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Connecting a USB Drive to the Router
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Chapter 5
Connecting a USB Drive to the Router
This chapter describes how to configure a USB disk drive attached to the WGT634U Wireless
Media Router. In planning your network, you should consider the level of security required for
local and remote users of the USB drive.
You can connect either a USB flash drive or a USB hard drive to the WGT634U. USB drive
applications may include:
•
Sharing files with offsite coworkers — sharing files such as Word documents, PowerPoint
presentations, and text files with remote users.
•
Sharing multimedia with friends and family — sharing MP3 files, pictures, and other
multimedia with local and remote users.
•
Sharing resources on your network — storing files in a central location so that you do not have
to power up a computer to perform local sharing. In addition, you can share files between
Macintosh, Linux, and PC computers by using the USB drive as a go-between the systems.
Note:
As soon as you plug the USB drive in the router, local users have read and write access to
the drive using Microsoft Networking.
Users from the Internet can access the USB drive using FTP. The USB Drive Wizard will guide
you through the FTP setup process.
File Sharing Scenarios
You can share files on the USB drive for a wide variety of business and recreational purposes. The
files can be any PC, Mac, or Linux file type including text files, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, MP3,
pictures, and multimedia.
A few of the common uses are shown below.
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Sharing Photos with Friends and Family
The 108 Mbps Wireless Media Router WGT634U allows you to create your own central storage
location for photos and multimedia. This eliminates the need to log in to (and pay for) an external
photo sharing site.
Figure 5-1:
Sharing photos with friends and family
Sharing files with your friends and family involves the following steps:
1.
Using the 108 Mbps Wireless Media Router WGT634U configuration utility, assign a user
name and password for each friend or family member.
2.
Specify a share folder that the account can access.
3.
Decide whether the account should have read only or read and write privileges. You can assign
read only access of the shared folder on the USB drive to remote friends and family members
such as Grandma.
4.
Local family members (Mom, Dad, and Son) can use a Web browser or Microsoft Networking
to access files on the USB drive. Local users have read and write privileges.
For more information on sharing photos with friends and family who are at another location, see
“Connecting to the USB Drive from a Remote Computer” on page 5-11
.
For more information on sharing photos with family on your local network, see
“Connecting to the
USB Drive from a Local Web Browser” on page 5-11
and
“Connecting to the USB Drive From
Your Home/Office Network” on page 5-12
.
Home Network
USB Drive
Computers Connected to the
USB Drive Over the Internet
Wireless Notebook
Computer
Computers
Printer
WGT634U
Sharing Photos With Friends and Family
Friend
Grandma
Son
Mom
Dad
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Storing Files in a Central Location for Playing or Printing
The WGT634U Wireless Media Router enables you to move files so that a private resource can act
as a network resource. The WGT634U allows centralized storage for easy access from other
computers that have local printers, CD burners, speakers, or specialized software.
For example, the following scenario may occur in a typical family that has one high quality color
printer directly attached to a computer, but not shared on the LAN:
•
The daughter has some photos on her Macintosh computer that she wants to print.
•
The mother has a photo-capable color printer directly attached to her PC, but not shared on the
network.
•
The mother and daughter’s computers are not visible to each other on the network.
Figure 5-2:
Storing files in a central location for printing
How can you send the photos from the daughter’s Mac to a printer attached to the mother’s PC?
This is where the USB drive on the Wireless Router can save you time and effort.
1.
Copy the photos from the daughter’s Mac to the USB drive using a Web browser. See
“Connecting to the USB Drive from a Local Web Browser” on page 5-11
for more
information.
2.
Use the mother’s PC to retrieve the files for printing. You can use a Web browser or Microsoft
Networking to transfer the files from the USB drive to a PC. For more information on using
Microsoft Networking to transfer the files, see
“Connecting to the USB Drive From Your
Home/Office Network” on page 5-12
.
Home Network
USB Drive
Wireless Notebook
Computer
Computers
Printer
WGT634U
Storing Files in a Central Location
Daughter
Mom
Dad
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Sharing Large Files with Colleagues
Sending files that are larger than 5 MB can pose a problem for many mail systems. The WGT634U
Wireless Media Router allows you to share very large files such as PowerPoint presentations or
ZIP files with colleagues at another site. Rather than tying up their mail systems will large files,
your colleagues can use FTP to easily download shared files from the WGT634U.
Figure 5-3:
Sharing files with remote users
Sharing files with a remote colleague involves the following steps:
1.
Using the 108 Mbps Wireless Media Router WGT634U configuration utility, assign a user
name and password for your colleague.
2.
Specify a share folder on the USB drive that the colleague can access.
3.
The remote colleague can use FTP from a Web browser or another FTP program to access the
shared folder on the USB drive. Access can be read only or read/write for remote users.
For more information, see
“Connecting to the USB Drive from a Remote Computer” on page 5-11
.
Understanding the USB Configuration Settings
To configure the USB disk drive settings, click the USB Drive Settings link in the main menu of
the browser interface. The USB Drive Settings screen appears, as shown below.
Home Network
USB Drive
Computer Connected to the
USB Drive Over the Internet
Wireless Notebook
Computer
Computers
Printer
WGT634U
Sharing Large Files With Colleagues
Remote Colleague
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Figure 5-4:
USB Drive Settings screen
The USB Drive Settings screen shows which login accounts are enabled and the share folders each
account has access to. The following fields are displayed:
Network Access
•
Host Name
. The host name you can use to access the USB drive from your network.
•
Workgroup
. If you are using a Windows Workgroup rather than a Domain, the
Workgroup name will be displayed here.
FTP Access
•
Status.
Access is enabled or disabled for the login account listed.
•
Login Name
. The user who has rights to access the USB disk drive.
•
Password
. For security purposes, the password for each login account is not displayed.
•
Share Folder
. The top directory of the USB drive the login account has access to.
•
Access Rights
. Read Only or Read & Write access to the top directory designated as the
share, and all directories below the share.

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