Lacie 2big Network 2 User Manual - Page 38

LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Administering Your LaCie 2big Network 2 page 38 ✦✦ UPnP: This feature allows your 2big Network 2 to act as a UPnP multimedia server. Files stored in shares where UPnP service is active will be available to play on UPnP-enabled players (such as cell phones, computers, and game consoles). For information on using your 2big Network 2 to stream files to your UPnP devices, see 3.7. Multimedia Server. For information on using the 2big Network 2 as an iTunes music server, see section 3.8. iTunes Music Server. ✦✦ Time Machine: The 2big Network 2 is compatible with Apple's Time Machine, which backs up your Macintosh onto an external volume at regular intervals. TECHNICAL NOTE: If you've just added new content to the 2big Network 2, it could take a few minutes before they are available to UPnP/DLNA-certified players/adapters. 4.6.1. Active Directory This feature allows you to join the 2big Network 2 to a Windows domain. Once connected, existing users/passwords in the domain are respected by the 2big Network 2 and treated exactly as if they were created in the Dashboard. You can use the Users page to assign domain users access to the 2big Network 2's shares. To connect to a share, click the Domain box, then fill in the Fully Qualified Domain Name, Admin login, and Admin password. For more complex network configurations, click the Advanced Criteria arrow and fill in the Server name and IP address (Fig. 43). To leave the domain, click the Leave button, then authenticate by inputting admin username and password (Fig. 44). Once connected, you should see the domain's associated users in the Dashboard's Users page (these users will be identified by the word Domain in place of password). Fig. 43 Fig. 44