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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 connection
modes have been configured in the Basic Set-Up >
Broadband Settings or Advanced Set-Up >
Broadband Settings pages.
VPI/VCI
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’.
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 > Broadband
Settings or Advanced Set-Up > Broadband
Settings pages.
This setting will not be visible for EE Fibre broadband
customers.
Encapsulation
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 > Broadband
Settings or Advanced Set-Up > Broadband
Settings pages. Please note that it may not be possible
to gain an Internet connection in ‘LLC’ mode.
This setting will not be visible for EE Fibre broadband
customers.
ADSL Mode
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 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 198
This setting will not be visible for EE Fibre broadband
customers.
Subnet Mask
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 ‘255.255.255.255’.
The value can also be configured on the Basic Set-Up >
Broadband Settings or Advanced Set-Up >
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
198
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Gateway
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
198
Primary DNS
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 >
Broadband Settings or Advanced Set-Up >
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
198
Secondary DNS
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 >
Broadband Settings or Advanced Set-Up >
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
198
Wireless
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 > Wireless Settings or Advanced Set-Up >
Wireless Settings pages.
Firewall
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 > Firewall page.
UPnP
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
devices 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
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Set-Up > UPnP page.
Gateway
This field displays the gateway IP address for the routers
local area network (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.
The value can be configured on the Advanced Set-Up >
DHCP page.
Subnet Mask
This field displays the subnet mask for the routers local
area network (LAN). The value of this field is
‘255.255.255.0’ by default.
The value can be configured on the Advanced Set-Up >
DHCP page.
DHCP Server
This field displays the status of the router’s Dynamic Host
Control Protocol (DHCP). The value is ‘Enabled’ by default,
meaning that LAN IP addresses are automatically
allocated to client devices connecting to the router. If the
value is ‘Disabled’ then client devices must supply their
own LAN IP addresses in order to connect to the router.
The setting can be configured on the Advanced Set-Up
> DHCP page.
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CHAPTER 6: BRIGHT BOX BASIC SET-UP PAGES
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:
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 found here, as well as ISP settings, DNS and MTU settings.
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
Broadband Type
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
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ADSL or Fibre broadband services however is to use the
Migration Wizard page.
Broadband Username
This field is used to configure your PPPoA or PPPoE
Username provided by your ISP.
EE Broadband customers must remember to add @fs to
the end of the Username (for example
yourname.orangehome.co.uk@fs.
Broadband Password
This field is used to configure your Broadband Password
provided by your ISP. The field cannot be left empty.
Protocol
This dropdown allows you to configure the connection
protocol for the particular Broadband Type. By default this
value is ‘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 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.
VLAN (Bridging
Protocol 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
> DHCP page. See
DHCP
on page 122 for further
information.
VPI/VCI (ADSL
Broadband Type
only)
This field is used to configure 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’.
Entering other values may prevent you connect to the
Internet.
This field is not visible for the Fibre/Ethernet Broadband
Type.
Encapsulation (ADSL
Broadband Type
only)
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’.

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