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1. Section Description Default Value Bandwidth 2OMHz SSID1 Enable SoZ Disable meee Channel and SSID3 Disable VLAN Binding SSID1 Default VLAN Binding SSID2 Default VLAN Binding SSID3 Default WEP Mode 64 bit Key Entry Method ASCII Wireless WEP al Laa Key2 WKEY2 Key3 WKEY3 Key4 WKEY4 WPA Mode WPA WPA2 Mixed Mode Cipher Suite AUTO Wireless WPA Authentication Wireless Password Wireless Password Type Wireless Password Password 8 63 characters Unique value see sticker on bottom of router or KEEP MEE card 802 1X Authentication Disable Re Authentication Period 40000 Quiet Period 60 l Server Type RADIUS Wireless 802 1x Server IP 0 0 0 0 Server Port 1812 Secret Key blank NAS ID blank SSID1 3 Enable Disable Wireless Bandwidth e a ne 0 Control SSID1 3 Downstream Kbps O Advanced USB File Sharing Auto Share Enable Samba Function Enable Workgroup Name Workgroup User Accounts None NAS Shared List None Mobile Broadband Mobile Broadband Service Disable Current PIN Code Gateway VLAN 1 2 3 OOOO 192 168 11 132 168 2 1192168 3 1 IP Subnet Mask VLAN 1 3 253 255 255 0 DHCP Server VLAN 1 3 Enable e Lease Time Two Days Start IP VLAN 1 2 3 192 168 1 2 192 168 2 2 192 168 3 2 End IP VLAN 1 2 3 192 168 1 254 192 168 2 254 192 168 3 254 Domain Name VLA
2. 7 The complete migration process may take up to 5 minutes to establish a connection to the Internet EE Bright Box User Manual WIRELESS SETTINGS This page contains basic settings to configure your wireless network The wireless mode channel wireless network name SSID wireless password broadcast SSID security type and security modes can be configured on this page To access the Bright Box router s basic wireless settings page 1 Login to the router s admin pages Status Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up 2 Click on the Basic Set Up tab and then select Wireless Settings from the left hand Broadband Settings WIRELESS SETTINGS menu 4 Wireless Settings LAE afer a gt WiFi Prote AT This page provides basic setting USB File Sharing enable WEP security Description of Wireless Settings The following table contains a description of the fields and options in the Wireless Settings page Description This option is used to configure the Wireless LAN interface on the router The Wireless LAN is enabled by default meaning that it is possible to connect your wireless devices to the router Select Disable to switch off the Wireless LAN interface on the router If set to Enable or disable wireless Disable it is not possible to connect your wireless devices to the router The WLAN light on the front of the router will not be lit if this option is selected Select Enable
3. 54 EE Bright Box User Manual How to enable or disable wireless To enable or disable wireless on the router follow the steps below 1 Login to the router s admin pages Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up 2 Click on the Basic Set Up tab and then i select Wireless Settings from the left hand menu WIRELESS SETTINGS p Wireless Settings i en byun This page provides basic setting USB File Sharing enable WEP security 3 The Wireless Settings page will open Rey OT Ss Sl Te Sa pE ee ee ee j i uram ee r a eee lr i n e e cam F ni ei e aii meee E a Ly 4 In the Enable or disable wireless field WIRELESS SETTINGS select your required option in the example below we re going to Disable wireless on This page provides basic settings to enable your wireless network Wireless Mode mus enable WEP security the router Enable of disable waroless Wireless Mode Channa Viireless Network Name S530 BreghtBan fGqiSi 5 Click Save Settings l 6 The router will apply the new settings Applying changes Please wait The process may take up to 30 seconds lf you are making wireless changes you may need to reconnect to the wireless network EE Bright Box User Manual 55 7 You can verify whether wireless is enabled or disabled on the router by looking at the wireless light on the front of the router 8 If the light is on or flickering wireless
4. Dynamic Static IP Addresses are not currently supported by EE broadband Use this field to enter the subnet mask provided by your ISP when the Internet IP Address option is set to Static Subnet Mask This field does not allow value entry if the Internet IP Address field is set to Dynamic Static IP Addresses are not currently supported by EE broadband This dropdown allows you to configure how your Dynamic Name Server IP addresses are selected For EE broadband the default value is Obtain from ISP Select Obtain from ISP if the DNS servers are provided by your Internet Service DNS IP Address Provider Select Manual if you intend to use DNS servers other than those provided by your ISP If you select this option you must configure the Primary DNS and Secondary DNS fields Use this field to enter the Primary Domain Name Server IP address when the DNS Primary DNS a IP Address option is set to Manual See ET ANG Use this field to enter the Secondary Domain Name Server IP address when the DNS IP Address option is set to Manual This field is used to configure the Maximum Transmission Unit size in bytes for data MTU 576 1500 PPPoA packets over the Internet The default for EE broadband is 1492 or 576 1492 PPPoE Please note that changing this value may cause problems with your Internet Internet IP Address connection such as issues resolving websites or s
5. 255 255 255 255 Se eo The value can also be configured on the Basic Set Up gt Broadband Settings or Advanced Set Up gt Broadband Settings for Internet connections with a static IP addresses If the value of this field is 0 0 0 0 then a connection through to the Internet has not been successfully established Also see chapter 8 troubleshooting on page 150 This field displays the Gateway IP address for the active Internet connection This value is automatically assigned by EE broadband when you establish an Internet Gateway connection If the value of this field is 0 0 0 0 then a connection through to the Internet has not been successfully established Also see chapter 8 troubleshooting on page 150 40 EE Bright Box User Manual Field Primary DNS Secondary DNS Wireless Firewall EE Bright Box User Manual Description This field displays the primary Domain Name Server DNS for the active Internet connection This value is automatically assigned by EE broadband when you establish an Internet connection The value can also be configured on the Basic Set Up gt Broadband Settings or Advanced Set Up gt Broadband Settings for Internet connections with a static IP addresses If the value of this field is 0 0 0 0 either a connection through to the Internet has not been successfully established or there are problems with the EE domain name servers Also see chapter 8 troubleshooting on page
6. Check to see if the wireless software on your computer can see the Bright Box wireless network Your Bright Box router s wireless network name is displayed on the sticker on the bottom of the router and on the KEEP MEE card that came with the router If your wireless software can see other wireless networks but not the Bright Box wireless network name then move your computer closer to the router about 6 feet away If you still cannot see the wireless network name then double check that the Wireless light on the front of the router is lit If it is not lit then connect your computer to the router using the black Ethernet cable Login to the router admin pages and navigate to the Basic Set Up gt Wireless Settings page and check that the Enable or disable wireless option is set to Enable If not set to Enable and click Save Settings See How to enable or disable wireless on page 64 Check that the Broadcast SSID option is set to Enable on the Basic Set Up gt Wireless Settings page If not set to Enable and click Save Settings Check that the Wireless Channel is set to Auto on the Basic Set Up gt Wireless Settings page If the channel is set to 12 or 13 change it back to Auto and click save settings If you can see your wireless network but Cannot connect to it and you Nave an old wireless adapter check that the adapter Supports WPA or WPA2 wireless security modes If t
7. QOS By default all types of Internet traffic on the Bright Box router are given the same priority as any other type QoS or Quality of Service is a feature of the Bright Box router that allows you to give priority to certain types of Internet traffic for applications on your network i e VoIP or online gaming or to prioritise traffic from a particular computer or device on your home network To configure QoS you must define the types of traffic that you want to prioritise either from a pre defined list or custom port numbers You can also prioritise individual devices on your network by MAC address IP address or by the connected Ethernet ports or wireless SSID s Once the traffic type is defined you select a priority for the traffic type from Highest to Lowest You define the traffic types and set these priority levels on the Traffic Mapping page Once you have defined the traffic types and their priorities you can then allocate a minimum bandwidth for each priority or differentiated service group diffserv group to shape how the traffic iS managed on your Internet connection You allocate the minimum bandwidths in the Diffserv Groups page You can also enable and disable the WMM Wi Fi Multimedia quality of service setting prioritising video and voice traffic over your Wi Fi connection eoeceee eee ec eee cere eee eee eee eee ee eee eee ee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eer eee eee eee e
8. These values are the count of Cyclic Redundancy Check CRC errors detected on F st Path CRC Error the ADSL line with a Fast Path link The values represent a re sent packet due to corruption and may indicate noise on the line These values are the count of Cyclic Redundancy Check CRC errors detected on the ADSL line with an Interleaved Path link The values represent a re sent packet due to corruption and may indicate noise on the line Interleaved Path CRC Error These values are the count of events where a temporary loss of signal between Loss of Signal Defect the exchange and the router has been recorded but the ADSL connection has not been lost These values are the count of Header Error Check HEC errors detected on the ADSL line with a Fast Path link This is a count of the errors on an ATM cell header A high number of HEC errors in a short time period may cause throughput to slow down Fast Path HEC Error These values are the count of Header Error Check HEC errors detected on Interleaved Path HEC the ADSL line with an Interleaved Path link This is a count of the errors on an Error ATM cell header A high number of HEC errors in a short time period may cause throughput to slow down These values are the count of the number of seconds where at least one error has Error Seconds been detected over the ADSL line SYSTEM LOG The System Log shows a list of important events that have occurred since your router was las
9. Auto Share Workgroup Name File Permissions Security Control User Name Password Enable Disable Workgroup Read amp Write nable Disable johnsmith mypassword j E a me amp Applying changes Please wait The process may take up to 30 seconds lf you are making wireless changes you may need to reconnect to the wireless network I l 7 l a 7 The next time you attempt to access the attached USB drive you will be prompted to enter the username and password Enter the username and password as configured in Step 5 Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10 7 screenshot examples to the right 8 Click OK or Connect to complete the connection to the attached USB drive The files and folders on your drive will now be visible Enter Network Password Enter your password to connect to Brightbox 9 Access is denied eoeereecer cece rece eee eee eee eee eee eee ee Enter your name and password for the server brightbox Connect as Guest Registered User Name johnsmith eeoeoerece eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee e eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ere eee eee eee eee ee eee ee ee ee eee er eee eee eee e eee ereee eee eee ee ee ree e ree eee eee eereeeeeeeeee EE Bright Box User Manual CHAPTER 7 The Advanced Set Up pages contain configuration pages for a wide variety of advanced Bright Box router features To access the Advanced Set Up
10. If this doesn t fix the problem or you believe that somebody else may be accessing your admin pages e Change the login password for the router to something different in the Password Settings page under Advanced Set Up gt System in the admin pages e You may also like to check that wireless security is turned on and change to WPA and change your WPA wireless security key to something new see Wireless Settings on page 64 EE Bright Box User Manual 25 NAVIGATING THE BRIGHT BOX ADMIN PAGES After logging into the Bright Box in your web browser you can access each of the router admin pages by a combination of navigating the three tabs at the top of the page and the left hand column navigation menu An example below shows the navigation elements as they appear in the basic set up gt Wireless Settings page Confrowration ptit There are three main sections in the admin pages that are accessible by clicking on the navigation tabs Section Status Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up Sats Hame Set Up Adwanced Set Lip Description This section consists of a single page that displays the Bright Box status for Internet connectivity wireless connection status currently connected device list DHCP table USB device status and other LAN and WAN settings The section contains configuration pages for Broadband Settings Migration Wizard Wireless Settings Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS settings and USB
11. eoeeeececec cece eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee reece eee eee e EE Bright Box User Manual 19 Select the Enable option for the Filtering function the Access Control page and click Save Settings ACCESS CONTROL Access Control allows users to define the traffic type permitted or not permitted to WAN port service Filtering function ble Disable Normal Filtering Table up to 10 devices _ Rule eee EEEN Aie Client Service Schedule Rule All traffic 192 168 1 10 tep udp Add Device Filtering Rule 20 The access control rule with the schedule rule has now been created The access control will only be applied at the scheduled time in this example 21 00 23 59 every day of the week Schedule Rule Table up to 10 rules Bleck 21 2259 Nine to Midnight INTRUSION DETECTION You can configure special firewall intrusion detection settings in the Intrusion Detection admin page The Intrusion Detection feature includes two key features Stateful Packet Inspection SPI and Hacker Prevention Stateful Packet Inspection SPI limits the access of incoming traffic By default the SPI feature is turned on and all the incoming packets from the Internet will be blocked unless they are initiated from a device or computer connected to the router You can configure SPI settings for a number of different traffic types and disable the SPI allowing those types of traffic to automatically b
12. 5 If you are using EE Fibre Broadband set the Maximum Upstream Bandwidth value to the correct setting for the upload speed of your Fibre service To help determine your Upload speed you can run a Broadband speedtest online In this example we will assume a 20 Mbps upload speed Please note that EE ADSL broadband users will not need to enter a Maximum Upstream Bandwidth this is determined automatically 6 Select a group you wish to apply bandwidth Shaping to this may be one that you had applied toa traffic mapping rule you created on page 165 earlier In this example we will update the Low group for the FTP rule we previously created 7 Inthe guarantee minimal bandwidth field enter the percentage bandwidth you want to guarantee to the group This means that if you normally have 1 Mbps of uplink transfer speed and you set the Low group to 20 then you will be guaranteed last least 0 2 Mbps 200Kbps transfer speeds for any traffic mapping rule using the Low diffserv group In this example we will enter 20 in the Low group to guarantee 20 of the available bandwidth 8 Optional If you want to allow more bandwidth for a traffic mapping rule if extra bandwidth is available for example if no other traffic types are using the available bandwidth at the time tick the allow more box eoeeeecerec eee eee eee eee ere eee eee eee eee eee eee ee ee reece reece eee
13. Fite Pemp Reda ite 25 10 In the USB device section click Share NAS SHARED 1151 to display the NAS Shared list page AUF A are ID your phar USE dine sral galeri penned une fom the vue Gar 11 Optional Change the Share Name for the drive this is the name that appears in the Network on Windows or Mac OS X if you want to give it a new name Please ensure that the share name doesn t contain any spaces 12 Tick the box next to the user account you created in step 9 and click Save Settings 13 Now you can access your shared drive on your network by selecting the drive and entering the user name and password created in step 9 screenshots below from Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10 7 Enter your mame and password for the server brightbos Connectar Guest a Registered User sesoses eee eee e eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee eee reece eee eee eee ee eeer eee eee eee eee eeree eee eee eee eeereee ere ee eee e rere eeer eee reece eer eee reece eer eeeereeeereee eee eeeereeeeeeee 94 EE Bright Box User Manual MOBILE BROADBAND If you have a supported mobile broadband 3G USB dongle you can connect it to the USB socket on your Bright Box router This will allow you to share your 3G Internet service over your home network as an alternative to using ADSL broadband The EE router can use the following 3G USB dongle models for 3G Internet sharing Elys e E1752 e E1
14. WPA page Security This field displays the wireless channel transmission for all of the wireless network names By default the wireless channel is automatically selected by the Intelligent Wireless function of the router This determines the channel with the least amount of interference and sets the channel accordingly You can override the automatic Intelligent Wireless channel selection in the Basic Set Up gt Wireless Settings page and set the router to a manual channel between 1 and 13 If you have set the router to the 40MHz bandwidth setting in Advanced Set Up gt Wireless Settings gt Channel and SSID page then the extension channel 4 channels from the primary will also be displayed here Channel This field displays whether the particular wireless network name SSID is currently enabled and transmitting If this value displays Disable then the wireless network name is configured but is not transmitting and cannot be connected to You can set the SSID state by ticking or unticking the Enable option for the relevant SSID on the Advanced Set Up gt Wireless Settings gt Channel and SSID page SSID State EE Bright Box User Manual 37 Description This field displays whether the wireless network name SSID is broadcasting and visible If the value is Enabled then the wireless network name is visible to wireless devices when attempting to scan for networks If the value is Disable then
15. admin password k3p4h ASUOfld Login Screen Username Password S510 State Broadcast Channel S510 11 Enable Enable MAC Address Connection Type SCOP SSS ES br LAN ES 11 32 96 FA58 LAN How to log out of the Bright Box admin pages To logout of the router s admin pages 1 Click Logout you ll find this in the top right hand corner of the router s admin pages 2 You ll be taken back to the login screen Possible Errors displayed when 8 logging into the admin pages lhertiarhe You may experience one of the errors below Rikin while logging onto the admin pages ma Ca Vine dibad ing in edad por ed eter are in catest Vous T fhia thee printed on Be Sota ol paii aiii The router log in details you ve entered are incorrect You ll find these printed on the bottom of your router You ll get this error if the username and or password for the router s admin pages have been entered incorrectly or left blank Remember that the username and password are case sensitive ensure that the Caps Lock on your computer keyboard is not on when attempting to log on Close the browser window and then try to log on again using the details below e Username admin e Password This can be found on the sticker on the bottom of the router in the router login details section and on the KEEP MEE card If you think you may have changed the pa
16. devices using the access control feature No URL Keyword Site 1 www example com site 2 example eevee eceec eer ec eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eer eee eee eres eee eee eee ee eee e eee eee eee eee reece eee ee ee eee ereee eee e eee eee ereee eee e eee eee er eee reese eee eee er eee rere eee eee ereeeereeeeeeeeeeeeeereeee EE Bright Box User Manual 7 Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save Settings 8 Now in the left hand navigation menu select Access Control Status Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up x Broadband Settings x Wireless Settings USB File Sharing a Mobile Broadband ACCESS CONTROL Access Control allows users to Filtering function Enab Normal Filtering Table ug Rule Client PC Description Address 9 Click the Add Device Filtering Rule link 10 On the edit device filtering rule page enter a rule description in this example we will enter URL Blocking 11 Enter the IP address or range of addresses of the computer or device on your network you wish to block the URL on You can block the URL on all computers by entering 192 168 1 2 254 In this example we will block the URL on the computer 192 168 1 10 only by entering 192 168 1 10 10 12 Tick the blocking box for the WWW with URL Blocking service EDIT DEVICE FILTERING RULE This page allows users to define serice limitations of client devices incl
17. i Tha page slows users to define serace lumitatons of chend deaces including IP address serace Dyg we will enter All traffic the URL address first on the URL Blocking Site page For the scheduling function you aiso need te addresses of the computer or device ys F Client Device IP Address 192 166 1 10 10 on your network you wish to block the URL on You can block the URL on all ane Device Semice computers by entering 192 168 1 2 254 In this example we will block the URL on the computer 192 168 1 10 only by entering 192 168 1 10 10 15 Select the type of traffic you want to block by ticking the blocking box next to the service name You can select multiple services to block or block custom ports in the user define service section In this example we will block TCP and UDP i e all traffic 16 Click on the Scheduling Rule Ref Schedule Rule Page dropdown and select the schedule rule you created in steps 6 8 in this example Block 21 23 59 17 Click Save Settings All TCP Port User Define Service Protocol TCP 6 UDP ee n Port Range 0 0 0 0 0 Clear Scheduling Rule Ref Schedule Rule Page Block 21 23 59 eoeeeececec eee ec eee ec eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee reer eee eee e eee reer eee eee er eee ree e eee e eee e eee eee eee eee er eee eee e eee eeeee
18. under Wireless Settings in the left hand navigation area In the Multiple SSID No dropdown select 2 In the Wireless Password field enter a password for your new wireless network the password should be between 8 63 characters Click Save Settings YOU Can now give your new wireless network name and password to guests Advanced Set Up Broadband Settings w Wireless Settings 3 Channel and SSID WPA WPA is a security enhancer Note For best performance a WEP This page can be used to configure the WEP Wired Equivalency Protocol security mode settings for your Bright Box router on any of the router SSID s A full description of the WEP security settings and instructions on setting a WEP key password can be found on page 62 How to set up a multiple SSID with WEP security eoceereecerec ee erece eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eer eee eee eee eee ere eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee e eee e eee eee reese eee eee ereeereee eee eee ereeeere eee ee eee eeeeeeeee EE Bright Box User Manual If your wireless adapter or software doesn t support the WPA security standard then you can set up an additional SSID using the WEP mode by following these instructions 1 Login to the router s admin pages alka hans teas 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click ts sen woes exc Irate cas Ue ara TEE CE Meme Pret Got
19. 12 Your Dynamic DNS host will now be configured with your current Internet IP address and this will be updated every time you are assigned a new IP address by EE Broadband usually when you restart the router ADSL STATUS You can see information on your current EE ADSL connection in the ADSL Status page The page displays information such as the status of your link and operation mode along with line synchronisation speeds noise margins line attenuation and error correction statistics This information might be useful in diagnosis of ADSL line connection issues and could be requested by an EE support agent To access the ADSL line status for your ADSL broadband connection 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with Caution page 3 Click on System in the left hand navigation menu to expand the System menu 4 Click on ADSL Status on the left hand menu w NAT Firewall Qos u UPnP Tools System Time Settings Line Status _ on tops Date Rate Information Upstream Downstream eceocoooooocoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo eee eee eee eee eee reece eee eee eee ere eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eer ee eee eee eee reese eee oooooooooH o EE Bright Box User Manual The following table describes the information display
20. 150 This field displays the secondary Domain Name Server DNS for the active Internet connection This value is automatically assigned by EE broadband when you establish an Internet connection The value can also be configured on the Basic Set Up gt Broadband Settings or Advanced Set Up gt Broadband Settings for Internet connections with a static IP addresses If the value of this field is 0 0 0 0 either a connection through to the Internet has not been successfully established or there are problems with the EE domain name servers Also see chapter 8 troubleshooting on page 150 This field displays the status of the router s wireless LAN WLAN setting By default this value is Enabled indicating that the wireless LAN is active If the value is Disabled the wireless LAN is switched off You can configure the wireless LAN setting on the Basic Set Up gt Wireless Settings or Advanced Set Up gt Wireless Settings pages This field displays the status of the router s internal firewall By default this value is Enabled indicating that the firewall is monitoring incoming and outgoing traffic If the value is Disabled the firewall is not monitoring traffic You can configure the firewall setting on the Advanced Set Up gt Firewall page This field displays the status of the Universal Plug and Play UPnP feature on the router By default this value is Enabled indicating that UPnP compatible network d
21. 1X for authentication over a RADIUS server EE Broadband does not provide support for this option 802 1X server settings must be configured in the Advanced Set Up gt 802 1X page if you select this option Authentication This field is used to configure the wireless password type used to establish a connection to the router s wireless network for the selected SSID By default the router will use the passphrase type Wireless Password type Select Passphrase for the wireless password to require a 8 62 ASCII character value a z A Z 0 9 Select Hex for the wireless password to require a 64 character hexadecimal value A F 0 9 This field is used to configure the WPA wireless password used when making a Wireless Password wireless connection to the router for the selected SSID Please note that the wireless password is case sensitive EE Bright Box User Manual 87 802 1X 802 1X is an enterprise authentication method that allows you to use an external RADIUS server for wireless authentication using the Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP This setting is sometimes known as WPA Enterprise EE is unable to offer 802 1X authentication so you must provide your own RADIUS server for this option to work You can configure the router for 802 1X authentication over RADIUS by access the 802 1x page in the advanced router admin pages 1 Login to the router s admin pages _ 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click
22. 2 Login to the router s admin pages Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with caution page Click on Tools in the left hand navigation menu Now you can select the tools features by clicking on Configuration Restart Factory Default or Firmware Upgrade in the left hand navigation menu Status Broadband Settings a Wireless Settings USB File Sharing u Mobile Broadband DHCP u NAT y Firewall Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up TOOLS Please use these functions wi EE Bright Box User Manual CONFIGURATION The Bright Box router is configured for EE Broadband out of the box however you may wish to make changes to the router settings at any time The Configuration page allows you to make a backup of your router s settings and also restore those settings at a later time This is particularly useful if you ve made a number of advanced settings changes such as creating port forwarding for online gaming and need to return to your router to factory default settings You can factory reset the router and then re apply the custom configuration changes by restoring from the configuration file To access the Configuration page 1 2 Login to the router s admin pages Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with Caution page Click on Tools in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Tools menu Click on Config
23. Accept on the Please proceed with caution page Status Basic Set Lp Adwanced Set Lip u Broadband Settings VWirelens sainga 802 1 3 Click on Wireless Settings in the left F E inne iid SIN This page allows you to set the B02 1X a m ene Heian EONO expang the NEE used for this access poet to connect to the Wireless Settings menu gt WPi a B02 1X Authenticatio 4 Click 802 1x in the left hand e poiran TETA aa E navigation menu w USH Fide Sharing Re Authenticaton Parad 300C Description of 802 1x settings The following table contains a description of settings on the 802 1x settings page Section Description The option allows you to configure whether WPA 802 1X wireless authentication is enabled or disabled on the router 802 1X Authentication Select Enable to allow 802 1X authentication over RADIUS You will also need to set the Authentication setting on the WPA page to 802 1 for the SSID Select Disable to switch off 802 1X authentication over RADIUS This field allows you to configure the amount of time in seconds the 802 1X server will reassign a session key to a connected client requiring re authentication This is 30000 seconds by default Setting a value of O will prevent re authentication from occurring l i This field allows you to configure the amount of time in seconds that the router Quiet Period are A will wait between failed authentication attempts This
24. Box router The setting can be enabled and disabled in the Wi Fi Protected setup admin page 1 2 Login to the router s admin pages Click on the Basic Set Up tab and then select Wireless Settings from the left hand menu Select Wi Fi Protected setup from the left hand menu The Wi Fi protected setup page will open In the Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS field select the option you wish to use In this example we will select Enable to enable the WPS feature Click Save Settings The router will apply the new settings Eite Set Up Aivanced Set Up WI FI PROTECTED SETUP WiFi Protected Setup WPS is an opr I m e Wr PROTECTED Be TL Qt Pree Ge OP ee ee 0 ee E ee E F rad ae WAN Pee oe PD eee eee i _ i ta il WIA PROTECTED SETUP Wl Amiria Seg OES eae phen pi cam ete shad can het yore lo comec erpen raca lo poi rele WiFi Protected Sete WPS Enab O Utad Help Applying changes Please wait The process may take up to 30 seconds lf you are making wireless changes you may need to reconnect to the wireless network PE ee es a ee eae Ea You can now connect to your router using a compatible WPS device EE Bright Box User Manual How to establish a WPS connection using push button configuration PBC To connect the Bright Box router to a WPS device that supports Push Button Configuration PBC mode you w
25. E 119 mae Accept on the Please proceed with caution marune ae Dars a page Ebie Dhn 3 Click on Wireless Settings in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Wireless pana ee A ee Settings menu m N E E sees Case al i Er TA 4 Click Channel and SSID in the left hand m ae Soe navigation menu to open the page Sis 5 Click on the Wireless Mode dropdown and ra im select the 11b 11g option asm wade gt 6 In the Multiple SSID section tick the enable option next to SSID2 7 Enter a name for your new wireless network in the example below we named the SSID GuestWIFT 8 Click on the security dropdown and select WEP 9 Tick the Broadcast SSID option next to SSID2 10 Optional if you want keep your home network separate to GuestWiFi select VLAN2 in the SSID2 field under VLAN Binding This will prevent people connecting to GuestWiFi from seeing computers on the home BrightBox wrfeta network 11 Click Save Settings 12 Now you will need to set a password on the new SSID Click on the WEP option under Wireless Settings in the left hand Status Basic Set Up Advanced Set l navigation area Broadband Settings a Wireless Settings WEP WEP is the basic mechan setup on your router and v gt WEP WPA gt B02 1X Note For best performanc 3 Bandwidth Control EE Bright Box User Manual 85 13
26. E a S T LA a LE T tO Noire TCP amp UDP in the example below we are win ha ee using TCP a _ 8 Enter the LAN Port in the example below we re opening port 21 for FTP 9 Enter the Public Port in the example below we re opening port 21 for FTP 10 Tick the Enable option 11 Click Save Settings 12 The settings will be applied and the Port Forwarding entry will now be enabled on your connected LAN device EE Bright Box User Manual 103 PORT TRIGGERS Port triggering is similar feature to port forwarding although it offers a dynamic opening of specific ports for any computer on your network whereas port forwarding is specific to a specific device connected to your network This feature is useful when multiple computers on your network need to port forward the same port at different times or when the incoming port is different to the outgoing port Some applications require multiple connections such as multiplayer gaming video conferencing and voice over IP phones These application will use an outgoing trigger port which can then temporarily open up a range of public ports to allow incoming traffic to reach the application correctly When the ports are no longer used they will be automatically closed by the router To configure port triggering you will need to know which incoming ports an application needs to use and also the outgoing trigger port
27. Host Control Protocol DHCP server handling the IP address of connected devices or computer automatically This is enabled by default Select Enable to use the router as a DHCP server When a computer connects to DHCP Server i i the router the router assigns the local area IP addresses automatically Select Disable to switch off DHCP on the router All devices connecting to the router must be individually configured with static IP addresses in order to access the network and Internet This dropdown allows you to configure the amount of time an IP address is allocated to a connected device using DHCP By default the IP address is allocated for two days after which time the IP address will be automatically Lease Time renewed by the router You can select lease times from Ten Minutes to Two Weeks or select the Forever option meaning that the IP address for a connected device will never automatically be re assigned by the router This field is used to configure the starting range of IP addresses allocated to Start IP connected devices via DHCP The default starting range is 2 i e 192 168 1 2 for the default VLAN This field is used to configure the end range of IP addresses allocated to End IP connected devices via DHCP The default end range is 254 i e 192 168 1 254 for the default VLAN This field is used to configure the domain name of your local network if required Domain Name for DHCP This
