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D-Link SharePort Utility User Manual

D-Link

SharePort Utility

Introduction

System Requirements

The D-Link SharePort Utility allows you to share USB devices such as external storage drives and multifunction

printers with other users across your network by simply connecting the device to selected D-Link DNS NAS device.

This allows you to use an external storage drive or printer located across your network as if it were connected to

your local PC�

Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista

32-bit

Pentium 3 800GHz or better

256MB RAM or higher

CD-ROM drive

A compatible D-Link NAS device (DNS-323 C1 with firmware version 1.08 or newer)

Summary of Contents for SharePort DNS-323

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Page 2: ...the D Link SharePort Utility 2 Set Up the D Link NAS Device 6 Enable Network USB on the D Link NAS Device 8 Connect USB Devices to the D Link NAS Device 8 Open the D Link SharePort Utility 9 Configuring Advanced Options 10 Virtually Connect and Disconnect a USB Device 11 When the USB Device is a Multifunction Printer 13 When You Want to Scan 15 ...

Page 4: ... D Link SharePort Utility Carry out the following steps to install the D Link SharePort Utility 2 Select your language Click the button to start the Setup Wizard 1 Insert the DNS CD into your CD ROM drive and click the SharePort Utility link from the auto run menu ...

Page 5: ...3 D Link SharePort Utility User Manual 3 Wait while the wizard loads 4 Click Next to start the wizard ...

Page 6: ...4 D Link SharePort Utility User Manual 5 Wait for the installation to complete 6 Click Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 7: ...5 D Link SharePort Utility User Manual 7 The icon should appear in the notification area of the taskbar ...

Page 8: ...k NAS Device to the network 2 Power on the D Link NAS Device 3 Log on to D Link NAS Device and navigate to the Advanced Add Ons option 4 Use the Browse button to navigate to the location of the SharePort Application Add On 5 Click the Apply button to install the SharePort Application Pack ...

Page 9: ... The SharePort Application Pack will appear in the Add Ons Summary section 7 Click the Start button to enable the SharePort Application Pack 8 The Status symbol will change to green to indicate that the SharePort Application Pack has started ...

Page 10: ...t USB Devices to the D Link NAS Device The D Link SharePort Utility automatically detects connected USB devices A window will pop up every time a USB device is connected Pop Up Window for USB Printer Pop Up Window for USB Storage Device 1 Right click the icon in the Windows System Tray 2 Select the DNS device from the context menu and select Enable ...

Page 11: ...rePort Utility User Manual Open the D Link SharePort Utility Right click on the 1 icon Click on 2 Open SharePort Network USB Utility 3 The D Link SharePort Utility displays the connected USB devices on the network ...

Page 12: ...r Manual Configuring Advanced Options Right click on the 1 icon Click on 2 Advanced Options 3 The Advanced Options window allows you to configure application start up settings configure notification settings and check for new updates ...

Page 13: ...nnect a USB Device 1 Move the cursor to Waiting to Connect and click on Connect to virtually connect to the USB device 2 The D Link SharePort Utility displays which user is virtually connected to the USB device Carry out the following to virtually connect a USB device ...

Page 14: ...12 D Link SharePort Utility User Manual Carry out the following to virtually disconnect a USB device Move the cursor over 1 In Use By Owner Click on 2 Disconnect to virtually disconnect the USB device ...

Page 15: ... the printer software or MFP utility Click Next 1 Move the cursor to Waiting to Connect and click on Manage Device 3 Insert the CD ROM of the multifunction printer and follow the instructions to install the multifunction printer s driver When the installation process prompts you to connect the multifunction printer to your PC click Next ...

Page 16: ...ort Utility User Manual 4 The D Link SharePort Utility virtually connects to the multifunction printer Click Next 5 Choose the printer driver that you want the D Link SharePort Utility to auto connect to when you print ...

Page 17: ...15 D Link SharePort Utility User Manual When You Want to Scan Move the cursor over 1 Available for Use Click on 2 Scan Now Version 1 00 WW December 4 2009 ...