Technicolor Router Guides

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March 09, 2020 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 1 minutes

Technicolor (formerly Thomson) gateways are almost always supplied by an Internet provider. Telstra, iiNet, Internode, Fastweb, Plusnet, CenturyLink, Xfinity and many others give them out. Technicolor's home networking business now belongs to Vantiva, but the gateways are still everywhere. These guides cover the MediaAccess DSL gateways and the TC cable gateways.

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The status page of the Technicolor TG799vac.

Technicolor Guides

Which Technicolor Gateway Do You Have?

  • MediaAccess DSL / VDSL gateways (TG582n, TG589vn, TG789vac, TG797n, TG799vac, DJA0231 and others). They're usually at 192.168.1.254 or 10.0.0.138, or 10.1.1.1 in Australia. Newer firmware shows tiles (Broadband, WiFi, Local Network, Devices, Firewall). Older Thomson firmware has Home, Toolbox and Home Network menus.
  • Cable gateways (TC7200, TC8715D, TC8717T, CGA4131, CGA4234 and others). They're usually at 192.168.0.1 (Xfinity versions use 10.0.0.1), with Status, Basic, Advanced, Wireless and Firewall menus.
  • CenturyLink C2000T and similar US DSL modems. They're at 192.168.0.1, with the admin password on the sticker.

Default Technicolor Login Details

Common defaults are admin / admin, admin / password and, on older Thomson models, Administrator with a blank password. Many ISP models print a unique password (the access key) on the label. See the Technicolor passwords and Technicolor IP address pages.

More Than Router Guides

To forward ports on a Technicolor gateway, see our sister site: Technicolor port forwarding guides on Portforward.com.

Technicolor Models We Cover

7210D, 7230s, 7300b, AGHP, C2000T, C2100T, CGA0101, CGA0111, CGA2121, CGA4131COM, CGA4131TCH, CGA4233EU, CGA4233TCH3, CGA4234, CGA4234DGW, CGA4234VGW, CGA4234VGW-TCH, CGM4140COM, CGM4231MDC, CGM4331COM, CGM4981COM, CobraXh, DGA0122, DGA4132, DGA4135, DJA0230TLS, DJA0231, DPC3848V, DPC3848VE, DPC3939, EPC3928S, EPC3940ADL, FGA2233PTN, MediaAccess DGA2232, MediaAccess DGA4131FWB, MediaAccess TG1100 FastWeb, MediaAccess TG588v v2, MediaAccess TG589vac v2, MediaAccess TG589vn v3, MediaAccess TG788v v3, MediaAccess TG789vac v2, MediaAccess TG789vac v2 iiNet, MediaAccess TG789vac v2 Internode, MediaAccess TGiiNet-1, TC4400, TC7110, TC7200, TC7200-U, TC7200.20, TC7200.d1l, TC7200.d2p, TC7200K, TC7200v2, TC7210, TC7210.dNZ, TC7210.Z, TC7230, TC7300, TC8305C, TC8305E, TC8715D, TC8717T, TD5130, TD5130 v3, TD5136v2, TD5336, TG389ac, TG582n, TG582n PRO, TG582n v2 MediaAccess, TG582n-O2, TG587n, TG589vn, TG589vn v2, TG589vn v3, TG784n, TG784n v3, TG788Avn STC, TG788vn, TG788vn v2 MediaAccess, TG789Bvn, TG789vac, TG789vac MediaAccess, TG789vac v2 MediaAccess iiNet, TG789vac v3, TG789vn, TG789vn v3, TG797nv3, TG799, TG799vac, TG799vacXTREAM, TG799vn v2, TG799vn v3, TG800vac, TG852n