28. If you are still Sel a password lo restncl management access to the rouler Using the password that the router was sent with then this will be printed on the sticker on the bottom of the router or on the KEEP MEE card that was sent with the router PASSWORD SETTINGS idle Time Dut 10 Folin idle Time 0 NO Time Out 6 Enter the new password for the admin flecuessutes pages in the New Password field The password is case sensitive so MYPASSWORD MyPassword and mypassword are all different passwords l 7 Re enter your new password in the Re enter Password for verification field 8 Click Save Settings 9 The password change will be applied and the router login page will be displayed Login Screen again Enter your new admin password in the password field to log back into the admin pages The username will remain as 3 d m i n Password esssssasans Username admi eoceeeecereec ceo ee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee reece eee eee er eee eee ee eee eee eee reer eee eee ereere eee e eee eee eree eer eee ee ee eee eeeeeeeereee rere eer eee eee eee er eee rere eee eeeereeeeee eee eee eereeeeeeee 142 EE Bright Box User Manual How to change the time out period of the admin pages If you find that you are being timed out of the router admin pages too quickly you can change the minimum time before a timeout occurs or switch off the time out altogether B
29. Intelligent Wireless process or press this button for 5 seconds to Intelligent Wireless WPS button activate WPS WPS will only be available when enabled in the router s admin pages see Wi Fi Protected Setup on page 67 EE Bright Box User Manual 11 BOTTOM PANEL VIEW On the base or bottom of the router you ll find a sticker detailing the information below Model name of router Bright Box Wireless Router e Wireless network name also Known as SSID e g BrightBox 1a2b3c e Wireless password 6 character random password e Router login details i e 192 168 1 1 e Router login username and password e The MAC address and Serial number of the router Model name Bright Box Wireless Router wireless network name MAC XXXKXXXIXXKXXX BrightBox 1a2b3c A wireless password Serial No WOGOUCOOXXX ii A A Routerlogin details http 192 168 1 1 username admin password k3p4h9 lt pt NOR j Medel XX 1ODOIMOMROT XX EE Bright Box User Manual CHAPTER 3 INSTALLATION UNPACKING YOUR BRIGHT BOX WIRELESS ROUTER To make your life easier we ve already set up your Bright Box wireless router so it will connect to the Internet once your broadband is ready Simply plug it in and connect your device If you d like a helping hand follow this guide and you ll be online in no time The box should include the following items Grey Bright Box Broadband cable Ethernet cable Wireless Router For ADSL broadband on
30. PPPoA for ADSL broadband or PPPoE for Fibre broadband Select PPPoA for PPP over ATM connectivity This is the correct value for EE ADSL broadband customers You must enter a Broadband Username and Broadband Password to establish an Internet connection Select PPPoE for PPP over Ethernet connectivity This option is available for both Protocol ADSL and Fibre Ethernet broadband types You must enter a Broadband Username and Broadband Password to establish an Internet connection Select Bridging to set the router to act as a bridge to pass Internet traffic directly to the attached client PC from another modem This option is available for Fibre Ethernet broadband types only Select Routing to set the router to route Internet traffic over the Ethernet connection where authentication is handled by a modem This option is available for Fibre Ethernet broadband types only This dropdown allows you to select the Virtual LAN group the Bridged Internet connection is associated with in order to configure separate internal networks The default VLAN is select by default This dropdown will only be visible if the Broadband Type is set to Fibre Ethernet and the Protocol option of Bridging is selected The VLAN settings are configured in Advanced Set Up gt DHCP page See DHCP on page 96 for further information VLAN Bridging Protocol only This field is used to configure the ATM
31. State and Internet State should both show Connected to indicate that your router is now aa Ea as 7496kbps connected to the Internet Upstream Rate 1020kbps eoeereecerec eee ec eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eer eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee rere eee eee er eee eee e eee eeeereee ree e reer rere ee eee e eee eereereeeer eee reece eer eee rere eeeeeeereeeeree eee ee eee eeeereeee 46 EE Bright Box User Manual How to change the broadband MTU The Maximum Transmission Unit MTU value is optimised on the Bright Box router for the EE network with a default value of 1492 In some cases if web pages are not loading or secure web sites are timing out for example it may be necessary to adjust the MTU value To do this 1 Login to the router s admin pages Subnet Mask 2 Click on the Basic Set Up tab 3 Scroll down to the MTU 576 1500 or MTU 576 1492 field enter the new MTU value for Primary ONS example 1500 DNS IP Address Obtain from ISP Secondary DNS 4 Click Save Settings 5 You ll be prompted that the router is applying changes Applying changes Please wait The process may take up to 30 seconds lf you are making wireless changes you may need to reconnect to the wireless network 6 You ll be redirected back to the Basic Set Up Broadband Settings page How to set manual DNS addresses The Bright Box router is set to auto
32. Virtual Path Identifier VPI and Virtual Channel Identifier VCI for the active Internet connection For EE ADSL broadband the default value is 0 38 Entering other values may prevent you connect to the Internet This field is not visible for the Fibre Ethernet Broadband Type VPI VCI ADSL Broadband Type only 4g EE Bright Box User Manual Description This dropdown allows you to configure the ATM Encapsulation setting for the active Internet connection For EE ADSL broadband the default value is VC MUX Encapsulation ADSL Select VC MUX for Virtual Circuit Multiplexing Internet connections including EE Broadband Type only ADSL broadband Select LLC for Logical Link Control Internet connections This field is not visible for the Fibre Ethernet Broadband Type This dropdown allows you to configure how the Internet IP Address is allocated For EE Broadband the default value is Dynamic Select Dynamic if the Internet IP address is assigned by your ISP this is the standard setting for EE broadband Select Static if you have been given a fixed IP address by your ISP If you select Static you must also configure the IP Address and Subnet Mask fields Use this field to enter the static IP Address provided by your ISP when the Internet IP Address option is set to Static IP Address This field does not allow value entry if the Internet IP Address field is set to
33. a configuration change on a page after clicking the Save Settings A button as Save Settings will apply the change to the page If you click Save Settings and then want to roll back on a previous setting you will need to change that setting yourself and click Save Settings again to re apply HELP PAGES You can display contextual help information on admin pages by clicking the Help button on any page This will open a window with the relevant help information for that particular admin page Help Windows l nternet Explorer ig http 1921681 1 heap htm hid 0 broadband Broadband Settings This page allows you to update your broadband usemame and broadband password details to connect to EE broadband All other settings are optimised to work with your EE broadband serice If you change settings you may find youre unable to connect view web pages or expenence slow loading web pages If you think you may have changed the settings in emor retum your router to default settings You can do this from Advanced Set Up by selecting Tools and Factory Default You can also connect or disconnect your Internet connection manually by clicking the Connect Disconnect button in the Internet Connection section of the page ADSL Mode This page allows you to change the ADSL mode sometimes known a5 modulation type that the router uses to connect to your broadband service on your local exchange By default this will be set t
34. a particular computer on your network without being blocked by the router Before setting up a Port Forwarding rule it is a good idea to reserve an IP address for the device you wish to set up the rule for You can do this in the Advanced Set Up gt DHCP admin page under the address reservation section See how to reserve an IP address on page 98 for further information Please refer to the manual or support service of the particular application or game for information on which ports you should be forwarding The following table contains a list of common port forwarding ports Application Protocol Port Number A list of port numbers can also be found at http www iana org assignments port numbers EE Bright Box User Manual 101 To access the Port Forwarding page 1 Login to the router s admin pages Status Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with caution y Broadband Settings Wireless Settings PORT FORWARDING page ots ie Saam You can configure the router as 4 Click on NAT in the left hand navigation Mobile Broadband your local site via public IP addr menu to expand the NAT menu items a DHCP addresses x NAT 4 Click on Port Forwarding in the left hand ne i Address Mappihg No LAN IP Address F navigation menu aN Port Forwarding gt Port Triggers 1 192 168 1 gt NAT Mapping Table m a 2 192 168 1 Description
35. all devices on your network NAT MAPPING TABLE The NAT mapping table page contains a list of port forwarding entries for the current router session These port forwarding entries could reflect those created manually in the Port Forwarding page or those automatically established by the UPnP Universal Plug and Play feature of the router To access the NAT Mapping Table page 1 Login to the router s admin pages Status Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with u Broadband Settings NAT MAPPING TABLE Caution page u Wireless Settings 3 Click on NAT in the left hand navigation cht in NAT mapping table displays the C u Mobile Broadband menu to expand the NAT menu items AP 4 Click on NAT mapping table in the left Index Protocol Local IP hand navigation menu i 1 udp 192 166 1 32 You can refresh the NAT mapping table by PotTiggers 9 tep 192 1681 3 clicking the refresh button at the bottom of NAT Mapping Table the page Page 1 1 gt eoeeeececec eee ec ee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee reece eee ee eer eee eee eee ee eeer eee reer eee eee er eee eee e eee eee ereee reese eee eeeereee eee e eee eereereee reese eee eeeereeereee reer eee eeeereee eee eee ereeeereeee 106 EE Bright Box User Manual The table below contains a description of the fields on the NAT mapping page Section Description This field is the index for the NAT por
36. and this is generally the best mode for your connection as the correct connection type will be automatically negotiated between the exchange and your router Bit Swapping and SRA Seamless Rate Adaption are also enabled by default You can change these settings for troubleshooting purposes Setting an incorrect ADSL Mode Bit Swapping or SRA setting may prevent you from A successfully connecting to the Internet If you make changes to these settings and lose your Internet connection please set back to Automatic with Bit Swapping and SRA enabled and click Save Settings Description of ADSL Mode settings The following settings can be configured on the ADSL Mode page Section Description This dropdown is used to configure the ADSL connection mode modulation This is set to Automatic by default and this is usually the best option You can also set the mode manually to 6 992 1 G DMT G 992 3 ADSL2 G 992 5 ADSL2 G 992 3 Annex W and G 992 5 Annex M ADSL Mode This option is used to enable or disable Bit Swapping on your ADSL connection Bit Bit Swapping Swapping is enabled by default and is used to help keep your ADSL line connection Stable This option is used to enable or disable Seamless Rate Adaption SRA on your ADSL connection SRA is enabled by default and helps adapt your line sync speed automatically without disconnecting your Internet connection MIGRATION WIZARD This page allo
37. disconnect click on the Disconnect button Internat Connection intent State Connected Dncannact J The Applying changes message will be displayed and the page will be displayed with the Internet State of Disconnected visible In the Advanced Set up gt System gt System Log page the disconnected state appears as PPP connection down VC1 If you are disconnected from the Internet the Internet State displays Disconnected click on the Connect button to attempt a reconnection Intermmet Connection Initennel Stale Lascninected Liiiact The Applying changes message will be displayed and the page should be displayed with the Internet State of Connected visible In the Advanced Set up gt System gt System Log page the disconnected state appears as PPP connection up VC1 Please note that the Connect button will only successfully re establish an Internet connection O if your Internet service is working and the Bright Box has been setup correct See Chapter 3 Installation on page 13 or Chapter 8 Troubleshooting on page 150 for further information 78 EE Bright Box User Manual ADSL MODE The ADSL Mode page allows you to change your ADSL connection mode sometimes known as modulation type The ADSL mode is used to establish a connection between your Bright Box router and your local Broadband exchange By default the ADSL Mode is set to Automatic
38. e Log in to the admin pages in your browser on 192 168 1 1 and navigate to the Status INTERNET page If the Broadband State is Connected Broadband ye ADSL but the Internet State is Disconnected and B state the Internet IP Address is 0 0 0 0 then you may have incorrect broadband username or password e Navigate to the Basic Set Up gt Broadband Settings page and check that the Broadband Username and Broadband Password fields contain the correct credentials for your EE Broadband service If either of these values are wrong update them with the correct details and click Save Settings Navigate back to the Status page and check to see if the Internet State displays Connected and an Internet IP Address is visible If so try to display a page in your web browser e If your Broadband username and password are correct check the other settings on the Basic Set Up gt Broadband Settings page For EE Broadband they should be as follows Broadband Type is ADSL for ADSL broadband or Fibre Ethernet for Fibre broadband Protocol is PPPoA for ADSL broadband or PPPoE for Fibre broadband VPI VCI is 0 38 for ADSL broadband only Encapsulation is VC MUX for ADSL broadband only Internet IP Address is Dynamic DNS IP Address is Obtain from ISP MTU is 1492 O O O O O O O e Make any necessary changes and click Save Settings to appl
39. eee ee eee eee eee eee eee eee reese eee eee eee eee eee eee eer eee reese e eee eer eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee rere ereereeeeeeeee EE Bright Box User Manual 135 How to restore the router to factory defaults from the router admin page To restore the router from its factory settings from the router admin page 1 Login to the router s admin pages USB File Sharing 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and Mobile Broadband a l l Use the button above to restore click Accept on the Please proceed with DHCP Caution page NAT 3 Click on Tools in the left hand navigation rn menu to expand the Tools menu main UPnP 4 Click on Factory Default on the left hand a Tools menu gt Configura estart Factory Default gt Firmware Uparade 5 Click on the Factory Default button 6 A warning dialog box will be displayed Click OK to proceed with the restoration of factory default settings or click Cancel if n WARMING Ary changes you we made to your ruter will be losi You ll you want to keep the current settings ee J minutes before your router re conmects to the 7 A Do not turn off your router please wait until default configuration has been applied message and timer will be 39 seconds remaining displayed for 99 seconds A Do not tum off your router please wait until router has restarted 8 The router login page will be displayed
40. from your dira RESTORE Enter the path and name of the backup file then click the apply button be backup restoration Onprce _ Open Sharewth Bum New folder sir Frois Pir Date mediei Typ ME Decttop back bin SIGNS ES BN Ip Downloads E Dropbox Lal LAMM Ape ty Orepbes bE Recent Places 8 Double click the backup bin file and then on the Restore page click Apply 9 When prompted whether you want to restore your router s settings click OK 10 The restoration of the router settings from the configuration file will begin This process will take 99 seconds to complete 11 The router will be automatically rebooted and after 99 seconds you will be returned to the router admin page login screen Your router settings will now have been restored RESTART RESTORE Enter the path and nama of the batikan Wia thes cick the apply button below Vou will be prompted t C User tesionesSammung Dewinadncactip in anl 99 seconds remaning If you re having problems with your Internet connection you may be able to fix the problem by restarting the router from the Restart admin page How to restart your router To restart the Bright Box router 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with Caution page 3 Click on Tools in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Tools
41. hand navigation menu You can configure the NAT module as follows 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with Caution page 3 Click on NAT in the left hand navigation menu 4 You can enable or disable the NAT module on the Bright Box router by selecting the option you want onthe NAT page in this example we are selecting Enable and pressing Save Settings Status Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up Broadband Settings 4 Wireless Settings s USB File Sharing NAT Network Address Translation N or multiple public IP addresses NAT module function E eee Adena Tima ALAT igei maripa shed M year lot ee ae et eid Te ete tee a erg piit F aibri of maligis pii Feb iced HAT mhala Ineecthot Trail Ditakis P n aP a a Eman Please note that disabling NAT on the router may prevent you from accessing Internet services through your connected devices or computers and is not recommended EE Bright Box User Manual eceso cocoocoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooo ooooooo ooo oooooool o ADDRESS MAPPING Address Mapping is a special feature that allows you to assign IP addresses in your local network to one or more addresses in a public network like the Internet This feature is useful if you have multiple static global WAN IP addresses and wish to divide local networks int
42. in Gigabytes GB INFORMATION This section contains further details about your router including more detailed Internet settings along with other router features and settings The section is comprised of three areas Internet Features and LAN amp Wireless Default INFORMATION Internet Features Protocol PPPoA Wireless Enabled VPIVCl 0 38 Firewall Enabled Encapsulation VC MUX UPnP Enabled ADSL Mode 6992 1 G DMT Subnet Mask 255 255 255 255 LAN amp Wireless Default Gateway 217 47 79 250 Gateway 192 168 1 1 Primary DNS 193 36 79 100 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Secondary DNS 193 36 79 101 DHCP Server Enabled EE Bright Box User Manual 39 Field Description This field displays the ATM Virtual Path Identifier VPI and Virtual Channel Identifier VCI for the active Internet connection For EE ADSL broadband the default value is 0 38 VPI VCI If the value is not 0 38 then it may not be possible to gain an Internet connection These values can be configured on the Basic Set Up gt Broadband Settings or Advanced Set Up gt Broadband Settings pages This setting will not be visible for EE Fibre broadband customers This field displays the network protocol for the active Internet connection On EE ADSL broadband the value will be PPPoA and on EE Fibre broadband the value will be PPPoE Alternative values of DHCP Fix or Bridge may be displayed if alternative ADSL or Ethernet connectio
43. in to 192 168 1 1 again e Check that your web browser isn t configured to establish a dial up connection In Internet Explorer you can find this setting in Internet Options and clicking the Connections tab Internet Explorer should be set to Never Dial a Connection or this option should be greyed out e Check that your web browser isn t configured to use a Proxy Server In Internet Explorer you can find this setting in Internet Options and clicking on the Connections tab Click on LAN Settings and ensure that the Use a Proxy Server box is unticked and that Automatically detect settings is ticked Unable to connect to the Internet If you are able to access the router admin pages but cannot get a connection through to the Internet then either there is a problem with your broadband line or your router is not correctly configured to connect to EE Broadband See Chapter 3 Installation for more information on setting up your Bright Box e For ADSL Broadband Check that one end of your grey broadband cable is connected to the DSL port at the back of the router e For ADSL Broadband Check that the other end of your grey broadband cable is connected to the DSL port on your microfilter e For ADSL Broadband Check that your microfilter is connected to your telephone socket ideally the master socket in your house e For ADSL Broadband Check that all of the telephone sockets in your house have an ADSL microfilter connect
44. is 60 seconds by default Re Authentication Period Sener Thine eee 802 1x authentication server type Currently the only option is EE This field allows you to configure the IP address of the RADIUS authentication server for 802 1X This may be an internal LAN or external Internet address TEE This field allows you to configure the connection port of the RADIUS server By default the value is 1812 and this is the usual port for a RADIUS server ae This field allows you to configure the secret key value shared between y the RADIUS server and connecting clients This field allows you to configure the request identifier of the Network NAS ID Access Server NAS 88 EE Bright Box User Manual BANDWIDTH CONTROL It is possible to control the amount of bandwidth allocated by each of the wireless network names SSID s on the Bright Box router This feature is useful if you want to control the maximum upload and download speeds on a particular SSID for example you may like to limit the connection speed of a member of your family who uses SSID2 to 1000kbps about 1mbps on download and 512kbps on Upload This setting is often used in conjunction with multiple SSID s See how to setup multiple SSID s on page 83 for further information As Bandwidth Control is a Quality of Service QoS feature you must also enable the QoS Module Function in the Advanced Set Up gt QoS page for the Bandwidth Control to be applied db To access
45. is enabled If the light is off wireless is disabled How to change the Wireless Network Name SSID You may wish to change the Wireless Network Name also known as an SSID transmitted by the Bright Box router to a more memorable name To do this 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Basic Set Up tab and then select Wireless Settings from the left hand menu 3 On the Wireless Settings page click in the Wireless Network Name SSID field and overwrite the default wireless network name with a new one up to 32 characters in length 4 Click Save Settings 5 The router will apply the new settings Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up Broadband Settings u Wireless Settings gt Wi Fi Protected dup WIRELESS SETTINGS This page provides basic setting enable WEP security WIRELESS SETTINGS This page prewades basie settings to enable your wreleds network Wireless Mode must be enable WEP s cunty Enable or disable wareless Enable Disable Wireless Moe lbtligetin Charinal hide Wireless Notwork Name SSID Mypnghinos Bnadtas SSID Security WPA 7 Heip Save Settings Applying changes Please wait The process may take up to 30 seconds lf you are making wireless changes you may need to reconnect to the wireless network eoeereecerece eee eee eee eee eee reece eee eee reece eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eer eee e
46. is set to ASCII the passphrase field is greyed out These fields are used to configure the WEP key used when making a wireless connection to the router in WEP mode The field length and characters is determined by the WEP Mode and Key Entry Method fields Key1 Key4 64 bit HEX Mode requires a 10 hexadecimal character key A F 0 9 64 bit ASCII Mode requires a 5 ASCII character key a z A Z 0 9 128 bit HEX Mode requires a 26 hexadecimal character key A F 0 9 128 bit ASCII Mode requires a 13 ASCII character key a z A Z 0 9 This section displays the current Wireless Channel selected by the router if the Channel is set to Auto option or set manually if the Channel is set to any value Intelligent Wireless between 1 and 13 Clicking on the Intelligent Wireless button will cause the router to re scan for the best wireless channel to use to avoid interference Key Entry Method A note on changing wireless settings Making a change to any wireless settings in the Bright Box router may cause your wireless computers or other wireless devices to become disconnected from the network If this occurs you will need to reconnect to the wireless network again In some instances you may have trouble re connecting to the wireless network after A making changes to wireless settings If this occurs you may need to delete the old wireless network from your saved network list and reconnect again
47. items 4 Click on Port Triggers in the left hand navigation menu In the trigger port field enter the outgoing trigger port associated with the application In this example we are using port 28800 for MSN Gaming Zone 6 Inthe trigger type select either TCP or UDP for the traffic type of the trigger port In this example we are using UDP for MSN Gaming Zone EE Bright Box User Manual 105 7 Inthe public port set the range of incoming public ports that will be opened when the PORT TRIGGERS runt ance an eae uch an bieen gaming woe conlenencng intemet iMeghony and trigger port is activated You can enter a a maama Trae appie aeann ort alnas mat wh er Ar arate UAT eae P yoy Teed rn single public port multiple ports separated Rar Sk maka fhe paaril ypa at FGP or EENEN EE peer eE E ches com datas by a comma or a range of ports using a ea E S a am e E EE EE dash In this example we are using ports Me Trigger Pert Trigger Type Publie Pori Public Type Enable 6667 2300 2400 47624 28800 29000 for EE hats SEET NSS ATEH SSE ONS MSN Gaming Zone 8 Inthe public type select either TCP or UDP for the traffic type of the incoming ports In this example we are using TCP for MSN Gaming Zone 9 Tick the enable box to enable the port triggering entry 10 Click Save Settings 11 The settings will be applied and the port trigger entry will now be enabled for your application on
48. k3p4h9 C A astona p Madein XXX 14000 i0MNOU RII mm 8 EE Bright Box User Manual FRONT PANEL VIEW AND LED STATUS On the front panel of the Bright Box Wireless Router you ll find 9 green LED lights which can be used to indicate the status of the router Broadband Data Intelligent Ethernet PONET eons Wireless Wireless WPS Connections cocoocoocooooooooooooooooo Q es S When the router is connected to power switched on and only a broadband cable is connected the lights should be lit as follows LED LED Colour Activity Broadband Solid green Ethernet 4 Flashing green Fibre Broadband or Off ADSL Broadband EE Bright Box User Manual 9 The table below describes the LED light behaviour on the front panel and what they mean from left to right LED Fast E A E The router is training or synchronising with the exchange The router has attempted to connect to the Internet but has failed Slow This could be a problem connecting to the broadband exchange flashing however will be most commonly experienced when the username and Broadband password have been entered incorrectly The router can t detect a broadband signal If you are using the EE Fibre broadband service check that the Off Ethernet connection between the WAN port on the Bright Box and LAN1 port on the Fibre modem is connected and the modem is powered on Traffic is being sent or received between the computer and router or Fla
49. logging into the admin pages 24 Navigating the Bright Box admin pages 26 eeseoesosocsocsocsocoocsooooocoooocooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooo o o 2 EE Bright Box User Manual Bright Box admin page descriptions 2 Status tab 2T Basic Set Up tab 28 Advanced Set Up tab 28 Making Configuration Changes 52 Help pages 23 Chapter 5 The Bright Box status page 34 Internet status 54 Wireless Status 36 Currently Connected Devices 38 USB Device 39 Information 39 Chapter 6 Bright Box Basic Set Up pages 43 Broadband Settings 43 Description of Broadband Settings 44 How to manually update the broadband username and password 46 How to change the broadband MTU 47 How to set manual DNS addresses 47 Migration Wizard 49 How to migrate to EE Fibre broadband 49 How to migrate to EE ADSL broadband 50 Wireless Settings 52 Description of Wireless Settings 52 A note on changing wireless settings 54 How to enable or disable wireless 55 How to change the Wireless Network Name SSID 56 How to change the wireless WPA password 57 How to change the Wireless Mode 58 How to change the wireless channel 59 How to change the Broadcast SSID option 60 How to change to wireless WEP security 62 How to change to wireless WPA mode 64 How to disable Wireless Security 65 Using the Intelligent Wireless feature 66 Wi Fi protected setup 67 Description of WPS
50. may be for security reasons or to change it to something more memorable The Password Settings page can also be used to change the Idle Time Out for the admin pages The timeout dictates maximum time of inactivity before you are logged out of the admin pages and need to log back in 1 Login to the router s admin pages a 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and wNAT Current Password _ click Accept on the Please proceed with a Firewall O O OOOO lon QoS Caution page 2 ee 3 Click on System in the left hand navigation is Sich o menu to expand the System menu s er oe Re Enter Password for Veri gt fvime Settings mooo Password Settings eoeerec reece eee reece eee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee ere eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee reece eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee reece eee eee eee eee eee eee e eee ee eee eee eee eee ee ere ee reese eee eee eee ooooooooooo o EE Bright Box User Manual 141 How to change the router s admin password To change the password for the router s admin pages 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with Caution page 3 Click on System in the left hand navigation menu to expand the System menu 4 Click on Password Settings on the left hand menu 5 On the Password Settings page enter the current password for the admin pages in the Current Password field
51. menu 4 Click WPA in the left hand navigation menu eoeereeceec eer eee eee eee rere eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee e eee eeee Status Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up v Broadband Settings a Wireless Settings Channel and SSID WPA WPA is a security enhancem LAN Matching authentication Note For best performance a gt Bandwidth Control eoeereecer eee rece eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee ee eee eee ee eee eee e eee eee eee eee eee EE Bright Box User Manual Description of WPA settings The following table contains a description of the settings on the advanced WPA settings page Section Description This option is used to configure which of the SSID s you are applying the WPA settings to When you access this page the default SSID number 1 is select Multiple SSID No Select 2 or 3 to configure the other available SSID s Remember you will need to enable the other SSID s on the Channel and SSID page for the changes to have any effect This option is used to configure the Wi Fi Protected Access security type mode for the selected SSID By default the WPA Mode is WPA WPA2 Mixed Mode in order to provide maximum compatibility Select WPA for legacy devices that do not support the newer more secure WPA2 security mode WPA Mode Select WPA2 for devices that support the highly secure WPA2 mode Note that older devices
52. need to configure the Username and Password manually on the Basic Set Up gt Broadband Settings page If this field is populated with your correct Broadband Username but your Internet State displays Disconnected ensure your Broadband Password and other broadband settings are correct on the Basic Set Up gt Broadband Settings page Also see chapter 8 troubleshooting on page 150 WIRELESS STATUS In this section you can view the status of your wireless network the wireless password security type channel and status WIRELESS Wireless Network Wireless 5 Channel SSID Broadcast Name SSID Password A State SSID f ee WPA WPA BrightBox fogh5r fax match akin TKIP AES 17 Enable Enable The wireless status may contain up to three separate entries if SSID2 and SSID3 have also been enabled in the Advanced Set Up gt Channel and SSID page If this section displays wireless is currently disabled then this means that the wireless LAN on the Bright Box has been disabled You can enable the wireless LAN in the Basic Set Up gt Wireless Settings or Advanced Set Up gt Wireless Settings pages 36 EE Bright Box User Manual Description This field displays the wireless network name also Known as a SSID as configured in the Basic Set Up gt Wireless Settings or Advanced Set Up gt Wireless Settings gt Wireless Network Name ea ame See Rage This is the wireless network name you will select when co
53. pages 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab 3 You ll be advised to Please proceed with caution Click Accept gt ADVANCED SETTINGS BROADBAND SETTINGS The advanced Broadband Settings page is the first page displayed when accessing the T A E Advanced Set Up tab The page contains many Advanced Set Up of the Broadband Settings in the Basic Set Up gt Broadband Settings page with a few advanced configurable settings Basic Set Up BROADBAND SETTINGS You can return to the advanced page by clicking This page provides advanced settings t on the Broadband Settings item in the left hand navigation menu on the Advanced Set Up pages a eet Broadband Type ADSL Fibre E Description of Advanced Broadband Settings Many of the advanced Broadband Settings are identical to those described in the Basic Set Up gt Broadband Settings page See Description of Broadband Settings on page 50 for further information The following additional settings can be configured on the advanced page Section Description EE Bright Box User Manual 77 Description of Sdvanced Broadband settings cont Section Description This field lets you configure the amount of time that elapses before the Internet connection is terminated without detecting Internet traffic The Connection Type dropdown must be set to Auto Trigger by
