Bridge Ports; Your Computer; Using Bridging - Alcatel speed touch home Advanced User's Manual

6.4.2

Bridge Ports

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6.4.3

Your Computer

6.5

Using Bridging

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The Speed Touch Home comes with one preconfigured Bridge
port, i.e. Br1 by default. As this port is put in Forwarding state,
frames can be transmitted and received without any configuration
action.
If connectivity with multiple remote destinations is required
additional ports (up to four) must be configured and put in
Forwarding state. If not, leave the configuration as is, to conserve
ADSL upstream bandwidth.
The STHome's Internal settings can be changed via the local web
pages (e.g. configuring additional ports).
For more, please read Chapter 12.
Bridging, does not impose specific requirements to your PC's
networking protocol layers.
i.e. It operates seamlessly with TCP/IP , IPX/SPX and Appletalk to
name but a few examples. Just make sure that these are properly
installed and configured. Your network administrator or ISP may
be able to provide you with the necessary instructions.
For the TCP/IP protocol, your ISP or corporate network
administrator will assign you an IP address or instruct you to
enable DHCP for automatic IP address configuration. See section
9.4.3 for instructions on setting up your PC's IP parameters.
From this point on, using Bridging is rather straight forward. Turn
on both your STHome and PC, start your Web browser and you
are on the Internet.
This form of remote network access is sometimes referred to as
Always on". No connection must be established prior to
connectivity.
However, the remote organization might present you with a
welcome screen asking for a User Name and Password prior to
granting access to secured servers or the Internet.
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