Alcatel-Lucent SPEEDTOUCH 585 User Manual
SpeedTouch™585
Wireless Residential ADSL Gateway
User’s Guide
Release R5.3.1
SpeedTouch™
585
User’s Guide
R5.3.1
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Document Information
Status: v1.0 (May 2005)
Reference: E-DOC-CTC-20050429-0103
Short Title: User’s Guide ST585 R5.3.1
Contents
Contents
About this User’s Guide .............................................. 1
1 Your SpeedTouch™ ...................................................... 3
1.1 SpeedTouch™ Features .................................................................. 4
1.1.1 Hardware Specifications.................................................................................. 5
1.1.2 Software Features .......................................................................................... 6
1.2 SpeedTouch™ LED Behaviour ........................................................ 8
1.3 How to Access your SpeedTouch™.............................................. 10
1.3.1 Access via the Web Interface......................................................................... 11
1.3.2 Access via CLI ............................................................................................. 12
1.3.3 Access via FTP ............................................................................................ 14
1.3.4 Remote Assistance ....................................................................................... 17
2 Local Network Setup .................................................. 19
2.1 Wired Ethernet ............................................................................. 20
2.2 Wireless Ethernet ......................................................................... 21
2.2.1 Wireless Basics ............................................................................................ 22
2.2.2 Connecting First-time Wireless Clients............................................................. 24
2.2.3 Wireless Security.......................................................................................... 27
2.2.4 Connecting Additional Wireless Clients............................................................ 29
2.2.5 Extending the Range of Your Wireless Network................................................ 31
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3 Internet Connectivity Dial-In Clients ......................... 33
3.1 SpeedTouch™ Web Pages ............................................................ 35
3.2 IGD Control Agent ....................................................................... 37
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3.3 MS Windows XP BroadBand Connection ..................................... 39
3.4 Mac OS X PPPoE Dial-in Client .................................................... 43
4 SpeedTouch™ Web Interface .................................... 45
4.1 Navigation .................................................................................... 46
4.1.1 Menu .......................................................................................................... 47
4.1.2 Language Bar............................................................................................... 48
4.1.3 Navigation Bar ............................................................................................. 49
4.1.4 Notification Area .......................................................................................... 50
4.1.5 Tasks.......................................................................................................... 51
4.2 Home ............................................................................................ 52
4.3 SpeedTouch ................................................................................. 53
4.3.1 Information.................................................................................................. 54
4.3.2 SpeedTouch™ Easy Setup .............................................................................. 55
4.3.3 Restart........................................................................................................ 56
4.3.4 Configuration ............................................................................................... 57
4.3.5 Backup & Restore......................................................................................... 58
4.3.6 Reset to Factory Defaults .............................................................................. 59
4.3.7 Event Logs .................................................................................................. 60
4.3.8 Update........................................................................................................ 61
4.4 Broadband Connection................................................................. 62
4.4.1 Connectivity Check....................................................................................... 63
4.4.2 DSL Connection ........................................................................................... 64
4.4.3 Internet Services .......................................................................................... 65
4.4.4 Internet Service Settings ............................................................................... 66
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4.5 Toolbox ........................................................................................ 67
4.5.1 Remote Assistance ....................................................................................... 68
4.5.2 Game & Application Sharing .......................................................................... 69
4.5.3 Defined Games & Applications ....................................................................... 70
4.5.4 Game or Application Definition....................................................................... 71
4.5.5 New Game or Application.............................................................................. 72
4.5.6 Parental Control ........................................................................................... 73
4.5.7 Web Filtering Activation ................................................................................ 76
4.5.8 Content Level .............................................................................................. 77
4.5.9 New Content Level ....................................................................................... 78
4.5.10 Firewall ....................................................................................................... 80
4.5.11 Intrusion Detection ....................................................................................... 81
4.5.12 Dynamic DNS .............................................................................................. 82
4.5.13 User Management ........................................................................................ 83
4.5.14 Edit User ..................................................................................................... 84
4.5.15 Change Default User..................................................................................... 85
4.5.16 Add User..................................................................................................... 86
4.6 Home Network ............................................................................. 87
4.6.1 Devices.................................................................................................... 88
4.6.2 Device Settings............................................................................................ 89
4.6.3 Assign Public IP ........................................................................................... 90
4.6.4 Wireless Device Settings ............................................................................... 91
4.6.5 Access Point Settings ................................................................................... 92
4.6.6 Configuring WDS.......................................................................................... 95
4.6.7 Interfaces .................................................................................................... 96
4.6.8 Interface Settings ......................................................................................... 97
4.6.9 DHCP Pool................................................................................................... 98
5 Software Upgrade..................................................... 101
5.1 Embedded Update Page ............................................................. 102
5.2 Upgrade Wizard on Setup CD..................................................... 104
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6.1 General SpeedTouch™ Troubleshooting .................................... 108
6.1.1 Wired Ethernet Troubleshooting.................................................................... 109
6.1.2 Wireless Ethernet Troubleshooting................................................................ 110
6.1.3 Upgrade Troubleshooting............................................................................. 111
6.2 UPnP™ on Windows XP Systems............................................... 113
6.3 Reset to Factory Defaults .......................................................... 115
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About this User’s Guide
A note provides additional information about a topic.
