ZyXEL NAS540 manuale d’uso

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NAS540 User’s Guide 2 IMPORT ANT! READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE USE. KEEP THIS GUIDE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. Screenshots and graphics in this book may differ sl ightly from your product due to differences in your product firmware o r your computer operatin g system . Every ef fort has been m ade to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate. R[...]

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Table of Contents NAS540 User’s Guide 7 5.8 Printer Server T utorial ......................... ................... ....................... ...................... .......... ................ .. 1 1 7 5.9 Copy and Flickr Auto Upload T utorial .............. ...................... ....................... ................... ........ ....... 1 19 5.1[...]

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NAS540 User’s Guide 15 C HAPTER 1 Getting to Know Your NAS 1.1 Overview This chapter covers the main features and applications of the NAS. Use the NAS to do the following. • Share files between computers on your network. • Back up files from your computers to the NA S. •U s e t h e COPY/SYNC button to copy or synchronize files between the N[...]

Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your NAS NAS540 User’s Guide 16 Above is the NAS in a home network. Users back up and share data on th e NAS. The media player plays the NAS’ s media file s on the TV . A USB hard drive provides extra stor ag e space and files are copied directly from the USB mass storage device to the NAS. Place the NAS behind a firew[...]

Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your NAS NAS540 User’s Guide 17 1.1.5 RESET Button Use the RESET button on the rear panel to restore the NAS’ s default settings. Figure 3 The RESET Button • Press the RESET button until you hear one beep (after about two secon ds), then release it. Y ou will hear one more beep after you release the button. This rese[...]

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NAS540 User’s Guide 19 C HAPTER 2 NAS Starter Utility Note: Insta lling this version of the NAS Starter Ut ility uninstalls previous version s. 2.1 Overview Use the NAS Starter Utility to find and access the NAS and access the files on it. The NAS Starter Utility supports Windows XP , Wind ows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. Click Help to open a[...]

Chapter 2 NAS Starter Utility NAS540 User’s Guide 20 Click the NAS Starter Utility icon on your desktop or in the Windows system tray to start the NAS Starter Utility . Alternatively you can click Start > Programs > ZyXE L > NAS Starte r Utility . Figure 4 NAS Starter Utility Desktop Icon Figure 5 NAS Starter Utility Windows System T ra [...]

Chapter 2 NAS Starter Utility NAS540 User’s Guide 21 2.4 Main NAS S t arter Utility Screen The main NAS Starter Utility screen displays after you select an NAS in the NAS Seeker screen. Figure 7 NAS Starter Utility Main Screen The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 2 NAS Starter Utility Main Screen LABEL DESCRIPTION ? Cl[...]

Chapter 2 NAS Starter Utility NAS540 User’s Guide 22 2.4.1 Directory of the NAS In the main NAS Starter Utility screen click Shared Folder to log into the NAS’ s file directory in Windows Explorer . Enter the administrator user name and password and click Login . Figure 8 Login The utility opens the NAS’ s directory in Windows Explorer . Figu[...]

Chapter 2 NAS Starter Utility NAS540 User’s Guide 23 Enter your user name and password and click Login to be able to add the NAS’ s shares to which you have access as network driv es. Otherwise select Guest and click Login to be able to add the NAS’ s public shares as network drives. Figure 10 Login Select a share on the NAS an d the drive le[...]

Chapter 2 NAS Starter Utility NAS540 User’s Guide 24 Click Configuration > System Setti ng in the main utility screen to display the fo llowing screen. Figure 12 NAS Starter Utility > Configur ation > System Setting The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 3 NAS Starter Utility > Configur ation > System Sett[...]

Chapter 2 NAS Starter Utility NAS540 User’s Guide 25 Use from DHCP server Domain Name System (DNS) is for mapping a domai n name to it s correspon ding IP address and vice versa. Select this if the NAS is automat ically given DNS informat ion from the ISP or a DHCP server in yo ur network. DNS Domain Name System (DNS) is for mapping a domai n nam[...]

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NAS540 User’s Guide 27 C HAPTER 3 zCloud 3.1 zCloud Install the zCloud app from Google Pla y or the Apple App store on your Android or iOS device to access the NAS’ s media files from your mobile de vice and upload media files from your mobile device to the NAS. • Browse your media contents from y our NAS directly on your Android or iOS devic[...]

Chapter 3 zCloud NAS540 User’s Guide 28 The main menu displays. Figure 14 zCloud Android and iOS Main Menus Find a NAS - use your NAS’ s IP address and your user name and password to connect to it. NAS540 - access the NAS’ s default photo, music, and video shares. Y ou can play , download, upload and manage files. Download - access and manage[...]

