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Chapter I: Product Information ......................................................................................................................... 5
1-1 Introduction and safety information .................................................................................................... 5
1-2 Safety Information ............................................................................................................................... 7
1-3 System Requirements .......................................................................................................................... 8
2-2 Setup client computers to obtain IP address automatically .............................................................. 15
2-2-1 Windows 95/98/Me IP address setup: .................................................................................... 16
2-2-2 Windows 2000 IP address setup: ............................................................................................ 18
2-2-3 Windows XP IP address setup: ................................................................................................ 20
2-2-4 Windows Vista IP address setup: ............................................................................................ 22
2-3 Connect to broadband router by web browser ................................................................................. 24
2-4 Using ‘Quick Setup’ ............................................................................................................................ 30
2-4-1 Using ‘Dynamic IP’ as broadband connection type ................................................................ 33
2-4-3 Using ‘PPPoE’ as broadband connection type ........................................................................ 36
2-4-4 Using ‘PPTP’ as broadband connection type .......................................................................... 38
2-4-5 Using 'L2TP' as broadband connection type ........................................................................... 41
Chapter III: General Setup ................................................................................................................................ 44
3-1 System ................................................................................................................................................ 46
3-1-1 Time Zone ............................................................................................................................... 47
3-2 WAN ................................................................................................................................................... 51
3-2-1 Dynamic IP .............................................................................................................................. 52
3-2-2 Static IP ................................................................................................................................... 54
3-3 LAN (Wired) ....................................................................................................................................... 66
3-3-1 Before you start - Suggestions for deciding an IP address to be used with this broadband
3-9 Language .......................................................................................................................................... 146
Chapter I: Product Information
1-1 Introduction and safety information
Thank you for purchasing BR-6228nS_nC wireless broadband router! This high
cost-efficiency router is the best choice for Small office / Home office users, all computers
and network devices can share a single xDSL / cable modem internet connection at high
speed. Easy install procedures allows any computer users to setup a network environment in
very short time - within minutes, even inexperienced. When the number of your computers
and network-enabled devices grow, you can also expand the number of network slot by
simple attach a hub or switch, to extend the scope of your network!
With built-in IEEE 802.11b/g/Draft-N wireless network capability, all computers and
wireless-enabled network devices (including PDA, cellular phone, game console, and more!)
can connect to this broadband router without additional cabling. New Draft-N wireless
capability also gives you the highest speed of wireless experience ever! With a compatible
wireless card installed in your PC, you can transfer file for up to 300 Mbps! The radio
coverage is also doubled, so don’t worry if your office or house is really big!
Do you think it is trouble to setup wireless security? With WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)
function, you can setup wireless security in just seconds! Just press the button on
WPS-compatible wireless device, or input a random 8-digit number, you can establish a
secure wireless connection.
Other features of this router including:
High Internet Access throughput
Allow multiple users to share a single Internet connection
Supports up to 253 LAN users sharing a single Cable or xDSL internet connection
Four wired LAN ports (10/100M) and one WAN port (10/100M)
Provides IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN capability
Support DHCP (Server/Client) for easy client IP-address setup
Advanced network and security features like: Special Applications, DMZ, Virtual Servers,
Access Control, Firewall.
Allow you to monitor the router’s status like: DHCP Client Log, System Log, Security Log and
Device/Connection Status
Easy to use Web-based GUI for network configuration and management purposes
Remote management function allows configuration and upgrades from a remote computer
(over the Internet)
Auto MDI / MDI-X function for all wired Ethernet ports.
1-2 Safety Information
In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety
instructions:
1. This router is designed for indoor use only; DO NOT place this router outdoor.
2. DO NOT put this router at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. Also, do
not left this router in the car in summer.
3. DO NOT pull any connected cable with force; disconnect it from the router first.
4. If you want to place this router at high places or hang on the wall, please make sure the
router is firmly secured. Falling from high places would damage the router and its
accessories, and warranty will be void.
5. Accessories of this router, like antenna and power supply, are danger to small children
under 3 years old. They may put the small parts in their nose or month and it could cause
serious damage to them. KEEP THIS ROUTER OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN!
6. The router will become hot when being used for long time (This is normal and is not a malfunction), DO NOT put this router on paper, cloth, or other flammable materials.
