Intellinet Network Solutions 501705 manual

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing our innovative all-in-one solution--- SOHO Server 501705 appliance for your networking needs. The SA integrates server services such as a Network Address T ranslator (NA T), V irtual Private Network (VPN), SPI firewall, and networked storage into one easy to manage device. The [...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 2  System Information Services  DHCP Client/Server  Proxy DNS  RIP  DDNS Client  FTP Server Network  Programmable S tatic Route  Network Protocols Supported: PPPoE, TCP , UDP , ICMP , ARP PPP Authentication  P AP , CHAP , MS CHAPv2 Real T ime Clock File Sharing  Supports CIFS,SMB, Applet[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 3 and decrypted via the pre-defined ded icated tunnel. This prevents any hackers from stealing private informati on in the public network. With this functionality , any sub-network can be gr ouped as though they are in the sam e network. Firewall The SOHO Server provides a power ful firewall capable of preventing hac[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 4 www .yahoo.com. USB Print Server USB Print Server allows any computer in the network to share an USB printer. It complies with USB 2.0 specifications. And the users can print from any computer over a LAN. Personal Web Server The Personal Web Server enables users to host an information type website from their applia[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 5 the apply button.  Power Down by press the power button  Prompt Power Down Please press and hold the power button at least 4 seconds. - Hard Disk S t andby If the hard disk is idle for a while, we would like the hard disk to enter standby mode to reduce the consumption of pow er . In the left menu, select NAS[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 6 W AN port MDI/MDIX switch Four LAN ports: 10/100 Mbp s T wo USB 2.0 port Reset Button Power Button Power Jack - DC 12V LEDs: Link/Activity LEDs for Ea ch Ethernet Port, Power LED, HD (Hard Disk) LED, HB (Heart-Beat) & Packet T ransmit/Receive LEDs WA N P o r t The W AN port is used to connect to an ADSL/Cable m[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 7 initiate a reset, you must hold the button for at least 5 seconds. The primary default settings are listed in the following table. Configuration Item Default Settings Administrator Username <empty> Administrator Password Admin Internal IP address 172.16.1.1 Power Button Description of LEDs LED Stat u s Meanin[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 8 z Smart Server z Power Adapter and Power Cord z Ethernet cable z User Manual CD z Quick Installation Guide[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 9 Quick Inst allation This chapter will give you brief instruct ions on how to install the product. In section 2.1, we will configure the hardware part of SA step by step. In section 2.2, we will check whether the IP addre ss of your PC is assigned by DHCP . Once we complete the installation of the SA hardware and ch[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 10 The hardware installation is now complete. Check Y our PC First Please check the following settings on your PC: Do not assign an IP address to your PC. 1. Please select sequentially: In S tart menu -> Settings -> Control panel -> Network connections -> Local Area Connection. Then a “Local Area Connec[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 11 Figure 2.2b `[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 12 Figure 2.2c Connect to the W eb-Based Manager Please follow the steps to connect to the web-based manager: 1. Open a browser on the PC that is DIRECTL Y connected to the SA. T ype “http://172.16.1.1” in address field. And then press Enter k e y . 2. An authentication window shows up to prompt you to type the u[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 13 Figure 2.3b W eb-Based Manager – Basic Settings S tart to configure your netwo rk environment by clicking the Basic Settings in left menu. The Basic Settings p age is shown as Figure 2.4a .[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 14 Figure 2.4a The Basic Settings page contains Network Policy , Internal Network Interface , Domain Name Server , and External Network Interface . We describe these settings below in detail. Y ou must click the apply button af ter you finish inputting the settings. Y ou will see a rebooting window as Figure 2.4b . D[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 15 Figure 2.4b Internal Network Interface The default settings are:  Host Name: “SA”  Private IP: “172.16.1.1”  Private IP Netmask: “255.255.0.0” According to the default settings, we will assign the LAN to network “172.16.1.x” Y ou can add more detailed c onfigurations later in section 4.[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 16 Domain Name Server  Most of the time this informa tion is not needed, as your ISP will automatically provide the information.  Please ask the DNS IP address from your ISP if one is required. External Network Interface External network in terface includes ADSL/PPPoE , DHCP Client and Fixed IP Address se[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 17 If you have a fixed IP address from your ISP to access the Internet, please follow the steps below: 1. Select the Fixed IP Address radio button. 2. Enter the Public IP address. 3. Enter the External Gateway . 4. Enter the External Netmask. 5. Click the apply button. Example 2: DHCP Client / Cable Modem[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 18 If you have a dynamic IP address from your ISP to access the Internet, please select the DHCP Client radio button. Once the external IP address is obtained via the DHCP prot ocol, there is no need to give an external IP address, external gateway address or netmask. The DHCP server will dynamically assign these fie[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 19 Most ADSL connections do not give you a fixed IP address. In this case, you must enter the user name and passw ord provided by your ISP for authentication. Please fo llow the steps below . 1. Please select the ADSL/PPPoE radio button. 2. In ADSL/PPPoE Setting : Enter the User Name and Passwo rd . 3. Click the appl[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 20 If your ISP provides a PPTP server , you could set up the PPTP client here. Please follow the steps: 1. Select ADSL/PPTP radio button. 2. Enter the user name. (Y ou get this from your ISP) 3. Enter the password. (Y ou get this from your ISP) 4. Enter the IP address of your host in My IP Address. 5. Enter the IP ad[...]