NAS540 User’s Guide 29 C HAPTER 4 Web Configurator Basics 4.1 Overview This chapter describes how to access the NAS web configurator and provides an ov erview of its screens. The web configurator is an HTML -based ma nagement interface that allows easy NAS setup and manag ement using an Inte rnet browser . Use Internet Explorer 11.0.9, Mozilla Fi[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 30 3 The default username and password are “admin” an d “1234” respectively . Enter your username and password. See Chapter 15 on page 261 for how to create other user accounts. If you use the option to s tay l ogge d in (assu min g you do not log out) , ma ke sur e you keep your c omp[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 31 5 Select Create single volume on RAID for a simple set up. Go to Sect ion 4.4.1.1 on page 41 for details. Select Create Multiple volumes on disk group to be able to create more than one storage volu me. G o to Section 4.4.1.3 on page 51 for details. Figure 18 We l c o m e S c r e e n[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 32 4.3 Desktop The Desktop screen displays after you log in . Figure 19 Desktop Note: The W eb Configur ator session automatica lly t imes out if left idle for 15 minutes. Simply log back int o the NAS if this happens t o you. 1 Desktop - click this to minimize all windows so you can see the d[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 33 9 Playzone - click this to use the Playzone media serv er screens to view and play media files in the shares that publish them. 10 Status Center - click this to displa y NAS status information. 11 External Volume - click this to display the External Volume configuration screen in a new tab[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 34 Server Name This displays the name which helps you find th e NAS on the networ k. Model Name This displays which mo del this NAS device is. Firmware V ersion This is th e NAS firmw are version. LAN1 MAC Address This displays the NAS’ s unique physical hardware address (MAC) for the LAN1 E[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 35 4.4 S torage From the Desktop screen, click Storage to display the Storage screens. Use the Storage screens to configure disk groups and volumes. The Storage Over view screen displays the current stor age configuration and v olume usage. Figure 21 Storage Ov erview The following table desc[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 36 4.4.1 Storage V olume A volume is a basic stor age space on the NAS. T o store data o n the NAS, you must create at least one volume. Y our NAS supports the following: • Internal volumes (built on the hard disks installed in the NAS) • External volumes (built on the external stor age de[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 37 Rep air V olumes or Disk Groups If a hard disk in a RAID 1 with a hot spare or a RAID 5 with a hot spare fails, the NAS automatically uses the hot spare to re-build the v olume or disk group. Later you can replace the failed hard disk and add the new disk as a hot spare. A hard disk failur[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 38 Exp and V olumes or Disk Group s As your content grows, y ou can do the following to expand the storage capacity of a v o lume or disk group without losing stored data. Use the Volume screen to configure and manage internal volumes. From the Storage screen, click Volume to open the screen a[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 39 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 10 Storage Volume LABEL DESCRIPTION Vo l u m e Use this sect ion to configure an d manage volumes built on hard disks directly . Create Click this to format internal hard di sks and crea te a new vol ume. All data on the disk[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 40 Remov e Hot Spare Select a RAID 1 or RAID 5 volume and click Remove Hot Spare to re mov e t he s ta nd by drive from the RAID arr ay . Status This field shows wh ether the vo lume is normal, degraded, cr ashed, Creating, Deleting, Expanding, Repairing or Changing the R AID type. Normal : A [...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 41 4.4.1.1 Creating a V olume Use the Create Volume screen to configure a volume directly on a disk/RAID , which has better performance Click Create in the Volume section of the Storage > Volume screen to op en the screen as shown. Status This field shows wh ether the vo lume is normal, de[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 42 Note: Create a volume on a disk group instead if y ou want to ha ve multiple volumes on a disk. See Section 4.4.1.3 on page 51 for more information. Figure 25 Create V olu me The following table describes the labels in this screen. Ta b l e 11 Create Volum e LABEL DESCRIPTION Step 1. Select[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 43 4.4.1.2 Managing a V olume Use the Manage Volume s cr e e n t o re p a ir , ex p a nd a vo l u me o r c h an g e th e vo l u me ’s RA I D t y pe . In the Storage > Volume screen, select a volume and then click Manage in the Volume section to open the screen as shown. Choose a RAID typ[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 44 The available options vary depending on the conditions it matches. For example, the Repair RAID option is av ailable only when a degraded volume is selected. Figure 26 Manage V olume (Repair RAID) A[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 45 Figure 27 Manage V olume (Expand the volume by adding disk(s) ) A[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 46 Figure 28 Manage V olume (Change RAID T ype)[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 47 Figure 29 Manage V olume (Change RAID T ype) A[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 48 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 12 Manage Volume LABEL DESCRIPTION Repair RAID Select this to repair a degr aded RAID volume. Expand the volume by adding disk(s) Select this to add one or more disks to a JBOD, RAID 1 o r RAID 5 volume. Y ou can add a disk to[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 49 Vo l u m e Capac ity This field displays the total available si ze of the volume . Back Cli ck Back to go to the previous step. Apply Click Apply to save the settings. Cancel Click Cancel to close the screen without saving an y settings. The following describes la bels on the following sc [...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 50 V olume Name This field displa ys the name of the volume. Vo l u m e Capac ity This field displays the total available si ze of the volume . Back Cli ck Back to go to the previous step. Apply Click Apply to save the settings. Cancel Click Cancel to close the screen without saving an y setti[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 51 4.4.1.3 Creating a V olume on Disk Group Use the Create Volume on Disk Group screen to configure a volume on an existing or new disk group. Click Create in the Volume on Disk Group section of the St orage > Volume screen to open the screen as shown. Vo l u m e Capac ity This field displ[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 52 Note: It is suggested to create a volume direct ly on a di sk instead of on a disk group if high performance is important to y ou. See Secti on 4.4.1.1 on page 41 for more information. Figure 30 Create V olume on an Existing Disk Group[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 53 Figure 31 Create V olume on a New Disk Group[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 54 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 13 Create Vo lume on Disk Group LABEL DESCRIPTION Choose an Action Create V olume on Select Existing on disk group and a disk group from the drop-down list box to create a volu me on the disk group . This option is availa ble [...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 55 Choose a RAID type Select a RAID type from the drop-down li st box. The corresponding space allocations of available siz e, data prot ection area, and w asted size displa y . Use Basic with one disk. Use JBOD with two or more disks for maximum capacity . Use RAID 0 with two or four disks f[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 56 4.4.1.4 Editing a V olume on Disk Group Use the Edit Volume on D isk Group screen to expand a volume’s capacity . In the Storage > Volume scre en, select a volume and then click Edit in the Volume on Disk Group section to open the screen as shown. Figure 32 Edit V olume on Disk Group T[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 57 4.4.2 Disk Group Use the Disk Group screen to configure and ma nage disk groups. From the Storage screen, click Disk Group to open the screen as shown. Figure 33 Disk Group The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 15 Disk Group LABEL DESCRIPTION Create Click this to[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 58 Disk Group X This field shows the name of the di sk group and whether it is no rmal, degr aded, crashed, Creating, Deleting, Expanding, Repairing or Changin g the RAID t ype. Normal : A green circle repres ents a healthy volume. Degraded : An orange ci rcle represents a degr aded RAID 1 vol[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 59 Status This fi eld shows the status of the hot-spare disk. This field shows the name of the disk group and whether it is norm al, degraded, crashed, Creating, Deleting, Expanding, Repairing or Changin g the RAID t ype. Normal : A green circle repres ents a healthy volume. Degraded : An ora[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 60 4.4.3 Creating a Disk Group Use the Create Disk Group screen to create a disk group. From the Storage > Disk Group screen, click the Create button to open the screen as shown. Figure 34 Create Disk Group The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 16 Create Disk Grou[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 61 Model Name This field shows the model of the hard disk. Choose a RAID type Select a RAID type from the drop-down list box. The corresponding space allocat ions of available siz e, data protection area, and wasted size display . Use Basic with one disk. Use JBOD with two or more disks for m[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 62 4.4.4 Hard Disk Use the Hard Disk screen to view all disk information. From the Storage screen, click Hard Disk to open the screen as shown. Figure 35 Hard Disk The following table describes the labels in this screen. 4.4.5 S.M.A.R.T Use the S.M.A.R.T screens to view hard disk health in dic[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 63 From the Storage > Hard Disk screen, select a disk and click S.M.A.R.T to open the screen as shown. Figure 36 S.M.A.R.T Overview The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 18 S .M.A.R.T Overview LABEL DESCRIPTION A Th is shows the curre nt status of the hard di sk [...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 64 4.4.6 SMART Info Use this screen to display more details information about the volume. Spin_R etry_C ount This field shows the total number of spin st art retry attempts. Th is is the number of attempt s to spin up to fully operati onal speed the hard drive has made when the first attempt d[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 65 Click S.M.A.R.T Info in the S.M.A.R.T Ove rview screen to display the following. Figure 37 S.M.A .R.T Info The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 19 S. M.A.R.T Info LABEL DESCRIPTION ID This is the identification n umber used to tag a hard disk attribute. This is [...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 66 4.4.6.1 S.M.A.R.T Attributes The following table describes some common S.M.A.R.T . attributes. If a higher or lower raw attribute value is better , it is indicated in the BETTER column. Since S.M.A.R.T . attributes and their definitions vary by manufacturer , refer to th e hard drive manufa[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 67 09 Power-On Hours (POH) Low This is how many hours the hard drive has been in a power-on state. The raw v alue lists the total number of hours (or minutes, or se conds depending on the manufacturer). 10 Spin Retry Count Low This is th e total number of spin start ret ry attempts. This is t[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 68 4.4.7 T echnical Reference This section contains background on JBOD and the RAID lev els used on the NAS. JBOD • Minimum number of disks: 1 204 Soft ECC Correction Low Thi s is the number of errors correct ed by softw a re ECC (Error Correction Code). 205 Thermal Asperity Rate (T AR) Low [...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 69 • T otal capacity: Sum of the member disks • Advantages: Maximum stor age capacity , especially for disks of mixed sizes. Flexibility (you can add disks to the JBOD • Disadv antages: Not as fast or reliable as RAID . JBOD allows you to combine multiple physical disk drives into a sin[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 70 RAID 1 RAID 1 creates an exact copy (or mirror) of a set of data on another disk. This is useful when data backup is more important than data capacity . The following figure shows two disks in a single RAID 1 array with mirrored data. Data is duplicated across two disks, so if one disk fail[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 71 capacity of the array is th e capacity of the smalle st drive (1TB, 1TB, 2TB, 2TB) * (Number of disks - 2) = 1TB * (4-2) = 2TB. The remain ing space (2 TB) is unused. RAID 10 RAID 10 (RAID 1+0) is a nested RAID where two RAID 1 arrays are stored on the ph ysical disks with a RAID 0 array o[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 72 following example shows data stripped across three disks (A1 to A3 in the first strip for example) with parity information (AP) on the fourth disk . The capacity of a RAID 5 arra y is the smallest disk in the RAID set multiplied by one less than the number of disks in the RAID set. For exam[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 73 4.5 Playzone Screens Click Playzone in the Desktop screen to open the Playzone Home screen in a new tab. Figure 38 Playzone Home The Playzone Home screen displays icons for the v a rious features y ou can access. T a ble 27 Playzone Home Screen Icons ICON DESCRIPTION Use the Playzone media[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 74 Note: Y our browser may need Windows Media Play er and VLC plugins installed to play music and video files. T o get the VLC plugins, you ha ve to download and install VLC (use the .exe file). T o install a VLC plugin for Firefox, when y ou install VLC, you have to select the Mozilla plugin [...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 75 4.5.1 Media Server Screens Use the Playzone media server screens to view published photos and play published music and video files. This following figu res shows a folder within the Music media server screens with the files as thumbnails and as a list. Figure 39 Music (Thumbnail) A C B[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 76 Figure 40 Music (List) This table describes common labels in the Playzone media server screens. Not every item displays in every screen. T a ble 29 Playzone Media Server Screens LABEL DESCRIPTION ZyXEL The path of the current view . Cl ick ZyXEL to return to the Playzo ne Home screen. Click[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 77 4.5.2 Now Playing (Music) A Now Playi ng link displays when a song is playing. Click it to display a panel like the following. This screen displays the name of the current song and it’ s play progress and lets you control the playback. Figure 41 Now Playing 4.5.3 Exif and Google Map s (P[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 78 If a photo’ s Exif data includes GPS location data, click the latitude or longitude link to display the location in Google Maps. Click Clear to delete the markers of other photos and only display the current photo’ s marker . Figure 43 Google Maps 4.5.4 Slideshow (Photos) In a Photo men[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 79 4.5.5 File Browser Click File B rowser to open the following screen. Use the file browsing screens to play , open, upload, and download files. A share is a set of u ser access permissions for a specific folder on a volume (gives someone access to a folder). It is equivalent to the Windows [...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 80 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 30 File Browser LABEL DESCRIPTI ON Up Click this to go to the next higher layer in the share’s folder tree. Name This column identi fies the name s of folders and files in the share. Click a file’ s file name to op en th e[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 81 4.5.5.1 Configur e Share Screen In the File Browser screen, select a share and click Configure Share to open the following screen where you can see and configure share management details. Figure 46 File Browser > Configure Share The following table describes the labels in the this scree[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 82 4.5.6 Share and Folder Names The name can only contain the following char acters: • Alphanumeric (A- z, 0-9) and Unicode. The NAS allows FTP access to shares, folders or files with names encoded in the UTF-8 (8-bit UCS/Unicode T ransform ation Format) format. So y our F TP client must sup[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 83 4.5.7 Application Zone Administrators can click Application Zone to go to a screen where you can enable or disable various applications for file sharing and downlo ading. Normal users can go to the management page of installed, non-built-in packages. Figure 47 Application Z one The followi[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 84 4.5.8 Playzone Settings Click Playzone Settings to open the following screen. Use this screen to change general Pla y zone screen settings and account passwords. Figure 48 Playzone Settings The following table describes the labels in this screen. Pause Select the Flickr or Y o utube Uploadr[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 85 4.6 Administration Screens The Desktop screen displays an Administrator icon when you log in with an administrator account. Click it to open the adm inistrator configur ation screens in a new tab. Double Click Behavior Setting Select Replace current playli st and start to play to have doub[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 86 The Status screen is the first advanced administration screen that displa ys. See Chapter 6 on page 155 for more information about the Status screen. Figure 49 Status 4.6.1 Global Administration Icons The icons and language label at the top-right of the screen ( 1 ) are visible from most of[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 87 4.6.2 Navigation Panel The navigation panel on the left of the W eb Configurator screen ( 2 ) contains screen links. Click a link to display sub-links. There are no sub-links for the Status screen. Certain scre ens also contain hyper links that allow you to jump to another screen. The foll[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 88 4.6.3 Main Window The main window ( 3 ) shows the screen you select in the na vigation panel. It is discussed in the rest of this document. Applications FTP S erv er Enable F TP file tr ansfer to/from the N AS, set t he number of FTP conn ections allowed, an FTP idle time out, and the chara[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 89 4.6.4 St atus Messages The Message text box at the bottom of the screen ( 4 ) displays status messages as you configure the NAS. 4.6.5 Common Administrator Screen Icons The following table explains some icons that appear in several administrator configuration screens. T a ble 36 Com mon Ad[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User’s Guide 90 4.6.6 Session Example (Windows) Open Windows Explorer and type two back slas hes followed by the NAS name or IP address. Initially you can only read and write to the Public , Video , Music , and Photo folders until you create other shares on the NAS. This session is then display ed as shown[...]

