Chapter 21 File Sharing

Figure 173 Management > File Sharing

Each field is described in the following table.

Table 104 Management > File Sharing

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Enable File

Select this to enable file sharing through the ZyXEL Device.

Sharing Services

 

 

 

Workgroup Name

You can add the ZyXEL Device to an existing workgroup on your network

 

Type the name of an existing workgroup on your network. The ZyXEL Device

 

automatically joins this workgroup and you can browse to it via Windows Explorer.

 

See Section 21.2.1 on page 244 for more information.

 

Note: If the workgroup name is not entered exactly the same

 

as the workgroup name to which your computer belongs

 

to, browsing via the network neighborhood will not

 

work.

System Code

Select the character set of the files contained on your storage device. For

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example, if your files were created on an operating system which used the

 

Russian alphabet, select cp866 (Russian).

 

If the file or folder names on your USB storage device appear as unrecognizable

 

(or jumbled) characters, you should double check this setting to make sure it is set

 

correctly.

 

 

Active

Check or uncheck this box to activate or deactivate the user account.

 

Note: If you deactivate the account, you deactivate the file

 

sharing feature.

 

 

User Name

Enter the user name of the account. The user name can be 31 alpha-numeric

 

characters long.

 

 

Password

Enter the password for this account. The password can be 99 alpha-numeric

 

characters long.

 

 

Retype to Confirm

Retype the password.

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