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CATALOG Chapter I: Product Information ......................................................................................................................... 5 1-1 Introduction and safety information.................................................................................................... 5 1-2 Safety Information ............................................................................................................................... 7 1-3 System Requirements ..............................
3-2 Wireless.............................................................................................................................................. 72 3-2-1 Basic Settings .......................................................................................................................... 73 3-2-1-1 AP mode ...................................................................................................................... 74 3-2-1-2 Station-Infrastructure ......................................
Chapter I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing BR-6228nS_nC wireless broadband router! This high cost-efficiency router is the best choice for Small office / Home office users, all computers and network devices can share a single xDSL / cable modem internet connection at high speed. Easy install procedures allows any computer users to setup a network environment in very short time - within minutes, even inexperienced.
Allow you to monitor the router’s status like: DHCP Client Log, System Log, Security Log and Device/Connection Status Easy to use Web-based GUI for network configuration and management purposes Remote management function allows configuration and upgrades from a remote computer (over the Internet) Auto MDI / MDI-X function for all wired Ethernet ports.
1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This router is designed for indoor use only; DO NOT place this router outdoor. 2. DO NOT put this router at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. Also, do not left this router in the car in summer. 3. DO NOT pull any connected cable with force; disconnect it from the router first. 4.
1-3 System Requirements Internet connection, provided by xDSL or cable modem with a RJ-45 Ethernet port. Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface card. Web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above, Netscape Navigator 4.7 or above, Opera web browser, or Safari web browser).
1-4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this router, please check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: □ BR-6228nS_nC Broadband router (1 pcs)…………………………………………………….……...……….1 □ Quick installation guide (1 pcs) …………………………………………………………………………………... 2 □ CDROM with multi-languages setup wizard, multi-languages Quick installation guide and User manual (1pcs) …...………………………………………………………………..……………………………….
1-5 Familiar with your new wireless broadband router Front Panel BR-6228nS BR-6228nS_nC LED Name PWR Light Status ON OFF WLAN On Off Flashing On WAN Off 10/100M WAN LNK/ACT LAN 10/100M LAN LNK/ACT Flashing On Off Flashing On Off On Off Flashing Description Router is switched on and correctly powered Router is not powered (or not correctly powered) Wireless network is switched on Wireless network is switched off Wireless LAN activity (transferring data) or WPS mode is on.
Back Panel 1-4 WAN 5VDC WPS/Reset BR-6228nS Antenna 1-4 WAN 5VDC WPS/Reset BR-6228nS_nC Item Name Antenna 1–4 (Yellow) WAN (Blue) 5VDC WPS / Reset Description Wireless antenna Local Area Network (LAN) ports 1 to 4 Wide Area Network (WAN / Internet) port Power connector, connects to power adapter Reset the router to factory default settings (clear all settings) or start WPS function.
Bottom Item Name Description Wall mount Mount BR-6228nS_nC on the wall.
Chapter II: System and Network Setup 2-1 Establish network connection Please follow the following instruction to build the network connection between your new Broadband router and your computers, network devices: 1. Connect your xDSL / cable modem to the WAN port of router by Ethernet cable. 2. Connect all your computers, network devices (network-enabled consumer devices other than computers, like game console, or switch / hub) to the LAN port (Labeled as 1 to 4) of the router.
3. Connect the power adapter to the wall socket, and then connect it to the ‘5VDC’ socket of the router. 4. Please check all LEDs on the front panel. ‘PWR’ LED should be steadily on, WAN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer / network device connected to the respective port of the router is powered on and correctly connected. If PWD LED is not on, or any LED you expected is not on, please recheck the cabling. 5.
2-2 Setup client computers to obtain IP address automatically After the network connection is established, the next step you should do is setup the router with proper network parameters, so it can work properly in your network environment. Before you can connect to the router and start configuration procedures, your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically (use dynamic IP address).
2-2-1 Windows 95/98/Me IP address setup: 1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network icon, and Network window will appear. Select ‘TCP/IP’, then click ‘Properties’.
