Access From The Internet - THOMSON TG797n Setup And User Manual

Configuration Tools
4.3

Access From the Internet

Modes
To access your Thomson Gateway from the Internet, you can choose between two modes:
 Permanent Mode (Remote Access):
The remote session ends when you disable remote assistance or after restarting your Thomson Gateway.
 Temporary Mode (Remote Assistance):
The remote session ends when you disable remote assistance, after restarting your Thomson Gateway or
after 20 minutes of inactivity.
To enable Remote Assistance / Remote Access.
Enabling remote assistance is only possible when you are connected to the Internet.
To enable remote assistance/access:
1 Browse to the Technicolor Gateway GUI.
For more information, see
2 Complete and check the following parameters:

Mode:
Select the mode that you want to use.

URL:
Contains the URL that must be used to access the Thomson Gateway from the Internet.

User name and Password:
Contains the user name and password are needed to access your Thomson Gateway remotely. If
wanted you can change the automatically generated password in the Password box.
3 Click Enable Remote Assistance.
Accessing your Thomson Gateway from the Internet
Proceed as follows:
1 Open your web browser.
2 Type the URL that was listed in the URL field on the Remote Assistance page (for example https://
141.11.249.150:51003).
You can replace the IP address in this URL by the dynamic DNS host name if you enabled and
configured Dynamic DNS. For more information, see
Example: https://141.11.249.150:51003 can be replaced by https://
mygateway.dyndns.org:51003.
3 Enter the user name and password that you specified on the Remote Assistance page.
4 The Thomson Gateway GUI appears.
It is now possible for a remote user to access your Thomson Gateway via the specified URL using the
provided user name and password.
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Dynamic DNS.
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