Password InputthepasswordassignedbyyourISPhere.L2TPGatew

332‐4‐6Using“TelstraBigPond”asbroadbandconnectiontype1. IfyouareusingtheTelstraBigPondserviceinAustralia,select“TelstraBigPo

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

353‐1SystemBasicsystemsettingscanbeconfiguredinthe“System”menu.3‐1‐1TimeZoneItemName DescriptionTimeZone Pleaseselectthe

363‐1‐2PasswordSettingsYoucanchangetheuserinterfacepasswordhere.Ifyouusethedefaultpassword(“1234”),otherpeoplemightbeableto 

373‐1‐3RemoteManagementIfyouneedtomanagethisbroadbandrouteroutsideofyourlocalareanetwork,youcanassignaremoteIPaddress,soyou

383‐2WANYoucansetupWAN(WideAreaNetwork,i.e.Internet)connectionsofthisbroadbandrouterin‘WAN’menu:PleaseselecttheWANconnecti

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393‐2‐1DynamicIPDynamicIPmeansyourISPwillassignanIPaddresstoyouautomaticallyby‘DHCP’(DynamicHostConfigurationProtocol).Dynamic

403‐2‐2StaticIPSomeISPwillgiveyouafixedIPaddress,andaskyoutousethisIPaddresstoesta blishInternetconnection.Inthiscase,you

41Pleaseclick‘Apply’tosavechangesyoumadeandrestartthebroadbandrouter,thisrequiresabout30secondsandthebroadbandrouterwillstopr

423‐2‐3PPPoEIfyourISPrequiresyoutoestablishInternetconnectionbyPPPoE(Point‐to‐PointProtocoloverEthernet),youcanusethisconnectio

43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

443‐2‐4PPTPIfyourISPrequiresyoutousePPTP(Point‐to‐PointTunneling Protocol)toestablishconnection,youcanselectthisconnectiontype

45ItemName DescriptionUserName InputtheusernameassignedbyyourISPhere.Password InputthepasswordassignedbyyourISPhere.PPTPGatew

463‐2‐5L2TPIfyourISPrequiresyoutouseL2TP(Layer‐2TunnelingProtocol)toestablishconnection,youcanselectthisconnectiontypetoestab

47ItemName DescriptionUserName InputtheusernameassignedbyyourISPhere.Password InputthepasswordassignedbyyourISPhere.L2TPGatew

483‐2‐6TelstraBigPond1. IfyouareusingtheTelstraBigPondserviceinAustralia,select“TelstraBigPond”.ItemName DescriptionUserN

4CHAPTERI:PRODUCTINFORMATION1‐1IntroductionandSafetyInformationThankyouforpurchasingtheEdimaxBR‐6428nSWirelessBroadbandRouter!Th

493‐2‐7DNSIfyouselect‘DynamicIP’or‘PPPoE’asInternetconnectionmethod,atleastoneDNSserver’sIPaddressshouldbeassignedautomatical

50Pleaseclick‘Continue’tobacktoprevioussetupmenu;tocontinueonothersetupprocedures,orclick‘Apply’toreboottheroutersothesetti

513‐2‐8DDNSDDNS(DynamicDNS)isanIP‐to‐HostnamemappingserviceforthoseInternetuserswhodon’thaveastatic(fixed)IPaddress.Itwillbe

52ItemName DescriptionDynamicDNS IfyouwanttoenableDDNSfunction,pleaseselect‘Enabled’;otherwisepleaseselect‘Disabled’Provider Sel

533‐2‐9WISPIfyournetworkserviceprovidedbyyourserviceprovideristhroughwirelessnetwork,pleaseselectthismode.Afteryouhaveconnecte

54thechanneldesignatedbyyourwirelessISP.SiteSurvey Click‘SelectSiteSurvey’button,thena“WirelessSiteSurveyTable”willpopup.Itwi

553‐3LAN(Wired)YoucansetupWiredLAN(LocalAreaNetwork)connectionsofthisbroadbandrouterin‘LAN’menu.Thisbroadbandrouterhas4LANp

56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wi

573‐3‐2LANIPItemName DescriptionIPaddress PleaseinputtheIPaddressofthisrouter.SubnetMask Pleaseinputsubnetmaskforthisnetwo

583‐3‐3DHCPServerYoucanusethissettingtodecidetherangeofIPaddressleases.Thesesettingsareonlyavailablewhen‘DHCPServer’in‘

51‐2SafetyInformationPleasefollowthefollowingsafetyinstructionstoensureyoursafety:1. Thisrouterisdesignedforindooruseonly.DO

593‐3‐4StaticDHCPLeasesIfyouwishtoassignafixedIPaddresstocertaincomputers/devicesbyDHCP,youcanusethisfunctiontoestablisha

60AllMAC‐to‐IPaddressentrieswillbelistedinthispage,andthisbroadbandroutersupportsup16staticDHCPleases:Todeleteoneormoreentr

613‐4WirelessYoucansetupWirelessLANconnectionparametersofthisbroadbandrouterin‘Wireless’menu.3‐4‐1BasicSettingsYoucansetbas

623‐4‐1‐1APModeInAPmode,thefollowingsettingswillappear:Herearedescriptionsofeverysetupitems:ItemName DescriptionBand Plea

63ESSID Thisisthenameofbroadbandrouter.Youcantypeanyalphanumericalcharactershere,maximum32characters.ESSIDisusedtoidentifyyou

