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5. File Server
This chapter describes the file server function of the Server which allows USB storage devices to be shared across a
network by using SMB: NetBIOS over TCP/IP and FTP protocol.
5.1. Preliminary
a) This product supports a file format of FAT12/16/32 and NTFS. However, the “write” operation on NTFS is
only supported in NetUSB mode. Please refer to the NetUSB Mode.
b) Corporation is not responsible for the loss or corruption of data in memory devices, including hard disk;
Corporation is not responsible for the leak, manipulation, loss, or corruption of data in memory devices
connected to the Server after unauthorized access.
c) In order to use the USB Mass Storage device connected to the Server, the SMB protocol or FTP protocol
must be set up.
5.2. Connecting USB Mass Storage to the Server
5.3. Supported Codepages
5.3.1. What is codepage?
Used by the system to encode and interpret string characters. Codepage formats are not the same for
each language. Some languages, such as Japanese have multibyte characters, while others, such as
English and German, need only one byte to represent each character.
5.3.2. Filename Encoding of FAT File System
This is known as an 8.3 file name, a short file name using codepage encoding. The FAT file system also
supports file names that can be up to 255 characters long. This is known as a long file name using
Unicode (UTF-16) encoding.
5.3.3. When do you need to configure codepage?
The Server supports Windows codepages. If users want to communicate files using FTP client tool or
SMB on Windows 98/Me/2000 with the Server, they have to set their Server codepage to be same as
the codepage that their Windows PC is using.
a) FTP
b) SMB on Windows 98/Me/2000
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