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LaCie Network Space MAX User Manual - page 82
LaCie Wireless Space
• DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON
Administering the LaCie Wireless Space: Beyond Basic
User Manual
page 82
TECHNICAL INFO:
ItisnormalfortheDashboardtoclosewhen
makingchangestothesettings.Pleasebepatientwhenattempting
toreconnectastheWirelessSpaceupdatesthesettings.Withcertain
adjustments,suchasturningWi-Fiofforon,theWirelessSpaceIP
addressmaychangeaswell.IftheDashboarddoesnotloadinyour
browser,openLaCieNetworkAssistanttoseeiftheIPaddresshas
changed.YoumayhavetorefreshLaCieNetworkAssistantbyquit-
tingandrestartingtheprogram.
4.5.1.2. Wireless AP - Security
ThistabrevealsthesecuritysettingscreatedintheSetupforWi-Fi
accesspointconfigurations.Ifanewaccesspointisbeingcreated,
the fields on the page will be blank (
Fig. 134
). When creating a
newwirelessnetworkorchangingthesecurity,pleaseconsiderthe
following:
✦
Whattypeofsecuritydoyouwanttouse?TheWirelessSpace
offersWEP,WPA1,andWPA2.Youmayalsochoosetohave
nosecuritybutthatwouldleaveyourWi-Fiopentoanywire-
lessdevicewithinrangeandcouldposeathreattoyournet-
work.
✦
Whatwirelesssecuritypassworddoyouwanttouse?WEPre-
quires10or26hexcharacters.Hexcharactersaretheletters
A-Fandthenumbers0-9.WPAmusthave8to63alphanu-
mericcharacters;symbolsarenotallowed.
TheSecuritypulldownmenu(
Fig. 135
)offersdifferentlevelsofsecu-
rity.BeforechoosingWi-Fisecurity,pleaserefertotheusermanuals
ofyourwirelessdevicestoconfirmcompatibilitywiththepreferred
setting.Forexample,WPA2-AESisappealingforitshigherlevelof
securitybutolderdevicesmaynotsupportit.
IMPORTANT INFO:
LaCie strongly recommends that all Wire-
lessSpaceclientssecuretheirWi-Finetworks.Forthisreason,the
SetupWizardoffersthreelevelsofsecurityandpasswordprotection
whenconfiguringtheWi-Fiaccesspoint.WhiletheDashboardof-
fers“None”asasecurityoption,weurgealluserstoconsiderthe
riskstotheirhomenetworksaswellaspotentialdrainsontheirwire-
lessbandwidth.
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Fig.134
Fig.135
Summary of Network Space MAX
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton table of contents user manual page 1 table of contents 1. Introduction................................................................................................................. 6 1.1. Howtousethismanual................................................
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton table of contents user manual page 2 3.6.6. Dashboard:networklan.............................................................................................. 47 3.6.6.1. Ipaddressandremoteaccess..............................................................
