FRITZ WLAN-7390 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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USB Devices

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8

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 2

FON 1

FON 2

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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