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- Page 1 Instant EtherFast ® Series EtherFast 10/100 Instant GigaDrive User Guide...
- Page 3 Getting Familiar with the Instant GigaDrive Basic Installation & Setup Administration Windows Client Setup Troubleshooting Appendix Linksys highly recommends that you regularly backup the fi les on your Instant GigaDrive. In no instance will Linksys preform data recovery for lost data or fi les.
- Page 4 Features...
- Page 5 Package Contents System Requirements...
- Page 6 Power Switch Power Input Printer Port...
- Page 7 Reset Button Uplink Button 10/100BaseTX connector 100BaseTX LED indicator 10BaseT LED indicator Note: The Reset Button should only be used as a last resort. Pressing this button will reset the adminis- trator password.
- Page 8 System Status HD Usage...
- Page 9 Requirements Hardware Installation Note: If you are a network administrator, please follow these Basic Installation & Setup steps, then con- tinue on to the Admin- istration section which follows. There you will fi nd the full available range of administrator options.
- Page 11 While the Instant GigaDrive and its Utility may very well work in future ver- sions of Windows, Linksys will offer no Instant GigaDrive Utility Installation technical support for such a system until it’s offi cially released by Micro- soft.
- Page 12 Note: Some versions of the Instant GigaDrive Utility may not have the Password Icon button (second from left.)
- Page 13 Quick Setup Button Server Name Comment Note: If you plan to install two or more Instant GigaDrives on the same network, you must connect and set them up one at a time. Setting them up con- currently will cause network problems.
- Page 14 Date/Time Obtain an IP Address Automatically (DHCP Client) Fixed IP Address IP Address Network Mask Gateway Enable DHCP Server Start IP Address/Finish IP Address...
- Page 15 Microsoft Networking Workgroup Name Apple Networking...
- Page 16 Administrators Users Groups Shares Guest Users Besides administra- tors, regular users, and groups, guest users may also access the Instant GigaDrive. The guest user has Read/ Write access to the public share. This can be changed, and access to addi- tional shares can be granted.
- Page 17 Accessing the Administration Interface with the Instant GigaDrive Utility Choose the GigaDrive you wish to access. Choose Connect. Click the Administration button. The Administrative Menu page will load. Accessing the Administration Interface With Only Your Web Browser Administration Button Note: You will need the IP address of the GigaDrive on hand in order to gain access...
- Page 19 Network System Utilities Status Note: NEVER shut- down the Instant GigaDrive by cut- ting off its power supply.
- Page 20 Groups Shares Users Note: We recommend that you browse the shares and folders on the Instant Giga- Drive to view the relationships between them, and to view the Giga- Drive’s directory struc- ture.
- Page 21 Quick Terminology Pre-con• gure• Users, Groups, an• Shares...
- Page 23 Nested Shares and Access Rights Multiple Access Rights...
- Page 24 Create Users Edit User Details Create Groups Change Group Membership Create Shares Set Access to Shares File Management Backup the Instant GigaDrive’s Data...
- Page 25 Shutdown the Instant GigaDrive Con• gure the •rinter •ort Note: When browsing the Instant GigaDrive using Windows Explorer or another fi le manager, you may see the following fi les which have been gener- ated by AppleTalk clients: .Apple Desktop, .Apple Double, Network Trash Folder.
- Page 26 Note: These screen-shots have been taken from Windows 95, and will be identical to screen shots from Win 98. Windows NT 4.0, however, has a similar but different TCP/IP setup function. The process is intrinsically the same, but some screens will look different.
- Page 28 Network Logon Changing your Instant GigaDrive Password Note: The admin pass- word can not be changed using this method. The Administrator Interface must be used to change the password for the user “admin”.
- Page 29 Password Management Using the Instant GigaDrive’s Storage Note: When you try to access a share or folder, you may be prompted for a password. If your Win- dows login name is the same as your user name on the Instant GigaDrive but the passwords are different, you can enter your GigaDrive password...
- Page 31 Introduction Using the Instant GigaDrive’s Printer...
- Page 32 1. The GigaDrive Utility can’t • n• my Instant GigaDrive. 2. The Instant GigaDrive is liste• in the GigaDrive Utility, but the A•min button •oesn’t work. 3. The GigaDrive is con• gure•, but I can’t • n• it in Network Neighbor- hoo•.
- Page 33 4. When I click on the GigaDrive icon in Network Neighborhood, I’m prompted for a password. 5. When using the Web interface, some of the data will not • t on the screen, and there is no scroll bar. 6. A print job does not print and no error message is displayed.
- Page 35 1 Beep 2 Beeps 3 Beeps 5 Beeps...
- Page 36 Linksys’s EtherFast 10/100 Instant GigaDrive Return Policy...
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