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LaCie 5big Network 2 

• DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON

 

Accessing & Transferring Files

User Manual 

page 26

3.5.  Accessing Shares through the 

Internet

You can access your 5big Network 2 through the internet. For in-
formation  on  establishing  the  connection,  see 

4.10.  Dashboard: 

Network

.

Once  connected,  it  is  easiest  to  access  your  files  using  the  web 
browser-based  File  Browser.  You  can  upload,  download,  and 
stream most types of multimedia files such as mp3 and flv. For more 
information  on  the  File  Browser,  see 

3.3.  Accessing  Shares  Using 

File Browser

.

Summary of Contents for 5big Network 2

Page 1: ...Shares Using LaCie Network Assistant 20 3 2 1 Switching User 22 3 2 2 Map Shares 23 3 3 Accessing Shares Using File Browser 24 3 3 1 About the File Browser 24 3 4 Accessing Shares via FTP 25 3 5 Acces...

Page 2: ...LAN 46 4 13 Dashboard Support 47 4 13 1 Email Notification Events 48 4 14 Dashboard Download 49 4 14 1 Download Page Settings 49 4 15 Dashboard Copy 50 4 15 1 Creating a Backup Job 50 4 16 Dashboard E...

Page 3: ...ocument or from the use of the information contained herein LaCie reserves the right to make changes or revisions in the product design or the product manual without reservation and without obligation...

Page 4: ...Net work 2 to temperatures outside the range of 5 C to 35 C 41 F to 95 F or to operational humidity beyond 5 80 non condensing or non operating humidity beyond 10 90 non condensing Doing so may damag...

Page 5: ...ts brought to the product during its lifetime may cause discrepancies between the information and screenshots in the manual and the actual user experience CAUTION Modifications not authorized by the m...

Page 6: ...d backup needs of small offices the LaCie 5big Network 2 represents the new generation of shared storage with security To navigate this manual use the PDF bookmarks or consult the table of contents Fo...

Page 7: ...10 5 and 10 6 Minimum free disk space 600MB recommended Web browsers Internet Explorer 7 0 Firefox 3 0 Safari 3 0 or Chrome 2 0 or higher 1 1 3 Linux Users Computer with an Ethernet network adapter Li...

Page 8: ...ly 4 Disk drawer key 5 Utilities CD ROM with software and User Manual 6 Quick Install Guide IMPORTANT INFO Please save your packaging In the event that the drive should need to be repaired or serviced...

Page 9: ...activ ity unless you turn it off using the Dashboard the user interface and can also be configured to put it to sleep or wake it from sleep For details see 2 5 Power Button Functions and 4 12 Dashboa...

Page 10: ...drives are fully initial ized RAID synchronizing will cease once operation has concluded Solid blue Activity LED for working disk s Drive working read write Blinking blue red Activity LED for working...

Page 11: ...to connect your hard drive to the network Follow these steps to getting your LaCie 5big Network 2 connected to your network 2 1 STEP 1 Connect the Power Supply 2 2 STEP 2 Connect the Ethernet Cable 2...

Page 12: ...er power cable or power supply may cause damage to the device and void your warranty Always remove the AC adapter before transporting your LaCie drive Failure to remove the adapter may result in damag...

Page 13: ...n begin blinking The drive is ready to be accessed once the blue LED has stopped blinking The product may take up to 3 minutes to boot Now move on to step 3 section 2 3 STEP 3 Connect using LaCie Netw...

Page 14: ...ts shares log in to the Dashboard user interface see 4 1 Dashboard Accessing or configure its network settings TECHNICAL NOTE If you ve installed LNA before purchasing the 5big Network 2 make sure tha...

Page 15: ...devices on your net work Fig 11 Mac Users Select LaCie Network Assistant in your Applications folder A Network Assistant icon will appear in the menu bar and the Assistant will automatically detect yo...

Page 16: ...with a hyphen and or an underscore IMPORTANT INFO If for whatever reason you do not complete the Setup Wizard the default login credentials will be admin admin b Time Configuration Select whether the...

Page 17: ...ng and holding the blue button b Alternatively if Deep Sleep Mode is enabled in Dashboard Eco Management by clicking the Shut Down button in the upper right hand corner of the Dashboard then Deep Slee...

Page 18: ...nt 1 Make sure the LNA is installed on your computer see section 2 3 STEP 3 Connect using LaCie Network Assistant for details 2 Launch LaCie Network Assistant and open the Network settings tab Windows...

