EDIMAX BR6428n Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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improve security. Please refer to chapter

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7 for detailed instructions.

When you finished with the settings in this page, you can click ‘Apply’ button to save

changes you made in this page, or you can click ‘Cancel’ to discard changes. After you click

‘Apply’ button, you’ll see the following message:

Please click ‘Apply’ to save changes you made and restart the broadband router, this

requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding (this is normal

and is not malfunction). You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other

settings later.

You can click ‘Continue’ to continue on other settings without restart the broadband router,

however, the changes you made will not take effect before you restart the broadband

router.

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5 AP Bridge

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WDS

In this mode, this broadband router acts as both wireless communication bridge and

wireless access point. This broadband router can establish communication with up to four

WDS

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compatible wireless access points, and let all computers connected to the LAN ports

of every wireless access points communicate with each other. The broadband router is able

to serve other wireless clients and acts as a wireless access point at the same time.

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

Item Name

Description

Band

Please select the radio band from one of

following options (must be the same with the

wireless access point you wish to connect):

2.4 GHz (B): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b

wireless network client to connect this router

(maximum transfer rate 11Mbps).

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2.4 GHz (N): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11n

wireless network client to connect this router

(maximum transfer rate 300Mbps).

2.4 GHz (B+G):

2.4GHz band, only allows

802.11b and 802.11g wireless network client

to connect this router (maximum transfer rate

11Mbps for 802.11b clients, and maximum

54Mbps for 802.11g clients).

2.4 GHz (G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11g

wireless network client to connect this router

(maximum transfer rate 11Mbps).

2.4 GHz (B+G+N): 2.4GHz Band, Allows

802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11N wireless

clients. It’s recommends to select this band to

maximize compatibility.

ESSID

This is the name of broadband router. You can

type any alphanumerical characters here,

maximum 32 characters. ESSID is used to

identify your own broadband router from

others when there are other broadband

routers in the same area. Default SSID is

‘default’, it’s recommended to change default

ESSID value to the one which is meaningful to

you, like myhome, office_room1, etc.

Channel Number

Select the channel number you wish to use; all

access points must use the same channel.

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Associated Clients

Click ‘Show Active Clients’ button to show

the list of all connected wireless clients. You

can click ‘Refresh’ in new window to get

latest list again, or click ‘Close’ to close the

window.

Please note that if you have pop

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up blocker

installed, you may have to disable it or tell

your pop

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up blocker to allow the popup

window, or you will not be able to see the

wireless client list window.

MAC address 1 to 4

Input the MAC address of other wireless access

points (the access points you wish to connect).

Set Security

Click ‘Set Security’ button to set security

functions of this wireless connection to

improve security. Please refer to chapter

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2

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1

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7 for detailed instructions.

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When you finished with the settings in this page, you can click ‘Apply’ button to save

changes you made in this page, or you can click ‘Cancel’ to discard changes. After you click

‘Apply’ button, you’ll see the following message:

Please click ‘Apply’ to save changes you made and restart the broadband router, this

requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop responding (this is normal

and is not malfunction). You can reconnect to this broadband router and continue on other

settings later.

You can click ‘Continue’ to continue on other settings without restart the broadband router,

however, the changes you made will not take effect before you restart the broadband

router.

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