UTStarcom UM175CE User Manual
UM175CE
Wireless USB Modem
User Manual
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
BEFORE USING UM175CE ..............................................3
ABOUT THIS USER MANUAL ............................................................4
PRODUCT OVERVIEW ......................................................................4
WHAT’S INSIDE THE PRODUCT PACKAGE .......................................4
INTRODUCTION TO WIRELESS UM175CE USB MODEM ..................5
PRODUCT FEATURES ........................................................................6
PRODUCT HANDLING ......................................................................7
CONFIGURATION .............................................................................7
CHAPTER 2
INSTALLATION AND SETUP ............................................9
THE QUICKLINK MOBILE SETUP PROGRAM ..................................11
THE QUICKLINK MOBILE SETUP WIZARD ......................................13
CHAPTER 3
USING QUICKLINK MOBILE ..........................................17
FEATURES ......................................................................................18
GETTING STARTED .........................................................................19
CONNECTING .................................................................................20
USING DIAL UP CONNECTIONS .....................................................23
CHAPTER 4
QUICKLINK MOBILE PREFERENCES .............................25
WWAN SPECIFIC SETTINGS ...........................................................26
GENERAL PREFERENCES ...............................................................30
ADDITIONAL FEATURES ................................................................32
CHAPTER 5
INSTALLING UM175CE .................................................39
PRECAUTIONS ...............................................................................40
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .................................40
INSTALLING SOFTWARE ...............................................................41
UNPLUGGING OR EJECTING THE DEVICE .....................................42
USB MODEM EXTENSION CABLE ..................................................44
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CHAPTER 6
REGULATORY AND SAFETY INFORMATION .................47
REGULATORY NOTICES .................................................................48
OPERATING CONDITIONS .............................................................48
WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS .........................................................49
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ................................................................51
CHAPTER 7
APPENDIX ....................................................................53
GLOSSARY .....................................................................................54
SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATES (SAR) .............................................57
SAFETY INFORMATION FOR RF EXPOSURE ...................................59
12 MONTH LIMITED WARRANTY ..................................................61
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS USER MANUAL
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
WHAT’S INSIDE THE PRODUCT PACKAGE
INTRODUCTION TO WIRELESS UM175CE
USB MODEM
PRODUCT FEATURES
PRODUCT HANDLING
CONFIGURATION
CHAPTER 1
BEFORE USING
UM175CE
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BEFORE USING UM175CE
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ABOUT THIS USER MANUAL
You will find all the information you need to install and
use the UM175CE in this user manual. Before using the
UM175CE, you must properly install the QuickLink Mobile by
closely following the installation instructions.
INSTRUCTIONS
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Install the QuickLink Mobile BEFORE inserting the
UM175CE USB Device into your PC. The installation software is included in the product package. Insert the CD
into your CD-ROM drive. Installation may take a few minutes.
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It is highly recommended that you read the safety precau-
tions described in this manual before using the UM175CE.
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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Thank you for purchasing the Centennial Wireless UM175CE
USB Modem. The UM175CE is a 3G wireless device that
enables high-speed wireless communication from your PC.
The UM175CE is simple to install and use.
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WHAT’S INSIDE THE PRODUCT PACKAGE
The following items are included in the product package.
If any of the items listed below are missing, please contact
the retail location where you purchased the product.
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UM175CE Wireless USB Modem
• Installation CD that contains software and this user manual
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USB Modem Extension Cable
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Quick Start Guide
ABOUT THIS USER
MANUAL
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BEFORE USING UM175CE
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INTRODUCTION TO WIRELESS UM175CE USB
MODEM
The Centennial Wireless UM175CE is designed for your PC’s
USB port, which is available in most models. The UM175CE
can be used to access the Internet, your company’s intranet,
or you can use it to send and receive email. It is extremely
useful when you are away from the office, on the road, or
wherever a wireline Internet access is not readily available.
