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2.

If you cannot use the new user name and password to access the shares, press

Windows

logo + R

to open the Run dialog box and type

net use

\\192.168.0.1 /delete /yes

and press

Enter. (192.168.0.1 is your router's LAN IP address. If the LAN IP of the modem connected

with your router is 192.168.0.x, the default LAN IP of the router will automatically switch from

192.168.0.1 to 192.168.1.1 to avoid IP conflict; in this case, please try

net use

\\192.168.1.1

/delete / yes

.)

4.10.3

Storage Sharing

Choose menu “

USB Settings

→

Storage Sharing

”, you can configure a USB disk drive attached

to the router and view volume and share such properties as share name, directory, user access,

and status on this page as shown below.

Figure 4-53 Storage Sharing



Server Status -

Indicates the Storage Sharing server's current status. You can click the

Enable

button to start the Storage Sharing service and click the

Disable

button to stop it.



Anonymous access to all volumes –

Check this box to allow users to access to all

volumes without username or password



Shared Name -

The volume name of the USB drive the users have access to.



Directory -

The directory of the shared folder.



User Access –

Indicates user access of the shared folder. F stands for fully access, R

stands for read-only and N stands for no-access.



Status -

Indicates the shared or non-shared status of the volume.

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

Edit –

Click

Edit

to edit the entry.

To add a new folder, follow the instructions below.

1.

Click

Add New Folder

in Figure 4-53.

Figure 4-54 Add or Modify Share Folder

2.

Enter display name of the share folder in

Shared Name

filed.

3.

Click the

Browse

button to select the folder which you want to share.

4.

Click the

Apply

button to save the settings.



Note:

1.

The max share folders number is 10. If you want to share a new folder when the number has

reached 10, you can delete an existing share folder and then add a new one.

2.

If you want to change the FTP settings, you need to restart FTP Server to make the changes

take effect.

Click the

Enable Selected

button to make the selected entries enabled

Click the

Disable Selected

button to make the selected entries disabled.

Click the

Delete Selected

button to delete the selected entries.

Click the

Apply

button to make the settings take effect.

4.10.4

FTP Server

Choose menu “

USB Settings

→

FTP Server

”, you can create an FTP server that can be accessed

from the Internet or your local network.

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Figure 4-55 FTP Server Configuration



Server Status -

Indicates the FTP Server's current status.



Internet Access -

Select enable to allow access of the FTP server from the Internet.

Otherwise, select disable to only allow local network access.



Internet Address

- The WAN IP address of this router,



Service Port -

Enter the FTP Port number to use. The default is 21.

To set up your FTP Server, please follow the instructions below:

1.

Plug an external USB hard disk drive or USB flash drive into this router.

2.

Click the

Enable/Disable

radio box to enable/disable Internet access to FTP from Internet

port.

3.

Specify a port for the FTP server to use (The default port number is 21).

4.

The

Internet Address

displays the WAN IP address of this router, so that other users can

access FTP via this address.

5.

If WAN type is PPPoE/PPTP/L2TP, two connections will be available. Therefore, users can

access FTP server via two connections. Users in a private LAN can access ftp server via

Public Address

while Internet users can access ftp server via

Internet Address

.

6.

Click the

Apply

button to start the ftp server.

To add a new folder, follow the instructions below.

1.

Click

Add New Folder

in Figure 4-55.

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Figure 4-56 Add or Modify Share Folder

2.

Enter display name of the share folder in

Shared Name

filed.

3.

Click the

Browse

button to select the folder which you want to share.

4.

Click the

Apply

button to save the settings.



Note:

1.

The max share folders number is 10. If you want to share a new folder when the number has

reached 10, you can delete an existing share folder and then add a new one.

2.

If you want to change the FTP settings, you need to restart FTP Server to make the changes

take effect.

4.10.5

Media Server

Choose menu “

USB Settings

→

Media Server

”, you can create media server that allows you to

share stored content with other computers and devices on your home network and on the Internet.

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Figure 4-57 Media Server Setting



Server Enable

- Indicates the Media Server’s current status, started or stopped. You can

click the

Enable

button to enable the Media Server and click the

Disable

button to disable it.



Server Name -

The name of this Media Server.

To set up your media server, please follow the instructions below:

1.

Plug an external USB hard disk drive or USB flash drive into this router, and then click the

Enable

button to start the media server. The screen will appear as shown in Figure 4-57.

2. Click the

Add New Folder

button to specify a folder as the search path of media server. The

screen will then appear as shown in Figure 4-58.

Figure 4-58 Add New Folder



Share Name

- You can enter a display name for the share folder.



Directory

- Displays the location of this folder.



Browse

– Click the button to select the folder to share.



Apply

- Click the button to save your settings.

3. Click the

Scan Now

button to scan all the share folders immediately. You can also select the

Auto-scan

, at the same time, select an auto scan interval time by drop-down list. In this case,

the media server will auto scan the share folders.