Technicolor - Thomson 585 v7, TG576 v7

E-DOC-CTC-20080118-0003v1.0

2 Thomson Gateway Basics

Contents

Main Page Page Page Page Contents About this Setup and User Guide About this Setup and User Guide Used Symbols Terminology Typographical Conventions Documentation and software updates Page Page 1.1 Preliminary Steps DSL service Computer requirements Internet connection details Voice over IP (VoIP) connection details 1.2 Placing your Thomson Gateway Possibilities Wall mount 1.3 Installing your Thomson Gateway Installation methods Guided Installation Manual Installation 1.3.1 Guided Installation Connecting devices: wait! In case of problems Starting the wizard CD menu 1.3.2 Manual Installation Connect the cables Configure the Thomson Gateway Page Page 2.1 Thomson Gateway LED Behaviour Status LEDs Indicator Description Name Colour State Page 2.2 Thomson Gateway Web Interface Components Menu Language Bar Label Description Navigation Bar Notification Area Content pane Task s 2.3 Backing Up/Restoring your Configuration Backing up your configuration Restoring your configuration Page Page 3.1 Adding a Computer to your Network Guided Installation Manual Installation 3.1.1 Connecting a computer using Wireless Before you start Where can I find the SSID? Where can I find the encryption? Forgot your wireless settings? 3.1.2 Connecting a computer using Ethernet Requirements Page 4.1 Universal Plug and Play Supported Operating Systems UPnP and the Thomson Gateway 4.1.1 Accessing Your Thomson Gateway with UPnP Windows Vista Windows XP 4.1.2 Managing your Internet connection with UPnP Windows Vista Windows XP Page 4.1.3 Configuring UPnP on the Thomson Gateway Enable/Disable UPnP Extended Security Enabling Extended Security 4.1.4 Installing UPnP on Windows XP Adding UPnP Adding IGD Discovery and Control 4.2 Assigning a service (HTTP, FTP,...) to a computer Problem Solution UPnP Assign a game or application to a local networking device 4.3 Dynamic DNS What you need Page Page 5.1 Encryption Encryption methods Configuring the wireless encryption 5.1.1 Configuring WEP Encryption 5.1.2 Configuring WPA-PSK Encryption 5.2 Access Control What is access control? Drawbacks How can I configure this on the Thomson Gateway? New stations are allowed (automatically) New stations are not allowed Search for wireless devices task Registering Clients via the Association Button 5.3 Disabling SSID Broadcast What does this mean? Security Page 6.1 Firewall Changing the security level Creating a new security level 6.2 Web site Filtering Strategies Enable Web site filtering and specify a default action Configure the exceptions 6.2.1 Denying access to a specific Web site Use cases 6.2.2 Allowing access to a specific Web site Use cases Page 6.2.4 Redirecting all Web sites Page Topics 7.1 Setup wizard Troubleshooting The Setup CD does not start automatically Your Thomson Gateway has not been found 7.2 General Thomson Gateway Troubleshooting Thomson Gateway does not work Thomson Gateway unreachable Poor Thomson Gateway performance Page 7.2.2 Wireless Connection Troubleshooting Not Able to Connect Wireless Clients No Wireless Connectivity Poor Wireless Connectivity or Range Change the wireless channel 7.3 Reset to Factory Defaults Resetting your Thomson Gateway Warning Methods Software Reset Hardware Reset