BR-6641 4WAN+1LAN Load Balancer Router User Manual
BR-6641 User Manual Table of Contents Chapter1 Quick Start ....................................................................................................4 1.1 Preparation ...............................................................................................................4 1.2 Access to the Web-based UI ....................................................................................6 1.3 BR-6641 Web-based UI Overview.......................................................................
BR-6641 User Manual 4.4 QoS .........................................................................................................................62 4.5 Per IP Max Connection ...........................................................................................66 4.6 Per IP Max Rate Control .........................................................................................68 4.7 Multihoming........................................................................................................
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BR-6641 User Manual Chapter1 Quick Start At the first time using the product of BR-6641, you may confronted with complicated settings which prevents you from starting well. This chapter will explain the basic functionalities of BR-6641 and how to operate and configure the system.It will also cover related subjects in network structures and hardware installation which will help you during your setup of BR-6641. 1.
BR-6641 User Manual help you complete the setup of BR-6641 parameters. BR-6641 uses a web-based management user interface (Web-based UI). Due to internal design constraints, you have to use MS Internet Explorer 6.0 (IE 6.0), or higher to access the Web-based UI. A screen resolution of 800x600 or higher is recommended. Use a cross-over cable to access BR-6641 Web-based UI from the LAN port.
BR-6641 User Manual 1.2 Access to the Web-based UI The Web-based UI enables you to easily perform every configuration task. Follow the steps below to access the Web-based UI. 1. Connect your PC Ethernet LAN interface to LAN port of BR-6641 with a cross-over cable. The default management LAN port of BR-6641 is LAN port. 2. After powering on BR-6641, the LED of LAN port will turn to orange. This indicates that it is on-line. 3. Assign your PC Ethernet LAN interface with IP 192.168.2.2, subnet mask 255.
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BR-6641 User Manual 1.3 BR-6641 Web-based UI Overview After logging in, you will be able to start configuring or monitoring BR-6641 through the Web-based UI. In order to help you to familiar with the basic operations, the explanations are as follows: The Web-based UI tasks are grouped into four categories. The categories are located at the upper left-hand corner of Web-based UI task bar. These categories cover all the configuration possibilities in BR-6641.
BR-6641 User Manual second: 9600, Data bits: 8, Parity: None, Stop bits: 8, Flow control: None. The serial console and Web-based UI use the same username and password pairs. By default, the password of “Administrator” is 1234, and the password of “Monitor” is 5678. If the password is changed via the Web-based UI, it will also be changed in the serial console.
BR-6641 User Manual 1.4 How to use BR-6641 Web-based UI This section describes the operations and arrangement of Web Based UI, figure 1-2 displays the operating menu of BR-6641 Web-based UI system. BR-6641 1.4.
BR-6641 User Manual Click this button to recover the old settings which apply has saved. Click the Help button to display the on-line help of the current page, the on-line help information will automatically swap when you change the function page or language. Click Hide Help to hide the on-line help information. Table 5.0 Buttons Note: The Apply and Reload buttons here are active only on certain pages, any parameters modified without click Apply will not be saved to the memory.
BR-6641 User Manual Write a note for the current rule. Table 5.1 Operating Rules When you add a new rule, the newly added rule will be placed right below the current rule. Moving the rule up or down will swap positions between the upper and lower rules. Checkbox It is quite common that you see the following checkboxes in some tables. These checkboxes indicate whether certain functions are enabled or not. A red check sign inside a checkbox stands for “enabled”, and an empty checkbox means “disabled”.
BR-6641 User Manual Chapter 2 System In this chapter, you will learn how to configure system settings. System settings are the fundamental configurations of the BR-6641 system. They have to be specific in order for the system to work properly. Examples are provided here to help you to fulfill the configuration. Figure 3.
BR-6641 User Manual 2.1 Summary [Summary] is in the submenu of [System], which helps the Administrator to know the system information. While logging in the Web UI, System/Summary is the first page you see when you log into BR-6641’s web-based UI. [Summary] provide the following information: System Information Category System Information Field Description Version The Firmware Version. Serial Number The Serial number. Up Time Time since the last reboot. Connections Number of total connections.
BR-6641 User Manual WAN Link State The section on WAN Link State shows the current status of each and every WAN link. Each WAN link is represented as a color-coded block with the following color coding scheme to indicate its status. The allowed number of WAN Link is also shown here. y Green: Active WAN link. y Red: Broken WAN link. y Black: WAN link not in use.
