THOMSON SPEEDTOUCH 536 User manual

SpeedTouch™536
Residential ADSL Gateway
User’s Guide
Release R5.3.1

SpeedTouch™
536
User’s Guide
R5.3.1

Copyright
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SpeedTouch™ is a trademark of THOMSON.
Microsoft®, MS-DOS®, Windows® and Windows NT® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corpora-
tion in the United States and/or other countries.
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Wi-Fi® and the Wi-Fi logo are registered trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance. "Wi-Fi CERTIFIED", "Wi-Fi ZONE", "Wi-Fi Alli-
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Document Information
Status: v1.0 (May 2005)
Reference: E-DOC-CTC-20050429-0099
Short Title: User’s Guide ST536 R5.3.1

Contents
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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™................................................ 9
1.3.1 Access via the Web Interface......................................................................... 10
1.3.2 Access via CLI ............................................................................................. 11
1.3.3 Access via FTP ............................................................................................ 13
1.3.4 Remote Assistance ....................................................................................... 16
2 Local Network Setup .................................................. 17
2.1 Wired Ethernet ............................................................................. 18
2.2 USB .............................................................................................. 19
3 Internet Connectivity Dial-In Clients ......................... 21
3.1 SpeedTouch™ Web Pages ............................................................ 23
3.2 IGD Control Agent ....................................................................... 25
3.3 MS Windows XP BroadBand Connection ..................................... 27
3.4 Mac OS X PPPoE Dial-in Client .................................................... 31

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4 SpeedTouch™ Web Interface .................................... 33
4.1 Navigation.................................................................................... 34
4.1.1 Menu .......................................................................................................... 35
4.1.2 Language Bar............................................................................................... 36
4.1.3 Navigation Bar ............................................................................................. 37
4.1.4 Notification Area .......................................................................................... 38
4.1.5 Tasks.......................................................................................................... 39
4.2 Home ............................................................................................ 40
4.3 SpeedTouch ................................................................................. 41
4.3.1 Information.................................................................................................. 42
4.3.2 SpeedTouch™ Easy Setup .............................................................................. 43
4.3.3 Restart........................................................................................................ 44
4.3.4 Configuration ............................................................................................... 45
4.3.5 Backup & Restore......................................................................................... 46
4.3.6 Reset to Factory Defaults .............................................................................. 47
4.3.7 Event Logs .................................................................................................. 48
4.3.8 Update........................................................................................................ 49
4.4 Broadband Connection................................................................. 50
4.4.1 Connectivity Check....................................................................................... 51
4.4.2 DSL Connection ........................................................................................... 52
4.4.3 Internet Services .......................................................................................... 53
4.4.4 Internet Service Settings ............................................................................... 54

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4.5 Toolbox ........................................................................................ 55
4.5.1 Remote Assistance ....................................................................................... 56
4.5.2 Game & Application Sharing .......................................................................... 57
4.5.3 Defined Games & Applications ....................................................................... 58
4.5.4 Game or Application Definition ....................................................................... 59
4.5.5 New Game or Application .............................................................................. 60
4.5.6 Parental Control ........................................................................................... 61
4.5.7 Web Filtering Activation ................................................................................ 64
4.5.8 Content Level .............................................................................................. 65
4.5.9 New Content Level ....................................................................................... 66
4.5.10 Firewall ....................................................................................................... 68
4.5.11 Intrusion Detection ....................................................................................... 69
4.5.12 Dynamic DNS .............................................................................................. 70
4.5.13 User Management ........................................................................................ 71
4.5.14 Edit User ..................................................................................................... 72
4.5.15 Change Default User..................................................................................... 73
4.5.16 Add User..................................................................................................... 74
4.6 Home Network ............................................................................. 75
4.6.1 Devices....................................................................................................... 76
4.6.2 Device Settings ............................................................................................ 77
4.6.3 Assign Public IP ........................................................................................... 78
4.6.4 Interfaces .................................................................................................... 79
4.6.5 Interface Settings ......................................................................................... 80
4.6.6 DHCP Pool................................................................................................... 81
5 Software Upgrade....................................................... 83
5.1 Upgrade Wizard on Setup CD....................................................... 84
6 Troubleshooting.......................................................... 87
6.1 General SpeedTouch™ Troubleshooting ...................................... 88
6.1.1 Ethernet Troubleshooting............................................................................... 89
6.1.2 Upgrade Troubleshooting............................................................................... 90
6.2 UPnP™ on Windows XP Systems................................................. 91
6.3 Reset to Factory Defaults ............................................................ 93

