Accessing Your Digital Media - NETGEAR EVA8000-100NAS - Digital Entertainer HD EVA8000 User Manual

Accessing Your Digital Media

The following sections provide some suggestions for accessing digital
media with Windows, Macintosh OSX, and Linux.
Windows System Passwords
If your system requires a password on startup you will need to use one of
these access methods:
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Macintosh OSX
Turn off the Macintosh Firewall, and then select the sharing icon from
system preferences.
1. Click Firewall, select Stop, and verify that "Firewall off" is displayed.
2. Select the sharing icon from system preferences and select the
Once the system is up and running, for better security you can configure
your OSX firewall to allow file access while blocking other network
ports. For file sharing you must allow access through TCP ports 139 and
445, and UDP ports 137 and 138.
Linux
You will need to load and install a Samba server.
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Recommended: Enable Guest Access on PCs that have a startup
password. To do this go to Settings>Control Panel>User Accounts,
and select Enable Guest Access.
Manually enter passwords on your Digital Entertainer HD.
Remove the password from the main "administrator account".
Windows Sharing check box, Make sure that "Windows Sharing On"
is displayed.
On Redhat 9 systems, click the Red Hat button and select
System Settings>Server Settings>Samba Server. Click Add from the
dialog that pops up.
On other systems, you may need to install the Samba server (smbd)
manually and modify the samba configuration file (/etc/smb.conf on
most systems: check "man smbd"). If Samba is not installed, see
http://www.samba.org.
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