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Wireless Broadband Minimum System Requirements

Following are the minimum recommended system requirements to enjoy BigPond Wireless Broadband.

Also, we highly recommend you protect your system and vital data with anti-virus and firewall software.

PC/Notebook users Macintosh
Processor Pentium 600MHz or equivalent (1GHz or
above strongly recommended)
PowerPC G4/G5: iMac, iBook, Power Mac, PowerBook, Mac Mini

Intel (x86/32-bit): iMac, MacBook, Mac Mini
Operating System Windows Vista* (SP1, x86/32-bit & x64/64-bit), XP* (SP1, SP2 & XP Media Centre Editions, x86/32-bit) and 2000* (SP4) Mac OS X v10.3.9, 10.4 & 10.5
(Leopard)
Memory 128 MB RAM (Windows 2000)
256 MB RAM (Windows XP/Vista)
256 MB RAM
Hard Drive 150 MB free space 150 MB free space
Disk Drive CD or DVD Drive CD or DVD Drive
Internet Browser Internet Explorer version 5.5 + Internet Explorer version 5.5 + or Safari 1.2 +
Network Device 7.2 Mobile Card: PC Card (PCMCIA) slot** or ExpressCard/34 slot
Mobile Card: PC Card (PCMCIA) slot**
7.2 USB Mobile Card and Standard Modem: USB port
7.2 Home Network Gateway:Built-in Intel® Centrino® (Wi-Fi connection) or Ethernet Port (Wired connection)
7.2 Mobile Card: PC Card (PCMCIA) slot** or ExpressCard/34 slot
Mobile Card: PC Card (PCMCIA) slot**
7.2 USB Mobile Card and Standard Modem: USB port
7.2 Home Network Gateway:Built-in Mac AirPort (Wi-Fi connection) or Ethernet Port (Wired connection)
Display SVGA display 800x600x256 colours + SVGA display 800x600x256 colours +


Notes:
Depending on configuration, performance will vary.
* Server editions of Windows 2000 and XP are not supported.
** Extended Type II PCMCIA complaint (3.3V).

Bigpond Wireless Broadband Technical Support Services
Hardware Any PC or Macintosh that meets the minimum system requirements above.
Any BigPond-branded Wireless Broadband Device
Operating System All Operating Systems that meet the minimum system requirements above
Software Internet Explorer 5.5 - 7.0
Safari 1.2
Outlook Express 5.5 - 6.0
Windows Mail
MS Outlook
Wireless Broadband Connection Manager
Wireless Broadband Connection Client
Not Supported PCs in a LAN or sharing environment. (This includes PCs that have 2 network cards installed but are not currently connected to a network. Please place your PC into a stand-alone single state before you call the Helpdesk).

Any server version of MS Windows or MAC OS.

HTML programming, Domain Names, Editing registry settings.

Hardware such as Routers, Proxy Servers and Hubs.

Servers such as Web Servers, Mail Servers, FTP Servers.

Linux, Unix, FTP Software, Netscape, Opera, MS FrontPage & MS FrontPage Express.

Computer systems outside our support boundaries

BigPond Technical Support covers only the modems, hardware and software we specify in our Self-Install Kits. In order to provide comprehensive support to BigPond Members, it's essential we focus on the most popular hardware and software compatible with our broadband products.

BigPond Premium Support is provided by our Premium Support Partner Gizmo and offers a far wider scope of support for problems with home network configurations, network devices, operating systems and software. Plus they offer a 'no fix, no fee' guarantee for your peace of mind.

You can learn more about BigPond Premium Support here.

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