User manual SIMPLETECH 60000-00148-001

[. . . ] If SimpleShare NAS is Off, pressing the Power button turns the drive On. Reset Button Pressing the Reset for 8 seconds or more restores SimpleShare NAS to factory default settings. USB Port (2) Use the USB ports to connect external USB drives or a USB printer. Network Port Use the network port to connect to the SimpleShare NAS drive to an available port on your network, router or switch. [. . . ] Route the power cable so that it does not pose a hazard. The SimpleShare NAS drive powers on and initializes as soon as AC power is applied. The amber Power light comes on indicating SimpleShare NAS is receiving power. As the system initializes, the green HDD light flashes indicating disk activity. After initialization completes, the blue Ready light comes on. SimpleShare NAS takes about 1 minute to complete its power on routine. 7 SETTING UP YOUR SIMPLESHARE NAS DRIVE 1 1 Run NASFinder NASFinder is an easy-to-use utility that searches your network for connected SimpleShare NAS drives. After locating your SimpleShare drive, NASFinder opens SimpleShare Manager-- allowing you to run the Initial Setup Wizard. Insert the NASFinder Quick Setup CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive. The NASFinder program starts automatically. If NASFinder does not start automatically, open the Start menu and select the Run option. In the Run dialog box, type x:nasfinder. exe (where x is the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive), and then click OK. 2 On the Welcome to NASFinder page, click Run NASFinder to start the discovery process. 8 When discovery completes, NASFinder displays the connection status, machine name, and IP address of each SimpleShare NAS drive on your network. 3 If there are multiple SimpleShare NAS drives installed on the network, choose the one you want to setup and then click Next to continue. 4 In the login request box, in the User name field, enter SimpleShare's default user name "admin. " In the Password field, enter the default password "simple. " Click OK to log onto your SimpleShare NAS drive and launch SimpleShare Manager. 9 2 Run the Initial Setup Wizard This Initial Setup Wizard guides you through basic configuration tasks like naming your network drive, changing its administration user name and password, setting the drive's workgroup configuration and assisting you with mapping the shared network folders on SimpleShare to drive letters on your computer. To avoid possible software conflicts when running the Initial Setup Wizard, you must temporarily disable any non-Windows firewalls and security software running on your 5 On the SimpleShare Manager Welcome page, click Initial Setup Wizard. 6 On the Server Name Setup page, in the Machine Name field, you may choose to keep the current name or enter a new name for your SimpleShare NAS drive. Click Next to continue. The name you assign SimpleShare is a very important. This name uniquely identifies your SimpleShare NAS drive on the network. For example, you can use your last name, a description of the type of data you plan to store on the drive, or where the drive is located. If there is only one SimpleShare NAS drive on the 10 7 On the Administration Security Setup page, in the Administration Username field, you may choose to keep the current user name or change the name. " In the Administration Password field, you may choose to keep the current password or change the password. If you change the password, re-enter the new password in the Confirm Password field. Click Next to continue. Passwords can be up to eight characters long and may contain any combination of alphabetical (a-z and A-Z), numerical (1-9) and special characters such as &, $, and >. Spaces are not allowed. There are several ways to connect computers when creating a network. Most home and small office environments use peer-to-peer networking, or workgroups. By default, SimpleShare will be added as member of the workgroup domain named "Workgroup. " The Windows Workgroup Setup page allows you to change this setting. 8 On the Windows Workgroup Setup page, in the Workgroup Name field, you may change SimpleShare's workgroup configuration or choose to keep the current configuration. Click Next to continue. Network resources are immediately accessible through My Network Places. [. . . ] For information concerning the terms of the license, please visit the FAQ section of our website at www. simpletech. com/support. To obtain a copy of our open source software, send your request to SimpleTech Technical Support. Go to www. simpletech. com/support, click on Return Merchandise (RMA), and then select Need Technical Support. Manufacturer Warranty 500GB and larger capacity SimpleShare NAS drives are warranted for a period of three years from the date of retail purchase. [. . . ]