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Edimax BR-6228nC User Manual

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  • Page 1 Инструкция Edimax BR-6228nS Перейти в карточку товара 8 800 775 98 98...
  • Page 3 Further, Edimax Technology Co, LTD reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    CATALOG Chapter I: Product Information ......................... 5 1-1 Introduction and safety information ....................5 1-2 Safety Information ..........................7 1-3 System Requirements .......................... 8 1-4 Package Contents ..........................9 1-5 Familiar with your new wireless broadband router................10 Chapter II: System and Network Setup ......................13 2-1 Establish network connection ......................
  • Page 5 3-2 Wireless.............................. 72 3-2-1 Basic Settings .......................... 73 3-2-1-1 AP mode ........................74 3-2-1-2 Station-Infrastructure ....................77 3-2-1-3 AP Bridge-Point to Point ....................80 3-2-1-4 AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point ..................82 3-2-1-5 AP Bridge-WDS ......................84 3-2-1-6 Universal Repeater ...................... 87 3-2-2 Set Security ..........................

  • Page 6: Chapter I: Product Information

    Chapter I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing BR-6228nS_nC wireless broadband router! This high cost-efficiency router is the best choice for Small office / Home office users, all computers and network devices can share a single xDSL / cable modem internet connection at high speed.
  • Page 7 like: DHCP Client Log, System Log, Security Log and Device/Connection Status Easy to use Web-based GUI for network configuration and management purposes Remote management function allows configuration and upgrades from a remote computer (over the Internet) Auto MDI / MDI-X function for all wired Ethernet ports.

  • Page 8: Safety Information

    1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This router is designed for indoor use only; DO NOT place this router outdoor. 2. DO NOT put this router at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. Also, do not left this router in the car in summer.

  • Page 9: System Requirements

    1-3 System Requirements Internet connection, provided by xDSL or cable modem with a RJ-45 Ethernet port. Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface card. Web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above, Netscape Navigator 4.7 or above, Opera web browser, or Safari web browser).

  • Page 10: Package Contents

    1-4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this router, please check if there s anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: BR-6228nS_nC Broadband router (1 pcs) Quick installation guide (1 pcs) ...

  • Page 11: Familiar With Your New Wireless Broadband Router

    1-5 Familiar with your new wireless broadband router Front Panel BR-6228nS BR-6228nS_nC LED Name Light Status Description Router is switched on and correctly powered Router is not powered (or not correctly powered) Wireless network is switched on WLAN Wireless network is switched off Flashing Wireless LAN activity (transferring data) or WPS mode is on.
  • Page 12 Back Panel WAN 5VDC WPS/Reset BR-6228nS Antenna WAN 5VDC WPS/Reset BR-6228nS_nC Item Name Description Antenna Wireless antenna Local Area Network (LAN) ports 1 to 4 (Yellow) Wide Area Network (WAN / Internet) port (Blue) 5VDC Power connector, connects to power adapter WPS / Reset the router to factory default settings (clear all Reset...
  • Page 13 Bottom Item Name Description Wall mount Mount BR-6228nS_nC on the wall. hole...

  • Page 14: Chapter Ii: System And Network Setup

    Chapter II: System and Network Setup 2-1 Establish network connection Please follow the following instruction to build the network connection between your new Broadband router and your computers, network devices: 1. Connect your xDSL / cable modem to the WAN port of router by Ethernet cable. 2.
  • Page 15 3. Connect the power adapter to the wall socket, and then connect it to the 5VDC socket of the router. 4. Please check all LEDs on the front panel. PWR LED should be steadily on, WAN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer / network device connected to the respective port of the router is powered on and correctly connected.

  • Page 16: Setup Client Computers To Obtain Ip Address Automatically

    2-2 Setup client computers to obtain IP address automatically After the network connection is established, the next step you should do is setup the router with proper network parameters, so it can work properly in your network environment. Before you can connect to the router and start configuration procedures, your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically (use dynamic IP address).

  • Page 17: Windows 95/98/Me Ip Address Setup

    2-2-1 Windows 95/98/Me IP address setup: 1. Click Start button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network icon, and Network window will appear. Select TCP/IP , then click Properties .
  • Page 18 2. Select Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server , then click OK .

