Apple TM546 User Manual
SpeedTouch™546
Residential ADSL Gateway
User’s Guide
Release R5.3.1
SpeedTouch™
546
User’s Guide
R5.3.1
Copyright
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Document Information
Status: v1.0 (May 2005)
Reference: E-DOC-CTC-20050429-0100
Short Title: User’s Guide ST546 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™................................................ 9
1.3.1 Access via the Web Interface......................................................................... 10
1.3.2 Access via CLI ............................................................................................. 11
1.3.3 Access via FTP ............................................................................................ 13
1.3.4 Remote Assistance ....................................................................................... 16
2 Local Network Setup .................................................. 17
3 Internet Connectivity Dial-In Clients ......................... 19
3.1 SpeedTouch™ Web Pages ............................................................ 21
3.2 IGD Control Agent ....................................................................... 23
3.3 MS Windows XP BroadBand Connection ..................................... 25
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3.4 Mac OS X PPPoE Dial-in Client .................................................... 29
4 SpeedTouch™ Web Interface .................................... 31
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4.1 Navigation .................................................................................... 32
4.1.1 Menu .......................................................................................................... 33
4.1.2 Language Bar............................................................................................... 34
4.1.3 Navigation Bar ............................................................................................. 35
4.1.4 Notification Area .......................................................................................... 36
4.1.5 Tasks.......................................................................................................... 37
4.2 Home ............................................................................................ 38
4.3 SpeedTouch ................................................................................. 39
4.3.1 Information.................................................................................................. 40
4.3.2 SpeedTouch™ Easy Setup .............................................................................. 41
4.3.3 Restart........................................................................................................ 42
4.3.4 Configuration ............................................................................................... 43
4.3.5 Backup & Restore......................................................................................... 44
4.3.6 Reset to Factory Defaults .............................................................................. 45
4.3.7 Event Logs .................................................................................................. 46
4.3.8 Update........................................................................................................ 47
4.4 Broadband Connection................................................................. 48
4.4.1 Connectivity Check....................................................................................... 49
4.4.2 DSL Connection ........................................................................................... 50
4.4.3 Internet Services .......................................................................................... 51
4.4.4 Internet Service Settings ............................................................................... 52
4.5 Toolbox ........................................................................................ 53
4.5.1 Remote Assistance ....................................................................................... 54
4.5.2 Game & Application Sharing .......................................................................... 55
4.5.3 Defined Games & Applications ....................................................................... 56
4.5.4 Game or Application Definition....................................................................... 57
4.5.5 New Game or Application.............................................................................. 58
4.5.6 Parental Control ........................................................................................... 59
4.5.7 Web Filtering Activation ................................................................................ 62
4.5.8 Content Level .............................................................................................. 63
4.5.9 New Content Level ....................................................................................... 64
4.5.10 Firewall ....................................................................................................... 66
4.5.11 Intrusion Detection ....................................................................................... 67
4.5.12 Dynamic DNS .............................................................................................. 68
4.5.13 User Management ........................................................................................ 69
4.5.14 Edit User ..................................................................................................... 70
4.5.15 Change Default User..................................................................................... 71
4.5.16 Add User..................................................................................................... 72
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4.6 Home Network ............................................................................. 73
4.6.1 Devices....................................................................................................... 74
4.6.2 Device Settings............................................................................................ 75
4.6.3 Assign Public IP ........................................................................................... 76
4.6.4 Interfaces .................................................................................................... 77
4.6.5 Interface Settings ......................................................................................... 78
4.6.6 DHCP Pool................................................................................................... 79
5 Software Upgrade....................................................... 81
5.1 Upgrade Wizard on Setup CD....................................................... 82
6 Troubleshooting.......................................................... 85
6.1 General SpeedTouch™ Troubleshooting ...................................... 86
6.1.1 Ethernet Troubleshooting............................................................................... 87
6.1.2 Upgrade Troubleshooting............................................................................... 88
6.2 UPnP™ on Windows XP Systems................................................. 89
6.3 Reset to Factory Defaults ............................................................ 91
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Used Symbols
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
!
need to be taken.
About this User’s Guide
Terminology
Typographical
Conventions
Documentation and
software updates
Generally, the SpeedTouch™546(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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Chapter 1
Your SpeedTouch™
1 Your SpeedTouch™
Introduction With the SpeedTouch™546(i) Residential ADSL Gateway you can build a secure
home or small office network, connecting wired Ethernet devices and surf the
Internet at high speed.
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 to connect up to 4 PCs to a 10/100 Base-T Ehternet
network
Power inlet
LEDs LED indicators for all interfaces
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Reset button One recessed reset button for restoring the default settings
Power requirement Power supply: 15V 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
Multi-level SpeedTouch™ access policies, Digest Authentication
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
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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 upgrade wizard on Setup CD
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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.
Power
Ethernet
DSL
Internet
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
DSL Green Flashing Pending DSL line synchronisation
On DSL line synchronised
Off No DSL line
Internet Green Flashing Internet activity
On Internet connectivity, no activity
Red On Internet connection setup failed
Off No Internet 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 10.
Command Line Interface (CLI) Fine tune your SpeedTouch™ configuration.
For more information, see “1.3.2 Access via
CLI” on page 11.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Backup and restore data on your SpeedTouch™.
For more information, see “1.3.3 Access via
FTP” on page 13.
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Remote Assistance Allow a remote user to help you configuring
your SpeedTouch™.
For more information, see “1.3.4 Remote
Assistance” on page 16.
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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 16.
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 31.
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1.3.2 Access via CLI
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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 15.
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:
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
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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 a subdirectory called dl.
The root directory contains:
all the necessary files for the SpeedTouch™ to boot correctly
the dl directory
The dl (download) directory contains the 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
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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Enabling remote access To enable remote assistance:
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.