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton foreword user manual page 3 copyrights copyright © 2010 lacie. All rights re- served. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sys- tem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyany means, electronic, mechanical, photo- copying, recording or ...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton foreword user manual page 4 federal communication commission interference statement fcccaution:anychangesormodifica- tionsnotexpresslyapprovedbytheparty responsibleforcompliancecouldvoidthe user’sauthoritytooperatethisequipment. This device complies with...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton foreword user manual page 5 important info: anyloss,corruptionordestructionofdata whileusingalaciedriveisthesoleresponsibilityoftheuser,and undernocircumstanceswilllaciebeheldliablefortherecoveryor restorationofthisdata.Tohelppreventthelossofyourdata,lac...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton introduction user manual page 6 1. Introduction congratulationsonyourpurchaseofalaciewirelessspace,de- signbyneilpoulton.Builttoenhanceanexistingnetworkortocre- ateanewone,thelaciewirelessspaceoffersexpansiveshared storageandsuperiorperformance.Bestofall...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton introduction user manual page 7 1.1. How to use this manual unlikemanystandardnetworkattachedstorage(nas)devices,the laciewirelessspacecanbeintegratedintoanetworkinseveral ways.Whileitis,aboveall,anetworkdrivewithalargecapacity fordataandmedia,thewireles...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton introduction user manual page 8 1.2. Minimum computer and network requirements 1.2.1. Computer operatingsystem networkinterface opticaldrive mediasharing webbrowser thelatestversionsofwindows xp,windowsvista,orwindows 7 ethernet 100/1000* and/orwi-fib/g/...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton introduction user manual page 9 1.3. Box content 1. Laciewirelessspace 2. Externalpowersupply 3. Gigabitethernetcable 4. Quickinstallguide 5. Cd-romwithsoftwareutilitiesandtheusermanual important info: pleasesaveyourpackaging.Intheeventthat thedriveshoul...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton introduction user manual page 10 usb lan1 lan2 lan3 internet usb lan1 lan2 lan3 internet 1.4. Views of the drive 1.4.1. Front view 1. Wpsbutton: joinwi-finetworksthatsupportwps(wi-fipro- tectedsetup)orturnthewi-fion/off: ✦ quicktouch:thewirelessspacesear...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton introduction user manual page 11 1.5. Power button functions the multi-function power button ( 1.4.2. Rear view ) allows you to turn the device on/off, reboot, or revert the system to its default configuration. ✦ turnonthedrive:pressandholdthepowerbutton...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton introduction user manual page 12 1.6. Gigabit ethernet cables and connectors yourlaciewirelessspaceisshippedwithanethernetcable( fig. 03 - gigabit ethernet cable )thatiscompatiblewithtransferratesup to1000mb/s,or1gb/s.Oftenreferredtoas“gigabitethernet” o...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton introduction user manual page 13 fig.04 1.8. Light behavior thefrontlightchangescolorandstatustoindicatedrive,wi-fi,and operationalbehavior( fig. 04 ). Light behavior indication off ✦ deviceisturnedoff ✦ light has been turned offusingthedashboard (see 3....
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton introduction user manual page 14 1.9. Default settings important info: do not attempt to access the wireless spaceviatheweb-enableddashboard(see 3.6.1. Dashboard: ac- cessing ) before running the setup wizard. During the initial con- figuration, the setu...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton wireless space configuration user manual page 15 thewirelessspaceisflexible,offeringfiveconfigurations.Towork withmostnetworks.Nomatterhowitisused,thewirelessspace diskdriveisalwaysavailabletosharefilesorbackuponthenetwork. Pleaseseethetablebelowforabrie...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton wireless space configuration user manual page 16 2.1. Configuration 1: ethernet nas - wired only thewirelessspaceactsasnetworkattachedstorageandaswitch, providingadditionalportstoexpandthedevicesonthenetwork. Case example networkswitharouter,server,orint...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton wireless space configuration user manual page 17 2.2. Configuration 2: nas wireless client thewirelessspacejoinsanexistingwi-finetworkto: ✦ providewirelessnetworkattachedstorage ✦ extendethernetconnectivity case example therouter,switch,orinternetprovide...