Category: Geeks r Us
So, for my birthday present, I told my mom I wanted a network hard drive, which I thought would be completely accessible.
First off, when trying to install the software, all went well, but there were several unlabeled buttons. Basically, I just hit next, not even knowing what I was agreeing to, but somehow configured it successfully.
The drive shows up on my various computers, and by default, it comes with four different shares: Time Machine, Nathan, Smartware, and public. When I log into the web interface, and try to modify who can have access to each share, in other words, modifying or deleting the share altogether I noticed that there are a number of unlabeled buttons, which I assume are the modification controls. My first question is how do I get around this? Also, I tried accessing the drive through typing "network", and successfully got to the shares, but I can't delete them. When I opened up properties, I saw the allow full control wasn't checked, so I checked it and received a message like error saving permission attributes. Not sure what to do. Also, I think there are these unlabeled buttons throughout the interface, so if someone can suggest what to do and or a different drive to use altogether, which has a more accessible web interface, that would be appreciated. I want to be able to add or delete share, add or modify users, as well as change the settings. If anyone can help that would be appreciated; I can even give you the IP so you see what I'm talking about and you can see the interface for yourself.
Nathan.
You had sent to me PQnN's. I didn't get back to you before you logged off, so I'll answer here.
I don't know.
You could get a sighted person to help you set it up in one setting, so to speak, and leave it working, but I understand you'd like to make changes as you go.
If I had it to do, I'll research accessible software that could handle some task by asking the screen reader company I use for suggestions.
If just using to catch files for storage, Windows has a program for that.
I was going to contact Freedom Scientific and see what they recommended. The makers of Buffalo drives, said that there interface relies competely on HTML, so I'll try that one.
Some buffalo devices can run Debian; it will be a bit of a learning curve but it will be worth it for sure. In fact I doubt I'd ever run stock firmware if I bought a NAS device; not at home anyway.
Do you have any suggestions, as to which NAS device is completely accessible? As in, the web interface?