  • Page 19: Windows 2000 Ip Address Setup

    2-2-2 Windows 2000 IP address setup: 1. Click Start button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network and Dial-up Connections icon, double click Local Area Connection, and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) , then click Properties...
  • Page 20 2. Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically , then click OK .

  • Page 21: Windows Xp Ip Address Setup

    2-2-3 Windows XP IP address setup: 1. Click Start button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network and Internet Connections icon, click Network Connections, then double-click Local Area Connection, Local Area Connection Statuss window will appear, and then click Properties...
  • Page 22 2. Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically , then click OK .

  • Page 23: Windows Vista Ip Address Setup

    2-2-4 Windows Vista IP address setup: 1. Click Start button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Click View Network Status and Tasks, then click Manage Network Connections..Right-click Local Area Netwrok, then select Properties . Local Area Connection Properties window will appear, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP / IPv4), and then click Properties...
  • Page 24 2. Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically , then click OK .

  • Page 25: Connect To Broadband Router By Web Browser

    2-3 Connect to broadband router by web browser Default IP address of this broadband router is 192.168.2.1 , and you can connect to broadband router s web-based configuration interface by any connected computer with web browser (Internet Explorer 5.x or above, Firefox, or Netscape). Please input 192.168.2.1 in web browser s address bar and press Enter key to establish connection: You should see the following authentication window:...
  • Page 26 Please input admin in User name field, and 1234 in Password field, and click OK button to enter web configuration interface. The page you ll see after logon is Home , you can check all settings and system information of BR-6228nS_nC wireless broadband router: System: Model Displays the model name of this broadband...
  • Page 27 Internet Connection: IP Address Mode Displays current mode of how this broadband router obtains IP address. IP Address Displays the IP address of WAN connection. Subnet Mask Displays the subnet mask of WAN connection. Default Gateway Displays IP address of the default gateway of WAN connection.
  • Page 28 The SSID, up time, IP address of LAN connection, and runtime code number will always display on the top of webpage: TIPS: If t establish connection with broadband router with web browser (got The page cannot be displayed or similar error message), the IP address you inputted may be wrong.
  • Page 29 Please click start -> run at the bottom-lower corner of your desktop: Input cmd , then click OK...
  • Page 30 Input ipconfig , then press Enter key. Please check Default Gateway (In this example, the IP address of router is 192.168.2.1, please note that this value may be different.) NOTE: If the IP address of Gateway is not displayed, or the address followed by IP Address begins with 169 , please recheck network connection between your computer and router, and / or go to the beginning of this chapter, to recheck every step of network setup procedure.
  • Page 31 2-4 Using Quick Setup This broadband router provides a Quick Setup menu, and you can setup basic parameters of this broadband router. Please follow the following instructions to use Quick Setup menu: 1. Click Quick Setup after logged in. 2. In the first step of quick setup, you can setup automatic time synchronization settings. The descriptions of every setting items are listed as follow: Item Name Description...
  • Page 32 NTP server here. If you don t know the host name or IP address of time server, please ask network administrator or use pool.ntp.org as time server. Daylight Savings If the country / region of your residence use daylight saving time, please check Enable Function box, and select the beginning and ending date of daylight time saving.
  • Page 33 If you want to go back to previous step, please press Back button on the bottom of this page. NOTE: To setup WISP (Wireless ISP) connection, please use General Setup -> WAN setup menu.
  • Page 34 2-4-1 Dynamic IP as broadband connection type If your Internet service provider will assign IP address to you automatically by DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), you need to select this connection type. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Host Name Please input the host name of your computer,...
  • Page 35 2-4-2 Static IP as broadband connection type If your ISP requires you to set a fixed IP address to establish connection, you can use this connection type to input the IP address information assigned by your ISP. Generally you ll get a letter from your ISP, which indicates an IP address, subnet mask, gateway address, and DNS address.
  • Page 36 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).
  • Page 37 2-4-3 PPPoE as broadband connection type If your ISP requires you to establish Internet connection by PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet), you can use this connection type to establish Internet connection. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description User Name Please input user name assigned by your...
  • Page 38 Idle Time Out Please specify the time to shutdown internet connect after no internet activity is detected in minute(s). This option is only available when connection type is Connect on Demand . If you wish to select another connection type as broadband connection type, click Back ; or you can click OK to finish with quick setup.
  • Page 39 2-4-4 PPTP as broadband connection type If your ISP requires you to use PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) to establish connection, you can select this connection type to establish Internet connection. PPTP connection type requires two kinds of setting: WAN interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password).
  • Page 40 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description User ID Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. PPTP Gateway Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here.
  • Page 41 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).

