User manual ASUS WL500GP WIRELESS ROUTER

[. . . ] ® WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual E2459/ March 2006 Manufacturer Contact Information ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) Company address: 15 Li-Te Road, Beitou, Taipei 11259 General (tel): +886-2-2894-3447 Web site address: www. asus. com. tw info@asus. com. tw General (fax): +886-2-2894-7798 General email: ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) Company address: 44370 Nobel Drive, Fremont, CA 94538, USA General (fax): +1-510-608-4555 Web site address: usa. asus. com Technical support General support: +1-502-995-0883 Support (fax): +1-502-933-8713 Online support: http://vip. asus. com/eservice/techserv. aspx ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany & Austria) Company address: Harkort Str. 25, D-40880 Ratingen, Germany General (tel): +49-2102-95990 Web site address: www. asuscom. de www. asuscom. de/sales General (fax): +49-2102-959911 Online contact: Technical support Components: Notebook: +49-2102-95990 Online support: www. asuscom. de/support +49-2102-959911 +49-2102-959910 Support (fax): WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual Table of contents 1. Package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. [. . . ] 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. 21 WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 2. To create a share folder, input the folder name in Add Folder field and press Add. 4. Define the access right for the share folder by appoint User Name and Access Right. Set Network Neighbourhood Mode to Apply rules in shared node list, Work Group to WORKGROUP to enable all computers within WORKGROUP to access WL-500gP USB storage. Click Save & Restart to restart the wireless router and activate the settings. 8. Click view work group computers, you can see WL-500gP in the Workgroup category. All files on the USB storage are ready for sharing. 22 WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 2) Setting up FTP site WL-500gP can also serve as an FTP site. You can make your FTP site accessible by all users, or set up 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-500gP. To allow anonymous login: Set Network Neighbourhood Mode to Share all paritions in disk, FTP Mode to Login to first partition. The anonymous login directory is the root directory of first partition. To allow accout login only: Set Network Neighbourhood Mode to Apply rules in shared node list, FTP Mode to Login to first mached shared node. Click Add in the Share Node List to specify the access directory and access right of FTP account. The Maximum Login User field specifies the maximum logged in users at a same time. Type ftp://192. 168. 1. 1 into the address box of your Web browser and press Enter to login the FTP site. 23 WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 3) Download Master Download Master function helps to manage the download tasks without turning your computer on. To use this function, you need to mount a USB storage to WL-500gP Wireless Router. To use this function, you need to install ASUS Utilities from the support CD. If you want to share the downloaded file with your LAN users, set Enable Download Share to Yes. Open Download Master from Start -> All Programs -> ASUS Utility ->WL-500gP Wireless Router -> Download Master. 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. [. . . ] · Check whether the wireless channel in use conforms to the channels available in your country/ area. · Retry using another Ethernet cable. 37 WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual Internet is not accessible · Check the lights on ADSL modem and the Wireless Router · Check whether the "WAN" LED on the Wireless Router is ON. If the LED is not ON, change the cable and try again. When ADSL Modem "Link" light is ON (not blinking), this means Internet Access is Possible. · Restart your computer. · Refer to the Quick Setup Guide of the wireless router and reconfigure the settings. [. . . ]