Remote activation of home devices

A method for remote management of a home device (3), said method comprising:

• a connection step wherein the home device (3) connects to a remote walled garden home device management (WG_HDM) server (10) over a wide-area network;
• a pre-activation cycle wherein a pre-activation policy is run on the home device (3) from the WG_HDM server (10), wherein the WG HDM server retrieves or generates home device activation parameters including correct point-to-point protocol (PPP) and HTTP credentials and uniform resource locator (URL) of the P HDM server and provisions the home device with the home device activation parameters, said WG_HDM server connected to said home device over said wide-area-network;
• a transfer step wherein the home device (3) is redirected by the WG_HDM server (10) to a remote public home device management (P_HDM) server (14), wherein the home device connects to a broadband remote access server (BRAS) using the correct PPP credentials and the BRAS directs the home device to the P HDM server based on the correct P HDM URL, said P_HDM server connected to said home device by said wide-area network;
• an activation cycle wherein an activation policy is run on the home device (3) from the P_HDM server (14).