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Making a Direct Wireless Connection, Using a Web Browser to Connect Wirelessly

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Connecting the Drive When you connect the wireless drive to your home's Wi-Fi network, all devices on your home network can access the content stored on your wireless drive. ▪ USB Connection: In USB Connection mode, you can connect your My Passport Wireless Pro drive to your computer using the provided USB 3.0 cable, essentially turning the drive into a Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) drive. Note: While connected to a computer, the drive's Wi-Fi is turned off. Note: See "Using a USB Connection to Load Content" for information about USB connections. Making a Direct Wireless Connection Using a Web Browser to Connect Wirelessly Use the following steps to wirelessly connect to your My Passport Wireless Pro drive. 1. Make sure the My Passport Wireless Pro drive is on and the Wi-Fi LED is lit. 2. Do one of the following: ▪ In Windows, click the network icon in the notification area ▪ On a Mac, click System Preferences > Network > Wi-Fi 3. Select My Passport (2.4 GHz) -XXXX or My Passport (5 GHz) -XXXX from the Network list. Replace the XXXX with the last four characters of the MAC address from the label on the bottom of your My Passport Wireless Pro drive. The My Passport Wireless Pro 19 User Manual

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When you connect the wireless drive to your home's Wi-Fi network, all devices on your
home network can access the content stored on your wireless drive.
▪
USB Connection
: In USB Connection mode, you can connect your My Passport
Wireless Pro drive to your computer using the provided USB 3.0 cable, essentially
turning the drive into a Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) drive.
Note:
While connected to a computer, the drive’s Wi-Fi is turned off.
Note:
See “Using a USB Connection to Load Content” for information about USB connections.
Making a Direct Wireless Connection
Using a Web Browser to Connect Wirelessly
Use the following steps to wirelessly connect to your My Passport Wireless Pro drive.
1.
Make sure the My Passport Wireless Pro drive is on and the Wi-Fi LED is lit.
2.
Do one of the following:
▪
In Windows, click the network icon in the notification area
▪
On a Mac, click
System Preferences > Network > Wi-Fi
3.
Select
My Passport (2.4 GHz) -XXXX
or
My Passport (5 GHz) -XXXX
from the Network list. Replace the XXXX with the last four characters of the MAC
address from the label on the bottom of your My Passport Wireless Pro drive. The
Connecting the Drive
My Passport Wireless Pro
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