Edimax Router BR-6104K User Manual
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2.1.3 Remote Management The remote management function allows you to designate a host in the Internet the ability to configure the Broadband router from a remote site. Enter the designated host IP Address in the Host IP Address field. Parameter Description Host Address This is the IP address of the host in the Internet that will have management/configuration access to the Broadband router from a remote site. This means if you are at home and your home IP address has been designated the Remote Management host IP address for this router (located in your company office ), then you are able to configure this router from your home. If the Host Address is left 0.0.0.0 this means anyone can access the router’s web-based configuration from a remote location, providing they know the password. Click the Enabled box to enable the Remote Management function. Note: When you want to access the web-based management from a remote site, you must enter the router’s WAN IP address (e.g . 10.0.0.1) into your web-browser followed by port number 8080, e.g. 10.0.0.1:8080 (see below). You’ll also need to know the password set in the Password Setting screen in order to access the router’s web-based management. Port The port number of remote management web interface. Enabled Select “Enabled” to enable the remote management function. Click < Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above confi gurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place) 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 allo ws you 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, Dynamic IP, PPPoE, PPTP , Static IP Address , L2TP, Telstra Big Pond , DNS and DDNS . 21
Parameter Description Dynamic IP Your ISP will automatically give you an IP address Static IP address Your ISP has given you an IP address already PPPoE Your ISP requires PPPoE connection. PPTP Your ISP requires you to use a Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) connection. L2TP Your ISP requires L2TP connection. Telstra Big Pond Your ISP requires Telstra Big Pond connection. DNS You can specify a DNS server that you wish to use DDNS You can specify a DDNS server that you wish to use and configure the user name and password provided by you DDNS service provider. Once you have made a selection, click at the bottom of the screen and proceed to the manual’s relevant sub-section 2.2.1 Dynamic IP Choose the Dynamic IP selection if your ISP will automatically give you an IP address. Some ISP’s may also require that you fill in additional information such as Host Name, Do main Name and MAC address (see chapter 1 “Cable Modem” for more detail) 2.2.2 Static IP Address Select Static IP address if your ISP has given you a specific IP address for you to use. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section. (See chapter 1 “Fixed IP” for more detail) 2.2.3 PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) Select PPPoE if your ISP requires the PPPoE protocol to co nnect you to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section. (See chapter 1 “PPPoE” for more detail) 2.2.4 PPTP Select PPTP if your ISP requires the PPT P protocol to connect you to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section. (See chapter 1 “PPTP” for more detail) 2.2.5 L2TP Select L2TP if your ISP requires the L2T P protocol to connect you to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section. 22
Parameter Description Obtain an IP address The ISP requires you to obtain an IP address by DHCP automatically efore connecting to the L2TP server. Use the following IP address The ISP give you a static IP to be used to connect to the L2TP server. IP Address This is the IP address that your ISP has given you to establish a L2TP connection. Subnet Mask Enter the Subnet Mask provided by your ISP (e.g. 255.255.255.0) Gateway Enter the IP address of the ISP Gateway. User ID Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for the PPTP connection. Sometimes called a Connection ID Password Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the PPTP connection L2TP Gateway If your LAN has a L2TP gateway, then enter that L2TP gateway IP address here. If you do not have a L2TP gateway then enter the ISP’s Gateway IP address above Connection Type If you select “Continuous”, the router will al ways connect to the ISP. If the WAN line breaks down and links again, the rout er will auto-reconnect to the ISP. If you select “Connect On Demand”, the router will auto-connect to the ISP when someone want to use the Internet and keep connected until the WAN idle timeout. The router will close the WAN connection if the time period that no one is using the Internet exceeds the “Idle Time”. If you select “Manual”, the router will connect to ISP only when you click “Connect” manually from the Web user interface. T he WAN connection will not disconnected due to the idle timeout. If the WAN line breaks down and latter links again, the router will not auto-connect to the ISP. Idle Time Out You can specify an idle time threshold (minutes) for the WAN port. This means if no packets have been sent (no one using the Inter net) throughout this specified period, then the router will automatically disconnec t the connection with your ISP. Note: This “idle timeout” function may not work due to abnormal activities of some network application software, computer viru s or hacker attacks from the Internet. For example, some software sends network packets to the Internet in the background, even when you are not using the Internet. So please turn off your computer when you are not using it. This function also may not work wi th some ISP. So please make sure this function can work properly when you use this function in the first time, especially your ISP charge you by time used. Click < OK> when you have finished the configuration above. Congratulations ! You have completed the configuration for the L2TPP connection. You can start using the router now, if you wish to use some of the advance features supported by this router see chapter 2, 3, 4. 23
