Option 2: Connect A Drive Directly To Your Pc - Moons' MSSTAC5 Hardware Manual

STAC5 Ethernet Hardware Manual

Option 2: Connect a Drive Directly to Your PC

It doesn't get much simpler than this:
1. Connect one end of a CAT5 Ethernet cable into the LAN card (NIC) on your PC and the other
into the drive. You don't need a special "crossover cable"; the drive will automatically detect the
direct connection and make the necessary physical layer changes.
2. Set the IP address on the drive to "10.10.10.10" by setting the rotary switch at "0".
3. To set the IP address of your PC:
a. On Windows XP, right click on "My Network Places" and select properties.
b. On Windows 7, click Computer. Scroll down the left pane until you see "Network". Right click
and select properties. Select "Change adapter settings"
4. You should see an icon for your network interface card (NIC). Right click and select properties.
a. Scroll down until you see "Internet Properties (TCP/IP)". Select this item and click the Prop-
erties button.
b. On Windows 7 and Vista, look for "(TCP/IPv4)"
5. Select the option "Use the following IP address". Then enter the address "10.10.10.11". This will
give your PC an IP address that is
on the same subnet as the drive. Windows will know to direct any traffic intended for the drive's IP
address to this interface card.
6. Next, enter the subnet mask as "255.255.255.0".
7. Be sure to leave "Default gateway" blank. This will prevent your PC from looking for a router on
this subnet.
8. Because you are connected directly to the drive, anytime the drive is not powered on your PC
will annoy you with a small message bubble in the corner of your screen saying "The network
cable is unplugged."
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