Edimax Router BF-6214K User Manual

 
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Parameters   Description 
 Account  Enter your account name to login to your Broadband router.  
 
Password  Enter your password  
 
Retype your   Enter your password again for verification purposes 
Password  
 Note: If you forget your password, you’ll have to reset the router to the factory default 
(password is 1234) with the reset button (see router’s back panel) 
  Click  at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance 
sections or...

 
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2.2 WAN  
Use the WAN Settings screen if you have already configured the Quick Setup Wizard section and you would like to 
change your Internet connection type. The WAN Settings screen allows to specify the type of WAN port connect you 
want to establish with your ISP. The WAN settings offer the following selections for the router’s WAN port, Static IP, 
DHCP, PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP, and DDNS. 
 
 
 
Parameters    Description 
2.2.1 Static IP  Your ISP has given you an IP address already  
 
2.2.2...

 
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Parameters     Description 
 Service Type  Select a DDNS service provider or select Disabled to disable DDNS function. 
 
Username  The account that your DDNS service provider assigned to you     
 
Password The password you set for the DDNS service account above 
 
Host Name  Your static domain name that use DDNS 
 
 
Click  at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance 
sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in...

 
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Parameters     Description 
 
IP address  This is the router’s LAN port IP address (Your LAN clients default gateway IP 
address) 
 
IP Subnet Mask  Specify a Subnet Mask for your LAN segment 
 
DHCP Server Status  You can enable or disable the DHCP server. By enabling the DHCP server the router 
will automatically give your LAN clients an IP address. If the DHCP is not enabled 
then you’ll have to manually set your LAN client’s IP addresses; make sure the LAN 
Client is in the same subnet as...

 
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2.4.1 Port-based QoS 
For Application based QoS, user can specify a destination port number and associate it with an egress priority (High or 
Low). For example, if user configures port 7297 with high priority, then user would experience better service quality for 
such flows. 
 
For Port based QoS, user can specify the High/Low queue priority for each Ethernet port and can apply total rate limit to 
any port from 128Kbps to 32Mbps or at Full-rate(100Mbps). Flow control can also be...

 
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Parameters   Description 
 Src/dst  If you want to monitor the source IP of the packets, please select src IP. Otherwise, 
please select dst IP. 
 
IP Address  Specify the IP Address that you want to limit the transmit/receive rate. 
 
IP Mask  If you want to limit a subnet, you can specify the subnet mask here. 
 
Protocol  Specify the protocol you want to monitor, it can be TCP / UDP / or IP only. 
 
Start / End Port  Specify the port ranges that you want to monitor. To classify all TCP...

 
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2.5 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 map Private IP Addresses to Public IP Addresses for key services such as Websites and FTP. 
 
 
 
Parameter     Description 
 
2.5.1 Virtual Server  You can have different services (e.g. email, FTP, Web etc.) going to different...

 
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Parameters     Description 
 
WAN Port Range  Enter the service (service/Internet application) port number from the Internet that will be 
re-directed to the above Private IP address host in your LAN  
 
Note: Virtual Server function will have priority over the DMZ function if there is a conflict 
between the Virtual Server and the DMZ settings. 
 
Server IP Address  This is the LAN client/host IP address that the Public Port number packet will be sent to.  
  
Note: You need to give your...

 
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Example: Virtual Server 
The diagram below demonstrates one of the ways you can use the Virtual Server function. Use the Virtual Server when 
you want the web server located in your private LAN to be accessible to Internet users. The configuration below means 
that any request coming form the Internet to access your web server will be translated to your LAN’s web server 
(192.168.2.2).  
 
Note: For the virtual server to work properly Internet/remote users must know your global IP address....

 
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  Note: Individual port numbers are separated by a comma (e.g. 47624, 5775, 6541 
etc.). To input a port range use a “dash” to separate the two port number range (e.g. 
2300-2400) 
 
Trigger Type  Select whether the outbound port protocol is “TCP”, “UDP” or both. 
 
 
Trigger Start/Finish Range  This is the out-going (Outbound) range of port numbers for this particular 
application 
  
 
Enable  Enable the specified Special Application  function. 
 
 
Click  at the bottom of the screen to save...