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Description of Advanced Broadband Settings
Many of the advanced Broadband Settings are identical to those described in the Basic Set-
Up > Broadband Settings page. See
Description of Broadband Settings
on page 49
for
further information.
The following additional settings can be configured on the advanced page:
Section
Description
Connection Type
This dropdown allows you to configure whether the
Internet connection remains connected at all times,
or whether the connection can go into an idle state
after a period of inactivity. The router is set by
default to be always connected.
Select ‘Always Connected’ if you want your Internet
connection to remain connected regardless of
whether there is Internet traffic across the network.
Select ‘Auto – Trigger by Traffic’ if you want to
configure an idle timeout of the Internet connection
after a certain period of inactivity. The Internet
connection will be automatically re-established
when the router detects Internet traffic. You must
also set the idle timeout period in the ‘Idle Time’
field below.
Idle Time
This field lets you configure the amount of time that
elapses before the Internet connection is terminated
without detecting Internet traffic.
The ‘Connection Type’ dropdown must be set to
‘Auto – Trigger by Traffic’ for this field to be
configurable.
Authentication Protocol
This dropdown allows you to configure the type of
authentication used for connecting to your Internet
service. This option is set to ‘CHAP’ by default for EE
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Broadband.
Select ‘Auto’ for automatic detection of the
authentication protocol used to connect to you
Internet service.
Select ‘CHAP’ to use the Challenge Handshake
Authentication Protocol for establishing an Internet
connection. This is the correct setting for EE
Broadband.
Select ‘PAP’ to use the Password Authentication
Protocol for establishing an Internet connection.
Internet State
This section shows the current state of your Internet
connection, either ‘Connected’ or ‘Disconnected’.
You can also manually force the Internet connection
to connect or disconnect by clicking on the
‘Connect’ or ‘Disconnect’ button to the right.
Using the button to force an Internet Connection/Disconnection
Whenever you make changes to any of the settings on the Advanced Set-up > Broadband
Settings page, and press the Save Changes button, your Internet connection (PPP) will
attempt to be re-established.
There may be occasions, say for troubleshooting, where you might want to manually Connect
or Disconnect your Internet Connection (PPP) without making Broadband Settings changes.
If you are connected to the Internet (the ‘Internet State’ displays ‘Connected’) and you want
to disconnect, click on the Disconnect button:
The ‘Applying changes’ message will be displayed, and the page will be displayed with the
Internet State of ‘Disconnected’ visible. In the Advanced Set-up > System > System Log
page the disconnected state appears as ‘PPP connection down (VC1)’.
If you are disconnected from the Internet (the ‘Internet State’ displays ‘Disconnected’) click
on the Connect button to attempt a reconnection:
The ‘Applying changes’ message will be displayed, and the page should be displayed with the
Internet State of ‘Connected’ visible. In the Advanced Set-up > System > System Log
page the disconnected state appears as ‘PPP connection up (VC1)’.
Please note that the Connect button will only successfully re-establish an Internet
connection if your Internet service is working and the Bright Box has been setup correct. See
Chapter 3: Installation
on page 14 or
Chapter 8: Troubleshooting
on page 198 for further
information.
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ADSL MODE
The ADSL Mode page allows you to change your ADSL connection mode (sometimes known
as modulation type). The ADSL mode is used to establish a connection between your Bright
Box router and your local Broadband exchange.
By default, the ADSL Mode is set to ‘Automatic’, and this is generally the best mode for your
connection, as the correct connection type will be automatically negotiated between the
exchange and your router. Bit Swapping and SRA (Seamless Rate Adaption) are also enabled
by default. You can change these settings for troubleshooting purposes.
Setting an incorrect ADSL Mode, Bit Swapping or SRA setting may prevent you from
successfully connecting to the Internet. If you make changes to these settings and lose your
Internet connection, please set back to ‘Automatic’ (with Bit Swapping and SRA enabled) and
click Save Settings
Description of ADSL Mode settings
The following settings can be configured on the ADSL Mode page:
Section
Description
ADSL Mode
This dropdown is used to configure the ADSL
connection mode (modulation). This is set to
‘Automatic’ by default and this is usually the best
option. You can also set the mode manually to
‘G.992.1 (G.DMT)’, ‘G.992.3 (ADSL2)’, ‘G.992.5
(ADSL2+)’, ‘G.992.3 Annex-M’ and ‘G.992.5 Annex-M’
Bit Swapping
This option is used to enable or disable Bit Swapping
on your ADSL connection. Bit Swapping is enabled
by default and is used to help keep your ADSL line
connection stable.
