D-Link Document – User Manual
Access Shares from Your Operating System
Introduction
There are five data services provided by the Unified Storage. This chapter will show you how to
access shares from different operating systems. We will introduce CIFS/Samba, NFS, FTP, AFP, and
WebDAV. Before you can access the shares, please make sure that you have enabled file sharing
services and related settings in Sharing of Chapter 4.
CIFS and Windows
There are several ways to access a network share in Windows XP and Windows 7 operating
systems. It all follows Windows UNC (Universal Naming Convention) format.
Syntax:
\\\
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can be found from menu bar System Configuration -> System.
is the IP address of one of the network ports. It can be found from menu bar
Network Configuration -> Network Setting.
Method 1: The Address Input in Explorer
Open a Windows Explorer from Start button or by pressing Start key + E. In the address input, put
in the share path and press Enter. Please refer to the screenshot below.
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