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8 SHARING CONTENT
DMS-CTC-20110713-0016 v2.0
8 Sharing Content
Introduction
The MediaAccess Gateway allows you to share the content stored on your USB storage device with other users on your
network or even access this shared content from the Internet.
Features
The MediaAccess Gateway supports USB 2.0
The following file systems are supported:
NTFS (optional)
FAT32
FAT16
HFS+ (optional)
EXT2/EXT3 (optional)
You can connect up to five USB storage devices (via a USB hub).
Each USB storage device can have up to 10 partitions. If your device has more partitions the extra partitions will be
ignored.
Content Sharing Servers
The MediaAccess Gateway offers three types of services to share your content. The following table gives a you a brief
overview of the main functions:
Network File Server UPnP AV Media Server FTP Server
Function
Store and access your data
on your local network.
Make media files available
for UPnP AV capable
devices like Media players,
Set-Top boxes from your
local network.
Store and access your data
from the Internet.
Access
Read and write Read-only Read and write
Accessible from
Local network Local network Internet and Local network
Type of content shared
All files from all partitions
and disks that are
connected.
Media files (music, movies
and pictures) from all
partitions and disks that are
connected.
All files that are stored in
the Shared folder of the
managed partition.
For more information,
see...
“8.1 The Network File
Server” on page 71
“8.2 The UPnP AV Media
Server” on page 74
“8.3 The FTP Server” on
page 78