Edimax Router BR.6504N User Manual

							 
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2-2-3Windows XP IP address setup: 
 
1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your 
computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network and Internet 
Connections icon, click Network Connections, then double-click Local Area 
Connection, Local Area Connection Status window will appear, and then 
click ‘Properties’ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
						

							 
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2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server 
address automatically’, then click ‘OK’. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
						

							 
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2-2-4Windows Vista IP address setup: 
 
1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your 
computer), then click control panel. Click View Network Status and Tasks, 
then click Manage Network Connections..Right-click Local Area Netwrok, 
then select ‘Properties’. Local Area Connection Properties window will 
appear, select ‘Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP / IPv4), and then click 
‘Properties’ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
						

							 
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2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server 
address automatically’, then click ‘OK’. 
 
  
						

							 
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2-2-5 Router IP address lookup   
 
After the IP address setup is complete, please click ‘start’ -> ‘run’ at the 
bottom-lower corner of your desktop: 
 
 
 
Input ‘cmd’, then click ‘OK’ 
 
  
						

							 
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Input ‘ipconfig’, then press ‘Enter’ key. Please check the IP address followed 
by ‘Default Gateway’ (In this example, the IP address of router is 
192.168.2.1, please note that this value may be different.) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Connect the router’s management interface by web browser 
 
After your computer obtained an IP address from router, please start your 
web browser, and input the IP address of router in address bar. The following 
message should be shown: 
 
NOTE: If the IP address of Gateway is not displayed, or the address followed 
by ‘IP Address’ begins with ‘169’, please recheck network connection 
between your computer and router, and / or go to the beginning of this 
chapter, to recheck every step of network setup procedure.  
						

							 
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Please input user name and password in the field respectively, default user 
name is ‘admin’, and default password is ‘1234’, then press ‘OK’ button, and 
you can see the web management interface of this router: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NOTE: If you can’t see the web management interface, and you’re 
being prompted to input user name and password again, it means you 
didn’t input username and password correctly. Please retype user 
name and password again. If you’re certain about the user name and 
password you type are correct, please go to ‘4-2 Troubleshooting’ to 
perform a factory reset, to set the password back to default value. 
TIP: This page shows the four major setting categories: QuickSetup, 
General Setup, Status, and Tools. You can find the shortcut which 
leads to these setting categories at the upper-right corner of every 
page, and you can jump to another category directly by clicking the 
link, and don’t have to go back to the first page.  
						

							 
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2-3 Using ‘Quick Setup’ 
 
This router provides a ‘Quick Setup’ procedure, which will help you to 
complete all required settings you need to access the Internet in very short 
time. Please follow the following instructions to complete the ‘Quick Setup’: 
 
Please go to QuickSetup menu by clicking ‘QuickSetup’ button. 
 
 
 
And the following message will be displayed: 
 
1. Set Time Zone 
 
 
 
Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
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Set Time        Please press 
  button, a drop-down list 
Zone:    will be shown, and you can choose a time zone of the 
location you live. 
 
Time Server      Input the IP address / host name of time server 
Address:     here 
 
Daylight        If the country you live uses daylight saving, 
Savings:    please check ‘Enable Function’ box, and choose the 
duration of daylight saving. 
 
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ button.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Broadband Type 
 
Please choose the broadband (Internet connection) type you’re using in this 
NOTE: There are several time servers available on internet: 
 
129.6.15.28 (time-a.nist.gov) 
132.163.4.101 (time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov) 
131.107.1.10 (time-nw.nist.gov) 
 
If you found that the time of router is incorrect, try another time server. 
						

							 
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page. There are six types of Internet connection, they are: 
 
Cable Modem      - Please go to section 2-3-1 
Fixed-IP xDSL      - Please go to section 2-3-2 
PPPoE xDSL      - Please go to section 2-3-3 
PPTP xDSL       - Please go to section 2-3-4 
L2TP xDSL       - Please go to section 2-3-5 
Telstra Big Pond     - Please go to section 2-3-6 
 
If you’re not sure, please contact your Internet service provider. A wrong 
Internet connection type will cause connection problem, and you will not be 
able to connect to internet. 
 
If you want to go back to previous step, please press ‘Back’ button on the 
bottom of this page. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NOTE: Some service providers use ‘DHCP’ (Dynamic Host 
Configuration Protocol) to assign IP address to you. In this case, you 
can choose ‘Cable Modem’ as Internet connection type, even you’re 
using another connection type, like xDSL. Also, some cable modem 
uses PPPoE, so you can choose ‘PPPoE xDSL’ for such cable modem 
connection, even you’re using a cable modem.