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202-10366-01 v1.1 April 2008 NETGEAR , Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide[...]
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ii v1.1, April 2008 © 2008 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved. T echnical Support Registration on the website or over the phone is required before you can us e our telephone support service. The phone numbers for worldwide regional customer support centers ar e on the W arranty and Support Information card th at came with your product. Go to htt[...]
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v1.1, April 2008 iii Product and Publication Det ails Model Number: Publication Date: April 2008 Product Family: Network S torage Product Name: ReadyNAS Duo Home or Business Prod uc t: Home Language: Engl ish Publication Part Number: 202-10366-01 Publication V ersion Number: 1.1[...]
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v1.1, April 2008 iv[...]
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v v1.1, April 20 08 Content s NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guid e About This Manual Conventions, Formats, and Scope .................. ................... ................ .................... ........... x How to Use This Manual ................. ................... ................ .................... ................ .......... x i How to Print Th[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide vi Contents v1.1, April 2008 Programming the Backup Button ....... ................ .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ................ ... ... 1-39 Viewing the Backup Log ........ .................... ................ ................... .................... ...... 1-39 Editing a Backup Job ......... ...........[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Contents vii v1.1, April 20 08 Resynchronizing the V olume .............. ............. ...... ................ .................... ................ ..... 3-5 Resetting Y our System (System Switch) ............ ................ ................ ................ ............ 3-5 Changing User Passwords .... .........[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide viii Contents v1.1, April 2008[...]
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ix v1.1, April 20 08 About This Manual Congratulations on your purchase of a ReadyNAS™ Duo from NETGEAR, Inc. If you have n ot already done so, please read the printed Installation Guide provided with your produc t and the ReadyNAS Setup Ma nual on the Installation CD. The ReadyNAS Setup Manu al takes you step-by-step through the Setup W izard an[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide x About This Manual v1.1, April 2008 Conventions, Format s, and Scope The conventions, formats, and scope of this manu al are described in the following paragraphs: • T ypographical Conventio ns. This manual uses the followi ng typographical conventions: • Formats. This manual uses the following formats to highli[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide About This Manual xi v1.1, April 20 08 How to Use This Manual The HTML version of this ma nual includes the following: • Buttons, and , for browsing forward o r backward through the manu al one page at a time. • A button that displays the table of conten ts and a button that displays an index. Double-click on a l[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide xii About This Manual v1.1, April 2008 • Click the print icon in the upper le ft corner of your browser window . Revision History Tip : If your printer supports printing two pa ges on a sin gle sheet of paper , you can save paper and printer ink by selecting this feature. Part Number Ve r s i o n Number Date Descri[...]
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1-1 v1.1, April 2008 Chapter 1 Configuring Y our ReadyNAS Duo The Advanced Control mode shows all of the settings available in the Setup W izard plus some more advanced features. The basic network settings and other , optional, more advanced features are included in this chapter . When you first switch to this mode, you see the menus on the left th[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-2 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 T oward the bottom left, there are two buttons that allow you to switch back and forth between the Setup W izard mode and the Advanced Control mode. At the bottom of the screen is the status bar including the date button on the left which, whic h clicked, lin k s you[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-3 v1.1, April 2008 • IP Assignment. Select either Use values from a DHCP server or Use values below . – If you elect to assign the IP address using Use values from a DHCP server , NET GEAR advises that you set the lease time on the DHCP se rver/router to a value of at least a day .[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-4 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 • MTU . In some network environmen ts, cha nging the default MTU value can fix throughput problems. NETGEAR advises that you leave the default setting otherwise. In the Performance Setting area, the Enable jumbo frames option allows you to optimize the ReadyNAS Duo[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-5 v1.1, April 2008 •W o r k g r o u p The W orkgroup is the file loca tion name where your ReadyNAS Duo share folders reside. The default name is NETGEAR. This name is broadcast on your Network. This name can be changed to a name that is more familiar and recognizable. Just enter a n[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-6 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 Setting Up Security The Security tab allows you to set the administ rator password, administer security , and se t up the password recovery feature on the ReadyNAS Duo. Y o u will also be able to set up your User and Group Accounts. Admin Password The Admin Password [...