Huawei EchoLife-HG556a-v2 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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6.2 Enabling or Disabling the WLAN Function

Function Overview

The terminal supports enabling or disabling the WLAN function. Thus, you can enable

or disable the WLAN function as required.

Configuration Example

To disable the WLAN function, do as follows:

Step 1

Log in to the Web-based configuration utility.

Step 2

Choose

Wireless

>

Basic

in the navigation tree.

The WLAN configuration page is displayed.

Step 3

Clear

Enable Wireless

, and then click

Submit

.

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You can also use the Wi-Fi button on the side panel of the terminal to enable or disable the

WLAN function. More details, see 5.1 "Setting Up a Wireless Connection by the Wi-Fi

Button."

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6.3 Using the Home Storage Function

Function Overview

The terminal supports the home storage function. Portable storage devices, such as USB

flash drives and portable hard disks, can be connected to the USB port on the terminal. If

your portable storage device is a card reader, insert the storage card

(

for example CF, SD,

and MMC card

)

in the card reader, and then connect the card reader to the USB interface

of the terminal. The hard disks of the NTFS format support read only, cannot write.

Configuration Example

To access a portable storage device, do as follows:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Figure 6-1

Step 1

Enable the FTP server. To configure parameters of the FTP server, do as follows:

Log in to the Web-based configuration utility.

Choose

Advanced Setup

>

FTP

in the navigation tree.

Select

Enabled

.

Enter the name and password of the FTP in the

UserName

and

Password

text boxes.

Enter the password again in the

Confirm Password

text box.

Click

Save/Apply

to save the settings.

Step 2

Connect a portable storage device to the USB port on the terminal. For the connection

method, see the following figure.

Home storage connection

After connecting the cables, you can access the portable storage device through the three

methods as follows.

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6.3.1

6.3.2

Figure 6-2

Accessing the Storage Device by the FTP Client

To access the portable storage device by the FTP client, do as follows.

Step 1

Launch the Internet Explorer and enter

FTP://192.168.1.1

.

Step 2

In the

Login

dialog box, enter the user name and the password for logging in to the FTP

server (the default user name and password are

vodafone

) and then click

Login

.

Step 3

After the password is verified, you can read and write the contents on the portable

storage device connected to the terminal.

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Accessing the Storage Device by the Samba Function

To access the portable storage device by the Samba Function, do as follows.

Step 1

Launch the Internet Explorer and enter

\\192.168.1.1

in the address bar, then press

Enter

to display the

Share

folder.

Share

folder

Step 2

Double-click the Share folder. Then you can share the contents on the portable storage

device.

Figure 6-3

USBDisk_1

folder

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Step 3

Double click the

USBDisk_1

folder, and then you can see the folder structure of your

portable storage device.

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6.3.3

Figure 6-4

Accessing the Storage Device by Mapping Network Drive

The terminal allows you to accessing the portable storage device by mapping as a

network drive, do as follows:

Step 1

Right click the

My Computer

icon on the desktop of your PC.

Step 2

Choose

Map Network Drive

to display the

Map Network Drive

page, see Figure 6-4.

Step 3

Specify the drive name (take

Z

as an example) in the

Drive

drop-list box.

Step 4

Enter the path of the shared folder: \\192.168.1.1\share.

Step 5

Click

finish

.

Step 6

Double click the My Computer icon to see a mapped network drive named Z.

Step 7

Double click the

Z

disk to see the content in your portable storage device.

Map Network Drive

page

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6.4 Using the USB Printer Function

To enable the USB printer function, do as follows.

Step 1

Connect the cables refer to Figure 6-5.

Figure 6-5

USB printer connection

Step 2

Configure the web page as follows:

Launch the Internet Explorer on your computer and enter

http://192.168.1.1

in the

address bar.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

1.

2.

Enter the user name and the password in the displayed window, and then click

OK

.

Choose

Advanced Setup

>

Printer Server

in the navigation tree.

Enable the

Enable on-board print server

option text box.

Enter the printer name and the model of your printer in the

Printer name

and

Make

and model

text boxes.

Click

Save/Apply

to save the settings.

Step 3

Set the printer parameters on the PC.

Choose

Start

>

Printers and Faxes

. Then click the Add Printer icon on the left side

of the displayed page.

Click

Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard

page.

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