Iridium A Xcesspoint C Onnect O Verview; Direct I Nternet; Windows O S S Upport - Iridium AxcessPoint User Manual

1. Iridium A xcessPoint C onnect O verview
Iridium o ffers a s uite o f W i-­‐Fi s olutions t o c onnect t o t he I ridium n etwork. T his s uite i ncludes I ridium
AxcessPoint, I ridium A xcessPoint M ail & W eb a nd I ridium A xcessPoint C onnect. I ridium A xcessPoint C onnect i s
a c ustomized a pplication p owered b y C onnectify t hat t urns y our l aptop i nto a W i-­‐Fi h otspot w hen u sed w ith
your I ridium s atellite p hone. T hrough t he W i-­‐Fi h otspot, y ou c an a ccess t he I ridium n etwork w ith y our
smartphones a nd t ablets f or e mail m essaging a nd b rowsing t he I nternet. T he c onnection t hat i s p rovided i s
narrowband a nd i s p rimarily s uited f or e mail m essaging. D o n ot a ttempt u se a pplications t hat a re d esigned f or
high-­‐speed t errestrial n etworks l ike m usic o r v ideo w hile o n t his c onnection. U sage i s b illed p er m inute b ased
on s tandard a irtime r ates.
Iridium A xcessPoint C onnect u ses D irect I nternet 3 .0 s oftware t o c onnect t o t he I nternet t hrough t he I ridium
network. Y ou m ust h ave D irect I nternet 3 .0 i nstalled o n y our l aptop, o therwise I ridium A xcessPoint C onnect
will n ot i nstall c orrectly.
2. Direct I nternet
You w ill n eed t o h ave D irect I nternet 3 .0 i nstalled o n y our l aptop f irst b efore i nstalling I ridium A xcessPoint
Connect. I f y ou d o n ot h ave D irect I nternet 3 .0 i nstalled o n y our l aptop, y ou c an f ind i t h ere:
h ttp://www.iridium.com/support/library/FirmwareSoftwareUpdates.aspx.
Direct I nternet 3 .0 i s s ubject t o t he U .S. E xport A dministrative R egulations. Y ou m ust a gree t o t he t erms a nd
conditions l isted b elow b efore y ou c an d ownload a nd i nstall D irect I nternet 3 .0. A f ull v ersion o f t he E nd U ser
License A greement a nd t erms a nd c onditions c an b e f ound a t i n S ection 1 1 o f t his U ser M anual.
Windows O S S upport
3.
Iridium A xcessPoint C onnect s upports t he f ollowing W indows O S:
• Windows 7 ( 32/64 b it)
• Windows V ista ( 32/64 b it)
• Windows X P ( 32 b it)
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