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Freecom FSG-3 Storage Gateway

System Requirements

The following hardware and software requirements must be fulfilled to ensure
trouble-free operation.

Hardware Requirements

In order to use the Freecom FSG-3, following components are needed:

• Intel Pentium II 233MHz or higher
• 64MB RAM or higher
• CD-ROM drive for installing drivers and/or software
• LAN
• Internet connection for online warranty registration and driver/software

updates and downloads

Software Requirements

• Windows 98 SE
• Windows Me
• Windows 2000
• Windows XP
• Windows NT

• MacOS 8.6 or 9.x
• MacOS X

• Linux Kernel 2.2 or higher

Summary of Contents for FSG-3

Page 1: ...ORAGE GATEWAY FREECOM FSG 3 STORAGE GATEWAY FREECOM FSG 3 STORAGE GATEWAY FREECOM FSG 3 STORAGE GATEWAY FREECOM FSG 3 STORAGE GATEWAY FREECOM FSG 3 STORAGE GATEWAY FREECOM FSG 3 STORAGE GATEWAY FREECO...

Page 2: ...the use of a Freecom system All rights reserved We reserve the right to upgrade our products in keeping with technological advances Congratulations Congratulations on your purchase of the Freecom Stor...

Page 3: ...reecom Storage Gateway Assistant page 22 Chapter 5 Configuration page 26 Chapter 6 Configuration options explained page 34 Chapter 7 Accessing the FSG 3 from Windows page 58 Chapter 8 Accessing FSG 3...

Page 4: ...com or at www openfsg com a site dedicated to this product The Web sites include an extensive knowledge base answers to frequently asked questions firmware and manual downloads and a means for submit...

Page 5: ...ocuments RFC 1597 Address Allocation for Private Internets and RFC 1466 Guidelines for Management of IP Address Space For more information about IP address translation refer to RFC 1631 The IP Network...

Page 6: ...se the Freecom FSG 3 following components are needed Intel Pentium II 233MHz or higher 64MB RAM or higher CD ROM drive for installing drivers and or software LAN Internet connection for online warrant...

Page 7: ...cool environment to a warmer environment please allow the drive to acclimatize to the ambient tempera ture before operating the device Failing to do so may lead to condensation within the drive enclo...

Page 8: ...and mechanical layout of the FSG 3 1 1 FSG 3 connectors LEDs and buttons The FSG 3 Front panel The front panel consists of 1 Power on 2 Power on LED 3 LED ring 4 USB host port type A front 1 5 USB LE...

Page 9: ...r 2 Fan inlet 3 12 V DC power jack 4 eSATA connector 5 Hardware reset button 6 WAN port 7 LAN ports 1 2 and 3 8 USB host port type A back 1 9 USB host port type A back 2 10 Kensington lock Getting to...

Page 10: ...4 Front Panel LEDs Power LED POWER Sync Button LED Steady blue System boot up OK Ritmic or erratic Flashing blue System is under boot up OFF No Activity EL Ring LED On Normal operation Erratic flashi...

Page 11: ...n error Yellow LAN LED LAN 1 2 3 Steady yellow Fast Ethernet 100 MB s Erratic flashing Possible collisions and the network OFF 10 MB s Ethernet Green WAN LED Steady green Link is active Erratic flashi...

Page 12: ...ed in your PC then TCP IP is probably already installed as well 2 2 Configuring Windows 98 SE and Me to work with the FSG 3 To be able to use your network and your FSG 3 you will need to install TCP I...

Page 13: ...take effect 2 2 2Assign your TCP IP configuration by DHCP After the TCP IP protocol is installed each computer must be assigned specific information to be able to contact other devices on the network...

Page 14: ...d has rebooted you can check the TCP IP configuration using the utility winipcfg exe 1 On the Windows taskbar click the Start button and then click Run 2 Type winipcfg and then click OK The winipcfg p...

Page 15: ...try 4 Select the general tab 5 Verify that Client for Microsoft Networks and Internet Protocol TCP IP are present If not select Install and add them 6 Select Internet Protocol TCP IP click Properties...

