User manual ACER AEASYSTORE

[. . . ] Aspire esayStore User's Guide Copyright © 2007. Aspire easyStore User's Guide Original Issue: 10/2007 Changes may be made periodically to the information in this publication without obligation to notify any person of such revisions or changes. Such changes will be incorporated in new editions of this manual or supplementary documents and publications. Acer Incorporated makes no representations or warranties, either express or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. [. . . ] Ensure all cables are firmly attached, as described in previous chapter. 2. The power switch is located at the back of the device. 3. Launch the easySearch utility. 15 Aspire easyStore 4. If the easySearch utility does not find any Aspire easyStore device, please check: i. If the Power, Status and LAN LEDs are all in solid BLUE. ii. Check your Windows Firewall setting to ensure it is not blocking this utility. 16 Aspire easyStore iii. If you do not have a DHCP server on your network, you may need to change your computer's IP address to an IP in the 192. 168. 1. xx subnet. Do not set your computer IP address to 192. 168. 1. 100, since Aspire easyStore will use this IP address if it does not find any DHCP server. 5. If the easySearch utility finds your Aspire easyStore device, please select the device first and go to the Drive Mapping page. 17 Aspire easyStore 6. You should see a shared folder called Volume_1 in Share Names. Select the shared folder Volume_1 and click Map Drive. 7. Now there are two ways to start to storing your data to Aspire easyStore. When easySearch utility found your Aspire easyStore device, it already created a shortcut on your desktop. You can click the shortcut with an Aspire easyStore icon and it will open the root folder of your Aspire easyStore with a folder called Volume_1. You can start to store anything inside the Volume_1 folder. Double click the My Computer icon in your Start menu or on your desktop. You should see a network drive named Volume_1. Double click on the network drive and you can start to store your data on your Aspire 18 Aspire easyStore easyStore. Using the web user interface When the easySearch utility finds any Aspire easyStore devices, you can select the Aspire easyStore device found and click Log In. It will automatically bring you to the login page of the selected Aspire easyStore. The default password of the Aspire easyStore web UI is "admin". Enter it and click the 19 Aspire easyStore Login button to go to the web configuration page of Aspire easyStore. When you log in to Aspire easyStore for the first time or immediately after a factory reset, Aspire easyStore will launch the device setup wizard automatically. Follow these steps to configure Aspire easyStore from the web UI: 1. Change the web user interface login password. You can enter any password you like between 5 to 16 characters. [. . . ] After the Power LED is turned off, wait for another 15 seconds, then press the power switch again to power on the Aspire easyStore. You can also use the web UI to restart Aspire easyStore. Click the Restart button in the Restart section. Aspire easyStore will display a message asking you to confirm restart. [. . . ]