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WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual
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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.
5. Application features
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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.

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