  • Page 42: Using 'L2Tp' As Broadband Connection Type

    2-4-5 Using 'L2TP' as broadband connection type If your ISP requires you to use L2TP (Layer-2 Tunneling Protocol) to establish connection, you can select this connection type to establish Internet connection. L2TP is another popular connection method for xDSL and other Internet connection types, and all required setting items are the same with PPTP connection.
  • Page 43 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description User ID Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. L2TP Gateway Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here.
  • Page 44 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).

  • Page 45: Chapter Iii: General Setup

    Chapter III: General Setup This broadband router provides a Quick Setup menu, and you can setup basic parameters of this broadband router. Please follow the following instructions to use Quick Setup menu: 1. Click General Setup after logged in. All available setup items will appear as a list under General Setup tab: You can select one setup item from the list: System - Basic system settings (please go to chapter 3-1) WAN - Setup WAN port manually (please go to chapter 3-2)
  • Page 46 Firewall Firewall settings (Please go to chapter 3-7) Parental Control Parental control,controls children from accessing inappropriate web site (Please go to chapter 3-8)

  • Page 47: System

    3-1 System You can setup basic system settings of this broadband router in System menu: Please select the setting item you wish to set, then click Apply button to proceed. You can also click Previous button to back to System menu.

  • Page 48: Time Zone

    3-1-1 Time Zone You can change the time zone settings of this broadband router. It s important to have correct date and time setting if you need to read system log and use build-in firewall functions. The descriptions of every setting item are listed as follow: Item Name Description Time Zone...

  • Page 49: Password Settings

    3-1-2 Password Settings You can change the web login password of this broadband router. If you keep using the default password 1234 , other people may access the configuration interface without your permission. Please change the password as soon as possible. The descriptions of every setting item are listed as follow: Item Name Description...

  • Page 50: Remote Management

    3-1-3 Remote Management If you need to manage this broadband router outside of your LAN (i.e. from Internet), you can use this function to assign a remote IP address which is permitted to connect to this broadband router s web management interface from Internet. If it s not required for you to manage this broadband router from Internet, you can disable this function to improve security.
  • Page 51 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.

  • Page 52: Wan

    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.

  • Page 53: Dynamic Ip

    3-2-1 Dynamic IP Dynamic IP means your ISP will assign an IP address to you automatically by DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). Dynamic IP is often used by cable modem Internet connection. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Host Name Please input the host name of your computer,...
  • Page 54 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).

  • Page 55: Static Ip

    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.
  • Page 56 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).

  • Page 57: Pppoe

    3-2-3 PPPoE If your ISP requires you to establish Internet connection by PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet), you can use this connection type to establish Internet connection. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description User Name Please input user name assigned by your Internet service provider here.
  • Page 58 Idle Time Out Please specify the time to shutdown internet connect after no internet activity is detected in minute(s). This option is only available when connection type is Connect on Demand . If you wish to select another connection type as broadband connection type, click Back ; or you can click OK to finish with quick setup.

  • Page 59: Pptp

    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).
  • Page 60 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description User ID Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. PPTP Gateway Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here.
  • Page 61 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).

  • Page 62: L2Tp

    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.
  • Page 63 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description User ID Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service provider here. Password Please input the password assigned by your Internet service provider here. L2TP Gateway Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway assigned by your Internet service provider here.
  • Page 64 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).

