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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.

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