NAS540 User’s Guide 91 C HAPTER 5 Tutorials 5.1 Overview This chapter provides tutorials that show how to use the NAS. • Windows 7 Network , see page 91 • Windows 7 Network Map , see page 95 • Playing Media Files in Windows 7 , see page 97 • Windows 7 Devices and Printers , see page 97 • File Sharing T utorials , see page 100 • Downlo[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 92 1 Click Start > Contr ol Panel. Set View by to Category and click Network and Internet . 2 Click View network computers and devices .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 93 3 The NAS icon displays twice because the NAS is bo th a media server and a storage device. Double- click either NAS icon to open the W eb Configurator login screen. 5.2.1 If the NAS Ic on Does Not Display The network containing the NAS must be set as a h ome or work network in order for the NAS icons to[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 94 2 Use the Set Network Location screen to set the network’s location to home or work. 5.2.2 NAS Icon Right-click Options Right-click the NA S’s icon to see these options: • Install/Uninstall : Click In stall to add the NAS as a device in your computer . After you install the NAS you can see it in th[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 95 • Properties opens a window of NAS details and troubleshooting information. • Manufacturer identifies the company that produc ed the NAS. • Model identifies the NAS model. • Model number identifi es the NAS model number . • Device webpage shows the IP address for accessing the W eb Configurator[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 96 1 Click Start > Control Panel > View network status and tasks (or Network and Sh aring Center if you view the Control Panel by icons). 2 Click See f ull map (1 in the figure). The network containing the NAS must be set as a h ome or work network in order to use the full map feature. If the network [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 97 5.4 Playing Media Files in Windows 7 In Windows 7, the NAS automatically displa ys as a library in Windows Media Player . Figure 50 NAS in Windows Media Player 5.5 Windows 7 Devices and Printers After you use the NAS’ s network icon’ s install option you can manage the NAS from the Windows 7 Devices [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 98 Click Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devi ces and Printers . Select the NAS icon to display information about the NAS. Do uble -click the NAS icon to open a properties window (see page 95 ). Right-click the icon to display these options: • Open Media Player opens the computer’s[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 99 5.5.1 Windows 7 Desktop Shortcut This is the NAS’ s desktop shortcut. Double-click it to open a properties window (see page 95 ). 1 Right-click the NA S’s desktop shortcut icon to see these options: • Open Media Player opens the computer’s default media player . • Open file location takes you t[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 100 • Create shortcut has Windows make a desktop shortcut to this icon. • Delete sends the shortcut to the recycle bin. • Rename lets you change the n ame of the shortcut. • Troubleshoot opens Windows’ device troubleshooting wizard. • Remove device removes the NAS from the Windows 7 Devices and [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 101 3 Configure the screen as follows and write down the username and password to giv e to Jimmy . If the username and password are the same as Jimm y’s Windows login, Jimmy will not need to enter a username and password when he logs into his share from his computer . Set the Account Type to User so Jimmy[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 102 1 In the NAS’ s administration web configurator screens, click Shares > Add Share . Click Add Share to create a new share. 2 Specify a name for the share and select which vo lume it should be on. Configure the screen as follows. Then click Edit .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 103 3 Configure the screen as follows to give Jimm y full access right to the share. Then click Apply to create the share. Now that Bob has created Jimmy’ s share, he can go through the steps again to create another share for K evin. 5.6.3 Creating a Group After creating user accounts for Jimmy an d K evi[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 104 2 Specify a name for the group. Select the user (s) y ou want to add to the group from the Available User(s) list and click Add Selected User(s) . Configure the screen as follows. Then click Apply to create the group. Now that Bob has created a grou p for Jimmy and K evin, he can go through the steps ag[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 105 3 Select the network drive that y ou want to map the NAS to from the Drive list box. This example uses I . Then browse to and select the share on the NAS. Click Finish . 4 Enter the username and password for Jimmy’ s account and click OK . Y ou do not need to do this if the username and password are t[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 106 5 After the mapping is done, you can then simply copy and paste or dr ag and drop files from/to your local computer’s drives to or from this network fold er . Just like the NAS’ s share was another folder on your computer . Now that Bob has mapped Jimmy’ s share to Jimmy’ s computer , he can go [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 107 2 Enter your password and click Login . 3 Now you can access files and copy files from/to your local computer’ s drives to or from this network folder . 5.6.6 Accessing a Share Th rough the Web Configurator Y ou can browse and access files through the web configur ator . EXAMPLE EXA M PLE[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 108 1 Log into the NAS web configur ator (see Section 4.2 on page 29 ) using the appropriate user name and password (this example uses Jimmy’ s) and click File Browser . Click a share (the Jimmy share in this example) to see the top level of the share’ s contents. 2 Click a folder’ s file name to brow[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 109 2 Find a download link for the file you want . In this example, www .zyxel.com has a Server 1 link for downloading a datasheet for Z yXEL ’ s NSA325 v2. Note: Mak e sure the link op ens either the file you want or a pop-up window about how to handle the file . Note: It is also OK for th e link to open[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 11 0 4 Log into the NAS web configur ator (see Section 4.2 on page 29 ) using the administrator account and click Application Zone and the Application Zone > Download Service link. 5 Click Add .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 111 6 Right-click the URL field and select Paste . 7 The URL displays in the URL field. Click Apply . 8 After a few moments, the download task appears in the D ownload S ervice screen’ s Active tab . The download appears in the Completed tab when it is done. By default the NAS stores all downloads in the [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 11 2 Say you ha ve the NAS turned on all the time, but you only want the NAS download files at night. Here is how you use the downlo ad period control feature to set the time range. 1 Click Applications > Download Service > Preferen ces to open the General Setti ngs screen. 2 Select Enable D ownload P[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 11 3 Click Applications > Download S ervice > Pref erences > P2P download to open the following screen. Enter the information below and then click Apply . Here is a list of P2P download settings you w ant to configure for your NAS: • Limit the maximum upload r ate to 20 KB/s. Enter this value in [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 11 4 5.7.3 Using Download Service Notification Use an RSS feed reader on your computer to keep tr ack of files the NAS has downloaded. The following examples show how to subscribe to the NAS’s download service notifications. See Section 10.11.3 on page 211 for more on download service notifications. Some [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 11 5 2 The following screen displays. Select Subscribe to this feed . 3 The following screen displays. Click Subscribe . 4 Click the Favorite icon on your browser and select the Feeds tab to check the updates of y our NAS’ s download list.[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 11 6 Firefox Example 1 After you activ ate download service notification, click the RSS feed icon. 2 The following screen displays. Select Live B ookmarks from the drop-down list and click Subscribe Now . 3 The following screen displays. Select Bookmarks Menu and click Add .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 11 7 4 From the Firefox’ s Bookmarks Menu , select Download Notify to check the updates of your NAS’ s download list. 5.8 Printer Server T utorial Do the following to have th e NAS let computers on your network share a prin ter . See www .zyxel.com for a list of compatible printers. 1 Make sure the NAS [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 11 8 4 The NAS detects the printer after a few moments. 5 On your computer , open yo ur CIFS file sharin g progr am (Windows Explorer for example) and browse to the NAS. Double-click the printer’s icon. 6 If you get a w arning screen, click the option that lets you continue ( Yes in this example). 7 If yo[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 11 9 After the driver installation finishes, the computer is ready to use the printer . Select the printer in an application to use it to print. Browse to th e NAS using a CIFS progr am (like Windows Explorer) and double-click the printer’s icon to open the printer’s queue of print jobs. Note: R e peat [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 120 4 The copied files can be found in a new folder in the photo share. Th e name of this folder is the date (yyyy-mm-dd) and time (hh-mm-ss) when the folder is created. 5 The NAS also automatically uploads the copied files to Flickr . r 5.10 FTP Uploadr T utorial FTP Uploadr can automatically upload files [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 121 T o set the NAS as an FTP server , click Applications > FTP to open the FTP screen. Select En able FTP and click Apply. Susan also has to create a user account and share on her NAS for Am y to upload files. The share is used for files uploaded from Am y’ s NAS. Amy will then use the following infor[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 122 2 Click Add Server . 3 Enter the information as describe in T able 37 on page 121 . Click Apply to add the server . 4 In the FTP Uploadr screen, click Preferences to configure the auto upload settings.[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 123 5 Amy wants to share video files with Susan. In the Pre ferences screen, click the Add button and select video from the Shares drop-down list box, enter a forward slash in the Path field and click Apply to add the share to the Folder Watch List . t 6 Amy also set the Bandwidth Limit to 20 KB/s so that t[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 124 Similarly , Susan can go through the steps describ ed abov e to configure FT P Uploadr on her NAS. Once Susan completes the setup, Am y can also receive files from Susan’ s NAS. 5.1 1 W eb Configurator ’ s Security Sessions These tutorials show you how to configure securi ty for the NAS’ s W eb Co[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 125 2 Next, let’s modify the certificate by changing the Common Name to this NA S’ s host name of “nsa” , the Organization to “ZyX EL ” and the Key Length to 20 48 . 3 The NAS restarts its network services and returns you to the login screen.[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 126 5.1 1.2 Downloading and In stalling Customized Certificate 1 Log in and return to Maintenance > SSL . Unde r Modify the Existing Certifi cate , click Download . 2 Save the file to your computer .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 127 3 Find the certificate file on your computer and double-click it. 4 Install the certificate. The rest of the steps in th is section are an example of installing a certificate in Windows. In the Certificate dialog box, click Install Certificate . EXAMP LE[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 128 5 In the Certificate Import Wizard , click Next . 6 Leave Automatically select certificate stor e based on the type of certificat e selected and click Next .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 129 7 In the Completing the Certificate Import Wizard screen, click Finish . 8 If you are presented with another Security Warning , click Yes . 9 Finally , click OK when presented with the successful certificate installation message. 5.1 1.3 T urn on the N AS’ s W eb Security Now that you hav e customized[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 130 1 Close your web browser and open it again to reset its session with the NAS. Log in and click Maintenance > SSL . Select Force HTTPS and click Apply . 2 A warning screen pops up if applying y our change may disconnect some users. Click Apply to continue.[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 131 3 The NAS logs you out and automatically redirects yo ur formerly non-secure (HT TP) connection to a secure (HT TPS) connection. Y our browser may giv e you a warning about the device’s public k ey certificate. Add an exception to allow y our browser to bypass the warning. 4 Click Add Exception . EXAM[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 132 5 Click Get Certificate .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 133 6 Before you add an exception, verify that the device to which y ou are trying to connect is providing the correct certificate. Click View .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 134 7 The SHA1 fingerprint must match the NAS’s cert ificate you downloaded from the NAS to your computer . (Double-click the NAS’s certificate file and then click Details and look at the Thumbprint ). Click Close . E XAMPLE[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 135 8 If the certificate fingerprints match, click Confirm Security Exception , otherwise click Cancel . 9 The login screen displays. Now , anyone who connects to the NAS’ s W eb Configurator screens will automatically do so by HT TPs. Use a secure method to let your users know the correct fingerprint for[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 136 1 Open FileZilla and click File > Site Manager > New Site . • Configure the Host field with the NAS’ s address. •S e t t h e Servertyp e to FTPE S - FTP over explicit TLS/SSL . • Configure the account name and password. • Click Connect. 2 A security warning screen displa ys. The SHA1 fin[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 137 The shares and folders to which Gonzo has access display . Now you can use FT P to securely transfer files to or from the NAS. Use a secure method to let you r users know the correct fingerprint for the NAS’ s certificate so they can check it before adding a security ex ception. 5.13 Using a Mac to Ac[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 138 2 Select All under the SHARED sidebar . Look for the NAS from the Network list. 3 Expand the NAS to display the shares you may access. EXAMPLE EXAMPLE[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 139 5.13.2 Go Menu 4 In the Finder , click Go > Connect to Serve r . 5 When the Connect to Server dialog box opens, enter smb:// and the NAS’ s IP address in the Server Address field. Y ou may also click Browse to have the Mac search for the NAS. Click Connect . 6 Once you establish the connection, you[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 140 Schedule backups for times when the network is not busy (like at night o r on weekends). F or example, you might do daily backups of important individual files or folders and a weekly gener al archive. Y ou can save backups to another location so y our files can survive even if the original RAID or NAS [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 141 2 Identify the backup job and select Archi ve . New files are often added to the shares that yo u need to back up and existing files are not frequently changed so select Incremental . The NAS does a full backup first and later only copies source files that are new a nd/or modified since th e last backup[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 142 3 Select the volume1 check box to select all the folders and files. Select Remote and enter the other NAS’s address, username, password, and share name. If you want to make sure the remote NAS is reachable, click Test Connection . Figure 53 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 2[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 143 4 In this example, the target NAS is on the LAN so leav e the compression off . Security is already configured on the target NAS so you can leav e the encryption off , too. Have t he N AS ke ep 3 b acku ps. Figure 54 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 3 5 Set the frequency to Weekly . Schedule the b[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 144 1 Click Protect > Backup > Add Job . Figure 55 Protect > Backup Name the backup job and select Synchronization . Y ou want only your current set of files in the remote NAS’s folder , so you select Mirror to mak e the target folder identical to the source folder . The NAS deletes any other fil[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 145 • Click Next . Figure 57 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 2 3 Click OK in the warning dialog box. Figure 58 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 3 4 For this exam ple, assume the connection to the German br anch office is a good one and not many files need to be backed up so leave the compress[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 146 • Click Next . Figure 59 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 3 5 Schedule the backu p to occur every morn ing at 3:00 and click Done . Figure 60 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 4 Y ou do not need to use a special restore process to use the files a synchron ization backup creates. The copy of[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 147 1 Click Protect > Backup screen, select a backup job and click Restore Archive . Figure 61 Protect > Backup 2 Select which backup to use and click Next . Figure 62 Protect > Backup > R estore Archive: Step 1[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 148 3 Select the files and folders you want to restore and click Next . Figure 63 Protect > Backup > R estore Archive: Step 2 4 Select the original location and click Done . Figure 64 Protect > Backup > R estore Archive: Step 3[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 149 5 The NAS restores the files into the share. When it finishes you can access the files. Figure 65 Protect > Backup > R es tore Archiv e: Progress 5.14.4 Restoring by Backup Files If you deleted an archive backup job or the NAS or the RAID array containing the backup job failed you cannot restore a[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 150 2 Select the backup job and backup time and click Next . Figure 67 Protect > Restore: Step 2 3 Select everything in the share except the recycle folder . Click Next . Figure 68 Protect > Restore: Step 3[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials NAS540 User’s Guide 151 4 Browse to the folder where you want to pu t the files. Click Done . Figure 69 Protect > Restore: Step 4 5 The NAS restores the files and you can use them again.[...]

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NAS540 User’s Guide 155 C HAPTER 6 Status Screen 6.1 Overview This chapter describes the Status screen, which is the first adv anced administration screen that displays. 6.2 S t atus Screen Click the Administrati on button in the Desktop screen ( Section 4.6 on page 8 5 ) to open the W eb Configurator . From w ithin the W eb Configurator screens,[...]

Chapter 6 Status Screen NAS540 User’s Guide 156 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 38 Status LABEL DESCRIPTION Status Click Status in the navigati on panel to refre sh the status sc reen statistics. System Information Server Name This displays the name which help s you fi nd the NAS on the networ k. Click the Edit ic[...]

Chapter 6 Status Screen NAS540 User’s Guide 157 File System This field shows what file sy stem an external (U SB) v olume is using. Disk(s) This field shows to which USB port the disk is connecte d. Disk Usage This field shows total di sk size, th e percentage of the disk being used and the percentage that is available. Active Sessions This shows[...]

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NAS540 User’s Guide 159 C HAPTER 7 System Setting 7.1 Overview This chapter gives an overview of the v arious fe atures included in the system setting screens. Upgrade the NAS firmware. Use package management to add more useful applications in your NAS. Identify your NAS on the network and set the time that the NAS follows for its scheduled tasks[...]