54. provide their own PIN number for establishing a WPS connection Tha maiad aller pt ig baby carici iG ee minced rent eik rough PIH Passe note that the inlysmg FIN evgengoon must be entered n me boosii pori ord iia recomended iat Ihe oceni pard a taniy Eccedible for connecihty 14497407 7 If this case type the key provided into the device PIN field on the Wi Fi protected pirena identification number Mh setup page and press the Connect button Torma qraleps ecfhaare afl pgi yoa te artes he rovers P to ag ap a eecere aeeegs CITAR 5 Yoo rue AlN number mo below to establish a connection Sii Enter fan mres o the secunty hry Aberaetl pour wlets ebat Fay pretate da teen PT A deta you ca eer ri ia the het belie fiat Ghee Sorel Hon ke device PI HATAN m a as m If you are unable to successfully establish a wireless connection using WPS we recommend connecting using the manual password method See setting up a wireless connection on page 21 for further information 72 EE Bright Box User Manual USB FILE SHARING The Bright Box router has a USB port which allows you to connect a USB memory stick or USB hard drive to the router to share files and folders over your home network i The router currently supports NTFS FAT16 or FAT32 formatted drives How to File Share with a USB Drive Auto Share The router is configured with USB automatic file sharing enabled by default It sho
55. rate with the exchange only and this value may be higher than your download speeds over the Internet This field will display Okbps if no Internet connection is available This field will not be visible when the Broadband Type is Fibre Ethernet Downstream Rate EE Bright Box User Manual 35 Description This field displays the current ADSL synchronisation rate in kilobits per seconds kbps for the upstream connection Please note that this is the sync rate with the Upstream Rate exchange only and may be higher than your upload speeds over the Internet This field will display Okbps if no Internet connection is available This field will not be visible when the Broadband Type is Fibre Ethernet This field displays the current Internet WAN IP address automatically assigned to your router by EE If no Internet connection is available this will display 0 0 0 0 Internet IP Address The IP address may also be a static IP address configured in the Basic Set Up gt Broadband Settings or Advanced Set Up gt Broadband Settings pages however this setting is not supported by EE This field displays your unique Broadband Username as configured in the Basic Set Up gt Broadband Settings or Advanced Set Up gt Broadband Settings pages The Username will automatically be populated when you first connect your router to your EE Broadband line If the Username displays readytoconnect fs then you Broadband Username may
56. that is used by the application to trigger the opening of those incoming ports Refer to the application manufacturers support documentation for information on the correct ports to use To access the Port Triggers page l ic Set ed Set 1 Login to the router s admin pages Bake Set Up ne 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and Broadband Settings click Accept on the Please proceed with a Wireless Settings PORT TRIGGERS Caution page IICA File m g ewe Seer idi sharing Some applications require m 3 Click on NAT in the left hand navigation Mobile Broadband _ others These applications di menu to expand the NAT menu items applications that require mult j Port field select the protocc 4 Click on Port Triggers in the left hand them for inbound traffic Note The range of the Trigge navigation menu gt Port Triggers gt NAT Mapping Table Description of Port Trigger settings The table below contains a description of the settings on the Port Triggers page Description 104 EE Bright Box User Manual Description of Port Trigger settings cont Section Description This field is used to configure the public incoming ports that are opened when the trigger port is activated by your software You can enter a single public port multiple ports separated by a comma or a Public Port l range of ports using a dash Please refer to the instructions supplied with your softwa
57. that only support the WPA mode may not be able to connect to the router with this setting Select WPA WPA2 Mixed Mode for maximum wireless compatibility Wireless devices supporting the highly secure WPA2 mode will connect in this mode while older WPA only devices will also be able to connect to the router This option is used to configure the type of WPA encryption used for the selected SSID By default the encryption type is automatically selected depending on the WPA mode a wireless connection is established in Select AUTO to allow the cipher to be automatically detected when a wireless connection is established This will usually be AES with WPA2 and TKIP with the WPA mode Select AES to force the encryption cipher to use the Advanced Encryption Standard mode This mode provides the maximum wireless speed and security for wireless 802 11N connections Select TKIP to force the encryption cipher to use the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol mode This mode can be used for older wireless 802 11b g adapters that do not support AES mode Cipher Suite This option is used to configure the WPA authentication type used to establish a wireless connection to the router for the selected SSID By default the authentication type required is a wireless password Select Wireless Password to authenticate using a password method This is the standard authentication method for most wireless adapters and devices Select 802
58. the Bandwidth Control page 1 Login to the router s admin pages Status Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with caution ee u Wireless Settings a e i m r pag Channel and SSID Lit BANDWIDTH CONTROL You can sal bandwidth lirrutatron for 3 Click on Wireless Settings in the left hand enable QoS nangate to the qos pac y WPA navigation menu to expand the Wireless AF a S i y 80217 Bandwidth Control ettings MENU X Bangwidm Cantal No Upstream A t USH Fie Shanng 4 Click Bandwidth Control in the left hand esint Enable i navigation menu Mobile Broadband Description of Bandwidth Control settings The following table describes the settings on the Bandwidth Control page Section Description Check this option to enable Bandwidth Control on upstream upload traffic on Upstream Enable the wireless LAN for SSID1 2 or 3 You must also enter a value in the upstream Kbytes sec field to set the maximum bandwidth allowed This field allows you to configure the maximum wireless bandwidth value for Upstream upload traffic on the wireless LAN for SSID1 2 or 3 Upstream KBytes sec The value is in Kilobytes per second and not Kilobits 1 Kilobyte per second 8 Kilobits per second 128 Kilobytes per second 1 Megabit per second Check this option to enable Bandwidth Control on downstream download Downstream Enable t
59. time synchronisation although this is not recommended as it will prevent the correct time being displayed in the System Log and schedule rule not working To Update the Automatic Time Server Maintenance setting He ORME tle diets Pe mmr Bae eo USS fee Sharing Use this setting to insure the tir 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and Mobile Broadband correct localised time click Accept on the Please proceed with Der caution page u NAT GMT Greenwich Mean T 4 Firewall 3 Click on System in the left hand navigation QoS Faahi Auntie tien Soe menu to expand the System menu UPnP 4 Click on Time Settings on the left hand Toots ALAR STR menu u System gt Time Settings NTP Server nip re adytoconn Password Settings 140 EE Bright Box User Manual 5 On the Enable Automatic Time Server l l TIME SETTINGS Maintenance option select Enable to switch on time synchronisation with the Use this setting to insure the time based cheni filtering feature and system log NTP server or select Disable to switch off correct localised time time synchronisation In this example we ll GMT Greenwich Mean Time Lisbon Londan Edmburgh select Enable Enable Automatic Time Server Mainte amp Dreable 6 Click Save Settings PASSWORD SETTINGS From the Password Settings page you can change the password you use to log into the router s admin pages This
60. to switch the Wireless LAN interface on allowing you to connect wireless devices to the router The WLAN light on the front panel of the router will be lit if this option is selected This dropdown is used to configure the 802 11 wireless mode the router is transmitting on By default the router is set to transmit on 11b 11g 11n mode for maximum compatibility Select 11n only to set the router to 802 11N mode only Only wireless adapters or devices supporting 802 11n can connect to the router if this mode is selected and older 802 11b g adapters will not be able to connect to the network A connection speed of up to 300Mbps is supported in this mode Wireless Mode Select 11b 11g to set the router to 802 11b g mode only Select this mode if you are only using wireless 802 11b or 802 11g wireless adapters or devices 802 11N wireless devices will not be able to connect to the network In order to connect with WEP security you must select 11b 11g mode The connection speed will be limited to 54Mbps in this mode Select 11b 11g 11n for maximum compatibility with both the newer 802 11n and 802 11b g standards A connection speed of up to 300Mbps is supported in this mode 52 EE Bright Box User Manual Description of Wireless Settings cont Field Description This option is used to configure the 2 4GHz radio channel for wireless communication By default the router will select the wireless channel with the
61. 00 9pm and end at 23 59 midnight Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save Settings SCHEDULE RULE This page defines the schedule rules for time of day access A schedule r associated with it Schedule Rule Table up to 10 rules Rule Comment Rule Name no valid schedule rule EDIT SCHEDULE RULE Please enter times in the 24 HR clock format Name Black 21 23 59 Comment Nine to Midnight Activate Time Period Week Day Start Time Hh mm End Time Hh mm Every Day 33 al59 EE Bright Box User Manual 10 The new schedule rule will appear in the Schedule Mule Tabia up ro TO rules Schedule Rule table Rule Mamo Rule Comment Block 21 2359 Pina ty Mega Configure Ex Delete 11 Next click on Access Control in the left hand navigation menu a USB File Sharing u Mobile Broadband DHCP irewall Access Control Access Control allows users to Filtering function Enab Normal Filtering Table ug Rule Client PC Description Address 12 Click the Add Device Filtering Rule link Cliont PC IP Rule Description Lionel Filtering Table up to 10 devices nt fillering rules specified Clem Service Schedule Aule Configure 13 On the Edit Device Filtering Rule page EDIT DEVICE FILTERING RULE enter a rule description in this example 14 Enter the IP address or range of
62. 0MHz bandwidth WPA2 PSK WPA PSK WEP 64 128 Bit Unsecured Mode 802 1X TKIP AES WPS PBC Mode WPS PIN Mode disabled by default Wireless Channels Wireless Speeds Wireless Security Mode Wi Fi Protected Setup Gateway IP Address 192 168 1 1 Default MTU 1492 configurable from 576 1500 Power Adapter 230V 5OHz Input Power Supply Input 100 240V 50 60Hz 0 5A Power Supply Output 12V 1 0A Firmware Software Version v0 09 94 0006 OT 28 November 2011 Boot Code Version v1 00 09 0003 OT or v1 00 10 0001 OT ADSL Code Version A2pD035b d23i O Hardware Version Dimensions 165mm x 133mm x 30mm m m a O pA a O x C wn 1 n 0 cC v N ww fee ROUTER IDENTIFICATION The Bright Box Wireless Router is black with an EE logo printed on the top of the device as illustrated below On the bottom of the router you will find a sticker detailing the model name MAC Address Serial Number and important wireless information including your wireless network name also known as an SSID and wireless password The sticker also includes the URL used for accessing the router admin pages http 192 168 1 1 and the Username and password to login to the admin pages Model name Bright Box Wireless Router wireless network name MAG KJOUUUUKAKK BrightBox 1a2b3c OT I wireless password Serial No YOOO OORXXX iiai TE L LAA A Routerlogin details httov 192 168 1 1 username admin password
63. 2OMHz mode if it detects another wireless access point transmitting in a neighbouring frequency range Bandwidth This setting allows you to enable or disable any of the three wireless network names SSID s supported by the router By default only SSID1 is enabled this is your default wireless network Tick the box to enable the relevant SSID Ensure that you also enter a wireless Multiple SSID Enable network name SSID in the field set the security and tick the broadcast SSID option in order to configure an SSID to be transmitting the wireless network name Untick the box to disable the relevant SSID and prevent it from transmitting over the wireless network This field allows you to create or edit the transmitting wireless network name for any of the three supported SSID s By default only the wireless network name for SSID1 is configured If the SSID enable option is ticked you must enter a wireless network name before saving Multiple SSID wireless network name SSID This setting allows you to configure the wireless security type for each of the three SSID s supported by the router By default wireless WPA security is enabled Multiple SSID security Please note that to set the security to WEP mode the wireless mode option must be set to 11b 11g mode See description of Wireless Settings on page 52 for further information This setting allows you to configure whethe
64. 750 e E173 To enable the feature 1 Plug the compatible mobile 3G USB dongle into the USB port on the rear of the router 2 Login to the router s admin pages 3 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with caution page 4 Click on Mobile Broadband in the left hand navigation menu 5 Set the Mobile broadband service option to Enable 6 If your 3G connection requires a PIN code to make a connection to the Internet enter the correct value in the Current PIN Code field If your 3G connection doesn t require a PIN code leave this value as OOOO 7 Click Save Settings EE Bright Box User Manual Status __ Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up SS E E oier MOBILE BROADBANL _ This page provides settings to m Mobile broadband service MOBILE BROADBAND This page provides settings to mobie broadband samice Mobile broadband service Enable Disable STATUS etre Upstream Throughput 18 981 KBps OPTIONAL PIN CODE DHCP This page allows you to change the router s DHCP Dynamic Host Control Protocol and gateway IP DHCP is the method that the router uses to automatically assign IP addresses to your connected computers and devices so that they are able to access the local network and the Internet The page also allows you to create and configure DHCP address reservation entr
65. Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with a Broadband Settings ion UPNP Caution page a Wireless Soliings 3 Click on UPnP in the left hand navigation USB File Sharing Universal Plug and Play UPnf menu a Mobile Broadband discover each other s presenci u DHCP u NAT UPnP module function G eevee ecerec eee eee eee eee ere eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eere rere ee eee eee er eee ree eee eee eeeee rere eee eeeereeeer eee ere ee rere ee reese reece eer eeereee eee eee ereeeere ee eee eee ereeeereeee 130 EE Bright Box User Manual Unnwal Plug and Play UPnP allows networked dences such a compuders poniers and motels dewces to 4 On the UPnP module function option select the option you want either Enable to switch UPnP on this is the default setting or Disable to switch off UPnP in this example we are selecting Enable 5 Click Save Settings UPNP decoa each clher s presence UPnP nodule on O Denatle TOOLS The Tools section contains a number of features to help manage your router You can back up and restore your router settings on the Configuration page You can reboot your router on the Restart page restore the router to its factory settings on the Factory Default page and update the router firmware from a file on the Firmware page To access the Tools features 1
66. E Bright Box User Manual 63 How to change to wireless WPA mode The most secure wireless security mode on the Bright Box router is WPA Wi Fi Protected Access and this is the default router setting It is also possible to select the type of WPA mode used to secure the wireless connection WPA WPA2 Mixed mode is compatible with most operating systems If an adapter supports WPA2 mode it will connect in this more secure mode if not it will connect in WPA mode This is the default router setting WPA is offers increased compatibility with older operating systems but wireless speeds are limited to 54 Mbps WPA2 offers more security and up to 300 Mbps speeds however isn t compatible with Windows XP SP2 and below To set the Bright Box router to wireless WPA security do the following Login to the router s admin pages Click on the Basic Set Up tab and then select Wireless Settings from the left hand menu Select the Security dropdown and choose the WPA option Scroll down to the Security Setting dropdown and choose the WPA mode you wish to use In this example we will select WPA WPA2 Mixed Mode the most secure and compatible Click Save Settings The router will apply the new settings Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up Broadband Settings u Wireless Settings Wi Fi Protected 4tup WIRELESS SETTINGS This page provides basic setting enable WEP security WIRELESS SET
67. File Sharing configuration This section contains advanced configuration pages for Broadband Settings ADSL Mode Migration Wizard Wireless Settings wireless channel and SSID including multiple SSID and VLAN binding WEP WPA 802 1x wireless Bandwidth Control USB File Sharing Mobile Broadband DHCP settings NAT Address Mapping Port Forwarding also known as Port Mapping Port Triggers NAT Mapping table Firewall Access Control MAC Filtering URL Blocking Schedule Rules Intrusion Detection DMZ Quality of Service QoS Traffic Mapping DiffServ Groups WMM UPnP Backup and Restore Configuration Restart Router Factory Default Firmware Upgrade System Settings Time Settings Password Settings DDNS ADSL Status and System Log EE Bright Box User Manual Default Menu View View when clicking on the Wireless Settings category Broadband Settings Broadband Settings gt ADSL Mode u Wireless Settings gt Migration Wizard 3 Channel and SSID amp Wireless Settings 7 WEP USB File Sharing gt WPA Mobile Broadband gt 802 1X DHCP _ gt Bandwidth Control a NAT USB File Sharing x Firewall Mobile Broadband a OoS u DHCP a UPnP w NAT Tools w Firewall System u Qos Oo 7 w UPnP Tools wy System BRIGHT BOX ADMIN PAGE DESCRIPTIONS This section provides a description of the admin pages in the Bright Box router user interface by navigation tab section If the section name is prece
68. In the Multiple SSID dropdown select 2 14 In the WEP Mode select 128 bit 15 In the Key Entry Method select ASCII 16 Click inside the Key1 field in the example below we used examplepass12 17 Click Save Settings WEP WEF is the bao mechan jo manimi your Gata pcut Geer the wireiod net Matching encrpiion ote For beat perimense med kang WEP wilh I2 11n networks Meliple sso WEP Marie Kay Entry Matha OD hvem cps ber ERY T N EF Oefaut key I0 E EE 1 1 charectes Kayi impiis Key araman ra E Keyl CHHHNHH meyi HHHH HI 18 Refresh your computer s wireless software you can now connect to your new Wireless Network Name using the Key1 password value WPA This page can be used to configure the WPA Wi Fi Protected Access security mode settings for your Bright Box router on any of the router SSID s You can also use this page to configure advanced WPA settings such as the cipher suite WPA authentication type and the wireless password type Passphrase or Hex Please see how to change to wireless WPA mode on page 64 for instructions on changing to WPA security mode To access the advanced WPA settings page 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with caution page 3 Click on Wireless Settings in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Wireless Settings
69. Login to the router s admin pages Status Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with Broadband Settings TRAEEIC MAPPING sanisdaindiinsame Up to 16 rules can be defined 3 Click on QoS in the left hand navigation u Mobile Broadband p menu to expand the quality of service u DHCP menu a MAY Rule Name 4 Click on Traffic Mapping in the left hand Default navigation menu Add Traffic Class eevee ecerec eee eo eee e eee eee eee eee seer eee eee reece eee eee er eee reer eee eee er eee rere reece eee eee eee e eee eee ereere ree ee eee eee eeeeeee eee eee ereee reese eee eee er eee rere eee e eee eeeereeeeeeeeeereeeereeee 124 EE Bright Box User Manual How to create a Quality of Service Traffic Mapping rule To configure Quality of Service you must configure the traffic mapping rule for the type of traffic or devices on your network you want to prioritise To create a Quality of Service traffic mapping rule 1 Login to the router s admin pages TRAFFIC MAPPING 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with Up to 16 rules can be defined to classify traffic into forw Caution page 3 Click on QoS in the left hand navigation menu to expand the quality of service menu Default Default 4 Click on Traffic Mapping in the left hand navigation menu 5 Click on the Add Traffic Class link Rule Name Traf
70. N 1 3 guest IP Reservation none 156 EE Bright Box User Manual Section Description Default Value NAT NAT Module Function Enable NAT Address Mapping Address Mapping none NAT Port Forwarding Port Forward Entries none NAT Port Triggers Port Trigger Entries none Firewall Firewall features Enable l Filtering Function Disable Firewall Access Control Filtering Entries none E T MAC Address Control Disable MAC Filter Entries none Firewall URL Blocking URL Block Entries none Firewall Schedule Rule Schedule Rule Entries none SPI and Anti DoS protection Enable SPI TCP Connection Enable SPI UDP Session Enable SPI FTP Service Enable SPI H 5323 Service Enable Firewall Intrusion SPI TFTP Service Enable Detection SPI SIP Service Enable SPI RTSP Service Enable SPI L2TP Service Enable SPI PPTP Service Enable SPI IPSec Service Enable Discard Ping to WAN Interface Enable Soest RRS Enable DMZ Disable DMZ Entries none QoS QoS Module Function Disable QoS Traffic Mapping QoS Rules Default only with Medium Priority QoS DiffServ Groups Maximum Upstream Bandwidth 10 Mbps Fibre broadband or current Upstream sync rate ADSL broadband DiffServ Groups Minimal Bandwidth nue DiffServ Groups Allow More All Disabled QoS WMM WMM Support Enable UPnP UPnP Module Function Enable Enable Automatic Time Server e System Time Se
71. Sharing Mobile Broadband support can be enabled on this page to allow use of 3G mobile Internet connections with supported 3G USB dongles The page displays the current 3G connectivity status and PIN codes Please note that this is currently only a beta feature Mobile Broadband This page contains configuration options for DHCP in order for the router to dynamically allocate IP addresses to your client PC s The DHCP server can be enabled disabled on this page and DHCP address reservation set up Other settings such as Gateway Subnet IP addresses Lease Time Domain Name and DHCP Start End ranges can be configured here The NAT Network Address Translation setting can be disabled enabled on KAT this page Please note that this feature is enabled by default This page contains an Address Mapping table that allows LAN IP addresses ranges to be mapped to particular Internet IP addresses in order to isolate internal networks EE does not currently support this feature gt Address Mapping EE Bright Box User Manual 29 Advanced Set Up tab cont Section Description This page allows you to configure the Port Forwarding sometimes known as Port Mapping feature on the router so that remote users accessing local services such as a Web or FIP server can be automatically redirected to the correct local IP address Up to 20 Port Forwarding entries can be created on this page gt Port Forwarding This page allows you to co
72. TINGS This page provides bame setings ta amabila your wreleas network Vileeless Mode must be set to Tib WEP secumty Enable or draable wireless Enable Csaby wireless Kode Tibe 11g T Channel Auto Viwglass Network Name S510 BngntBon figtror Broadeaat S590 Ene O Daab Jtili WPA T Applying changes Please wait The process may take up to 30 seconds lf you are making wireless changes you may need to reconnect to the wireless network I D eeseoesocsocsocsocoocsocsocoocsocooocoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolol o EE Bright Box User Manual How to disable Wireless Security It is possible to disable the wireless security mode on the Bright Box router so that wireless devices Can connect to the router without having to enter a password In order to disable wireless security 1 Login to the router s admin pages Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up 2 Click on the Basic Set Up tab and then n select Wireless Settings from the left hand menu WIRELESS SETTINGS This page provides basic setting enable WEP security 3 Select the Security dropdown and choose fos og WIRELESS SETTINGS the No security option This page prowdes basic settings to anoble your wireless metwork Wireless Modes must ba cet 1 WEP secunty Enable o disa
73. To restore the router to default settings see page 135 Section Router Admin Pages Description Default Value URL 192 168 11 Username admin Password Unique value see sticker on bottom of router or KEEP MEE card Broadband Settings Broadband Type ADSL ADSL broadband Fibre Ethernet Fibre broadband Broadband Username readytoconnect fs Protocol PPPoA ADSL broadband PPPoE Fibre broadband VPI VCI 0 38 Encapsulation VC MUX Internet IP Address Dynamic DNS IP Address Obtain from ISP MTU 1492 Wireless Settings Enable or Disable Wireless Enable Wireless Mode Channel 11b liG llh Auto Intelligent Wireless Wireless Network Name Unique value see sticker on bottom of router SSID or KEEP MEE card Broadcast SSID Enable Security WPA WPA Mode WPA WPA2 Mixed Mode Wireless Password Unique value see sticker on bottom of router or KEEP MEE card Wi Fi Protected Setup Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS Disable Auto Share Enable l l Workgroup Name Workgroup USB File Sharing i File Permissions Read amp Write Security Control Disable Advanced Broadband Connection Type Always Connected Settings Authentication Protocol CHAP ADSL Mode Automatic ADSL Mode Bit Swapping Enable SRA Enable EE Bright Box User Manual
74. Traffic for this field to be configurable Idle Time This dropdown allows you to configure the type of authentication used for connecting to your Internet service This option is set to CHAP by default for EE Broadband Select Auto for automatic detection of the authentication protocol used to Authentication Protocol connect to you Internet service Select CHAP to use the Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol for establishing an Internet connection This is the correct setting for EE Broadband Select PAP to use the Password Authentication Protocol for establishing an Internet connection This section shows the current state of your Internet connection either Connected Internet State or Disconnected You can also manually force the Internet connection to connect or disconnect by clicking on the Connect or Disconnect button to the right Using the button to force an Internet Connection Disconnection Whenever you make changes to any of the settings on the Advanced Set up gt Broadband Settings page and press the Save Changes button your Internet connection PPP will attempt to be re established There may be occasions say for troubleshooting where you might want to manually Connect or Disconnect your Internet Connection PPP without making Broadband Settings changes If you are connected to the Internet the Internet State displays Connected and you want to
75. USB drive you must configure the drive sharing manually in the Advanced Set Up gt USB File Sharing page This requires disabling the Auto Share feature on the router To add a user account to the shared drive 1 Login to the router s admin pages USB FILE SHARING 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with caution This feature allows you to connect supported USB devices to your page contents on other devices within your network From this page you features 3 Click on USB File Sharing in the left hand navigation menu Auto Share Enable Disable 4 On the Auto Share option select Disable Samba naue pul the Samba function is set to aes bauke Oik Enable 6 Windows users Ensure that the Workgroup Workgroup Name Workgroup Name matches the workgroup name on your network this is usually Workgroup EE Bright Box User Manual 93 7 Click Save Settings 8 Inthe user account section click Add User File Permissions Configure no valid usar account Volume Hame File System Capacity phils Configure 9 On the Edit User screen enter a User Name Password and select the File Permissions type you want to assign EDIT USER Create aura and define ha access nghi ter SR dai shan bcia Liae rif oa vet mse the user Read amp Write or Read Only n and click Save Settings a Sem
76. WIRELES ROU EE USER MANUAL O o oO Version Date Comments ie Bey Ooh 2 First Issue agi 18 10 12 Content update Chapter 1 Introduction Introducing the Bright Box wireless router Document Information Router Technical Specification Chapter 2 Router Identification and Panels Router Identification Front Panel View and LED Status 0 OOAN ADD OD Back Panel View 11 Bottom panel view 12 Chapter 3 Installation 13 Unpacking your Bright Box wireless router 13 Setting up your ADSL broadband 14 Disconnecting your old equipment 14 Connecting your new equipment 14 Connect and turn on your router 14 Check it over 15 Your home broadband is being set up 15 YOU Can now connect your devices 15 Setting up your Fibre broadband 16 Disconnect Old Equipment 16 Engineer Visit 16 Connect and turn on your router 16 Check it over 17 Your Fibre broadband is being set up 17 You can now connect your devices 17 Moving to Fibre broadband 18 Engineer Visit 18 Reconfigure your current equipment 18 Connect and turn on your router 18 Check it over 18 Six simple steps to move 19 Your Fibre broadband is being set up 19 You can now connect your devices 19 Setting up a Wired connection to your Bright Box 20 Setting up a wireless connection 21 Chapter 4 The Bright Box Admin Pages 22 Accessing the Bright Box admin pages 22 How to log in to the Bright Box admin pages 22 How to log out of the Bright Box admin pages 24 Possible Errors displayed when
77. When running the wizard it may take up to 5 minutes for us to automatically configure your router for the correct broadband service How to migrate to EE Fibre broadband When your EE Fibre service has been provisioned and an engineer has installed your Fibre modem you may need to migrate the router to the EE Fibre broadband settings using the Migration Wizard To migrate the Bright Box settings for EE Fibre broadband 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Select the Basic Set Up tab at the top of the screen 3 Select the Migration Wizard from the menu on the left hand side menu Basic Set Up i BROADE This page pi eoeerec eee eee cere eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee reece eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee reece eee eee eee eer eee reese e eee ee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee e eee eee rere e eee eee eee EE Bright Box User Manual 49 4 Press the Fibre Ethernet button 7 z MIGRATION WIZARD This function will help you to change your router settings is quick and easy to ci Press this button you want to move to Fitre Ethernet 5 Press OK on the warning pop up gy Your router will be restarted with new default broadband settings You ll Intemet Click OK to proceed 6 The migration countdown will begin You can now close your browser A Do not turn off your router please walt until router has restarted 7 The complete
78. after the router has rebooted As restoring to factory default settings will remove your Internet connection settings it will take about 5 minutes before your Internet connection is automatically restored If this doesn t happen you can manually update your broadband username and password to make a connection to the Internet See how to manually update the broadband username and password on page 46 eevee ecer eee e oe eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee e eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ere eer ee eee eee e reece eee eee eeeere rere eee eee eee eeeereee eee eeeee eee eee eee eee er eee rere eee e eee eeeer eee eee eeeeeeeeeeee 136 EE Bright Box User Manual How to restore the router to factory defaults from the reset button on the router You can restore the router to factory default settings by using the reset button on the back panel of the router To do this 1 Ensure the router is plugged in and turned on 2 Find a thin object that will easily fit into the Reset button hole at the back of the router A paper clip is ideal 3 Insert the paper clip into the reset hole as far as it will go and hold for 6 seconds 4 Release the button the WPS and LAN1 4 lights will flash and then turn off briefly 5 The router will now restart As restoring to factory default settings will remove your Internet connection settings it will take about 5 minutes before your Internet connection is automatically restored If this doesn t happen
79. an be found on the KEEP MEE card or on the bottom of the router 1 If you re using a wireless adapter make sure it s installed correctly and turned on 2 Open the wireless software on your device Windows click the network icon in your device s notification area i if using Windows Vista you ll need to choose connect to network aif a Apple Mac click the AirPort icon in the menu bar Other Devices the list can usually be found in the settings menu next to wireless manage connections or networks 3 Look for your wireless network name in the list of networks 4 Select connect or join on your wireless network and when prompted enter your wireless password 5 You should now be connected to the wireless network 6 To check your connection type ee co uk into a browser s address bar and click Go 7 The EE home page will load Moe O SC X f urs 4G Mobile Network Fi X MOVE TO EE NEWS FAQS EE Bright Box User Manual 21 CHAPTER 4 ACCESSING THE BRIGHT BOX ADMIN PAGES In order to configure settings on the Bright Box wireless router you will need to log in and out of the router s admin pages using your web browser How to log in to the Bright Box admin pages E gt E http 192168 11 O gt To log into the Bright Box wireless router admin pages 1 Open a browser for example Internet Explorer Safari
80. anced Set up gt Wireless Settings Click on the Intelligent Wireless button on the page INTELLIGENT WIRELESS Winoless Charnel bE Use thes function to connect to the bead wimilable weeless chaennal The Applying changes message will be displayed and after a short time the page will be refreshed If a less congested Wireless Wireless Channel 11 Channel is discovered the router will be set to T E E A 10 the hes the new channel and this will be displayed in available wireless channel the Intelligent Wireless section of the page INTELLIGENT WIRELESS Intelligent Wireless will be disabled if you have manually selected a wireless channel from 1 to 13 on the Wireless Settings page To re enable Intelligent Wireless either set the Channel dropdown to Auto or briefly press the WPS button on the back of the router this will also set the Channel back to Auto mode Don t forgot that moving sources of interference away from the router such as cordless phones microwave ovens baby monitors and Hi Fi speakers can make a huge difference to the wireless performance Moving the router off the floor and clear from obstructions will also help your signal eoeereecerece ceo eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eer eee reece eee eee eee e ee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eer eee reer eee eee ere rere eee eee eeereeeer eee eee eeeereeeer eee eee eee ereee rere eee eee ere eer eee eee eee eeeeeeeee 66 EE Bri
