NL1901ACV - USB Storage Setup Guide

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USB Storage Setup Guide NL1901ACV FAQs NL1901ACV FAQs – USB Storage Setup Guide 1 of 6 FQ01123 v1.2 April 2021 © NetComm Wireless 2021 NL1901ACV USB Storage Service Overview Storage Service The Storage Service options enable you to manage attached USB Storage devices and create accounts to access the data stored on the attached USB device. Storage Device Info The storage device info page displays information about the attached USB Storage device. Login to Web User Interface Connect a computer and the NF18ACV using an Ethernet cable. (A yellow Ethernet cable was provided with your NL1901ACV). 1 Open a web browser (such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox), type following address into the address bar and press Enter. http://192.168.20.1 2 Enter the following credentials in the User Name and Password fields: User Name: admin Password: The serial number found on the label on the back of the device 3 Click the Login button. Note – If no authentication prompt is displayed or you see a request time out message, refer to the What if I cannot access Web User Interface guide from FAQs section.

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USB Storage Setup Guide NL1901ACV FAQs

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NL1901ACV USB Storage Service Overview

Storage Service

The Storage Service options enable you to manage attached USB Storage devices and create accounts to access the data stored on the attached USB device.

Storage Device Info

The storage device info page displays information about the attached USB Storage device.

Login to Web User Interface

Connect a computer and the NF18ACV using an Ethernet cable. (A yellow Ethernet cable was provided with your NL1901ACV).

1 Open a web browser (such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox), type following address into the address bar and press Enter.

http://192.168.20.1

2 Enter the following credentials in the User Name and Password fields:

User Name: admin

Password: The serial number found on the label on the back of the device

3 Click the Login button.

Note – If no authentication prompt is displayed or you see a request time out message, refer to the What if I cannot access Web User Interface guide from FAQs section.

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Add a User Account

1 Click on the Advanced Setup menu at the left of the page and then click on Storage Service option

2 Click on User Accounts option.

User accounts are used to restrict access to the attached USB Storage device.

3 Click the Add button to create a user account.

Note – To delete a user account entry, click the Remove checkbox next to the selected account entry and then click the Remove button.

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4 Adding an account allows the creation of specific user accounts with a password to further control access permissions.

To add an account, click the Add button and then enter the desired username and password for the account.

5 Please Ensure that the SAMBA service is Enabled.

Note that the NL1901ACV only supports SAMBA version 1.

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Windows PC

Accessing USB hard drive connected to NL1901ACV

1 Exit out from the NetComm router’s WEB Interface page and open up the “Windows Explorer” and type \\192.168.20.1 on the top address bar.

Note – Windows Explorer is different from the Internet Explorer.

You can open a Windows Explorer by opening Computer or Documents.

Important – Turn off firewall/ antivirus firewall if it has no connection to USB storage through Wireless.

2 When prompted for login details, type the Storage User Account username and password.

The example below uses “user1” as the username.

Once you have logged in, you will be able to view and edit the contents of the USB storage device.

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Mac PC

Accessing USB hard drive connected to NL1901ACV

1 On your Mac click on Go >Connect to a Server.

2 Enter the path to the network drive you want to map, for example: smb://192.168.20.1

3 Click the Connect button.

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4 Enter your Storage User Account username and password as shown below.

5 Click the Connect button to mount the network drive.

6 The drive will now appear on your finder window sidebar.