Operation Manual

Accessing the Data in the USB Mass Storage Devices
FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7570 vDSL 47
Accessing the Data in the USB Mass Storage Devices
USB storage devices connected to the FRITZ!Box directly or
via a USB hub are displayed with their device name in the
“USB Devices / Overview of Devices” menu on the user in-
terface.
FTP (File Transfer
Protocol)
All of the computers in the network can access the data in
the USB mass storage simultaneously via FTP.
Click the name of the USB storage device in the “USB Devic-
es / Overview of Devices” menu or open a web browser and
enter FTP://fritz.box
in the address field. The folder struc-
ture of the USB storage device is displayed in the web
browser.
The data in the USB storage device can be accessed via FTP
using any FTP client.
Files from the USB storage device cannot be executed or
opened in a suitable program until they have been copied
to your computer or your local network.
USB Network
Memory
The FRITZ!Box offers you the possibility of making USB
mass storage devices available in the Windows network as
network drives (Samba). Files in the USB memory then can
be opened and processed directly on the USB mass storage
device.
Files are supported up to a size of 4 GB.
FRITZ!Musikbox With this feature music files on the USB storage device can
be played back by compatible devices (streaming). The
hard drive with the music collection is simply connected to
the USB port of the FRITZ!Box and a suitable playback de-
vice is integrated into the local network.
Access via FTP is possible only if the USB remote connec-
tion is disabled for USB storage devices.
Access to USB network memory is only possible if the USB
remote connection is disabled for USB storage devices.