LaCie 5big Network 2 User Manual

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LaCie 5big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Administering Your LaCie 5big Network 2User Manual page 334.6. Dashboard: General SettingsThis page allows the administrator to modify some of your 5big Net-work 2’s general parameters.Machine Name: Modify the machine name. The machine nameidentifies your 5big Network 2 in LaCie Network Assistant and onthe local network.IMPORTANT INFO: The machine name is limited to 15 charac-ters.Date (mm/dd/yy): Change the date.Time: Change the time.Language: Change the Dashboard language.Time zone: Change the time zone.NTP Server: Click the box, then click the field to the right and typethe address of a Network Time Protocol server to provide the timefor the 5big Network 2 automatically. While NTP is selected, youcan’t modify the time and date settings.Workgroup: Modify the Windows workgroup name to set your 5bigNetwork 2 to belong to a certain workgroup.Domain: See section 4.6.1. Active Directory.TECHNICAL NOTE: Mac users connected to a network with Win-dows com puters can also access shares this way by selecting in theFinder Network > [Workgroup] > LaCie-5big where “[Workgroup]”is the name of the Windows workgroup.Toggle Services: Turn the various services off or on. By default, allthese services are enabled. However, UPnP and Time Machine ser-vices also need to be enabled at the share level in order to be op-erative (4.9. Dashboard: Shares).✦ SMB: Toggle this feature to activate/deactivate the SMB net-work transfer protocol.✦ AFP: Toggle this feature to activate/deactivate the AFP (AppleFiling Protocol).✦ FTP Service: Toggle this feature on to allow your 5big Network2 to be accessible via File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Refer tosection 3.4. Accessing Shares via FTP for details on FTP ac-cess.continued on the next page >>Fig. 36