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Accessing Your Digital Media, Windows System Passwords, Macintosh OSX, Linux

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Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000/9150 User Manual If you are using the UPNP Framework under Windows XP, configure your desktop firewall to allow port 1900 UDP and 2869 TCP. For more information see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/ 886257/. Accessing Your Digital Media The following sections provide some suggestions for accessing digital media with Windows, Macintosh OSX, and Linux. Windows System Passwords If your system requires a password on startup, you need to use one of these access methods: • Recommended: Enable guest access on PCs that have a startup password. From the Windows Start menu, select Settings > Control Panel > User Accounts, and enable guest access. • Manually enter passwords on your Digital Entertainer Elite. • Remove the password from the main administrator account. Macintosh OSX Turn off the Macintosh firewall, and then select the sharing icon from system preferences. 1. Click Firewall, select Stop, and verify that "Firewall off" is displayed. 2. Select the sharing icon from system preferences, and select the Windows Sharing check box. Make sure that "Windows Sharing On" is displayed. Once the system is up and running, for better security you can configure your OSX firewall to allow file access while blocking other network ports. For file sharing you must allow access through TCP ports 139 and 445, and UDP ports 137 and 138. Linux You need to load and install a Samba server. • On Redhat 9 systems, click the Red Hat button, and select System Settings > Server Settings > Samba Server. Click Add in the dialog box that displays. • On other systems, you might need to install the Samba server (smbd) manually and modify the samba configuration file (/etc/smb.conf on most systems; select the man smbd check box). If Samba is not installed, see http://www.samba.org. Maintenance and Troubleshooting 7-3 v1.0, March 2009

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Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000/9150 User Manual
Maintenance and Troubleshooting
7-3
v1.0, March 2009
If you are using the UPNP Framework under Windows XP, configure your desktop firewall to
allow port 1900 UDP and 2869 TCP. For more information see
886257/.
Accessing Your Digital Media
The following sections provide some suggestions for accessing digital media with Windows,
Macintosh OSX, and Linux.
Windows System Passwords
If your system requires a password on startup, you need to use one of these access methods:
•
Recommended: Enable guest access on PCs that have a startup password. From the Windows
Start menu, select Settings > Control Panel > User Accounts, and enable guest access.
•
Manually enter passwords on your Digital Entertainer Elite.
•
Remove the password from the main administrator account.
Macintosh OSX
Turn off the Macintosh firewall, and then select the sharing icon from system preferences.
1.
Click
Firewall
, select Stop, and verify that “Firewall off” is displayed.
2.
Select the sharing icon from system preferences, and select the Windows Sharing check box.
Make sure that “Windows Sharing On” is displayed.
Once the system is up and running, for better security you can configure your OSX firewall to
allow file access while blocking other network ports. For file sharing you must allow access
through TCP ports 139 and 445, and UDP ports 137 and 138.
Linux
You need to load and install a Samba server.
•
On Redhat 9 systems, click the
Red Hat
button, and select
System Settings > Server Settings > Samba Server. Click
Add
in the dialog box that displays.
•
On other systems, you might need to install the Samba server (smbd) manually and modify the
samba configuration file (/etc/smb.conf on most systems; select the man smbd check box). If
Samba is not installed, see
.