Apple TM546 User Manual

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SpeedTouch™546

Residential ADSL Gateway

User’s Guide

Release R5.3.1

SpeedTouch™

546

User’s Guide

R5.3.1

Copyright

Copyright ©1999-2005 THOMSON. All rights reserved.

Passing on, and copying of this document, use and communication of its contents is not permitted without written authorization from THOMSON. The content of this document is furnished for informational use only, may be subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by THOMSON. THOMSON assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this document.

Thomson Telecom Belgium Prins Boudewijnlaan, 47 B-2650 Edegem

Belgium www.speedtouch.com

Trademarks

The following trademarks are used in this document: SpeedTouch™ is a trademark of THOMSON.

Microsoft®, MS-DOS®, Windows® and Windows NT® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

UNIX® is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories, Incorporated.

Apple® and Mac OS® are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Incorporated, registered in the United States and other countries.

Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader are trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Systems, Incorporated, registered in the United States and/or other countries.

Netscape® and Netscape Navigator® are registered trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation. Ethernet™ is a trademark of Xerox Corporation.

UPnP™ is a certification mark of the UPnP™ Implementers Corporation.

Wi-Fi® and the Wi-Fi logo are registered trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance. "Wi-Fi CERTIFIED", "Wi-Fi ZONE", "Wi-Fi Alliance", their respective logos and "Wi-Fi Protected Access" are trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance.

Other products may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers.

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

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.....................................................................................................

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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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About this User’s Guide

About this User’s Guide

Used Symbols

!

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.

Terminology

Generally, the SpeedTouch™546(i) will be referred to as SpeedTouch™ in this User’s

 

Guide.

Typographical

 

In interactive input and output, typed input is displayed in a bold font and

Conventions

commands are displayed like this.

 

Comments are added in italics.

 

Example:

=>language list

CODE

LANGUAGE VERSION

FILENAME

 

en*

english 4.2.0.1

<system>

Only one language is available

Documentation and

software updates

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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:

www.speedtouch.com

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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
Reset button One recessed reset button for restoring the default settings
Power requirement Power supply: 15V AC, 1000mA

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1.1.2

Software Features

ADSL compliance

 

If POTS in overlay: G. handshake, Full Rate ADSL, G.dmt, G.lite (splitterless

 

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.

 

 

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:

1Open a web browser.

2In 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.

3As a result the SpeedTouch™ Home page appears, from where you can navigate to all the configurable aspects of the SpeedTouch™.

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

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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Telnet session Proceed as follows:

1 Open a telnet application.

You can use the Command Prompt window. In Windows XP for instance:

1On the Windows task bar, click Start.

2Select (All) Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.

2 Connect to your SpeedTouch™. .

In the Command Prompt window:

At the prompt, type telnet 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 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:

Username : Administrator

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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*

 

 

 

 

 

 

______

SpeedTouch

 

*

 

 

 

 

___/_____/\

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

 

/

 

 

/\\

Version 5.3

*

 

 

 

_____/__

 

 

/

\\

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

_/

/\_____/___ \

Copyright (c) 1999-2005,

*

 

 

 

//

/

\

 

/\ \

 

 

THOMSON

*

 

_______//_______/

 

\

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\_______\/

 

 

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\____\/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

{Administrator}=>

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1.3.3 Access via FTP

File Transfer Protocol

(FTP)

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.

File system The SpeedTouch™ file system is stored on nonvolatile memory, and contains the SpeedTouch™ software, service template files and (optionally) default setting files.
FTP session To open an FTP session:

1 Open a Command Prompt window. In Windows XP for instance:

1On the Windows task bar, click Start.

2Select (All) Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.

2At the prompt, type ftp followed by the IP address of your SpeedTouch™ (default is 192.168.1.254).

3Enter 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 On the different directories you have following privileges: rights

Directory

Access rights

 

 

root

NO read/write

 

 

dl

read/write

 

 

Common FTP

commands

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 file transfer 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 :software cleanup: At the FTP prompt type ‘quote site software cleanup’ and press Enter.

ftp> quote site software cleanup 200-

200 CLI command "software cleanup" executed ftp>

For more information on CLI commands, see the CLI Reference Guide.

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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:

1Go to the SpeedTouch™ pages, as described in “1.3.1 Access via the Web Interface” on page 10.

2In the menu select Toolbox > Remote Assistance.

3Click Enable Remote Assistance.

4Provide the following parameters to your helpdesk:

URL (the HTTPS link)

User name

Password

Disabling remote access

5Your 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.

To disable remote assistance:

1Go to the SpeedTouch™ pages, as described in “1.3.1 Access via the Web Interface” on page 10.

2In the menu select Toolbox > Remote Assistance.

3Click Disable Remote Assistance.

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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/RJ- 45 Ethernet cable is included.

Standard wiring Use the yellow Ethernet cable provided to wire your computer’s Ethernet port to the procedure 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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Device settings

Ethernet link check

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Once you’ve connected a device, you are able to personalise its settings:

1Go to the SpeedTouch™ web pages.

2In the menu select Home Network > Devices.

3Click the name of your device, or if the device’s settings haven’t been personalised yet, click the MAC address of the device.

4On the top right, click Configure.

5Now you can change the device’s name, lock its IP address and assign applications and services to the device.

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.

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

For more information,

 

 

following operating

see:

 

 

system:

 

 

 

 

 

Embedded PPP dial-in client:

 

 

 

 

 

Dial-in client on

 

MS Windows, Mac, unix,

“3.1 SpeedTouch™ Web

embedded pages

 

other

Pages”

 

 

 

 

MS Windows XP IGD

 

MS Windows XP

“3.2 IGD Control Agent”

Control Agent for UPnP

 

 

on page 23

 

 

 

Host PPP dial-in client for a SpeedTouch™ configured in pure bridging mode:

 

 

 

MS Windows XP

 

MS Windows XP

“3.3 MS Windows XP

Broadband connection

 

 

BroadBand Connection”

 

 

 

 

Mac OS X PPPoE dial-in

 

Mac OS X

“3.4 Mac OS X PPPoE

client

 

 

Dial-in Client”

 

 

 

 

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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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3.1 SpeedTouch™ Web Pages

Introduction

Starting an Internet

session

Monitoring your Internet connection

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.

Proceed as follows:

1Open 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):

By default the SpeedTouch™ shows you the Home page.

2Click 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.

3Now 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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session

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To close an active PPP connection:

1Go to the SpeedTouch™ Home page.

2Click 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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