Minimum Network Requirements; Ethernet Connection; Wireless Support - LaCie 5big Backup Server Configuration Manual

LaCie 5big Backup Server
Configuration Guide
1.2. Minimum Network
Requirements
1.2.1.

Ethernet Connection

To successfully use the 5big Backup Server, your home network must
meet the following requirements:
Requirement
Server connection
Workstations
Internet
Router/firewall device
IMPORTANT INFO: Find a suitable place to put your 5big Back-
up Server before you run Windows Home Server Setup. The location
you choose must have an available, wired network connection either
to your broadband router or to a switch that is connected to your
broadband router.
1.2.2.

Wireless Support

✦ The 5big Backup Server joins your network via a wired, Ethernet
cable. Please note that the 5big Backup Server does not support
a wireless (Wi-Fi) connection to your network
✦ Wireless devices and workstations that have joined the net-
work may access the 5big Backup Server.
Minimum
100 Mbps wired connection.
LaCie highly recommends a 1
Gb/s wired connection for bet-
ter performance.
One or more computers that
are running a supported oper-
ating system, with either a wired
or a wireless network connec-
tion.
Broadband connection for soft-
ware updates
An external Internet broadband
router/firewall device with 100
Mbps wired Ethernet connec-
tion.
The 5big Backup Server as-
sumes that your network devic-
es receive their IP address from
a DHCP server.
IMPORTANT INFO: The 5big Backup Server's performance can
be affected by such external forces as network activity, hardware,
distance and setup.
IMPORTANT INFO: For optimal performance, use a Gigabit Eth-
ernet router and Gigabit Ethernet on your host computer.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
ceive its IP address from a DHCP server.
Introduction
page 7
The 5big Backup Server must re-