Edimax Router BR-6424n User Manual

 
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Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
Item Name Description 
WPA Unicast Cipher 
Suite  Please select a type of WPA cipher suite. 
Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 
(AES), and WPA2 Mixed. You can select one of 
them, but you have to make sure your wireless 
client support the cipher you selected. 
Pre-shared Key 
Format Select the type of pre-shared key, you 
can select Passphrase (8 or more 
alphanumerical characters, up to 63), or Hex 
(64 characters of 0-9, and a-f). 
Pre-shared...

 
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3-4-2 Security Settings 
 
This wireless router supports two types of encryption: WEP (Wired 
Equivalent Privacy) and WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access): 
 
 
 
Please select an encryption method from ‘Encryption’ dropdown menu, 
and corresponding setting will appear: 
 
Disabled 
 
Encryption is disabled. It’s not recommended to disable encryption 
because other people may use certain wireless scanner to copy the data 
transferred over air. 
  

 
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WEP 
 
Select WEP to enable WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption: 
 
 
 
Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
Item Name Description 
Key Length  There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit 
and 128-bit. Using ‘128-bit’ is safer 
than ’64-bit’, but will reduce some data 
transfer performance. 
Key Format    There are two types of key format: ASCII and 
Hex. When you select a key format, the number 
of characters of key will be displayed. For 
example, if you select ’64-bit’ as key...

 
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displayed at ‘Key Format’ field. You can use 
any alphanumerical characters (0-9, a-z, and 
A-Z) if you select ‘ASCII’ key format, and if 
you select ‘Hex’ as key format, you can use 
characters 0-9, a-f, and A-F. You must enter at 
least one encryption key here, and if you 
entered multiple WEP keys, they should not be 
same with each other. 
 
Please click ‘Apply’ to save changes, or click ‘Reset’ to clear the texts in 
all fields. If you click ‘Apply’, the following messages will appear:...

 
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Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
Item Name Description 
WPA Unicast Cipher 
Suite  Please select a type of WPA cipher suite. 
Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 
(AES), and WPA2 Mixed. You can select one of 
them, but you have to make sure your wireless 
client support the cipher you selected. 
Pre-shared Key 
Format Select the type of pre-shared key, you 
can select Passphrase (8 or more 
alphanumerical characters, up to 63), or Hex 
(64 characters of 0-9, and a-f). 
Pre-shared...

 
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Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
Item Name Description 
WPA Unicast Cipher 
Suite  Please select a type of WPA cipher suite. 
Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 
(AES), and WPA2 Mixed. You can select one of 
them, but you have to make sure your wireless 
client support the cipher you selected. 
RADIUS Server IP 
address Input the IP address of RADIUS authentication 
server here. 
RADIUS Server Port Input the port number of RADIUS 
authentication server here. Most of RADIUS...

 
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3-4-3 MAC Address Filtering 
 
This function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from 
connecting to your wireless router; only those wireless devices who have 
the MAC address you assigned here can gain access to your wireless 
router. You can use this function with other security measures described 
in previous section, to create a safer wireless environment. Up to 20 
MAC addresses can be assigned.   
 
 
 
To enable MAC address filtering, please check ‘Enable Wireless Access 
Control’...

 
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All MAC address entries will be listed in this page: 
  
 
 
To delete one or more entries listed here, please check the box of the 
mapping entry (under ‘Select’), and click ‘Delete Selected’ button.   
 
If you wish to delete all mapping entries, click ‘Delete All’ button. To 
deselect all checked boxes, click ‘Reset’ button. 
 
When you finished with the settings in this page, you can click ‘Apply’ 
button to save changes you made in this page, or you can click ‘Cancel’ 
to discard changes....

 
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3-4-4 WPS 
 
WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) provides a convenient way to establish the 
connection between this broadband router and wireless clients. Any 
WPS-compatible wireless clients can establish secure connection with 
this broadband router with simple push-button type configuration or 
PinCode type configuration. 
 
 
Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
Item Name Description 
Enable WPS  Check this box to enable WPS function, 
uncheck it to disable WPS. 
WPS Status  If the wireless...

 
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this wireless router will be displayed here. 
Passphrase Key  The WPA passphrase will be displayed as 
asterisk here. 
Config Mode  Select the WPS configuration role of this 
broadband router.   
 
Registrar: This broadband router will act as 
WPS registrar and wait for wireless clients to 
send WPS configuration request. 
 
Enrollee: This broadband router will act as 
WPS enrollee and send WPS configuration 
request to other WPS registrar. 
Configure via Push 
Button Click ‘Start PBC’ to start...