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CONTENTS CHAPTER I: PRODUCT INFORMATION ............................................................................................................... 4 1‐1 Introduction and Safety Information ................................................................................................... 4 1‐2 Safety Information ............................................................................................................................... 5 1‐3 System Requirements .......................................
3‐3‐4 Static DHCP Leases ................................................................................................................. 59 3‐4 Wireless ............................................................................................................................................. 61 3‐4‐1 Basic Settings .......................................................................................................................... 61 3‐4‐1‐1 AP Mode .................................................
CHAPTER I: PRODUCT INFORMATION 1‐1 Introduction and Safety Information Thank you for purchasing the Edimax BR‐6428nS Wireless Broadband Router! This router is the ideal choice for anyone who wants high performance at a very affordable price. With the Edimax BR‐6428nS Wireless Broadband Router, all your computers and network devices can share a single, high‐speed xDSL/cable Internet connection.
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.
1‐3 System Requirements z z z z 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): z BR‐6428nS broadband router (1
1‐5 Getting familiar with your new wireless broadband router Front Panel LED Name Light Status Description PWR On Router switched on and correctly powered WLAN WAN 1‐4 (LAN) Off On Off Flashing On Off Flashing On Off Flashing Router not powered (or not correctly powered) Wireless connectivity activated Wireless connectivity not activated Wireless LAN activity (transferring data) or WPS mode activated (LED flashes once every second) WAN port connected WAN port not connected WAN activity (transferring da
Back Panel 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) Resets the router to factory default settings or starts WPS function (press this button and hold for 20 seconds to clear all settings or press this button for 2~5 seconds to activate WPS function) 8
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 “WAN” port with an Ethernet cable. 2. Connect all your computers and network devices (network‐enabled consumer devices like game consoles or switches/hubs) to the “LAN” ports (1 to 4).
3. Connect the power adapter to the wall socket, and then to the “5VDC” socket on the back panel of the router. 4. Please check all the LEDs on the front panel. The “PWR” and “WAN” LEDs should be on. The “LAN” LEDs should be on if the computer or network device is connected and correctly powered. If you encounter any problems, please make sure that all your devices are connected and powered correctly. 5.
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).
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 “Network” icon, and the “Network” window will appear. Select “TCP/IP”, and 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 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”.
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 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”.
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 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”.
2. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically”, then click “OK”.
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”. 2. You should see the following authentication window. NOTE: If you cannot access the broadband router’s web‐based configuration interface, the IP address you have inputted may be incorrect.
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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, and then click “Run”. 2. Input “cmd”, and then click “OK”.
3. Input “ipconfig”, and 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. 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: z Recheck the cable connection between the computer and the router.
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. 2. Configure automatic time synchronization settings, and then click “Next”. Item Name Set Time Zone Time Server Address Daylight Saving Description Please select the time zone of your country or region.
3. Choose your Internet connection type. Refer to the following list for further instructions: z z z z z z Cable Modem Fixed‐IP xDSL PPPoE xDSL PPTP xDSL L2TP xDSL Telstra Big Pond (See section 2‐4‐1) (See section 2‐4‐2) (See section 2‐4‐3) (See section 2‐4‐4) (See section 2‐4‐5) (See section 2‐4‐6) NOTE: If you are not sure which your Internet connection type is, please contact your Internet service provider.
2‐4‐1 Using “Cable Modem” as broadband connection type 1. If your ISP is providing you Internet access via a cable modem, select “Cable Modem”. Item Name Host Name MAC Address Description Input the host name of your computer here. This is optional and only required if your ISP asks you to do so. If your ISP only permits computers with certain MAC addresses to access the Internet, input your computer’s MAC address here.
2‐4‐2 Using “Fixed‐IP xDSL” as broadband connection type 1. If your ISP is providing you Internet access via a fixed IP address, select “Fixed‐IP xDSL”. Generally, your ISP will provide you with such information as IP address, subnet mask, gateway address, and DNS address. Item Name IP Address Subnet Mask DNS Address Default Gateway Description Input the IP address assigned by your ISP here. Input the subnet mask assigned by your ISP here. Input the DNS address assigned by your ISP here.
2‐4‐3 Using “PPPoE xDSL” as broadband connection type 1. If your ISP is providing you Internet access via PPPoE (Point‐to‐Point Protocol over Ethernet), select “PPPoE xDSL”. Item Name User Name Password Service Name MTU Connection Type Idle Time Out Description Input the user name assigned by your ISP here. Input the password assigned by your ISP here. Give this Internet service a name (optional). Input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you do not know, use the default value.