  • Page 65: Wisp

    3-2-6 WISP WISP (Wireless ISP) is a connection method which establishes Internet connection by wireless network. In this mode, BR-6228nS_nC broadband router will act as a wireless client and connect to another wireless access point to establish Internet connection. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description WISP...
  • Page 66 Security According to the security settings of the wireless access point you with to connect, you ll be prompted to input WEP key / WPA passphrase so you can pass the security check of access point. A correct WEP key / WPA passphrase is required to connect to wireless access point with security setting.

  • Page 67: Lan (Wired)

    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.
  • Page 68 Suggestions on IP address numbering plan: If you have no idea on how to define an IP address plan for your network, here are some suggestions. 1. A valid IP address has 4 fields: a.b.c.d, for most of home and company users, it s suggested to use 192.168.c.d, where c is an integer between 0 and 254, and d is an integer between 1 and 254.

  • Page 69: Lan Ip

    3-3-2 LAN IP You can use this setting to assign an IP address to the LAN interface of this broadband router. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description IP address Please input the IP address of this broadband router s LAN interface.

  • Page 70: Dhcp Server

    3-3-3 DHCP Server You can use this setting to decide the range of IP address leases. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Start IP Please input the start IP address of the IP leases range. End IP Please input the end IP address of the IP leases range.

  • Page 71: Static Dhcp Leases

    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 Description...
  • Page 72 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.

  • Page 73: Wireless

    3-2 Wireless You can setup Wireless LAN connection parameters of this broadband router in Wireless menu: Please select one setting in this menu, then click Apply to proceed. If you wish to go back to previous page, click Previous .

  • Page 74: Basic Settings

    3-2-1 Basic Settings You can set basic settings of wireless LAN here. Please select the working mode of this broadband router from Mode dropdown list first: a. AP: Standard wireless AP (access point). b. Station-Infrastructure: This broadband router acts as both wireless communication client and server - connects to another wireless access point as client, and serves other wireless clients as server.

  • Page 75: Ap Mode

    3-2-1-1 AP mode In AP mode, the following settings will appear: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Band 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).
  • Page 76 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.
  • Page 77 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).

  • Page 78: Station-Infrastructure

    3-2-1-2 Station-Infrastructure In Station-Infrastructure mode, you can select a wireless access point to become its wireless client, and also acts as wireless access point to serve other wireless clients. If you have the access privilege of other wireless access point nearby, and you wish to use that access point to access Internet, you can use this connection type: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name...
  • Page 79 clients. It s recommends to select this band to maximize compatibility. ESSID 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.
  • Page 80 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).

  • Page 81: Ap Bridge-Point To Point

    3-2-1-3 AP Bridge-Point to Point In this mode, you can use this broadband router as a wireless network bridge and let all computers connected to the LAN ports of both wireless access points to communicate with each other. This mode supports only one wireless access point peer. Please note that when you select this mode, this broadband router will act as wireless bridge only, and will not accept other wireless clients.
  • Page 82 2.4 GHz (G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11g wireless network client to connect this router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps). 2.4 GHz (B+G+N): 2.4GHz Band, Allows 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11N wireless clients. It s recommends to select this band to maximize compatibility. Channel Number Select the channel number you wish to use;...

  • Page 83: Ap Bridge-Point To Multi-Point

    3-2-1-4 AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point In this mode, you can use this broadband router as a wireless network bridge and let all computers connected to the LAN ports of all wireless access points to communicate with each other. This mode supports up to four wireless access point peers. Please note that when you select this mode, this broadband router will act as wireless bridge only, and will not accept other wireless clients.
  • Page 84 802.11b 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). 2.4 GHz (B+G+N): 2.4GHz Band, Allows 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11N wireless clients.

  • Page 85: Ap Bridge-Wds

    3-2-1-5 AP Bridge-WDS In this mode, this broadband router acts as both wireless communication bridge and wireless access point. This broadband router can establish communication with up to four WDS-compatible wireless access points, and let all computers connected to the LAN ports of every wireless access points communicate with each other.
  • Page 86 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). 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.
  • Page 87 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).

