Section 2: Web Configuration; Introduction; The Configuration - Broadcom BroadNAS User Manual

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01/13/04
I
NTRODUCTION
This section describes the Web configuration process of BroadNAS. To get to the configuration pages, perform
the following steps:
1
Connect the BroadNAS Ethernet port to a DHCP server Ethernet port and turn on Power.
2
On any Windows machine on the same network, go to Network Neighborhood -> Workgroup. You will see
BroadNAS as one of the peer machines.
a. If you do not see BroadNAS under Workgroup, open an explorer window and type \\BroadNAS in the
address bar. This should show all the shares on BroadNAS. This step can take up to 1 minute. If you get
an error, wait and try one more time.
b. If
Step a
to see the BroadNAS.
3
To configure the BroadNAS, please go into config share and double-click on Configuration.html.
This will open your Web Browser on the BroadNAS configuration page. If you have physical authentication
on, make sure that you press the physical authentication button on the BroadNAS.
4
The configuration process requires a user name and password. The default user name is blank (i.e., do not
type anything for user name). The default password is nasoc.
Now you are ready to configure your BroadNAS box.
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ONFIGURATION
There are five main BroadNAS maintenance pages (six if the BroadNAS includes the Wireless LAN hardware).
The five main pages are:
Basic—The Basic page gives access to the most basic configurations of the BroadNAS. This is the first
page that will be displayed when the BroadNAS is connected (see
File Access—The File Access page gives access to configuration details relating to how files are made
available through the BroadNAS (see
Disk Management—The Disk Management page allows the user to configure how disk space is to be
configured, including setting up mirroring (see
Networking—The
"Networking" on page
Administration—The Administration page gives access to some administrative details, including the
ability to upgrade the version of the firmware running on the BroadNAS (see
On BroadNAS boxes that support it, the Wireless page gives access to the details of the Wireless LAN
interface.
These main pages are always accessible via a row of buttons across the top of each page in this web interface.
Some of these main pages have subpages that can be accessed for special purposes.
Example: The Disk Management page has a Create Pool subpage that is used when the user decides to
create a new disk pool.
Document
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S e c t i on 2 : Web C on f i gu r a t i o n
does not work, reboot your windows machine and try the above steps again. You should be able
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Networking page
17).
B roadc om C or por ati on
"File Access" on page
14).
"Disk Management" on page
gives access to
details of Ethernet networking (see
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"Basic" on page
12).
15).
"Administration" on page
Web Configuration
19).
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