Configuring Windows 2008 Servers to Access Cloud Storage

From GoGrid

Cloud Storage is pre-configured to be accessible via the private network VLAN already implemented on each account. To access your Cloud Storage device onto a Windows 2008-based server, do the following:

1. Click on "Start"' > "Server Manager"
2. Click on “View Network Connections” in the right-hand view pane.
3. Select the “Local Area Connection 2” and click “Enable this Network Device”.
4. Right-click on “Local Area Connection 2” and select “Properties”
5. Double-click "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" in the scroll box.
6. Enable the “Use the Following IP Address” radio button.
7. Enter in an unused IP address and the subnet as specified in the “Private Network” section of the network widget in the GoGrid UI portal.
8. Continue to click "OK" to exit out of each subsequent window.
9. To confirm changes were successful, open a command prompt window, and type

   ipconfig /all

   and you should see the additional IPs.
10. Enter the command

    route add -p 10.117.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0 [Gateway IP]

    where [Gateway IP] is the first IP in your Private Network block available in the GoGrid user interface. For example, you would enter something like:

    route add -p 10.117.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0 10.198.28.1

    The -p flag ensures that the route is persistent across reboots.
11. Ensure that the route was set correctly by pinging the hostname as it appears in the user interface below your cloud storage allotment with the following command:

    ping [customernumber].cloud.storage.gogrid.com

    where [customernumber] is the numeric portion of your Cloud Storage hostname as listed in the GoGrid user interface. You should get a response similar to the following:

    PING 16642.cloud.storage.gogrid.com (10.117.0.12) 56(84) bytes of data.
    64 bytes from 10.117.0.12: icmp_seq=0 ttl=63 time=9.95 ms