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Figure 4-30

Add or Modify an Address Reservation Entry

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 4-31 The USB Settings menu

There are five submenus under the USB Settings menu (shown in Figure 4-31):

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 4-32.

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Figure 4-32 Storage Sharing



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.



Volume

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



Capacity

- The storage capacity of the USB driver.



Used

- The used space of the USB driver.



Free

- The available space of the USB driver.



Use%

- The percentage of the used space.



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 4-33) will appear on

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

Figure 4-33

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 4-34.

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Figure 4-34

Storage Sharing

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 4-35.

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Figure 4-35

FTP Server Configuration



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.



Internet Access

– Indicates the current status of Internet Access. Choose

Enable

to enable

the Internet Access and choose

Disable

to disable it.



Service Port

- The numbers of External Service Ports.



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

private LAN can access FTP Server via

Public Address

while internet users can access

FTP Server via

Internet Address

.

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, and then the screen

will appear as shown in Figure 4-36.

Figure 4-36

FTP Server Configuration

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2.

Click the

Enable/Disable

box to enable/disable internet access to FTP from Internet port.

3.

Change the

Service Port

to specify a port for FTP Server to use. (The default is 21, do not

change unless necessary.)

4.

Click

Add New Folder

to add new folders for the FTP Server. The screen will show as Figure

4-37.

Figure 4-37

Add or Modify Share Folder



Display Name

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



Share entire partition

- You can select this option and then the folders contained in

this partition will all be shared.



Select

- You can select this option to share the specified folder.



upper

- You can click the upper button to go into the upper folder.



Folder

- Name of folders that is in current path.



Save

- You can click the

Save

button to save your settings and page will be redirected

to the FTP server configuration page.



Back

- You can click the

Back

button to discard the settings and just go to the FTP

Server configuration page.

To add a new share folder for your FTP Server, please follow the instructions below:

1) Select the

Share entire partition

or a specific folder option.

2)

Enter display name of the share folder in

Display Name

edit box.

3) Click the

Save

button to save the configuration and the screen will appear as shown in

Figure 4-38.

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