  • Page 88: Universal Repeater

    3-2-1-6 Universal Repeater In this mode, this broadband router acts as a wireless repeater. It will repeat the signal of the wireless access point you specified, to extend its wireless coverage. The broadband router will still accept wireless clients when in this mode. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description...
  • Page 89 (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps). 2.4 GHz (B+G+N): 2.4GHz Band, Allows 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11N wireless clients. It s recommends to select this band to maximize compatibility. ESSID This is the name of broadband router. You can type any alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 characters.
  • Page 90 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).

  • Page 91: Set Security

    3-2-2 Set Security In certain AP working modes, you can enable encryption to improve security level. When you click Set Security button, the following window will appear: Please select an encryption method from Encryption dropdown menu, and corresponding setting will appear: Disabled Encryption is disabled.
  • Page 92 Select WEP to enable WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Key Length 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.
  • Page 93 server to perform 802.1x authentication. Server IP address Input Radius authentication server s IP address here. RADIUS Server Port Input Radius authentication server s service port here. Generally it s 1812. RADIUS Server Input the password of Radius server here. Password Please click Apply to save changes, or click Reset to clear the texts in all fields.
  • Page 94 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 Description WPA Unicast Cipher...
  • Page 95 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 Description WPA Unicast Cipher...
  • Page 96 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.

  • Page 97: Mac Address Filtering

    3-2-3 MAC Address Filtering This function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your wireless router; only those wireless devices who have the MAC address you assigned here can gain access to your wireless router. You can use this function with other security measures described in previous section, to create a safer wireless environment.
  • Page 98 All MAC address entries will be listed in this page: To delete one or more entries listed here, please check the box of the entry you wish to delete (Under Select ), and click Delete Selected button. If you wish to delete all mapping entries, click Delete All button.

  • Page 99: Wps (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) Settings

    3-2-4 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) Settings WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) provides a convenient way to establish the connection between this broadband router and wireless clients. Any WPS-compatible wireless clients can establish secure connection with this broadband router with simple push-button type configuration or PinCode type configuration.
  • Page 100 broadband router. Registrar: This broadband router will act as WPS registrar and wait for wireless clients to send WPS configuration request. Enrollee: This broadband router will act as WPS enrollee and send WPS configuration request to other WPS registrar. Configure via Push Click Start PBC to start Push-Button type WPS Button configuration (PBC).

  • Page 101: Advance Settings

    3-3 Advance Settings This router provides various network functionalities like QoS and DDNS, and you can configure these functions in Advanced Settings menu.

  • Page 102: Qos

    3-3-1 QoS Quality of service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to share the internet bandwidth with a promised quality of internet service. Without QoS, all computers and devices on the network will compete with each other to get internet bandwidth, and some applications which require guaranteed bandwidth (like video streaming and network telephone) will be affected, therefore an unpleasing result will occur, like the interruption of video / audio transfer.
  • Page 103 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Enable QoS Check this box to enable QoS function, uncheck it to disable QoS. Total Download You can set the limit of total download Bandwidth bandwidth in kbits. To disable download bandwidth limitation, input 0 here.
  • Page 104 the IP address in left field only. Remote Port Range Set the port range that will activate this QoS rule. If only one port is involved, input a single number here (1 to 65535); if multiple ports are involved, input starting / ending port number in x-y format (like 10-20).
  • Page 105 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.

  • Page 106: Ddns

    3-3-2 DDNS DDNS (Dynamic DNS) is a IP-to-Hostname mapping service for those Internet users who don t have a static (fixed) IP address. It will be a problem when such user wants to provide services to other users on Internet, because their IP address will vary every time when connected to Internet, and other user will not be able to know the IP address they re using at a certain time.
  • Page 107 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Dynamic DNS If you want to enable DDNS function, please select Enabled ; otherwise please select Disabled Provider Select your DDNS service provider here. Domain Name Input the domain name you ve obtained from DDNS service provider.
  • Page 108 (This field will appear only when authentication type is QRC). When you finished with the settings in this page, you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page, or you can click Cancel to discard changes. After you click Apply button, you ll see the following messages: Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router, this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding (this is normal...

