Edimax Router BF-6214K User Manual
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20 Parameters Description Account Enter your account name to login to your Broadband router. Password Enter your password Retype your Enter your password again for verification purposes Password Note: If you forget your password, you’ll have to reset the router to the factory default (password is 1234) with the reset button (see router’s back panel) Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place) 2.1.3 Remote Management The remote management function allows you to designate a host range in the Internet the ability to configure the Broadband router from a remote site. Enter the designated host IP Addresses in the IP Address field. Parameters Description IP Address Please specify the IP range to the Remote Management IP fields. All the Internet IPs that inside this range can manage this router from WAN side. Port To avoid conflict of virtual server at port 80, user can specify a different port in Remote Management Port for WAN side access. Ping from WAN side Ping from WAN side is turned on by default and could be turned off if the Enable checkbox is unchecked. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place)
21 2.2 WAN Use the WAN Settings screen if you have already configured the Quick Setup Wizard section and you would like to change your Internet connection type. The WAN Settings screen allows to specify the type of WAN port connect you want to establish with your ISP. The WAN settings offer the following selections for the router’s WAN port, Static IP, DHCP, PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP, and DDNS. Parameters Description 2.2.1 Static IP Your ISP has given you an IP address already 2.2.2 DHCP Your ISP will automatically give you an IP address 2.2.3 PPPoE Your ISP requires PPPoE connection. 2.2.4 PPTP Your ISP requires you to use a Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) connection. 2.2.5 L2TP Your ISP requires L2TP connection. 2.2.6 DDNS You can specify a DDNS server that you wish to use and configure the user name and password provided by you DDNS service provider. Once you have made a selection, click at the bottom of the screen and proceed to the manual’s relevant sub-section 2.2.1 Static IP Select Static IP address if your ISP has given you a specific IP address for you to use. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section. (See chapter 1 “Static IP Address” for more detail) 2.2.2 DHCP Choose the DHCP selection if your ISP will automatically give you an IP address. Some ISP’s may also require that you fill in additional information such as MAC address (see chapter 1 “Dynamic IP” for more detail) 2.2.3 PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) Select PPPoE if your ISP requires the PPPoE protocol to connect you to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section. (See chapter 1 “PPPoE” for more detail) 2.2.4 PPTP Select PPTP if your ISP requires the PPTP protocol to connect you to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section. (See chapter 1 “PPTP” for more detail) 2.2.5 L2TP Select L2TP if your ISP requires the L2TP protocol to connect you to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section. (See chapter 1 “L2TP” for more detail) 2.2.6 DDNS DDNS allows you to map the static domain name to a dynamic IP address. You must get an account, password and your static domain name from the DDNS service providers. This router supports DynDNS, TZO and other common DDNS service providers.
22 Parameters Description Service Type Select a DDNS service provider or select Disabled to disable DDNS function. Username The account that your DDNS service provider assigned to you Password The password you set for the DDNS service account above Host Name Your static domain name that use DDNS Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place) 2.3 LAN The LAN Port screen below allows you to specify a private IP address for your router’s LAN ports as well as a subnet mask for your LAN segment.
23 Parameters Description IP address This is the router’s LAN port IP address (Your LAN clients default gateway IP address) IP Subnet Mask Specify a Subnet Mask for your LAN segment DHCP Server Status You can enable or disable the DHCP server. By enabling the DHCP server the router will automatically give your LAN clients an IP address. If the DHCP is not enabled then you’ll have to manually set your LAN client’s IP addresses; make sure the LAN Client is in the same subnet as this broadband router if you want the router to be your LAN client’s default gateway IP Address Pool You can select a particular IP address range for your DHCP server to issue IP addresses to your LAN Clients. WINS Server You can specify the WINS server to assign to DHCP clients. Provide Real DNS Server When check this box, DHCP server will provide WAN DNS server to DHCP clients. Otherwise, DHCP server will provide itself as the DNS server. Domain from upper DHCP Enable this to assign the domain name from WAN connection. Static DHCP leases Static DHCP leases is for user to statically associate an IP address to a specific MAC address. Dynamic DHCP Client List Dynamic DHCP Client List shows all IP addresses already assigned and the corresponding LAN PC hostname and their MAC addresses. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place) 2.4 QoS This router supports various types of QoS – Port-based QoS, Rate Policing QoS, and Guaranteed/Spare Class QoS. For Port based QoS, user can specify the High/Low queue priority for each Ethernet port and can apply total rate limit to any port from 128Kbps to 32Mbps or at Full-rate(100Mbps). Flow control can also be enabled/disabled on per-port basis. For Application based QoS, user can specify a destination port number and associate it with an egress priority (High or Low). For example, in Fig 35, if user config port 7297 with high priority, then user would experience better service quality for such flows. Parameters Description 2.4.1 Port-based QoS User can differentiate packet priority by L4 port number or by physical Ethernet port number. 2.4.2 Rate Policing QoS User can specify a L3/4 criterion and associate it with a maximum token (packet rate or data rate based). 2.4.3 Guaranteed/Spare Class Your ISP requires PPPoE connection. QoS
24 2.4.1 Port-based QoS For Application based QoS, user can specify a destination port number and associate it with an egress priority (High or Low). For example, if user configures port 7297 with high priority, then user would experience better service quality for such flows. For Port based QoS, user can specify the High/Low queue priority for each Ethernet port and can apply total rate limit to any port from 128Kbps to 32Mbps or at Full-rate(100Mbps). Flow control can also be enabled/disabled on per-port basis. Parameters Description Enable QoS by Application Enable application-based QoS. Protocol/Specific Port# Set the priority of the specified protocol name or port number to higher or lower priority. Enable QoS by device port Enable Port-based QoS. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place) 2.4.2 Rate Policing QoS This router supports Rate Policing QoS. User can specify a L3/4 criterion and associate it with a maximum token (packet rate or data rate based). If a packet arrives and it matches to a rate policing entry, router decreases entry’s allocated token by one (if pps based) or by packet length in bytes(if bps based). If unfortunately the packet just run out of allocated tokens, then it would be dropped directly or logged to software, depends on the setting of Drop Log field.
