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BR-6641 User Manual 1 Table of Contents Chapter1 Quick Start .................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Preparation ...............................................................................................................4 1.2 Acc...
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BR-6641 User Manual 2 4.4 QoS ......................................................................................................................... 62 4.5 Per IP Max Connection ........................................................................................... 66 4.6 Per IP Max Rate Cont...
Page 4 - Linux Open Source Code; GNU; The GPL Code and LGPL Code used in Edimax products are distributed
BR-6641 User Manual 3 Copyright © by Edimax Technology Co, LTD. all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magne...
Page 5 - Chapter1 Quick Start
BR-6641 User Manual 4 Chapter1 Quick Start At the first time using the product of BR-6641, you may confronted with complicated settings which prevents you from starting well. This chapter will explain the basic functionalities of BR-6641 and how to operate and configure the system.It will also cover...
Page 6 - help you complete the setup of BR-6641 parameters.
BR-6641 User Manual 5 help you complete the setup of BR-6641 parameters. BR-6641 uses a web-based management user interface (Web-based UI). Due to internal design constraints, you have to use MS Internet Explorer 6.0 (IE 6.0), or higher to access the Web-based UI. A screen resolution of 800x600 or...
Page 7 - Default password for Administrator and Monitor are 1234 and 5678,
BR-6641 User Manual 6 1.2 Access to the Web-based UI The Web-based UI enables you to easily perform every configuration task. Follow the steps below to access the Web-based UI. 1. Connect your PC Ethernet LAN interface to LAN port of BR-6641 with a cross-over cable. The default management LAN port o...
Page 9 - What shall we do if we forget the new password?; interface, execute system reset to default.
BR-6641 User Manual 8 1.3 BR-6641 Web-based UI Overview After logging in, you will be able to start configuring or monitoring BR-6641 through the Web-based UI. In order to help you to familiar with the basic operations, the explanations are as follows: The Web-based UI tasks are grouped into four ca...
Page 10 - Open the IE browser to access the Web-based UI
BR-6641 User Manual 9 second: 9600, Data bits: 8, Parity: None, Stop bits: 8, Flow control: None. The serial console and Web-based UI use the same username and password pairs. By default, the password of “Administrator” is 1234, and the password of “Monitor” is 5678. If the password is changed via t...
Page 11 - Summary”
BR-6641 User Manual 10 1.4 How to use BR-6641 Web-based UI This section describes the operations and arrangement of Web Based UI, figure 1-2 displays the operating menu of BR-6641 Web-based UI system. BR-6641 Web Based UI Operating Menu Items 1.4.1 BR-6641 Operating Menu The task bar of operating me...
Page 13 - Write a note for the current rule; Checkbox; The; network environment.
BR-6641 User Manual 12 Write a note for the current rule . Table 5.1 Operating Rules When you add a new rule, the newly added rule will be placed right below the current rule. Moving the rule up or down will swap positions between the upper and lower rules. Checkbox It is quite common that you see t...
Page 14 - Chapter 2 System; fulfill the configuration.
BR-6641 User Manual 13 Chapter 2 System In this chapter, you will learn how to configure system settings. System settings are the fundamental configurations of the BR-6641 system. They have to be specific in order for the system to work properly. Examples are provided here to help you to fulfill the...
Page 15 - System Information; Category Field
BR-6641 User Manual 14 2.1 Summary [Summary] is in the submenu of [System], which helps the Administrator to know the system information. While logging in the Web UI, System/Summary is the first page you see when you log into BR-6641’s web-based UI. [Summary] provide the following information: Syste...
Page 16 - WAN Link State
BR-6641 User Manual 15 WAN Link State The section on WAN Link State shows the current status of each and every WAN link. Each WAN link is represented as a color-coded block with the following color coding scheme to indicate its status. The allowed number of WAN Link is also shown here. y Green: Acti...
Page 17 - Traffic Statistics; Field Value
BR-6641 User Manual 16 2.2 Traffic Statistics Figure 3.2 The Location of “System/Traffic Statistics” on the Menu Bar In the traffic statistics page, you can inspect real-time traffic information sorted by traffic class over each WAN link. The statistics of traffic classes in the table is adjusted ac...
Page 18 - System; Network; ARP Enforcement updates ARP tables of servers and
BR-6641 User Manual 17 2.3 Diagnostic Tools System Traffic Statistics Summary Diagnostic Tools Administration Date & Time Network Service Log Figure 3.3 The Location of “System/Diagnostic Tools” on the Menu Bar ARP Enforcement: ARP Enforcement updates ARP tables of servers and network devices ar...