81. apping rule priorities You can enable and disable the WMM Wi Fi Multimedia setting on this page This gt WMM is enabled by default and allows better quality multicast video audio streaming over the wireless network for supported applications This page allows configuration of the Universal Plug and Plug UPnP feature in the router This is enabled by default and allows compatible network devices to discover each other over the local network and automates port forwarding for UPnP supporting applications This page contains a Please use these functions with caution message This page allows you to backup the current configuration settings of the gt Configuration router to a backup file The page also allows you to restore previously saved configuration settings from a backup file The router can be restarted rebooted from this page The router can be restored to factory default settings factory reset from gt Factory Default this page Please note that if the router is factory defaulted any custom configuration settings will be lost gt Diffserv Groups UPnP The router firmware version can be upgraded from this page by uploading a gt Firmware Upgrade A Pg firmware file from a connected computer This page contains the current Bright Box Runtime Boot ADSL and Hardware versions as well as the router Serial Number LAN and Wireless MAC addresses This page allows you to enable or disable the Aut
82. arding groups 11 Now you can set the traffic shaping of the Rule Nome Traffic Type Priority Configure priority group in the Diffserv Groups page FIP Applications Lew Edi Del Datault Detautt bladum Ech Add Toaffic Class If you want to create a traffic mapping rule for a EDIT TRAFFIC CLASS particular device on your local network rather than a ey por ere a ae 3 ic a Speci A ug rst denne the class Sy iha trame specific application type select the MAC Address IP Bana Heeb class is mapped i Address or Incoming Port options from the Traffic Type dropdown In the example below the High Rule Name Ethernet 1 priority traffic rule would be applied to any device Traffic Type incoming Pol connected to Ethernet Port 1 incoming Pori Eihamat Pol Remark DOSCP as Dont Remark the firs Quality of Service Traffic Type descriptions The table below describes the traffic types available for Quality of Service traffic mapping rules in the Edit Traffic Class page Section Description I Select this option to create a Quality of Service rule for voice traffic services Voice Device VoIP Select this option to create a Quality of Service rule to priories online multiplayer Online Games game traffic Video Select this option to assign a Quality of Service rule to prioritise video traffic over the Internet You can select from a number of pre configured application types for the Quality of Ser
83. are a USB drive over the network when it is connected to the router you can configure basic USB File Sharing settings To access the USB File Sharing admin pages in the Bright Box router 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Basic Set Up tab and then Status Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up select USB File Sharing from the left hand menu s Arena USB FILE SHARING a Vielen seping a USE Fil Shri The router suppots USS sharing function share function Or you could disable the a Pa eee es ee ee The following table contains a description of the fields and options in the Wireless Settings page Description This option is used to configure the Auto Sharing feature of USB File Sharing Auto Sharing enables plug and play of USB drives into the Bright Box Select Enable to enable auto sharing of USB drives When a compatible NTFS FAT16 or FAT32 drive is connected to the router the drive will automatically appear in the Network section of Windows or the Finder for Mac OS X Select Disable to switch off the automatic sharing of USB drives When a compatible drive is connected to the router the drive will not be added to the Network section of Windows or the Finder for Mac OS X You can still share a drive with Auto Share disabled but you must manually configure the individual sharing settings for the drive in the Advanced Set Up gt USB File Sharing page Auto Share 74 EE Bright Box Us
84. ayed here This field displays the physical link speed of the Fibre Ethernet connection The value will generally be 100Mbps Please note that this is the physical link rate of Link Rate Fibre Ethernet your connection and not the download speed available over your Fibre broadband Broadband Type Only service This field will only be visible if the Broadband Type value is Fibre Ethernet and Should not be visible if you are using EE ADSL broadband This field indicates the status of the Internet connection If a connection to the Internet is available then this field will display a value of Connected The field will display a value of Disconnected if the router is unable to establish a connection to the Internet Internet State If this field displays Disconnected please check your Broadband Username and Broadband Password on the Basic Set Up gt Broadband Settings page is correct Also check the other settings on the Broadband Settings page to ensure these are correct for your EE ADSL connection Also see chapter 8 troubleshooting on page 150 This field displays the length of time the Internet State has been in the Connected Time Connected state in Hours Minutes Seconds format If the Internet State is Disconnected this field will display This field displays the current ADSL synchronisation rate in kilobits per seconds kbps for the downstream connection Please note that this is the sync
85. ble warelses Enable Digable Windies Mode Vbeligelin 4 Click Save Settings l 5 The router will apply the new settings Applying changes Please wait The process may take up to 30 seconds lf you are making wireless changes you may need to reconnect to the wireless network EE Bright Box User Manual 65 Using the Intelligent Wireless feature The Bright Box router has a great feature called Intelligent Wireless Intelligent Wireless is enabled on the Bright Box router by default When starting up the router it ll automatically search for and use the least congested Wi Fi channel reducing the effect of interference and providing you with the best wireless performance By pressing the WPS button on the back of your router briefly Intelligent Wireless will re check to see if the router s using the least congested frequency and change channel if required Intelligent wireless WPS DSL RESET LAN4 aT LAN2 LAN Dover After pressing the WPS button briefly the WPS light on the front of the router will flash slowly several times to indicate that the Intelligent wireless feature is re checking for the best wireless channel to use You can also run the Intelligent Wireless feature from inside the router s admin pages by logging into the admin pages and navigating to Basic Set up gt Wireless Settings or Adv
86. by EE You can change this to something more memorable between 8 and 63 characters a z A Z 0 9 Please note that the wireless password is case sensitive Wireless Password EE Bright Box User Manual 53 Description of Wireless Settings cont Field Description WEP Mode This option is used to configure the WEP key mode for the WEP security type This option is only visible when the Security option is set to WEP Select 64 bit for WEP 40 security 5 character ASCII or 10 character Hex keys Select 128 bit for WEP 104 security 13 character ASCII or 26 character Hex keys This option is used to configure the key method used for making a wireless connection to the router with WEP security Select ASCII for 5 of 13 character key entry using a character range of a z A Z and 0 9 Select HEX for 10 or 26 character key entry using a character range of A F and 0 9 hexadecimal key Use this option to set a Default Key ID to use making a wireless connection with Default Key ID WEP security There are a total of 4 keys with the default used being Key 1 You can configure the individual Key passwords using the Key1 Key4 fields This field allows you to enter a 1 32 character passphrase used to easily generate hexadecimal WEP key passwords for the Key1 Key4 fields Passphrase The length of the Key generated is determined by the WEP Mode dropdown Please note that if the Key Entry Method
87. ceed with Caution page 3 Click on Tools in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Tools menu 4 Click on Firmware Upgrade on the left hand menu 5 Click on the upgrade button 6 Click on the Browse button on the Firmware Upgrade page 7 Navigate to the location of the router firmware on your computer and double click on the firmware file 8 Click on the Begin Upgrade button on the Firmware Upgrade page 9 You will be prompted to confirm that you Want to continue with the firmware Upgrade Click the OK button to confirm you want to upgrade the router or click Cancel if you don t want to upgrade eoeeeecec eee e eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee reece eee eee ee ee reer eee eee e eee e eee eee eee ee DHCP ae NAT 2 Firewall 3 005 UPnP Tools FIRMWARE UPGRADE Browee to the location of the upgrade fle Then press the File Onanue lira daldan E Cocuments Wm Cate modded Type a Mua DE Oo ER Fel H dci FIRMWARE UPGRADE Ermes 16 the larahan of the upade Ma Then pinsa the bega apgrade button Fite Overs Panic T VIE 0008 Browee_ eoceeeecer eee reece eee eee e eee eee eee eee eee eee rere eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eer eee eee ee ee eee reece eee eee EE Bright Box User Manual 10 A Do not turn off router please wait until firmware update has completed message iiia will be
88. ch of the Virtual LAN s you are configuring the DHCP settings for When you access the DHCP page the Default VLAN settings are visible Select Default to adjust the DHCP and Gateway settings for the standard virtual LAN This is the VLAN that devices and computers will connect to using Ethernet or the standard Wireless Settings on the router Select VLAN2 or VLAN3 to configure the DHCP and Gateway settings for either of the alternative virtual LAN s These VLAN s can be used to isolate wireless networks and are assigned to an SSID in the Advanced Set Up gt Wireless VLAN Interface Settings gt Channel and SSID admin page This field is used to configure the gateway IP address for the routers local area network On the default virtual LAN this IP address is the same as you use to login to the Bright Box admin pages and is 192 168 1 1 by default Gateway Address On VLAN2 and VLAN3 the gateway IP address is 192 168 2 1 and 192 168 3 1 respectively but these values can be altered When configuring the Gateway IP address ensure that the IP address does not match one of the other virtual LAN s 96 EE Bright Box User Manual Description of DHCP settings cont Section Description ip Subnet Mak This field is used to configure the IP Subnet Mask for the router s local area network By default the subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 This option allows to you configure whether the router acts as a Dynamic
89. d ADSL data rate in Kilobytes per seconds Kbps Upstream Data Rate Please note that this is the rate synchronised with the broadband exchange your actual Internet upload speeds may be lower than this value depending on the service you are using This value is the Downstream Download ADSL data rate in Kilobytes per seconds Kbps Downstream Data Rate Please note that this is the rate negotiated with the broadband exchange your actual Internet download speeds may be lower than this value depending on the service you are USING These values are the upstream and downstream Signal to Noise Margin sometimes known as an SNR on your ADSL line This is the ratio between the strength of the signal and the background noise on the line expressed in decibels Noise Margin Rear eeaMation These values are the count of Forward Error Correction FEC detected on the ADSL line with a Fast Path link These values are the near end from router and far end from exchange power Output Power levels output between your router and broadband exchange The output power will increase the further you are from your exchange These values are the count of Forward Error Correction FEC detected on the ADSL line with a Fast Path link Fast Path FEC Correction 146 EE Bright Box User Manual Description Interleaved Path FEC These values are the count of Forward Error Correction FEC detected on the Correction ADSL line with an Interleaved Path link
90. d here as well as ISP settings DNS and MTU settings EE Bright Box User Manual 43 Description of Broadband Settings The following table contains a description of the fields and options in the Basic Set Up Broadband Settings page Field Description This setting allows you to configure the network setting type for you Internet connection For EE ADSL broadband this should be set to ADSL For EE Fibre broadband this should be set to Fibre Ethernet Select ADSL for a standard PPPoA or PPPoE ADSL connection including EE broadband This setting requires entry of a Broadband Username and Password in order to establish an Internet Connection Select Fibre Ethernet for the router to be configured for Bridging Routing if you only want to use the Bright Box as a router and not a modem or PPPoE Fibre Ethernet modes The easiest way to configure the router for EE ADSL or Fibre broadband services however is to use the Migration Wizard page Broadband Type This field is used to configure your PPPoA or PPPoE Username provided by your ISP Broadband Username EE Broadband customers must remember to add fs to the end of the Username for example yourname orangehome co uk fs This field is used to configure your Broadband Password provided by your ISP The Broadband Password field cannot be left empty This dropdown allows you to configure the connection protocol for the particular Broadband Type By default this value is
91. dband cable into the DSL socket on your router 2 Connect the two parts of the power supply together 3 Plug the power cable into the router 14 EE Bright Box User Manual 4 Plug the other end into a plug socket and turn it on 5 You can now switch on the router Check it over 1 The power light will go green and the broadband light will go green shortly afterwards 2 Your set up should now look like this C ey Your home broadband is being set up This will take up to 5 minutes so relax and let us do the leg work Please note that if you re redirected to the Nearly there holding page in your browser you may need to wait a few more minutes for us to set up your router If after 5 minutes the Nearly there text is still visible when you reopen your browser window reboot your PC and then reopen the browser window again you should now be able to view web pages If this still doesn t work you can manually enter your broadband username and password in the router user interface and make a connection to the Internet see how to manually update the broadband username and password on page 46 You can now connect your devices You can now connect your devices to your Bright Box router Choose either wireless or wired connection and follow the steps on pages 20 and 21 EE Bright Box User Manual 15 SETTING UP YOUR FIBRE BROADBAND Follow these ste
92. ded by a gt this indicates that the section is nestled Under a higher level menu item in the navigation menu Status tab Section Description EE Bright Box User Manual 27 Basic Set Up tab Section Description This page contains basic settings to connect to your EE broadband service Two network types can be configured Broadband Settings here ADSL and Fibre Ethernet The Broadband Username and Password can be found here as well as ISP settings DNS and MTU settings This page contains a wizard that allows you to change gt Migration Wizard the default router configuration to work on either EE Fibre broadband or EE ADSL broadband services This page contains basic settings to configure your wireless network The wireless mode channel wireless network name SSID wireless password broadcast SSID security type and security modes can be configured here You can also refresh the Intelligent Wireless channel on this page Wireless Settings This page allows you to enable or disable the Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS capability on the router This option is disabled by default You can also find the WPS PIN and Push Button Configuration PBC settings here This page contains basic settings to configure the USB File Sharing feature on the Bright Box router The Auto USB File Sharing Sharing feature is enabled by default The Workgroup Name Security Control and File Permission settings can be set here gt Wi Fi Pr
93. displayed The firmware upgrade EARN Shas Do not turn off your router please wait until router has restarted process may take up to 199 seconds 11 The router will restart as a part of the firmware upgrade and the router login page will be displayed when the upgrade is complete Your current router settings will normally be carried across to the new firmware however it may be possible that certain settings are changed or reset to factory defaults If your broadband username and password settings are reset it may take about 5 minutes before your Internet connection is automatically restored If this doesn t happen you can manually update your broadband username and password to make a connection to the Internet See How to manually update the broadband username and password on page 46 SYSTEM 12 You can confirm that your firmware has been successfully upgraded by logging back into the admin pages and navigating to ADSL Modem Code Version A2pD035b d7s the Advanced Set Up gt System page The ea Runtime Code Version should now match Serial Num J2150952416 the version of the firmware supplied by EE LAN MAC Address 1C C6 30 5 1 67 64 Wireless MAC Address 10 06 30 651 67 68 SYSTEM The System pages contain a number of additional configuration features and information pages The System page will display details about your router hardware and software The Time Settings page wi
94. dth of the router allowing for faster transfer speeds across the wireless network The extension channel is four channels above or below the primary wireless Extension Channel channel Channels 5 6 7 8 and 9 allow you to choose whether the extension channel is a frequency range above or below the primary channel to help avoid interference Channels 1 2 3 4 10 11 12 and 13 will automatically select the extension channel for you as only one extension channel will be available If your Channel is set to Auto then the Bright Box will decide which extension channel to use automatically based on the router s Intelligent Wireless feature 80 EE Bright Box User Manual Description of Channel and SSID settings cont Section Description This option is used to configure the wireless bandwidth used for wireless N This option is only available if the Wireless Mode is set to 11b 11g 11n or 11n only The wireless bandwidth is set to 2OMHz by default on the Bright Box router Select 2OMHz for speeds up to 144Mbps over your wireless network Select 20 40MHz to bond the wireless channels allowing you to double wireless speeds on your network up to 300Mbps Please note that the wireless router is required to automatically use the 2OMHz mode when another wireless network is transmitting in the same wireless frequency ranges If the router is set to 20 40MHz bandwidth it may still operate in
95. e Section Description This setting allows you to specify whether the MAC Address Control filter has been switched on or off Select Enable to switch on MAC address control filtering You must also create at least one entry in the MAC Filtering table for you to be able to enable this MAC Address Control setting When enabled only those MAC addresses listed in the filtering table can connect to the router Select Disable to switch off MAC address control filtering Entries may remain in the MAC Filtering table but will not be applied and any device can connect to the router This value is the index for the MAC Filtering table entry This field is used to manually enter the MAC Address of the devices that are allowed to connect to the router You can configure up to 32 different device MAC Addresses MAC Address The MAC address is a 12 character hexadecimal code character 0 9 A F and may be found on a sticker on the body of the device you wish to connect to the router If the device is already connected to the router you can select the MAC address from the DHCP Client List dropdown This dropdown allows you to select the MAC address of a device that is already connected to the router and add it to the MAC Filtering table by using the Copy DHCP Client List To button after selecting an index number from the dropdown If you are unsure which MAC address relates to which device the Status page will display con
96. e or memory stick to the Bright Box wireless router to enable file sharing across the home network The Bright Box also has handy advanced features such as Port Forwarding Port Triggering Access Control MAC Filtering URL Blocking Intrusion Detection UPnP and Quality of Service QoS settings among others in order to provide configuration options to suit your needs DOCUMENT INFORMATION Throughout this document the following icons will be used Below is a description of what the icons represent eoceeeecerecec eer ec eee ee ee eee eee eee eee eee ere eee eee eee eee reece eee eee eee ere eee eee eee eee ere ee eee e eee eee ereere reese eee eee ereeeeeee reece ereereee reese eee eeeer eee rere eee eeeereeeeree ee ee eee ereeeeeeee 6 EE Bright Box User Manual ROUTER TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION Feature Specification Model Name Bright Box Wireless Router LAN Ports 3 x 1OBASE T 100BASE Tx RJ45 1 x 1OBASE T 100BASE Tx RJ45 doubles Seino ote as additional LAN port ADSL Ports 1x RJ11 ADSL Modes G DMT C9921 ADSC2 6 9923 ADSE2 t G 992 5 Annex M G 992 386 992 5 ADSL PPPoA ADSL PPPoE Routing Mode Fibre Broadband Modes Ethernet PPPoE Bridge Mode USB Ports 1x USB 2 0 Wireless LAN IEEE 802 11n IEEE 802 11g IEEE 802 11b Wireless Band 2 4 GHz 2 412 2 472 Auto Intelligent Wireless 1 13 plus extension channels 4 Up to 145 Mbps 20MHz bandwidth by default or up to 300 Mbps 4
97. e This field displays the amount of free storage space available on the connected P USB drive in Gigabytes GB Click Share to add the USB to the NAS Shared List This will display a page that will allow you to configure a Share Name and which user accounts are assigned to a particular shared drive Click Remove to delete the USB drive from file sharing configuration Please note that if the drive is still connected to the router it will appear in the USB device list again when the router is restarted Capacity Configure This field displays the name of the shared drive as it appears in the Network My Share Name Network Places or Finder in your operating system This value is configured when you click Share in the USB device section Volume Name This field displays the volume name of the shared drive This field displays the user account names associated with the shared drive You Available Users can configure the users by clicking the Add User link You can add users to the shared drive by clicking the Edit link in the NAS Shared List Click Edit to assign user accounts to the shared drive and display the current shared name Click Delete to remove the shared drive from the NAS Shared List If you remove the drive it will no longer be accessible in your operating system Configure How to add user account access to a USB drive In order to create individual user accounts with different levels of read write access for a shared
98. e allowed through the router firewall In addition you can also configure the Discard Ping to WAN Interface setting on this page Usually an ICMP ping message from the Internet to your WAN IP address would not generate a ping response and would timeout protecting your router from being visible to potential hackers You can disable this setting if you wish to allow your device to respond to ICMP ping messages EE Bright Box User Manual 119 You can access the Intrusion Detection page 4 Broadband Settings INTRUSION DETECTION as follows Wireless Settings 2 USB File Sharing nog When the Stateful Packet Inspection 1 Login to the router s admin pages x Mobile Broadband 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and a DHCP SPI and Anti DoS firewall protecti click Accept on the Please proceed with eet _ caution page Firewall Stateful Packet Inspection l l o _ TCP Connection 3 Click on Firewall in the left hand navigation gt MAC Filter menu to expand the Firewall menu gt URL Blocking UDP Session 7 Schedule Rule FTP Senice 4 Click on Intrusion Detection in the left Bi oisin hand navigation menu 3 DMzZ H 323 Serice Description of Intrusion Detection settings The table below contains a description of the settings on the Intrusion Detection page Section Description This option allows you to configure the SPI and Anti Denial of Service protection on the router firewall By default the SPI
99. e name or if no device name is available by the MAC address of the device In this example we are going to reserve the IP address for MyComputer If the computer device is not currently connected to the Bright Box click the Manually Reserve link On the Edit Reserved DHCP page the current IP address of the device will be displayed or 192 168 1 100 if you chose Manually Reserve If you want to change the reserved IP address enter any number between 2 and 254 Please note that you Cannot reserve a number that has already been assigned to another device If you chose the Manually Reserve option enter the MAC Address of the device you want to reserve and a Device Name an easy to remember reference for the device In this example we will reserve the IP address 192 168 1 10 for a device witha MAC Address of E8 B2 C3 D4 E5 F6 called My Laptop Addie beer sation IF Airesa Device Name MUA Achaea no ihep cllent bp addres by resereed Configure DHCP CLIENT LIST Liurrent DHCP Cilent IP Address Device Name 192 168 1 32 MyComputer MAC Address E11 32 S5 F AS Manually Rosrrve DHCP CLIENT LIST Current DHCP Chant IP Ackirens Device Name My Conipal et MAC Address ES 112296 FAS Configure Auld EMIT RESERVED DHCP i a LL Stern EE B2 EJ Dal Es Fa ipaa hama iiy Tepti a F ieri 10 Click Save Settings aa eeseoesocsocsoooc
100. e or Firefox 2 Inthe address bar type http 192 168 1 1 3 The router s admin page login will open eoceereecerec eee oer eee ee eer eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eer eee ee ee eee eee eree eee ee eee eee ere eee eee eee eee ereereer eee eee eeeereee eee e eee eee ereee reese eeeeeeereeereee eee e eee eeeere ee eee eee ereeeereeee 22 EE Bright Box User Manual 4 Enter the Username and Password to login to the router admin pages a The Username is admin b The Password can be found on the sticker on the bottom of the router in the Router Login Details section and on the KEEP MEE card 5 Click Login 6 The Bright Box status page will be displayed Status Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up States INTERNET Broadband Type ADSL Broadband State Connected Intemet State Connected Time Connected 00 00 26 Downsteam Rate 7196kbps Upstream Rate O20kbps Internet P Address 228 176213 Broadband Usemame yourname orangehome co uk its WIRELESS Wireless Network Wireless Name SSID Password Security WPA WPA BnghtBox MigtiSe TKIP AES fax maich akin CURRENTLY CONNECTED DEVICES Name IP Address MMacbookPro 192 166 1 10 MyPC 192 168 132 USB DEVICE EE Bright Box User Manual wireless network name a XXXKKXKKKAKK BrightBox 1a2b3c 1 000 A wireless password Serial No XXXXXXXXXXXX ene 1 000 A dog http 192 168 1 1 Router login details username
101. e router will be restarted It will take about 5 minutes before your Internet connection is automatically restored If this doesn t happen you can manually update your broadband username and password to make a connection to the Internet EE Bright Box User Manual 153 Poor wireless signal strength and speeds or the wireless connection is lost If you are having problems establishing a wireless connection you might want to check the following e f possible place your computer closer to the router but at least 1 8 meters 6 ft away e Position your router away from walls wherever possible The more walls between your router and your computer s the more the wireless signal strength will be degraded e Position your router away from any large metal objects or metal furniture e Position the router away from sources of electrical and radio interference such as microwaves fans and other computers e Some devices such as Bluetooth adapters wireless phones and baby monitors may share the 2 4GHz frequency of your wireless router so keep these away from the router e Update the software drivers for your wireless adapter to the latest available from your manufacturer Visit the manufacturers web site for information on updating drivers Press the WPS button on the back of the router briefly to activate the Intelligent Wireless feature The router will re scan for the best wireless channel to use avoiding interference from oth
102. e wireless adapter software Click this button to begin the WPS Push Button Configuration PBC session from Start PBC the router You will have 2 minutes to complete the session by pressing the WPS PBC button on the wireless adapter or software This field displays the current status of the WPS PBC method connection Idle means that the WPS PBC session has not been activated In Progress Please wait means that the WPS PIN connection method has been activated and is currently trying to establish a connection with the wireless adapter This will be visible for 2 minutes PBC Status Error Detected Please Try Again means that the WPS PBC connection method has not been successful Try again or connect using WPS PBC or manual password methods Success The device is connected to the router means that the WPS PBC connection method has been successful and a wireless connection between the router and the wireless adapter has been established This section displays the current wireless settings of the Bright Box router These Panwa BRLWE settings can be used to manually establish a wireless connection to the router In most cases only the Network Name SSID and Network Key also Known as the wireless password are required to establish a connection Your router s PIN number 68 EE Bright Box User Manual How to enable and disable WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS is disabled by default on the Bright
103. eature to work Compatible devices may carry this WPS SETUP logo to identify support for this feature Wi Fi PROTECTED Even if WPS is enabled you can still connect to your computer using the password method To access the WPS admin pages in the Bright Box router 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Basic Set Up tab and then select Wireless Settings from the left hand menu a Sats Bose Set Up Bihat Set ip WI FI PROTECTED SETUP 3 Select Wi Fi Protected setup from the left hand menu USB File Sharing WiFi Protected Setup WPS is an opti Description of WPS settings The following table contains a description of the fields and options in the Wi Fi protected setup page Note that the full page contents will only be visible if the Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS option is set to Enable EE Bright Box User Manual 67 Description This option is used to configure the Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS feature on the Bright Box router WPS is set to disabled by default Select Enable to switch on the WPS feature on the router You may now connect Wi Fi Protected Setup with WPS PBC WPS PIN or by the normal manual password method when making WPS a wireless connection to the router WPS availability is dependent on the wireless adapter also supporting the feature Select Disable to switch off the WPS feature on the router You can only connect with the manual password m
104. ececec cere ee eee eee ere eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eres ee eer eee eee e eee ee eereee eee ee EE Bright Box User Manual 7 The wireless connection can then be established manually Wireless Network Connection 2 A BrightBox f6gh5r Connected l Greg Takahe ail Wireless Network wll i EE Bright Box User Manual CC ee o How to change to wireless WEP security If you re using a wireless adapter or software that doesn t support the WPA security standard and isn t able to update software for example by installing Windows XP Service Pack 2 or 3 then you may need to set the router to WEP security mode to establish a wireless connection to the router To change to WEP security 1 Login to the router s admin pages Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up 2 Click on the Basic Set Up tab and then select Wireless Settings from the left hand 7 ee menu WIRELESS SETTINGS This page provides basic setting enable WEP security 3 Select the Wireless Mode dropdown and choose the 11b 11g option WIRELESS SETTINGS 4 Select the Security dropdown and choose aad the WEP option Your wireless settings Erib oc fanble wireless should look like this VWoeless Mode 5 Scroll down to the Security Setting section of the page and choose the WEP mode Sie daa option In this example we sel
105. ect 128 bit 6 Select a Key Entry Method of HEX In the Passphrase field tick the box and then enter any phrase in this example we use brightbox but enter your own unique one for when you follow this step 8 Click the Generate Key button Your screen should look like the example to the right eoeereececec cero eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eer eee eee eee eee eee rere eee eee eee eee eee e eee eee eeere reese eee eee ereeeereee reece eee eee eee eee e eee ereeeereee eee eeeeeeeeree eee ee eeeeeeeeeee 62 EE Bright Box User Manual 9 Make a note of the Key1 value in this example with 128 bit HEX mode a 26 digit hexadecimal key will be generated This value will be entered into your wireless software to make a connection to the wireless network 10 Click Save Settings 11 The router will apply the new settings Applying changes Please wait The process may take up to 30 seconds lf you are making wireless changes you may need to reconnect to the wireless network 12 Now you can connect your wireless computer or devices to your wireless network in WEP mode When presented Type the network security key with the option to enter the wireless password enter the Key1 value recorded in step 9 in this example Security key 3AE317D4982C4C1 AC36ED18936 3AE317D4982C4C1AC36ED18936 F Hide characters E
106. ect Wireless Settings from the left hand menu 3 On the Wireless Settings page click on the Wireless Mode dropdown box and select the new wireless mode from the list In this example we will change to 11b 11g 4 Click Save Settings 5 The router will apply the new settings Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up Broadband Settings u Wireless Settings Wi Fi Protected 4tup WIRELESS SETTINGS This page provides basic setting enable WEP security WIRELESS SETTINGS Thea page preedes bass setbegs jo enable your mweless network VWhreless bieda must be set io 11 WEP secunty Enable of doable wirelens Disable Weitas Wlode Tib iig iai khmm Fuig Wireless Network Mame 550 Brighi Brnadcasi 5S0 Enihi isaba SECY INPA Applying changes Please wait The process may take up to 30 seconds lf you are making wireless changes you may need to reconnect to the wireless network ee ES seses ecerec eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eer eee eee eee eee eeeee eoeereecer eee rece eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee ee eee eee ee eee eee e eee eee eee eee eee EE Bright Box User Manual How to change the wireless channel The channel is the radio channel used for wireless communication By default the router will automatically select the channel with the least interference in your area using the rou
