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D-Link® SharePort™ Technology Intro

D-Link® SharePort™ Technology Features

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  • Share USB Devices:

    Users can now share a wide range of USB devices such as printers, multi-function printers (MFP) and storage drives easily with other computers on the network - in either a wired or Wi-Fi environment.

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  • Converts USB Port Into Responsive Virtual Network:

    D-Link® SharePort technology turns the local USB port located on the back of any SharePort enabled router into a fast and responsive virtual network port so users can access a range of USB devices regardless of their location in the home or office.
     

D-Link® SharePort™ Technology How to Install

• Step One

  Go to http://support.dlink.com and locate the product you wish to update with the dropdown menu at the top right corner of the page.

• Step Two

  Once on the product support page, scroll down to the firmware section and locate the SharePort firmware upgrade.  Click "Download Now".

• Step Three

  Save the firmware upgrade and remember where it is.

• Step Four

  Upload the firmware to the router.

• Step Five

  Install the SharePort utility onto each computer on the network, this will allow the computers to connect to the USB port on the back of the router.

• Step Six

  Plug-in and install driver software for the USB device.

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• Step Seven

  Plug-in your USB device and it will be available if you click connect, which makes the USB device available as if it were directly connected to the PC. To disconnect just click on it and select disconnect.

D-Link® SharePort™ Technology How to Use

• Installing Your Printer

  After installing SharePort on your router, you are ready to use your USB Port as a print server. If your printer requires you to install drivers while it’s connected to your PC, you will need to install drivers on each computer that will be utilizing it. Insert the CD your manufacturer provided you or launch the downloaded drivers and begin installing them on your computer. If prompted to connect the printer while installing, proceed to do so.

• How to Pass Access (Part I)

  After you disconnect the printer from your PC and connect it to your router, you should see a small dialog box letting you know that the printer has been found and connected to your router. Right click the SharePort icon in your system tray and select “Open SharePort Network USB Utility,” which will open the SharePort application window. Your printer should be listed here. Hover your mouse over “Waiting to Connect” or click the test and a drop down menu will appear. Click “Connect” and SharePort will attach your PC to the printer.

  SharePort works by making the PC think the USB port on the router is actually a local USB port on your PC. This means that no other PC on your network can access it. If you have more than one PC connected to your network and want to print from that computer, you must ask for access. When a device is being used through SharePort, the utility will show “In Use by (computer name).” The text will be green if you have control and it will be red if somebody else has control of the device.

  To print something on your network when the SharePort utility says “In Use by (computer name), hover or click on the “In Use…” text to display a drop down menu with the option “Request to Use.” 
   

• How to Pass Access (Part II)

  By clicking this option, a message will be sent to whichever PC is using the printer. The person using the printer will then hover or click the green “In Use by (computer name)” link to relinquish rights to the printer.

• How to Pass Access (Part III)

  Finally, the person waiting to use the printer will connect normally as explained in “How to Pass Access (Part I).”  That's it....You're ready to go.

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