2.2.6 Telstra Big Pond Select Telstra Big Pond if your ISP requires the Telstra Big Pond protocol to connect you to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section. Telstra Big Pond protocol is used by the ISP in Australia. Parameter Description User Name Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for the Telstra Big Pond connection Password Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the Telstra Big Pond connection User deside login server Select if you want to assign the IP of Telstra Big Pond’s login manually server manually. Login Server The IP of the Login Server. Click when you have finished the configuration above. Congratulations ! You have completed the configuration for the Telstra Big Pond connection. You can st art using the router now, if you wish to use some of the advance features supported by this router see chapter 2, 3, 4. 2.2.7 DNS A Domain Name System (DNS) server is like an index of IP addresses and Web addresses. If you type a Web address into your browser, such as www.router.com, a DNS server will fi nd that name in its index and the matching IP address. Most ISPs provide a DNS server for speed and convenience. If your Se rvice Provider connects you to the Internet with dynamic IP settings, it is likely that the DNS server IP address is provid ed automatically. However, if there is a DNS server that you would rather use, you need to specify t he IP address of that DNS server here. Parameter Description Domain Name Server (DNS) Server This is the ISP’s DNS server IP address that they gave you; or you can specify your own preferred DNS server IP address Secondary DNS Address (optional) This is optional. You can enter another DN S server’s IP address as a backup. The secondary DNS will be used should the above DNS fail. Click < Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above confi gurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place) 24
2.2.8 DDNS DDNS allows you to map the static domain name to a dynamic IP address. You must get an account, password and your static domain name from the DDNS service provi ders. This router supports DynDNS and TZO. Parameter Default Description Enable/Disable Disable Enable/Disable the DDNS function of this router Provider Select a DDNS service provider Domain name Your static domain name that use DDNS Account/E-mail The account that your DDNS service provider assigned to you Password/Key The password you set for the DDNS service account above Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above confi gurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place) 2.3 LAN The LAN Port screen below allows you to specify a private IP address for your router’s LAN ports as well as a subnet mask for your LAN segment. Parameter Default Description LAN IP IP address 192.168.2.1 This is the router’s LAN port IP address (Your LAN clients default gateway IP address) IP Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Specify a Subnet Mask for your LAN segment 25
802.1d Spanning Tree Disabled If 802.1d Spanning Tree function is enabled, this router will use the spanning tree protocol to prevent from netw ork loop happened in the LAN ports. DHCP Server Enabled 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 this broadband router if you w ant the router to be your LAN client’s default gateway Lease Time The DHCP when enabled will temporarily give your LAN clients an IP address. In the Lease Time setting you c an specify the time period that the DHCP lends an IP address to your LAN clients. The DHCP will change your LAN client’s IP address when this time threshold period is reached IP Address Pool You can select a particular IP address range for your DHCP server to issue IP addresses to your LAN Clients. Note: By default the IP range is from: Start IP 192.168.2.100 to End IP 192.168.2.199 . If you want your PC to have a static/fixed IP address then you’ll have to choose an IP address outside this IP address Pool Domain Name You can specify a Domain Name for your LAN Click < Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above confi gurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place) 2.4 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 Fi rewall 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 Port Forwarding You can have different services (e.g. email, FTP, Web etc.) going to different service servers/clients in your LAN. The Port Forw arding allows you to re-direct a particular range of service port numbers (from the Inte rnet/WAN Ports) to a particular LAN IP address. Virtual Server You can have different services (e.g. email, FTP, Web etc.) going to different service servers/clients in your LAN. The Virtual Server allows you to re-direct a particular service port number (from the Internet/WAN Port) to a particular LAN IP address and its service port number. Special Applications Some applications require multiple conn ections, such as Internet games, video conferencing, Internet telephony and others. In this section you can configure the router to support these types of applications. ALG Setting You can select special applications that need “Application Layer Gateway” to support here. Click on one of the three NAT selections and proc eed to the manuals relevant sub-section. 26