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton wireless space configuration user manual page 18 2.3. Configuration 3: nas wireless access point thewirelessspacejoinsanexistingwirednetworkviaanethernet cable.Thewirelessspaceaddsnetworkstorage,switchconnectiv- ity,andawi-fiaccesspointforwirelessclients...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton wireless space configuration user manual page 19 2.4. Configuration 4: nas router - wired only thewirelessspacecreatesitsownnetworkandconnectsdirectly totheexistingwideareanetwork(wan)foraccesstotheinternet. Thewirelessspaceconnectstothewanusinganetherne...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton wireless space configuration user manual page 20 2.5. Configuration 5: nas router - wireless access point thewirelessspacecreatesitsownnetworkandconnectsdirectlyto theexistingwideareanetwork(wan)foraccesstotheinternet.The wirelessspaceconnectstothewanusi...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton basic install: setup wizard user manual page 21 3. Basic installation topicscovered: 3.1. Connect the power supply 3.2. Configuration 1: nas ethernet - wired only 3.3. Configuration 2: nas wireless client 3.4. Lacie network assistant 3.5. Accessing and t...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton basic install: setup wizard user manual page 22 3.2. Configuration 1: nas ethernet - wired only important info: do not attempt to access the wireless spaceviatheweb-enableddashboard(see 3.6.1. Dashboard: ac- cessing ) before running the setup wizard. Dur...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton basic install: setup wizard user manual page 23 6. Youwillbepromptedtoconnectyourcomputertothewireless space.Pleaseuseoneofthethreeportsmarkedlan1,lan2, orlan3onthebackofthewirelessspace( 1.4.2. Rear view ). Donotconnectthecabletotheportnamedinternet( fi...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton basic install: setup wizard user manual page 24 3.3. Configuration 2: nas wireless client important info: do not attempt to access the wireless spaceviatheweb-enableddashboard(see 3.6.1. Dashboard: ac- cessing ) before running the setup wizard. During th...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton basic install: setup wizard user manual page 25 3. Chooseyourlanguagethenselect ok .Afterreadingthewel- comescreentext,click continue . 4. Select enablewi-fi .Click continue .( fig. 17 ) 5. Select nasextenderethernet .Click continue .( fig. 18 ) 6. Youwi...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton basic install: setup wizard user manual page 26 9. Choose between connect using wps to an existing wi-fi or connect manually to an existing wi-fi . Click continue . The wirelessspacesetupwillsearchforavailablewi-finetworks. Important info: eachwi-fiacces...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton basic install: setup wizard user manual page 27 15.Disconnectthewirelessspacefromthecomputerand,ifnec- essary,movethedevicetoitsnewlocation. 16.Youmayconnectdevicessuchascomputersorgamesystemsto thewirelessspacesimilartoarouterorswitch.Pleaseuseone ofthe...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton lacie network assistant user manual page 28 3.4. Lacie network assistant important info: youmustrunthewirelessspacesetupwiz- ardbeforeinstallinglacienetworkassistant. Lacie network assistant is a convenient software that detects all lacienetworkattacheds...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton lacie network assistant user manual page 29 3.4.1. Connect to the lacie wireless space dashboard using lacie network assistant 1. Launchlacienetworkassistant. Windows users a. Selectlacienetworkassistantinstart/programs.Alacie network assistant icon will...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton lacie network assistant user manual page 30 3.4.2. Connect to the lacie wireless space dashboard directly from the browser lacienetworkassistantoffersasimplewaytoconnecttoyourla- cienetworkattacheddevice( 3.4.1. Connect to the lacie wireless space dashbo...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton accessing & transferring files user manual page 31 thereareseveralwaystoaccessandtransferfileslocatedonthe wirelessspace.Followthelinksbelowformoredetails. 3.5.2. Accessing shares using lacie network assistant 3.5.3. Map shared folders 3.5.5. Accessing s...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton accessing & transferring files user manual page 32 3.5.2. Accessing shares using lacie network assistant lacienetworkassistantwillhelpyouquicklyconnecttothewireless spaceshares( myshare and openshare )andtheusbstoragethat isconnectedtooneofitsthreeports....
