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Sharing Content on your Technicolor Gateway

Introduction

The Technicolor Gateway allows you to share the content stored on your USB storage device with other users on your

network or even access this shared content from the Internet.

Features



The Technicolor Gateway supports USB 2.0



The following file systems are supported:



NTFS (optional)



FAT32



FAT16



HFS+ (optional)



EXT2/EXT3 (optional)



You can connect up to five USB storage devices (via a USB hub).



Each USB storage device can have up to 10 partitions. If your device has more partitions the extra partitions will be

ignored.

Content Sharing Servers

The Technicolor Gateway offers three types of services to share your content. The following table gives a you a brief

overview of the main functions:

Network File Server

UPnP AV Media Server

FTP Server

Function

Store and access your data

on your local network.

Make media files available

for UPnP AV capable

devices like Media players,

Set-Top boxes from your

local network.

Store and access your data

from the Internet.

Access

Read and write

Read-only

Read and write

Accessible from

Local network

Local network

Internet

and Local network

Type of content shared

All files from all partitions

and disks that are

connected.

Media

files (music, movies

and pictures) from all

partitions and disks that are

connected.

All files that are stored in

the

Shared

folder of the

managed partition.

For more information,

see...

“7.1 The Network File

Server” on page 47

“7.2 The UPnP AV Media

Server” on page 50

“7.3 The FTP Server” on

page 54

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Configuration

All servers are

enabled by default

. The only thing that you need to do is to plug your USB memory stick or external hard

disk in (one of) the USB port(s) of your Technicolor Gateway.

By using a USB hub, you can connect up to five USB mass storage devices to the Technicolor Gateway.

Do not remove your USB storage device without stopping it first, otherwise data might be lost! For more

information, see

“7.5 Safely Removing your USB Storage Device” on page 58

.

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7.1

The Network File Server

Introduction

The Network Server allows you to share the content on your USB storage device(s) with other devices that are connected to

your local network (mostly computers).

These devices have

read and write access

to this USB device(s).

Configuration

The Network File Server is

enabled by default

and ready for use.

To change the default settings, proceed as follows:

1

Browse to the Technicolor Gateway GUI.

For more information, see

“Accessing the Technicolor Gateway GUI” on page 29

.

2

On the

Tools

menu, click

Content Sharing

.

3

In the

Navigation bar

, click

Configure

.

4

Under

Network File Server (Windows Networking)

, you can change the following settings:



Server Name

:

Enter the name that you want to use to access the Technicolor Gateway.



Server Description

:

Add a short description for what kind of data is stored on the USB storage device.



Workgroup

:

Enter the same workgroup as used by your computer(s).



Server Enabled

:

Select this option to enable the Network File Server

5

Click

Apply

.

6

All users connected to the Technicolor Gateway can now access the data on stored your USB storage device.

7

If you want to limit the number of folders that can be accessed, continue with

“7.4 Managing your Shared Content” on

page 56

.

Accessing the shared content on Windows

Proceed as follows:

1

Open

Windows Explorer

.

2

In the address bar, type two backslashes followed by the name that you entered in the

Server Name

box (default:

\\Technicolor

).

If you did not provide a server name, type

\\192.168.1.253

.

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An Explorer windows appears. The storage devices that are attached to your Technicolor Gateway are listed as folders.

If the storage device has multiple partitions an index number will be added at the end (for example: Disk_a

1

and

Disk_a

2

).

If multiple storage devices are inserted the first one is listed as Disk_

a

1, the second one as Disk_

b

1, and so on.

If the partition is a managed partition, only the

Media

and

Shared

folders of the managed partition are displayed:

For more information on managed partitions, see

“7.4 Managing your Shared Content” on page 56

.

4

If you plan to frequently use this folder, it might be useful to map this folder as a network drive. For more information, see

the help of your operating system.

Accessing the shared content on Mac

Proceed as follows:

1

On the

Go

menu, click

Connect To Server

.

2

The

Connect To Server

window appears.

In the

Server Address

box, type

smb://<server name>

, where <server name> is the Server Name you assigned to your

USB storage device (default:

smb://Technicolor

).

If you did not provide a server name, type

smb://192.168.1.253

.

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The following window appears:

Select

Guest

and click

Connect

.

4

If prompted, select the partition that you want to open and click

OK

:

5

Your USB storage device is now mounted and is displayed on your desktop.