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-7 v1.1, April 2008 Setting Up User and Group Account s In the User & Group Accounts security mode, the Accounts ta b screen allows you to manage user and group accounts on the ReadyNAS Duo. Managing Users T o manage user accounts: 1. Select Manage Users from the drop-down menu. 2. [...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-8 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 Only the user name field is required; however , you should specify a user e-mail address if you intend to set up disk quotas. W ithout an e-mail ad dress, the user will not be warned when disk usage approaches the specified disk quota limit. If yo u do not wish to as[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-9 v1.1, April 2008 wilma,imhiswif,ourgroup,wilma@bedrock.com,225,50 In this example, us er wilma has a password imhiswif , belongs to the group ourgroup , receives e- mail notification sent to wilma@ bedrock.com, has a UID set to 225, and a quota set to 50 MB. Managing Group s T o add [...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-10 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 If you wish to add a large number of groups, select Import group list from the pull-down menu. Y ou can upload a CSV (Comma Separated V alue) formatted file containing the group account information. The form at of the file is: name1,gid1,quota1,member11:member12:mem[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-11 v1.1, April 2008 Setting Account s Preferences Y ou can set various account defaults by selecting Pr eferences option from the pull-down menu. Selecting Services for Share Access The Services screen allows you to manage various ser vices for share acce ss. This in effect controls th[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-12 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 • FTP (File T ransfer Protocol). W idely used in public fi le upload and download sites. ReadyNAS Duo supports anonymous or user access for FTP clie nts, regardless of the security mode selected. If you wish, you can elec t to set up port forwarding to nonstandard[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-13 v1.1, April 2008 S treaming Services The built-in streaming services on the ReadyNAS Duo all ow you to stream multi-media content directly from the ReadyNA S Duo, with out the need to have your PC or Mac powered on. Figure 1-15[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-14 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 • SlimServer provides music streaming to the popu lar Squeezebox music players from Slim Devices. Y ou can click the http setup link for more detailed configuration options. • iT unes S treaming Server enables iTunes clients to stream media files straight from t[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-15 v1.1, April 2008 • Home Media S tr eaming Server provides streaming of videos, mu sic, an d pictures to po pular networked DVD players. The streaming players of ten utilize the streaming client developed by Syabas. Similar to UPnP A V , this service is used to stream vide os, musi[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-16 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 enabled this feature and downloaded the software , you will be able to share photos located in your Pictures folder . T o download ReadyNAS Photo s software: 1. Click Install Re adyNAS Photos. The ReadyNAS Photos Installers screen displays. 2. Select the install ver[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-17 v1.1, April 2008 4. When the ReadyNAS Photos login s creen displays , enter your User ID and Password and click the arrow . 5. A screen similar to the one below will display . Connect ReadyNAS Pho tos to your ReadyNAS Duo by clicking Connect. Figure 1-20 Figure 1-21[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-18 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 6. The Add New Album screen displays. Click on the Click her e to add album link to add your first album. T o add subsequent albums, select Import Albums from the menu bar . 7. From the Import Albums scre en select the Photo Albums you wa nt to add from the Bookmark[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-19 v1.1, April 2008 8. Double-click on the al bum i mage to o pen the al bum . Y ou can rotate or delete any photos prior to sharing your photos. Y ou can also select a sp ecific photos to share by mo ving each photo thumbnail into the Selection T ray . 9. After you have corrected yo u[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-20 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 10. Click Share. An email will be sent to yo ur share buddy; you will also be notified by email that the shared ph otos have been sent. Underst anding V olume Management The ReadyNAS Duo uses X-RAID, an NETGEAR-pa te nted expandab le RA ID technology . Some benefits[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-21 v1.1, April 2008 • X-RAID has One Data V olume . X-RAID de vices have only one data vo lume. This volume encompasses one to two disks, utilizing the capac ity of the smallest disk from each disk. For instance, if you had one 80 GB disk and o ne 250 GB disk, only 80 GB from is used[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-22 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 First, power down the ReadyNAS Duo, replace the fi rst disk with the large-capacity disk, and then reboot. If your Ready NAS Duo