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Stuart · 22-09-2008, 10:59

You are getting mixed up between port forwarding and remote assistance. Remote Assistance (on the Speedtouch routers anyway) is a system that allows someone to get in to the router's configuration page and alter it remotely.

I can't actually test the instructions given, as I am not at home, but that is exactly the same procudure I followed when I needed to add ports manually (for something else, not ssh), and I can say it does work.

As for the firmware update, well, all I can say is check the speedtouch website, or that of your ISP.

22-09-2008, 10:59	#4
Stuart - Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone Posts: 26,546	Re: Thomson st585 remote assistance You are getting mixed up between port forwarding and remote assistance. Remote Assistance (on the Speedtouch routers anyway) is a system that allows someone to get in to the router's configuration page and alter it remotely. I can't actually test the instructions given, as I am not at home, but that is exactly the same procudure I followed when I needed to add ports manually (for something else, not ssh), and I can say it does work. As for the firmware update, well, all I can say is check the speedtouch website, or that of your ISP.