![]() ![]() True, most people won’t need to assign a manual DHCP address in a home environment, but one would expect a static IP address to hold if need be. One thing we don’t like about the GoFlex though is that if you assign a static IP address to the unit, the settings will be lost in the event of a power cycle/power outage. ![]() Most of what is needed is available in the admin control section. Preferences: Admin control for user accounts and device settings. This section also provides access to any USB drives plugged into the GoFlex base unit. Seagate Share: this provides the logged in user with access to the public folder as well as private and backup files under their ownership – from here one can add these to a public share folder (or create a new public share folder) for global access. Share: access to personal shares (media files, directories that you’ve shared with other users). ![]() The Seagate Share web utility is accesed via Dashboard and has three options: Unlimited user accounts, secure FTP and direct publishing to Facebook and Flickr accounts all come at a price. Here's a breakdown of the features on offer in the standard and Pro versions of Seagate Share: Personally we’d have preferred it if Seagate had allowed the creation of more than five user accounts for “free” considering that we’ve got 2TB of storage on tap here. The Dashboard utility is supplied by Memeo, and allows complete/partial system backups, file shares, admin control and also provides a link through to Seagate’s Premium services, which allow an unlimited number of user accounts to be added at a cost of $19.99 per annum - by default only five user accounts can be created although multiple logins per account are allowed. ![]() If it's media/music streaming you're after, simply upload files into the Public folder and they'll be available on the network to DLNA and iTunes. Media/music files placed in the Public folder are available to DLNA/iTunes by default.Īs soon as the master user account has been created, you're free to upload files to the GoFlex Home. Seagate uses an Axentra based OS with a front end provided by Memeo for software control of the GoFlex drive (we’re testing the Windows version here):įirst-time setup is painless, the software will prompt you to setup a master account (mandatory for access), install the Seagate Dashboard user utility to the system tray and then proceed to map three folders to the OS: The GoFlex ships with a driver CD supporting both Microsoft Windows and Apple’s Mac OS. ![]()
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