supports hot- swapping, you can hot-swap the disk witho ut powering down. The ReadyNAS Duo will detect that a new disk was put in place a[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-23 v1.1, April 2008 T o the right of the access icons are command optio ns for the d evice. The following comman ds are available: When the US B device is unmounted, you hav e the option of renaming it . The next time the same device is connected, it will use the new name rather than t[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-24 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 Managing Y our Shares The Shares menu provi des all the options pertai ning to share services for the ReadyNAS Duo device. This enta ils share management (including data and print shares), volume management, and share service management. Adding Shares T o add a shar[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-25 v1.1, April 2008 2. Then select Shares > Add Shares. Deselect the Pu blic Access checkbox if you want to enable user authentication for access to this share using CIFS and/or AFP protocols. 3. Click Apply . Managing Shares Once you have added shares, you can manually fi ne-tune s[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-26 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 share for each of the services. Move the mouse pointer over the access icons to view the access settings. The settings are as follows: • Disabled. Access to this share is disabled. • Read-only Access. Access to this share is read-only . • Read/Write Access . A[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-27 v1.1, April 2008 Setting Share Access From the Share List screen, click the CIFS link adjacent to the Share whose share access you want to change. In the following example, we selected the Children share; the CIFS (W indows) share options screen lo oks like the following: T o set sh[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-28 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 Share Access Restriction. If you wish to limit share access to particular users and/or groups, you can enter their names in the Read-only users, Read-only gr oups, Write-enabled users, and Write-enabl ed group fields. The names must be valid acco unts, either on the[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-29 v1.1, April 2008 Recycle Bin. The ReadyNAS Duo can have a Recycle Bi n for each share for W indows users. The Enable Recycle Bin option is shown at the bottom of the CIFS screen. When this check box is selected, whenever you dele te a file, the file gets inserted into the Recycle Bi[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-30 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 others (that is, everyone). Permis sion for newly created folders is read/write for everyone. If the default does not satisfy your security requirement, you can change it here. Opportunistic locking (often referred to as oplo cks) enhances CIFS performance by allow [...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-31 v1.1, April 2008 Advanced Share Permission. The Advanced Share Permission section offers the options to override the default ownership and permission of th e share folder on the embedded file system and to permeate these settings to all files and folders residing on the selected sha[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-32 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 Configuring Backup Jobs The Backup Man ager integrated w ith the Ready NAS Duo allows the ReadyNAS Duo to act as a powerful backup app l ia nce. Back up tasks can be controlled directly from the ReadyNAS Duo without the need for a client -based backup application. W[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-33 v1.1, April 2008 Adding a New Backup Job T o create a new backup job, select Add a New Backup Job . A 4-step procedure screen for creating a job displays. Step 1 – Select Backup Source The backup source can be located remotely , or it ca n be a public or a private home share, or a[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-34 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 • Rsync server . Select this if you wish to perform backups from a rsync server . Rsy nc was originally available for Linu x and other flavors o f UNIX, but has lately become popular under W indows and Mac for its ef ficient use of increm ental file transfers. Thi[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-35 v1.1, April 2008 My Documents/My Pictures W ith a remote source, you might need to enter a login and password to access the share. If you are accessing a password-protected share on a remote ReadyNAS D uo server configured for Sha re security mode, enter t he name of the share name [...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-36 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 If you wish, you can elect not to schedule the ba ckup job so that you c an invoke it manually instead by clearing (deselecting) the Perform backup every ... check box. (Y ou might want to do this if your ReadyNAS Duo has a b ackup button.) Step 4 – Choose Backup [...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-37 v1.1, April 2008 as expected. Y ou can elect to send only errors encountered during backup, full backup logs consisting of file listings (can be lar ge), or stat us and errors (status refe rs to completion status). 