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¾

End IP Address -

Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to end with when assigning IP

addresses. 192.168.1.199 is the default end address.

¾

Address Lease Time -

The

Address Lease Time

is the amount of time a network user will

be allowed connection to the Router with their current dynamic IP Address. Enter the

amount of time in minutes and the user will be "leased" this dynamic IP Address. After the

time is up, the user will be automatically assigned a new dynamic IP address. The range of

the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes. The default value is 120 minutes.

¾

Default Gateway -

(Optional.) Suggest to input the IP address of the LAN port of the Router,

default value is 192.168.1.1

¾

Default Domain -

(Optional.) Input the domain name of your network.

¾

Primary DNS -

(Optional.) Input the DNS IP address provided by your ISP. Or consult your

ISP.

¾

Secondary DNS -

(Optional.) Input the IP address of another DNS server if your ISP

provides two DNS servers.

)

Note:

To use the DHCP server function of the Router, you must configure all computers on the LAN as

"Obtain an IP Address automatically" mode.

4.7.2

DHCP Clients List

Choose menu “

DHCP

→

DHCP Clients List

”, and then you can view the information about the

clients attached to the Router in the next screen (shown in

Figure 4-26)

.

Figure 4-26

DHCP Clients List

¾

ID -

The index of the DHCP Client.

¾

Client Name

-

The name of the DHCP client.

¾

MAC Address

-

The MAC address of the DHCP client.

¾

Assigned IP

-

The IP address that the Router has allocated to the DHCP client.

¾

Lease Time

-

The time of the DHCP client leased. After the dynamic IP address has expired,

a new dynamic IP address will be automatically assigned to the user.

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You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current

attached devices, click the

Refresh

button.

4.7.3

Address Reservation

Choose menu “

DHCP

→

Address Reservation

”, and then you can view and add a reserved

address for clients via the next screen (shown in

Figure 4-27

). When you specify a reserved IP

address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always receive the same IP address each time when it

accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to the servers that

require permanent IP settings.

Figure 4-27

Address Reservation

¾

MAC Address -

The MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve IP address.

¾

Reserved IP Address -

The IP address of the Router reserved.

¾

Status

-

The status of this entry, either

Enabled

or

Disabled

.

To Reserve IP addresses:

1.

Click the

Add New …

button. (Pop-up

Figure 4-28

)

2.

Enter the MAC address (in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format) and IP address of the computer

you wish to add in dotted-decimal notation.

3.

Click the

Save

button when finished.

Figure 4-28

Add or Modify an Address Reservation Entry

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To modify or delete an existing entry:

1.

Click the

Modify

in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the

Delete

.

2.

Modify the information.

3.

Click the

Save

button.

Click the

Enable/ Disabled 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.

4.8

USB Settings

Figure 4-29 The USB Settings menu

There are five submenus under the USB Settings menu (shown in Figure 4-29):

Storage Sharing,

FTP Server

,

Media Server

,

Print Server

and

User Accounts.

Click any of them, and you will be

able to configure the corresponding function.

4.8.1

Storage Sharing

Choose menu “

USB Settings

→

Storage Sharing

”, and then you can configure a USB disk drive

attached to the Router on this page as shown in Figure 4-30.

Figure 4-30 Storage Sharing

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Service Status

- Indicates the Storage Sharing service's current status, started or stopped.

You can click the

Start

button to start the Storage Sharing service and click the

Stop

button

to stop it.

¾

Volume

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

¾

Capacity

- The storage capacity of the USB driver.

¾

Used

- The used space of the USB driver.

¾

Free

- The available space of the USB driver.

¾

Use%

- The percentage of the used space.

¾

Shared

-

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

shared, you can click the

Disable

to stop sharing the volume; when volume is non-shared,

you can click the

Enable

button to share the volume.

Click the

Eject Disk

button to safely remove the USB storage device that is connected to

USB port. This takes the drive offline. A message (as shown in Figure 4-31) will appear on

your web browser when it is safe to detach the USB disk.

Figure 4-31

Safe Unplug Message

Click the

Rescan

button to start a new scan.

Follow the instructions below to set up your Router as a file server:

1.

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

2.

Click the

Rescan

button to find the USB drive that has been attached to the Router. The

screen will appear as shown in Figure 4-32.

Figure 4-32

Storage Sharing

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3.

Click the

Start

button to start the Storage Sharing service.

4.

Click the

Enable

button in shared row to enable the disk to share.

5.

Click the

Disable

button in shared row to disable the disk to share.

6.

Click the

Open the disk

to visit the sharing disk.

)

Note:

1.

The Router can automatically locate new USB drive.

2.

The new settings will not take effect until you restart the service.

3.

To unplug the USB drive, click

Eject Disk

button first. It is not recommended to simply pull

the USB drive out of the USB port, because this can cause damage to the device and cause

data loss.

4.

Mounted volumes are subject to the 8-volume limit, so you cannot access more than 8

volumes on the USB storage device.

4.8.2

FTP Server

Choose menu “

USB Settings

→

FTP Server

”, and then you can configure FTP Server on this

page as shown in Figure 4-33.

Figure 4-33

FTP Server Configuration

¾

Server Status

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

the

Start

button to start the FTP Server and click the

Stop

button to stop it.

¾

Internet Access

– Indicates the current status of Internet Access. Choose

Enable

to enable

the Internet Access and choose

Disable

to disable it.

¾

Service Port

- The numbers of External Service Ports.

¾

Internet address

- Displays the WAN IP address of this router, so that others can access

FTP through this address. If WAN type is PPPOE/PPTP/L2TP, there would be two

connections. Therefore, users can access FTP Server via two connections. Users in a