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2. After clicking Free Trial, you are directed to the homepage of www.DynDNS.org, where you can register and apply for DDNS service.
  Read  the  policy  and  select 
"I have read...".
3.  Enter your user name, 
e-mail address, password, then click Create Account.
4.  A message prompts 
out informing that your account has been created. An E-mail is sent to your mailbox. Open your mailbox and read the mail.
9. 
Click 
Apply then click Finish.
10. Click Save & Restart to restart WL-500gP V2 and activate settings.
11. You  can  type  your  host  name  in  the  address  bar  of  browser  to  access  your  Hard  Disk Drive plugged in WL-500gP V2. For FTP site setting, please refer to P25 "Setting up FTP Site" section.
DynDNS Service
1. Select Yes to enable the DDNS service. If you do not have a DDNS account, click Free Trial to register for a trial account. 
						

							
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5. You  can  find  the  activation l e t t e r  i n  y o u r  E - m a i l  b o x . Click the hyperlink.
6. T h e  l i n k  d i r e c t s  y o u  t o  a login page. Click login.
7. E n t e r  t h e  u s e r  n a m e  a n d password then click Login.
8.    A f t e r  l o g g i n g  i n ,  y o u  c a n see this welcome message.
9.  Select 
Services tab.
10.  Click 
Add  Dynamic  DNS Host . 
						

							
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11. Enter  the  host  name  then click Add Host.
12.  You  can  see  this  message 
w h e n  y o u r  h o s t n a m e  i s successfully created.
13. Fill  the  account  information into the DDNS setting fields of your wireless router. 
14.  Click 
Finish.
15.  C l i c k 
S a v e  &  R e s t a r t  t o restart  the  wireless  router and activate the settings.
16.  Verify whether DDNS is working. Click 
Start menu and select Run....Type  cmd and click OK to open the CLI console.
17.  Type 
ping  account.dyndns.o r g  ( y o u r  D D N S  d o m a i n n a m e ) .  I f  y o u  c a n  s e e  t h e reply  like  what  is  shown  in t h e  r i g h t  p i c t u r e ,  D D N S  i s working correctly.
Note:  The  input  character  should  be  in  the  range  of A-Z,  a-z,  or  0-9,  and  the  length  of the characters should be no more than 64 bytes. 
						

							
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6) Setting up Bandwidth Management
Bandwidth  Management  provides  a  mechanism  that  controls  the  traffic  of  you 
network. To set up bandwidth management:
1. Click Basic Config page in Bandwidth Management folder. In this page you can see four buttons including Gaming Blaster, Internet Application, WL-500gP V2 FTP Server, and VOIP/Video Streaming . In this page, you can click each item to set its priority higher. After  you  click  each  item,  the  letters  on  the  button  turns  yellow  (see  figures  below)  and the  green  bar  behind  it  automatically  grows  longer,  indicating  its  bandwidth  status  is  the first  priority.  Click Finish  and Apply  to  complete  the  configuration.  The  following  figures show different bandwidth priority settings:
Gaming Blaster
Internet Application 
						

							
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WL-500gP V2 FTP Server
After you applying the WL-500gP V2 FTP Server settings, a screen appears 
asking you to do further configuration: 
						

							
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2.  You can also configure the bandwidth manually by clicking "User Specify Services". Input 
the IP address, destination port and choose the priority status from the drop-down list.
VOIP/Video Streaming 
						

							
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ASUS  WL-500gP  V2  Wireless  Router  provides  two  USB2.0  ports  for  connecting 
USB  storage,  USB  camera,  and  USB  printer,  therefore,  you  can  monitor  the 
working  environment,  share  data  and  printer  with  both  wired  and  wireless  users  in 
your network. 
Warning: Before  unplugging  the  USB  storage  disk  from  WL-500gP  V2,  you  must eject the disk in Status & Log -> USB page to prevent data corruption.
Note: Before  applying  change  and  rebooting  WL-500gP  V2,  make  sure  all  USB applications  are  disabled,  it  would  take  more  than  20  seconds  for  WL-500gP  V2  to reboot.
1) Sharing USB storage
To use this feature, you need to plug a USB hard disk to the USB2.0 port on the rear 
panel of WL-500gP V2. Make sure the hard disk is formatted and partitioned properly.
Note: FAT32 has a 4GB file size limitation and do not support files above that size. If you want to use files of above 4GB, you must format the disk to EXT2 file system.
Creating user account
To share the data in the USB storage, you need to create 
user accounts first.
2. I n p u t  U s e r   N a m e  a n d Password for the accounts. C l i c k  A d d  t o   a d d   t h e account to the list. 
3.  To  d e l e t e  a n  a c c o u n t , 
s e l e c t  t h e  a c c o u n t  f r o m the list and click Del.
4.  Click 
Apply  to  apply  the c h a n g e s  a n d  r e s t a r t  t h e wireless router.
Creating share folder and access right
You  can  create  a  new  share  folder  or  share  an  existing 
folder in your hard disk. 
1. Click USB Application -> User List in the left side menu to open the configuration page. 
1. Click USB Application  ->  Basic  Config in  the  left side menu to open the configuration page. 
5. Application features 
						

