LOOQS MeeBox Router - Manual (Page 3)

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User Guide LOOQS MeeBox Router
Table of Contents
Part 1 - About Your MeeBox .............................................................................. 6
Safety Precautions ...................................................................................................... 7
Specifications .............................................................................................................. 8
What’s in the Box ........................................................................................................ 9
Product Exterior ......................................................................................................... 10
Front ....................................................................................................................................... 10
Rear ........................................................................................................................................ 11
Note for Macintosh users ......................................................................................... 12
Part 2 - Setting Up Your MeeBox ..................................................................... 13
Setting up the network ............................................................................................ 14
Step 1: Prepare Your Computers ...................................................................................... 14
Step 2: Connect your MeeBox to Your Cable or DSL Modem ................................... 15
Step 3: Connect Your Computers to your MeeBox ...................................................... 16
Step 4: Configure Your MeeBox’s Network Settings ..................................................... 16
Step 5: Check Internet Connectivity ............................................................................... 17
Adding user accounts ............................................................................................. 18
Part 3 - Using Your MeeBox ............................................................................. 19
Using your MeeBox as a UPnP media server ......................................................... 20
Copying files into the media folder ................................................................................. 20
Managing the media server ............................................................................................. 21
Understanding scan options ............................................................................................. 22
Enabling/disabling the media server ............................................................................... 23
Using your MeeBox as an iTunes server ................................................................. 25
Enabling the iTunes server .................................................................................................. 25
Copying music to your MeeBox ....................................................................................... 25
Using your MeeBox as a network storage device ............................................... 26
Accessing a share in Windows ......................................................................................... 27
Accessing a share in Mac OS X or Linux ......................................................................... 27
Mapping a share to a drive letter (Windows only) ....................................................... 28
Accessing a second internal hard drive ......................................................................... 28