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

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

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

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

2-7-1 Basic Wireless Settings

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

click ‘Basic Settings’, and the following message will be displayed on your

web browser:

This wireless router can be work in 4 modes:

a.

AP

: Standard wireless AP (access point).

b.

AP Bridge-Point to Point

: Connect this router with another wireless router,

to expand the scope of network.

c.

AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point

: Connect this router with up to four other

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wireless routers, to expand the scope of network.

d.

AP Bridge-WDS

: Connect this router with up to four WDS-capable

wireless routers, to expand the scope of network.

Please select a proper operation mode you want to use from ‘Mode’

dropdown menu , and continue on other operation mode specific settings:

AP

- Please go to section 2-7-1-1

AP Bridge-Point to Point

- Please go to section 2-7-1-2

AP Bridge-Point to Multi Point

- Please go to section 2-7-1-3

AP Bridge-WDS

- Please go to section 2-7-1-4

2-7-1-1 Setup procedure for ‘AP’:

Please select the radio band you want to use from ‘Band’ dropdown menu ,

and the following message will be displayed:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Band :

Please select the radio band from one of following

options:

NOTE: For ‘AP Bridge-Point to Point’ and ‘AP Bridge-Point to

Multi-Point’ mode, wireless router is operated in wireless bridge

dedicated mode – wireless router is only used to expand the scope of

network, and no wireless clients will be accepted. If you want to use

your wireless router to expand the scope of network, and also accept

wireless clients, please select ‘AP Bridge-WDS’ mode.

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ESSID :

This is the name of wireless router. You can type any

alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32

characters. ESSID is used to identify your own wireless

router from others when there are other wireless 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 : Please select a channel from the dropdown list of

‘Channel Number’, available channel numbers are 1 to

13. You can choose any channel number you want to

use, and almost all wireless clients can locate the

channel you’re using automatically without any

problem. However, it’s still useful to remember the

channel number you use, some wireless client supports

manual channel number select, and this would help in

certain scenario when there is some radio

communication problem.

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 (maximum

transfer rate 108**Mbps).

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).

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2-7-1-2 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge-Point to Point:

In this mode, you can connect your wireless router with another, to combine

two access points and expand the scope of wireless network, and all clients

(wired only – AP will not accept wireless clients in this mode) of two

wireless routers will think they’re on the same physical network. This

function is very convenient when you need to connect two networks between

two buildings. Here are instructions about how to connect two wireless

routers together:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Band

Select the band you want to use, two wireless routers

must use the same setting.

NOTE: If you don’t special reason to limit the type of allowed wireless

client, it’s recommended to choose ‘2.4 GHz (B+G+N) to maximize

wireless client compatibility.

TIPS: You can try to change channel number to another one if you

think the data transfer rate is too slow, or keep having problem while

transferring the file over wireless network. There could be some other

wireless routeres using the same channel, which will disturb the radio

communication between wireless client and the wireless router.

NOTE: Two wireless routers must use the same mode, band, channel

number, and security setting!

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Channel

Select the channel you want to use, two wireless

Number

routers must use the same setting.

MAC

address

Input the MAC address of another wireless router.

Set

Click to set security settings for this connection

Security

(Please go to section ‘2-7-3 Wireless Security’

for detailed instructions).

2-7-1-3 Setup procedure for ‘AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point’:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Band

Select the band you want to use, two wireless routers

must use the same setting.

Channel

Select the channel you want to use, two wireless

Number

routers must use the same setting.

MAC address

Input the MAC address of other wireless routers.

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