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  • Page 1 WMU-6500FS 3.5” Wireless AP Storage User’s Manual...
  • Page 2 CE Declaration of Conformity This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility, EN 55022/A1 Class B. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...
  • Page 3 This does not affect the warranty for the product itself. To get source codes please contact: OvisLink Corp., 5F, No. 96, Min-Chuan Rd, Hsin-Tien City, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. A fee will be charged for production and shipment for each copy of the source code.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    8.1 What can I do when I have some trouble?.....57 8.2 How to setup wireless function? ........59 8.3 How to map network drive in Windows? ......66 8.4 How to backup data by using Microsoft backup utility?68 AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1: Introduction

    1.1 Overview The AirLive WMU-6500FS is designed for 3.5” IDE and serial-ATA (SATA) hard disk drive use. It is an ideal device for small-medium companies and home users who need to backup and share files more efficiently and easily anytime and anywhere.

  • Page 6: Features

    Support HDD sleeping mode to save power consumption. Built-in FTP server. UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) AV content directory support. Scheduling download assistant. Aluminum housing provides better effect for heat-release. (It’s normal that aluminum housing getting warm when AirLive WMU-6500FS is working.) AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...

  • Page 7: System Requirements

    TCP/IP and NetBIOS network protocol installed. Web browser installed. The AirLive WMU-6500FS requires an external 12V, 4A power supply which is included in the package. For safe operation, please only use the power adapter which is provided by this product.

  • Page 8: Hardware Ports And Buttons

    The AirLive WMU-6500FS package contains the following items: Item Quantity AirLive WMU-6500FS Stand IDE cable (inside the device) SATA cable (inside the device) Power cable to connect IDE or SATA HDD (inside the device) 2.4GHz dipole antenna Power adapter (12 Volts DC, 4A)

  • Page 9: Led Indicators

    On transmitting. HDD R/W Not in use HDD read/write HDD Status No HDD HDD full or error More blinking quickly, fewer available capacity. USB 1 No device USB drive ready USB 2 No device USB drive ready AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2: Getting Started

    WMU-6500FS. WARNING: The AirLive WMU-6500FS is not hot-swappable. Please make sure that it is turned off and not connected to the power outlet when performing the following assembly procedure. Step 1: Unfasten two screws at the rear side of AirLive WMU-6500FS, and pull out the back cover.
  • Page 11 IDE hard disk) and power cable to the hard disk. Then fasten the screws that are included in the package to fix hard disk. Step 4: Put the front panel back. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...

  • Page 12: Making Connections

    Step 5: Put the back cover back, and assemble tightly. Finally, fasten two screws. 2.2 Making Connections In order to access the AirLive WMU-6500FS as the AirLive WMU-6500FS drive or as a wireless AP, you need to configure the TCP/IP settings correctly in advance. Either the “Wired Ethernet Connection” or “Wireless Connection”...

  • Page 13: Wired Ethernet Connection

    Ethernet cable The AirLive WMU-6500FS will detect automatically if there is any DHCP server nearby. If yes, it will get an IP address from DHCP server. But if there is no DHCP server in your environment, the AirLive WMU-6500FS will become a DHCP server, and assign IP address to your computer.
  • Page 14 255.255.255.0, and the Default gateway must be 192.168.123.254. Then click “OK” button to complete TCP/IP setup. NOTE. The IP address of default gateway must be same as IP address of AirLive WMU-6500FS. Step 2: Then go to command prompt mode from Start Menu->Programs-> Accessories. Type “ipconfig” and press the “Enter”.
  • Page 15 NOTE. The default login password is “airlive”. If there is any DHCP server in the network, AirLive WMU-6500FS will be as the client and get one IP address from existed DHCP server. You can also use configuration utility to Query to find the IP address that AirLive WMU-6500FS gets.

  • Page 16: Wireless Connection

    You can find there is a “Configure.html” in the folder, just double click on “Configure.html” directly to see configuration page. 2.2.3 Wireless Connection Follow the steps below to connect to the AirLive WMU-6500FS in a wireless environment. We assume that there is at AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...

  • Page 17: File Sharing

    “Enter”. Then the messages of IP address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway should be found. Step 4: After you connect to AirLive WMU-6500FS successfully, you can use method 1~3 that have been described in section 2.2.2 to configure AirLive WMU-6500FS.

  • Page 18: Accessing The Network Hard Drive Via My Network Places

    Open Windows Explorer, and then click the My Network Places icon. Double click the Entire Network to view the components of the network. Select and click the Microsoft Windows Network icon, then the various network components showed in the list. The default workgroup of AirLive WMU-6500FS is Mshome. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...

