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1. 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 asked for username and password for login again if you changed password 40 3 1 3 Remote Management If you need to manage this broadband router outside of your LAN i e from Internet you can use this function to assign a remote IP address which is permitted to connect to this broadband router s web management interface from Internet If it s not required for you to manage this broadband router from Internet you can disable this function to improve security Hostaddress Port Enabled The descriptions 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 8080 or something like 32245 or 1429 Any integer between 1 and 65534 Enabled Chec
2. Obtain an IP address automatically Host Name MAC address OO0000000000 Clone Mac address O Use the following IP address IP address Subnet Mask Default Gateway NOTE These settings must be configured according to your Internet service Please contact your Internet service provider if you are not sure what to select 3 Configure the PPTP Settings section PPTP Settings UserID Password PPTP Gateway Connection ID MTU BEZEQ ISRAEL Connection Type Idle Time Out 0 0 0 0 Optional 1392 61 2 lt MTU Value lt 1 492 CJ Enable for BEZEQ network in ISRAEL use only Continuous Y 1 1000 minutes 33 Item Name Description User ID Input the user name assigned by your ISP here Password Input the password assigned by your ISP here PPTP Gateway Input the PPTP gateway assigned by your ISP here Connection ID Give this connection a name optional MTU Input the MTU value of your network connection here If you do not know use the default value BEZEQ ISRAEL Check the Enable box if you are in Israel and using BEZEQ network services Connection Type Please specify a connection type here There are 3 options 1 Continuous keeps the Internet connection alive all the time 2 Connect on Demand only connects to the Internet when you
3. Top Panel LED Name Light Status Description PWR On Router switched on and correctly powered Off Router not powered or not correctly powered WLAN On Wireless connectivity activated Off Wireless connectivity not activated Flashing Wireless LAN activity transferring data or WPS mode activated LED flashes once every second WAN On WAN port connected Off WAN port not connected Flashing WAN activity transferring data LAN On LAN port connected Off LAN port not connected Flashing LAN activity transferring data Front Panel Item Name Description Micro USB Port Connects to USB power adapter or computer via USB cable Back Panel LAN WAN Item Name Description LAN Port Connects to computer or other web devices WAN Port Connects to cable xDSL modems Side Panel Item Name Description Reset WPS Resets the router to factory default settings or starts WPS Button function press this button and hold for 10 seconds to clear all settings or press this button for less than 10 seconds to activate WPS function CHAPTER II SYSTEM AND NETWORK SETUP 2 1 Establishing a network connection Please follow the following instructions to build a network connection between your new broadband router computers and other network devices 1 Connect your xDSL or cable modem to the W
4. Daylight Savings _ Enable Function To Apply The descriptions of every setting item 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 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 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 39 3 1 2 Password Settings You can change the web login password of this broadband router If you keep using the default password 1234 other people may access the configuration interface without your permission Please change the password as soon as possible Current Password New Password Confirmed Password E Cancel Apply The descriptions of every setting item are listed as follow
5. Restore to Factory Default Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Backup Settings Click Save button to download the current configuration as config bin file Save this file on your computer to keep current configuration 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 Restore to Factory Click Reset button to restore the settings of Default the broadband router to factory default value A pop up message window will appear and ask you to confirm the reset 133 3 9 2 Firmware Upgrade New firmware releases will provide new functions to this broadband router and you can use firmware upgrade function to upgrade the firmware to new version NOTE It s recommended to use wired Ethernet connection to upload the firmware file please refrain from using wireless connection to upload the firmware file Also please do not switch the broadband router or computer you used to upload the firmware file off during firmware upgrade This will cause broadband router become malfunction and unusable
6. Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties o s IF addres subnet mak Default gayeway 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 Panel Double click the Network and Internet Connections icon click Network Connections then double click Local Area Connection When the Local Area Connection Properties window appears click Properties 4 Local Area Connection Properties General Authentication Advanced Connect using ES AMD PCNET Family PCI Ethernet Ad This connection uses the following items Client for Microsoft Networks r File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks as RacieeScherintee Internet Protocol TCP IP 3 ma Description Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol The default wide area network protocol that provides communication across diverse interconnected networks C Show icon in notification area when connected Notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity 17 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties General Alternate Conf
7. field and 1234 in the Password field Click the OK button to enter the web configuration interface 21 4 The first page you see after logging in is Home You can see all the current settings and other system information here Z EDIMAX Technology Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ay E gt a LA yo Search sie Favorites amp B 3 5 l http 192 168 98 242findex asp NETWORKING PEOPLE TOGETHER Quick Setup General Setup Status Model Wireless Router Up time Running Time Oday 03 21 35 Hardware Version Rev A Boot Code Version 1 0 Runtime Code Version NFR IP Address Mode Dynamic IP disconnect IP Address Subnet Mask Dafault Antanan NANNAN mn Internet System Model Displays this broadband router s model name useful when you need technical service Up Time Displays the amount of time this router has been switched on Hardware Version Displays this broadband router s hardware version useful when you need technical service Boot Code Displays this broadband router s boot code version useful Version when you need technical service Runtime Code Displays this broadband router s runtime code version useful Version when you need technical service 22 Internet Connection IP Address Mode Displays how this broadband router currently obtains IP addresses IP Address Displays the IP add
8. Network icon and the Network window will appear Select TCP IP and then click Properties Client for Microsoft Networks Client for NetWare Networks SMC EtherPower Adapter SMC8432 SPA Pxqompatible Protocol Client for Microsoft Networks v 13 2 Select Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server then click OK TCP IP Properties e A 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 Control Panel Double click the Network and Dial up Connections icon and then double click Local Area Connection When the Local Area Connection Properties window appears select Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click Properties Local Area Connection Properties 3 2 x General Connect using BY Realtek RTL8029 45 PCI Ethernet Adapter Components checked are used by this connection Client forddinesct Networks Stile and Printer Sharing fOr Nicrosoft Networks S Internet Protocol TCP IP gt oo CALA de NU passt Install Uninstall Properties 0 e Description _ m Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol The default wide area network protocol that provides communication across diverse interconnected networks J Show icon in taskbar when connected 15 2
9. Please download the firmware file from our company s website and save it on your computer and use firmware upgrade function to upgrade firmware Please click Browse button to select the firmware file saved on your 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 134 3 9 3 Restart If you found that the broadband router is not functioning correctly or responding slowly then usual you can use this function to restart the broadband router and this may correct the problem In the event that the system stops responding correctly or stops functioning you can perform a Reset Your settings will not be changed To perform the reset click on the APPLY button below You will be asked to confirm your decision Reset will be completed when the Power LED light stops blinking Apply Click Apply button to restart the broadband router You ll be prompted to confirm the restart click OK to restart the broadband router 135 4 3 Language This broadband router s web based user 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
10. button to add the URL keyword to the URL Keyword filtering table Reset Click Reset to remove the value you inputted in URL Keyword field All existing URLs will be displayed in Current URL Blocking Table 1 facebook O Delete Selected Delete All 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 button You can select more than one URL Keyword If you want to delete all URL Keyword listed here please click Delete All button or you can also click Reset button to unselect all URL Keywords 120 When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 121 3 7 3 DoS Denial of Service DoS is a common attack measure by transmitting a great amount of data or request to you
11. button to remove the mapping To delete all existing mappings click Delete All button If you want to uncheck all boxes click Reset 106 When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 107 3 6 2 Special Applications Some applications require more than one connection a time these applications won t work with simple NAT rules In order to make these applications work you can use this function to let these applications work Enable Special Applications Computername 0 0 0 0 lt lt select MA lt Ta Current Trigger Port Table Here are descriptions of every setup items Item 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
12. i e If the MAC address label of your wireless device indicates aa bb cc dd ee ff or aa bb cc dd ee ff just input aabbccddeeff Computer Name All computer names found by this broadband 115 router on local network will be listed here You can select the computer name and click lt lt 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 like ROOM 2A Computer or anything You can input up to 16 alphanumerical characters here This is optional and you can leave it blank however it s recommended to use this field to write a comment for every MAC addresses as a memory aid Add Click Add button to add the MAC address and associated comment to the MAC address filtering table Reset Remove all inputted values All MAC address entries will be listed in this page MAC Filtering Table OFFLINE 11 22 33 44 55 66 Banned PC To delete one or more entries listed here please check the box of the mapping entry under Select and click Delete Selected button If you wish to delete all mapping entries click Del
