Billion 800VGT PACKAGE CONTENTS ............................................................................................................2 THE FRONT LEDS ................................................................................................................3 THE REAR PORTS .................................................................................................................4 GETTING STARTED ..............................................................................................
Quick Start Guide Package Contents Warning Do not use temperatures. Do not use the same power source for the Billion 800VGT as other equipment. Attention this router in high humidity or high Do not open the casing or try to repair the Billion 800VGT yourself. Avoid using this product and all accessories outdoors. Place the Billion 800VGT on a stable surface. Only use the power adapter that comes with the package.
Billion 800VGT The Front LEDs LED Meaning 1 PWR Lit when power is ON. 2 SYS Lit when the system is ready. LAN Port 1X — Lit when connected to an Ethernet device. Green for 100Mbps; Orange for 10Mbps. Blinking when data is Transmitted / Received. 3–6 4X (RJ-45 connector) 7 8–9 Lit green when the wireless connection is established. Flashes when sending/receiving data. WLAN Phone 1X — 2X Lit green when the handset is off-hook.
Quick Start Guide The Rear Ports The Ethernet Port # 4 can be used as a console port. You need the special Ethernet serial adapter, included in this package to connect the LAN cable of Port 4 to a PC’s RS-232 port (9-pin serial port). Note that the console port is for emergency use only, and should not be used by default. Port Meaning 1 Power Switch Power ON/OFF switch 2 PWR Connect the supplied power adapter to this jack.
Billion 800VGT Getting Started Advanced users may access the router’s graphical user interface on the following IP address: 10.0.0.2 The default administration username is “admin” and the password is “admin”. Attention Important Note: It is a security risk to leave your administration password as default – we strongly urge you to change it. Please refer to the installation process or the user manual on your installation CD for assistance.
Quick Start Guide Setting up your Billion 800VGT This section will guide you in setting up your Billion 800VGT to connect to the Internet, using your ADSL ISP account. The hardware & cables installation forms part of the setup procedure below. Please do not perform any hardware setup now. If nothing happens when you insert the CD, refer to the troubleshooting section at the end of this guide. 1. Insert the enclosed Billion 800VGT CD into your CD drive.
Billion 800VGT 3. You may use the “Next” and “Previous” buttons to navigate the installation steps. Click the “Next” button on the welcome screen now. 4. The package content screen will now be displayed (See figure below). Move your mouse cursor over each item label in the list to view a picture of the specific item, or click the “Play Video” icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen to view an animated video of the package content.
Quick Start Guide 6. A hardware installation overview diagram will now be displayed (see figure below). Please ensure that you have correctly connected all the related hardware and cables. Please click “Next”. 7. The Network Connection Setup step will be displayed next (see figure below). Note that in order for this wizard to set up your router successfully, your computer needs to be able to communicate with the Billion 800VGT router.
Billion 800VGT Once you have made your selection and confirmed that it is indeed the network card you want to use, click on the “Setup Network Card” button in the bottomright corner to setup your network connection. On successful completion of this process, you will receive a message that the network card has been setup successfully. Please click “Next” to continue to the diagnostics screen.
Quick Start Guide 9. In the Telkom Line Verification step you will verify your ADSL service on the live Telkom ADSL verification webpage. Please follow the instructions on the webpage as opened in the frame on the right hand side of the form. See figure below – the red block indicates the Telkom webpage frame. On completion of all the steps, the Telkom webpage will notify you that the verification is complete.
Billion 800VGT Enter your ISP username and password exactly as provided to you by your ISP in the spaces provided and click on the “Submit” button to save your ADSL authentication details to the Billion 800VGT. On successful update of your ADSL account details, a confirmation message will be displayed, after which the wizard will proceed to the next step: Testing your own ISP account. 11.
Quick Start Guide If you would like to setup a VoIP account from your VoIP provider, click the “Yes” button and the VoIP Setup will be displayed. Click on the “ISP VoIP Settings” to display a form where you can enter all the service related VoIP settings for your VoIP service - see figure below. Enter all information exactly as provided to you by the VoIP service provider.
Billion 800VGT Enter all the information precisely as supplied by your ISP and click on “Setup e-mail account”. The account will be setup in Outlook Express, but you will be given the option to import the account into Microsoft Office Outlook the next time Microsoft Outlook is launched. 14. In the Management Security step you will be given the opportunity to change your router’s administrative password, the name for the wireless network (SSID) and the security key for the wireless.
