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Overview

The Lan Drive enclosure providing a central storage for the data and let you share the datafrom the network . t will make you more convenient by the network-attached storage when youat home o r on businesses trip.

Package content

LanDrive main unitSecuring screwsPower Adapter

Driver CD

USB cableUser Guide

Minimum System Requirements

Apple Safari; Linux Mozilla; Internet Explorer S x ; Netscape 6.2.x & upWindows XP/2000/Me/98se, Mac OS 10 .3 .x or a bave, Linux 3.5 IDE UMDA

Hard drive formatted ta FAT32 format

Connecting the LanDrive to your ComputerThe LanDrive is a multifunctional hard drive enclosure . t can use as a network storage

deviee, and also as a stand alone external hard drive via the USB interface.

Max OS X

Mac OS 10 .1.2 or above is not required for the driver installation. Just connect the Lan Drivewith the provided USB cable, and then access ta the data by click the Untitled HDD icon whichlocated on your Desktop.

Windows XP Windows ME

Windows XP and Windows Me are not required for the driver installation. Just connect theLan Drive with the provided USB cable and then access ta the data v ia My Computer .

Windows 98 Download Drivers)

Please ensure that you insta ll the dev iee

driver before connecti ng theUSB

port. Reboot yourcomputer after finished the driv er insta llation, and t hen connect the LanDrive ta your computerand access ta the data via My Compute r.

Connecting to your Network

Connect the powe r adapter ta the back pane l of the Lan Drive and p lug the other e nd ta awall outlet or power strip. Connect the network cab le ta the LAN port on the back of theLan Drive , and the other end connect ta the port on your HUB, sw itch or router.

The Ethernet port on the Lan Drive is Auto-MDI/MDIX, which means you can connect i t


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by eit her or dir ect networ k cable.

Conflguring the Lan DriveThe Lan Drive features a web-based contro l interf a ce to manage you r settings. f your

operating system is not Windows, please refer to ne xt sect ion label ed O ther OperatingSystems .

Open your web browser and inpu t http: / Storage or http ://Storage-XXXX in t he URL addressfi e ld .

You ca n a so input the IP address of the Lan Driv e .

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When you p lan to perform administrative tasks from a different opera t ing system pleaseinput IP addre ss of the LanDrive in the URL address field .

f you do not know the IP a dd r ess of the Lan Drive please connect the Lan Drive to thecomputer d irectly then input the default IP address 169 .254.0 . 1 in the browser URL addressfie ld to access the web contro l panel.

After yo u log in you wi ll see the fo llowing scree n :

Stll tusIP ConfigMointenonce

SMB ServerFTP Serv e rOisk Utllity

System Infonnat ion

Group Na m e

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n overview description of t he functio ns o n the left menu bar:

Status Show the data related to your Lan Drive s uch as ne twor king sta tu s and har d drive

information. You can ed it administer and set th e la nguag e here .

IP Config Allow yo u to co nfigur e the IP a ddre ss of th e LanDriv e manually

Maintenance Perfo rm firmwar e upgrad e reboot or reset the Lan Drive

SMB Server Configure th e Sa mba feature of LanDr ive for th e hom e o ffice network fileshar ing ca pabilities . You can a lso create/de lete m odify folders and their sharepe rmi ssio ns

FTP Server Configur e the FTP features of the Lan Drive . You may create/de lete/mod ify users


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and their permissions.

Disk Utility Perform hard drive maintenance routines such as Scandisk and Format .

Status - System InformationThe welcome screen displays the IP address, firmware version and the hard drive

information such as the hard drive type and available storage space .

System Information

HostName S TORAGEChang

Croup Name WORKGROUPAdmini llib-atDr admin

atll l / r tme 2005/06/29 17 :38:31 GMT8 .Language JEnglish J Subm

Firmware.V. . sion NAS-BASIC25

Network

IP Addru s 192.168.0.103OHCP Server OFF l ENABLE DISABLE Apply

Olsk lnform

Disk ID [master HDS722512VLAT80 V330A 6MAF . . Slze 115808 MB freeToal S ze 117800 MB

The administrator can change the login information on the web control panel.

You can change the default hostname of your LanDrive here also. But remember that aftyou change th e hostname, you will use it to access your Lan Drive in the future . For exampleyou cha ng ed your hostname to FileServer , please inp ut http://FileServer to access the WControl Panel after you submitted your cha nges.

At present, this LanDr ive only support English language .

Whe n you reset the an Drive e ither by the hardware switch or through the web control panel, aU

settings wi ll retum to the default setti ng including the hostname. The defaul t hostname will remain as

Sto rage-XXXX where XXXXis the last four digits of the MAC address).

IP Configuration

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IP Configuration

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r S ta t ic IP as below

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The administrator can us e this op t ion to defi ne the IP address of the LanDrive manually. f

the hub/router/switch has a DH P server in your network, then the LanDrive will assign an IPadd ress automatica lly.

The LanDrive can act as a DH P s erver also when there have no DH P s erver in your network . The

defau lt

IP of the LanDrive in DH P s erver mode is 16 9 .254 .0 .1 and any deviee that linke d ta the network will

assigned an JP of 169 .254 .0 .x automatica lly .

Maintenance

Maintenance

lnnware Uploed

Se lec t n ew fi rm wa ra tc uplo a d .

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sv.stem Reboot

C li ck Ra b oo t t o h ava th e d e v iee p a rfo rm a s o ft v a ra ras t art. Th e S'fS LED blin ks as t h e d ev ie erast . lr ts a nd th a n sta1 d y on If the ras ta rt s is s u c c a u f ul . Wait a minu ta b af o re loool n 9 ln toth e d ev iee aoal n .

