Edimax Broadband Router - Manuals

10 Menu Description Cable Modem Your ISP will automatically give you an IP address Fixed-IP xDSL Your ISP has given you an IP address already PPPoE xDSL Your ISP requires you to use a Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) connection. PPTP xDSL Your ISP requires you to use a Point-to-Point Tu...

12 1.3 PPPoE Select PPPoE if your ISP requires the PPPoE protocol to connect you to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section. Parameter Description User Name Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for the PPPoE connection Password Enter the Password provid...

15 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 ar...

16 Chapter 2 General Settings Once you click on the General Setup button at the Home Page, you should see the screen below. 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 S...

23 2.4.1 Basic Settings You can set parameters that are used for the wireless stations to connect to this router. The parameters include Mode, ESSID, Channel Number and Associated Client. Setting Page Parameters Default Description Mode It allows you to set the AP to AP, Bridge or WDS mode. Band It ...

39 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. 2.7.2 URL Blocking You can block access to some W eb sites from particular PCs by enteri...

44 Add/Edit Share Parameters Description Share Input the share name. Path Click on “ Open ” to open the path selecting window to select the sharing folder. Or click share all USB disks to share whole disks. Users Select the user that can access this shared folder and press “ Add ” to add into list o...

46 Parameters Description Tool You can format your USB disk by this tool. This NAS router supports FAT16, FAT32 and EXT2. Add By clicking this button, you can launch the Add Partition page for you to add a new partition on the USB disk. Remove Partition Select the partitions and click the “ Remove S...

48 Chapter 3 Status The Status section allows you to monitor the current status of your router. You can use the Status page to monitor: the connection status of the Broadband router's WAN/LAN interfaces, the current firmware and hardware version numbers, any illegal attempts to access your network, ...

52 Chapter 4 Tool This page includes the basic configuration tools, such as Configuration Tools (save or restore configuration settings), Firmware Upgrade (upgrade system firmware) and Reset. Parameters Description 4.1 Configuration Tools You can save the router ’ s current configuration, restore th...

53 4.2 Firmware Upgrade This page allows you to upgrade the router ’ s firmware Parameters Description Firmware Upgrade If his tool allows you to upgrade the Broadband router ’ s system firmware. To upgrade the firmware of your Broadband router, you need to download the firmware file to your local h...

54 Appendix A How to Manually find your PC ’ s IP and MAC address 1) In Window ’ s open the Command Prompt program 2) Type Ipconfig /all and <enter> • Your PC ’ s IP address is the one entitled IP address (192.168.1.77) • The router ’ s IP address is the one entitled Default Gateway (192.168.1...

55 Glossary Default Gateway (Router): Every non-router IP device needs to configure a default gateway ’ s IP address. When the device sends out an IP packet, if the destination is not on the same network, the device has to send the packet to its default gateway, which will then send it out towards t...