Asus WL-500W: 4. Application features

WL-500W Wireless Router Quick Start Guide

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 WL-

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500W. Make sure the hard disk is formatted and partitioned properly.

1. To a l l o w a n o n y m o u s

l o g i n : S e t N e t w o r k

Neighbourhood Mode to

Share all partitions in

disk

, FTP Mode to

Login

to fir st partition

. T he

anonymous login directory

is the root directory of rst

partition.

To allow accout login only: Set

Network Neighbourhood Mode

to

Apply rules in shared node

list

, FTP Mode to

Login to

first matched shared node

.

Click

Add

in the Share Node List

to specify the access directory

and access right of FTP account.

2. The

Maximum Login User

eld

species the maximum number

of concurrent users. The default

value is 6.

3. Click

Finish

to activate the

settings and reboot. This process

may take several minutes.

4. Type

ftp://192.168.1.1

into

the address box of your Web

browser and press Enter to

login the FTP site.

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3) Download Master

The Download Master helps to manage the download tasks without turning your

computer on. To use this function, you need to: 1) mount a USB storage to WL-500W

Wireless Router; and 2) install ASUS Utilities from the support CD.

1. Click

Basic Cong

page in USB Application folder.

2. Set

Enable Download Master

to

Yes

. If you want to share the

downloaded file with your LAN

users, set

Enable Download

Share

to

Yes

. Click

Finish

and

save and restart the wireless

router.

3. Open Download Master from Start

-> All Programs -> ASUS Utility

->WL-500W Wireless Router ->

Download Master. Click

File ->

Connect

to associate with WL-

500W.

4.

HTTP download (1)

Right click the download link

on the Web page and click

Download using ASUS

Download

. A window in

step 5 appears to indicate

download progress.

HTTP download (2)

Right click the download

link on the Web page and

click

Properties.

Copy the

download

Address (URL)

.

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If you select

Download using

ASUS Download

, you can see

the download task is added to

the

Transfer

list. The blue bars

indicate the progress of download

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tasks.

If you copy the download address,

click

Assign

button in the utility.

Paste the address into

Getting

File From

box, select

HTTP

from

Options eld, and click

Download

button to start.

5. FTP download

Click

Transfer

button of the

Download Master and select

FTP

in the Options eld. Input the FTP

site address, Port number, User

Name, Password. Click Download

to start.

6. BT download

S a v e t h e BT s e e d o n y o u r

computer. Click

Transfer

button of

the Download Master and select

BT

in the Options field. Click

Browse

to locate the seed file.

Click

Download

to start.

7. Click

Folder

button to view the

download le. Open the

Complete

folder to view or copy the nished

files to your local hard disk. The

unfin ished tasks a re kept in

InComplete

folder.

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4) Sharing USB printer

You can connect a comptible USB printer to the USB2.0 port of WL-500W to

share the printer with your LAN users. Follow the procedures below to setup your

computers to utilize the printer server function of WL-500W.

Installing USB printer

Plug your USB printer to the USB2.0 port on WL-500W rear

panel. To verify whether your printer is properly installed to the

WL-500W Wireless router, click

Status & Log -> Status

. If

Printer Model

is correct and

Printer Status

is

On-Line

, you can

share this printer within your LAN.

Setting up printer client under Windows XP

Follow the steps below to install network printer on your clients.

1. Run Add Printer Wizard from

Start ->

2. Select

Local printer attached to this

Printers and Faxes -> Add a printer

.

computer

and click

Next

.

3. Select

Create a new port

and set Type

4. Click

Next

to setup TCP/IP port for

of port to

Standard TCP/IP Port

, then

accessing the network printer.

click

Next

.

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5. Input the IP address of WL-500W in

6. Select

Custom

and click

Settings.

the

Printer Name of IP Address

eld

and click

Next

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7. S e t

P rot o c ol

t o

L PR

a n d t y p e

8. Press

Next

to finish standard TCP/IP

LPRServer

in

Queue Name

eld. Click

port setting.

Next

to continue.

9. Press

Finish

to complete the settings

10. Install printer driver from the vendor-

and return to Add Printer Wizard.

model list. If your printer is not in the

list, click

Have Disk

to manually locate

the printer driver.

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11. Click

Next

to accept the default name

12. Select

Yes

to print a test page. Click

for the printer.

Next

to print.

13. The installation is complete. Click

Finish

to quit the Add Printer Wizard.

Note:

If you have already installed the printer locally on your computer, right click the

printer icon and select

Property

-> Port

tab to add a standard TCP/IP port. Click

Add

Port

then select

Standard TCP/IP Port

and click

New Port

button. Refer to step 5-8

for setting procedures.

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Note:

If you use Windows

98 or ME which does not support Standard TCP/IP port,

you need to use Romote Port which is supported by WL-500W.

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