Chapter 7 System Setting NAS540 User’s Guide 160 • pyLoad - Use this to have the NAS manage y our downloads including those from one-click hosting sites. One-click hosting sites allow Internet users to easily upload files to the one-click host's server so others can download them. • Memopal - Use this to back up files on the NAS to your [...]

Chapter 7 System Setting NAS540 User’s Guide 161 Click System Se tting > Firmware / Packages to open the following screen. Figure 71 System Setting > Firmware / P ackages The following table describes the labels in this screen. 7.5 Package Management Screen Use this screen to download and inst all applications from the web. See Chapter 11 o[...]

Chapter 7 System Setting NAS540 User’s Guide 162 Click System Se tting > Firmware / Packages > Package to open the following screen. Figure 72 System Setting > Firmware / P ackages > Package The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 40 System Setting > Firmwar e / Packages > Package LABEL DESCRIPTION Packa[...]

Chapter 7 System Setting NAS540 User’s Guide 163 Note: Once you install an applicati on and en able it, additional links show up i n the navigation panel. Thi s applies to NFS , TFTP Server , pyLoad , and Memopal . Access the Gallery , NZBGet , PHP-MySQL-ph pMyAdmin , Squeez eCenter , Transmission , WordPress , and OwnCloud appl ications’ web c[...]

Chapter 7 System Setting NAS540 User’s Guide 164 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 7.6 Server Name Screen Click System Se tting > Server Name to open the following screen. Use this screen to configure your CIFS settings. In this screen you can set your server name and specify if your NAS is a part of a workgroup. Note: C[...]

Chapter 7 System Setting NAS540 User’s Guide 165 The following table describes the labels in these screens. 7.7 Date/T ime Screen Use this screen to select a time zone and a time server from which your NAS can get the time and date. This time is then used in NAS logs and alerts. Click the System Sett ing link in the navigation panel and then clic[...]

Chapter 7 System Setting NAS540 User’s Guide 166 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 43 S y stem Setting > Date/Time LABEL DESCRIPTION Current System Da te Time Setting Current Time This field displays the time us ed by your NA S for its logs and alerts. Current Date This field displays the date us ed by your NAS f[...]

Chapter 7 System Setting NAS540 User’s Guide 167 End Date Configure the day and time when Dayligh t Saving Time ends if you selected Enable Daylig ht Saving . The o'clock field uses the 24 hour fo rmat. Here are a couple of examples: Daylight Saving Time en ds in the United St ates on the fi rst Sunda y of November . Each time zone in the Un[...]

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NAS540 User’s Guide 169 C HAPTER 8 External Volume 8.1 Overview This chapter covers the management of external v olumes and disks. Use the External Volume screen ( Section 8.2 on page 169 ) to display information on all external volumes, create external volumes, an d configure the volu me’ s properties. 8.1.1 What Y ou Need to Know About Extern[...]

Chapter 8 External Vol ume NAS540 User’s Guide 170 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 8.2.1 V olume S t atu s Y ou (the administrator) can see the status of an external volume in the Status or Storage screens. • Healthy means the USB connected device is functioning properly . • Down when a volume is down and can not be f[...]

Chapter 8 External Volume NAS540 User’s Guide 171 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 8.3.1 External Disks Y ou may use SD cards or USB stor age devices that support the following file systems to the NA S. • Windows File Systems: NTFS , F A T32, and exFA T . • Linux File Systems: EXT2, EXT3, and EXT4. T a ble 45 Stor age [...]

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NAS540 User’s Guide 173 C HAPTER 9 Network 9.1 Overview This chapter discusses the network configuration screens. The Network screens allow you to configure T CP/IP and PPPoE settings for the NAS. 9.2 What Y ou Can Do •U s e t h e TCP/IP screen ( Section 9.4 on page 175 ) to configure the NA S’s T CP/IP network connection settings such as the[...]

Chapter 9 Net work NAS540 User’s Guide 174 Stand Alone : LAN1 and LAN2 each use a unique IP address. These IP addresses are independent of each other . Figure 78 Stand Alone T eaming Mode Link Aggregation : This uses IEEE 802.3ad port l ink aggr egation to combine LAN1 and LAN2 into a single logical link with greater bandwidth. Both interfaces us[...]

Chapter 9 Network NAS540 User’s Guide 175 9.4 TCP/IP Screen Use the TCP/IP screen to hav e the NAS use a dynamic or static IP address, subnet mask, default gateway and DNS servers. Click Network > TCP/IP in the navigation panel to open the following screen. Note: If you change the NAS’ s IP address, you need to log in again aft er you apply [...]

Chapter 9 Net work NAS540 User’s Guide 176 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 46 Network > T CP/IP LABEL DESCRIPTION T eaming Mode Select how to use the N AS’ s two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. Stand Alone : Select this option to use a separa te IP address on each of the two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. Link Agg[...]

Chapter 9 Network NAS540 User’s Guide 177 9.5 UPnP Port Mapping Screen Use UPnP (Universal Plug and Pla y) port mapping to allow access from the W AN to services you select on the NAS. It is recommended that you place the NAS behind an Internet gatewa y firewall device to protect the NAS from attacks from the Internet. Many such Internet gatewa y[...]

Chapter 9 Net work NAS540 User’s Guide 178 If your Internet gateway suppo rts Port Address T ran slation (PA T is sometimes included with a port forwarding feature), y ou can have the Internet u sers use a different TC P port number from the one the NAS uses for the service. Figure 82 UPnP P ort Address T ranslation for FTP Example In the above e[...]

Chapter 9 Network NAS540 User’s Guide 179 9.5.3 The NAS’ s Services and UPnP This section introduces the NAS’s services which an Internet gatew ay can use UPnP to allow access to from the Internet. CIFS (Windows File Sharing) Common Internet File System (CIFS) is a standard protocol supported by most oper ating systems in order to share files[...]

Chapter 9 Net work NAS540 User’s Guide 180 Note: Some Internet gatewa ys will delete all UPnP mappings after reboot. So if the Internet ga teway reboots, you may need to use this screen again to re-apply the UPnP port mapping. Figure 84 Network > UPnP > P ort Mapping The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 47 Netw o[...]

Chapter 9 Network NAS540 User’s Guide 181 9.6 PPPoE Screen Use this screen to configure PPPoE settings for a direct Internet connection. Click Network > PPPoE in the navigation panel to open the following screen. Figure 85 Network > PPPoE WAN Port When you enable WAN access for one of the NAS’s services, specify the port num ber (1~65,536[...]

Chapter 9 Net work NAS540 User’s Guide 182 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 9.7 T elnet Service Screen Use this screen to enable or disable T elnet access to the NAS. T elnet access lets you use line commands to conf igure the NAS. Use these commands at your own risk. The vendor takes no re sponsibility for an y changes yo[...]

Chapter 9 Network NAS540 User’s Guide 183 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 9.8 DyDNS Screen Use this to enable and configure Dynamic DNS. Dynamic DNS (DyDNS) allows you to update your curr ent dynamic IP address with a dynamic DN S service so that anyone can contact you (such as through NetMeeting or CU SeeMe). Y ou can al[...]

Chapter 9 Net work NAS540 User’s Guide 184 Click Network > DyDNS to open the following screen. Figure 87 Network > DyDNS The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 50 Network > DyDNS LABEL DESCRIPTION Status Status This shows the DyDN S update result: Disable by user – Y ou have man ually disabled the DyDNS featur[...]

Chapter 9 Network NAS540 User’s Guide 185 Enable DyDNS Select this to use dynamic DNS. Y ou need to have registered a dynam ic DNS account with a service provider such as www .dyndns.org. The Dynami c DNS service prov ider wi ll give you a passwor d or key . Service Provider Select your Dynamic DNS service provider . Hostname Enter your host name[...]

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NAS540 User’s Guide 187 C HAPTER 10 Applications 10.1 Overview This chapter discusses the features in the Application screens. The NAS contains various applications for file sharing and downloading. 10.2 What Y ou Can Do •U s e t h e FTP Server screen ( S e c t i o n 1 0 . 4 o n p a g e 1 8 9 ) to configure se ttings for FTP file transfers to/f[...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 188 FTPES (File T ransfer Protoc ol over Expl icit TLS/SSL) File T ransfer Protocol ov er Explic it TLS/SSL (FTPES) is a file transfer service that uses either TLS (T ransport Lay er Security) or SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) for secure tr ansfers across the Internet. It requests for a mutual method of enc[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 189 Web Publishing W eb publishing lets you “publish” shares (contain ing folders and files) on the NA S so people can access the files using a web browser without having to log into the W eb Configurator . This way you can share files with others without them h aving to know and enter a username a[...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 190 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 10.5 Media Server Screens The media server application allows you to share media files with media clients. T a ble 51 Applications > FTP LABEL DESCRIPTION FTP Enable F TP Y ou can use FTP to send file s to the NAS or get files from th e NAS[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 191 Click Applications > Media Server to open the following screen. Use this screen to view the media server’s status and rebuild the media serv er database. Figure 90 Applications > Media Server > Media Server The following table describes the labels in this screen. 10.5.1 Media Server Shar[...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 192 10.5.2 Media Server Sq ueezeCenter Screen SqueezeCenter enables you to manage a Logitech's Squeezebox device connected to the NAS. Click Applications > Media Server > SqueezeCenter to open the following screen. This screen is av ailable when the SqueezeCenter applicatio n is installed usi[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 193 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 10.7 Download Service Screen The Download S ervice screen allows you to downlo ad files from the Internet. Click Applications > Download Service to open the following screen. Use this screen to manage the NAS’ s file downloads. Note: By [...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 194 Preferences Click this to open a s creen where yo u can set the de fault location for sa ving downloads and configure your P2 P download settings. Refresh Click this to update the in formation display ed on the screen. Select Files A single P2P download to rrent file is often for multi ple file s. I[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 195 Status The following icons sh ow the download’ s status. Completed : The NAS has downl oaded the whole file. Seeding : The download is finished and the NAS is allowing other P2P users to download it. Downloading : The NAS is getting the file. Queued : The downlo ad is waiting in line for the NAS [...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 196 10.7.1 Adding a Download T ask Click Applications > Download Serv ice > Add to open the following screen. Use this screen to specify a file for the NAS to download. Section 5.7 on pag e 108 prov ides a tutorial on adding a download task. Figure 95 Applications > Download Service > Add Th[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 197 Location of Downloaded Files This shows where the NAS stores new downloads ( Put i ncomplete d ownloads i n ) and where the NAS moves completed downloads ( Move completed downloads to ). The Share column shows the name of the share where the file is downloaded. The Path column po ints to the locati[...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 198 10.7.2 Configuring Ge neral Download Settings Click Applications > Download Serv ice > Preferences to open the following screen. Use this screen to set the default location for saving downloads and con figure the download period. Figure 96 Applications > Download Service > Preferences &g[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 199 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 58 Applications > Download Service > Preferences > General Settings LABEL DESCRIPTION Location of Downloaded Files This shows where the NAS stores new downloads ( Put incomplete dow nloads in ) and where the NAS moves com ple[...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 200 10.7.3 Configuring th e P2P Download Settings Click Applications > Download S ervice > Pref erences > P2P download to open the following screen. Use this screen to configure P2P download settings. Figure 97 Applications > Download Service > Preferences > P2P download Download Servi[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 201 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 59 Applications > Download Service > Preferences > P2P download LABEL DESCRIPTION Port Number Assign a port number for P2P downloads. Y ou can select a n umber from 2 to 65536. It is recommended to use a port number greater t[...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 202 10.7.4 Edit IP Filter Use this screen to enable or disable IP filtering fo r P2P downloads. IP filtering blocks IP addresses known to share fake files. Y ou can either get an IP filter table from a website or u se your own table. Click Edit IP Filter in the Applications > Download Service > Pr[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 203 10.7.5 Selecting Files to Download Select an item in the Applications > Download Service screen’s list and click Select Files to open the following screen. Use th is screen to selec t which of the to rrent’s files to download. Section 5.7 on page 108 provides a tutorial on adding a down load[...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 204 10.7.6 Displaying the T ask Information Select an item on the list and click Task Info . Use this screen to check detailed information about the task. Figure 100 Applications > Download Service > T ask Info The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 62 Applications > D[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 205 10.8 W eb Publishing Screen Use this screen to turn web publishing on or off and select shares to publish. Click Applications > Web Publis hing to open the following screen. Figure 101 Applications > W eb Publishing The following table describes the labels in this screen. Priority Use this fi[...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 206 Note: If you installed php-MySQL-phpMy Admin through the Pa ckage Managem ent screen ( Section 7.5 on page 161 ) and enable it, you can use PHP and MySQL in your published web p age. 10.9 Print Server Screen Use the Print Server screen to view and manage the NAS’s list of printers and print jobs. [...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 207 10.9.1 Print Server Rename Click Applications > Print Server and a printer’s Rename icon to open the following screen. Use this screen to change the name the NAS u ses for the printer . Figure 103 Applications > Print Server > Rename The following table describes the labels in this scree[...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 208 Click Applications > Copy/Sync Button to open the following screen. Figure 104 Applications > Copy/Sync Button The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 66 Applications > Copy/Sync Button LABEL DESCRIPTION Copy Settings NAS Copy T arget Select the NAS share to use wit[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 209 10.1 1 T echnical Reference This section provides technical background information on the topics discussed in this chapter . 10.1 1.1 Sharing Media Files on Y our Network Th e me dia se rver fe atu re l et s any one on y our net wor k p lay vid eo, m usi c, and pho tos fr om t he N AS (without havi[...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 210 A link for the NAS in iT une s under SH ARED . Click it to display the NAS’ s published media files as shown next. Figure 105 NAS link in iT unes 10.1 1.2 Download Service The NAS’s download service download s fil es from the Internet directly to the NAS. Y ou do not have to download to your com[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 21 1 program (Windows Explorer for exam ple) to copy the torrent file into the torrent folder . The NAS automatically uses the torrent file. After your P2P download and sharing are finished, you can go to the incoming folder within the destination share or folder and delete the .torrent file if you nee[...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 212 Use a Hardware-based Firewall Place a hardware-based firew all be tween your network and the Intern et (a software-based firewall on your computer would just protect the computer itself , not the NAS since your computer is not between your NAS and the Internet). Figure 107 Firewall Ideally your fire[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 213 from the Internet in response to a request that or iginated on the LAN (it le ts you get files from the Internet and blocks those on the Internet from getting files from you ). Figure 108 Firewall Blocking Incoming P2P Download Requests T o speed up P2P download file transfers, configure y our fire[...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 214 1 Click Applications > Web Publishing and configure the screen as shown (enable the web publishing and move FamilyPhotos over to Published Sh ares ) and click Apply. Figure 1 10 Applications > Web Pu blishing (Example) 2 Now open your web browser and type in the addre ss of the NAS’s F amily[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 215 10.1 1.6 Web Publishing W eb publishing lets you “publish” shares (contain ing folders and files) on the NA S so people can access the files using a web browser without having to log into the W eb Configurator . This way you can share files with others without them h aving to know and enter a u[...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 216 10.1 1.7 Printer Sharing The NAS can act as a print server . A print server lets multiple computers share a printer . Connect a printer to the NAS’ s USB port to let multiple co mputers on your network u se it. See www .zyxel.com for a list of compatible printers. Figure 1 12 Printer Sharing 10.1 [...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 217 The following figure illustrates how copying files wo rks when you copy files from a USB device to the NAS. The same concept applies when you copy files from the NAS to a USB device. Figure 1 13 Copying Files Example Both storage devices contain file A. • A copy of files A and B from the USB devi[...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 218 The following figure illustrates how synchronization works when you synchronize files from a USB device to the NAS. The same concept applies wh e n you synchronize files from the NAS to a USB device. Figure 1 14 Synchronizing Files Example 1 Both storage devices contain A. • A copy of files A and [...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 219 The following figure illustrates how synchronization works when you synchronize files in both directions simultaneously . Figure 1 15 Synchronizing Files Example 2 A on the USB device and B on the NAS are modified more recently . • File A from the USB device replaces file A on the NAS. • File B[...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 220 • Y ou can only link each individual Google account to one NAS user account. • This feature does not currently download Google Documents. 10.12.1 Account Setting Screen Use the Account Setting screen to synchronize local NAS shares or folders and Google Drive accounts. Click Applications > Go[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 221 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 10.12.2 Account Setting A dd Screen Use the Account Setting Add screen to link an NAS user account and a Google account. Click Applications > GoogleDrive > Add to open the following screen. T a ble 67 Applications > GoogleDrive > [...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 222 Note: The user has to log int o the Google account on the same computer to allow the NAS to link t o it. Figure 1 17 Applications > Google Drive > Account Setting > Add The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 68 Applications > GoogleDrive > Account Setting >[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 223 Step 3 Click t he link to get the auth orization code from Goo gle. The user must sign into the Google accoun t. Y ou may need to sign out of Google’ s services fi rst if another user account is already signed in. The NAS GoogleD rive feature us es the Griv e app. R eview what the Griv e app want[...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 224 10.12.3 Up date Period Screen Use the Update Period screen to set how often the NAS synchronizes with Google Drive. The NAS initiates the connections, thus you do not hav e to configure rules on a firewall located in front of the NAS to allow access. Click Applications > Googl eDrive > Update [...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations NAS540 User’s Guide 225 Click Applications > Syslog Server to open the following screen. Figure 1 19 Applications > Syslog Server The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 70 Applications > Syslog Server LABEL DESCRIPTION Enable S yslog Serve r Select this to have the NAS accept syslog logs[...]

Chapter 10 Applications NAS540 User’s Guide 226 Log Format Select the format you want to use for recording the received logs. The Example item below the drop-down list boxes displays how the selected custom format looks. F or example, if y ou select Ful l Date , the individual log entries would displa y with something lik e 2009 May 13 17:15 :51 [...]

NAS540 User’s Guide 227 C HAPTER 11 Packages 1 1.1 Overview This chapter describes screens for features you can add to the NAS by installing packages. See Section 7.5 on page 161 for how to manage packages. 1 1.2 What Y ou Can Do •U s e t h e NFS screen ( Section 11.3 on page 227 ) to configure the Network File System (NFS) settings of your NAS[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages NAS540 User’s Guide 228 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Y ou see a warning screen before you delete a volume. Figure 121 Delete an NFS Share 1 1.3.1 Add/Edit NFS Share Use this screen to add or edit an NFS share. Note: Some attributes of the NF S share cannot be edited. T a ble 71 Network > NFS LAB[...]

Chapter 11 Packages NAS540 User’s Guide 229 Click Add or Edit in the Network > NFS screen to open the following: Figure 122 Network > NFS: Add/Edit The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.3.2 NFS Session Use this screen to view a list of active NFS sess ions. Y ou can see which users are connected the NFS shares. T a bl[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages NAS540 User’s Guide 230 Click NFS Session in the Network > NFS screen to open the following. Figure 123 Network > NFS: NFS Session The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.4 TFTP Server Screen T rivial File T ransfer Protocol (TFTP) is an Internet file transfer protocol similar to FTP and often used [...]

Chapter 11 Packages NAS540 User’s Guide 231 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.5 pyLoad Screen Use this screen to configure the NAS so you can us e pyLoad to manage your downloads, including those from one-click hosting sites. Click Applications > pyLoad to open the following screen. Figure 125 Applications > pyLoa[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages NAS540 User’s Guide 232 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.6 ownCloud Setup Use the Package Management screen to install the ownCloud package. Use ownCloud to store, back up, synchronize, and share files, pho tos, calendars, and more with computers and mobile devices. Use the following procedure to i[...]

Chapter 11 Packages NAS540 User’s Guide 233 Note: If ownCloud does not appear , click the Retrieve List from Internet icon to update the list. 2 The following confirmation screen appears. Select the volume in which to install ownCloud and store ownCloud data and click Apply . The NAS must have a conn ection to the Internet to download the package[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages NAS540 User’s Guide 234 3 The installation progress appears in the ownCloud row . 4 A link appears in the Management Page column after installation finishes. Click this link. 5 The ownCloud login screen appears. Create an administr ator user name and password and click Finish Setup . 6 The main ownCloud screen displays. Use t[...]

Chapter 11 Packages NAS540 User’s Guide 235 Note: Get ownCloud deskto p clients from ownc loud.org and ownCloud mobile apps from Google Play or the Apple App Store. 1 1.7 Memopal Install the Memopal package to back up folders of files on the NAS to your Memopal online backup and storage account. Note: Deleting files from y our Memopal acco unt’[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages NAS540 User’s Guide 236 Click Applications > Memopal to open the following screen. Figure 126 Applications > Memopal[...]

Chapter 11 Packages NAS540 User’s Guide 237 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 76 Applications > Memopal LABEL DESCRIPTION Status This shows the stat us of the Memopal applic ation’ s interaction with the Memopal server . Disabled : The NAS Memopal application is turned off . Starting : The backup job is initia [...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages NAS540 User’s Guide 238 Path Identify the fol der to back up to the Memopal server . Use Browse to find or create a folder on the NAS or type the location of the folder using forward slashes as br anch separators. Click Add to add the folder to the list of folders the NAS Memopal application backs up to the Memopa l server . [...]

NAS540 User’s Guide 239 C HAPTER 12 Auto Upload 12.1 Overview This chapter discusses the features in the Auto Upload screens. The auto upload feature uploads media files stored in the NAS to the Flickr and/or Y ouT ube sharing websites. Besides web publishing and me dia server , auto upload is another conv enient way to share media files with you[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload NAS540 User’s Guide 240 Click Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube to open the following screen. Figure 127 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/Y ouT ube The following table describes the labels in this screen. 12.4.1 Configuring the Flickr Settings In the Applications > Auto Up load > Flick r/YouTu[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload NAS540 User’s Guide 241 The web browser opens the Y ahoo! Flickr login page. Enter your Y ahoo account’ s information and click Sign In . Figure 129 Y ahoo! Flickr Login P age[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload NAS540 User’s Guide 242 The following page displays asking for your authorization. Click OK, I’LL ALLOW IT to establish a link between the NAS and your Flickr account. Figure 130 Flickr Authorization A confirmation page displays indicating successful authorization. R eturn to the NAS web configurator . Click Get Ready in [...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload NAS540 User’s Guide 243 Once the NAS is associated with your Flickr account, you can configure auto upload settings in the following screen. Figure 132 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/Y ouT ube > Config (Flickr)[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload NAS540 User’s Guide 244 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 78 Applications > Auto Upload > F lickr/YouTube > Config (Flickr) LABEL DESCRIPTION Flickr Acco unt Configuration Username This field dis plays th e Flickr account authorized for the auto upload feature. Photo Space Usa ge This[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload NAS540 User’s Guide 245 12.4.2 Configuring the Y ouT ube Settings In the Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube screen, select Y ouT ube from the list and then click the Config button. Note: Y our Y ouT ube account must be associated wit h a Google account. Get a Google account and use it to log into Y o uT ube. [...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload NAS540 User’s Guide 246 Once the NAS is associated with your Y ouT ube account, you can configure auto upload settings in the following screen. Figure 134 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/Y ouT ube > Config (Y ouT ube) The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 79 Applications > Auto Upl[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload NAS540 User’s Guide 247 Switch User Click this to us e a different Y ouT ube account for the auto upload feature. Fold er Selection Folder W atch List This table displays a list of shares and folders selected for auto upload. File s stored in these locati ons are uploaded to your Y ou T ube account. Status This fiel d indic[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload NAS540 User’s Guide 248 12.5 FTP Uploadr Screen The FTP Uploadr feature uploads files stored in th e NAS to F TP servers. Besides web publishing and media server , auto upload is another convenient w ay to share media files with your friends and family . Y ou can link the NAS to the FTP server or the FTP server on another N[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload NAS540 User’s Guide 249 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 12.5.1 Adding or Edit ing an FTP Server Entry Use this screen to add or edit an FTP server en try for auto upload. T a ble 80 Applications > Auto Upload > FTP Uploadr LABEL DESCRIPTION Enable FTP Uploadr Use the check box to en able or di[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload NAS540 User’s Guide 250 In the FTP Uploadr screen, click the Add Serv er or Edit Server button to open the following screen. Figure 136 Applications > Auto Upload > FTP Uploadr > Add or Edit a Server The following table describes the labels in this screen. 12.5.2 FTP Uploadr Preferences Screen Use this screen to co[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload NAS540 User’s Guide 251 In the FTP Uploadr screen, click the Preferen ces icon to open the following screen. Figure 137 Applications > Auto Upload > FTP Uploadr > Preference s The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 82 Applications > Auto Upload > FTP Uploadr > Preferences LABEL DE[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload NAS540 User’s Guide 252 Add Click this to open the fol lowing screen where you can set a folde r that contains files you want the NAS to autom atically upload. • Share - Select the share from the list. • Path - T ype the folder location in the share directly or click Browse to open the following screen and navigate to t[...]

