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¾

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.