107. ecure pages EE Bright Box User Manual 45 How to manually update the broadband username and password When you first connect your EE Bright Box router to your EE line your Broadband Settings will be automatically configured however you can also manually update your broadband username and password on the router from the Broadband Settings page To do this 1 Login to the router s admin pages BROADBAND SETTINGS 2 Click on the Basic Set Up tab This page provides basic settings to connect te your EE Broadband senice 3 Inthe Broadband Username field enter your broadband username enter letters in lower case and remember to add fs at the end for Broadband Usemame yourname orangehome co wis example yourname orangehome co uk fs Broadband Type ADSL O Fibre Ethernel Broadband Password PTT Teri 4 In the Broadband Password field enter your the broadband password this is case sensitive so Password is not the same as PaSsWoRd 5 Click Save Settings 6 You ll be prompted that the router is applying changes Applying changes Please wait The process may take up to 30 seconds lf you are making wireless changes you may need to reconnect to the wireless network 7 You ll be redirected back to the Basic Set Up INTERNET Broadband Settings page Pescettond State Connected aiiis State plana 8 Click on the status tab the Broadband
108. ed Set Up 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Bn _ _S 8 ey ___ __ es ae ___ Accept on the Please proceed with caution 3 u Broadband Settings page DIFFSERV GROUPS Wireless Settings 3 Click on QoS in the left hand navigation u USB File Sharing rene menu to expand the quality of service menu Mobile Broadband braut pele ada ae 4 Click on Diffserv Groups in the left hand a DHCP Navigation menu u NAT Maximum anat O u Firewall Upstream 10 Mb How to apply bandwidth prioritisation for Diffserv Groups As you can see from the Diffserv Groups page there are eight levels of traffic prioritisation known as Diffserv Groups e Highest e Higher e High e Medium e Normal e Low e Lower e Lowest EE Bright Box User Manual 127 By default no bandwidth minimum has been applied for any of the Diffserv Groups meaning that a traffic mapping rule associated with a particular level will not be shaped and will achieve the maximum available bandwidth available over the network To apply bandwidth prioritisation for any of the Diffserv Groups 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with Caution page 3 Click on QoS in the left hand navigation menu to expand the quality of service menu 4 Click on Diffserv Groups in the left hand navigation menu
109. ed on the ADSL Status page This is the current synchronisation status of your ADSL connection The value will display IDLE if your ADSL connection is unable to synchronise with broadband exchange or you are using the EE Fibre broadband service The value will display TRAINING if your ADSL connection is currently in the process of synchronising with the broadband exchange Section Description The value will display SHOWTIME if your ADSL link has been successfully established with the exchange Link Status The configured column for the Link Status will always display This is the type of ADSL link established with the broadband exchange The value will display either Interleaved Path or Fast Path Link Type The configured column for the Link Status will always display If the current column displays then no ADSL link has been achieved and may indicate a problem with your ADSL line This value is the ADSL operating mode as synchronised with the broadband exchange The value will display G992 5 ADSL2 for ADSL2 up to 24Mbps or G 992 1 Operation Mode G DMT for IPStream Up to 8Mbps on EE Broadband The configured operation mode will always display Automatic If the current column displays then no ADSL link has been achieved and may indicate a problem with your ADSL line This value is the Upstream Uploa
110. ed to them e For Fibre broadband Check that the Ethernet cable is connected between the WAN port on the Bright Box and the LAN 1 port on the modem e For Fibre broadband Check that the Fibre broadband modem is powered on e Check that your EE ADSL or Fibre broadband service is up and running you should have received a text and email when it is this can take up to 10 working days from the date you placed your order eoeerec reece eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee reece eee eee reece reer eee eee reece reese ee eee eee eee eee reer eee eee rere eee eee reer reece eee eee eee eee reece eee eee eee EE Bright Box User Manual 151 e Check that the Broadband light on the front of your router is solid green This indicates that your router has synchronised with the EE broadband service If the Broadband light is not lit or is flashing continuously and all of the above checks have been undertaken then there may be a fault on your broadband line Please contact EE Broadband support e For ADSL Broadband You can also check the status of your ADSL connection by logging into the router admin pages on 192 168 1 1 and navigating to the Status page If the Broadband State reads INTERNET Time Connucted Disconnected then there may be a fault Downstream Rate kbps on your broadband line Please contact EE Upstream Rate Okbps Broadband support Intemet IP Address 0 0 0 0
111. ee eee e eee ereee eoceereecer eee e cece eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee ee eee eee e eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eeee EE Bright Box User Manual 6 You can confirm that the wireless network name SSID has been updated by scanning for wireless networks in your operating system The screen shot below is an example for Windows 7 Currently connected to Wireless Network Connection A MyBrightBox Connect automatically How to change the wireless WPA password You may like to change your wireless WPA password to something more memorable or for security purposes To do this 1 Login to the router s admin pages Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up 2 Click on the Basic Set Up tab and then select Wireless Settings from the left hand menu Broadband Settings Wireless Settings Wi Fi Protected 4tup WIRELESS SETTINGS This page provides basic setting enable WEP security 3 On the Wireless Settings page click on the Ths page pondas bauc settings to anabe you wrens mateo Wireless lode muri be ssi to ibe Tig mode Wireless Password field and overwrite sill the default password with a new one Erabie o daabie wrieni G Ensis O Disatie between 8 and 63 characters in length Wirniess Made nega Please note that the password you enter Chane ano is case sensitive SO a password such Weert Hetwork Name SSD Enga Mgphist as MySecretPassword is di
112. ee eee eee eee eee eee ere eee eee eee eee reese eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eee e EE Bright Box User Manual 123 How to enable Quality of Service on the router Quality of Service is disabled on the Bright Box router by default in order to configure QoS you first need to enable the QoS module To do this 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and Status Basic Set Up Advanced Set U click Accept on the Please proceed with Caution page 2 Broadband Series Qos a Wireless Settings 3 Click on QoS in the left hand navigation USB File Sharin aie Ag ee menu to expand the QoS menu a This function allows users t 2 Mobile Broadband DHCP Qo5 module function 4 In the QoS module function option select Qos Enable and click Save Settings Thej uneton aowa wees to clagedy alc by apphcabons and prades them wit dfleenigied sareei 5 The QoS module is now enabled you can os now define the traffic types and priorities aina arae iiin bbe ac EON in the Traffic Mapping page ew C Eara benega Come TRAFFIC MAPPING The Traffic Mapping page is used to create rules for the different application traffic types or connected computers on your network and then to assign each rule a level of prioritisation for traffic shaping You can create a maximum of 16 different traffic mapping rules for Quality of Service To access the Traffic Mapping page 1
113. eee ee eer eee eee eee eee eee ee DIFFSERV GROUPS Below shows the Diffserv forwarding behaviours this route behaviour Maximum Upstream Bandwidth Priority Guaranter Minimal Bandwidth Allow More Highasi Si E Highar a Hgh q i F Medium ee Formal a Lover Lowest a E eesoesosocsocoocoooocsooooocsooocooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolol o EE Bright Box User Manual 9 Click Save Settings 10 The bandwidth prioritisation for the diffserv group is now Set If you have already created the traffic mapping rule on the Traffic Mapping page and have enabled the Quality of Service module on the QoS page then you will find that Quality of Service settings will be applied to your selected traffic type or device does not exceed 100 WMM You may wish to configure the bandwidth for all of the Diffserv Groups if so ensure that the total percentage for all groups in the guarantee minimal bandwidth column WMM Wi Fi Multimedia is a feature used by the Bright Box router providing Quality of Service for multimedia applications on the router s wireless network This can improve performance when using services such as voice over IP VoIP video streaming audio and online gaming by automatically prioritising traffic in these categories over other traffic types To take full advantage of WMM both the router and the client device or computer
114. eee ere eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee e EE Bright Box User Manual e If the DHCP Enabled value displays No or Configure IPv4 isn t Using DHCP on a Mac then your computer might be Using a static IP address rather than DHCP Change your network settings to Obtain an IP Address Automatically on Windows or Using DHCP on Mac OS X ra e If the DHCP Enabled value displays No Eais m 192 1681 10 or Configure IPv4 isn t Using DHCP otme F Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 on a Mac then your computer might be he gt Routers 103 162 11 Using a Static IP address rather than DHCP Bluetooth PAN DNS Sewer 19716111 Change your network settings to Obtain i Search Damaina delaul an IP Address Automatically on Windows or Using DHCP on Mac OS X e Ifthe IPv4 Address displays 169 254 x x then your computer has had trouble communicating with the router s DHCP server reboot your computer and restart the router before trying again e If you re connecting to the router over a wireless connection try connecting to the router with the black Ethernet cable supplied with the Bright Box e Close your browser window and re open the browser attempt to access 192 168 1 1 again e If you have previously used another router prior to the Bright Box clear your browser s temporary Internet files cookies and cache and try to log
115. er Manual Description of USB File Sharing settings cont Description This field is used to configure the Windows Workgroup that the shared USB drive belongs to By default the workgroup associated with the USB drive is called Workgroup This is the standard workgroup name for Windows XP Professional Windows Vista and Windows 7 If you ve changed your workgroup name in Windows you may need to change the Workgroup Name field to match your Windows workgroup in order to access the USB drive over the network Note that for Windows XP Home Edition the workgroup name is often Mshome so it may be necessary to change the Workgroup Name field to Mshome to share the USB drive Workgroup Name This option is used to configure the file access permissions for the attached USB drive By default this setting is Read amp Write Select Read amp Write to allow people on your network to be able to both read from and write to the attached USB drive Select Read Only to allow people on your network to open files or copy files on your USB drive Files cannot be deleted modified or moved to the USB drive File Permissions This option is used to configure whether a username and password must be entered in order to access the attached USB drive This option is disabled by default Select Enable to control access to the USB drive by requiring a user to enter a Security Control username and password to acces
116. er than completely disabling your firewall we suggest that you don t leave your computer unprotected in the DMZ To add a computer to the DMZ 1 Login to the router s admin pages DMZ 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and Mireess Setings Click on the Advanced Set Up tab an u USB File Sharing j ing i A g l n click Accept on the Please proceed with u Mobile Broadband oho gad ayaa Caution page DHCP a a 3 Click on Firewall in the left hand navigation u NAT Enable DMZ Enable menu to expand the Firewall menu Firewall Access Control 4 Click on DMZ in the left hand navigation C3 MAC Filter wee _3 URL Blocking 3 Schedule Rule 2 0 _0 3 0 0 5 In the Enable DMZ option select Enable DMZ lf you have a local client device that cannot run an Internet applicati open the client up to unrestricted two way Internet access by defini Enable DMZ Ea Disable 122 EE Bright Box User Manual 6 In the client device IP address field for Index 1 enter the IP address of the computer you wish to add to the DMZ In this example we will add 192 168 1 10 95 144 109 104 2 0 0 0 0 192 168 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 199 1681 0 7 Click Save Settings 8 The computer will now be in the router s DMZ DMZ lf you have a local client device that cannot mun an open the client up to unrestricted two way Intemet
117. er wireless routers where possible See Using the intelligent wireless feature on page 79 for more details Ensure that the Channel setting in the Basic Set Up gt Wireless Settings page is set to Auto When the router is powered on it will select the best wireless channel to use avoiding interference from other wireless routers where possible If you have an older wireless B G adapter on your computer consider upgrading to a wireless N adapter this will provide you with greater wireless speeds and may improve your wireless range Problem sharing files with a USB drive connected to the router If you are having problems sharing files or detecting a USB drive connected to the Bright Box router please check that you have followed the steps describe on page 89 You may also want to check the following e Verify that the USB drive is correctly plugged into the USB port on the back of the router e Check that the connected USB drive is listed in the USB device section of the router status page If no drive is listed then the router may be having a problem detecting the drive format e Check that the Auto Share function in the Basic Set Up gt USB File Sharing page is set to Enable and that Security Control is set to Disable e The USB drive must be FAT FAT32 or NTFS file system formatted Apple Mac HFS HFS or Linux formatted drives may not be detected by the Bright Box route
118. escription of DHCP settings 96 How to reserve an IP address for a computer or a device 98 NAT 99 Address Mapping 100 Description of Address Mapping settings 100 Port Forwarding 101 Description of Port Forwarding settings 102 How to set up a port forwarding entry 103 Port Triggers 104 Description of Port Trigger settings 104 How to set up a port trigger rule 105 NAT mapping table 106 Firewall 107 Access Control 108 Description of settings on the Access Control page 109 How to create an Access Control rule 109 MAC Filter 111 Description of MAC Filter settings 112 How to set up a MAC filter rule 112 URL Blocking 113 How to create a URL Blocking rule 114 sesoses cece reece eee eee er eee eee eee eee eee cere eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eeere reese eee eee ereee eee e eee e eee eeeer eee eee eee ereee rere eee e eee eeeere ee eee eee ereeeereeee 4 EE Bright Box User Manual Schedule Rule 116 How to create a Schedule Rule for Access Control 117 Intrusion Detection 119 Description of Intrusion Detection settings 120 DMZ 121 Description of DMZ settings 122 How to add a computer to the De militarized zone DMZ 122 Qos 123 How to enable Quality of Service on the router 124 Traffic Mapping 124 How to create a Quality of Service Traffic Mapping rule 125 Quality of Service Traffic Type descriptions 126 Diffserv Groups 127 How to apply bandwidth prioritisation for Diffserv Groups 127 WMM 129 UPnP 130 T
119. ess on page 98 for further information Please be aware that the DMZ should only be used for testing or diagnostic purposes A as it will make the computer inside the DMZ potentially vulnerable to external attack or hacking Use the Port Forwarding or Port Triggering functions to create specific port rules to allow traffic through the router firewall To access the DMZ configuration page Broadband Settings DMZ Wireless Settings 1 Login to the router s admin pages l USB File Sharing If you have a local client devig 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and u Mobile Broadband open the client up to unrestrid click Accept on the Please proceed with u DHCP caution page u NAT _ Enable DMZ Enable 3 Click on Firewall in the left hand navigation n hrewal menu to expand the Firewall menu gt Access Control No Public IP Addr a gt MAC Filter 4 Click on DMZ in the left hand navigation gt URL Blocking 4 92 27 134 129 Nee gt Schedule Rule a gt Intrusion Detection 2 3 7 9 gt DMZ 4 a e a Q05 L HDn A M ai EE Bright Box User Manual 121 Description of Intrusion DMZ settings Section Description How to add a computer to the De militarized zone DMZ If you think your Bright Box Wireless Router is stopping a particular application from working correctly you can temporarily add the computer or device into the Demilitarized Zone DMZ as a test While this is saf
120. ethod when making a wireless connection to the router This is the PIN number you will enter into the wireless adapter software when requested in order to establish a WPS connection using the PIN method If you are entering a PIN number supplied by the wireless adapter into the device PIN field you can ignore the router s PIN number This field displays the current status of the WPS PIN method connection Idle means that the WPS PIN session has not been activated In Progress Please wait means that the WPS PIN connection method has been activated and is currently trying to establish a connection with the wireless adapter This will only be visible for 2 minutes PIN Status Error Detected Please Try Again means that the WPS PIN connection method has not been successful Try again or connect using WPS PBC or by manually entering the wireless password Success The device is connected to the router means that the WPS PIN connection method has been successful and a wireless connection between the router and the wireless adapter has been established In this field enter the PIN number supplied by the wireless adapter and press Connect to begin a WPS PIN connection session Device PIN Please note that this field will only require a PIN number if the wireless adapter is initiating the session and supplies a PIN This field does not need to be completed if you enter the PIN number supplied by the router in th
121. evices can discover each other over the local network and control port forwarding If the value is Disabled then UPnP compatible devices cannot make use of this feature You can configure the UPnP setting on the Advanced Set Up gt UPnP page This field displays the Gateway IP address for the active Internet connection This value is automatically assigned by EE broadband when you establish an Internet connection If the value of this field is 0 0 0 0 then a connection through to the Internet has not been successfully established Also see chapter 8 troubleshooting on page 150 Description 42 EE Bright Box User Manual CHAPTER 6 Click the Basic Set Up tab to access the Basic Set Up admin pages You can configure your basic broadband and wireless settings in addition to basic USB File Sharing features on these pages BOX Broadband Settings Status Broadband Settings BROADBAND SETTINGS gt Migration Wizard x Wireless Settings k USB File Sharing This page provides basic settings to connect to your BROADBAND SETTINGS Clicking on the Basic Set Up tab will display the Broadband Settings page You can also access this page by clicking on the Broadband Settings item in the left hand navigation menu when inside the Basic Set Up tab This page contains basic settings to connect to your EE broadband service The Broadband Username and Password can be foun
122. fferent to Bevsdcost SHD Enat e 0 Disable mysecretpassword and will need to be Security WPA entered exactly as typed when making a Socualry Setilng connection to the wireless network WRAL ia Wirka Pine 4 Click Save Settings 5 The router will apply the new settings Applying changes Please wait The process may take up to 30 seconds lf you are making wireless changes you may need to reconnect to the wireless network J i gt g fl o D_i o ny D E t 6 Now you can reconnect to your wireless network using the new wireless password EE Bright Box User Manual 57 How to change the Wireless Mode The Bright Box Wireless router supports 3 wireless modes e 802 11n this will only allow wireless adaptors supporting 802 11n to connect to the router e 802 11b 11g select this if you re Using an older wireless adaptor or software that only supports WEP e 802 11b 11g 11n use this if you want to connect 11b 11g and 11n devices to your network and this is the most compatible mode By using 802 11n or 802 11b 11g 11n the router will support up to 300Mbps speeds depending on the Bandwidth setting on your internal wireless network when used with a compatible wireless adaptor 802 11b 11g will limit the connection speed up to 54M bps To change the wireless mode 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Basic Set Up tab and then sel
123. fic Type 6 On the Edit Traffic Class page enter a name for the traffic mapping rule you are creating in this example we will call it ETP EDIT TRAFFIC CLASS 7 Use the Traffic Type dropdown to select either the type of application Voice Online Games Video specific applications Applications connected devices or computer MAC Address IP Address To specify a rule first define the class by the traffic type forwarding group this class is mapped to aoe Rule Name Incoming Port or application ports TCP UDP you want the quality of service Traffic Type Applications setting to apply to In this example we are selecting a Traffic Type of Applications Applications and an Applications of FTP See quality of service traffic type descriptions on page Priority 126 for a list of other traffic types 8 Select the Priority you want to give to this traffic type There are eight priority levels Highest Higher High Medium Normal Low Lower and Lowest to choose from The traffic shaping effect of the priority applied to each level will be configured in the Diffserv Groups page In this example we will select Low 9 Click Save Settings l EE Bright Box User Manual 125 10 The traffic mapping rule has now been created and will appear in the Traffic TRAFFIC MAPPING Mappi ng table Up to 16 rules can be defined to classdy trafic mto forw
124. firewall and Anti DoS setting is enabled to protect your router and network SPI and Anti DoS firewall Select Enable to switch on SPI Stateful Packet Inspection firewall and Anti protection Denial of Service settings on the router Selecting this option will tick all of the individual SPI service rules Select Disable to switch off the SPI and Anti Denial of Service protection on the router Selecting this option will untick all of the individual SPI service rules This option enables or disables the SPI firewall for all TCP Transmission Control Protocol traffic This option enables or disables the SPI firewall for all UDP User Datagram UDP Session Protocol traffic TCP Connection This option enables or disables the SPI firewall for all FTP FTP Service File Transfer Protocol traffic This option enables or disables the SPI firewall for all H323 traffic for H 323 Service videoconferencing or Netmeeting TFTP Service This option enables or disables the SPI firewall for all TFTP Trivial FTP traffic This option enables or disables the SPI firewall for all SIP Session Initiation SIP Service Protocol traffic for videoconferencing or VoIP RTSP Service This option singles or disables the SPI firewall for all RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol traffic LOTP Service This option enaze or disables the SPI firewall for all L2TP Layer 2 Tunnelling Protocol traffic 120 EE Bright Box User Manual Description of Intrusi
125. for Access Control To create a schedule rule and apply the rule to an access control rule follow these steps 1 2 Login to the router s admin pages Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with caution page Click on Firewall in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Firewall menu Click on Schedule Rule in the left hand navigation menu Click the Add Schedule Rule link Enter a value in the name field for the schedule this name will appear in the Scheduling Rule dropdown on the Access Control page when you define the access control rule In this example we will call the rule Block 21 23 59 Enter a value in the comment field for the schedule This can be any value and will appear in the table on the Schedule Rule page In this example we will call the comment Nine to Midnight In the activate time period fields you can enter the times you want the schedule rule to apply You can use the Every Day week day to apply the schedule on every day of the week or specify particular days you want the rule to apply Please ensure that the start time is earlier than the end time and 24 hour clock notation is used 8 30 for 08 30am or 17 50 for 5 50pm for example If you want to have the schedule apply for the full day enter a start time of 0 00 and an end time of 23 59 In this example we will set the start time to 21
126. g table on the router access is configured by entering the MAC address of the computer or device into the table or you can select from a list of devices already connected to your router Once a device or number of devices has been added to the table only those devices can connect to the router and establish a connection through to the Internet when the MAC Address Control setting has been enabled Any device not on the MAC filter list will be Unable to connect to the router There are no default MAC filter rules created in the router To access the MAC filter page rir tir F LT Lt 1 Login to the router s admin pages a Wireless Settings u USB File Sharing Mobile Broadband The MAC filter when enabled w feature can support up to 32 de 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with caution page 3 Click on Firewall in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Firewall menu 4 Click on MAC filter in the left hand navigation menu MAC Address Control MAC Filtering Table up t coerce roe e eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee e eee eee eee eee ee ere eee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eer eee ee eee eee eee e eee e ee eeee EE Bright Box User Manual 111 Description of MAC Filter settings The table below contains a description of the settings on the MAC Filter pag
127. ght Box User Manual WI FI PROTECTED SETUP Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS is a feature that allows compatible wireless software and devices to securely connect to your router s wireless network at the push of a button rather than having to enter a wireless password WPS is disabled by default on the Bright Box router but can be easily enabled in the routers admin pages WPS on the Bright Box supports two modes e Push Button Configuration PBC You establish a connection to the router s wireless network by pushing a physical or software button on the wireless adapter to initiate the PBC connection and then push the WPS button or activate in the router WPS admin page on the router within two minutes The wireless connection is then automatically established between the wireless adapter and the router On the Bright Box the WPS push button is on the back panel of the router and must be held for 5 seconds to initiate the WPS connection e PIN Method The wireless router or wireless adapter generates an 8 digit PIN number which can then be entered into the WPS PIN page on the other device to establish a wireless connection between the adapter and the router The WPS feature is also supported on Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows 7 No Service Pack or Service Pack 1 Apple Mac OS X does not support the WPS feature While WPS is built in to Windows Vista SP2 and Windows 7 the wireless adapter must also support WPS for this f
128. he adapter only supports the older WEP security standard you will either need to purchase a new adapter or alternatively set Up the router in WEP wireless mode See How to change to wireless WEP mode on page 62 for further details If you try to connect to your router s wireless network and see a Network Security Key Mismatch error or Invalid Password message you might want to double check that you are entering the correct wireless password The wireless password for your router is displayed on the sticker on the bottom of the router and on the KEEP MEE card that came with the router The password is also case sensitive So ensure that the Caps Lock is not engaged Network Security Key Mismatch Security kez 7 k a S Password Ml Remember this network A irali pasawerd Cancel e If you are trying to connect using WPS Wi Fi Protected Set Up and this is failing then try to establish a wireless connection using the standard password method instead Please note that if you are running Windows Vista you may need to select the I want to enter the network key or passphrase instead link e f none of the above works you may wish to the restore your Bright Box router to factory default settings To do this use a paper clip of similar object and hold down the reset button on the back of the router for about 6 seconds before releasing it Th
129. ht Box router ADSL Modem Code This field displays the ADSL modem code version of the Bright Box router This Version version may or may not be updated if you upgrade the router firmware This field displays the hardware version of the router This version will not change Hardware Version i if you upgrade the router firmware and relates to the physical router unit This field displays the Serial Number of the router The serial number is also Serial Num i displayed on the sticker on the bottom of the router unit This field displays the 12 digit MAC address of the LAN Interface of the router LAN MAC Address The LAN MAC address is also displayed on the sticker on the bottom of the router Unit This field displays the 12 digit MAC address of the wireless interface of the router Wireless MAC Address TIME SETTINGS Your Bright Box Wireless Router keeps time by connecting to a Network Time Protocol NTP server as SOON as you Connect to the Internet This allows the router to synchronize the system clock to time settings on the Internet This is important as it means the logs on your router displayed in the System Log page and any time based scheduled rules you set up in the Schedule Rule are correct The synchronisation to the NTP time service is enabled by default on the Bright Box router The default NTP server is ntp readytoconnect co uk and is synchronised to Greenwich Mean Time GMT It is possible to disable the NTP
130. ies that will assign the same IP address to a computer or device every time it connects to your router The page includes DHCP and gateway settings for the other two virtual LAN s VLAN s VLAN2 and VLAN3 which may be useful if you ve set up multiple wireless networks names multiple SSID s in the Advanced Set Up gt Wireless Settings gt Channel and SSID page If you experience problems connecting to your router after changing settings you may need to reset your router to factory default settings To do this insert a paper clip or A pin into the reset hole on the back of the router for 6 seconds release the button and then wait about 5 minutes for the router to re connect to the Internet See how to restore the router to factory defaults on page 137 for further information To access the advanced DHCP page 1 Login to the router s admin pages Saua panc SAP navancan Set Jp 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and u Broadband Settings l DHCP click Accept on the Please proceed a Wireless Settings with caution page u USE File Sharing You can enable DHCP to dyn Mobile Broadband ii cbents 3 Click on DHCP in the left hand a Apec CMC Gr ODEO T navigation menu 3 a NAT VLAN Interface Default u Firewall Fh ot fo Fre rns Description of DHCP settings The table below contains a description of the settings on the DHCP page Section Description This dropdown allows you to configure whi
131. ight Box User Manual BACK PANEL VIEW On the back panel of the Bright Box you will find the following ports sockets and buttons Power socket Reset button Ethernet ON OFF Intelligent ADSL port ports USB port eG wireless WPS Fi C g LJ S RESET LAN4 LAN3 LAN2 POWER WPS e DSL port e USB port e Reset button e ON OFF power switch e Ethernet Ports e Power socket WAN port for Fibre broadband services e WPS button also Known as LAN 4 LAN ports 1 4 The table below describes the ports sockets and buttons on the back panel of the Bright Box router LED Colour Activity LED For ADSL broadband connect one end of a broadband DSL port cable RJ 11 to this port and the other end to a filter and the telephone line Press briefly to restart the router or press for 6 seconds Reset button to return the router to factory default settings For ADSL broadband connect one end of an Ethernet cable RJ 45 to this port to use as a normal LAN port LAN 4 da dadi For Fibre broadband connect one end of an Ethernet cable RJ 45 to this port and the other end to the Fibre modem Connect one end of an Ethernet cable RJ 45 to this LAN port port and the other end to a computer or other Ethernet device with a LAN card installed USB port Connect a USB storage device such as a USB hard drive P to this port See USB File Sharing on page 73 Press this button briefly to activate the
132. ill need to do the following 1 Press and hold the WPS button on the back of the router for 5 seconds and then release the button Intelligent wireless WPS ON OFF San aa 8 RESET LAN4 LAN3 POWER WPS 2 Alternatively you can click on the start pbc button in the Wi Fi Protected Setup page in the router admin pages push button configuration PBC To connect a computer io your uber using PEC press the WPS bution on the beck of pour reader fer 5 click stant pbcbelow Witas SOME o sep Me BCU connecten Io your roe Ehn 2 mane Uf yr are amp Coeipabide you wont need io enter your meters security key 3 The WPS light on the front of the router will begin to flash quickly C 1 2 3 4 4 Launch the wireless connection software in your operating system Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7 In Windows 7 the I Type the network security key screen should look like this Secunty kes Hide characters You can ako connect by pushing the gv button on the router eevee ece eee e oer eee eee reece eee eee eee eee ere eee eee eee eee reer eee eee er eee eee eee ee eeereere eee ee eee eee eere eee eeee eee ereee eee e eee eee ereee rere eee eee er eee rere eee eee ereeeereee eee eee ereeeeeeee 70 EE Bright Box User Manual 5 In Windows Vista SP2 the screen should look like this 6 Click Next Windows Vista SP2 or in Press the configuration button on your access point Wind
133. ing daemon The PPP Point to Point Protocol software has started up The PPP Point to Point Protocol software has stopped You can restart the PPP Stopped daemon daemon by clicking the Connect button on the Advanced Set up gt Broadband settings page see page 78 PPP LCP IPCP sending The Point to Point P Ih i figure R 7 received CONFREQ e Point to Point Protocol has sent or received a Con igure Request message PPP LCP IPCP sending The Point to Point Protocol has sent or received a Configure ACK Acknowledge received CONFACK message PPP LCP IPCP sending The Point to Point Protocol has sent or received a Configure NAK Negative received CONFNAK Acknowledge message PPP LCP IPCP sending received CONFREJ The Point to Point Protocol has sent or received a Configure Reject message PPP LCP IPCP sending The Point to Point Protocol has initiated a request to terminate the PPP received TERMREQ connection PPP LCP IPCP sending The Point to Point Protocol has responded to the TERMREQ with an received TERMACK acknowledgement to close the PPP connection PPP connection up VC1 A connection to the Internet has been established using Point to Point Protocol PPP connection down l l l l VC1 A previous connection to the Internet has been lost over Point to Point Protocol PPP LCP up Link Control Protocol is up Link Control Protocol is down and the Internet connection has been lost May PPP LCP down indicate a problem w
