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Back
- Click this button to discard the settings and just go to the media server configuration
page.
4. Click the
Scan All button
to scan all the share folders immediately. You can also select the
Auto-scan
, at same time, select an auto scan interval time by drop-down list. In this case, the
media server will auto scan the share folders.
Note:
The max share folders number is 6. If you want share a new folder when the number has been
reached to be 6, you can delete a share folder and then add a new one.
4.10.4
Print Server
Choose menu “
USB Settings
→
Print Server
”, you can configure print server on this page as
shown below.
Figure 4-61 Pint Server Setting
There are two states of the print server, they are 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.
4.10.5
User Accounts
You can specify the user name and password for Storage Sharing and FTP Server users on this
page.
Storage Sharing
users can use Internet Explorer to access files on the USB drive. FTP
Server users can log into the FTP Server via FTP Client.
There are two default user accounts that can access the Storage Sharing and FTP Server. They
are Administrator and Guest (as shown in Figure 4-62). Administrator has read/write access to
Storage Sharing and can access FTP Server while Guest has read-only access to Storage
Sharing and cannot access FTP Server.
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Figure 4-62 User Account Management
Only Administrator can use a Web browser to transfer the files from a PC to the Writable shared
volume on the USB drive.
To add a new user account, please follow the steps below:
1.
Click
Add New User
button, and the screen will appear as shown in Figure 4-63.
2.
Self-define a
User Name
.
3.
Enter the password in the
Password
field.
4.
Re-enter the password in the
Confirm Password
field.
5.
Choose the Storage Authority from the drop-down list,
Read and Write
or
Read Only
.
6.
Choose FTP Access from the drop-down list,
Yes
or
No
.
Figure 4-63 Add or Modify User Account
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User Name -
Type the user name that you want to give access to the USB drive. The user
name must be composed of alphanumeric symbols not exceeding 15 characters in length.
Password -
Enter the password in the Password field. The password must be composed of
alphanumeric symbols not exceeding 15 characters in length. For security purposes, the
password for each user account is not displayed.
Confirm Password -
Re-enter the password here.
Storage Authority –
Choose
Read and Write
or
Read Only
from the drop-down list to
assign access authority of Storage Sharing to the user.
FTP Access –
Choose
Yes
or
No
from the drop-down list to decide whether the user can
access FTP Server or not.
Save
- You can click the
SAVE
button to save your settings.
Back
- You can click the
Back
button to discard the settings and just go to the media server
configuration page.
Note:
1.
Please restart the service for the new settings to take effect.
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
\\192.168.1.1 /delete /yes
and press
Enter. (192.168.1.1 is your router's LAN IP address. If the LAN IP of the modem connected
with your router is 192.168.1.x, the default LAN IP of the router will automatically switch from
192.168.1.1 to 192.168.0.1 to avoid IP conflict; in this case, please try
net use
\\192.168.0.1
/delete / yes
.)
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 4-64 The Forwarding menu
Enable NAT Control
- If enabled, the NAT function and the Forwarding configuration will
take effect.
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Disable NAT Control
- If disabled, neither NAT function nor Forwarding configuration will
take effect.
Enable Hardware NAT Control
- If enabled, the Hardware NAT feature will take effect.
Disable Hardware NAT Control
- If disabled, neither Hardware NAT feature will take effect.
4.12 Forwarding
Figure 4-65 The Forwarding menu
There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 4-65):
Virtual Servers
,
Port Triggering
,
DMZ
and
UPnP
. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the
corresponding function.
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 4-66
). 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 4-66 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).
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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 4-67)
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.
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 4-67 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.

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