EDIMAX BR-6478AC Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

Page 41 / 74 Scroll up to view Page 36 - 40

41

IV-5-1. Basic Settings

Mode

Select a mode from the drop down menu: AP,

Station-Infrastructure, AP Bridge-Point to

Point, AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point, AP

Bridge-WDS, Universal Repeater.

Wireless Standard

Select a wireless standard from:

2.4GHz(b+g+n)

2.4GHz(b)

2.4GHz(g)

2.4GHz(n)

2.4GHz(b+g)

Wireless Network name

Specify a name for your router/wireless

network for identification. The default ESSID

is name “edimax.setup”.

Broadcast ESSID

Select “Enable” or Disable” to enable or

disable ESSID broadcast accordingly. When

enabled, the ESSID will be visible as an

available Wi-Fi network. When disabled, the

ESSID will still be available but not visible.

Page 42 / 74

42

Channel Number

Select a channel number

or set to “Auto”.

North America uses channels 1

–

11 and

Europe uses channels 1

–

13.

Wireless Clients

Click the

“Show List”

button to show the list

of all connected wireless clients. Click

“Refresh”

in the new window to refresh the

list or click “Close”

to close the window.

Encryption

Select an encryption type from the drop

down menu

. “WPA Pre

-shared Key

”

is

recommended. Refer to the following pages

for more details on each encryption type.

Wireless Standard - IEEE 802.11b/g/n

For best performance, 2.4GHz(b+g+n) is recommended for indoor

environments. For long distance data transmission, 2.4GHz(11b) is

recommended.

Channel Number

Channel numbers vary depending on your country. The table below is

intended as a guide if you wish to manually set the channel number for the

2.4GHz network.

Channel

Frequency

(MHz)

China

North

America

Europe

Japan

Australia

Israel

1

2412

Y

N

2

2417

Y

N

3

2422

Y

4

2427

Y

Page 43 / 74

43

5

2432

Y

6

2437

Y

7

2442

Y

8

2447

Y

9

2452

Y

10

2457

Y

N

11

2462

Y

N

12

2467

Y

N

Y

N

13

2472

Y

N

Y

N

14

2484

N

Only

802.11b

N

IV-5-1-1.

Wireless Security

WPA Pre-shared key is the recommended and most secure encryption type.

IV-5-1-1-1. WEP

Key Length

Select 64-bit or 128bit. Using

128-bit is more secure than 64-bit.

Key Format

Choose from ASCII or Hex.

Default Tx Key

You can set up to four sets of WEP

keys, and select which is used as the

default. The default value is “Key 1”.

Encryption Key

Enter 4 sets of encryption keys

here.

Enable 802.1x Authentication

Enable/disable 802.1x user

authentication.

IV-5-1-1-2. WPA pre-shared key

WPA Unicast Cipher Suite

Select from WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES) or

WPA2 Mixed. WPA2 (AES) is safer than

WPA (TKIP), but not supported by all

Page 44 / 74

44

wireless clients. Please make sure your

wireless client supports your selection.

WPA2 (AES) is recommended followed by

WPA2 Mixed if your client does not

support WPA2 (AES).

Pre-shared key format

Select the pre-shared key format from

“Passphrase” (8 to 63 alphanumerical

characters) or “Hex (

64 characters 0 to 9

and a to f.)

Pre-shared Key

Please enter a key according to the format

you selected above. A complex,

hard-to-guess key is recommended.

IV-5-1-1-3. WPA RADIUS

WPA RADIUS is a combination of WPA encryption and RADIUS user

authentication. If you have a RADIUS authentication server, you can

authenticate the identity of every wireless client against a user database.

WPA Unicast Cipher Suite

Select from WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES)

or WPA2 Mixed. WPA2 (AES) is safer

than WPA (TKIP), but not supported

by all wireless clients. Please make

sure your wireless client supports

your selection. WPA2 (AES) is

recommended followed by WPA2

Mixed if your client does not

support WPA2 (AES).

RADIUS Server IP address

Input the IP address of the RADIUS

authentication server here.

RADIUS Server Port

Input the port number of the

RADIUS authentication server here.

Page 45 / 74

45

The default value is 1812.

RADIUS Server Password

Input the password of the RADIUS

authentication server here.

IV-5-2. Guest Wireless Settings

Here

you can setup a “Guest” wireless network w

hich permits users to

browse the Internet but doesn’t allow users to modify the router’s

settings

–

ideal for guests in your home or office. Check the box “Enable

Guest SSID” to enable this network

, then enter the necessary information in

the fields below.

Wireless Guest Name

Enter a name to identify the guest

wireless network. The default value

is “edimax.guest”.

Wireless Clients Isolation

Check the box to enable wireless

clients isolation.

Band

This value is the same as for the

main SSID and can not be modified.

Channel Number

This value is the same as for the

main SSID and can not be modified.

Guest Wireless Security

Configure the wireless security

settings for the guest network, in

the same way as explained in

IV-5-1-1. Wireless Security

for the

main SSID.

Rate

Popular EDIMAX Models

Famous Router IPs

Famous Router Companies

Bookmark Our Site

Share