How I use the SE-208BW Optical Smart Hub.
For some people with prior knowledge of networks and systems, the Samsung Optical Smart Hub (ODD) can be confusing.
It certainly took me a couple of hours to configure, but once I knew its limitations, I had it sussed and it is now working sweet.
I use the device in the following way - SAMBA / FTP server on wired network. There is a hard drive attached to the smarthub. PCs and tablets can access files directly.
FEATURES I SWITCH ON / OFF after all is setup
WIRELESS - OFF
DLNA - OFF
SAMBA - ON
FTP - ON
iSCSI initiator - ON
I'll explain why later.
When powered up initially, this device will act as an SSID (wireless hub) so you here's the steps that worked for me in setting up this amazing device.
RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
You will need
A Wired network to the internet. This is to receive the update files.
A PC / Laptop with wireless network adapter
A PC / Laptop with a Wired network connection.
Preferably 2 PCs - one for wired and one for wireless.
A copy of colasoft mac scanner - to check the device on your LAN
To know your ip address range on the wired network and have a spare ip address that you can assign to the device.
As long as you have these it will work well.
Steps to take
Make sure you can connect and setup the wired connection.
1. Power on the smarthub and wait until the power light stays on continuously. This can take up to 3 minutes.
2. Connect the PC with wireless to the smart hub - SSID will be as mentioned on the underside of the hub.
3. Run the software from the CD, or...
If like me you don't have a CD drive attached to your PC, check your IP address using IFConfig (Linux /OSX) or IPConfig (PC)
Your IP address will be something like 192.168.208.2 and the default gateway will be 192.168.208.1
This is the address to put into the browser now.
According to the manual, it says...
1. Run a web browser and enter http://smarthub in the address box.
2. When the Optical Smart Hub log-in page opens, enter your password.
There is no password set in the factory default state. When you connect to the Optical Smart Hub for the
first time, click the Login button without a password
This is how the smarthub names / refers to the networks
LAN - the wireless network exclusive to the smarthub
WAN - the wired network
Confused? I was. But not anymore.
SE-208BW USER MANUAL
http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.com/downloadfile/ContentsFile.aspx?CDSite=UNI_LATIN_EN&CttFileID=4949622&CDCttType=UM&ModelType=N&ModelName=SE-208BW&VPath=UM/201202/20120229112036462/SE-208BW_User_Manual_Eng.pdf
Now check the wired network - plug in the network cable into your switch and then the smarthub.
On the PC that has a wired connection, type http://smarthub or use colasoft mac scanner free to scan for new network devices and get the IP address from the entry that says SMARTHUB
An example setup.
Initially I chose the following configuration changes.
Keep the wireless / LAN settings the same.
WAN - Change the IP address to be fixed.
My IP addresses are typically 192.168.1.xxx so I gave my smarthub a WAN IP address of 192.168.1.54 (which I can easily remember as I think 54 is like SH)
Check that you can login using the new WAN IP address. Make Sure by connecting from a PC that has no wireless or disconnect wireless completely from the PC.
If you got to this stage, congratulations.
FIRMWARE UPGRADE - make sure no USB drives are connected. I toasted my USB Key, but not to worry as I had a backup ;-)
As long as your LAN (WAN according to smarthub) wired network has access to the internet, you can go ahead and now upgrade firmware. Takes about 10 mins max depending on your internet speed.
Making the device run cool.
The Samsung SE-208BW Optical Smart Hub can run really hot. Here's a way to cool it down.
Once I have everything up and running I switch off Wireless completely as I run my smarthub as a wired hard drive.
I also access files on my usb hard drive using my smartphone by installing ES File explorer.
Let me know if you need any further info.
Hope this info helps.
mark@hopgood.eu
Update -
I've started looking at the firmware with a view to getting the most of smarthub.
So far I know that there is busybox and telnet.
Anyone know username password.?
