content sharing on thomson modems

7/31/2019 Content Sharing on Thomson Modems

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In this presentation I am going to show how you share contents

Of a USB mass storage device such as Memory stick amongst

The users behind Thomson Modem.

This home networking application is possible only for those

Thomson Modems which have Master USB Port and Contentsharing

Feature implemented into them.

For example TG782, TG782T, TG787, TG797n are the examples

Of Thomson Modems which have this feature. If you are lucky to

Have such a modem do use this feature. See How it works!


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Enter telnet session of the modem by entering 'telnet 192.168.1.254' commandIn DOS window


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Enter user name 'Administrator', Hit Enter key, Hit Enter key again when you arePrompted for password. Password is blank for generic Thomson Modems.If these values are different find their values from your ISP who supplied you

The Modem


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The very first step as usual is to set SESSIONTIMEOUT value to zero so CLISession never times out. When you are new and learning to use CLI, it is veryLikely that you are thinking and CLI will timeout due to inaction for 2 minutes.


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Enter 'menu' command to enter menu mode of CLI.I always like to use CLI in menu mode. It is easy to use CLI this way. By defaultCursor is highlighting [contentsharing] command group. Just hit Enter key.See next slide for the response


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Move the highlighting cursor from two dots onto [cifs] with right arrow keySee response on next slide


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Once cursor is over [cifs] hit Enter key. See next slide for the response


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Move the highlighting cursor from two dots over 'config' with down arrow.See next slide for response


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When cursor is over 'config' hit Enter key. See next slide for response


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At the moment state is disabled by default. Hit Enter key then with down arrowRepetition you are going to select option 'enabled' for state. Hit Enter key.Press Down arrow, cursor highlights workgroup. Hit Enter. Enter string'mygroup'Then hit Enter, Press down arrow, cursor is over name. Hit Enter key. Then EnterThe string 'myname' Hit Enter key. Hit TAB key. Cursor over thenHit Enter Key. All this is shown in next slide


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Hit Enter Key when cursor over to apply changes. See Next slide


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Hit Enter key to go one level up. See Next slide


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Hit Enter key to go one level up See Next slide


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Hit TAB Key . Cursor would be over . Hit TAB key again. This timeCursor would be over then Hit Enter Key. See next slide


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Now you are back to normal mode. It is not a menu mode.Enter 'saveall' command first then finally enter exit command to quit CLI sessionSee Next slide


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So basically all you have done is you have executed single command which is:contentsharing cifs config state=enabled workgroup=mygroup name=mynameWhen you become expert in CLI you can do this quickly by entering above command.But in the beginning I would recommend you to use menu mode until you getFamiliar with CLI. At any moment you can always quit any stage by pressingCTRL + g if you do not know the correct answer for any parameter setting.


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The content sharing configuration is over.All you have to do is Insert a Memory stick in one of the USB Master portOf the Modem.

Then Enter your Windows Explorer and

Enter \\192.168.1.253\ in the aadress field and Hit Enter key

As show in the Next slide


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Initially address field show my ComputerEnter \\192.168.1.253 in Address field of Explorer and Hit Enter Key


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You see little icon of computer followed by \\192.168.1.253 and Disk_a1 in content areDouble click on Disk_a1. See response on Next slide. You should see contents of Memory stick


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That completes the exercise of content sharing. All the users on Ethernet LANAs well as Wireless LAN should be able to share this contents. Read them,Modify them. Print them.

In a separate Presentation on Printer sharing I will show you how you can

Share Printer amongst the users.

Well Printer sharing is possible. But it is bit slow. Since Modem has to doOther important and its main job of giving you broadband network connection.

Printer and content sharing is its secondary job as enhancement to promote

Home Networking. And you do not print tons of paper like an Office environmentAny way.

Good Luck and Enjoy your Content Sharing!

Cheers

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