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3.1

SpeedTouch™ Web Pages

Introduction

As the SpeedTouch™ web pages are controllable from any Operating System with an

installed web browser, the method to establish PPP sessions described below you

can use on any computer system.

For more information on Internet connection setup, see the provided Installation and

Setup Guide.

Starting an Internet

session

Proceed as follows:

1

Open a web browser on your computer and browse to the SpeedTouch™ web

pages (see

“1.3.1 Access via the Web Interface” on page 10

for more

information):

By default the SpeedTouch™ shows you the

Home

page.

2

Click

Connect

at the appropriate broadband connection.

You might be requested to enter your user name and password.

As a result SpeedTouch™’s embedded PPP dial-in client establishes the Internet

connection.

3

Now you can surf the Internet.

Monitoring your

Internet connection

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 42

.

±

The SpeedTouch™ Diagnostics task: see

“4.4.1 Connectivity Check” on

page 51

.

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Terminating an Internet

session

To close an active PPP connection:

1

Go to the SpeedTouch™ Home page.

2

Click

Disconnect

at the appropriate broadband connection.

As a result the SpeedTouch™’s embedded PPP dial-in client will close the Internet

connection. The Internet Link status will change to

Disconnected

and your PC is off-

line.

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3.2

IGD Control Agent

Introduction

MS Windows XP users can easily establish PPP sessions, thanks to MS Windows

XP’s Internet Gateway Device (IGD) Discovery and Control Client that allows you to

control the SpeedTouch™ directly from you PC.

Preconditions

Following conditions must be met:

±

Following subcomponents of Windows XP’s Networking Services must be

added to your Windows XP system:

±

UPnP™ (see

“ SpeedTouch™ not detected by UPnP™ or IGD Control Client”

on page 91

).

±

IGD Discovery and Control Client (see

“ Adding IGD Discovery and

Control” on page 92

).

±

UPnP™ must be enabled on your SpeedTouch™. To enable UPnP, see

“4.5.2 Game & Application Sharing” on page 57

.

Starting an Internet

session

Proceed as follows:

1

In the Windows task bar, click

Start

.

2

Select

(Settings >) Control Panel

.

3

The

Control Panel

window appears. Go to

(Network and Internet Connections

>)

Network Connections

.

4

The

Network Connections

window appears:

You will find an

Internet Gateway

icon, representing the SpeedTouch™ IGD

Internet connection ability.

5

Double-click the

Internet Connection

icon.

As a result the SpeedTouch™’s embedded PPP dial-in client establishes the

Internet connection. The

Internet Gateway

icon displays

connected

and your

PC is online.

6

You can open a web browser and surf the Internet.

The IGD control client only allows to connect or to disconnect a fully

configured connection.

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Internet connection

status

As long as the SpeedTouch™’s embedded PPP dial-in client is connected, you are able

to overview the connection status and some counters by double-clicking the

Internet

Connection

icon in your PC’s

Network Connections

window:

Terminating an Internet

session

Proceed as follows:

1

In the Windows task bar, click

Start

.

2

Select

(Settings >) Control Panel > (Network and Internet Connections >)

Network Connections

.

3

In the

Network Connections

window, right-click the

Internet Connection

icon

and select

Disconnect to close the session

.

4

As a result the SpeedTouch™’s embedded PPP dial-in client will close the

Internet connection. The

Internet Gateway

icon displays

Disconnected

and

your computers are off-line.

You can also double-click the icon. Then the

Internet Connection

Status

window will appear on which a

Disconnect

button is available

to close the session.

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3.3

MS Windows XP BroadBand Connection

Prerequisites

To be able to use the MS Windows XP BroadBand Connection, your SpeedTouch™

must be configured for either:

±

Bridging, or

±

PPPoE Relay

Configuring a

broadband connection

Proceed as follows:

1

On the

Start

menu, click

(Settings >) Control Panel

.

2

The

Control Panel

window appears. Go to

(Network and Internet Connections

>) Network Connections

.

3

In the

Network Tasks

menu, click

Create a new connection

.

The

New Connection

Wizard appears:

Click

4

Select

Connect to the Internet

and click

5

Select

Set up my connection manually

and click

6

Select

Connect using a broadband connection that requires a user name and

password

and click

7

Give a name to the connection you are creating, for example YourISP:

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