2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server’, then click ‘OK’.
2-2-2 Windows 2000 IP address setup: 1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network and Dial-up Connections icon, double click Local Area Connection, and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear.
2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.
2-2-3 Windows XP IP address setup: 1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel.
2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.
2-2-4 Windows Vista IP address setup: 1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Click View Network Status and Tasks, then click Manage Network Connections..Right-click Local Area Netwrok, then select ‘Properties’.
2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.
2-3 Connect to broadband router by web browser Default IP address of this broadband router is ‘192.168.2.1’, and you can connect to broadband router’s web-based configuration interface by any connected computer with web browser (Internet Explorer 5.x or above, Firefox, or Netscape). Please input ‘192.168.2.
Please input ‘admin’ in ‘User name’ field, and ‘1234’ in ‘Password’ field, and click ‘OK’ button to enter web configuration interface. The page you’ll see after logon is ‘Home’, you can check all settings and system information of BR-6228nS_nC wireless broadband router: System: Model Displays the model name of this broadband router. Useful when you need technical services. Up time Displays the time since this router is switched on. Hardware Version Displays the hardware version of this broadband router.
Internet Connection: IP Address Mode IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway MAC Address Primary DNS Secondary DNS Displays current mode of how this broadband router obtains IP address. Displays the IP address of WAN connection. Displays the subnet mask of WAN connection. Displays IP address of the default gateway of WAN connection. The physical address of WAN port. Displays IP address of first DNS server of WAN connection. Displays IP address of second (backup) DNS server of WAN connection.
The SSID, up time, IP address of LAN connection, and runtime code number will always display on the top of webpage: TIPS: If you can’t establish connection with broadband router with web browser (got ‘The page cannot be displayed’ or similar error message), the IP address you inputted may be wrong. If you’ve changed the IP address of this broadband router previously, please input correct IP address instead of the default IP address ’192.168.2.1’.
Please click ‘start’ -> ‘run’ at the bottom-lower corner of your desktop: Input ‘cmd’, then click ‘OK’
Input ‘ipconfig’, then press ‘Enter’ key. Please check the IP address followed by ‘Default Gateway’ (In this example, the IP address of router is 192.168.2.1, please note that this value may be different.) NOTE: If the IP address of Gateway is not displayed, or the address followed by ‘IP Address’ begins with ‘169’, please recheck network connection between your computer and router, and / or go to the beginning of this chapter, to recheck every step of network setup procedure.
2-4 Using ‘Quick Setup’ This broadband router provides a ‘Quick Setup’ menu, and you can setup basic parameters of this broadband router. Please follow the following instructions to use ‘Quick Setup’ menu: 1. Click ‘Quick Setup’ after logged in. 2. In the first step of quick setup, you can setup automatic time synchronization settings.
Daylight Savings 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. 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.
If you want to go back to previous step, please press ‘Back’ button on the bottom of this page. NOTE: To setup WISP (Wireless ISP) connection, please use General Setup -> WAN setup menu.
2-4-1 Using ‘Dynamic IP’ as broadband connection type If your Internet service provider will assign IP address to you automatically by ’DHCP’ (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), you need to select this connection type. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Host Name MAC address Description Please input the host name of your computer, this is optional, and only required if your service provider asks you to do so.
2-4-2 Using ‘Static IP’ as broadband connection type If your ISP requires you to set a fixed IP address to establish connection, you can use this connection type to input the IP address information assigned by your ISP. Generally you’ll get a letter from your ISP, which indicates an IP address, subnet mask, gateway address, and DNS address.
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 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.
2-4-3 Using ‘PPPoE’ as broadband connection type 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. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name User Name Password Service Name MTU Connection Type Description Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider here. Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here.
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’. If you wish to select another connection type as broadband connection type, click ‘Back’; or you can click ‘OK’ to finish with quick setup.
2-4-4 Using ‘PPTP’ as broadband connection type 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 connection type 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: Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here.
Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name User ID Password PPTP Gateway Connection ID MTU BEZEQ-ISRAEL Connection Type Description Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here. Please input the connection ID here, this is optional and you can leave it blank.
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 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.
2-4-5 Using 'L2TP' as broadband connection type 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. L2TP is another popular connection method for xDSL and other Internet connection types, and all required setting items are the same with PPTP connection.
Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name User ID Password L2TP Gateway MTU Connection Type Description Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here. Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you don’t know, you can use default value.
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 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.
Chapter III: General Setup This broadband router provides a ‘Quick Setup’ menu, and you can setup basic parameters of this broadband router. Please follow the following instructions to use ‘Quick Setup’ menu: 1. Click ‘General Setup’ after logged in. 2.
Firewall – Firewall settings (Please go to chapter 3-7) Parental Control – Parental control,controls children from accessing inappropriate web site (Please go to chapter 3-8)
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. You can also click ‘Previous’ button to back to ‘System’ menu.
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. The descriptions of every setting item are listed as follow: Item Name Time Zone Time Server Address Daylight Savings Description Please select a time zone of the country or region of your residence here.
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. The descriptions of every setting item are listed as follow: Item Name Current Password New Password Confirmed Password Description Please input current password here. Please input new password here.
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.
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’.
3-2 WAN You can setup WAN (Wide Area Network, i.e. Internet) connections of this broadband router in ‘WAN’ menu: Please select the WAN 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 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 Internet connection. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Host Name MAC address Description Please input the host name of your computer, this is optional, and only required if your service provider asks you to do so.
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 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.
3-2-2 Static IP Some ISP will give you a fixed IP address, 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.
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 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.
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. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name User Name Password Service Name MTU Connection Type Description Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider here. Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here.
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’. If you wish to select another connection type as broadband connection type, click ‘Back’; or you can click ‘OK’ to finish with quick setup.
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: Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here.
Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name User ID Password PPTP Gateway Connection ID MTU BEZEQ-ISRAEL Connection Type Description Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here. Please input the connection ID here, this is optional and you can leave it blank.
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 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.
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. 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’: Please select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here.
Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name User ID Password L2TP Gateway MTU Connection Type Description Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here. Please input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you don’t know, you can use default value.
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 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.
3-2-6 WISP WISP (Wireless ISP) is a connection method which establishes Internet connection by wireless network. In this mode, BR-6228nS_nC broadband router will act as a wireless client and connect to another wireless access point to establish Internet connection. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name WISP ESSID Channel Number Site Survery Description Enable or disable WISP function. Input the ESSID (i.e. the name of wireless access point) of your ISP’s access point.
Security According to the security settings of the wireless 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.
3-3 LAN (Wired) You can setup Wired LAN (Local Area Network) connections of this broadband router in ‘LAN’ menu. This broadband router has 4 LAN 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.
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.
3-3-2 LAN IP You can use this setting to assign an IP address to the LAN interface of this broadband router. 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’.
3-3-3 DHCP Server You can use this setting to decide the range of IP address leases. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Start IP End IP Domain Name DNS1 address DNS2 address Description Please input the start IP address of the IP leases range. Please input the end IP address of the IP leases range. If you wish, you can also input the domain name for your network. This is optional. Input the IP address of DNS server provided by your ISP here. This field is REQUIRED.
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 specific computer / network device by its MAC address. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Enable Static DHCP Leases MAC Address IP address Add Clear Description Check this box to enable this function, otherwise uncheck it to disable this function.
All MAC-to-IP address entries will be listed in this page, and this broadband router supports up 16 static DHCP leases: To delete one or more 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.
3-2 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. If you wish to go back to previous page, click ‘Previous’.
3-2-1 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. AP: Standard wireless AP (access point). b. Station-Infrastructure: This broadband 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.
3-2-1-1 AP mode In AP mode, the following settings will appear: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Band Description 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.
Channel Number Associated Clients 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. Please select a channel from the dropdown list of ‘Channel Number’, available channel numbers are 1 to 13.
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: 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.
3-2-1-2 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.