13. input O 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 Local IP Address Set the speed limitation for this QoS rule Kbps guarantee Nj 1 2 3 Bandwidth Download v 1 Please select Download Upload for the direction of data for this QoS rule first 2 Input the data rate for this QoS rule 3 and select Guarantee provides a guaranteed speed for this rule or Max Set the IP address range that will be affected by this QoS rule If only one IP address is involved input the IP address in left field only Local Port Range Set the 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 Remote IP Address Set remote IP addresses that will trigger this QoS rule If only one IP address is involved input the IP address in left field only Remote Port Range Set the port range that will activate this QoS 94 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
14. CONTINUE APPLY 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 95 and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later 96 3 5 2 DDNS DDNS Dynamic DNS is a IP to Hostname mapping service for those Internet users who don t have a static fixed IP address It will be a problem when such user wants to provide services to other users on Internet because their IP address will vary every time when connected to Internet and other user will not be able to know the IP address they re using at a certain time This router supports DDNS service of following service providers 3322 http www 3322 org DHS http www dhs org DynDNS http www dyndns org ODS http ods org TZO http www tzo com GnuDIP http gnudip2 sourceforge net DyNS http www dyns cx ZoneEdit http www zoneedit com DHIS http www dhis org CyberGate http cybergate planex co jp ddns Please go to one of DDNS service provider s webpage listed above and get a free DDNS account by the instructions given on their webpage After that you can use the DDNS page to setup DDNS parameters to use DDNS service Dynamic DNS Enabled O Disabled Provider DynDNS v Domain Name Account E Mail Password Key 97
15. Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Dynamic DNS If you want to enable DDNS function please select Enabled otherwise please select Disabled Provider Select your DDNS service provider here Domain Name Input the domain name you ve obtained from DDNS service provider Account E Mail Password Key Input account or email of DDNS registration Input DDNS service password or key If your DDNS provider is DHIS the settings will be different Dynamic DNS Provider HostiD ISAddr Authentication Type HostPass 0000 O Enabled O Disabled DHS oy 0 password Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description HostID Please input the HostID you applied during DHIS registration ISAddr Please input the ISAddr you applied during DHIS registration Authentication Type Please select the DHIS user authentication type from dropdown menu password or QRC HostPass Please input the HostID you applied during DHIS registration This field will appear only when authentication type is password AuthP AuthQ Please input the AuthP AuthQ you applied during DHIS registration This field will appear only when authentication type is QRC 98 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 cli
16. maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802 11b clients and maximum 54Mbps for 802 11g clients 2 4 GHz G 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11g wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 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 66 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 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 problem However it s still useful to remember the channel number you use some wireless client supports manual channel number select and this would help in certain scenario when there is some radio communication problem Associated Clients Click Show Active Clients button to show the list of all connected wireless clients You can click Refresh in new window to get lates
17. CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 changes you made will not take effect before you restart the broadband router 81 3 4 2 Security Settings In certain AP working modes you can enable encryption to improve security level When you click Set Security button the following window will appear Encryption Disable do O Enable 802 1x Authentication 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 82 WEP Select WEP to enable WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption Encryption WEP v Key Length 64 bit Key Format Hex 10 characters i Encryption Key O Enable 802 1x Authentication Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Nam
18. 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 lt lt button to add selected computer s IP address to IP Address field Please note that this list may not be able to list all computers on your local network TCP Port to Open Input the TCP port number required by the special application the port number can be a single value or a range like 20 50 If you need 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 TCP port leave it blank UDP Port to Open Input the UDP port number required by the special application the port number can be a 108 single value or a range like 20 50 If you need 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 you can select it from dropdown menu After a game is selected click Add the one next to Select Game dropdown list to ad
19. input port range above Protocol Select the protocol type here TCP or UDP Add Click add button to add a new QoS rule detailed instructions will be given below Reset If you want to erase all values you just entered Click Reset Edit Ifyou want to modify the content of a specific rule please check the select box of the rule you want to edit then click Edit button Only one rule should be selected a time Delete Selected You can delete selected rules by clicking this button You can select one or more rules to delete by check the select the box of the rule s you want to delete a time If the QoS table is empty this button will be grayed out and cannot be clicked Delete All By clicking this button you can delete all rules currently listed in the QoS table If the QoS table is empty this button will be grayed out and cannot be clicked Move Up Move selected rule up 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 messages You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect
20. mask of destination network here Default Gateway Input the IP address of the gateway which leads to this network here Hop Count Input the hop count the distance between destination network and this broadband 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 113 If you want to delete a specific static route entry check the select box of the static route entry you want to delete then click Delete Selected button You can select more than one static route entries If you want to delete all static route entries listed here please click Delete All button or you can also click Reset button 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 messages You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 broadb
21. more information about this product please refer to the user manual on the CD ROM The software and specifications are subject to change without notice Please visit our website www edimax com for updates All brand and product names mentioned in this manual are trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective holders Certain Edimax products include software codes developed by third parties which are subject to the GNU General Public License GPL or GNU Lesser General Public License LGPL Please see the GNU www gnu org website for the terms and conditions of each license The GNU GPL and GNU LGPL software codes used in Edimax products are distributed without any warranty and are subject to the copyrights of their respective authors The firmware files for this product can be found under the Download page at the Edimax website www edimax com CONTENTS CHAPTER l PRODUCT INFORMATION osa A AS 4 1 1 Introduction and Safety Information iseseisana ea s a E Laa 4 TEP SAFELY Informatica tii a Gav Deed e da 5 13 SySteMm REQUIFEMENTS iii A a dando iaa aaa eiaa aaa aaae dan 6 LA Package Contents ssanie ad TR 7 1 5 Getting familiar with your new wireless broadband router ccccnonocoonnnnnnnnnononnnnnononnnnnnnnanonnnnnnonnnnnnns 8 CHAPTER Il SYSTEM AND NETWORK SETUP ani A A ct donad 10 2 1 Establishing a network COMMCCU OM iii A id 10 2 2 Setting client computers to obtain IP addresses automatically ooooocc
22. this page is pressed and disconnects when Disconnect button is pressed Please specify the time to shutdown internet connect after no internet activity is detected in 48 minute s This option is only available when connection type is Connect on Demand If you wish to select another connection type as broadband connection type click Back or you can click OK to finish with quick setup You ll see the following messages Please press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect APPLY 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 49 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 to establish Internet connection PPTP requires two kinds of setting WAN interface setting setup IP address and PPTP setting PPTP user name and password Here we start from WAN interface setting first Obtain an IP address automatically Hast Name MAC address OO0000000000 Clone Mac address Use the following IP address IP address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Select the type of ho
23. user ID user name assigned by your Internet service provider here Password Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here L2TP Gateway 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 Idle Time Out Please select the connection type of Internet connection you wish to use There are 3 options Continuous keep internet connection alive do not disconnect Connect on Demand only connects to Internet when there s a connect attempt Manual only connects to Internet when Connect button on this page is pressed and disconnects when Disconnect button is pressed 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 54 If you wish to select another connection type as broadband connection type click Back or you can click OK to finish with quick setup You ll see the following messages Please press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect APPLY 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 no
24. 11Mbps for 802 11b clients and maximum 54Mbps for 802 11g clients 2 4GHz band only allows 76 2 4 GHz G 2 4GHz band only allows 802 119 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 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 Select the channel number you wish to use all access points must use the same channel Associated Clients Click Show Active Clients button to show the list of all connected wireless clients You can click Refresh in new window to get latest list again or click Close to close the window Please note that if you have pop up blocker 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 Set Security Input the MAC address of other wireless access points the access points you wish to connec