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton accessing & transferring files user manual page 33 to access all shares and volumes, including myshare : 1. Launchlacienetworkassistantandclickonitsiconinthesys- temtray(windows)ormenubar(mac). 2. Choose configuration window... To launch the configuratio...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton accessing & transferring files user manual page 34 5. Allsharesandusbvolumes(ifapplicable)arenowavailablein thevolumestab( fig. 40 ). 6. Right-clickonashareorusbvolumeforoptionsonmounting ( fig. 41 )ordouble-clicktoopenitimmediately. 7. Lacienetworkassis...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton accessing & transferring files user manual page 35 3.5.3. Map shared folders ifyouwouldlikeashortcuttoaccessingwirelessspaceshares,fol- lowtheproceduresbelow.Beforestarting,youmustmounttheshare orusbvolumethatistargetedformapping. Windows users 1. Open m...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton accessing & transferring files user manual page 36 mac users toaccessashare: 1. Open a new finder window. On the left of the window, search for shared>wirelessspace (or, the new name of yourdevice) >openshare .Whilethedefaultis guest ,you must log in as ...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton accessing & transferring files user manual page 37 3.5.4. Lacie network assistant auto mount lacienetworkassistantprovidesasimplefeaturetomountwireless spacesharesandusbvolumes(ifapplicable)eachtimeyoulogonto thecomputer.Fromthesystemtray(windows)ormenub...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton accessing & transferring files user manual page 38 3.5.5. Accessing shares using file browser thedashboardfeaturesaninteractivefilebrowserthatallowsyou to manage and transfer files. Follow these steps to open the file browser: 1. Logintothedashboard(sees...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton accessing & transferring files user manual page 39 3.5.6. Accessing shares via ftp theftpprotocolisusedtotransferfilesfromonecomputertoan- otherthroughalocalnetworkorovertheinternet.Thisprotocolal- lowsyoutoexchangefileswithyourfriendsorrelativessecurely...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton accessing & transferring files user manual page 40 3.5.7. Multimedia server youmayconfigureyourwirelessspacetoactasaupnpmultimedia server. Followthesesteps: 1. Ifithasbeendisabled,turnon mediaservers inthewireless space dashboard (see 3.6.5. Dashboard: g...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton accessing & transferring files user manual page 41 4. Accesssharedplaylistsinitunes( fig. 56 ). Technical note: theitunesserverservicesupportsthefollow- ingfiletypes:.Mp3,.Wav,and.Aac. Technical note: theserverfeaturemustalsobeenabledin theitunespreferen...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 42 thedashboardisabrowser-basedtoolforadministeringyourwire- lessspace.Toupdatethesettingsorbrowsefiles,typethewireless space’sipaddressormachinenameinyourbrowseraddressbar. Lacienetworkassistantals...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 43 3.6.1. Dashboard: accessing therearetwowaystoaccessthedashboard,usingthehyperlink in lacie network assistant ( 3.4.1. Connect to the lacie wireless space dashboard using lacie network assistant )...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 44 3.6.2. Dashboard: welcome page the welcome page contains links to helpful documents from the laciewebsite( fig. 61, a )andatablelistingthedifferentpagesthat makeupthedashboard( fig. 61, b ).Thece...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 45 3.6.5. Dashboard: general settings thispageallowsyoutochooseormodifysomeofyourwireless space’sbasicsettings.Forachangetotakeeffect,select apply at thebottomofthemainareaofthedashboard. 3.6.5.1. N...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 46 3.6.5.2. Timemachine™ timemachine support isturnedonbydefault.With timemachine support selected,aniconmarked“wirelessspace(timemachine)” will appear in the shared section of a finder window below...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 47 3.6.6. Dashboard: network lan thispageallowsyoutomodifyyourwirelessspace’snetworkset- tings.Forachangetotakeeffect,select apply atthebottomofthe mainareaofthedashboard. Important info: use cautio...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 48 remote management inadditiontodynamicdns,remoteaccesstothedashboardmay beconfiguredusinghttpandhttps.Itisalsopossibletoaccess filesstoredonthewirelessspaceusinganftpaddress.Enableone oralloptions...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 49 3.6.7. Dashboard: drives manualandautomaticbackupsofusbharddrivesconnectedtothe wirelessspaceareeasytomanageusingthispage.Forachange totakeeffect,select apply atthebottomofthemainareaofthe dashbo...