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LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Administering Your LaCie 2big Network 2 page 37 4.6. Dashboard: General Settings This page allows the administrator to modify some of your 2big Network 2's general parameters. Machine Name: Modify the machine name. The machine name identifies your 2big Network 2 in LaCie Network Assistant and on the local network. IMPORTANT INFO: The machine name is limited to 15 characters. 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 type the address of a Network Time Protocol server to provide the time for the 2big Network 2 automatically. While NTP is selected, you can't modify the time and date settings. Workgroup: Modify the Windows workgroup name to set your 2big Network 2 to belong to a certain workgroup. Domain: See section 4.6.1. Active Directory. TECHNICAL NOTE: Mac users connected to a network with Windows com­puters can also access shares this way by selecting in the Finder Network > [Workgroup] > LaCie-2big where "[Work­group]" is the name of the Windows workgroup. Toggle Services: Turn the various services off or on. By default, all these services are enabled. However, UPnP and Time Machine services also need to be enabled at the share level in order to be operative (4.9. Dashboard: Shares). ✦✦ SMB: Toggle this feature to activate/deactivate the SMB network transfer protocol. ✦✦ AFP: Toggle this feature to activate/deactivate the AFP (Apple Filing Protocol). ✦✦ FTP Service: Toggle this feature on to allow your 2big Network 2 to be accessible via File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Refer to section 3.6. Accessing Shares via FTP for details on FTP access. Fig. 42 continued on the next page >>

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LaCie 2big Network 2
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DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON
Administering Your LaCie 2big Network 2
User Manual
page 37
4.6. Dashboard: General Settings
This page allows the administrator to modify some of your 2big Net-
work 2’s general parameters.
Machine Name:
Modify the machine name. The machine name
identifies your 2big Network 2 in LaCie Network Assistant and on
the 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 type
the address of a Network Time Protocol server to provide the time
for the 2big Network 2 automatically. While NTP is selected, you
can’t modify the time and date settings.
Workgroup:
Modify the Windows workgroup name to set your 2big
Network 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 computers can also access shares this way by selecting in the
Finder
Network > [Workgroup] > LaCie-2big
where “[Workgroup]”
is the name of the Windows workgroup.
Toggle Services:
Turn the various services off or on. By default, all
these 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 (Apple
Filing Protocol).
✦
FTP Service:
Toggle this feature on to allow your 2big Network
2 to be accessible via File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
Refer to
section
3.6. Accessing Shares via FTP
for details on FTP ac-
cess.
continued on the next page >>
Fig. 42