25. 2 2d 4b de 38 B G N WPA2 PSK 00 b0 0c 3d 20 d0 B G N WPA PSK Select a wireless access point from the list click Select of the access point and click Done button located at the bottom of this window If the wireless access point you wish to connect is not in the list click Refresh one or more times to rescan for wireless access points Security According to the security settings of the wireless 56 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 connection type click Back or you can click OK to finish with quick setup You ll see the following messages Please press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect APPLY 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 57 3 3 LAN Wired You can setup Wired LAN Local Area Network connections of this broadband router in LAN menu This b
26. 68 95 1 1 1168 95 192 1 Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Start IP Please input the start IP address of the IP leases range End IP Please input the end IP address of the IP leases 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 or Forever if you have less than 20 computers Start IP 192 168 1 1 End IP 192 168 1 200 Domain Name leave it blank NOTE 1 The number of the last field mentioned d field of End IP must be greater than Start IP and can not the same with router s IP address 2 The former three fields of IP address of Start IP End IP and IP Address of LAN IP section mentioned a b and c field should be the same 3 These settings will affect wireless clients too 61 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 MAC to IP address table here so you can assign a specific IP address to a specifi
27. 95 are compatible with DHCP and you can let this broadband router to assign the IP address to client computers devices for you 58 Suggestions on IP address numbering plan If you have no idea on how to define an IP address plan for your network here are some suggestions 1 A valid IP address has 4 fields a b c d for most of home and company users it s suggested to use 192 168 c d where c is an integer between 0 and 254 and d is an integer between 1 and 254 This router is capable to work with up to 253 clients so you can set d field of IP address of router as 1 or 254 or any number between 1 and 254 and pick a number between 0 and 254 for field c 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 For all servers and network devices which will provide services to other people like Internet service print service and file service they should use static IP address Give each of them a unique number between 1 and 253 and maintain a list so everyone can locate those servers easily For computers which are not dedicated to provide specific service to others they should use dynamic IP address If you don t really understand the descriptions listed above don t worry We will provide recommended setup values below 59 3 3 2 LAN IP You can use this setting to assign an IP
28. AN port with an Ethernet cable ADSL or lt gt Cable Modem 2 Connect your computer to the LAN port ADSL or lt gt Cable Modem 10 You can power this router through either a computer or a wall socket To power the router through a computer connect the USB cable to the micro USB port on the front panel and then connect the cable to a computer Use the USB power adapter to power the router through a wall socket Please check all the LEDs on the top panel The PWR and WAN LEDs should be on The LAN LED should be on if the computer is connected and correctly powered If you encounter any problems please make sure that all your devices are connected and powered correctly 11 2 2 Setting client computers to obtain IP addresses automatically Before you start configuration procedures your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically set to use dynamic IP addresses If your computer is set to use a static IP address or if you are unsure please follow the following instructions to configure your computer to use dynamic IP addresses O Windows 95 98 Me see section 2 2 1 O Windows 2000 see section 2 2 2 O Windows XP see section 2 2 3 J Windows Vista see section 2 2 4 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 Control Panel Double click the
29. E O e N 115 3 7 1 Access ass 115 3 7 2 URE Blocked 120 IDO NA NA ALA RIE 122 CHAPTER IV STATUS TOOUS 6 LANGUAGE siii ti A A a A Eiaa 125 ASAS A SAA AA 125 4 1 1 A A RN 126 4 1 2 Device STATUS ratillo a etbes 127 SN LO prih ii RR RAN 128 ATA ECU AO A dd dead 129 4 T 5 Active DACP Client irnia a a A aaa a AOE EEA Ea AAEE REE EE 130 ASEO Statist CS A A O E T R 131 POTI A E E S EEEE EE ETTA E AEE 132 3 9 1 Configuration Tools sossen A E r EA A N aR 133 3 9 2 Firmware parade a A A eis tO 134 IRE tl att A ai 135 PESA RA 136 CHAPTER I PRODUCT INFORMATION 1 1 Introduction and Safety Information Thank you for purchasing the Edimax BR 6258n Wireless Broadband Nano Router This miniature router is the ideal choice for anyone who is constantly on the go With the Edimax BR 6258n Wireless Broadband Nano Router all your computers and network devices can share a single high speed xDSL cable Internet connection Its easy installation procedure also allows any computer user to set up a network environment in a matter of minutes With built in IEEE 802 11b g n wireless network capability all your computers and wireless enabled network devices PDAs cell phones game consoles etc can be connected to this broadband router without additional cabling Its IEEE 802 11n capability also allows you to enjoy the fastest wireless experience ever With a compatible wireless card installed your PC can transfer files at up to 150Mbps The Edimax BR 6258n Wir
30. G 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 You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 112 3 6 5 Static Routing In most cases all your computers on local network will use default gateway generally provided by your ISP to access servers on Internet However if you have preferred network route you wish to redirect network traffic you can use this function to create dedicated route for specific network destination and bypass default gateway Most users will not require this function to access Internet Enable Static Routing LAN Current Static Routing Table CA Destination LANIP Subnet Mask Default Gateway Hop Count interface Select Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Enable Static Routing Enable static routing function Destination LAN IP Input destination network s address here Subnet Mask Input the subnet
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32. P TCP Port 25 News Forums NNTP TCP Port 119 E mail Receiving POP3 TCP Port 110 Secure HTTP HTTPS TCP Port 443 File Transfer FTP TCP Port 21 MSN Messenger TCP Port 1863 Telnet Service TCP Port 23 AIM AOL Instant Messenger TCP Port5190 NetMeeting H 323 TCP Port 389 522 1503 1720 1731 DNS UDP Port 53 SNMP UDP Port 161 162 VPN PPTP TCP Port 1723 VPN L2TP UDP Port 1701 TCP All TCP Port UDP All UDP Port 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 If the service you wish to deny or allow is not listed you can use User Define Service table to add a new service of your own User Define Service Protocol Port Range Both OOOOOOOOOOOO00000 Here are descriptions of every setup items Item 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 1107 If this service consists multiple continuous ports you can input 110 120 for port number 110 to 120 or 110 115 120 for port number 110 115 and 120 Click Add to add this IP address restriction rule to the list and back to previous page or click Reset to clear all texts in every field 118 When you fi
33. address to the LAN interface of this broadband router IP address 192 168 98 242 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 802 1d Spanning Tree Disabled DHCP Serer Disabled Lease Time Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description IP address Please input the IP address of this broadband router s LAN interface Subnet Mask Please input subnet mask for this network 802 1d Spanning Tree If you wish to 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 address from this broadband router after this period of time You can select Forever if you re using this broadband router with only few computers 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 0 802 1d Spanning Tree Disabled DHCP Server Enabled 60 3 3 3 DHCP Server You can use this setting to decide the range of IP address leases Start IP End IP Domain Name DNS1 address DNS2 address 192 168 2 100 192 168 2 200 1
34. age or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 101 3 5 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 uses private IP address too But these private IP addresses are mapped to a certain Internet IP address so other people on Internet can fully access those computers in DMZ The DMZ setting page looks like this Enable DMZ Dynamic IP Session 1 NA lt lt Select _ E Osaicr L eg E E Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Enable DMZ Check this box to enable DMZ function uncheck this box to disable DMZ function Public IP address You can select Dynamic IP or Static IP here If you select Dynamic IP you have to select an Internet connection session from dropdown menu if you select Static IP please input the IP address that you want to map to a spe
35. amic IP means your ISP will assign an IP address to you automatically by DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Dynamic IP is often used by cable modem Internet connection Host Name MAC address 1000000000000 Clone Mac address Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Host Name 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 to fill the MAC address field with the MAC address of your computer 44 If you wish to select another connection type as broadband connection type click Back or you can click OK to finish with quick setup You ll see the following messages Please press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect APPLY 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 45 3 2 2 Static IP Some ISP will give you a fixed IP a
36. and router and continue on other settings later 114 3 7 Firewall This broadband router supports several firewall functions which will help you to protect your network and computer In this chapter instructions for using these functions will be given so you can utilize these functions to protect your network from hackers and malicious intruders 3 7 1 Access Control By using access control you can restrict 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 O Enable MAC Filtering Deny O Allow Select Y MAC Filtering Table NO Computername ETE Comment __ ES Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Enable MAC Filtering Check this box to enable MAC address based filtering and please select Deny or Allow to decide the behavior of MAC filtering table If you select deny all MAC addresses listed in filtering table will be denied from connecting Internet if you select allow only MAC addresses listed in filtering table will be able to connect to Internet Client PC MAC address Please input the MAC address of computer or network device here dash or colon are not required
