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Quick Start Guide www .zyxel.com Media Server NSA Series Ve r s i o n 4 . 7 0 Edition 3 Copyright © 2014 Z yXEL Communications Corpor ation User’s Guide Default Login Details W eb Address nsa310 nsa310s nsa320 nsa320s nsa325 nsa325-v2 User Name admin P assword 1234[...]

Media Server 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 made to ensu re that the information in this manual is accur[...]

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Media Server User’s Guide 17 C HAPTER 1 Getting to Know Your NSA 1.1 Overview This chapter covers the main features and applications of the NSA. Use the NSA to do the following. • Share files between computers on your network. • Back up files from your com puters to the NSA. •U s e t h e COPY/SYNC button to copy or synchronize files between[...]

Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your NSA Media Server User’s Guide 18 Above is the NS A in a home network. Users back up and share data on the NSA. The media player plays the NSA’ s media files on the TV . A USB hard drive pro vides extra storage space and files are copied directly from the USB mass storage device to the NSA. Place the NSA behind a f[...]

Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your NSA Media Server User’s Guide 19 Note that both SA T A and eSA T A hard disks are treated as internal or SA T A volumes in the Storage screen ( Section 8.3 on page 165 ). Any hard disk connected to the USB port(s) is considered an external or USB volume. 1.1.3 COPY/SYNC Button Use the COPY/SYNC butto n on the front [...]

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Media Server User’s Guide 21 C HAPTER 2 NAS Starter Utility Note: Installing this v ersion of the NAS Starter Uti lity will uninstall previous versi ons. 2.1 Overview Use the NAS Starter Utility to find, set up, and manage the NSA as well as copy files to it and access the files on it. Make sure you have a backup of any existing dat a in the hard[...]

Chapter 2 NAS Starter Utility Media Server User’s Guide 22 Start the NAS Starter Utility (click the icon in your Desktop or in Start > Pro g ra m s > Zy XE L > NAS Starter Utility ). The first time you open the NAS Starter Utility the discovery screen appears as follows. Figure 3 NAS Seeker The following table describes the labels in thi[...]

Chapter 2 NAS Starter Utility Media Server User’s Guide 23 2.4 Main NAS S t arter Utility Screen The main NAS Starter Utility screen displa ys after you select an NSA in the N SA Seeker screen. Figure 4 NAS Starter Utility Main Screen The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 3 NAS Starter Utility Main Screen LABEL DESCRIPT[...]

Chapter 2 NAS Starter Utility Media Server User’s Guide 24 2.4.1 Directory of the NAS Click Shared Folder to log into the NSA ’s file directory in Windows Explorer . Enter the administrator user name and password and click Login . Figure 5 Login Capacity This shows the NSA’s total, in-use, and remain in g storage capacity . Media Player Click[...]

Chapter 2 NAS Starter Utility Media Server User’s Guide 25 The utility opens the NSA’ s directory in Windows Explorer . Figure 6 Directory 2.5 Import Files or Folders with zPilot In the main NAS Starter Utility screen click zPilot to be able to drag and drop files from your computer to the NSA. Enter the administr ator user name and password an[...]

Chapter 2 NAS Starter Utility Media Server User’s Guide 26 Public folder . F or folders of files y ou are prompted to choose the target destination. The zPilot icon shows the transfer r ate. Figure 9 zPilot Showing T ransfer Rate Double-click the zPilot icon to display status detail s about the file tr ansfers. Select an entry and click Pau se , [...]

Chapter 2 NAS Starter Utility Media Server User’s Guide 27 new drive in Windows Explorer (My Computer) where you can access and use it like your computer’s other drives. Figure 12 Network Drive 2.7 Manage the Device In the main NAS Starter Utility screen click Configuration > Administrati on to log into the NSA’ s administration screens wh[...]

Chapter 2 NAS Starter Utility Media Server User’s Guide 28 Click Configuration > System Setti ng in the main utility screen to display the fo llowing screen. Figure 14 NAS Starter Utility > Configur ation > System Setting The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 4 NAS Starter Utility > Configur ation > Syste[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 29 C HAPTER 3 zCloud 3.1 zCloud Install the zCloud app from the Apple App store or Google Play on your iOS or Android phone or tablet to access the NSA’ s media files from your mobile device and upload media files from your mobile device to the NSA. Note: The NSA325 v2, NS A325, NSA320S, NSA320, and NSA310S with firm w[...]

Chapter 3 zCloud Media Server User’s Guide 30 2 Ta p Add a NAS and enter your NSA’ s IP address and y our user name and password and tap Connect . The next time you use the zCloud NAS m edia function you can select the NSA from the list. 3 Go to the NSA’ s published music, photo, or video files or uplo ad media files to the NSA.[...]

Chapter 3 zCloud Media Server User’s Guide 31 3.1.2 NSA Media Music Screens 1 Browse the NSA’ s published music files by folders, all music files, or by artist.[...]

Chapter 3 zCloud Media Server User’s Guide 32 2 T ap a song to play it or press you r mobile device’ s menu button to use select-n-go to select multiple files to play or download. When using select-n-go the top of the zCloud screen has a SELEC T ALL option and a three squares menu option with Play Selected and Download Selecte d options. The pl[...]

Chapter 3 zCloud Media Server User’s Guide 33 4 When you finish view ing the NSA’ s media files you can press y our mobile device’ s menu button to get the option to log out from the NSA ( Logout ). 3.1.3 NSA Media Photo Screens 1 Browse the NSA’ s published photos by folders, all photos, or by date.[...]

Chapter 3 zCloud Media Server User’s Guide 34 2 T ap a photo to display it or press your mobile device’ s menu button to use select-n-go to select multiple files to download. With a photo display ed, press your mobile device’ s menu button to get the option to start a slideshow.[...]

Chapter 3 zCloud Media Server User’s Guide 35 3.1.4 NSA Media Video Screens 1 Browse the NSA’ s published video files by folders or all video files. 2 T ap a video to play it or press your mobile device’s menu button to use select-n-go to select multiple files to download.[...]

Chapter 3 zCloud Media Server User’s Guide 36 3.1.5 zCloud Uploader 1 Ta p Up loader to upload music, pho to, or video files from your m obile device to the NSA. Select a destination folder on the NSA and the photos, music, or video files to upload. 2 For example, if y ou selected Photo , select the folder containing the photos y ou want to uploa[...]

Chapter 3 zCloud Media Server User’s Guide 37 3 Press the mobile device’s menu butto n for options to select all files ( Select All ), show download and upload details ( Show Download / Upload ), and log out from the NSA ( Logout ). Here is an example of the download and upload details. 3.1.6 Browse zCloud Downlo ad ed Media 1 In the main zClou[...]

Chapter 3 zCloud Media Server User’s Guide 38 2 T ap the type of downloaded media f iles to display (photos for example). T ap a photo to display it or press your mobile device’ s menu button to use select-n-go in the options menu to select multiple files to delete. 3 When using select-n-go the top of the zCloud screen has a SELEC T ALL option [...]

Chapter 3 zCloud Media Server User’s Guide 39 4 After you display a photo, y ou can press your mobile device’s menu button to see the option to start a slideshow .[...]