SRA
This option is used to enable or disable Seamless
Rate Adaption (SRA) on your ADSL connection. SRA
is enabled by default, and helps adapt your line sync
speed automatically without disconnecting your
Internet connection.
MIGRATION WIZARD
This page allows you to easily migrate your Broadband service from EE ADSL to EE Fibre
broadband or vice-versa. The page also displays the current default Broadband Type (either
ADSL or Fibre/Ethernet) and is identical to the Migration Wizard found in Basic Set-up >
Broadband Settings > Migration Wizard. For further details see
Migration Wizard
on
page 55
WIRELESS SETTINGS
The advanced Wireless Settings page allows you to Enable or Disable the wireless LAN on the
Bright Box router, and works in the same was as on the Basic Set-Up > Wireless Settings
page. See
How to enable or disable wireless
on page 63 for further details.
The page also allows you to manually run an Intelligent Wireless scan to find the least
congested wireless channel. See
Using the Intelligent Wireless feature
on page 78 for further
details.
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CHANNEL AND SSID
The Channel and SSID page contains some advanced wireless configuration settings that
give you extra control over the wireless channel and wireless bandwidth used by the Bright
Box.
In addition you can configure the router to enable two additional SSID’s to be broadcast
providing different wireless network names and security types. You can also bind any of the
router SSID’s to separate Virtual LANs (VLAN’s) to isolate local wireless networks.
To access the Channel and SSID page:
1.
Login to the router’s admin pages.
2.
Click on the Advanced Set-Up tab and click Accept on the ‘Please proceed with
caution’ page.
3.
Click on Wireless Settings in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Wireless
Settings menu.
4.
Click Channel and SSID in the left hand navigation menu:
Description of Channel and SSID settings
The following settings can be configured on the Channel and SSID page:
Section
Description
Wireless Mode
This dropdown is used to configure the 802.11
wireless mode the router is transmitting on. By
default the router is set to transmit on ‘11b+11g+11n’
mode.
See
how to change the wireless mode
on page 67
for further information.
Channel
This option is used to configure the 2.4GHz radio
channel for wireless communication. By default the
router will select the wireless channel with the least
interference in the ‘Auto’ mode using the Intelligent
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Wireless feature.
See
how to change the wireless channel
on page 69
for further information.
Extension Channel
This option is used to configure the wireless
extension channel when the ‘Bandwidth’ option is
set to 20/40MHz mode, ‘Channel’ is set to 1-13 and
‘Wireless Mode’ is set to ‘11b+11g+11n’ or ‘11n only’.
The extension channel is used to double the wireless
bandwidth of the router, allowing for faster transfer
speeds across the wireless network.
The extension channel is four channels above or
below the primary wireless channel.
Channels 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 allow you to choose
whether the extension channel is a frequency range
above or below the primary channel to help avoid
interference. Channels 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12 and 13 will
automatically select the extension channel for you
(as only one extension channel will be available.)
If your ‘Channel’ is set to ‘Auto’ then the Bright Box
will decide which extension channel to use
automatically based on the router’s Intelligent
Wireless feature.
Bandwidth
This option is used to configure the wireless
bandwidth used for wireless N. This option is only
available if the ‘Wireless Mode’ is set to
‘11b+11g+11n’ or ‘11n only’.
The wireless bandwidth is set to 20MHz by default
on the Bright Box router.
Select ‘20MHz’ for speeds up to 144Mbps over your
wireless network.
Select ‘20/40MHz’ to bond the wireless channels
allowing you to double wireless speeds on your
network up to 300Mbps.
Please note that the wireless router is required to
automatically use the 20MHz mode when another
wireless network is transmitting in the same wireless
frequency ranges. If the router is set to 20/40MHz
bandwidth, it may still operate in 20MHz mode if it
detects another wireless access point transmitting
in a neighbouring frequency range.
Multiple SSID Enable
This setting allows you to enable or disable any of
the three wireless network names (SSID’s) supported
by the router. By default, only SSID1 is enabled – this
is your default wireless network.
Tick the box to enable the relevant SSID. Ensure
that you also enter a ‘wireless network name (SSID)’
in the field, set the ‘security’ and tick the ‘broadcast
SSID’ option in order to configure an SSID to be
transmitting the wireless network name.
Untick the box to disable the relevant SSID and
prevent it from transmitting over the wireless
network.

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