1 Go to the SpeedTouch™ pages, as described in “1.3.1 Access via the Web
Interface” on page 10.
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.
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 10.
2 In the menu select Toolbox > Remote Assistance.
3 Click Disable Remote Assistance.
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Chapter 2
Local Network Setup
2 Local Network Setup
Ethernet network The Ethernet ports on the back panel of your SpeedTouch™ allow you to connect the
SpeedTouch™ to an existing 10 or 100 Base-T Ethernet network or to a computer
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 the
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.
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Local Network Setup
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.
Ethernet link check Depending on the SpeedTouch™ model, LED indicators allow you to check your
Ethernet. See “1.2 SpeedTouch™ LED Behaviour” on page 8 for more information.
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Internet Connectivity Dial-In Clients
3 Internet Connectivity Dial-In Clients
Introduction For setting up initial Internet connectivity, using the Home Install Wizard on the
Setup CD or the embedded Easy Setup, refer to the provided Installation and Setup
Guide.
Access methods Depending on the configuration of the SpeedTouch™ you may have:
Direct access:
As soon as the initial configuration has been done, immediate and uninterrupted
WAN access is provided.
In case of direct access, the remote organisation might ask for a user
name and password on an Internet welcome page.
Dial-in access:
Access must be explicitly established, that is by “dialling” into a Broadband
Remote Access Server (BRAS).
Depending on the SpeedTouch™ configuration, dial-in access is provided via the
SpeedTouch™’s Routed PPPoA or Routed PPPoE packet services with
embedded PPP client.
Chapter 3
Connection protocols The applied connection protocol model depends on the service profile you selected to
configure the SpeedTouch™ and should correspond with the Service Provider’s
requirements. If your ISP provides PPPoE for instance, you should configure PPPoE.
More information on connection protocols can be found in the Internet Connection
Configuration Guide.
Dial-in clients There are different ways of dialling in, depending on the operating system on your PC
and your preferences.
Dial-in method: can be used on
following operating
For more information,
see:
system:
Embedded PPP dial-in client:
Dial-in client on
embedded pages
MS Windows XP IGD
Control Agent for UPnP
Host PPP dial-in client for a SpeedTouch™ configured in pure bridging mode:
MS Windows XP
Broadband connection
Mac OS X PPPoE dial-in
client
MS Windows, Mac, unix,
other
MS Windows XP “3.2 IGD Control Agent”
MS Windows XP “3.3 MS Windows XP
Mac OS X “3.4 Mac OS X PPPoE
“3.1 SpeedTouch™ Web
Pages”
on page 23
BroadBand Connection”
Dial-in Client”
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Internet Connectivity Dial-In Clients
Embedded PPP dial-in
clients
Broadband host PPPoE
dial-in clients
The SpeedTouch™’s embedded PPP dial-in client allows you to establish an Internet
connection for computers residing on your local network, using only one computer of
the network to control the client.
If this computer runs:
Any Operating System
you can always use the SpeedTouch™ web pages.
See “3.1 SpeedTouch™ Web Pages” on page 21 to proceed.
MS Windows XP
you can use MS Windows XP’s Internet Gateway Device Control Client.
See “3.2 IGD Control Agent” on page 23 to proceed.
You can also connect to the Internet using a Broadband PPPoE dial-in application.
The PPP over Ethernet connection scenario provides PPP-like dial-in behaviour over
the virtual Ethernet segment.
To be able to use a broadband dial-in application on your computer for connecting to
the Internet, the SpeedTouch™ needs to be configured for Bridged Ethernet or Routed
PPPoE (with PPPoE relay) via the SpeedTouch™ Home Install Wizard on the Setup CD
or the embedded Easy Setup.
If this computer runs:
MS Windows XP
you can use the MS Windows XP broadband dial-in client. See “3.3 MS
Windows XP BroadBand Connection” on page 25 for more information.
Mac OS X
you can use a Mac OS X broadband dial-in client. See “3.4 Mac OS X PPPoE
Dial-in Client” on page 29 for more information.
- or -
A broadband PPPoE dial-in client provided by your Service Provider to connect
to the Internet
Upon availability of OS-specific PPPoE dial-in client applications, the
latter method is Operating System independent.
For PPPoE session connectivity from a Mac OS 8.6/9.x, an MS
Windows 95/98(SE)/ME/2000 or a Linux system, a host PPPoE dial-in
application is mandatory.
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Internet Connectivity Dial-In Clients
3.1 SpeedTouch™ Web Pages
Introduction As the SpeedTouch™ web pages are controllable from any Operating System with an
installed web browser, the method to establish PPP sessions described below you
can use on any computer system.
For more information on Internet connection setup, see the provided Installation and
Setup Guide.
Starting an Internet
session
Proceed as follows:
1 Open a web browser on your computer and browse to the SpeedTouch™ web
pages (see “1.3.1 Access via the Web Interface” on page 10 for more
information):
Monitoring your
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By default the SpeedTouch™ shows you the Home page.
2 Click Connect at the appropriate broadband connection.
You might be requested to enter your user name and password.
As a result SpeedTouch™’s embedded PPP dial-in client establishes the Internet
connection.
3 Now you can surf the Internet.
You are able to overview and monitor your Internet connectivity as long as the
session is running via:
The SpeedTouch™ System Information page: see “4.3.1 Information” on
page 40.
The SpeedTouch™ Diagnostics task: see “4.4.1 Connectivity Check” on
page 49.
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Terminating an Internet
session
To close an active PPP connection:
1 Go to the SpeedTouch™ Home page.
2 Click Disconnect at the appropriate broadband connection.
As a result the SpeedTouch™’s embedded PPP dial-in client will close the Internet
connection. The Internet Link status will change to Disconnected and your PC is offline.
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