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 50 3.6.8. Dashboard: support thewirelessspacesysteminformationandfirmwareversioncanbe foundonthispage.Additionaltabsmakeiteasytosetthewireless spacebacktoitsfactorydefaultandturnthefrontlightonoroff...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 51 3. Choose send to update your wireless space ( fig. 76 ). Please be patient while the device updates and auto- maticallyrestarts.Uponreboot,thelightflashesred/blue/ greenasnotificationthattheupda...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 52 therearethreeoptionsforresettingthedevice( fig. 78 ): a. Resetfactoryconfiguration .Thefirmware(ifithasbeenup- datedsincetheinitialsetup)anddataremainintact.Once this option is checked, select ap...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 53 fig.80 fig.81 fig.82 3.6.9. Dashboard: download save.Torrentfilesdirectlyonto myshare withthedownloadpage. Browseyourcomputerfor.Torrentfilestouploadorsavethemfrom anotherlocation(networkserver,n...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 54 fig.83 fig.84 fig.85 4. Browseyourcomputerfora.Torrentfile( fig. 83 ) 5. Click send ( fig. 84 )toaddthe.Torrenttothe downloadpool ( fig. 85 ) mysharetargetdisk ifyouaredownloadingfilesfromaserver...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 55 fig.86 3.6.10. Dashboard: mode toviewthecurrentwirelessspaceconfiguration,selectthemode page.Youmayalsochangetheconfigurationonthispagetosuit theneedsofthenetwork.Similartothenetworklanpage,chang...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 56 3.6.10.1. Configuration basics selectapulldownmenutochangethe basemode , wirelesscon- figuration ,and ipconfigurationmode . ✦ base mode has nas+switch and nas+router as choices ( fig. 87 ).Formor...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 57 fig.89 fig.90 ✦ ipconfigurationmode ( fig. 89 )letsyouselectbetween: 1. Dhcp .Sinceitofferseaseofuseandconvenience,most homesandbusinesseshavedhcpserversthatassignip addressestoallthedevicesonthe...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 58 3.6.10.2. Changing the configuration example: wired only to wireless client duetoitsflexibilityasanetworkswitchorrouter,thewirelessspace can grow with a network or adapt to different environments...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 59 fig.92 security mostrouters,switches,orinternetprovidershaveatleastonelevel ofsecurity.Tomakethechangeinconfigurationaseasyaspossible, pleasetakethetimetoreadtheusermanualofyournetworkrouter and/...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 60 simple steps to a new configuration important info: whilethewirelessclientwillextendawi-fi signaltoanotherroom,lacierecommendsrunningthesetupwiz- ardorchangingthesettingsinthedashboardclosetothea...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 61 8. Apop-up warning willasktoconfirmtheconfigurationchange ( fig. 95 ).Select yes . 9. Thedashboardwillloseconnectionwiththewirelessspaceas thedeviceexecutesthechangeinsettings. 10.Disconnecttheet...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space user manual page 62 fig.96 fig.97 3.6.11. Dashboard: wireless client when using a wireless client configuration, the wireless space dashboardincludesapagenamed wirelessclient ( fig. 96 ).This pageisdividedbytwotabs:...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton internet port: switch/recovery user manual page 63 fig.99 fig.100 fig.101 3.7. Internet port: nas+switch theinternetportonthebackofthewirelessspacewillchange function with the base mode ( 3.6.10.1. Configuration basics ). This section describes how best ...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton internet port: switch/recovery user manual page 64 fig.102 fig.104 fig.103 6. Open lacienetworkassistant>configuration window tosee theaddressinginformation.Toaccessthewirelessspacedash- board,dooneofthefollowing( fig. 102 ): ✦ clickthewebconfigurationpa...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton basic endnote user manual page 65 fig.105 3.8. Basic endnote thisistheendofthebasicsection.Pleaserefertotheuserman- ualfortipsontroubleshooting( 6. Troubleshooting ),operation,or changesintheconfiguration.Ifyouhavebecomeanexpertinusing thewirelessspacean...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton beyond basic introduction user manual page 66 fig.106 4. Beyond basic install beyondbasicconfigurationsrevealtherichsetoffeaturesavailable toyourwirelessspace.Youmaycreateanewwi-fib/g/naccess pointandasecondnetworkforahomeorsmallbusiness.Whilethe setupis...