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1.

The EE home page will load:

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CHAPTER 4: THE BRIGHT BOX ADMIN PAGES

ACCESSING THE BRIGHT BOX ADMIN PAGES

In order to configure settings on the Bright Box wireless router, you will need to log in and

out of the router’s admin pages using your web browser.

The admin pages will only allow one user (defined by the IP Address of the connected

wireless or Ethernet device) to access the pages at one time. As such if swapping between a

wired or wireless connection on the computer it is advised that you log out of the pages once

you’ve finished the task. If you forget, you’ll receive an error, and need to wait 10 minutes, or

restart the router.

How to log in to the Bright Box admin pages

To log into the Bright Box wireless router admin pages:

1.

Open a browser, for example Internet Explorer

Safari

or Firefox

.

2.

In the address bar type, http://192.168.1.1

3.

The router’s admin page login will open:

4.

Enter the Username and Password to login to the router admin pages:

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a.

The Username is admin

b.

The Password can be found on the sticker on the bottom of the router (in the

Router Login Details section) and on the ‘KEEP MEE’ card.

5.

Click Login

6.

The Bright Box ‘status’ page will be displayed:

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How to log out of the Bright Box admin pages

To logout of the router's admin pages:

1.

Click Logout – you’ll find this in the top right-hand corner of the router’s admin pages:

2.

You’ll be taken back to the login screen:

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Possible Errors displayed when logging into the admin pages

You may experience one of the errors below while logging onto the admin pages:

You’ll get this error if the username and/or password for the router’s admin pages have been

entered incorrectly or left blank.

Remember that the username and password are case sensitive ensure that the Caps Lock on

your computer keyboard is not on when attempting to log on.

Close the browser window, and then try to log on again using the details below:

•

Username: admin

•

Password: This can be found on the sticker on the bottom of the router (in the router

login details section) and on the ‘KEEP MEE’ card.

If you think you may have changed the password for the router in the Advanced Set-Up >

System > Password Settings page, and can’t remember the new password, you will need

to return the router to factory settings using the reset button on the back panel of the router

(see

on page 179)