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Media Server User’s Guide 41 C HAPTER 4 Web Configurator Basics 4.1 Overview This chapter describes how to access the NSA web configurator and provides an ov erview of its screens. The web configurator is an HTML -based management interface that allows easy NSA setup and management using an Internet browser . Use Internet Explorer 7.0, Mozilla Fi[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 42 4.2.1 Access the NSA V ia NAS St arter Utility If you don’t know the IP address of the NSA, then use the NAS Starter Utility to find it. R efer to the Quick Start Guide for how to install and run the NAS Starter Utility . See Chapter 2 on page 21 for more information on the NAS Star[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 43 4.3 Login The default username and password are ‘admin’ and ‘1234’ respectively . Enter your username and password. See Chapter 15 on page 307 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 k[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 44 If you hav e not done so yet, you should see a screen asking you to change you r password (highly recommended) as shown next. T ype a new passwor d (and retype it to confirm) and click Apply or click Ignore . Figure 18 Change Password Screen[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 45 4.4 Playzone Screens The Playzone Home screen displays after you log in using the User Login button. Figure 19 Playzone Home Note: The W eb Configur ator session automatica lly times out if it is le ft idle for 15 minutes. Simply log back into the NSA if this happens to y ou. The Pla[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 46 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 plug ins, you ha ve to download and install VLC (use the .exe file). T o install a VLC plugin for Firefo x, when you install VLC, you have to select the Mozilla [...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 47 4.4.1 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 20 Music (Thumbnail) A C[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 48 Figure 21 Music (List) This table describes common labels in the Playzone media server screens. Not every item displays in every screen. T a ble 7 Playzone Media Server Screens LABEL DESCRIPTION Zy XEL The path of the current view . Cl ick ZyXEL to return to the Play zone Home screen.[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 49 4.4.2 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 22 Now Playing 4.4.3 Exif and Google Ma[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 50 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 24 Google Maps 4.4.4 Slideshow (Photo s) In a Ph[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 51 4.4.5 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 Wi[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 52 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 8 File Browser LABEL DESCRIPTI ON Up Click this to go to the next higher layer in the sh are’ s fol der tree. Name This colu mn identifies the name s of folders and f iles in the share. Click a file’ s file name to o[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 53 4.4.5.1 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 m anagement details. Figure 27 File Browser > Configure Share The following table describes the labels in the thi[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 54 4.4.6 Share and Folder Names The name can only contain the following char acters: • Alphanumeric (A- z, 0-9) and Unicode. The NSA allows FTP access to shares, folders or files with names encoded in the UTF-8 (8-bit UCS/Unicode T ransformation Fo rmat) format. So your FTP client must[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 55 4.4.7 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 28 Application Z one The f[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 56 4.4.8 Playzone Settings Click Playzone Settings to open the following screen. Use this screen to change gener al Play zone screen settings and account passwords. Figure 29 Playzone Settings The following table describes the labels in this screen. Resume Select the Flickr or Y outube U[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 57 4.5 Administration Screens Use the login screen’s Administrat or L ogin button to go directly to the adv anced administration screens. An Administration link also displays in the Playzone Home screen when you log into the Playzone as the administr ator . Double Click Behavior Setti[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 58 The Status screen is the first advanced administration screen that displa ys. See Chapter 6 on page 147 for more information about the Status screen. Figure 30 Status 4.5.1 Global Administration Icons The icons and language label at the top-right of the screen ( ) are visible from mos[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 59 4.5.2 Navigation Panel The navigation panel on the left of the W eb Conf igurator screen ( ) 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 ano ther screen. Th[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 60 Applications FTP S erv er Enable FTP file transfer to/from the NS A, set the n umber of FTP connections allowed, an FTP idle time out, and the character set. Media Server Enable or disable the sharing of media files and select whic h sh ares to share. iT unes Serv er Use the iT unes s[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 61 4.5.3 Main Window The main window () shows the screen you select in the navigation panel. It is discussed in the rest of this document. 4.5.4 St atus Messages The Message text box at the bottom of the screen () displays status messages as you configure the NSA. 4.5.5 Common Screen Ic[...]

Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 62 4.5.6 Session Example (Windows) Open Windows Explorer and type two back slas hes followed by the NSA 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 NSA. This session is then displayed as [...]

