Edimax Router BR-6424n User Manual
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121 single value, or a range (like 20-50). If you need to input more than one port number and they’re not contiguous, list all port numbers here and separate them by comma ( , ). If the application does not use TCP port, leave it blank. UDP Port to Open) Input the UDP port number required by the special application, the port number can be a single value, or a range (like 20-50). If you need to input more than one port number and they’re not contiguous, list all port numbers here and separate them by comma ( , ). If the application does not use UDP port, leave it blank. Comment You can input any text here to help you remember the purpose of this item. This is optional. Select Game This router comes with a numerous port mapping settings of network games. If the game you wish to set is listed here, you can select it from dropdown menu. After a game is selected, click ‘Add’ (the one next to ‘Select Game’ dropdown list) to add the connection parameters to all respective fields. Add Click this button to add a new port mapping rule to special applications table. Reset Click this button to remove all values in every field. All existing special application mappings will be displayed in this page. To delete one or more mappings, check the box of the mapping, then click ‘Delete Selected’ button to remove the mapping. To delete all existing mappings, click ‘Delete All’ button. If you want to uncheck all boxes, click ‘Reset’.
122 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. After you click ‘Apply’ button, you’ll see the following messages: Please click ‘Apply’ to save changes you made and restart the broadband router, this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding (this is normal and is not malfunction). You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other settings later.
123 3-5-2-3 UPnP Settings Parameters Default Description UPnP Feature Disable You can Enable or Disable UPnP feature here. After you enable the UPnP feature, all client systems that support UPnP, like Windows XP, can discover this router automatically and access the Internet through this router without any configuration. The NAT Traversal function provided by UPnP can let applications which support UPnP smoothly connect to Internet websites and avoid any incompatibility problem due to the NAPT port translation. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router.
124 3-5-2-4 ALG Settings You can select applications that require “Application Layer Gateway” support. Parameters Default Description Enable You can enable “Application Layer Gateway” function, and the router will let selected application correctly pass though the NAT gateway. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router.
125 3-5-2-5 Static Routing This router provides static routing function, and the static routing can work with NAT (IP Sharing) function. With static routing, the router can forward packets according to your routing rules. Parameters Description Enable Static Routing Static routing function is disabled by default. You have to enable the static routing function, to make your routing rules take effect. Destination LAN IP The network address of destination LAN. Subnet Mask The subnet mask of destination LAN. Default Gateway The next stop gateway of the path toward the destination LAN. This is the IP of the neighbor router that this router should communicate with on the path to the destination LAN. Hop Count The number of hops (routers) to pass through to reach the destination LAN. Interface The interface that go to the next hop (router). Add a Rule Fill in the Destination LAN IP, Subnet Mask”, “Default Gateway”, Hop Count and Interface of the rule to be added and click Add. Then this static routing rule will be added to the Static Routing Table listed below. If you found any typo before adding it and want to correct it, just click Reset and the fields will be cleared.
126 Remove a Rule If you want to remove some routing rules from the Static Routing Table, select the rules you want to remove in the table and click Delete Selected. If you want remove all rules 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 configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router.
127 3-5-3 Firewall This broadband router supports several firewall functions which will help you to protect your network and computer. In this chapter, instructions for using these functions will be given, so you can utilize these functions to protect your network from hackers and malicious intruders. 3-5-3-1 Access Control By using access control, you can restrict your computers from accessing improper website, or using disallowed applications. You can even only allow computers with certain MAC address to access the network, or deny the computers in the list from accessing your network. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Enable MAC Filtering Check this box to enable MAC address based filtering, and please select ‘Deny’ or ‘Allow’ to decide the behavior of MAC filtering table. If you select deny, all MAC addresses listed in filtering table will be denied from connecting to the network; if you select allow, only MAC addresses listed in filtering table will be able to connect to the network, and rejecting all other
128 network devices. Client PC MAC address Please input the MAC address of computer or network device here, dash ( - ) or colon ( : ) are not required. (i.e. If the MAC address label of your wireless device indicates ‘aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff ’ or ‘aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff ’, just input ‘aabbccddeeff ’ Computer Name All computer names found by this broadband router on local network will be listed here. You can select the computer name and click ‘
129 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. If you wish to use IP address-based filtering, please use ‘IP Filtering Table’ in this page: Please check ‘Enable IP Filtering Table’ box first, and select ‘Deny’ or ‘Allow’ to decide the behavior of IP filtering table (Deny the access of IP addresses in the list, or allow the access of IP addressees in the list). You have to click ‘Add PC’ button to add a new IP address to the list: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Item Name Description Client PC Description Please input any text to describe this IP address, up to 16 alphanumerical characters. Client PC IP address Please input the starting IP address in the left field, and input the end IP address in the right field to define a range of IP addresses, or just input the IP address in the left field to define a single IP address.
130 You also have to select the type of Internet services that will be applied to this access control rule from the list: You can select multiple services here. If you wish to deny or allow all services of certain IP address(es), please select both ‘TCP’ and ‘UDP’. If the service you wish to deny or allow is not listed, you can use ‘User Define Service’ table to add a new service of your own: