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Edimax BR-6004 User Manual

Edimax BR-6004 User Manual

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  • Page 1 4 Port Switch Broadband Router BR-6004 User’ s Manual...
  • Page 2 Copyright The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole, stored, transcribed in an information retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, magnetic, electronic, optical, photocopying, manual, or otherwise, without the prior written permission.

  • Page 3: Fcc Interference Statement

    FCC Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio interference in a commercial environment. This equipment can generate, use and radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 1 Introduction ... 4 1.1 Functions and Features ... 4 1.2 Packing List ... 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation... 6 2.1. Panel Layout ... 6 2.2. Installation Requirements ... 7 2.3. Procedure for Hardware Installation ... 7 Chapter 3 Network Settings and Software Installation... 10 3.1 Make correct network settings of your computer ...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding Broadband Router. This product is specifically designed for Small Office and Home Office needs. It provides a complete SOHO solution for Internet surfing and office resources sharing, and it is easy to configure and operate for even non-technical users. Instructions for installing and configuring this product can be found in this manual.

  • Page 6: Packing List

    ● Access Control supported allows you to assign different access right for different users. ● Virtual Server supported enables you to expose WWW, FTP and other services on your LAN to be accessible to Internet users. ● User-Definable Application Sensing Tunnel user can define the attributes to support the special applications requiring multiple connections, like Internet gaming, video conferencing, Internet telephony and so on, then this product can sense the application type and open...

  • Page 7: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1. Panel Layout 2.1.1. Front Panel RESET When RESET is pushed, system settings will be set to factory defaults. Readmy System status indicators, Orange. Ready is flashed once per second to &Com indicate system is alive. When COM port is active, COM LED is lighted. WAN &...

  • Page 8: Installation Requirements

    Power Power inlet. This is where you connect the included power adapter. Note that, the included power adapter is DC 5V/1A. Using wrong type of power adapter may cause this product damage. 2.2. Installation Requirements This product can be positioned at any convenient place in your office or house. No special wiring or cooling requirements is needed.
  • Page 9 Figure 2-3 Setup of LAN connections for this product. 2. Setup WAN connection: prepare an Ethernet cable for connecting this product to your cable/xDSL modem or Ethernet backbone. Figure 2-4 illustrates the WAN connection. Figure 2-4 Setup of WAN connections for this product. 3.
  • Page 10 finished. Finally, the M1 will be continuously flashed once per second to indicate that this product is in normal operation.

  • Page 11: Chapter 3 Network Settings And Software Installation

    Chapter 3 Network Settings and Software Installation To use this product correctly, you have to properly configure the network settings of your computers and install the attached setup program into your MS Windows platform (Windows 95/98/NT). 3.1 Make correct network settings of your computer The default IP address of this product is 192.168.123.254, and the default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
  • Page 12 there must be something wrong in your installation procedure. You have to check the following items in sequence: Is the Ethernet cable correctly connected between this product and your computer? Tip: The LAN LED of this product and the link LED of network card on your computer must be lighted.

  • Page 13: Chapter 4 Configuring Ip Sharer

    Chapter 4 Configuring IP Sharer This product provides Web based configuration scheme, that is, configuring by Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer. This approach can be adopted in any MS Windows, Macintosh or UNIX based platforms. 4.1 Start-up and Log in Activate your browser, and disable the proxy or add the IP address of this product into the exceptions.

  • Page 14: Status

    To log in as an administrator, enter the system password (the factory setting is ”admin”) in the System Password field and click on the Log in button. If the password is correct, the web appearance will be changed into administrator configure mode. As listed in its main menu, there are several options for system administration.

  • Page 15: Toolbox

    4.3 Toolbox This option enables you change the administrator password. Besides, you can get the information about Firmware version and WAN's MAC Address. You can also reboot this product by clicking the Reboot button. Note: we strongly recommend you to change the system password for security reason. If you forgot the system password, please refer to Appendix A to reset a new one.

