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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

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: