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Instant GigaDrive TM Series EtherFast ® Network Attached Storage with 80 GB Hard Drive + PrintSer ver User Guide Use this guide to install: EFG80 ...
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COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2002 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Instant GigaDrive is a trademark of Linksys. EtherFast and Linksys are r egistered trademarks of Linksys. Micr osoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are r egister ed trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trade- marks and brand names are the pr operty of their respect ...
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Instant GigaDrive TM Series EtherFast ® Network Attached Storage Appendix D: Glossary 48 Appendix E: Specifications 54 En vironmental 54 Appendix F: Contact and Returns Infor mation 55 Linksys highly recommends that you r egularly back up the files that are on the Instant GigaDrive™ . Linksys is not responsible for any data loss, nor will Linksy ...
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EtherFast ® Network Attached Storage The follo wing items, shown in F igure 1-1, should be included in the Instant GigaDriv e’ s packaging. • One Linksys Instant GigaDriv e™ • One P ow er Cord • One Category 5 Ether net Netw ork Cable • One Setup W izard CD-ROM • One User Guide • One Quick Installation and Registration Card • One ...
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Reset Button If the Instant GigaDriv e’ s IP Address or passw ord is lost, press and hold this button do wn for three seconds, then release this button. The Instant GigaDriv e™ will beep once to indicate that the default IP Address (192.168.1.77, with a Netw ork Mask of 255.255.255.0) has been pro vided. This function will also clear the Instan ...
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EtherFast ® Network Attached Storage The Instant GigaDri ve™ has an internal beeper that beeps to indicate cer tain ev ents. 1 Beep This signals that the Reset button or Powe r switch has been pressed. 2 Beeps Repeated ev er y f iv e seconds for one minute, this signals that the Instant GigaDri ve™ is conf igured as a DHCP client, but no DHCP ...
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EtherFast ® Network Attached Storage 5. Locate the Instant GigaDriv e’ s po w er switch on the rear panel. Press it once to po wer on the Instant GigaDri ve™. Then, po w er on the netw ork printer , if you attached one to the Instant Gigadri ve™. 6. No w that its pow er is on, the Instant GigaDriv e’ s boot process will begin. The Instant ...
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EtherFast ® Network Attached Storage This W elcome screen pro vides you with four options in the buttons along the right side of the screen. The f irst button is the Setup button. Click this button to continue with the setup procedure. The second button is the User Guide button. The third button, Linksys W eb , connects y ou to the Linksys w eb si ...
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The Fixed IP Addr ess is set by default (192.168.1.77). Use this setting if there is no DHCP server on your netw ork and you w ant the Instant GigaDriv e™ to use a static IP Address. W ith the Fix ed IP Address setting, you can also use the Instant GigaDri ve™ as your netw ork’ s DHCP ser v er . Use the Dynamic IP Address setting if you alrea ...
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7. From the ne xt screen, Figure 4-8, you can change the time and date on the Instant GigaDriv e™. IP Addr ess. Set the Instant GigaDri ve’ s IP Address here, making sure that it is on the same LAN segment as the PC running the Setup W izard. Subnet Mask. The Subnet Mask must match the other devices on y our netw ork. It is set by default to 25 ...
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10. Y ou ha ve no w successfully set up the Instant GigaDri ve™ with the Setup W izard. When the screen sho wn in Figure 4-11 appears, click the Exit but- ton to exit the Setup W izard. Local Time. Set your cur rent time here. Time Zone. Select your local time zone from the drop-do wn menu here. Local Date. Set your current date here. Click the N ...
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Chapter 5: Using the Instant GigaDrive’ s W eb-Based Utility F or your con venience, an administrati ve utility has been pro g rammed into the Instant GigaDri ve™. This chapter will explain all of the functions in this utili- ty . All administrativ e tasks are performed through this web utility . The web util- ity can be accessed b y any PC on ...
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If you ha ve not already assigned an administrati ve user name and passw ord for the Adminstrator , you can enter the default user name of Administrator . There is no passw ord b y default. Then, you can set the Administrator’ s user name and passw ord from the Administrator tab, under Users. T o cancel the login pro- cedure, click the Cancel but ...
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From the LAN screen, y ou will be able to conf igure some of the settings y ou sa ved from the Setup W izard. While these changes are being made, you can click the Sa ve button to sa ve these changes, Cancel to clear all changes, or Help to get further infor mation about anything on this screen. IP Addr ess These f ields allo w you to Obtain an IP ...
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OPTIONS Con vert F ailed Logins W ith this enabled , the GigaDri ve will automaticall y take an y f ailed lo gins (user name and passw ord) as guest logins, pro viding access only to pub lic areas on the driv es. Enab le FTP Serv er W ith this enabled , third party FTP software can be utilized to access the GigaDri ve. Allo w Anon ymous Login W ith ...
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Pr operties Enter the user’ s name in the Name f ield. Punctuation and other special characters (e.g. * / | ) cannot be used in the name. In the optional Comment f ield , you can enter a comment if you wish. In the P asswor d and V erify P asswor d f ields, enter the user's passw ord. These f ields are also used to change an exist- ing use ...
