Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Network Drive XS Freecom Technologies
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USER MANUAL N E TW O R K D RI V E X S EXTE RNA L N ETW ORK H ARD D RIV E / 3. 5" / GIGA BIT LAN / U SB 2. 0 Rev. 94 5.
2 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN Dea r use r , Thank you fo r sel ec ting th e Free com N et work Dri ve XS . The Freecom N et work D rive XS of fer s ea sy- to use net wor k s torage poss ibilitie s. T o ensure you get the bes t p er for mance and ease of oper ation, pl ease read this manual care fully be fore using the Freecom Net work D rive XS .
3 EN T able of Contents © 200 9 Free com Techn olo gi es User 's Guide Gene ral Information System requi rement s .................................................................................................. Page 4 Precau tionar y me asures .
4 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN Gene ral Information Y o ur s ystem nee ds to m eet the fo llowin g hard ware an d so f tw are re quirem ents for t he device to fu nct ion pro perl y .
5 EN General Inf ormation Prec aut io nar y me asur es T o ensur e that you r Free com Net work Dr ive X S func tions p rope rly, pleas e take note of the foll owing pre cautio ns. If th ese are not fo llowed, yo u m ay void you r w arrant y and damage th e Freecom Net wor k Drive X S.
6 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN Freec om Ne two rk Dri ve XS Set up Ove rv iew LA N (Eth ern et) mo de USB -m ode LA N (Eth ern et) mo de USB -m ode USB -m ode USB -m ode.
7 EN 1 Hardware Installation Chapter 1 : Ha rdware Installat ion WARNI NG ! On ly co nne ct t he Ne t work D rive XS vi a t he US B or L AN Po rt . Neve r use b ot h por t s at t he sa me t im e! 1 . Plug the cab le (USB o r LAN) into the Freecom N et work Drive X S.
8 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN 2 Chapter 2: Computer Configuration - L AN Mode 2. 1 Chec k TCP /I P Se tt ing s in Wi ndows XP 1 . Ope n "Star t " - > " Set tings" - > "Control Pane l" . 2. Doub le - click on " Net wor k Connec tio ns" .
9 EN 2 Computer Configuration - L AN Mode 4. The foll owing scree n will appear. Sel ec t "Interne t Protocol (TCP /I P) " and click on the "Prop er ties" but ton . 5. In the "Ge neral " t ab, sele c t "Obta in an IP addr ess automatic ally" a nd "Obt ain DNS ser ver ad dress autom atically " .
1 0 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN 2 2. 2 Che ck TCP/IP Se tt ing s in Wi ndows Vi sta / 7 1 . Ope n "Control Pane l" - > " Net work a nd Sharing Ce nter" .
11 EN 2 Computer Configuration - L AN Mode 3. Right- click on " Local Ar ea Connec tio n" and sele ct " Prope r ties" . 4. In the "Net wor kin g" tab, se lec t " Interne t Protocol Versio n 4 ( TCP /IP v4)" and click o n "Prop er ties" .
1 2 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN 2 5. In the "Ge neral " t ab, sel ec t "Obt ain an IP add ress automatic ally" a nd "Obt ain DNS ser ver ad dress autom atically " . 2. 3 Che ck TCP/IP Set t ing s in M ac OS X 1 . Ope n "System Prefe rences" - > " Net wor k".
13 EN 2 Computer Configuration - L AN Mode 2. In the " TCP /IP " tab, se lec t " Using DHCP " in the "Conf igu re IPv4" se ttin gs.
1 4 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN 3 Chapter 3: I nstallat ion of the ap plicat ion soft ware 3. 1 Insta llati on of th e Fr eeco m Netw ork S tor age Ass ista nt Softwa re ( PC) The Free com Net wor k Storage A ssist ant quick ly de tec ts and per fo rms the b asic se tup of yo ur N et work Drive XS.
15 EN 3 Installation of the application s of tw are 3 .2 Ins ta ll at io n o f t he F ree co m N et wo rk S tor ag e Ass is ta nt S of tw ar e (M a c ) The Free com Net wor k Storage A ssist ant quick ly de tec ts and per fo rms the b asic se tup of yo ur N et work Drive XS.
1 6 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN 4 Chapter 4: Accessing t he Network Drive XS 4. 1 Acce ss ing d ata vi a SMB Ser ver Mess age Bl ock (SMB) ope rates as a net wor k proto col mainl y use d to pr ovide share d access to fil es bet wee n node s on a net wor k.
17 EN 4 Acc essing the Net work Drive XS Click 'Con nec t ' . Enter the wo rkgroup, your us ername and password for accessing th e Net work Drive X S. I f you ar e log ging o n as the adminis trator, you will have access to all fold ers on t he Net work D rive XS .
1 8 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN 4 4. 2 Acc ess ing d ata v ia FTP Not e: No t a ll br owse rs ca n u pl oad d ata vi a FTP . Tho se th at ca n i nc lu de Internet Explorer and Konqueror . We recommend u sing FTP client sof tware suc h as WS _ FTP , Sma rt F TP or Cut eF TP .
19 EN 4 Acc essing the Net work Drive XS 2. D yn amic D NS Dy namic Do main Name S ystem gives the abilit y to provid e a n o f f icial DNS name su ch as w w w .yourname.com to the d ynamic I P address yo u have gotten f rom your ISP . T o do so, you f ir st ne ed to regis ter with a Dy nDNS ser v ice.
