Edimax Router AR-7265WnA User Manual

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5.2.3. Wireless 
 
 
 
z Access Point Settings 
 
Parameter Description 
Access Point  Activated or deactivated the wireless function of the 
router. When it is activated, the router will be an access 
point for other wireless clients to connect wirelessly.  
  
Channel   It is the radio channel used by the wireless LAN. All 
devices in the same wireless LAN should use the same 
channel. Please select the country you are located and 
designate a channel that the router will use. If you want 
to let...

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Channel” field.  
  
SSID  The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) is the 
unique name identified in a WLAN. The ID prevents the 
unintentional merging of two co-located WLANs. The 
default SSID of the router is “default”. 
  
Beacon Interval  The interval of time that this wireless router broadcast a 
beacon. Beacon is used to synchronize the wireless 
network. The range for the beacon period is between 20 
and 1000 with a typical value of...

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Channel Bandwidth       recommended to set this mode. 
 
20MHz or 20/40MHz Auto. 
 
 
z Multiple SSIDs Settings 
 
Parameter Description 
SSID Index  This router can support multiple SSIDs. By default, this 
function is disabled. You can only set a set of SSID. 
  
SSID  The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) is the 
unique name identified in a WLAN. The ID prevents the 
unintentional merging of two co-located WLANs. The 
default SSID of the router is “default”. 
  
Broadcast SSID  Select...

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z WEP/WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK 
 
Parameter Description 
WEP-64Bits  WEP is less level of security than WPA. WEP supports 
64-bit and 128-bit key lengths to encrypt the wireless 
data. The longer key length will provide higher security. 
When “WEP-64Bits” is selected, you have to enter 
exactly 5 ASCII characters (“a-z” and “0-9”) or 10 
hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f) for each Key (1-4). 
  
WEP-128Bits  When “WEP-128Bits” is selected, you have to enter 
exactly 13 ASCII characters (“a-z” and “0-9”) or 26...

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z Wireless MAC Address Filter 
 
Parameter Description 
Active  This router can prevent the wireless clients from 
accessing the wireless network by checking the MAC 
Address of the clients. If you enable this function, please 
set the MAC Address of the wireless clients that you 
want to filter. 
  
Action  Allow Association – Only allow the wireless clients with 
the MAC Address you have specified can access to the 
router. 
 
Deny Association – The wireless clients with the MAC 
Address you have...

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5.3. Advanced Setup 
5.3.1. Firewall 
 
 
 
Parameter Description 
Firewall  When you enable the firewall function, it will protect you 
from following attacks of WAN side: 
z SYN flooding attack 
z Ping of Death 
z Teardrop 
z Land attack 
  
SPI  If you enable SPI, all traffics initiated from WAN site will 
be blocked including DMZ, Virtual Server, etc.  
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

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5.3.2. Routing 
 
 
 
z Routing Table List 
You can see the current routing table of the router here. If you want to add 
another routing rule, please click “ADD ROUTE”. 
 
Parameter Description 
Dest IP  Show the IP Address of the destination LAN. 
  
Mask  Show the Subnet Mask of the destination LAN. If it shows 
“8” that means the Subnet Mask is “255.0.0.0”; “16” 
means the Subnet Mask is “255.255.0.0”; “24” means the 
Subnet Mask is “255.255.255.0”. 
Parameter Description 
Gateway IP  The next...

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Edit  Edit the route, this icon is not shown for system default 
route. 
  
Drop  Drop the route, this icon is not shown for system default 
route. 
 
z Add Route 
If you have another router with a LAN-to-LAN connection, you may need to 
create a static routing on the router that is the gateway to Internet. 
 
 
 
Parameter Description 
Destination IP Address  Enter the IP Address of the destination LAN. 
  
IP Subnet Mask  Enter the Subnet Mask address of the...

 41 Announced in RIP  Select “Yes”, this routing path will be propagated to other 
hosts through RIP broadcasts. Select “No”, this routing 
path will be kept private and it is not included in RIP 
broadcasts. 
 
 
5.3.3. NAT 
 
 
 
5.3.3.1. NAT 
Network Address Translation (NAT) allows multiple users at your local site to 
access the Internet through a single Public IP Address or multiple Public IP 
Addresses. NAT provides Firewall protection from hacker attacks and has the 
flexibility to allow you to...

 42 Number of IPs  Select “Single” if you only have a public IP Address. 
Select “Multiple” if you have multiple IP Addresses. 
 
5.3.3.2. DMZ 
The DMZ Host is a local computer exposed to the Internet. When setting a 
particular internal IP Address as the DMZ Host, all incoming packets will be 
checked by the firewall and NAT algorithms then passed to the DMZ Host. 
 
For example, if you have a local client PC that cannot run an Internet application 
(e.g. Games) properly from behind the NAT firewall,...