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To turn a computer into a router, you have to download a boot image file with BBIagent Setup Wizard based on the hardware configuration of the computer and the connection protocol you're using, and write the file to a 1.44MB floppy diskette or burn it into a CD-ROM. You also need to download BBIagent Explorer for router administration.

BBIagent Setup Wizard and Explorer are Java-based applications. They can be started in a Java-enabled web browser, launched with Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP) or run as standalone under Java runtime environment.

If your browser or computer does not support Java applications, you may download Java Runtime Environment (JRE version 1.4 or above) from Sun Microsystems Inc.

1. Create and download a boot image file

BBIagent Setup Wizard can be launched by clicking one of following links. It helps you to create the boot image step by step. At the end, click download button and save it as a file (e.g. BBIagent.img) in your local hard disk.

Applet	Click and run it as an applet in a new window if your web browser is Java-applet enabled.
Plug-in	Click and run it as a plug-in in a new window if your web browser supports Java plug-in.
JNLP	Click and run it with JNLP if you have installed JNLP software such as Java^TM Web Start in your computer. You may also execute following command under console mode, javaws http://www.BBIagent.Net/BBIsetup.jnlp
JAR	Download and run it with following command if your computer can run Java applications. java -jar BBIsetup.jar or under MS Windows, javaw -jar BBIsetup.jar

2. Create a boot diskette or bootable CR-ROM

If you boot up your router with floopy, prepare a 1.44MB formatted diskette and make sure that there is no bad sector in it. Write the boot image you downloaded into the diskette with one of following software tools.

RawWrite for Windows if you write it under MS Windows,

rawrite.exe if you write it under DOS

or execute following command under Linux/Unix,

dd if=BBIagent.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k

where BBIagent.img is the file name of your boot image and /dev/fd0 the device name of 1.44MB floppy driver.

If your router is booted up with CD-ROM, burn the ISO bootable image you downloaded into a CDROM.

3. Download BBIagent Explorer for router administration

Download BBIagent Explorer (BBIagent.jar) and save it to your local hard disk. After the router is booted up with the diskette you created, make sure you can ping the IP address of the router and launch BBIagent Explorer with following command for administration,

java -jar BBIagent.jar -r 192.168.2.1

or under MS Windows,

javaw -jar BBIagent.jar -r 192.168.2.1

where 192.168.2.1 is the IP address of the router.

If you would like to launch it with a web browser, open the home page of the router with its URL (e.g. http://192.168.2.1) . Upload BBIagent.jar into the router and then it can be launched with the browser as Java applet or plug-in or started with JNLP.

If you cannot connect the router with BBIagent Explorer or open the home page of the router, refer to the Installation Guide of BBIagent Router.