Edimax Router BR.6504N User Manual

 
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2-7-3-4 WPA RADIUS: 
 
If you have a RADIUS server, this router can work with it and provide safer 
wireless authentication. 
 
 
 
Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
WPA Unicast      Please select a type of WPA cipher suite. 
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     Please input the IP address of your 
IP address :...

 
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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). 
 
2-7-4 Wireless Access Control 
 
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...

 
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Table’ , and Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
Delete Selected :    If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry, 
check the ‘select’ box of the MAC address you want to 
delete, then click ‘Delete Selected’ button. (You can 
select more than one MAC addresses). 
 
Delete All :    If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here, 
please click ‘Delete All’ button. 
 
Reset :    You can also click ‘Reset’ button to unselect all MAC 
addresses. 
 
Enable Wireless    To enforce MAC...

 
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After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’    button, and the 
following message will be displayed on your web browser: 
 
 
 
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). 
 
If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, 
please click ‘Cancel’ button. 
  

 
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2-7-5 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) 
 
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way to build connection 
between wireless network clients and this wireless router. You don’t have to 
select encryption mode and input a long encryption passphrase every time 
when you need to setup a wireless client, you only have to press a button on 
wireless client and this wireless router, and the WPS will do the rest for you. 
 
This wireless router supports two types of WPS: Push-Button Configuration 
(PBC), and...

 
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Setup Information  here: 
 
          WPS Status: If the wireless security (encryption)   
          function of this wireless router is properly set, you’ll   
    see ‘Configured’ message here. If wireless security   
          function has not been set, you’ll see ‘unConfigured’. 
 
     Self PIN code: This is the WPS PIN code of this   
          wireless router. This code is useful when you need to   
          build wireless connection by WPS with other   
     WPS-enabled wireless devices....

 
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2-7-6 Security Tips for Wireless Network 
 
Here are some quick tips to help you improve the security level of your 
wireless network: 
 
1. Do not use 100% radio output power unless it’s necessary; higher output 
power means border wireless coverage, but if you’re not using this 
wireless router in a really big space, you’ll let your neighbors have the 
chance to do something bad to your network. If the wireless router is not 
far away from your computer, try to start from 10% Tx Power setting in...

 
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Chapter III    Advanced Functions 
 
3-1 Quality of Service (QoS) 
 
Quality of service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to 
share the internet bandwidth with a promised quality of internet service. 
Without QoS, all computers and devices on the network will compete with 
each other to get internet bandwidth, and some applications which require 
guaranteed bandwidth (like video streaming and network telephone) will be 
affected, therefore an unpleasing result will occur, like...

 
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Enable QoS :    Check this box to enable QoS function, unselect this 
box if you don’t want to enforce QoS bandwidth 
limitations. 
 
Total Download    You can set the limit of total download   
Bandwidth :    bandwidth in kbits. To disable download bandwidth 
limitation, input ‘0’ here. 
 
Total Upload      You can set the limit of total upload 
Bandwidth :    bandwidth in kbits. To disable upload bandwidth 
limitation, input ‘0’ here. 
 
Current QoS     All existing QoS rules will be displayed...

 
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Move Down :    You can lower the priority of the QoS rule you selected 
by clicking this button. 
 
Reset :    If you want to erase all values you just entered. Click 
‘Reset’. 
 
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’    button, and the 
following message will be displayed on your web browser: 
 
 
 
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...