134. ith the broadband line or an incorrect broadband username and password PERE RRECRIUD Internet Protocol Control Protocol is up PPP IPCP down Internet SHOEI Soni Protocol is down May indicate a problem with the broadband line or an incorrect broadband username and password PPP CHAP authentication Succeeded Broadband authentication has been successful PPP CHAP authentication Broadband authentication has failed check to see whether the broadband failed username and password are correct 148 EE Bright Box User Manual Description of System Log entries cont Section PPP CHAP not supported PPP PAP not supported Possible DoS attack detected from IP Address MAC Address admin login success from IP Address admin login duplicate from IP Address admin login error from IP Address admin timeout from IP Address admin logout from IP Address Description Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol is not supported on this broadband connection Check that you are using the correct authentication protocol for your broadband line Password Authentication Protocol is not supported on this broadband connection Check that you are using the correct authentication protocol for your broadband line The router has detected a Denial of Service attack from the listed IP and MAC Address A Denial of Service attack may be triggered by the following events Zero Length IP Ping of Death IP Sp
135. l visible when you reopen your browser i window reboot your PC and then reopen the browser window again you should now be able to view web pages If this still doesn t work you can manually enter your broadband username and password in the router user interface and make a connection to the Internet see how to manually update the broadband username and password on page 46 You can now connect your devices You can now connect your devices to your Bright Box router Choose either wireless or wired connection and follow the steps on pages 20 and 21 EE Bright Box User Manual 17 MOVING TO FIBRE BROADBAND Follow these steps to move your Bright Box Wireless Router from an ADSL to EE Fibre broadband service Make sure that your Fibre broadband has been installed the engineer will confirm that your line is ready to go Engineer Visit 1 The engineer will change your telephone socket and connect the modem for you 2 Connect the black Ethernet cable provided to the modem Reconfigure your current equipment 1 Disconnect any broadband filters from other telephone sockets 2 If you have a telephone cable reconnect it directly to the telephone socket 3 Disconnect the grey broadband cable from the Bright Box 4 Remove any Ethernet cables currently connected to the red WAN port reconnect the Ethernet cables to another available port LAN1 LAN2 or LAN3 Connect and turn on yo
136. lease proceed with Caution page Silatus Basic Sel Lip Aahvarcod Sel Up a Bivadiand Settings wireless Setlings 7 Channel and S310 3 Click on Wireless Settings in the left CHANNEL AND SSID hand navigation menu to expand the Wireless Settings menu 4 Click Channel and SSID in the left hand navigation menu be This advanced wireless section al gt WEP 11b 119 mode in order to enable a4VPs hi iai F HIP P a N Wireless Mode 1 q Cimma Mamie Description of Channel and SSID settings The following settings can be configured on the Channel and SSID page Section Description This dropdown is used to configure the 802 11 wireless mode the router is Wireless Mode transmitting on By default the router is set to transmit on 11b 11g 11n mode See how to change the wireless mode on page 58 for further information This option is used to configure the 2 4GHz radio channel for wireless communication By default the router will select the wireless channel with the least interference in the Auto mode using the Intelligent Wireless feature See how to change the wireless channel on page 59 for further information Channel This option is used to configure the wireless extension channel when the Bandwidth option is set to 20 40MHz mode Channel is set to 1 13 and Wireless Mode is set to 11b 11g 11n or 11n only The extension channel is used to double the wireless bandwi
137. least interference in the Auto mode using the Intelligent Wireless feature Select Auto for the router to determine which wireless channel to use automatically based on the least channel interference Intelligent Wireless Select channels 1 13 to set a radio channel manually Please note that some wireless devices do not support the European channels 12 and 13 If in doubt only select from Channels 1 11 Channel This field is used to configure the Wireless Network Name also known as a SSID that is transmitted by the router and displayed in the wireless network list when making a connection to the router By default your router will have a unique SSID applied by EE For example BrightBox 1a2b3c Wireless Network Name SSID This option is used to configure whether the Wireless Network Name SSID is being broadcast by the router By default the SSID is being broadcast Select Enable to broadcast the SSID meaning that it will appear in a devices wireless network list when scanned Select Disable to stop the SSID from being broadcast meaning that it will not appear in a wireless list when scanned Please note that it is still possible to connect to the wireless network SSID manually if the Broadcast SSID option is set to Disable Broadcast SSID This option is used to configure the wireless security mode the wireless network is operating in By default the Security is WPA Selec
138. lied Only the device s that you have added to the MAC address filter table will be able to connect to the router URL BLOCKING The URL Blocking feature of the Bright Box router firewall allows you to restrict certain web sites from being accessed by either all computers or specific computers or devices on your home network This feature may be useful if you want to block access to particular sites for example Facebook from your child s computer You can define a page either by a URL such as http www example com or by a single keyword found in the URL of the web page such as example You can define URL Blocking rules for up to 30 web sites or keywords eoeereceo eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee reece eee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ere eee ee ee eee ee eee eee eee eee eee eee reese e ee ee eee eee e eee eeeeeee EE Bright Box User Manual 113 URL Blocking is then activated by creating an access control rule on the Advanced Set Up gt Firewall gt Access Control page using the WWW with URL Blocking service option The rule can be applied to an IP address of a single computer on your network or a range of IP addresses Before setting up an URL Blocking rule it is a good idea to reserve an IP address for the device you wish to set up the rule for You can do this in the Advanced Set Up gt DHCP admin page under the address reservation section See how t
139. ll allow you to set whether your router is synchronized with an Internet time server The Password Settings page will allow you to change the login password for the router admin pages DDNS page allows you to configure the router for DynDNS or TZO dynamic DNS settings The ADSL Status page will display information about your ADSL broadband connection and the System Log page will allow you to view system information messages from your router To access the System page ss USBFile Sharing l ary Runtime Code Version v0 09 1 Login to the router s admin pages 3 oo Broadband Boot Code Version v1 00 10 u DHC ADSL Modem Code Version 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and ONAT eae Voar click Accept on the Please proceed with Seral Num J215095216 caution page LAN MAC Address 1C C6 3C Wireless MAC Address 1C C 3 Click on System in the left hand navigation menu EE Bright Box User Manual 139 The System page displays additional details about your router including hardware MAC address and software information The following table describes the information on the System page Section Description This field displays the firmware or software version of the Bright Box router Runtime Code Version This value will be updated if you upgrade the router firmware See How to Upgrade your router with a firmware file on page 138 Boot Code Version This field displays the boot code version of the Brig
140. locking E mail Sanding News Forms Cr o Detail Deseripton Blocking HTTP TC Pert 80 3179 8000 8001 0080 Fi HTTP Ref URL Blocking Ste Page al SMTP TCP Pon 25 NNTP TCP Port 119 P N eececerecec eee e eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eer eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eeee EE Bright Box User Manual 10 Do not change the Schedule Rule eens So e option leave it as Always Blocking and ihre hansen cao AOS click Save Settings i Ly A 11 The access control rule has now been ACCESS CONTROL created and enabled and appears in the Access Control ailcws users fo daina the Haih type parmetied of not parmetied lo WAN pot sence filtering table Filtering function Enable Disable 12 You can delete the access control filtering eee eae peice rule at any time by clicking the delete Bag eae nenna link next to the rule in the table You can bisean l kaaken ee AEA DASE A also change the rule description client IP eee smippops tp Aways Blocking Edi Ceinia address range or client device services by clicking the edit link User Define Service Protocol TCP UDP Fort Range 200 213 l 1500 1500 Gear MAC FILTER MAC Filtering is a firewall feature that allows you to control which devices are allowed to access your network and use your Internet connection You can define up to 32 separate devices in the MAC filterin
141. lows users to menu to expand the Firewall menu Filtering function Enab 4 Click on Access Control in the left hand navigation menu irewall Normal Filtering Table up Rule Client PC Description Address Access Contol MAC Filter 7 Schedule Rule eoeereeceec eee ece eee eee e rere eee eee eee eee eer eee eee eee reece eee eee eee ere rere ee eee ee eer eee eee ee eee eee eer eee ee eee eee ereeee eee eee eereere eee eee eee eee ereeereee eee eee eeeeer eee eee eee ereeeereeee 108 EE Bright Box User Manual Description of settings on the Access Control page The table below contains a description of the settings on the Access Control page Section Description This option is used to configure whether the access control setting is enabled or disabled on the router Select Enable to switch on access control rule blocking on the router You will Filtering function still need to create a device filtering rule in order for blocking to work Select Disable to switch off access control rule blocking on the router If any device filtering rules have been created they will still appear in the filter rule table but will not be active The field is the name that you have given to the device filtering rule when you Rule Descripti Bere eu On create the rule by clicking the Add Device Filtering Rule link This field displays the IP address or range of IP addresses of the device or computer on you
142. ly For a wired connection em Sai lt ai gt Power supply KEEP MEE card Broadband filters 2 parts Where required WIRELESS ROUTER UP GUID Bright Box wireless router set up guide If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact us on 0844 873 8586 EE Bright Box User Manual 13 SETTING UP YOUR ADSL BROADBAND Follow these steps to set up your Bright Box Wireless Router for your ADSL EE broadband service If you are using the EE Fibre optic broadband service see the next section Disconnecting your old equipment If you ve already got a broadband modem or router connected to your line unplug the power supply and all other cables and put them to one side for now We recommend using the broadband filters provided in the box especially to connect your new router You can leave existing filters connected to other telephone sockets Connecting your new equipment 1 Connect the broadband filter to the telephone socket sure to have a broadband filter connected to all sockets in use this includes those for amp Connect your router to the main phone socket for better broadband speeds make telephones answerphones TV box s and alarm systems 2 Connect the grey broadband cable into the broadband filter 3 You can connect a telephone to the other available socket on the broadband filter this is optional Connect and turn on your router 1 Plug the other end of the grey broa
143. matically obtain the Domain Name Server DNS IP address from EE broadband when establishing an Internet connection The DNS server translates Internet names and URLs to IP addresses in order to display web pages or other Internet services It is possible to override the default Obtain from ISP configuration for DNS settings and enter custom DNS addresses To do this 1 Login to the router s admin pages IP Address 0 0 0 0 2 Click on the Basic Set Up tab Subnet Mask 0 0 0 0 5 Inthe DNS IP Address dropdown select the DNS IP Address Manual option Primary DNS 4 In the Primary DNS field enter the Primary IP address of your DNS server for example the Secondary DNS Primary Google DNS IP address is 8 8 8 8 5 In the Secondary DNS field enter the Secondary IP address of your DNS server for example the Secondary Google DNS IP address is 8 8 4 4 MTU 576 1500 1492 eoeereceo reece eee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee eee ee reece eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee reese eee ee ere eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eer eee reese eee eee ere ee reese eee ee ere eee e eee eeeeeee EE Bright Box User Manual 47 6 Click Save Settings 7 You ll be prompted that the router is applying changes Applying changes Please wait The process may take up to 30 seconds 7 If you are making wireless changes you may need t
144. menu 4 Click on Restart on the left hand menu eoeereecer eee e eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee e eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee ee eee eee eee Status Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up Broadband Settings RESTART Wireless Settings USB File Sharing ae a Use the button above to restart eoecereec ee ec eee cece eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee ere eee eee eee eee eee EE Bright Box User Manual 5 Click the Restart button 6 Click OK when prompted whether you want to restart your router 7 The restart will begin This process will take 99 seconds to complete Do not turn off your router please wait until router has restarted 8 The router will be automatically rebooted and after 99 seconds you will be returned to the router admin page login screen FACTORY DEFAULT If you have changed settings in your router and this is causing problems accessing the Internet you may need to reset the router back to its factory settings in order to fix the problem There are two methods you can use to restore the router to its factory settings 1 Reset using the Factory Default admin page 2 Reset using the reset button on the back of the router Both methods will be described in this section eeoeerec reece eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee
145. migration process may take up to 5 minutes to establish a connection to the Internet How to migrate to EE ADSL broadband There may be an occasion when you need to migrate your Bright Box router from EE Fibre broadband settings to EE ADSL broadband for example if you are moving to a house that no longer has a Fibre connection You can also use the Migration Wizard to set the router to EE ADSL settings eoeeeecerec eee ec eee eee eee eee eee eee eee e eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eer eee e eee eee eee er eee eee e reece eeereere reese eee eeeeeeeeeee eee eeeereeeer eee eee eee er eee ree e eee eee ereeeeree ee ee eee eeeeereeee 50 EE Bright Box User Manual To migrate the Bright Box settings for EE Fibre broadband 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Select the Basic Set Up tab at the top of the screen 3 Select the Migration Wizard from the menu on the left hand side menu 4 Press the ADSL button 5 Press OK on the warning pop up 6 The migration countdown will begin You can now close your browser MIGRATION WIZARD Thee function will help you to change your router settings Wa quick and easy to change th Press this button d you want to move to Fibre Ethernet Press thes button if you want to move to ADSL a p te Se oei EEA ET EE E Fe ORA E E O TEE Do not turn off r router please wait until router has restarted t you please ea seconds remaining
146. n devices to access the network URL Blocking access control Schedule Rules Intrusion Detection and a DMZ De militarized zone The firewall is enabled by default on the Bright Box router To access the firewall settings 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and Status Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up click Accept on the Please proceed with Caution page Broadband Settings FIREWALL 3 Wireless Settings 3 Click on Firewall in the left hand navigation l a er 9 cs a lt sharing This router provides firewall prot a Mobile Broadband configure the specific settings a DHERA NAT Firewall features Enabl Firewall 7 Access Qontrol gt WAC F Iter EE Bright Box User Manual 107 You can enable or disable the NAT module on the Bright Box router by selecting the option The gelr pride Tiie a Fit ia Rall seas Und ote be the tl yiu cae you want on the Firewall page and pressing Save Settings Fearn ears Eloi os 2 Sama i aens 5 Comet f Fi FREWALI Please note that disabling the firewall on the router is not recommended except in A exceptional circumstances such as for testing purposes Disabling the firewall may open up the router and local network to unwanted intrusion from the Internet ACCESS CONTROL The access control feature of the router s firewall allows you to block certain types of Internet traffic to devices of computers on
147. n modes have been configured in the Basic Set Up gt Broadband Settings or Advanced Set Up gt Broadband Settings pages This field displays the ATM Encapsulation setting for the active Internet connection For EE ADSL broadband the default value is VC MUX An alternative value of LLC may be displayed if this has been configured on the Basic Set Up gt Broadband Settings or Advanced Set Up gt Broadband Settings pages Please note that it may not be possible to gain an Internet connection in LEC mode This setting will not be visible for EE Fibre broadband customers Encapsulation This field displays the ADSL Standard for the active Internet connection For EE Broadband the value will likely display either G992 1 G DMT or G992 5 ADSL2 but G992 3 ADSL2 G993 3 Annex M and G992 5 Annex M may also be displayed This value is automatically negotiated between the router and the broadband ADSL Mode coe f i exchange when establishing an Internet connection and cannot be configured in the admin pages If the value of this field is then a connection through to the Internet has not been successfully established Also see chapter 8 troubleshooting on page 150 This setting will not be visible for EE Fibre broadband customers This field displays the Subnet mask for the active Internet connection This value is automatically assigned by EE Broadband when you establish an Internet connection but will generally be
148. nd click Accept on the Please proceed with Caution page 4 Click on System in the left hand Navigation menu to expand the System menu Click on DDNS on the left hand menu 6 an the manne DNS option set to DDNS Enable DONS allows users lo map a static Domain Name to a dynamic IP address select sae Dynamic DNS provider from account password and your static Domain Name from a DONS serice pre the Provider dropdown this can either be DONS senices from www dyndns org and www lzo com DynDNS org or TZO com 8 Enter the host domain name for your service In the Domain Name field this Usually looks like yourname dyndns org or Provider myaccount tzo com or similar Dynamic DNS Enable Disable DmDNS owg Domain Name myrouter dyndns org 9 Enter your account name for your service in the Account E mail field This is the name you use to login to your Dynamic Password Key TETTEIT DNS account online Account E mail mydnssamice 10 Enter your password for your service in the Password Key field This is the password you use to login to your Dynamic DNS account online eoceereecerec eee ecec eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eer eee eee eee ee ee ere eee eee eee ee eere ee eree eee eee eer eee eee ee eee eee eee reer eee eee ereee eee e eee eee ereeeer eee eee eee ereeereee eee e eee eeeeree eee ee eee eeeeeeee 144 EE Bright Box User Manual 11 Click Save Settings
149. nd then select Wireless Settings from the left hand menu 3 Inthe Broadcast SSID field select your required option either Enable or Disable In the example below we re going to Disable broadcasting of the SSID on the router 4 Click Save Settings 5 The router will apply the new settings Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up WIRELESS SETTINGS This page provides basic setting enable WEP security WIRELESS SETTINGS This page provides Game setiegs to enable your warehepe network VWireleas Mode mugt bt sel to 1 WEP secunty Enable or disable vtelens B Ensis Dinn Weeless Mode libeligelin Channa VWiteless Network Name S510 Braadeast SSID Secunty Applying changes Please wait The process may take up to 30 seconds lf you are making wireless changes you may need to reconnect to the wireless network 6 To connect to the non broadcasting SSID you will have to enter the wireless network name security type and security key wireless password in the operating system wireless software manually For example here is a screenshot from Windows 7 please note that exact steps will differ between operating systems eoeereece eee e eee eee eee eee eer ee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee reese eee eee eee eeeee Fe thet iver es guhari aa a C psec eae bee sateen a set ena cg Ce ne en ba A ik eoeere
150. nected device by device name and MAC address How to set up a MAC filter rule As an added security feature you may like to enable the MAC filter on your Bright Box Wireless Router This means that only computers devices with a MAC address that you approve can use your Internet connection To enable a MAC filter 1 Login to the router s admin pages E MAC FILTER 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and ciek AOCEpE on the Please proceed with The MAC filter when enabled will only allow those MAC addres caution page feature can support up to 32 devices and applies to clients 3 Click on Firewall in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Firewall menu MAC Address Control Enable Disable 4 Click on MAC Filter in the left hand navigation menu 5 On the MAC Address Control option select Enable 112 EE Bright Box User Manual 6 Enter the MAC address s of the computer s or device s you wish to allow access to 7 The easiest way to do this is to scroll y to the bottom of the MAC filter page locate your device in the DHCP client list and select Copy To to automatically insert the MAC address into your chosen field 8 Alternatively you can type the MAC EEEE un toe ER address of the computer or device that apa you wish to allow access into the MAC address field 9 Click Save Settings 10 The MAC Address filter will now be app
151. need to support WMM as do the applications making use of the video or voice traffic If the client device does not support WMM traffic priority is managed with the standard best effort method To enable WMM functionality on the router 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with Caution page 3 Click on QoS in the left hand navigation menu to expand the quality of service menu 4 Click on WMM in the left hand navigation menu 5 On the WMM Support option select Enable and click Save Settings EE Bright Box User Manual Status Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up u Broadband Settings 4 Wireless Settings USB File Sharing w Mobile Broadband w DHCP u NAT w Firewall QoS gt Traffic Mapping day Groups 3 WMM UPnP a Tools WI FI MULTIMEDIA Enable WMM support to get be WMM Support Enable Wi Fi MULTIME OLA WAAKA Enable WM augged to get better quatty far muis gij steamy Ap wireless neteore vam sapon eE g cy A 6 If you have not already enabled the Quality of Service module you will need a Broadband Settings OS Q to do so Click on QoS in the left hand a Wireless Settings Navigation menu USB File Sharing This function allows users tc 2 Mobile Broadband DHCP QoS module function lt 3 Trafic Mapping Ditfsery Groups 7 Inthe QoS mod
152. new device filtering rule for access control This will display the edit device filtering rule page where you can define the rule description client IP address range and client device service the traffic types that are blocked Add Device Filtering Rule How to create an Access Control rule You may wish to create an access control rule to block specific types of Internet traffic on devices or computers on your network The following example will show you how to create an access control rule to block FTP and Email sending receiving on a connected computer EE Bright Box User Manual 109 To create an access control rule 1 Reserve an IP address for the computer you wish to set up the access control rule on You can do this in the Advanced Set Up gt DHCP admin page See how to reserve an IP address on page 98 for further information 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with Caution page 3 Click on Firewall in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Firewall menu 4 Click on Access Control in the left hand Navigation menu 5 Select the Enable option on the Access Control page and click Save Settings 6 Click the Add Device Filtering Rule link ACCESS CONTROL Araria Gente after pets ES dins the ae hype paimi oo not perrtetiect te YTAN Get batata Fiming ancien E Duath Kommi Pitoring Teita Aig 10 ihip Cieni PE P r mer iisi Addni Client ayie Sieus R
153. nfigure Port Trigger services so that applications requiring multiple connections can open the correct ports for inbound traffic when the application calls on a specific trigger port Up to 10 Port Triggering entries can be created on this page gt Port Triggers This page contains a table that displays a list of the current port forwarding mappings The Bright Box firewall features Access Control MAC Filter URL Blocking Firewall Schedule Rule Intrusion Detection DMZ can be disabled and enabled from this page This page contains settings to allow you to define individual traffic types permitted or not permitted from the Internet to devices on your local network The overall access control feature can also be disabled or enabled from this page Up to 10 device access control rules can be created MAC Filters also known as MAC Address Controls can be configured from gt MAC Filter this page for up to 32 devices When a MAC filter is configure only those devices listed in the table can access your network You can block access to individual web sites by URL or keyword on this Ss UAL Deen page Please note that an Access Control filter with WWW with URL Blocking must be created for a particular device in order for URL Blocking to occur This page allows configuration of Schedule Rules for Access Control filters You can configure rules to apply for certain days and times and then associate the rule with a particular Acces
154. nk This field displays the file permission for each user account for USB File Sharing You can configure the user account by clicking the Add User link If the field displays Read amp Write the user can both read files from and write files to the USB drive If the field displays Read Only the user can open files or copy files on your USB drive Files cannot be deleted modified to moved to the USB drive Cao If a user account has been created via the Add User link you can click Edit to change the user account settings or click Delete to remove the user account Click the Add User link to create a new user account You will be directed to page Add User where you can enter a User Name Password and set File Permissions for the account If a USB drive is connected to the router this field will display the volume name Volume Name assigned to the drive If a USB drive is connected to the router this field will display the file system type of the connected drive FAT16 or FAT32 drives will display a value of FAT while File System NTFS drives will display a value of NTFS Note that Apple Mac HFS or HFS file systems are not currently supported by the Bright Box router Workgroup Name File Permissions 92 EE Bright Box User Manual Description of USB File Sharing settings cont Section Description This field displays the total storage capacity of the connected USB drive in Gigabytes GB Eee o
155. nnecting your wireless SSID i i devices to the Bright Box router You can also find the default wireless network name on the sticker on the bottom of the router or the KEEP MEE card that came with the router This field displays the wireless password sometimes known as a wireless passphrase or WEP key for the listed wireless network name This is the wireless password you will enter when connecting your devices to the wireless network This field will display if the wireless security type is set to None You can also find the default wireless password on the sticker on the bottom of the router or the KEEP MEE card that came with the router The wireless password can be configured in the Basic Set Up gt Wireless Settings or Advanced Set Up gt Wireless Settings gt WEP or Advanced Set Up gt Wireless Settings gt WPA pages Wireless Password This field displays the wireless security mode cipher suite of the of the associated wireless network name The default wireless security mode is WPA WPA2 TKIP AES Other modes include WPA TKIP AES WPA TKIP WPA AES WPA2 TKIP AES WPA2 TKIP WPA2 AES WEP and None The wireless security mode can be configured in the Basic Set Up gt Wireless Settings or Advanced Set Up gt Wireless Settings gt Channel and SSID pages The WPA cipher suite can be configured in the Advanced Set Up gt Wireless Settings gt
156. o Automatic and this is normally the best setting for your broadband connection EE Bright Box User Manual 33 CHAPTER 5 The status page is where you ll find all the information you need about the status and settings on your router puget sans P BOX INTERNET Broadband Type ADSL Broadband State Connected mema State Connected Time Connected 00 00 26 Downstream Rate 7196kbps Upstream Rate W20kbps Intemet IP Adress 2 28 178 213 Broadband Usemame younas orangehome counts WIRELESS Wireless Network Wireless ee Name SSID Pastword acy WPA WPA Bright Box SghSr fax match akin TKIP AES CURRENTLY CONNECTED DEVICES Hame IP Address MAC Address Connection Type MacbookPra 192 168 4 10 20 07 4 39 E3 67 LAN WP 152 16 13 ER 11 32 DEFALH LAR USH DEVICE The status page is made up of five separate sections Internet Wireless Currently Connected Devices USB device and Information The status page will automatically refresh every 15 seconds however you can manually refresh the page by clicking the Refresh button at the top of the page The follow sections describe the elements of the status page in more detail INTERNET STATUS see In this section you can check your Broadband Type ADSL Internet connection status speed of your Broadband State Connected connection and how long you ve been Internet State Connected connected for Time Connected 00 00 26 Downstream Rate 7196kbp
157. o different groups To access the Address Mapping page 1 2 Description of Address Mapping settings Login to the router s admin pages Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with caution page Click on NAT in the left hand navigation menu to expand the NAT menu items Click on Address Mapping in the left hand navigation menu Status Broadband Settings yw Wireless Settings w USB File Sharing 4 Mobile B padband Basic Set Up the public global Internet This Advanced Set Up ADDRESS MAPPING Address Mapping allows IP ade Address Mapping The table below contains a description of the settings on the Address Mapping page Section Description EE Bright Box User Manual PORT FORWARDING Port Forwarding can be used to ensure that certain types of data are sent to a specific computer device or server connected to your home network This may be required if you re having problems using a particular online game or maybe if you re an advanced user running a web server from your home network For security purposes the router will normally block incoming traffic that is not a direct response to a request from a computer on your local network The Port Forwarding feature will allow you to create special exception rules that allow incoming Internet traffic of certain types designated by Port Numbers to be forwarded to
158. o do this from a computer connected to your Bright Box Wireless Router 1 Login to the router s admin pages This advanced wireless section allows you to create multiple S 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and 11b 11g mode in order to enable WEP security click Accept on the Please proceed with gt caution page Wireless Mode tib iig iin 3 Click on Wireless Settings in the left Channel fr hand navigation menu to expand the Wireless Settings menu Extension Channel 4 Click on Channel and SSID in the left Bandwidth hand navigation menu to open the page 5 Click on the Bandwidth dropdown and Multiple SSID Sai ae select 20 40MHz No Enable Wireless Network Naine SSID 6 Click Save Settings 7 The router Wi Fi will now be using the 20 40Mhz bandwidth for speeds up to 300Mbps eevee ecerec eee ec eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee sree eee eee eee eee eee ee ee eee eee reece eee eee eee ereere rere eee eee ereee eee e eee eee er eee reese eee eee ereee reer eee eee ereeeeree eee ee eee oo oooolo o 82 EE Bright Box User Manual How to set up multiple SSID s multiple wireless network names The Bright Box Wireless Router supports up to 3 wireless network names SSIDs This section shows you how to set up an additional wireless network name with separate wireless password and home network address This could be particularly useful if e You only want t
159. o give somebody temporary access to your home network you can then regularly change the password without disconnecting all of your own wireless devices e You want to keep files you ve shared on your home network separate from other people e You want to limit the amount of bandwidth a certain person or group of people can use on your home network To set up an additional wireless network name SSID 1 Login to the router s admin pages Maitie SSD 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click ee ee Swi M Engh Sos wriats WPA Enable Accept on the Please proceed with caution page 3 Click on Wireless Settings in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Wireless Settings menu 4 Click Channel and SSID in the left hand navigation menu to open the page 5 In the Multiple SSID section tick the enable option next to SSID2 6 Enter a name for your new wireless network in the example below we named the SSID GuestWIFI 7 Tick the Broadcast SSID option next to SSID2 8 Optional if you want keep your home network separate to GuestWiFi select VLAN2 in the SSID2 field under VLAN Binding This will prevent people connecting to GuestWiFi from seeing computers on the BrightBox wrfeta network 9 Click Save Settings EE Bright Box User Manual 83 10 11 12 13 14 Now you will need to set a password on the new SSID Click on the WPA option
