Thomson TG587nv2 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Sharing Content on your Thomson Gateway

5.4

Managing your Shared Content

Managed Partition

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

“5.1 Using the Network File Server”

.

±

UPnP AV Media Server.

For more information, see

“5.2 Using 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

“5.1 Using the Network File Server”

.

±

FTP Server

For more information, see

“5.3 Using the FTP Server”

.

Ummanaged vs managed

The following table compares the two modes:

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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Setting up the managed partition

Proceed as follows:

1

Browse to the

Thomson Gateway GUI

.

2

On the

Tools

menu, click

Content Sharing

.

3

In the

Navigation bar

, click

Configure

.

4

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 Thomson 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:

²

Movies

²

Music

²

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

“5.3 Using the FTP Server” on page 38

.

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

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5.5

Safely Removing your USB Storage Device

Introduction

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

this you must first unmount your USB storage device.

Unmounting your USB storage device

Proceed as follows

1

Browse to the

Thomson Gateway GUI

.

2

On the

Toolbox

menu, click

Content Sharing

.

3

In the

Navigation bar

, click

Configure

.

4

Click

Unmount

.

5

Unplug your USB storage device from the Thomson Gateway.

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Thomson Gateway Tools

6

Thomson Gateway Tools

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

Thomson Gateway. For more information, contact your service provider.

Topic

Page

UPnP

44

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

50

Dynamic DNS

52

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6.1

UPnP

Introduction

UPnP is designed to automate the installation and configuration of a (small) network as much as possible.

This means that UPnP-capable devices can join and leave a network without any effort of a network

administrator.

Supported Operating Systems

The following operating systems support UPnP:

±

Windows 7

±

Windows Vista

±

Windows XP

UPnP and the Thomson Gateway

With UPnP:

±

You can access the

Thomson Gateway GUI

without having to remember the address of the Thomson

Gateway. For more information, see

“6.1.1 Accessing Your Thomson Gateway with UPnP” on page 45

.

±

You can connect/disconnect without having to open the

Thomson Gateway GUI

.

For more information, see

“6.1.2 Managing your Internet connection with UPnP” on page 46

.

±

You do not have to manually create port mappings to run services on a computer. The automatic port

configuration mechanism for UPnP-enabled games and applications will do this for you. If the application

is UPnP-enabled, UPnP will create these entries automatically. For more information, see

“6.2 Assigning

a service (HTTP, FTP,...) to a Computer” on page 50

.

If your computer is running Windows XP, you first have to install the UPnP component. For more

information, see

“6.1.4 Installing UPnP on Windows XP” on page 48

.

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