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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

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

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

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

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

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

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’.