User guide

Printing and sharing media files
Using MediaSpace to share media
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Configuring your home network
Before you can use the My MediaSpace feature, you may need to change the
configuration of your home network. See the following sections for more
information.
Configuring a router with MediaSpace
To use MediaSpace media-sharing capabilities, your router must be UPnP-
compliant, and UPnP must be turned on. (Usually, you configure your
router with the software that came with the router, or through a local
administration web page that you access by typing a specific IP address into
your web browser.) For most routers, UPnP support is turned on by
default.
Using My MediaSpace with a firewall
Many firewall applications warn you about peer-to-peer activity and about
applications that make use of the Internet. The warning for My MediaSpace
varies depending on the firewall software but basically asks if you want to
let one or more Roxio components share files on your network. To use My
MediaSpace, you will need to grant this access.
Enabling or disabling home network sharing
To enable or disable home networking sharing:
1 On the Task Bar, click Share and choose Manage My MediaSpace
(UPnP).
The Manage My MediaSpace dialog box appears.
2 To enable home network sharing, click Start Sharing.
The button name changes to “Stop Sharing.”
3 To disable home network sharing, click Stop Sharing.
The button name changes to “Start Sharing.”
4 Click Done to close the dialog box.
Granting access
Follow this procedure to give other users on other computers in your home
network access to your files.