Description Of Usb File Sharing Settings - EE Brightbox User Manual

Description of USB File Sharing settings

The table below contains a description of the settings on the USB File Sharing page :
Section
Auto Share
Samba Function
Workgroup Name
Description
This option is used to configure the Auto Sharing
feature of USB File Sharing. Auto Sharing enables
'plug and play' of USB drives into the Bright Box.
Select 'Enable' to allow auto sharing of USB drives.
Select 'Disable' to switch off the automatic sharing
of USB drives. You can still share drives with auto
sharing disabled by connecting a drive to the router
and configuring the sharing manually in the USB
device section.
This option is used to enable or disable file sharing
of the USB drive via the Samba protocol. Samba is a
cross-platform file sharing protocol supported on
Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. This option is
enabled by default on the Bright Box router.
Select 'Enable' to enable file sharing using the
Samba protocol. This setting is recommended for all
modern operating systems including Microsoft
Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
Select 'Disable' to switch off file sharing using the
Samba protocol. You will need to connect to the
USB drive using an alternative protocol such as FTP
or NFS.
This field is used to configure the Windows
Workgroup that the shared USB drive belongs to. By
default the workgroup associated with the USB
drive is called 'Workgroup'. This is the standard
workgroup name for Windows XP (Professional),
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