Media Server User’s Guide 63 C HAPTER 5 Tutorials 5.1 Overview This chapter provides tutorials that show how to use the NS A. • Windows 7 Network , see page 63 • Windows 7 Network Map , see page 67 • Playing Media Files in Windows 7 , see page 69 • Windows 7 Devices and Printers , see pag e 69 • Creating a V olume in a 2-Bay NSA , see p[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 64 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 Media Server User’s Guide 65 3 The NSA icon displays twice because the NSA is bo th a media server and a stor age device. Double- click either NSA icon to open the W eb Configurator login screen. 5.2.1 If the NSA Icon Does Not Display The network containing the NSA must be set as a h ome or work network in order fo r the NSA i[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 66 2 Use the Set Network Location screen to set the network’s location to home or work. 5.2.2 NSA Icon Right-click Options Right-click the NS A’s icon to see these options: • Install/Uninstall : Click In stall to add the NSA as a device in your computer . After you install the NSA you can see it[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 67 • Properties opens a window of NS A details and troubleshooting information. • Manufacturer identifi es th e company that produce d th e N S A. • Model identifies the NSA model. • Model number identifies the NS A model number . • Device webpage shows the IP address for accessing the W eb [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 68 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 NS A must be set as a home or wo rk network in order to use the full map feature. If the n[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 69 5.4 Playing Media Files in Windows 7 In Windows 7, the NS A automatically displa ys as a libr ary in Windows Media Player . Figure 31 NSA in Windows Media Player 5.5 Windows 7 Devices and Printers After you use the NSA’ s network icon’s install option you can manage the NSA from the Windows 7 D[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 70 Click Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devi ces and Printers . Select the NS A icon to display information about the NSA. Double -click the NSA icon to open a properties window (see page 67 ). Right-click the icon to display these options: • Open Media Player opens the comput[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 71 5.5.1 Windows 7 Desktop Shortcut This is the NSA’ s desktop shortcut. Double-click it to open a properties window (see page 67 ). 1 Right-click the NS A’ s desktop shortcut icon to see these options: • Open Media Player opens the computer’s default media player . • Open file location take[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 72 • 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 NSA from the Windows 7 Devices[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 73 5.6.2 Migrate Button Do the following steps to create a RAID 1 volume. 1 Once you install a second S A T A hard disk in the NSA, the Storage > Volume screen shows the Migrate button. 2 Click the Migrate button and you can see the following progress bar . W ait for the RAID 1 v olume to be create[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 74 This deletes all existing dat a in the SA T A hard disk. Make sure you have a backup of any existing dat a in the hard disk. The NSA starts creating the v olume and you can se e the following progress bar . W ait for the RAID 1 volume to be created. 3 The Storage > Volume screen displays with yo[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 75 Y our NSA has a single bay for a S A T A (Serial Adva nced T echnology Attachment) hard disk. JBOD is the only storage method for the NSA310S and the de fault storage method if you are using a single hard disk in the NSA310. This JBOD volume shows up in the Storage > Volume screen ( S ection 8.2[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 76 2 Click the Migrate button and you can see the following progress bar . W ait for up to 10 m inutes for the RAID 1 volume to be created. 5.7.3 Create a SA T A V olume Button If you do not have an existing volume in the Storage > V olume screen, do the following steps to create a RAID 1 volume. 1[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 77 The NSA starts creating the volume and y ou can s ee the following progress bar . W ait for 2 minutes for the RAID 1 volume to be created. 3 The Storage > Volume screen displays with your RAID 1 volume.[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 78 5.7.4 Creating a PC Comp atible V olume Y ou can use your eSA T A hard disk as a separate stor age volume. The following section shows you how to create a PC Compatible Volume . Use this storage method if you hav e an eSA T A hard disk that will be connected to a Windows computer when it is not con[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 79 The NSA starts creating the volume and y ou can s ee the following progress bar . W ait for 2 minutes for the volume to be created. 3 The Storage > Volume screen displays with y our PC Compatible Volume .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 80 5.7.4.1 Checking Y our PC Comp atible V olume The files in the eS A T A hard disk that you configured as a PC Compatible Volume should be accessible when you connect the eS A T A hard disk to your computer . Y ou can configure the features of y our NS A to sav e files to y our eS A T A hard disk. F[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 81 3 Disconnect the eSA T A hard disk from the NS A. Connect the eSA T A hard disk to your computer . On some systems, you can see the following notification. 4 The computer assigns a letter to the eSA T A hard disk (drive F in this example) that is accessible from the My Computer screen. Double click[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 82 1 In the Storage > Volume screen, select the volume you want to delete and click the delete icon. 2 A confirmation window appears as follows. Click Yes . This deletes all existing dat a in the volume. Make sure you have a backup of any existing dat a in the hard disk. 5.9 File Sharing T utorials[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 83 1 At the NS A web configur ator login screen enter the administrator account and password and click Administrator Login to go to the advanced administr ation screens. 2 Click Sharing > Users to open the Users screen. The n click Add User.[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 84 3 Configure the screen as follows and write down the username and password to give 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 [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 85 1 In the NSA’ s administration web configur ator screens, click Shares > Add Sh are . 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 Media Server User’s Guide 86 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. 5.9.3 Creating a Group After creating user accounts for Jimmy an d [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 87 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 ste[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 88 3 Select the network drive that y ou want to map the NSA to from th e Drive list box. This example uses I . Then browse to and select the share on the NSA. 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[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 89 5 After the mapping is done, you can then simply copy and paste or dr ag and drop files from/to y our local computer’s drives to or from this network fold er . Just like the NSA’ s share was another folder on your computer . Now that Bob has mapped Jimmy’ s share to Jimmy’ s computer , he c[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 90 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 . 5.9.6 Accessing a Share Th rough the Web Configurator Y ou can browse and access files through the web configur ator .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 91 1 Log into the NSA web configur ator (see Section 4.3 on page 43 ) using the app ropriate 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 t[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 92 2 Find a download link for the file you want . In this example, www .zyxel.com has a Download Now link for downloading a datasheet for Z yXEL ’s GS-2024 (a device for making phone calls o ver the Internet). Note: Mak e sure the link opens eith er the file y ou want or a pop-up window about how to[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 93 4 Log into the NSA web configur ator (see Section 4.3 on page 43 ) using the administrator account and click Application Zone and the Application Zone > Download Service link. 5 Click Add .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 94 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 NSA stores all downloads in [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 95 Note: At the time of writing the plugin supp orts Internet Explorer 6.0/7.0 and Mozilla Firefox 2.0/3.0; it does not support Windows 7. Internet Explorer 1 Open the folder containing the link capture browser plugin. 2 Double-click on the plugin to display the followi ng screen. Click I Agree to beg[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 96 4 Open Internet Explorer and locate a download link. In this exampl e, www . zyxel.com has a Download Now link for downloading a user’s guide for Z yXEL ’s NBG410W3G (a 3G wireless router). Right-click on the download link and select NSA Setting . 5 Enter the NSA’ s web address. The default i[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 97 3 T o install the plugin, drag and drop the plugin to Firefox. 4 The following screen displays. Click Install Now .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 98 5 Y ou need to restart Firefo x after the installation. 6 When Firefox restarts, a message displays to show the installation succeeded. The plugin is installed as an extension in Add-ons. Click Options to configure the NSA’ s web address.[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 99 7 Enter the NSA’ s web address. The default is ‘nsa’ followed by the number of your model (‘ nsa320 ’ for example). Then click OK . 5.10.3 Using the Link Capture Browser Plugin Once you install the plugin, y ou may begin send ing download links to the NSA from your web browser . This e xa[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 100 4 The login screen shows up. Enter your NSA’ s login information and click Login to send the link to the download service. A confirmation message displays. 5 Log into the NSA web configur ator (see Section 4.3 on page 43 ) using the administrator account and click Application Zone and the Applic[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 101 6 The download task appears in the Download Service screen’ s Active or Queue tab. It ma y appear in the Compl eted tab if the NS A already finished downloading the file or it may appear in the Error ta b if the NSA failed to download the file. By default the NSA stores all downloads in the admi[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 102 3 When it is not the download time, you see a message in the Download Service screen, indicating the active download period. Click Applications > Download S e rv ice > Pre ferences > P2P download to open the following screen. Enter the information below and then click Apply . Here is a li[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 103 • Scroll down and click Edit IP Filter . Use an online IP filter table from http://www.bluetack.co .uk/ config/level1.gz for example to protect P2P downloads. Enter the URL in the Update IP Filter from the Internet Every Week field. 