3. Remove files from backup destination . Select if you want to eras[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-38 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 V iewing the Backup Schedule After saving the backup job, a new job appears in the Backup Schedule section of the Backup Jobs screen. A summary of the backup jobs that have been sch eduled are shown; jobs are numbered be gin ning at 001. T o manage yo ur backup jobs[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-39 v1.1, April 2008 Programming th e Backup Button On ReadyNAS Duo systems tha t have the Backup Button feature, you can program the button to execute one or more pre-defined backup jobs. Simply select the backup jobs in th e order that you want them run and click Apply . Pressing the [...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-40 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 Editing a Backup Job T o edit a backup job, you can either click the 3- digit job number button in the Backup Jobs screen, or you can click the Edit Backup Job link while viewing that jo b log. Y ou can then m ake appropriate changes or adjustments to the job. Setti[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-41 v1.1, April 2008 . IPP Printing The ReadyNAS Duo also supp orts the IETF standard Internet Printing Protoc ol (IPP) over HTTP . Any client supporting IPP printing (IPP is available natively on the latest W i ndows XP OS and OS X) can now use this protocol to utilize printers connect[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-42 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 Managing Y our ReadyNAS Duo System T o set up and manage you r ReadyNAS Duo effectively , make sure that you review the settings in the following sections, an d implement any necessary modifications or updates. Clock An accurate time setting on the Clock screen is r[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-43 v1.1, April 2008 NTP Option Y ou can elect to synchronize the system time on the device with a remote NTP (Network T ime Protocol) server . Y ou can elect to keep the defa ult servers or enter up to two NTP servers closer t o your locale. Y ou can find an available public NTP server[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-44 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 Alert s Settings This ReadyNAS Duo device has been preconfigured with mandatory an d optional alerts for various system device warnings an d failures. The Settings tab allows you to co ntrol the settings for the optional alerts. NETGEAR strongly recommends that you [...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-45 v1.1, April 2008 If you were unable to receive th e test message from the Alerts Se ttings tab, it might have been blocked by the firewall. In that case, specif y an appropriate SMTP server in this tab. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for home might also block untruste d MT As . F[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-46 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 • Select Disable journaling if you understand the consequen ces of this action, and you do not mind a long file system check (only after unex pected power failures). File system journaling allows disk checks of only a few seconds verses po ssibly an hour or long e[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-47 v1.1, April 2008 – Since W indows runs in case- insensitive mode, one side-eff ec t of enabling this option is that two file names with different cases (for example, ABC and abc) appear as two files but, when you open one file, the other file might actually open. – Another effec[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-48 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 Language The Language Setting screen off ers the option of setting the ReadyNAS Duo device to the appropriate character set for file names. For example, selecting Japanese allows you to share files with Japanese names in W indows Explorer . It is best to select the [...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-49 v1.1, April 2008 If you wish, you can select the Allow Unicode for user , group and shar e names check box to allow for greater flexibility in non-E nglish speaking regions. This op tion, once select ed, cannot be reversed. If your FTP client uses different charact er encodi ng from[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-50 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 If you wish to continue, click Perform System Update . After the update im age has been downloaded, you will be asked to reboot the syst em. The update pr ocess updates onl y the firmware image and does not modify yo ur data volume. However , it is always a good ide[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-51 v1.1, April 2008 Settings If you do have a reliable Internet con nection, you can enable the automatic update check and download options in the Settings tab. If you select the Automatically check for updates check box, the ReadyNAS Duo does not download the actual firmware update, b[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-52 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 Disk Spin-Down Option Y ou can elect to spin down your ReadyNAS Duo disks after a specified time of inactivity . The disks will spin up as needed. T o enable spin-down mode, select the Enable disk spin-down after ... check box, and specify the minutes of inactivity [...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo 1-53 v1.1, April 2008 and time. (The Power ON option is available on the ReadyNAS Duo NV through an ad d-on package.) 1 The Power ON option does not appear if the ReadyNAS Duo hardware do es not support this feature. UPS Configuration If this device is not connection to a UPS device, you[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 1-54 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Duo v1.1, April 2008 When you reboo t or shut down the Ready NAS Duo, you must close the browser win dow and use RAIDar to reconnect to FrontV iew . Figure 1-60[...]
