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

Sharing Settings



Network/Media Server Name

- Name of the USB drive connected to the router. Please

note that the network connection is enabled by default.



Enable

- The Access Method is active if the Enable box is selected.



Access Method

- Available methods to access the storage device.

1)

Network Neighborhood:

This method is enabled by default. To access the USB drive

for example from a Windows computer:

i.

Select

Start > Run

.

ii.

Enter

\\192.168.0.1

in the dialog box and click the

OK

button.

2)

FTP:

This method is disabled by default. If you select this check box and click the

Save

button, the LAN users can access the USB drive through FTP. To access the USB drive

for example from a Windows computer:

i.

Select

Start > Run

.

ii.

Enter

in the dialog box and click the

OK

button.

3)

FTP (Remote):

This method is disabled by default. If you select this check box, remote

users can access the USB drive through FTP over the Internet. This feature supports

both downloading and uploading of files. To access the USB drive for example from a

Windows computer:

i.

Select

Start > Run

.

ii.

Enter

ftp://WAN IP:port

in the dialog box and click the

OK

button.



Note:

If the port for FTP (Remote) is changed, the port for FTP will be changed to the same

port.



Sharing Mode

1)

If

Sharing All

is selected, all the folders in the USB drive will be shared. Besides

Authentication

will appear for you to choose or not.

2)

If

Sharing Folders

is selected, only the folders you specified will be shared. You have to

click the

Create Share Folder

to specify folders allowed to be shared in the next screen.

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Figure 4-54 Add or Modify Share Folder



Allow Guest Network Access

- Select the check box to allow the Guest Network to

have access to the shared folder.



Enable Authentication

- Select the check box to require users to log in with a

username and password. You can create a new login in the Advanced USB

Settings page. Otherwise, the username and password will be the same as

your Web Management login information.



Enable Write Access

- Select the check box to allow users to make changes to the

folder content.



Enable Media Sharing -

Select this checkbox to enable media sharing.

To specify your sharing folders:

i.

Select the volume where you would like to create your sharing folder.

ii.

Create a share name, e.g. Movie.

iii.

Select to enable the corresponding function(s) as you desire.

iv.

Click the

Save

button.

4.10.3

Print Server

Choose menu “

USB Settings

→

Print Server

”, you can configure print server on this page as

shown below.

Figure 4-55 Pint Server Setting

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There are two states of the print server, as follows.



Online -

Indicates the print service has been turned on, and no user is using the print service

at present. You can click the "

Stop

" button to stop the print service.



Offline -

Indicates the print service feature is disabled. You can click "

Start

" button to start the

print service.

4.11 NAT

Choose “

NAT

”, and you can enable or disable the NAT and Hardware NAT Control feature. The

NAT Rules and Hardware NAT will work properly only when the NAT Control feature is enabled.

Figure 4-56 The Forwarding menu



Current NAT Status

- If enabled, the NAT function and the Forwarding configuration will take

effect. If disabled, neither NAT function nor Forwarding configuration will take effect.



Current Hardware NAT Status

- If enabled, the Hardware NAT feature will take effect. If

disabled, neither Hardware NAT feature will take effect.

4.12

Forwarding

Figure 4-57 The Forwarding menu

There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 4-57):

Virtual Servers

,

Port Triggering

,

DMZ

and

UPnP

. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the

corresponding function.

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4.12.1

Virtual Servers

Choose menu “

Forwarding

→

Virtual Servers

”, and then you can view and add virtual servers in

the next screen (shown in

Figure 4-58

). Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services

on your LAN. A virtual server is defined as a service port, and all requests from Internet to this

service port will be redirected to the computer specified by the server IP. Any PC that was used

for a virtual server must have a static or reserved IP address because its IP address may change

when using the DHCP function. If you want the Virtual Servers configuration take effect, please

make sure the NAT is enabled.

Figure 4-58 Virtual Servers



Service Port

- The numbers of External Service Ports. You can enter a service port or a

range of service ports (the format is XXX – YYY; XXX is the Start port and YYY is the End

port).



Internal Port

- The Internal Service Port number of the PC running the service application.

You can leave it blank if the

Internal Port

is the same as the

Service Port

, or enter a

specific port number when

Service Port

is a single one.



IP Address

- The IP address of the PC running the service application.



Protocol

- The protocol used for this application, either

TCP

,

UDP

, or

All

(all protocols

supported by the router).



Status

- The status of this entry, "Enabled" means the virtual server entry is enabled.



Common Service Port

- Some common services already exist in the drop-down list.



Modify

- To modify or delete an existing entry.

To setup a virtual server entry:

1.

Click the

Add New...

button. (pop-up

Figure 4-59)

2.

Select the service you want to use from the

Common Service Port

list. If the

Common

Service Port

menu does not list the service that you want to use, enter the number of the

service port or service port range in the

Service Port

field.

3.

Enter the IP address of the computer running the service application in the

IP Address

field.

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4.

Select the protocol used for this application in the

Protocol

drop-down list, either

TCP

,

UDP

,

or

All

.

5.

Select the

Enabled

option in the

Status

drop-down list.

6.

Click the

Save

button.

Figure 4-59 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry



Note:

It is possible that you have a computer or server that has more than one type of available service.

If so, select another service, and type the same IP address for that computer or server.

To modify or delete an existing entry:

1.

Find the desired entry in the table.

2.

Click

Modify

or

Delete

as desired on the

Modify

column.

Click the

Enable/ Disable All

button to make all entries enabled/ disabled.

Click the

Delete All

button to delete all entries.

Click the

Next

button to go to the next page and click the

Previous

button to return to the

previous page.



Note:

If you set the service port of the virtual server as 80, you must set the Web management port on

Security

→

Remote Management

page to be any other value except 80 such as 8080.

Otherwise there will be a conflict to disable the virtual server.

4.12.2

Port Triggering

Choose menu “

Forwarding

→

Port Triggering

”, you can view and add port triggering in the next

screen (shown in Figure 4-60). Some applications require multiple connections, like Internet

games, video conferencing, Internet telephoning and so on. Port Triggering is used for some of

these applications that cannot work with a pure NAT router.