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6. Managing GoFlex Home
Server Preferences Settings
This section describes the settings available in the Server Preferences area of the Seagate
Share Preferences page.
• Network Sharing: Controls whether members of your household can access their
GoFlex Home Personal and Backup folders using either Explorer or Finder, as well as
access a USB printer connected to GoFlex Home (see "Setting Up a Centralized Printer"
on page 47).
• UPNP Router Configuration: Controls whether or not Seagate Share configures your
router, and whether or not Seagate Share can override your router's current
configuration.
Note: Enable this setting only if you experienced a problem while setting up GoFlex Home.
GoFlex Home works with most consumer home network equipment with no special
settings required.
• Notifications: Sets the e-mail address(es) to be used for occasional system messages.
The e-mail addresses entered in this field receive a system message only if there is a
problem with the drive, if the drive is full, or if your Seagate Share Pro subscription is
expiring soon.
• Network Services: Controls whether or not your GoFlex Home can be accessed from an
FTP site. For improved security, disable FTP access unless or until you specifically
require it. Enabling FTP means that members of your household can use it to upload and
download files to their GoFlex Home folders with FTP.
You can limit FTP access to computers on your home network (LAN) only, or enable FTP
access from anywhere on the Internet.
• LAN Connection: Controls whether or not GoFlex Home connects to your home network
using settings it obtains automatically. (Unless you have networking experience, have
business-grade network equipment at home, or are experiencing problems when
accessing GoFlex Home while you're travelling, you should set Obtain IP Address
Automatically to Yes. No other input is required.)
If you need to manually set up a LAN connection for GoFlex Home, set Obtain IP Address
Automatically to No, then enter all the required information in the fields that appear:
• Server IP Address: Sets the static IP address for GoFlex Home. Obtain the static IP
address from your ISP (Internet service provider), and use it to replace the dynamic IP
address that appears in the box by default.
• Server Netmask: Sets the subnet mask, which determines the address range of the
subnet, a separate part of your network. Data sent to addresses within the subnet (for
example, between your computer and GoFlex Home) are routed within the network.
Data sent to addresses outside the subnet (for example, between a remote user and
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