© INTELLINET NETWORK SOLUTIONS 21 Configuration Hierarchy This chapter gives you an overview of a ll the configuration options available. The SOHO Server is a multifuncti on product. The secti on3.1 explains the corresponding settings for each function. And in section3.2, we describe the power management in detail. There are eight main categories [...]

22 Overview of Configuration Menu Figure 3.1[...]

23 Network Settings When you select Network Settings in the left menu of the web p age, five configuration options appear: DHCP Server , IP Alias, Multiple NA T , Route Settings and DDNS. Please refer to the corresponding section for these configurations. DHCP Server In DHCP Server settings, we assign t he rage of the virtual IP addresses for the f[...]

24 Under DHCP server settings, the SA defaults to assigning IPs 172.16.1.2 through 172.16.1.250...So depending on how m any fixed IP devices they have, they can assign their device to an IP of 172.16.1. 251 (through 254) as these IPs will not be handed out by the SA. If they have more devices or want a different IP range, then all they need to do i[...]

25  T o Disable the DHCP Server If you already have a DHCP server on your network, 1. Select Disable radio button 2. Click the apply button. Or you do not have DHCP server on y our network, but you would like to assign a st atic IP address to each device connected to the LAN port of SA. 1. Select Disable radio button. 2. Assign a static IP addre[...]

26 Please follow the steps to add another network: 1. Enter “192.168.1.1” in IP Alias 1. 2. Enter “255.255.255.0” in Netmask of IP Alias 1. 3. Click the apply button. Note that the IP Alia s 1 , 192.168.1.1 is assigned to SA and the network is “192.168.1.x”. For additional IP addresses of the internal network interface to be accepted, e[...]

27 packet s from always sending on the same IP address and the other IP address to sit idle. Multiple NA T solves this and allows you to increase the bandwidth. Multiple NA T allows you to dispatch your network p ackets evenly to these IP addresses provided by ISP . 1. Enter the Internal IP range1, e.g. “172.16.1.1/24” . It means the network is[...]

28 (Routing Information Protocol). If the r outer supports RIP , it will automatically exchange routing information with SA and it is not necessary to set a static route. Please refer the steps and fi gures to set a st atic route. 1. Select Enable radio button in Routing Setup . 2. Enter the network in Dest ination network column. (e.g. “192.168.[...]

29 Internet. DDNS provides a simple, and in most cases free, solution. The Internet uses DNS servers to l ookup domain names and translates then into IP addresses. Domain names, such as www .yahoo. com , are just easy to remember aliases for IP addresses. A dynamic DNS service provides a means of updating your IP address so that you listing will be[...]

30 3. Enter the User name. The user name you log in DDNS service. 4. Enter the password. The password you log in DDNS ser vice. 5. Enter the Host name. The host name you register in DDNS service. 6. Click the apply button. Every time your public IP changes, the SA will tell the DDNS server what your new IP address is. Other users, thr ough the magi[...]

31 V irtual Server Settings The virtual server service is a way to si mulate multiple servers on the intranet. Y ou have several IP addresses within your LAN. These IPs are not visible to the users from the Internet. When server s are installed in the of fice that need to be seen from the Internet, we estab lish some forwarding rules to deal with t[...]

32 or enter “0” in each field for none. 6. Click the apply button. URL Filter Setup The URL Filter function is used to re strict internal host s from accessing specific URL locations. Y ou deny any acce ss to the URL location specified in the Site1 , Site2 … Site10 fields. Please follow the steps: 1. Select Enable radio button in URL Filter .[...]