Quick Start Guide You can skip this step by clicking on the “Skip” button, however this is not recommended. If you click skip, a window will pop up informing you that it is not recommended to leave these as their default values. If you would like to change the security settings click on the “Yes” button. To proceed without changing the values click on the “No” button, this will then save all the details to the router and restart the router.
Billion 800VGT Using the Management Utility: 1. Run the Utility software by launching it from the “Start>All programs>Billion 800VGT” menu. See figure below. 2. The Billion 800VGT management utility will launch and immediately prompt you for a router IP address and password (see figure below). This information is used to access the router. If you have not intentionally altered the IP address of the router, it will still be 10.0.0.2, which is the factory default.
Quick Start Guide 4. From here you will be able to manage various aspects of your Billion 800VGT. Please see the sections below for more information on each feature/section. 16 TLK/800VGT-v2.
Billion 800VGT Setup & Manage VoIP on the Billion 800VGT 1. Click on the “Manage VoIP Settings” icon on the utility main menu (refer to the section entitled “Using the management utility”). The screen below will be displayed. On this form you will be able to select the VoIP service profile and setup a VoIP account per voice port. 2. Press the “ISP VoIP Settings” button to update your VoIP settings for each line provided by your ISP. 3.
Quick Start Guide Use & Management of the Wireless Connection The Billion 800VGT’s default wireless access point name (SSID) is ‘wlan-ap’. This might have been changed in the final step of the Easy Setup Wizard. When you scan for wireless networks using your wireless client, this is the name that will be displayed. To ensure wireless security “out-of-the-box”, the Billion 800VGT is distributed with a unique WPA1 pre-shared security key already setup on your router.
Billion 800VGT 2. Here you may enable/disable the wireless function, alter the name for your wireless footprint (SSID), change the channel on which your wireless network operates, enable/disable the WPA1 security and also change the WPA1 passphrase to a custom value. 3. After you have altered the wireless setup, click on “Submit” to apply the alterations. 4. A router restart will be required to fully apply changes made to the wireless module. The restart will only be performed when the utility closed.
Quick Start Guide Manage ISP account settings 1. Click on the “Manage ISP Account Settings” icon on the utility main menu. The ISP account management screen will be displayed (see figure below). 2. Enter your ISP ADSL username and password in the boxes provided and click on Submit to save changes to the router. Changes to the ISP account will be applied immediately - no router restart required. 20 TLK/800VGT-v2.
Billion 800VGT Manage Administrative settings: 1. Click on the “Manage Administrative Settings” icon on the utility main menu. The administrative settings screen will appear (see figure below). 2. Enter and confirm your new administration password in the boxes provided and click “Save New Password” to save it to the router. 3. The change will be applied immediately - no router restart required. TLK/800VGT-v2.
Quick Start Guide Running a Diagnostics Test 1. The diagnostics test will perform several checks on the current connection status of your Billion 800VGT setup. It is a very useful tool that will enable you to troubleshoot your setup yourself. 2. Click on the “Diagnostics Test” icon on the utility main menu (refer to the “Using the management utility” section). The following screen will be displayed: 3. Click the “Run Diagnostics” button to start the test.
Billion 800VGT Troubleshooting: Problem Description 1: My Billion 800VGT router does not successfully sync with my ADSL line. (The ADSL LED keeps flashing). Solution: 1) Make sure that you have correctly connected the router’s “ADSL” port to the red ADSL port of your splitter using the supplied RJ-11 telephone cable. Please refer to the hardware installation overview diagram on page 8. 2) Confirm that your ADSL service has been activated on your telephone line.
Quick Start Guide Problem Description 4: The Easy Setup Wizard doesn’t seem to respond or doesn’t seem to successfully complete the setup procedure. Solution: 1) Please temporarily disable all software firewall applications. Norton Internet Security, Bit Defender, or Trend-Micro’s PC-Cillin are all examples of firewall applications that may block the Easy Setup Wizard from performing its function successfully. (Also remember to re-enable the application when the Easy Setup Wizard has completed.
Billion 800VGT Product Support and Contact Information Most problems can be solved by running the diagnostic utility and following the help screens as provided. Please refer to the “Running a diagnostic Test” section on page 21. The utility will diagnose your router’s connection status and if a problem is found it will propose a course of action to solve the problem.