2 0 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN 5 Chapter 5: C onfig uration of the Freecom Net work Driv e XS For e asier access we recom mend using the PC co nf igure d as DHCP Client as d escrib ed in the prev ious chapte r . As de fault, th e DHCP Ser ver o f th e Freecom Net wor k Drive XS is sw itched on .
21 EN 5 Configur ation of the Net work Drive XS Acce ss ing yo ur N et work D rive X S web i nte r face When you click this me nu item, the we b inter fa ce for yo ur Freecom Net work Drive XS ope ns in your def ault brows er .
2 2 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN 5 Re pea t sea rc h for ava il abl e Free co m Ne two rk Dr ive XS Click here t o repeat the search for your Freecom Net work Drive XS if it was not detec ted during t he f irs t search.
23 EN 5 Configur ation of the Net work Drive XS 3. The star t scree n of the F reeco m Ne two rk Drive XS web interf ace will ope n. Now you can continue co nf igurin g your Freecom Ne two rk Dri ve XS.
2 4 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN 5 5. 3 Ba sic Se t ti ngs (Stat us) of t he Free com Ne two rk Dri ve XS In the web inter face, click on "Status" to ch ange the basic settin gs o f th e Free com Net work D rive XS: 5.
25 EN 5 Configur ation of the Net work Drive XS Ent er your new administrator password and rep eat e ntry in the se cond fie ld for verification. Click on "O K" to app ly your new p assword . Conf ig uri ng t he t ime s et t ing s Y o u c an se tup d ate and tim e of your Freecom N et work Drive XS eit her manuall y or automatic ally.
2 6 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN 5 Firmw are Vers io n In the " Firmware Versio n" se c tion you can f ind inf ormatio n which f ir mware ver sion is used in you r devi ce. Please have this inf ormatio n availab le f or the Freecom Suppo r t if you have probl ems with you r Freecom Net wor k Drive XS .
27 EN 5 Configur ation of the Net work Drive XS 5.4 I P Conf ig In the "I P Con f ig" sec tion of the web inter f ace i t can be c onf i gured whether the Freecom Net work Drive XS has a st atic IP ad dress o r get s an automati c IP ad dress assign ed by anothe r DHCP Ser ver i n the net work .
2 8 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN 5 5.6 Wi ndows File S hari ng Conf igu rati on (SMB S er ver) Click on " SMB Ser ver" i n the web inter f ace to open th e SMB ser ver conf ig uration:.
29 EN 5 Configur ation of the Net work Drive XS 5.6 . 1 Use r Acco unt L ist In the " Account List " , you can a dd or de lete user s and mo dif y th eir access right s. New Clic k on "New" to add a new user . Ent er a user na me a nd a pas sword and clic k on " Apply" .
3 0 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN 5 Re nam e Ope ns the menu to re name an e xistin g shared fo lder. De le te Ope ns the menu to de lete an e xistin g shared f older.
31 EN 5 Configur ation of the Net work Drive XS 5.6 . 3 S ha rin g fol de rs Add ing a s ha red f ol de r T o add a fold er to th e Shari ng List, selec t a folde r in th e "Folder List " and click on the "- > " but ton. T he fol der will n ow appea r in the "Sha ring Lis t".
3 2 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN 5 Mac O S X Sel ec t 'Go T o' - > 'Conn ec t with Ser ver .. . ' fr om the menu bar . The Freecom Net wor k Drive XS add ress is: smb:/ /1 69.25 4.0. 1 or else smb:/ /N ET WOR KDR IVE _ NAME (fac tor y d efaul t is smb:/ /NDXS).
33 EN 5 Configur ation of the Net work Drive XS Mod if y Click on "M odif y " to change th e user access rig hts. Y ou c an - s et or change th e user pass word - give the user read - only o.
3 4 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN 5 Mod if y Click on "M odif y " to change th e user access rig hts. Y ou c an - s et or change th e user pass word - give the user read - only o r read/ write access - selec t fol der the use r is allowe d to access Af ter changin g the set tings , click on "M odif y" to app ly set ting s.
35 EN 5 Configur ation of the Net work Drive XS 5.7 . 1 In te rna l FTP ac ces s Use any F TP clie nt s of t ware (e.g. WS_ F TP , Smar tF TP or CuteF TP) o r o pen your b rowser and enter f tp:/ /USE.
3 6 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN 5 5. 8 Med ia Se r ver The Freecom Ne two rk Dr ive XS c an b e used to store all you r multime dia f il es on, and p lay them ba ck on any computer o r Audio/ Vi deo (UPnP) stream ing device in yo ur net work .
37 EN 5 Configur ation of the Net work Drive XS Y o u can sp ecif y the ma ximum upload and downlo ad rate (KB/s ) for each f il e indiv idually by entering v alues in th e corresp onding f i elds b efore p ressing " Uplo ad" .
3 8 Fr eecom Netw ork Drive XS EN 6 Chapter 6: L AN C onnec tion T ypes of t he Freecom Net work Drive XS 6. 1 Dir ec t con nec t ion to a P C Once the PC/M ac is setu p as DHCP client as d escrib ed .
39 EN 6 LAN Connec tion T y pes of the Freecom Net work Drive XS 5. Sel ec t " Autom atic IP " and click on "Apply" to s ave your changes . 6. Disconn ec t th e Free com N et work Dri ve XS f rom your PC and conne ct it to your router.
W ARR ANTY (valid in E urope/T urkey only) W e thank you for pur chasing this Freec om product and hope you will enjoy using it. In order to avoid unnecessary inconvenienc e on your par t, we suggest reading the quick ins tal l guid e, ins tru ction man ual and any add iti onal ele ctr onic and or prin ted man ual s.
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