Linksys EFG80 - Manuals

EtherFast ® Network Attached Storage The Instant GigaDrive™ has an internal beeper that beeps to indicate certainevents. 1 Beep This signals that the Reset button or Power switch has beenpressed. 2 Beeps Repeated every f ive seconds for one minute, this signals thatthe Instant GigaDrive™ is conf igu...

EtherFast ® Network Attached Storage 5. Locate the Instant GigaDrive’s power switch on the rear panel. Press it once to power on the Instant GigaDrive™. Then, power on the network printer,if you attached one to the Instant Gigadrive™. 6. Now that its power is on, the Instant GigaDrive’s boot process...

EtherFast ® Network Attached Storage This Welcome screen provides you with four options in the buttons alongthe right side of the screen. The f irst button is the Setup button. Click thisbutton to continue with the setup procedure. The second button is the UserGuide button. The third button, Linksys...

10. You have now successfully set up the Instant GigaDrive™ with the Setup Wizard. When the screen shown in Figure 4-11 appears, click the Exit but-ton to exit the Setup Wizard. Local Time. Set your current time here. Time Zone. Select your local time zone from the drop-down menu here. Local Date. S...

Chapter 5: Using the Instant GigaDrive’s Web-Based Utility For your convenience, an administrative utility has been programmed into theInstant GigaDrive™. This chapter will explain all of the functions in this utili-ty. All administrative tasks are performed through this web utility. The web util-it...

If you have not already assignedan administrative user name andpassword for the Adminstrator,you can enter the default username of Administrator. There isno password by default. Then,you can set the Administrator’suser name and password fromthe Administrator tab, underUsers. To cancel the login pro-...

From the LAN screen, you will be able to conf igure some of the settings yousaved from the Setup Wizard. While these changes are being made, you canclick the Save button to save these changes, Cancel to clear all changes, orHelp to get further information about anything on this screen. IP Address Th...

Properties Enter the user’s name in the Name f ield. Punctuation and otherspecial characters (e.g. * / | \ ) cannot be used in the name. Inthe optional Comment f ield, you can enter a comment if youwish. In the Password and Verify Password f ields, enter theuser's password. These f ields are also us...

The Status Information screen, shown in Figure 5-11, allows you to check thedetails and status of the Instant GigaDrive™. System GigaDrive Name - The current name. This name will be shownin "Network Neighborhood" or "My Network Places".IP Address - IP Address currently used by the In...

E-Mail Alerts Check the Send button to enable the sending of E-Mail alerts by the Instant GigaDrive™. Alerts will be sent when there issome problem requiring the Administrator's attention. In the E-Mail Address f ield, enter the E-Mail Addresses. The messagesgenerated by the Instant GigaDrive™ will ...

The Shares Information screen, shown in Figure 5-14, allows you to create andmanage shares. Existing Shares Click the Access button to view and conf igure the users who are allowed to access the selected share. Click the Browsebutton to view the contents of the selected share. Click theDelete button...

The Disk Settings screen, shown in Figure 5-16, allows you to perform diskmaintenance. As shown in Figure 5-15, the Backup Settings screen allows you to back up theInstant Gigadrive’s conf iguration f ile to your PC. You can also back up datafrom one disk to another. Data Backup This is used to back...

As shown in Figure 5-17, the Upgrade screen allows you to upgrade theFirmware to the Instant GigaDrive™. Current Firmware This shows you the current version of the f irmware that is on the Instant GigaDrive™. Click the Check for Updatebutton to browse for the latest version of f irmware. Upgrade Cli...

3. When I click the Instant GigaDrive’s icon in Network Neighborhood, I’m prompted for a password. This can happen in the following situations:• Your Windows Logon name is recognized by the Instant GigaDrive™, butyour Logon password is not. Simply enter your password, or make yourWindows password th...

5. Attach the power cable from the drive tray to your hard drive, as shown in Figure B-3. Thepower cable is the smaller of the two cablesin the drive tray. Be sure to plug this secure-ly into your hard drive. 6. Review the connections. It should look like the image in Figure B-4.You will want to mak...

5. Click the Add Printer icon, shown in Figure C-4. This will open theAdd Printer Wizard. 6. When the opening screen to the Add Printer Wizardappears, shown in Figure C-5,click the Next button to con-tinue. 7. As you are adding this print- er to your network, selectthe Network Printer optionon this ...

EtherFast ® Network Attached Storage 10. From the Add Printer Wizard screen, shown in Figure C-9, select your printer’s manufacturer from the list on the left. Then, select your printer’smodel from the list on the right. Once you’ve selected your printer, clickthe OK button. 11. This f inal installa...

Appendix D: Glossary 10BaseT - An Ethernet standard that uses twisted wire pairs. 100BaseTX - IEEE physical layer specif ication for 100 Mbps over two pairs ofCategory 5 UTP or STP wire. Boot - To cause the computer to start executing instructions. Personal comput-ers contain built-in instructions i...

54 EtherFast ® Network Attached Storage Appendix E: Specifications Model Number EFG80 Standards IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u Protocols SMB/CIFS over TCP/IP Network Port One 10/100 RJ-45 Port Printer Port One DB-25 Standard Parallel Port Cabling Type UTP Category 5 Ethernet Network Cable or better Topolog...

Appendix F: Contact and Returns Information For help with the installation or operation of the Instant GigaDrive™, contactLinksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers or Internet addressesbelow. Sales Information 800-546-5797 (1-800-LINKSYS) Technical Support* 800-326-7114 (toll free from U....