Thomson ST546 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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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 89

).

±

IGD Discovery and Control Client (see

“ Adding IGD Discovery and

Control” on page 90

).

±

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

“4.5.2 Game & Application Sharing” on page 55

.

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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8

Select whether the connection will be available to any user or only to yourself:

9

Fill in the Internet account information. This information should be provided by

your service provider:

10

At the end of the configuration the following window appears:

Click

Finish

to complete the configuration.

The Connect

YourISP

window (see below) appears.

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Starting a broadband

Internet session

Proceed as follows:

1

On the

Start

menu, point

Connect To

and click the name of the connection

you’ve created, for example YourISP.

2

The

Connect YourISP

window appears:

3

If requested, enter user name and password for your user account at the

Service Provider.

4

Click

Connect

.

5

As soon as the connection is established, the

Connection

message box and

Dialup

window are minimised into an icon in the notification area:

6

You can open your web browser and surf the Internet.

If you are using the

Classic Start

menu click

Start > Settings >

Network (and Dial-up) connections > YourISP

.

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