INTRODUCTION TO
UM175CE USB MODEM
USB Connector
External Antenna
Booster Jack
(on the left side)
LED status
indicator *
Release button
* Blue light: Connected to PC and detected to network
Red light: Connected to PC but out of service status
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PRODUCT FEATURES
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Power management: The UM175CE utilizes power man-
agement and system overhead reduction functions provided by the USB interface for maximum power savings.
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Antenna design: Efficient, innovative internal antenna
design optimizes data transfer rate and sensitivity to network signals.
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Extension Y Cable connector: Simply insert the USB con-
nector into the USB port of your computer to deliver a
power boost, increased RF performance, and to solve
clearance issues.
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USB Modem that supports Type A USB Port interface.
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Supports North American PCS (1900 MHz) and Cellular
(800 MHz) bands.
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Utilizes QUALCOMM MSM6800A chip set.
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Supports 3G network technologies.
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Average Data Rate: 3.1 Mbps download; 1.8 Mbps upload.
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Supports Windows 2000 and XP and Vista systems with
installed host software and driver.
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Compatible with Mac OS X 10.4.X (Tiger) or 10.5.X
(Leopard) or higher.
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Provides Centennial Wireless BroadbandAccess and
NetworkAccess service (where available).
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PRODUCT HANDLING
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Do not put any adhesive label on the USB connector. It
may leave a sticky residue that can cause problems inside
the PC USB port.
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The UM175CE USB device should easily slide into the USB
port. Do not force the UM175CE into the USB port as it
may cause damage to the modem and/or the port.
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Keep the UM175CE in a dry and clean place. (Storage
temperature: -22°F to 149°F [- 30°C to 65°C]). Keep your
device away from liquids, dust and excessive heat.
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CONFIGURATION
To use the UM175CE, you should first install the software
included in the installation CD and configure the UM175CE
USB device. See the next section for more information on
software installation and USB device configuration.
BEFORE USING UM175CE
PRODUCT HANDLING
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MEMO
CHAPTER 2
INSTALLATION AND
SETUP
THE QUICKLINK MOBILE SETUP PROGRAM
THE QUICKLINK MOBILE SETUP WIZARD
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INSTALLATION AND SETUP
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This section will guide you through the installation and
setup process for QuickLink Mobile. Before getting started,
you should become familiar with the documentation that
came with your wireless device.
CD'S
You purchased a UM175CE, there is only one CD that contains QuickLink Mobile and USB modem drivers.
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Important: If using a USB device, QuickLink Mobile software
must be installed before you insert the USB device into the
computer for the first time. Only after the software has been
installed can Windows successfully install and configure the
USB device.
GETTING STARTED
Follow these steps to install QuickLink Mobile:
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Turn on your computer and close all applications.
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Insert the CD-ROM into your CD drive.
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If set up does not automatically start, click the Start but-
ton on the taskbar and choose Run. Type D:\Start (where
D is the letter of your CD-ROM drive) and click OK.
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Follow the steps in the next section.
GETTING STARTED
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INSTALLATION AND SETUP
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THE QUICKLINK MOBILE SETUP PROGRAM
STEP 1: Click the QuickLink Mobile setup program. The
“Welcome” screen appears. Click the “Next” button to continue with the installation process.
STEP 2: After the Welcome screen you will see the QuickLink
Mobile License Agreement. In order to install and use this
product you must agree with the terms of this agreement.
Select “I agree with this software license agreement”, then
click the “Next” button to continue. If you do not agree
with this agreement, click the “Cancel” button to exit.
THE QUICKLINK MOBILE
SETUP PROGRAM
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INSTALLATION AND SETUP
STEP 3: You are now ready to select the location on your
computer where the QuickLink Mobile should be installed. It
is recommended that you do not modify the default destination folder. Click the “Next” button to continue.
STEP 4: During this step the components of the QuickLink
Mobile product are being installed onto your computer.
Installation will occur to the destination folder specified in
Step 3 above.
THE QUICKLINK MOBILE
SETUP PROGRAM
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INSTALLATION AND SETUP
STEP 5: Installation is now complete. Click the “Finish” button to leave the QuickLink Mobile setup program and to
begin using your new software.