BR-6641 User Manual 2.2 Traffic Statistics Figure 3.2 The Location of “System/Traffic Statistics” on the Menu Bar In the traffic statistics page, you can inspect real-time traffic information sorted by traffic class over each WAN link. The statistics of traffic classes in the table is adjusted accordingly by your selection of traffic type - either inbound or outbound traffic. Field Traffic Type Value Descriptions Inbound The direction of traffic flow – either inbound traffic or outbound traffic.
BR-6641 User Manual 2.3 Diagnostic Tools System Network Service Log Summary Traffic Statistics Diagnostic Tools Date & Time Administration Figure 3.3 The Location of “System/Diagnostic Tools” on the Menu Bar ARP Enforcement: ARP Enforcement updates ARP tables of servers and network devices around BR-6641. When the Enforce button is pushed, BR-6641 sends out ARP packets to the surrounding servers or network devices to update their ARP tables.
BR-6641 User Manual Push Test button to begin the test. The result of the test is one of the following: Everything is ok. BR-6641 discovers that a machine in DMZ conflicts with Network Setting on BR-6641. For example, a public IP address should be in WAN but is used by a machine in DMZ. An error message with the conflicting IP address and MAC address of the machine will be displayed. BR-6641 discovers that a machine in WAN conflicts with Network Setting on BR-6641.
BR-6641 User Manual refer other materials. You may specify a target device in the Target IP field. It accepts either an IP address or a host name. You may specify a target device in the Target IP field. It accepts either an IP address or FQDN. Select a network interface, WAN or LAN. If it is WAN, select WAN link number in Index field. Note: If a domain name is used to traceroute, a DNS server has to be specified in [Network ] →[Host Names]. Arping: Arping is used to detect the MAC address of a computer.
BR-6641 User Manual 2.4 Date&Time System Network Service Log Summary Traffic Statistics Diagnostic Tools Date & Time Administration Figure 3.4 The Location of “System/Date/Time” on the Menu Bar 2.4.1 Date&Time Setting In this page, you can set up time related configurations. For time zone information, You should pick the region first and then the city you are located in (or a city of the same time zone as you).
BR-6641 User Manual 2.4.2 Busyhour Setting Busyhour Setting is very important from a MIS manager’s point of view. It provides a tool for you to define two time segments: busy-hour and idle-hour. All other rule-based services such as bandwidth management and auto-routing can take advantage of this function. For example, you can define 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday to be busy-hour.
BR-6641 User Manual 2.5 Administration Figure 3.5 The Location of “System/Administration” on the Menu Bar In this page, you can do a few administrative tasks. First, you can change the password of Administrator and Monitor accounts. Every BR-6641 comes with the same passwords initially. To avoid any security risks, it is absolutely necessary to change passwords before putting your BR-6641 on-line. From time to time you might receive BR-6641 firmware updates from AscenVision or your system integrator.
BR-6641 User Manual You can reset BR-6641 to its factory default state. In doing this, you will lose your entire customized configuration. Finally, you can reboot BR-6641. Due to web interface limitations. There will not be any messages after you have rebooted the system. Wait two minutes or so and try to re-connect to BR-6641 using the browser. Administrator Password: Here, you can add, delete, or modify administrator’s account and password.
BR-6641 User Manual Log on to Web UI as the Administrator and go to function [System]→ [Administration]. Use [Browse...] to select the path to the new firmware image, then select [Upload]. The firmware update will take a while so be patient. During the update process BE SURE not to turn off the system or pull the power plug. You should also NOT click on [Upload] button. Note:Update will succeed when ¬the “Update succeeded” message appears.
BR-6641 User Manual Chapter3 Network Figure 3.
BR-6641 User Manual 3.1 WAN Setting Figure 3.2 System / Network Setting [WAN Setting] is quite important part for BR-6641. The relavent parameter is defined here. The configuration is done one WAN link at a time. However, you can apply all the changes at once at the end. You can select a WAN link by selecting the link number in a WAN Link drop-down box. For each WAN link, you will fill out a few tables with correct information from its ISP. The first thing you have to decide is the WAN type.