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38. are the internet bandwidth with a promised quality of internet service Without QoS all computers and devices on the network will compete with 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 happening 3 5 1 1 Basic QoS Settings O Enable aos Total Download Bandwidth Total Upload Bandwidth Current QoS Table o kbps 0 kbps QoS Rules Table Rule Name Bandwidth Local IP Address Local Port Range Remote IP Address Remote Port Range Traffic Type Protocol Download Kbps guarantee Y None TCP amp 93 Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Enable QoS Check this box to enable QoS function uncheck it to disable Qos Total Download Bandwidth You can set the limit of total download bandwidth in kbits To disable download bandwidth limitation input 0 here Total Upload Bandwidth You can set the limit of total upload bandwidth in kbits To disable upload bandwidth limitation
39. c computer network device by its MAC address This allows only 16 sets of addresses O Enable Static DHCP Leases New MAC address E IP address Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Enable Static DHCP Check this box to enable this function Leases otherwise uncheck it to disable this function MAC Address Input the MAC address of the computer or network device total 12 characters with character from 0 to 9 and from a to f like 001122aabbcc IP address Input the IP address you want to assign to this computer or network device Add After you inputted MAC address and IP address pair click this button to add the pair to static DHCP leases table Clear Click this button to remove texts in MAC address and IP address field 62 All MAC to IP address entries will be listed in this page and this broadband router supports up 16 static DHCP leases This allows only 16 sets of addresses 11 22 33 44 55 66 192 168 2 200 2 aa bb cc dd ee ff 192 168 2 100 O Enable Static DHCP Leases New MAC address IP address To delete one or more entries listed here please check the box of the mapping entry under Select and click Delete Selected button If you wish to delete all mapping entries click Delete All button To deselect all checked boxes click Reset button When you finished with the settings in
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41. cific private IP address Client PC IP address Please input the private IP address that the Internet IP address will be mapped to 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 field and input the ending port number in the right field If you only want to redirect a single port number just fill the port number in the left field Comment 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 102 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 Current DMZ Table OFFLINE 192 168 98 205 If you want to delete a specific DMZ entry check the select box of the DMZ entry you want to delete then click Delete Selected button You can select more than one DMZ entries If you want to delete all DMZ entries listed here please click Delete All button or you can also click Reset button to unselect all DMZ 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 messa
42. ck Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 99 3 5 3 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 address on local network The port number s of Internet IP address and private IP address the IP address on local network must be the same If the port number of Internet IP address and private IP address is different please use Virtual Server function The port forwarding setting page looks like this Y Enable Port Forwarding E JEseea 3 Both Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Enable Port Check this box to enable port forwarding and Forwarding uncheck this box to disable port forwarding Private IP Input the IP address of the computer on local network which provides internet service Computer name All computer names found by this broadband router on local
43. d the connection parameters to all respective fields Add Click this button to add a new port mapping rule to special applications table Reset Click this button to remove all values in every field All existing special application mappings 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 109 When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 110 3 6 3 UPnP Settings BR 6258n broadband router supports UPnP universal plug and play which allows other network devices to communicate with this broadband router to exchange information about network capability for intercommu
44. ddress and ask you to use this IP address to establish Internet connection In this case you have to select this connection type to establish connection with your ISP Please note that if your ISP is assigning a fixed IP address to you by DHCP or PPPoE do not select this connection type Please contact your ISP s service hotline to make sure you really need to use static IP as connection type Fixed IP Address 172 1 1 1 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 DNS address 168 9511 Default Gateway 172 1 1 254 Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description IP address assigned by Please input IP address assigned by your your by your service service provider provider Subnet Mask Please input subnet mask assigned by your service provider DNS address Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider Service Provider Please input the IP address of DNS server Gateway Address provided by your service provider You must use the addresses provided by your Internet service provider wrong setting value will cause connection problem 46 If you wish to select another connection type as broadband connection type click Back or you can click OK to finish with quick setup You ll see the following messages Please press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect APPLY Please click Appl
45. e RADIUS Server Input the password of RADIUS authentication Password server here 86 Please click Apply to save changes or click Reset to clear the texts in all fields If you click Apply the following messages will appear You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 87 3 4 3 MAC Address Filtering This function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your wireless router only those wireless devices who have the MAC address you assigned here can gain access to your wireless router You can use this function with other security measures described in previous section to create a safer wireless environment Up to 20 MAC addresses can be assigned It allows to entry 20 sets address only O Enable Wireless Access Control New MAC address Comment Apply Cancel 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 c
46. e Description Key Length There are two types of WEP key length 64 bit and 128 bit Using 128 bit is safer than 64 bit but will reduce some data transfer performance 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 decide which key is being used by default here If you don t know which one you should use select Key 1 Encryption Key Input WEP key characters here the number of characters must be the same as the number displayed at Key Format field You can use any alphanumerical characters 0 9 a z and A Z if you select ASCII key format and if you select Hex as key format you can use characters 0 9 a f and A F Enable 802 1x Check this box to enable 802 1x authentication Authentication function You need a Radius authentication server to perform 802 1x authentication 83 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 Input the password of Radi
47. e effect APPLY 36 CHAPTER III GENERAL SETUP You can perform advanced configuration of this broadband router in General Setup The following are instructions on how to use General Setup 1 Click General Setup after logging in Quick Setup General Setup Status 2 All available setup items will appear as a list under General Setup tab Quick Setup Status gt 3 Referto the following list for further instructions O System See section 3 1 O WAN See section 3 2 O LAN See section 3 3 O Wireless See section 3 4 O Advance Settings See section 3 5 O NAT See section 3 6 O Firewall See section 3 7 37 3 1 System You can setup basic system settings of this broadband router in System menu Set Time Zone GMT Greenwich Mean Time Dublin Edinburgh Lisbon London Time Server Address 192 43 244 18 Daylight Savings Enable Function Januar To Januar Apply 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 38 3 1 1 Time Zone You can change the time zone settings of this broadband router It s important to have correct date and time setting if you need to read system log and use build in firewall functions Set Time Zone GMT Greenwich Mean Time Dublin Edinburgh Lisbon London v Time Server Address 192 43 244 18
48. e setup procedure O lf both of the above fails reset the broadband router 26 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 instructions illustrate how to use the Quick Setup menu 1 Click Quick Setup after logging in General Setup Status 2 Configure automatic time synchronization settings and then click Next Set Time Zone Time Server Address Daylight Savings GMT Greenwich Mean Time Dublin Edinburgh Lisbon London 192 43 244 18 CJ Enable Function To Item Name Description Set Time Zone Please select the time zone of your country or region If you cannot find your country region please select another country region whose time zone is the same as yours Time Server This router supports NTP Network Time Protocol for Address automatic time and date setup Input the host name or IP address of the NTP server here If you do not know the host name please ask the network administrator or use pool ntp org Daylight Saving If your country region uses daylight saving time please check the Enable Function box and select the start and end date 27 Choose your Internet connection type Refer to the following list for further instructions O Dynamic IP See section 2 4 1 O Static IP See section 2 4 2 PPPoE See secti
49. e you restart the broadband router 68 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 as wireless access point to serve other wireless clients If you have the access privilege of other wireless access point nearby and you wish to use that access point to access Internet you can use this connection type Mode Station Infrastructure v Advanced Settings Band 2 4 GHz B G N ESSID Edimax Site Survey Select Site Survey Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Band Please select the radio band from one of following options must be the same with the wireless access point you wish to connect 2 4 GHz B 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11b wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 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 802 119 wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802 11b clients and maximum 54Mbps for 802 11g clients 2 4 GHz G 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11g 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 sel