The setup program will automatically create a QuickLink
Mobile shortcut on your desktop.
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THE QUICKLINK MOBILE SETUP WIZARD
After you have successfully completed the installation
process of QuickLink Mobile, you are ready to start the
program and begin your initial setup. The steps in the
Setup Wizard are critical to the proper operation of
QuickLink Mobile.
STEP 1: Click the “Start” button, select the Programs menu
and choose the Access Manager menu item to start the
Access Manager program.
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SETUP PROGRAM
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INSTALLATION AND SETUP
STEP 2: The first time you open QuickLink Mobile, the Setup
Wizard will run automatically. The Welcome screen will
appear.
If you have an Internet connection, it is recommended that
you check to see if you are running the latest version of
QuickLink Mobile. Click the “Check for Updates” button to
perform this check.
Click “Next” to continue.
STEP 3: USB device users would insert their USB device now,
and wait for Windows to detect and install drivers for the
device.
THE QUICKLINK MOBILE
SETUP WIZARD
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INSTALLATION AND SETUP
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FOR HANDSET USERS: If you selected USB (to connect a
phone) and have not already installed the data cable drivers
supplied with the cable, you must install them now. To install
the data cable drivers click the “Cancel” button below to
exit the Setup Wizard and then refer to the documentation
included with the cable. Plug the data cable into your wireless
phone and then plug the cable into your computer.
THE QUICKLINK MOBILE
SETUP WIZARD
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INSTALLATION AND SETUP
If the USB device is detected, you will see the following
screen.
STEP 4: The detection and configuration process for your
wireless device is now complete. In this step you can elect
to run QuickLink Mobile automatically every time you start
your computer. To do so, check the “Run QuickLink Mobile
at Startup” checkbox. Click the “Finish” button when complete.
Please familiarize yourself with the information in the
“Using QuickLink Mobile” and “Connecting to the Internet”
sections of this guide.
THE QUICKLINK MOBILE
SETUP WIZARD
CHAPTER 3
USING
QUICKLINK MOBILE
FEATURES
GETTING STARTED
CONNECTING
USING DIAL UP CONNECTIONS
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USING QUICKLINK MOBILE
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FEATURES
WWAN (WIRELESS WIDE AREA NETWORK,
1XEV-DO/1XRTT/CDMA) SPECIFIC FEATURES:
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Configures your PC to use your wireless device as a
modem.
• Creates an Centennial EVDO-1x Data connection.
• Copy utility to create wireless copies of your dial-up con
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nections, if supported by your device.
• Signal strength and battery level display for most USB
Modem.
• Features a test function for your WWAN device.
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A WWAN capable device is required to use the WWAN
features. Individual WWAN features are also device
dependent as described in the WWAN section above.
OTHER FEATURES
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QuickLink Mobile can also be used to launch all of your
dial-up networking connections, if desired.
• QuickLink Mobile can launch your browser, e-mail client,
VPN or a program of your choice upon connection.
• The application logs connections used, duration and bytes
sent and received.
• See the section “Additional Features” for more informa
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tion about the features of QuickLink Mobile.
FEATURES
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USING QUICKLINK MOBILE
GETTING STARTED
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GETTING STARTED
Double click on the QuickLink Mobile icon on your
desktop or click on the Windows Start menu and
select QuickLink Mobile from the list of Programs.
ABOUT THE WIRELESS NETWORKS VIEW
By default, QuickLink Mobile opens to the “Networks” view.
The Networks view displays all currently available network
connections.
At a glance you can see the signal strength and battery level.
Select “Refresh Networks” from the “Tools” menu to update
the information in this panel. Your current connection state
and the elapsed time of the connection are displayed along
the bottom of the status bar.
If your expected connection does not appear or if you connected your wireless phone and cable, or inserted your
Wireless Internet Card after starting QuickLink Mobile,
select “Refresh Networks” from the “Tools” menu. This will
cause QuickLink Mobile to look for your wireless device(s)
and verify network availability.
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USING QUICKLINK MOBILE
If you change phones or Wireless Internet Cards, you will
need to run the Setup Wizard again. To do this make sure
that your phone and cable are connected, then select “Run
Wizard” from the “Tools” menu.
