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Out Authentication Key
-
It is for direction out authentication key set in manual mode, and
the key must
be
same as peer
In Authentication Key.
¾
PFS Group
-
Select the PFS property from the drop-down list that should be the same for the
local and remote endpoints. If you select "None" for local endpoint, any value is accepted for
remote endpoint.
¾
Lifetime
-
Manually enter the number of seconds for the IPsec Lifetime. The default value is
28800.
¾
Enable
- Enable or Disable current policy.
To modify or delete an existing entry:
3.
Find the desired entry in the table.
4.
Click
modify
or
delete
as desired on the
Configuration
column.
Click the
Delete All
button to delete all entries.
4.8.3
Security Alliance List
Choose “
VPN
→
Security Alliance List
”, you can view the information of the IPsec SA (Security
Alliance) in this table (shown in Figure 4-36).
Figure 4-36 List of Security Alliance
¾
Name -
Here displays the name or description of the IPsec policy.
¾
SPI -
Here displays the SPI (Security Parameter Index) of each specific IPsec policy.
¾
Tunnel Initiator -
Tunnel initiator gateway.
¾
Tunnel Receiver -
Tunnel receiver gateway.
¾
Security Protocol -
Here displays the Security Protocol of the IPsec policy.
¾
AH Auth -
Here displays the AH Authentication Algorithm of the IPsec policy.
¾
ESP Auth -
Here displays the ESP Authentication Algorithm of the IPsec policy.
¾
ESP Encr -
Here displays the ESP Encryption Algorithm of the IPsec policy.
Figure 4-36 displays the connection status of the NO.1 entry in the List of IPsec policy in Figure
4-35. As shown in the figure, the IP address of WAN and the default gateway of remote peer are
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10.0.0.10 and 10.0.0.1 respectively. Security protocol and other parameters for IPsec tunnel and
the remote router should be configured the same.
As Security Association is unidirectional, an ingoing SA and an outgoing SA are created to protect
data flows for each tunnel after IPsec tunnel is successfully established. The ingoing SPI value
and outgoing SPI value are different. However, the Incoming SPI value must match the Outgoing
SPI value at the other end of the tunnel, and vice versa.
4.9
USB Settings
Figure 4-37 The USB Settings menu
There are four submenus under the USB Settings menu (shown in Figure 4-37),
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.
4.9.1
Storage Sharing
Choose menu “
USB Settings
→
Storage Sharing
”, you can configure a USB disk drive attached
to the Router and view volume and share properties such as share name, capacity, used space,
and free space, etc on this page as shown below.
Figure 4-38 Storage Sharing
¾
Service Status -
Indicates the Network Sharing service's current status. 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.
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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
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 4-39) will appear on your web
browser when it is safe to detach the USB disk.
Figure 4-39
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.
)
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.
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4.9.2
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.
Figure 4-40 FTP Server Configuration
¾
Server 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.
¾
Service Port -
Enter the FTP Port number to use. The default is 21.
¾
Name
-
This folder's display name.
¾
Partition
-
The name of the partition is displayed.
¾
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.
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To add a new folder, follow the instructions below.
1.
Click
Add New Folder
in Figure 4-40.
Figure 4-41 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.
)
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.
3.
The max FTP clients number is 2.
4.9.3
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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