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Rompy
Tutor
Oct 29, 2019
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Wan port or not

Hi guy just move to EE fiber broad band and there bright box 2 modem /router has no modem mode but has a wan port could you tell me best set if I use wan port or best set up just of Ethernet port one on bright box 👍🏻

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  • On the bright box, connect the WAN port to your phone line/modem, and connect one of the LAN ports to your XR500.

     

    Now on the bright box, turn off wifi, give the XR500 a reserved IP, and put it into the DMZ.

    • Rompy's avatar
      Rompy
      Tutor

      thanks alex but if you could tell me what a reseve ip is and where i put it to in dumaos and how todo the dmc etc on dumaos menu just so many options on xr500

      • Netduma-Fraser's avatar
        Netduma-Fraser
        NetDuma Partner
        Go to Settings > Setup > LAN Setup and then you want Address Reservation but it is the same thing. Once you have done that and reserved an IP for the console then you put that same IP address into the DMZ server which is found in Settings > Setup > WAN Settings.