7. There’s no user-serviceable part inside the router. If you found that the router is not
working properly, please contact your dealer of purchase and ask for help. DO NOT
disassemble the router, warranty will be void.
8. If the router falls into water when it’s powered, DO NOT use your hand to pick it up.
Switch the electrical power off before you do anything, or contact an experienced technician
for help.
9. If you smell something strange, or even see some smoke coming out from the router or
power supply, remove the power supply or switch the electrical power off immediately, and
call dealer of purchase for help.
1-3 System Requirements
Internet connection, provided by xDSL or cable modem with a RJ-45 Ethernet port.
Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface card.
Web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above, Netscape Navigator 4.7 or above,
Opera web browser, or Safari web browser).
An available AC power socket (100 – 240 V, 50/60Hz)**
1-4 Package Contents
Before you starting to use this router, please check if there’s anything missing in the package,
and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items:
1-5 Familiar with your new wireless broadband router
LED Name
Light Status
Description
PWR
ON
Router is switched on and
correctly powered
OFF
Router is not powered
(or not correctly powered)
WLAN
On
Wireless network is switched on
Off
Wireless network is switched off
Flashing
Wireless LAN activity (transferring
data) or WPS mode is on. (LED will
on and off every 1 second)
WAN
10/100M
On
WAN port (Internet) is running at
100Mbps
Off
WAN port (Internet) is running at
10Mbps
Flashing
WAN activity (transferring data)
WAN
LNK/ACT
On
WAN port is connected
Off
WAN port is not connected
Flashing
WAN activity (transferring data)
LAN
10/100M
On
LAN port is running at 100Mbps
Off
LAN port is running at 10Mbps
LAN
LNK/ACT
On
LAN port is connected
Off
LAN port is not connected
Flashing
LAN activity (transferring data)
BR-6228nS
BR-6228nS_nC
Front Panel
Back Panel
Item Name
Description
Antenna
Wireless antenna
1 – 4
(Yellow)
Local Area Network (LAN) ports 1 to 4
WAN
(Blue)
Wide Area Network (WAN / Internet) port
5VDC
Power connector, connects to power adapter
WPS /
Reset
Reset the router to factory default settings (clear all
settings) or start WPS function. Press this button and
hold for 20 seconds to clear all settings, and press this
button for less than 20 seconds to start WPS function.
1-4 WAN 5VDC WPS/Reset
Antenna 1-4 WAN 5VDC WPS/Reset
BR-6228nS
BR-6228nS_nC
Item Name
Description
Wall mount
hole
Mount BR-6228nS_nC on the wall.
Bottom
Chapter II: System and Network Setup
2-1 Establish network connection
Please follow the following instruction to build the network connection between your new
Broadband router and your computers, network devices:
1. Connect your xDSL / cable modem to the WAN port of router by Ethernet cable.
2. Connect all your computers, network devices (network-enabled consumer devices other
than computers, like game console, or switch / hub) to the LAN port (Labeled as 1 to 4)
of the router.
3. Connect the power adapter to the wall socket, and then connect it to the ‘5VDC’ socket
of the router.
4. Please check all LEDs on the front panel. ‘PWR’ LED should be steadily on, WAN and LAN
LEDs should be on if the computer / network device connected to the respective port of
the router is powered on and correctly connected. If PWD LED is not on, or any LED you
expected is not on, please recheck the cabling.
5. To improve wireless signal reception, please arrange the antenna and make it
perpendicular to the ground, and place the wireless access point in open space. Please
keep the distance between antennas, if the antennas are too close to each other,
wireless signal reception will be affected.
2-2 Setup client computers to obtain IP address automatically
After the network connection is established, the next step you should do is setup the
router with proper network parameters, so it can work properly in your network
environment.
Before you can connect to the router and start configuration procedures, your computer
must be able to get an IP address automatically (use dynamic IP address). If it’s set to use
static IP address, or you’re unsure, please follow the following instructions to configure your
computer to use dynamic IP address:
If the operating system of your computer is….
Windows 95/98/Me - please go to section 2-2-1
Windows 2000 - please go to section 2-2-2
Windows XP - please go to section 2-2-3
Windows Vista - please go to section 2-2-4
2-2-1 Windows 95/98/Me 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 icon, and Network window will appear. Select
‘TCP/IP’, then click ‘Properties’.
