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Figure 4-38

FTP Server Configuration

5.

Click the

Start

button to start the FTP Server.



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 a share folder and then add a new one.

2.

The change of the FTP settings will take effect after restarting the FTP Server.

3.

Currently, the maximum number of clients that FTP Server supports is two. Therefore, if you

want to log in, make sure that less than two clients have logged in.

4.8.3

Media Server

Choose menu “

USB Settings

→

Media Server

”, and then you can configure Media Server on this

page as shown in Figure 4-39.

Figure 4-39

Media Server Setting



Server Name

– The name of this Media Server.



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.

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

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 4-40.

Figure 4-40

Media Server Setting

2.

Click the

Start

button to start the media server, and then the screen will appear as shown in

Figure 4-41.

Figure 4-41

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 4-42.

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Figure 4-42

Add New 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.



Folder Location

- Displays the location of this folder.



Select

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



Folder

- Name of folders that is in current path.



upper

- You can click the

upper

button to get into the upper folder.



Save

- You can click the

Save

button to save your settings and the page will be

redirected to the media server configuration page.



Back

- You can click the

Back

button to discard the settings and just go to the media

server configuration page.

To add a new share folder for your media server, please follow the instructions below:

1)

Select the

Share entire partition

or a specified folder option.

2)

Enter the display name of the share folder in

Display Name

edit box.

3)

Click the

Save

button to save the configuration and the page will be redirected to the

media server configuration page as shown in Figure 4-43.

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Figure 4-43

Media Server Setting

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 numbers has been

reached to be 6, you can delete a share folder and then add a new one.

4.8.4

Print Server

Choose menu “

USB Settings

→

Print Server

”, you can configure print server on this page as

shown below.

Figure 4-44 Pint Server Setting

There are two states of the print server, described as follows:



Online -

Indicates the print server has been turned on. You can click the "

Stop

" button to stop

the print server.



Offline -

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

Start

" button to start it.

4.8.5

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 4-45). Administrator has read/write access to

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Storage Sharing and can access FTP Server while Guest has read-only access to Storage

Sharing and can not access FTP Server.

Figure 4-45

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 4-46.

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 4-46

Add or Modify User Account

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