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Result

The

Shared

folder and its subfolders are now accessible using FTP. The other folders are not accessible via FTP.

If you are connected to the Internet, the link to the FTP server is displayed under FTP Server:

On the Technicolor Gateway network, you can also access the FTP server using its local address (192.168.1.253).

Additional configuration

Because most service providers use dynamic IP addresses, the IP address of your Internet connection may change

frequently. This implies that the link to the FTP server will also change every time the public IP changes. With

Dynamic

DNS

, you can assign a host name to the IP address (for example

mygateway.dyndns.org

). For more information, see

“8.3 Dynamic DNS” on page 69

.

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7.4

Managing your Shared Content

Managed Partition

When your USB storage device is permanently connected to the Technicolor Gateway, you may want to

If you select your drive or partition as managed partition, users only have access to the following folders:



Media



Shared

All other folders will be hidden from the user. These hidden folders are still on the USB storage device, but you can not

access them. If you connected more than one USB storage device, those devices will also be hidden.

Media folder

Use the

Media

folder to share your audio, video and picture files. This folder can only be accessed via the following servers:



The Network File Server

For more information, see

“7.1 The Network File Server”

.



UPnP AV Media Server.

For more information, see

“7.2 The UPnP AV Media Server”

.

Shared folder

The

Shared

folder is a folder to share files both on the

local network and the Internet

. This folder can only be accessed via

the following server:



The Network File Server

For more information, see

“7.1 The Network File Server”

.



FTP Server

For more information, see

“7.3 The FTP Server”

.

Ummanaged vs. managed

The following table compares the two modes:

Setting up the managed partition

Proceed as follows:

1

Browse to the

Technicolor Gateway GUI

.

2

On the

Tools

menu, click

Content Sharing

.

3

In the

Navigation bar

, click

Configure

.

If your partition is managed, the UPnP AV server will only use the media files that are located in the

Media

folder.

The FTP Server can only be used with a managed partition.

Access via

Accessible folders

Unmanaged

Managed

Network File Server

All

Media

and

Shared

folder.

UPnP AV Media Server

All

Media

folder.

FTP Server

Not available in this mode.

Shared

folder.

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Under

List of connected disks

, click the radio button next to the partition you want to configure as

Managed Partition

.

5

Click

Apply

.

Result

The Technicolor Gateway creates following folders:



Media

:

Use this folder to share your media files with others users on your network. You can store your media files in following

subfolders:



Movies



Music



Pictures



Shared

:

Use this folder to share your other data with other users on your network. Optionally, users can also access this folder

using FTP. For more information, see

“7.3 The FTP Server” on page 54

.

If the above folders already exist, the existing folders are used.

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7.5

Safely Removing your USB Storage Device

Introduction

If you just unplug your USB storage device from the Technicolor Gateway you may loose your data. To avoid this you must

first stop your USB storage device.

Stopping your USB storage device

Proceed as follows

1

Browse to the

Technicolor Gateway GUI

.

2

On the

Toolbox

menu, click

Content Sharing

.

3

In the

Navigation bar

, click

Configure

.

4

Click

Stop

.

5

Unplug your USB storage device from the Technicolor Gateway.

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Technicolor Gateway Network Services

In this chapter

In this chapter we will take a closer look at following features:

Feature availability

Depending on the configuration offered by your service provider, some features may not be available on your Technicolor

Gateway. For more information, contact your service provider.

Topic

Page

8.1 UPnP

60

8.2

Assigning a service (HTTP, FTP,...) to a Computer

67

8.3

Dynamic DNS

69