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Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................2
1. Making the physical connection............................................................3
2. Setting up IP addresses for network devices .......................................4
3. Setting up your Mac ...............................................................................5
How
do
I
get
my
Mac
on
to
a
network
using
Dynamic
IP
addressing?
3.1 Setting up a Dynamic IP address for your Mac..................................5
How
do
I
get
my
Mac
on
to
a
network
using
Static
IP
addressing?
3.2 Setting up a Static IP address for your Mac ......................................6
How
do
I
get
my
640H
on
to
a
network
?
3.3 Setting up the IP address for the 640H .............................................7
How
do
I
test
that
my
Mac
and
640H
are
correctly
networked?
3.4 Testing your Network configuration ....................................................8
How
do
I
get
my
Mac
to
share
my
music
folder
over
a
network?
3.5 Setting up your Mac to share music over a network.........................8
How
do
I
access/change
the
name
of
the
640H?
3.6 Changing the 640H Name ................................................................10
Ho
w
do
I
get
my
640H
to
access
the
music
folder
on
my
Mac?
3.7 Adding Content to your 640H from your Mac..................................10
3.8 Content to your 640H from your Mac for OSX 10.4.2 and above..11
How
do
I
access
the
640H
from
a
Mac?
3.9 Accessing the 640H from a Mac......................................................12
4. 640H network advice...........................................................................13
5. Lead descriptions.................................................................................14
Introduction
The 640H has many extra features which can be accessed by
connecting it to the internet, or connecting it to a computer network. To
a novice, this can be a complicated process. However, with the help of
this guide, we aim to take you through it step-by-step.
The
procedure
for
connecting
to
a
network
is
broken
down
into
the
following
steps:
• Making the physical connection (i.e. cable)
• Setting up the IP address for the Mac
• Setting up the IP address for the 640H
• Testing the Network configuration
The
procedure
of
adding
content
from
a
Mac
to
the
640H
is
as
follows:
• Setting up a shared folder on the Mac
• Naming your Mac
• Testing the shared folder
• Naming the 640H
• Enabling the Mac's guest account
• Displaying the Mac's content on the 640H
• Accessing the 640H from a Mac
