MULTI FUNCTIONAL USB SERVER LN-308/309, WL-203 Full manual
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 1. Table of Contents 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................2 2. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................4 2.1 THANK YOU 4 2.2 ABOUT THIS MANUAL..........................................................................................................
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 8.1 USING TOOLS OF CONTROL CENTER.........................................................................................................31 8.2 SETTING UP SERVER CONFIGURATION.........................................................................................................31 8.2.1 GENERAL CONFIGURATION...................................................................................................................
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 2. Introduction 2.1 Thank you Thank you for buying the Sitecom Multi Functional USB Server WL-203. With this product you will be able to connect your AIO/MFP (All-In-One/Multifunction Peripheral), printers, USB mass storages (hard drives, flash drives, and memory card readers), and scanners, to your network, allowing all network users access to these shared USB devices. 2.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 3. Product Overview 3.1 Package Contents • • • • • The MFP Server (WL-203) CD-Rom (Control Center software, User’s Manual and Quick Installation Guide) Power Adapter Warranty Card Quick Installation Guide (printed manual) 3.2 Physical Description 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 3.3 Features and Benefits This Server provides the following features and benefits: • Reliability: The Server provides high performance and reliability combined with low power consumption. • Flexibility: The Server supports print/File/Scan sharing in all major computer systems and environments. • Easy to Install: The Server installs, operates, and is managed in a reliable and easy fashion.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 4. Basic Installation & Configuration 4.1 Connecting the Hardware • Make sure that your USB devices are switched off and that the Server’s Power Adapter is disconnected. • Connect the USB devices to the USB port with the USB cables. • Connect the MFP Server to your modem or wireless router with an Ethernet cable. • Turn on the USB device and make sure it’s ready to use.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 • Select “Use the following IP address”. And then put the factory default IP <192.168.0.200> and Subnet mask <255.255.255.0>. Then click “OK” to finish the setting. • Then Sitecom MFP can directly be found in the Control Center.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 4.2.3 Installing Control Center software • Install the WL-203 Control Center by running the Autorun CD. • Click Install Control Center to start the installation. • Click Next to start. • Enter the User Name & Company Name. And then click Next.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 • Then click Next, until you click the Finish to complete the installation.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 4.2.4 Setting the IP Address Using the Control Center • Start the Control Center. The Main window will open. (Detailed information about the server and the printer will be shown when the ‘Server Information’ button is pressed.) Note： If the Control center cannot find the MFP server, please check and make sure Firewall and Anti Virus software is “Off”.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 • Click the button corresponding to your choice of IP setting method (static or dynamic using DHCP). When assigning a static IP address you also have to define Subnet Mask and Default Gateway. If you choose Automatically get IP by DHCP, you can use desired DNS by clicking the Manual DNS button and manually assigning a DNS. • Click Apply to save your settings. The Server will now reboot.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support • A web page “System Status” is shown. Please click Basic Settings. • And then click the TCP/IP setting.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 • Select the button which corresponds with your choice of IP settings (static or dynamic using DHCP). When assigning a static IP address you also have to define Subnet Mask and Default Gateway. • Click Submit to save your settings. The Server will then reboot. You have now finished the procedure of setting up the IP address.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 5. Print Server in Windows 5.1 Connecting the Server To configure your Server correctly, you should know which type of network topology your Server connects to. 5.1.1 The Server and Windows PC on LAN 5.1.2 Setting up Local Windows Printer Driver You are advised to install your Windows printer driver in advance.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 Before adding a network printer, you are advised to install the local Windows printer driver in advance. Before using network printer, you have to turn on “Use Printer Online” in installed network printer driver and then you can use the printer. 6. File Server The File Server function of the MFP Server which allows USB storage devices to be shared across a network by using SMB: NetBIOS over TCP/IP and FTP protocol. 6.
