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Technicolor - Thomson 585 manual Assign Public IP, Assigning the public IP address to a device

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Chapter 4

SpeedTouch™ Web Interface

4.6.3 Assign Public IP

Introduction On this page you can assign the public IP address of your Internet Connection(s) to a specific device on your local network. You might want to do this if:

You do not want to use the Network Address Translation engine of your

SpeedTouch™.

This device is running server applications (Web server,...) and you want it to be accessible from the Internet.

You can also achieve this by creating a port mapping for the specified server, as described in “4.5.2 Game & Application Sharing” on page 58.

This device has to be considered as the unique access point to your local network (DMZ).

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Be aware that the device to which you assign the public IP address will lose

all security offered by the SpeedTouch™.

Assigning the public IP address to a device

Proceed as follows:

1In the Home Network menu, click Devices.

2In the Pick a task list, click Assign the public IP address of a connection to a device.

3Click the Edit link of your Internet connection.

4In the Device list, select the device you want to assign the public address to.

5Click Apply.

The SpeedTouch™ prompts you to make some adjustments as a result of the new configuration.

6Click OK.

7Release and renew the IP address of the device.

For more information, see your operating system’s user guide or help.

8If necessary, reassign server applications to this device.

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585 specifications

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