Universal-Tech MyXerver Pro MX3800 manual

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Page | 2 T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Table of Content s .................... ............ ................................ ................................ ............................... . ...... .......................... ........ 2 Chapter 1 INT RODUCTION .............................. .. ..... ........................... .....................[...]

Page | 3 B. Windows A ctive D irectory Support ................................ ................................ ................................ .......................... 27 C. AjaXplorer .......... ...................... ................................ ............................ .... ... ............................. .........................[...]

Page | 4 C H A P T E R 1 I N T R O D U C T I O N A . O V E R V I E W Thank you for s electing MyX e rver™ Pr o Wireless Network Storage! MyXerver™ Pro Wireless Network St orage is the ideal mult imedia stor age hub for your home or small -business networ k with both LAN cable and w ireless c onnection. MyXerver™ Pro combines the funct ionalit[...]

Page | 5 D . S Y S T E M R E Q U I R E M E N T S  Ethernet connect ion (router, sw itch)  Windows XP/V ista/7  Mac OS X Tiger , Leopard, Snow Leopard  Linux  Web browser (IE 6.0 SP1 and later on Windows platform s, Safari 2.0 and later on Mac platforms, Firefox 2.0 and lat er on Windows and M ac platforms ) E . T E C H N I C A L S P [...]

Page | 6  Do not mo ve or discon nect the d rive wh ile it is o perating to avoid h ardware damage and potential d ata loss.  Do not s tack anything on top of the drive; th is can overh eat and damage your drive.  Do not p lace the produ ct near any liquid. Liq uids can damage the internal electron ics.  Do not attemp t to open th e dri[...]

Page | 7 C H A P T E R 2 F A M I L I A R I Z A T I O N W I T H Y O U R M Y X E R V E R ™ P R O A . F R O N T P A N E L LED Indicator On Blinking Wireless network When this feat ure is enabled and s ystem is ready Not applicable Networ k When connected t o network and syst em is ready Not applicable Power switch When the syst em is ready to use Wh[...]

Page | 8 Default This butt on has 2 func tions:  IP Address Reset. If the MYXERVER™ PRO ’s IP addr ess is lost, press and hold this button for 2 seconds. T he IP address will be reset to the default (DH CP client) and the s ystem will beep once t o indicate that reset has occurr ed.  Password R eset. If t he MYXERVER™ PRO administr ator[...]

Page | 9 C H A P T E R 3 B A S I C I N S T A L L A T I O N A . I N S T A L L A T I O N S T E P S 1. Connect t he network cable to t he Ethernet port at the rear panel of M X3800. Connect the other end to your hub or switch. 2. Connect the power adapter to a power outlet, and plug the power cor d into MX3800’s power inpu t at the rear panel. 3. Pr[...]

Page | 1 0 3. MyXerver™ Pro is now operational. You can view t he System I nformation on the firs t screen after login. M E T H O D 2 - U S I N G T H E S E T U P C D ( W I N D O W S O N L Y ) 1. Insert the M yXerver™ Pro MX3800 Set up CD into your CD -R OM drive of your computer . 2. Install MyXerver™ Pro Se tup Ut ility from CD and run the p[...]

Page | 1 1 A list of M yXerver™ Pro network stor age on y our network will s how on the left side. The right s ide displays details of the currently selected M yXerver™ Pro. If the desir ed MyXerver™ P ro networ k s torage is not listed, check the following: • The MX3800 has finished the start up and boot process. • Your PC and t he MX380[...]

Page | 1 2 Server Name The default name is M yXerverPro. Change t his to your own pr eferred server name. Obtain an IP address automat ically (DHCP Client ) Select t his only if your LAN ha s a DHCP S erver which c an allocate IP address automatic ally. Fixed IP A ddress You need to enter the following dat a: IP address : The ut ility w ill suggest[...]

Page | 1 3 6. Click Next to continue. The follow ing screen is dis played. 7. Click Save to save your c onfiguration . On t he next s creen, clic k OK t o close the S etup utilit y. MyXerver ™ Pro is now operat ional. After the configurat ion above, all W i ndows user s can access M X380 0 with "guest " access rights. However, we r ecom[...]

Page | 1 4 C . S H U T D O W N To s hut down MX3800, press power button for about 5 seconds. The power butt on LE D will start blinking an d wait f or all LEDs to tur n off.[...]

Page | 1 5 C H A P T E R 4 B A S I C S E T U P A . W I Z A R D S E T U P From web br owser, type in: htt p://MyXerverPro or 192.168.1 .100 default IP address. The login sc reen will be displayed. Enter user name as “admin” with passwor d “admin”. S T E P S F O R W I Z A R D S E T U P 1. Specify the language 2. Set password. D efault usernam[...]

Page | 1 6 B . A D D U S E R A D D U S E R W I Z A R D 3 - S T E P 1. Specify the user nam e and pass word. If “Cr eate Private Folder (Share)” is checked, a new folder will be created for s ecurity and priva cy. Else, if not checked, user will be restricted t o public area access. 2. Add user to a cert ain group and as sign the user t o group [...]

Page | 1 7 A D D S H A R E W I Z A R D 3 - S T E P 1. Specify the s hare name and path 2. Assign user ’s right to this dir ectory 3. Specify IP address or Subnet address to t he device. If “Allow for all” is checked, there w ill be no restriction for all users .[...]

Page | 1 8 C H A P T E R 5 A D M I N I S T R A T I O N A . O V E R V I E W This section desc ribes the Administ ration configuration for U sers and Groups, F ile and Print, Syst em, Network Servic e, Maintenance and Log file. B . U S E R S A N D G R O U P S U S E R S M A N A G E M E N T Click on the Adm inistration and U ser M anagement, a ll ex is[...]

