How to Set Up and Connect Your bOnline Broadband Router

Modified on Sat, 28 Mar at 8:47 AM

This article explains how to set up your bOnline broadband router and connect your devices to the internet. You can connect wirelessly using Wi-Fi or with an Ethernet cable.

Check the contents of your box

Make sure your box contains all the items shown below. If anything is missing, contact bOnline.

The contents of a bOnline broadband router box including the router, power adapter, broadband cable, Ethernet cable, and microfilters.

Step 1: Find your master socket

Your master socket is the main phone socket in your premises. It is usually larger than a standard phone socket and often has a horizontal line across the middle.

The type of master socket you have determines whether you need to use microfilters:

Comparison of a standard master socket and a pre-filtered master socket showing the visual differences between the two types.

Step 2: Unplug everything from your master socket

Unplug everything from your master socket and all other sockets in your premises, including:

Phone cables
Microfilters
Splitters

Step 3: Connect your microfilters (standard master socket only)

If you have a pre-filtered master socket, skip this step and go to Step 4.

Plug a microfilter into your master socket.
If you have a phone, connect the phone cable to the phone port on the microfilter.
Plug a microfilter into every other socket you are using in your premises. Additional microfilters can be purchased from any electronics retailer.

Please note: Never plug microfilters into other microfilters. This will affect your broadband performance.

Diagram showing a microfilter plugged into a master socket with the phone cable connected to the phone port and the broadband cable connected to the ADSL port.

Step 4: Connect your router

If you have a standard master socket:

Connect one end of the grey broadband cable to the ADSL port on your microfilter.
Connect the other end to the Broadband port on the back of your router.

Diagram showing the grey broadband cable connected from the ADSL port on the microfilter to the Broadband port on the back of the router.

If you have a pre-filtered master socket:

Connect one end of the grey broadband cable directly to your master socket.
Connect the other end to the Broadband port on the back of your router.

Diagram showing the grey broadband cable connected directly from a pre-filtered master socket to the Broadband port on the back of the router.

Step 5: Power up the router

Connect the power adapter to the back of the router and plug it into a wall socket.
Press the On/Off switch on the side of the router.
Wait for the Power, Broadband, and Internet lights to go solid green. This can take a few minutes.

The front panel of the bOnline broadband router showing the Power, Broadband, and Internet LED lights in solid green indicating a successful connection.

Step 6: Connect your devices

Your router is now set up. You can connect your devices using Wi-Fi or an Ethernet cable.

Wi-Fi connection:

On your device, open your Wi-Fi settings and search for available networks.
Select the Wi-Fi network name shown on the sticker on the back or bottom of your router.
Enter the Wi-Fi password shown on the same sticker.

Ethernet (wired) connection:

Connect one end of the yellow Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on your computer.
Connect the other end to one of the yellow LAN ports on the back of your router.

Diagram showing the yellow Ethernet cable connected from the LAN port on the back of the router to a computer.