Verbatim External Hard Drive NAS - Manual (Page 32)

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Network Address Translation (NAT) router to map a public IP address to the
NAS drive’s private IP address on the LAN.
NFS Server Setting
You can enable or disable NFS server support.
If you have only Windows PCs on your home network and have no pressing
reason to use NFS support to share fi les, then you can normally leave this
box unchecked in order to free up system resources for other servers.
NFS and Samba perform similar functions for fi le sharing. The main
difference is the Windows PCs have Samba-compatible clients and servers
as part of their default network support. Conversely, UNIX systems usually
come with NFS by default, with Samba being used to provide fi le sharing
with Windows PCs.
Note that the NAS drive has Samba enabled at all times.
Guest Access Setting
When Guess Access is enabled, you can access the “guest-share” folder by
logging in with the username “guest-share” and leaving the password fi eld
blank. As explained earlier, the default disk format type FAT32 does not
support the quota function.
Also, when Guest Access is enabled, you can access the guest-share folder
via FTP by logging into FTP anonymously. When Guess Access is disabled,
anonymous FTP is not permitted.
Guest access is enabled by default.
Share Management
Enter the main screen of Share Management by selecting Control Panel /
File and Print / Share Management. Here you are presented entry fi elds for
Share Name and Share Path. If you want to create a new share, fi ll in these
fi elds directly. The Share Name must be lower-case and may be a maximum
of 20 alphanumeric characters, without spaces. The Share Name must begin
with an alphabetic character.
A description of this share may optionally be entered in the fi eld provided.
If you want to edit an existing share, select a share from the Existing Shares
box, and the Share Name, Path, and Description fi elds will fi ll in automatically.
After completing this form, press Save to save the changes you have made
for this share.