Ovislink WMU-6500FS User Manual

WMU-6500FS

3.5” W ir eless AP Storage

User’s Manual

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This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designe d to provide reasona ble pr otection agai nst radio interferen ce in a commercial environment. This equipment can generate, use and radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference, in which case the user, at his own expense, will be required to take whatever measures are necessary to correct the interference.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.......................................................................4

1.1 Overview................................................................................4

1.2 Features .................................................................................5

1.3 System Requirements.........................................................6

1.4 Package List..........................................................................6

1.5 Hardware Ports and Buttons..............................................7

1.6 LED Indicators......................................................................8

Chapter 2: Getting Started.................................................................9

2.1 Hard Disk installation...........................................................9

2.2 Making Connections..........................................................11

2.2.2 Wired Ethernet Connection...................................12

2.2.3 Wireless Connection...............................................15

2.3 File sharing..........................................................................16

2.3.1 Accessing the network hard drive via my network places........17

2.3.2 Searching the computers.......................................17

2.3.3 Search the “Entire Network” Manually.................17

2.3.4 Accessing Files via FTP.........................................18

Chapter 3: Making Configuration....................................................19

3.1 Configuration Wizard.........................................................19

3.2 Network Settings................................................................27

3.2.1 DHCP Setting..........................................................27

3.2.2 Wireless Setting......................................................28

Chapter 4: Storage Configuration...................................................42

4.1 Disk Utility............................................................................42

4.2 File Sharing.........................................................................43

4.3 Access Control....................................................................44

4.4 File Browser........................................................................46

Chapter 5: Advanced Tools.............................................................47

5.1 Backup Configuration........................................................48

5.2 Reset Configuration to Default.........................................48

5.3 Reboot..................................................................................48

5.4 Firmware Upgrade .............................................................48

Chapter 6: MISC ...............................................................................49

6.1 Time Setting........................................................................49

6.2 Login Setting.......................................................................50

6.3 System Log .........................................................................51

Chapter 7: Download Assistant......................................................52

7.1 FTP.......................................................................................52

7.2 HTTP....................................................................................53

7.3 BitTorrent.............................................................................55

7.4 Status ...................................................................................56

Chapter 8: FAQ & Trouble Shooting..............................................57

8.1 What can I do when I have some trouble?.....................57

8.2 How to setup wireless function?......................................59

8.3 How to map network drive in Windows? ........................66

8.4 How to backup data by using Microsoft backup utility?68

AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual

Congratulations on your purchase of AirLive WMU-6500FS. This product is specifically designed for Small Office and Home Office needs. It provides a complete SOHO solution for Internet surfing, and is easy to configure and operate even for non-technical users. Instructions for installing and configuring this product can be found in this manual. Before you install and use this product, please read this manual carefully for fully exploiting the functions of this product.

1.1 Overview

The AirLive WMU-6500FS is designed for 3.5” IDE and serial-ATA (SATA) hard disk drive use. It is an ideal device for small-medium companies and home users who need to backup and share files more efficiently and easily anytime and anywhere. Additionally, with its WLAN* feature which is fully compliant with IEEE 802.11b/g will also let you share

files easily.

*The WLAN feature is depended on the specified model only.

The AirLive WMU-6500FS offers WLAN mobility for home user and business people to maintain continuous network connectivity. Home users can stay connected to the network anywhere through a building without being limited by LAN cables via its AP functionality. This device also has the additional advantage of providing AirLive WMU-6500FS with its 3.5-inch hard disk which allows you to share information and storage capacity via wireless or wired network. The AirLive WMU-6500FS suppo rts th e UPnP content directorie s and users can share the music and vide o files easily. Besides, the click-and-copying of files from a flash drive to the AirLive WMU-6500FS hard disk make the user backup files efficiently. Please refer to the following application diagram.

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1.2 Features

Basic Functions

z Adapt for one 3.5-inch IDE or Serial-ATA(SATA) hard disk drive. z Network File Storage and File Sharing via My Network Places in Windows or Samba in Linux and Mac

OS.

z Backup files easily: compliant with Windows backup utility. z Support FAT, F AT32, and Ext2 files system and can read from NTFS file system. z Support security level as Guest or Authorization user for file sharing. z Real time clock to synchronize the computer time setting. z Easy to upgrade: using web browser or windows application to upgrade new version of firmware. z Browser-based interface configuration and management: OS independent, easy-to-use for consumer

installation.

z Support HDD sleeping mode to save power consumption. z Built-in FTP server. z UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) AV content directory support. z Scheduling download assistant. z Aluminum housing provides better effect for heat-release. (It’s normal that aluminum housing getting

warm when AirLive WMU-6500FS is working.)