50. ect this band to 69 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 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 will be shown in the window Select the wireless access point you wish to connect from the list and click Done If the wireless access point you wish to connect is not listed you can click Refresh to rescan If you still can t find the wireless access point you wish to connect please move the broadband router to the place nearer to the access point you wish to connect WLAN MAC Some wireless access points will only allow clients with certain MAC address to establish connection In this case you can input the MAC address that 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
51. eless Broadband Nano Router makes setting up wireless security a breeze With the WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup function you can set up wireless security in just seconds Just press the WPS button on WPS compatible wireless devices and you will have a secure wireless connection in no time Other features O High throughput Internet access O 1LAN port 10 100M and 1 WAN port 10 100M O EEE 802 11b g n WLAN capable O Supports DHCP server client for easy client IP address setup O Advanced network and security features like DMZ virtual servers access control firewall and other special applications O Allows you to monitor the DHCP client log system log security log and device connection status O Easy to use web based GUI for network configuration and management O Remote management O Auto MDI MDI X function 1 2 Safety Information Please follow the following safety instructions to ensure your safety 1 This router is designed for indoor use only DO NOT place this router outdoors 2 DO NOT put this router in or near hot or humid places like the kitchen bathroom or a car parked in the sun 3 Disconnect any connected cables from the router before pulling the router with force 4 If you want to hang this router on the wall or place it somewhere high please make sure it is firmly secured Edimax s warranty does not cover damages caused by misuse 5 Please keep this router and its accessories out of the reach of child
52. ete 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 116 IP Filtering Table Banned computer 192 168 98 1 TCP UDP 100 200 F Delete Selected Selected Delete All All 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 to click Add PC button to add a new IP address to the list Access Control Add PC This page allows users to define service limitation of client PC including IP address and service type Client PC Description Client PC IP address Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Client PC Description Please input any text to describe this IP address up to 16 alphanumerical 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 Client PC Service WWW HTTP TCP Port 80 3128 8000 8080 8081 E mail Sending SMT
53. ges You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 103 3 6 NAT Network address translations solve the problem if sharing a single IP address to multiple computers Without NAT all computers must be assigned with a valid Internet IP address to get 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 104 3 6 1 Virtual Server This function allows you to redirect a port on Internet IP address on WAN port to a specified port of an IP address on local network so you can setup an Internet service on the computer on local 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 Inter
54. iguration You can get IP settings assigned automatically if your network supports this capability Otherwise you need to ask your network administrator for the appropriate IP settings Ol zs Cy Ose the folowing P address 7m eT RRR z Obtain DNS server address automatically Us he talfowing DNS server addresses e 460 oor a e e e Cancel wen Pid 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 Control Panel Click View Network Status and Tasks and then click Manage Network Connections Right click Local Area Network then select Properties When the Local Area Connection Properties window appears select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and then click Properties Oa Intel R PRO 1000 MT Network Connection This connection uses the following items OK Client for Microsoft Networks 5 QoS Packet Scheduler 2 File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks i IntggaeteBeatecet temor 6 TCF LP v6 os Intemet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 SSR tyes dopolagy Disease 488 per 1 0 Driver Link Layer Topology Disco BSH AS Transmission Control Protocol Intemet Protocol The default wide area network protocol that provides communication across diverse in
55. initiate Internet connection 3 Manual connects to the Internet only when the Connect button on this page is clicked and disconnects when the Disconnect button is clicked 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 Demand is selected 4 Click OK to complete setup 5 When the following message appears click Apply to save the changes and restart the broadband router The router will take about 30 seconds to restart Please press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect APPLY 34 2 4 5 Using L2TP as broadband connection type 1 Select L2TP if your ISP is providing you Internet access via L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol 2 If your ISP is providing you dynamic IP addresses select Obtain an IP address automatically refer to 2 4 1 for setup details If your ISP is providing you a static IP address select Use the following IP address refer to 2 4 2 for setup details Obtain an IP address automatically Host Name MAC address O00000000000 Clone Mac address Use the following IP address IP address Subnet Mask Default Gateway NOTE These settings must be configured according to your Internet service Please contact your Internet service provider if
56. ireless Router Up time Running Time Oday 15 24 33 Hardware Version Rev A Boot Code Version 1 0 Runtime Code Version NFR 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 Home Quick Setup General Setup gt See detailed description for every kind of information below 125 4 1 1 Internet Connection This page shows the current status of Internet connection IP Address Mode Dynamic IP disconnect IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 MAC Address 00 00 29 99 85 CA Primary DNS 168 95 1 1 Secondary DNS 168 95 192 1 126 4 1 2 Device Status This page shows current wireless LAN and wired LAN configuration IP Address Subnet Mask DHCP Server MAC Address Mode ESSID Channel Number Security Universal Repeater Edimax 11 WEP 192 168 98 242 255 255 255 0 Disable 00 1f 1f b1 00 ec 127 4 1 3 System Log 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 1 00 00 00 none syslog info syslogd started BusyBox v1 11 1 128 4 1 4 Security Log This page shows all logged security related information You can u
57. ism will be activated Discard Ping From Check the box to activate this DoS prevention WAN mechanism Port Scan Many kind of port scan methods are listed here please check one or more DoS attack methods you want to prevent 123 Sync Flood Like Ping of Death you can set the threshold of when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 124 CHAPTER IV STATUS TOOLS LANGUAGE 4 1 Status In this menu you can check the operation status of this broadband router To view the status follow the following instructions 1 Click Status tab from main menu Quick Setup General Setup Status 2 The basic system information will be shown JETWORKING PEOPLE TOGETHER Home Quick Setup General Setup Model W
58. k Enable box if you re using BEZEQ network service in Israel Do not check this box if you re using other Internet service provider Connection Type Please select the connection type of Internet connection you wish to use There are 3 options Continuous keep internet connection alive do not disconnect Connect on Demand only connects to Internet when there s a connect attempt Manual only connects to Internet when Connect 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 51 If you wish to select another connection type as broadband connection type click Back or you can click OK to finish with quick setup You ll see the following messages Please press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect APPLY 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 52 3 2 5 L2TP If your ISP requires you to use L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol to establish connection you can se
59. k this box to enable remote management function When this box is unchecked no one can access this broadband router s management interface from Internet Please click Apply to save changes in this page or you can click Cancel to discard all settings in this page After you click Apply button you ll see the following message You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 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 42 3 2 WAN You can setup WAN Wide Area Network i e Internet connections of this broadband router in WAN menu Host Name MAC address 000c299985ca Clone Mac address Apply 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 3 2 1 Dynamic IP Dyn
60. l stop responding this is normal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later 89 3 4 4 WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup Settings WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup provides a convenient way to establish the connection between this broadband router and wireless clients Any WPS compatible wireless clients can establish secure connection with this broadband router with simple push button type configuration or PinCode type configuration Enable WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup Information WPS Status Configured SelfPinCode 74074136 SSID Edimax Authentication Mode WEP Passphrase Key Device Configure Config Mode Registrar Configure via Push Button Start PBC Configure via Client PinCode Start PIN Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Enable WPS Check this box to enable WPS function uncheck it to disable WPS WPS Status If the wireless security encryption function of this wireless router is properly set you ll see Configured message here If wireless security function has not been set you ll see unConfigured Self PIN code This is the WPS PIN code of this wireless router This code is useful when you need to build wireless connection by WPS with other WPS enabled wireless devices SSID The SSID of this wireless router will be displayed here Authentication Mode The wireless security authentication mode of
61. lect this connection type to establish Internet connection L2TP is another popular connection method for xDSL and other Internet connection types and all required setting items are the same with PPTP connection Like PPTP there are two kinds of required setting we ll start from WAN Interface Settings Obtain an IP address automatically Host Name MAC address 000000000000 Clone Mac address Use the following IP address IP address Subnet Mask Default Gateway 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 those settings of L2TP settings are correct Please contact your Internet service provider if you don t know what you should fill in these fields Now please go to L2TP settings section L2TP Settings UserID Password L2TP Gateway MTU 1392 512 lt MTU Value lt 1492 Connection Type Continuous v Idle Time Out 10 1 1000 minutes Here are descriptions of every setup items 53 Item Name Description User ID Please input
