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USB Devices in the FRITZ!Box Home Network
16
USB Devices in the FRITZ!Box Home Network
The FRITZ!Box has two USB ports to which you can connect various
USB devices. All network devices in the FRITZ!Box home network can
use these USB devices jointly and simultaneously.
This chapter describes how to share a printer in the network, which
USB devices can be used in your FRITZ!Box home network, and how to
use these devices safely.
16.1
Power Supply for USB Devices
You can connect USB devices with the following properties to
the FRITZ!Box:
•
Some USB device require more than one USB port for op-
eration, for instance, hard drives with a USB Y cable.
Connect this type of USB devices to the FRITZ!Box using
a USB hub with its own power supply.
•
The total current consumption of connected USB devices
without their own power supply may not exceed 500 mA.
Check the rating plates of the connected USB devices.
USB devices that exceed the total current consumption
of 500 mA can be connected to the FRITZ!Box using a
USB hub with its own power supply.
16.2
USB Devices on the FRITZ!Box
These USB devices can be connected to the FRITZ!Box:
•
You can connect up to four USB storage media like hard
disks, USB flash drives or card readers.
•
USB storage media must use the file systems EXT2, FAT,
FAT32 or NTFS. On storage media with the FAT and FAT32
file systems you can use files up to a size of 4 GB. In the
NTFS file system there is no limit to the size of files that
can be used.
•
You can connect
one
standard USB printer or
one
all-in-
one device with scanner and fax function. The complete
range of functions available in a all-in-one printers
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Using USB Devices Safely
107
device is guaranteed only with the USB remote connec-
tion of the FRITZ!Box (see also:
Sharing a USB Printer on
page 109
).
•
You can connect a USB stick from the FRITZ!WLAN USB
Stick series by AVM to conveniently establish secure
WLAN connections using AVM Stick & Surf (see:
Establishing a WLAN Connection with AVM Stick & Surf
on page 25
).
16.3
Using USB Devices Safely
Follow the instructions below about how to use USB devices
on your FRITZ!Box.
•
The FRITZ!Box can not defend the USB memory from ex-
ternal influences. This means that voltage spikes or
drops, like those that occur during electrical storms, may
lead to data losses on connected USB memory media.
We recommend making regular backups of the USB
memory contents to avoid any losses.
•
Whenever you want to remove USB devices from the
FRITZ!Box, go to the “Home Network / USB Devices” area
in the FRITZ!Box user interface to remove them safely
and avoid any loss of data.
16.4
Configuring Password Protection and Access Rights
To protect the data on your USB memory from unauthorized
access, you can set up a password and access rights. Both
the password protection and the access rights are valid on all
memory available in the FRITZ!Box home network. You can
not
assign special passwords or access rights for individual
memory media.
1.
Start a web browser.
2.
Enter “fritz.box” in the address field.
3.
Go to the “Home Network / Storage (NAS)” and select
the “Security” tab.
4.
Configure the access rights and password protection.
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Accessing USB Memory
16.5
Accessing USB Memory
The participants in the home network have various possibili-
ties for accessing the various memory media of the FRITZ!Box.
•
Participants in the home network can use FTP software
like FireFTP to exchange files among the FRITZ!Box stor-
age media and workplaces.
Alternatively, you can enter
ftp://fritz-box
in the address
line of your Internet browser to access the memory of the
FRITZ!Box.
If you would like to use FTP software, see the documen-
tation of the software as well as the instructions in the
Online Help of the FRITZ!Box user interface.
•
For access to media data like music, images and videos
available on the memory of the FRITZ!Box you can enable
the FRITZ!Box media server. Suitable playback devices
like TV sets, web radios, smartphones and the Windows
Media Player can then call up the data for streaming
from the media server.
Playback devices to be used in connection with the me-
dia server must support the UPnP AV standard.
Enable the “Media Server” function in the FRITZ!Box user
interface under “Home Network / Storage (NAS) / Op-
tions Enabled”.
Note that you cannot set up password protection and access
rights if the USB remote connection is active.
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Sharing a USB Printer
109
16.6
Sharing a USB Printer
You can connect a USB printer to the USB port of the
FRITZ!Box to make it available to all participants in your home
network. You can either release the printer for sharing as a
network printer or use the FRITZ!Box USB remote connection
software to connect it with a computer. Which option is pref-
erable depends on how you intend to use the printer.
Using a USB Printer as a Network Printer
Configure the USB printer as a network printer on the
FRITZ!Box if
•
the participants in the home network are to be able to
use the printer jointly and simultaneously.
•
the printer is to be used by computers that use an oper-
ating system other than Windows (e.g. Mac OS X or
Linux).
For information about how to configure a USB printer as a net-
work printer, see the section
Setting Up a USB Printer as a
Network Printer on page 110
.
Using a USB Printer with FRITZ!Box USB Remote Connection
Configure the USB printer on the FRITZ!Box with the FRITZ!Box
USB remote connection if
•
the USB printer is an all-in-one device (fax/printer/scan-
ner) and the entire range of functions is to be used.
•
the USB printer is equipped with convenience features
like ink level display and you would like to use these.
•
the USB printer uses bidirectional data exchange. In oth-
er words: Not only does the computer send data to the
printer, the printer also sends status messages to the
computer. This communication in both directions is typi-
cal of the “Windows printers” or “GDI printers” that work
only with special Windows device drivers.
For information about how to configure a USB printer with the
USB remote connection, continue reading from the section
Configuring a USB Printer with FRITZ!Box USB Remote Con-
nection on page 112
.
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Sharing a USB Printer
Setting Up a USB Printer as a Network Printer
Work through the following steps to connect a USB printer to
the FRITZ!Box and configure it for use as a network printer.
Preparing Configuration
1.
Open the FRITZ!Box user interface.
2.
Enable the Expert Mode.
3.
Click “Home Network / USB Devices / USB Remote Con-
nection”.
4.
Make sure that the option “printers (including all-in-one
printers)” is disabled.
5.
Click “Apply”.
6.
Connect the USB printer to the FRITZ!Box.
This concludes the preparations. Continue reading in the sec-
tion for your operating system.
Setting Up a USB Printer in Windows 7, Vista and XP
1.
Click “Start / Control Panel” and select the printer cate-
gory of your operating system:
–
“View devices and printers” (Windows 7)
–
“Printers” (Windows Vista)
–
“Printers and Faxes” Windows XP)
2.
Click the printer icon with the right mouse button and se-
lect “Properties” or “Printer properties”.
3.
Switch to the “Ports” tab.
4.
Click “Add” or “Add Port...”.
5.
Double-click on the “Standard TCP/IP Port” entry and
click “New Port”, then “Next”.
If the printer is not displayed, you must first install the
printer drivers for this device. Consult the documenta-
tion of your printer for instructions.

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