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How to upgrade your router with a firmware file

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System

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Time Settings

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Password Settings

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How to change the router’s admin password

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How to change the time out period of the admin pages

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DDNS

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How to configure your router for Dynamic DNS

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ADSL Status

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System Log

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Description of System Log entries

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Unable to display the router admin pages using 192.168.1.1

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Unable to connect to the Internet

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Unable to establish a wireless connection with the router

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Poor wireless signal strength and speeds or the wireless connection is lost

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Problem sharing files with a USB drive connected to the router.

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Appendix A: Default Router Settings

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCING THE BRIGHT BOX WIRELESS ROUTER

The Bright Box Wireless Router is a wireless ‘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 drive, 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:

Information icon: this will be used to denote added information, which may be of

interest to the reader about a specific process or reason for completing a specific task within

a process. Alternatively, if there’s more than one way to complete a process, the most

efficient process will be documented, however the alternative may appear next to an

information icon.

Exclamation mark icon: this will be used to highlight key points in the document of

specific importance, such as particular tasks that must be completed, or warning about the

implications of completing specific processes.

ROUTER TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

Feature

Specification

Model Name

Bright Box Wireless Router.

LAN Ports

3 x 10BASE-T/100BASE-Tx (RJ45).

WAN Ports

1 x 10BASE-T/100BASE-Tx (RJ45) – doubles as

additional LAN port.

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ADSL Ports

1 x RJ11.

ADSL Modes

G.DMT - G.992.1, ADSL2 - G.992.3, ADSL2+ - G.992.5,

Annex M - G.992.3 & G.992.5

Broadband Modes

ADSL PPPoA, ADSL PPPoE, Routing Mode,

Fibre/Ethernet PPPoE, Bridge Mode.

USB Ports

1 x USB 2.0.

Wireless LAN

IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b.

Wireless Band

2.4 GHz (2.412 – 2.472).

Wireless Channels

Auto (Intelligent Wireless), 1 – 13 (plus extension

channels +/- 4)

Wireless Speeds

Up to 145 Mbps (20MHz bandwidth) by default or up

to 300 Mbps (40MHz bandwidth).

Wireless Security Mode

WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK, WEP (64/128 Bit), Unsecured

Mode, 802.1X, TKIP, AES.

Wi-Fi Protected Setup

WPS PBC Mode, WPS PIN Mode – disabled by

default

Gateway IP Address

192.168.1.1

Default MTU

1492 (configurable from 576-1500)

Power Adapter

230V, 50Hz 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

Hardware Version

01

Dimensions

165mm x 133mm x 30mm

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CHAPTER 2: ROUTER IDENTIFICATION AND PANELS

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.

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:

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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

Power

Solid green

Broadband

Solid green

Data

Off (Fibre) or flashing

green (ADSL)

Wireless

Solid green

Intelligent Wireless/WPS

Off

Ethernet 1-3

Off

Ethernet 4

Flashing green (Fibre

Broadband) or Off

(ADSL Broadband)

The table below describes the LED light behaviour on the front panel and what they mean,

from left to right.

LED

Status

Description

Power

On

The router is receiving power this is normal

operation.

Off

The router is not receiving power, or has failed.

Broadband

On

The router is functioning correctly, and is

connected to broadband.

Fast

flashing

The router is training or synchronising with the

exchange.

Slow

flashing

The router has attempted to connect to the

Internet but has failed. This could be a problem

connecting to the broadband exchange, however

will be most commonly experienced when the