Advanced configuration (advanced users only), Advanced configuration, Advanced users only) – Linksys E3000 User Manual

Page 58: Access the browser-based utility, Create a shared folder

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Linksys E3000

Appendix B: How to Install and Access USB Storage

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High Performance Wireless-N Router

Advanced Configuration

(Advanced Users Only)

To manage access to the USB storage device, you can

create shared folders, user groups, and user accounts .

Access the Browser-Based Utility

To access the browser-based utility, launch the web

browser on your computer, and enter the Router’s default

IP address, 192.168.1.1, in the Address field . Then press

Enter .
A login screen will appear . (Non-Windows 7 users will see

a similar screen .) In the User name field, enter admin . Then

enter the password created during the Setup Software .

(If you did not run the Setup Software, then use the

default password, admin . You can set a new password

on the Administration > Management screen . Refer to

Administration > Management, page 38 .) Click OK to

continue .

Login Screen

Create a Shared Folder

1 . Click the Storage tab .
2 . Click the Disk tab .

Storage > Disk

3 . To create a shared folder, click Create Share .

Shared Folder

4 . In the Display Name field, create a display name for the

shared folder .

5 . In the New Folder field, create a name for the physical

location of the shared folder . Then click Create .

6 . If the shared folder should include the entire partition,

select Share entire Partition and proceed to step 8 .
If you do not want to share the entire partition, then

specify the folder you do want to share .

7 . Select the appropriate folder . To display subfolders,

click Enter into Folder . To return to the previous

folder, click Return to Upper Folder .

8 . To allow a group access to the shared folder, select it

from the Available Groups column, and then click the

>> button .

NOTE:

Specify which user groups have read-

and-write or read-only access to the shared

folders .

9 . To block a group from accessing the shared folder,

select it from the Groups with Access column, and

then click the << button .

10 . Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click

Cancel Changes to clear your changes . Click Close to

exit the screen and return to the Disk screen .

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