TCP Accelerator for Thuraya IP

ManualVersion 1.1 March 2010

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• SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 2

• INSTALLATION STEPS FOR WINDOWS XP 3

• INSTALLATION STEPS FOR WINDOWS VISTA / WINDOWS 7 10

• GENERAL USAGE 19

CONTENTS

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The following system requirements need to be ensured:

• AnIntelcompatiblePCwithanIntelPentiumIIICPUrunningat1GHz

clockspeedorhigher

• Alternativelyani686compatibleCPUfromothervendorswithequal

performancetotheabovespecification

• Harddiskwithatleast1GBoffreespace

• WindowsXPwithservicepack3orWindowsVista/Windows732

Bitedition

• Ethernetcard

• ThurayaIPterminal

SYSTEMREQUIREMENTS

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• Locatethefilecalled“tcpa_2.6.11_thurayaIP.exe”anddoubleclickonit.

Thiswillstarttheinstallationprocess(Administratormode)

• Thewelcomemessagewillappearonthescreen.Pleaseclick“Next”to

proceedwiththeinstallation

INSTALLATIONSTEPS FORWINDOWS XP

Thefollowingstepsneedtobedoneforasuccesfullinstallationunderthe

operatingsystemWindowsXP:

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• You may select the destination folder to install the client or use the

defaultpath.Click“Next”onceconfirmed

INSTALLATIONSTEPS FORWINDOWS XP

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• TheProgramManagerGroupwillbehighlighted,click“Next”tocontinue

INSTALLATIONSTEPS FORWINDOWS XP

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• Click“Next”toconfirmandproceedwiththeinstallation

INSTALLATIONSTEPS FORWINDOWS XP

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INSTALLATIONSTEPS FORWINDOWS XP

• In order to use the “transparent mode”,aspecialdriverhastobeinstalled

onthesystem.Awarningwillappearwithanotificationthatthedriveris

notverifiedbyWindows.Youmaycontinuebyclicking“Continue anyway”.

ThisdriverwastestedandverifiedbyThuraya

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INSTALLATIONSTEPS FORWINDOWS XP

• Whenthemessagebelowappears,click“Finish”tocomplete

the installation

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INSTALLATIONSTEPS FORWINDOWS XP

• Finally,youcanfindtheinstalledapplicationinthestartmenu

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INSTALLATIONSTEPS FORWINDOWS VISTA /WINDOWS 7

• Locatethefilecalled“tcpa_2.6.11_thurayaIP.exe”.Rightclickonitand

choose “Run as administrator”fromthecontextmenu.Thiswillstart

theinstallationprocess.

Thefollowingstepsneedtobedoneforasuccessfulinstallationunder

theoperatingsystemsWindowsVISTA/Windows7:

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• Thewelcomemessagewillappearonthescreen.Please

click “Next”toproceedwiththeinstallation

INSTALLATIONSTEPS FORWINDOWS VISTA /WINDOWS 7

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• You may select the destination folder to install the client or

usethedefaultpath.Click“Next”onceconfirmed

INSTALLATIONSTEPS FORWINDOWS VISTA /WINDOWS 7

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• TheProgramManagerGroupwillbehighlighted.Click

“Next”tocontinue

INSTALLATIONSTEPS FORWINDOWS VISTA /WINDOWS 7

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• Click“Next”toconfirmandproceedwiththeinstallation

INSTALLATIONSTEPS FORWINDOWS VISTA /WINDOWS 7

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• Awarningwillappearwithanotificationthatthedriverisnot

verifiedbyWindows.Youmaycontinuebyclicking“Install

this driver software anyway”.Thisdriverwastestedand

verifiedbyThuraya

INSTALLATIONSTEPS FORWINDOWS VISTA /WINDOWS 7

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• Whenthemessagebelowappearsclick“Finish”tocomplete

the installation

INSTALLATIONSTEPS FORWINDOWS VISTA /WINDOWS 7

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• Finally,youcanfindtheinstalledapplicationinthestartmenu

INSTALLATIONSTEPS FORWINDOWS VISTA /WINDOWS 7

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• Aftertheinitialattempttostarttheclient,youmightbe

promptedbyWindowsfirewallaskingyouifyouwouldlike

to unblock the client. Please click on “Unblock”

INSTALLATIONSTEPS FORWINDOWS VISTA /WINDOWS 7

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GENERAL USAGE

Afterthecompletionoftheinstallationprocess,theuserhasthechoiceof

eitherusingtheclientinproxymodeorinatransparentmodewhichdoes

notrequireanyfurtheruserinput.

Proxymode:

• Gototheproxysettingsinyourbrowserandconfigurelocalhost:8080

astheproxy

• Locatetheclientinthestartmenuandstartitbyclickingonit

Transparentmode:

• Locatetheclientinthestartmenu,doa“rightclick”onitandselect

“runasadministrator”

Onasuccessfulstart,abluetrayiconwillbedisplayed.

Tostoptheapplicationrightclickonthetrayiconandchoose“Exit”.

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