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Conecting a new Edimax to your LAN

Changing the Edimax IP address

hookup your Edimax and your PC to your local LAN (switch, Internet router, gateway).
add an extra IP address to the LAN interface of your PC, in any of the 5 networks as the Edimax, but with a different number at the end. For example: 192.168.28.4
make an entry in the HOST file of your PC (something like C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc\hosts) add a line like:
```
config.intern   192.168.28.9
```
because the new Edimax will only respond to that IP address and that name.
You can then use your browser to visit //config.intern.
Change the IP addresses as you like to integrate the Edimax in your local network.
The Edimax will only be available on the new address after config_save and reboot !
Change the address in your HOST file (see above) into the new value.
Set the Default Gateway in the Edimax to the address of your Internet router.
Set the Nameserver of the Edimax to the nameserver of your Internet provider.

Downloading software to the Edimax

The Edimax should already be part of your LAN as described before.
The configuration page should now display a table of downloadable software. Be patient, it takes some time.

Note: a connected disk must be formatted on an ext3 filesystem on a Linux PC before connecting it to the Edimax.
Ext2 will also work, but has no auto-recovery after a crash. Fat32 works too, but has no support for and owner and group rights, 'rwxrwxrwx' as ext3 and ext2 do. Iso9660 is also possible on a CD-ROM, with the same problems as Fat32, but is not (re)writable. That would make it very hard for a hacker to change your website !

File types

There are several file types here, each having their own purose and treatment.

ZIP files can be only be downloaded onto your PC and transferred to the Edimax by USB stick, FTP of websync.

All other files can (and should) be directly downloaded to your Edimax, by pressing a button on your Edimax download page. Then you can write the content onto a stick, FAT32 hard-disk, or ISO9660 CD-ROM. Connect that to the USB port of your Edimax, and you're ready to go.

bin-files are new kernel files, and are installed automatically by pressing the 'flash' button.
After flashing, the Edimax is rebooted with the new kernel.
this procedure may damnage your Edimax.
dev files are disk-images, configuring your disk by just pressing the 'install' button.
Be sure to attach the (formatted: preferrably ext3, but ext2 or fat32 will do as well) disk first, and reboot the Edimax. While rebooting, the disk is recognized and mounted as /mnt/sda1 etc. (a and 1 may be different).
After another reboot, the installed new directory structure is mounted to the mail filesystem, with some directories then being part of the mounted disk.
From that moment, those directories are persistent (the data remains after a reboot), and big.
Before hitting the 'install' button, choose the disk you want the data written onto. (A and B are disks, 1 upto 4 are partitions on the disk. The default will do in most cases).
tgz files are zipped tar images, containing directories and files. Pressing 'Install' extracts all files and directories, that will become available immediately.
ZIP files must be downloaded to your PC, unzipped to
- a memory stick,
- harddisk, or
- CD-ROM,
and then connected to the USB bus of the Edimax.

The part of the page below this line will be available on your Edimax download page, where you can download this software directly onto your Edimax (except for ZIP files).

Upload file table

File for download to Edimax	Not for use on PC	Description
20081213.config_website.tgz	Configuration	Config website Installs a website for configuring your Edimax. Name: http://config.intern:88
20081213.firewall.tgz	Configuration	Firewall Firewall configuration. start and stop scripts (init.d) website pages website configuration Install webserver.tgz first. Reboot after installation.
20081213.mail.tgz	Configuration	Mail Directory structure for a mail server (SMTP and POP3). outgoing queues POP3 mailboxes templates for distribution lists NO archive storage ! Install mail.disk first, to install this on external disk.
20081213.mailarchive.tgz	Configuration	Mail Mailarchive directory for mail. Archive storage (additional to mail.tgx). Install mail.tgz first.
20081213.remote_light_switch.tgz	Configuration	Remote light switch When the hardware is patched to control a remote light switch, this module can be added to your configuration to make software (Cron) switch your lamps on and off, depending on your preferences AND length of the day. Prerequisites: a kernel from this page.
20081213.websites.tgz	Configuration	Websites mail and log Enables Web access to mail and log directories. /var/www/mail.intern is a link to /var/mail, making the mail-server visible as local website http://mail.intern /var/www/log.intern is a link to /var/log, making the log-files visible as local website http://log.intern
20081222.log.disk	Disk image (see Connected disks above)	Log directory Create a mount directory on external disk for log files, make the logfiles survive a reboot enlarge the maximum storage for log files free precious ram storage Reboot is needed after installation.
20081222.mail.disk	Disk image (see Connected disks above)	Mail directory Create a mount directory on external disk for a mail server, make the mail files survive a reboot enlarge the maximum storage for the mailboxes and queues free precious ram storage Reboot is needed after installation.
20081222.spool.disk	Disk image (see Connected disks above)	Spool directory Create your /var/spool directory on external disk. make the cron files survive a reboot enlarge the maximum storage for spooled printer files free precious ram storage Reboot is needed after installation.
20081222.tmp.disk	Disk image (see Connected disks above)	Tmp directory Create a mount directory on external disk for temporary files, enlarge the maximum storage for temporary files free precious ram storage making temporary survive a power failure Reboot is needed after installation.
20081222.www.disk	Disk image (see Connected disks above)	WWW directory Create a mount directory on external disk for Websites, make the websites survive a reboot enlarge the maximum storage for websites files free precious ram storage Reboot is needed after installation.
20081224-Amilda-Kernel.krnl	Kernel may damnage your router DO NOT INSTALL with the button yet ! Works only if you flash this module with the RS232 procedure !!!	Reflashable kernel Contains driver for 1 USB device (Hard disk, Memory stick or printer). filesystems Ext3, Ext2, FAT32, Iso9660 intelligent webserver network switch 2 RS232 devices network printer server Controlling individual LED's Internal Flash-ROM accessible as devices kernel partition configuration partition reset switch for default configuration Extendable (configurable) with: network router network bridge network firewall lamp switching module

Meaning of the colours:	New or changed text since last visit (see user settings at top of page).
	Edimax stands for the BR-6104KP with USB
	Sweex means LB000021 and compatibles without USB.
	white text is part of a file on disk.

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