Page 21 - In this page, you can set up time related configurations.
BR-6641 User Manual 20 2.4 Date&Time System Traffic Statistics Summary Diagnostic Tools Administration Date & Time Network Service Log Figure 3.4 The Location of “System/Date/Time” on the Menu Bar 2.4.1 Date&Time Setting In this page, you can set up time related configurations. For time ...
Page 23 - on the screen to update.
BR-6641 User Manual 22 2.5 Administration Figure 3.5 The Location of “System/Administration” on the Menu Bar In this page, you can do a few administrative tasks. First, you can change the password of Administrator and Monitor accounts. Every BR-6641 comes with the same passwords initially. To avoid ...
Page 24 - entire customized configuration.; Administrator Password:; Field Value Description; Obtain the latest firmware pack from your SI or VAR
BR-6641 User Manual 23 You can reset BR-6641 to its factory default state. In doing this, you will lose your entire customized configuration. Finally, you can reboot BR-6641. Due to web interface limitations. There will not be any messages after you have rebooted the system. Wait two minutes or so a...
Page 26 - Chapter3 Network; The Location of “Network” on the Menu Bar
BR-6641 User Manual 25 Chapter3 Network Figure 3.1 The Location of “Network” on the Menu Bar
Page 29 - as in the Basic Setting table.
BR-6641 User Manual 28 3.1.1 Standard Mode Basic Setting: Figure 3.4 Standard Mode / Basic Setting When you select Standard Mode as the WAN Type, you need to fill the parameters as in the Basic Setting table.
Page 30 - WAN Link Health Detection:; particular network structure and/or a particular ISP.
BR-6641 User Manual 29 Basic Setting: Field Value Description Down Stream The down stream (inbound) bandwidth of the WAN link, for example 25600 (Kbps). Up Stream The up stream (outbound) bandwidth of the WAN link, for example 25600 (Kbps). Port Speed Auto 10Mbps/Half duplex10Mbps/Full duplex 100Mbp...
Page 31 - Health Detection page, the following parameters are available:; Field Description
BR-6641 User Manual 30 Health Detection page, the following parameters are available: Figure 3.5 WAN Link Health Detection Field Description Never BR-6641 assumes a healthy WAN and stop monitoring ICMP and TCP packets. Always BR-6641 will always do the health detection according to the rules. Only w...
Page 34 - ADSL account information to obtain IPs from the ISP PPPoE server.
BR-6641 User Manual 33 3.1.3 PPPoE Mode PPPoE is a very popular bridging mode protocol for ADSL. You need to specify the ADSL account information to obtain IPs from the ISP PPPoE server. Figure 3.7 PPPoE Mode / Basic Setting Field Value Description Down Stream The down stream (inbound) bandwidth of ...
Page 38 - IP and its actual public IP deployed in DMZ.
BR-6641 User Manual 37 3.1.5 Advanced Mode Advanced mode is used where BR-6641 is connected with a router via its private IP and its actual public IP deployed in DMZ. Figure 3.9 Advanced Model / Basic Setting
Page 40 - Basic Subnet
BR-6641 User Manual 39 3.2 LAN Setting Figure 3.10 Network/LAN Setting Basic Subnet The table of Basic Subnet allows you to specify one or more private subnets that connect to BR-6641 directly. Figure 3.11 LAN Setting / Basic Subnet
Page 41 - RIP Configuration; in LAN enable RIP v2, check the checkbox in front of RIP v2.; Static Routing Subnet
BR-6641 User Manual 40 Input the IP Address of LAN Port in [Basic Subnet] - [IP Address] and input the corresponding subnet mask in [Netmask]. Select the corresponding Speed/Duplex in [Port-Speed]. RIP Configuration BR-6641 support RIP (Routing Information Protocols) for both version 1 and 2. RIP v1...
Page 43 - example of how you set it up.
BR-6641 User Manual 42 3.3 DHCP Setting Figure 3.15 Network / DHCP Setting Click on “Enable DHCP” to enable this function. BR-6641 is a client using DHCP to acquire a dynamic IP address from an ISP’s DHCP server. The following is an example of how you set it up.
Page 52 - Service Grouping; port selection list if the service group is enabled.
BR-6641 User Manual 51 3.7 Service Grouping This function allows you to assign a name to a group of TCP ports, UDP ports, and/or ICMP. Later on when you are asked to specify a port, you can use the name of the service group instead. The name of a service group will automatically show up in the port ...
