This only applies to firmware 2.0 or higher to access your PC from your mede8er
First step: enable file sharing on WinXP:
1.Control Panel
2. Network Connections
3. Right click on your active network interface
4. Left click on properties
5. Verify if File- and Printersharing is enabled
Second step: enable the guest account (This step is not needed if your WinXP PC uses Simple File Sharing mode):
1. Control Panel
2. User Accounts
3. Click on guest account
4. Enable guest account
Third step: Share desired folders on your PC for the mede8er:
1. Start Windows Explorer (Not confuse with Internet Explorer)
2. Goto the folder you want to share on one of your local discs
3. Click with right mouse on the folder to share
4. Select Sharing and Security
5. Depending on if your WinXP PC uses Simple File Sharing, the screen will be different.
For a WinXP PC with Simple File Sharing enabled:
- Toggle the square to enable sharing of the folder
For a WinXP PC with Simple File Sharing disabled:
- Select Share This Folder
- Click on Permissions Button
- Click on Add and select the Guest account
- Select OK
Last step: Get access from your mede8er:
1. Goto the Network menu
2. Select WORKGROUP and select the WinXP PC with ok. (or add PC in Shortcut menu as described here if you don't see workgroup and pc:
http://www.mede8erforum.com/index.php?topic=47.0)
3. For user fill in: guest leave password blank and select OK or OK save to shortcut
To access the mede8er from your PC:
- Be sure that you have switched NAS to ON in the Mede8er setup
- On your PC open the file explorer (so not the internet explorer)
- Click on the network icon and your Mede8er will show up. Click on it to browse the content of the internal disk if you have one installed
- If you don't see it, try to type \\mede8er on the input line on the top (or if you gave it another hostname type the hostname in stead)