Chapter 13 Dropbox

 

 

 

 

 

Table 97 Applications > Dropbox (continued)

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

Enable Dropbox

Select this to synchronize and back up your Dropbox account. The first time you do this

 

 

a Dropbox screen prompts you to log into your Dropbox account.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then a NSA pop-up opens. Click Get Ready.

Click Allow when the Dropbox screen notifies you of the NSA’s DropNAS application trying to connect to your Dropbox account.

 

After the NSA connects to Dropbox, clear the Enable Dropbox option and click Apply

 

to stop syncing your files with Dropbox without logging out from your Dropbox account.

 

Click Logout instead to be able to use the NSA with another Dropbox account.

 

 

Apply

Click this to save your changes.

13.3 How to Use Dropbox with the NSA

Here is how to use the Drop2NAS and zDownload folders the NSA creates in your Dropbox account.

Using the Drop2NAS Folder

The NSA connects to Dropbox and copies files in the Drop2NAS folder to the NSA’s admin\Dropbox\FromDropbox folder and empties the Drop2NAS folder. The NSA initiates connections to the Dropbox server so you do not need to configure rules on a firewall in front of the NSA to allow access to the NSA. Dropbox is not connecting to the NSA. When you upload files of the same name to the Drop2NAS folder, the NSA adds a number to the names of the files in the NSA’s

 

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