THOMSON TG797n Safety guide

Setup and User Guide
THOMSON TG797n v2
Wireless-n Multi-Service VoIP ADSL2+ Gateway with DECT

THOMSON TG797n v2
Setup and User Guide

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Document Information
Status: v1.0 (March 2011)
Reference: DMS-CTC-20101208-0018
Short Title: Setup and User Guide TG797n v2 R8.4.x

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Contents
About this Setup and User Guide ............................................. 1
1 Getting Started ............................................................................ 3
1.1 Features At A Glance ...................................................................................... 4
1.2 Components .................................................................................................... 5
1.2.1 Power....................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.2.2 Local Network Connection..................................................................................................................... 7
1.2.3 Broadband Connection .......................................................................................................................... 8
1.2.4 Voice Connection.................................................................................................................................... 9
1.2.5 Buttons .................................................................................................................................................. 10
1.2.6 Status LEDs ........................................................................................................................................... 11
1.3 Mounting The Optional DECT Cradle ............................................................ 14
1.4 Preparing for the Installation........................................................................ 16
2 Guided Installation .................................................................... 17
3 Manual Installation.................................................................... 21
3.1 Connecting the Thomson Gateway to your Service Provider’s Network...... 22
3.2 Powering on the Thomson Gateway ............................................................. 25
3.3 Connecting Your Network Devices to the Thomson Gateway...................... 26
3.3.1 Setting up a Wireless Connection ....................................................................................................... 27
3.3.2 Setting up a Wired Connection ........................................................................................................... 28
3.4 Configure the Thomson Gateway ................................................................. 29
4 Configuration Tools................................................................... 31
4.1 Thomson Gateway GUI ................................................................................. 32
4.1.1 Access.................................................................................................................................................... 33
4.1.2 Components.......................................................................................................................................... 34
4.1.3 Protecting Access to the Thomson Gateway ..................................................................................... 36
4.2 Backing Up/Restoring your Configuration .................................................... 37
4.3 Access From the Internet .............................................................................. 38
5 The Thomson Gateway Wireless Access Point ...................... 39
5.1 Connecting Your Wireless Client via WPS .................................................... 40

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5.2 Connecting Your Wireless Client without WPS ............................................ 42
5.3 Securing Your Wireless Connection.............................................................. 43
6 Telephony................................................................................... 45
6.1 Setting Up Your Telephone Network ............................................................ 46
6.1.1 Connecting a DECT Phone to Your Thomson Gateway .................................................................... 47
6.1.2 Connection to the Traditional Telephone Network............................................................................48
6.1.3 Configuring the Thomson Gateway VoIP Service ............................................................................. 49
6.2 Address Book ................................................................................................ 51
6.3 Telephony Services ....................................................................................... 53
6.3.1 Activating a Telephony Service on your Thomson Gateway ........................................................... 54
6.3.2 Common Telephony Services ............................................................................................................. 55
6.4 Viewing Call Logs ......................................................................................... 58
7 Saving Energy with Your Thomson Gateway ........................ 61
7.1 Code of Conduct v3 ...................................................................................... 62
7.2 ECO Manager ................................................................................................ 63
7.3 Manually Switching Off Services to Reduce Power...................................... 64
8 Sharing Content on your Thomson Gateway......................... 65
8.1 The Network File Server ............................................................................... 67
8.2 The UPnP AV Media Server........................................................................... 70
8.2.1 Configuring the UPnP AV Media Server............................................................................................. 71
8.2.2 Using the UPnP AV Media Server....................................................................................................... 72
8.3 The FTP Server .............................................................................................. 74
8.4 Managing your Shared Content .................................................................... 76
8.5 Safely Removing your USB Storage Device .................................................. 78
9 Thomson Gateway Network Services..................................... 79

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9.1 UPnP ............................................................................................................. 80
9.1.1 Accessing Your Thomson Gateway via UPnP ................................................................................... 81
9.1.2 Managing your Internet connection via UPnP ................................................................................... 82
9.1.3 Configuring UPnP on the Thomson Gateway....................................................................................84
9.1.4 Installing UPnP on Windows XP ......................................................................................................... 85
9.2 Assigning a service (HTTP, FTP,...) to a Computer........................................ 87
9.3 Dynamic DNS ................................................................................................ 89
10 Internet Security ........................................................................ 91
10.1 Parental Control............................................................................................ 92
10.1.1 Configuring Content-based Filtering .................................................................................................. 94
10.1.2 Adding Rules for Address-Based Filtering ......................................................................................... 95
10.2 Firewall.......................................................................................................... 97
11 Support....................................................................................... 99
11.1 Setup Troubleshooting................................................................................ 100
11.2 General Thomson Gateway Troubleshooting .............................................. 101
11.3 Wired Connection Troubleshooting ............................................................ 102
11.4 Wireless Connection Troubleshooting ........................................................ 103
11.5 Voice over IP Troubleshooting.................................................................... 104
11.6 Reset to Factory Defaults ........................................................................... 105

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Terminology
Generally, the THOMSON TG797n v2 will be referred to as Thomson Gateway in this Setup and User Guide.
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