Alcatel SPEED TOUCH 710, User Manual

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Introduction
'Authentication' box
Guest" credentials
Memorizing credentials
10 Configuration and Use - PPP & IP Routing
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10.4.2 Security Related Configurations
In most cases you will have a user account with username and
password to identify and authenticate yourself.
Via the
'Authentication ' box in the 'PPP Configuration' page, you
can fill out your credentials for permanent storage.
Following figure shows the 'Authentication' box:
Per default, the user account guest" is assumed (Both user name
and password are 'guest' ).
If your SP has a guest account, you are able to open a session
without having an actual subscription.
The AST710 is able to memorize username and password per PPP
connection; fill out both and click .
The next time you establish this PPP connection, the information is
retrieved from permanent storage.
Note : Leaving the entries blank, forces users to identify and authenticate
themselves each time the session is opened.