EE BrightBox Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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11.

Click Save Settings:

12.

Now you will need to set a password on the new SSID. Click on the WEP option under

Wireless Settings in the left hand navigation area:

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13.

In the ‘Multiple SSID’ dropdown select ‘2’:

14.

In the ‘WEP Mode’ select ’128-bit’

15.

In the ‘Key Entry Method’ select ‘ASCII’

16.

Click inside the Key1 field - in the example below we used 'examplepass12'.

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17.

Click Save Settings:

18.

Refresh your computer's wireless software - you can now connect to your new Wireless

Network Name using the Key1 password value.

WPA

This page can be used to configure the WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) security mode settings

for your Bright Box router on any of the router SSID’s. You can also use this page to configure

advanced WPA settings such as the cipher suite, WPA authentication type and the wireless

password type (Passphrase or Hex).

Please see

how to change to wireless WPA mode

on page 75 for instructions on changing to

WPA security mode.

To access the advanced WPA settings 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 WPA in the left hand navigation menu:

Description of WPA settings

The following table contains a description of the settings on the advanced WPA settings

page:

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Section

Description

Multiple SSID No.

This option is used to configure which of the SSID’s

you are applying the WPA settings to. When you

access this page, the default SSID number 1 is

select.

Select ‘2’ or ‘3’ to configure the other available

SSID’s. Remember you will need to enable the other

SSID’s on the Channel and SSID page for the

changes to have any effect.

WPA Mode

This option is used to configure the Wi-Fi Protected

Access security type mode for the selected SSID. By

default the WPA Mode is ‘WPA/WPA2 Mixed Mode’

in order to provide maximum compatibility.

Select ‘WPA’ for legacy devices that do not support

the newer, more secure WPA2 security mode.

Select ‘WPA2’ for devices that support the highly

secure WPA2 mode. Note that older devices that

only support the WPA mode may not be able to

connect to the router with this setting.

Select ‘WPA/WPA2 Mixed Mode’ for maximum

wireless compatibility. Wireless devices supporting

the highly secure WPA2 mode will connect in this

mode, while older WPA only devices will also be able

to connect to the router.

Cipher Suite

This option is used to configure the type of WPA

encryption used for the selected SSID. By default

the encryption type is automatically selected

depending on the WPA mode a wireless connection

is established in.

Select ‘AUTO’ to allow the cipher to be automatically

detected when a wireless connection is established.

This will usually be AES with WPA2 and TKIP with

the WPA mode.

Select ‘AES’ to force the encryption cipher to use

the Advanced Encryption Standard mode. This mode

provides the maximum wireless speed and security

for wireless 802.11n connections.

Select ‘TKIP’ to force the encryption cipher to use

the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol mode. This

mode can be used for older wireless 802.11b/g

adapters that do not support AES mode.

Authentication

This option is used to configure the WPA

authentication type used to establish a wireless

connection to the router for the selected SSID. By

default the authentication type required is a

wireless password.

Select ‘Wireless Password’ to authenticate using a

password method. This is the standard

authentication method for most wireless adapters

and devices.

Select ‘802.1X’ for authentication over a RADIUS

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server. EE Broadband does not provide support for

this option. 802.1X server settings must be

configured in the Advanced Set-Up > 802.1X

page if you select this option.

Wireless Password type

This field is used to configure the wireless password

type used to establish a connection to the router’s

wireless network for the selected SSID. By default

the router will use the passphrase type.

Select ‘Passphrase’ for the wireless password to

require a 8-62 ASCII character value (a-z, A-Z, 0-9).

Select ‘Hex’ for the wireless password to require a

64 character hexadecimal value (A-F, 0-9)

Wireless Password

This field is used to configure the WPA wireless

password used when making a wireless connection

to the router for the selected SSID.

Please note that the wireless password is case

sensitive.

802.1X

802.1X is an enterprise authentication method that allows you to use an external RADIUS

server for wireless authentication using the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). This

setting is sometimes known as WPA-Enterprise. EE is unable to offer 802.1X authentication,

so you must provide your own RADIUS server for this option to work.

You can configure the router for 802.1X authentication over RADIUS by access the 802.1x

page in the advanced router admin pages:

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 802.1x in the left hand navigation menu:

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