THOMSON Speedtouch 600 Series, Orientation Manual

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2 SpeedTouch™610 Internet Connectivity
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2.1.2 Internet Sessions via the SpeedTouch™ Web
Pages (all OSs)
Starting a PPP session
To open a Routed PPP connection proceed as follows:
1 Open a web browser on your computer and browse to the SpeedTouch™610
web pages:
By default the SpeedTouch™610 offers you the System Information page.
2 In the Quick menu, click Connections to open the Connections page which
enables you to establish dial-in connections.
3 Click next to the connection entry you want to establish a connection with. As
a result the entry will be highlighted.
4 Enter your user name and password in the appropriate fields. If you want the
SpeedTouch™610 to remember your credentials, select Save this password.
5 Click Connect.
While the SpeedTouch™610 tries to start the session 'trying' appears in the State
column of the entry. Once the session is started successfully the field displays ‘up’.
From then on you are online and you can start your application or browse the
Internet.
Terminating an active
PPP session
To close an active Routed PPP connection:
1 Make sure you have access to the SpeedTouch™610 web pages.
2 On the Connections page, click next to the connection entry you want to close
the connection for.
3 Click Disconnect.
As a result the session state of the entry will change to ‘down’, i.e. it becomes idle.