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USB Device

z Built-in USB2.0 host to connect to USB mass storage device, like USB flash drive, USB hard drive, etc. z Easy copy button: Offer the button to copy folders and files from USB device to internal HDD.

Wireless Functions

z Up to 54Mbps data rate by incorporating Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM). z IEEE 802.11b compatible (11Mbps): Allowing inter-operation among multiple vendors. z IEEE 802.11g compatible (54Mbps): Allowing inter-operation among multiple vendors. z Wireless data rate supported: 6/12/18/24/36/48/54 Mbps in 802.11g mode; 1/2/5.5/11Mbps in 802.11b

mode.

z Support 64/128-bit WEP encryption. z Support 802.1X authentication. z Support WPA, WPA-PSK with TKIP and AES encryption. z Support WPA2, WPA2-PSK with TKIP and AES encryption. z Support Client, AP, WDS, and WDS Hybrid wireless modes.

(NOTE. Only AP mode and Hybrid mode can support WPA and WPA2.)

Scheduling Download Assistan t

z Scheduling download assistant allows users to download files via FTP, HTTP, and BitTorrent without

turning on computer.

1.3 System Requirements

To start to use the AirLive WMU-6500FS, your system must have the following minimum requirements:

z Windows 95 / 98 / ME / 2000 / XP, or any other operating system can support Samba. z An Ethernet (10BaseT or 10/100BaseT) adapter for wired client. z At least one WLAN client adapter of 802.11g (54Mbps) or 802.11b (11Mbps) for wireless connection. z TCP/IP and NetBIOS network protocol installed. z Web browser installed.

The AirLive WMU-6500FS requires an external 12V, 4A power supply which is included in the package. For safe operation, please only use the power adapter which is provided by this product.

1.4 Package List

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The AirLive WM U-6500FS package contains the following items:

Item Quantity

AirLive WMU-6500FS 1 Stand 1 IDE cable (inside the device) 1 SATA cable (inside the device) 1 Power cable to connect IDE or SATA HDD (inside the device)

2.4GHz dipole antenna 1 Power adapter (12 Volts DC, 4A) 1 Power cord 1 RJ-45 Ethernet cable 1 Quick installation guide 1 CD (utilities and user manual) 1 Screws (For fixing HDD) 4 Rubber feet 4

1.5 Hardware Ports and Buttons

Front Buttons:

Buttons Description

Shutdown Press the button for 4 seconds to shut down the

whole system before power-off.

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Backup Press the button for 4 seconds to copy data from

attached USB device to HDD.

Reset Press the buttons of “Shutdown” and “Backup”

simultaneously for 6 seconds to reset the system setting to factory default.

Rear Ports:

Ports Description

Antenna Connect 2.4GHz dipole antenna. LAN Automatically MDI / MDIX LAN port can sense the

cable type when connecting to Ethernet-enabled computer, network of hub, switch, or router.

USB1 / USB2 The ports where you can connect to USB disk, digital

camera, or card reader. Power Switch Switch on/off the device. Power Jack 12V / 4A power inlet.

1.6 LED Indicators

LED Light Off Solid Light Blinking

Power Power off Power on W.LAN No packet On transmitting LAN No device Linked On transmitting. HDD R/W Not in use HDD read/write HDD Status No HDD HDD full or error More blinking

quickly, fewer available HDD

USB 1 No device USB drive ready USB 2 No device USB drive ready

capacity.

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Status (Backup) 1. Blinking once

per second when device works normally.

2. Blinking quickly when “Backup” button is pressed.

2.1 Hard Disk installation

Follow the steps below to insert the 3.5-inch hard disk and assemble the device before using the AirLive WMU-6500FS.

WARNING: The AirLive WMU-6500FS is not hot-swapp able. Please make sure that it is turne d of f and not connected to the powe r outlet when performing the following assembly procedure.

Step 1: Unfasten two screws at the rear side of AirLive WMU-6500FS, and pull out the back cover.

Step 2: Pull out the front panel.