NAS540 User’s Guide 253 C HAPTER 13 Dropbox 13.1 Overview The Dropbox W eb-based file hosting service uses cloud computing to let you use file synchronization to store and share files and folders with others across the Internet. Use your Dropbox account to easily move files to y our NAS and have the NA S download *.torrent files. 13.2 Dropbox Scr[...]

Chapter 13 Dr opbox NAS540 User’s Guide 254 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 83 Applications > Dropbox LABEL DESCRIPTION Status This shows the status of the NAS Dropbox application’ s interaction with the D ropbox server . Disable : The NAS Dropbox application is turned o ff . Ready : The NAS Dropbox applicati[...]

Chapter 13 Dropbox NAS540 User’s Guide 255 13.3 How to Use Dropbox with the NAS Here is how to use the Drop2NAS and zDownload folders the NAS creates in your Dro pbox account. Using the Drop2NAS Folder The NAS connects to Dropbox and copies f iles in the Drop2NAS folder to the NAS’s adminDropboxFromDropbox folder an d empt ies the Drop2NAS fo[...]

Chapter 13 Dr opbox NAS540 User’s Guide 256 adminDropboxFromDropbox folder in the format of “filename(n).extension” . Here is an example of the Drop2NAS folder . Note: Do not delete the NA Stoken file as it is needed for your NAS to work with the Dropbox account. Figure 139 Dropbo xDrop2NAS Using the zDownload Folder The NAS copies *.torre[...]

NAS540 User’s Guide 257 C HAPTER 14 Using Time Machine with the NAS 14.1 Overview Time Machine is a backup system provided by Mac OS X. It autom atically backs up everything on your Mac, including pictures, music, videos, docu ments, applications, and settings. This chapter helps you to enable Time Machine in OS X to use your NAS as a backup volu[...]

Chapter 14 Using Time Machine with the NAS NAS540 User’s Guide 258 1 Click Apple > System Preferen ces . Then go to System and se lect Time Machine . 2 Tu r n T i m e M a c h i n e ON . The n click Change Disk . 3 Select share01 as the backup disk. Then click Use for Backup .[...]

Chapter 14 Using Time Machine with the NAS NAS540 User’s Guide 259 4 When prompted for the username and password of share01 , enter the login information for an existing user account with write access permission on share01 (for information on configuring user accounts and shares see Section 5.6 on page 100 ). In this example user1/ 12345 is used.[...]

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NAS540 User’s Guide 261 C HAPTER 15 Users 15.1 Overview This chapter introduces the Users screens of the NAS. Use the Users screens to create and manage administrator and user accou nts. Administrators can: • Configure and manage the NAS. • Create volumes, shares, and user accounts. • Assign individual users specific access rights for speci[...]

Chapter 15 Use rs NAS540 User’s Guide 262 Use this screen to create and manage accounts for users who can store files on the NAS. Figure 142 Sharing > Users The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 85 Sh aring > Users LABEL DESCRIPTION Add User Click t his to open a screen where you can configure a new user acco unt.[...]

Chapter 15 Users NAS540 User’s Guide 263 15.3.1 User Icons The followi ng table describ es the user ic ons. 15.3.2 Adding or Editing an Account Use this screen to create or edit a NAS user account with NAS access password. Delete Sele cted Users Select an account and click this to open a screen where you can delete t he user account. User Info Se[...]

Chapter 15 Use rs NAS540 User’s Guide 264 Click the Add User button in the Users screen to open the following screens. Click the Ed it User button in the screen shown previously to edit an existing account. Figure 143 Sharing > Users > Add or Edit a User: General Settings Figure 144 Sharing > Users > Add or Edit a User: Quota (per vol[...]

Chapter 15 Users NAS540 User’s Guide 265 15.3.3 Usernames Enter a username from one to 32 ch aracters. Th e first character must be alphabetical (case insensitive, [A -Z a- z]); numeric characters are not allowed as the first character . The username can only contain the following char acters: • Alphanumeric A- z 0-9. Unicode usernames are sup [...]

Chapter 15 Use rs NAS540 User’s Guide 266 •f t p • anonymous-ftp • anonymous • nobody • root •p c - g u e s t •a d m i n • password 15.4 Displaying User Info Use this screen to display a user’s information. In the Users screen, select an account and click User Info to open the following s creen. Figure 146 Sharing > Users >[...]

NAS540 User’s Guide 267 C HAPTER 16 Groups 16.1 Overview This chapter introduces the Groups screens. Use the Groups screens to create and ma nage groups. Y ou can assign users to groups and grant in dividual groups access rights to specific shares. 16.2 What Y ou Can Do •U s e t h e m a i n Groups screen ( S ection 16.3 on page 267 ) to display[...]

Chapter 16 Gro ups NAS540 User’s Guide 268 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 16.3.1 Adding or Editing a Group Use this screen to create or edit a NAS group. T a ble 89 Sh aring > Groups LABEL DESCRIPTION Add Group Click this to open a screen where y ou can config ure a new grou p. Search Click this to display a search fi[...]

Chapter 16 Groups NAS540 User’s Guide 269 Click the Add Group button in the Groups s creen to open the following screen. Click the Edit Group button in the screen shown previously to edit an existing group. Figure 148 Sharing > Gro ups > Add or Edit a Gr oup The following table describes the labels in this screen. 16.3.2 Group Names Enter a[...]

Chapter 16 Gro ups NAS540 User’s Guide 270 • Multiple spaces within names are converted to a single space. • Group names are case insensitive. The group name cannot be the same (no matter the letter case) as an existing group. For example, if a group exists with the name 'F AMIL Y', you cannot create a group named 'family'[...]

NAS540 User’s Guide 271 C HAPTER 17 Shares 17.1 Overview A share is a set of access permissions mapped to a sp ecific folder on a volume. It is equiv alent to the Windows concept of a shared folder . Y ou can map a share to a n etwork drive for easy and familiar file transfer for Windo ws users. 17.2 What Y ou Can Do •U s e t h e Shares screen [...]

Chapter 17 Sha res NAS540 User’s Guide 272 17.3 Shares Screen Click Sharing > Shares in the navigation panel to open the following screen. This screen lists all shares created on the NAS. Figure 149 Sharing > Shares The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 91 Sh aring > Shares LABEL DESCRIPTION Add Share Click th [...]

Chapter 17 Shares NAS540 User’s Guide 273 Status Th is field displays the sh are icons. represents a B uilt-in share on a volume on the internal hard dri ves. represents a Predefined or User-Created share on a volume on the internal hard drives. represents an Auto or User-Created sh are on a volume on the external (USB) devices. represents a disa[...]

Chapter 17 Sha res NAS540 User’s Guide 274 17.3.1 Adding or Editing Share Click Add Share to create a new share. In the Shar es screen, select a share and click Edit Share to open the following screen. Use this screen to create or edit a share. Figure 150 Shares > Add Share (or Edit Share) The following table describes the labels in this scree[...]

Chapter 17 Shares NAS540 User’s Guide 275 17.3.2 Configuring Advanced Share Access In the Sharing > Shares > Add Share or Edit Sh are screen, select Advanced from the Share Access drop-down list. Click Edit to open the following s creen. Us e this screen to configure share access rights for individual users and groups. Figure 151 Sharing &g[...]

Chapter 17 Sha res NAS540 User’s Guide 276 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 17.3.3 Public and ANON YMOUS Share Access Right s If you make a share public, u s ers do not need to log in. With ANONYMOUS FTP , you must enter either 'anonymous' or 'f tp' as the username. Any other name is considered a userna[...]

Chapter 17 Shares NAS540 User’s Guide 277 17.4.2 Configuring Recycle Bins In the Sharing > Shares screen, click Recycle Bin to open the foll owing screen. Figure 152 Sharing > Shares > R ecycle Bin The following table describes the labels in this screen. 17.5 Share Browser Screen Use this screen to create folders, upload files, and edit [...]

Chapter 17 Sha res NAS540 User’s Guide 278 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 95 Sh aring > Shares > Share Browser LABEL DESCRIPTI ON Create Folde r T ype a folder name and click Apply to make a new folder . The name can be 1 to 239 single- byte (no Chinese characters allowed for exam ple) ASCII char acters. Th[...]

Chapter 17 Shares NAS540 User’s Guide 279 17.5.1 Moving or Copying Files Use this screen to move or copy files to another share. In the Share Browser screen, select a file or folder and click Move or Copy to open the following screen. Figure 154 Sharing > Shares > Share Browser > Move (or Copy) The following table describes the labels in[...]

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NAS540 User’s Guide 281 C HAPTER 18 WebDAV 18.1 Overview The W ebDAV HT TP extension lets users edit and ma nage files stored on remote servers. The NAS’ s W ebDAV service allows client programs that support W ebDAV , such as NetDrive and BitKinex on Windows, Mac OS Finder , and Linux file browsers re motely edit and manage files stored on the [...]

Chapter 18 We bDAV NAS540 User’s Guide 282 18.3 How to Use NetDrive with the NAS Here is an example of how to use the NetDriv e W ebDA V client with the NAS. 1 Download and install NetDrive. 2 Click Add Drive and use the URL for W ebDAV connections to the NAS to add a drive entry for accessing the NAS. Figure 156 NetDrive Example Example When Web[...]

Chapter 18 WebDAV NAS540 User’s Guide 283 3 Name the drive and specify the URL of the share to access. Select SSL if the NAS forces HT TPs use. Specify your user name and password for accessing the share on the NAS. Figure 157 NetDrive Add Drive[...]

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NAS540 User’s Guide 285 C HAPTER 19 Maintenance Screens 19.1 Overview This chapter discusses the Maintenance screens. Th e Maintenance screens allow you to manage system configurations. 19.2 What Y ou Can Do •U s e t h e Power screen ( Section 19.3 on page 285 ) to configure power settings for the NAS, including power saving, UPS, power on/off [...]

Chapter 19 Maintena nce Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 286 Click Maintenance > Po wer to display the following screen. Figure 158 Maintenance > P ower The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 98 Main tenance > P ower LABEL DESCRIPTION Powe r Management T urn off hard disk(s ) Enter the num ber of minutes to wait when[...]

Chapter 19 Maintenance Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 287 Always Pow er Of f Select this option to keep the NAS from au tomatically restarting when the power is restored afte r a power failure. This is a computer ’ s “traditional” behavio r . Select this if you have other servers such as a domain controller or DNS server that you w ant to star[...]

Chapter 19 Maintena nce Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 288 19.3.1 Editing the Power Control Sc hedule Screen Click Maintenance > Power Management > Edit to open this screen. Use this screen to configure power control schedules to ha ve the NAS tu rn on, turn off , or reboot at specified times. Figure 159 Maintenance > P ower Management >[...]

Chapter 19 Maintenance Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 289 19.4 Log Screen Click Maintenance > Log to open the following screen. Execute Time (hh:mm) Enter the time, day , and/or day of the mo nth as appropriate for this power control schedule entry . Leave more than 1 0 minutes between the execution ti mes of the entries. If the NAS turns off or [...]