Page 19: ...following table sums up the differ ences between them Name Accessibility Login Availability Share Private accessible only to admin by default Password protected When connected to the network Ethernet...

Page 20: ...3 2 1 Switching User To access shared folders 1 Launch LaCie Network Assistant Windows Users Select LaCie Network Assistant in Start Programs A Network Assistant icon will appear in the system tray Fi...

Page 21: ...L NOTE Mac users If the share does not open in a Finder window simply navigate in the Finder to Network LaCie 5big Share name 4 Transfer files normally from your computer to the 5big Network 2 share I...

Page 22: ...the LaCie Net work Assistant Follow these steps 1 Click the LaCie Network Assistant icon in the Task Bar Win dows or Menu Bar Mac and select Configuration Window 2 Click on the Volumes tab and then cl...

Page 23: ...ping public ones so that you won t need to log out each time Windows Users 1 In an Explorer window in the menu bar select Tools and then Map Network Drive Fig 22 2 Select Share 3 Repeat process for ot...

Page 24: ...way to interact with files stored on the 5big Network 2 s shares whether the connection be through the local network or through the internet For details on remote connections see 3 5 Accessing Shares...

Page 25: ...e level enable the service as described in sections 4 6 Dashboard General Settings and 4 9 Dashboard Shares To connect to the 5big Network 2 via FTP locally on the LAN enter in your browser s or FTP c...

Page 26: ...ork 2 through the internet For in formation on establishing the connection see 4 10 Dashboard Network Once connected it is easiest to access your files using the web browser based File Browser You can...

Page 27: ...o a Net work 2 Choose which share s will be available to DLNA UPnP devices then enable UPnP for that share on the 5big Network 2 Dash board see section 4 6 Dashboard General Settings Fig 27 3 Now you...

Page 28: ...Network 2 will be listed in this playlist Follow these steps 1 Make sure the 5big Network 2 is properly connected to your home network as described in section 2 Connecting to a Net work 2 Choose which...

Page 29: ...pace Next format iSCSI share by clicking the Format button to the right of the iSCSI drive row TECHNICAL NOTE There is no maximum amount of the 5big Network 2 s storage you can allocated to iSCSIShare...

Page 30: ...en you log in as a registered user you will be able to administer your own account and manager the files located in the shares to which you have access This chapter consists of the following sections...

Page 31: ...not open LaCie Network Assistant will open it for you Use a Browser 1 Open your Internet browser Firefox Internet Explorer Sa fari etc and type your LaCie 5big Network 2 s IP address or machine name...

Page 32: ...he file browser 4 3 Dashboard Navigation The Dashboard is made up of a central area surrounded by widgets or small boxes that represent the different pages that make up the Dashboard The widget displa...

Page 33: ...te settings Workgroup Modify the Windows workgroup name to set your 5big Network 2 to belong to a certain workgroup Domain See section 4 6 1 Active Directory TECHNICAL NOTE Mac users connected to a ne...

Page 34: ...ork 2 it could take a few minutes before they are available to UPnP DLNA certified players adapters 4 6 1 Active Directory This feature allows you to join the 5big Network 2 to a Windows domain Once c...

Page 35: ...ext to the page title Users ac counts 2 In the box that opens type in the username You may enter 4 to 20 characters using letters case sensitive numbers the hyphen and the underscore No other symbols...

Page 36: ...Deleting a User 1 Click the gray x to the right of the user listing in the table 2 In the confirmation box click Delete Fig 41 4 7 3 Editing a User 1 Click on the text in any field in the user table t...

Page 37: ...h the individual belongs the more permissible rights prevail For exam ple if a user has access to a share called Backup and she belongs to a group that does not have this access she will still have ac...

Page 38: ...does not delete users assigned to the group 4 8 4 Adding Removing Users from a Group To add or remove a user from a group click the edit icon to the right of the group s listing then select Manage use...

Page 39: ...onal If you do not set a quota the size allocated to the share is unlimited until the drive is filled Then decide on whether the share will be public or private If you choose public all users and gues...

Page 40: ...ect Manage Group Access Select a group in either the Read Write or Read Only box in the left hand column and click the add button To remove a group select the group in the right hand column and click...

Page 41: ...il over If you have a second Ethernet connec tion to your compliant router or hub you can choose either Load balancing to improve Ethernet performance or fail over to ensure that when one Ethernet lin...

