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Sharkoon USB LANPort 400 manual

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  • Page 1

    USB LANPOR T 40 0 Manual[...]

  • Page 2

    usb LANPort 400 Content 1 . Features 2. Par ts and accessories 3. The device at a glance 4. Getting star ted 4.1 Hardware installation 4.2 Sof tware installation (Windows for example) 5. The user interface 5.1 USB server and device status 5.1 .1 Device free 5.1 .2 Device locally connected 5.1 .3 Device loc k ed by other user 5.1 .4 Other segment 5.[...]

  • Page 3

    usb LANPort 400 1 . F eatur es  • 4-portUSBserver(NDA S)  • AllowsconnectingmanyUSBdevicestoaLAN  • SuitableformanyUSBdevices(e.g.USBstic ks,USBprinters, external hard disk drives etc.)  • Externalinterfaces:4xUSB2.0,1xGigabitLAN(RJ-45) [...]

  • Page 4

    usb LANPort 400 4. Get ting start ed 4.1 Har dwar e installation 1 . Connecttheincludedpatc hcabletotheUSBLANPor t’ snetwork  connectorandanavailablenetworkconnectorofyourswitc h/  hub/router/PCorsimilar . 2. ConnecttheincludedpoweradaptertotheUSB?[...]

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    usb LANPort 400 Note: The softw are will detect the connected USB server and associated devices automatically . Fur thermore the USB server suppor ts automatic and manual IP address assignment; automatic address assignment via DHCP is selected by default. In case your firewall prompts you during the installation process allow the USB server to acc[...]

  • Page 6

    usb LANPort 400 5.2 The user int erface ’ s menu bar 5.2.1 File menu A – Choose “Quit” to exit the program. 5.2.2 Options menu A – Select the desired interface language.  B – Decides(boxc hec k ed/unc hec k ed)iftheselecteddevice shall be automatically connected when starting the server softw are. C ?[...]

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    usb LANPort 400 5.2.3 View menu  A – Decides(boxc hec ked/unchec ked)ifonlyconnected devices or also the server will be displayed. 5.2.4 Help menu  A – Displayssomesoftw areinformation: A A B C[...]

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    usb LANPort 400 a – Define the USB server ’ s name    b – DHCPon(manualIPaddressoff)/DHCPof f (manual IP address on) c – Decide whic h USB port(s) shall automatically be mounted at program start d – “Set“ saves and activates your settings “Cancel“ discards them e – The entries “[...]

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    usb LANPort 400 5.4 Device cont ext menu A – The selected device is mounted and loc k ed for other users (same function as the “Connect device” button).  B – Opensupthedevice ’ sset tingswindow: 5.3.1 Backup fir mwar e The USB server offers the possibility to bac kup the firmware.  Thepop-upwind[...]

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    usb LANPort 400 a – V arious device information is displayed. b – Select a program to be run af ter the respecti ve device has been mounted.  C – Decides(boxc hec k ed/unc hec k ed)ifthedeviceismounted automatically at program start. 6. Configuration via w eb interf ace From the user interface select th[...]

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    usb LANPort 400 6.2 Netw ork  A – Lef t-clic kthelinktoselecttherespecti veentry .  B – Thisareadisplaysthecur rentnetworkstatus:IPSet ting (automatic or manual IP address assignment), IP Address (IP address assigned to the server), Subnet Mask, MAC Address (the serve[...]

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    usb LANPort 400 7 . Disconnect r equest A device being connected to the USB server and mounted by a single user is contemporaneously loc k ed for all other users. The icon “Remote Occupied” indicates that the connected device currently is not available; the but ton “Connect Device” is disabled. Now via the device’ s context menu a disconn[...]

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    usb LANPort 400 8. Important not es 1 . Y ou need to install the server sof tware on every PC, from whic h  youwanttoaccesstheUSBLANP ort40 0. 2. Y our operating system will treat the connected USB device as if it is directly connected to the PC. This means that potential driver s (e.g. printer driver s) need to be installed[...]

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    usb LANPort 400 User A installed the included software on his computer and star ts  itbydouble-clic king(leftmousebutton)onthedesktopicon:  Theserversoftw are’ suserinterfacewilldisplaytheUSBserver: The softw are has detected the USB server and assigned it a standard IP address, but this[...]

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    usb LANPort 400 9.2 Netw ork use (multiple users, addr ess by DHCP)  User AwantstointegratetheUSBLANPor t40 0intohislocal network and connects the doc king station to his router using the  in cl ud ed p at c h ca bl e. H e pl ug s a S A T A HD D to t he U SB L AN P or t 4[...]

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    usb LANPort 400  Us er B w ant st o ac ce ss t he H DD c on ne ct ed t o th e US B LA NP or t4 0 0 from the living room. Therefore he runs the already installed server softw are. The user interface will display the server with all connected  devices:theicon “remoteconnection”indicates?[...]

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    usb LANPort 400 When B does no longer need the device he can dismount it by clic king the “Disconnect but ton” and thereby unloc k the device for further usage. W ar ning: For potential loss of data, especially due to inappropriate handling, SHARK OON assumes no liability . Allnamedproductsanddescriptionsaretrademarksand/or[...]