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5. Access the Web conguration interface via your Web browser, then
refer to Section 4: Web Conguration in the user manual.
6. Model 505888: Go to the Maintenance menu and use the disk utility
to format the drive. When only using the NAS as network drive, using
EXT2 is recommended; when also using it as a USB drive, NTFS or
FAT32 will be more convenient, depending on your operating system.
Model 505895: Go to Section 4.2.5: Maintenance in the user manual
and use the disk utility to format the drive. If two identical drives are
installed, you can also go to Section 4.2.5.2: RAID Setting in the user
manual and create your RAID array.
7. Once the drive is formatted, go to Section 4.1: Web Conguration /
Basic in the user manual and follow the quick setup wizard instructions.
This will help you to set up the IP conguration, add the rst user and
prepare le sharing, after which you’ll be ready to start sharing or
downloading les. NOTE: Set the speed for your network card to auto
and not full or half speed.
Power On/Off Procedures
Model 505888 / 1.5 TB
To turn the power on, simply connect the power supply. NOTE: Always
connect the power adapter to the Gigabit SATA NAS before you plug it
into an AC outlet. It’ll take about two minutes for the network drive to go
online and be ready.
To turn off the network drive, log in via your Web browser, stop all current
downloads, go to the “Turn Off Server” screen (Section 4.2.3: System)
and turn the server off. Once the system has shut down, remove the
power adapter from the AC outlet. When using Gigabit SATA NAS as a
USB drive, eject the external drive from your system and then remove
the power adapter from the AC outlet.
Model 505895 / 3 TB
To turn the power on, rst connect the power adapter to the NAS, then plug
it into an AC outlet. Press the Power switch. The blue backlight LED will
turn on, and the unit will start to boot up. It will take about a minute for the
device to go online and be ready. During bootup, the OS LED will blink.