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The Status Information screen, sho wn in F igure 5-11, allo ws you to check the details and status of the Instant GigaDriv e™. System GigaDriv e Name - The cur rent name. This name will be sho wn in "Netw ork Neighborhood" or "My Network Places". IP Address - IP Address cur rently used b y the Instant GigaDriv e™. Cur rent S ...
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E-Mail Alerts Check the Send button to enab le the sending of E-Mail alerts by the Instant GigaDri ve™. Alerts will be sent when there is some problem requiring the Administrator's attention. In the E- Mail Addr ess f ield , enter the E-Mail Addresses. The messages generated by the Instant GigaDri ve™ will be sent to this desti- nation. In ...
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The Shar es Information screen, sho wn in Figure 5-14, allo ws you to create and manage shares. Existing Shar es Click the Access button to vie w and conf igure the users who are allo wed to access the selected share. Click the Br o wse button to view the contents of the selected share. Click the Delete button to delete the share. Pr operties Fill ...
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The Disk Settings screen, sho wn in Figure 5-16, allo ws you to perform disk maintenance. As sho wn in Figure 5-15, the Backup Settings screen allows y ou to back up the Instant Gigadri ve’ s conf iguration f ile to your PC. Y ou can also back up data from one disk to another . Data Backup This is used to back up data from one disk to another . S ...
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As sho wn in Figure 5-17, the Upgr ade screen allo ws you to upgrade the Firmw are to the Instant GigaDriv e™. Curr ent Firmw ar e This shows y ou the cur rent version of the f irmware that is on the Instant GigaDri ve™. Click the Check f or Update button to bro wse for the latest version of f irmware. Upgrade Click the Br o wse button to bro w ...
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3. When I click the Instant GigaDrive’s icon in Network Neighborhood, I’m prompted for a password. This can happen in the follo wing situations: • Y our W indows Lo gon name is recognized b y the Instant GigaDrive™, but your Lo gon passw ord is not. Simply enter y our passw ord , or make your W indows pass word the same as the Instant GigaD ...
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5. Attach the po w er cab le from the dri ve tra y to your hard dri v e, as sho wn in F igure B-3. The po wer cab le is the smaller of the two cab les in the driv e tray . Be sure to plug this secure- ly into y our hard driv e. 6. Revie w the connections. It should look like the image in F igure B-4. Y ou will want to mak e sure these connections a ...
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10. Lock the tra y into the GigaDriv e’ s ba y , as sho wn in Figure B-8. The tray must be lock ed in for the GigaDriv e to properly function. 11. Plug in the GigaDri ve and po w er it back on. 12. No w , access the GigaDriv e’ s W eb-Based Utility , b y typing http://192.168.1.77 in the PC’ s web bro wser address windo w , as shown in Figure ...
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5. Click the Add Printer icon, sho wn in Figure C-4. This will open the Add Printer W izard. 6. When the opening screen to the Add Printer Wizard appears, sho wn in Figure C-5, click the Next button to con- tinue. 7. As you are adding this print- er to your netw ork, select the Netw ork Printer option on this screen, as sho wn in Figure C-6, and cl ...
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EtherFast ® Network Attached Storage 10. From the Add Printer W izard screen, sho wn in Figure C-9, select y our printer’ s manuf acturer from the list on the left. Then, select your printer’ s model from the list on the right. Once you’ ve selected your printer , click the OK button. 11. This f inal installation screen, sho wn in Figure C-1 ...
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Appendix D: Glossar y 10BaseT - An Ethernet standard that uses twisted wire pairs. 100BaseTX - IEEE ph ysical la yer specif ication for 100 Mbps o ver tw o pairs of Category 5 UTP or STP wire. Boot - T o cause the computer to star t ex ecuting instr uctions. P ersonal comput- ers contain built-in instructions in a ROM chip that are automaticall y e ...
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FTP includes functions to log onto the netw ork, list directories and copy f iles. It can also con vert between the ASCII and EBCDIC character codes. FTP opera- tions can be performed by typing commands at a command prompt or via an FTP utility running under a g raphical interface such as W indo ws. FTP transfers can also be initiated from within a ...
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PrintServ er - A hardware de vice that enables a printer to be located an ywhere in the netw ork. RJ-45 ( R egistered J ack- 45 ) - A connector similar to a telephone connector that holds up to eight wires, used for connecting Ethernet devices. Router - Protocol-dependent device that connects subnetw orks together . Routers are useful in breaking d ...
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54 EtherFast ® Network Attached Storage Appendix E: Specifications Model Number EFG80 Standards IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u Protocols SMB/CIFS over TCP/IP Network P ort One 10/100 RJ-45 Port Printer P ort One DB-25 Standard Parallel Port Cabling T ype UTP Category 5 Ether net Network Cable or better T opology Star LED Indicators Rear: 10 and 100Mbps M ...
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Appendix F: Contact and Returns Information F or help with the installation or operation of the Instant GigaDriv e™, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers or Inter net addresses belo w . Sales Information 800-546-5797 (1-800-LINKSYS) T echnical Support* 800-326-7114 (toll free from U .S. or Canada) RMA Issues 949-271-5461 F ...
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