Alcatel AST570, User Manual

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DSL service
Wireless networking
Wired networking
Accessing the AST570
1 Speed Touch Quick Guide
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1.2.1 What you Need
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) service must be enabled
on your telephone line.
As both Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) and ADSL service are
simultaneously available from the same copper pair you need a
central splitter or distributed filters for decoupling ADSL and
telephone signals.
Contact your SP for more information.
For WLAN connectivity:
The (portable) PCs, intended to be connected via the AST570
need a WLAN networking adapter (WLANNIC).
Each WLAN adapter must be:
Compliant to 802.11b Direct Sequence Spread
Spectrum (DSSS)
WECA WiFi certified to ensure smooth interoperability.
To use the Ethernet port you need at least:
One PC with an Ethernet 10BaseT PCNetwork Interface
Card (NIC) installed
For local networking, a 10BaseT hub and the necessary
connection cables.
For local configuration via HTTP/HTML, you need:
A TCP/IP protocol suite
A Web browser.