5.10.5 Using Download Service Notification Use an RSS feed read[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 104 Internet Explorer 7 Example 1 After you activ ate download service notification, click the RSS feed icon. 2 The following screen displays. Select Subscribe to this feed . 3 The following screen displays. Click Subscribe .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 105 4 Click the Favorite icon on your browser and select the Feeds tab to check the updates of y our NSA’ s download list. 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[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 106 4 From the Firefox’ s Bookmarks Menu , select Download Not ify to check the updates of your NSA’ s download list. 5.1 1 Broadcatching T utorial Use broadcatching to have the NSA download freq uently updated digital content like TV programs, radio talk sho ws, Podcasts (audio files), and bl ogs[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 107 2 Find the link for the RSS feed containing the channel you w ant to add. In this example, http:// reviews.cnet.com/4520-11455_7-6333 605-1.html has an RSS link for subscribing to the CNET Live podcast. However this is not the lin k for the actual RSS feed. Click the link to go to another screen t[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 108 3 Right-click the download link and select Copy Link Location in Firefox (or Copy Shortcut in Internet Explorer). 4 Log into the NSA web configur ator (see Section 4.3 on page 43 ) using the administrator account and click Administration > Applications > Broadcatching . 5 Click Add Channel .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 109 6 Right-click the URL field and select Paste . 7 The URL displays in the URL field. 8 Select a policy for what items to download. This example uses Manually Choose Items for Download so you will be able to select individual items to download later . 9 Select a policy for what items to delete. This[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 11 0 5.12 Printer Server T utorial Do the following to have the NSA let computers on your netwo rk share a printer . See www . zyxel.com for a list of compatible printers. 1 Make sure the NSA is on and the SYS light is on steady (not blinking). 2 Use a USB cable to connect the printer’s USB port to [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 111 6 If you get a w arning screen, click the option that lets you continue ( Yes in this example). 7 If your computer does not already have the printer’ s driver installed, you will need to install it. In this example, click OK . 8 Use the wizard screens to install the printer driv er on the comput[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 11 2 5.13 Copy and Flickr Auto Upload T utorial Amy received some photos tak en during her best friend’ s wedding and sa ved the files on a USB disk. She wants to sa ve a copy of the photo s in the NSA and upload the photos to her Flickr account. Amy has to activ ate the NSA’ s auto upload feature[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 11 3 5 The NSA also automatically upload s the copied files to Flickr . r 5.14 FTP Uploadr T utorial FTP Uploadr can automatically upload files sav ed on the NSA to a remote FTP server . Amy wants to share files on her NSA with Susan. They each have an NS A at home, so Susan has to set her NSA as an F[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 11 4 Susan also has to create a user account and share on her NSA for Amy to upload files. The share is used for files uploaded from Am y’ s NSA. Amy will then use the fo llowing information to configure FTP Uploadr on her NSA. This is how Amy would set up the NSA’ s F TP Uploadr . 1 Click Applica[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 11 5 4 In the FTP Uploadr screen, click Preferences to configure the auto upload settings. 5 Amy wants to share video files with Su san. In the Preferences 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 t[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 11 6 6 Amy also set the Bandwidth Limit to 20 KB/s so that the upload doesn’t slow down her Internet connection. Now Amy has set up FTP Uploadr to send files to Susan’ s NSA. Every time Amy adds new files or renames files in the video share, these new or modified files will be uploaded automatical[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 11 7 5.15.1 Customizing the NSA’ s Certificate 1 Click Maintenance > SSL and then select Edit a self-si gned CA certificate and click Edit . 2 Next, let’s modify the certificate by changing the Comm on Name to this NSA’ s host name of “nsa” , the Organization to “ZyX EL ” and the Key [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 11 8 3 The NSA restarts its network services and returns you to the login screen. 5.15.2 Downloading and Inst alling Customized Certificate 1 Log in and return to Maintenance > SSL . Unde r Modify the Existing Certificate , click Download .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 11 9 2 Save the file to your computer . 3 Find the certificate file on your computer and double-click it.[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 120 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 . 5 In the Certificate Import Wizard , click Next .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 121 6 Leave Automatically select certificate stor e based on the type of certificat e selected and click Next . 7 In the Completing the Certificate Import Wizard scre en, click Finish .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 122 8 If you are presented with another Security Warning , click Yes . 9 Finally , click OK when presented with the successful certificate installation message. 5.15.3 T urn on the NSA’ s Web Security Now that you hav e customized the NSA’ s certificate and installed it in your computer , you can [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 123 1 Close your web browser and open it again to reset its session with the NS A. 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 Media Server User’s Guide 124 3 The NSA logs you out and automatically redirects y our 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 key certificate. Add an exception to allow y our browser to bypass the warning. 4 Click Add Exception .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 125 5 Click Get Certificate .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 126 6 Before you add an exception, verify that the de vice to which y ou are trying to connect is providing the correct certificate. Click View .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 127 7 The SHA1 fingerprint must match the NS A’s cert ificate y ou downloaded from the NSA to your computer . (Double-click the NSA’ s certificate file and then click Details and look at the Thumbprint ). Click Close .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 128 8 If the certificate fingerprints match, click Confirm Security Exception , otherwise click Cancel . 9 The login screen displays. Now , any one who connects to the NSA’ s W eb Configurator screens will automatically do so by HT TPs. Use a secure method to let your users know the correct fingerpr[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 129 5.16 Using FTPES to Connect to the NSA This section covers how to use FTP over Explicit TLS/S SL with the NSA for secure FTP transfers. Before you go through this section, read Section 5.15 on page 11 6 to conf igure HT TPS. This example uses FileZilla. 1 Open FileZilla and click File > Site Ma[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 130 2 A security warning screen displa ys. The SHA1 fingerprint must match the NSA’ s certificate you downloaded from the NSA to y our computer . (Doubl e-click the NSA’ s certificate file and then click Details and look at the Thumbprint ). If they match, click OK . The shares and folders to whic[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 131 5.17.1 Finder 1 Open a new Finder window. 2 Select All under the SHARED sidebar . Look for the NSA from the Network list.[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 132 3 Expand the NSA to display the shares y ou may access. 5.17.2 Go Menu 4 In the Finder , click Go > Connect to Server .[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 133 5 When the Connect to Server dialog box opens, enter smb:// and the NSA’ s IP address in the Server Address field. Y ou may also click Browse to have the Mac search for the NS A. Click Connect . 6 Once you establish the connection, y ou can access the NSA from the Finder or directly from the des[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 134 1 Click Protect > Backup > Add Job . Figure 32 Protect > Backup 2 Identify the backup job and select Archi ve . New files are often added to the shares that y o u need to back up and existing files are not frequently changed so select Incremental . The NSA does a full backup first and lat[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 135 3 Select the volume1 check box to select all the folders and files. Select Remote and enter the other NSA’ s address, username, password, and share name. If you want to make sure the remote NSA is reachable, click Test Connection . Figure 34 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 2[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 136 4 In this example, the target NSA is on the LAN so lea ve the compression off . Security is already configured on the target NS A so you can leav e the encryption off , too. Hav e the NSA k eep 3 backups. Figure 35 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 3 5 Set the frequency to Weekly . Schedule t[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 137 1 Click Protect > Backup > Add Job . Figure 36 Protect > Backup Name the backup job and select Synchronization . Y ou want only your current set of files in the remote NSA’ s folder , so you select Mirror to mak e the target folder identical to the source folder . The NSA deletes any ot[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 138 • Click Next . Figure 38 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 2 3 Click OK in the warning dialog box. Figure 39 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 3 4 F or this example, 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 co[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 139 • Click Next . Figure 40 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 3 5 Schedule the backu p to occur every morn ing at 3:00 and click Done . Figure 41 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 4 Y ou do not need to use a special restore process to use the files a synchronization backup creates. The co[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 140 1 Click Protect > Backup screen, select a backup job and click Restore Archive . Figure 42 Protect > Backup 2 Select which backup to use and click Next . Figure 43 Protect > Backup > R estore Archive: Step 1[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 141 3 Select the files and folders you want to restore and click Next . Figure 44 Protect > Backup > R estore Archive: Step 2 4 Select the original location and click Done . Figure 45 Protect > Backup > R estore Archive: Step 3[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 142 5 The NSA restores the files into the share. When it finishes y ou can access the files. Figure 46 Protect > Backup > R es tore Archiv e: Progress 5.18.4 Restoring by Backup Files If you deleted an archive backup job or the NSA or the RAID arr a y containing the backup job failed you cannot [...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 143 2 Select the backup job and backup time and click Next . Figure 48 Protect > Restore: Step 2 3 Select everything in the share except the recycle folder . Click Next . Figure 49 Protect > Restore: Step 3[...]

