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

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2-3-1 Setup procedure for ‘Cable Modem’:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Host Name :

Please input the host name of your computer, this is

optional, and only required if your service provider

asks you to do so.

MAC address:

Please input MAC address of your computer here, if

your service provider only permits computer with

certain MAC address to access internet. If you’re using

the computer which used to connect to Internet via

cable modem, you can simply press ‘Clone Mac

address’ button to fill the MAC address field with the

MAC address of your computer.

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

button; if you want to

go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’.

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2-3-2 Setup procedure for ‘Fixed-IP xDSL’:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

IP address

Please input IP address assigned

assigned by your

by your service provider.

Service Provider (1):

Subnet Mask :

Please input subnet mask assigned by your service

provider

DNS address :

Please input the IP address of DNS server provided by

your service provider.

Service Provider

Please input the IP address of DNS server

Gateway Address : provided by your service provider.

When you finish with all settings, press ‘OK’ ; if you want to go back to

previous menu, click ‘Back’.

NOTE: You can choose this Internet connection method if your

service provider assigns a fixed IP address (also know as static

address) to you, and not using DHCP or PPPoE protocol. Please

contact your service provider for further information.

You must use the addresses provided by your Internet service

provider, wrong setting value will cause connection problem.

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2-3-3 Setup procedure for ‘PPPoE xDSL’:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

User Name (1):

Please input user name assigned by your Internet

service provider here.

Password :

Please input the password assigned by your Internet

service provider here.

Service Name :

Please give a name to this Internet service, this is

optional

MTU :

Please input the MTU value of your network connection

here. If you don’t know, you can use default value.

Connection

Please select the connection type of Internet

Type :

connection you wish to use (detailed explanation listed

below).

Idle Time Out :

Please input idle time out, (detailed explanation listed

below).

When you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK’ ; if you want to go back

to previous menu, click ‘Back’.

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2-3-4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP xDSL’:

PPTP xDSL requires two kinds of setting: WAN interface setting (setup IP

address) and PPTP setting (PPTP user name and password). Here we start

from WAN interface setting:

Select the type of how you obtain IP address from your service provider here.

You can choose ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ (equal to DHCP, please

refer to ‘Cable Modem’ section above), or ‘Use the following IP address’ (i.e.

static IP address).

WAN interface settings must be correctly set, or the Internet connection will

fail even those settings of PPTP settings are correct. Please contact your

Internet service provider if you don’t know what you should fill in these

fields.

MTU - Please use default value if you don’t know what it is, or ask

your service provider for a proper value.

Connection Type - There are 3 options: ‘Continuous’ - keep internet

connection alive, do not disconnect, connect on Demand - only

connects to Internet when there’s a connect attempt, and ‘Manual’ -

only connects to Internet when ‘Connect’ button on this page is

pressed, and disconnects when ‘Disconnect button is pressed.

Idle Time Out: Specify the time to shutdown internet connect after no

internet activity is detected by minute. This option is only available

when connection type is ‘Connect on Demand’.

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Now please go to PPTP settings section:

Here are descriptions of every setup items:

User ID:

Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your

Internet service provider here.

Password:

Please input the password assigned by your Internet

service provider here.

PPTP

Please input the IP address of PPTP gateway

Gateway :

assigned by your Internet service provider here.

Connection

Please input the connection ID here, this is

ID:

optional and you can leave it blank.

MTU :

Please input the MTU value of your network connection

here. If you don’t know, you can use default value.

Connection

Please select the connection type of Internet

type :

connection you wish to use, please refer to last section

for detailed descriptions.

Idle Time

Please input the idle time out of Internet

Out :

connection you wish to use, and refer to last section for

detailed descriptions

.

Setting item ‘BEZEQ-ISRAEL’ is only required to check if you’re using the

service provided by BEZEQ network in Israel.

When you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK ; if you want to go back

to previous menu, click ‘Back’.

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