BR-6641 User Manual After connecting the WAN Link to the machine, WAN No. need to be defined in [Basic Setting]. WAN is to be different for different type of WAN. BR-6641 provide the following choices: Standard DHCP PPPoE PPTP Advanced Figure 3.
BR-6641 User Manual 3.1.1 Standard Mode Basic Setting: Figure 3.4 Standard Mode / Basic Setting When you select Standard Mode as the WAN Type, you need to fill the parameters as in the Basic Setting table.
BR-6641 User Manual Basic Setting: Field Value Description Down Stream The down stream (inbound) bandwidth of the WAN link, for example 25600 (Kbps). Up Stream The up stream (outbound) bandwidth of the WAN link, for example 25600 (Kbps). Port Speed Auto 10Mbps/Half duplex 10Mbps/Full duplex The speed and duplex of WAN Port. You can set it manually or system can got it automatically.
BR-6641 User Manual Health Detection page, the following parameters are available: Figure 3.5 WAN Link Health Detection Field Description Never BR-6641 assumes a healthy WAN and stop monitoring ICMP and TCP packets. Always BR-6641 will always do the health detection according to the rules. Only when no packet is received If BR-6641 detects no inbound WAN traffic, it will start the health detection. Protocol Choose either ICMP or TCP as methods for WAN health detection.
BR-6641 User Manual 3.1.2 DHCP Mode This model is enabled when BR-6641 is a client using DHCP to acquire a dynamic IP address from an ISP's DHCP server. Figure 3.6 DHCP Mode / Basic Setting Field Value Description Down Stream The down stream (inbound) bandwidth of the WAN link, for example 25600 (Kbps). Up Stream The up stream (outbound) bandwidth of the WAN link, for example 25600 (Kbps). Port Speed Auto 10Mbps/Half duplex 10Mbps/Full duplex The speed and duplex of WAN Port.
BR-6641 User Manual 100Mbps/Full duplex Health Detection Never Always Only when no packet is received Clone MAC MAC This function is used to configure the WAN link health detection mechanism for the specific WAN link. Please refer to Chapter 3.2.1 WAN Link Health Detection. Normally DHCP will assign IP dynamically. Static IP, however, can be assigned to the WAN link via the DHCP server with MAC address binding.
BR-6641 User Manual 3.1.3 PPPoE Mode PPPoE is a very popular bridging mode protocol for ADSL. You need to specify the ADSL account information to obtain IPs from the ISP PPPoE server. Figure 3.7 PPPoE Mode / Basic Setting Field Value Description Down Stream The down stream (inbound) bandwidth of the WAN link, for example 25600 (Kbps). Up Stream The up stream (outbound) bandwidth of the WAN link, for example 25600 (Kbps). Port Speed Auto The speed and duplex of WAN Port.
BR-6641 User Manual 10Mbps/Half duplex 10Mbps/Full duplex set it manually or system can got it automatically. 100Mbps/Half duplex 100Mbps/Full duplex Health Detection Never Always Only when no packet is received This function is used to configure the WAN link health detection mechanism for the specific WAN link. Please refer to Chapter 3.2.1 WAN Link Health Detection. User Input the user’s account assigned by ISP. Password Enter the password of the account.
BR-6641 User Manual 3.1.4 PPTP Mode This model is enabled when BR-6641 is access to PPTP server via Internet. Figure 3.8 PPTP Mode / Basic Setting Field Value Description Down Stream The down stream (inbound) bandwidth of the WAN link, for example 25600 (Kbps). Up Stream The up stream (outbound) bandwidth of the WAN link, for example 25600 (Kbps).
BR-6641 User Manual Port Speed Auto 10Mbps/Half duplex 10Mbps/Full duplex The speed and duplex of WAN Port. You can set it manually or system can got it automatically. 100Mbps/Half duplex 100Mbps/Full duplex Health Detection Never Always Only when no packet is received This function is used to configure the WAN link health detection mechanism for the specific WAN link. Please refer to Chapter 3.2.1 WAN Link Health Detection. User Input the user name for login VPN.
BR-6641 User Manual 3.1.5 Advanced Mode Advanced mode is used where BR-6641 is connected with a router via its private IP and its actual public IP deployed in DMZ. Figure 3.
BR-6641 User Manual Field Value Description Down Stream The down stream (inbound) bandwidth of the WAN link, for example 25600 (Kbps). Up Stream The up stream (outbound) bandwidth of the WAN link, for example 25600 (Kbps). Port Speed Auto 10Mbps/Half duplex 10Mbps/Full duplex The speed and duplex of WAN Port. You can set it manually or system can get it automatically.