Chapter 5 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 144 4 Browse to the folder where you want to put the files. Click Done . Figure 50 Protect > Restore: Step 4 5 The NSA restores the files and y ou can use them again.[...]

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Media Server User’s Guide 147 C HAPTER 6 Status Screen 6.1 Overview This chapter describes the Status screen, which is the first adv anced administra tion screen that displays. 6.2 The S t atus Screen Use the login screen’ s Administrator Login button or click Administration in the Playzone Hom e screen ( Section 4.5 on page 57 ) to open the We[...]

Chapter 6 Status Screen Media Server User’s Guide 148 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 16 Status LABEL DESCRIPTION Status Click this to refresh th e status screen statistics. System Information Server Name This displays the name which help s you find the NSA on the ne twork. Click the Edit icon to go to the screen [...]

Chapter 6 Status Screen Media Server User’s Guide 149 External V olume (or USB Vo l u m e ) This displays the volumes created on USB hard drives connecte d to the NSA. USB disks are numbered in the order that you insert USB device s. Click the Edit icon to open the Storage screen. Y ou can create and edi t the external volume. Se e Chapter 8 on p[...]

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Media Server User’s Guide 151 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 NSA firmw are. Use package management to add more useful applications in y our NSA. Identify your NSA on the network and set the time that the NSA follows for its schedul[...]

Chapter 7 System Setting Media Server User’s Guide 152 • SMART - Use S.M.A.R.T . (Self Monitoring, Analysis, and R eporting T echnology) to monitor hard disks. It detects and reports the reliability of hard disks using standard indicators, enabling administrators to anticipate possible disk failures. • SqueezeCenter - This enables you to mana[...]

Chapter 7 System Setting Media Server User’s Guide 153 7.4 The Firmware Upgrade Screen Use this screen to upgrade the NSA firm ware. Y ou should first have down loaded the latest firmware files from the Z y XEL website. Do not turn off the NS A while it is upgrading the firmware or you may render it unusable. Click System Se tting > Firmware /[...]

Chapter 7 System Setting Media Server User’s Guide 154 Click System Se tting > Firmware / Packages > Package to open the following screen. Figure 53 System Setting > Firmware / P ackages > P ackage The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 18 System Setting > Firmware / Packages > Package LABEL DESCRIPTION[...]

Chapter 7 System Setting Media Server User’s Guide 155 Note: Once you install an applicati on and en able it, additional links show up i n the navigation panel. Thi s applies to eMule , DyDNS , NFS , SMART , Syslog Server , TFTP Server , pyLoad , and BackupPlanner . F or Gallery , PHP-MySQL- phpMyAdmin , SqueezeCenter and WordPress , you can acce[...]

Chapter 7 System Setting Media Server User’s Guide 156 7.5.1 Displaying the Package Information Select an item on the list and click Package Info . Use this screen to check detailed information about the application. Figure 54 System Setting > Firmware / P a ckages > P ackage > P ackage Info The following table describes the labels in th[...]

Chapter 7 System Setting Media Server User’s Guide 157 7.6 The 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 yo ur NSA is a part of a workgroup. Note: CIFS cannot be disabled on the NS A. Figure 55 [...]

Chapter 7 System Setting Media Server User’s Guide 158 Click the System Sett ing link in the navigation panel and then click the Dat e/Time link to access the Date/Time screen. Figure 56 System Setting > Date/Time The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 21 System Setting > Date/Time LABEL DESCRIPTION Current System [...]

Chapter 7 System Setting Media Server User’s Guide 159 Sync hro niz e Now Click this for the NSA to r etrieve the correct time from the configured time server ri ght away . Time Z one Time Z one Choose the time zone of your locat ion. This will set the time differ ence between your ti me zone and Greenwich Mean Time (GM T ). Manual Daylight Savi [...]

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Media Server User’s Guide 161 C HAPTER 8 Storage 8.1 Overview Several NS A features require a valid inter nal volume. This chapter cov ers the management of volumes and disks (both internal and external). Use the Storage screen ( Section 8.2 on page 162 ) to display information on all volumes, create internal and external volumes, and con figure [...]

Chapter 8 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 162 Note: 1-bay models configure the internal hard disk (SA T A) as JBOD by default. Y ou can modify it if y ou attach a second internal hard disk (an eSA T A hard disk). Finding Out More See Section 8.6 on page 169 for more technical background information on storage. 8.2 The S torage Screen The Storag[...]

Chapter 8 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 163 8.2.2 Storage Screen Click Storage > Volume in the na vigation panel to display the following screen. Use this screen to display internal and external volumes on the NSA. Note: It is recommended to scan the vo lume every three months or 32 reboots. Figure 57 Storage > V olume The following tab[...]

Chapter 8 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 164 Y ou see a warning screen before you delete a volume. Figure 58 Delete a V olume Warning Screen 8.2.3 V olume St atus Y ou (the administrator) can see the status of a volume in the Status or Storage screens. The NSA has the following classifications for the status of a volume: • Healthy if all dis[...]

Chapter 8 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 165 If it’ s down, then the only indication is that y ou can no longer transfer files to/from the shares in the down volume. If it’ s degr aded, then file tr ansf er to/from the shares in the degraded volume will be slower . Note: Ther e is no explicit m essage from CI FS that tells u sers their vol[...]

Chapter 8 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 166 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 23 Storage > Create an Internal Volume LABEL DESCRIPTION V olume Name T ype a volume name from 1 to 31 characte rs. T o avoid confusion, it is highly recommended that each volume use a un iqu e name. Acceptable characters are all al[...]

Chapter 8 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 167 Note: Once you create the first vol ume on th e NSA, it is recommended to restart t he NSA for better performance. 8.4 Editing a V olume Click an internal volume’ s Edit icon in the Storage screen as shown in Figure 57 on page 163 to open the following screen. Use this screen to change the volume?[...]

Chapter 8 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 168 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 8.5 Creating an External (USB) V olume Click the Create a New External Volume button (or the Create a USB Volume button depending on your model) in the Storage screen as shown in Figure 57 on page 163 to open the following screen. Use this scr[...]

Chapter 8 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 169 8.5.1 External Disks Y ou may connect USB storage devices that suppo rt the following file systems to the NSA. • Windows File Systems: NTFS, F A T32 and F A T16. • Linux File Systems: R eiserFS, EXT2, EXT3, and XFS. 8.6 S torage T echnical Reference This section provides some background informat[...]

Chapter 8 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 170 Perfo rmance rankings are approximations. 8.6.2 Choosing a S torage Method for a V olume The following is a guide to help you choose a storage method for the v arious number of disks supported on the NSA. See Section 8.6.3 on page 170 for theoretical background on JBOD and the RAID levels used on th[...]

Chapter 8 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 171 These are some terms that you need to know in order to understand storage systems. • Mirroring In a RAID system using mirroring, all data in th e system is written simultaneously to two hard disks instead of one. This provides 100% data re dundancy as if one disk fails the other has the duplicated[...]

Chapter 8 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 172 RAID 0 RAID 0 spreads data evenly across two or more disk s (data striping) with no mirroring nor parity for data redundancy , so if on e disk fails the entire v olume will be lost. The major benefit of RAID 0 is performance. The following figure shows two disks i n a single RAID 0 v olume. Data can[...]

Chapter 8 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 173 T y pical applications for RAID 1 are those requir ing high fault toler ance without need of large amounts of storage capacity or top performance, for example, accounting and financial data, small database systems, and enterprise servers. RAID and Dat a Protection If a hard disk fails and you’re u[...]

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Media Server User’s Guide 175 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 NSA. 9.2 What Y ou Can Do •U s e t h e TCP/IP screen ( Section 9.4 on page 176 ) to assign the NS A a dynamic or static IP address and DNS informati[...]

Chapter 9 Net work Media Server User’s Guide 176 Jumbo Frames Jumbo frames are Ethernet fr ames larger than 1500 bytes. They enable data tr ansfer with less overhead. The bigger the frame, the better the n etwork performance. Y our network equipment such as computers, switches and routers must be capable of supporting jumbo fr ames. Y ou also nee[...]

Chapter 9 Network Media Server User’s Guide 177 Note: If you change the NSA’ s IP address, you need to log i n again after you appl y changes. Figure 64 Network > TCP/IP The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 31 Network > TCP/IP LABEL DESCRIPTION IP Address Dynamic Sel ect this option to have the NSA get IP addre[...]

