Thomson router telnet error

Configuration
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hi guys,

i was supplied a new router by my isp and i noticed its supported by home assistant. yet when i add

  - platform: thomson
    host: 192.168.1.254
    username: xxxxxx
    password: xxxxxx

i get this error message

2018-04-30 22:17:42 ERROR (SyncWorker_12) [homeassistant.components.device_tracker.thomson] Connection refused by router. Telnet enabled?
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/device_tracker/thomson.py", line 94, in get_thomson_data
    telnet = telnetlib.Telnet(self.host)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/telnetlib.py", line 218, in __init__
    self.open(host, port, timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/telnetlib.py", line 234, in open
    self.sock = socket.create_connection((host, port), timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/socket.py", line 724, in create_connection
    raise err
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/socket.py", line 713, in create_connection
    sock.connect(sa)
ConnectionRefusedError: [Errno 111] Connection refused
2018-04-30 22:17:42 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.device_tracker] Error setting up platform thomson

whats telent and can i turn it off?

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Telnet is smth you can learn about on Google and I suppose you’ll have to enable telnet on the router for this to work.
Also are you sure your router got this ip?
What’s the model of the router?

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3

my router is: MediaAccess TG589vac v2
I access it via 192.168.1.254, this was set when I first hooked it up

4

Try to connect to your router via telnet, to see if your username and password are correct.
You can use putty for example if you’re using Windows.
You’ll find a lot of guide online.

For the password and username you can have a look here:
https://forum.kitz.co.uk/index.php?topic=20044.0

And if this doesn’t work, check if telnet is restricted, as explained here:

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5

Thank you for this I’ll look into it

6

coming back to this
I exported the config but it saves as a bin file which I can’t edit. I’ll just have to try nmap

7

Try to rename it as zip and extract it

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8

change it to .zip doesn’t do anything

9

Ok then I’m out of option ^^

10

I appericate your help

Thank you