Hughes 9201 BGAN Terminal User's Guide 2.2 - GMPCS Personal ...

OPENING A DEDICATED STREAMING CONNECTIONTo open a dedicated streaming connection:1. Click on the Dedicated connection icon that you want to open. The following dialog boxdisplays:2. Click on OK to continue. This opens a dedicated connection alongside your current primaryconnection. You can open as many dedicated connections as you require, in this way. Butthe total number of primary and dedicated data connections open on the terminal cannotexceed 11.CLOSING A DATA CONNECTIONTo close a data connection, do any of the following:• Click on the connection in the Data Connections tab. The connection icon loses its outline,indicating that the connection is closed.• In the Data Connections tab, click on the View all data connections in terminal button todisplay the BGAN Connections window. You can then click on Disconnect to close theappropriate connection.• In the LaunchPad main menu, select BGAN Services > Close All Data Connections. The Closeall satellite connections dialog box displays, where you have the option to select Close AllMy Data Connections or Close all Data Connections for All Users.Note: If you are sharing the BGAN Terminal, clicking on Close All Data Connections for AllUsers closes the connections of other Terminal users.SET UP OR EDIT A VPN CONNECTIONA VPN connection differs from other data connections in that only the VPN connection can beopen when a VPN application is running. LaunchPad closes all other functionality related to theTerminal while a VPN connection is open and a VPN application is running. For this reason, youmust carefully select when to open a VPN connection, so that other operations are notaffected.To configure a VPN icon and VPN icon name, and launch an application with the VPN icon:1. Click on the Data icon in the launch bar to display the Data Connections tab.2. Click on Advanced to display the Connection Configuration window.3. Click on Add New Connection to display the connection configuration screen.4. Select Create new VPN IP Data Connection and click OK.Hughes 9201 BGAN Terminal User's Guide 2.2 51