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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
Start
button to start the Network Sharing service.
Click the
Stop
button to stop the Network Sharing service.
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 4-35) will appear on your web
browser when it is safe to detach the USB disk.
Figure 4-35
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.
3.
Click the
Start
button to start the Storage Sharing service.
4.
Click the
Enable
button under
Shared
to enable the disk to share.
5.
Click the
Open the disk
to visit the sharing disk.
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Note:
1.
The Router cannot automatically locate new USB drive. You have to click the
Rescan
button
manually to display a list of volumes and information about them.
2.
The new settings will not take effect until you restart the service.
3.
To unplug the USB drive, click
Eject Disk
button first. Simply pulling USB drive out of the
USB port can cause damage to the device and loss of data.
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
”, you can create an FTP server that can be accessed
from the Internet or your local network.
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Figure 4-36 FTP Server Configuration
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Service Status -
Indicates the FTP Server's current status.
¾
Internet Access -
Select enable to allow access of the FTP server from the Internet.
Otherwise, select disable to only allow local network access.
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Service Port -
Enter the FTP Port number to use. The default is 21.
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Name
-
This folder's display name.
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Partition
-
The name of the partition is displayed.
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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 WAN 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 4-36.
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Figure 4-37 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.
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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.
4.8.3
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.
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Figure 4-38
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.
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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 4-39.
Figure 4-39
Media Server Setting
2. Click the
Start
button to sta
screen will appear as shown in
rt the media server, and then the
Figure 4-40.
Figure 4-40
Media Server Setting
3. Click the
Add share folder
arch path of media server. The
button to specify a folder as the se
screen will then appear as shown in Figure 4-41.
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Figure 4-41
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.
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upper
- You can click the
upper
button to get into the upper folder.
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:
a)
Select the
Share entire partition
or a specified folder option.
b)
Enter the display name of the share folder in
Display Name
edit box.
c)
Click the
Save
button to save the configuration and the page will be redirected to the
media server configuration page as shown in Figure 4-42.

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