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8. After successfully connecting to your network you will be able to see the NAS drive
on your network. Its default name is "verbatimnas" and it will be located in the
network workgroup named "Workgroup". In Windows go to My Network Places/
Entire Network / Microsoft Windows Network / Workgroup, or in Mac OS X go to
Finder / Network / Workgroup. You can open the device to see the following default
folders:
a. admin
b. guest-share
c. public
Though you are now ready to begin storing data on your drive, at this point you have
only the two default user accounts set up. To set up other user accounts, and to
configure other basic system settings, you should continue setup using the web-based
administration tool described in the next section.
Web-Based Administration Tool
The web-based administration tool is used to modify all internal settings of your NAS
drive. It is accessed using your computer's web browser (such as Internet Explorer, Safari
or Netscape). To access the administration tool, your PC or Mac should be on the same
subnet as the NAS drive.
Administration Login
In most cases you need only to enter the default hostname (i.e., "//verbatimnas" for
Windows, or "//verbatimnas.local" for Bonjour) in your browser's address window to
access the administration tool. If for some reason the default hostname was not assigned
to the NAS drive's IP address during auto-configuration, then you can alternatively enter
the NAS drive's IP address into the browser's address window.
As described previously, your router or other network equipment will have assigned the
IP address automatically, or the drive will have taken one of its default addresses (either
a Bonjour address 169.254.x.x or the non-Bonjour address 192.168.1.1). If your router
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