A tip provides an alternative method or shortcut to perform an action.
A caution warns you about potential problems or specific precautions that
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need to be taken.
About this User’s Guide
Terminology
Typographical
Conventions
Documentation and
software updates
Generally, the SpeedTouch™585(i) will be referred to as SpeedTouch™ in this User’s
Guide.
In interactive input and output, typed input is displayed in a bold font and
commands are displayed
Comments are added in italics.
Example:
=>language list
CODE LANGUAGE VERSION FILENAME
en* english 4.2.0.1 <system>
THOMSON continuously develops new solutions, but is also committed to improve
its existing products.
For more information on THOMSON's latest technological innovations, documents
and software releases, visit us at:
like this.
Only one language is available
www.speedtouch.com
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1 Your SpeedTouch™
Introduction With the SpeedTouch™585(i) Wireless Residential ADSL Gateway you can build a
secure home or small office network, seamlessly connecting wired and wireless
devices and surf the Internet at high speed, all combined in one device.
Installation For more information on how to set up your SpeedTouch™, installation and wiring
and how to do a first Internet connection setup, refer to the provided Installation and
Setup Guide.
Contents This User’s Guide will assist you in configuring your SpeedTouch™.
Safety instructions Before connecting the SpeedTouch™, please read the SpeedTouch™ Quick Installation
Guide and the Safety Instructions and Regularity Notices.
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1.1 SpeedTouch™ Features
Introduction Your SpeedTouch™ offers you a wide range of outstanding features.
In this section you will find a comprehensive overview of the:
Hardware Specifications
Software Features
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1.1.1 Hardware Specifications
Gateway Integrated multi-mode ADSL modem, supporting:
ADSL over POTS for a SpeedTouch™ADSL/POTS variant)
ADSL over ISDN for a SpeedTouch™ ADSL/ISDN variant)
ADSL/RE-ADLS2/ADSL2/ADSL2+ for both ADSL over POTS and ADSL over
ISDN
Physical interfaces WAN: One RJ-11 port for ADSL/POTS or ADSL/ISDN connection
LAN:
Four RJ-45 ports for managed 10/100Base-T Half-/Full-duplex auto-
sensing MDI/MDI-X Ethernet switch
Wireless LAN: IEEE 802.11b/g Wi-Fi compliant access point
Power inlet
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LEDs LED indicators for all interfaces
Reset button One recessed reset button for restoring the default settings
Association button One push button for wireless association and registration
Wireless performance Typical indoor coverage: 60m
Dynamic rate switching
Manual / Automatic channel selection
Manual / Automatic selection of pure 802.11g, pure 802.11b or mixed mode
(802.11b/g) network
Wireless Distribution System (WDS)
WPA-PSK / WEP data encryption
Power requirement Power supply: 18V AC, 1000mA
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ADSL compliance If POTS in overlay: G. handshake, Full Rate ADSL, G.dmt, G.lite (splitterless
1.1.2 Software Features
ADSL), ADSL2, RE-ADSL and ADSL2+
If ISDN in overlay: G.handshake, G.dmt, ADSL2, RE-ADSL and ADSL2+
ATM features Up to 16 simultaneous PVCs, allowing multiple simultaneous destinations
ATM QoS per PVC: CBR, VBR-rt, VBR-nrt, UBR
RFC 1483 / 2684 multiprotocol encapsulation over AAL5 / ATM: both LLC /
SNAP and VC-based multiplexing supported
Bridging features Multiport self-learning transparent bridge per IEEE 802.1D for LAN interconnect
Remote bridge ports are isolated from each other
Pre-defined bridge filters to WAN (no filter, no CPE-to-WAN broadcast, PPPoE
only) and to LAN (no filter, multicast filter)
Routing features Multi-port (up to 16 PVCs) router