62. net IP address Ol Enable Virtual Server Select M Both Current Virtual Server Table CA TE A AT O TA TT E 105 Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Enable Virtual Server Check this box to enable virtual server and uncheck this box to disable virtual server Private IP Input the IP address of the computer which provides Internet service 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 lt lt 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 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 the port number of local IP address defined above Comment Please input any text to describe this mapping up to 16 alphanumerical characters Add Add the mapping to virtual server table Reset Remove all inputted values All existing virtual server mappings will be displayed in this page To delete one or more mappings check the box of the mapping then click Delete Selected
63. network will be listed here You can select the computer name and click lt lt 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 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 field and input the ending port number in the right field If you only want to redirect a single port number just fill the port number in the left field Comment Please input any text to describe this mapping up to 16 alphanumerical characters 100 Add Add the mapping to port forwarding table Reset Remove all inputted values All existing URLs will be displayed in Current URL Blocking Table Current Port Forwarding Table OFFLINE 192 168 98 205 TCP UDP 1000 2000 SIP Phone If you want to delete a specific port forwarding entry check the select box of the port forwarding entry you want to delete then click Delete Selected button You can select more than one port forwarding entries If you want to delete all port forwarding entries listed here please click Delete All button or you can also click Reset button to unselect all port forwarding entries When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this p
64. nication UPnP Feature Enable O Disable moy After you made your choice please click Apply button You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE 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 111 3 6 4 ALG Settings ALG Application Layer Gateway is a kind of network connection ability support for specific network applications like game and instant online chat Without ALG support these applications will not be able to communicate with their server when working with BR 6258n broadband router Amanda Support for Amanda backup tool protocol Egg Support for eggdrop bot networks FTP Support for FTP H323 Support for H323 netmeeting IRC Allows DCC to work though NAT and connection tracking MMS Support for Microsoft Streaming Media Services protocol Quake3 Support for Quake Ill Arena connection tracking and nat Talk Allows netfilter to track talk connections TFTP Support for TFTP IPsec Support for IPsec pass through o Starcraft Support for StarcraftBattle net game protocol O MSN Support for MSN file tranfer O SIP Support for SIP All applications that require AL
65. nished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 119 3 7 2 URL Blocking If you want to prevent computers in local network from accessing certain website like pornography violence or anything you want to block you can use this function to stop computers in local network from accessing the site you defined here This function is useful for parents and company managers Enable URL Blocking URUKeyword Here are descriptions of every setup items 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
66. not take effect before you restart the broadband router 75 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 router can establish communication with up to four WDS compatible wireless access points and let all computers connected to the LAN ports of 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 Mode Band ESSID Channel Number Associated Clients MAC address 1 MAC address 2 MAC address 3 MAC address 4 Set Security AP Bridge WDS 2 4 GHz B G N v Advanced Settings Edimax 11 Show Active Clients 1000000000000 000000000000 000000000000 000000000000 Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Band Please select the radio band from one of following options must be the same with the wireless access point you wish to connect 2 4 GHz B 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11b wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 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 802 11b and 802 119 wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate
67. o 2 DI NETWORKING PEOPLE TOGETHER 150Mbps Wireless Broadband Nano Router BR 6258n User Manual Version 1 07 November 2010 EDIMAX NETWORKING PEOPLE TOGETHER COPYRIGHT Copyright O Edimax Technology Co Ltd all rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without the prior written permission from Edimax Technology Co Ltd Edimax Technology Co Ltd makes no representations or warranties either expressed or implied with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is Should the programs prove defective following their purchase the buyer and not this company its distributor or its dealer assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing repair and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software Edimax Technology Co Ltd reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without the 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
68. o 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 AP Bridge Point to Poit v Advanced Settings 2 4 GHz B G N Channel Number 141 x 000000000000 Set Security Set Security Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Band Please select the radio band from one of following options must be the same with the wireless access point you wish to connect 2 4 GHz B 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11b wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 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 banad only allows 802 11b and 802 11g wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802 11b clients and maximum 54Mbps for 802 11g clients 72 2 4 GHz G 2 4GHz band only allows 802 119 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 both access poin
69. oadband router acts as both wireless communication 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 to four WDS capable broadband routers to expand the scope of network f 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 65 3 4 1 1 AP Mode In AP mode the following settings will appear AP y Advanced Settings 2 4 GHz B G N vw Edimax Channel Number 11 M Associated Clients Show Active Clients Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Band Please select the radio band from one of following options 2 4 GHz B 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11b wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 11Mbps 2 4 GHz N 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11n wireless network client to connect this router maximum 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
70. omment of this MAC address like ROOM 2A Computer or anything You can input up to 16 alphanumerical characters here This is optional and you can leave it blank however it s recommended to use this field to write a comment for every MAC addresses as a memory aid 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 88 All MAC address entries will be listed in this page 11 22 33 44 55 66 John s Computer 2 aa bb cc dd ee ff Marys Computer 5 Delete Selected Delete All To delete one or more entries listed here please check the box of the entry you wish to delete Under Select and click Delete Selected button If you wish to delete all mapping entries click Delete All button When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router wil
71. on 2 4 3 o PPTP See section 2 4 4 L2TP See section 2 4 5 NOTE If you are not sure which your Internet connection type is please contact your Internet service provider 28 2 4 1 Using Dynamic IP as broadband connection type 1 If your Internet service provider assigns IP addresses to you automatically through DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol select Dynamic IP Host Name MAC address 000000000000 Clone Mac address 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 Address If your ISP only permits computers with certain MAC addresses to access the Internet input your computer s MAC address here Press Clone Mac address to fill the MAC address field with your computer s MAC address automatically 2 Click OK to complete setup 3 When the following message appears click Apply to save the changes and restart the broadband router The router will take about 30 seconds to restart Please press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect APPLY 29 2 4 2 Using Static IP as broadband connection type 1 If your ISP is providing you Internet access via a fixed IP address select Static IP Generally your ISP will provide you with such information as IP address subnet mask gateway address and DNS add
72. ons to find this router s IP address 1 Click the Start button then click Run home user Internet My Documents e Internet Explorer oe 2 My Recent Documents gt G J E mail E My Pictures Outlook Express O Windows Media Player S Q Set Program Access and Defaults 3 Windows Messenger a Printers and Faxes 63 Tour Windows XP Y Help and Support 5 Files and Settings Transfer Search Wizard A Log Off o Turn Off Computer All Programs gt 2 Input cmd and then click OK Type the name of a program folder document or Internet resource and Windows will open it For you cmd Cancel Browse 25 3 Input ipconfig then press Enter Use the IP address following Default Gateway to access this router s web based configuration interface Please note that the IP address you find may be different from this illustrated example cx C WINDOWS system32 cmd exe a x C gt ipconf ig Windows IP Configuration Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection Connection specific DNS Suffix 192 168 2 3 255 255 255 0 z 192 168 2 1 t NOTE If there is no IP address following Default Gateway or if the address following IP Address begins with 169 please try the following procedures O Recheck the cable connection between the computer and the router O Goto the beginning of this chapter and recheck every step of th
73. our wireless access point peers Mode AP Bridge Point to Multi Point x Advanced Settings Band 2 4 GHz B G N Channel Number 11 MAC address 1 000000000000 MAC address 2 000000000000 MAC address 3 000000000000 MAC address 4 000000000000 Please note that when you select this 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 setup items Item Name Description Band Please select the radio band from one of following options must be the same with the wireless access point you wish to connect 2 4 GHz B 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11b wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 11Mbps 2 4 GHz N 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11n wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 300Mbps 2 4 GHz B G 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11b and 802 11g wireless network client 74 to connect this router maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802 11b clients and maximum 54Mbps for 802 11g clients 2 4 GHz G 2 4GHz band only allows 802 119 wireless net
