Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product BR-6258n Edimax
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1 COPYRIGHT Copyright © Edimax Technology Co., Ltd. all rights reserve d. No part of this publication may be re.
2 CONTENTS CHAPTER I: PRODUCT INFORMATION ............................................................................................................... 4 1 ‐ 1 Introduction and Safety Information .
3 3 ‐ 4 ‐ 3 MAC Address Filtering ............................................................................................................ 88 3 ‐ 4 ‐ 4 WPS (Wi ‐ Fi Protected Setup) Settings .
4 CHAPTER I: PRODUCT INFORMATION 1 ‐ 1 Introduction and Safety Information Thank you for purchasing the Edimax BR ‐ 6258n .
5 1 ‐ 2 Safety Information Please follow the following safety instructions to ensure yo ur safety: 1. This router is designed for indoor use only. DO NOT place this router outdoors.
6 1 ‐ 3 System Requirements z Internet connection via an xDSL or cable modem with an RJ ‐ 45 Ethernet port z Computer or.
7 1 ‐ 4 Package Contents Before you start using this router, please check if there is anything missing in the package,.
8 1 ‐ 5 Getting familiar with your new wireless broadband router Top Panel LED.
9 Item Name Description Micro ‐ USB Port Connects to USB power adapter or computer via USB cable Back Panel .
10 CHAPTER II: SYSTEM AND NETWORK SETUP 2 ‐ 1 Establishing a network connection Please follow the following instructions t.
11 3. You can power this rout er throug h either a computer or a wall socket. To power the router throug h a computer, .
12 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).
13 2 ‐ 2 ‐ 1 Windows 95/98/Me IP address setup 1. Click the “Start” button (it shou ld be located at the lower ‐ left corner of your screen), then click “Control Panel”.
14 2. Select “Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server”, then click “OK”. .
15 2 ‐ 2 ‐ 2 Windows 2000 IP address setup 1. Click the “Start” button (it shou ld be located at the lower ‐ left corner of your screen), then click “Control Panel”.
16 2. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS serve r address automatically”, then click “OK”.
17 2 ‐ 2 ‐ 3 Windows XP IP address setup 1. Click the “Start” button (it shou ld be located at the lower ‐ left corner of your screen), then click “Control Panel”.
18 2. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS serve r address automatically”, then click “OK”.
19 2 ‐ 2 ‐ 4 Windows Vista IP address setup 1. Click the “Start” button (it shou ld be located at the lower ‐ left corner of your screen), then click “Control Panel”.
20 2. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS serve r address automatically”, then click “OK”.
21 2 ‐ 3 Connecting to broadband router via web browser You can access the broadband route r’s web ‐ based configuration interface via any connected computer with a web browse r (Internet Explorer 5.
22 4. The first page you see after logging in is “Home”. You can see all the current settings and other system information here.
23 Internet Connection IP Address Mode Displays how this broadband router currently obtains IP addresses IP Address Displays .
24 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.
25 If this router’s DHCP server function is enabled, please follow the following instructions to find this router’s IP address: 1. Click the “Start” button, then click “Run”.
26 3. Input “ipconfig”, then press “Enter”. Use the IP address follo wing “Default Gateway” to access this router’s web ‐ based config uration interface.
27 2 ‐ 4 Using “Quick Setup” This broadband router’s “Quick Setup” allows yo u to set up basic parameters in a few simple steps.
28 3. Choose your Internet connection type. Refer to the following list for further instructions: z Dynamic IP (See se.
29 2 ‐ 4 ‐ 1 Using “Dynamic IP” as broadband connection type 1. If your Internet service provider assigns IP addresses to you automatica lly through DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), sele ct “Dynamic IP”.
30 2 ‐ 4 ‐ 2 Using “Static IP” as broadband connection type 1. If your ISP is providing you Internet access via a fixed IP addre ss, select “Static IP”.
31 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”.
32 3. When the following message appears, click “Apply” to save the changes and restart the broadband router. The ro uter will take about 30 seconds to restart.
33 2 ‐ 4 ‐ 4 Using “PPTP” as broadband connection type 1. Select “PPTP” if your ISP is providing you Inte rnet access via PPTP (Point ‐ to ‐ Point Tunneling Protocol).
34 Item Name Description User ID Input the user name assigned by your ISP here. Password Input the password assigned by yo ur ISP here. PPTP Gateway Input the PPTP gateway assigned by your ISP here.
35 2 ‐ 4 ‐ 5 Using “L2TP” as broadband connection type 1. Select “L2TP” if your ISP is providing you Inte rnet access via L2TP (Layer ‐ 2 Tunneling Protocol).
36 Item Name Description User ID Input the user name assigned by your ISP here. Password Input the password assigned by yo ur ISP here. L2TP Gateway Input the L2TP gateway assigned by your ISP here.
37 CHAPTER III: GENERAL SETUP You can perform advance d configuration of this broadband router in “General Setup”. The following are instructions on how to use “General Setup”: 1.
