Setting up a Network Harddrive
 

I bought a Buffalo HD some time back to link in with my wireless
network. It all works in that all the PC's on the network are seeing
the HD, but I need an idiot's tutorial on setting it up so that each
user has their own area and then there are General and Transfer
areas.

The instructions don't walk one through what I suspect is a simple
task and a pointer to a tutorial somewhere would be appreciated.

Thanks
Rob

Setting up a Network Harddrive
 

On Wed, 19 May 2010 01:08:41 -0700 (PDT), robgraham wrote:

The instructions don't walk one through what I suspect is a simple
task and a pointer to a tutorial somewhere would be appreciated.

Just put an Iomega on the LAN here the folder management is via the
web interface not the network shares as they appear on the client
PCs. For starters point your web browser at the drives IP address and
explore...

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Cheers
Dave.

Setting up a Network Harddrive
 

On Wed, 19 May 2010 01:08:41 -0700 (PDT), robgraham
wrote:

I bought a Buffalo HD some time back to link in with my wireless
network. It all works in that all the PC's on the network are seeing
the HD, but I need an idiot's tutorial on setting it up so that each
user has their own area and then there are General and Transfer
areas.

The instructions don't walk one through what I suspect is a simple
task and a pointer to a tutorial somewhere would be appreciated.

IIRC the firmware varies depending on the model. Which one is it?
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Setting up a Network Harddrive
 

On 19 May, 11:09, Mark wrote:
On Wed, 19 May 2010 01:08:41 -0700 (PDT), robgraham

wrote:
I bought a Buffalo HD some time back to link in with my wireless
network. *It all works in that all the PC's on the network are seeing
the HD, but I need an idiot's tutorial on setting it up so that each
user has their own area and then there are General and Transfer
areas.

The instructions don't walk one through what I suspect is a simple
task and a pointer to a tutorial somewhere would be appreciated.

IIRC the firmware varies depending on the model. *Which one is it?
--

Linkstation HS-DHGL . Dave L's comment about the setting up the
folders being via the web interface rather than the client m/c is the
sort of thing that I reckon I need - thanks Dave.
Rob

Setting up a Network Harddrive
 

John Rumm wrote:
On 19/05/2010 12:35, robgraham wrote:
On 19 May, 11:09, wrote:
On Wed, 19 May 2010 01:08:41 -0700 (PDT), robgraham

wrote:
I bought a Buffalo HD some time back to link in with my wireless
network. It all works in that all the PC's on the network are seeing
the HD, but I need an idiot's tutorial on setting it up so that each
user has their own area and then there are General and Transfer
areas.

The instructions don't walk one through what I suspect is a simple
task and a pointer to a tutorial somewhere would be appreciated.

IIRC the firmware varies depending on the model. Which one is it?
--

Linkstation HS-DHGL . Dave L's comment about the setting up the
folders being via the web interface rather than the client m/c is the
sort of thing that I reckon I need - thanks Dave.

In general terms, these things usually have a built in web server and
possibly a telnet server for a command line interface.

The fact that you can see it from the network would suggest the first
hurdle is crossed - in that its on the same TCP/IP subnet. The
instructions will probably tell you its default IP address. Once you
know its address, slap that into the address bar of your web browser and
you should be presented with the management interface for it. After that
things diverge in the detail - but the basics should remain the same.
You should be able to create folders and set permissions for individual
users, and depending on the capabilities of the box quite possibly a
wide range of other things like setting it up as a DNLA media server, or
a bittorrent client.

Do be aware though that when a network hard drive goes, so does your data.

Ultimately I replaced one of those with a cheap headless Linux box,
which does a deal more.

And who hasn't got a low spec PC that can take a pair of big cheap
disks, all ready to become a house warming server?

Grow you pot plants in the same room.

Setting up a Network Harddrive
 

On 19 May, 15:05, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
John Rumm wrote:
On 19/05/2010 12:35, robgraham wrote:
On 19 May, 11:09, *wrote:
On Wed, 19 May 2010 01:08:41 -0700 (PDT), robgraham

*wrote:
I bought a Buffalo HD some time back to link in with my wireless
network. *It all works in that all the PC's on the network are seeing
the HD, but I need an idiot's tutorial on setting it up so that each
user has their own area and then there are General and Transfer
areas.

The instructions don't walk one through what I suspect is a simple
task and a pointer to a tutorial somewhere would be appreciated.