Page | 1 9 Password Verify password Enter the us er's password in t hese fields. Note that 2 -byte character s cannot be used in it. These fields ar e also used to change an exis ting use r's password, as follows: Select the desir ed user Clear the exist ing values in the passw ord fields. Enter the desir ed password in bot h the "Pa[...]

Page | 2 0 New Group Use this ar ea to create a new gr oup. Note that some special c haracters (e.g. " / [ ] : ; | = . , + * ? < > ' ` $ % @) and 2-byt e charact ers cannot be used in Group N ame. Existing Gr oups This shows the list of all Gr oups. “guest -share” - alwa ys exist. This gr oup cannot be deleted. Create Button U[...]

Page | 2 1 Access Button Click this B utton to view the Groups t ha t have ac cess to the select ed Share, and change these access rights as required. Delete Button Click this B utton to Delete t he selected Share. Deleting a S hare does NOT delet e its folder or any data. The folder and it s data is st ill accessible by the "adm inistrators&q[...]

Page | 2 2 D . S Y S T E M LAN Setting Obtain IP A ddress automat ically (DHCP Client ) Do NOT s elect this unless you have a D HCP Server on your L AN. A DHCP Server can pr ovide an IP Address to PCs and other devices w hen they boot. Fixed IP Address Select this if your LAN does not have a DHCP Server , and enter the following data. IP Address : [...]

Page | 2 3 passphrase can include symbols (!?*&_) and spaces . Make sur e you enter this key exactly the same as on your access point or w ireless router . You may also enter a hexadecimal key (using char acters 0 -9, A- F).  WPA incorpor ates user authentication, w h ich is gener ally missing in WE P, through the ext ensible authent ication[...]

Page | 2 4 E . M A I N T E N A N C E The Maint enance facilit y allows you to format dis k and upgrade t he My Xerver™ Pro 's firmware. N ote that the MyXerver™ Pro is unava ilable during the upgr ade process, an d all connections will be lost . The MyXer ver™ Pro will r eboot once the upgrade inst allation is complet ed. The procedure m[...]

Page | 2 5 F . L O G F I L E This part shows the history of syst em usage and impor tant events such as disk status, network connecti vit y, and system booting.[...]

Page | 2 6 C H A P T E R 6 A D D I T I O N A L F E A T U R E S A . B O N J O U R This screen allows you to configure t he settings Bonjour. Click on A dministration, N etwork Service and Bonjour t o reach this screen. If iTunes enabl ed, then the user can listen m usic that stored in the MyXerver ™ Pro via iTunes client. This iTunes Server suppor[...]

Page | 2 7 Enable Media Se rver If enabled, the MyXerver™ Pr o can be locat ed by com patible Media Adapt ers, using the U PnP AV standard developed by Int el and its part ners. Me dia content on t he MyXerver™ Pr o (in the Content Directories s pecified be low) can then be acc essed and played by the M edia Adapters . Server Name Name of t he [...]

Page | 2 8 To access A jaXplorer, go to http://ip_addr ess:8080/ ( ip_address is MyXerver Pro’s WAN IP address). Wit h AjaX plorer, us ers can do the followings : - Upload files to M yXerver ™ Pro - Copy or move files bet ween folder s on MyXerver ™ Pro - Delete files on M yXerver ™ Pro - Create new files on MyXerver ™ P ro * Currently th[...]

Page | 2 9 C H A P T E R 7 A C C E S S I N G M Y X E R V E R ™ P R O O V E R T H E I N T E R N E T A . O V E R V I E W If your LAN is connected to the Int ernet, typically by a Br oadband Gateway/ Router and Broadband m odem, you can m ake the My Xerver™ Pro av ailable via the Int ernet. Featur es available to Inte rnet us ers include:  Usin[...]

Page | 3 0 Default HTT P port number is 80 . If you prefer to use a different port num ber, f or exam ple, 8080 for accessing MyXerver™ Pro us ing AjaXplorer, t hen you need to  Specify port num ber “8080” on the M yXerver™ Pr o Sy stem screen  Specify “8080” port number on your rout er’s Port Forwarding/Vir tual Server settings[...]

Page | 3 1 C H A P T E R 8 F R E Q U E N T L Y A S K E D Q U E S T I O N S A . I C A N N O T F I N D M Y X E R V E R ™ P R O O N T H E N E T W O R K U S I N G T H E M Y X E R V E R ™ P R O U T I L I T Y  Check that t he MyXerver™ Pro is inst alled properly, L AN connection is OK , and Power LED is not blinking.  Ensure that your PC and [...]

Page | 3 2 Note: Window s uses the Comput er na me , as shown on Control Pane l - N etwork - Identification, as the default Logon Name . But you can cr eate a new Windows log on name by merely ent ering a new name and password at the L ogon prompt. D . H O W T O D O A D I R E C T U S B C O P Y Scenario: Som etimes you may want to quickly tr ansfer [...]

Page | 3 3 E . H O W C A N I A D J U S T D A T E A N D T I M E S E T T I N G To set date and time, go to Administration , Syst em, and T ime Settings If NTP Server is using some NTP sit es (e g. time.nis t.gov or time.w indows.com), choose t his default sett ing as None as shown below . After changing NT P Server’s de fault value as None, you can[...]

Page | 3 4 L I M I T E D W A R R A N T Y S T A T E M E N T MyXerver™ Pro MX3 800 W ireless N etwork Stor age Warranty Durat ion Hardware: 3 year s Limited Warranty Hardware Limited Warranty Universal Tech warrants t hat the product that you have purchas ed fr om U T is free from defect s in m aterials or workmanship under nor m al use during the [...]