  • Page 109: Port Forwarding

    3-3-3 Port Forwarding This function allows you to redirect a single port or consecutive ports of Internet IP address to the same port of the IP address on local network. The port number(s) of Internet IP address and private IP address (the IP address on local network) must be the same. If the port number of Internet IP address and private IP address is different, please use Virtual Server function.
  • Page 110 field. Comment Please input any text to describe this mapping, up to 16 alphanumerical characters. Add the mapping to port forwarding table. Reset Remove all inputted values. All existing URLs will be displayed in Current URL Blocking Table : If you want to delete a specific port forwarding entry, check the select box of the port forwarding entry you want to delete, then click Delete Selected button.

  • Page 111: Dmz

    3-3-4 DMZ Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is a special area in your local network. This area resides in local network, and all computers in this area uses private IP address, too. But these private IP addresses are mapped to a certain Internet IP address, so other people on Internet can fully access those computers in DMZ.
  • Page 112 up to 16 alphanumerical characters. Add the mapping to port forwarding table. Reset Remove all inputted values. NOTE: Please note that every public IP address can be mapped to a single Client PC IP address only. All existing DMZ entries will be displayed in Current DMZ Table : If you want to delete a specific DMZ entry, check the select box of the DMZ entry you want to delete, then click Delete Selected button.

  • Page 113: Nat

    3-5 NAT Network address translations solve the problem if sharing a single IP address to multiple computers. Without NAT, all computers must be assigned with a valid Internet IP address to get connected to Internet, but Internet service providers only provide very few IP addresses to every user.
  • Page 114 3-5-1 Virtual Server This function allows you to redirect a port on Internet IP address (on WAN port) to a specified port of an IP address on local network, so you can setup an Internet service on the computer on local network, without exposing it on Internet directly. You can also build many sets of port redirection, to provide many different Internet services on different local computers via a single Internet IP address.
  • Page 115 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Enable Virtual Server Check this box to enable virtual server, and uncheck this box to disable virtual server. Private IP Input the IP address of the computer which provides Internet service. Computer name All computer names found by this broadband router on local network will be listed here.
  • Page 116 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).

  • Page 117: Special Applications

    3-5-2 Special Applications Some applications require more than one connection a time; these applications won t work with simple NAT rules. In order to make these applications work, you can use this function to let these applications work. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Enable...
  • Page 118 blank. UDP Port to Open 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 ( , ).
  • Page 119 When you finished with the settings in this page, you can click Apply button to save changes you made in this page, or you can click Cancel to discard changes. 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).

  • Page 120: Upnp Setting

    3-5-3 UPnP Setting BR-6228nS_nC broadband router supports UPnP (universal plug-and-play), which allows other network devices to communicate with this broadband router to exchange information about network capability for intercommunication. After you made your choice, please click Apply button: Please click Apply to save changes you made and restart the broadband router, this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding (this is normal and is not malfunction).

  • Page 121: Alg Settings

    3-5-4 ALG Settings ALG (Application Layer Gateway) is a kind of network connection ability support for specific network applications like game and instant online chat. Without ALG support, these applications will not be able to communicate with their server when working with BR-6228nS_nC broadband router.

  • Page 122: Static Routing

    3-5-5 Static Routing In most cases, all your computers on local network will use default gateway (generally provided by your ISP) to access servers on Internet. However, if you have preferred network route you wish to redirect network traffic, you can use this function to create dedicated route for specific network destination and bypass default gateway.
  • Page 123 If you want to delete a specific static route entry, check the select box of the static route entry you want to delete, then click Delete Selected button. (You can select more than one static route entries). If you want to delete all static route entries listed here, please click Delete All button or you can also click Reset button to unselect all static route entries.

  • Page 124: Firewall

    3-6 Firewall This broadband router supports several firewall functions which will help you to protect your network and computer. In this chapter, instructions for using these functions will be given, so you can utilize these functions to protect your network from hackers and malicious intruders.
  • Page 125 not required. (i.e. If the MAC address label of your wireless device indicates aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff or aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff , just input aabb Computer Name 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.
  • Page 126 If you wish to use IP address-based filtering, please use IP Filtering Table in this page: Please check Enable IP Filtering Table box first, and select Deny or Allow to decide the behavior of IP filtering table (Deny the access of IP addresses in the list, or allow the access of IP addresses in the list).
  • Page 127 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...
  • Page 128 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).

