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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 4-34.

Figure 4-34

FTP Server Configuration

2.

Click the

Enable/Disable

box to enable/disable internet access to FTP from WAN 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

4-35.

Figure 4-35

Add or Modify Share Folder

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¾

Display Name

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

¾

Share entire partition

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

this partition will all be shared.

¾

Select

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

¾

upper

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

¾

Folder

- Name of folders that is in current path.

¾

Save

- You can click the

Save

button to save your settings and page will be redirected

to the FTP server configuration page.

¾

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 4-36.

Figure 4-36

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.

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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 4-37.

Figure 4-37

Media Server Setting

¾

Server Name

– The name of this Media Server.

¾

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.

¾

Name

- The display name of this folder.

¾

File System

- The file system type on the partition can be FAT32 or NTFS.

¾

Folder

- The real full path of the specified folder.

¾

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 4-38.

Figure 4-38

Media Server Setting

2.

Click the

Start

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

Figure 4-39.

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Figure 4-39

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 4-40.

Figure 4-40

Add New Folder

¾

Display Name

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

¾

Share entire partition

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

this partition will all be shared.

¾

Folder Location

- Displays the location of this folder.

¾

Select

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

¾

Folder

- Name of folders that is in current path.

¾

upper

- You can click the

upper

button to get into the upper folder.

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¾

Save

- You can click the

Save

button to save your settings and the page will be

redirected to the media server configuration page.

¾

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 4-41.

Figure 4-41

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 4-42 Pint Server Setting

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