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Figure 4-55 FTP Server Configuration
Service 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.
Service Port -
Enter the FTP Port number to use. The default is 21.
Name
-
This folder's display name.
Partition
-
The volume that the folder resides. Volume 1-8 is mapping to USB port1, and
Volume 9-16 is mapping to USB port2.
Folder
-
The real full path of the specified folder.
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
Start
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.
Select the
Share entire partition
or a specific folder option.
3.
Enter display name of the share folder in
Display Name
filed.
4.
Click the
Save
button to save the settings.
You can click the
upper
button to go to the upper folder.
You can click the
Back
button to return to the ftp server configuration page.
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.
4.10.3 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.
Figure 4-57 Media Server Setting
Server Name -
The name of this Media Server.
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Server Status
- Indicates the Media Server’s current status, started or stopped. You can
click the
Start
button to start the Media Server and click the
Stop
button to stop it.
Name
- The display name of this folder.
File System
- The file system type on the partition can be FAT32 or NTFS.
Folder
- The real full path of the specified folder.
Delete
- You can delete the share folder by click
Delete
.
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 the screen
will appear as shown in Figure 4-58.
Figure 4-58 Media Server Setting
2. Click the
Start
button to start the media server, and then the screen will appear as shown in
Figure 4-59.
Figure 4-59 Media Server Setting
3. Click the
Add share folder
button to specify a folder as the search path of media server. The
screen will then appear as shown in Figure 4-60.
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Figure 4-60 Add New Folder
Display Name
- You can enter a display name for the share folder.
Share entire partition
- Choose this option and then the folders contained in this partition
will all be shared.
Folder Location
- Displays the location of this folder.
Select
- Check the radio button to select the folder to share.
Folder
- Displays folders that are in current path.
Upper
- Click this button to get into the upper folder.
Save
- Click this button to save your settings and the page will be redirected to the media
server configuration page.
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.
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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 can not access FTP Server.
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.

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