2‐4‐4 Using “PPTP xDSL” as broadband connection type 1. Select “PPTP xDSL” if your ISP is providing you Internet access via PPTP (Point‐to‐Point 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). NOTE: These settings must be configured according to your Internet service.
Item Name User Name Password PPTP Gateway Connection ID MTU BEZEQ‐ISRAEL Connection Type Idle Time Out Description Input the user name assigned by your ISP here. Input the password assigned by your ISP here. Input the PPTP gateway assigned by your ISP here. Give this connection a name (optional). Input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you do not know, use the default value. Check the “Enable” box if you are in Israel and using BEZEQ network services. Please specify a connection type here.
2‐4‐5 Using “L2TP xDSL” as broadband connection type 1. Select “L2TP xDSL” if your ISP is providing you Internet access via L2TP (Layer‐2 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). NOTE: These settings must be configured according to your Internet service.
Item Name User Name Password L2TP Gateway MTU Connection Type Idle Time Out Description Input the user name assigned by your ISP here. Input the password assigned by your ISP here. Input the L2TP gateway assigned by your ISP here. Input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you do not know, use the default value. Please specify a connection type here. There are 3 options: 1. “Continuous” keeps the Internet connection alive all the time. 2.
2‐4‐6 Using “Telstra Big Pond” as broadband connection type 1. If you are using the Telstra Big Pond service in Australia, select “Telstra Big Pond”. Item Name User Name Password Assign login server manually Login Server Description Please input the user name assigned by Telstra here. Please input the password assigned by Telstra here. Check this box to assign a login server. Please input the IP address of the login server here. 2. Click “OK” to complete setup. 3.
CHAPTER III: GENERAL SETUP You can perform advanced configuration of this broadband router in “General Setup”. 1. Click “General Setup” after logging in. 2. All the setup items will appear under the “General Setup” tab. 3.
3‐1 System Basic system settings can be configured in the “System” menu. 3‐1‐1 Time Zone Item Name Time Zone Time Server Address Daylight Saving Description 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. This router supports NTP (Network Time Protocol) for automatic time and date setup. Input the host name or IP address of the NTP server here.
3‐1‐2 Password Settings You can change the user interface password here. If you use the default password (“1234”), other people might be able to access the configuration interface without your permission. Item Name Current Password New Password Confirmed Password Description Please input the current password here. Please input the new password here. Please input the new password again for confirmation. Click “Apply” to save the changes, or click “Cancel” to keep the current password.
3‐1‐3 Remote Management If you need to manage this broadband router outside of your local area network, you can assign a remote IP address, so you can access this broadband router’s user interface from the Internet. You can also disable this function to improve security. Item Name Host address Port Enabled Description Designate an IP address as the host for remote access here. You can define the port number here. You can use the default port setting “8080”, or any number between 1 and 65534.
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. Item Name Host Name MAC Address Description Input the host name of your computer here. This is optional and only required if your ISP asks you to do so. If your ISP only permits computers with certain MAC addresses to access the Internet, input your computer’s MAC address here.
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.
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. Item Name User Name Password Service Name MTU Connection Type Idle Time Out Description Input the user name assigned by your ISP here. Input the password assigned by your ISP here. Give this Internet service a name (optional). Input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you do not know, use the 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.
3‐2‐4 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.
Item Name User Name Password PPTP Gateway Connection ID MTU BEZEQ‐ISRAEL Connection Type Idle Time Out Description Input the user name assigned by your ISP here. Input the password assigned by your ISP here. Input the PPTP gateway assigned by your ISP here. Give this connection a name (optional). Input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you do not know, use the default value. Check the “Enable” box if you are in Israel and using BEZEQ network services. Please specify a connection type here.
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.
Item Name User Name Password L2TP Gateway MTU Connection Type Idle Time Out Description Input the user name assigned by your ISP here. Input the password assigned by your ISP here. Input the L2TP gateway assigned by your ISP here. Input the MTU value of your network connection here. If you do not know, use the default value. Please specify a connection type here. There are 3 options: 4. “Continuous” keeps the Internet connection alive all the time. 5.
