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USB Devices
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USB Devices
USB Devices at the FRITZ!Box
The FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7390 is equipped with two USB ports (also
known as USB host controllers).
The USB ports of the FRITZ!Box support the standards USB 2.0 and
USB 1.1.
Various USB devices can be connected to the USB ports:
•
a FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick N 2.4, a FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick N or an
AVM FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick
•
a USB storage device (hard drive, memory stick, card reader)
•
a USB printer
•
a USB modem (UMTS/HSPA)
•
USB hubs
If you use USB hubs, note that a maximum of four USB devices can
be operated on the FRITZ!Box.
8.1
Connecting USB Devices
Connecting a USB cable to the USB port
Connecting
Some USB devices, such as memory sticks or the
FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick N, are inserted directly into one of
the USB ports on the FRITZ!Box. Other devices like USB
printers are connected to one of the USB ports by means
of a USB cable.
LAN 1
LAN 1
LAN 2
LAN 2
FON 1
FON 1
FON 2
FON 2
DSL/TEL
DSL/TEL
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Accessing USB Devices
If you would like to use multiple devices at one USB port,
you can also use a USB hub (see the section “USB Hubs”
on page 63). Please read the “Tips for Using USB Devices”
on page 66 first.
8.2
Accessing USB Devices
Network Sharing
As soon as a USB device is connected to the FRITZ!Box, all
of its functions are available in the entire network:
•
The files in the USB mass storage can be accessed
from the network via FTP (File Transfer Protocol), or
you can make the USB mass storage device available
as a network storage device. The two kinds of access
are explained in greater detail in the section “Access-
ing the Data on the USB Mass Storage” on page 54.
•
USB printers are available as network printers.
USB Remote
Connection
With the USB remote connection, a computer in the net-
work can use USB devices just as if they were connected
directly to the computer via the USB cable (virtual cable
replacement). This can make sense for multifunctional
printers, for instance, so that you can use the integrated
card reader/scanner or the ink level display.
While a computer accesses a USB device via the USB re-
mote connection, the USB device is not available for other
computers in the network.
For more information on the USB remote connection, see
the section “FRITZ!Box USB Remote Connection” from
page 64.
8.3
FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick
The FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick N, the FRITZ!WLAN USB
Stick N 2.4 and the FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick are WLAN
adapters manufactured by AVM for connection to a com-
puter. Using a WLAN adapter you can connect the comput-
er wirelessly with the FRITZ!Box.
All FRITZ!WLAN USB Sticks from AVM master the
Stick & Surf method, making it easy to establish a secure
WLAN connection: The FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick is inserted
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USB Mass Storage Devices
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briefly into one of the USB ports on the FRITZ!Box, where it
receives all of the security settings required for the WLAN
connection to this FRITZ!Box.
For instructions on establishing a WLAN connection using
Stick & Surf, see the section “Connecting the
FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick” from page 18. For more informa-
tion on the various FRITZ!WLAN USB Sticks by AVM and
the WLAN standards each of them supports, see the
FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick N manual, the FRITZ!WLAN USB
Stick N 2.4 manual, or the manual for the FRITZ!WLAN USB
Stick.
8.4
USB Mass Storage Devices
USB storage devices include hard drives, memory sticks,
and card readers.
File Systems
Access to USB memory devices connected to the
FRITZ!Box is possible via the File Transfer Protocol (FTP),
network storage and USB remote connection functions.
USB storage devices using the file systems FAT, FAT32 and
NTFS are supported. Files in the FAT and FAT32 file sys-
tems are supported up to a size of 4 GB. This limit does
not apply in the NTFS file system, where even larger files
can be accessed.
Access Rights and Password Protection
You can define access rights and password protection for
the USB storage devices. These settings are valid for all
USB storage devices connected to the FRITZ!Box. It is not
possible to assign specific read or write access or an indi-
vidual password to each storage device.
Configuring
Proceed as follows to define access rights and password
protection for the USB storage devices:
1.
Start a web browser.
2.
Enter
fritz.box
in the address field.
3.
Select the “Home Network / Storage (NAS)” menu.
4.
Select the “Security” tab.
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Accessing the Data on the USB Mass Storage
5.
Configure the access rights and password protection
for the USB mass storage devices.
Accessing the Data on the USB Mass Storage
USB storage devices connected to the FRITZ!Box directly
or via a USB hub are displayed with their device name in
the “Home Network / USB Devices” menu on the user
interface.
FRITZ!NAS
All of the computers in the network can access the data in
the USB mass storage simultaneously via FTP.
Click the “Start FRITZ!NAS” button in the “Home Network /
Storage (NAS) / FRITZ!NAS” menu. The folder structure of
the storage available via FRITZ!NAS is displayed in yor web
browser.
Now you can select the desired USB storage device and
double click to view the data stored there. As soon as you
set a checkmark in front of a file name, you can click any
of the buttons at the top of the list to apply the associated
function.
Files on the USB storage device cannot be run or opened
until they have been copied to your computer or to your lo-
cal network.
Media Server
With this option music, image and video files on the USB
storage device can be played back by compatible devices
(streaming). The USB storage device with the media col-
lection is simply connected to the USB port on the
FRITZ!Box and a suitable playback device is linked to the
local network.
The devices automatically communicate via Universal Plug
& Play (UPnP). This technology allows the devices con-
nected to each other by cable or radio network to perform
automatic detection, recognize events, and exchange data
with each other accordingly. With UPnP AV this technology
has been expanded to audio and video contents.
The access rights and password are are not enabled if the
USB remote connection is enabled for all USB storage de-
vices.
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USB Printer
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With the media server, media files of all kinds of formats
can be made available from the connected USB storage
device via UPnP.
8.5
USB Printer
To connect a USB printer to one of the USB ports of the
FRITZ!Box, you can either enable the USB remote connec-
tion or use the USB printer as a network printer.
USB Printer at the USB Remote Connection
If you enable the USB remote connection for USB printers,
then you can use the printer on another computer just as if
it were connected directly to your computer (virtual cable
replacement).
•
If you want to use the printer with the USB remote
connection enabled, then the program for the USB re-
mote connection (see page 64) and the suitable
printer drivers must be installed on any computer
that is supposed to use the printer.
•
When the USB remote connection is enabled, all-in-
one printers (printers with supplementary fax or
scanner functions) can also be used for faxing and
scanning.
•
If your printer is equipped with a status monitor, you
can use this feature when the USB remote connection
is enabled.
•
Host-based printers, like those that expect printer
status message responses from the system (bidirec-
tional communication as in the GDI system, for in-
stance), can only be used via the USB remote con-
nection. These printers usually can be used only with
an operating system for which the printer manufac-
The USB network storage, media server and FTP functions
can be used only if the USB remote connection is not en-
abled for USB storage devices.

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