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2-1 v1.1, April 2008 Chapter 2 Accessing Shares from Y our Operating System This chapter presents examples of how shares on the ReadyNAS Duo device can be acce ssed by the various operating sy stems. If you have problems accessing your shares, make sure to enable the corresponding service by selecting Shares > Sh are Listing screen. Also make su[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 2-2 Accessing Sh ares from Your Operating Syst em v1.1, April 2008 MAC OS X T o access the same share over AFP with OS X, select Network from the Finder Go > Network menu. From here, there are two ways to access your AFP share, depending on how you have chosen to advertise your AFP share. Figure 2-2 Figure 2-3[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Accessing Shares from Yo ur Operating System 2-3 v1.1, April 2008 AFP over Bonjour T o access the AFP share advertis ed over Bonjou r on Mac OS X, select Network from the Find er Go menu to see a listing of available networks. Open the My Network folder to display the Read yNAS Duo hostname. In Share security mode, s[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 2-4 Accessing Sh ares from Your Operating Syst em v1.1, April 2008 From the V olumes field, select the share you want to access and click OK . AFP over AppleT alk If you chose to advertise your AFP service over AppleT alk, a listing of available networks is displayed. Open the My Network folder to display the ReadyNA[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Accessing Shares from Yo ur Operating System 2-5 v1.1, April 2008 Select Guest and click Connect. Then, select the share you wa nt to connect to and click OK. In Share security mode, you need to specify only the user name and password—if you have set up a password for your share. If you have not set up a user name,[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 2-6 Accessing Sh ares from Your Operating Syst em v1.1, April 2008 MAC OS 9 T o access the same share under Mac OS 9, select Connect to Server fro m the Find er menu, choose the NAS device entry from the AppleT alk section, and click Connec t. When you are prompted to log in, enter the shar e name and password if the[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Accessing Shares from Yo ur Operating System 2-7 v1.1, April 2008 Y ou should see the same files in the sh are that you do in W indows Explorer . Linux/Unix T o access this share from a Linux or Unix client, you will need to mount the share over NFS by entering: mount <ipa ddr> :/< backup /backup> where b[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 2-8 Accessing Sh ares from Your Operating Syst em v1.1, April 2008 W eb Browser T o access the same share using a W eb browser, enter http://< ipad dr> in the browser address bar . Y ou can use https if you want a secure encrypted connec tion. Y ou will be prompted to log in. Figure 2-14 Note: The ReadyNAS Duo [...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Accessing Shares from Yo ur Operating System 2-9 v1.1, April 2008 If the ReadyNAS Duo is in Share security mode, enter the share name and share password. Otherwise, log in with a valid use r name and pass word if the ReadyNAS Duo is in User or Domain mode. If the Share access is read-only , only the file manager disp[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 2-10 Accessing Shares from Your Op erating System v1.1, April 2008 One useful application for a W eb share is to se t up an internal compan y website. Y ou can copy HTML files to the W e b share using W indows, Ma c, NFS, or HTTP . When you set HTTP access to read-only , html files, including index.htm and index.html[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Accessing Shares from Yo ur Operating System 2-11 v1.1, April 2008 FTP/FTPS T o access the share via FTP in Share security mo de, log in as “anonymous” and use yo ur e-mail address for the password. . For better security , use an FTPS (FTP-SSL) client to connect to the Re adyNAS Duo FTP service. W ith FTPS, both [...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 2-12 Accessing Shares from Your Op erating System v1.1, April 2008 Rsync Access to the share through rsync is identical regardless of the security mode . If you spec ified a user or password in the rsync share access tab, you will need to specify this when accessing the rsync share. Unlike other protocols, rsync uses[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Accessing Shares from Yo ur Operating System 2-13 v1.1, April 2008 Networked DVD Players and UPnP A V Media Adapters Networked DVD players and UPnP A V Media adapte rs detect the ReadyNAS Duo if either the Home Media Streamin g Server or the UPnP A V se rvices are enabled. The content of the Streaming Services media [...]
