Setup and User Guide
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Thomson TG784
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Contents
Getting the Most Out of Your Thomson Gateway
About this Setup and User Guide
Used Symbols Terminology
Documentation and software updates
Typographical Conventions
About this Setup and User Guide
Installation
Introduction
Preliminary Steps
Computer requirements
Internet connection details
Voice over IP VoIP connection details
Installing your Thomson Gateway
Installation methods
Guided Installation
Manual Installation
Guided Installation
Connecting devices wait
Case of problems
Starting the wizard
CD menu
Manual Installation
Procedure
Configure the Thomson Gateway
Click Setup my Thomson Gateway
Thomson Gateway Basics
This chapter
Content
Thomson Gateway LED Behaviour
Power LED
Wireless LED
Status LEDs
Ethernet LED
Internet LED
Broadband LED
Phone LED
WPS Button LED
WPS LED
Ethernet LEDs
LED Status Description
Thomson Gateway Web Interface
Accessing the Thomson Gateway Web Interface
Requirements
Components
Menu
Login section
Content pane
Language bar
Location bar
Backing up your configuration
Backing Up/Restoring your Configuration
Restoring your configuration
Adding a New Computer to your Network
Connecting a Computer Using the Ethernet Cable
Ethernet cable
Wireless
WPS button LED is solid green
Connecting Your Wireless Client via WPS
WPS button LED is blinking red
Troubleshooting
Connecting Your Wireless Client without WPS
Where can I find the SSID?
Where can I find the encryption?
Forgot your wireless settings?
Securing Your Wireless Connection
Configuring the wireless encryption
Encryption methods
WPA-PSK versions
Wireless
Configuring WPA-PSK Encryption
Select Use WPA-PSK Encryption
Configuring WEP Encryption
Select Use WEP Encryption
Old solution
Thomson solution
Telephony
Voice over IP VoIP
Connecting a Regular Phone to Your Thomson Gateway
Installing the Thomson Dect USB Adapter
Connecting a Dect Phone to Your Thomson Gateway
Select Register Handset and press OK
Configuring the Telephony Service
Configure the Telephony Service
Enable the Telephony Service
Assign Phone Numbers
Using Multiple Identities
Select Service Enabled
Verifying Telephone Connectivity
Multiple Identities
Accessing the Address Book page?
Using the Address book
Address Book
Managing contacts
Telephony services
Checking which services that you can use?
Activating services
Pick a task list, click View Telephony Services
Using switching order commands
Activating services on the web pages
Call Forwarding
To retrieve the call on hold when there is No active call
Transfer a call
Viewing Telephony Statistics
Accessing the Telephony Statistics
Call Statistics
Feature availability
Getting the Most Out of Your Thomson Gateway
Connecting your USB storage device to the Thomson Gateway
Sharing Content on your Network
What do I need?
Configure Content Sharing on the Thomson Gateway
Setting Up the File Server
On the Tools menu, click Content Sharing
Server Description
Workgroup
How to access the shared content on Windows
Open Windows Explorer
How to access the shared content on Mac
Managed Partition
Managing your Shared Content
Result
Using UPnP AV to Share Content with Media Devices
Enable UPnP AV on the Thomson Gateway
Under UPnP AV Media Server, click Server Enabled
Thomson UPnP AV Server
Configure FTP access for your shared content
Accessing your Shared Content by FTP
Under FTP Server, click Server Enabled
Additional configuration
Safely Removing your USB Storage Device
On the Toolbox menu, click Content Sharing
Unmounting your USB storage device
Supported Operating Systems
Universal Plug and Play
UPnP and the Thomson Gateway
Accessing Your Thomson Gateway with UPnP
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Go to My Network Places
On the Windows Start menu, click Settings Control Panel
Managing your Internet connection with UPnP
Disabling this feature
Configuring UPnP on the Thomson Gateway
Enable/Disable UPnP
Extended Security
Enabling Extended Security
Start menu, click Settings Control Panel
Installing UPnP on Windows XP
Adding UPnP
Adding IGD Discovery and Control
Problem
Assigning a service HTTP, FTP,... to a computer
Solution
UPnP
Assign a game or application to a local networking device
Dynamic DNS
What you need
Getting the Most Out of Your Thomson Gateway
Internet Security
Overview
Firewall
Changing the security level
Creating a new security level
Pick a task list, click Create a new Security Level
Access Denied
Content-based filtering
Web Site Filtering
Address-based filtering
On the Toolbox menu, click Web Site Filtering
Option 2 address-based filter only
Action for Unknown Sites, select
Configuring The Content-based Filter
Introduction Accessing the configuration
Configuring the content-based filter
Creating your own content level
Deny access to a specific Web site
Allow access to a specific Web site
Adding Rules For The Address Based Filter
Options
Redirect all Web sites
Click Redirect in the Action list
Internet Security
Troubleshooting
Topics
Setup CD does not start automatically
Setup wizard Troubleshooting
Your Thomson Gateway has not been found
General Thomson Gateway Troubleshooting
Thomson Gateway does not work
Thomson Gateway unreachable
Poor Thomson Gateway performance
Wired Connection Troubleshooting
Ethernet LED does not light up
Wireless Connection Troubleshooting
No Wireless Connectivity
Poor Wireless Connectivity or Range
Change the wireless channel
Voice over IP Troubleshooting
Problems with Supplementary Services
Calling over VoIP
Calling over Pstn
Reset to Factory Defaults
Resetting your Thomson Gateway
Software Reset
Methods
Hardware Reset
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