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton beyond basic introduction user manual page 67 4.1. Before the installation thewirelessspacesetupwizardiseasytofollowasitguidesyou throughtheinitialinstallation.Whenselectingawirelessconfigura- tions,youmusthaveimportantwi-fiinformationonhandtomake certai...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton beyond basic install: setup wizard user manual page 68 4.2. Configuration 3: wireless access point (switch) important info: do not attempt to access the wireless spaceviatheweb-enableddashboard(see 3.6.1. Dashboard: ac- cessing ) before running the setup...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton beyond basic install: setup wizard user manual page 69 4. Select enablewi-fi .Click continue .( fig. 107 ) 5. Select nasextenderwi-fi .Click continue .( fig. 108 ) 6. Youwillbepromptedtoconnectyourcomputertothewireless space.Pleaseuseoneofthethreeportsma...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton beyond basic install: setup wizard user manual page 70 9. Youmustprovidethefollowinginformationtocreateawi-fi accesspoint( fig. 110 ): ✦ networkname ✦ securityprotocol ( fig. 111 ) ✦ password ✦ speed ( fig. 112 ) ✦ see 4.1. Before the installation forfur...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton beyond basic install: setup wizard user manual page 71 10.Click continue when all the fields are filled in (example, fig. 113 ). 11.Youmustselectandconfirmapasswordthatcontainsatleast eightalphanumericcharacters( fig. 114 ).Whilenotmandatory, lacierecomm...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton beyond basic install: setup wizard user manual page 72 4.3. Configuration 4: router - wired only important info: do not attempt to access the wireless spaceviatheweb-enableddashboard(see 3.6.1. Dashboard: ac- cessing ) before running the setup wizard. Du...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton beyond basic install: setup wizard user manual page 73 5. Select router .Click continue .( fig. 116 ) 6. Youwillbepromptedtoconnectyourcomputertothewireless space.Pleaseuseoneofthethreeportsmarkedlan1,lan2, orlan3onthebackofthewirelessspace( 1.4.2. Rear ...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton beyond basic install: setup wizard user manual page 74 13.The default router ip address for the wireless space is now 192.168.1.1.Ifyourrouterorinternetproviderispreparedto addthewirelessspacetothenetwork,movetostep14.Ifyou areunsureormustchangetheipaddr...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton beyond basic install: setup wizard user manual page 75 4.4. Configuration 5: router wireless access point important info: do not attempt to access the wireless spaceviatheweb-enableddashboard(see 3.6.1. Dashboard: ac- cessing ) before running the setup w...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton beyond basic install: setup wizard user manual page 76 4. Select enablewi-fi .Click continue .( fig. 121 ) 5. Select wifirouter .Click continue .( fig. 122 ) 6. Youwillbepromptedtoconnectyourcomputertothewireless space.Pleaseuseoneofthethreeportsmarkedla...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton beyond basic install: setup wizard user manual page 77 9. Youmustprovidethefollowinginformationtocreateawi-fi accesspoint( fig. 124 ): ✦ networkname ✦ securityprotocol ( fig. 125 ) ✦ password ✦ speed ( fig. 126 ) ✦ see 4.1. Before the installation forfur...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton beyond basic install: setup wizard user manual page 78 10.Click continue when all the fields are filled in (example, fig. 127 ). 11.Youmustselectandconfirmapasswordthatcontainsatleast eightalphanumericcharacters( fig. 128 ).Whilenotmandatory, lacierecomm...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton beyond basic install: setup wizard user manual page 79 14.The default router ip address for the wireless space is now 192.168.1.1.Ifyourrouterorinternetproviderispreparedto addthewirelessspacetothenetwork,moveontostep15.If youareunsureormustchangetheipad...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space: beyond basic user manual page 80 4.5. Administering your lacie wireless space - beyond basic thedashboardisabrowser-basedtoolforadministeringyourwire- less space. To update the settings or browse files, type the wi...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space: beyond basic user manual page 81 4.5.1. Dashboard: wireless ap thewidgetforwirelessapwillappearwithbeyondbasicconfigura- tions nasethernet-wirelessaccesspoint and nasrouter-wire- lessaccesspoint .Additionally,theli...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space: beyond basic user manual page 82 technical info: itisnormalforthedashboardtoclosewhen makingchangestothesettings.Pleasebepatientwhenattempting toreconnectasthewirelessspaceupdatesthesettings.Withcertain adjustments...