Chapter 19 Maintena nce Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 290 Use this screen to display all NAS logs. There are at most 512 entries in the log. Older logs are removed by the system. Y ou cannot download the log file via FTP or CIFS. Figure 160 Maintenance > Log The following table describes the labels in this screen. 19.4.1 Report Config Screen In [...]

Chapter 19 Maintenance Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 291 •U s e t h e Syslog Server Setting screen ( Section 19.4 .4 on page 292 ) to enable the syslog server and select the categories to include in the log report. 19.4.2 Email Setting Y ou can enable and configure e-mail alerts from the NAS. In the Report Config screen, click the Email Setting t[...]

Chapter 19 Maintena nce Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 292 19.4.3 Report Setting Y ou can select the type of alerts you want to receive through e-mail and sch edule when the NAS e- mails the alerts. In the Report Confi g screen, click the Report Setting tab to open the following screen. Figure 162 Maintenance > Log > Report Config: R eport Set[...]

Chapter 19 Maintenance Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 293 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 19.5 Configuration Screen Click Maintenance > Configuration to open the fol lowing screen. Use this screen to backup or restore the NAS configuration settings. Figure 164 Maintenance > Configur ation The following table describes [...]

Chapter 19 Maintena nce Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 294 19.6 SSL Certification Click Maintenance > SSL to open this screen, where you can turn on HT TPS, create a public k ey certificate, or upload a public key certificate that w as issued by a known certificate authority . Figure 165 Maintenance > SSL Re store Click this to load the previo[...]

Chapter 19 Maintenance Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 295 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 19.6.1 Modifying or Creating a Certificate When you select the Edit a self-signed CA certificate option, then click the Edit button, a screen opens to allow you to mak e adjustments to the NAS’ s public key certificate. T a ble 105 Ma[...]

Chapter 19 Maintena nce Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 296 The screen is also the same for the Create a certificate authorized by other CA option . Figure 166 Maintenance > SSL > Create or Edit a Certificate The following table describes the labels in this screen. 19.7 Shut down Screen Use this screen to turn off the NAS or perform a soft ware[...]

Chapter 19 Maintenance Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 297 Click Maintenance > Shutdown to open the following screen. Figure 167 Maintenance > Shutdow n The following table describes the labels in this screen. When you click the Restart button a pop-up screen will appear asking you to confirm. Click OK to continue or Cancel to quit the restart.[...]

Chapter 19 Maintena nce Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 298 19.8.2 Log Severity Levels The following table shows information on log severity levels. Levels r ange from 0 to 6 with 0 being the most severe level log and 6 being an informatio nal log only . Log levels are not displayed in the logs and are for your reference only . 19.8.3 Log Messages He[...]

Chapter 19 Maintenance Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 299 Copy/S ync Button ER ROR [U SB Sy nc] Sync F a ile d a t Fold er % s. Copy/S ync Button ERROR Modify COPY /SYNC Bu tton Configuration: %s Copy/S ync Button ERROR P lease Change Y our Folder Name. Invalid Path: %s Copy/S ync Button INFO [USB Sync] Copying %s from Inte rnal V olume to Backup Fo[...]

Chapter 19 Maintena nce Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 300 Download Servi ce INFO Download se rvice initialized Download Servi ce INFO Download service pause %s by user Download Servi ce INFO Download se rvice set %s to %s priority by user Download Servi ce INFO Download se rvice set default download loca tion to %s Download Servi ce INFO Download s[...]

Chapter 19 Maintenance Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 301 Download Servi ce INFO Download service added %d rules from ipfilter .dat Download Servi ce INFO Download se rvice detected invalid ip range %s in ipfilter .dat Download Servi ce WARNING Download service default locati on does not exist. Load default Download Servi ce WARNING Download service[...]

Chapter 19 Maintena nce Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 302 Services INFO The date and time are updated manu ally . Services INFO The time is updated manual ly . Services NOTICE FTP server stops Services NOTICE FTP server starts Services NOTICE MyCloc k has chan ged daylight saving interval Services NOTICE MyClock has disabl ed daylight sa ving inter[...]

Chapter 19 Maintenance Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 303 storage Info initialize Repair De gr a ded R aid [V olume1]: SUCCESS storage error initialize R epair Degraded Ra id [V olume1]: F AILED storage Info initialize Repair Degr ad ed Raid [ Disk Gro up 1]: SUCCESS storage error initialize R epair Degraded R aid [ Disk Group 1]: F AILED storage In[...]

Chapter 19 Maintena nce Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 304 USB NOTICE An external USB hu b device is plu gged/unplugged. Users ALERT Failed %s login attempt (inco rrect password or in existent username) Users ALERT Failed %s login attempt (inco rrect password or in existent username) Users INFO User %s has logged in from %s! Users INFO User %s has l[...]

Chapter 19 Maintenance Screens NAS540 User’s Guide 305 Pow er Management INFO Job [%s] is pending be cause other job is runnin g Pow er Management INFO Job [%s] is canceled by user Pow er Management INFO Restore job [%s] is triggered by user Pow er Management INFO [Power On] sche dule is triggered. Pow er Management INFO [Power Off] sche dule is [...]

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NAS540 User’s Guide 307 C HAPTER 20 Protect 20.1 Overview This chapter introduces different ways of protecting data on the NAS and covers the Protect screens. 20.2 What Y ou Can Do •U s e t h e Backup screens ( Section 20.3 on page 307 ) to create and customize backup jobs. •U s e t h e Restore screens ( Section 20.4 on page 32 1 ) to restore[...]

Chapter 20 Prot ect NAS540 User’s Guide 308 Click Protect > Backup to open the following screen. Figure 170 Protect > Backup The following table describes the labels in this screen. 20.3.1 Backup: S tep 1 Use this screen to specify the job information and back up type. T a ble 1 12 Protect > Back up LABEL DESCRIPTION Backup Add Job Cli c[...]

Chapter 20 Protect NAS540 User’s Guide 309 Click Add Job in the Protect > Backup scree n to open the follow ing: Figure 171 Protect > B ackup: Step 1 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 1 13 Protect > Back up: Step 1 LABEL DESCRIPTION Job Information Job Name Enter a name to identi fy the backup job. Job Desc[...]

Chapter 20 Prot ect NAS540 User’s Guide 310 Backup T ype Choose the backup type th e NAS i mplements for the backup job. Archive - Th is is a backup of the s ource folder in an archive format. Once y ou backup your files in the target folder , you cannot access the files indiv idually unless you have the extracting tool used by the NAS. If there [...]

Chapter 20 Protect NAS540 User’s Guide 31 1 20.3.2 Backup: S tep 2 Use this screen to specify where the files you w ant to backup are located and set where you w ant the backup to be stored. Figure 172 Protect > B ackup: Step 2[...]

Chapter 20 Prot ect NAS540 User’s Guide 312 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 1 14 Protect > Back up: Step 2 LABEL DESCRIPTION Backup Source Select an (internal) volume and the folde rs and files to back up usin g this tree interfa ce. Click to browse through fo lders, sub- folders and files. Click to close a fol[...]

Chapter 20 Protect NAS540 User’s Guide 313 Remote Sel ect this to back up to another device. For A rc hi ve s: The remote device can be another NAS in the ne twork. Fill in the following fields in order to be able to access it. • R emote NAS Address •U s e r n a m e •P a s s w o r d • Share Name Click Test Connection to see if y our NAS c[...]

Chapter 20 Prot ect NAS540 User’s Guide 314 20.3.3 Backup: S tep 3 Use this screen to specify compression, encryption and purge policies for the backup job. This step is only available if y ou are doing an archive backup or a synchronization backup to a remote target. Figure 173 Protect > B ackup: Step 3 The following table describes the label[...]

Chapter 20 Protect NAS540 User’s Guide 315 20.3.4 Backup: S tep 4 Click this to specify the schedule for the backup job. The backup job automatically runs according to the schedule that you set in this screen. Figure 174 Protect > B ackup: Step 4 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Previous Click this to go back to the pre[...]

Chapter 20 Prot ect NAS540 User’s Guide 316 20.3.5 Edit Job Screen Use this screen to edit an existing backup job. Some attributes of the backup job cannot be changed, such as the name, backup type, source folder and so on. 20.3.6 Edit Job: Step 1 Click Protect > Backup . Select a backup job from the list and click Edit Job to open the Edit Jo[...]

Chapter 20 Protect NAS540 User’s Guide 317 Backup T ype This field is read-o nly and shows the backup type. Source folder(s )/ file(s) This is read-only and shows the path of the source folder for backup . Backup T arget This field is read-only and shows on which v olume (whether inte rnal or external) the backup files are stored. If the target l[...]

Chapter 20 Prot ect NAS540 User’s Guide 318 20.3.7 Edit Job: Step 2 Use this screen to edit the schedule for the backup job. Figure 176 Protect > Backup > Edit: Step 2 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 1 18 Protect > Back up > Edit: Step 2 LABEL DESCRIPTION Scheduler Settings Backup Frequen cy Edit this [...]

Chapter 20 Protect NAS540 User’s Guide 319 20.3.8 Restore Archive Screen Use this screen to restore previous backups made with the NAS. 20.3.9 Restore Archive: S tep 1 Click Protect > Backup screen ( Section 20.3 on page 307 ). Y ou can restore a previous backup job by selecting a backup job from the list and clicking Restore Archive. Figure 1[...]

Chapter 20 Prot ect NAS540 User’s Guide 320 20.3.10 Restore Archive: Step 2 Use this screen to se lect the folder where the archive you want to restore is located. Figure 178 Protect > Backup > R estore Archive: Step 2 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 20.3.1 1 Restore Archive: Step 3 Use this screen to select the loc[...]

Chapter 20 Protect NAS540 User’s Guide 321 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 20.4 Restore Screen Use this screen to restore previous backups made wi th the NAS, including archives and folders from internal, external or remote NASs to the NAS. T a ble 121 Protect > Backup > Restore Archive: Step 3 LABEL DESCRIPTION Ste[...]

Chapter 20 Prot ect NAS540 User’s Guide 322 20.4.1 Restore: S tep 1 Y ou can access this screen by clicking Protect > Restore . Figure 180 Protect > R estore: Step 1 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 122 Protect > Restore: Step 1 LABEL DESCRIPTION Step 1. Se lect Res tor e S ou rce Select a previous archiv [...]

Chapter 20 Protect NAS540 User’s Guide 323 20.4.2 Restore: S tep 2 Select a previous archiv e backup th at you w ant to restore to the NAS. Figure 181 Protect > R estore: Step 2 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Browse Cli ck this to sele ct where the previous backup that you want to restore is located. • Volume - Sele[...]

Chapter 20 Prot ect NAS540 User’s Guide 324 20.4.3 Restore: S tep 3 Use this screen to select the folder where the archive y ou want to restore is located. Figure 182 Protect > R estore: Step 3 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Restored Time Select a previous backup job in th e li st that you want to restore to your N AS[...]

Chapter 20 Protect NAS540 User’s Guide 325 20.4.4 Restore: S tep 4 Use this screen to select the location in the NAS where y ou want to restore your backup. Figure 183 Protect > R estore: Step 4 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 20.5 Configuration File Backup and Restoration Use the Maintenance > Configuration menus t[...]

Chapter 20 Prot ect NAS540 User’s Guide 326 If you forgot the NAS password, then use the RESET button (see Section 1.1.5 on page 17 ) to return the NAS to the factory default configur ation. Note: Configuration File Backup and R estoration does not affect data (your fil es and folde rs), volum es on th e NAS.[...]

NAS540 User’s Guide 327 C HAPTER 21 Troubleshooting 21.1 T roubleshooting Overview This chapter offers some suggestions to solve problems you might encounter . The potential problems are divided into the following categories. • Po wer , Hardware, Connections, and LEDs • NAS Starter Utility • NAS Login and Access • I Cannot Access The NAS [...]

Chapter 21 Tro ubleshooting NAS540 User’s Guide 328 • T urn the NAS off and o n. • If the problem continues, cont act the vendor . An HDD LED is off . The HDD LED is off when the NAS cannot detect a hard drive in the drive bay . Replace or install a hard drive. See Installing or replacing a hard disk. An HDD LED is red. R ed means that the NA[...]