3‐2‐6 Telstra Big Pond 1. If you are using the Telstra Big Pond service in Australia, select “Telstra Big Pond”. Item Name User Name Password Assign login server manually Login Server Description Please input the user name assigned by Telstra here. Please input the password assigned by Telstra here. Check this box to assign a login server. Please input the IP address of the login server here. 2. Click “OK” to complete setup. 3.
3‐2‐7 DNS If you select ‘Dynamic IP’ or ‘PPPoE’ as Internet connection method, at least one DNS server’s IP address should be assigned automatically. However, if you have preferred DNS server, or your service provider didn’t assign the IP address of DNS server because of any reason, you can input the IP address of DNS server here. 3 Item Name Primary DNS Secondary DNS Description Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by your service provider.
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously‐saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ button.
3‐2‐8 DDNS DDNS (Dynamic DNS) is an IP‐to‐Hostname mapping service for those Internet users who don’t have a static (fixed) IP address. It will be 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.
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.
3‐2‐9 WISP If your network service provided by your service provider is through wireless network, please select this mode. After you have connected the router to the access point of service provider wirelessly, please setup the WAN connection type in WAN page. Item Name Disable Enable staEnable SSID Channel Number Description Disables this function. Enables this function and the router can connect to the access points installed by your wireless service provider.
Site Survey Security Settings the channel designated by your wireless ISP. Click ‘Select Site Survey’ button, then a “Wireless Site Survey Table” will pop up. It will list all available access points nearby. Select the access point designated by your wireless ISP in the table and the router will join wireless network through this access point. If the access point enables wireless security, you have to follow the same settings in order to access the access point.
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.
2. In most cases, you should use ‘255.255.255.0’ as subnet mask, which allows up to 253 clients (this also meets router’s capability of working with up to 253 clients). 3. 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. 4.
3‐3‐2 LAN IP Item Name IP address Subnet Mask 802.1d Spanning Tree DHCP Server Description Please input the IP address of this router. Please input subnet mask for this network. If you wish to activate 802.1d spanning tree function, select ‘Enabled’ for setup item ‘802.1d Spanning Tree’, or set it to ‘Disabled’. If you want to activate DHCP server function of this router, select ‘Enabled’, or set it to ‘Disabled’. Recommended Value if you don’t know what to fill: IP Address: 192.168.2.
3‐3‐3 DHCP Server You can use this setting to decide the range of IP address leases. These settings are only available when ‘DHCP Server’ in ‘LAN IP’. Item Name Lease Time Start IP End IP Domain Name Description Please choose a lease time (the duration that every computer can keep a specific IP address) of every IP address assigned by this router from dropdown menu. Please input the start IP address of the IP range. Please input the end IP address of the IP range.
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.
3‐4 Wireless You can setup Wireless LAN connection parameters of this broadband router in ‘Wireless’ menu. 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. AP: Standard wireless AP (access point). b.
3‐4‐1‐1 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.
ESSID Channel Number Associated Clients 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.
3‐4‐1‐2 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.
ESSID Site Survey 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. 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.
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.
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. Also, you can connect to the wireless access point with the same functionality only.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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). 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.
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.
3‐4‐1‐6 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. 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.
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.
3‐4‐2 Advanced Settings This router provides some advanced control of wireless parameters, if you want to configure these settings, please click ‘Wireless’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘Advanced Settings’, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Item Name Fragment Threshold RTS Threshold Beacon Interval DTIM Period Data Rate Description Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio.
N Data Rate Channel Width Preamble Type Broadcast ESSID CTS Protect WMM value. Since most of wireless devices will negotiate with each other and pick a proper data transfer rate automatically, it’s not necessary to change this value unless you know what will happen after modification. Same as above, but only for 802.11n clients. Set channel width of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default setting is ‘Auto 20/40 MHz’.
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on router setup, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).
3‐4‐3 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: 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 Pre‐shared Key Format Pre‐shared Key Description Please select a type of WPA cipher suite. Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and WPA2 Mixed.
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.
3‐4‐4 Access Control 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 by using this function.
Add Clear 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. Click ‘Add’ button to add the MAC address and associated comment to the MAC address filtering table. Click ‘Clear’ to remove the value you inputted in MAC address and comment field.
3‐4‐5 WPS 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. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Enable WPS WPS Status Self PIN code SSID Description Check this box to enable WPS function, uncheck it to disable WPS.
Authentication Mode Passphrase Key Config Mode The wireless security authentication mode of this wireless router will be displayed here. The WPA passphrase will be displayed as asterisk here. Select the WPS configuration role of this broadband router. Registrar: This broadband router will act as WPS registrar and wait for wireless clients to send WPS configuration request.