  • Page 19: Accessing Files Via Ftp

    2.3.4 Accessing Files via FTP The AirLive WMU-6500FS offers FTP service for the clients which don’t support Microsoft Windows File sharing. You can use any FTP client utility to connect to AirLive WMU-6500FS with anonymous username and password (username: ftp, and without password) when the Security Level is set to “Guest mode”. But if you change to “Authorization mode”, the accessing permission is limited, and then users have to input specified username and...

  • Page 20: Chapter 3: Making Configuration

    All you have to do is click the “Query” button of the Configuration Tool. NOTE. You need to know the IP address of AirLive WMU-6500FS if you want to configure it by web browser. The default IP address of AirLive WMU-6500FS is 192.168.123.254.
  • Page 21 With wizard setting steps, you could configure AirLive WMU-6500FS in a very simple way. This configuration wizard includes settings of Language, IP & DHCP, Wireless, Time, and Disk. Press “Next” button to start configuration. Step 1: Select which language will be used for folder/file name in the hard disk. Incorrect language setting may cause folder/file name unreadable.
  • Page 22 If you choose Server/Auto/Static mode, you need to set some TCP/IP settings for AirLive WMU-6500FS. If you are not sure about these values, please ask your network administrator or ISP. Step 3: Choose which wireless mode that you want to use. You can also disable wireless feature of AirLive WMU-6500FS.
  • Page 23 If you select the Wireless Client Mode, in next page, you would have to specify the AP that you want AirLive WMU-6500FS to connect to. You have two ways to do this job. One is searching the available AP that AirLive WMU-6500FS could get. After finish searching, you could select the AP that you want AirLive WMU-6500FS to connect to.
  • Page 24 The other way to add an AP is setting the SSID manually. Step 4: Next, you have three ways to set time for AirLive WMU-6500FS. You could sync time with NTP server or your PC, or set time manually. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...
  • Page 25 Or you can decide the security level later if you don’t have any idea yet. If you choose Decide it later, the AirLive WMU-6500FS won’t do any change to your hard disk. So you can keep all your data which has been stored in the hard disk.
  • Page 26 If you select “Yes”, the AirLive WMU-6500FS would ask you one more time to confirm your decision. If you need to format disk, please wait the progressing bar become 100%. WARNING: Even there is only one partition in your hard disk, the AirLive WMU-6500FS will format your hard disk again if you press OK.
  • Page 27 “Previous” button to go back to previous page. Finally, if everything is okay, click “Save Settings” to save your new settings. If you choose to initialize or format hard disk, please wait the progressing bar become 100%. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...

  • Page 28: Network Settings

    WARNING: After everything is done, system would Do Not press any button or power off the AirLive WMU-6500FS when the reboot automatically. Please wait 30 format is in progress. seconds at least for system restarting. 3.2 Network Settings 3.2.1 DHCP Setting Following sections describe the various DHCP settings.

