Chapter 3

Internet Connectivity Dial-In Clients

3 Internet Connectivity Dial-In Clients

Introduction For setting up initial Internet connectivity, using the Home Install Wizard on the

Setup CD or the embedded Easy Setup, refer to the provided Installation and Setup

Guide.

Access methods Depending on the configuration of the SpeedTouch™ you may have: Direct access:

As soon as the initial configuration has been done, immediate and uninterrupted WAN access is provided.

In case of direct access, the remote organisation might ask for a user name and password on an Internet welcome page.

Dial-in access:

Access must be explicitly established, that is by “dialling” into a Broadband Remote Access Server (BRAS).

Depending on the SpeedTouch™ configuration, dial-in access is provided via the SpeedTouch™’s Routed PPPoA or Routed PPPoE packet services with embedded PPP client.

Connection protocols The applied connection protocol model depends on the service profile you selected to configure the SpeedTouch™ and should correspond with the Service Provider’s requirements. If your ISP provides PPPoE for instance, you should configure PPPoE.

More information on connection protocols can be found in the Internet Connection Configuration Guide.

Dial-in clients There are different ways of dialling in, depending on the operating system on your PC and your preferences.

Dial-in method:

 

can be used on

For more information,

 

 

following operating

see:

 

 

system:

 

 

 

 

 

Embedded PPP dial-in client:

 

 

 

 

 

Dial-in client on

 

MS Windows, Mac, unix,

“3.1 SpeedTouch™ Web

embedded pages

 

other

Pages”

 

 

 

 

MS Windows XP IGD

 

MS Windows XP

“3.2 IGD Control Agent”

Control Agent for UPnP

 

 

on page 39

 

 

 

Host PPP dial-in client for a SpeedTouch™ configured in pure bridging mode:

 

 

 

MS Windows XP

 

MS Windows XP

“3.3 MS Windows XP

Broadband connection

 

 

BroadBand Connection”

 

 

 

 

Mac OS X PPPoE dial-in

 

Mac OS X

“3.4 Mac OS X PPPoE

client

 

 

Dial-in Client”

 

 

 

 

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