IIRC the firmware varies depending on the model. *Which one is it?
--

Linkstation HS-DHGL . *Dave L's comment about the setting up the
folders being via the web interface rather than the client m/c is the
sort of thing that I reckon I need - thanks Dave.

In general terms, these things usually have a built in web server and
possibly a telnet server for a command line interface.

The fact that you can see it from the network would suggest the first
hurdle is crossed - in that its on the same TCP/IP subnet. The
instructions will probably tell you its default IP address. Once you
know its address, slap that into the address bar of your web browser and
you should be presented with the management interface for it. After that
things diverge in the detail - but the basics should remain the same.
You should be able to create folders and set permissions for individual
users, and depending on the capabilities of the box quite possibly a
wide range of other things like setting it up as a DNLA media server, or
a bittorrent client.

Do be aware though that when a network hard drive goes, so does your data..

Ultimately I replaced one of those with a cheap headless Linux box,
which does a deal more.

And who hasn't got a low spec PC that can take a pair of big cheap
disks, all ready to become a house warming server?

Grow you pot plants in the same room.

You're both probably going too fast for me; "DNLA media server" ?
"Headless linux box" - I take it that is an old PC running Linux
without a monitor ?

I have a feeling that the DNLA thing is something to do with
'transmitting' stored video around the house. Is that specialist
hardware or can that be combined with the Linux box?

Thanks for your help guys - I will have a further attack on the
Buffalo this evening, but keep the ideas coming as I do have "low spec
PC" which might be worth playing with.

Rob

Setting up a Network Harddrive
 

On Wed, 19 May 2010 14:53:59 -0700 (PDT), robgraham wrote:

A "Shared Folder" I take it is one that all users can see and use.

Sort of, a shared folder is one that users may be able to see, as in
see that it exists but not be able to access unless they access
privalidges are correct for that folder.

I've got Groups and Users options; currently there's only two PC's going
to use this, so how do I set this up and how do the Restrictions take
place so that my wife and I can have our own folders ?

A "group" is a collection of "users", any thing marked as being in a
given group can be accessed by any user also in that group.

Do you already have seperate "wifie" and "youfie" logins on those
PCs? If so the simple way is just to create those users with the same
user name/password on the NAS device, create the "wifie" and "youfie"
folders and set the restrictions such that only "wifie" can access
the "wifie" folder and "youfie" the "youfie" folder. Then when you
then look at the NAS device via the network, you'll see the folders
and be able to access them without having to enter a user/password as
the PC will authenticate you with the NAS device.

If you don't have seperate user accounts on the PCs be aware that
once some one has logged into their "private" folder on the NAS
device that access will remain open until they log off.

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Cheers
Dave.

Setting up a Network Harddrive
 

Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 19 May 2010 14:53:59 -0700 (PDT), robgraham wrote:

A "Shared Folder" I take it is one that all users can see and use.

Sort of, a shared folder is one that users may be able to see, as in
see that it exists but not be able to access unless they access
privalidges are correct for that folder.

I've got Groups and Users options; currently there's only two PC's going
to use this, so how do I set this up and how do the Restrictions take
place so that my wife and I can have our own folders ?

A "group" is a collection of "users", any thing marked as being in a
given group can be accessed by any user also in that group.

Do you already have seperate "wifie" and "youfie" logins on those
PCs? If so the simple way is just to create those users with the same
user name/password on the NAS device, create the "wifie" and "youfie"
folders and set the restrictions such that only "wifie" can access
the "wifie" folder and "youfie" the "youfie" folder. Then when you
then look at the NAS device via the network, you'll see the folders
and be able to access them without having to enter a user/password as
the PC will authenticate you with the NAS device.

If you don't have seperate user accounts on the PCs be aware that
once some one has logged into their "private" folder on the NAS
device that access will remain open until they log off.


I've got a similar situation with an iomega drive.

I just created 3 folders: common, mydrive & herdrive and mapped them
appropriately as network drives.

I have a Z drive which is the mydrive folder and she has a Z drive which
is the herdrive folder.

We both have a Y drive which is mapped to the common folder for any
files we want to share. We've found that very useful recently for
holiday planning as we've both been researching various aspects of it
and can both see exactly what is going on and can update info on the
common files - no more trying to guess which PC some vital information
is on!

Unless either of you have files on the HDD that you don't want the other
to see (as the administrator, you would have access to your wife's data,
anyway!) I can't see any reason for anything more complex.

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Terry