Chapter 9 Net work Media Server User’s Guide 178 IPv6 Settings Click this to conf igure the following IPv6 sett ings. Mode - • Select Auto to have the D evice use the IPv6 prefi x from the connected router ’ s Router Advertisement (RA) to generate an IPv6 address. • Select Static if you have a fixed IPv6 address assigned by your ISP . • S[...]

Chapter 9 Network Media Server User’s Guide 179 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 NSA. It is recommended that y ou place the NSA behind an Internet gateway firewall device to protect the NSA from attacks from the Internet (see RAID and Data Pro[...]

Chapter 9 Net work Media Server User’s Guide 180 For example, if the NS A’ s IP address was 192.168.1.33 when you applied the UPnP Port Mapping screen’ s settings and the NSA later gets a new IP address of 192.168.1.34 through DHCP , WAN access stops working because the Internet gateway still tries to forward tr affic to IP address 192.168.1.[...]

Chapter 9 Network Media Server User’s Guide 181 HTTP (Web Configurator) Y ou can use UPnP port mapping to allow access to the NS A’ s management screens. If you use UPnP to allow web configurator access f rom the W AN, y ou may w ant to use a different W AN port number (instead of the default of port 80) to make it more secure. Remember to use [...]

Chapter 9 Net work Media Server User’s Guide 182 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 9.6 The PPPoE Screen Use this screen to configure PPPoE settings for a direct Internet connection. T a ble 32 Network > UPnP > P ort Mapping LABEL DESCRIPTION LAN Use thes e fields to specify what port the In tern et gateway use s to co[...]

Chapter 9 Network Media Server User’s Guide 183 Click Network > PPPoE in the navigation panel to open the following screen. Figure 69 Network > PPPoE The following table describes the labels in this screen. 9.7 T elnet Screen Use this screen to enable or disable T elnet access to the NSA. T elnet is available in the NS A310S, NSA320S, NSA32[...]

Chapter 9 Net work Media Server User’s Guide 184 T elnet access let s you use line commands to configure th e NSA. Use these commands at your own risk. The ve ndor t akes no responsibility for any changes you make using the commands. Click Network > Telnet in the navigation panel to open the following screen. Figure 70 Network > T elnet The[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 185 C HAPTER 10 Applications 10.1 Overview This chapter discusses the features in the Application screens. The NS A 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 7 ) to configure se ttings for FTP file transfe[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 186 It requests for a mutual method of encryption from the FTP server for its file transfer sessions. Y our FTP client must be set to use FTPES as in the following example. Figure 71 FTP Client Example Media Server Th e me di a se rve r fe at ure let s a nyon e on you r n etw or k pl ay v ide o, m[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 187 For example, if y ou want to share photos in a F a milyPhotos share, y ou could “web publish” it and others could use a web browser to access the photo s at http://my-NS A’ s-IP- A ddress/MyW eb/ F amilyPhotos. Broadcatching Broadcatching is the downloading of digital content from Inter[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 188 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 10.5 The Media Server Screens The media server application allows you to share media files with media clients. T a ble 35 Applications > FTP LABEL DESCRIPTION FTP Enable FTP Y ou can use FTP to send files to the NSA or get files from [...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 189 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 73 Applications > Media Server > Media Server The following table describes the labels in this screen. 10.5.1 The Media S[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 190 10.5.2 The Media Server SqueezeCenter Screen SqueezeCenter enables you to manage a Logitech's Squeezebox device connected to the NSA. Click Applications > Media Server > SqueezeCenter to open the following screen. This screen is av ailable when the SqueezeCenter applicatio n is inst[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 191 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 10.7 The 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 NSA’ s file downloads.[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 192 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 multiple fi l[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 193 Status The fol lowing icons sh ow the download’ s status. Completed : The NSA has downloade d the whole file. Seeding : The download is fini shed and the NSA is allowing other P2P users to down load it. Downloading : Th e NSA is getting th e file. Queued : The download is waiting in li ne f[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 194 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 NSA to download. Section 5.10 on page 91 provides a tu torial on adding a download task. Figure 78 Applications > Download Service > A[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 195 Location of Downloaded Files This shows wher e the NSA sto res new downloads ( Put incomplete downloads in ) an d where the NS A moves com pleted downloads ( Move completed downloads to ). The Share column shows the name of the share where the file is downloaded. The Path column points t o th[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 196 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 79 Applications > Download Service > Preferen[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 197 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 42 Applications > Download Service > Preferences > General Settings LABEL DESCRIPTION Location of Downloaded Files This shows where the NSA stores new downloads ( Put incomplete downloads in ) and where the NSA moves co[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 198 10.7.3 Configuring th e P2P Download Settings Click Applications > Download S e rv ice > Pre ferences > P2P download to open the following screen. Use this screen to configure P2P download settings. Figure 80 Applications > Download Service > Preferences > P2P download Downlo[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 199 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 43 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 gre[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 200 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 you r own table. Click Edit IP Filter in the Applications > Download Service [...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 201 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 5.10 on page 91 provides a tutorial on adding a dow[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 202 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 83 Applications > Download Service > T ask Info The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 46 Applications &[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 203 10.8 The 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 84 Applications > W eb Publishing The following table describes the labels in this screen. Priority Us[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 204 Note: If you installed php-MySQL-phpMy Admin through the Pac kage Managem ent screen ( Section 7.5 on page 153 ) and enable it, you can use PHP and MySQL in your published web p age. 10.9 The Broadcatching Screen This screen displays the NSA’ s subscribed channels and the associated contents[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 205 Click Applications > Broadcatching to open the foll owing scree n. Figure 85 Applications > Broadcatching The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 48 Applications > Broadcatching LABEL DESCRIPTION Add Channel W hen you find a channel to subscribe to, copy the [...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 206 10.9.1 Adding a Br oadcatching Channel At the time of writing, the NSA supports RSS 2.0 f eeds. W ebsites with a feed usually display a feed icon (shown next). Copy and paste the feed’s URL into the Applications > Broadcatching > Add Channel screen and you can download new files as the[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 207 select policies for downloading and deleting the channel’ s items. Section 5.11 on page 106 provides a tutorial on adding a broadcatching channel. Figure 87 Applications > Broadc atching > Add Channel The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 49 Applications >[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 208 Location of Downloaded Files This shows where the NSA stores new downl o ads ( Put inc omplete downloads in ) and where the NS A moves completed downl oads ( Move completed downloads to ). The Share column shows the name of the sh are where the file is down loaded. The Path column poin ts to t[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 209 10.9.2 Editing a Broadcatching Channel Click Applications > Broadcatching , then select a channel and click Edit Channel to open a similar Edit screen. Use the Edit Channel screen to change the download or delete policies. Figure 88 Applications > Broadcatching > Edit Channel The fol[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 210 10.10 The Print Server Screen Use the Print Server screen to view and manage the NSA’ s list of printers and print jobs. Location of Downloaded Files This shows where t he NSA stores n ew downloads ( Put incompl ete downloads in ) and where the NSA mo ves completed downloads ( Move completed[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 21 1 Click Applications > Print Server to open the following screen. Figure 89 Applications > Print Server The following table describes the labels in this screen. 10.10.1 Print Server Rename Click Applications > Print Server and a printer’s Renam e icon to open the following screen. U[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 212 10.1 1 The Copy/Sync Button Screen The Copy/Sync button on the front panel allows y ou to copy or synchronize files between a connected USB device and the NSA. Click Applications > Copy/Sync Button to open the following screen. Figure 91 Applications > Copy/Sync Button The following tabl[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 213 10.12 T echnical Reference This section provides technical background information on the topics discussed in this chapter . 10.12.1 Sharing Media Files on Y our Network Th e me di a se rve r fe at ure let s a nyon e on you r n etw or k pl ay v ide o, m usi c, a nd pho to s fr om t he NSA (wit[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 214 A link for the NSA in iT unes under SHARED . Click it to display the NSA’ s published me dia files as shown next. Figure 92 NSA link in iT unes 10.12.2 Download Service The NSA’ s download service downloads files from the Internet directly to the NSA. Y ou do not have to download to your c[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 215 If you already have the torrent file saved on your computer , you can just specify its location when adding a download task through the web configur ator . Another method is to use FTP or a CIFS program (Windows Explorer for exam ple) to copy the torrent file into the torrent folder . The NSA[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 216 Note: The download service no tification only keeps tr ack of files downloaded via P2P download. Figure 94 Download Service Notification 10.12.5 P2P Download Security When you download using P2P , you reveal y our IP address. This increases the risk of hacking attacks, which can be protected a[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 217 • Anti-virus to check files you download for computer viruses. P2P Download and Y o ur Firewall The anti-virus feature on a firewall probably cannot check P2P downloads for viruses, so use anti- virus software on you r computer to scan the NSA for viruses. When you download using P2P downlo[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 218 HTML (web-based) configuration inte rface to set this up (see the firewall’ s manual for details). Y ou may also have to configure a corresponding firewall rule. Figure 97 Firewall Configured to Allow In coming P2P Download R equests 10.12.6 W eb Publishing Example This example covers how to[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 219 2 Now open your web browser and type in the addre ss of the NSA’ s F amilyPhotos we b page. In this example, the NSA’ s IP addr ess is 192. 168.1.33, and the name of the web-published share is F amilyPhotos. So you would enter “http://192.168.1 .33/MyW eb/F amilyPhotos/” in your brows[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 220 Web Publishing Port Number If the web-published shares use a port number ot her than 80 (the normal port for web tr affic), users must include it after the NSA’ s IP address in order to access the NSA’ s web-published shares. For example, sa y you specified port 8080, the NSA’ s IP addre[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 221 10.12.9 Printer Sharing The NSA can act as a print server . A print server lets multiple computers share a printer . Connect a printer to the NSA’ s USB port to let multiple computers on your network use it. See www .zyxel.com for a list of compatible printers. Figure 101 Printer Sharing 10[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 222 The following figure illustrates how copying files wo rks when you copy files from a USB device to the NSA. The same concept applies when y ou copy files from the NSA to a USB device. Figure 102 Copying Files Example Both storage devices contain file A. • A copy of files A and B from the USB[...]