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Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 6.3 Supported Codepages The Server supports Windows codepages. If users want to communicate with the Server using an FTP client tool or SMB on Windows 2000, they have to set their Server codepage as the codepage that their Windows PC is using. 6.3.1 Configuring the Server’s Codepages • Open the Control Center. • Select the MFP Server from the Server List.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 6.4.1 Setting up File Server Using the Control Center • Open the Control Center • Select the MFP Server from the Server List. • Double click the highlighted option in the list or click Configure Server, and enter the Server’s interface using administrator username (default: admin) and password (default: admin). After you have logged in successfully, click Supported Protocols. • 6.4.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 6.4.3 Set up File Server Configuration 6.4.3.1 Set SMB/CIFS Print/File Server • Enable SMB/CIFS Print/File Server: select the item, if you want to support SMB/CIFS print/File server. • Enable Internet Access: clear the item, if you do not allow that users can access your SMB/CIFS server via Internet. If you select the item, you allow Internet users can access your storage using the SMB/CIFS protocol.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support your storage will be shared without security. • Allow Anonymous Login: select the item, if you want to allow the user “anonymous” to login to your FTP server with read-only permission and the Server will not check the password. If you clear the item, your FTP server will not support anonymous login function. 6.4.3.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 6.6 Using Shared Storage by FTP Methods for Windows • Open Microsoft Internet Explorer. • In the Web Address List, enter the command: “ftp://Server’s Host Name“ or “ftp://Server’s IP address”. If you have changed the default FTP port : 21 to the new value, you have to add the new port number behind the command (e.g. “ftp://Server’s Host Name: ftp port” or “ftp://Server’s IP address: ftp port”).
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 7. NetUSB Mode 7.1 Introduction The Sitecom WL-203 has a totally different technology “NetUSB”, to deal with printers and scanners (MFPs). • For printers, some special kinds of printers, such as GDI printers or host-based printers, can not work well with traditional print server technology. Users should use the NetUSB mode to deal with these kinds of printers.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 You must change the IP address of the MFP server (or use DHCP) so that the MFP server and your PC are in the same subnet. Control Center will show these MFP servers in blue, meaning you can safely access these MFP servers by the NetUSB technology The steps to do remote installation for USB devices, like MFPs: • Turn on Sitecom WL-203 and the USB device. • Connect the USB device to Sitecom WL-203. The LED of the USB port will light.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support • Please follow the user manual of the USB device to install its driver. For example, you may put the driver CD of the USB device in the CDROM player to install the driver. • When you are asked to plug in the USB device into PC’s USB port, click the desired USB device in the Control Center and then click the “Auto-Connect Printer” button to do the connect operation and get the ownership of the USB device.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 • Choose the desired printer. The desired printer must be the Windows printer (this is a logical printer) that matches the printer attached on the MFP server (this is a physical printer). Then click the “Apply” button. • Then, the printer will be marked as an “Auto-Connected Printer” in red.
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Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 • Then try to issue a print job to the desired printer. You will see the Control Center will automatically do a connect operation and, once the print job finished, it will hold the connection. However, the connection will be released immediately when another user do the printing afterward. At the same time, the printer is automatically disconnected with your PC. • When you do a print job again.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support • Then you can see that the Control Center will automatically do a “connect” operation. The following window will appear. • Choose one of TWAIN or WIA item. Click “OK”. The following window will appear. • Follow the usual steps to do scanning. 7.3.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 Before you use NetUSB technology to access USB storage, please make sure the storage access mode is in NetUSB mode. For detail setting, please refer to <8.2.3 Supported Protocols > • In the Control Center, click the MFP server that has the desired USB storage device attached. • Click the desired USB storage device. • Click the “Connect” button to manually connect the USB storage device. • Now your PC will have a new disk.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 8. Using the Control Center 8.1 Using Tools of Control Center You can use the following tools to help you use the server: • • • • • Refresh Server List: renew to auto search the existing servers on the network. Configure Server: configure the highlighted MFP server. Goto Homepage: go to the web pages of the highlighted MFP server. Auto-Connect Printer: perform set printer function of the highlighted MFP server.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 8.2.3 Wireless Configuration • • • • • • • Region or Domain: Select your region to configure the available wireless channels. Station Name: The BSSID or MAC-Address of the Wireless Multi Function Printserver. Network Type: Select Infrastructure when the printserver has to connect to a router or AccessPoint, select Ad-Hoc to connect to a client computer or Peer-to-Peer network. SSID: Choose the SSID of your network.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support Factory Default. • • • • • • • • • FTP Server: select or clear FTP Server support. It is enabled in Factory Default and set some parameters as below : FTP Port: enter an integer number to set FTP server’s TCP port (default: 21) Maximum Session Number: enter or clear Maximum Session Number support.