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How to establish a WPS connection using the personal identification
number (PIN) method
To connect the Bright Box router to a WPS device using the PIN method you will need to do
the following:
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.
Select Wi-Fi Protected Setup from the left hand menu:
4.
Scroll down to the personal identification number (PIN) section of the page and
make a note of the router’s PIN number:
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.
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6.
Alternatively, some wireless devices may provide their own PIN number for establishing a
WPS connection:
7.
If this case, type the key provided into the ‘device PIN’ field on the Wi-Fi protected
setup page and press the Connect button to establish a connection:
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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 25 for further information.
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.
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 should 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 Places section in Windows XP.
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3.
On Apple Mac OS X, the router should automatically appear in the Finder under Shared:
4.
Click on the Brightbox router item in Network or Finder to view and access the shared
USB drive:
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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:
•
On Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 select Start > Run and enter
\\brightbox. Click OK to open the network drive.
•
On Mac OS X open the Finder window and select Go > 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 share 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 select USB File Sharing from the left hand
menu:
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