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First steps

Connecting wireless to the PC

Wireless via WPS

If you are using WPS (see page 15), you can easily make a wireless connection to other

WLAN devices via the Scan (registration) button.

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Press the registration button (Scan) for at least two seconds on the device’s back

panel or activate the corresponding function in the user interface to start WPS reg-

istration (see page 87).

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During the two-minute interval, activate WPS registration of the wireless network

adapter on the PC. The client receives the security data for the Giga762SX WLAN dsl

(SSID and pre-shared key) and is thereby registered.

Only one client may register during an individual registration phase. If the device indi-

cates by means of the WLAN LED that more than one client has tried to register, there is

no client registerd. You can start WPS registration again after a short time.

If the LED indicates a successful WPS registration, the desired client, however, has no

connection the Giga762SX WLAN dsl and has not been registered successfully, an exter-

nal device may have connected to your WLAN. In this case, you should modify the WPA-

PSK key as quickly as possible (see page 88) or perform a factory reset (see page 26) and

perform WPS registration for the clients using a PIN (see page 87).

For additional WPS registration options see chapter "WPS Registration" on page 48.

For the wireless connection of additional PCs without WPS function see page 36.

Wireless without WPS

A wireless connection is made using a wireless network adapter that must be installed

in your PC. This can be an 802.11g or 802.11b-compatible wireless network adapter.

Owing to the superior range and the high data throughput, we recommend that you use

the Gigaset PC Card 54 or the Gigaset USB Adapter 54.

A wireless network is defined by assigning an identical SSID to all the devices.

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You should therefore enter the SSID for the Giga762SX WLAN dsl in your network

adapter configuration. The default SSID for the Giga762SX WLAN

dsl is shown at the label on the bottom of the device.

If you use a wireless network adapter from the Gigaset range,

enter the SSID using the Gigaset WLAN Adapter Monitor.

The Giga762SX WLAN dsl is delivered with preset individual encryp-

tion (WPA2-PSK/ WPA-PSK with pre-shared Key). You will find this key

at the label on the devices bottom.

WLAN LED display during WPS registration:

On (300 sec)

WPS registration was successful.

Flashing slowly

WPS registration is in progress.

Flashing quickly

WPS registration was not successful.

Flashing quickly with interruption

More than one client tried to register.

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First steps

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Choose the encryption method WPA2-PSK/ WPA-PSK in the configuration settings of

your network adapter and enter the pre-shared key of you Giga762SX WLAN dsl.

If one of your network adapters do not provide this encryption method, you must

change the encryption method at the Giga762SX WLAN dsl (see page 88) and then

configure the encryption appropriatly for all network adapters. The settings at the

Giga762SX WLAN dsl should be performed only with a wired connected PC)

If the correct SSID and encryption has been entered in your PC's wireless network

adapter, the wireless link will be established automatically.

Checking the operating state

Your Giga762SX WLAN dsl is now ready for use. The LED displays on the front panel of

the Giga762SX WLAN dsl provide information about the operating state (see page 22).

When the device is ready for use, the LEDs light up as follows:

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The

Power

LED on the front lights up.

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The

ADSL

LED flashes to indicate that the DSL connection is being synchronised.

Once this process is complete, the ADSL LED lights up permanently.

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The

WLAN

LED lights up to indicate that the Giga762SX WLAN dsl is ready to estab-

lish wireless connections.

The radio link to a PC that is connected by means of a wireless network adapter is

opened automatically provided the network adapter has been configured with the

same SSID as the Giga762SX WLAN dsl. It can take a few seconds for the wireless

connection to be established. The

WLAN

LED flashes when data is sent or received

via this connection.

u

The

LAN

LEDs light up if a device is connected to the corresponding LAN port.

If this is not the case, refer to the section entitled Troubleshooting on (page 157).

(((

WLAN adapter

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First steps

Network configuration of the PCs

In order to communicate via the Giga762SX WLAN dsl, the

network configuration

may

have to be set up on the connected PCs.

With

u

Windows Vista

or

u

Windows XP

or

u

Windows 2000

operating systems, this usually takes place automatically provided you have not made

any changes to the standard settings for the network configuration.

With

Windows 98/SE

, you have to carry out the network configuration.

The description of the network configuration can be found on the CD-ROM.

Making the basic settings

You can now make the basic settings for Internet access using the user interface of the

Giga762SX WLAN dsl (page 42).

If you want to connect additional PCs to the Giga762SX WLAN dsl, please read the next

section.

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First steps

Connecting and configuring additional PCs (optional)

Once you have configured one PC as described above you can connect additional PCs to

the Giga762SX WLAN dsl. You will need an additional cable for each PC you want to con-

nect via cable. For the wireless connection of additional PCs, you will need a wireless

network adapter.

Wireless

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Install wireless network adapters in each other PC as described in the corresponding

user guide, making sure that the SSID of all wireless network components

(Giga762SX WLAN dsl and network adapters) is

identical

.

If you have not changed the SSID in the Basic Setup Wizard wizard or via WPS, the

default setting can be found at the label on the bottom of the device. Else you will

find the created SSID in the

Advanced Settings

of the user interface (see page 85).

You can see the preset pre-shared key at the label on the bottom of the device or also

via the user interface in the

Advanced Settings

menu (see page 88). You use this

information to manually configure PCs without WPS.

PCs with WPS can be connected wirelessly via WPS (see page 33 and page 87).

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If necessary, set up the network for each newly connected PC (page 35).

Wired

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Connect the network cards of each additional PC to a free LAN port (

LAN1

–

LAN4

)

on the Giga762SX WLAN dsl using an Ethernet cable.

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Make sure that the corresponding LAN LED on the front of your Giga762SX WLAN

dsl flashes.

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If necessary, set up the network for each newly connected PC (page 35).

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Reboot the additional PCs.

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The user interface

The user interface

You have connected a PC to the Giga762SX WLAN dsl and possibly made the settings in

the local area network. You can now configure the Giga762SX WLAN dsl using this PC

from the user interface of the Giga762SX WLAN dsl. We recommend for initial configu-

ration that you connect the PC in wired mode. As Internet browser we recommend

Microsoft Internet Explorer V 6.0 or higher, or Mozilla Firefox V 1.0 or higher.

Starting the user interface

To access the user interface of the Giga762SX WLAN dsl:

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Start your Internet browser.

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Enter the IP address of the Giga762SX WLAN dsl in the browser's address field:

http://sx762

or

The login screen appears:

For your security, the configuration program is protected with a pass-

word. The default password generally required is

admin

.

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Enter the password.

Note:

To start the configuration environment, you may need to deactivate the HTTP proxy

for your browser.

If you use Window Vista or Windows XP Service Pack 2, you will need to configure the

popup blocker.

You will find additional information on these two points on "Deactivating HTTP proxy

and configuring a pop-up blocker" on page 163.

If you use a firewall, it must allow connection to the Giga762SX WLAN dsl. For details,

refer to the user guide for your firewall. If necessary, deactivate the firewall while you

configure your Giga762SX WLAN dsl.