Freecom Technologies Storage Gateway NETWORK HARD DRIVE - Manual (Page 96)

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5.6 Connecting External Drivers (USB, SATA)
5.6.1 USB
For more information on attached external USB mass storage devices, please refer to the
section 'Information on the FSG configuration pages'.
Installing USB mass storage devices
To add more disk space to the FSG, plug a USB mass storage device into one of the USB
host ports. Then turn on the external USB device. The disk space on theUSB device should
appear as a shared folder. When using SMB (Windows File Sharing), it may take a few
minutes until the Windows-based computer detects the new folder. If you are using a
browser (HTML) to view your files, you can click Refresh. This shared folder can be
accessed via FTP, HTML and SMB (Window File Sharing). The folder is configured with
read and write privileges for all users located in the master directory (/). Once the device
is attached, you can limit the user privileges. Please read the chapter on adding users and
groups and on setting folder rights.
Attention: Optical drives such as DVD writers can only be used to read
files and data.
Attention: When attaching a card reader, you need to insert the flash disk
before connecting it to the FSG.
Power supply
All host ports can supply the USB-specific 500 mA current. If more power is required,
please use the AC power supply that came with the external USB device.