User manual BT VOYAGER 2500V GETTING STARTED

[. . . ] Bringing it all together Up and Running Your complete guide to getting started with BT Total Broadband and BT Broadband Talk Please keep a note of your BT Total Broadband and Talk details. When signing in at http://bt. yahoo. com, please make sure you add `@btinternet. com' after your username. Email address (username): @btinternet. com Password: Bringing it all together You'll need these when installing your BT Total Broadband service. Offices worldwide The telecommunications services described in this publication are subject to availability and may be modified from time to time. [. . . ] You'll be charged accordingly on a quarterly BT Broadband Talk bill for any calls made outside these times or to excluded numbers (mobile, premium rate or international). More information and help For more detail, including information on your Broadband Talk bill and what it will look like, or if you have any problems or questions about your Broadband Talk service, please go to www. bt. com/broadbandtalk or call the Helpdesk on 0845 600 7030. If you prefer to email your question(s), please email us at: broadbandtalk@bt. com Please note: Terms & Conditions, including charges for calls, apply. 1 Step 8 Learn about BT Openzone BT Openzone offers, easy-to-use wireless broadband internet access when you're out and about, you can use BT Openzone at thousands of hotspots (such as railway stations and coffee shops) in the UK. If a BT Openzone offer is included with your BT Total Broadband option we'll send an email to your BT Yahoo!Mail address within two weeks of your broadband activation with all the information you need to get your FREE BT Openzone voucher. For more details on your BT Total Broadband package see www. bt. com/btbroadband Getting started ­ simple steps Means Local and National calls. Excludes non-geographic numbers (0845-, 0870-) premium rate services, calls to the internet, mobiles and the Channel Islands. Step 7 BT Softphone BT Softphone transforms your Windows PC or MAC into a phone, letting you use your BT Broadband Talk account from any compatible PC with a headset. BT Softphone keeps you in contact with your friends and family by making and receiving phone calls online, but also offers much more than just phone calls. With BT Softphone, you can use webcams so people calling can see each other, have three-way conference calls and chat with instant messaging. You can also build a list of your contacts' details and see when your contacts are online. For more information and to download BT Softphone, please go to www. bt. com/btsoftphone 16 17 More about your BT Voyager 2500V Accessing the BT Voyager 2500V configuration manager (advanced users only) The router and its settings are pre-configured for full functionality and do not need to be adjusted for general use. To access the router configuration manager click on the `Router Manager' icon on your computer desktop. Alternatively open your browser and type http://voyager. home into the address bar. To access the advanced configuration settings, you'll need to enter the username and password for the configuration manager. `admin' is both the default username and password, although you can change this to your own choice. Failure to remember any revisions will make it necessary to reset the router, returning it to its default settings. More about your BT Voyager 2500V Lights, settings, additional devices, wireless and gaming What do the various lights on the front of my BT Voyager 2500V mean? Your router has been pre-configured with a broadband username. This username allows the router to connect to the BT Total Broadband network. For your reference, the username is voyager2500v. user@btbroadband. com. The lights ­ when flashing, illuminated or off mean: · power (illuminated green when the router is receiving power from the mains socket, illuminated red during a reset) · phone line (illuminated when fallback telephone call is being made) · DSL (flashes when synchronising, illuminated when a DSL connection made) · Ethernet (illuminated when an Ethernet connection is made, flashes when data is passing) · USB (illuminated when a USB connection is made, flashes when data is passing) · 1 (illuminated when a Broadband Talk call is being made) · 2 (not used) · BBV (flashes when establishing the Broadband Talk service, illuminated when the Broadband Talk service is activated) Resetting the BT Voyager 2500V (advanced users only) To return the router to its factory setting, you need to press and hold the reset button on the router's back panel for ten seconds. The power light will show red to indicate resetting is in progress. The reset process may take several minutes, after which the power light will turn green. The unit should now be reset and ready for normal use. Connecting additional devices or computers to your BT Voyager 2500V To connect a second computer to your BT Voyager 2500V, simply insert the installation CD-ROM into the additional computer and, when prompted, choose the option for connecting a second PC. 18 19 To change the way you have connected your computer to the router, e. g. [. . . ] yourusername@btinternet. com Email application (email program) An email program that allows you to read and write emails, such as Outlook Express. Ethernet A type of networking technology that links computers in local area networks. Special cables carry signals between the computers. Firewall A security system that is designed to restrict access to a computer, or network of computers, from the internet. Homepage The main page of a web site with links to other pages or sections. [. . . ]