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

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Enable Mac Clone

(When in Client mode) If the access point you wish

to connect only permits the connection from

certain MAC address, check this box and the

wireless interface will use the same MAC address

which wired LAN client uses.

When you finish, click ‘Next’ to continue.

7. Select the encryption mode of wireless connection:

Please select wireless encryption type from ‘Encryption’ dropdown menu. If

you select ‘None’ as encryption type, no encryption will be used and other

people will be able to read all information you transmitted by wireless network,

therefore no encryption is not recommended.

Please note that when you use encryption, all wireless clients should use the

same encryption mode and setting.

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If you select ‘WEP’ as encryption type:

Item Name

Description

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 ‘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.

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If you select ‘WPA (TKIP)’ as encryption type:

Item Name

Description

Pre-shared Key Format

Select the type of pre-shared key, you

can select Passphrase (8 or more

alphanumerical characters, up to 63), or Hex

(64 characters of 0-9, and a-f).

Pre-shared Key

Please input the WPA passphrase here.

It’s not recommended to use a word that can

be found in a dictionary due to security

reason.

If you select ‘WPA2 (AES)’ as encryption type:

Item Name

Description

Pre-shared Key Format

Select the type of pre-shared key, you

can select Passphrase (8 or more

alphanumerical characters, up to 63), or Hex

(64 characters of 0-9, and a-f).

Pre-shared Key

Please input the WPA passphrase here.

It’s not recommended to use a word that can

be found in a dictionary due to security

reason.

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If you select ‘WPA2 Mixed’ as encryption type:

Item Name

Description

Pre-shared Key Format

Select the type of pre-shared key, you

can select Passphrase (8 or more

alphanumerical characters, up to 63), or Hex

(64 characters of 0-9, and a-f).

Pre-shared Key

Please input the WPA passphrase here.

It’s not recommended to use a word that can

be found in a dictionary due to security

reason.

When you finish, click ‘OK’ to end Quick Setup procedure. It takes few seconds

for this router to save settings, when you see this message, the router is ready

with new setting:

Click ‘OK’ to start to use this router.

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2-5 Using ‘General Setup’

The ‘General Setup’ menu provides detailed setup procedures of all functions

and settings of this router. If you want to maximize the functionality of this

router, you can use this setup menu to configure detailed settings of this router.

To enter ‘General Setup’ menu, click ‘General Setup’ icon in main menu, and

select the setup item you wish to set.

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