EDIMAX BR6428n Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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6 Universal Repeater

In this mode, this broadband router acts as a wireless repeater. It will repeat the signal of

the wireless access point you specified, to extend its wireless coverage. The broadband

router will still accept wireless clients when in this mode.

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).

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

wireless network client to connect this router

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(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.

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

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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.

Root AP SSID

Please input the SSID of the wireless access

point you wish to extend signal coverage.

Site Survey

Click ‘Select Site Survey’ and a popup window

will appear. All reachable wireless access

points will be shown in the window. Select the

wireless access point you wish to connect from

the list, and click ‘Done’. If the wireless access

point you wish to connect is not listed, you can

click ‘Refresh’ to rescan.

If you still can’t find the wireless access point

you wish to connect, please move the

broadband router to the place nearer to the

access point you wish to connect.

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

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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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2 Security Settings

In certain AP working modes, you can enable encryption to improve security level.

When you click ‘Set Security’ button, the following window will appear:

Please select an encryption method from ‘Encryption’ dropdown menu, and corresponding

setting will appear:

Disabled

Encryption is disabled. It’s

not recommended

to disable encryption because other people

may use certain wireless scanner to copy the data transferred over air.

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