25 Parameters Description Src/dst If you want to monitor the source IP of the packets, please select src IP. Otherwise, please select dst IP. IP Address Specify the IP Address that you want to limit the transmit/receive rate. IP Mask If you want to limit a subnet, you can specify the subnet mask here. Protocol Specify the protocol you want to monitor, it can be TCP / UDP / or IP only. Start / End Port Specify the port ranges that you want to monitor. To classify all TCP or UDP packets within same IP address / mask (regardless of port number) as same rate policy, set 0 to both Start Port and End Port. Rate / Unit / isByteCount Specify the rate, unit, and the type of the limitation. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place)
26 2.5 NAT Network Address Translation (NAT) allows multiple users at your local site to access the Internet through a single Public IP Address or multiple Public IP Addresses. NAT provides Firewall protection from hacker attacks and has the flexibility to allow you to map Private IP Addresses to Public IP Addresses for key services such as Websites and FTP. Parameter Description 2.5.1 Virtual Server You can have different services (e.g. email, FTP, Web etc.) going to different service servers/clients in your LAN. The Virtual Server allows you to re-direct a particular service port number (from the Internet/WAN Port) to a particular LAN IP address and its service port number. 2.5.2 Special Applications Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet games, video conferencing, Internet telephony and others. In this section you can configure the router to support these types of applications. 2.5.3 ALG Setting You can select special applications that need “Application Layer Gateway” to support here. 2.5.4 UPnP Setting It allows to Enable or Disable UPnP feature here. After you enable the UPnP feature, all client systems that support UPnP, like Windows XP, can discover this router automatically and access the Internet through this router without any configuration. The NAT Traversal function provided by UPnP can let applications that support UPnP smoothly connect to Internet sites without any incompatibility problem due to the NAPT port translation. 2.5.5 Static Routing You can disable NAT function and setup the routing rules manually. Click on one of the three NAT selections and proceed to the manuals relevant sub-section. 2.5.1 Virtual Server Use the Virtual Server function when you want different servers/clients in your LAN to handle different service/Internet application type (e.g. Email, FTP, Web server etc.) from the Internet. Computers use numbers called port numbers to recognize a particular service/Internet application type. The Virtual Server allows you to re-direct a particular service port number (from the Internet/WAN Port) to a particular LAN private IP address and its service port number. (See Glossary for an explanation on Port number)
27 Parameters Description WAN Port Range Enter the service (service/Internet application) port number from the Internet that will be re-directed to the above Private IP address host in your LAN Note: Virtual Server function will have priority over the DMZ function if there is a conflict between the Virtual Server and the DMZ settings. Server IP Address This is the LAN client/host IP address that the Public Port number packet will be sent to. Note: You need to give your LAN PC clients a fixed/static IP address for Virtual Server to work properly. Server Port Range This is the port number (of the above Private IP host) that the below Public Port number will be changed to when the packet enters your LAN (to the LAN Server/Client IP) Protocol Select the port number protocol type (TCP, UDP). Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place)
28 Example: Virtual Server The diagram below demonstrates one of the ways you can use the Virtual Server function. Use the Virtual Server when you want the web server located in your private LAN to be accessible to Internet users. The configuration below means that any request coming form the Internet to access your web server will be translated to your LAN’s web server (192.168.2.2). Note: For the virtual server to work properly Internet/remote users must know your global IP address. (For websites you will need to have a fixed/static global/public IP address) 2.5.2 Special Applications Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet games, video conferencing, Internet telephony and others. In this section you can configure the router to support multiple connections for these types of applications. Parameters Description Name The description of this setting. Incoming Type Select the Inbound port protocol type: “TCP”, “UDP” or both Incoming Port Range Enter the In-coming (Inbound) port or port range for this type of application (e.g. 2300-2400, 47624)
29 Note: Individual port numbers are separated by a comma (e.g. 47624, 5775, 6541 etc.). To input a port range use a “dash” to separate the two port number range (e.g. 2300-2400) Trigger Type Select whether the outbound port protocol is “TCP”, “UDP” or both. Trigger Start/Finish Range This is the out-going (Outbound) range of port numbers for this particular application Enable Enable the specified Special Application function. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place) Example: Special Applications If you need to run applications that require multiple connections, specify the port (outbound) normally associated with that application in the Trigger Port field. Then select the protocol type (TCP or UDP) and enter the public ports associated with the trigger port to open them up for inbound traffic. Example: Name Incoming Type Incoming Port Range Trigger Type Trigger Start Port Trigger Finish Port Enable MSN Game Zone TCP 2300-2400, 47624 UDP 28800 28800 MSN Game Zone Battle.net UDP 6112 UDP 6112 6112 Battle.net In the example above, when a user trigger’s port 28800 (outbound) for MSN Game Zone then the router will allow incoming packets for ports 2300-2400 and 47624 to be directed to that user. Note: Only one LAN client can use a particular special application at a time. 2.5.3 ALG Settings You can select applications that need “Application Layer Gateway” to support.