  • Page 29: Wireless Setting

    Server: The AirLive WMU-6500FS will become a DHCP server on the network. Auto: Select this option to let AirLive WMU-6500FS send out a DCHP request during boot up. If you have another DHCP server on the network, the AirLive WMU-6500FS will receive an automatic IP address and subnet mask assignment.
  • Page 30 Following information will let you know the current wireless operation status. Basic Settings: allow you to enable or disable wireless function. Advanced Settings: the AirLive WMU-6500FS provides four wireless modes to select. Please refer to the following section to check details of each wireless mode separately.
  • Page 31 Channel: choose the radio channel number. The default channel of AirLive WMU-6500FS is “1”. Please DO NOT set the same channel with your existed wireless network. SSID: the SSID identifies a specific wireless LAN. Before associating with a particular wireless LAN, a station must have the same SSID as the access point.
  • Page 32 RADIUS server. Please input the IP address of RADIUS server and Shared Secret. Please refer to FAQ in chapter 8 to get more detailed information. NOTE. This device can support WPA version 1 and version 2. Advanced Setting: AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...
  • Page 33 Preamble Type: The Preamble Type defines the length of the CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) block for communication between the Access Point and roaming wireless adapters. SSID Broadcast: Enable or Disable a SSID broadcast. When enabled, the SSID of AirLive WMU-6500FS is sent to wireless enabled devices on the LAN. This feature is enabled by default.
  • Page 34 When you select “ALL accept”, the wireless clients with the MAC addresses you enter below will be accepted to connect to this AirLive WMU-6500FS, the others will be rejected. When you select “ALL Reject”, the wireless clients with the MAC addresses you enter below will be rejected to connect to this AirLive WMU-6500FS, the others will be accepted.
  • Page 35 Input encryption keys if needed. Then press “Connect” button to connect. NOTE. The encryption method is decided by remote AP. Then AirLive WMU-6500FS will save configurations and reboot automatically. After that, you can check the wireless status in the status page.
  • Page 36 Besides selecting AP from available list, you can also add AP manually. Press “My Favorite APs” in the wireless configuration page. Press “Add” button to add a remote AP. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...
  • Page 37 You can also modify attributes of existed AP. Go to wireless “My Favorite APs” page, choose the AP that you want to modify, then press “Edit” button. When you finish all the modification, press “Save” button to save changes. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...
  • Page 38 After entering the WDS Hybrid mode setting, click “Add” to set up. You can select the remote AP from AP list, or you can also input the MAC address of remote AP manually. NOTE. The channel of AirLive WMU-6500FS and remote AP must be the same. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...
  • Page 39 After indicating MAC address of remote AP, press “Next” to continue. Input information of wireless channel, SSID, and encryption method of AirLive WMU-6500FS. Then press “Next” to continue. NOTE. The wireless channel must be same as remote AP. You can keep the original setting of this page, and then press “Next”.
  • Page 40 Edit wireless MAC Filtering setting, and then press “Next”. NOTE. Please refer to 3.2.2.1 to review the meanings of this page. Finally, you could see the confirm page. If every setting is correct, just press “Confirm” to save all configurations. 3.2.2.4 WDS only mode AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...
  • Page 41 After entering the WDS Only mode setting, click “Add” to set up. You can select the remote AP from AP list, or you can also input the MAC address of remote AP manually. NOTE. The channel of AirLive WMU-6500FS and remote AP must be the same. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...
  • Page 42 After indicating MAC address of remote AP, press “Next” to continue. Input information of wireless channel and encryption method of AirLive WMU-6500FS. Then press “Next” to continue. NOTE. The wireless channel must be same as remote AP. Finally, you could see the confirm page. If every setting is correct, just press “Confirm” to save all configurations.

  • Page 43: Chapter 4: Storage Configuration

    30 seconds. NOTE. The hard disk will be formatted as “Ext2” file system. The other option is used for file checking. If you power off AirLive WMU-6500FS before normally shut down the AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...

  • Page 44: File Sharing

    FTP Configuration: The FTP server is enabled by default, so you can also access AirLive WMU-6500FS by any FTP client utility. Besides, you can also set the maximum concurrent connections of FTP service. The maximum concurrent connections of FTP are limited to 20.

  • Page 45: Access Control

    4.3 Access Control The AirLive WMU-6500FS can provide two security levels of access control. One is Guest mode, it means anyone can access any data which has been stored in the hard disk. With Guest mode, you don’t need to edit any user configuration and start to enjoy file sharing.

  • Page 46: User Configuration

    “Add” button to add user account. Note. The user information here is applied to file sharing of Microsoft Network Places and FTP service. Besides, you can also check the status of used capacity for every user by pressing “Quota Status” button. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...

  • Page 47: File Browser

    If you try to access folder user1, an authentication window will pop-up. 4.4 File Browser The AirLive WMU-6500FS provides a file browser to let users rename and delete folders/files easily. Especially when users can’t rename or delete folder/file via FTP or Microsoft My Network Places successfully. For an example, users may download an “unrecognized”...

  • Page 48: Chapter 5: Advanced Tools

    “Rename” button. After inputting a new file name, just press “Confirm” button to finish changing. Click the Advanced Tools option on the left panel to display its submenus. The Advanced Tools menus enable you AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...

  • Page 49: Backup Configuration

    This option enables you to backup current settings of AirLive WMU-6500FS. 5.2 Reset Configuration to Default This option enables you to reset the AirLive WMU-6500FS to its default factory settings. 5.3 Reboot This option enables you to reboot the device.

  • Page 50: Chapter 6: Misc

    Get Date and Time by NTP Protocol: synchronize the date and time with Internet NTP server. Set Date and Time using PC’s Date and Time: synchronize the date and time with the computer. Set Date and Time manually: Manually setting up the date and time. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...

  • Page 51: Login Setting

    Administrator Timeout: If users login, and idles for a period of time (the default value is 600 seconds), then that user will be logged out automatically. Set this value to “0” to disable this feature. Change Password: To change the login password, you have to enter the old password and confirm the new password twice. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...

  • Page 52: System Log

    6.3 System Log Logs are useful for troubleshooting, and you can review the whole system logs here. There are four categories of logs: System Log, Wireless, Samba, and FTP. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...

  • Page 53: Chapter 7: Download Assistant

    With Download Assistant, you can download files from remote server without using any computer. The one thing you need to do is adding a download task in the configuration page. Besides, you can also set a schedule rule to indicate which time the download task will start.

