THOMSON SPEED TOUCH 585 User manual

SpeedTouch™585(v6)
Wireless Residential ADSL Gateway
User’s Guide
Release R5.3

SpeedTouch™
585(v6)
User’s Guide
R5.3

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Document Information
Status: v2.0 (July 2005)
Reference: E-DOC-CTC-20050429-0103
Short Title: User’s Guide ST585(v6) R5.3 (en)

Contents
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Contents
About this User’s Guide .............................................. 1
1 Your SpeedTouch™ ...................................................... 3
1.1 SpeedTouch™ Features .................................................................. 4
1.1.1 Hardware Specifications.................................................................................. 5
1.1.2 Software Features .......................................................................................... 6
1.2 SpeedTouch™ LED Behaviour ........................................................ 8
1.3 How to Access your SpeedTouch™.............................................. 10
1.3.1 Access via the Web Interface......................................................................... 11
1.3.2 Access via CLI ............................................................................................. 12
1.3.3 Access via FTP ............................................................................................ 14
1.3.4 Remote Assistance ....................................................................................... 17
2 Local Network Setup .................................................. 19
2.1 Wired Ethernet ............................................................................. 20
2.2 Wireless Ethernet ......................................................................... 21
2.2.1 Wireless Basics ............................................................................................ 22
2.2.2 Connecting First-time Wireless Clients............................................................. 24
2.2.3 Wireless Security.......................................................................................... 27
2.2.4 Connecting Additional Wireless Clients............................................................ 29
2.2.5 Extending the Range of Your Wireless Network................................................ 31
3 Internet Connectivity Dial-In Clients ......................... 33
3.1 SpeedTouch™ Web Pages ............................................................ 35
3.2 Internet Gateway Device Control Agent ...................................... 37

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3.3 MS Windows XP BroadBand Connection ..................................... 39
3.4 Mac OS X PPPoE Dial-in Client .................................................... 43
4 SpeedTouch™ Web Interface .................................... 45
4.1 Navigation.................................................................................... 46
4.1.1 Menu .......................................................................................................... 47
4.1.2 Language Bar............................................................................................... 48
4.1.3 Navigation Bar ............................................................................................. 49
4.1.4 Notification Area .......................................................................................... 50
4.1.5 Tasks.......................................................................................................... 51
4.2 Home ............................................................................................ 52
4.3 SpeedTouch ................................................................................. 53
4.3.1 Information.................................................................................................. 54
4.3.2 SpeedTouch™ Easy Setup .............................................................................. 55
4.3.3 Restart........................................................................................................ 56
4.3.4 Configuration ............................................................................................... 57
4.3.5 Backup & Restore......................................................................................... 58
4.3.6 Reset to Factory Defaults .............................................................................. 59
4.3.7 Event Logs .................................................................................................. 60
4.4 Broadband Connection................................................................. 61
4.4.1 Connectivity Check....................................................................................... 62
4.4.2 DSL Connection ........................................................................................... 63
4.4.3 Internet Services .......................................................................................... 64
4.4.4 Internet Service Settings ............................................................................... 65

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4.5 Toolbox ........................................................................................ 66
4.5.1 Remote Assistance ....................................................................................... 67
4.5.2 Game & Application Sharing .......................................................................... 68
4.5.3 Defined Games & Applications ....................................................................... 69
4.5.4 Game or Application Definition ....................................................................... 70
4.5.5 New Game or Application .............................................................................. 71
4.5.6 Parental Control ........................................................................................... 72
4.5.7 Web Filtering Activation ................................................................................ 75
4.5.8 Content Level .............................................................................................. 76
4.5.9 New Content Level ....................................................................................... 77
4.5.10 Firewall ....................................................................................................... 79
4.5.11 Intrusion Detection ....................................................................................... 80
4.5.12 Dynamic DNS .............................................................................................. 81
4.5.13 User Management ........................................................................................ 82
4.5.14 Edit User ..................................................................................................... 83
4.5.15 Change Default User..................................................................................... 84
4.5.16 Add User..................................................................................................... 85
4.6 Home Network ............................................................................. 86
4.6.1 Devices.................................................................................................... 87
4.6.2 Device Settings ............................................................................................ 88
4.6.3 Assign Public IP ........................................................................................... 89
4.6.4 Wireless Device Settings ............................................................................... 90
4.6.5 Access Point Settings ................................................................................... 91
4.6.6 Configuring WDS.......................................................................................... 94
4.6.7 Interfaces .................................................................................................... 95
4.6.8 Interface Settings ......................................................................................... 96
4.6.9 DHCP Pool................................................................................................... 97
5 Software Upgrade....................................................... 99
5.1 Upgrade Wizard on Setup CD..................................................... 100
6 Troubleshooting........................................................ 103

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6.1 General SpeedTouch™ Troubleshooting .................................... 104
6.1.1 Wired Ethernet Troubleshooting.................................................................... 105
6.1.2 Wireless Ethernet Troubleshooting ................................................................ 106
6.1.3 Upgrade Troubleshooting............................................................................. 107
6.2 UPnP™ on Windows XP Systems............................................... 108
6.3 Reset to Factory Defaults .......................................................... 110

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Terminology Generally, the SpeedTouch™585(v6)(i) will be referred to as SpeedTouch™ in this
User’s Guide.
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