Media Server - TP-Link TL-WR710N User Manual

Click the Rescan button to start a new scan.
Follow the instructions below to set up your router as a file server:
1. Plug an external USB hard disk drive or USB flash drive into this router.
2. Click the Rescan button to find the USB drive that has been attached to the router.
3. Click the Start button to start the Storage Sharing service.
4. Click the Enable button under Shared to enable the disk to share.
5. Click the Open the disk to visit the sharing disk.
Note:
1. The router can automatically locate new USB drive. But to display the information about your
USB device, you need to click the Rescan button manually.
2. The new settings will not take effect until you restart the service.
3. To unplug the USB drive, click Eject Disk button first. Simply pulling USB drive out of the
USB port can cause damage to the device and loss of data.
4. Mounted volumes of each USB port are subject to the 8-volume limit. So you cannot access
more than 8 volumes on the USB storage device.
5. If you change the storage settings during the storage connection is established, then the
changes will not take effect until the router or the client is rebooted.

7.8.2 Media Server

Choose menu "USB Settings→Media Server", you can create media server that allows you to
share stored content with other computers and devices on your home network and on the Internet.
Server Name - The name of this Media Server.
Server Status - Indicates the Media Server's current status, started or stopped. You can
click the Start button to start the Media Server and click the Stop button to stop it.
Name - The display name of this folder.
File System - The file system type on the partition can be FAT32 or NTFS.
Folder - The real full path of the specified folder.
TL-WR710N 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router
Figure 7-19 Media Server Setting
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