Page 16: ...interface 3 From the Configure box select Using DHCP Server You can leave the DHCP Client ID box empty 4 Close the TCP IP Control Panel 5 Repeat this for each Macintosh on your network 2 5 MacOS X Beg...

Page 17: ...ay need to switch the Configure setting to a different option then back again to Using DHCP Server 2 6 Getting on the internet If you do not have an internet account yet but you require access to the...

Page 18: ...ss the Internet through the broadband modem The method used by the FSG 3 to accomplish this is called Network Address Translation NAT or IP masquerading 2 7 1 Login Protocols Some ISPs require a speci...

Page 19: ...r click the Start button point to Settings and then click Control Panel 2 Double click the Network icon The Network window opens which displays a list of installed components 3 Select TCP IP and then...

Page 20: ...nd continue installing your computer and FSG 3 2 If an IP address and subnet mask are shown write down the information 3 If an IP address appears under Router address write down the address This is th...

Page 21: ...ation CD 1 Insert the Manual Application CD into your CD drive The Freecom start menu opens In case the software does not open automatically please click on Start in the main directory of the CD 2 Cli...

Page 22: ...tant works on Windows OS only All functions of the FSG Assistant can also be done manually Please look at the Configuration chapter for more information 4 1 How to start the FSG Assistant Please inser...

Page 23: ...the DSL account on your Freecom Storage Gateway A browser window will open where you can enter the login data for your DSL connection admin login required 4 2 3 Browse available folders on your Freeco...

Page 24: ...art recovery procedure in the Freecom Storage Gateway Assistant b Shutdown the FSG 3 by using the Shutdown option in the configuration c Disconnect the AC adapter from the FSG 3 d Use a bent paper cli...

Page 25: ...he administrator should load this configuration and afterwards copy the individual user data back to its folders 4 2 6 Search again for available Freecom Storage Gateway devices Click here to search a...

Page 26: ...igure the machine using the Freecom Storage Gateway Assistant Second you can use a browser to go to the online configuration pages Please make sure your PC is set to DHCP and connected to one of the t...

Page 27: ...e updates solve problems and many new features are being added with each new release 5 3 Changing the administrator password For security reasons it is highly recommended you change the admin password...

Page 28: ...SG 3 2 Go to Connections LAN and select an IP address for the FSG 3 To avoid IP address conflicts in your network make sure that the LAN IP address of your FSG 3 and the LAN IP address of your router...

Page 29: ...ctivate Open SMB CIFS on WAN port 5 To have HTTP and FTP access from outside to the FSG 3 you have to forward port 80 HTTP and port 21 FTP to the FSG 3 IP address This is the fixed WAN IP address assi...

Page 30: ...Before you begin chapter To configure your FSG 3 with this information you should Go to the configuration website of your FSG 3 Log in with admin and the password Click on Connections section in the l...

Page 31: ...for this reason to create a normal user account or use the guest account for the day to day business 5 6 2The guest account The guest account is setup to be accessible by anyone It has its own folder...

Page 32: ...ove access rights to all the folders the group has access to for that user How to create a new group is described in the User Groups section of the Configuration options explained chapter 5 6 5 Creati...

Page 33: ...utside All in the Services menu The HTTP server The FTP server The SSH server 5 8 The full potential These are some of the most common examples of configuration options for the FSG 3 but there are man...

Page 34: ...onfiguration options explained 6 1 Information This is the information menu Here you can find diagnostic and general information 6 1 1 System Information Here you can find general system information s...

Page 35: ...ces show up in this dialog Please press refresh if the dialog does not show a device you have just plugged in Remark For S ATA devices to be recognized by the FSG 3 the FSG 3 needs to be shut down whe...

Page 36: ...utside FSG 3 WAN internet IP address assigned by your ISP Broadcast Address This address is used to ask all computers on a subnet at once Subnet Mask This is the subnet mask gotten from your ISP Cable...

Page 37: ...unter problems with you FSG 3 you can use the log file recording option to locate the issue The FSG 3 offers several log files for different software components e g Kernel DSL Connection DHCP Server e...

Page 38: ...ave and restore all user settings of the FSG 3 Please backup your user settings to a different storage location than the FSG 3 after installing the FSG 3 6 2 1 Save Configuration In this menu you can...

