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--- web_gui:usb_web_server_page [2010/11/05 10:31]
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+++ web_gui:usb_web_server_page [2011/04/04 17:02] (current)
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 ====== Built-in Web server ======
-By default the built-in web server of the Internet Gate is used to access the [[web GUI:main menu|configuration pages]] from LAN, and it is not accessable at all from WAN (the Internet).
+By default the [[misc:usb_webserver|built-in web server]] of the Internet Gate is used to access the [[web GUI:main menu|configuration pages]] from LAN, and it is not accessable at all from WAN (the Internet).
 You can however use this page to reconfigure that and make the web server show web pages you have created on your own, saved on a [[:misc:USB]] memory and inserted it into the unit's USB port.
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 Read more about how Internet Gate uses USB memory [[:misc:USB|here]].
+Read more about different web server configuration scenarios [[misc:usb_webserver|here]].
+{{ :web_gui:usb_web_server_page.png?250|USB Web Server page in rel 5.30}}
 ===== USB Access =====
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 ===== Inside (LAN) clients =====
-These settings control what web pages users on your LAN see when they browse to this unit's IP address.
+These settings control what web pages users on your LAN see when they browse to Internet Gate's IP address.
-By entering other settings in these fields than the corresponding WAN fields above you can create an Intranet server for users on your LAN.
+By entering other settings in these fields than the corresponding WAN fields above you can create an [[:misc:USB webserver|Intranet server]] for users on your LAN.
 By entering the same settings in these fields as in the corresponding WAN fields above your LAN users will see the same web pages as users on the Internet.
-Users wanting to access your intranet pages from LAN can enter this unit's local or global IP address as URL (e.g. http://192.168.0.1) or http://www.local.lan (if you are using this unit's built-in DNS server as your DNS server).
+Users wanting to access your intranet pages from LAN can enter Internet Gate's local or global IP address as URL (e.g. %%http://192.168.0.1%%) or %%http://www.local.lan%% (if you are using Internet Gate's built-in [[DNS server]]).
-NOTE: By default it is this unit's configuration web pages that users on the LAN see when browsing to it. If you specify some other pages to be shown then you may have difficulties accessing these configuration pages again. Therefore the following features has been added:
+:!: By default it is the Internet Gate's [[main menu|configuration web pages]] that users on the LAN see when browsing to it. If you specify some other pages to be shown then you may have difficulties accessing those configuration pages again. Therefore the following features has been added:
-If "Show: USB files" is selected you can access these configuration pages using http://192.168.0.1/config/first.html
+  * If "Show: USB files" is selected you can access the configuration pages using %%http://192.168.0.1%%**/config**/first.html
-If "Show: File browser" is selected you can access these configuration pages using http://192.168.0.1/first.html
+  * If "Show: File browser" is selected you can access the configuration pages using %%http://192.168.0.1/first.html%%
-When the unit is in remote configuration mode (hold ALT button pressed until display shows "CFG") it always displays the configuration pages, regardless of the settings below.
+When the unit is in [[remote config]] mode it always displays the [[main menu|configuration web pages]], regardless of the settings below.
-Show - Select what users on the LAN see when they browse to this unit's IP address:
+==== Show ====
- Configuration pages - These configuration pages controlling this unit.
+You can select what users on the LAN see when they browse to Internet Gate's IP address:
- USB files - The intranet pages you have stored on the USB memory inserted into this unit's USB port.
+  * Configuration pages - The usual [[main menu|configuration pages]] controlling the unit.
- File browser - A web page allowing people to explore the files on the USB memory in this unit's USB port. (To be able to see all files on USB memory set "Directory on USB device" below to "/".)
+  * USB files - The intranet pages stored on the USB memory inserted into the unit's USB port.
+  * File browser - A web page allowing people to explore the files on the USB memory in the unit's USB port. (To be able to see all files on USB memory set "Directory on USB device" below to "/".)
-Directory on USB device - The directory on the USB memory holding your intranet pages. If empty your intranet pages should be directly in the root directory of your USB memory. If "Show: File browser" is selected this is the start directory to show, and no directories higher than this can be accessed.
+==== Directory on USB device ====
-Start page - The name of the intranet page to show by default. Thus browsing to this unit without any specific page requested shows this page. Usually your intranet's start page. This page is to be found in the USB directory specified by "Directory on USB device" above. Only used if "Show: USB files" has been selected.
+The directory on the USB memory holding intranet pages. If empty the intranet pages should be directly in the root directory of the USB memory. If "Show: File browser" is selected this is the start directory to show on the [[lsusb]] page, and no directories higher than this can be accessed.
-Require password for - Directory on the USB memory holding sensitive files that demand a password to be shown. Specify the password to be used at "Authentication" below. If you set it to same as "Directory on USB device" then ALL your intranet pages demand a password. If you leave it empty then none of your intranet pages demand a password.
-USB pages reached at - URL to be used to access files on the USB memory (e.g. "/usb" means user needs to enter http://192.168.0.1/usb/index.html to access file /intranet/index.html on your USB memory). Not used when "Show: USB files" selected (as then it is a direct access, using http://192.168.0.1/index.html).
+==== Start page ====
+The name of the intranet page to show by default. Thus browsing to the unit without any specific page requested shows this page. Usually the intranet's start page. This page is to be found in the USB directory specified by "Directory on USB device" above. Only used if "Show: USB files" has been selected.
+==== Require password for ====
+Directory on the USB memory holding sensitive files that demand a password to be shown. Specify the password to be used at "Authentication" below. If you set it to same as "Directory on USB device" then ALL intranet pages demand a password. If you leave it empty then none of the intranet pages demand a password.
+==== USB pages reached at ====
+URL to be used to access files on the USB memory (e.g. "/usb" means user needs to enter %%http://192.168.0.1/usb/index.html%% to access file /intranet/index.html on the USB memory). Not used when "Show: USB files" selected (as then it is a direct access, using %%http://192.168.0.1/index.html%%).
 ===== Authentication =====
 The login and password users must enter to be allowed to see sensitive files stored on the "Require password for" directories on the USB memory (same login/password for both WAN and LAN).
-Login - The user name to be entered. Max 15 characters.
+**Login** - The user name to be entered. Max 15 characters.
-Password - The password to be entered. Max 15 characters. You are strongly recommended to change this password to other than its default value.
+**Password** - The password to be entered. Max 15 characters.
+:!: You are strongly recommended to change this password to other than its default value!

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