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EE Brightbox 1: Info, Usage and Configuration Options

Hello Again! This router ( User Manual , openwrt wiki ) is also found 'dumped' here in Pakistan. It is quite a good router, but, older firmware versions suffer from security flaws, so it's a good idea to use newer firmware (or to let it update automatically). Also, this router doesn't allow usage with other ISPs as it accepts only certain domain names for the 'username' setting, though it runs fine with services that don't care for the username and when configured as a Wireless Router (IPoE) with LAN port 4 used as the WAN port. However, there are some ways to use the username of our own choice. One such way is shown below thanks to http://www.the-scream.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=242301#post242301 : (To be continued...)