33 IP Filter Setup The IP filter function is similar to URL F ilter . It provides further restrictions in access permission. URL Filtering only bl ocks port number 80 (HTTP). In IP filtering, you can assign a group of IP to be restricted. Y ou can block four individual ports or a range of port s in t he same time. So the specific group of intranet [...]

34 Denial of Service It is highly recommended that the Do S Protection feature be enabled to prevent attacks on the network. However , if you allow someone to manage the router from outside or are running a web server , e-mail server , or FTP server , you should either disable Detect SYN Flood Attack or increase the TCP flow . Otherwise, the config[...]

35 PPTP Settings For most companies, the PPTP server creates a secure connection that a remote user can access a host within the company . The remote user has to run a PPTP client and connect to the PPTP server . The PPTP server has to validate the remote user as being in the User List in secti on 9.1. The server certifies the PPTP client with a us[...]

36 System Management When you select the System Managemen t item in the left menu, four configuration items appear including; Administrator Settings, Event Report Settings, Firmware Update, T ime Se ttings and SNMP . Please refer the corresponding section for t hese configuration details.[...]

37 Administrator Settings In Administrator settings you will find the basic administrator functions. The settings are easily modified and managed by the administrator . They are described as below: 1. New Password : the administrator coul d change the administrator password here. Please enter the new p assword you would like to change to. Note that[...]

38 administrator to connect to. 6. Rest art device : This function reboots the SO HO Server . Select the enable radio button to restart SA. The default setting of the function is disabled. 7. Clear event log : This function is used to clean the system history that is listed in Event Report (section 8.2). If you choose the “No” radio button, the[...]

39 Firmware Up date Updates and functionality can be added vi a this function. Please check the web for the latest firmware if you are having any issues. In general, no update should be needed unless it is recommended by technical support. Note: Do not do a firmware update over a wirel ess connection or power the unit down during a firmware update.[...]

40 Though it is not generally necessary , you should Restore factory default to make sure that new features and settings are implemented. Note: Y ou must re-initialize the hard drive if you do this. T ime Settings The NAS’ s built-in clock should be adjust ed to the current local time. This will insure accurate time reporting in the logs and file[...]

41 SNMP The SNMP agent allows users with SNMP client applic ations to conveniently inspect the network status of SA. Please follow the steps below to setup the SNMP agent. 1. Select the Enable radio bu tton in the SNMP Agent field. 2. Enter the Community Name. Note that the agent side and the client side must use the same community name. 3. Enter t[...]

42 System Report s When you select System Reports in t he l eft menu of the web page, four configuration items appear including; System Info rmation, System Log, URL Log, and DHCP Lease Report. Please refe r to the corresponding section for these configuration items.[...]

43 System Information The System Information displays some useful in formation about the system. It shows the firmware version, the system up time and the internal and external network connections. On SA, W e have one W AN port and four LAN ports. The W AN port belongs to the exte rnal network interface and the LAN port belongs to the internal netw[...]

44 Server , we assigned the IP addre ss range to the internal network interface.  Hardware Address: Ethernet hardware address  Netmask: corresponding to the network.  Max. T ransfer Unit: maximum bytes of a packet.  Tx/Err Packets: e.g. 309/0, m eans you sent 309 packets and there are “0” packet s with errors.  Rx/Err Packets: e.[...]

45 URL Log The URL Log function records the recent co nnections for each client. If you would like to view what the user is browsing, you can click the corresponding Destination URL in the rightmost column.[...]

46 DHCP Lease Report The DHCP Lease Report function report s all leas ed IP provided by DHCP server . From this page, you can find out which host was assigned to which IP address. Y ou can clear all the records through administrator settings. Please refer to the section 7.1, Clear DHCP Lease. User Management The NAS provides a client/server environ[...]

47 Users For file sharing to work, we have to allow users and/or gr oups. W e create the user accounts here. The admin and guest accounts are in the system by default and cannot be removed. The admin account is different than the one used to access the UI and can be modified. Enter a username and password. Note: Windows 98 SE, Me users should user [...]

48 Group s After creating the users, you can categor ize the users into dif ferent groups to make assignment easier . Click on Add to create a new group name. Enter the group name Highlight the user(s) on the right side and click on the Å button to assign the user(s) to the group. Highlight multiple users by holding down the Shif t key or Ctrl key[...]