Chapter 10 Applic ations Media Server User’s Guide 223 The following figure illustrates how synchronization works when you synchronize files from a USB device to the NSA. The same concept applies wh en yo u synchronize files from the NS A to a USB device. Figure 103 Synchronizing Files Example 1 Both storage devices contain A. • A copy of files[...]

Chapter 10 Applications Media Server User’s Guide 224 The following figure illustrates how synchronization works when you synchronize files in both directions simultaneously . Figure 104 Synchronizing Files Example 2 A on the USB device and B on the NSA are modified more recently . • File A from the USB device replaces file A on the NSA. • Fi[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 225 C HAPTER 11 Packages 1 1.1 Overview This chapter describes features you can add to the NS A by installing packages. See Section 7.5 on page 153 for how to manage packages. 1 1.2 What Y ou Can Do •U s e t h e SMART screens ( Section 11.3 on page 225 ) to view your NSA hard disk(s) statistics and monitor their perfor[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 226 Self Monitoring, Analysis, and R eporting T echnolo gy (S.M.A.R.T) detects and reports the reliability of hard disks using standard indicators (called “a ttributes”), to help you anticipate possible disk failures. Note: The fi elds included the screens may v ary depending on the hard disk tha[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 227 1 1.3.1 SMART Brief Summary Use this screen to display information about the vo lume, such as the hard disk v endor , specific model, hard disk capacity and so on. Click Brief Summary in the Storage > S.M.A.R.T screen to display the following. Figure 106 Storage > S.M.A.R.T : Brie f Summary [...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 228 1 1.3.2 SMART Full Summary Use this screen to display more details information about the volume. Click Full Summary in the Storage > S.M.A.R.T screen to display the following. Figure 107 Storage > S.M.A.R.T : Full Su mmary The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 56 [...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 229 1 1.4 DyDNS Screen Use this to enable and configure DyDNS. Dynamic DNS allows you to update your current dynamic IP address with a dynamic DNS service so that anyone can contact you (such as through Ne tMeeting or CUSeeMe). Y ou can also access your FTP server or W eb site on your own computer usi[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 230 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.5 NFS Screen Use this screen to enable and configure Network File S ystem (NFS) settings on your NSA. NFS is a client/server distributed file service th at provides transparent file sharing for network environments. This allows shared f[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 231 Y ou see a warning screen before you delete a volume. Figure 1 10 De lete an NF S Share 1 1.5.1 Add/Edit NFS Share Use this screen to add or edit an NFS share. Note: Some attributes of the NFS share cannot be edited. Disable NFS Serve r Click this to stop using NFS. This makes all NFS shares unava[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 232 Click Add or Edit in the Network > NFS screen to open the following: F i g u r e 111 Network > NFS: Add/Edit The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.5.2 NFS Session Use this screen to view a list of active NFS sess ions. Y ou can see which users are connected the NFS sh[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 233 Click NFS Session in the Network > NFS screen to open the following. Figure 1 12 Network > NFS: NFS Session The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.6 Syslog Server Screen Use this screen to configure the NSA to accept syslog logs from syslog clients such as Z yXEL ’s G[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 234 Click Applications > Syslog Server to open the following screen. Figure 1 13 Applications > Syslog Server The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 61 Applications > Syslog Server LABEL DESCRIPTION Enable S yslog Serve r Select this to have the NSA accept sysl og l[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 235 1 1.7 TFTP Server Screen T r ivial File T ransfer Protocol (TFTP) is an Internet file tr ansfer protocol similar to F TP and often used for transmitting large numbers of sm all files. Use this screen to configure the NSA to accept log files from TFTP clients such as ZyXEL ’s G-4100 v2. Note: Y o[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 236 1 1.8 eMule Screen s Use these screens to manage the eMule application in your NSA. eMule is a peer-to-peer (P2P) file- sharing console that lets you download files fr om the Internet. It works with eDonkey and K ad networks. 1 1.8.1 eMule Server Screen Use this screen to configure the eMule serv[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 237 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Y ou see a warning screen before you delete a server . Figure 1 16 De lete a Server T a ble 63 Applications > eMule > Server LABEL DESCRIPTION Server - Y ou can add multiple servers in this screen. However , the NSA can only connect to[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 238 1 1.8.2 Add Server Use this screen to add a server for the eMule application. Click Add in the Applications > eMule > Server screen to add a server . Figure 1 17 Ap plications > eMule > Server: Add The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.8.3 Edit Server Use this s[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 239 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.8.4 My Info Use this screen to view the server details, incl uding the status, IP address and download/upload speeds. Click MyInfo in the Applications > eMule > Server screen to view the server details. Figure 1 19 Applications >[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 240 1 1.8.5 eMule T ask Screen Use this screen to view tasks, including comple ted, downloading, uploading and shared tasks, that are being handled by the NSA. Click Applications > eMule > Task screen to view the task details. Figure 120 Applications > eMule > T ask The following table de[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 241 Note: Do wnload tasks i nitially a ppear in the Downloading tab of the eMule Task screen. Depending on its status, it can ev entually show up in t he other tabs ( Newly Completed , Uploading or Shared Files tabs). Resu me Select a paused item from the l ist and click th is to resume the task. T as[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 242 Y ou see a warning screen before you delete a task. Figure 121 Delete a T ask 1 1.8.6 Add T ask Use this to add a download task to the NSA. Click Add in the Applications > eMule > Task screen to add a task. Figure 122 Applications > eMule > T ask: Add The following table describes the[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 243 1 1.8.7 Preferences Use this screen to configure your eMule settings, su ch as port numbers to use, its download/upload rates and the maximum number of peers allowed to conn ect to the NSA. Edit Click this to open the foll owing screen wher e you can set the default folder locati on where you “ [...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 244 Click Applications > eMule > Task > Preferences to open the following screen. Figure 123 Applications > eMule > T ask > Preferences The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 69 Applications > eMule > Task > Pref erences LABEL DESCRIPTION Username [...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 245 Edit Click this to open the following s creen where you ca n set the default fol der location where you “ Put incomple te downloads in ” and “ Move complete downloads to ”:. • Share - Select the dest ination share from th e drop-down list. • Path - This field displays the share folder?