ZyXEL Communications P-661HNU-Fx User Manual

Chapter 7 Home Networking

ADSL Series User’s Guide

You can set up your ZyXEL Device to act as a media server to provide media (like video) to DLNA-
compliant players, such as Windows Media Player, ZyXEL DMAs (Digital Media Adapters), Xboxes or 
PS3s. The media server and the clients must have IP addresses in the same subnet.

The ZyXEL Device media server enables you to:

• Publish all shares for everyone to play media files in the USB storage device connected to the 

ZyXEL Device.

• Use hardware-based media clients like the DMA-2500 to play the files.

Note: Anyone on your network can play the media files in the published shares. No user 

name and password or other form of security is used. The media server is enabled 

by default with the video, photo, and music shares published.

The following figure is an overview of the ZyXEL Device’s media server feature. DLNA devices A and 
B can access and play files on a USB device (C) which is connected to the ZyXEL Device (D).

Media Server Overview

Use this screen to have the ZyXEL Device work as a media server. To access this screen, click 
Network Setting > Home Networking > Media Server.

Network Setting > Home Networking > Media Server