User guide

AirCard 402 Modem - User Guide
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2. InthePreferenceswindow,clickUpdate.
3. Select
Check for Updates,andthenselecthowoftenWatcher
shouldcheckforupdates.
Additional features of the modem
BeyondthefeaturesoftheCDMAnetwork,themodem
providesadditionalsoftwa refeatures:
• PINsecuritycodetoprotectyourmodemandaccount
fromunauthorizeduse.
• AwizardtoassistwithactivatingyourCDMAaccount.
Package contents
Yourpackagecontainsthefoll owingitems:
• AirCard 4 02modem
• QuickStartGuide
Toinstallthemodemdriversandsoftware,youdonotneedan
installationCD.YourmodemusestheSierraWireless
TRU‐Installfeature.Thedriversandsoftwareareinstalled
whenyouinsertthemodemintoyourcomputerandgo
through
thesoftwareinstal lation;aninstallationCDisnot
required.
System components
Yourmodemisjustonepartofasystemdesignedtoprovide
youwithawiderangeofcommunicationfeatures.Every
componentofthesystemisneededtoenablethesecapabilities.
Your host computing device
Yournotebookordesktopcomputerhoststhemodem
hardwareand runsthecommunicationsoftware:yourweb
browserore‐mailapplication,andWatcher—theenabling
softwareforthemodem.
Youmayalsohaveothersoftwareonyourcomputerthatcan
beusedwirelesslywiththemodem,suchas:filetransferappli‐
cations
(FTP),chatorinstantmessaging,aVPN(Virtual
PrivateNetwork)client,clientsoftwareforacorporateserver
application.