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Step 3: Put the 3.5-inch IDE or SATA hard disk into the slot, and connect proper data (the red cable is used for SATA hard disk and the gray one is for IDE hard disk) and power cable to the hard disk. Then fasten the screws that are included in the package to fix hard disk.

Step 4: Put the front panel back.

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Step 5: Put the back cover back, and assemble tightly. Finally, fasten two screws.

2.2 Making Connections

In order to access the AirLive WMU-6500FS as the AirLive WMU-6500FS drive or as a wireless AP, you need to configure the TCP/IP settings correctly in advance. Either the “Wired Ethernet Connection” or “Wireless Connection” can be used to connect to AirLive WMU-6500FS.

2.2.1 Install Necessary Communication Protocols

Follow the steps below to install “Client for Microsoft Networks”, “File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft

Networks”, and “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” on your computer. Step 1: Select the “My Network Places” on the desktop menu, and right click on the icon to choose “Properties”.

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Step 2: You may see there are many connections in your computer. Just select one which you will use it to connect to AirLive WMU-6500FS. Then choose the “Properties” of that connection.

Step 3: Check the “Client for Microsoft Networks”, “File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks”, and “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” are installed or not. If not, please install those communication protocols.

If you use other operating system, such as Linux, X-window or Mac OS, please refer to original manual of your OS to finish the configurations of TCP/IP and other required communication protocols.

2.2.2 Wired Ethernet Connection

Use one Ethernet cable to connect the AirLive WMU-6500FS and your computer directly. Then power on the AirLive WMU-6500FS.

Ethernet cable

The AirLive WM U-6500FS will detect automatically if there is any DHCP server nearby. If yes, it will get an IP address from DHCP server. But if there is no DHCP server in your environment, the AirLive WMU-6500FS will become a DHCP server, and assign IP address to your computer. You can get some information as below shown. Then go to command prompt mode from Start M enu->Programs-> Accessories, and type “ipconfig”. If the IP address and subnet mask are shown 0.0.0.0, please type “ipconfig /renew” to retrieve an IP address.

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In addition, you can also allocate a static IP address on your computer as below:

Step 1: Find the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties from My Network Places and check the Properties of Local Area Network Connection. Choose “Use the follow ing IP address”, and assign one IP address which can

be from 192.168.123.1 to 192.168.123.253. Here we use the 192.168.123.88 as the IP address. The Subnet mask must be 255.255.255.0, and the Default gateway must be 192.168.123.254. Then click “OK” button to complete TCP/IP setup.

NOTE. The IP address of default gateway must be same as IP address of AirLive WMU-6500FS.

Step 2: Then go to command prompt mode from Start Menu->Programs-> Accessories. Type “ipconfig” and press

the “Enter”. Then the following message should be found. Check the IP address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway addresses are same as previous settings. If same, you are successful to setup the network configuration.

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There are three methods to configure AirLive WMU-6500FS. Please refer to the following instructions, and choose one which is most convenient to you.

Method 1: Use Configuration Tool to Setup

Before you can do this, you need to install the configuration tool from installation CD first. After that, please use the configuration tool to “Query” and you will see the status page and input “airlive” to login. NOTE. The default login password is “airlive”.

If there is any DHCP server in the network, AirLive WMU-6500FS will be as the client and get one IP address from existed DHCP server. You can also use configuration utility to Query to find the IP address that AirLive WMU-6500FS gets. About other operating systems, such as Linux X-window or Mac OS, please use web browser to configure.

Method 2: Use Web Browser to Setup

Launch any web browser, such as Internet Explorer or Netscape on your computer, and then input IP address of AirLive WMU-6500FS in the address field. For an example, type “http://192.168.123.254” and press “Enter”, then you can see the configuration page of AirLive WMU-6500FS NOTE. You have to know the IP address of AirLive WMU-6500FS when you use this method. The default IP address is “192.168.123.254”.

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Method 3: Use “My Network Places” to Search and Setup First, go to My Network Places and search “airlive_Storage”.

NOTE. The default host name of AirLive WMU-6500FS is “airlive_Storage”.

Double click on “samba server (airlive_Storage)”, and you will see two folders. Then double click the folder “Configure”.

You can find there is a “Configure.html” in the folder, just double click on “Configure.html” directly to see configuration page.

