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

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Setup Information

here:

WPS Status: If the wireless security (encryption)

function of this wireless router is properly set, you’ll

see ‘Configured’ message here. If wireless security

function has not been set, you’ll see ‘unConfigured’.

Self PIN code: This is the WPS PIN code of this

wireless router. This code is useful when you need to

build wireless connection by WPS with other

WPS-enabled wireless devices.

SSID: The SSID of this wireless router will be

displayed here.

Authentication Mode: The wireless security

authentication mode of this wireless router will be

displayed here.

Configure

Click ‘Start PBC’ to start Push-Button style WPS

via Push Button

setup procedure. This wireless router will wait for

WPS requests from wireless clients for 2 minutes.

The ‘WLAN’ LED on the wireless router will be

steady on when this wireless router is waiting for

incoming WPS request.

Configure

Please input the PIN code of the wireless client you

via client

wish to connect, and click ‘Start PIN’ button.

PinCode

The ‘WLAN’ led on the wireless router will be

steady on when this wireless router is waiting for

incoming WPS request.

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2-7-6

Security Tips for Wireless Network

Here are some quick tips to help you improve the security level of your

wireless network:

1.

Do not use 100% radio output power unless it’s necessary; higher output

power means border wireless coverage, but if you’re not using this

wireless router in a really big space, you’ll let your neighbors have the

chance to do something bad to your network. If the wireless router is not

far away from your computer, try to start from 10% Tx Power setting in

‘Advance Settings’ menu, and only raise the Tx Power setting when it’s

required.

2.

Never use simple words (like school, apple, computer) as WEP encryption

or WPA passphrase.

3.

A complicated (the combination of number, alphabet, even symbol, and

long enough) WEP key and WPA passphrase is much safer than simple

and short ones. Remember that the wireless client is capable to keep the

key or passphrase for you, so you only have to input the complicated key

or passphrase once. It’s not too trouble but will greatly improve security

level.

4.

You can hide the ESSID of this router by set ‘Broadcast ESSID’ option to

‘Disable’. Your wireless router will not be found by other people in

proximity if they’re just using the AP scanning function of their wireless

client, and this can reduce the chance of being intruded.

5.

Use ‘Access Control’ function described in section 2-7-4, so those people

who are not in your list will not be able to connect to your network.

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Chapter III

Advanced Functions

3-1 Quality of Service (QoS)

Quality of service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to

share the internet bandwidth with a promised quality of internet service.

Without QoS, all computers and devices on the network will compete with

each other to get internet bandwidth, and some applications which require

guaranteed bandwidth (like video streaming and network telephone) will be

affected, therefore an unpleasing result will occur, like the interruption of

video / audio transfer.

With this function, you can limit the maximum bandwidth or give a

guaranteed bandwidth for a specific computer, to avoid said unpleasing result

from happening.

3-1-1 Basic QoS Settings

Please follow the following instructions to set QoS parameters:

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

following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Here are descriptions of every settings:

1

5 6

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Enable QoS :

Check this box to enable QoS function, unselect this

box if you don’t want to enforce QoS bandwidth

limitations.

Total Download

You can set the limit of total download

Bandwidth :

bandwidth in kbits. To disable download bandwidth

limitation, input ‘0’ here.

Total Upload

You can set the limit of total upload

Bandwidth :

bandwidth in kbits. To disable upload bandwidth

limitation, input ‘0’ here.

Current QoS

All existing QoS rules will be displayed here.

Table :

Add :

Click ‘add’ button to add a new QoS rule, see section

3-1-2 ‘Add a new QoS rule’ below.

Edit :

If you want to modify the content of a specific rule,

please check the ‘select’ box of the rule you want to edit,

then click ‘Edit’ button.

Only one rule should be

selected a time!

If you didn’t select a rule before

clicking ‘Edit’ button, you’ll be prompted to add a new

rule.

Delete

You can delete selected rules by clicking this

Selected :

button. You can select one or more rules to delete by

check the ‘select’ the box of the rule(s) you want to

delete a time.

If the QoS table is empty, this button will

be grayed out and can not be clicked.

Delete All :

By clicking this button, you can delete all rules

currently in the QoS table.

If the QoS table is empty,

this button will be grayed out and can not be clicked.

Move Up :

You can pull up the priority of the QoS rule you

selected by clicking this button.

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Move Down :

You can lower the priority of the QoS rule you selected

by clicking this button.

Reset :

If you want to erase all values you just entered. Click

‘Reset’.

After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’

button, and the

following message will be displayed on your web browser:

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).

If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value,

please click ‘Cancel’ button.

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