MAXTOR SHARED STORAGE II WEB USER INTERFACE
Shared Folders Management
Overview
Use the Shared Folders Management page to manage the way people access and store information on your Shared Storage Drive.
The Shared Folders Management page is where you can:
–Create a New Shared Folder
–Modify Shared Folder Access Privileges.
–Delete, Suspend or
–Manage Digital Photos, Music and Video for UPnP Audio/Video players connected to you home/office network
Using the Shared Folders Management Page
–Select what action you would like to do.
–If you want to redisplay a page (to change something you entered on it, for example), click Back.
–After making a change, click Next.
–Go back and forth between pages until you are satisfied that the information is correct.
–To stop and lose your changes, click Cancel. You can stop at any time.
Create a New Shared Folder
To Create a New Public Shared Folder
If you create a share that has Public access, this means that all users will be able to access the folder as well as read and write to the folder.
1.Click Create a New Shared Folder.
2.Type in the desired name for the new shared folder. Note: the Name can be no longer than 32 characters.
3.Set the Access Privileges at:
–Public shared folder if you would like everyone to have access.
4.Click Next.
5.You will see confirmation that the share was successfully created. Click OK to go back to the Shared Folders Management page.
6.Click New if you want to create another Share on your Shared Storage Drive.
To Create a New Defined Access Shared Folder
If you Define the shared folder access you will be able to limit the users that can access the Shared Folder.
1.Click Create a New Shared Folder.
2.Type in the desired name for the new shared folder. Note: the Name can be no longer than 32 characters.
3.Set the Access Privileges at:
–Define shared folder access privileges if you would like to limit user access to this share.
4.Click Next.
5.Set User Access for the share by selecting the appropriate buttons for the users that you want to have access to the folder.
–Full Access - This will allow the selected user to Read, Write, and Create new files in the selected Shared Folder
–Read Only Access - This will allow the selected user to only read the files in the selected shared folder
–No Access - This will allow no access to the selected shared folder.
6.Click Next.
7.You will see a confirmation that the share was created. Click OK to return to the Shared Folders Management page.
Click New if you want to create another Share on your Shared Storage Drive.
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