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CONNECTING
Once your WWAN device is properly configured, connecting
to the Internet is as simple as selecting the network connection type shown in the list and clicking the connect button.
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Select Centennial EVDO-1x Data
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Click the “Connect” button when it becomes enabled.
Once connected, the “Connect” button will change to
“Disconnect”. Simply click this to end your current connec
tion. To connect to any other network shown, select it, and
then select “Connect”.
THE STATUS BAR
Information regarding your current network connection can
be seen in the status bar along the bottom of the QuickLink
Mobile interface. For more information on this status bar,
see the section “The Status Bar” in the “Additional Features”
section.
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If you are using a WWAN (1xEV-DO/1xRTT/CDMA) device that
supports the Centennial Wireless dial-up data service and you
made wireless copies of your dial-up accounts, they will also
appear. See the section “Creating Wireless Copies of your
Dial-Up Connections”. Optionally you can have all dial-up
connections appear in QuickLink Mobile and use it to launch
any dial-up networking connection.
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CONNECTING
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USING QUICKLINK MOBILE
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NOTE: The first time you connect with the Centennial EVDO-
1x Data connection, a connectivity warning message will
appear. You have the option to suppress these warning
messages when they are displayed.
QuickLink Mobile will display status information at the
bottom during the connection process as well as while connected. When not connected, the status text will display
“Not connected” for the currently selected network. The
timer will display “00:00:00”. Once connected, the status
text will display “Connected” and the elapsed timer will
begin to run. When a connection is active, its name will
appear as bold text.
The pop up status can be turned off, if desired, by selecting
“Tools”, “Preferences”, “Options” tab, un-checking “Show
popup status windows by tray”. Right clicking on the tray
icon provides various options and double clicking on it will
always show the application. Placing your cursor on it will
display the current connection status.
Based on your preferences, your browser or e-mail or VPN
program can be launched automatically, or you can launch
whatever software you want to use. To determine if all con
nections appear in the drop down list or only your wireless
ones.
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NOTE: Always use QuickLink Mobile when connecting via
BroadbandAccess or NetworkAccess.
At any time during your connection you can check your current connection speed and throughput stats in the Statistics
tab of the Session Information window.
CONNECTING
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USING QUICKLINK MOBILE
To see this window, select “Statistics” from the “Session”
menu.
The Session Information window will also contain a My
Computer tab and a Statistics tab. The My Computer tab
contains detailed information about your computer. This
information is helpful when troubleshooting a problem.
If you are using the Centennial EVDO-1x Data connection
and the call fails when you try to connect, with QuickLink
Mobile returning to its idle state, you should try to connect
again. If you feel you may have incorrectly entered your
wireless device number during initial setup, select “Tools”,
“Run Wizard”.
DORMANCY:
Centennial EVDO-1x data sessions become dormant if you
are not sending or receiving any data. As soon as you
resume sending or receiving data, the data session will
return to an active state.
CONNECTING
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USING QUICKLINK MOBILE
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USING DIAL UP CONNECTIONS
This section is only applicable if you are using a WWAN
Device that supports dial-up connections.
You can make wireless copies of existing dial up accounts on
your system. This will wirelessly enable them and allow you
to connect to them wirelessly.
To launch the copy utility, select “Options”, “Dial-up
Accounts” then “Copy”.
Click on the connection or connections you want to copy
and click on the “OK” button.
The new connection will have a suffix of “(Wireless)” and
will be set to use your wireless phone as the modem. If the
utility is unable to automatically recognize your existing
area code and telephone number, the existing number will
be displayed, and you will be prompted to enter the area
code and number. The utility configures the new wireless
connections to always dial 11 digits, so that they will work
locally and also in other digital data coverage areas.
USING DIAL UP
CONNECTIONS
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USING QUICKLINK MOBILE
If it is determined that the connection might benefit by
further optimization, an additional connection with a
“(Wireless Optimized)” suffix, will also be created. This
connection may connect faster. If you have trouble with the
“(Wireless Optimized)” connection, you can delete it from
your dial-up networking folder and use the “(Wireless)”
connection.
