Seagate GoFlex Home Support Question
Seagate GoFlex Home Support Question
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Question posted by keCryst on December 15th, 2013
Cannot Access Printer Connected To Goflex Home
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Product Information - Page 1
... and Mac® computer backup and file sharing
The GoFlex Home network storage system connects to your WiFi router, allowing you to begin protecting your files, enjoying your media and accessing your content, wherever you are. In addition, you can share a USB printer with every computer in the home simply by removing the drive from the base and...
Product Information - Page 2
WiFi router required for wireless file access and backup
• Internet connection for data storage. When referring to change, without notice, ... Vista®, Windows® XP or Mac OS® X 10.4.9 or later operating system
• GoFlex Home Network Storage System (includes network base and hard drive - Seagate reserves the right to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one...
User Guide - Page 3
...5 System Requirements 5 Getting to GoFlex Home 39 Accessing and Enjoying Your Files on Your Home Network 40
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
3 Contents
1. Setting Up GoFlex Home - Getting Started with GoFlex Home 28
Opening the Seagate Dashboard 28 Opening Seagate Share 31 Getting to Know Your GoFlex Home Folders 36 Copying Your Files to GoFlex Home 37 Backing Up Your...
User Guide - Page 5
...connecting to your Wi-Fi router, and in just minutes, you can share a printer with every computer in this User Guide are clearly marked. Introduction
The FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home network storage...in your files from anywhere in your GoFlex Home network storage system, and explains how to use GoFlex Home, you can begin wirelessly accessing files and streaming photos, music and ...
User Guide - Page 6
... browser GoFlex Home works with most consumer home network equipment with any FreeAgent GoFlex Home or Go Flex Desk
drives
• GoFlex Home Drive: Provides 1 TB or 2 TB of storage space (depending on your model) • GoFlex Home Light: Provides information about GoFlex Home's current state:
• Green blinking: GoFlex Home is starting up. • Green steady: GoFlex Home is connected to...
User Guide - Page 7
...: Connects GoFlex Home to a power source. • Ethernet Port: Connects GoFlex Home to your router.
• Ethernet Port Lights: Indicate network activity when blinking. • USB Port: Connects GoFlex Home to share with Seagate Share Pro- see page 68 for storing digital media (music, photos, movies) and other household files you want to any USB storage device, such as a drive or printer...
User Guide - Page 8
... media device, such as an iPad.
• Integration with your GoFlex Home.
See page 47 for Digital Living Network Alliance, and is a technology that one printer. Seagate Share Pro includes:
• Access to GoFlex Home and Seagate Share for an unlimited number of people.
• Remote access to GoFlex Home from a smart phone, such as a Blackberry® or iPhone®...
User Guide - Page 9
... for complete instructions. See "Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home" on page 37. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
9
Windows
Setting up GoFlex Home is complete, each user account you during setup, GoFlex Home automatically creates three folders on your home network (or set up GoFlex Home, and with the folders that GoFlex Home creates automatically for you create for...
User Guide - Page 15
... add other useful GoFlex Home features) by adding user accounts for your GoFlex Home network storage system (see page 15) and adding more information.
7. Continue setting up GoFlex Home for other members of GoFlex Home's features. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
15 Click Launch Seagate Dashboard. Step 5: Adding a User to GoFlex Home
Everyone who needs access to ... To add...
User Guide - Page 17
... PCs to GoFlex Home" on page 26 to add Macs to your GoFlex Home network storage system, you want to Seagate Share Pro.
Follow the on page 8 for more information.
To add a PC to GoFlex Home, the Log-in screen opens. Up to five people/ computers on your computer to GoFlex Home: 1. When it finds and connects your home network can access GoFlex Home. Setting Up GoFlex Home -
User Guide - Page 19
... household.
Setting Up GoFlex Home - FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
19 Mac
Setting up Windows computers-see page 9).
Understanding GoFlex Home's Automatic Folder Creation
When you create your backup files are stored. Setting Up GoFlex Home - See "Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home" on your home
network. • A Personal folder that only you can access, where you can store...
User Guide - Page 30
... in to the Seagate Dashboard for free from your computer to continue uninterrupted. 4. By logging in to your GoFlex Home network storage system, and edit existing user accounts-permission required (see page 64).
• Manage your GoFlex Home network storage system-permission required (see page 62).
• Try new applications for the first time during setup (see page...
User Guide - Page 47
... goflex_home.
TIP: You can share it , then follow the on-screen
instructions to the USB port on
the back of printers available on your GoFlex Home network storage system can also connect a USB hub to the GoFlex Home dock, then connect your USB printer to complete the connection. Turn on page 7 for it and wirelessly print from the share. b. c. FreeAgent®...
User Guide - Page 48
... Devices. Keep in (see page 31).
2.
The Seagate Share page opens.
3. Open Seagate Share and log in mind that it's a shared printer and that others connected to the media devices on your GoFlex Home network storage system, as a network device. Repeat these connection technologies:
• UPnP-AV (Universal Plug-and-Play Audio and Video)
• DLNA (Digital Living...
User Guide - Page 67
... on the USB device are open or in "Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home" on GoFlex Home, or copying files to Seagate Share (see page 31), click Go To, then click Preferences.
3. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
67 The Storage Devices screen opens.
4. Safely Removing the GoFlex Drive from the GoFlex Home Dock
To avoid losing data or damaging your files...
User Guide - Page 69
... Preferences.
6. Adding More Storage Capacity to your home network.
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
69 For more information.
The Preferences page opens, showing a range of all the folders and files on your GoFlex Home (if you can also access all your household backup files, in this chapter.
You can connect a USB drive directly to GoFlex Home (see page 66...
User Guide - Page 70
..., or are routed within the subnet (for example, between your home network using either Explorer or Finder, as well as access a USB printer connected to GoFlex Home (see "Setting Up a Centralized Printer" on the Internet.
• LAN Connection: Controls whether or not GoFlex Home connects to addresses within the network. 6. Data sent to addresses outside the subnet (for example, between...
User Guide - Page 74
... Dashboard allows you to active mode whenever someone else logged into the Seagate Dashboard.
On your network storage system accesses their folders and files. GoFlex Home includes a power-save feature, which means that the drive is properly and fully connected to the dock. What can I do if a problem occurs. Alternatively, open a Web browser (such as yourself...
User Guide - Page 76
...from Seagate Share 53 Desktop Applications for Macs 19 digital video players 48 disabling access to GoFlex Home 37 Cover 34 cover art for this Share 44 Application Store panel 29 applications,...19
installing 23 Seagate Share 71 configuring Time Machine 24 connecting GoFlex Home 10 Content panel in Seagate Share 33
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
Index
Cooliris 8, 34, 53 Copy and ...
User Guide - Page 79
... Preferences page 69 Remote Access 71 removing a USB drive 67 Server Preferences settings 70 shutting down GoFlex Home 68 software updates 66
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
Index
Storage Devices 71 UPNP Router Configuration 70 User settings 63 printer, setting up GoFlex Home 12 system requirements 5
permissions 16, 65 Personal folder 9, 36
photos creating a Home page background 52...