  • Page 54: Http

    Account Name: Please enter your login name of mail server if needed. Password: Please enter your login password of mail server if needed. 7.2 HTTP This page allows you to download files from remote HTTP server. Please refer to the following description. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...
  • Page 55 Note. Some mail servers would refuse the mail relay service if the sender isn’t on the same mail server. SMTP Server Address: Please enter the IP address or domain name of mail server that you want to use. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...

  • Page 56: Bittorrent

    Save To: Indicate which folder you will save the file in the hard disk. You can type the file path manually or press Browse button to select the destination folder. Press OK button when you finish the selection. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...

  • Page 57: Status

    Password: Please enter your login password of mail server if needed. 7.4 Status This page displays detailed status of configured download task in AirLive WMU-6500FS. The Running page contains all download tasks that are running. The Waiting page contains download tasks that are ready to run, but the number of current connections is over the maximum limit.

  • Page 58: Chapter 8: Faq & Trouble Shooting

    A: Please refer to question 2 above to reset setting to default. The default login password is airlive. 4. When I login the storage of AirLive WMU-6500FS via My Network Places, but I can not find any files of folders even if I have plugged HDD in AirLive WMU-6500FS.
  • Page 59 NTFS folders. 5. No matter what I do, I can not configure AirLive WMU-6500FS even if I setup fixed IP and can search or Ping to AirLive-6500FS.

  • Page 60: How To Setup Wireless Function

    AP device as follows. AP mode: First, the wireless client sets up the same SSID with AirLive WMU-6500FS and get IP address from another gateway router. Then the wireless client can associate the network or roam Internet via AirLive WMU-6500FS.
  • Page 61 10 for the example. Scan other AP which channel is 10 and also supports WDS function. Second, add the wireless MAC address of AirLive WMU-6500FS in this Wireless Router # 2. (Figure2). And use Scan AP to find the wireless which SSID is “WR-2” and join it in the list. Finally, LAN-Host #1 can find Wireless Router #2 and LAN-Host #2.
  • Page 62 WDS Hybrid mode: This device also supports WDS and AP mode at the same time. How to configure this in your environment? The below figure is for your reference. For the WDS setting, please refer to the above WDS only mode. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...
  • Page 63 6. Configure WEP key and 802.1X setting. The following test will use the built-in 802.1X authentication method such as EAP_TLS, PEAP_CHAPv2 (Windows XP with SP1 only), and PEAP_TLS (Windows XP with SP1 only) using the Smart Card or other AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...
  • Page 64 Choose MD5-Challenge or Smart Card or other Certificate as the EAP type. If choose to use smart card or the certificate as the EAP type, we select to use certificate on this computer. We will change EAP type to fit the variable test condition. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...
  • Page 65 PC1. (Figure 4) 7. Windows XP will prompt that the authentication process is success or fail and end the authentication procedure. (Figure 5) 8. Terminate the test steps when PC1 get dynamic IP and PING remote host successfully. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...
  • Page 66 Figure 3: Certificate information on PC1 Figure 4: Authenticating Figure 5: Authentication success DUT authenticate PC2 using PEAP-TLS. PC2 choose the SSID of DUT as the Access Point. Set authentication type of wireless client and RADIUS server both to PEAP_TLS. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...

  • Page 67: How To Map Network Drive In Windows

    Step 1: Search AirLive WMU-6500FS in Windows My Network Places. The default host name of AirLive WMU-6500FS is Net_Storage. Step 2: After find the AirLive WMU-6500FS, double click on the icon. Right click on the folder which you want to map, and choose Map Network Drive.
  • Page 68 Step 4: After finish drive mapping, you can find an additional Z drive in My Computer group. Then you can access network drive via Z drive, and don’t need to search network drive every time. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...

  • Page 69: How To Backup Data By Using Microsoft Backup Utility?68

    The backup utility is installed and ready for use if you use Windows XP Professional edition. Otherwise, if you use Windows XP Home edition, please install Ntbackup.msi from Windows installation CD first. Step 1: Please refer to 8.3 to map a network drive of AirLive WMU-6500FS first. Then start Windows backup utility, and press next button to continue.
  • Page 70 Step 2: Here we choose “Back up files and settings”. Step 3: Choose “Let me choose what to back up”. Step 4: Choose which folder will be backup to AirLive WMU-6500FS. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...
  • Page 71 Step 5: Choose the destination that you will save files. Here we choose drive Z, which is a network drive of AirLive WMU-6500FS. Step 6: Finally, press Finish button to start backup right now. Otherwise, press Advanced button to set a schedule rule for this backup task. AirLive WMU-6500FS User’s Manual...
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