38 3 ‐ 1 System You can setup basic system settings of this broadband router in ‘System’ menu: Please select the setting item you wish to set, then click ‘Apply’ button to proceed.
39 3 ‐ 1 ‐ 1 Time Zone You can change the time zone settings of this broadband rout er.
40 3 ‐ 1 ‐ 2 Password Settings You can change the web login password of this broadband ro uter.
41 3 ‐ 1 ‐ 3 Remote Management If you need to manage this broadband router outside of your LAN (i.
42 Please click ‘Apply’ to save changes you made and restart the broadband router, this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband rout er will stop responding (this is normal and is not malfunctio n).
43 3 ‐ 2 WAN You can setup WAN (Wide Area Network, i.e. Internet) connections of this broadband router in ‘WAN’ me.
44 3 ‐ 2 ‐ 1 Dynamic IP Dynamic IP means your ISP will assign an IP address to you automatically by ‘DHCP’ (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). Dynamic IP is often used by cable modem Int ernet connection.
45 If you wish to select another connection type as br oadband connection type, click ‘Back’; or you can click ‘OK’ to finish with quick setup.
46 3 ‐ 2 ‐ 2 Static IP Some ISP will give you a fixed IP address, and ask you to use this IP address to esta blish Internet connection.
47 If you wish to select another connection type as br oadband connection type, click ‘Back’; or you can click ‘OK’ to finish with quick setup.
48 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.
49 minute(s). This option is only available when connection type is ‘Connect on Demand’. If you wish to select anoth.
50 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.
51 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.
52 If you wish to select another connection type as br oadband connection type, click ‘Back’; or you can click ‘OK’ to finish with quick setup.
53 3 ‐ 2 ‐ 5 L2TP If your ISP requires you to use L2TP (Layer ‐ 2 Tunneling Protocol) to establish connection, you can select this connection type to establish Internet connection.
54 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.
55 If you wish to select another connection type as br oadband connection type, click ‘Back’; or you can click ‘OK’ to finish with quick setup.
56 3 ‐ 2 ‐ 6 WISP WISP (Wireless ISP) is a connection method which establishes Internet connection by wireless network.
57 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.
58 3 ‐ 3 LAN (Wir ed) You can setup Wired LAN (Local Area Network) connectio ns of this broadba nd router in ‘LAN’ menu.
59 Suggestions on IP address numbering plan: If y ou 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.
60 3 ‐ 3 ‐ 2 LAN IP You can use this setting to assign an IP address to the LAN interface of this broadba nd router.
61 3 ‐ 3 ‐ 3 DHCP Server You can use this setting to decide the range of IP address leases.
62 3 ‐ 3 ‐ 4 Static DHCP Leases If you wish to assign a fixed IP addre ss to certain computers / devices by DHCP.
63 All MAC ‐ to ‐ IP address entries will be listed in this page, and this broadband router suppo rts up 16 static DHCP .
64 3 ‐ 4 Wireless You can setup Wireless LAN connection parameters of this broadband router in ‘Wireless’ menu: Please select one setting in this menu, then click ‘Apply’ to proceed.
65 3 ‐ 4 ‐ 1 Basic Settings You can set basic settings of wireless LAN here. Please select the working mode of this broadband router from ‘Mode’ dropdown list first: a.
66 3 ‐ 4 ‐ 1 ‐ 1 AP Mode In AP mode, the following settings will appear: Here are descriptions of every setup .
67 maximum 32 characters. ESSID is used to identify your own broadband ro uter from others when there are other broadband routers in the same area.
68 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.
69 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 se rve other wire les s clients.
70 maximize compatibility. ESSID This is the name of broadband router. You can type any alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters.
71 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.
72 3 ‐ 4 ‐ 1 ‐ 3 AP Bridge: Point to Point In this mode, you can use this broadband router as a wireless network .
73 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.
74 3 ‐ 4 ‐ 1 ‐ 4 AP Bridge: Point to Multi ‐ Poi nt In this mode, you can use this broadband router as a wireless .
75 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.
76 3 ‐ 4 ‐ 1 ‐ 5 AP Bridge: WDS In this mode, this broadband router acts as both wireless communication bridge and wireless access point.
77 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.
78 When you finished with the settings in this page, you can click ‘Apply’ button to save changes you made in this page, or you can click ‘Cancel’ to discard changes.
79 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 s pecif ied, to extend its wireless coverage.
80 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.
81 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.
82 3 ‐ 4 ‐ 2 Security Settings In certain AP working modes, you can enable encryption to improve security leve l.
83 WEP Select WEP to enable WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption: Here are descriptions of every setup items: .
84 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.
85 WPA pre ‐ shared key WPA (Wi ‐ Fi Protected Access) is also an encryption method and is safer than WEP.
86 WPA RADIUS If you have RADIUS authentication serve r on your local network, you can authenticate the wireless clients by RADIUS server’s user database.
