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Freecom FSG-3 Storage Gateway

Chapter 7: Accessing the FSG-3 from Windows

There are several ways to access the FSG-3 from Windows:

7.1 Freecom Storage Gateway Assistant

It is possible to map network drives using the Freecom Storage Gateway

Assistant. Please see the Freecom Storage Gateway Assistant chapter for more

information.

7.2 Manual mapping

Accessing data is performed using the following steps:

1. Press the ‘Start’ menu, select the ‘Run...’ option. When the ‘Run’ dialog

opens, type \\FSG_Name (where FSG_Name is name of the FSG-3 set in the

LAN section of the Connection menu of the configuration). Press the ‘OK’

button to continue. Login as user or administrator.

2. FSG’s root directory will appear. You will see all of the configured shares. A

user can read and write to his specific folder, the administrator has read/write

access to all folders. To setup security and password protection, please refer

to the "‘Configuration" section of this manual.

To setup a printer see the ‘External USB devices’ section. FSG-3 can be

accessed by multiple PCs simultaneously by following this step. A drive letter

can also be mapped to FSG-3. See point 3.

3. From the previous step’s ‘Root Directory’ screen or the windows explorer, use

the pull down menu and click ‘Tools’ and then select ‘Map Network Drive’.

The ‘Map Network Drive’ program will run. Select the drive letter you would

like FSG-3 to assume from the ‘Drive:’ pull down menu.

Enter the ‘\\FSG_Name\share_name’ in the ‘Folder:’ field (where FSG_Name

is the ‘FSG-3 Name’ set in the configuration section and share_name is the

‘Shared Folder Name’ set). You can also browse for the shared folder by

pressing the ‘Browse’ button and searching through the ‘Entire Network’

and then the ‘Microsoft Windows Network’. Once complete, press the

‘Finish’ button. FSG-3 is now mapped to a drive letter.