Page 39: ...lect the button to delete all users that were created after the configuration file was backed up All data in the users home directories will be deleted If you do not select this button the user data a...

Page 40: ...eset button if you want to restore the Factory Default configuration script This will not alter the firmware version You can select to remove all users Attention Removing all users also removes all th...

Page 41: ...pin down after last use If you do not want the disk to spin down please set this to 0 After setting the time please press Apply 6 2 7 Hard disk format If you wish to format the internal FSG 3 hard dis...

Page 42: ...y Freecom will release new and updated firmware on a regular basis It is also possible to obtain the source code and create your own firmware Attention Changing the source code of the firmware is at y...

Page 43: ...ce of your FSG 3 has its own configuration page here 6 3 1 DHCP Server The DHCP server is responsible for giving dynamic IP addresses to the computers on the LAN For more information please read Netwo...

Page 44: ...will need to register at one of the listed providers Please see their websites for further details Options Description Run dynamic DNS client Check this if you want to enable the Dynamic DNS client S...

Page 45: ...servertobereachedfromIPaddresses the outside whose source address is located somewhere on the internet if enabled it is recommended to use SSL encryption as well Use SSL encryption This will allow SSL...

Page 46: ...ded to also use SSL encryption Use SSL encryption This switches on SSL encryption for FTP This is not supported by all browsers 6 3 5 SSH Server The SSH server is a secure terminal client It can be us...

Page 47: ...u to create a new port forwarding Options Description Name This can be an arbitrary name Status Shows status of port forwarding for the selected port enabled or disabled Port Here you can enter the po...

Page 48: ...onding page 6 4 1 Users The access control for all file retrieval systems FTP HTTP and SMB is based on eithergrouporuser accessrights Accesspermissionscanbesetorremovedusing these menus Pressing the N...

Page 49: ...based on eithergrouporuseraccessrights Accesspermissionscanbesetorremovedusing these menus If rights are given or removed from a group all users from that group will get that right removed or added P...

Page 50: ...and SMB is based on eithergrouporuser accessrights Accesspermissionscanbesetorremovedusing these menus Folder permissions can be given either to a group or a user or both Pressing the Add button gives...

Page 51: ...ault values as described in Reset 6 5 Connections The connections can be configured in this menu 6 5 1 LAN connection Here you can setup your connection to the local network Options Description IP add...

Page 52: ...This is the password you got from your ISP Retype password This is the password you got from your ISP Dial on demand A DSL connection will only be established if requested by a PC in the network Idle...

Page 53: ...ely and has a direct con nection to the internet Attention An exposed host is computer that virtually has a direct connection to the internet This is a big security risk not only to this computer but...

Page 54: ...nnection and press Properties If you want to delete a connection press Delete Connection If you wish to see the status of all the connections press Show status of all connections 6 5 5 Add a connectio...

Page 55: ...ple 192 168 20 0 24 ESP encryption ESP encryption options IKE encryption IKE encryption options Pre Shared Key Fill in your pre shared key here Please ask your network administrator for more info Acti...

Page 56: ...t in a corrupted hard drive and a broken system 6 6 1 Shutdown After pressing the Shutdown button the FSG 3 will start shutting down When all lights on the device are dark you can unplug the power Thi...

Page 57: ...leave the configuration menu please press logout Attention Always press logout if you are working on a computer used by other persons than you as well Also close your browser and empty the browser ca...

Page 58: ...tratorhasread write access to all folders To setup security and password protection please refer to the Configuration section of this manual To setup a printer see the External USB devices section FSG...

Page 59: ...gher In the Menu bar select Go Connect to Server The FSG 3 address is smb 192 168 1 1 You can also type smb FSG_NAME Factory default is smb FSG Click on Connect In the next window you have to select a...

Page 60: ...ay GB 8 60 In the next window your authentication is required When logging in as administrator you have access to all folders on the FSG 3 After clicking on OK the FSG 3 will be mounted and an icon wi...

Page 61: ...a shared folder If you are using SMB windows file sharing this can take up to several minutes before your windows computer is aware there is a new folder If you are using a browser HTML to see your fi...

