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Mapping Network Drives

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10. Mapping Network Drives Below are directions to map the shared folders on your NexStar FX Gigabit NAS Adapter as Network Drives on your computer system (Showing NAS disk drive in network). 1. Press the "Start" button on Windows desktop. 2. Open up "Computer" and navigate to "Network." 3. Search through the list of devices connected to your network for the NexStar FX. 4. Double click to enter the NexStar FX (Eg. NST-610NU-N1). 5. You may be asked for authentication. Please enter the User login and Password you have created under SMB. 6. Choose the folder you wish to map. 7. Right-click the mouse button and select "Map Network Drive". 8. You can designate the drive path for the respective folder. Note: For faster connection and usability, we recommend that you map folders which you use constantly as network drives. This creates a direct access to the shared folders on the NAS from My Computer. 31

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10. Mapping Network Drives
Below are directions to map the shared folders on your NexStar FX Gigabit NAS Adapter as
Network Drives on your computer system (Showing NAS disk drive in network).
1.
Press the “Start” button on Windows desktop.
2.
Open up “Computer” and navigate to “Network.”
3. Search through the list of devices connected to your network for the NexStar FX.
4. Double click to enter the NexStar FX (Eg. NST-610NU-N1).
5. You may be asked for authentication. Please enter the User login and Password you have
created under SMB.
6. Choose the folder you wish to map.
7.
Right-click the mouse button and select “Map Network Drive”.
8. You can designate the drive path for the respective folder.
Note:
For faster connection and usability, we recommend that you map folders which you
use constantly as network drives. This creates a direct access to the shared folders on the
NAS from My Computer.