74. r Advanced Settings 2 4 GHz B G N Edimax 11 iv Show Active Clients Select Site Survey Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description Band Please select the radio band from one of following options must be the same with the wireless access point you wish to connect 2 4 GHz B 2 4GHz band only allows 802 11b wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 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 802 119 wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802 11b clients and maximum 54Mbps for 802 11g clients 2 4 GHz G 2 4GHz band only allows 802 119 wireless network client to connect this router maximum transfer rate 11Mbps 79 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 default it s recommended to change default ESSID value to the one which is meaningful to
75. r Internet IP address and server the Internet connection will become very slow and server may stop responding because it is not capable to handle too much traffics This router has a built in DoS attack prevention mechanism when you activate it the router will stop the DoS attack for you Denial of Service Feature Ping of Death Discard Ping From WAN Port Scan El el El Je Sync Flood Advanced Settings Apply Cancel 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 and the router will filter this kind of packet out Discard Ping From Ping is a common and useful tool to know WAN the connection status of a specified remote network device but some malicious intruder will try to fill your network bandwidth with a lot of PING request data packet to make your internet connection become very slow even unusable Check this box and the router will ignore all inbound PING request but when 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 port scanner to know how many ports of your Internet IP address a
76. re open and they can collect a lot of valuable information by doing 122 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 unusable Check this box and the router will filter this kind of traffic out If you need to specify the details of every DoS attack please click Advanced Settings button and the following settings will appear The Broadband routers firewall can block common hacker attacks including DoS Port Scan and discard Ping from WAN Ping of Death 5 Ping of Death Packet S Per Second Burst 5 Discard Ping From WAN MI NMAP FIN URG PSH Xmas tree Y Another Xmas tree M Port Scan Y Null scan SYN RST SYN FIN SYN only unreachable port M sync Flood 30 Packet S Per Second Y Burst 30 The descriptions of every setup item are listed below Item Name Description Ping of Death Set the threshold of when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated Please check the box of Ping of Death and input the frequency 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 packet is received in very short time this DoS prevention mechan
77. ren 6 DO NOT put this router on paper cloth or other flammable materials 7 DO NOT disassemble this router Disassembling this router will invalidate the warranty Please contact your dealer if you experience any problems 8 If this router gets wet or falls into water when it is powered DO NOT touch it with your bare hands Disconnect the power plug from the wall socket immediately or contact an experienced technician for help 9 Should your router or power supply overheat and burn out switch the electrical power off or disconnect the power plug from the wall socket immediately and call your dealer for help 1 3 System Requirements Internet connection via an xDSL or cable modem with an RJ 45 Ethernet port Computer or network devices with a wired or wireless network interface card Web browser Microsoft Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Opera or Safari An available AC power socket 100 240V 50 60Hz 1 4 Package Contents Before you start using this router please check if there is anything missing in the package and contact your dealer to claim the missing item s O BR 6258n broadband router 1 pcs Quick installation guide 1 pcs O CDROM with multi language setup wizard multi language quick installation guide and user manual 1pcs O 5V 1A USB power adapter 1 pcs Ethernet cable 1 pcs USB cable 1 pcs 1 5 Getting familiar with your new wireless broadband router
78. ress Fixed IP Address 172 1 1 1 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 DNS address 168 95 1 1 Default Gateway 172 1 1 254 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 here DNS Address Input the DNS address assigned by your ISP here Default Gateway Input the default gateway assigned by your ISP here Some ISPs may call this Default Route NOTE You must use the addresses provided by your ISP Inputting incorrect values will cause malfunction 2 Click OK to complete setup 3 When the following message appears click Apply to save the changes and restart the broadband router The router will take about 30 seconds to restart Please press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect APPLY 30 2 4 3 Using PPPoE as broadband connection type 1 If your ISP is providing you Internet access via PPPoE Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet select PPPoE User Name Password service Name MTU 1392 512 lt MTU Value lt 1492 Connection Type Continuous v Idle Time Out 1 1000 minutes Item Name Description User Name Input the user name assigned by your ISP here Password Input the password assigned by your ISP here Service Name Give this Inte
79. ress of the WAN connection Subnet Mask Displays the subnet mask of the WAN connection Default Gateway Displays the IP address of the WAN connection s default gateway MAC Address Displays the physical address of the WAN port Primary DNS Displays the IP address of the first DNS server Secondary DNS Displays the IP address of the second backup DNS server Wireless Configuration Mode Displays the operation mode of the wireless access point ESSID Displays the name of the access point Channel Number Displays the channel number of the wireless network Security Displays the security authentication mode of the access point LAN Connection IP Address Displays the IP address of the LAN connection Subnet Mask Displays the subnet mask of the LAN connection DHCP Server Displays the status of the internal DHCP server MAC Address Displays the physical address of the LAN port 23 The SSID the up time the IP address of the LAN connection and the runtime code is always displayed on the top of the webpage NETWORKING PEOPLE TOGETHER DIMAX A e oe gt EE Quick Setup General Setup Status Model Wireless Router Up time Running Time Oday 05 04 17 Hardware Version Rev A Boot Code Version 1 0 Runtime Code Version NFR 24 If this router s DHCP server function is enabled please follow the following instructi
80. rmal and is not malfunction You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later 55 3 2 6 WISP WISP Wireless ISP is a connection method which establishes Internet connection by wireless network In this mode BR 6258n broadband router will act as a wireless client and connect to another wireless access point to establish Internet connection Basic Settings WISP Disable O Enable ESSID Channel Number 1 vw Site Survey Select Site Survey Security Settings Encryption Disable i Here are descriptions of every setup items 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 in range 2 http 192 168 98 242 wlsurvey asp Microsoft Internet Explorer Wireless Site Survey This page provides tool to scan the wireless network If any Access Point or IBSS is found you could choose to connect it manually when client mode is enabled TN SS TS E ETT fTvoe varioxconf 00 De 2e 44 69 c5 B G rd WPA PSK AwtOfe 00 26 5a 40 06 74 B G N 11 WPA PSKAWPA2 PSK dlink 00 1e 58 39 21 6 B G N 4 no skyline 00 0e 2e 4e a8 75 B G N WPA PSKAWPA2 PSK 00 23 4e 11 f1 67 B G WPA PSK 00 2
81. rnet service a name optional MTU Input the MTU value of your network connection here If you do not know use the default value Connection Type Please specify a connection type here There are 3 options 1 Continuous keeps the Internet connection alive all the time 2 Connect on Demand only connects to the Internet when you initiate Internet connection 3 Manual connects to the Internet only when the Connect button on this page is clicked and disconnects when the Disconnect button is clicked 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 Demand is selected 2 Click OK to complete setup 31 3 When the following message appears click Apply to save the changes and restart the broadband router The router will take about 30 seconds to restart Please press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect APPLY 32 2 4 4 Using PPTP as broadband connection type 1 Select PPTP if your ISP is providing you Internet access via PPTP Point to Point Tunneling Protocol 2 If your ISP is providing you dynamic IP addresses select Obtain an IP address automatically refer to 2 4 1 for setup details If your ISP is providing you a static IP address select Use the following IP address refer to 2 4 2 for setup details
82. roadband router has 4 LAN ports and they ll all use the same LAN IP address settings Please also note that both wired and wireless LAN uses the same LAN IP address settings too LAN settings split into 3 sections LAN IP DHCP Server and Static DHCP leases Please refer to corresponding sections below for detailed setup instructions 3 3 1 Before you start Suggestions for deciding an IP address Before all computers using wired Ethernet connection i e those computers connect to this router s LAN port 1 to 4 by Ethernet cable or wireless connection can communicate with each other and access internet they 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 lot of computers in your network for servers and network devices which will provide services to other computer and users that come from Internet static IP address should be used so other computes can locate the server This broadband router has a built in DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server and can help you to assign IP addresses to your client computers Almost all network computers devices manufactured after year 19
83. router select Enable or select Disable to not to use the MAC address of the wired LAN interface of this broadband router 70 When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 changes you made will not take effect before you restart the broadband router 71 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 the LAN ports of both wireless access points to communicate with each other This mode supports only one wireless access point peer Please note that when you select this mode this broadband router will act as wireless bridge only and will not accept other wireless clients Als
84. se 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 2000 01 0 00 00 09 start Dynamic IP 129 4 1 5 Active DHCP Client This page shows all current DHCP clients You can click Refresh to reload the list 130 4 1 6 Statistics This page shows the statistical information of network interfaces of this broadband router and the total system uptime Sent Packets Y 66907 Received Packets 66889 Sent Packets 38191 Received Packets 21058 Sent Packets 14521 Received Packets 0 131 4 2 Tools This broadband router comes with several tools that will help you to manage the configuration of broadband router upgrade the firmware and restart the broadband router To use these tools follow the following instructions 1 Click Tools tab Home Quick Setup General Setup Status 2 The list of tools will appear Backup Settings Restore Settings Restore to Factory Default Please select the tool you wish to use then click Apply button If you wish to go back to previous page click Previous button 132 3 9 1 Configuration Tools In this page you can backup and restore current system configuration and reset all settings to factory default value Backup Settings Restore Settings EEE Upload