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space: beyond basic user manual page 83 wep-128hasbeenselectedin fig. 136 .Youhavetheoptiontoen- terawepkeymanuallyortoallowthelaciewirelessspacedash- boardtogenerateakeyforyou.Clickthelockonce( fig. 136 )for anewweppassw...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space: beyond basic user manual page 84 4.5.1.3. Wireless ap - mac address filter addfurthersecuritytothewirelessspacewi-fibylimitingwhomay jointhenetworkbymacaddress.Checktheboxfor macaddress filterenabled ( fig. 139 )to...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space: beyond basic user manual page 85 4.5.2. Dashboard: router pages a router configuration signifies the creation of a new network, or sub-network.Thewirelessspacewillassignipaddressestoallcon- necteddevices,wiredand/o...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space: beyond basic user manual page 86 4.5.3. Dashboard: network wan networkwanlistshowthewirelessspacereachesthewidearea network(wan)orinternet.Theinformationissimilartothenetwork lan page in the basic administration se...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space: beyond basic user manual page 87 dynamic dns youcanmanageyourwirelessspacewhileawayfromthenetwork byenablingdynamicdns( fig. 147, c ).Pleasenotethatyoumust alsocreateadynamicdnsaccountwithathird-partyprovideron its...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space: beyond basic user manual page 88 4.5.4. Dashboard: network lan usethispagetomanagethewirelessspacenetwork. Lan interface thedefaultrouteraddressforthewirelessspaceis192.168.1.1 ( fig. 150 ,a and 1.9. Default settin...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space: beyond basic user manual page 89 4.5.4.1. Avoiding router ip address conflicts: example myinternetproviderhasarouteripaddressof192.168.1.1anda netmaskof255.255.255.0. Sincethewirelessspacedefaultsarethesame,imustch...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton administering the lacie wireless space: beyond basic user manual page 90 4.5.5. Dashboard: firewall dmz,portforwarding,andnat-pmpareamongtheadvancedfea- turesofferedbythewirelessspaceonthefirewallpage.Wehave providedalengthyglossary( 5. Glossary )attheba...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton internet port: router/wan user manual page 91 usb lan1 lan2 lan3 internet fig.158 4.6. Internet port: nas+router forswitchconfigurations,theinternetportisaconvenientrecov- eryportwithastaticipaddress( 3.7. Internet port: nas+switch ). However,theinternet...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton beyond basic endnote user manual page 92 4.7. Beyond basic endnote thisistheendofthebeyondbasicinstallationandadministration section.Pleaserefertotheusermanualfortipsontroubleshoot- ing( 6. Troubleshooting ),operation,orchangesintheconfiguration. Pleased...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton glossary user manual page 93 5. Glossary manynetworkingandwirelesstermsmayappearneworabitchal- lengingtofollow.Thissmallglossaryofnetworkingacronymsand protocolsoffersasimplereferencetoaidinsettingupandmaintain- ingyourwirelessspace.Duetothecomplexityofn...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton glossary user manual page 94 dynamicportforwarding -allowsapplicationstousesocksserv- ersonlocalportsfornetworkcommunicationandinternetaccess. Thiscanbeveryconvenientasitwillavoidhavingtoconfigureport forwardingeachtimeanapplicationisused.Thesocksisconfi...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton glossary user manual page 95 itunes™server -ituneslibrariescanbesharedoveralocalnet- workviaacomputer,networkdisk,ornetworkdevicethatactsas the itunes server. The protocol is used to detect libraries on the computer,networkdisk,ornetworkdeviceandstreampl...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton glossary user manual page 96 pppoe(point-to-pointprotocoloverethernet) -anetworkprotocol thatconnectsmorethanonecomputeronalantoasharedac- cesspoint.Theaccesspointmaybeadsl(digitalsubscriberline),a cablemodem,orawirelessconnectiontotheinternet.Pppoeuses ...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton glossary user manual page 97 tkip (temporal key integrity protocol) - an enhanced version of wep security, tkip was created to strengthen hardware that was onlycompatiblewithwep.Itaddsadditionalsecurityencryptionto theexistingwep. Tls(transportlayersecur...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton troubleshooting user manual page 98 intheeventthatyourlaciewirelessspaceisnotworkingcorrectly, pleasetakealookatthefollowingtroubleshootingsectionsandat thefaqspublishedonourwebsite– www.Lacie.Com .Oneofthese faqsmayprovideananswertoyourspecificquestion....