Static routing, automatic routes (PPP, LAN)
IP address multi-homing
Services UPnP with NAT traversal capability:
enables game technologies (Xbox live, Direct X, and many others)
enables conferencing functions of Microsoft Messenger
Transparent bridging (IEEE802.1D)
PPPoE routing/bridging with integrated PPP Relay
PPPoA routing, PPPoA-to-PPTP relaying
IP routing with static routing, packet classified routing and residential RIP
Hyper-NAT with virtual server mapping (for instance for Web, FTP, Mail
servers) and ALGs (such as NetMeeting, MSN Messenger, VPN passthrough,
and others)
Quality of Service:
IP QoS
Integrated Dynamic DNS client
Security PAP (RFC1334), CHAP (RFC1994) for PPP session
Integrated Stateful Inspection Firewall, Intrusion Detection
Parental Control, URL Filtering
Wireless security:
64/128bit WEP encryption, WPA-PSK
Wireless client registration/access control (with physical push button)
Multi-level SpeedTouch™ access policies, Digest Authentication
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Configuration Home Install Wizard, Easy Setup wizard
Intuitive web-based GUI (HTTP/HTTPs)
Advanced configuration via telnet - Command Line Interface (CLI)
Remote management access control
Management Multi-level user protection, Event logging
DHCP server, client and relay, DHCP-to-PPP spoofing
DNS server, client and relay
Time synchronization:
SNTPv1, SNTPv2, SNTPv3 and SNTPv4
System logging
SNMPv1 agent with MIB-II
Firmware upgradeable via web or via FTP, or via upgrade wizard on Setup CD
Dual firmware storage (Active/Passive) for fail-proof roll-back
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1.2 SpeedTouch™ LED Behaviour
Front panel LEDs The SpeedTouch™ is equipped with a number of LEDs on its front panel, indicating
the state of the device during normal operation.
Internet
DSL
Ethernet
WLAN
Power
Following table shows the meaning of the different LEDs:
Indicator Description
Name Colour State
Power Green On Power on, normal operation
Red On Power on, self-test failed, indicating
device malfunction
Orange On Bootloader active
Off Power off
Ethernet Green Flashing Ethernet activity
On Ethernet connection, no activity
Off No Ethernet connection
WLAN Green Flashing Wireless activity, WPA encryption
On No wireless activity, WPA encryption
Amber Flashing Wireless activity, WEP encryption
On No wireless activity, WEP encryption
Red Flashing Wireless activity, no security
On No wireless activity, no security
Off WLAN disabled
DSL Green Flashing Pending DSL line synchronisation
On DSL line synchronised
Off No DSL line
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Indicator Description
Name Colour State
Internet Green Flashing Internet activity
On Internet connectivity, no activity
Red On Internet connection setup failed
Off No Internet connection
Ethernet LEDs A LED may be provided per Ethernet port to indicate link integrity (or activity).
Depending on the SpeedTouch™ product you are using, a second LED (A) may be
provided to indicate the 10/100Base-T selection:
AB
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Name LED Status
A
(Optional)
B 10/100Base-T Off 10Base-T Ethernet connection
Integrity
(Activity)
Off No connection on this port
On Ethernet link up
Flashing Data is flowing from/to this port
On 100Base-T Ethernet connection
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1.3 How to Access your SpeedTouch™
Access methods Your SpeedTouch™ is accessible in one of following ways:
Access Method Can be used to:
Web Configure your SpeedTouch™ via HTTP or
HTTPS.
For more information, see “1.3.1 Access via
the Web Interface” on page 11.
Command Line Interface (CLI) Fine tune your SpeedTouch™ configuration.
For more information, see “1.3.2 Access via
CLI” on page 12.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Backup and restore data on your SpeedTouch™.
