WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual

5. Application features

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

Warning: Before unplugging the USB storage disk from WL-500gP, you must eject the disk in Status & Log -> External USB Disk page to prevent data corruption.

Note: Before applying change and rebooting WL-500gP, make sure all USB applications are disabled, it would take more than 20 seconds for WL-500gP 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-500gP. Make sure the hard disk is formated and partitioned properly.

Note: FAT32 has a 2GB file size limitation and do not support files above that size. If you want to use files of above 2GB, you must format the disk to EXT2 file system.

Creating user account

To share the data in the USB storage, you need to create user accounts first.

1.Click USB Application -> User List in the left side menu to open the configuration page.

2.Input User Name and Password for the accounts. Click Add to add the account to the list.

3.To delete an account, select the account from the list and click Del.

4.Click Apply 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 -> Share Nodes in the left side menu to open the configuration page.

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