3‐5 QoS Quality of service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to share the internet bandwidth with a promised quality of 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.
Item Name Enable QoS Total Download Bandwidth Total Upload Bandwidth Current QoS Table Add Edit Delete Delete All Move Up Move Down 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. All existing QoS rules will be displayed here.
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously‐saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ button.
Local Port Range Remote IP Address Remote Port Range Traffic Type Protocol Please input the range of local (source) port number that will be affected by this rule. If you want to apply this rule on port 80 to 90, please input ’80‐90’; if you want to apply this rule on a single port, just input the port number, like ‘80’. Specify the remote (destination) IP address that will be affected by this rule.
3‐6 NAT To enable NAT function, please select ‘Enable’ for ‘Enable NAT module function’ (1); to disable, please select ‘Disable’. After you made the selection, please click ‘Apply’ button (2) and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).
3‐6‐1 Port Forwarding This function allows you to redirect a single port or consecutive ports of Internet IP address to the same port of the IP 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, described in next section.
Type Port Range Comment Add Reset Select the type of connection, TCP or UDP. If you’re not sure, please select ‘Both’. 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. Please input any text to describe this mapping, up to 16 alphanumerical characters. Add the mapping to port forwarding table. Remove all inputted values.
3‐6‐2 Virtual Server This function allows you to redirect a port on Internet IP address (on WAN port) to a specified port of an IP address on 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.
3‐6‐3 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 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. 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 ( , ).
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.
3‐6‐4 UPnP Settings BR‐6428nS 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).
3‐6‐5 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‐6428nS 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.
3‐7 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.
Computer Name Comment Add Reset 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 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.
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: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Client PC Description Client PC IP address Description Please input any text to describe this IP address, up to 16 alphanumerical characters.
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.
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. 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.
3‐7‐2 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. 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.
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. 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.
3‐7‐3 DoS Denial of Service (DoS) is a common attack measure, by transmitting a great amount of data or request to your Internet IP address and server, the Internet connection will become very slow, and server may stop responding because it is not capable to handle too much traffics.
Port Scan Sync Flood you activate this function, you will not be able to ping your own router from internet, too. Some malicious intruder will try to use a ‘port 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.
Discard Ping From WAN Port Scan Sync Flood 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 mechanism will be activated. Check the box to activate this DoS prevention mechanism. Many kind of port scan methods are listed here, please check one or more DoS attack methods you want to prevent.
3‐7‐4 DMZ Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is a special area in your local network. This area resides in local network, and all computers in this area 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.
Computer Name Port Range Add Reset Current DMZ Table Delete Delete All Reset Internet IP address will be mapped to. Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the router will be listed here. You can easily to select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer. 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.
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 IV: STATUS & TOOLS 4‐1 Status You can check how your router is currently operating under “Status”. You will be able to see some basic system information under “System”.
4‐1‐1 Internet Connection This page shows the status of your Internet connection. 4‐1‐2 Device Status This page shows the current settings of your wired and wireless LAN.
4‐1‐3 System Log This page shows all logged system information. You can click “Save” to download the log file to your computer. You can also click “Clear” to remove all logs, or click “Refresh” to reload the logs. 4‐1‐4 Security Log This page shows all logged security‐related information. You can click “Save” to download the log file to your computer. You can also click “Clear” to remove all logs, or click “Refresh” to reload the logs.
4‐1‐5 Active DHCP Client This page shows all current DHCP clients. You can click “Refresh” to reload the list. 4‐1‐6 Statistics This page shows the statistical information of each network interface and the total system up time.
4‐2 Tools This broadband router comes with several tools that help you backup the settings, upgrade the firmware, and restart the device. 4‐2‐1 Configuration Tools You can backup and restore your system configurations here. You can also reset all settings to the factory default. 1. Click the “Tools” tab. 2. Click “Configuration Tools”. Item Name Backup Settings Restore Settings Restore to Factory Default Description Click the “Save...” button to save the current settings on your computer as a “config.
1. Download the firmware file from our company’s website and save it on your computer. 2. Click “Browse...” to find the firmware file saved on your computer, then click “Apply” to start firmware upload. The broadband router will restart after the file is uploaded. All your current settings will be lost after the firmware is upgraded. NOTE: It is recommended that you use a wired Ethernet connection and not a wireless connection to upload the firmware file.
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