Edimax Router BR.6504N User Manual

 
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Please follow the following instructions to set wired LAN parameters: 
 
Please click ‘LAN’ menu on the left of web management interface, there are 
three setup groups here: ‘LAN IP’, ‘DHCP Server’, and ‘Static DHCP Leases 
Table’. Here are setup instructions for each of them: 
 
2-6-1 LAN IP section: 
 
 
 
Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
IP address :      Please input the IP address of this router. 
 
Subnet Mask :    Please input subnet mask for this network. 
 
802.1d         If...

 
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2-6-2 DHCP Server: 
 
 
 
These settings are only available when ‘DHCP Server’ in ‘LAN IP’ section is 
‘Enabled’, and here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
Lease Time :    Please choose a lease time (the duration that every 
computer can keep a specific IP address) of every IP 
address assigned by this router from dropdown menu. 
 
Start IP :      Please input the start IP address of the IP range. 
 
End IP :        Please input the end IP address of the IP range. 
 
Domain Name :    If you...

 
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2-6-3 Static DHCP Leases Table: 
This function allows you to assign a static IP address to a specific 
computer forever, so you don’t have to set the IP address for a computer, 
and still enjoy the benefit of using DHCP server. Maximum 16 static IP 
addresses can be assigned here. 
 
(If you set ‘Lease Time’ to ‘forever’ in ‘DHCP Server’ section, you can 
also assign an IP address to a specific computer permanently, however, 
you will not be able to assign a certain IP address to a specific...

 
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If you want to delete a specific item, please check the ‘Select’ box of a 
MAC address and IP address mapping , then click ‘Delete Selected’ 
button ; if you want to delete all mappings, click ‘Delete All’ . If you want 
to deselect all mappings, click ‘Reset . 
 
After you finish all LAN settings, please click ‘Apply’ button on the bottom 
of this page. After you click ‘Apply’, the following message will be 
displayed on your web browser: 
 
 
 
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup...

 
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2-7 Wireless LAN Configuration 
 
If your computer, PDA, game console, or other network devices which is 
equipped with wireless network interface, you can you can use the 
wireless function of this router to let them connect to Internet and share 
resources with other computers with wired-LAN connection. You can also 
use the built-in security functions to protect your network from being 
intruded by malicious intruders. 
 
Please follow the following instructions to set wireless parameters:...

 
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Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other 
setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will 
take effect (Please wait for about 50 seconds while router is rebooting). 
 
2-7-1 Basic Wireless Settings 
 
Please click ‘Wireless’ menu on the left of web management interface, then 
click ‘Basic Settings’, and the following message will be displayed on your 
web browser: 
 
 
 
This wireless router can be work in 4 modes:   
 
a. AP:...

 
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wireless routers, to expand the scope of network. 
 
d. AP Bridge-WDS: Connect this router with up to four WDS-capable 
wireless routers, to expand the scope of network. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Please select a proper operation mode you want to use from ‘Mode’ 
dropdown menu , and continue on other operation mode specific settings: 
 
AP        - Please go to section 2-7-1-1 
AP Bridge-Point to Point     - Please go to section 2-7-1-2 
AP Bridge-Point to Multi Point  - Please go to section 2-7-1-3 
AP...

 
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ESSID :    This is the name of wireless router. You can type any 
alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32 
characters. ESSID is used to identify your own wireless 
router from others when there are other wireless routers 
in the same area. Default SSID is ‘default’, it’s 
recommended to change default ESSID value to the one 
which is meaningful to you, like myhome, office_room1, 
etc. 
 
Channel Number : Please select a channel from the dropdown list of...

 
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2-7-1-2 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge-Point to Point: 
 
In this mode, you can connect your wireless router with another, to combine 
two access points and expand the scope of wireless network, and all clients 
(wired only – AP will not accept wireless clients in this mode) of two 
wireless routers will think they’re on the same physical network. This 
function is very convenient when you need to connect two networks between 
two buildings. Here are instructions about how to...

 
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Channel  Select the channel you want to use, two wireless 
Number    routers must use the same setting. 
 
MAC 
address    Input the MAC address of another wireless router. 
 
Set    Click to set security settings for this connection 
Security    (Please go to section ‘2-7-3 Wireless Security’   
for detailed instructions). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2-7-1-3 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point’: 
 
 
 
Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
Band    Select the band you want to use, two...