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THOMSON TM580, SpeedTouch 580 User Manual

SpeedTouch™580
Wireless Residential ADSL Gateway
User’s Guide
Release R4.3
SpeedTouch™
580
R4.3.1
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.
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Document Information
Status: v1.0 (May 2005) Reference: E-DOC-CTC-20050429-0102 Short Title: User’s Guide ST580 R4.3.1
Contents
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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 USB .............................................................................................. 21
2.3 Wireless Ethernet ......................................................................... 23
2.3.1 Wireless Basics ............................................................................................ 24
2.3.2 Connecting First-time Wireless Clients............................................................. 26
2.3.3 Wireless Security.......................................................................................... 29
2.3.4 Connecting Additional Wireless Clients............................................................ 31
2.3.5 Extending the Range of Your Wireless Network................................................ 33
3 Internet Connectivity Dial-In Clients ......................... 35
3.1 SpeedTouch™ Web Pages ............................................................ 37
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3.2 IGD Control Agent ....................................................................... 39
3.3 MS Windows XP BroadBand Connection ..................................... 41
3.4 Mac OS X PPPoE Dial-in Client .................................................... 45
4 SpeedTouch™ Web Interface .................................... 47
4.1 Navigation .................................................................................... 48
4.1.1 Menu .......................................................................................................... 49
4.1.2 Language Bar............................................................................................... 50
4.1.3 Navigation Bar ............................................................................................. 51
4.1.4 Notification Area .......................................................................................... 52
4.1.5 Tasks.......................................................................................................... 53
4.2 Home ............................................................................................ 54
4.3 SpeedTouch ................................................................................. 55
4.3.1 Information.................................................................................................. 56
4.3.2 SpeedTouch™ Easy Setup .............................................................................. 57
4.3.3 Restart........................................................................................................ 58
4.3.4 Configuration ............................................................................................... 59
4.3.5 Backup & Restore......................................................................................... 60
4.3.6 Reset to Factory Defaults .............................................................................. 61
4.3.7 Event Logs .................................................................................................. 62
4.3.8 Update........................................................................................................ 63
4.4 Broadband Connection................................................................. 64
4.4.1 Connectivity Check....................................................................................... 65
4.4.2 DSL Connection ........................................................................................... 66
4.4.3 Internet Services .......................................................................................... 67
4.4.4 Internet Service Settings ............................................................................... 68
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4.5 Toolbox ........................................................................................ 69
4.5.1 Remote Assistance ....................................................................................... 70
4.5.2 Game & Application Sharing .......................................................................... 71
4.5.3 Defined Games & Applications ....................................................................... 72
4.5.4 Game or Application Definition....................................................................... 73
4.5.5 New Game or Application.............................................................................. 74
4.5.6 Parental Control ........................................................................................... 75
4.5.7 Web Filtering Activation ................................................................................ 78
4.5.8 Content Level .............................................................................................. 79
4.5.9 New Content Level ....................................................................................... 80
4.5.10 Firewall ....................................................................................................... 82
4.5.11 Intrusion Detection ....................................................................................... 83
4.5.12 Dynamic DNS .............................................................................................. 84
4.5.13 User Management ........................................................................................ 85
4.5.14 Edit User ..................................................................................................... 86
4.5.15 Change Default User..................................................................................... 87
4.5.16 Add User..................................................................................................... 88
4.6 Home Network ............................................................................. 89
4.6.1 Devices.................................................................................................... 90
4.6.2 Device Settings............................................................................................ 91
4.6.3 Assign Public IP ........................................................................................... 92
4.6.4 Wireless Device Settings ............................................................................... 93
4.6.5 Access Point Settings ................................................................................... 94
4.6.6 Configuring WDS.......................................................................................... 97
4.6.7 Interfaces .................................................................................................... 98
4.6.8 Interface Settings ......................................................................................... 99
4.6.9 DHCP Pool................................................................................................. 100
5 Software Upgrade..................................................... 103
5.1 Upgrade Wizard on Setup CD..................................................... 104
6 Troubleshooting........................................................ 107
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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
Used Symbols
Terminology
Generally, the SpeedTouch™580(i) will be referred to as SpeedTouch™ in this User’s Guide.
Typographical
Conventions
In interactive input and output, typed input is displayed in a bold font and commands are displayed
like this.
Comments are added in italics.
Example:
Documentation and
software updates
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
A note provides additional information about a topic.
A tip provides an alternative method or shortcut to perform an action.
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A caution warns you about potential problems or specific precautions that need to be taken.
=>language list CODE LANGUAGE VERSION FILENAME en* english 4.2.0.1 <system>
Only one language is available
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Chapter 1
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1 Your SpeedTouch™
Introduction With the SpeedTouch™580(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)
Physical interfaces WAN:
One RJ-11 port for ADSL/POTS or ADSL/ISDN connection
LAN:
A USB 1.1 port to connect one PC over USB
Four RJ-45 ports to connect up to 4 PCs to a 10/100 Base-T Ethernet
network
Wireless LAN: IEEE 802.11b/g Wi-Fi compliant access point
Power inlet
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: 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)
If ISDN in overlay: G.handshake, G.dmt
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 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.
