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Please note that you will lose any custom router settings you previously configured if you

factory reset the device using the reset button.

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 before switching between a wired and wireless connection on the same

computer.

To fix the error:

•

Return to the computer (or connection type) that you were previously logged in using,

and logout.

•

Turn the router off, then back on again – the other computer will be logged out

immediately.

•

Wait 10 minutes for the previous session to time out.

By default, it will take 10 minutes for the session to time out before you can login on

another computer. Restarting the router will clear the session time out and allow you to log

back in immediately. You can change this session time out period in the Password Settings

page under Advanced Set-Up > System in the router admin pages.

If this doesn’t fix the problem, or you believe that somebody else may be accessing your

admin pages:

•

Change the login password for the router to something different (in the Password

Settings page under Advanced Set-Up > System in the admin pages)

•

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

on

page 59)

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

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left-hand column navigation menu. An example below shows the navigation elements as they

appear in the basic set up > Wireless Settings page:

There are three main sections in the admin pages that are accessible by clicking on the

navigation tabs:

Section

Description

Status

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.

Basic Set-Up

The section contains configuration pages for Broadband

Settings, Migration Wizard, Wireless Settings, Wi-Fi

Protected Setup (WPS) settings and USB File Sharing

configuration.

Advanced Set-Up

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.

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Some of the navigation menu pages are nestled underneath other headings according to

category. Click on the heading to view the associated sub-pages and then click on the sub-

page heading to view the specific configuration page.

The example below displays the Channel and SSID/WEP/WPA/802.11x/Bandwidth

Control sub-pages nestled underneath the Wireless Settings category in the Advanced

Set-Up tab:

Default Menu View:

View when clicking on the Wireless

Settings category:

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 preceded by a ‘>’, this indicates that the

section is nestled under a higher-level menu item in the navigation menu.

Status tab

Section

Description

Status

This page 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. This is the first page

displayed after logging into the Bright Box admin pages.

Basic Set-Up tab

Section

Description

Broadband Settings

This page contains basic settings to connect to your

EE broadband service. Two network types can be

configured here – ADSL and Fibre/Ethernet. The

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Broadband Username and Password can be found

here, as well as ISP settings, DNS and MTU settings.

> Migration Wizard

This page contains a wizard that allows you to

change the default router configuration to work on

either EE Fibre broadband or EE ADSL broadband

services.

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 here. You can also refresh the

Intelligent Wireless channel on this page.

> Wi-Fi Protected Setup

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.

USB File Sharing

This page contains basic settings to configure the

USB File Sharing feature on the Bright Box router.

The Auto Sharing feature is enabled by default. The

Workgroup Name, Security Control and File

Permission settings can be set here.

Advanced Set-Up tab

Section

Description

Broadband Settings

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.

> ADSL Mode

This page contains options to manually configure

the ADSL connection mode on your router. By

default this is ‘Automatic’. but settings can be

changed in order to assist connection

troubleshooting.

> Migration Wizard

This page contains a wizard that allows you to

change the default router configuration to work on

either EE Fibre broadband or EE ADSL broadband

services.

Wireless Settings

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.

> Channel and SSID

This advanced page allows you to set the Wireless

Mode (b/g/n, b/g, n only modes), Primary and

Secondary Channels, Wireless Bandwidth (20MHz

and 20/40 MHz modes), create multiple SSID’s and

bind SSID’s to a virtual LAN (VLAN) to create

isolated wireless networks

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> WEP

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.

> WPA

This page contains settings allowing you to

configure the WPA wireless security settings for any

of the transmitting SSID’s. Settings include WPA

Mode (WPA, WPA2 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.

> 802.1x

This page contains configuration settings for 802.1x

RADIUS wireless authentication. 802.1x can be

enabled or disabled on this page (disabled by

default). Other settings include re-authentication

and quiet period times and RADIUS server

parameters.

> Bandwidth Control

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 downstream traffic.

Please note that the QoS module must be enabled

for this feature to work (see

on

page 112)

USB File Sharing

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.

Mobile Broadband

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.

DHCP

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.

NAT

The NAT (Network Address Translation) setting can

be disabled/enabled on this page. Please note that

this feature is enabled by default.