87 Please click ‘Apply’ to save changes, or click ‘Reset’ to clear the texts in all fie lds.
88 3 ‐ 4 ‐ 3 MAC Address Filtering This function will he lp yo u to prevent unauthorized use rs from connecting to your .
89 All MAC address entries will be liste d in this page: To delete one or more entries listed here, please .
90 3 ‐ 4 ‐ 4 WPS (Wi ‐ Fi Protected Setup) Settings WPS (Wi ‐ Fi Protected Setup) provides a convenie nt way to establish the connection between this broadband router and wireless clients.
91 Registrar: This broadband router will act as WPS registrar and wait for wireless clients to send WPS configuration request.
92 3 ‐ 5 Advance Settings This router prov ides various network functiona lities like QoS and DDNS, and you can configure these func tions in ‘Advanced Settings’ m enu.
93 3 ‐ 5 ‐ 1 QoS Quality of service provides an efficie nt way for computers on the network to share the internet bandwidth with a promised qua lity of internet service.
94 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Enable QoS Check this box to enable QoS function, uncheck it to disable QoS.
95 rule. If only one port is involved, input a single number here (1 to 65535); if multip le ports are involved, input starting / ending port number in x ‐ y format (like 10 ‐ 20).
96 and is not malfunctio n). You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later.
97 3 ‐ 5 ‐ 2 DDNS DDNS (Dynamic DNS) is a IP ‐ to ‐ Hostname mapping service for those Interne t users who don’t have a static (fixed) IP address.
98 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Dynamic DNS If you want to enable DDNS function, .
99 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.
100 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.
101 Add Add the mapping to port forwarding table. Reset Remove all inputted values. All existing URLs will be displayed .
102 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 thi s area uses private IP address , too.
103 NOTE: Please note that every public IP address can be mapped to a single Client PC IP address only.
104 3 ‐ 6 NAT Network addres s translations solve the problem if sharing a single IP address to mult iple computers.
105 3 ‐ 6 ‐ 1 Virtual Server This function allows you to redirect a port on Internet IP address (on WAN port) to .
106 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.
107 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.
108 3 ‐ 6 ‐ 2 Special Applica t ions Some applications require more than one connection a time; these applications won’t work with simple NAT rules.
109 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 ( , ).
110 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.
111 3 ‐ 6 ‐ 3 UPnP Settings BR ‐ 6258n broadband router supports UPnP (universal plug ‐ and ‐ play), which allows other network .
112 3 ‐ 6 ‐ 4 ALG Settings ALG (Application Layer Gateway) is a kind of networ k connection ability support for specific network applications like game and instant online chat.
113 3 ‐ 6 ‐ 5 Static Routing In most cases, all your computers on loc al network will use default gateway (generally provided by your ISP) to access servers on Internet.
114 If you want to delete a specific static route entry, check the ‘se lect’ box of the static route entry you want to delete, then click ‘Delete Selected’ button.
115 3 ‐ 7 Firewall This broadband router support s several firewall functions which will help you to protect your network and computer.
116 router on local network will be listed here. You can select the computer name and click ‘<<’ button to add selected computer’s IP address to ‘Private IP’ field.
117 Please check ‘Enable IP Filtering Table’ bo x first, and select ‘Deny’ or ‘Allow’ to decide the behavior .
118 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’.
119 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.
120 3 ‐ 7 ‐ 2 URL Blocking If you want to prevent computers in local network from accessing certain website (like pornog.
121 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.
122 3 ‐ 7 ‐ 3 DoS Denial of Service (DoS) is a common attack measure, by tra nsmitting a great amount of data or .
123 so. Check this box and the router will block all traffics which are trying to scan your Internet IP address.
124 Sync Flood Like Ping of Death, you can set the threshold of when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated.
125 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.
126 4 ‐ 1 ‐ 1 Internet Connection This page shows the current status of Internet connection. .
127 4 ‐ 1 ‐ 2 Device Status This page shows current wireless LAN and wired LAN configuration.
128 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.
129 4 ‐ 1 ‐ 4 Security Log This page shows all logged security ‐ relat ed information. You can use scroll bar to view the logs, or click ‘Save’ to download the log file to your comput er.
130 4 ‐ 1 ‐ 5 Active DHCP Client This page shows all current DHCP clients. You can click ‘Refresh’ to reload the list.
131 4 ‐ 1 ‐ 6 Statistics This page shows the statistical information of netw ork interfaces of this broadband router, and the total system uptime.
132 4 ‐ 2 Tools This broadband router comes with several tools that will help you to manage the configuration of broadband ro uter, upgrade the firmware, and restart the broadband router.
133 3 ‐ 9 ‐ 1 Configuration Tools In this page, you can backup and restore curre nt system configuration, and reset all settings to factory default value.
134 3 ‐ 9 ‐ 2 Firmware Upgrade New firmware releases will provide new functions to this broadband router, and you can use firmware upgra de function to upgrade the firmware to new version.
135 3 ‐ 9 ‐ 3 Restart If you found that the broadband router is not functioning correctly, or responding slowly then usu.
136 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.
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