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Connecting NAS Drive Using
Ethernet
Installing the NAS drive using Ethernet requires that you have an available
Ethernet port on a router or switch.
Before attempting to establish a connection to the network it would be
useful fi rst to review some background information about how the NAS
drive handles data over the network. Basic to this understanding are the
fundamental concepts of user accounts and shared folders.
About NAS Drive User Accounts
The NAS drive keeps track of data stored by its network users by managing
the data’s destination
folder
(also referred to herein as a “shared folder” or
simply a “
share
”). Furthermore, the NAS drive must keep track of who may
read from, and write to, each folder. It does this by setting up
user accounts
and
groups
. A group is a collection of specifi c user accounts. When you
assign access privileges to a new share you have the option of either
making assignments for individual user accounts, or for an entire group of
users at once by referring to the group’s name.
The default factory settings provide for two pre-defi ned user accounts, each
with their own unique properties. These user accounts are:
admin
•
guest-share
•
Each of these two user accounts has an associated pre-defi ned folder.
The name of the folder is the same as its associated user account. The
name “guest-share” also happens to be pre-defi ned as a group name.
Additionally, there is a pre-defi ned folder called “public” that initially is not
associated with any user account. These properties are summarized in the
table below.
Pre-defi ned Name
Group
User Account
Folder (Share)
public
public
admin
admin
admin
guest-share
@guest-share
guest-share
guest-share
