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Chapter 3 – Connect to the Internet
The IPWireless PC Software is used in conjunction with your IPWireless Broadband
Modem to connect to the Internet. This section describes how the IPWireless PC
Software is used to initiate the connection, and also how it may be used to download
software upgrades for your IPWireless Broadband Modem and IPWireless PC Software
from the IPWireless web site.
To start the IPWireless PC Software, go to your desktop and double click on the icon
labeled
‘IPWireless 3G Modem Dialler’
, as shown below, Fig 10.
Figure 10
The main screen has three tabs that display associated screens when you click on them.
These tabs are described in more detail below. The main screen also has a Connect
and Disconnect button which are used to initiate and terminate the connection to the
Internet. These buttons also indicate the state of the connection since if, for example,
the connection is currently inactive, the Disconnect button will be greyed out and the
Connect button will be active. These buttons are available regardless of which tab is
currently visible. The other main feature of the main screen is the status bar, located
below the modem picture. The status bar provides useful information concerning the
status of the Internet connection, and other error or warning messages.
Network Tab
- The Network tab shown in Figure 10 displays three main groups;