BR-6641 User Manual 3.2 LAN Setting Figure 3.10 Network/LAN Setting Basic Subnet The table of Basic Subnet allows you to specify one or more private subnets that connect to BR-6641 directly. Figure 3.
BR-6641 User Manual Input the IP Address of LAN Port in [Basic Subnet] - [IP Address] and input the corresponding subnet mask in [Netmask]. Select the corresponding Speed/Duplex in [Port-Speed]. RIP Configuration BR-6641 support RIP (Routing Information Protocols) for both version 1 and 2. RIP v1 is the basic definition while v2 has some functional enhancements. Please refer to IETF’s official documents for the complete definition of RIP.
BR-6641 User Manual Note: DMZ is virtual area, which is in the port with LAN. DMZ support the public IP Address. The public IP support only one IP range, which do not support multi-IP range Routing. Example: Figure 3.13 Figure 3.
BR-6641 User Manual 3.3 DHCP Setting Figure 3.15 Network / DHCP Setting Click on “Enable DHCP” to enable this function. BR-6641 is a client using DHCP to acquire a dynamic IP address from an ISP’s DHCP server. The following is an example of how you set it up.
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BR-6641 User Manual Field Description Lease Time Input the Lease Time by hour. Default Gateway Input the Default Gateway. The Client will take this address as Gateway when DHCP is enabled. Note: This address should be in the subnet with LAN’s Subnet Netmask Input the IP Address of DNS. The Client will take this address as DNS Server when DHCP is enabled. Domain Name Input the Domain Name of DHCP. DNS Input the IP Address of DNS.
BR-6641 User Manual 3.4 Host Names Figure 3.17 Network / DHCP Setting This function is to define the the name for system, specific IP and IP group. These defined names will appear in sub-menu of source and destination in Firewall, Multihoming, etc. System Name: Field Description Name Input the host name of the BR-6641. Domain Input the domain of the BR-6641. DNS Input the IP Address of DNS, BR-6641 will use it to resolve machine names to obtain IP addresses Table 3.
BR-6641 User Manual Named IP Addresses: Field Description Name Input the name which is to be substitute for the IP address. Address Specify the IP Address. It can be: IP Address IP Range Table 3.
BR-6641 User Manual 3.5 Service Names Figure 3.18 Network / Service Names This function is to configure the name, protocol and other parameters of service. (BR-6641 has a default list of commonly used services.) These defined names will appear in sub-menu of service in Firewall, Multihoming, etc.. Service List: Field Value Description Name - Input the name PING,FTP… Protocol Protocol Number Select protocol for service: ICMP Protocol Number, e.g. ICMP Protocol Number is “1”, TCP is “6”.
BR-6641 User Manual ICMP: The service used ICMP, e.g. Ping. TCP: The service used TCP, e.g. FTP. UDP: The service used UDP. Parameter Number Specify the parameter for different Protocols. Type Number: Input Protocol Number. From…To Type: Input the service type of ICMP. From..To: Input TCP/UDP. the Port Number of Single Port Number: A range of Port Number: Input the start port number in [From] and the end port number in [To]. Table 3.
BR-6641 User Manual 3.6 IP Grouping BR-6641 offers a variety of services. These services will be discussed in the next chapter. In order to help IT manager configure services efficiently, BR-6641 provides a few management tools. IP Grouping is one of them. This function allows you to assign a name to a group of IP addresses. Later on when you are asked to specify one or more IP addresses, you can use the name of an IP group instead.
BR-6641 User Manual IP Grouping: Feild Group Name Description Input the name of the group, then it will appear in the service menu and the relevant options. Note: You can set at most 5 groups. Table 3.11 IP Grouping Rules Setting: Field IP address Group Value Description Input IP address - One single IP address, or an IP address range in the format of xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx-yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy Or a subnet in the format of xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/yyy.yyy.yyy.
BR-6641 User Manual 3.7 Service Grouping This function allows you to assign a name to a group of TCP ports, UDP ports, and/or ICMP. Later on when you are asked to specify a port, you can use the name of the service group instead. The name of a service group will automatically show up in the port selection list if the service group is enabled. Figure 3.20 The Location of “System / Service Grouping” on the Menu Bar Service Grouping: Field Value Description Group Name Input the group name, e.g.