64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

653‐4‐1‐2Station‐InfrastructureInStation‐Infrastructuremode,youcanselectawirelessaccesspointtobecomeitswirelessclient,andalsoacts

66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broadba

67Youcanclick‘Continue’tocontinueonothersettingswithoutrestartthebroadbandrouter,however,thechangesyoumadewillnottakeeffectbe

683‐4‐1‐3APBridge:PointtoPointInthismode,youcanusethisbroadbandrouterasawirelessnetworkbridgeandletallcomputersconnectedto

61‐3SystemRequirementsz InternetconnectionviaanxDSLorcablemodemwithanRJ‐45Ethernetportz Computerornetworkdeviceswithawiredo

69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

703‐4‐1‐4APBridge:PointtoMulti‐PointInthismode,youcanusethisbroadbandrouterasawirelessnetworkbridgeandletallcomputersconnect

71802.11band802.11gwirelessnetworkclienttoconnectthisrouter(maximumtransferrate11Mbpsfor802.11bclients,andmaximum54Mbpsfor802.11

72Youcanclick‘Continue’tocontinueonothersettingswithoutrestartthebroadbandrouter,however,thechangesyoumadewillnottakeeffectbef

733‐4‐1‐5APBridge:WDSInthismode,thisbroadbandrouteractsasbothwirelesscommunicationbridgeandwirelessaccesspoint.Thisbroadbandro

7411Mbpsfor802.11bclients,andmaximum54Mbpsfor802.11gclients). 2.4GHz(G):2.4GHzband,onlyallows802.11gwirelessnetworkclienttocon

75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

763‐4‐1‐6UniversalRepeaterInthismode,thisbroadbandrouteractsasawirelessrepeater.Itwillrepeatthesignalofthewirelessaccesspoint

77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compatibilit

78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

71‐5GettingfamiliarwithyournewwirelessbroadbandrouterFrontPanelLEDName LightStatus DescriptionPWROn Routerswitchedonandco

793‐4‐2AdvancedSettingsThisrouterprovidessomeadvancedcontrolofwirelessparameters,ifyouwantto configurethesesettings,pleaseclick

80value.Sincemostofwirelessdeviceswillnegotiatewitheachotherandpickaproperdatatransferrateautomatically,it’snotnecessarytochan

81Pleaseclick‘Continue’tobacktoprevioussetupmenu;tocontinueonroutersetup,orclick‘Apply’toreboottheroutersothesettingswillta

823‐4‐3SecuritySettingsIncertainAPworkingmodes,youcanenableencryptiontoimprovesecuritylevel.Whenyouclick‘SetSecurity’button,

83WEPSelectWEPtoenableWEP(WiredEquivalentPrivacy)encryption:Herearedescriptionsofeverysetupitems:ItemName DescriptionKeyLen

84servertoperform802.1xauthentication.ServerIPaddress InputRadiusauthenticationserver’sIPaddresshere.RADIUSServerPort InputRadius

85WPApre‐sharedkeyWPA(Wi‐FiProtectedAccess)isalsoanencryptionmethodandissaferthanWEP.It’srecommendedtouseWPAinsteadofWEPwhe

86WPARADIUSIfyouhaveRADIUSauthenticationserveronyourlocalnetwork,youcanauthenticatethewirelessclientsbyRADIUSserver’suserdatab

87Pleaseclick‘Apply’tosavechanges,orclick‘Reset’toclearthetextsinallfields.Ifyouclick‘Apply’,thefollowingmessageswillappear:

883‐4‐4AccessControlThisfunctionwillhe lpyoutopreventunauthorizedusersfromconnectingtoyourwirelessrouter;onlythosewirelessdevic

8BackPanelItemName DescriptionAntenna Wirelessantenna1–4(Yellow)LocalAreaNetwork(LAN)ports1to4WAN(Blue)WideAreaNetwork(WAN

89MACaddress,like‘ROOM2AComputer’oranything.Youcaninputupto16alphanumericalcharactershere.Thisisoptional andyoucanleaveitbla

903‐4‐5WPSWPS(Wi‐FiProtectedSetup)providesaconvenientwaytoestablishtheconnectionbetweenthisbroadbandrouterandwirelessclients.An

91AuthenticationMode Thewirelesssecurityauthenticationmodeofthiswirelessrouterwillbedisplayedhere.PassphraseKey TheWPApassphrasew

923‐5QoSQualityofserviceprovidesanefficientwayforcomputersonthenetworktosharetheinternetbandwidthwithapromisedqualityofinter

93ItemName DescriptionEnableQoS CheckthisboxtoenableQoSfunction,uncheckittodisableQoS.TotalDownloadBandwidthYoucansetthelimit

94Pleaseclick‘Continue’tobacktoprevioussetupmenu;tocontinueonothersetupprocedures,orclick‘Apply’toreboottheroutersothesetting

95LocalPortRange Pleaseinputtherangeoflocal(source) portnumberthatwillbeaffectedbythisrule.Ifyouwanttoapplythisruleonport

963‐6NATToenableNATfunction,pleaseselect‘Enable’for‘EnableNATmodule function’(1);todisable,pleaseselect‘Disable’.Afteryouma

973‐6‐1PortForwardingThisfunctionallowsyoutoredirectasingleportorconsecutiveportsofInternetIPaddresstothesameportoftheIPad

98Type Selectthetypeofconnection,TCPorUDP.Ifyou’renotsure,pleaseselect‘Both’.PortRange Inputthestartingportnumberintheleftf