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Status LEDs

Introduction

On the top panel of your Technicolor Gateway, you can find a number of status LEDs, indicating the state of the device.

Power LED

Ethernet LED

Internet

Broadband

WiFi

WPS

Ethernet

Power

Colour

State

Description

Green

Solid on

Power on, normal operation

Red

Solid on

Power on, self-test failed, indicating device malfunction

Orange

Solid on

Bootloader selftest

Blinking

Bootloader active (during upgrade)

Off

The Technicolor Gateway is powered off.

Colour

State

Description

Green

Solid on

Network device connected to the Ethernet switch.

Blinking

Network device connected to the Ethernet switch and sending/receiving

data.

Off

No Ethernet connection on your local network

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WiFi LED

For more information about the WiFi button, see

“Wi-Fi button” on page 44

.

Broadband LED

Internet LED

WPS LED

For more information about WPS, see

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

.

Colour

State

Description

Green

Solid on

No wireless activity, WPA(2) encryption

Blinking

Wireless activity, WPA(2) encryption

Orange

Solid on

No wireless activity, WEP encryption

Blinking

Wireless activity, WEP encryption

Red

Solid on

No wireless activity, no security

Blinking

Wireless activity, no security

Red/green

Toggling

Wireless client registration phase

Off

Wireless access point disabled

Colour

State

Description

Green

Solid on

DSL line synchronised

Blinking

Trying to detect carrier signal or pending DSL line synchronisation

Off

Technicolor Gateway powered off.

Colour

State

Description

Green

Solid on

Connected to the Internet, no activity

Blinking

Connected to the Internet, sending/receiving data

Red

Solid on

Failed to setup the Internet connection

Off

No Internet connection

Colour

State

Description

Green

Solid On

Client successfully registered via WPS

Orange

Blinking

WPS registration ongoing

Red

Blinking

Error occurred

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Preparing for the Installation

DSL service requirements

Make sure that:



Your service provider activated the DSL service on your telephone line by your service provider.



You have the installation information (for example, user name, password, service profile,...) provided by your service

provider at hand.

Local connection requirements

Wireless connection

If you want to connect your computer using a wireless connection, your computer must be equipped with a WiFi-certified

wireless client adapter.

Wired connection

If you want to connect a computer using a wired connection, your computer must be equipped with an Ethernet Network

Interface Card (NIC).

Start with the installation

You are now ready to start with the installation of your Technicolor Gateway.

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Guided Installation

Introduction

In the guided installation, the Setup wizard on the Setup CD will assist you with the installation of your Technicolor Gateway.

If you do not want to use the Setup CD or if the Setup CD is not included in your package, follow the installation procedure

described in

“3 Manual Installation” on page 15

.

Requirements

To use the guided installation you must comply with the following requirements:



Your computer must run one of the following operating systems:



Microsoft Windows 7 and higher



Microsoft Windows 7 x64 and higher



Microsoft Windows Vista and higher



Microsoft Windows Vista x64 and higher



Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and higher



Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)



Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)



You must have administrative rights on your computer.

If you do not comply with these requirements, use the

“3 Manual Installation” on page 15

.

Running the Setup wizard

To start the Setup wizard:

1

Insert the Setup CD into your computer's CD- or DVD drive.

2

If your computer runs:



Microsoft Windows: The Setup CD starts automatically.

If the Setup CD does not autostart, see

“The Setup CD does not start automatically” on page 80

.



Mac OS X: Double-click

Menu

in the window with the content of the Setup CD.

3

Select the language of your choice and click

OK

.

4

The Setup wizard will now guide you through the installation of your Technicolor Gateway.

5

At the end of the installation, the following screen appears:

Select

Go to the Technicolor Gateway web interface

if you want to go to the

Technicolor Gateway GUI

after closing the

wizard. On the

Technicolor Gateway GUI

, you can configure all services of your Technicolor Gateway.

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Click

Finish

.

7

The

CD menu

appears.

CD Menu

On the

CD Menu

, you can click:



Initial Setup

to connect your computer to the Technicolor Gateway and configure your local network.



Reconfigure my Technicolor Gateway

to fully reconfigure your Technicolor Gateway.



Setup my computer

to connect your computer to the Technicolor Gateway network.



Documentation

to view a list of the documentation that is available for your Technicolor Gateway.



Visit technicolor.com

to visit the online support sections.

In case of problems

If you encounter problems during this installation please refer to

“10.1 Setup Troubleshooting” on page 80

.

Backup your configuration

Once you successfully installed your Technicolor Gateway, it is recommend to backup your configuration. This will allows

you to return to this configuration when needed (for example, after misconfiguration).

For more information, see

“4.2 Backing Up/Restoring your Configuration” on page 33

If you reconfigure your Technicolor Gateway via the

CD menu

, the Technicolor Gateway will be reconfigured

from scratch. All your current settings will be lost. If you only want to make small changes to your configuration

(for example, changing the security), we recommended you to do this via the

Technicolor Gateway GUI

. For more

information, see

“4.1 Technicolor Gateway GUI” on page 28

.

Actual available items depend on the Setup CD delivered with your Technicolor Gateway.