							
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2. Click Add  to  add  a  share folder.
3. Select the folder you want to share from Folder Manager and click Ok. To  create  a  share  folder,  input  the folder  name  in Add  Folder  field and press Add.
4. Define  the  access  right  for the  share  folder  by  appoint U s e r  N a m e  a n d A c c e s s R i g h t.  C l i c k A d d  t o  a d d the access right rule. When f i n i s h e d ,  c l i c k A p p l y  t o save the configuration.
6.  Click 
Finish.
5. Set Network Neighbourhood M o d e  t o A p p l y  r u l e s  i n s h a r e d  n o d e  l i s t,  W o r k Group  to WORKGROUP  to enable  all  computers  within W O R K G R O U P  t o  a c c e s s WL-500gP V2 USB storage.
7. C l i c k S a v e  &  R e s t a r t  t o restart  the  wireless  router and activate the settings.
8. Open My  Network  Place from a computer connected to WL-500gP V2. Click view w o r k  g r o u p  c o m p u t e r s, you  can  see  WL-500gP  V2 in the Workgroup category. All files on the USB storage are ready for sharing. 
						

							
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2) Setting up FTP site
WL-500gP V2 can also serve as an FTP site. You can make your FTP site accessible 
by  all  users,  or  set  up  access  policy  to  restrict  anonymous  login. To  use  this  feature, 
you  need  to  plug  a  USB  storage  disk  to  the  USB2.0  port  on  the  rear  panel  of  WL-
500gP V2. Make sure the hard disk is formatted and partitioned properly.
1. To  allow  anonymous  login:  Set Network  Neighbourhood  Mode to Share all partitions in disk, F T P  M o d e  t o L o g i n  t o  f i r s t partition. The anonymous login directory is the root directory of first partition.
  To allow account login only: Set 
Network  Neighbourhood  Mode to Apply rules in shared node l i s t,  F T P  M o d e  t o L o g i n  t o first  matched  shared  node. Click Add in the Share Node List to  specify  the  access  directory and access right of FTP account.
2.  T h e 
M a x i m u m  L o g i n  U s e r f i e l d  s p e c i f i e s  t h e  m a x i m u m logged in users at a same time. The default value is 6. 
3.  C l i c k 
F i n i s h  t o  a c t i v a t e  t h e settings and reboot. This process may take several minutes.
4.  Ty p e 
f t p : / /9 2 . 6 8 . .
  i n t o the  address  box  of  your  Web b r o w s e r  a n d  p r e s s  E n t e r  t o login the FTP site. 
						

							
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3) Sharing USB printer
You  can  connect  a  compatible  USB  printer  to  the  USB2.0  port  of  WL-500gP  V2  to 
share  the  printer  with  your  LAN  users.  Follow  the  procedures  below  to  setup  your 
computers to utilize the printer server function of WL-500gP V2.
Installing USB printer
Plug  your  USB  printer  to  the  USB2.0  port  on  WL-500gP  V2  rear panel.  To  verify  whether  your  printer  is  properly  installed  and  to WL-500gP  V2  Wireless  router,  click Status  &  Log  ->  Status.  If Printer Model is correct and Printer Status is On-Line, you can share this printer within your LAN.
Note:  Visit  ASUS  Website  for comaptible  printer  vendor  and models.
Setting up printer client under Windows XP
Follow the steps below to install network printer on your clients.
1. Run Add Printer Wizard from Start -> 
Printers and Faxes -> Add a printer. 2. 
Select 
Local printer attached to this 
computer and click Next.
3. Select Create a new port and set 
Type of port to Standard TCP/IP Port, 
then click Next. 4. 
Click 
Next to setup TCP/IP port for 
accessing the network printer.