USB Storage

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When you launch the USB Control Center Utility, a screen similar to the following displays:

This is the main screen, which shows a device icon, the description for this USB device, and

its status.

Available

. The device is available from the computer that you are using.

Waiting to Connect

. You need to connect to this device from the computer that you are

using. If this is the first time you are connecting, you might be prompted to install the device

driver.

Menu selections:

•

System

. Exit the utility.

•

Tools

. Access the Control Center Configuration to set up your shared USB device. See

the following section,

Control Center Configuration

.

•

About

. View details about the USB Control Center software.

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Control Center Configuration

Select

Tools >Configuration

to display the following screen:

Automatically execute when logging on Windows

. Enable this utility to start automatically

when you are logged in to Windows.

Timeout

. Specify the timeout value for holding the USB resource when it is not in use.

Language

. Select the display language for this utility.

USB Printer

The first time you use a printer, you need to click

Connect

. You might be asked to install the

driver for this printer. After the driver is installed, the printer status changes to Available.

Note:

Some USB printers (for example: HP and Lexmark printer) request

that Do not connect the USB cable until you are prompted by the

installation software in their installation.

If the USB printer is detected and connected automatically, you need to disconnect the

printer, and then wait for the prompt asking you to click

Connect

.

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Once the printer shows Available status, it is no longer grayed out in a Paused state in the

Windows Printers window.

This USB printer is ready. The utility does not need to always hold the connection of this USB

printer. Once there is any print job for this printer, the USB utility connects to this USB printer

automatically then prints. After the print job is done, the printer status returns to the Paused

state.

Scan with a Multi-Function Printer

You can use the scan feature of a multi-function printer.

1.

Make sure that the printer’s status shows as Available status.

2.

Click the

Network Scanner

button.

This activates the scanner window to perform scans.

USB Speaker



To control a USB speaker:

1.

Select the USB speaker.

2.

Click the

Connect

button to connect this speaker, or click

Disconnect

to disconnect the

speaker.

If you click Connect, and someone else is already connected to the speaker, a request is

sent to that person. The person who receives the request can click an Accept or Reject

button.

If someone is connected to the speaker and it is not being used (the router does not detect

any activity), the router holds the connection for the amount of time that is in the timeout

value, and then makes it available.

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USB Storage Advanced Settings

You can set up the device name, workgroups, and network folders for your USB device. On

the Advanced tab, select

USB Storage >

Advanced Settings

to display the following

screen:

You can use this screen to specify access to the USB storage device.

•

Network Device Name

. The default is readyshare. This is the name used to access the

USB device connected to the router.

•

Workgroup

. If you are using a Windows workgroup rather than a domain, the workgroup

name is displayed here. The name works only in an operating system that supports

NetBIOS, such as Microsoft Windows.

•

Access Method

. The access methods are described here.

Network Connection

. Enabled by default, this connection allows all users on the LAN to

have access to the USB drive.

HTTP

. Enabled by default. You can type

to

access the USB drive.

HTTP (via internet)

. Disabled by default. If you enable this setting, remote users can

type

http://

public

IP address

/shares (for example,

) or a URL

domain name to access the USB drive over the Internet. This setting supports file

uploading only.

FTP

. Disabled by default.

FTP (via internet)

. Disabled by default. If you enable this setting, remote users can

access the USB drive through FTP over the Internet. This setting supports both

downloading and uploading of files.

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Available Network Folders

You might need to scroll down to view this section of the screen:

•

Share Name

. If only 1 device is connected, the default share name is USB_Storage. You

can click the name shown or you can type it in the address field of your Web Browser. If

Not Shared is shown, the default share has been deleted and no other share for the root

folder exists. Click the link to change this setting.

•

Read/Write Access

. Shows the permissions and access controls on the network folder:

All - no password (the default) allows all users to access the network folder. The

password for admin is the same one that you use to log in to the router.

•

Folder Name

. Full path used by the network folder.

•

Volume Name

. Volume name from the storage device (either USB drive or HDD).

•

Total/Free Space

. Shows the current utilization of the storage device.