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 Then, please click the Set button to complete and save the new settings. Note： If you forgot the administrator username and password, you must perform Restore Factory Default action by plugging in the power adaptor while pressing the Init button. Please refer to the “10. Restore Factory Defaults”. • • • User name: add a new user account for accessing the storage attached to the Server. Password: set a password for the added user.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support • • • • SNMP V3: select or clear SnmpV3 support. User Security name: set user security name of SNMP v3 Auth Password: set authentication password of SNMP v3. Privacy Password: set privacy password of SNMP v3 8.5 Email If you want to receive alert mails from the Server, you have to enable SMTP Protocol, and set Email configuration.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 8.6 Maintenance To restart the Server, restore the Server to factory defaults, download new firmware file from product’s public website and upgrade new firmware. • • • • Time Setup: click this button, to configure the time-zone, and time-settings for the Server. Restart Server: click this button, the Server will restart Factory Default: click this button, the Server will restore factory default values.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support Note： The Control Center doesn’t really quit if you click the “X” box (close box) at the top right corner of the window. Instead, it just minimizes itself to the system tray. There are two ways to really close the Control Center. The first way is choosing “Exit” item in the “File” menu in the Control Center. The second way is right-clicking the icon of the Control Center in the system tray and choosing the “Exit” option.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 9. The Server’s Web Pages 9.1 Introduction By using the web pages to see the Server’s system status and configure the Server. 9.2 Using the Server’s Web Pages 9.2.1 • • • • • Displaying Server Status In the Control Center, click the MFP server. Click the “Goto Homepage”. Enter the administrator and password (default : admin/admin) Then, the System status of MPF server’s information is shown.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 9.3.2 TCP/IP Configuration To set the MFP server’s TCP/IP configuration and connect TCP/IP network, please see < 4.2.5 Setting the IP address Using the Server’s Web Pages > for details. 9.3.3 Protocols Configuration • • • • • • • • LPR (Line Printer Remote) Printing: select or clear LPR Printing support. It is enabled in Factory Default. IPP Printing: select or clear IPP Printing support.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 • • • • • • • • • • FTP Server: select or clear FTP Server support. It is enabled in Factory Default and set some parameters as below : FTP Port: enter an integer number to set FTP server’s TCP port (default: 21) Maximum Session Number: enter or clear Maximum Session Number support. You can limit the FTP session number by selecting the support and enter an integer to set the allowable maximum session number.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support • • • • • • • Region or Domain: Select your region to configure the available wireless channels. Station Name: The BSSID or MAC-Address of the Wireless Multi Function Printserver. Network Type: Select Infrastructure when the printserver has to connect to a router or AccessPoint, select Ad-Hoc to connect to a client computer or Peer-to-Peer network. SSID: Choose the SSID of your network.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 • Permission: select Read-Only or Read-Write permission to access File servers. • Add: click Add button, after entering the user name, corresponding password, and Permission selection. The account will take effect once shown in the blank below. Delete: delete the existing user account. • 9.4.2 SNMP • • • • • • • • • • • Authentic Community: set Community name of SNMP server.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 9.4.3 Email If you want to receive alert mails from the Server, you have to enable SMTP Protocol, and set Email configuration. You can set new SMTP port number (default: 25) • • • • • • SMTP Protocol: select or clear SMTP support SMTP Server Name: enter your SMTP server’s Host Name or IP address. SMTP Port Number: set new SMTP server’s TCP port number (default: 25) Subject: enter the subject of the e-mail.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 9.5.2 Restart Click the Apply button, the Server will be restarted.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 9.5.3 Restore Click the Apply button, the Server will restore factory default settings and then restart. 9.5.4 Time Setup On this page, you can configure the correct Time-Zone, and select a NTP-server. Click the Apply button to save the configuration.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 10. Restore Factory Defaults 10.1 Using the Control Center • Start the Control Center. • If the tool finds Servers in your local area network, then you have to select a Server from the Server List. • Double click the highlighted option or click the Configure Server icon. Then enter the Server’s administrator username (default: admin) and password (default: admin). • After you have logged in successfully & select Maintenance.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 11. Upgrade Firmware Note： Before starting to upgrade the firmware, please do power off and on the MFP device. It is easy to do by removing the power plug & plugging-in the unit again. 11.1 Using the Control Center • Open Control Center. It will automatically search the existing Servers and display their status.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 11.2 Using the Server’s Web Pages • Power on the Server. Suppose that the Server is in DHCP mode • Check the Server's IP address. • First, run Control Center. It will automatically search for Servers on the LAN. Then Servers’ IP addresses will be shown in Control Center. • Run any Web browser, like Microsoft Internet Explorer. Go to “http://Server’s IP address “or “http://Server’s Host Name” to access the Server's home page.
Please check www.sitecom.com for up to date drivers & utilities, manuals and support 11.3 Using the Init Button and the TFTP Client • Plug in the power adaptor while pressing the Init button until the LED indicators of Power and USB blink. Note： Please note that after that, the Server will operate using the factory default values after restarting, i.e., your Server’s configuration will recover to Factory Default values.
Sitecom Multi Functional USB server LN-308/309, WL-203 Note： After performing the tasks mentioned above, you have to unplug the power adaptor and then plug in the power adaptor to restart the Server.
