Technicolor - Thomson 605 User Manual

Internet Connectivity Dial-In Clients

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3.2 IGD Control Agent

Introduction

MS Windows XP users can easily establish PPP sessions, thanks to MS Windows 
XP’s Internet Gateway Device (IGD) Discovery and Control Client that allows you to 
control the SpeedTouch™ directly from you PC.

Preconditions

Following conditions must be met:

Following subcomponents of Windows XP’s Networking Services must be 
added to your Windows XP system:

UPnP™ (see 

IGD Discovery and Control Client (see 

).

UPnP™ must be enabled on your SpeedTouch™. To enable UPnP, see 

.

Starting an Internet

session

Proceed as follows:

In the Windows task bar, click Start.

Select (Settings >) Control Panel.

The Control Panel window appears. Go to (Network and Internet Connections 
>)

 Network Connections.

The Network Connections window appears:

You will find an Internet Gateway icon, representing the SpeedTouch™ IGD 
Internet connection ability.

Double-click the Internet Connection icon.
As a result the SpeedTouch™’s embedded PPP dial-in client establishes the 
Internet connection. The Internet Gateway icon displays connected and your 
PC is online.

You can open a web browser and surf the Internet.

The IGD control client only allows to connect or to disconnect a fully 
configured connection.