49 NAS Management Manage the main functions of the shared storage from this menu. HD Initialization Wizard The first time you use the NAS, you may have to initialize the hard disk. The wizard provides an easy way to initialize the hard disk. By enabling SMAR T , the NAS will report when the hard drive is about to fail. Y our hard drive must support[...]

50 Enter the workgroup name, description and initial share folder name. The workgroup name should be the same one t hat the computers accessing the NAS are on. Windows 2000/XP users can use a different workgroup name if desired. Click Next to continue. Y ou can find your workgroup name by right clicking on My Computer and selecting Properties . Y o[...]

51 The progress of the initialization will be displayed. Y ou can also view the progress by returning to the main wizard screen. Once the initialization is complete, the status will change to Ready . USB HD Information Each of formatted partitions (F A T32, EXT2 and EXT3) on the attached USB storage drive will be shown in the USB HD information pag[...]

52 Advanced Settings All the file protocols settings are loca ted here. Disable any protocols not in use by the computers on the network to increase performance. Most users will not need to change any of the se ttings. Make sure to click on Apply af ter making any changes. Change the workgroup or NAS description. Workgroup name should be the same f[...]

53 Enter the Remote UID, IP , netmask and the local mapping user . Once complete, mount the share on the Linux machine. A typical mount command line: # mount <IP address>:/<share fo lder> /<local directory> File Sharing For file sharing, you must create user s and groups first. Use this to organize the data on the NAS. Y ou can cr[...]

54 Highlight the share folder and click on Remove or Modify to delete or edit the shared folder properties. USB Storage Sharing As mentioned above, each partition of the att ached USB storage will be presented to one shared folder . So, if one USB storage device be plugged into A port and it have 2 partitions . The system create the USBHDA1 and USB[...]

55 FTP Server If you want to access files stored on y our NAS from a remote location, the included FTP server is the easiest way . Here is a typical setup: Connection Diagram: Work PC<-->Internet< -->DSL/Modem<-->Router<-->NAS T o access files from the NAS from a remo te location, a static IP and/or a DNS name is required. Y[...]

56 Now from the remote location, type into a browser (or FTP application) ftp://<DDNS Name> and it will t ake you to your NAS unit. If you cannot see anything on your browser , make sure you have the 'V iew FTP Folders' option turned on in your browser settings. Y ou may also have to go into 'File->Login As'. Use a vali[...]

57 Web page design Y ou must have an ' index.html ' file as that is what t he web server will look for as the first page of your website. Y ou are free to make folders under the ‘www’ directory to help organize your website. All references to those directories can be called on from any page. Y ou can use many popular web page design p[...]

58 E-mail Server The E-mail Server settings are located under Nas Management->E-mail Server . Getting st arted In order to use the e-mail server , you must have a domain name or have registered with a DDNS service provider . E-mail requires a domain name and will not work with just an IP address. Enable the e-mail server by selecting the ‘Enab[...]

59 Windows includes MS Outlook Expre ss as a standard application. S tart Outlook. Under T ools->Mail, you want to ADD a mail account. Enter a display name, the formal name you want your e-mails to appear to come from (Usually your full name). In the e-ma il address field, enter your new e-mail address. From the above example, we would enter ‘[...]

60 Connect a USB Printer to the USB port on the back of the NAS and turn it on. Locate the NAS device in My Network Places and select it by double clicking on the icon. Enter a valid user name and password when prompted. Y ou will now see the printer port nex t to the shares for the device. Double click on the PortA printer icon and follow the inst[...]

61 Appendix A PPTP VPN (W2K and XP only ) Important: Make sure that the subnet of your App liance is different the network you are trying to connect from. For example: User ’s of fice IP addresses are 192.168.1.x, set your Appliance t o 192.168.2.1 Netmask 255.255.255.0. Make sure that you have created a user account and password on the Appliance[...]

62 desktop. Click Finish when done. 7. Use the user name and password on your Appliance to log in. Y ou should be able to see the Applianc e in your network neighborhood now . Y ou must initiate the VPN connection each time unless you selected otherwise. TIPS: If all you need is file transfer , we suggest using the FTP server feature, as it is fast[...]

63 Searching the Network for the NAS If you are not able to locate the NAS in the Network Neighborhood or My Network Places , you can try to search for it. Click Search under My Network Places . Enter the name of the NAS or the Fixed IP address if configured that way and click Search Now . All other company and/or products nam es are trademarks and[...]