Chapter 3

Internet Connectivity Dial-In Clients

3.1 SpeedTouch™ Web Pages

Introduction

Starting an Internet session

As the SpeedTouch™ Web pages are controllable from any Operating System with an installed Web browser, the method to establish PPP sessions described later, can be used on any computer system.

For more information on Internet connection setup, refer to the provided Installation and Setup Guide.

Proceed as follows to start an Internet session:

1Open a Web browser on your computer and browse to the SpeedTouch™ Web pages (see “1.2.1 Access via the Web Interface” on page 7 for more information).

The SpeedTouch™ home page appears by default.

2Click Connect at the appropriate broadband connection.

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

The SpeedTouch™ embedded PPP dial-in client establishes the Internet connection.

3Browse the Web.

Monitoring your Internet connection

You can view and monitor your connection to the Internet as long as the session is running via:

The SpeedTouch™ System Information page: see “4.3.1 Information” on page 44.

The SpeedTouch™ Diagnostics task: see “4.4.1 Connectivity Check” on page 53.

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