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About this User’s Guide
Used Symbols
Terminology Generally, the SpeedTouch™536(i) will be referred to as SpeedTouch™ in this User’s
Guide.
Typographical
Conventions
In interactive input and output, typed input is displayed in a bold font and
commands are displayed like this.
Comments are added in italics.
Example:
Documentation and
software updates
THOMSON continuously develops new solutions, but is also committed to improve
its existing products.
For more information on THOMSON's latest technological innovations, documents
and software releases, visit us at:
www.speedtouch.com
A note provides additional information about a topic.
A tip provides an alternative method or shortcut to perform an action.
!A caution warns you about potential problems or specific precautions that
need to be taken.
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en* english 4.2.0.1 <system> Only one language is available

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Chapter 1
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1 Your SpeedTouch™
Introduction With the SpeedTouch™536(i) Residential ADSL Gateway you can build a secure
home or small office network, connecting wired Ethernet and USB devices and surf
the Internet at high speed.
Installation For more information on how to set up your SpeedTouch™, installation and wiring
and how to do a first Internet connection setup, refer to the provided Installation and
Setup Guide.
Contents This User’s Guide will assist you in configuring your SpeedTouch™.
Safety instructions Before connecting the SpeedTouch™, please read the SpeedTouch™ Quick Installation
Guide and the Safety Instructions and Regularity Notices.

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1.1 SpeedTouch™ Features
Introduction Your SpeedTouch™ offers you a wide range of outstanding features.
In this section you will find a comprehensive overview of the:
Hardware Specifications
Software Features

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1.1.1 Hardware Specifications
Gateway Integrated multi-mode ADSL modem, supporting:
ADSL over POTS for a SpeedTouch™ADSL/POTS variant)
ADSL over ISDN for a SpeedTouch™ ADSL/ISDN variant)
ADSL/RE-ADLS2/ADSL2/ADSL2+ for both ADSL over POTS and ADSL over
ISDN
Physical interfaces WAN: One RJ-11 port for ADSL/POTS or ADSL/ISDN connectionLAN:
A single RJ-45 port for Ethernet connection (10/100Base-T)
A USB 1.1 port to connect one PC over USB
Power inlet
LEDs LED indicators for all interfaces
Reset button One recessed reset button for restoring the default settings
Power requirement Power supply: 15V AC, 1000mA

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1.1.2 Software Features
ADSL compliance If POTS in overlay: G. handshake, Full Rate ADSL, G.dmt, G.lite (splitterless
ADSL), ADSL2, RE-ADSL and ADSL2+
If ISDN in overlay: G.handshake, G.dmt, ADSL2, RE-ADSL and ADSL2+
ATM features Up to 16 simultaneous PVCs, allowing multiple simultaneous destinations
ATM QoS per PVC: CBR, VBR-rt, VBR-nrt, UBR
RFC 1483 / 2684 multiprotocol encapsulation over AAL5 / ATM: both LLC /
SNAP and VC-based multiplexing supported
Bridging features Multiport self-learning transparent bridge per IEEE 802.1D for LAN interconnect
Remote bridge ports are isolated from each other
Pre-defined bridge filters to WAN (no filter, no CPE-to-WAN broadcast, PPPoE
only) and to LAN (no filter, multicast filter)
Routing features Multi-port (up to 16 PVCs) router
Static routing, automatic routes (PPP, LAN)
IP address multi-homing
Services UPnP with NAT traversal capability:
enables game technologies (Xbox live, Direct X, and many others)
enables conferencing functions of Microsoft Messenger
Transparent bridging (IEEE802.1D)
PPPoE routing/bridging with integrated PPP Relay
PPPoA routing, PPPoA-to-PPTP relaying
IP routing with static routing, packet classified routing and residential RIP
Hyper-NAT with virtual server mapping (for instance for Web, FTP, Mail
servers) and ALGs (such as NetMeeting, MSN Messenger, VPN passthrough,
and others)
Quality of Service:
IP QoS
Integrated Dynamic DNS client
Security PAP (RFC1334), CHAP (RFC1994) for PPP session
Integrated Stateful Inspection Firewall, Intrusion Detection
Parental Control, URL Filtering
Multi-level SpeedTouch™ access policies, Digest Authentication
Configuration Home Install Wizard, Easy Setup wizard
Intuitive web-based GUI (HTTP/HTTPs)
Advanced configuration via telnet - Command Line Interface (CLI)
Remote management access control

