THOMSON SpeedTouch 610 User manual

SpeedTouch™610
Business DSL Routers
Release R4.2
Application Note
Operation and Maintenance
600
SERIES

SpeedTouch™610
Application Note
Operation and Maintenance

Status Released
Change Note PeckelbeenS
Short Title AppNote ST610 Operation and Maintenance R4.2
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Contents
1 Introduction.................................................................... 5
2 The SpeedTouch™610 System Password ................... 7
2.1 System Password Configuration via the Web Interface.................................. 9
2.2 System Password Configuration via the CLI ..................................................10
3 SpeedTouch™610 System Software.......................... 15
3.1 Checking for new System Software via the SpeedTouch™610 Web Pages16
3.2 Upgrade via SpeedTouch™610 Web Pages.................................................... 17
3.3 System Software Management via FTP ..........................................................19
3.3.1 Backup System Software via FTP ................................................................................................20
3.3.2 Upgrade or Restore System Software via FTP ........................................................................22
4 SpeedTouch™610 Software Activation Keys............ 25
4.1 Software Activation Key Management............................................................ 26
4.2 Applying for a Software Module Activation.................................................... 28
5 SpeedTouch™610 Configuration Management........ 31
5.1 Configuration Management via the SpeedTouch™610 Web Pages ............ 32

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5.2 Configuration Management via Telnet............................................................ 35
5.3 The :Config CLI Command Group .................................................................. 36
5.3.1 Back up Configurations via FTP...................................................................................................38
5.3.2 Store Configurations via FTP .......................................................................................................40
5.4 SpeedTouch™ Template Files ......................................................................... 44
5.5 SpeedTouch™610 Environment Variables ..................................................... 45
6 SpeedTouch™610 Advanced Diagnostics.................. 47
7 SpeedTouch™610 Command Line Interface............ 51
7.1 Accessing the CLI .............................................................................................. 52
7.2 Basic Navigation................................................................................................. 53
7.2.1 Menu-driven CLI Navigation ........................................................................................................56
8 SpeedTouch™610 FTP Access ................................... 57
9 Resetting the SpeedTouch™610 ................................ 61
9.1 Resetting the SpeedTouch™610 via its Web Pages....................................... 62
9.2 Resetting the SpeedTouch™610 via the CLI.................................................. 64
9.3 Reset via FTP...................................................................................................... 66
9.4 Switch-to-Defaults ............................................................................................. 68

1Introduction
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1Introduction
Overview
Abstract This application note describes the operation and maintenance of the Speed-
Touch™610 Business DSL Router.
Being a key component of your local network, a good operation of the Speed-
Touch™610 is essential to gain maximum performance of your DSL connections.
Therefore an extended set of maintenance features and mechanisms are provided to
ensure a faultless operation of the SpeedTouch™610, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Applicability This application note applies to THOMSON’s range of SpeedTouch™600Series Busi-
ness DSL Routers from Release R4.2 onwards.
In this application note
Topic Page
2 The SpeedTouch™610 System Password 7
3 SpeedTouch™610 System Software 15
4 SpeedTouch™610 Software Activation Keys 25
5 SpeedTouch™610 Configuration Management 31
7 SpeedTouch™610 Command Line Interface 51
8 SpeedTouch™610 FTP Access 57
9 Resetting the SpeedTouch™610 61

1 Introduction
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2 The SpeedTouch™610 System Password
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2 The SpeedTouch™610 System Password
Why securing the
SpeedTouch™610 with
a system password
The SpeedTouch™610 is an important part of your local network. In a most likely
scenario, the SpeedTouch™610 may act, not only as the LAN’s DSL gateway, but also as
the LAN’s DHCP server, DNS server, SIP multimedia PBX, IP router and secure VPN
gateway.
Being so important, it is imperative that the SpeedTouch™610 is protected, not only
from the outside, but also from the inside to avoid unintended changes to its configura-
tion.
By securing the SpeedTouch™610 via a system password you are able to ensure that
access to the SpeedTouch™610 will be allowed only for people knowing the system
password.
Important Note Never use an obvious system password to protect your SpeedTouch™610, such as your
name, date of birth or phone number.
Scope of the system
password
In case you configured a system password for the SpeedTouch™610, all access methods
are secured (from any of the SpeedTouch™ interfaces):
•SpeedTouch™ Setup wizard application
•SpeedTouch™NAPT Manager application
•Dr SpeedTouch™ application
•HTTP web interface access
•CLI Telnet access
•CLI serial access
•FTP access.
Note The system password does not affect the forwarding and/or routing func-
tionality of the SpeedTouch™610 in any way.
Forgetting the system
password
In case you forgot the system password, you will no longer be able to access the Speed-
Touch™610 web interface, CLI or via FTP in any way, nor be able to run the Speed-
Touch™ Setup wizard for re-configuration.
Therefore, it is advised to write down your system password and to keep it on a safe
place.
If you have lost your system password the only method to unlock the SpeedTouch™610
is by resetting it to its factory default settings. See “9 Resetting the SpeedTouch™610”
on page 61 for more information).

2 The SpeedTouch™610 System Password
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System password
storage in user.ini
When saving the SpeedTouch™610 configuration the system password is stored in the
user.ini file as an encrypted value.
The encryption is irreversible, which means that there is no method to retrieve the
clear-text system password from the encrypted value.
For the convenience of configuring multiple SpeedTouch™ devices with the same
system password, the encryption is device independent, i.e. it can be used on any
SpeedTouch™610 device to hold the same system password.
For security reasons the encrypted string itself can not be used as password string for
accessing the device.