Technicolor - Thomson 545/570 manual First-time wireless client configuration

4 Wireless Connectivity

First-time wireless client configuration

For a successful association the wireless client must be correctly configured for:

•the default WEP encryption

•the default Network Name.

As the SpeedTouch™ broadcasts its SSID to the wireless clients, you can select the SpeedTouch™ wireless network (e.g. SpeedTouch012345) from a list of avail- able networks.

Depending on your wireless client a wireless icon may become green or a message similar to the following may pop up: “Successfully joined Wireless network SpeedTouch012345".

Note Some wireless clients do not automatically join a wireless network. If so, follow the instructions for the wireless client software to initiate association.

First-time association Below an example is provided, showing how the SpeedTouch™ wireless network is example presented towards an MS Windows XP system:

When clicking, the following window allows you to provide the WEP key (found on the identification label located on the bottom of your SpeedTouch™):

Clicking Connect triggers the actual association. A successful association will be notified as shown below:

Note For other Operating Systems the wireless client will in most cases be config- ured via dedicated client managers.

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