For more information, see “1.3.3 Access via
FTP” on page 14.
Remote Assistance Allow a remote user to help you configuring
your SpeedTouch™.
For more information, see “1.3.4 Remote
Assistance” on page 17.
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1.3.1 Access via the Web Interface
Procedure To access the SpeedTouch™ via the web interface:
1 Open a web browser.
2 In the address bar type your SpeedTouch™’s IP address or DNS host name, by
default that is ‘http://speedtouch.lan’ or ‘192.168.1.254’.
You can access the pages via the http protocol. For remote assistance
the secure version, https, in combination with certificates is used;
provide your ISP with the https link, user name and password before
he can log on to the pages. For more information, see “1.3.4 Remote
Assistance” on page 17.
3 As a result the SpeedTouch™ Home page appears, from where you can navigate
to all the configurable aspects of the SpeedTouch™.
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For more information on the web pages, see “4 SpeedTouch™ Web Interface” on
page 45.
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1.3.2 Access via CLI
Command Line
Interface (CLI)
You can access the Command Line Interface (CLI) via:
A Telnet session
This requires that TCP/IP connectivity exists between the host from which the
Telnet session is opened and the SpeedTouch™. Your SpeedTouch™ and the
connected PC must have an IP address in the same subnet.
Quote site commands (over FTP)
For more information, see “ Quote site command” on page 16.
For information on CLI commands, see the SpeedTouch™ CLI Reference Guide.
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Teln e t ses si on Proceed as follows:
1 Open a telnet application.
You can use the Command Prompt window.
In Windows XP for instance:
1 On the Windows task bar, click Start.
2 Select (All) Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.
2 Connect to your SpeedTouch™. .
In the Command Prompt window:
At the prompt, type
SpeedTouch™ (default is 192.168.1.254).
3 Enter your SpeedTouch™ security user name and password.
The default user is ‘Administrator’ and the default password is blank.
4 As soon as you’ve opened a session to the CLI, the SpeedTouch™ banner is
displayed, followed by the CLI prompt, as shown in the example below:
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telnet followed by the IP address of your
Username : Administrator
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
* ______ SpeedTouch
* ___/_____/\
* / /\\ Version 5.3
* _____/__ / \\
* _/ /\_____/___ \ Copyright (c) 1999-2005,
* // / \ /\ \ THOMSON
* _______//_______/ \ / _\/______
* / /\ \ / // /\
* __/ / \ \ / / / / _\__
* / / / \_______\/ / / / / /\
* /_/______/___________________/ /________/ /___/ \
* \ \ \ ___________ \ \ \ \ \ /
* \_\ \ / /\ \ \ \ \___\/
* \ \/ /\ \\ \/
* \_____/ / \ \ \________\/
* /__________/ \ \ /
* \ _____ \ /_____\/
* \ / /\ \ /___\/
* /____/\\/
* \ \ /___\/
* \____\/
----------------------------------------------------------------------{Administrator}=>
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1.3.3 Access via FTP
File Transfer Protocol
(FTP)
File system The SpeedTouch™ file system is stored on nonvolatile memory, and contains the
FTP session To open an FTP session:
You can access the file system of the SpeedTouch™ via the File Transfer Protocol
(FTP), in order to:
Restore or backup configuration files, templates or language packs.
Upgrade your configuration or firmware.
SpeedTouch™ software, service template files and (optionally) default setting files.
1 Open a Command Prompt window.
In Windows XP for instance:
1 On the Windows task bar, click Start.
2 Select (All) Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.
2 At the prompt, type ftp followed by the IP address of your SpeedTouch™
(default is 192.168.1.254).
3 Enter your SpeedTouch™ security user name and password.
The default user is ‘Administrator’ and the default password is blank.
4 The example below shows an FTP session to the SpeedTouch™ file system:
File system structure The structure of the file system is very simple: It consists of a single root directory
called root and two subdirectories called active and dl.
The root directory contains:
all the necessary files for the SpeedTouch™ to boot correctly
the active and the dl directories
The active directory contains the active software image.
The dl (download) directory contains the passive software image.
If you made changes to the SpeedTouch™ configuration and saved
them, a user.ini configuration settings file is created in the dl
subdirectory.
