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6) Setting up Bandwidth Management

Bandwidth Management provides a mechanism to setup download and upload

bandwidth based on IP address and port range. You can define the minimum

bandwidth and maximum bandwidth for host within your LAN, and therefore control

the traffic of you network. To set up upload bandwidth management, you need first

setup virtual server to allow the incoming packets of the specified services.

1. Click

Basic Config

page in Bandwidth Management folder.

2. S e l e c t

Ye s

t o e n a b l e

Bandwidth Management

function.

3.

Download bandwidth

If you want to limit the download bandwidth of a host within a speed range, for example,

between 100 to 200kbps, you need to fill in the host IP address, the speeds (maximum:

200kbps;

minimum: 100kbps). When the minimum speed is defined, the host can transmit

data at the minimum speed regardless of the traffic conditions.

1). To apply on all host an

FTP

download speed policy,

leave the IP address field

blank, input "

20

" in the

Port

field and define the speeds,

then click

Add

.

2). To set up

Web

access

download policy, input "

80

"

in the

Port

field, define the

speeds and click

Add

.

3). To s e t u p d o w n l o a d

bandwidth policy of a certain

service for a host, input the

host IP address and the

port number of the service,

define the speeds and click

Add

.

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4). To s e t u p d o w n l o a d

bandwidth policy for the all

hosts in your LAN, leave the

IP address and port fields

blank, define the speeds

(the speeds are higher than

download policies). Click

Add

to add the rule.

4.

Upload stream

If you want to set up upload traffic control policy, for example, to

limit the upload bandwidth of port 2100 of 192.168.1.2 between

10 to 80kbps, You need first set up NAT policy to allow incoming

packets.

1). S

e l e c t

Ye s

t o e n a b l e

Virtual Server function. In

the Vitual Server List field,

fill the port, IP address into

the fields and press

Add

.

2). Press

Apply

button.

3). Return to the Upload Policy List in Bandwidth

Management setting page.

4). Set the

Port

as "2100",

Max

(kbps)

as "80",

Min.(kbps)

as "10", then click

Add

.

5. When the settings are

complete, press

Finish

.

6. Click

Save & Restart

to

restart the wireless router

and activate the settings.

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ASUS WL-500gP Wireless Router provides two USB2.0 ports for connecting USB

storage, USB camera, and USB printer, therefore, you can monitor the working

environment, share data and printer with both wired and wireless users in your

network. Furthermore, WL-500gP provides a download utility - Download Master to

faciliate and share the download files.

Warning:

Before unplugging the USB storage disk from WL-500gP, you must eject

the disk in

Status & Log -> External USB Disk

page to prevent data corruption.

Note:

Before applying change and rebooting WL-500gP, make sure all USB

applications are disabled, it would take more than 20 seconds for WL-500gP to reboot.

1) Sharing USB storage

To use this feature, you need to plug a USB hard disk to the USB2.0 port on the rear

panel of WL-500gP. Make sure the hard disk is formated and partitioned properly.

Note:

FAT32 has a 2GB file size limitation and do not support files above that size. If

you want to use files of above 2GB, you must format the disk to EXT2 file system.

Creating user account

To share the data in the USB storage, you need to create

user accounts first.

2. Input

User Name

and

Password

for the accounts.

Click

Add

to add the

account to the list.

3. To delete an account,

select the account from

the list and click

Del

.

4. Click

Apply

to apply the

changes and restart the

wireless router.

Creating share folder and access right

You can create a new share folder or share an existing

folder in your hard disk.

1. Click

USB Application -> User List

in the left side

menu to open the configuration page.

1. Click

USB Application -> Share Nodes

in the left

side menu to open the configuration page.

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2. Click

Add

to add a share

folder.

3. Select the folder you want to share

from Folder Manager and click

Ok

.

To create a share folder, input the

folder name in

Add Folder

field

and press

Add

.

4. Define the access right for

the share folder by appoint

User Name

and

Access

Right

. Click

Add

to add

the access right rule. When

finished, click

Apply

to

save the configuration.

6. Click

Finish

.

5. Set Network Neighbourhood

Mode to

Apply rules in

shared node list

, Work

Group to

WORKGROUP

to

enable all computers within

WORKGROUP to access

WL-500gP USB storage.

7. Click

Save & Restart

to

restart the wireless router

and activate the settings.

8. Open

My Network Place

from a computer connected

to WL-500gP. Click

view

work group computers

,

you can see WL-500gP in

the

Workgroup

category.

All files on the USB storage

are ready for sharing.

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2) Setting up FTP site

WL-500gP can also serve as an FTP site. You can make your FTP site accessible by

all users, or set up access policy to restrict anonymous login. To use this feature, you

need to plug a USB storage disk to the USB2.0 port on the rear panel of WL-500gP.

Make sure the hard disk is formated and partitioned properly.

1. To allow anonymous login: Set

Network Neighbourhood Mode

to

Share all paritions in disk

,

FTP Mode to

Login to first

partition

. The anonymous login

directory is the root directory of

first partition.

To allow accout login only: Set

Network Neighbourhood Mode

to

Apply rules in shared node

list

, FTP Mode to

Login to

first mached shared node

.

Click

Add

in the Share Node List

to specify the access directory

and access right of FTP account.

2. The

Maximum Login User

field specifies the maximum

logged in users at a same time.

The default value is 6.

3. Click

Finish

to activate the

settings and reboot. This process

may take several minutes.

4. Type

into

the address box of your Web

browser and press Enter to

login the FTP site.