Page 62: ...e access on the external disk we recommend formatting the disk in FAT32 format 9 3 USB Printer Installation To install a USB printer please connect the printer to one of the USB host ports on the FSG...

Page 63: ...ck Next to continue 8 The Add port window opens Use the following settings Printer name or IP address FSG 3 Name or IP address of the FSG 3 Port Name 9100 Click on Next 9 Additional port information i...

Page 64: ...Select the software for your printer If your printer is not listed select Have Disk and have the driver disk or CD for your printer ready 9 3 1 Clear Printer Job Queue If the printer queue on the FSG...

Page 65: ...TA device is powered on and turn the FSG 3 back on The storage on the eS ATA device should show up as a shared folder This shared folder can be reached via FTP HTML and SMB Windows file sharing The fo...

Page 66: ...the self test procedure is running 3 After approximately 20 seconds verify that a The Power LED is OFF and the EL Ring is ON b The LAN port LEDs are lit for any local ports that are connected If a por...

Page 67: ...f 169 254 x x If your IP address is in this range check the connection from the PC to the FSG 3 and reboot your PC If your FSG s IP address has been changed and you don t know the current IP address c...

Page 68: ...rowser interface 1 Launch your browser and select an external site such as www freecom com 2 Access the Main Menu of the FSG 3 at http 192 168 1 1 and click on the configuration icon 3 Login using the...

Page 69: ...erver is a machine on the Internet that translates Internet names such as www addresses to numeric IP addresses that computers can work with Typically your ISP provides the addresses of one or two DNS...

Page 70: ...one of the following problems Wrong physical connections Make sure the LAN LNK ACT LED is on If the LNK ACT LED is off follow the instructions in Troubleshooting the Web Configuration Interface Check...

Page 71: ...guration as described in the Reset Configuration part of the Hardware menu section of the Configuration options explained chapter Press the Reset button on the rear panel of the gateway with a long ob...

Page 72: ...latest firmware when you call You can find the latest firmware from the www freecom com or www openfsg com sites Trytofindananswerbyreadingthemanualandmakesureyouhavechecked the problem could not be...

Page 73: ...digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses...

Page 74: ...area or an adjacent area thereto and conforms to the standards set by the Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Data Processing Equipment and Electronic Office Machines aimed at preventing ra...

Page 75: ...outer sends data based on network layer information in the data and on routing tables main tained by the router The routing tables are built by gathering and exchanging information with other routers...

Page 76: ...small organizations may obtain their addresses either from the IANA or from an Internet service provider ISP You can contact IANA at www iana org The IANA gives out ranges of IP addresses based on cla...

Page 77: ...elds the network address For instance the netmasks for Class A B and C addresses are 255 0 0 0 255 255 0 0 and 255 255 255 0 respectively For example the address 192 168 170 237 is a Class C IP addres...

Page 78: ...ons in the network or for other departments in the organization Althoughtheprecedingexampleusestheentirethirdoctetforasubnetaddress note that you are not restricted to octet boundaries in subnetting T...

Page 79: ...s unknown the current estimate is that there are about 100 million hosts and more than 350 million users actively on the Internet In fact the rate of growth has been such that the Internet is effectiv...

Page 80: ...r to the Internet From an internet perspective there is only one address This scheme offers the additional benefit of simple firewall like protection because the internal LAN addresses are not availab...

Page 81: ...run some type of service or server A web server such as apache will allow others to securely watch the pictures or files on your site But how does the NAT of your router know this time to which comput...

Page 82: ...ssdataandMAC address data for each station are held in an ARP table The next time data is sent the address can be obtained from the address information in the table Ethernet Cabling There are two diff...

Page 83: ...Interface USB 2 0 e SATA USB Standard Hi Speed HS Full Speed FS Low Speed LS USB Connector USB type A female Connector 4 Data Transmission Speed USB Max 480 Mbps HS Mode Max 12 Mbps FS Mode eSATA SATA...

Page 84: ...e to or loss of any software programs data or removable storage media c any damage resulting from adaptations changes or adjustments which may have been made to the product without the prior written c...

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