ZyXEL Communications FMG3024-D10A User Manual

 Chapter 7 Home Networking

FMG3024-D10A / FMG3025-D10A Series User’s Guide

This is the name given to a set of computers that are connected on a network and share resources 
such as a printer or files. Windows automatically assigns the workgroup name when you set up a 
network. 

When settings are set to default, each USB device connected to the Device is given a folder, called 
a “share”. If a USB hard drive connected to the Device has more than one partition, then each 
partition will be allocated a share. You can also configure a “share” to be a sub-folder or file on the 
USB device.

A file system is a way of storing and organizing files on your hard drive and storage device. Often 
different operating systems such as Windows or Linux have different file systems. The file sharing 
feature on your Device supports File Allocation Table (FAT) and FAT32. 

The Device uses Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol for its file sharing functions. CIFS 
compatible computers can access the USB file storage devices connected to the Device. CIFS 
protocol is supported on Microsoft Windows, Linux Samba and other operating systems (refer to 
your systems specifications for CIFS compatibility). 

This is a computer or other device which manages one or more printers, and which sends print jobs 
to each printer from the computer itself or other devices.

An operating system (OS) is the interface which helps you manage a computer. Common examples 
are Microsoft Windows, Mac OS or Linux.

TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol) is a set of communications protocols that 
most of the Internet runs on.   

A port maps a network service such as http to a process running on your computer, such as a 
process run by your web browser. When traffic from the Internet is received on your computer, the 
port number is used to identify which process running on your computer it is intended for.