ZyXEL Communications Corporation VMG1312B10C Manuale Utente

VMG1312-B10C User’s Guide

The Device has a USB port used to share files via a USB memory stick or a USB hard drive. In the 
USB Service screens, you can enable file-sharing server, media server, and printer server.

• Use  the  File Sharing screen to enable file-sharing server (

• Use  the  Media Server screen to enable or disable the sharing of media files (

).

• Use  the  Printer Server screen to enable the print server (

).

The following terms and concepts may help as you read this chapter.

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