Page 42: ...shboard open the Network page and enter the ser vice provider username hostname and password you set up 5 Click Apply 6 From any internet connection open a web browser and type the hostname Fig 54 You...

Page 43: ...on the disk will be erased and the disk will be formatted Data on any USB or eSATA hard drive connected to the front port will not be affected To reformat 1 Click the FORMAT button 2 In the blue wind...

Page 44: ...g the front blue button To wake the drive from Deep Sleep Mode press the blue button or use the Wake on LAN function in the LaCie Network Assistant see 4 12 2 Wake on LAN IMPORTANT INFO If Deep Sleep...

Page 45: ...ate power supply status If green power is being supplied through the power cable If gray power is not being supplied through the power cable On the right under the heading Battery threshold level you...

Page 46: ...tray Windows or menu bar Mac and select Con figuration Window Select then copy the MAC address text Fig 60 2 Next click the LNA icon in your system tray Windows or menu bar Mac and select Wake Up a D...

Page 47: ...otification If you toggle this box on when significant events occur with your 5big Network 2 the administrator will automatically be sent an email if he or she set an email address in the Users page i...

Page 48: ...pending on download owner Backup When a backup error occurs Admin Temperature The product has remained at maximum temperature for at least one minute Admin Password recovery A user has recovered his h...

Page 49: ...take a few min utes to begin 4 14 1 Download Page Settings TECHNICAL NOTE The download manager is only available to administrators Below the list of downloads are several settings Fig 69 TCP Listening...

Page 50: ...ead Write privileges for that share or the share must be Public 4 15 1 Creating a Backup Job 1 Click the green plus sign to the right of the page title Jobs List Fig 71 2 Set a Source share what you w...

Page 51: ...NOTE For multi function printers only the print feature is supported If your printer has a scan feature for example it will not work when connected to the 5big Network 2 IMPORTANT INFO Only PostScrip...

Page 52: ...your home network 2 Turn on the external hard disk and connect its USB or eSATA cable to the USB port type A see Fig 74 on the LaCie 5big Network 2 Fig 74 3 In a few seconds the disk should appear as...

Page 53: ...logue window CAUTION Changing the RAID mode destroys all data stored on the LaCie 5big If you have saved data on the drives back up data before following these steps TECHNICAL NOTE Before you change t...

Page 54: ...disk is rebuilt onto the hot spare disk When a failed disk is replaced the replacement becomes the new hot spare No data is lost in the case of a single disk failure but if a second disk fails before...

Page 55: ...ase that a disk fails CAUTION In a RAID0 array if one physical disk in the array fails the data of all disks becomes inaccessible because parts of the data have been written to all disks RAID1 RAID 1...

Page 56: ...aCie 5big Network 2 drives may be hot Use caution when removing 1 Carefully insert the drive tray into an empty drive bay When the drive tray is most of the way in and you feel resistance press the dr...

Page 57: ...roduct s Dashboard will check if updates are available and install them if you wish Alternatively if you prefer to update your drive manually or are on a restricted network you can accomplish this usi...

Page 58: ...er version make sure to uninstall previous versions 2 Download the latest software update for your product from here 3 Run LaCie Network Assistant 4 Go to Preferences and make sure IPConf Support is d...

Page 59: ...lt all files will be moved to a folder called Recovery in Share and so by default will be available only to the administrator 1 Make sure to switch the Power Button to OFF 2 Press and hold the blue fr...

Page 60: ...ion 6 1 LaCie Technical Support Contacts for details 5 1 System Log The system log allows you to review the type date time source and event ID of activities on the LaCie 5big Network 2 Additionally if...

Page 61: ...nt supply of power Is the blue light on the front of the de vice flickering for an inordinate period of time If the blue light is flickering or will not turn on the power sup ply may be defective Plea...

Page 62: ...password and receive an error mes sage Is your password correct If you input an email address in the User page you can retrieve your password To do this click on the forgot my password link on the lo...

Page 63: ...ion Location 1 LaCie hard drive serial number Located on a sticker next to one of the product feet 2 Macintosh PC model Mac users Click on the Apple icon in the menu bar and select About This Mac Wind...

Page 64: ...acie com ie contact LaCie Italy http www lacie com it contact Japan Elecom CO LTD http www lacie com jp contact LaCie Korea http www lacie com kr contact LaCie Latin America http www lacie com la cont...

Page 65: ...his warranty does not apply to consumable parts unless damage has occurred due to a defect in materials or workmanship to cosmetic damage including but not limited to scratches dents and broken plasti...

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