Factory Defaut ts

C li ck Re se t t o d aar a l co nfi g u ratio n nd ra st o re t o d afa ult sett l n c;s. Pl s di ck Re bo o t f t e r re set .

Th e a dministrator can perfo rm ma intenance tasks on th e La n Dri ve here .

After update the firmware or reset to the defau lt system , please make s ur e that yo u reoot t h e LanDrivc

a nd refresh yo ur browse r .

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Samba Administration

S a m b a d m i n i s t r a t i o n

F o l d e r Li s tr t 1 R n m 1 D e l 1

Shar lng List

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Samba enables the main function of the Lan Drive is network file sharing. This option allowsthe administrator to determin e which folders/directories to be shared.

You can create, rename and delete folders /directories in your Lan Drive . Ali thefo lders/directorie s in the root directory (in your hard drive before installed in the Lan Drive ) willalso show in the Fo lder List .

The swap buttons in the middle are used to determine the folder/directory whether to beshared. Password protection for each shared folder can also be imp lemented.

When create folders/directories on the web control panel please named it in English only.

FTP Configuration

FTP Configuration

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u ~ Raad only r Read WriteHome Oirectory : 1PUBLIC ::::

Account Ust Add En/D i u ble Oell[User] [Password] [Access [En/DiSilble J

Abbreviated from File Transfer Protocol, TP enables file exchange between computers onthe Internet The Lan Drive can work as a stand-alone TP server when it assigned a static IP.

Anonymous TP is disab led by defau lt .


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The administrator have the authority to determine whether the users can read or write thefiles and the Root Directory will be the folder/directory, the anonymous user can access to thefiles after login.

The Account List displays the quantity of the current FTP users, and the administrator canadd new users, modify permissions, temporary disa ble users and delete users.

isk Utility

Disk Utilitv

F orrnt

m i n

[f you installed a new unformatted hard drive in the Lan Drive , please format it to the FAT32

format.

The Lan Drive supports power management, so you can determine the time for the LanDriv e

to stay in sleep mode.

The Scan Disk function can be used to detect potential problems with the hard drive. Clickthe refresh button to display the scandisk result.

Access Files from the Lan rive WindowsIn Windows, searching the Lan Drive in the Network Neighborhood (as a computer named

Storage ) could access the data. Or you can access to the data in the LanDrive as the followinginstructions:

The fo llowing screenshots are ta ken from a PC running Windows XP SP and may vary from yourscreen s light ly.

Type the name of a program fok:ler document orInternet resource and WindONs will open it for you.

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Click the Windows Start butten, select Ru n from the menu and a dialogue box will appear.

Type \ \storage in the field and click OK .

f you have changed the Lan Drive hostname, th en you should replace the ward 'storage ta it. For

e xample, if you changed your hostname ta FileServer' , please type \\FileServer lnst e ad .

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1The Windows Explorer will appear and you can see ali the folders, which have selected to

share under SM B Server in the control panel.

Click the corresponding fo lder will revea l the files in that fo lder.

Access Files from the LanDrive- Mac OSI f your co mputer is App le Macintosh wh ich running Mac os then please fo llow the

instruct ions as be low to access the share data in SMB.

Th e following screenshots a re ta ken from a iMac running OS 10.3.x and may vary from yoursslight ly.

Under Finder, select Go > > Connect to Server or use the hotkey

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The dialogue box Connect to Server will appear.

Type smb: //storage and click the connect ion button.

I f y u have changed the LanDrive hostname, please rep lace the ward storage to it For example, if you

changed your hostname ta FileServer , p lea s e type smb : Fi leServer instead.

The next dialogue screen w ill prompt you that the fo lder you w ill access. Se lect it and c lick the O

button.

You might be prompted to input a password, if you have input it previously and assigned in thecontro l panel, then you can leave it blan k. After a successful mount, a network fo lde r icon wi ll becreated based on the fo lder you have se lected.


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Frequently Questions Asked

1 The Lan Drive displays error messages crashes during the file transmission?

Please ensure you update patches for your operating system frequently .

2. Does the LanDrive support power management?

Yes when there isn t any hard drive activity within fifteen minutes, the an Drive will powerdown to reduce power consumption. The sleep ti me can be configured via the web control panel.

3 How does the LanDrive achieve its data sharing capabilities?

Utilizing the SMB Server Message Block) protocol, the Lan Drive allows any computer users whosupport TCP/IP, NetBuei or IPX/SPX to share the files. The built-in FTP server also allows any userswith Internet connectivity to access the LanDrive.

4 . What is the size limitation for the LanDrive?

The LanDrive support LBA (48-bit Logical Block Addressing), which includes ali hard drives from32 gigabytes to 2 terabytes in theory.

S. Why the Lan Drive only support FAT32 format?As a cross platform file server, FAT32 format is compatible with ali major operating systems

Windows/Mac 05/Linux). The only drawback of FAT32 format is that the size limitation of single fileis 4 gigabytes.

6 How does the LanDrive DHCP service work?

The LanDrive will work as a DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server when it doesnot detect other DHCP servers in its network . DHCP is an Internet protocol for automating theconfiguration of computers that use TCP/IP to assigning IP addresses automatically.

7 What are the naming limitations of the files located ln the LanDrive?

The maximum length of a folder/directory/file name is 12 characters. Invalid characters such as* \ : < > . ? / can not be used.

8 What kind of hard drive is compatible with the LanDrive?

The LanDrive supports 3.5 Ultra DMNATA hard drives which are mostly manufactured after1998. Below is a list of manufacturer websites that you can get more information about the harddrive you own.

Western DigitalIBM/HitachiSamsungSeagateMaxtor

http://www.westerndigital.comhttp://www.hitachigst.comhttp:/ www .samsung .comhttp://www.seagate.comhttp://www.maxtor .com

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