Edimax Router BR-6315SRg User Manual

 
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L2TP xDSL  Your ISP requires you to use a Layer Two Tunneling 
Protocol (L2TP) 
Telstra Big Pond This  Protocol  only used for Telstra Big Pond Internet 
service in Australia   
 
Click on one of the WAN type and then proceed to the manual’s relevant 
sub-section (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 or 1.6). Click on Back to return to the 
previous screen. 
 
 
 
1.1 Cable Modem 
Choose Cable Modem if your ISP will assign you with an IP address 
automatically (i.e. DHCP). Some ISP’s may also require that you...

 
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section or use the “Clone MAC Address” button to replace 
the WAN MAC address with the MAC address of that PC 
(you have to be using that PC for the Clone MAC Address 
button to work). To find out the PC’s MAC address see 
Appendix A. (see Glossary for an explanation on MAC 
address) 
 
Click  when you have finished the configuration above. Congratulations! 
You have completed the configuration for the Cable Modem connection. You 
can start using the router now, if you wish to use some of the...

 
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Click  when you have finished the configuration above. Congratulations! 
You have completed the configuration for the Fixed-IP x DSL 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,   
  

 
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1.3 PPPoE 
Select PPPoE if your ISP requires the PPPoE protocol to connect you to the 
Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section. 
 
 
 
Parameter Description 
User Name Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for the PPPoE 
connection  
Password Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the PPPoE 
connection 
Service Name This is optional. Enter the Service name of your ISP when 
your ISP requires it, otherwise leave it blank. 
MTU This is optional. You can...

 
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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 
management interface. The WAN connection will not 
disconnect because of idle timeout. If the WAN line drops 
and connected at a latter time again, the router will not 
connect to the ISP by itself. 
Idle Time You can specify an idle time (minutes) for the WAN port. 
This means if no packets have been sent (no one using 
the...

 
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1.4 PPTP 
Select PPTP if your ISP requires the PPTP protocol to connect you to the 
Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section. 
 
 
 
Parameter Description 
Obtain an IP 
address The ISP requires you to obtain an IP address by DHCP 
automatically before connecting to the PPTP server. 
Use the following   
IP Address The ISP gave you a static IP to be used to connect IP 
address to the PPTP server 
IP Address This is the IP address that your ISP gave you to...

 
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Gateway  Enter the IP address of the ISP’s Gateway 
User ID Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for the PPTP 
connection. Sometimes called as Connection ID 
Password Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the PPTP 
connection 
PPTP Gateway If your LAN has a PPTP gateway, then enter that PPTP 
gateway’s IP address here. If you do not have a PPTP 
gateway then enter the ISP’s Gateway IP address, same 
as above 
Connection ID  This is the ID given by your ISP, and this is optional....

 
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properly when you use this function in the first time, 
especially your ISP charge you by time used 
 
Click  when you have finished the configuration above. Congratulations! 
You have completed the configuration for the PPTP 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. 
 
1.5 L2TP 
Select L2TP if your ISP requires the L2TP protocol to connect you to the 
Internet. Your ISP should provide all the...

 
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MAC Address Your ISP may require a particular MAC address to 
connect to the Internet. This MAC address is the PCs 
MAC address that you originally made your Internet 
connection. Type in this MAC address in this section or 
use the Clone MAC Address button to replace the WAN 
MAC address with the MAC address of that PC (you have 
to be using that PC for the Clone MAC Address button to 
work). To find out the PCs MAC address see Appendix A. 
(see Glossary for an explanation on MAC address) 
Use the...

 
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Idle Time Out The WAN “idle timeout auto-disconnect function may not 
work due to abnormal activities of some network 
application software, computer virus 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. This function also 
may not work with 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...