  • Page 16: Primary Setup

    4.4 Primary Setup This option is primary to enable this product to work properly. The setting items and the web appearance depend on the WAN type. Choose correct WAN type before you start. 1. LAN IP Address: this product’ s IP address. The default address is 192.168.123.254. You can change it on your need.
  • Page 17 4.4.1 Static IP Address WAN IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary and Secondary DNS: enter the proper setting value provided by your ISP. 4.4.2 Dynamic IP Address Host Name: optional. Required by some ISPs, for example, @Home. Renew IP Forever: this feature enable this product renew IP address automatically when the lease time is being expired even the system is in idle state.

  • Page 18: Dhcp Server

    4.5 DHCP Server The settings of TCP/IP environment include Host IP, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and DNS configurations. It is not a simple task to correctly configure all the computers in your LAN environment. Fortunately, DHCP provides a rather simple approach to handle all these settings.

  • Page 19: Virtual Server

    4.6 Virtual Server This product’ s NAT firewall filters out unrecognized packets to protect your Intranet, so all hosts behind this product are invisible to the outside world. If you wish, you can make some of them accessible by enabling the Virtual Server Mapping. A virtual server is defined as a Service Port, and all requests to this port will be redirected to the computer specified by the Server IP.

  • Page 20: Special Ap

    4.7 Special AP Some applications require multiple connections, like Internet games, Video conferencing, Internet telephony and so on. Due to the firewall function, these applications can not work with pure NAT router. Special Applications makes some of these applications to work with NAT router.

  • Page 21: Access Control

    4.8 Access Control Access Control allows you to assign different access right for different users. First, you have to divide users into different groups. Users are identified by their IP addresses. You can assign the members of Group 1, 2 and 3. The others are all members of Default Group. Second, you have to assign the access right of each group.

  • Page 22: Misc Items

    4.9 Misc Items 1. IP Address of DMZ Host: DMZ (DeMilitarized Zone) Host is a host without the protection of firewall. It allows a computer to be exposed to unrestricted 2-way communication. Note that, this feature should be used only when needed. 2.

  • Page 23: Appendix A Console Mode

    Appendix A Console Mode When you forget the system password or the IP address of this product, you need enter console mode to reset them. Before invoking the console program, be sure to find a null modem cable and use it to connect from this product’...

  • Page 24: Appendix B Tcp/Ip Configuration For Windows 95/98

    Appendix B TCP/IP Configuration for Windows 95/98 This section introduces you how to install TCP/IP protocol into your personal computer. And suppose you have been successfully installed one network card on your personal computer. If not, please refer to your network card manual. Moreover, the Section B.2 tells you how to set TCP/IP values for working with this IP Sharer correctly.

  • Page 25: Set Tcp/Ip Protocol For Working With Ip Sharer

    5. Select Microsoft item in the manufactures list. And choose TCP/IP in the Network Protocols. Click OK button to return to Network window. 6. The TCP/IP protocol shall be listed in the Network window. Click OK to complete the install procedure and restart your PC to enable the TCP/IP protocol. B.2 Set TCP/IP protocol for working with IP Sharer 1.
  • Page 26 2. Double click Network icon. Select the TCP/IP line that has been associated to your network card in the Configuration tab of the Network window. 3. Click Properties button to set the TCP/IP protocol for this IP Sharer. 4. Now, you have two setting methods: A.
  • Page 27 Select Obtain an IP address automatically in the IP Address tab. Don’t input any value in the Gateway tab. -26-...
  • Page 28 Choose Disable DNS in the DNS Configuration tab. -27-...
  • Page 29 B. Configure IP manually Select Specify an IP address in the IP Address tab. The default IP address of this product is 192.168.123.254. So please use 192.168.123.xxx (xxx is between 1 and 253) for IP Address field and 255.255.255.0 for Subnet Mask field.
  • Page 30 In the Gateway tab, add the IP address of this product (default IP is 192.168.123.254) in the New gateway field and click Add button. In the DNS Configuration tab, add the DNS values which are provided by the ISP into DNS Server Search Order field and click Add button. -29-...

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