160. o reconnect to the wireless network 8 You can confirm that the DNS settings have been changed by clicking on the status tab The INFORMATION Primary DNS and Secondary DNS fields will display the new DNS IP addresses aos a Protocol PPPoA Encapsulation VC MUX ADSL Mode G992 1 G DMT MTU 576 1500 eoceereecerec eee oer eee ee eer eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eer eee ee ee eee eee eree eee ee eee eee ere eee eee eee eee ereereer eee eee eeeereee eee e eee eee ereee reese eeeeeeereeereee eee e eee eeeere ee eee eee ereeeereeee 48 EE Bright Box User Manual MIGRATION WIZARD This page allows you to easily migrate your Broadband service from EE ADSL to EE Fibre broadband or vice versa The page also displays the current default Broadband Type either ADSL or Fibre Ethernet For ADSL customers migrating to the EE Fibre broadband service the Migration Wizard may need to be run after the BT engineer has installed your Fibre modem in your home Running the Migration Wizard will set the router to the correct Broadband Settings for the broadband service you want to use at home During the Migration Wizard process the router will be restarted Please note that only the Broadband Settings on your router will be changed when running the wizard any other settings you may have configured Wireless Settings Advanced Settings etc will be kept as they were previously
161. o reserve an IP address on page 98 for further information To access the URL Blocking page 1 2 Login to the router s admin pages Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with caution page Click on Firewall in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Firewall menu Click on URL Blocking in the left hand navigation menu How to create a URL Blocking rule Broadband semngs En l URL BLOCKING 2 Wireless Settings s Sharing You can block access to wet u Mobile Broadband devices using the access con a DHCP u NAT No URL H Y Firewall e Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 To block access to particular web sites on your computers or attached devices Reserve an IP address for the computer you wish to set up the access control rule on You can do this in the Advanced Set Up gt DHCP admin page See how to reserve an IP address on page 127 for further information Login to the router s admin pages Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with caution page Click on Firewall in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Firewall menu Click on URL Blocking in the left hand navigation menu Enter the URL of the web address you wish to block for example www example com or just a keyword out of the URL e g you don t need to enter both example URL BLOCKING You can block access to web sites by entering either aj
162. of Port Forwarding settings The table below contains a description of the settings on the Port Forwarding page Section LAN IP address Protocol Type LAN Port Public Port Description This field is the index for the port forwarding entry You can configure up to 20 port forwarding rules on the router This field is used to configure the LAN IP of the device on your local network you wish to forward the particular traffic type to It is recommended that you reserve an IP address on the DHCP admin page fora particular device as the port forwarding rule will not work if the LAN IP address configured in this page doesn t match that of the device This dropdown is used to configure the traffic protocol type that will be forwarded to your local device Select TCP for Transmission Control Protocol traffic forwarding Select UDP for User Datagram Protocol traffic forwarding Select TCP amp UDP to allow forwarding of both traffic types Select this option if you are unsure which type to use This field is used to configure the internal port that traffic will be forwarded to on the LAN IP address for the port forwarding rule For example if you are running an FTP server on your local network you will need to forward traffic to Port 21 Please refer to the manual supplied with your particular software to determine which LAN port you should be forwarding to This field is used to configure the external public por
163. omatic Time Server gt Time Settings Maintenance to ensure the router time as displayed in the System Log is always correct EE Bright Box User Manual 31 Advanced Set Up tab cont Section Description You can configure the password to access the router admin pages in this page gt Password Settings Please ensure you have the current password to hand in order to make this change The admin page idle time out setting can also be configured here This page allows you to configure the Dynamic DNS settings to allow you to map a static domain name from DynDNS com or TZO com to a dynamic IP address Please ensure you have setup an account with DynDNS or TZO in order to use this feature This page displays statistics on your ADSL broadband connection including Line gt ADSL Status Status Link Type Operation Mode ADSL sync data rate in Kbps Noise Margin Attenuation Error correction and cell statistics This page displays a log containing system events such as administration login gt System Log logout and broadband connection activities You can save the log as a text file or clear the log from this page MAKING CONFIGURATION CHANGES Once you have made a configuration change on any Bright Box admin page and you are happy to proceed with the change X click the Save Settings button at the bottom of the page to apply the change to the router An Applying changes Please wait The process may take
164. on Detection settings cont Section Description This option enables or disables the SPI firewall for all PPTP Point to Point PPTP Service Tunnelling Protocol traffic This option enables or disables the SPI firewall for all IPSec Internet Protocol IPSec Service Security traffic This option allows you to configure whether the router will discard ICMP ping traffic from the WAN This is enabled by default If you select Disable then an ICMP ping response from the router will occur if pinged from the WAN making the WAN IP address of the router visible and potentially vulnerable Discard Ping to WAN Interface DMZ The Bright Box Wireless Router stops Internet traffic getting to your internal network unless traffic is initiated by a computer or device on your network or you ve set up port forwarding or port trigger rules If you think your router is stopping a particular application for example an online game or video conferencing from working correctly you can temporarily add the computer or device s IP address into the Demilitarized Zone DMZ as a test This will mean that many of the router firewall features are bypassed for this computer while the DMZ is active Before setting up the DMZ it is a good idea to reserve an IP address for the device you wish to put inside the DMZ You can do this in the Advanced Set Up gt DHCP admin page under the address reservation section See how to reserve an IP addr
165. oofing Smurf Attack Snork Attack UDP Port Loopback or Port Scanning with invalid TCP flags or more than 20 TCP connections in 4 seconds A login to the router admin pages has been successful by the listed IP address The listed IP address has attempted to login to the router admin pages when somebody else is already logged in A login to the router admin pages has not been successful an incorrect username and or password has been entered by the listed IP address An idle timeout on the admin pages has occurred for the listed IP address The listed IP address has logged out of the router admin pages EE Bright Box User Manual 149 CHAPTER 8 S no E The following section contains troubleshooting tips for various issues you may encounter when using your Bright Box Wireless Router For further assistance EE Broadband customers may call us on 0844 873 8586 Unable to display the router admin pages using 192 168 1 1 First check to see whether your computer has a connection to the Bright Box router Open a web browser and attempt to access the router admin pages by entering 192 168 1 1 in the browser address bar If you re unable to log in to the router admin pages in your web browser on 192 168 1 1 check the following e First check that the router is powered on and the Power light is lit e If you re connected to the router using an Ethernet cable check that the Ethernet cable is correctly plugged into one of the r
166. ools 131 Configuration 132 How to save a copy of your router s settings 132 How to restore your router s settings from a backup 133 Restart 134 How to restart your router 134 Factory Default 29 How to restore the router to factory defaults from the router admin page 136 How to restore the router to factory defaults from the reset button on the router 137 Firmware Upgrade oe How to upgrade your router with a firmware file 138 System 139 Time Settings 140 Password Settings 141 How to change the router s admin password 142 How to change the time out period of the admin pages 143 DDNS 143 How to configure your router for Dynamic DNS 144 ADSL Status 145 System Log 147 Description of System Log entries 148 Chapter 8 Troubleshooting 150 Unable to display the router admin pages using 192 168 1 1 150 Unable to connect to the Internet 151 Unable to establish a wireless connection with the router 153 Poor wireless signal strength and speeds or the wireless connection is lost 154 Problem sharing files with a USB drive connected to the router 154 Appendix A Default Router Settings 155 eoeceereec eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee reece eee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee eee ee ere eee eee eee eee reese eee eee eee eeee EE Bright Box User Manual 5 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCING THE BRIGHT BOX WIRELESS ROUTER The Bright Box Wireless Router is a wirele
167. otected Setup Advanced Set Up tab Section Description This page contains more advanced settings for configuring your EE broadband service It includes the settings found in the Basic Set Up page and additional settings such as Connection Type Idle Time Authentication Protocols and an option to manually connect disconnect your Internet connection Broadband Settings This page contains options to manually configure the ADSL connection mode on gt ADSL Mode your router By default this is Automatic but settings can be changed in order to assist connection troubleshooting This page contains a wizard that allows you to change the default router gt Migration Wizard configuration to work on either EE Fibre broadband or EE ADSL broadband services This page allows you to enable or disabled the wireless LAN WLAN on the Bright Box router You can also refresh the Intelligent Wireless channel on this page Wireless Settings This advanced page allows you to set the Wireless Mode b g n b g n only modes Primary and Secondary Channels Wireless Bandwidth 2ZOMHz and 20 40 MHz modes create multiple SSID s and bind SSID s to a virtual LAN VLAN to create isolated wireless networks gt Channel and SSID 28 EE Bright Box User Manual Advanced Set Up tab cont Section Description This page contains settings allowing you to configure the WPA wireless security settings for any of the transmitting SSID s Set
168. outer s LAN ports and into the Ethernet plug on your computer The LAN light for the connected port on the front of the router should be lit See Chapter 3 Installation for more information on setting Up your Bright Box e Microsoft Windows If you re connected to the router using a wireless or Ethernet connection check the Network Connection Details screen and verify that DHCP Enabled is Yes IPv4 Address is 192 168 1 x x representing a number Value between 2 and 254 IPv4 Subnet Mask is default 255 255 255 0 IPv4 Default Gateway is Generic Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI E F 192 168 1 1 DHCP Server is 192 168 1 1 5 11 32 FAIC and DNS Server is 192 168 1 1 Yes 192 168 1 64 e Apple Mac OS X You can check the 255 255 2550 network settings in Network Preferences 8 October 2012 13 13 27 gt Advanced gt TCP IP Configure IPv4 20 October 2012 13 28 39 should read Using DHCP IPv4 Address 132 168 1 1 is 192 168 1 x x representing a number recap between 2 and 254 Subnet Mask is Ped WINS Saree 255 255 255 0 Router is 192 168 1 1 NetBIOS over Tepip En Yes Linkdocal IPv6 Address IPv6 Default Gateway IPv6 DNS Server q ram seses ecerceec cece eee eee eee eee eee eee eee reece eee eee rere eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ere eee eee eee eee rere eee eee ere eee ee ee eeeeeee fe80 d4d6 d4 3 b4a9 c349 11 fe80 5a98 35f feSe 977211 eoceeeecereec eer ece eee
169. ows 7 wait and the wireless connection will be established automatically 7 Alternatively some wireless devices have accent point before continuing their own WPS button on their case you can also press this button to establish a wireless connection to the router How to establish a WPS connection using the personal identification number PIN method To connect the Bright Box router to a WPS device that supports Push Button Configuration PBC mode you will need to do the following 1 Login to the router s admin pages ES 2 Click on the Basic Set Up tab and then select Wireless Settings from the left hand menu WI FI PROTECTED SETUP 3 Select Wi Fi Protected setup from the left CD EE Bright Box User Manual 71 4 Scroll down to the personal identification number PIN section of the page and pavan abana i 0 i Demi meii biai eel prieg paua 1S tE The Pte PD bo bel ap ue eel Cereb make a note of the router s PIN number An niy Pi cede ia ah SIMEN Etor thw inaha at ihe secumy tey Aimara yo aml a Tay gaa Ai cen PP H i dori ya can emia A on fe bebe Balga hen chek aamir device PIN 5 Launch the wireless connection software in your operating system and when prompted enter the PIN number of the router and click Next to establish a connection using WPS Enter the PIN for Router on Orangel 23456 6 Alternatively some wireless devices may
170. ps to set up your Bright Box Wireless Router for your EE Fibre broadband service Make sure that your Fibre broadband has been installed the engineer will confirm that your line is ready to go Disconnect Old Equipment If you ve already got a broadband modem or router connected to your line unplug the power supply and all other cables and put them to one side for now Engineer Visit 1 The engineer will change your telephone socket and connect the modem for you 2 Connect the black Ethernet cable provided to the modem Connect and turn on your router 1 Connect the other end of the black Ethernet cable into the red WAN port on your router 2 Connect the two parts of the power supply together rd 3 Plug the power cable into the router 16 EE Bright Box User Manual 4 Connect the power supply into a plug socket and turn it on 5 You can now switch on your router Check it over Everything should now look like this the power light will go green and the broadband light will go green shortly afterwards Your home broadband is being set up This will take up to 5 minutes so relax and let us do the leg work Please note that if you re redirected to the Nearly there holding page in your browser you may need to wait a few more minutes for us to set up your router If after 5 minutes the Nearly there text is stil
171. r e If the USB drive is appearing in the USB device section of the router status page but is not detected by your operating system check that the Workgroup name of your computer matches the Workgroup name setting found eoeerereceec eee oer eee eee ere eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee reer eee eee e ee eer eee eee eee eee eee ee on the Basic Set Up gt USB File Sharing page You can find your computer s workgroup name in the Control Panel and then System settings Under Computer name domain and workgroup settings section If you have recently disconnected the USB drive try reconnecting the drive to the router USB port and restarting the router by powering it off and then on This will cause the router to re detect the USB drive when the router restarts Try rebooting your computer your operating system should attempt to re detect network locations after it has been rebooted On Windows Vista Windows 7 ensure that the Network Discovery setting is set to Turn on network discovery and that File and Printer Sharing is set to Turn on file and printer sharing These settings can be found in Control Panel gt Network and Sharing Centre eoeereecerecec ee ec eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ere ee eee eee eee eee eer eee eee eee ee ee reece EE Bright Box User Manual APPENDIX A DEFAULT ROUTER SETTINGS The following table lists the default settings for the EE Bright Box wireless router
172. r Bright Box router Choose either wireless or wired connection and follow the steps on 20 and 21 EE Bright Box User Manual SETTING UP A WIRED CONNECTION TO YOUR BRIGHT BOX To set up a wired Ethernet connection between your computer and the Bright Box Wireless Router follow the steps below 1 For ADSL broadband plug one end of the black Ethernet cable into any of the four yellow Ethernet sockets on the back of your Bright Box Wireless Router 2 For Fibre broadband you should leave the black Ethernet cable connected to the red WAN port on the Bright Box but can plug another Ethernet cable into any of the other LAN ports on the Bright Box LAN1 LAN2 or LAN3 3 Plug the other end into the Ethernet socket on your device You ll hear a click when you ve connected the cable correctly 4 To check your connection type ee co uk into a browser s address bar and click Go 5 The EE home page will load BC X f Bi urs 4G Mobile Network Fi MOVE TO EE NEWS FAQS SHARE If you can t connect or are having problems repeat all of the steps again ensuring that all plugs are connected properly If none of these work give us a call on 0844 873 8586 and we ll help get you Up and running 20 EE Bright Box User Manual SETTING UP A WIRELESS CONNECTION To set up a wireless connection to the Bright Box Wireless Router i Your wireless network name SSID and wireless password c
173. r local network that you have applied the device filtering rule to You enter the address or address range by clicking the Add Device Filtering Rule link Client PC IP Address This field displays the name of the types of traffic blocking rules applied to the devices of computers on your local network You select the service s for the rule by clicking on the Add Device Filtering Rule link Possible client service names include http uriblock smtp nntp pop3 https ftp telnet h323 dns snmp pptp I2tp tcp udp or user for a user defined rule Client Service This field display the type of schedule rule applied to the device filtering rule The schedule rule defines the day and time a blocking rule is applied A schedule rule can be created on the Advanced Set Up gt Firewall gt Schedule Rule page The rule is applied on by clicking the Add Device Filtering Rule link By default this value will be Always Blocking meaning that the traffic type is always blocked and no schedule rule has been applied Schedule Rule If a device filtering rule has been created then you can edit the rule by clicking the Edit link This will display the Edit Device Filtering Rule page You can delete a device rule by clicking the Delete link Deleting a rule will mean that the blocking for the rule will no longer occur Configure Click this link to create a
174. r the wireless network name SSID is being transmitted by the router for each of the individual SSID s By default the Multiple SSID broadcast SSID setting is enabled for SSID1 broadcast SSID Please ensure you enable this setting if you set up additional SSID s and wish for them to be visible to wireless network software See how to change the broadcast SSID option on page 60 for further information This setting allows you to configure which virtual LAN each of the wireless SSID s is associated with VLAN binding gives you the ability to share your Internet connection with friends or family while allowing you to keep computers or storage devices on a separate home network By default all of the SSID s are bound to the default VLAN grouping However you can also bind any of the SSID s to the optional VLAN2 and VLANS3 The VLAN interface network settings can be configured on the VLAN Grouping Advanced Set Up gt DHCP page EE Bright Box User Manual 81 How to change the wireless speed from 144Mbps to 300Mbps By default the Bright Box Wireless Router uses a wireless frequency bandwidth of 2OMHz When paired with a compatible wireless 802 11n adapter this allows your computer to connect to the router at speeds of up to 144Mbps The router also supports speeds of up to 300 Mbps by dual bonding two wireless channels You can enable this feature from the Channel and SSID page by changing the bandwidth setting to 20 40MHz T
175. raffic on the wireless LAN for SSID1 2 or 3 You must also enter a value in the downstream Kbytes sec field to set the maximum bandwidth allowed This field allows you to configure the maximum wireless bandwidth value for downstream download traffic on the wireless LAN for SSID1 2 or 3 Downstream KBytes sec The value is in Kilobytes per second and not Kilobits 1 Kilobyte per second 8 Kilobits per second 128 Kilobytes per second 1 Megabit per second EE Bright Box User Manual 89 How to limit the wireless bandwidth on an SSID If you wish to limit the wireless bandwidth on a particular SSID follow the steps below The example below assumes that you have already set up SSID2 in the Channel and SSID page see how to set up multiple SSID s on page 83 for instructions od Login to the router s admin pages Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with caution page Click on Wireless Settings in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Wireless Settings menu Click Bandwidth Control in the left hand navigation menu In the SSID2 row check Enable in both the upstream and downstream fields oa Se aS o wN We will limit the upstream to 64 kilobytes about 0 5 Mbps in the SSID2 upstream field enter a value of 64 7 We will limit the downstream to 128 kilobytes about 1 Mbps in the SSID2 downstream field enter a value of 128 BANDWIDTH CONTROL You can se
176. re to determine which public ports you should be using This dropdown is used to configure the traffic type on the incoming public ports Select TCP for Transmission Control Protocol traffic triggering Public Type Select UDP for User Datagram Protocol traffic triggering Please refer to the instructions supplied with your software to determine which incoming public traffic type you should be using This option is used to configure whether a port triggering is activated for the Enable particular Port Forwarding entry Tick this box to enable the port trigger rule for the entry or untick the box to disable the port trigger rule This dropdown can be used to select from a number of applications for port triggering allowing you to copy those application settings into a port trigger Popular Applications entry Applications include Battle net Dialpad ICU II MSN Gaming Zone PC to Phone Quick Time 4 This button is used in conjunction with the dropdown to select which row of a port trigger entry in the table above you want to copy the Popular Application settings to Click Save Settings to apply How to set up a port trigger rule In order to set up a port triggers entry on the Bright Box router follow these steps 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with Caution page Click on NAT in the left hand navigation menu to expand the NAT menu
177. s Upstream Rate 1020kbps Internet IP Address 2 26 176 213 Broadband Username yourname_orangehome_co uk fs eoeereecerecec ee ec eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee e eee eee eee eee eer eee eee eee eee eer eee ree e ee eeeeereeeereee eee eee ereee eee e eee e rere eeer eee eee eee ereeeereee eee eee ereeeer eee eee eee eeeeeeeee 34 EE Bright Box User Manual Description For EE ADSL broadband connections this field should display a value of ADSL For EE Fibre broadband connections a value of Fibre Ethernet should be displayed If Broadband Type the wrong Broadband Type is displayed you can migrate to the correct type ADSL or Fibre Ethernet on the Basic Set Up gt Broadband Settings gt Migration Wizard page This field indicates the status of the ADSL broadband connection The field will display Connected if the router has successfully synchronised with the exchange The field will display Disconnected if the router is unable to detect a broadband Signal or is still synchronising with the exchange Broadband State If this field displays Disconnected please check your grey broadband cable is connected to the DSL socket on your router and the other end of the cable is connected to the DSL socket on the telephone filter Ensure the filter is connected to the master telephone socket Also see chapter 8 troubleshooting on page 150 For Fibre broadband customers a value of N A will be displ
178. s Control in the Access Control page gt NAT mapping table gt Access Control gt Schedule Rule This page allows the configuration of the Stateful Packet Inspection SPI element of the router firewall which is enabled by default The SPI gt Intrusion Detection and Anti DoS protection can be disabled or enabled on this page as can individual SPI settings The page also allows you to configure the Discard Ping to WAN Interface option If you have a local client device that cannot run an Internet application properly from behind the firewall you can configure that device to have Unrestricted two way Internet access by defining a virtual DMZ host on this page 30 EE Bright Box User Manual Advanced Set Up tab cont Section Description The Quality of Service QoS setting can be enabled or disabled on this page QoS is disabled by default but if enabled can allow you to configure particular traffic types for example gaming traffic to have priority over others gt Traffic Mapping You can configure up to 16 different Traffic Mapping rules that classify different types of traffic into forwarding groups from Highest to Lowest For example you Can create a class for Online Games with a traffic priority of Highest You can configure each of the 8 DiffServ priority groups from Highest to Lowest on this page Guaranteeing a minimal bandwidth percentage for each group associated with Traffic M
179. s DDNS page the router will inform those services of your current IP address and forward traffic directed to your domain for example yourname dyndns com to the router You can couple Dynamic DNS with Port Forwarding to have traffic directed to a web server or similar application on your local network without having to enter the Internet IP address manually each time eoeceee eee ec eee cere eee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee reece eee eee eee ere eee eee eee eee reese eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee ee eee eee eee reese eee eee eee eee ee EE Bright Box User Manual 143 To access the Dynamic DNS page u Firewall 1 Login to the router s admin pages atte Dynamic DNS en 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and a Tools Provider Dynt click Accept on the Please proceed with a System ae Domain Name Caution page 3 Click on System in the left hand navigation Account E mail menu to expand the System menu Password Key 4 Click on DDNS on the left hand menu gt System Log How to configure your router for Dynamic DNS To configure the Bright Box router to use a dynamic DNS service 1 Register a Dynamic DNS account at either TZO com or DynDNS com In the account control panel you will want to make note of the Hostname Username and Password values 2 Login to the router s admin pages 3 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab a
180. s is normally saved in your computer s download folder It is recommended that you store this file in a memorable location By default the file would be located in the following folders e Ona Windows Vista 7 computer with Internet Explorer or Firefox this would be C Users Username Downloads e Ona Windows XP computer with Internet Explorer 8 C Documents and Settings username My Documents e On Mac OS X this would be Users Username Downloads If you want to rename the backup bin file to something more memorable you can just ensure that you keep the bin extension at the end of the file name in order to be able to restore from it later How to restore your router s settings from a backup To restore your router s settings from a previously saved backup file backup bin 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with Caution page 3 Click on Tools in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Tools menu 4 Click on Configuration on the left hand menu 5 Click the Restore button 6 Click on the Browse button 7 Select the location of the backup bin file that you previously saved For example in the Downloads folder EE Bright Box User Manual CONFIGURATION on abows to save the routers cunent configuration to a file on your device Wian above Lo restore a Saeed conboummbon to the router
181. s the drive You cannot view the drive contents without entering the correct username and password Select Disable to switch off security access control on the attached USB drive With this setting anybody on the network is able to access the drive contents This field is used to configure the Username required to access the attached USB User Name i ee drive contents if Security Control option is set to Enable This field is used to configure the Password required to access the attached USB Password a drive contents if Security Control option is set to Enable How to set a username and password on the USB drive You may wish to limit access to a USB drives to certain users requiring them to enter a username and password to access the drive over the network To set a username on attached USB drives 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Basic Set Up tab and then select USB File Sharing from the left hand menu SUE Emag Sel Lip Advanced Set Lip E oroadband Seiings a Wireless Seting u USB File Shearing USB FILE SHARING The router suppots USE sharing function share function Or you could disable the erh e ee ee EE Bright Box User Manual 75 3 Inthe Security Control field set the option to Enable 4 Update the User Name and Password fields as appropriate 5 Click Save Settings 6 The router will apply the new settings
182. settings 67 How to enable and disable WPS 68 How to establish a WPS connection using push button configuration PBC 70 How to establish a WPS connection using the personal identification number PIN method 71 USB File Sharing 73 How to File Share with a USB Drive Auto Share T3 Description of USB File Sharing settings 74 How to set a username and password on the USB drive 7 Chapter 7 Bright Box Advanced Set Up pages 77 Broadband Settings 77 eecocoocoocoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oowoo oooooooooo ooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o EE Bright Box User Manual 3 Description of Advanced Broadband Settings 77 Using the button to force an Internet Connection Disconnection 78 ADSL Mode 79 Description of ADSL Mode settings 79 Migration Wizard 79 Wireless Settings 79 Channel and SSID 80 Description of Channel and SSID settings 80 How to change the wireless speed from 144Mbps to 300Mbps 82 How to set up multiple SSID s multiple wireless network names 83 WEP 84 How to set up a multiple SSID with WEP security 84 WPA 86 Description of WPA settings 87 802 1x 88 Description of 802 1x settings 88 Bandwidth Control 89 Description of Bandwidth Control settings 89 How to limit the wireless bandwidth on an SSID 90 USB File Sharing 91 Description of USB File Sharing settings 92 How to add user account access to a USB drive 93 Mobile Broadband 95 DHCP 96 D
183. shing i the router and the internet Data Status Description The router is receiving power this is normal operation The router is not receiving power or has failed The router is functioning correctly and is connected to broadband For ADSL broadband that means that no data is currently being sent or received from the router O gt If you are using the EE Fibre broadband service this light will always be off and this is normal Fast The WPS button has been pressed the router is capable of setting up flashing a WPS connection Slow The router is searching for a new wireless channel as part of the flashing Intelligent wireless process Default behaviour WPS or Intelligent wireless aren t currently in progress Ethernet connection has been established with the indicated port Flashing The Ethernet connection is sending receiving data There is no Ethernet connection on the port A connection has been established between the Bright Box and the Fibre modem Flashing Data is being sent between the Bright Box and the Fibre modem Intelligent Wireless WPS O gt Ethernet 1 4 ADSL Broadband Ethernet 4 Fibre Broadband The Ethernet connection between the Bright Box and the Fibre modem has been disconnected or the modem is powered off Off Check that the Ethernet connection between the WAN port on the Bright Box and LAN1 port on the Fibre modem is connected and the modem is powered on 10 EE Br
184. socoocsocsocoocooocooooooooocooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolo o 98 EE Bright Box User Manual 11 Now connect your device to the Bright Box If your device is already connected to the Bright Box and you changed the IP Address in Step 7 you will need to restart your device to apply the changes Next time your computer is connected to the router it will automatically be assigned the IP address you Nave reserved 12 If you wish at any stage to change the IP address of of remove the address reservation for the device navigate back to the DHCP page and select the Edit or Delete links next to the address reservation entry NAT EDIT RESERVED DHCP E hatari i LAC Aarne EF Ba E Da E Fal ipm a de M ape e Adae Daana H UF Srfkir in Devic Pai 159 168 1 10 Pah Carrepal a ES 1132 FASS Network Address Translation NAT is the mechanism that allows your router to route incoming Internet traffic to the correct devices on your local network using a single public IP address NAT is enabled on the Bright Box router by default The NAT page in the router allows you to enable or disable the overall NAT setting for the router You can also configure various NAT features such as address mapping port forwarding port triggers and view the NAT mapping table by clicking on the NAT item in the left
185. ss N modem router offering speeds of up to 300 Mbps when used with a compatible wireless N adapter It also has four 10 100 Mbps Ethernet ports for wired connectivity The Bright Box Wireless Router supports ADSL2 broadband connections offering maximum theoretical speeds of up to 24 Mbps on your EE home broadband line The Bright Box also supports a simple ADSL setup over the EE broadband network through remote configuration just plug it into your ADSL line and it works The Bright Box features Intelligent Wireless improving the reliability of your wireless broadband Signal by avoiding interference from other signals You can control when your connected devices move on to a different wireless channel to improve performance giving you the most reliable wireless connection for all your laptops smartphones and tablets throughout your home The router also features the latest WPA2 Wi Fi Protected Access wireless security out of the box to ensure that your wireless connection is protected from external wireless intrusion The router is also compatible with wireless B and wireless G standards The Bright Box Wireless Router supports connectivity from a variety of devices to include Windows and Apple Mac computers games consoles such as Xbox and Play Station 3 iPads iPhones and other mobile smartphones including Signal Boost UMA compatible handsets It s also possible to connect a USB memory device e g USB hard driv
186. ssword for the router in the Advanced Set Up gt System gt Password Settings page and can t remember the new password you will need to return the router to factory settings using the reset button on the back panel of the router see how to restore the router to it s default settings on page 137 eoeereecerec eee eo eee eee eee eee reece eee ee eer eee eee eee ee eee ee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eer eee reece eee eeere rere eee eee eee eeee eee ee eeereer eee reese eee eee er eee rere eee eeeereeeeree eee eee eereeeereeee 24 EE Bright Box User Manual Fi Duplicate Administrator The device is j amA managed by 192 168 1 xx currently http 192168 O BOX Home s Login The admin pages will only allow one user defined by the IP Address of the connected wireless or Ethernet device to access the pages at one time You can prevent this error by logging off from the admin pages before using another computer or Status Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up before switching between a wired and wireless connection on the same computer To fix the error Duplicate Administrator This device is managed by 192 168 1 10 currently e Return to the computer or connection type that you were previously logged in using and logout e Turn the router off then back on again the other computer will be logged out immediately e Wait 10 minutes for the previous session to time out