85. t Click Set Security button to set security functions of this wireless connection to improve security Please refer to chapter 3 2 1 7 for detailed instructions 77 When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 changes you made will not take effect before you restart the broadband router 78 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 you specified to extend its wireless coverage The broadband router will still accept wireless clients when in this mode Mode Band ESSID Channel Number Associated Clients Root AP SSID Site Survey Universal Repeate
86. t list again or click Close to close the window Please note that if you have pop up blocker 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 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 broadband router 67 When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 changes you made will not take effect befor
87. t the WPA passphrase here It s not recommended to use a word that can be found in a dictionary due to security reason Please click Apply to save changes or click Reset to clear the texts in all fields If you click Apply the following messages will appear You can click Continue to back to previous page and continue setting or click Apply to restart the broadband router so the changes will take effect 85 WPA RADIUS If you have RADIUS authentication server on your local network you can authenticate the wireless clients by RADIUS server s user database Only authenticated clients can establish wireless connection with this broadband router Encryption WPA RADIUS WPA Unicast Cipher Suite HwPA TKIP O WPA2 AES O WPA2 Mixed RADIUS Server IP address RADIUS Server Port 1812 RADIUS Server Password Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description WPA Unicast Cipher Please select a type of WPA cipher suite 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 Input the IP address of RADIUS authentication address server here RADIUS Server Port Input the port number of RADIUS authentication server here Most of RADIUS server will use port number 1812 and you can keep using default valu
88. terconnected networks 19 2 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK General Alternate Configuration You can get IP settings assigned automatically if your network supports this capability Otherwise you need to ask your network administrator IP address Subnet mask Default gateway Obtain DNS server address automatically q a A a peo cd Preferred DNS server Alternate DNS server 20 2 3 Connecting to broadband router via web browser You can access the broadband router s web based configuration interface via any connected computer with a web browser Internet Explorer 5 x or above Firefox Opera or Safari 1 Please input 192 168 2 1 in the web browser s address bar and press Enter 3 about blank Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Ye O 2 BD Oseas tie adds 192 168 2 1 Q AS a A 2 You should see the following authentication window Connect to 192 168 2 1 Default admin 1234 User name ral Password C Remember my password NOTE If you cannot access the broadband router s web based configuration interface the IP address you have inputted may be incorrect If you have previously changed the router s IP address please input the one you have designated 3 Please input admin in the User name
89. this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE f APPLY 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 63 3 4 Wireless You can setup Wireless LAN connection parameters of this broadband router in Wireless menu Mode AP z Band 2 4 GHz B G N ESSID Edimax Channel Number 11 Associated Clients Please select one setting in this menu then click Apply to proceed If you wish to go back to previous page click Previous 64 3 4 1 Basic Settings You can set basic settings of wireless LAN here Mode AP g Advanced Settings Band 2 4 GHz B G N ESSID Edimax Channel Number 11 Associated Clients Show Active Clients Please select the working mode of this broadband router from Mode dropdown list first a AP Standard wireless AP access point b Station Infrastructure This br
90. this wireless router will be displayed here Passphrase Key The WPA passphrase will be displayed as asterisk here Config Mode Select the WPS configuration role of this broadband router 90 Registrar This broadband router will act as 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 the WPS Reset button located at the back of this broadband router to start PBC without using web configuration interface Configure via Client PinCode Please input the PinCode displayed at the configuration software of WPS enabled wireless client and click Start PIN to establish connection with the wireless client 91 3 5 Advance Settings This router provides various network functionalities like QoS and DDNS and you can configure these functions in Advanced Settings menu Dynamic DNS OEnabled O Disabled Provider DynDNS Domain Name Account E Mail Password Key Appl Cancel 92 3 5 1 QoS Quality of service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to sh
91. ts must use the same channel MAC address 1 Input the MAC address of another wireless access point the one you wish to connect Set Security Click Set Security button to set security functions of this wireless connection to improve security Please refer to chapter 3 2 1 7 for detailed instructions When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 changes you made will not take effect before you restart the broadband router 73 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 connected to the LAN ports of all wireless access points to communicate with each other This mode supports up to f
92. us server here Password Please click Apply to save changes or click Reset to clear the texts in all fields If you click Apply the following messages will appear You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 84 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 when you need to use encryption to protect your data security Encryption WPA pre shared key 4 WPA Unicast Cipher Suite ODwPAMTKIP O wPaz AESs O WPA2 Mixed Pre shared Key Format Passphrase i Pre shared Key Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name Description WPA Unicast 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 Please inpu
93. w 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 your Internet service provider if you don t know what you should fill in these fields Now please go to PPTP settings section PPTP Settings UserID Password PPTP Gateway 0 0 0 0 Connection ID Optional MTU 1392 512 lt MTU Value lt 1492 BEZEQ ISRAEL Enable for BEZEQ network in ISRAEL use only Connection Type Continuous he Idle Time Out 1 1000 minutes Here are descriptions of every setup items 50 Item Name Description User ID Please input user ID user name assigned by your Internet service provider here Password Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here PPTP Gateway Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here Connection ID MTU Please input the connection ID here this is optional and you can leave it blank Please input the MTU value of your network connection here If you don t know you can use default value BEZEQ ISRAEL Chec
94. work 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 same channel 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 chapter 3 2 1 7 for detailed instructions When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages You may press CONTINUE button to continue configuring other settings or press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes take effect CONTINUE APPLY 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 changes you made will
95. y 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 47 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 connection type to establish Internet connection User Name Password Service Name MTU Connection Type Idle Time Out 1392 512 lt MTU Value lt 1492 Continuous xj 1 1000 minutes Here are descriptions of every setup items Item Name 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 Idle Time Out Please select the connection type of Internet connection you wish to use There are 3 options Continuous keep internet connection alive do not disconnect Connect on Demand only connects to Internet when there s a connect attempt Manual only connects to Internet when Connect button on
96. you like myhome office_room1 etc Channel Number Select the channel number you wish to use all access points must use the same channel Associated Clients Click Show Active Clients button to show the list of all connected wireless clients You can click Refresh in new window to get latest list again or click Close to close the window Please note that if you have pop up blocker 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 Root AP SSID Please input the SSID of the wireless access point you wish to extend signal coverage Site Survey Click Select Site Survey and a popup window will appear All reachable wireless access points will be shown in the window Select the wireless access point you wish to connect from the list and click Done If the wireless access point you wish to connect is not listed you can click Refresh to rescan If you still can t find the wireless access point you wish to connect please move the broadband router to the place nearer to the access point you wish to connect 80 When you finished with the settings in this page you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page or you can click Cancel to discard changes After you click Apply button you ll see the following messages You may press
97. you are not sure what to select 3 Configure the L2TP Settings section L2TP Settings UserID Password L2TP Gateway MTU 11392 512 lt MTU Value lt 1492 Connection Type Continuous E Idle Time Out 1 1000 minutes 35 Item Name Description User ID Input the user name assigned by your ISP here Password Input the password assigned by your ISP here L2TP Gateway Input the L2TP gateway assigned by your ISP here MTU Input the MTU value of your network connection here If you do not know use the default value Connection Type Please specify a connection type here There are 3 options 1 Continuous keeps the Internet connection alive all the time 2 Connect on Demand only connects to the Internet when you initiate Internet connection 3 Manual connects to the Internet only when the Connect button on this page is clicked and disconnects when the Disconnect button is clicked 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 Demand is selected 4 Click OK to complete setup 5 When the following message appears click Apply to save the changes and restart the broadband router The router will take about 30 seconds to restart Please press APPLY button to restart the system to make the changes tak

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