Building A Network Share On Windows Systems; Method 1: Manual Login - Moxa Technologies RNAS-1200 User Manual

RNAS-1200 Series

Building a Network Share on Windows Systems

To build a Windows network share from a client computer to the RNAS-1200 users may use one of two methods.
The first is a manual login; each time you connect you will need to type the RNAS-1200's network IP address,
username, and password, and connections will be subject to timing out.
The second method is to build a permanent shared folder link on your computer desktop. The advantage of this
is that your computer will have a transparent link to the shared directory that will allow you to access it as if it
were merely another directory on your local hard drive. However, if the networking information changes or if
you wish to connect to a second RNAS you will likely need to purge your computer of the permanent settings.

Method 1: Manual Login

Step1: Type the network IP address into the address field of the Windows Explorer file manager and press
Enter. Your computer should now automatically connect to the RNAS-1200's SAMBA server.
Step2: Once the file manager is connected to the SAMBA server, Windows will ask you for a user name and
password. At this point you should enter the username associated with the SAMBA account you configured in
Chapter 8,
SAMBA: Managing Users and Directories.
available for user shares, there will be no way to continue the configuration.
Step 3: After successfully logging on to the RNAS-1200 SAMBA server, you should see any existing directories
that SAMBA has been configured to share. Click on the directory icon to read or write files. Please note that
read and write permissions are subject to any server-side limitations that may have been configured in Chapter
8, SAMBA: Managing Users and
Unless you have already configured directories to be
Directories.
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Setting Up Network Shares