BR-6641 User Manual Group UDP@ service menu. The format is port (xxx) for single Port and port (xxx-yyy) for a range of port, e.g. 6891-6900. belong to Define if the the Port IPAddress in former Field belongs to the group. not belong to Table 3.13 Service Grouping For example, you can set up a service group called “MSN File Transfer”. Its ports are TCP 6891 to 6900. You need to fill TCP@6891-6900 into Service field.
BR-6641 User Manual Chapter 4 Service After having set up your network environment in the previous chapter, we will now look into the services provided by BR-6641. These services can help you manage your network more efficiently and effectively. In figure 4.1, you can see a list of functions BR-6641 is capable of. These services play an important role in daily network administration. For example, Firewall protects your network from hacker attacks.
BR-6641 User Manual 4.1 Firewall [Summary] is in the submenu of [System], which helps the Administrator to know the system information. While logging in the Web UI, System/Summary is the first page you see when you log into BR-6641’s web-based UI. [Summary] provide the following information: Figure 4.2 The Location of “Service/Firewall” on the Menu Bar You can add as many rules as you like in the list. For each rule, you can enable or disable it individually.
BR-6641 User Manual Source Any address Packets sent from the specified source will be matched: LAN Any Address: Match all packets regardless of its source. WAN LAN: Match all packets that come from the LAN. Localhost WAN: Match all packets that come from the WAN. IP Address Localhost:Match all packets that come from BR-6641 Localhost. IP Range Subnet IP < IP Grouping > IP Address: Match packets from a single IP address. e.g. 192.168.1.4.
BR-6641 User Manual < Service Grouping Name> Group: The packets from the group which are predefined in [Service Grouping]. Any: All packets are to be matched. Note: The default value by BR-6641 is to neglect all the packets. Action Accept Accept: The firewall will let the matched packets pass through. Deny Deny: The firewall will drop all the matched packets. L Enable Disable Enable: The logging will be enabled. Whenever the rule is matched, the system will write the event to the log file.
BR-6641 User Manual 4.2 Auto Routing Auto Routing service allows administrators to specify how traffic is routed to WAN links. If you have only one WAN link, default configuration is ok. If you have multiple WAN links, you may like to setup your routing rules in many situations. For example, an administrator can reserve a WAN link to a group of private IP addresses; or an administrator can force an application to take a particular WAN link depending on the traffic loads in each WAN links. Figure 4.
BR-6641 User Manual Source Any address Packets sent from the specified source will be matched: LAN Any Address: Match all packets regardless of its source. Local host LAN: Match all packets that come from the LAN. IP Address Localhost: Match all packets that come from BR-6641 Localhost. IP Range Subnet IP < IP Grouping > IP Address: Match packets from a single IP address. e.g. 192.168.1.4. IP Range: Match packets from a continuous range of IP addresses. e.g. 192.168.1.10-192.
BR-6641 User Manual UDP@ < Service Grouping Name> Any service types (e.g. FTP), or you can choose the port number in TCP/UDP packet. To specify a range of port numbers, type starting port number plus hyphen “-“and ending port number. e.g. “TCP@123-234”. Group: The packets from the group which are predefined in [Service Grouping]. Any: All packets are to be matched Algorithm Fixed Algorithm for Auto Routing: By Weight 1. Fixed: Only route the connections on a fixed WAN link. By Traffic 2.
BR-6641 User Manual 4.3 Virtual Server Virtual Server is a feature to make your intranet (LAN) servers available to the Internet (WAN). Because the private IP addresses assigned to the intranet servers are invisible to the external environment. If you wish to make these services (provided on the servers) accessible to outsiders, you must tell BR-6641 to redirect these external requests to the right servers in the LAN or DMZ.
BR-6641 User Manual Virtual Server : Field When Value Busy Idle All-Time WAN IP Description There are three options available: Busy hour, idle hour, and All-times. Please refer to Chapter 2 [System]→[ Date/Time] for setting up the definition of busy or idle hours. To the users from the Internet, your virtual server is visible as a public IP on the WAN port. This WAN IP is the “visible” IP for your virtual server in the external environment (Internet).