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton troubleshooting user manual page 99 6.3. Troubleshooting the usb connection(s) and share files 6.3.1. Mac users problem question solution theusbdrive/keyconnected to one of the three usb ex- pansion ports is not recog- nized. Is the usb cable securely fa...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton troubleshooting user manual page 100 problem question solution files cannot be copied to a usbvolumeconnectedtothe wirelessspace. Whycan’ticopyfilestotheusbvolume using the dashboard file browser, the dashboarddrivepage,orthedesktop? Pleasecheckthefilefo...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton troubleshooting user manual page 101 problem question solution theusbdrivesconnectedto the wireless space are not recognizedbythecomputer. Do your computer and network con- figurations meet the minimum system requirements? See 1.2. Minimum computer and n...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton troubleshooting user manual page 102 6.4. Troubleshooting the network connection problem question solution thesystemisnotrecognized bythecomputer. Doesyourcomputer’sconfiguration meettheminimumsystemrequire- ments? Checksection 1.2. Minimum computer and ...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton troubleshooting user manual page 103 problem question solution thewirelessspacedoesnot appearinlacienetwork assistant. Why can’t i see the wireless space in lacienetworkassistant? Quitlacienetworkassistantandrestarttheprogram. Thewirelessspaceappears inl...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton troubleshooting user manual page 104 problem question solution thewirelessspacedoesnot appearonthenetwork. Areyouusingaswitchconfiguration? Makecertainthatthewirelessspaceisconnectedtotherouter, switch,orinternetproviderviaoneofitsthreelanports. Checklac...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton troubleshooting user manual page 105 problem question solution port forwarding no longer works (router configuration only). Whydidportforwardingstopworking? Checkthedashboardfirewallpagetoconfirmthattheportfor- wardingruleisstillvalid.Ifnot,youcanreenter...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton contacting customer support user manual page 106 beforeyoucontacttechnicalsupport 1. Readthemanualsandreviewsection 6. Troubleshooting . 2. Trytoisolatetheproblem.Ifpossible,makethedrivetheonly externaldeviceonthecpu,andmakesurethatallofthecables arecorr...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton contacting customer support user manual page 107 7.1. Lacie technical support contacts lacieasia http://www.Lacie.Com/cn/contact/ lacieaustralia http://www.Lacie.Com/au/contact/ laciebelgium http://www.Lacie.Com/be/contact/ (dutch) http://www.Lacie.Com/b...
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Lacie wireless space • design by neil poulton warranty information user manual page 108 thislimitedwarrantyappliesonlytohardwareproductsmanufac- turedbyorforlaciethatcanbeidentifiedbythe“lacie”trademark, tradename,orlogoaffixedtothem.Thelimitedwarrantydoesnot applytoanynon-laciehardwareproductsorany...