Edimax Router Wireless VPN Broadband User Manual

							
 
connection. You can start using the router now, if you wish to use some of 
the advance features supported by this router see chapter 2, 3, 4. 
 1.4 PPTP  Select PPTP if your ISP requires the PPTP protocol to connect you to the 
Internet. Your ISP should provide all the  information required in this section. 
  Parameter   Description  Obtain an IP address  The ISP requires you to obtain an IP address by 
DHCP automatically before connecting to the PPTP 
server. 
 Use the following          The ISP give you a static IP to be used to connect 
IP address                    to the  PPTP server. 
   IP Address  This is the IP address that your ISP has given you 
to establish a PPTP connection 
.  Subnet Mask  Enter the Subnet Mask provided by your ISP (e.g.  255.255.255.0) 
 Gateway  Enter the IP address of the ISP Gateway  
 
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User ID Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for the 
PPTP connection. Sometimes called a Connection 
ID  
 Password  Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the 
PPTP connection 
 PPTP Gateway  If your LAN has a PPTP gateway, then enter that PPTP  gateway IP address here. If you do not have a PPTP 
gateway then enter the ISP’s Gateway IP address 
above  
 Connection ID  This is the ID given by ISP. This is optional.  BEZEQ-ISRAEL  Select this item if you are using the service provided by BEZEQ in Israel. 
 Connection Type  If you select “Continuous”, the router will always connect to the ISP. If th e WAN line breaks down and 
links again, the router will auto-reconnect to the ISP. 
  If you select “Connect On Demand”, the router will 
auto-connect to the ISP when someone want to use the 
Internet and keep connected un til the WAN idle timeout. 
The router will close the WAN connection if the time 
period that no one is using the Internet exceeds the 
“Idle Time”. 
  If you select “Manual”, the router will connect to ISP 
only when you click “Connect” manually from the Web 
user interface. The WAN connection will not 
disconnected due to the idle timeout. If the WAN line 
breaks down and latter links again, the router will not 
auto-connect to the ISP. 
 Idle Time  You can specify an idle time threshold (minutes) for the  WAN port. This means if no packets have been sent 
(no one using the Internet) throughout this specified 
period, then the router will automatically disconnect the 
connection with your ISP.  
 Note: This “idle timeout” function may not work due to 
abnormal activities of some network application 
software, computer virus or hacker attacks from the 
Internet. For example, some software sends network 
packets to the Internet in the background, even when 
you are not using the Internet. So please turn off your 
 
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computer when you are not using it. This function also 
may not work with some ISP. So please make sure this 
function can work properly when you use this function 
in the first time, especially your ISP charge you by time 
used. 
 Click  when you have finished the configuration above. 
Congratulations ! You have completed the configuration for the PPTP 
connection. You can start using the router now, if you wish to use some of 
the advance features  supported by this router see chapter 2, 3, 4. 
 1.5 L2TP Select L2TP if your ISP requires the L2TP protocol to connect you to the 
Internet. Your ISP should provide all the  information required in this section. 
 
  Parameter   Description  Obtain an IP address  The ISP requires you to obtain an IP address by 
DHCP automatically before connecting to the L2TP 
server. 
 MAC Address  Your ISP may require a particular MAC address in 
order for you to connect to the Internet. This MAC 
address is the PCs MAC address that your ISP 
had originally connected your Internet connection to. 
 
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Type in this MAC address in this section or use the 
Clone MAC Address button to replace the WAN 
MAC address with the MAC address of that PC 
(you have to be using that PC for the Clone MAC 
Address button to work). To find out the PCs MAC 
address see Appendix A. (see Glossary for an 
explanation on MAC address) 
 Use the following      The ISP gives you a static IP to be used  IP address                 to connect to the L2TP server.  IP Address  This is the IP address that your ISP has given you to establish a L2TP connection.  
 Subnet Mask  Enter the Subnet Mask provided by your ISP (e.g. 255.255.255.0) 
  Gateway  Enter the IP address of the ISP Gateway  User ID Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for the 
PPTP connection. Sometimes  called a Connection ID  
 Password  Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the 
PPTP connection 
 L2TP Gateway  If your LAN has a L2TP gateway, then enter that L2TP gateway IP address here. If you do not have a 
L2TP gateway then enter the ISP’s Gateway IP 
address above  
 MTU  This is optional. You can specify the maximum size of 
your transmission packet to the Internet. Leave it as it 
is if you to not wish to set a maximum packet size. 
 Connection Type  If you select “Continuous”, the router will always  connect to the ISP. If th e WAN line breaks down and 
links again, the router will auto-reconnect to the ISP. 
  If you select “Connect On Demand”, the router will 
auto-connect to the ISP when someone want to use 
the Internet and keep connected until the WAN idle 
timeout. The router will close the WAN connection if 
the time period that no one is using the Internet 
exceeds the “I dle Time”. 
 