Chapter 21 Troubl eshooting NAS540 User’s Guide 329 • Make sure the Ethernet cable is connected properly to the NAS and connected to another (Ethernet) device. Make sure the other device is turned on. If it’ s connected directly to a computer , make sure that the computer netw ork card is working (ping 127.0.0.1 on the computer). • Use anot[...]

Chapter 21 Tro ubleshooting NAS540 User’s Guide 330 The NAS Starter Utility disco ver ed my NAS but the stat us is alwa ys unreachable, even though I can access it. Y ou may need to add the NAS Starter Utility to your software firewall’ s allow list or lower your software firewall or anti- virus scanne r’ s security level. Alternatively you m[...]

Chapter 21 Troubl eshooting NAS540 User’s Guide 331 • If you are trying to login directly by typing the server name into your web bro wser ’ s address field, make sure you are using the correct server name as the web site address. • The default server name is ‘NAS’ followed by the number of your model (‘ NAS540 ’ for example). If yo[...]

Chapter 21 Tro ubleshooting NAS540 User’s Guide 332 1 In Internet Explorer , click Tools , Internet Options and then the Security tab. Figure 184 Internet Options: Security 2 Click the Custom Level... button. 3 Under Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting , make sure that Enable is selected (the default). 4 Click OK to close the window[...]

Chapter 21 Troubl eshooting NAS540 User’s Guide 333 I can see the login screen, but I cannot log in to the NAS. • Make sure y ou have entered the username and password correctly . The default username is admin , and the default password is 1234 . These fields are case-sensitive, so mak e sure [Caps Lock] is not on. • T urn the NAS off and on.[...]

Chapter 21 Tro ubleshooting NAS540 User’s Guide 334 • In Windows XP or 2000, click Start > Settings > Control Panel > Network Connections ( Network and Dial-up Connections in Windows 2000/NT) > Local Area Connection > Properties . •C h e c k t h a t Client for Microsoft Networks is in the list of components and has its check bo[...]

Chapter 21 Troubl eshooting NAS540 User’s Guide 335 • Check the NAS’ s DNS setting. The DNS server the NAS is using must be able to resolve the domain controller’s address. If the domain contro ller uses a priv ate IP address, the NAS needs to use a private DNS server . If the domain controller uses a public IP add ress, the NAS needs to us[...]

Chapter 21 Tro ubleshooting NAS540 User’s Guide 336 Re placing smaller disks in a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6 with larger capacit y hard disks did not expand the storage capacity . The NAS normally expands the storage capacity by itself after rebuilding th e RAID but may not if the NAS rebooted duri ng the RAID re-build. After the re-build finishes[...]

Chapter 21 Troubl eshooting NAS540 User’s Guide 337 2 Enter nas followed by the number of your model ( 540 for example) or the Server Name you assigned the NAS. This shows you th e folders in the NAS. 3 Use drag-and-drop or copy -and-paste to transfer file s from y our NAS to your local computer’s folder or your stor age device. • Y ou can [...]

Chapter 21 Tro ubleshooting NAS540 User’s Guide 338 I cannot use some applications in the W eb Configurator . • The firmware installed in your NAS includes the features mentioned in Section 4.6.2 on page 87 . This does not include the applications you can install using the Package Management screen. • Y ou can u se the Package Management scre[...]

Chapter 21 Troubl eshooting NAS540 User’s Guide 339 3 If an iT unes client is connected, the NAS’ s iT unes server function scans the published media server folders for files every three minutes. Leave iT unes connected to the NAS for three minutes. Then use the NAS’ s eject button (as shown next) to disconnect. Figure 186 iT unes Eject Butto[...]

Chapter 21 Tro ubleshooting NAS540 User’s Guide 340 2 If you have files from the iT unes Store that use DRM, you need to use your Apple account ID and password to authorize other computers to pla y the f iles. Apple permits you to authorize up to five computers at a time. T o authorize a computer , open iT unes and click Store > Authorize Comp[...]

Chapter 21 Troubl eshooting NAS540 User’s Guide 341 • Make s ure the person trying to access the share is using Internet Explorer 6. 0 (and later) or Firefox 1.07 (and later). • Y ou need to use a p ublic address to access the NAS’s web-published shares from the Internet. If your NAS uses a private IP address, use the public IP ad dr es s o[...]

Chapter 21 Tro ubleshooting NAS540 User’s Guide 342 1 Make sure the NAS is connected to the Internet. See Section 9.4 on page 175 for details about testing network connections. 2 Click Maintenance > Log to check th e NAS’ s log for a message about the file. 2a If the log message displays “no such file or directory” , the file may have be[...]

Chapter 21 Troubl eshooting NAS540 User’s Guide 343 21.18 Backup s I cannot make a backup. • Check that enough space is available on the exte rnal disk. If there isn’t you may need to purge older backups or delete other files on the backup USB disk or NAS. • If you are using the Backup screen ( Section 20.3 on page 307 ): • Y ou can look [...]

Chapter 21 Tro ubleshooting NAS540 User’s Guide 344 • Increase the user’s qu ota on the volume containing the local sync folder (see Section 15. 3.2 on page 263 ). 4 Check for any logs abou t removal of the user account. When y ou remove a user’ s NAS account, the NAS also removes the link to the user’ s Google account. However the NAS ke[...]

NAS540 User’s Guide 345 A PPENDIX A Product S pecifications See also Chapter 1 on page 15 for a general overview of the key features. LEDs This table describes the NAS’s LEDs. Supported Media Server Content Format s The following describes the details about the files that the NAS media server can publish. T a ble 127 LED s LED COLOR ST ATUS DES[...]

Appendix A Product Specifications NAS540 User’s Gu ide 346 • A u d i o : L P C M ( n o t s u p p o r t e d a s a f i l e f o r m a t ) , M P 3 , W M A , M 4 A , M 4 B , M P 4 , 3 G P , WA V , O G G , F L A C , AAC, MP2, AC3, MP A , MP1, AIF , ASF , FL V , DSD • Images: JPEG, PNG, TIF , TIFF , BMP , GIF • Video: WMV , MPEG2, MP1 , MPG, SPTS,[...]

NAS540 User’s Guide 347 A PPENDIX B Customer Support In the event of problems th at cannot be solved by using this manual, you should contact your vendor . If y ou cannot contact your vendor , then contact a Z yXEL office for the region in which you bought the device. Regional websites are listed below (see also http://www .zyxel.com/ about_zyxel[...]

Appendix B Customer Support NAS540 User’s Guide 348 Korea • Z yXEL K orea Corp. • http://www.zyx el.kr Malaysia • Z yXEL Malaysia Sdn Bhd. • http://www.zyx el.com.my Pakist an • ZyXEL P akistan (Pvt.) Ltd. • http://www.zyx el.com.pk Philippines • Z yXEL Philippines • http://www.zyx el.com.ph Singapore • Z yXEL Singapore Pte Ltd.[...]

Appendix B Customer Suppo rt NAS540 User’s Guide 349 Belgium • Z yXEL Communications B.V . • http://www.zyx el.com/be/nl/ Bulgaria •Z y X E L България • http://www.zyx el.com/bg/bg/ Czech • Z yXEL Communications Czech s.r .o • http://www.zyx el.cz Denmark • Z yXEL Communications A/S • http://www.zyx el.dk Estonia •Z y X [...]

Appendix B Customer Support NAS540 User’s Guide 350 Lithuania • Z yXEL Lithuania • http://www .zyxel.com/lt/lt/homepage.shtml Netherlands •Z y X E L B e n e l u x • http://www.zyx el.nl Norway • Z yXEL Communications • http://www.zyx el.no Poland • Z yXEL Communications Poland • http://www.zyx el.pl Romania •Z y X E L R o m a n [...]

Appendix B Customer Suppo rt NAS540 User’s Guide 351 T urkey •Z y X E L T u r k e y A . S . • http://www.zyx el.com.tr UK • Z yXEL Communications UK Ltd. • http://www.zyx el.co.uk Ukraine •Z y X E L U k r a i n e • http://www.ua.zyx el.c om Latin America Argentina • Z yXEL Communication Corpor ation • http://www.zyx el.com/ec/es/ [...]

Appendix B Customer Support NAS540 User’s Guide 352 Oceania Australia • Z yXEL Communications Corporation • http://www.zyx el.com/au/en/ Africa South Africa • Nology (Pty) Ltd. • http://www.zyx el.co.za[...]

NAS540 User’s Guide 353 A PPENDIX C Legal Information Copyright Copyright © 2014 by Z yXEL Commun ications Corpor ation. The contents of this publication may not be r eproduced in any part or as a whole, transcribed, stored in a retriev al system, tr anslated into an y language, or tr ansmitted in any form or by an y means, electronic, mechanica[...]

Appendix C Legal Informa tion NAS540 User’s Guide 354 Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. Viewing Certifications Go to http://www.zyxel.com to view t his product’ s documentation and certific ations. Z yXEL warrants to the original end user (purchaser) that thi s product is free from any defects in[...]

Appendix C Legal Informa tion NAS540 User’s Guide 355 • Do NOT allow anyt hing to rest on the power adaptor or cord and do N O T plac e the product where an yone can walk on the power adaptor or cord. • Do NOT use the devi ce if the power adaptor or co rd is damaged as it might cause electrocution. • If the power adaptor or cord is damaged,[...]

Appendix C Legal Informa tion NAS540 User’s Guide 356 Environment al Product Declaration[...]

Index NAS540 User’s Guide 357 Index A access rights 82 Flickr 245 shares 275 , 27 6 Y ouT ube 248 activation download service 193 Flickr/Y ouT ube 240 FTP 190 FTP U ploa dr 249 recycle bins 81 , 274 web publishing 205 adding channels 193 ANONYMOUS FTP 334 anonymous FTP access 190 application zone 83 applications 187 , 239 adding channels 193 auto[...]

Index NAS540 User’s Guide 358 C certificate 295 editing 295 tutorial 124 veri fyin g 134 CIFS 160 cloud 232 cloud storage 219 , 235 collaboration 219 configuration COPY/SYNC button 208 download service 193 Flickr 244 FTP U ploa dr 250 print server 206 recycle bins 277 Y ouT ube 245 , 246 contact information 347 COPY/SYNC button 16 , 207 configura[...]

Index NAS540 User’s Guide 359 File T ransfer Protocol over Explicit TLS, see FTPES File T ransfer Protocol over TLS, see F TPS files downloading 80 uploading 80 FileZilla 135 fingerprint 134 firmware, upgr ading 161 Flickr 239 access rights 245 activation 240 authorization 240 , 242 grace period 245 safety level 245 folder troubleshooting access [...]

Index NAS540 User’s Guide 360 M maintenance 285 backup settings 293 logs 289 power management 285 failure 286 resume 286 schedule 288 UPS 28 6 reset 293 restoring settings 293 shutdown 29 7 upgrading firmware 161 master browser 165 media server 188 , 190 configuration 191 iT unes server 188 , 19 2 , 210 rebuild database 190 share publish 191 Sque[...]

Index NAS540 User’s Guide 361 private cloud 232 protect 140 backup 139 backup tutorial 143 protection, download service 21 1 , 212 public key certificate 295 editing 295 publishing shares 191 Q Quick Start Guide 2 R RAID background information 68 data protection 72 RAID 0 69 RAID 10 71 RAID 5 71 RAID 5 spare 72 rebuild media server database 190 r[...]

Index NAS540 User’s Guide 362 status 170 USB devices 170 , 171 volu mes 169 striping 68 synchronization 207 , 217 , 219 configuration 208 directions 208 single direction 217 tutorial 143 two directions 218 Syslog server 224 system date/time 165 login 30 master browser 165 reset 17 server name 164 settings 159 status 156 time lag 160 workgroup nam[...]

Index NAS540 User’s Guide 363 W web config urator 29 icons 74 login 30 navigation panel 87 password 84 status 86 web publishing 189 , 205 , 215 activation 205 example 213 port number 215 troubleshooting 340 web security 129 workgroup name 165 Y Y ouT ube 239 access rights 248 activation 240 authorization 245 configuration 245 , 246 grace period 2[...]

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