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No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted or translated in any language in any form, by any means, without the prior written permission of Gembird Electronics Ltd. Gembird Electronics makes no warranties for damages resulting from corrupted or lost data due to a mistaken operation or malfunction of the product, the software, personal computers or peripheral devices.
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NAS enclosure adds the convenience of small businesses, providing you a central storage location for your data and letting you share data across your network. This manual will help you install it properly.
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Ethernet network attached storage enclosure Features Supports any 3.5’’ IDE drives, including LBA48 bit addressed Allows sharing the hard drive over the local network: LAN server is built-in! Easy to control via Internet browser, password protection supported Additional USB 2.0 interface to access the hard drive via...
Supports parallel ATA (IDE) 3.5’’ hard drives, PIO and UDMA modes Supports one 10/100Mb/s Ethernet port, RJ45 connector Supports FTP, DHCP, Samba servers on LAN Supports USB mass storage device driver of the operating system AC-DC adapter: 100-240VAC 47-63Hz input, 12VDC/2A and 5VDC/2A output Material: polished aluminium Product net weight: 0.47kg...
Ethernet network attached storage enclosure System requirements Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP or above and Internet Explorer browser v.5.x or above; Mac OS 10.3.x or above and Apple Safari internet browser; Linux and Mozilla or Netscape internet browser 3.5’’ IDE UDMA hard drive FAT32 formatted RJ45 LAN port or USB 2.0 port (USB 1.1 supported, with...
Ethernet network attached storage enclosure Connecting to your Computer The NAS is a multifunctional hard drive enclosure. In addition to being a network storage device, you can also use it as a standalone external hard drive via the USB interface. Max OS X Driver installation is not required for systems using Mac OS 10.1.2...
The Ethernet port on the NAS is Auto-MDI/MDIX, which means you can connect it using either a crossover or a direct network cable. Ethernet network attached storage enclosure...
Windows, please refer to next section labeled "Other Operating Systems". Open your web browser and enter http://Storage or http://Storage-XXXX in the URL address field. You can also enter the IP address of the NAS. Enter the default login information: Username: admin...
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XXXX with the last four digits of the MAC address. For example if your NAS's MAC Address is 00-14-3F-AA-01-68, you will need to enter"http://Storage-0168" in the URL address bar. Ethernet network attached storage enclosure...
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You will need to connect the NAS directly to your computer, input the default IP address 169.254.0.1 in the browser URL address bar to access the web control panel. Upon a successful login, you will see the following screen. Ethernet network attached storage enclosure...
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Ethernet network attached storage enclosure An overview description of the functions on the left menu bar: - shows the data related to your NAS such as Status networking status and hard drive information. You may also edit administration and file language settings here...
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The administrator may change the web control panel login information in here. You may also change the default hostname of your NAS here. Keep in mind that after you change the hostname, you will need Ethernet network attached storage enclosure...
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The default hostname will remain as Storage-XXXX (where XXXX is the last four digits of the MAC address). The administrator may use this option to manually define the IP address of the NAS.
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Ethernet network attached storage enclosure The NAS can also act as a DHCP server when one is not present in your network. The default IP of the NAS in DHCP server mode is "169.254.0.1" and any device that is linked to the network containing will be assigned an IP of "169.254.0.x"...
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NAS here. Update the firmware only if you are experiencing problems with your NAS. New firmware files may be available to download (if designed) from website http://www.gembird.nl, please, ask using “Support” page. After updating the firmware or resetting to factory defaults, please make sure that you restart the NAS and refresh your browser.
This option allows the administrator to determine the folders/directories to be shared. In here, you can create, rename delete folders/directories folders/directories in the root directory that were previously in Ethernet network attached storage enclosure Samba Administration your NAS.
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The administrator can determine if the users have read or write permission and the "Home Directory" will be the folder/directory the anonymous user can access upon logging in. The Account List displays the current FTP user accounts, the Ethernet network attached storage enclosure FTP Configuration...
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Ethernet network attached storage enclosure administrator can add new users, modify their permissions, temporary disable users and delete users.
NAS to enter sleep mode. The Scan Disk function can be used to detect potential problems with the hard drive. Click on the refresh button to display the scandisk result. Ethernet network attached storage enclosure Disk Utility...
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In Windows, the data can be accessed by searching for the NAS in the "Network Neighborhood" (as a computer with the name "Storage"). Or you can access the data in the NAS with the following instructions. The follow screenshots are taken from a PC running Windows XP SP2 and may vary slightly from your computer screen.
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SMB share to access the data. The follow screenshots are taken from a iMac running OS 10.3.x and may vary slightly Ethernet network attached storage enclosure...
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Under Finder, select Go >> Connect to Server or use the hotkey <Command +K> The dialogue box "smb://storage" and click the Connect button. Ethernet network attached storage enclosure "Connect to Server" will appear. Type...
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If you change the NAS hostname, you will need to replace the word "storage" with it. For example, if you changed your hostname to "FileServer", please type "smb://FileServer" instead. The next dialogue screen will prompt you for the folder that you will like to access.
Q: What is the size limitation for the NAS? A: The NAS support LBA (48-bit Logical Block Addressing) which in theory includes all hard drives from 32 gigabytes to 2 terabytes. Q: Why the NAS only support FAT32 format? Ethernet network attached storage enclosure...
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Invalid characters such as "* \ : " < > . ? /" may not be used. Q: What kind of hard drive is compatible with the NAS? A: The NAS supports 3.5" Ultra DMA/ATA hard drives which Ethernet network attached storage enclosure...
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1998. Below is a list of manufacturer websites you can refer to for more information on the hard drive you own. Western Digital Samsung Seagate Maxtor Ethernet network attached storage enclosure http://www.westerndigital.com http://www.hitachigst.com http://www.samsung.com http://www.seagate.com http://www.maxtor.com...
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