Maxtor II Portable Media Storage User Manual


 
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MAXTOR SHARED STORAGE II WINDOWS INSTALLATION
Considerations for Home Media Networks
Some data may not be available for access for up to two
(2) hours after being copied to the Shared Storage
Drive. To obtain immediate access to these media files,
click the Refresh button located in Web UI.
–Take a survey and note all of the wireless devices in
your household (e.g., radio’s, stereo’s, speakers,
phones, cell phones, microwave ovens, alarms, etc.).
Use of a hand held WiFi detector will help determine
strength and weakness of WiFi signals in your home.
Be suspicious of any wireless devices in the same
general area and remove them from the WiFi paths of
your routers and media players.
In some cases, firewalls may need to be disabled and
re-enabled.
Most wireless devices broadcast a wireless frequency
by default. Check the documentation of your wireless
media players for configuration (WEP) settings.
Check that your wireless router (WEP) security settings
will allow detection and connection of new devices.
–Try moving your media player within a couple of feet of
your wireless router for configuration and connection.
When configuring and detecting wireless devices, keep
an Ethernet cable handy to hard wire the devices
together for diagnosis.
If you continue to have problems with your WiFi
connection dropping off line, consider hardwiring the
devices with Cat5e Ethernet cabling.
If you’re still having detection issues, reset all network
devices by physically unplugging them from power.
Power on all routers, switches, the Maxtor Shared
Storage Drive, computers, and finally media players.