187. still Share drives with auto sharing disabled by connecting a drive to the router and configuring the sharing manually in the USB device section This option is used to enable or disable file sharing of the USB drive via the Samba protocol Samba is a cross platform file sharing protocol supported on Windows Mac OS X and Linux This option is enabled by default on the Bright Box router Select Enable to enable file sharing using the Samba protocol This setting is recommended for all modern operating systems including Microsoft Windows Mac OS X and Linux Select Disable to switch off file sharing using the Samba protocol You will need to connect to the USB drive using an alternative protocol such as FTP or NFS This field is used to configure the Windows Workgroup that the shared USB drive belongs to By default the workgroup associated with the USB drive is called Workgroup This is the standard workgroup name for Windows XP Professional Windows Vista and Windows 7 If you ve changed your workgroup name in Windows you may need to change the Workgroup Name field to match your Windows workgroup in order to access the USB drive over the network This field displays the user name for each user account for USB File Sharing You Can protect access to a USB drive by requiring people to enter a username and User Name password when they access the drive You can configure the user account by clicking the Add User li
188. t WPA to set the router to Wi Fi Protected Access mode This is the most secure wireless mode and offers wireless speeds of up to 300Mbps Select WEP to set the router to Wired Equivalent Privacy mode This setting should be used for wireless devices that only support WEP mode The Wireless Mode must be set to 11b 11g in order to select WEP security Select No security to switch off wireless security on the router This mode will allow anyone in range to connect to the router s wireless connection without requiring a password but may present a security risk Security This option is used to configure the Wi Fi Protected Access security type mode By default the WPA Mode is WPA WPA2 Mixed Mode in order to provide maximum compatibility Select WPA for legacy devices that do not support the newer more secure WPA2 security mode WPA Mode Select WPA2 for devices that support the highly secure WPA2 mode Note that older devices that only support the WPA mode may not be able to connect to the router with this setting Select WPA WPA2 Mixed Mode for maximum wireless compatibility Wireless devices supporting the highly secure WPA2 mode will connect in this mode while older WPA only devices will also be able to connect to the router This field is used to configure the WPA wireless password used when making a wireless connection to the router By default the wireless password will be a randomly generated
189. t powered on or restarted The log can be used to troubleshoot issues with your broadband connection and can also be saved to a text file for later diagnostics The log is displayed in descending order by time most recent events first To access the System Log 1 Login to the router s admin pages a USE File Sharing This page shows various syster u Mobile Broadband 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and Daco click Accept on the Please proceed with UNAT Mon Oct 15 17 05 24 2012 a Caution page i Firewall Mon Oct 15 16 59 43 2012 a 3 Click on System in the left hand navigation QoS icici menu to expand the System menu a UPnP pt OSE 88 SSRs ave Tools Mon Oct 15 16 42 39 2012 F 4 Click on System Log on the left hand menu i Sten Mon Oct 15 16 42 39 2012 P Mon Oct 15 16 42 39 2012 P Mon Oct 15 16 42 39 2012 P Mon Oct 15 16 42 39 2012 P gt BONS Fi i ar a r ain mh a gt ADSL Status gt System Log gt Time Settings Password Settings EE Bright Box User Manual 147 Description of System Log entries The following table contains a description of the entries that may appear in the Bright Box System Log Section Description WAN link up ADSL The router ADSL connection has synchronised with the broadband exchange The router ADSL connection has lost its link with the exchange after previously WAN link down ADSL being connected May indicate a problem with the broadband line PPP Start
190. t bandwidth limitation for each wireless LAN QoS must also be enabled for bandwidth control to work In order to enable QoS navigate to the gos page select Enable and click the save settings button Bandwidth Control No Upstream Downstream SSID1 Enable 0 KBytes sec Enable 0 KBytes sec SD2 Enable 64 KBytes sec Enable 126 KBytes sec SSID3 F Enable 0 KBytes sec C Enable l KBytes sec 8 Click Save Settings 9 Now we need to enable the Quality of USE File Sharing Tis finction allows usora Service function on the router for the 2 Mobile Broadband Bandwidth Control to be applied In the u DHCP QoS module function left hand navigation bar click QoS 10 Set the QoS module function option to Enable and click Save Settings gt Trafic Mapping gt Diffserv Groups eoeereecerecec ee eoe eee eee e reece eee eee eres eee reece eee eee er eee eee eee eee eereee eee e eee eee ereee eee e eee eee ereere eee ee ee eee ereeeer eee ee eeereereeeereeeeeeeeeereeereee eee e eee eeeereee eee eee eeeeeeeee 90 EE Bright Box User Manual 10 Set the QoS module function option to ans Enable and click Save Settings 11 Now establish a connection to your SSID2 reste wireless network and the Bandwidth QoS modula function Enable C Disable Control will be applied and your upload and download speeds will be limited USB FILE SHARING The Bright Box ro
191. t mapping entry This field is the traffic type for the NAT mapping entry This will either be TCP Protocol for Transmission Control Protocol entries or UDP for User Datagram Protocol entries This field is the IP address for the device on your local network which is Local IP associated with the NAT mapping entry This field is the port for the device on your local network which is associated with Local Port i the NAT mapping entry Pseudo IP This field is the translated IP address for the NAT mapping entry This address is usually the WAN IP address assigned to you Internet connection by your ISP Pseudo Port This field is the translated port for the NAT mapping entry and will usually match the local port number This field is the IP address of the remote originating NAT mapping source on the rately le Internet WAN This field is the port of the remote originating NAT mapping source on the Peer Port Internet WAN FIREWALL The Bright Box router contains an internal firewall that is designed to protect your router and local network from Unwanted external intrusion The firewall includes stateful packet inspection SPI technology that analyses different traffic types and only allows those through that are initiated from a device of computer on your own network The router firewall also includes a number of configurable features such as access control allowing you to block certain traffic types MAC filter allowing only certai
192. t that incoming traffic from the Internet will be requesting to use In most cases the public port is the same as the LAN port This option is used to configure whether Port Forwarding has been activated for the particular Port Forwarding entry Tick this box to enable the port forward rule for the entry or untick the box to disable the port forward rule Click this button to remove the particular port forwarding entry All of the settings configured for the entry will be deleted EE Bright Box User Manual How to set up a port forwarding entry In order to set up a port forwarding entry on the Bright Box router follow these steps 1 Reserve an IP address for the computer you wish to set up port forwarding on You can do this in the Advanced Set Up gt DHCP admin page See how to reserve an IP address on page 98 for further information 2 Login to the router s admin pages 3 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with caution page 4 Click on NAT in the left hand navigation menu to expand the NAT menu items 5 Click on Port Forwarding in the left hand navigation menu 6 Enter the IP address of the computer that PORT FORWARDING you reserved an address for in the example YOU CE Derg Be Sae a A A ree a ee E ey ee N ee a Fih or FTP E below this was 192 168 1 17 nah aca ere asad eames aaa na eaa oa 7 Select the protocol type i e TCP UDP or ct ERA
193. ters Intelligent Wireless feature If you d prefer you can select your own channel between 1 and 13 To do this 1 Login to the router s admin pages A Basic Set Up Advanced Set Up 2 Click on the Basic Set Up tab and then select Wireless Settings from the left hand WIRELESS SETTINGS menu This page provides basic setting enable WEP security 3 On the Wireless Settings page click on the Channel dropdown box and select from ee Channels 1 to 13 or Auto to allow the router This page provides basic settings io enable your wireless netemwk Wireless Mode must be set to 1 to automatically select the best wireless channel In this example we will change to Enable or disable wunlats Channel 6 Wieelens Mode Broadesat SSID 4 Click Save Settings l 5 The router will apply the new settings Applying changes Please wait The process may take up to 30 seconds lf you are making wireless changes you may need to reconnect to the wireless network EE Bright Box User Manual 59 How to change the Broadcast SSID option Broadcasting the wireless network name SSID helps when setting up a wireless connection for the first time If you d prefer not to broadcast the SSID you can disable this option To enable or disable the Broadcast SSID option 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Basic Set Up tab a
194. the connected device is connected over a wired Connection Type E Ethernet connection LAN or over the router s wireless connection Wireless 38 EE Bright Box User Manual USB DEVICE In this section you can see details of a storage device such as a USB hard drive connected to the USB socket of the router See how to file share with a USB drive on page 73 If this section displays no supported device found then this means that either no USB device is connected to the router s USB socket or the connected device is not supported by the router The router currently supports FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS file systems Apple Mac HFS or HFS file systems are not supported USB DEVICE Share Name File System Capacity Free Space UNTITLED FAT 7 504 GB T 446 GB Field Description This field displays the volume name of the connected USB drive as it will appear in Share Name your operating system s network location as a shared folder This field displays the file system type of the connected USB drive FAT16 or FAT32 pila evet drives will display a value of FAT while NTFS drives will display a value of NTFS y Note that Apple Mac HFS or HFS file systems are not currently supported by the Bright Box router RE This field displays the total storage capacity of the connected USB drive in DER Gigabytes GB E sce This field displays the amount of free storage space available on the connected i USB drive
195. the wireless network name is not transmitted or visible in a wireless scan A wireless device may still connect to the wireless network by Broadcast SSID manually entering the wireless network name even if the broadcast SSID option is Disable Please note that if the SSID state value is Disable then you cannot connect to the wireless network even if the broadcast SSID is displaying Enable You can configure the broadcast SSID setting on the Basic Set Up gt Wireless Settings or Advanced Set Up gt Wireless Settings gt Channel and SSID pages CURRENTLY CONNECTED DEVICES In this section you can see all of the devices that are currently connected to your Bright Box router and whether these are wired LAN or wireless devices This section is also Known as a DHCP table CURRENTLY CONNECTED DEVICES Name IP Address MAC Address Connection Type MacbookPro 192 166 1 10 3C 07 54 39 E3 67 LAN MyPC 192 168 7132 E8 11 32 96 FA 56 LAN Description This field displays the name of the connected device If the device does not provide a device name some devices don t the field value will read Unknown Device This field displays the current IP address of the connected device as assigned by IP Address the routers DHCP Dynamic Host Control Protocol server This field displays the 12 digit unique MAC Media Access Control address of the connected device MAC Address This field will display whether
196. tings include WPA Mode WPA WPA2 gt WPA or WPA WPA2 Mixed Mode Cipher Suite Auto AES or TKIP Authentication Type Wireless Password or 802 1x Wireless Password type Passphrase or Hex and the WPA Wireless Password This page contains configuration settings for 802 1x RADIUS wireless authentication 802 1x can be enabled or disabled on this page disabled by gt 802 1x Vee l default Other settings include re authentication and quiet period times and RADIUS server parameters This page allows configuration of wireless Bandwidth Control for each of the wireless SSID s This allows you to set a maximum throughput limit for upstream or gt Bandwidth Control downstream traffic Please note that the QoS module must be enabled for this feature to work see Bandwidth Control on page 89 This advanced page allows you to configure the WEP wireless security settings for any of the transmitting SSID s Settings include the WEP mode 64 or 128 bit Key Entry type Hex or ASCII WEP passphrase and WEP key generation Please note that WEP security can only be configured with the router set to 11b 11g wireless mode Advanced USB File Sharing options can be found in this page As with the Basic Set Up page Auto Sharing option and workgroup names can be configured here Additional features include enabling disabling Samba creating user accounts a connected USB device list and NAS folder sharing settings USB File
197. to create schedules to apply to the access control rules This may be useful if you wish to restrict certain types of Internet traffic at particular times of the day or night for example to help protect your children online You can create schedule rules from Sunday Saturday or create an Every Day rule For each day you Can specify a start time and end time for the rule to be applied When you create an access control rule you can specify from the Scheduling Rule dropdown which schedule rule you want to apply Traffic will then be blocked only for the times configured in the schedule rule To access the Schedule Rule page 1 Login to the router s admin pages w USB File Sharing This page defines the sched 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click ee 1 associated with it 2 a on the Please proceed with caution ar Schedule Rule Table up Firewall 3 Click on Firewall in the left hand navigation Avcase Contal menu to expand the Firewall menu gt MAC Fille 4 Click on Schedule Rule in the left hand RL Blocking Add Schedule Rul navigation menu _ Schedule Rule irusion Detection eoeeerecerec eee eo eee ec eee eer ee eee eee eee eee eee reece eee eer eer eee eee eee ee eee e rere ee eee eee reece eee eee eee ereee rere eee eereereeeer eee eee eereereeeereeee eee eer eeeereee eee eeeereeeer eee eee eee ereeeeeeee 116 EE Bright Box User Manual How to create a Schedule Rule
198. ttings Maintenance GMT Greenwich Mean Time Lisbon meron London Edinburgh NTP Server ntp readytoconnect co uk eee meee Idle Time Out 10 Minutes Dynamic DNS Disable Provider DynDNS org System DDNS Domain Name blank Account Email blank Password Key blank EE Bright Box User Manual
199. uding IP address serice type and scheduling rule critena For the URL blocking function you need to configure the URL address first on the URL Blocking Site page For the scheduling function you also need to configure the schedule rule first on the Schedule Rule page Rule Description Client Device IP Address 192 168 1 10 Client Device Service Service Name Detail Description WW HTTP TCF Port 60 3728 8000 8001 8080 WWW with URL Blocking HTTP Ref URL Blocking Site Page F mail Sending SMTP TCP Port 25 EE Bright Box User Manual 115 13 Do not change the Schedule Rule option leave it as Always Blocking and click Save Settings 14 Select the Enable option for the ACCESS CONTROL Filtering function the Access Control page and click Save Settings Access Congol aigan usery a define the alc reps parmated oF non permcied tg WAN por pereca Normal Fitin nbi up 9 10 derici Rula Eem PCIP Adem Cian Sordon _ Se dule Rute conte My URL Banc 1h 188 E 10 ik Amaye Blocking ES irja ma JE 15 The URL Blocking rule will now be active and any attempt to access the URL or a URL containing the keyword entered in step in a web browser will prevent the page from being displayed Normal Filtering Toble up to 10 dew gevices len PC IP Adress C IP Address 152 168 1 10 SCHEDULE RULE The Schedule Rule page allows you
200. uld be a case of simply plugging your USB drive into your router for this feature to work 1 To connect a USB hard drive to the Bright Box router simply plug the USB drive into the USB socket on the back of the router as illustrated 2 The router should automatically appear in your Network section on Windows Vista and Windows 7 or My Network SE Places section in Windows XP 3 d a Hatsan mi tlamy i arina iiij iii p ma na 1 a 4 i DE Mirus Arei Li pehami hema iwi coy Lance Dish 5 On Apple Mac OS X the router should anp SEARA cpe automatically appear in the Finder under ern tab Shared EL Al by Pde J tiama i Wei OF 5a a wrens facan Dropbos E twon ee E E CD EE Bright Box User Manual 73 4 Click on the Brightbox router item in Network or Finder to view and access the shared USB drive hare If the USB drive doesn t automatically appear in your Windows or Mac OS X network location then you can manually access the drive using the following methods e On Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 select Start gt Run and enter brightbox Click OK to open the network drive e On Mac OS X open the Finder window and select Go gt Connect to Server and enter smb brightbox and click Connect to open the network drive Description of USB File Sharing settings While the Bright Box router is configured to automatically sh
201. ule Conligen no Fitoreg rates irori Add Derita imma Huh Hormel Filtering Tobio up ta 10 devices Add Cheni Semice Schedule Rulo Configure no filtering rules specified 7 On the Edit Device Filtering Rule page enter a rule description in this example we will enter FTP and Email 8 Enter the IP address or range of addresses of the computer or device on your network you wish to block traffic on You can block access on all computers by entering 192 168 1 2 192 168 1 254 In this example we will block traffic on the computer 192 168 1 10 only by entering a range of 192 168 1 10 10 9 Tick the blocking box for the client device services you wish to block These are the traffic types and port numbers that will be blocked by the access control in this example we will select File Transfer for FTP and E mail Sending and E mail Receiving for Email EDIT DEVICE FILTERING RULE This page sows users to define serace lemitetons of ched deces incloding IP sda ress_ serace type and scheduling mile centena For the URL bloclong funchon you need to configu the URL address first on the URL Blocking Site page For the scheduling Encian you aiso need io configure the schedule mile Est on the Schedule Rule page Rude Deseripibn FTP and Email Client Device IP Address 197 4681170 10 Chent Device Service Service Name ky WWW with URL B
202. ule function option select Q05 Enable and click Save Settings The fancton aowi ued to cladady talc by apphc aber and pradei them wih de eiiaiod penaces icles o modala fanction Enable Dhesble PE N ts Came Sema Ereni UPNP UPnP Universal Plug and Play is a technology that offers seamless operation of online gaming video messaging and other applications that are UPnP compliant Applications such as online games peer to peer file sharing and instant messaging require the router s firewall to be configured in a specific way to work correctly which normally means setting Up port forwarding or triggering manually An application that is UPnP compliant has the ability to communicate with the Bright Box Wireless Router automatically configuring the router firewall and removing the need to do this manually UPnP is enabled on the Bright Box Wireless Router by default meaning that UPnP compliant applications and devices will work correctly on your home network as soon as they are connected to the router UPnP can be disabled so that connected devices and application don t manage their own firewall settings Please be aware that disabling UPnP may cause applications to stop working correctly and may require manually configuring firewall port rules on the Port Forwarding and Port Triggers pages You can enable or disable UPnP on the router by doing the following 1 Login to the router s admin pages Status
203. up to 30 seconds If you are making wireless changes you may need to reconnect to the wireless network message may appear in the browser window Once this change is applied you will be returned to the page you were previously configuring Applying changes Please wait The process may take up to 30 seconds lf you are making wireless changes you may need to reconnect to the wireless network If you are making changes to the router settings over a Wi Fi connection you may need to reconnect to the Bright Box wireless network after making those changes This particularly applies to any changes made to Wi Fi settings in the Basic Set A Up gt Wireless Settings Basic Set Up gt Wi Fi Protected Setup Advanced Set Up gt Wireless Settings Advanced Set Up gt Channel and SSID Advanced Set Up gt WEP Advanced Set Up gt WPA Advanced Set Up gt Bandwidth Control or Advanced Set Up gt 802 1x pages 32 EE Bright Box User Manual If you are having problems reconnecting after a change to the router s wireless settings you may also need to delete your old wireless network location for the Bright Box in Windows or A Mac OS X before trying again ave SCrung irene ein If you have accidently made a configuration R change or multiple changes on an admin page m aaa and have not clicked Save Settings and you wish to cancel that change click the cancel button at the bottom of the page You cannot cancel
204. ur router Plug the other end of the black Ethernet cable connected to the modem into the red WAN port on your router Check it over Everything should now look like this o B The power light will go green the broadband light will go green once you ve completed the next steps ethernet 18 EE Bright Box User Manual Six simple steps to move 1 Open a web browser you will not be connected to the Internet 2 Type http 192 168 1 1 into the browser address bar and click go Your username is admin and the password is on your KEEP MEE card or on the sticker on the bottom of your router 3 Select the Basic Set Up tab at the top of the screen 4 Select the Migration Wizard from the menu on the left hand side menu 5 Press the Fibre Ethernet button 6 Press OK on the warning pop up The migration countdown will begin You can now close your browser Your Fibre broadband is being set up This will take up to 5 minutes so relax and let us do the leg work Basic Set Up 4 RROADE MIGRATION WIZARD Thos harhan wl help you to change paa a panga Ti pach sul aay 10 cf apus below Fiia then buige A yon sure to meee 1p Fitee Ethana Prone then baiiia i you eet to mera to ADSL Do not turn oF yout rotar plassa walt wel router has restarted You can now connect your devices YOU can now connect your devices to you
205. uration on the left hand menu Status Basic Set Up Advanced Set Uj a Broadband Settings CONFIGURATION a Wireless Settings USB File Sharing Backup ee eee Use the button above to say u DHCP T a Firewall Use the button above to res QoS Configuration Restart How to save a copy of your router s settings To back up the Bright Box router configuration settings in a file that you can restore at any time do the following 1 A Login to the router s admin pages Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with caution page Click on Tools in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Tools menu Click on Configuration on the left hand menu 5 Click the Backup button You may be presented with an option to save a file called backup bin This is the router configuration file Click Save or Save As if you want to specify a save location yourself Lise ihe bution above to restore a saved Conhguraibon ba thet mutar fom your device Do you want to open or save backup bin from 192 168 1 1 Open Save p Caneel eoeereecerec eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ere eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eeere eer eee eee eee eee e eee ee eee rere ee eee eee eeeeereeee eee eee eee ereee reer eee eee er eee rere eee eeeeeeeer eee eee eee ereee reece EE Bright Box User Manual 7 The configuration file will be saved to your computer Thi
206. uter is designed to allow plug and play functionality for USB hard drives connected to the router through the Auto Share feature The advanced USB File Sharing menu gives you extra features such as the ability to add individual user accounts for different levels of read write access to the attached drive To access the advanced USB File Sharing page 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with caution page 3 Click on USB File Sharing in the left hand navigation menu Advanced Set Up USB FILE SHARING This feature allows you to coni Mobile Broadband contents on other devices with JHCP features eoeerec reece eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee e eee eee eee eee eee e ee ee eee eee eee e eee ee eee e reer e eee ee eee e reese eee eee eee reese e eee ee eee e ere eeeeeeeeee EE Bright Box User Manual 91 Description of USB File Sharing settings The table below contains a description of the settings on the USB File Sharing page Section Description Samba Function This option is used to configure the Auto Sharing feature of USB File Sharing Auto Sharing enables plug and play of USB drives into the Bright Box Select Enable to allow auto sharing of USB drives Select Disable to switch off the automatic sharing of USB drives You can
207. value is default and should not need to be changed for most operating systems Click this link to reserve an IP address for a computer or device Once an IP Add Reserved IP address has been reserved for that device every time the device connects to your router it will be assigned the same IP address EE Bright Box User Manual 97 How to reserve an IP address for a computer or a device You may wish to ensure that when a device or computer connects to your router it is given the same IP address each time This is useful if you are setting up port forwarding access control rules or a DMZ for a particular device For example if you want to set up a computer as a web server and require port forwarding rules to allow this you will need to ensure that computer has the same IP address every time it connects to your router You can reserve addresses for up to 32 devices To reserve an IP address for a computer or device k 2 Login to the router s admin pages Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with caution page Click on DHCP in the left hand navigation menu Click on the Add Reserved IP link in the address reservation section If the computer device is already connected to the Bright Box on the DHCP client list page select the computer or device you wish to permanently assign the IP address to and click the Add link You can identify the computer or device by the devic
208. vice rule such as MSN Messenger Yahoo Messenger Skype FTP File Transfer Protocol E mail SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol Telnet Applications WWW Web traffic VPN Virtual Private Networks IGMP also known as ping If you select the add a new application option you can define three different ranges of services ports for TCP UDP or TCP UDP BOTH traffic Please refer to you application instructions for the ports you should configure Select this option to assign a Quality of Service rule to a single MAC Address of a MAC Address device of computer connected to your local network Select this option to assign a Quality of Service rule to a single IP address a lo Addrees range of IP addresses or all IP addresses on your local network You can select either incoming local traffic for a device on your network or outgoing remote traffic to a location on the Internet 126 EE Bright Box User Manual Quality of Service Traffic Type descriptions cont Section Description DIFFSERV GROUPS The Diffserv Groups page is used to configure the levels of traffic prioritisation for Quality of Service traffic shaping Once you have defined the traffic types or devices you want to shape on the traffic mapping page you need to decide how much bandwidth you will apply to the prioritisation To access the Diffserv Groups page 1 Login to the router s admin pages i Status Basic Set Up Advanc
209. ws you to easily migrate your Broadband service from EE ADSL to EE Fibre broadband or vice versa The page also displays the current default Broadband Type either ADSL or Fibre Ethernet and is identical to the Migration Wizard found in Basic Set up gt Broadband Settings gt Migration Wizard For further details see Migration Wizard on page 49 WIRELESS SETTINGS The advanced Wireless Settings page allows you to Enable or Disable the wireless LAN on the Bright Box router and works in the same was as on the Basic Set Up gt Wireless Settings page See How to enable or disable wireless on page 55 for further details The page also allows you to manually run an Intelligent Wireless scan to find the least congested wireless channel See Using the Intelligent Wireless feature on page 66 for further details EE Bright Box User Manual 79 CHANNEL AND SSID The Channel and SSID page contains some advanced wireless configuration settings that give you extra control over the wireless channel and wireless bandwidth used by the Bright Box In addition you can configure the router to enable two additional SSID s to be broadcast providing different wireless network names and security types You can also bind any of the router SSID s to separate Virtual LANs VLAN s to isolate local wireless networks To access the Channel and SSID page 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the P
210. y Navigate back to the Status page and check to see if the Internet State displays Connected and an Internet IP Address is visible If so try to display a page in your web browser e Check that any firewall or anti virus software isn t blocking your Internet connection on your local computer Temporarily disable your firewall or anti virus software to see if this makes a difference Remember to re enable the software after you have tested this otherwise you may leave your computer vulnerable e f none of the above works you may wish to restore your Bright Box router to factory default settings To do this use a paper clip of similar object and hold down the reset button on the back of the router for about 6 seconds before releasing it The router will be restarted It will take about 5 minutes before your Internet connection is automatically restored If this doesn t happen you can manually update your broadband username and password to make a connection to the Internet See page 46 for further details eevee ecerec eee e ee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eer eee reece eee eee er eee ree ee ee eee ereee ree e eee eee ereeeereee eee e rere eeer eee reece eer eeeereeeee ee ereereeeeree eee eee eeeeeereeee 152 EE Bright Box User Manual Unable to establish a wireless connection with the router If you are having problems establishing a wireless connection you might want to check the following
211. y default you will be timed out of the router s admin pages after 10 minutes of inactivity To change the time out period 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with Caution page a PASSWORD SETTINGS 3 Click on System in the left hand navigation menu to expand the System menu Sel o password to resinict management access to the router 4 Click on Password Settings on the left Currant Password hand menu 5 On the Password Settings page enter the new time out period in minutes in the Re Enter Password for Verification Idle Time Out field You can enter a value between O and 99 If you want to ensure that you are never timed out of the admin pages then set the value to O In this example we will change the time out period to 15 minutes 6 Click Save Settings DONS The DDNS page allows you to configure the Dynamic DNS service for your router Dynamic DNS is online service that allows you to register a domain name and have any traffic that tries to access that domain name be forwarded to your router s Internet IP address This feature is particularly handy for EE Broadband users who will have a different Internet IP address each time the router is restarted By setting up a Dynamic DNS service with either DynDNS dyndns org or TZO tzo com and configuring the Dynamic DNS settings in the router
212. you can manually update your broadband username and password to make a connection to the Internet See how to manually update the broadband username and password on page 46 FIRMWARE UPGRADE The router firmware or router software is stored on an internal flash memory chip in the Bright Box router It is possible to update this firmware through the Bright Box admin pages If we need to release an up to date version of firmware in this way we may provide a firmware file download at the page below www ee co uk brightbox The firmware file will usually have a bin file extension For example BrightBox_FW_V0 09 94 0006 bin If you have applied custom settings to the router you should find that these are i automatically carried across during the upgrade However it may be possible that the new firmware needs to change router settings in which case you will find any further information in the firmware release notes supplied by EE coerce reece eee reece eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee reece reese eee eee eee eee eee eee ere eee eeere ee ee eer ee eee eee eee eee eee reese e eee ee eee eeree oeoo oooo o EE Bright Box User Manual 137 How to upgrade your router with a firmware file To upgrade the Bright Box router from a firmware file supplied by EE 1 Login to the router s admin pages 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please pro
213. your network For example you may wish to block all POPS and SMTP email traffic on a particular computer The access control setting allows you to block traffic for individual computer IP addresses or for a range of IP addresses on your network You can select from a number of pre defined traffic types based on port numbers or define your own application port or a whole range of ports to block If you have defined a schedule rule on the Advanced Set Up gt Firewall gt Schedule Rule page you can also apply that to the access control rule allowing you to block traffic only at certain days or times of the day Before setting up an access control rule it is a good idea to reserve an IP address for the device you wish to set up the rule for You can do this in the Advanced Set Up gt DHCP admin page under the address reservation section See how to reserve an IP address on page 98 for further information You can create access control rules for up to 10 devices No access control rules are enabled by default however you can create rules by navigating to the Access Control page as follows 1 Login to the router s admin pages diais Basic Set Up Advanced Seti 2 Click on the Advanced Set Up tab and click Accept on the Please proceed with caution page Broadband Settings Wireless Settings 2 USB File Sharing x Mobile Broadband x DHCP ACCESS CONTROL 3 Click on Firewall in the left hand navigation Access Control al

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