User manual COMET LABS MGB100 - QUICK START GUIDE

Quick Installation Guide MGB100 Portable Wireless AP Storage English version 1.1 1. Check Your Package Contents l l l l l MGB100 device 2.4GHz dipole antenna Power adapter (5 Volts DC, 2A) RJ-45 Ethernet cable Quick installation guide 2. Hardware Configuration Ports Power USB1 / USB2 LAN Description 5V / 2A Power inlet The ports where you can connect to any USB storage. Automatically MDI / MDIX LAN port can sense the cable type when connecting to Ethernet-enabled computer, network of hub, switch, or router. Buttons Shutdown Description Press the button about 4 seconds to shut down the whole system before power-off. Backup Press the button over 4 seconds to copy data form USB device to HDD Reset Press the buttons of "Shutdown" and "Backup" simultaneously over 6 seconds to reset the system setting to factory default. 2 3. LED Indicators USB1 PWR USB2 Backup HDD Status LAN WLAN HDD LED PWR LAN WLAN HDD USB 1 / USB 2 Backup Off Power off No device No packet Not in use No device On Power on Linked On Transmitting HDD read/write USB drive ready Blinking In use Backup files from USB to HDD HDD Status No HDD HDD full or error More blinking quickly, fewer available HDD capacity. 3 4. Making Connections Check TCP/IP settings: Step 1: Select the "My Network Places" on the Desktop Menu, and click the right button of mouse to choose the "Properties" Step 2: Choose the "Properties" of Local Area Connection. Step 3 Check the "Client for Microsoft Networks", "File and Printer Sharing : for Microsoft Networks", and "Interne t Protocol (TCP/IP)" are installed or not. If not, please install those communication protocols. Wired Ethernet settings: Use one Ethernet cable to connect the MGB100 and your computer directly. Then follow the step below to connect the MGB100 under the wired Ethernet environment. Find the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties from the My Network Places and check the Properties of Local Area Network Connection. And click the "General" icon and assign one IP address which can be from 192.168.123.1 to 192.168.123.253. Here we use the 192.168.123.88 as the IP address. The Subnet mask must be: 255.255.255.0 and the Default gateway must be: 192.168.123.254. Then click "OK" button to complete TCP/IP setup. 4 Wireless connection: Follow the steps below to connect the MGB100 in a wireless environment. Step 1: Enabling the WLAN card first, and check the Wireless Network Connection properties from My Network Places Step 2: Select the Wireless Networks icon after entering the "Wireless Network Connection Properties". You will find the MGB100 in the Available networks, then select the MGB100, and click Configure to connect. After clicking the "Configure" icon, make sue the Network name (SSID) is MGB100. 5 5. File Sharing The MGB100 can be a shared network hard drive in an existing wireless or wired network environment. The users in the same network area can read or write data from the device as required. The following various steps are for users to start using the network hard drive. Accessing the network hard drive via My Network Places Select the "My Network Places" and type the address of "\\mgb100" and press "Enter", then you will find the Storage icon. Searching the computers Open "My Computer" on the desktop menu, and use the Search" function to " search the computer of "mgb100" as below. Search the "Entire Network" manually Open Windows Explorer, and then click the My Network Places icon. Double click the Entire Network to view the components of the network. Select and click the Microsoft Windows Network icon, then the various network components showed in the list. The default Workgroup of MGB100 is Mshmoe. 6 6. Making Configuration The MGB100 can be configured various settings through the Configuration Tool. Even you don't know which IP is being used by MGB100, the Configuration Tool will help you to find it. All you have to do is click the "Query" button of the Configuration Tool. NOTE: The status of your environment may not be the same as this picture. 7