Administration And Status Information; Connecting To The Internet Manually - Siemens gigaset SE551 Owner's Manual

Administration and status information

The Gigaset SE551 WLAN dsl/cable user interface includes several helpful functions for
administration. You can
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open an Internet connection manually (see below),
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select regional options (see page 118),
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change the system password (see page 119),
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set up remote management (see page 120),
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save, and if necessary restore, configuration data (see page 122),
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reset the Gigaset SE551 WLAN dsl/cable to the factory settings (see page 123),
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reboot the device (see page 123),
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update the firmware (see page 124),
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make the settings for the system protocol (see page 125),
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view information about the configuration and status of the Gigaset SE551 WLAN
dsl/cable (see page 126).

Connecting to the Internet manually

You can connect to the
Auto Connect when configuring Internet access, then Internet applications (such
as your browser or e-mail application) will not automatically open a connection when
they are launched. In this case, you will have to open the connection manually when it
is required and also close it again when you are finished with it.
To open or close an Internet connection manually:
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Open the Gigaset SE551 WLAN dsl/cable start screen as described on page 51.
If you have already started the configuration environment, click on the start screen
tab at the top left of the window.
If you have not yet started the configuration environment, start it now and log on.
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Click on Connect to open a connection to the Internet.
Administration and status information
Internet manually. If, for example, you deactivated the function
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