EDIMAX BR-6204WLg Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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RTS Threshold

RTS threshold is used to decide the time interval

between every RTS (Request to Send) packets.

Using a smaller value will cause the wireless

router to send RTS packets more often, and all

wireless stations will be able to recover from

collision (two stations send the packet at the same

time, which will destroy transmitted data packet)

more quickly.

However, sending RTS packets too often will

reduce the performance of wireless network, and

you should only use a smaller value when there’re

a lot of wireless stations connected to this wireless

router. It’s safe to use default value (2347) when

there are less then 10 wireless clients.

When you wish to decrease the RTS threshold

value to improve network performance and

stability, please decrease ‘Fragment

Threshold’ value also.

Beacon Interval

Beacon Interval is used to control the time interval

between every beacon packet. If you use a

smaller value, this wireless router will send the

beacon packet more often, and wireless clients

can found this wireless router quickly; If you use a

larger value, wireless clients will have to scan for

more times before it can find this wireless router.

By using a larger value, there will be lesser

beacon packets sent by this wireless router, and

the network performance will be better.

Data Rate

Please select the wireless data rate from

dropdown list. You can select a fixed data rate and

all wireless clients must use this data rate to

communicate with wireless router.

It’s recommended to select ‘Auto’ and let

wireless client / router to decide the

communication speed by actual radio

reception.

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Preamble Type

Select the preamble type (long or short) for the

network packet. When you’re using this router in a

heavily-loaded network environment, select ‘Short

preamble’ will help to improve network

performance.

However, not every network client works with

short preamble (especially certain 802.11b

only wireless clients). If you found that some

wireless clients can’t connect to this router

when you select ‘Short Preamble’, please

select ‘Long Preamble’.

Broadcast SSID

By selecting ‘Enabled’ here, this router will

broadcast its SSID to all wireless clients so they

can connect to this router. However, there will be

some security risk to let everyone know this

router’s SSID.

By selecting ‘Disabled’ here, this router will not

broadcast its SSID, so only client who know this

router’s SSID is able to connect to this router, and

therefore security level is improved.

IAPP

IAPP stands for

Inter-Access Point Protocol

, If

your wireless clients will roam between access

points, you can select ‘Enabled’ here.

802.11g Protection

When this wireless router is working in 802.11B +

802.11G mode, it’s high recommended to enable

802.11g protection to prevent data collision, and

this will improve network stability and

performance.

WMM

Select ‘Enabled’ to enable support for WMM

(Wireless MultiMedia). This will improve the

performance of video / audio data transmission.

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RF Output Power

Select the radio output power. If all wireless clients

are not far away from wireless router, you can

select a lower output power to save energy and

prevent other people to scan your wireless router

from distant.

Turbo Mode

Turbo Mode will increase the performance of

wireless data transmission . You can set this

option to ‘Always’ and this router will switch turbo

mode on infinitely, but some wireless clients which

are not compatible with Turbo Mode may not be

able to connect to this router. It’s recommended to

select ‘Auto’ to let this wireless router to switch

turbo mode on when wireless client supports it.

Currently, this function only works with Realtek

wireless network cards.

Cancel

Discard changes you made in this page.

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2-7-3 ‘Security’ Setting

You can set wireless security (data encryption) settings in this menu. When

data is encrypted, other people will not be able to read the contents of the data

you transmitted by wireless interface, so you can keep privacy. Also, when

encryption is enabled, only wireless client with correct encryption key will be

able to connect to this router, so unauthorized clients who do know correct

encryption key will not be able to connect to this router.

The descriptions of every setup item are listed below:

Item Name

Description

Encryption

Please select the encryption type from dropdown

list. For the requirements of the key of every kinds

of encryption, please refer to the descriptions at

the last of this chapter.

Set WEP Key

Set WEP key:

Key Length: There are two types of WEP key

length: 64-bit and 128-bit. Using ‘128-bit’ is safer

than ’64-bit’, but will reduce some data transfer

performance.

Key Format: There are two types of key format:

ASCII and Hex. When you select a key format, the

number of characters of key will be displayed. For

example, if you select ’64-bit’ as key length, and

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‘Hex’ as key format, you’ll see the message at the

right of ‘Key Format’ is ‘Hex (10 characters), which

means the length of WEP key is 10 characters.

Default Tx Key: You can set up to four sets of

WEP key, and you can decide which key is being

used by default here. If you don’t know which one

you should use, select ‘Key 1’.

Encryption Key 1 to 4: Input WEP key characters

here, the number of characters must be the same

as the number displayed at ‘Key Format’ field. You

can use any alphanumerical characters (0-9, a-z,

and A-Z) if you select ‘ASCII’ key format, and if

you select ‘Hex’ as key format, you can use

characters 0-9, a-f, and A-F. You must enter at

least one encryption key here, and if you entered

multiple WEP keys, they should not be same with

each other.

When you finish, click ‘Apply’ button to save

changes; click ‘Close’ to close WEP key setup

window, or click ‘Reset’ to clear the content of

every field in this page.

Use 802.1x

Authentication

Check this box to use 802.1x authentication

instead of local WEP key. You also have to select

the length of WEP key (64bits or 128bits), and

setup the IP address and login information of

RADIUS authentication server below.

This option works with WEP encryption only.

WPA Authentication

Mode

Select the type of WPA authentication (Enterprise /

Using RADIUS sever) or PSK (Pre-shared key). If

you don’t have RADIUS authentication server,

please select PSK.

This option works with WPA encryption only.

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