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In the

WPA-PSK Version

list, click the WPA-version of your choice. For more information, see

“Encryption types” on

page 39

.

7

Click

Apply

.

8

Reconnect your wireless client(s) to the Technicolor Gateway using these new security settings.

For more information, see

“5.1 Connecting Your Wireless Client via WPS” on page 36

or

“5.2 Connecting Your Wireless

Client without WPS” on page 38

.

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Saving Energy with Your Technicolor Gateway

Code of Conduct

To prove its commitment to protect the environment, Technicolor has signed the Code of Conduct, a global agreement to

reduce the power consumption of broadband access devices.

For more information, see

“6.1 Code of Conduct” on page 42

.

Technicolor power saving innovations

To further reduce the power consumption, Technicolor has developed the

ECO Manager

. This system constantly monitors

the services provided by the Technicolor Gateway and automatically switches unused services to an ECO-friendly state. For

more information, see

“6.2 ECO Manager” on page 43

.

Next to this automated tool, you can also choose to manually disable services that you will not be using. For more

information,

“6.3 Manually Switching Off Services to Reduce Power” on page 44

.

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6.1

Code of Conduct

Power states

Code of Conduct provides rules for the power consumption in:



Full power state:

This is the normal operation mode of the device, where all functionality is enabled.



Low power state:

When there is no user traffic on the device, the device should switch to low power mode. This is a state in which devices

are only allowed to use a limited amount of energy to be able to power its components and respond to user activity.

Example

Take the following example:



The user switches off his computer at 20:00.



There are no other devices connected to the Technicolor Gateway.

The Technicolor Gateway switches to low power mode. This results in a considerable drop in the overall power consumption

of the Technicolor Gateway.

No user traffic

User traffic

Time

Power

Consumption

Full power limit

Low power limit

20:00

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ECO Manager

Introduction

The Technicolor Gateway constantly monitors the user activity and uses this information to optimise the power

consumption:

For example:



The Technicolor Gateway

reduces the clock frequency of the central processor

when there is no or low user activity. This

lowered clock frequency will result in a lower power consumption of the Technicolor Gateway.



Switch the wireless interface to power reduction mode

.

Wireless access point power reduction mode

When the Technicolor Gateway access point switches to power reduction mode, the access point is switched off and is only

power on periodically to be able to detect new clients. If new clients are detected the wireless access point is fully powered

again. This is only possible if there are no devices connected to the Technicolor Gateway.

Power reduction is disabled by default, but it is possible to enable it via the Technicolor Gateway GUI.

To enable power reduction:

1

Browse to the Technicolor Gateway GUI.

For more information, see

“Accessing the Technicolor Gateway GUI” on page 29

.

2

Under

Home Network

, click

Wireless

.

3

In the

Navigation bar

, click

Configure

.

4

Under

Configuration

:



Select

Power Reduction Enabled

to enable power reduction.



Clear

Power Reduction Enabled

to disable power reduction.

5

Click

Apply

.

Example

If we use the same example as in the previous section, you can see that the Technicolor Gateway is now able to further

reduce the power consumption in periods where less action is required from the Technicolor Gateway.

Enabling power reduction may have impact on the reliability of your wireless connection. This feature is intended for

advanced users only

.

No User Traffic

User Traffic

Time

20:00

Time

Power

Consumption

Full power limit

Low power limit

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Manually Switching Off Services to Reduce Power

Wi-Fi button

If you are not using the wireless access point of your Technicolor Gateway, you might consider to disable the wireless access

point permanently. This allows you to further reduce the power consumption.

To turn the wireless interface:



Off

, press the

Wi-Fi

button until its LED is off.



On

, press the

Wi-Fi

button until its LED is on.

Zero power consumption

If you will not be using your Technicolor Gateway for a longer time (for example: you are going on holiday), you should

consider to turn off the Technicolor Gateway. This way no energy will be consumed at all.

However, be aware that if you turn off the Technicolor Gateway,

all services provided by the Technicolor Gateway that

require access to the Internet will not be available

. For example:



No Digital TV is provided

If your set-top box is connected to your Technicolor Gateway, it will no longer be able to connect to the Internet, hence

not be able to service your TV set.