2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server’, then click ‘OK’.
2-2-2 Windows 2000 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 Dial-up Connections icon, double click Local Area Connection, and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear. Select ‘Internet
Protocol (TCP/IP)’, then click ‘Properties’
2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’,
then click ‘OK’.
2-2-3 Windows 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 Statuss
window will appear, and then click ‘Properties’
2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’,
then click ‘OK’.
2-2-4 Windows 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’
2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’,
then click ‘OK’.
2-3 Connect to broadband router by web browser
Default IP address of this broadband router is ‘192.168.2.1’, and you can connect to
broadband router’s web-based configuration interface by any connected computer with
web browser (Internet Explorer 5.x or above, Firefox, or Netscape).
Please input ‘192.168.2.1’ in web browser’s address bar and press ‘Enter’ key to establish
connection:
You should see the following authentication window:
Please input ‘admin’ in ‘User name’ field, and ‘1234’ in ‘Password’ field, and click ‘OK’
Model
Displays the model name of this broadband
router. Useful when you need technical
services.
Up time
Displays the time since this router is switched
on.
Hardware Version
Displays the hardware version of this
broadband router. Useful when you need
technical services.
Boot Code Version
Displays the boot code version of this
broadband router. Useful when you need
technical services.
Runtime Code Version
Displays the runtime code version of this
broadband router. Useful when you need
technical services.
button to enter web configuration interface.
The page you’ll see after logon is ‘Home’, you can check all settings and system information
of BR-6228nS_nC wireless broadband router:
System:
Internet Connection:
IP Address Mode
Displays current mode of how this broadband
router obtains IP address.
IP Address
Displays the IP address of WAN connection.
Subnet Mask
Displays the subnet mask of WAN connection.
Default Gateway
Displays IP address of the default gateway of
WAN connection.
MAC Address
The physical address of WAN port.
Primary DNS
Displays IP address of first DNS server of
WAN connection.
Secondary DNS
Displays IP address of second (backup) DNS
server of WAN connection.
Mode
Displays the operation mode of wireless access
point.
ESSID
Displays the ESSID (Extend Service-Set
IDentifier, or the name of access point).
Channel Number
Displays the channel number of wireless
network.
Security
Displays the security authentication mode of
wireless access point.
IP Address
Displays the IP address of LAN connection.
Subnet Mask
Displays the subnet mask of LAN connection.
DHCP Server
Displays the status of internal DHCP server.
MAC Address
The physical address of LAN port.
Wireless Configuration
LAN Connection
The SSID, up time, IP address of LAN connection, and runtime code number will always
display on the top of webpage:
TIPS: If you can’t establish connection with broadband router with web browser (got ‘The
page cannot be displayed’ or similar error message), the IP address you inputted may be
wrong. If you’ve changed the IP address of this broadband router previously, please input
correct IP address instead of the default IP address ’192.168.2.1’.
If the DHCP server function of this broadband router is enabled, please follow the following
instructions to find out the IP address of this broadband router:
Please click ‘start’ -> ‘run’ at the bottom-lower corner of your desktop:
Input ‘cmd’, then click ‘OK’
Input ‘ipconfig’, then press ‘Enter’ key. Please check the IP address followed by ‘Default
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.
Gateway’ (In this example, the IP address of router is 192.168.2.1, please note that this
value may be different.)
If you tried the instructions listed above and still cannot find the IP address of this
broadband router / you forget the password, please jump to chapter xx-xx to reset the
broadband router.
2-4 Using ‘Quick Setup’
Item Name
Description
Time Zone
Please select a time zone of the country or
region of your residence here. If you can’t find
the country / region of your residence here,
please select a city / region which time zone is
the same with the country / region of your
residence.
Time Server Address
This load-balance router supports NTP
(Network Time Protocol). NTP server will
provide correct time for this router to setup the
date and time of the router automatically.
Please input the host name or IP address of
This broadband router provides a ‘Quick Setup’ menu, and you can setup basic parameters
of this broadband router.
Please follow the following instructions to use ‘Quick Setup’ menu:
1. Click ‘Quick Setup’ after logged in.
2. In the first step of quick setup, you can setup automatic time synchronization settings.
The descriptions of every setting items are listed as follow:
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