Help configuring a new ADSL router to work with my ISP?

I recently purchased a Billion BiPAC 7800N Dual WAN ADSL2+ Firewall Router with the intention of speeding up my network. It has a wireless speed of 300mps and gigabit LAN ports.


http://www.billion.com/product/wireless/BiPAC-7800N-11n-ADSL2-Broadband-Firewall-Router-Gigabit.html


My only problem is I am a little stuck with the configuration of it....


I am currently living in Cyprus and am on the Cytanet network. They have supplied me with the Thomson SpeedTouch 585 which sucks!!


http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.asp?ProductID=6798





I need to work out how to get the settings from this router on to my new one. I have spoken to my ISP and they seemed completely baffled with my questions. I managed to gain some information about username and password and IP that need programing into the router....but this is about it.


Can anyone help?


Please let me know if you need any information....Help configuring a new ADSL router to work with my ISP?
The first thing that you need to do is download the manual for the router that you have. You can get it here: http://www.billion.com/support/download/鈥?/a> . Whether or not you've done this before, the manual is needed to understand the control panel of the router (different manufacturers use a different layout, and perhaps different terms for certain settings). You'll also need your connection settings (which you can get from your ISP). What you will need to know is how to connect to your ISP's servers. This will usually include a username/password, plus technical settings such as the encapsulation type (PPPoA or PPPoE are the most common) and multiplexing method (VC or LLC, as well as the values). Your ISP should be able to give you a list of all the settings needed, although usually they are only able to help setup certain routers; hence the need for the manual. Without knowing what the IP address they provided you with is for (DNS server, the ISP's server etc.), I can't give you any advice on what to do with it. And yes, 'repeating' your Thomson router may be possible depending on whether or not your new router supports this, but it won't be needed - as this shouldn't be too hard a problem to solve once you have all the required settings.





NOTE - Your router has a setup 'wizard' (';Easy Sign-On, or EZSO';) that helps to automatically detect the ISP's settings. Information about this feature is available in the user manual that I linked to above. Even though your router may work with the automatically detected settings, you're still best to verify the settings with the ones provided to you by your ISP - this should eradicate future connection problems.





Although you didn't mention security, here are my tips; If all of your wireless devices are less than, say, three years old, then I would recommend using WPA2-PSK (authentication) with AES (encryption) - it's the most secure to date and your devices should support it. If you are using older devices, or smaller devices such as an iPhone, then you may need a less-complicated security method. For this, choose WPA-PSK (authentication) with TKIP (encryption). Don't use WEP (wired equivalent privacy) because, as the name suggests, it's not suitable for wireless connections and in the real world can be hacked within seconds. As well as choosing a good security type, make sure you change the routers administration password, as well as choosing a complicated passkey (PSK, which you use to connect to the router) that does not contain words available in the dictionary (using a combination of letters, symbols and numbers is very secure).