Edimax Router Wireless VPN Broadband User Manual

							
 
Select an application from the Popular 
Applications selection. Once you have 
selected an application, select a location (1-
10) in the Copy to selection box and then 
click the Copy to  button. This will 
automatically list the Public Ports required for 
this popular application in the location (1-10) 
you’d specified. 
 Add Special Application  Fill in the Trigger Port, Trigger Type”,  “Public Port”, Public Type, Public Port and 
Comment of the setting to be added and 
then click Add. Then this Special Application 
setting will be added into the Current 
Trigger-Port Table below. If you find any typo 
before adding it and want to retype again, just 
click Clear and the fields will be cleared. 
  If you want to add a popular application, 
select one “Popular Application” and then 
click “Add”. 
 Remove Special Application  If you want to remove some Special  Application settings from the  Current 
Trigger-Port Table, select the Special 
Application settings you want to remove in the 
table and then click Delete Selected. If you 
want remove all Special Appliacation settings 
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 above 
configurations. You can now configur e other advance sections or start 
using the router (with the advance settings in place) 
 Example: Special Applications   
If you need to run applications that require multiple connections, then 
specify the port (outbound) normally associ ated with that application in the 
Trigger Port field. Then select the protocol type (TCP or UDP) and enter 
the public ports associated with the trigger port to open them up for 
inbound traffic.
   Example:  
 
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ID Trigger Port Trigger Type   Public Port Public Type Comment 
1 28800 UDP 2300-2400, 47624TCP MSN Game Zone
2 6112 UDP 6112 UDP Battle.net 
 
In the example above, when a user trigger’s port 28800 (outbound) for 
MSN Game Zone then the router will allow incoming packets for ports 
2300-2400 and 47624 to be directed to that user.  Note: Only one LAN 
client can use a particular special application at a time. 
 2.6.4 UPnP Settings  With UPnP, all PCs in you Intranet w ill discover this router automatically. 
So you do not have to do any configuration for your PC and can access 
the Internet through this router easily. 
 
  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 
 
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provided by UPnP can let applications that 
support UPnP smoothly connect to Internet 
sites without any incompatibility problem due to 
the NAPT port translation. 
  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) 
  2.6.5 ALG Settings You can select applications that need “Application Layer Gateway” to 
support. 
 
  Parameters        Default  Description  Enable  You can select to enable “Application Layer 
Gateway”, then the router will let that 
application correctly pass though the NAT 
gateway. 
  
 
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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) 
 2.6.6 Static Routing  This router provides Static Routing function when NAT is disabled. With 
Static Routing, the rout er can forward packets according to your routing 
rules. The IP sharing function will not  work any more in Static Routing 
mode. 
Note:  The DMZ function of firewall will not  work if static routing is enabled.  
  Parameter   Description  Enable Static Routing  Static Routi ng function is default disabled. You 
have to enable the Static Routing function before 
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. 
 
 
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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 Coun t and Interface of 
the rule to be added and then click Add. Then 
this rule of Static Routing will be added into the 
Static Routing Table below. If you find any typo 
before adding it and want to retype again, just 
click Reset and the fields will be cleared. 
 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 then 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 < Apply>  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) 
 2.7 Firewall  The Broadband router provides extensive  firewall protection by restricting 
connection parameters, thus limiti ng the risk of hacker attack, and 
defending against a wide array of comm on Internet attacks. However, for 
applications that require unrestricted access to the Internet, you can 
configure a specific client/server  as a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).  
 Note: To enable the Firewall settings select  Enable and click  Apply 
 
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  Parameters  Description  2.6.1 Access Control  Access Control allows you to specify which 
hosts users can or cannot have access to 
certain Internet applications   
 2.6.2 URL Blocking  URL Blocking allow you to specify which URLs  can not be accessed by users. 
 2.6.3 DoS  The Broadband routers firewall can block 
common hacker attacks and can log the attack 
activities. 
 2.6.4 DMZ   The DMZ function allows you to re-direct all 
packets going to your WAN port IP address to a 
particular IP address in your LAN. 
Click on one of the firewall selections and proceed to the manual’s relevant 
sub-section 
 2.7.1 Access Control If you want to restrict users  from accessing certain Internet 
applications/services (e.g. Internet websites, email, FTP etc.), then this is 
the place to set that configuration.  Access Control allows users to define 
the traffic type permitted in your LAN. You can control which PC client can 
have access to these services.  
 
 
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   Parameters  Description  Deny If select “Deny” then all PCs will be allowed to 
access Internet accept for the PCs in the list 
below. 
 Allow  If select “Allow” then all PCs will be denied to 
access Internet accept for the PCs in the list 
below. 
 Filter client PCs by IP  Fill “IP Filterin g Table” to filter PC clients by IP.  Add PC You can click Add PC to add an access control 
rule for users by IP addresses. 
 Remove PC  If you want to remove some PC from the IP 
Filtering Table, select the PC you want to 
remove in the table and then click Delete 
Selected. If you want remove all PCs from the 
table, just click Delete All button. 
 Filter client PC by MAC address  C heck “Enable MAC Filtering” to enable 
MAC Filtering. 
 
 
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Add PC  Fill in “Client PC MAC Address” and “Comment” of the PC that is allowed to access the Internet, and then click “Add”. 
If you find any typo before adding it and want to retype 
again, just click Reset and the fields will be cleared. 
 Remove PC  If you want to remove  some PC from the MAC Filtering 
Table, select the PC you want to remove in the table and 
then click Delete Selected. If you want remove all PCs 
from the table, just click Delete All button. If you want to 
clear the selection and re-select again, just click “Reset”. 
  You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router 
(with the advance settings in place) 
 
  Add PC Parameters  Description Client PC Description  The descrip tion for this client PC rule.  Client PC IP Addresses  Enter the IP address range that you wish to 
apply this Access Control rule. This is the 
user’s IP address(es) that you wish to setup an 
Access Control rule. 
     
 
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 Note: You need to give your LAN PC clients a 
fixed/static IP address  for the Access Control 
rule to work properly. 
 Client PC Service  You can block  the clients from accessing some 
Internet services by ch ecking the services you 
want to block. 
 Protocol  This allows you to select UDP, TCP or both 
protocol type you want to block. 
 Port Range  It can be assign up to five port ranges. The 
router will block clients from accessing Internet 
services that use these ports. 
 Apply Changes  Click “Apply Chang es” to save the setting.  Reset Click “Reset” to clear all fields.   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) 
 Example: Access Control  In the example below, LAN client A can only access websites that use Port 
80. However, LAN client B is able to access websites and any other 
service that uses ports between 80 and 999. 
 
  
 
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2.7.2 URL Blocking  You can block access to some Web sites from particular PCs by entering a 
full URL address or just keyword of the Web site. 
 
  Parameters  Description  Enable URL Blocking  Enable/disable URL Blocking  Add URL Keyword  Fill in “URL/Keyword” and then click “Add”. You can enter the full URL address or the keyword of 
the web site you want to block. If you find any 
typo before adding it and want to retype again, 
just click Reset and the field will be cleared. 
 Remove URL Keyword  If you want to remove some URL keyword from the Current URL Blocking  Table, select the URL 
keyword you want to remove in the table and 
then click Delete Selected. If you want remove 
all URL keyword from the table, just click Delete 
All button. If you want to clear the selection and 
re-select again, ju st click “Reset”. 
  You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router 
(with the advance settings in place) 
 
 
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