  • Page 129: Url Blocking

    3-6-2 URL Blocking If you want to prevent computers in local network from accessing certain website (like pornography, violence, or anything you want to block), you can use this function to stop computers in local network from accessing the site you defined here. This function is useful for parents and company managers.
  • Page 130 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.

  • Page 131: Dos

    3-6-3 DoS Denial of Service (DoS) is a common attack measure, by transmitting a great amount of data or request to your Internet IP address and server, the Internet connection will become very slow, and server may stop responding because it is not capable to handle too much traffics. This router has a built-in DoS attack prevention mechanism;...
  • Page 132 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.
  • Page 133 Port Scan Many kind of port scan methods are listed here, please check one or more DoS attack methods you want to prevent. Sync Flood Like Ping of Death, you can set the threshold of when this DoS prevention mechanism will be activated.

  • Page 134: Parental Control

    3-6-4 Parental Control For those families who have children in the house, parental control is a very useful function for parents: If parents are not at home, child will not be able to access Internet so their Internet usage can be monitored by parents. To enable parental control function, check Enable Parental Control box.
  • Page 135 dropdown list, then click << button. Please note that only active (connected to LAN port of this broadband router and switched on) computer s MAC address will be listed here. If you think some computer s MAC address doesn t appear, you can select Refresh and this broadband router will rescan for all computers on LAN again.

  • Page 136: Status

    3-7 Status In this menu, you can check the operation status of this broadband router. To view the status, follow the following instructions: 1. Click Status tab from main menu: 2. The basic system information will be shown: You can check basic system information about this broadband router here. In addition, you can click other information about this broadband router by click status list under Status tab: See detailed description for every kind of information below.

  • Page 137: Internet Connection

    3-7-1 Internet Connection This page shows the current status of Internet connection.

  • Page 138: Device Status

    3-7-2 Device Status This page shows current wireless LAN and wired LAN configuration.

  • Page 139: System Log

    3-7-3 System Log This page shows all logged system information. You can use scroll bar to view the logs, or click Save to download the log file to your computer. You can also click Clear to remove all logs, or click Refresh to reload logs.

  • Page 140: Security Log

    3-7-4 Security Log This page shows all logged security-related information. You can use scroll bar to view the logs, or click Save to download the log file to your computer. You can also click Clear to remove all logs, or click Refresh to reload logs.

  • Page 141: Active Dhcp Client

    3-7-5 Active DHCP Client This page shows all current DHCP clients. You can click Refresh to reload the list.

  • Page 142: Statistics

    3-7-6 Statistics This page shows the statistical information of network interfaces of this broadband router, and the total system uptime.

  • Page 143: Tools

    3-8 Tools This broadband router comes with several tools that will help you to manage the configuration of broadband router, upgrade the firmware, and restart the broadband router. To use these tools, follow the following instructions: 1. Click Tools tab. 2.

  • Page 144: Configuration Tools

    3-8-1 Configuration Tools In this page, you can backup and restore current system configuration, and reset all settings to factory default value. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Backup Settings Click Save button to download the current configuration as config.bin file.

  • Page 145: Firmware Upgrade

    3-8-2 Firmware Upgrade New firmware releases will provide new functions to this broadband router, and you can use firmware upgrade function to upgrade the firmware to new version. NOTE: It s recommended to use wired Ethernet connection to upload the firmware file, please refrain from using wireless connection to upload the firmware file.

  • Page 146: Restart

    3-8-3 Restart If you found that the broadband router is not functioning correctly, or responding slowly then usual, you can use this function to restart the broadband router, and this may correct the problem. Click Apply button to restart the broadband router. You ll be prompted to confirm the restart, click OK to restart the broadband router.

  • Page 147: Language

    3-9 Language This broadband router s web-based user interface supports several languages. You can change the display language by click Language button in main menu. To change the display language, select Language dropdown menu from upper-right corner of main menu, and select the language you wish to use.
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