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File system access
rights
Common FTP
commands
On the different directories you have following privileges:
Directory Access rights
root NO read/write
active read-only
dl read/write
Depending on the access rights you have on a directory, you can use one of
following commands:
Command... You can use to...
cd access another directory than the one currently open.
Example: ftp>cd dl.
dir list the directory files.
Example: ftp>dir.
bin set the transfer mode to ‘binary’.
hash turn on the hashing option.
put upload files.
Example: ftp>put C:/MyBackupFiles/user.ini.
A configuration file must be uploaded to the dl directory.
get download files.
Example: ftp>get user.ini.
Downloading the configuration file must be done from the dl
directory.
delete delete files.
bye quit FTP.
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FTP fil e tr a ns f er To allow correct file transfers, set the transfer mode to “binary”: At the ftp prompt,
type bin and press Enter.
Turn on the hashing option to see the progression of the file transfer: At the
ftp prompt type hash and press Enter.
Example:
/home/doejohn{1}$ftp 192.168.1.254
Connected to 192.168.1.254
220 Inactivity timer = 120 seconds. Use 'site idle <secs>' to change.
Name (192.168.1.254:doejohn):
331 SpeedTouch™ (00-90-D0-01-02-03) User 'doejohn' OK. Password requir
ed.
Password : ######
330 OK
ftp>
ftp>bin
200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
ftp>
ftp>hash
200Hash mark printing on (8192 bytes/hash mark).
ftp>cd dl
250 Changed to /dl
ftp>put C:\user.ini
200 Connected to 192.168.1.10 port 1271
150 Opening data connection for user.ini
226 File written successfully
ftp: 256 bytes sent in 0,000Seconds 256000,000Kbytes/sec.
ftp>
Quote site command All the CLI commands can be executed from within an FTP session. Only complete
CLI commands (in other words, the complete command syntax with all the
parameters already specified) can be executed.
Example: To execute the CLI command
type ‘quote site software cleanup’ and press Enter.
ftp> quote site software cleanup
200200 CLI command "software cleanup" executed
ftp>
For more information on CLI commands, see the CLI Reference Guide.
:software cleanup: At the FTP prompt
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1.3.4 Remote Assistance
Remote access You can make your SpeedTouch accessible from the Internet with regard to remote
support. This way, you can allow your helpdesk to access your SpeedTouch™
remotely.
Enabling remote access To enable remote assistance:
1 Go to the SpeedTouch™ pages, as described in “1.3.1 Access via the Web
Interface” on page 11.
2 In the menu select Toolbox > Remote Assistance.
3 Click Enable Remote Assistance.
4 Provide the following parameters to your helpdesk:
URL (the HTTPS link)
User name
Password
5 Your ISP is now able to access your SpeedTouch™ via the secure HTTPs link in
combination with the provided certificate (a secure authentication mechanism).
For security reasons, after 20 minutes of inactivity, or on reboot, Remote
Assistance will be automatically disabled.
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Disabling remote
access
To disable remote assistance:
1 Go to the SpeedTouch™ pages, as described in “1.3.1 Access via the Web
Interface” on page 11.
2 In the menu select Toolbox > Remote Assistance.
3 Click Disable Remote Assistance.
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2 Local Network Setup
Introduction The SpeedTouch™ offers you following local networking solutions:
Wired Ethernet
Wireless Ethernet
Device settings Once you’ve connected a device, you are able to personalise its settings:
1 Go to the SpeedTouch™ web pages.
2 In the menu select Home Network > Devices.
3 Click the name of your device, or if the device’s settings haven’t been
personalised yet, click the MAC address of the device.
4 On the top right, click Configure.
5 Now you can change the device’s name, lock its IP address and assign
applications and services to the device.
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2.1 Wired Ethernet
Local network The Ethernet ports on the backpanel allow you to connect the SpeedTouch™ to an
existing 10 or 100 Base-T Ethernet network or one (or more) computer(s) with
installed Ethernet card.
Using the SpeedTouch™ Ethernet switch, you can create a local Ethernet network of
up to four devices, without needing extra networking devices.
In the SpeedTouch™ package, a yellow full-wired straight-through RJ-45/RJ45 Ethernet cable is included.
