Edimax Router BR-6574n User Manual

							2-2-4 Windows Vista IP address setup: 
 
1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your 
computer), then click control panel. Click View Network Status and 
Ta s k s, then click Manage Network Connections..Right-click Local Area 
Netwrok, then select ‘Properties’. Local Area Connection Properties 
window will appear, select ‘Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP / IPv4), and 
then click ‘Properties’ 
 
 
  
						

							2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server 
address automatically’, then click ‘OK’. 
 
  
						

							2-3 Connect to broadband router by web browser 
 
Default IP address of this broadband router is ‘192.168.2.1’, and you can 
connect to broadband router’s web-based configuration interface by any 
connected computer with web browser (Internet Explorer 5.x or above, 
Firefox, or Netscape). 
 
Please input ‘192.168.2.1’ in web browser’s address bar and press ‘Enter’ 
key to establish connection: 
 
 
 
You should see the following authentication window: 
 
  
						

							Please input ‘admin’ in ‘User name’ field, and ‘1234’ in ‘Password’ field, 
and click ‘OK’ button to enter web configuration interface. 
 
 
 
TIPS: If you can’t establish connection with broadband router with web 
browser (got ‘The page cannot be displayed’ or similar error message), 
the IP address you inputted may be wrong. If you’ve changed the IP 
address of this broadband router previously, please input correct IP 
address instead of the default IP address ’192.168.2.1’. 
 
If the DHCP server function of this broadband router is enabled, please 
follow the following instructions to find out the IP address of this 
broadband router: 
  
						

							Please click ‘start’ -> ‘run’ at the bottom-lower corner of your desktop: 
 
 
 
Input ‘cmd’, then click ‘OK’ 
 
 
  
						

							Input ‘ipconfig’, then press ‘Enter’ key. Please check the IP address 
followed by ‘Default Gateway’ (In this example, the IP address of router 
is 192.168.2.1, please note that this value may be different.) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
If you tried the instructions listed above and still can not find the IP 
address of this broadband router / you forget the password, please reset 
the broadband router. 
NOTE: If the IP address of Gateway is not displayed, or the address followed 
by ‘IP Address’ begins with ‘169’, please recheck network connection 
between your computer and router, and / or go to the beginning of this 
chapter, to recheck every step of network setup procedure.  
						

							2-4 Using ‘Quick Setup’ 
 
This broadband router provides a ‘Quick Setup’ menu, and you can setup 
basic parameters of this broadband router. 
 
Please follow the following instructions to use ‘Quick Setup’ menu: 
 
1. Click ‘Quick Setup’ after logged in. 
 
 
  
						

							2. In the first step of quick setup, you can setup automatic time 
synchronization settings.   
 
 
The descriptions of every setting items are listed as follow: 
 
Item Name Description 
Time Zone  Please select a time zone of the country or 
region of your residence here. If you can’t find 
the country / region of your residence here, 
please select a city / region which time zone is 
the same with the country / region of your 
residence. 
Time Server Address  This load-balance router supports NTP 
(Network Time Protocol). NTP server will 
provide correct time for this router to setup the 
date and time of the router automatically. 
Please input the host name or IP address of 
NTP server here. If you don’t know the host 
name or IP address of time server, please ask 
network administrator or use ‘pool.ntp.org’ as 
time server. 
Daylight Savings  If the country / region of your residence use 
daylight saving time, please check ‘Enable 
Function’ box, and select the beginning and 
ending date of daylight time saving. 
 
  
						

							After you finish with time zone settings, please click ‘Next’ to proceed to 
next step of quick setup - broadband type: 
 
 
 
Please choose the broadband (Internet connection) type you’re using in 
this page. There are six types of Internet connection, they are: 
 
Cable Modem      - Please go to section 2-4-1 
Fixed-IP xDSL      - Please go to section 2-4-2 
PPPoE xDSL      - Please go to section 2-4-3 
PPTP xDSL       - Please go to section 2-4-4 
L2TP xDSL       - Please go to section 2-4-5 
Telstra Big Pond     - Please go to section 2-4-6 
 
If you’re not sure, please contact your Internet service provider. A wrong 
Internet connection type will cause connection problem, and you will not 
be able to connect to internet. 
  
						

							If you want to go back to previous step, please press ‘Back’ button on the 
bottom of this page. 
 
 
 
 
 
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NOTE: Some service providers use ‘DHCP’ (Dynamic Host 
Configuration Protocol) to assign IP address to you. In this case, you 
can choose ‘Cable Modem’ as Internet connection type, even you’re 
using another connection type, like xDSL. Also, some cable modem 
uses PPPoE, so you can choose ‘PPPoE xDSL’ for such cable modem 
connection, even you’re using a cable modem.