User guide

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6 Sharing Content on
your Thomson Gateway
6.3 Using the FTP Server
Introduction
The Thomson Gateway allows you to access your shared content by FTP. This can be useful if you want to be
able to access your shared content from the Internet.
Via FTP you can download or upload all types of files both from your local network and the Internet.
Setting up the FTP server
Proceed as follows:
1 Protect your account with a password.
2 Enable the FTP Server and select the managed partition.
Protect your account with a password
If you did not yet configure your login to the Thomson Gateway GUI with a password:
1 Browse to the Thomson Gateway GUI.
2 On the Toolbox menu, click User Management.
3 In the Pick a task list, click Change my password.
4 Leave the Old Password box empty.
5 Type your new password both in the New Password box and Confirm New Password box.
Enable the FTP Server and select 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 FTP Server, click Server Enabled.
5 Under List of connected disks, click the radio button next to the partition that you want to access using
FTP.
6 The Thomson Gateway now creates a Media and Shared folder on the selected partition. The Shared
folder will be used as root location for FTP sessions.
7 Click Apply.