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NOTE:
To use this feature, you need to plug a USB storage
device, such as a USB hard disk or USB flash drive, to the USB 2.0
port on the rear panel of your ADSL router. Ensure that the USB
storage device is formatted and partitioned properly. Refer to
the Plug-n-Share Disk Support List at
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IMPORTANT!
You first need to create a user account to
allow other network clients to access the USB device. For more
details, refer to the section
Using AiDisk for an FTP server and
Network Neighborhood setup
in this user manual.
To monitor your USB device:
1. Launch the ADSL router’s web GUI.
2. On the Network Map screen, select the
USB Disk Status
icon to
display the information about your USB device.
Monitoring your USB device
The ASUS ADSL router provides two USB 2.0 ports for connecting
USB devices such as a USB storage device and USB printer, to allow
you to monitor the working environment, share files, and printer
with clients in your network.
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3. On the
Media Server
field, click
GO
to allow UPnP (Universal
Plug and Play) devices such as PS3 to access the multimedia
files in your USB disk.
NOTE:
For more details, refer to the next section
Using your
router as a UPnP Media Server
in this user manual.
4. On the
AiDisk Wizard
field, click
GO
to set up an FTP server for
Internet file sharing.
NOTES:
• For more details, refer to the section Using AiDisk for an FTP
Server and Network Neighborhood setup in this user manual.
• On USB External HDD/Flash disk:
•
The ADSL router works with most USB HDDs/Flash disks and
supports read-write access for FAT16, FAT32, EXT2, EXT3, and
NTFS.
•
To safely remove the USB disk, launch the web GUI
(
), then in the
Network Map
page >
External USB disk status
>
Safely Remove disk
field, click
Remove
.
• Incorrect removal of the USB disk may cause data corruption.
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Using AiDisk for an FTP server and Network
Neighborhood setup
AiDisk allows you to set up an FTP server and share the content of
a USB disk to the clients in your network.
NOTE:
Before using AiDisk, ensure that you have inserted a
USB disk into the USB port of your ADSL router.
To use AiDisk:
1. Click
AiDisk
from the navigation menu at the left side of your
screen.
2. From the Welcome to AiDisk wizard screen, click
GO
.
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3.
Select the access rights that you want to assign to the clients
accessing your shared data.
4.
To create your own domain for your FTP site via the ASUS DDNS
services, select
I will use the service and accept the Terms of
service
and key in your domain name.
5. Click
Next
to finish the setup.
6. When done, click
Finish
.
7.
To access the FTP site that you created, launch a web browser
or a third-party FTP client utility and key in the ftp link
(ftp://<domain name>) you have previously created.
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Using your router as a UPnP Media Server
Your ADSL router allows UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
multimedia devices, such as PS3 and XBox 360, to access
multimedia files from the USB disk connected to your ADSL router.
NOTE:
Before using the UPnP Media Server function, install a
wireless adapter on your UPnP device.
To use your router as a UPnP Server:
1. Click
Media Server
from the navigation menu at the left
side of your screen.
2. Select
Enabled
. Your ADSL router is now ready to share the
media files stored in the USB disk.
NOTE:
For details on connecting a UPnP device to the ADSL
router and accessing the media files on the USB disk, refer to the
UPnP device’s user manual.
IMPORTANT!
For details on sharing files/contents from a
USB disk, refer to the section Sharing files from a
USB storage
device
on this user manual.
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