BR-6641 User Manual 4.4 QoS BR-6641 provides QoS towards both inbound and outbound traffic. It can ensure certain services which are allocated enough bandwidth to provide satisfactory quality. Because of the burst nature of voice/video/data traffic, sometimes the amount of traffic exceeds the speed of a link. This function is to manage the bandwidth so as to fine-tune your bandwidth utilization.
BR-6641 User Manual You can configure your own bandwidth limit for each WAN link in Inbound Bandwidth Settings and Outbound Settings by collapse or expand them.. Figure 4.6 The Screenshot of Classes Classes: Field Name Priority Description The name for this bandwidth class. We recommend you using a self-explanatory name so that you can understand it easily when it is used later in the filter table.
BR-6641 User Manual connections on the WAN link. Normally, we will set up maximum bandwidth for services like WWW or SMTP that have a high volume of traffic and may affect the quality of other services. Idle Hour Settings Guarantee d Kbps The guaranteed bandwidth for this class: Max Kbps This defines the maximum bandwidth allowed for the connections on the WAN link.
BR-6641 User Manual the list as well. Please See [System]→[IP Grouping] for setting up your own IP groups. IP Range Subnet IP < IP Grouping > Service FTP(21) The services, which are predefined in [Service Name], will be matched. For example: SSH (22) FTP(21): The packets, whose predefined TCP port number in [Service Name] is 21, are to be match. TELNET(23) SMTP(25) Protocol Number: Define the Protocol Number, then the packets with the Protocol Number are to be defined.
BR-6641 User Manual 4.5 Per IP Max Connection Figure 4.7 The Location of “Service / Per IP Max Connection” on the Menu Bar This function is used to protect network against malicious attacks caused by virus or hackers. When the number of connections exceeds the preset value, BR-6641 will block the rest of connections and write the event to a log file if the check box of ”Log” is ticked. Figure 4.
BR-6641 User Manual Log Interval The time interval used for system to write the event to the log file. Source Connections established from the specified source will be matched, including Any Address, LAN, WAN, IP Address, IP Range, Subnet, and IP Group. Limit The maximum number of the connections allowed. Log Enable Disable If the check box is ticked, whenever the rule is matched, the system will write the event to the log file. Table 4.
BR-6641 User Manual 4.6 Per IP Max Rate Control Figure 4.9 The Location of “Service / Per IP Max Rate Control” on the Menu Bar This function is used to set the maximum bandwidth assigned to inbound and outbound traffic per IP in order to prevent network congestion from non-business application bandwidth consumption. Figure 4.
BR-6641 User Manual Field Value Description IP The IP where the packets come from will be matched, including LAN, IP Address, IP Range, IP Subnet, and specified IP Group. Inbound (Kbps) Maximum bandwidth assigned to inbound traffic per IP. Outbound (Kbps) Maximum bandwidth assigned to outbound traffic per IP. Table 4.
BR-6641 User Manual 4.7 Multihoming Figure 4.11 The Location of “Service / Multihoming” on the Menu Bar BR-6641’s auto-routing service is a trunking technology that provides load balancing and fault tolerance for all outbound requests. But it does not apply to inbound requests. Based on a unique technology called SwiftDNSTM, BR-6641 offers a Multihoming service for load balancing and fault tolerance for inbound requests.
BR-6641 User Manual are still reachable via other live WAN links. In order to let your Multihoming function properly, you must make sure that the requirements listed below are met. Prerequisites for Multihoming: Multiple WAN links (at least two). Registered domain names for your publicly accessible servers. Your publicly accessible servers must be configured as virtual servers, or have public IP addresses. By default, Multihoming is switched off.
BR-6641 User Manual Global Setting: Field Value Description TTL Set DNS query response time. IP Address Enter the reverse lookup IP address. Host Name Enter the corresponding FQDN to the reverse IP. Table 4.
BR-6641 User Manual Figure 4.12 Domain Setting Domain Setting: Field Domain Name Description Enter the domain names for Multihoming. additional domain names, press +. To enter TTL Assign DNS query response time. Responsible Mail Enter the domain administrator’s email. Primary Name Server Enter the primary server name. Source IP The query IP address can be an IP address, IP range, subnet, or any address. NS Record Name Server Enter the prefix of the server name.