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 If you select “Manual”, the router will connect to ISP 
only when you click “Connect” manually from the 
Web user interface. The  WAN connection will not be 
disconnected due to the idle timeout. If the WAN line 
breaks down and latter links again, the router will not 
auto-connect to the ISP. 
 Idle Time Out  The WAN  idle timeout auto-disconnect function may not  work due to abnormal activities of some network 
application software, computer virus or hacker attacks from 
the Internet. For example, some software sends network 
packets to the Internet in the background, even when you 
are not using the Internet. This function also may not work 
with some ISP. So please make sure this function can work 
properly when you use this function in the first time, 
especially your ISP charge you by time used. Due to the 
many uncontrollable issues, we do not guarantee the WAN  
idle timeout auto-disconnect function will always work. In 
order to prevent from extra fee charged by ISP, please 
TURN OFF THE ROUTER WHEN YOU FINISHED USING 
THE INTERNET . 
  Click  when you have finished the configuration above. 
Congratulations ! You have completed the configuration for the L2TP 
connection. You can start using the router now, if you wish to use some of 
the advance features  supported by this router see chapter 2, 3, 4. 
 1.6 Telstra Big Pond  Select Telstra Big Pond if your ISP requires the Telstra Big Pond protocol 
to connect you to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information 
required in this section. Telstra Big Po nd protocol is used by the ISP in 
Australia. 
 
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 Parameter   Description  User Name Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for 
the Telstra Big Pond connection  
 Password  Enter the Password provided by your ISP for 
the Telstra Big Pond connection 
 User deside login server  Select if you want to assign the IP of Telstra Big  Pond’s login  
manually server  manually.  Login Server The IP of the Login Server.   Click  when you have finished the configuration above. 
Congratulations ! You have completed the configuration for the Telstra Big 
Pond connection. You can start using the router now, if you wish to use 
some of the advance features supported by  this router see chapter 2, 3, 4. 
 Chapter 2  General Settings  Once you click on the General Setup button at the Home Page, you 
should see the screen below. 
 
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 If you have already configured the Quick Setup Wizard you do NOT need 
to configure anything thing in the General Setup screen for you to start 
using the Internet.  
 The General Setup contains advanced features that allow you to configure 
the router to meet your network’ s needs such as: Wireless, Address 
Mapping, Virtual Server,  Access Control, Hacker Attack Prevention, 
Special Applications, DM Z and other functions.  
 Below is a general description of what advance functions are available for 
this broadband router 
  Menu     Description  2.1 System  This section allows  you to set the Broadband router’s 
system Time Zone, Password and Remote Management 
Administrator. 
  2.2 WAN  This section allows you to select the connection method in  order to establish a connection  with your ISP (same as the 
Quick Setup Wizard section)   
 2.3 LAN  You can specify the LAN segment’s IP address, subnet  Mask, enable/disable DHCP and select an IP range for 
your LAN 
 
 
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2.4 Wireless  Setup the wireless LAN’s SSID, WEP key, MAC filtering.  2.5 QoS  You can setup the QoS bandwidth control policy.  2.6 NAT  You can configure the Address Mapping, Virtual Server and 
Special Applications functions in  this section. This allows 
you to specify what user/packet can pass your router’s NAT. 
 2.7 Firewall  The Firewall section allows you to configure Access Control,  Hacker Prevention and DMZ. 
 Select one of the above five General Setup selections and proceed to the 
manual’s relevant sub-section  
 2.1 System  The system screen allows you to specify a time zone, to change the 
system password and to specify a remote management user for the 
broadband router. 
 
  Parameters  Description System Settings  
 
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2.1.1 Time Zone Select the time zone of the country you are 
currently in. The router will set its time based 
on your selection.  
 2.1.2 Password Settings  Allows you to select a password in order to  access the web-based management website. 
 2.1.3 Remote Management   You can sp ecify a Host IP address that can 
perform remote management functions. 
 Select one of the above three system settings selections and proceed to 
the manual’s relevant sub-section 
 2.1.1 Time Zone The Time Zone allows your router to reference or base its time on the 
settings configured here, which will af fect functions such as Log entries 
and Firewall settings. 
 
  Parameter   Description  Set Time Zone  Select the time zone of the country you are 
currently in. The router will set its time based 
on your selection.  
 
 
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Time Server Address  The router default the “Time Server Address” 
is “192.43.244.18” 
 Enable Daylight Savings  The router can also take Daylight savings into  account. If you wish to use this function, you 
must check/tick the enable box to enable your 
daylight saving configuration (below). 
 Start Daylight Savings Time Select the period in which you wish to start 
daylight Savings Time 
 End Daylight Savings Time  Select the period in which you wish to end 
daylight Savings Time 
 Click   at the bottom of the screen to save the above 
configurations. You can now configur e other advance sections or start 
using the router (with the advance settings in place) 
 2.1.2 Password Settings 
You can change the password required to log into the broadband routers 
system web-based management. By def ault, there is no password. So 
please assign a password to the Admini strator as soon as possible, and 
store it in a safe place. Passwo rds can contain 0 to 12 alphanumeric 
characters, and are case sensitive. 
  
 
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