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DSM-520 User’s Manual
D-Link Systems, Inc.
Installing the D-Link
®
Media Server Software
To share audio, video, and photo files from your computer, it is necessary to install the
D-Link
®
Media Server software on the PC that contains the files you want to share. The
D-Link
®
Media Server software allows you to point to the folders on your PC’s hard drive that
contain the audio, video, and photo files you want to share. The D-Link
®
Media Server software
then streams the information to your DSM-520 via your wired/wireless network connection.
Currently the DSM-520 only connects to one Media Server at a time. If more than one PC
contains files you want to share, you can select one of the following options:
1. Copy all of the files to one computer designated to run the D-Link
®
Media Server
Software.
2. Map network drives from the computer with the D-Link
®
Media Server software to
additional computers that contain files you want to share. This method also allows you
to share files from computers that cannot run the D-Link
®
Media Server software such
as Macintosh systems. The computer running the D-Link
®
Media Server software must
always be on when streaming content from any computer.
3. Install the D-Link
®
Media Server software on each computer. You can only connect to one
server at a time. To connect to another server, you must go into the setup and change
the Default Server.
To install the D-Link
®
Media Server software, follow the steps on the following pages.
Note:
If you have a version of the D-Link
®
Media Server already installed on your system, please
uninstall the software and restart your system before installing a newer version of the software.
Installing the D-Link
®
Media Server Software
