Technicolor - Thomson 545/570 manual Connect to the Internet via a Host PPPoE Dial- in Client

2 SpeedTouch™ Internet Connectivity

2.2Connect to the Internet via a Host PPPoE Dial- in Client

Introduction

BroadBand dial-in clients

This section explains how you can connect to the Internet using a Broadband PPPoE dial-in application. The PPP over Ethernet connection scenario provides PPP-like dial-in behavior over the virtual Ethernet segment.

To be able to use a broadband dial-in application on your computer for connecting to the Internet, the SpeedTouch™ needs to be configured for Bridged Ethernet or Routed PPPoE (with PPPoE relay) via the SpeedTouch™ Setup wizard or the embedded Easy Setup.

To connect to the Internet you can use:

•An MS Windows XP broadband dial-in client.

See “2.2.1 Using an MS Windows XP BroadBand Connection.” on page 30 for more information.

•A Mac OS X broadband dial-in client.

See “2.2.2 Using the Mac OS X PPPoE Dial-in Client” on page 34 for more infor- mation.

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•A broadband PPPoE dial-in client provided by your Service Provider to connect to the Internet

Note Upon availability of OS-specific PPPoE dial-in client applications, the latter method is Operating System independent.

For PPPoE session connectivity from a Mac OS 8.6/9.x system, a host PPPoE dial-in application is mandatory.

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