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3-1 v1.1, April 2008 Chapter 3 Maintenance and Administration V iewing System St atus The Status menu contains links to the Health scr een and Logs screen that provide system status information. Health The Health screen displays the status of each di sk, and the fan, temperature, and UPS status in detail. When available, normal expected values are [...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 3-2 Maintenance and Administration v1.1, April 2008 T o recalibrate the fan, click Recalibrate. Logs Select Status > Logs to access the Clear Logs scr e en. The Clear Logs scre en provides information about the status of management tasks, including a timestamp. The Download All Logs link is available in c ase you [...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Maintenance and Adm inistration 3-3 v1.1, April 2008 Replacing a Failed Disk When a disk fails in yo ur ReadyNAS Duo device, you are notified of the fai lure by e-mail. The failed disk location can be seen in the FrontV iew status bar at the bottom by selecting Status > Health. On the front of the ReadyNAS Duo dev[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 3-4 Maintenance and Administration v1.1, April 2008 T o replace the disk: 1. Open the disk tray door . 2. Press the button under the failed disk. The latch pops out. 3. Pull out the disk tray and remove the screws. 4. Replace the failed disk, reassemble, and slide the disk tray back in. Make sure that the hard disk c[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Maintenance and Adm inistration 3-5 v1.1, April 2008 The ReadyNAS Duo system performs RAID sync hronization in the background, and notifies you by e-mail when synchr onization is complete. Resynchronizing the V olume If you had to power of f to replace the failed disk, turn on the power on the ReadyNAS Duo. The RAID [...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide 3-6 Maintenance and Administration v1.1, April 2008 1. Reinstall the ReadyNAS Duo firmware. 2. Reset the ReadyNAS Duo back to the factory default settings. T ypically , you should not n eed to resort to options (1) an d (2) unless you exha usted all other means of recovering your system. Y ou might want to reinstall [...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Maintenance and Adm inistration 3-7 v1.1, April 2008 . Figure 3-7[...]
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ReadyNAS Duo Glossary A-1 v1.1, April 2008 Appendix A ReadyNAS Duo Glossary Domain or Workgroup Name A valid domain or work group name must conform to the following restrictions: • Name must consist only of ch aracters a–z, A–Z, 0–9, and the symbols _ (underscore), - (hyphen), and . (period). • Name must start with a letter . • Name len[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide A-2 ReadyNAS Duo Glossary v1.1, April 2008 • 192.168.2. • 192.168.2.0/ 255.255.255.0 • 192.168.2.0/24 Share Name • Name must consist only of ch aracters a–z, A–Z, 0–9, and the symbols - (hyphen) and . (period). • Name cannot be an existing user name. • Name cannot end in -snap . • Name cannot be a[...]
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General Glossary B-1 v1.1, April 20 08 Appendix B General Glossary AFP AppleT a lk Filing Protocol is the standard way Mac OS 9 and earlier versions share files across the networ k. CIFS Common Internet File System, a standard protocol that Windo ws us ers use to share files across the networ k. Ma c OS X also ha s the capability to share files us[...]
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Index-1 v1.1, April 20 08 Index A accessing sha res FTP/FTPS 2-1 1 Linux/Unix 2-7 MAC OS X 2-2 over MAC OS 9 2-6 Rsync 2-12 W eb browser 2-8 W indows 2-1 account preferen ces settings 1-1 1 admin user password, setting of 1-6 Advanced Control 1- 2 Advanced Options 1-30 AFP 1-1 1 over AppleT alk 2-4 over Bonjour 2-3 share 2-2 alerts general settings[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Index-2 v1.1, April 2008 E EXT3 1-23 F Factory Default Settings 1-51 Factory Default settings how to 3-6 failed disk ordering replacement disks 3-3 replacing on NV+ 3- 3 replacing, how to 3-3 FA T 3 2 1-2 3 File T ransfer Proto col. See FTP . firmware reinstall 3-6 frame size 1-4 FrontV iew accessing 1-1 FTP 1-12 bac[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Index-3 v1.1, April 20 08 DVD players 2-13 UPnP A V Media Adapters 2-13 NFS 1-1 1 NFS server backup jobs 1-33 NTP clock 1-43 NV+ replacing disk 3-3 P password changing 3-6 recovery of 1-6 setting admin user 1-6 performance fine-tuning 1-45 settings, jumbo frame s 1-4 Power Management 1-51 Power T imer 1-52 print queu[...]
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo User Guide Index-4 v1.1, April 2008 updating ReadyNAS 1-49 UPnP 1-15 UPnP A V 1-14 UPnP A V Media Adapters networked 2-13 UPS configuration of 1-53 performance, adding 1-47 USB 1-23 flash device 1-23 formats, EXT3 1-23 formats, F A T32 1-23 shares 1-31 storage 1-22 USB storage partitions 1-22 user accounts import users 1-8 mana[...]
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