EDIMAX BR-6504n Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Please follow the following instructions to set wired LAN parameters:

Please click ‘LAN’ menu on the left of web management interface, there are

three setup groups here: ‘LAN IP’, ‘DHCP Server’, and ‘Static DHCP Leases

Table’. Here are setup instructions for each of them:

2-6-1 LAN IP section:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

IP address :

Please input the IP address of this router.

Subnet Mask :

Please input subnet mask for this network.

802.1d

If you wish to activate 802.1d spanning tree

Spanning Tree :

function, select ‘Enabled’ for setup item ‘802.1d

Spanning Tree’, or set it to ‘Disabled’

DHCP Server :

If you want to activate DHCP server function of this

router, select ‘Enabled’, or set it to ‘Disabled’.

Recommended Value if you don’t know what to fill:

IP Address: 192.168.1.254

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

802.1d Spanning Tree: Disabled

DHCP Server: Enabled

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2-6-2 DHCP Server:

These settings are only available when ‘DHCP Server’ in ‘LAN IP’ section is

‘Enabled’, and here are descriptions of every setup items:

Lease Time :

Please choose a lease time (the duration that every

computer can keep a specific IP address) of every IP

address assigned by this router from dropdown menu.

Start IP :

Please input the start IP address of the IP range.

End IP :

Please input the end IP address of the IP range.

Domain Name :

If you wish, you can also optionally input the domain

name for your network. This is optional.

Recommended Value if you don’t know what to fill:

Lease Time: Two Weeks (or ‘Forever’, if you have less than 20 computers)

Start IP: 192.168.1.1

End IP: 192.168.1.200

Domain Name: (leave it blank)

NOTE:

1. The number of the last field (mentioned ‘d’ field) of ‘End IP’ must be

greater than ‘Start IP’, and can not the same with router’s IP address.

2. The former three fields of IP address of ‘Start IP’, ‘End IP’, and ‘IP

Address of ‘LAN IP’ section (mentioned ‘a’, ‘b’, and ‘c’ field) should be

the same.

3. These settings will affect wire

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2-6-3 Static DHCP Leases Table:

This function allows you to assign a static IP address to a specific

computer forever, so you don’t have to set the IP address for a computer,

and still enjoy the benefit of using DHCP server. Maximum 16 static IP

addresses can be assigned here.

(If you set ‘Lease Time’ to ‘forever’ in ‘DHCP Server’ section, you can

also assign an IP address to a specific computer permanently, however,

you will not be able to assign a certain IP address to a specific computer,

since IP addresses will be assigned in random order by this way).

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Enable Static

Check this box to enable this function,

DHCP Leases :

otherwise uncheck it to disable this function.

MAC Address :

Input the MAC address of the computer or network

device (total 12 characters, with character from 0 to

9, and from a to f, like ‘001122aabbcc’)

IP address :

Input the IP address you want to assign to this

computer or network device

‘Add’ :

After you inputted MAC address and IP address pair,

click this button to add the pair to static DHCP

leases table.

If you want to remove all characters you just entered, click ‘Clear’.

After you clicked ‘Add’, the MAC address and IP address mapping will be

added to ‘Static DHCP Leases Table’ section.

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If you want to delete a specific item, please check the ‘Select’ box of a

MAC address and IP address mapping , then click ‘Delete Selected’

button ; if you want to delete all mappings, click ‘Delete All’ . If you want

to deselect all mappings, click ‘Reset .

After you finish all LAN settings, please click ‘Apply’ button on the bottom

of this page. After you click ‘Apply’, the following message will be

displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on router

setup, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect

(Please wait for about 50 seconds while router is rebooting).

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2-7

Wireless LAN Configuration

If your computer, PDA, game console, or other network devices which is

equipped with wireless network interface, you can you can use the

wireless function of this router to let them connect to Internet and share

resources with other computers with wired-LAN connection. You can also

use the built-in security functions to protect your network from being

intruded by malicious intruders.

Please follow the following instructions to set wireless parameters:

Please click ‘Wireless’ menu on the left of web management interface, and

the following message will be displayed on your web browser. You must

enable wireless function of this router, or the wireless interface of this router

will not function. Please select ‘Enable’ , then click ‘Apply’

button.

If you’re coming here because you want to disable wireless function,

please select ‘Disable’ , then click ‘Apply’

button.

After you click ‘Apply’, the following message will be displayed on your

web browser:

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