THOMSON TG784n Safety guide
Setup and User Guide
THOMSON TG784n
Wireless-n Multi-Service VoIP ADSL2+ Gateway
THOMSON TG784n
Setup and User Guide
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Document Information
Status: v1.0 (April 2010)
Reference: E-DOC-CTC-20090618-0005
Short Title: Setup & User Guide TG784n R8.4.x (en)
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Contents
About this Setup and User Guide ............................................. 1
1 Installation.................................................................................... 3
1.1 Before you start .............................................................................................. 4
1.1.1 DSL Requirements.................................................................................................................................. 5
1.1.2 Connection Requirements ..................................................................................................................... 7
1.2 Installing your Thomson Gateway .................................................................. 8
1.2.1 Guided Installation ................................................................................................................................. 9
1.2.2 Manual Installation............................................................................................................................... 11
1.3 Adding a New Computer to your Network ................................................... 13
1.4 Connecting a Computer Using the Ethernet Cable ....................................... 14
2 Thomson Gateway Basics ........................................................ 15
2.1 Thomson Gateway LED Behaviour ................................................................ 16
2.1.1 Status LEDs ........................................................................................................................................... 17
2.1.2 WPS Button LED ................................................................................................................................... 19
2.1.3 Ethernet LEDs ....................................................................................................................................... 20
2.2 Thomson Gateway GUI ................................................................................. 21
2.3 Backing Up/Restoring your Configuration .................................................... 24
3 Wireless Access ......................................................................... 25
3.1 Connecting Your Wireless Client via WPS .................................................... 26
3.2 Connecting Your Wireless Client without WPS ............................................ 28
3.3 Securing Your Wireless Connection.............................................................. 29
3.3.1 Configuring WPA-PSK Encryption ...................................................................................................... 30
3.3.2 Configuring WEP Encryption............................................................................................................... 31
4 Telephony................................................................................... 33
4.1 Setting Up Your Telephone Network ............................................................ 34
4.1.1 Connection to the Traditional Telephone Network............................................................................35
4.1.2 Configuring the Thomson Gateway VoIP Settings............................................................................ 36
4.2 Address Book ................................................................................................ 39
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4.3 Telephony Services ....................................................................................... 40
4.3.1 Services supported by Your Service Provider ................................................................................... 41
4.3.2 Activating a Telephony Service on your Thomson Gateway ........................................................... 42
4.3.3 Using Telephony Services ................................................................................................................... 43
4.4 Viewing Telephony Statistics ....................................................................... 46
5 Saving Energy with Your Thomson Gateway ........................ 47
6 Sharing Content on your Thomson Gateway......................... 49
6.1 Using the Network File Server ...................................................................... 50
6.2 Using the UPnP AV Media Server ................................................................. 53
6.3 Using the FTP Server .................................................................................... 54
6.4 Managing your Shared Content .................................................................... 56
6.5 Safely Removing your USB Storage Device .................................................. 58
7 Thomson Gateway Tools.......................................................... 59
7.1 UPnP ............................................................................................................. 60
7.1.1 Accessing Your Thomson Gateway with UPnP ................................................................................. 61
7.1.2 Managing your Internet connection with UPnP................................................................................. 62
7.1.3 Configuring UPnP on the Thomson Gateway....................................................................................63
7.1.4 Installing UPnP on Windows XP ......................................................................................................... 64
7.2 Assigning a service (HTTP, FTP,...) to a Computer........................................ 66
7.3 Dynamic DNS ................................................................................................ 68
8 Internet Security ........................................................................ 69
8.1 Firewall.......................................................................................................... 70
8.2 Parental Control ............................................................................................ 71
8.2.1 Configuring The Content-based Filter ................................................................................................ 73
8.2.2 Adding Rules for the Address-Based Filter ........................................................................................ 74
9 Troubleshooting ........................................................................ 77
9.1 Setup Troubleshooting.................................................................................. 78
9.2 General Thomson Gateway Troubleshooting ................................................ 79
9.3 Wired Connection Troubleshooting .............................................................. 80
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9.4 Wireless Connection Troubleshooting .......................................................... 81
9.5 Voice over IP Troubleshooting...................................................................... 82
9.6 Reset to Factory Defaults ............................................................................. 83
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Terminology
Generally, the THOMSON TG784n will be referred to as Thomson Gateway in this Setup and User Guide.
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names, paths and folders).
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