Standard wiring
procedure
Use the yellow Ethernet cable provided to wire your computer's Ethernet port to one
of the SpeedTouch™'s Ethernet ports.
The Ethernet cable can also be used to wire any Ethernet port of your SpeedTouch™
to an external hub or switch.
Please follow the installation instructions supplied with the external hub or
switch for connections and Ethernet cabling.
Ethernet link check LED indicators allow you to check your Ethernet. See “1.2 SpeedTouch™ LED
Behaviour” on page 8 for more information.
Device settings Once you’ve connected a device, you are able to personalise its settings.
For more information, see “ Device settings” on page 19.
Managed Ethernet
switch
Your SpeedTouch™ intelligently switches data between the devices on your LAN,
using priority queuing to ensure that higher priority messages are delivered first and
in real-time. This feature maximizes your network performance.
The managed Ethernet switch allows you to configure a Virtual Local Area Network
(VLAN), group ports or isolate a port, configure secure channel connections, define
Quality of Service (QoS), and you can configure port mirroring, allowing monitoring
from one port to another.
You can configure the managed Ethernet switch manually using CLI (For more
information, see the SpeedTouch™ CLI Reference Guide).
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2.2 Wireless Ethernet
Introduction The SpeedTouch™ Wi-Fi® certified IEEE 802.11g compliant wireless access point
allows multiple computers to connect wirelessly to your local network over the
SpeedTouch™ Wireless LAN environment. The SpeedTouch™ is backward compatible
with IEEE 802.11b, which means 802.11b and 802.11g devices can coexist in the
same wireless network.
The Wireless Distribution System (WDS) on your SpeedTouch™ allows you to extend
the range of your wireless network. To be able to use WDS, you will need to
introduce an additional WDS-enabled access point into your wireless network.
To be able to connect the computers, make sure that a wireless client adapter
(WLAN client) is installed on each computer you want to connect via the WLAN.
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requirements
All wireless client adapters compliant to 802.11g and/or 802.11b, will be able to
communicate with the SpeedTouch™ and other members of the SpeedTouch™
(W)LAN environment. However, be aware that only 802.11g compliant wireless
clients are able to gain full profit of the 54 Mb/s (Max) bandwidth delivered by the
SpeedTouch™.
It is highly recommended to use only wireless client adapters that are Wi-Fi™ certified
to ensure smooth interoperability with the SpeedTouch™’s WLAN.
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Wireless Fidelity The Wi-Fi certification ensures that your SpeedTouch™ will interoperate with any Wi-
2.2.1 Wireless Basics
Introduction In this section some key wireless concepts are explained.
802.11b/g 802.11b is an IEEE standard, operating at 2,4 GHz at a speed of up to 11 Mb/s.
802.11g, a newer IEEE standard also operating at 2,4 GHz, gives you up to 54 Mb/s
speed, more security and better performance.
Fi certified 802.11g and 802.11b compliant wireless device.
Access Point The SpeedTouch™ Wireless LAN Access Point (AP) behaves as a networking hub
allowing to wirelessly interconnect several devices to the local (W)LAN and to
provide access to the Internet.
Network Name or SSID The WLAN's 'radio' link is a shared medium. As no physical connection exists
between the SpeedTouch™ and wireless clients, a name must be given to allow
unique identification of your WLAN radio link. This is done by the Service Set ID
(SSID), also referred to as Network Name. Wireless clients must be part of this SSID
environment in order to be able to communicate with other clients on the (W)LAN including the SpeedTouch™.
Radio channels The 802.11g standard allows several WLAN networks using different radio channels
to be co-located. The SpeedTouch™ supports multiple radio channels and is able to
select the best radio channel at each start-up.
You can choose to set the channels automatically or manually.
The different channels are overlapping. To avoid interference with another
access point, make sure that the separation (in terms of frequency) is as
high as possible. It’s recommended to keep at least 3 channels between 2
different access points.
The SpeedTouch™ supports all channels allowed for wireless networking. However,
depending on local regulations, the number of channels actually allowed to be used
may be additionally restricted, as shown in the table below:
Regulatory Domain Allowed Radio Channels
China 1 to 13
Europe 1 to 13
22
Israel 5 to 8
Japan 1 to 14
Jordan 10 to 13
Thailand 1 to 14
USA 1 to 11
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