LOOQS MeeBox Router User Manual

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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

This manual is related to the following products:

MeeBox NAS