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Management Multi-level user protection, Event logging
DHCP server, client and relay, DHCP-to-PPP spoofing
DNS server, client and relay
Time synchronization:
SNTPv1, SNTPv2, SNTPv3 and SNTPv4
System logging
SNMPv1 agent with MIB-II
Firmware upgradeable via upgrade wizard on Setup CD

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1.2 SpeedTouch™ LED Behaviour
Front panel LEDs The SpeedTouch™ is equipped with a number of LEDs on its front panel, indicating
the state of the device during normal operation.
Following table shows the meaning of the different LEDs:
Indicator Description
Name Colour State
Power Green On Power on, normal operation
Red On Power on, self-test failed, indicating
device malfunction
Orange On Bootloader active
Off Power off
Ethernet Green Flashing Ethernet activity
On Ethernet connection, no activity
Off No Ethernet connection
USB Green Flashing USB activity
On USB connection, no activity
Off No USB connection
DSL Green Flashing Pending DSL line synchronisation
On DSL line synchronised
Off No DSL line
Internet Green Flashing Internet activity
On Internet connectivity, no activity
Red On Internet connection setup failed
Off No Internet connection
Power Ethernet
USB
DSL
Internet

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1.3 How to Access your SpeedTouch™
Access methods Your SpeedTouch™ is accessible in one of following ways:
Access Method Can be used to:
Web Configure your SpeedTouch™ via HTTP or
HTTPS.
For more information, see “1.3.1 Access via
the Web Interface” on page 10.
Command Line Interface (CLI) Fine tune your SpeedTouch™ configuration.
For more information, see “1.3.2 Access via
CLI” on page 11.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Backup and restore data on your SpeedTouch™.
For more information, see “1.3.3 Access via
FTP” on page 13.
Remote Assistance Allow a remote user to help you configuring
your SpeedTouch™.
For more information, see “1.3.4 Remote
Assistance” on page 16.

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1.3.1 Access via the Web Interface
Procedure To access the SpeedTouch™ via the web interface:
1Open a web browser.
2In the address bar type your SpeedTouch™’s IP address or DNS host name, by
default that is ‘http://speedtouch.lan’ or ‘192.168.1.254’.
3As a result the SpeedTouch™ Home page appears, from where you can navigate
to all the configurable aspects of the SpeedTouch™.
For more information on the web pages, see “4 SpeedTouch™ Web Interface” on
page 33.
You can access the pages via the http protocol. For remote assistance
the secure version, https, in combination with certificates is used;
provide your ISP with the https link, user name and password before
he can log on to the pages. For more information, see “1.3.4 Remote
Assistance” on page 16.

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1.3.2 Access via CLI
Command Line
Interface (CLI)
You can access the Command Line Interface (CLI) via:
A Telnet session
This requires that TCP/IP connectivity exists between the host from which the
Telnet session is opened and the SpeedTouch™. Your SpeedTouch™ and the
connected PC must have an IP address in the same subnet.
Quote site commands (over FTP)
For more information, see “ Quote site command” on page 15.
For information on CLI commands, see the SpeedTouch™ CLI Reference Guide.

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Telnet session Proceed as follows:
1Open a telnet application.
2Connect to your SpeedTouch™. .
3Enter your SpeedTouch™ security user name and password.
4As soon as you’ve opened a session to the CLI, the SpeedTouch™ banner is
displayed, followed by the CLI prompt, as shown in the example below:
You can use the Command Prompt window.
In Windows XP for instance:
1On the Windows task bar, click Start.
2Select (All)Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.
In the Command Prompt window:
At the prompt, type telnet followed by the IP address of your
SpeedTouch™ (default is 192.168.1.254).
The default user is ‘Administrator’ and the default password is blank.
Username : Administrator
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