Edimax BR-6004, User Manual

Page 1: ...L A N P R O F E S S I O N A L 4 Port Switch Broadband Router BR 6004 User s Manual Broadband Router ...

Page 2: ...ge or transmitted in any form or by any means mechanical magnetic electronic optical photocopying manual or otherwise without the prior written permission Trademarks All product company brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies They are used for identification purpose only Specifications are subject to be changed without prior notice ...

Page 3: ...his manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures are necessary to correct the interference CE Declaration of Conformity This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility EN 55022...

Page 4: ...e Installation 10 3 1 Make correct network settings of your computer 10 Chapter 4 Configuring IP Sharer 12 4 1 Start up and Log in 12 4 2 Status 13 4 3 Toolbox 14 4 4 Primary Setup 15 4 5 DHCP Server 17 4 6 Virtual Server 18 4 7 Special AP 19 4 8 Access Control 20 4 9 Misc Items 21 Appendix A Console Mode 22 Appendix B TCP IP Configuration for Windows 95 98 23 B 1 Install TCP IP protocol into your...

Page 5: ...xploiting the functions of this product 1 1 Functions and Features Broadband modem and IP sharing connects multiple computers to a broadband cable or DSL modem or an Ethernet router to surf the Internet Auto sensing Ethernet Switch equipped with a 4 port auto sensing Ethernet switch VPN supported supports multiple PPTP sessions and allows you to setup VPN server and VPN clients Firewall all unwant...

Page 6: ...requiring multiple connections like Internet gaming video conferencing Internet telephony and so on then this product can sense the application type and open multi port tunnel for it DMZ Host supported lets a networked computer to be fully exposed to the Internet this function is used when special application sensing tunnel feature is insufficient to allow an application to function correctly 1 2 ...

Page 7: ...ct Link status indicators Green The LED flickers when the corresponding port is sending or receiving data 10 100 10 100 status indicators Green The LED flickers when the corresponding port is transmitting or receiving data in 10 or 100Mbps Port 1 4 LAN port socket RJ 45 These are where you will connect to device on your local area network for example HUB and switch 2 1 2 Rear Panel Figure 2 2 Rear...

Page 8: ... guidelines to install Place this product on a flat horizontal plane Keep this product away from any heating devices Do not place this product in dusty or wet environment The recommended operational specifications of this product are Temperature 0 o C 55 o C Humidity 5 90 In addition remember to turn off the power remove the power cord from the outlet and keep your hands dry when you try to instal...

Page 9: ...e WAN connection Figure 2 4 Setup of WAN connections for this product 3 Power on Connecting the power cord to power inlet and turning the power switch on this product will automatically enter the self test phase When it is in the self test phase the indicators Ready and COM will be lighted ON for about 5 seconds and then Ready and COM will be flashed 3 times to indicate that the self test operatio...

Page 10: ... 9 finished Finally the M1 will be continuously flashed once per second to indicate that this product is in normal operation ...

Page 11: ...1 configure IP as 192 168 123 1 subnet mask as 255 255 255 0 and gateway as 192 168 123 254 or more easier 2 configure your computers to load TCP IP setting automatically that is via DHCP server of this product After installing the TCP IP communication protocol you can use the ping command to check if your computer has successfully connected to this product The following example shows the ping pro...

Page 12: ...d 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 2 Is the TCP IP environment of your computers properly configured Tip If the IP address of this product is 192 168 123 254 the IP address of your computer must be 192 168 123 X and default gateway must be 192 168 123 254 ...

Page 13: ...Start up and Log in Activate your browser and disable the proxy or add the IP address of this product into the exceptions Then type this product s IP address in the Location for Netscape or Address for IE field and press ENTER For example http 192 168 123 254 After the connection is established you will see the web user interface of this product There are two appearances of web user interface for ...

Page 14: ...hanged into administrator configure mode As listed in its main menu there are several options for system administration 4 2 Status This option provides the function for observing this product s working status A WAN Port Status If the WAN port is assigned a dynamic IP there may appear a Renew or Release button on the Sidenote column You can click this button to renew or release IP manually B Modem ...

Page 15: ...n 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: ...t address is 192 168 123 254 You can change it on your need 2 WAN Type WAN connection type of your ISP You can click Change button to choose a correct one from the following four options A Static IP Address ISP assigns you a static IP address B Dynamic IP Address Obtain an IP address from ISP automatically C PPP over Ethernet Some ISPs require the use of PPPoE to connect to their services D Dial u...

Page 17: ...e the password keep it empty 2 PPPoE Service Name optional Input the service name if your ISP requires it 3 Maximum Idle Time the time of no activity to disconnect your PPPoE session Set it to 0 will disable this feature 4 4 4 Dial up Network 1 Dial up Telephone Account and Password assigned by your ISP If you don t want to change the password keep it empty 2 Primary and Secondary DNS automaticall...

Page 18: ...nd configure your computers as automatic IP allocation mode then when your computer is powered on it will automatically load the proper TCP IP settings from this product The settings of DHCP server include the following items 1 DHCP Server Choose Disable or Enable 2 Range of IP Address Pool Whenever there is a request the DHCP server will automatically allocate an unused IP address from the IP add...

Page 19: ...ual 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 For example if you have an FTP server port 21 at 192 168 123 1 a Web server port 80 at 192 168 123 2 and a VPN server at 192 168 123 6 then you need to specify the following virtual server mapping table Service Port Server IP Enable 21 192 168...

Page 20: ...fficient to allow an application to function correctly try DMZ host in the Misc Items options 1 Trigger the outbound port number the application issued first 2 Incoming Ports when the trigger packet is detected the inbound packets to the specified port numbers are allowed to pass the firewall This product provides some predefined settings in the gray pad on the bottom of the web page Choose the Po...

Page 21: ...are all members of Default Group Second you have to assign the access right of each group Access right can allow or block users to access specified TCP and UDP ports For example Group Members Access Right Comments Default Allow No access right allow nothing Group 1 100 199 Allow 25 53 80 110 Can browse 80 receive 110 and send 25 email only Group 2 50 99 Block 21 119 Cannot read net news 119 and FT...

Page 22: ...te Administrator Host In general only Intranet user can browse the built in web pages to perform administration task This feature enables you to perform administration task from remote host If this feature is enabled only the specified IP address can perform remote administration If the specified IP address is 0 0 0 0 any host can connect to this product to perform administration task When this fe...

Page 23: ...rogram such as the Hyper Terminal of MS Windows 95 The connection parameters should be set to 19200 8 N 1 And reboot this product When the M1 indicator starts flashing regularly you can press the Enter key of the keyboard several times there should be some messages and console prompt appeared in the terminal In the console mode you may reset the IP address and the system password of this product P...

Page 24: ... 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 B 1 Install TCP IP protocol into your PC 1 Click Start button and choose Settings then click Control Panel 2 Double click Network icon and select Configuration tab in the Network window 3 Click Add button to add network component into your PC 4 Double ...

Page 25: ... 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 Click Start button and choose Settings then click Control Panel ...

Page 26: ...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 Get IP via DHCP server ...

Page 27: ... 26 a Select Obtain an IP address automatically in the IP Address tab b Don t input any value in the Gateway tab ...

Page 28: ... 27 c Choose Disable DNS in the DNS Configuration tab ...

Page 29: ...y a 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: ... address of this product default IP is 192 168 123 254 in the New gateway field and click Add button c 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 ...