Edimax BR-6258n User Manual - Page 71

Auto MAC Clone

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ESSID Site Survey WLAN MAC Auto MAC Clone maximize compatibility. 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. 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. 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). 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. 70

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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.