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6.3 The FTP Server

Introduction

The TG589vn v3 allows you to access your shared content by FTP. This can be useful if you want to be able to access your

shared content from the Internet.

Via FTP you can

download and upload

all types of files both from your

local network and the Internet

.

Setting up the FTP server

Proceed as follows:

1

Protect your account with a password

.

2

Enable the FTP Server and select the managed partition

.

Protect your account with a password

If you did not yet configure your login to the

TG589vn v3 GUI

with a password:

1

Browse to the TG589vn v3 GUI.

For more information, see

“Accessing the TG589vn v3 GUI” on page 23

.

2

On the

Toolbox

menu, click

User Management

.

3

In the

Pick a task

list, click

Change my password

.

4

Leave the

Old Password

box empty.

5

Type your new password both in the

New Password

box and

Confirm New Password

box.

Enable the FTP Server and select the managed partition

Proceed as follows:

1

Browse to the TG589vn v3 GUI.

For more information, see

“Accessing the TG589vn v3 GUI” on page 23

.

2

On the

Toolbox

menu, click

Content Sharing

.

3

In the

Navigation bar

, click

Configure

.

4

Under

FTP Server

, click

Server Enabled

.

5

Under

List of connected disks

, click the radio button next to the partition to make it managed.

6

The TG589vn v3 now creates a

Media

and

Shared

folder on the selected partition. The

Shared

folder will be used as

root location for FTP sessions.

7

Click

Apply

.

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Result

The

Shared

folder and its subfolders are now accessible using FTP. The other folders are not accessible via FTP.

If you are connected to the Internet, the link to the FTP server is displayed under FTP Server:

On the TG589vn v3 network, you can also access the FTP server using its local address (192.168.1.253).

Additional configuration

Because most service providers use dynamic IP addresses, the IP address of your Internet connection may change

frequently. This implies that the link to the FTP server will also change every time the public IP changes. With

Dynamic

DNS

, you can assign a host name to the IP address (for example

mygateway.dyndns.org

). For more information, see

“7.3 Dynamic DNS” on page 62

.

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6.4 Managing your Shared Content

Managed Partition

If you select your drive or partition as managed partition, users only have access to the following folders:



Media



Shared

All other folders will be hidden from the user. These hidden folders are still on the USB storage device, but you can not

access them. If you connected more than one USB storage device, those devices will also be hidden.

Media folder

Use the

Media

folder to share your audio, video and picture files. This folder can only be accessed via the following servers:



The Network File Server

For more information, see

“6.1 The Network File Server”

.



UPnP AV Media Server.

For more information, see

“6.2 The UPnP AV Media Server”

.

Shared folder

The

Shared

folder is a folder to share files both on the

local network and the Internet

. This folder can only be accessed via

the following server:



The Network File Server

For more information, see

“6.1 The Network File Server”

.



FTP Server

For more information, see

“6.3 The FTP Server”

.

Ummanaged vs. managed

The following table compares the two modes:

Setting up the managed partition

Proceed as follows:

1

Browse to the

TG589vn v3 GUI

.

For more information, see

“Accessing the TG589vn v3 GUI” on page 23

.

2

On the

Toolbox

menu, click

Content Sharing

.

3

In the

Navigation bar

, click

Configure

.

4

Under

List of connected disks

, click the radio button next to the partition you want to configure as

Managed Partition

.

5

Click

Apply

.

If your partition is managed, the UPnP AV server will only use the media files that are located in the

Media

folder.

The FTP Server can only be used with a managed partition.

Access via

Accessible folders

Unmanaged

Managed

Network File Server

All

Media

and

Shared

folder.

UPnP AV Media Server

All

Media

folder.

FTP Server

Not available in this mode.

Shared

folder.

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Result

The TG589vn v3 creates following folders:



Media

:

Use this folder to share your media files with others users on your network. You can store your media files in following

subfolders:



Movies



Music



Pictures



Shared

:

Use this folder to share your other data with other users on your network. Optionally, users can also access this folder

using FTP. For more information, see

“6.3 The FTP Server” on page 47

.

If the above folders already exist, the existing folders are used.

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6.5 Safely Removing your USB Storage Device

Introduction

If you just unplug your USB storage device from the TG589vn v3 you may loose your data. To avoid this you must first stop

your USB storage device.

Stopping your USB storage device

Proceed as follows

1

Browse to the

TG589vn v3 GUI

.

For more information, see

“Accessing the TG589vn v3 GUI” on page 23

.

2

On the

Toolbox

menu, click

Content Sharing

.

3

In the

Navigation bar

, click

Configure

.

4

Click

Stop

.

5

Unplug your USB storage device from the TG589vn v3.