Edimax Router BR-6574n User Manual

							3-3-4 Static DHCP Leases 
 
If you wish to assign a fixed IP address to certain computers / devices by 
DHCP, you can use this function to establish a MAC-to-IP address table 
here, so you can assign a specific IP address to a specific computer / 
network device by its MAC address.   
 
 
 
Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
Item Name Description 
Enable Static 
DHCP Leases Check this box to enable this function, 
otherwise uncheck it to disable this function. 
MAC Address Input the MAC address of the computer or 
network device (total 12 characters, with 
character from 0 to 9, and from a to f, like 
‘001122aabbcc’). 
IP address Input the IP address you want to assign to 
this computer or network device. 
Add After you inputted MAC address and IP 
address pair, click this button to add the pair 
to static DHCP leases table. 
Clear  Click this button to remove texts in MAC 
address and IP address field. 
  
						

							All MAC-to-IP address entries will be listed in this page, and this 
broadband router supports up 16 static DHCP leases: 
 
 
 
To delete one or more entries listed here, please check the box of the 
mapping entry (under ‘Select’), and click ‘Delete Selected’ button.   
 
If you wish to delete all mapping entries, click ‘Delete All’ button. To 
deselect all checked boxes, click ‘Reset’ button. 
 
When you finished with the settings in this page, you can click ‘Apply’ 
button to save changes you made in this page, or you can click ‘Cancel’ 
to discard changes. After you click ‘Apply’ button, you’ll see the 
following messages: 
 
 
 
Please click ‘Apply’ to save changes you made and restart the broadband 
router, this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop 
responding (this is normal and is not malfunction). You can reconnect to 
this broadband router and continue on other settings later.  
						

							3-4 Wireless 
 
You can setup Wireless LAN connection parameters of this broadband 
router in ‘Wireless’ menu: 
 
 
 
Please select one setting in this menu, then click ‘Apply’ to proceed. If 
you wish to go back to previous page, click ‘Previous’.  
						

							3-4-1 Basic Settings 
 
You can set basic settings of wireless LAN here.   
 
 
 
Please select the working mode of this broadband router from ‘Mode’ 
dropdown list first:   
 
a. AP: Standard wireless AP (access point). 
 
b. Station-Infrastructure: This broadband router acts as both wireless 
communication client and server - connects to another wireless access 
point as client, and serves other wireless clients as server. 
 
c. AP Bridge-Point to Point: Connect this router with another broadband 
router, to expand the scope of network.   
 
d. AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point: Connect this router with up to four 
other broadband routers, to expand the scope of network. 
 
e. AP Bridge-WDS: Connect this router with up to four WDS-capable 
broadband routers, to expand the scope of network. 
 
f. Universal Repeater: This broadband router will repeat other wireless 
access point’s signal to extend its wireless signal coverage, and also acts 
as a wireless access point to serve other wireless clients.  
						

							3-4-1-1 AP  mode 
 
In AP mode, the following settings will appear: 
 
 
 
Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
Item Name Description 
Band  Please select the radio band from one of 
following options: 
 
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 300Mbps). 
 
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 54Mbps). 
  
						

							2.4 GHz (B+G+N): 2.4GHz Band, Allows 
802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11N wireless clients. 
It’s recommends to select this band to maximize 
compatibility. 
ESSID  This is the name of broadband router. You can 
type any alphanumerical characters here, 
maximum 32 characters. ESSID is used to 
identify your own broadband router from 
others when there are other broadband 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. 
Associated Clients  Click ‘Show Active Clients’ button to show 
the list of all connected wireless clients. You 
can click ‘Refresh’ in new window to get 
latest list again, or click ‘Close’ to close the 
window. 
 
Please note that if you have pop-up blocker 
installed, you may have to disable it or tell 
your pop-up blocker to allow the popup 
window, or you will not be able to see the 
wireless client list window. 
  
						

							 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
When you finished with the settings in this page, you can click ‘Apply’ 
button to save changes you made in this page, or you can click ‘Cancel’ 
to discard changes. After you click ‘Apply’ button, you’ll see the 
following messages: 
 
 
 
Please click ‘Apply’ to save changes you made and restart the broadband 
router, this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop 
responding (this is normal and is not malfunction). You can reconnect to 
this broadband router and continue on other settings later.   
 
You can click ‘Continue’ to continue on other settings without restart the 
broadband router, however, the changes you made will not take effect 
before you restart the broadband router. 
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 
broadband routers using the same channel, which will disturb the 
radio communication between wireless client and the broadband  
						

							3-4-1-2 Station-Infrastructure 
 
In Station-Infrastructure mode, you can select a wireless access point to 
become its wireless client, and also acts as wireless access point to serve 
other wireless clients. If you have the access privilege of other wireless 
access point nearby, and you wish to use that access point to access 
Internet, you can use this connection type: 
 
 
 
Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
Item Name Description 
Band  Please select the radio band from one of 
following options (must be the same with the 
wireless access point you wish to connect): 
 
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 300Mbps). 
 
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 54Mbps). 
 
2.4 GHz (B+G+N): 2.4GHz Band, Allows 
802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11N wireless clients. 
It’s recommends to select this band to maximize 
compatibility. 
ESSID  This is the name of broadband router. You can 
type any alphanumerical characters here, 
maximum 32 characters. ESSID is used to 
identify your own broadband router from 
others when there are other broadband 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. 
Site Survey  Click ‘Select Site Survey’ and a popup window 
will appear. All reachable wireless access 
points will be shown in the window. Select the 
wireless access point you wish to connect from 
the list, and click ‘Done’. If the wireless access 
point you wish to connect is not listed, you can 
click ‘Refresh’ to rescan. 
 
If you still can’t find the wireless access point 
you wish to connect, please move the 
broadband router to the place nearer to the 
access point you wish to connect. 
WLAN MAC  Some wireless access points will only allow 
clients with certain MAC address to 
establish connection. In this case, you can 
input the MAC address that will be accepted 
by the wireless access point you wish to 
connect here. You can also click ‘Clone 
MAC’ button to use the MAC address of your  
						

							computer (the one you used to connect to the 
web management interface currently). 
Auto MAC Clone  If you wish to use the MAC address of wired 
LAN interface of this broadband router, 
select ‘Enable’, or select ‘Disable’ to not to 
use the MAC address of the wired LAN 
interface of this broadband router. 
 
 
When you finished with the settings in this page, you can click ‘Apply’ 
button to save changes you made in this page, or you can click ‘Cancel’ 
to discard changes. After you click ‘Apply’ button, you’ll see the 
following messages: 
 
 
 
Please click ‘Apply’ to save changes you made and restart the broadband 
router, this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop 
responding (this is normal and is not malfunction). You can reconnect to 
this broadband router and continue on other settings later.   
 
You can click ‘Continue’ to continue on other settings without restart the 
broadband router, however, the changes you made will not take effect 
before you restart the broadband router.