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UPnP can be disabled so that connected devices and application don’t manage their own
firewall settings. Please be aware that disabling UPnP may cause applications to stop working
correctly, and may require manually configuring firewall port rules on the Port Forwarding
and Port Triggers pages.
You can enable or disable UPnP on the router by doing the following:
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 UPnP in the left hand navigation menu:
4.
On the ‘UPnP module function’ option, select the option you want, either ‘Enable’ to
switch UPnP on (this is the default setting) or ‘Disable’ to switch off UPnP – in this
example we are selecting ‘Enable’.
5.
Click Save Settings:
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TOOLS
The Tools section contains a number of features to help manage your router. You can back up
and restore your router settings on the Configuration page. You can reboot your router on
the Restart page, restore the router to its factory settings on the Factory Default page
and update the router firmware from a file on the Firmware page.
To access the Tools features:
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 Tools in the left hand navigation menu:
4.
Now you can select the tools features by clicking on Configuration, Restart, Factory
Default or Firmware Upgrade in the left hand navigation menu.
CONFIGURATION
The Bright Box router is configured for EE Broadband out of the box, however you may wish
to make changes to the router settings at any time. The Configuration page allows you to
make a backup of your router’s settings, and also restore those settings at a later time.
This is particularly useful if you’ve made a number of advanced settings changes (such as
creating port forwarding for online gaming) and need to return to your router to factory
default settings. You can factory reset the router and then re-apply the custom configuration
changes by restoring from the configuration file.
To access the Configuration 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.
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3.
Click on Tools in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Tools menu:
4.
Click on Configuration on the left hand menu:
How to save a copy of your router’s settings
To back up the Bright Box router configuration settings in a file that you can restore at any
time, do the following:
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 Tools in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Tools menu:
4.
Click on Configuration on the left hand menu
5.
Click the Backup button:
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6.
You may be presented with an option to save a file called ‘backup.bin’. This is the router
configuration file. Click Save (or Save As if you want to specify a save location
yourself).
7.
The configuration file will be saved to your computer. This is normally saved in your
computer’s download folder. It is recommended that you store this file in a memorable
location. By default the file would be located in the following folders:
•
On a Windows Vista/7 computer with Internet Explorer or Firefox this would be
C:\Users\[username]\Downloads.
•
On a Windows XP computer with Internet Explorer 8 C:\Documents and
Settings\{username]\My Documents
•
On Mac OS X this would be /Users/[username]/Downloads
If you want to rename the backup.bin file to something more memorable you can, just
ensure that you keep the .bin extension at the end of the file name in order to be able to
restore from it later.
How to restore your router’s settings from a backup
To restore your router’s settings from a previously saved backup file (backup.bin):
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 Tools in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Tools menu:
4.
Click on Configuration on the left hand menu:
5.
Click the Restore button:
6.
Click on the Browse… button:
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7.
Select the location of the ‘backup.bin’ file that you previously saved. For example, in the
‘Downloads’ folder:
8.
Double click the backup.bin file, and then on the Restore page click Apply:
9.
When prompted whether you want to restore your router’s settings, click OK:
10.
The restoration of the router settings from the configuration file will begin. This process
will take 99 seconds to complete:
11.
The router will be automatically rebooted, and after 99 seconds you will be returned to
the router admin page login screen. Your router settings will now have been restored
RESTART
If you’re having problems with your Internet connection, you may be able to fix the problem
by restarting the router from the Restart admin page.
Restarting the router from the Restart page is the same as powering the router off and
on. You may find it is more convenient to power the router off and on using the power switch
on the back of the router if you are nearby, or not logged into the admin pages. However if

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