ASUSTeK Computer WL500W Users Manual

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ASUS WL-500W Wireless Router provides two USB2.0 ports for connecting the
USB storage, the USB camera, and the USB printer. Thus, you can monitor the
working environment, share data and printer with both wired and wireless users in
your network. Furthermore, WL-500W provides a download utility -- the Download

Master -- to facilit ate and share the download les.

Warning:

Before unplugging the USB storage disk from WL-500W, you must eject

the disk in

Status & Log -> External USB Disk

page to prevent data corruption.

Note:

Before applying change and rebooting WL-500W, make sure all USB applications

are disabled, it would take more than 20 seconds for WL-500W to reboot.

1) Sharing USB storage

To use this feature, you need to plug a USB hard disk to the USB2.0 port on the rear
panel of WL-500W. Make sure the hard disk is formatted and partitioned properly.

Note:

FAT32 has a 2GB le size limitation and do not support les above that size. If

you want to use les of above 2GB, you must format the disk to EXT2 le system.

Creating user account

To share the data in the USB storage, you need to create

user accounts rst.

2. I np u t

U se r Nam e

a nd

Password

for the accounts.

C lick

A dd

to a d d the

account to the list.

3. To de le te an a cc o unt ,
se lect the a ccount from
the list and click

Del

.

4. Cli ck

App ly

to apply the
changes and restart the
wireless router.

Creating share folder and access right

You can create a new share folder or share an existing
folder in your hard disk.

1. Click

USB Application -> User List

in the left side

menu to open the conguration page.

1. Click

USB Application -> Share Nodes

in the left

side menu to open the conguration page.

5. Application features

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2. Click

Add

to add a share

folder.

3. Select the folder you want to share
from Folder Manager and click Ok.
To create a share folder, input the
folder name in

Add Folder

field

and press

Add

.

4. Dene the access right for

the share folder by appoint

User Name

and

Acces s

Ri ght

. Click

Ad d

to add
the access right rule. When
finished, click

Apply

to

save the conguration.

6. Click

Finish

.

5. Set Network Neighbourhood
Mode to

Apply rules in

shared node list

, Wo rk

Group to

WORKGROUP

to
enable all computers within
WORKGROUP t o access
WL-500W USB storage.

7. Cl ic k

Sa ve & Rest a r t

t o
restart the wireless router
and activate the settings.

8. Open

My Netw ork Place

from a computer connected
to WL-500 W. C l i c k

vi e w

work group compu ter s

,
you can s ee WL-500W in
the

Workgroup

category.

All les on the USB storage

are ready for sharing.

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2) Setting up FTP site

WL-500W can also serve as an FTP site. You can make your FTP site accessible to
all users, or set up an access policy to restrict anonymous login. To use this feature,
you need to plug a USB storage disk to the USB2.0 port on the rear panel of WL­500W. Make sure the hard disk is formatted and partitioned properly.

1. To allow anonymous login: Set
Network Neighborhood Mode
to

Share all partitions in disk

,

FT P Mod e to

Lo g in to fir s t

par t i t i on

. The an o n y mou s

lo g i n d i r e c t o ry is th e r o ot

directory of rst partition.

To allow account login only: Set

Network Neighborhood Mode
to

Apply rules in shared node

li s t

, F T P Mode t o

Lo g i n to

fir st matched shared nod e

.

Click

Add

in the Share Node List
to specify the access directory
and access right of FTP account.

2. The

Maximum Login User

fi eld spe cif ies t he m axim um
number of concu rrent users.
The default value is 6.

3. Click

Finish

t o a c t i v a t e t h e
settings and reboot. This process
may take several minutes.

4. Ty p e

ftp:// 1 9 2 . 1 6 8 . 1.1

i n to
the address box of y our Web
br o w s e r a n d p r e s s En t e r to
login the FTP site.