Page 54 - Chapter 4 Service; look into the services provided by BR-6641.
BR-6641 User Manual 53 Chapter 4 Service After having set up your network environment in the previous chapter, we will now look into the services provided by BR-6641. These services can help you manage your network more efficiently and effectively. In figure 4.1, you can see a list of functions BR-6...
Page 55 - listed at the top of the list are given higher precedence.
BR-6641 User Manual 54 4.1 Firewall [Summary] is in the submenu of [System], which helps the Administrator to know the system information. While logging in the Web UI, System/Summary is the first page you see when you log into BR-6641’s web-based UI. [Summary] provide the following information: Figu...
Page 61 - LAN or DMZ, when you don’t want the private IP address to be public.
BR-6641 User Manual 60 4.3 Virtual Server Virtual Server is a feature to make your intranet (LAN) servers available to the Internet (WAN). Because the private IP addresses assigned to the intranet servers are invisible to the external environment. If you wish to make these services (provided on the ...
Page 63 - The setting of QoS includes two parts: Classes and Filters.
BR-6641 User Manual 62 4.4 QoS BR-6641 provides QoS towards both inbound and outbound traffic. It can ensure certain services which are allocated enough bandwidth to provide satisfactory quality. Because of the burst nature of voice/video/data traffic, sometimes the amount of traffic exceeds the spe...
Page 64 - Settings and Outbound Settings by collapse or expand them..
BR-6641 User Manual 63 You can configure your own bandwidth limit for each WAN link in Inbound Bandwidth Settings and Outbound Settings by collapse or expand them.. Figure 4.6 The Screenshot of Classes Classes: Field Description Name <Input name> The name for this bandwidth class. We recommend...
Page 67 - Per IP Max Connection; Figure 4.8 The screenshot of Per IP Max Connection
BR-6641 User Manual 66 4.5 Per IP Max Connection Figure 4.7 The Location of “Service / Per IP Max Connection” on the Menu Bar This function is used to protect network against malicious attacks caused by virus or hackers. When the number of connections exceeds the preset value, BR-6641 will block the...
Page 69 - Per IP Max Rate Control; Figure 4.10 The screenshot of Per IP Max Rate Control
BR-6641 User Manual 68 4.6 Per IP Max Rate Control Figure 4.9 The Location of “Service / Per IP Max Rate Control” on the Menu Bar This function is used to set the maximum bandwidth assigned to inbound and outbound traffic per IP in order to prevent network congestion from non-business application ba...
Page 71 - requests. Based on a unique technology called SwiftDNS
BR-6641 User Manual 70 4.7 Multihoming Figure 4.11 The Location of “Service / Multihoming” on the Menu Bar BR-6641’s auto-routing service is a trunking technology that provides load balancing and fault tolerance for all outbound requests. But it does not apply to inbound requests. Based on a unique ...
Page 72 - Global Setting; reverse looking up the host name of corresponding IP Address.
BR-6641 User Manual 71 are still reachable via other live WAN links. In order to let your Multihoming function properly, you must make sure that the requirements listed below are met. Prerequisites for Multihoming: Multiple WAN links (at least two). Registered domain names for your publicly accessib...
Page 76 - the fields in this page.
BR-6641 User Manual 75 4.8 Internal DNS Figure 4.13 The Location of “Service / Internal DNS” on the Menu Bar BR-6641 has a built-in DNS server function which can be activated by completing the fields in this page. Global Settings: Field Value Enable InternalDNS Turn on/off internal DNS server. PTR R...
Page 78 - used in the management of TCP/IP networks.
BR-6641 User Manual 77 4.9 SNMP Figure 4.14 The Location of “Service /SNMP” on the Menu Bar SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) can be used to manage networks by providing statistical data regarding network performance and security. It is often used in the management of TCP/IP networks. SNMP S...
Page 79 - network and automatically respond to its predefined IP Address.
BR-6641 User Manual 78 4.10 UPnP Figure 4.15 The Location of “Service / UPnP” on the Menu Bar BR-6641 will detect the public UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) equipment in the network and automatically respond to its predefined IP Address. Field Value Description Enable UPnP Enable Disable Enable or di...
Page 83 - Method
BR-6641 User Manual 82 Method BR-6641 offers three types of log transmissions: FTP out to an external FTP server, Syslog out to a syslog server or send emails via SMTP to the administrator’s mailbox. E-mail Field Value Description SMTP Server <IP> or <Domain Name> SMTP server for the l...