TO DELETE CONNECTIONS:
Windows XP users can access Dial-Up Networking from
QuickLink Mobile by selecting “Options”, “Control Panels”,
“Network and Dial-up Connections”, right click on the
desired connection and select “Delete”.
USING DIAL UP
CONNECTIONS
CHAPTER 4
QUICKLINK MOBILE
PREFERENCES
WWAN SPECIFIC SETTINGS
GENERAL PREFERENCES
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
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PREFERENCES
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WWAN SPECIFIC SETTINGS
WWAN PREFERENCES
To access the WWAN preferences, click on the “Options”
menu, then “Preferences...”.
WWAN OPTIONS
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The “Set Options...” Button: This is used to set various
WWAN connection settings. See below.
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Automatically Connect: If desired, you can select to have
QuickLink Mobile automatically connect at application
startup.
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Show non-wireless accounts in list: If you select this
option all of your dial up accounts will appear in QuickLink Mobile’s list of accounts, allowing you to use
QuickLink Mobile to launch them instead of Dial-Up
Networking. With this option unchecked, the only connections that are displayed in QuickLink Mobile’s list of
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SETTINGS
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PREFERENCES
accounts, are the Centennial EVDO-1x Data, (depending on your wireless phone/device capabilities) and any
Wireless connections you have created, manually or with
the Copy Accounts Wizard.
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Do not prompt for user name and password: If you are
only using the Centennial EVDO-1x Data connection, this
setting has no effect. If you created Wireless connections
to dial into other networks or have existing connections
you are going to launch using QuickLink Mobile, checking
this option will skip the screen that normally asks for your
user name and password. For this to work you will have
had to connect previously, successfully saving your user
name and password.
THE “SET OPTIONS” BUTTON & ITS DIALOG
THE CONNECT TAB
When you select the “Set Options” button from the
WWAN Preferences screen (page 26), the following options
will appear (Options > Preferences > WWAN tab > Set
Options . . .) :
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SETTINGS
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PREFERENCES
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Do not open my browser: With this option selected, when
you connect to a WWAN network, QuickLink Mobile will
not automatically launch your default web browser.
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Open my browser to my default home page: With this
option selected, when you connect to a WWAN network
(Centennial EVDO-1x Data), QuickLink Mobile will automatically launch your default web browser and your
home page will load.
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Open my browser to this URL: With this option selected,
when you connect to a WWAN network (Centennial
EVDO-1x Data), QuickLink Mobile will automatically
launch your default web browser but do it in such a way
that the URL you specify will load instead of your home
page.
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Turn off graphics: If you select this it will turn off graphics
in Internet Explorer.
With these options off, web pages will load faster but you
will have to right click and select “show picture” for any
pictures you want to see. With the added performance of
the internet accelerator software when using the Centennial
EVDO-1x Data connection, most users prefer to see graph
ics and have audio support, so the default setting for both
options is unchecked.
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Run program on connection: This allows you to automati-
cally run a program when you use QuickLink Mobile to
connect to a WWAN network. Select the browse button,
, to browse to the desired application you want to run
when you connect to a WWAN network using QuickLink
Mobile. The application will run for all WWAN connections made from QuickLink Mobile.
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SETTINGS
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PREFERENCES
THE VPN TAB
The following options appear on the VPN tab (Options >
Preferences > WWAN tab > Set Options. . . > VPN tab) :
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VPN Client: QuickLink Mobile automatically detects if
certain VPN clients like Microsoft, Cisco, CheckPoint, etc,
are installed on the computer and allows you to select the
one you wish to use. Check with your network administrator to setup your VPN connection.
If the VPN client you wish to use does not appear in the list,
you can select Other VPN Application.
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Other VPN Application: This allows running a VPN pro-
gram when QuickLink Mobile connects to a network.
Enter the full path to an executable, or select the browse
button, , to find the path to the desired application.
WWAN SPECIFIC
SETTINGS
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