Verbatim External Hard Drive NAS - Manual (Page 24)

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Search Dialogue
Select Start in the system tray and select Search. Use the Search dialogue
to search for Computers. For the computer name to search for enter
“sohonas” and then press Search Now to fi nd the connected NAS drive.
Double-click the NAS drive entry to connect and view its shared folders.
Browse My Computer
Open My Computer and double-click on My Network Places. Browse to
Workgroup to fi nd the NAS drive share folders.
Once you have located the attached NAS drive’s shared folders, you can
map a drive letter to a folder. To do this, right-click on the folder and select
“map network drive”. Fill out the dialogue box that Windows presents and
then select Finish.
Sharing fi les using Mac OS X
A Mac running Mac OS X can access a connected NAS drive. Click on
Network, open the folder “Workgroup” and locate the “sohonas” device.
Double-click “sohonas” to open the connection dialogue box.
When prompted to “Select SMB/CIFS shared volume you want to connect
to” use the pull-down menu to select one of the current shares. You will next
be prompted to authenticate by entering your username and password.
For “username” use the Mac OS “Short Name” that you used to create your
account on the NAS drive.
After completing authentication your shared folder will appear on your
desktop. You can now drag and drop fi les to this folder as you can for any
folder.
Attaching USB Devices
Your NAS drive contains a USB-A port that is active only while the drive
is connected using the Ethernet connection. This USB-A connection
is disabled when the drive is connected to a computer via the USB-B
connection.
The USB-A port can be used to attach either a USB printer or a USB storage