2.4.1 Port Forwarding The Port Forwarding allows you to re-direct a particular range of service port numbers (from the Internet/WAN Ports) to a particular LAN IP address. It helps you to host some servers behind the router NAT firewall. Parameter Description Enable Port Forwarding Enable Port Forwarding Private IP This is the private IP of the server behind the NAT firewall. Note: You need to give your LAN PC clients a fixed/static IP address for Port Forwarding to work properly. Type This is the protocol type to be forwarded. You can choose to forward “TCP” or “UDP” packets only or select “both” to forward both “TCP” and “UDP” packets. Port Range The range of ports to be forward to the private IP. Comment The description of this setting. Add Port Forwarding into the table Fill in the Private IP, “Type”, “Port Range” and Comment of the setting to be added and then click Add. Then this Port Forwarding setting will be added into the Current Port Forwarding Table below. If you find any typo before adding it and want to retype again, just click Clear and the fields will be cleared. Remove Port Forwarding into the table If you want to remove some Port Forwarding settings from the Current Port Forwarding Table, select the Port Forwarding settings y ou want to remove in the table and then click Delete Selected. If you want remove all Port Forwarding settings from the table, just click Delete All button. Click Reset will clear your current selections. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above confi gurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place) 27
2.4.2 Virtual Server Use the Virtual Server function when you want different servers/clients in your LAN to handle different service/Internet application type (e.g. Email, FTP, Web server etc.) from the Internet. Computers use numbers called port numbers to recognize a particular service/Internet app lication type. The Virtual Server allows you to re-direct a particular service port number (from the Internet/WAN Port) to a particular LAN priv ate IP address and its service port number. (See Glossary for an explanation on Port number) Parameter Description Enable Virtual Server Enable Virtual Server. Private IP This is the LAN client/host IP address that the Public Port number packet will be sent to. Note: You need to give your LAN PC clients a fi xed/static IP address for Virtual Server to work properly. Private Port This is the port number (of the above Private IP host) that the below Public Port number will be changed to when the packet enters your LAN (to the LAN Server/Client IP) Type Select the port number protocol type (TCP, UDP or both). If you are unsure, then leave it to the default both protocol. Public Port 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. Comment The description of this setting. Add Virtual Server Fill in the Private IP, Private Port, T ype, “Public Port” and Comment of the setting to be added and then click Add. Then this Virtual Server setting will be added into the Current Virtual Server Table below. If you find any typo before adding it and want to retype again, just click Clear and the fields will be cleared. Remove Virtual Server If you want to remove some Virtual Server settings from the Current Virtual Server Table, select the Virtual Server settings you want to remove in the table and then click Delete Selected. If you want remove all Virtual Server settings from the table, just click Delete All button. Click Reset will clear your current selections. Click < Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above confi gurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place) 28
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 priv ate 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 user s must know your global IP address. (For websites you will need to have a fixed/static global/public IP address) 29
2.4.3 Special Applications Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet games, video conferencing, Internet telephony and others. In this section you can configure t he router to support multiple connec tions for these types of applications. Parameter Description Enable Trigger Port Enable the Special Application function. Trigger Port This is the out going (Outbound) range of port numbers for this particular application Trigger Type Select whether the outbound port prot ocol is “TCP”, “UDP” or both. Public Port Enter the In-coming (Inbound) port or port range for this type of application (e.g. 2300- 2400, 47624) 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) Public Type Select the Inbound port protocol type: “TCP”, “UDP” or both Comment The description of this setting. Popular applications This section lists the more popular applications that require multiple connections. Select an application from the Popular Applicati ons selection. Once you have selected an application, click the Add button. This will automatically copy the Port Trigger information required for this popular application in into the input fields. Add Special Application Fill in the Trigger Port, Trigger Type”, “Pub lic Port”, Public Type, Public Port and Comment of the setting to be added and then click Add. Then this Special Application setting will be added into the Current Trigger-Port Table below. If you find any typo before adding it and want to retype again, just click Clear and the fields will be cleared. If you want to add a popular application, sele ct one “Popular Application” and then click “Add”. Remove Special Application If you want to remove some Special Application settings from the Current Trigger-Port Table, select the Special Application setting s you want to remove in the table and then click Delete Selected. If you want remove all Special Appliacation settings from the table, just click Delete A ll button. Click Reset will clear your current selections. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above confi gurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place) 30