Apple AirPort Networks manual Sharing and Securing USB Hard Disks on Your Network

Page 54

54

Sharing and Securing USB Hard Disks on Your Network

If you connect a USB hard disk to your AirPort Extreme Base Station or Time Capsule, computers connected to the network—both wireless and wired, Mac and Windows— can use it to back up, store, and share files.

If you’re using a Time Capsule, you don’t need to connect a hard disk to it. Every Time Capsule includes an internal AirPort disk.

2.4 or 5 GHz

AirPort Extreme USB hard disk

	DSL or cable modem
2.4 or 5 GHz
< Ethernet WAN port	to Internet

To share a hard disk on your network:

1Plug the hard disk into the USB port on the back of the AirPort Extreme Base Station or Time Capsule.

2Open AirPort Utility, located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a Mac, or in Start > All Programs > AirPort on a Windows computer.

3Select your AirPort Extreme Base Station or your Time Capsule, and then choose Base Station > Manual Setup, or double-click the device icon to open its configuration in a separate window. Enter the password if necessary.

4Click the Disks button, and then click File Sharing.

5Choose “With a disk password,” or “With base station password” if you want to secure the shared disk with a password, or choose “With accounts” if you want to secure the disk using accounts.

ÂIf you choose to use accounts, click Configure Accounts, click the Add (+) button, and then enter a name and password for each user that will access the disk.

6Choose “Not allowed,”“Read only,” or “Read and write” to assign guest access to the disk.

7Select the “Share disks over Ethernet WAN port” checkbox if you want to provide remote access to the disk over the WAN port.

Data transfer speed may vary, depending on the network.

Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs

Image 54

Contents Apple AirPort Networks Contents Getting Started Getting Started Getting Started Printing with an Apple Wireless Device Extending the Range of Your AirPort NetworkSharing Your Computer’s Internet Connection Getting Started To start Internet sharing on a computer using Windows Security for AirPort Networks at Home NAT FirewallClosed Network MAC Address Access Control Password Protection and EncryptionTransmitter Power Control Security for AirPort Networks in Businesses and ClassroomsWi-Fi Protected Access WPA and WPA2 Radius SupportWPA and WPA2 Personal WPA and WPA2 Enterprise Setting Up the AirPort Extreme Network Configuring and Sharing Internet AccessSetting Advanced Options Using AirPort Utility Setting AirPort preferencesTo set AirPort preferences To set up your wireless device manually If you don’t see your wireless device in the listSetting Up the AirPort Extreme Network If you can’t open the wireless device settingsAirPort Network Designs Give the Device a Name Wireless Device SettingsChange the Device Password Other InformationSet Device Options Wireless Network SettingsSetting the Wireless Mode Naming the AirPort Extreme NetworkChoosing the Radio Mode Password-protect Your NetworkChanging the Channel Setting Wireless Options Setting Additional Wireless Options Use the Wireless Options pane to set the followingConfiguring and Sharing Internet Access Setting up a Guest NetworkYou’re Using a DSL or Cable Modem What It Looks Like How It WorksWhat You Need for a DSL or Cable Modem Connection What to Do AirPort Network Designs AirPort Network Designs AirPort Network Designs AirPort Network Designs Setting Dhcp and NAT Options AirPort Network Designs Setting Dhcp Only Options Setting Up Client ComputersTo configure TCP/IP on client computers using Mac OS X Next, choose Dhcp from the Configure IPv4 pop-up menu To configure TCP/IP on client computers using Windows To configure TCP/IP on client computersAirPort Network Designs You’re Using an Existing Ethernet Network What You Need for an Ethernet ConnectionWhat to Do AirPort Network Designs AirPort Extreme Ethernet WAN port Time Capsule Setting Advanced Options Setting Up Roaming To set up roamingExtending the Range of an 802.11n Network To extend the range of an 802.11n networkControlling the Range of Your AirPort Network To shorten the range of your AirPort networkTo help protect your network and wireless device Using Wi-Fi Protected AccessKeeping Your Network Secure To set up a WPA or WPA2 Enterprise network To set up a WPA or WPA2 Personal networkSetting Up Access Control To set up the access control listUsing a Radius Server To set up authentication using a Radius serverAirPort Network Designs To set up inbound port mapping To set up a default host To set up logging Logging Using Back to My Mac on your Wireless Network To set up Back to My Mac on your wireless deviceTo set the time automatically Customizing the IPv6 firewall Setting up IPv6To adjust IPv6 firewall settings To manually set IPv6 optionsSharing and Securing USB Hard Disks on Your Network To share a hard disk on your networkUsing a Time Capsule in Your Network Connecting a USB Printer to an Apple Wireless DeviceTo use a printer on your network Adding a Wireless Client to Your 802.11n Network To allow client access to your networkTo change the name of your USB printer Solving Problems On a computer using Mac OSOn a computer using Windows More Information About AirPort AirPort Utility HelpWorld Wide Web Hardware Addresses How Information Reaches Its DestinationPackets and Traffic IP AddressesUsing the AirPort Extreme Base Station Rules for Sending Information ProtocolsBase Station Interfaces Time Capsule Interfaces Using the Time CapsuleUsing the AirPort Express AirPort Express InterfacesApple Wireless Device Functions Items That Can Cause Interference with AirPort Glossary Glossary Glossary Glossary Glossary Glossary Glossary Glossary