2.2.3 Wireless Connection

Follow the steps below to connect to the AirLive WMU-6500FS in a wireless environment. We assume that there is at

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least one WLAN card installed on your computer, and AirLive WMU-6500FS is powered on.

Step 1: Enabling the WLAN card first, and check the Wireless f Connection properties from My Network Places.

Step 2: Select the Wireless Networks icon after entering the “Wireless Network Connection Properties”. You will

find the airlive_Storage in the available network list, then select the airlive_Storage, and click Connect button to connect. Otherwise, if you can’t find airlive_Storage, please refresh network li st again.

NOTE. The default network name(SSID) of AirLive WMU-6500FS is “airlive”.

Step 3: Then go to command prompt mode from Start Menu ->Programs-> Accessories. Type “ipconfig” in the command prompt window and press the “Enter”. Then the messages of IP address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway should be found.

Step 4: After you conne ct to AirLive WMU-6500FS successfully, you can use method 1~3 that have been described in

section 2.2.2 to configure AirLive WMU-6500FS.

WARNING:

We strongly recommended that you enable wireless encryption feature, or add User Access rules on AirLive WMU-6500FS. Otherwise, everyone can connect to it wirelessly and access data which is stored in your hard drive.

2.3 File sharing

The AirLive WMU-6500FS can be a shared network hard drive in an existing wireless or wired network environment. The users in the same network area can read or write data from the device as required. The following various steps are for users to start using the network hard drive.

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2.3.1 Accessing the network hard drive via my network places

Select the “My Network Places” and type the address of “\\airlive_Storage” and press “Enter”. Then you will find the Storage icon.

Click the “Storage” icon, and you will find the “C” folder as below. The folder “C” is the root directory of attached hard disk drive. NOTE. The other folder “USB” is the root directory of attached USB drive.

2.3.2 Searching the computers

Open “My Computer” on the desktop menu, and use the “Search” function to search the computer of “airlive_Storage” as below.

2.3.3 Search the “Entire Network” Manually

Open Windows Explorer, and then click the My Network Places icon. Double click the Entire Netw ork to view the components of the network. Select and click the Microsoft Windows Network icon, then the various network components showed in the list. The default workgroup of AirLive WMU-6500FS is Mshome.

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2.3.4 Accessing Files via FTP

The AirLive WMU-6500FS offers FTP service for the clients which don’t support Microsoft Windows File sharing. You can use any FTP client utility to connect to AirLive WMU-6500FS with anonymous username and password (username: ftp, and without password) when the Security Level is set to “Guest mode”. But if you change to “Authorization mode”, the accessing permission is limited, and then users have to input specified username and password to access any permitted folders. The rule of access control would be explained in much detail in chapter 4. NOTE. The FTP service of AirLive WMU-6500FS can be switched off.

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The AirLive WMU-6500FS can be configured various settings through the proprietary Configuration Tool or general web browser. Even you don’t know which IP is being used by AirLive WMU-6500FS, the Configuration Tool will help you to find it. All you have to do is click the “Query” button of the Configuration Tool. NOTE. You need to know the IP address of AirLive WMU-6500FS if you want to configure it by web browser. The default IP address of AirLive WMU-6500FS is 192.168.123.254.

When you enter the configuration mode, you are requested to provide the “System Password” to activate the configurations. The default login password is “airlive”.

After login, you could see these buttons:

Press “Wizard” button if you want to do basic settings with simpler way. (Please check section 3.1) Press “General” button if you want to make some advanced settings. (Please check each item from sectio n 3.2) Press “Logout” button if you don’t want to do anything.

3.1 Configuration Wizard

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With wizard setting steps, you could configure AirLive WMU-6500FS in a very simple way. This configuration wizard includes settings of Language, IP & DHCP, Wireless, Time, and Disk. Press “Next” button to start configuration.

Step 1: Select which language will be used for folder/file name in the hard disk. Inco rrect lan guage setting may cause folder/file name unreadable.

Step 2: If you don’t know how to set DHCP option, just keep it as Auto.

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If you choose Server/Auto/Static mode, you need to set some TCP/IP settings for AirLive WMU-6500FS. If you are not sure about these values, please ask your network administrator or ISP.

Step 3: Choose which wireless mode that you want to use. You can also disable wireless feature of AirLive WMU-6500FS.

If you choose AP Only Mode, in next page, you could specify the SSID and the wireless channel number for AirLive WMU-6500FS.

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