ESSID Site Survey WLAN MAC Auto MAC Clone clients. It’s recommends to select this band to maximize compatibility. 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.
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: 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.
3-2-1-3 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. Also, you can connect to the wireless access point with the same functionality only.
2.4 GHz (G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11g wireless network client to connect this router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps). Channel Number MAC address 1 Set Security 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. Select the channel number you wish to use; both access points must use the same channel. Input the MAC address of another wireless access point (the one you wish to connect).
3-2-1-4 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 four wireless access point peers. Please note that when you select this mode, this broadband router will act as wireless bridge only, and will not accept other wireless clients.
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). 2.4 GHz (G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11g wireless network client to connect this router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps). Channel Number MAC address 1 to 4 Set Security 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.
3-2-1-5 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.
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). ESSID Channel Number Associated Clients MAC address 1 to 4 Set Security 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. This is the name of broadband router. You can type any alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters.
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: 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.
3-2-1-6 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. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Band Description 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.
(maximum transfer rate 11Mbps). ESSID Channel Number Associated Clients Root AP SSID Site Survey 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. 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.
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: 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.
3-2-2 Set Security In certain AP working modes, you can enable encryption to improve security level. When you click ‘Set Security’ button, the following window will appear: 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.
WEP Select WEP to enable WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Key Length Key Format Default Tx Key Encryption Key Enable 802.1x Authentication Description 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. 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.
Server IP address RADIUS Server Port RADIUS Server Password server to perform 802.1x authentication. Input Radius authentication server’s IP address here. Input Radius authentication server’s service port here. Generally it’s 1812. Input the password of Radius server here. Please click ‘Apply’ to save changes, or click ‘Reset’ to clear the texts in all fields.
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. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name WPA Unicast Cipher Suite Description 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.
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. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name WPA Unicast Cipher Suite RADIUS Server IP address RADIUS Server Port RADIUS Server Password Description Please select a type of WPA cipher suite. Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and WPA2 Mixed.
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.
3-2-3 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.
All MAC address entries will be listed in this page: 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.
3-2-4 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.
broadband router. Registrar: This broadband router will act as WPS registrar and wait for wireless clients to send WPS configuration request. Configure via Push Button Configure via Client PinCode Enrollee: This broadband router will act as WPS enrollee and send WPS configuration request to other WPS registrar. 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.
3-3 Advance Settings This router provides various network functionalities like QoS and DDNS, and you can configure these functions in ‘Advanced Settings’ menu.
3-3-1 QoS Quality of service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to share 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.
Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Enable QoS Total Download Bandwidth Total Upload Bandwidth Rule Name Bandwidth Description Check this box to enable QoS function, uncheck it to disable QoS. You can set the limit of total download bandwidth in kbits. To disable download bandwidth limitation, input ‘0’ here. You can set the limit of total upload bandwidth in kbits. To disable upload bandwidth limitation, input ‘0’ here. Input a name for this QoS rule for identification purpose.
Remote Port Range Traffic Type Protocol Add Reset Edit Delete Selected Delete All Move Up Move Down the IP address in left field only. 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). 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 input port range above.
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.
3-3-2 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.
Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Dynamic DNS Provider Domain Name Account / E-Mail Password / Key Description If you want to enable DDNS function, please select ‘Enabled’; otherwise please select ‘Disabled’ Select your DDNS service provider here. Input the domain name you’ve obtained from DDNS service provider. Input account or email of DDNS registration. Input DDNS service password or key.
(This field will appear only when authentication type is QRC). 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: 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).
3-3-3 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.
Comment Add Reset field. Please input any text to describe this mapping, up to 16 alphanumerical characters. Add the mapping to port forwarding table. Remove all inputted values. All existing URLs will be displayed in ‘Current URL Blocking Table’: 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).
3-3-4 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.
Add Reset up to 16 alphanumerical characters. Add the mapping to port forwarding table. Remove all inputted values. 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’: 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).
3-5 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.
3-5-1 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 Internet IP address.
Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Enable Virtual Server Private IP Computer name Private Port Type Public Port Comment Add Reset Description Check this box to enable virtual server, and uncheck this box to disable virtual server. Input the IP address of the computer which provides Internet service. All computer names found by this broadband router on local network will be listed here.
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: 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.
3-5-2 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. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Enable IP Address Computer name TCP Port to Open Description Check this box to enable support for special applications, and uncheck this box to disable this support.
UDP Port to Open Comment Select Game Add Reset blank. Input the UDP 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 UDP port, leave it blank. You can input any text here to help you remember the purpose of this item. This is optional.
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: 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.
3-5-3 UPnP Setting BR-6228nS_nC 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 intercommunication. After you made your choice, please click ‘Apply’ button: 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).
3-5-4 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-6228nS_nC broadband router. All applications that require ALG support and compatible with this broadband router is listed here. You can check all applications you will use on local computer.
3-5-5 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.
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.
3-6 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. 3-6-1 Access Control By using access control, you can restrict your computers from accessing improper website, or using disallowed applications.
Computer Name Comment Add Reset not required. (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’ All computer names found by this broadband 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. Please note that this list may not be able to list all computers on your local network.
If you wish to use IP address-based filtering, please use ‘IP Filtering Table’ in this page: 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 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: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Protocol Port Range Description Please select the protocol type of this service: TCP or UDP, or ‘Both’. Please input the port range if this service.
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: 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.
3-6-2 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. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Enable URL Blocking URL/Keyword Add Reset Description Check this box to enforce URL Blocking, uncheck it to disable URL Blocking.
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. 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.
3-6-3 DoS Denial of Service (DoS) is a common attack measure, by transmitting a great amount of data or request to your Internet IP address and server, the Internet connection will become very slow, and server may stop responding because it is not capable to handle too much traffics.
Sync Flood scanner’ to know how many ports of your Internet IP address are open, and they can collect a lot of valuable information by doing so. Check this box and the router will block all traffics which are trying to scan your Internet IP address. 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.
Port Scan Sync Flood Many kind of port scan methods are listed here, please check one or more DoS attack methods you want to prevent. 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.
3-6-4 Parental Control For those families who have children in the house, parental control is a very useful function for parents: If parents are not at home, child will not be able to access Internet so their Internet usage can be monitored by parents. To enable parental control function, check ‘Enable Parental Control’ box. If this function is enabled, this broadband router will check parent computer’s presence before allowing other computers to access Internet.
dropdown list, then click << button. Weekdays Time Start / Time Stop Add Reset Please note that only active (connected to LAN port of this broadband router and switched on) computer’s MAC address will be listed here. If you think some computer’s MAC address doesn’t appear, you can select ‘Refresh’ and this broadband router will rescan for all computers on LAN again. Select weekdays which will be affect by this parental control rule.
3-7 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: 2. The basic system information will be shown: 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: See detailed description for every kind of information below.
3-7-1 Internet Connection This page shows the current status of Internet connection.
3-7-2 Device Status This page shows current wireless LAN and wired LAN configuration.
3-7-3 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.
3-7-4 Security Log This page shows all logged security-related 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.
3-7-5 Active DHCP Client This page shows all current DHCP clients. You can click ‘Refresh’ to reload the list.
3-7-6 Statistics This page shows the statistical information of network interfaces of this broadband router, and the total system uptime.
3-8 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. 2. The list of tools will appear: Please select the tool you wish to use, then click ‘Apply’ button. If you wish to go back to previous page, click ‘Previous’ button.
3-8-1 Configuration Tools In this page, you can backup and restore current system configuration, and reset all settings to factory default value. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Backup Settings Restore Settings Restore to Factory Default Description Click ‘Save…’ button to download the current configuration as ‘config.bin’ file. Save this file on your computer to keep current configuration.
3-8-2 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.
3-8-3 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. Click ‘Apply’ button to restart the broadband router. You’ll be prompted to confirm the restart, click ‘OK’ to restart the broadband router.
3-9 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, and select the language you wish to use.