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
USB Green Flashing USB activity
On USB connection, no activity
Off No USB 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
Power
Ethernet
WLAN
DSL
Internet
USB
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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:
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
Indicator Description
Name Colour State
Indicator Description
Name LED Status
A (Optional)
Integrity
(Activity)
Off No connection on this port
On Ethernet link up
Flashing Data is flowing from/to this port
B 10/100Base-T Off 10Base-T Ethernet connection
On 100Base-T Ethernet connection
AB
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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’.
3 As 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 47.
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.
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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 s ion Proceed as follows:
1 Open a telnet application.
2 Connect to your SpeedTouch™. .
3 Enter your SpeedTouch™ security user name and password.
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:
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.
In the Command Prompt window:
At the prompt, type
telnet followed by the IP address of your
SpeedTouch™ (default is 192.168.1.254).
The default user is ‘Administrator’ and the default password is blank.
Username : Administrator
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­* ______ SpeedTouch * ___/_____/\ * / /\\ Version 5.3 * _____/__ / \\ * _/ /\_____/___ \ Copyright (c) 1999-2005, * // / \ /\ \ THOMSON * _______//_______/ \ / _\/______ * / /\ \ / // /\ * __/ / \ \ / / / / _\__ * / / / \_______\/ / / / / /\ * /_/______/___________________/ /________/ /___/ \ * \ \ \ ___________ \ \ \ \ \ / * \_\ \ / /\ \ \ \ \___\/ * \ \/ /\ \\ \/ * \_____/ / \ \ \________\/ * /__________/ \ \ / * \ _____ \ /_____\/ * \ / /\ \ /___\/ * /____/\\/ * \ \ /___\/ * \____\/
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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.
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.
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.
In Windows XP for instance:
1 On the Windows task bar, click Start.
2 Select (All) Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.
The default user is ‘Administrator’ and the default password is blank.
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
On the different directories you have following privileges:
Common FTP
commands
Depending on the access rights you have on a directory, you can use one of following commands:
Directory Access rights
root NO read/write
dl read/write
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 t ra n sf e r To allow correct file transfers, set the transfer mode to “binary”: At the ftp prompt,
type bin and press Enter.
Example:
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.
For more information on CLI commands, see the CLI Reference Guide.
Turn on the hashing option to see the progression of the file transfer: At the ftp prompt type hash and press Enter.
/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>
ftp> quote site software cleanup 200­200 CLI command "software cleanup" executed ftp>
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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).
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.
For security reasons, after 20 minutes of inactivity, or on reboot, Remote Assistance will be automatically disabled.
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2 Local Network Setup
Introduction The SpeedTouch™ offers you following local networking solutions:
Wired Ethernet
USB (1.1)
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.
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.
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.
In the SpeedTouch™ package, a yellow full-wired straight-through RJ-45/RJ­45 Ethernet cable is included.
Please follow the installation instructions supplied with the external hub or switch for connections and Ethernet cabling.
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2.2 USB
Supported operating
systems
Installing and using the SpeedTouch™ USB connection on the SpeedTouch™ is supported for following operating systems:
Microsoft Operating Systems:
MS Windows 98SE
MS Windows Millennium
MS Windows 2000
MS Windows XP
You may need the Windows installation CD-ROM during installation.
Mac Operating Systems:
Mac OS X Jaguar (10.2)
Mac OS X Panther (10.3)
System requirements For Windows 98SE/ME:
Pentium processor 166 MHz or compatible
32 megabytes (MB) of memory
30 MB of free disk space
For Windows 2000/XP:
Pentium II processor or compatible
64 MB of memory
30 MB of free disk space
For Mac OS X:
128 MB of memory
30 MB of free disk space
Prerequisites It is strongly advised to remove any SpeedTouch™ USB driver installation that may
reside on your PC before you install USB drivers from the SpeedTouch™ Setup CD delivered with your SpeedTouch™ product.
Make sure both your PC and SpeedTouch™ are turned on and operational.
The installation procedures might be slightly different depending on the MS Windows OS you are using.
In the SpeedTouch™ package, a blue USB cable is included to connect a single computer to your SpeedTouch™.
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Installing Windows USB
driver
The installation is plug and play, meaning that installation will require almost no effort.
Proceed as follows:
1 Insert the blue USB cable provided into the SpeedTouch™ USB port marked with
the USB logo:
2 The other end of the USB cable fits in (one of) the USB port(s) of your PC. In
most cases your PC's USB port is marked with the same USB symbol.
3 Windows will automatically recognise the Thomson USB Remote NDIS device:
4 The Windows Found New Hardware Wizard appears:
This wizard will guide you through the installation procedure of the USB drivers.
Click Next to continue.
5 Select Install the software automatically (Recommended), and click Next.
6 The USB driver is being installed. After a while a completing dialogue will
appear. Click Finish to complete the installation.
7 As a result your USB connection is installed and ready for use.
Verifying USB
connectivity in Windows
The SpeedTouch™ USB connection is represented as a local network interface. You can easily check this interface by opening the Network Connections window from Windows’ Control Panel:
Installing Mac USB
drivers
The USB driver will be installed automatically on your Mac.
Device settings Once you’ve connected a device, you are able to personalise its settings. For more
information, see “ Device settings” on page 19.
You can also connect your PC to the SpeedTouch™ via a USB hub.
The Windows Found New Hardware Wizard may ask your authorisation to connect to Window Update to search for software. If this is the case, select No, not this time and click Next.
On the Setup CD, the Mac USB driver is located in stInstall.app > Contents > MacOS > CDCdriver.
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