ASUS DSL-N55U Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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To upgrade the ﬁrmware:

1. Click

Advanced Setting

from the navigation menu at the left

side of your screen.

2. Under the

Administration

menu, click

Firmware Upgrade

.

3. In the

New Firmware File

ﬁeld, click

Browse

to locate the new

ﬁrmware on your computer.

4. Click

Upload

. The uploading process takes about three

minutes.

Upgrading the ﬁrmware

NOTE:

Download the latest ﬁrmware from the ASUS website

at

http://www.asus.com

NOTE:

If the upgrade process fails, the ADSL router

automatically enters the rescue mode and the power LED

indicator at the front panel ﬂashes slowly. To recover or restore

the system, use the Firmware Restoration utility.

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Restoring/Saving/Uploading settings

To restore/save/upload the settings:

1. Click

Advanced Setting

from the navigation menu at the left

side of your screen.

2. Under the Administration menu, click

Restore/Save/Upload

Setting

.

3. Select the tasks that you want to do:

•

To restore to the default factory settings, click

Restore

, and

click

OK

in the conﬁrmation message.

•

To save the current system settings, click

Save

, and click

Save

in the ﬁle download window to save the system ﬁle in your

preferred path.

•

To restore previous system settings, click

Browse

to locate

the system ﬁle that you want to restore, then click

Upload

.

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Sharing ﬁles from a USB storage device

Creating a user account

You need to create user accounts before you can share the ﬁles or

data in the USB storage device.

To create a user account:

1. Click

Advanced Setting

>

USB Application

from the

navigation menu at the left side of your screen.

2. Click

Share with account

, and click

OK

to enable the sharing

feature.

3. Click the Add account icon

.

4. In the

Account

and

Password

ﬁelds, key in the name and

password of the client/computer in your network. Retype the

password to conﬁrm. Click

Add

to add the account to the list.

Assigning access rights

To assign access rights:

1. Click

Advanced Setting

>

USB Application

from the

navigation menu at the left side of your screen.

2.

Select the account that you want to assign access rights to.

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3.

From the list of ﬁle folders, select the type of access rights that

you want to assign for speciﬁc ﬁle folders:

•

R/W

: Select this option to assign read/write access for a

speciﬁc ﬁle folder.

•

R

: Select this option to assign read only access for a speciﬁc

ﬁle folder.

•

None

: Select this option if you do not want to share a

speciﬁc ﬁle folder.

4. Click

Apply

to apply the changes.

5. From the

Miscellaneous setting

tab, set the Work Group to

WORKGROUP

to enable all computers within

WORKGROUP

to

access the ADSL router’s USB storage device.

6. Launch

My Network Place

from a computer connected to the

ADSL router. Click

view work group computers

to view the

ADSL router in the Workgroup category. All ﬁles on the USB

storage device are now shared to computers in your network.

Sharing ﬁles via the FTP server

The ASUS ADSL router enables you to share ﬁles from your USB

storage device via the FTP server with computers in LAN or

through the Internet.

IMPORTANT!

To use this feature, you need to insert a USB

storage device, such as a USB hard disk or USB

ﬂash drive, to the

USB2.0 port on the rear panel of your ADSL router. Ensure that

the USB storage device is formatted and partitioned properly.

Refer to the ASUS website at

http://www.asus com

for the HD ﬁle system support table.

NOTE:

Ensure that you safely remove the USB disk. Incorrect

removal of the USB disk may cause data corruption.

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To share ﬁles via the FTP server:

1.

Ensure that you have set up your FTP server through AiDisk.

NOTE:

For more details, refer to the section

Using AiDisk for

an FTP Server and Network Neighborhood setup

in this user

manual.

2.

Enable the DDNS service for FTP server access. To do this, follow

these steps:

a.

From the navigation menu, click

Advanced

>

WAN

>

DDNS

tab.

b.

In the

Enable the DDNS Client?

ﬁeld, tick

Yes

.

c.

Key in your

User Name or E-mail Address

and

Password

or DDNS key

.

d.

Key in your

Host name

. The format should be

xxx.asuscomm.com

, where xxx is your host name.

e.

When done, click

Apply

.

3. From the navigation menu, click

Advanced Setting

>

USB

Application

>

FTP Share

tab and select the account that you

want to assign access rights to.

4.

From the list of ﬁles/folders, select the type of access rights that

you want to assign for speciﬁc ﬁles/folders:

•

R/W

: Select this option to assign read/write access for a

speciﬁc ﬁle/folder.

•

W

: Select this option to assign write only access for a speciﬁc

ﬁle/folder.

•

R

: Select this option to assign read only access for a speciﬁc

ﬁle/folder.

•

None

: Select this option if you do not want to share a

speciﬁc ﬁle/folder.

5. Click

Apply

to apply the changes.

6.

To access the FTP server, key in the ftp link

ftp://<hostname>.asuscomm.com

and your user name and

password on a web browser or a third-party FTP utility.

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