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1.3.2

Local Network Connection

Overview

Wireless Access Point

The built-in WiFi-certified wireless access point provides wireless access to your WiFi-certified wireless clients.

For more information, see

“5 The MediaAccess Gateway Wireless Access Point” on page 43

.

Ethernet switch

The Ethernet switch

(

)

allows you to connect an Ethernet device (for example, a computer) to your local network. For

more information, see

“3.3 Connecting Your Network Devices to the MediaAccess Gateway” on page 28

.

All Ethernet ports on the MediaAccess Gateway are Gigabit Ethernet ports and have a maximum speed of 1 Gbps (Gigabit

per second).

A LED may be provided per Ethernet port to indicate link integrity (or activity).

USB Port

The USB port

(

)

can be used to:



Connect a USB mass storage device to

share your content

(for example, music, movies,...):



On your local network via the

Network File server

or the

UPnP AV Media Server

.



On Internet via

FTP

.

For more information, see

“8 Sharing Content” on page 69

.



Connect a 3G mobile adaptor to set up a 3G connection that can work as a backup for your main Internet connection.

For more information, see

“3.5 Setting Up the 3G Fall-Back WAN Connection” on page 32

.

LED Status

Description

Solid on

Device connected.

Blinking

Device connected and sending/receiving data.

Off

No device connected.

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Broadband Connection

Overview

DSL port

This port can be used to connect your MediaAccess Gateway to your service provider’s DSL network.

For more information, see

“3.1 Connecting the MediaAccess Gateway to your Service Provider’s Network” on page 22

.

WAN port

This port allows you to use your MediaAccess Gateway as

Local Router

. For more information, see

“1.2 User Scenarios” on

page 5

.

WAN

DSL

WAN

DSL

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Voice Connection

Overview

DECT base station

The integrated DECT base station allows you to connect your DECT phones to the MediaAccess Gateway. This way you

will be able to make phone calls over the Internet and save on communication costs, especially for long-distance calls.

Phone Port

The

Phone

(

) port allows you to connect a traditional phone to your MediaAccess Gateway. This way you will be able to

make phone calls over the Internet and save on communication costs, especially for long-distance calls.

For more information, see

“6.1 Setting Up Your Telephone Network” on page 52

.

PSTN Port (optional)

The

PSTN

port allows you to connect the MediaAccess Gateway to the traditional telephone network, i.e. the Public

Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). When the VoIP connection is not available, the MediaAccess Gateway will

automatically switch from VoIP to the traditional telephone network.

For more information, see

“6.1.2 Connection to the Traditional Telephone Network” on page 54

.

PSTN

Phone

PSTN

Phone

If your MediaAccess Gateway does not have a

PSTN

port, this means that:



Your MediaAccess Gateways has an integrated filter

The MediaAccess Gateway separates the phone signal from the signal coming from the

DSL port

. Your

MediaAccess Gateway has an integrated filter if the product name printed on the label of your MediaAccess

Gateway ends with “wIF” (

w

ith

I

ntegrated

F

ilter). If this suffix is not present, then your MediaAccess Gateway

does not have an integrated filter.

- or -



Your MediaAccess Gateway is VoIP-only

All calls passing through the MediaAccess Gateway will be done via VoIP.

Be aware that, if you are not connected to the traditional telephone network, emergency calls will not be possible

when your Internet connection is down or your MediaAccess Gateway is powered off.

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1.3.5 Buttons

Overview

Info

button

The

Info

(

) button allows you to enable the status LEDs. For more information, see

“1.3.6 Status LEDs” on page 12

.

DECT Pairing/Paging button

If you press the DECT pairing/paging

button:



Between 1 and 5 seconds, the MediaAccess Gateway pages all connected DECT phones.



Longer than 5 seconds, switches to registration mode to allow you to connect your DECT phone(s) to the integrated

DECT base station of the MediaAccess Gateway.

For more information, see

“6.1.1 Connecting a DECT Phone to Your MediaAccess Gateway” on page 53

.

WPS button

The WPS (

) button allows you to add new wireless clients to your network in a swift and easy way, without the need to

enter any of your wireless settings manually.

For more information, see

“5.1 Connecting Your Wireless Client via WPS” on page 44

.

ECO button

The

ECO

(

) button allows you to disable your wireless access point. You can do this when you are not using the wireless

access point. This allows you to save the energy that the MediaAccess Gateway would be using for the wireless access point.

For more information, see

“ECO button” on page 67

.

The LED on the ECO button summarizes the overall status of your MediaAccess Gateway. For more information, see

“ECO LED” on page 12

.

Reset button

The

Reset

button allows you to reset your MediaAccess Gateway to factory defaults.

For more information, see

“11.7 Reset to Factory Defaults” on page 116

.

Reset

WPS

DECT

Reset

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Status LEDs

Introduction

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

ECO LED

The ECO (

) LED provides information about the overall state of your MediaAccess Gateway. For more information,

see

“ECO button” on page 11

.

ECO

Ethernet

Voice

Wireless

DECT

Broadband

Internet

WPS

TV

ECO

Ethernet

Voice

Wireless

DECT

Broadband

Internet

WPS

TV

Colour

State

Description

Green

Solid on

All services are available. The wireless access point is

enabled

. The other

status LEDs are deactivated.

Blue

Solid on

All services are available. The wireless access point is

disabled

. The other

status LEDs are deactivated.

Red

Solid on

Some services are not available. The MediaAccess Gateway automatically

activates the other status LEDs to allow you to see which services are

running.

Orange

Solid on

Bootloader selftest

Blinking

Bootloader active (during upgrade)

Off

The MediaAccess Gateway is powered off.

The other status LEDs are only activated when the Internet service is down.