BR-6641 User Manual Policy Type The algorithm for selecting WAN links, by Wight or by Traffic. By Weight: Answer DNS queries by the weight given to each link. By Total Traffic: Answer DNS queries by selecting the WAN link with the lightest total traffic. Parameter-IP Enter the IP address to answer DNS queries. Parameter-Weight Input the weight for each WAN Link. CName Record Alias Enter the alias of the domain name. For example, if you wish to use www1.abc.com as the alias of www.abc.
BR-6641 User Manual 4.8 Internal DNS Figure 4.13 The Location of “Service / Internal DNS” on the Menu Bar BR-6641 has a built-in DNS server function which can be activated by completing the fields in this page. Global Settings: Field Enable InternalDNS Value Turn on/off internal DNS server. PTR Record TTL Set DNS query response time. IP Address Enter the reverse lookup IP address. Host Name Enter the corresponding FQDN to the reverse IP. Table 4.
BR-6641 User Manual Domain Settings: Field Description Domain Name Enter the domain names for internal DNS. additional domain names, press +. To enter TTL Assign DNS query response time. Responsible Mail Enter the domain administrator’s email. Primary Name Server Enter the primary server name. IP Address The query IP address can be an IP address, IP range, subnet, or any address. NS Record Name Server Enter the prefix of the server name. server’s IP Address Enter the IP address.
BR-6641 User Manual 4.9 SNMP Figure 4.14 The Location of “Service /SNMP” on the Menu Bar SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) can be used to manage networks by providing statistical data regarding network performance and security. It is often used in the management of TCP/IP networks. SNMP Settings: Field Description Enable SNMP Enable/Disable SNMP. Community Enter the community which the SNMP belongs to. The default value is “public”. Description Enter the description of the machine.
BR-6641 User Manual 4.10 UPnP Figure 4.15 The Location of “Service / UPnP” on the Menu Bar BR-6641 will detect the public UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) equipment in the network and automatically respond to its predefined IP Address. Field Enable UPnP Value Enable Description Enable or disable the function. Disable WAN IP Input the WAN IP preserved for public UPnP, including dynamic IP address and open IP address. Weight E.g.
BR-6641 User Manual Chapter 5 Log In this Chapter, you can control BR-6641’s logging activities with repect to various functionalities such as the System, Firewall, Routing, etc. Administrator can also either set up the log transmission methods to another server for purpose of archiving and further analyses, or control the event notifications settings via emails. Figure 5.
BR-6641 User Manual 5.1 View In the ‘View’ Sub-menu, BR-6641 provides two types of comprehensive log records (see the table below). Administrator can pick the desired log type and the corresponding events for that type will be shown in the windows below. Press the ‘refresh’ button to get a copy of the latest log. For log data pushing and archiving, see the ‘control’ sub-menu in next section. An FTP Server or Email Server or Syslog Server should be provided. Figure 5.
BR-6641 User Manual 5.2 Control With this sub-menu, you can set up how log data will be transmitted to other servers (out of BR-6641) for archiving and further analyses. Transmission methods include FTP, Email and Syslog. Each log type can have its own transmission method setting. Figure 5.3 Location of Log/Control Page on the Menu Bar Field Value Log Control System Log Description Traffic Log Select the type of Log file to be pushed. E-Mail See below.
BR-6641 User Manual Method BR-6641 offers three types of log transmissions: FTP out to an external FTP server, Syslog out to a syslog server or send emails via SMTP to the administrator’s mailbox. E-mail Field Value Description SMTP Server or SMTP server for the logs. Account Authenticated account for mail server Password Authenticated password for mail server. Mail From Sender of the Email.
BR-6641 User Manual FTP Field Value Description Server or FTP Server’s domain name. Account FTP user account. Password FTP user password. Path FTP server path. Auto Push IP Push this button to start log pushing automatically. Scheduled Push Turn on scheduled push. Initial Time Start time for scheduled push. Period Scheduled duration. Table 5.
BR-6641 User Manual 5.3 Notification In this sub-menu, you can set up how email notifications are sent out for important system events. The setup is similar to previous section’s email account settings. Figure 5.4 Location of Log/Notification Page on the Menu Bar Notification Field Value SNMP Description Select how Email notifications are sent out. Email SNMP Settings Destination IP The SNMP managing device IP. Community Name The community name.
BR-6641 User Manual Link Fail Enable this function, system will notify administrator when a Link Fail happened. Admin Password Change Enable this function, system will notify administrator when Administrator password is changed. Table 5.