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2) Setting up FTP site

WL-500W can also serve as an FTP site. You can make your FTP site accessible to

all users, or set up an 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-

500W. Make sure the hard disk is formatted and partitioned properly.

1. To allow anonymous login: Set

Network Neighborhood Mode

to

Share all partitions in disk

,

FTP Mode to

Login to first

partition

. The anonymous

login directory is the root

directory of first partition.

To allow account login only: Set

Network Neighborhood Mode

to

Apply rules in shared node

list

, FTP Mode to

Login to

first matched 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

number of concurrent users.

The default value is 6.

3. Click

Finish

to activate the

settings and reboot. This process

may take several minutes.

4. Type

ftp://±²2.±68.±.±

into

the address box of your Web

browser and press Enter to

login the FTP site.

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1. Click

Basic Config

page in USB Application folder.

2. Set

Enable Download Master

to

Yes

. If you want to share the

downloaded file with your LAN

users, set

Enable Download

Share

to

Yes

. Click

Finish

and

save and restart the wireless

router.

3) Download Master

The Download Master helps to manage the download tasks without turning your

computer on. To use this function, you need to: 1) mount a USB storage to WL-500W

Wireless Router; and 2) install ASUS Utilities from the support CD. Refer to chapter 6

for utility installation procedures.

4.

HTTP download (1)

Right click the download link

on the Web page and click

Download using ASUS

Download

. A window in

step 5 appears to indicate

download progress.

HTTP download (2)

Right click the download

link on the Web page and

click

Properties.

Copy the

download

Address (URL)

.

3. Open Download Master from Start

-> All Programs -> ASUS Utility

->WL-500W Wireless Router ->

Download Master. Click

File ->

Connect

to associate with WL-

500W.

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If you select

Download using

ASUS Download

, you can see

the download task is added to

the

Transfer

list. The blue bars

indicate the progress of download

tasks.

If you copy the download address,

click

Assign

button in the utility.

Paste the address into

Getting

File From

box, select

HTTP

from

Options

, and click

Download

button to start.

7. Click

Folder

button to view the

download file. Open the

Complete

folder to view or copy the finished

files to your local hard disk. The

unfinished

tasks are kept in

InComplete

folder.

4) Web camera

The ASUS Wireless Router implements several applications for a

USB Web camera, enabling you to capture images and send them

over the Internet. For this function, you need to plug a USB camera

onto WL-500W and enable ActiveX for your Web browser.

Web camera

1. Click

Web Camera

page in USB Application folder.

2.

Enable Web Camera

- Selecting LAN Only enables Web Camera for LAN users.

Selecting LAN and WAN enableds Web Camera for both LAN users and WAN users

through firewall.

5. FTP download

Click

Transfer

button of the

Download Master and select

FTP

in the

Options

field. Input the FTP

site address, Port number, User

Name, Password. Click Download

to start.

6. BT download

Save the BT seed on your

computer. Click

Transfer

button of

the Download Master and select

BT

in the Options field. Click

Browse

to locate the seed file.

Click

Download

to start.

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Web Camera Mode

- Select the

appropriate camera mode from

the drop down list. ActiveX Only

enables user to execute ActiveX

clients on an Windows

®

IE

platform and get the best image

quality. ActiveX and Refresh

enables user to get a basic image

on both IE and other browsers.

Refresh Only provides to all users

still images which are refreshed in

a specified interval.

Web Camera Driver

- When you plug a supported Web Camera into the USB2.0 port in

the wireless router, the appropriate driver is selected automatically. Refer to the USB Web

Camera support list on ASUS Website (www.asus.com) for supported Web Camera models.

Image Size

- Select the image size from the drop down list. 320 x 240 provides a larger

image while

160 x 120 provides faster transmission. Click Preview to see the effect.

Sense Level

- This field indicates the sensitivity at which image movement is detected.

Refresh Time in Seconds

- This field indicates the time interval in seconds in which the

system reloads images. The range of values is 1~65535.

HTTP Port

- This field indicates the port that HTTP server listens on to communicate. For

example, by default, you can connect to your web camera by using http://192.168.1.1:7776

without password checking. (The password checking field is unchecked.)

ActiveX Port

- This field indicates the port that server listens on to communicate with

ActiveX clients.

Enabling ActiveX for your IE

If you use Internet Explorer

®

, you need to enable ActiveX or

the Web Camera cannot function properly. For clients using

Netscape or other browsers, ignore this part.

1. Open Internet Explorer 5.0 or above on your computer,

click

Tools -> Internet Options

.

3. Select

Security

tab and click

Custom

Level

button.

4. Enable the activeX controls and plug-ins.

By default, these items are disabled.

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1.

Enable Security Mode?

-Select

Yes to enable security function on

the data and time you set below.

Date to Enable Security Mode

-

This field defines the date that

Security Mode is enabled.

Time to Enable Security Mode

-

This field defines the time interval

that Security Mode is enabled.

Send to

- Input the E-mail address you wish WL-500W send the image to.

Email Server

- This field indicates the E-mail server you use for exchanging E-mail. If you

leave this field blank, WL-500W uses the mail server of your E-mail address in

Send to

field.

Subject

- This field is for the subject of E-mail.

Attach Image File?

- This field allows you to attach the captured image in the E-mail.

Remote monitors

This function allows you to monitor up to 6 Web Cameras in your LAN. You can enter

the IP addresses of other ASUS Wireless Routers which have Web Camera attached.

Note:

When enabling "LAN and WAN" remote control in the Wireless Router, packets

from Internet with destination ports 8081 to 8086 will be forwarded to WL-500W

in Remote Control fields. To make sure packets from WL-500W are routed back

to Internet, you need to set a static route entry for WL-500W. The IP address and

gateway address are same as the address of WL-500W.

Enable Web Camera to WAN users

With proper setting to DDNS, you can monitor your working environment from

anywhere on Internet, even if dynamic WAN IP address is used. If any motion is

detected by the camera, WL-500W captures the images and send them to your

appointed E-mail box. Refer to page 15-17 for DDNS setup procedures.

5. By default, these three items are enabled.

Enable them if changed.

6. Click

Yes

to change the security settings.