[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 246 1 1.8.8 Edit IP Filter Use this screen to enable IP filtering which preven ts your NSA from accessing certain networks and IP addresses that may be hosting malicious programs. Figure 124 Applications > eMule > T ask > Preferences: Edit IP Filter The following table describes the labels i[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 247 Click Applications > eMule > Task > Browse Incomple te Downloads to open the following screen. Figure 125 Applications > eMule > T ask > Browse Incomplete Downloads The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 71 Sharing > Shares > Share Browser LABEL DE[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 248 1 1.8.10 T ask Info Use this screen to view eMule task details, such as status, file name, file siz e and its download progress. Click Task Info in Applications > eMule > Task screen to open the following. Figure 126 Applications > eMule > T ask: T ask Info Delete Select a file/folder[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 249 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.8.1 1 eMule Search Screen Use this screen to search for files available in an eMule server using keywords and other parameters, such as file type, file size, and extension names. T a ble 72 Applications > eMule > Task: Task Info LA[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 250 Click Applications > eMule > Search to open the followi ng screen. Figure 127 Applications > eMule > Search The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.9 pyLoad Screen Use this screen to configure the NAS so you can us e pyLoad to manage your downloads, including thos[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 251 Click Applications > pyLoad to open the following screen. Figure 128 Applications > pyLoad The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.10 ownCloud Setup Use the Package Management screen to install the ownCloud package. Use ownCloud to store, back up, synchronize, and share [...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 252 Note: If ownCloud does not appear , click the Retrieve List from Internet icon to update the list. 2 The following confirmation screen appears. Click Apply . The NSA must have a connection to the Internet to download the package.[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 253 3 Select the share in which to create a folder for ownCloud data and click Create . 4 The installation progress appears in the ownCloud row . 5 A link appears in the Management Page column after installation finishes. Click this link. 6 The ownCloud login screen appears. Use admin and 1234 for you[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 254 7 The main ownCloud screen displays. Click the drop -down arrow next to y our user name in the upper-right corner to see the help for more information o n using ownCloud. Note: Get ownCloud desktop client s from ww w .owncloud.com and ownCloud mobile apps from the Apple App Store, Goog le Play , [...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 255 Note: If P olkast does not appear , cli ck the Retrieve List from Internet icon to update the list. Figure 129 P olkast Installation Step 1 2 The following confirmation screen appears. Click Apply . The NSA must have a connection to the Internet to download the P olkast package. Figure 130 P olkas[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 256 4 A link appears in the Management Page column after installation finishes. Click this link. Figure 132 P olkast Installation Step 4 5 The Polkast login screen appears. Click the link to create a new account or enter your login information for an existing account. Figure 133 Pol ka st Lo gi n Not[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 257 1 1.12 GoogleDrive Install the GoogleDrive package to synchronize local NS A user folders and Google Drive cloud storage accounts. This two-w ay synchronization means changes in the Google Drive account appear in the local sync folder and changes in the local sync folder appear in the Google Drive[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 258 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.12.2 Account Setting Add Screen Use the Account Setting Add screen to link an NSA user account and a Google account. Click Applications > GoogleDrive > Add to open the following screen. T a ble 75 Applications > GoogleDrive >[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 259 Note: The user has to log into the Google ac count on the same computer to allow the NSA to link to it. Figure 135 Applications > GoogleDrive > Account Setting > Add The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 76 Applications > GoogleDrive > Account Setting >[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 260 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 s ign out of Google’ s services fi rst if another user account is already signed in. The NSA GoogleDrive package uses the Grive app. Review what the Grive app wants [...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 261 1 1.12.3 Up date Period Screen Use the Update Period screen to set how often the NSA synchr onizes with Google Drive. The NS A initiates the connections, thus you do not hav e to configure rules on a firewall located in front of the NSA to allow access. Click Applications > GoogleDriv e > Up[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 262 Click Applications > Memopal to open the following screen. Figure 137 Applications > Memopal[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 263 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 78 Applications > Memopal LABEL DESCRIPTION Status This shows the status of the Memopa l application’s interaction with the Memopal server . Disabled : The NSA Memopal application i s turned off . Starting : The backup job is in[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 264 1 1.14 Protect Screens The Protect screens include: • Backup screens - These include steps to create and customize backup jobs. • Restore screens - These include steps to restore previous backups made with the NSA. 1 1.15 Backup Screens Use this screen to create and customize scheduled backup[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 265 1 1.15.1 Backup: Step 1 Use this screen to specify the job information and back up type. Click Add Job in the Protect > Backup scree n to open the followi ng: Figure 139 Protect > B ackup: Step 1 Execute Job Now Select a backup job in the lis t an d click this to run the backup job imme diat[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 266 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 80 Protect > Backup: S tep 1 LABEL DESCRIPTION Job Information Job Name Enter a nam e to identify the backu p job. Job Description Enter a short de scription (up to 100 k eyboard characters) for the backup job. Backup T ype Choos[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 267 1 1.15.2 Backup: Step 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 140 Protect > B ackup: Step 2[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 268 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 81 Protect > Backup: S tep 2 LABEL DESCRIPTION Backup Source Select an (internal) volume a nd th e folders and files t o back up using this tree interface. Click to browse through fo lders, sub-folders and files. Click to close a[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 269 Remote Select this to back up to another device. For A r c hi ve s : The remote device can be anothe r NS A in the network. Fill in the following fiel ds in order to be able to access it. • Remote NS A 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[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 270 1 1.15.3 Backup: Step 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 archiv e backup or a sy nchronization backup to a remote target. Figure 141 Protect > B ackup: Step 3 The following table describes[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 271 1 1.15.4 Backup: Step 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 142 Protect > B ackup: Step 4 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Previous Click this to go back to[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 272 1 1.15.5 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. 1 1.15.6 Edit Job: Step 1 Click Protect > Backup . Select a backup job from the list and click Edit Job to open [...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 273 1 1.15.7 Edit Job: Step 2 Use this screen to edit the schedule for the backup job. Figure 144 Protect > Backup > Edit: Step 2 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 (w[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 274 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.15.8 Restore Archive Screen Use this screen to restore previous backups made with the NSA. 1 1.15.9 Restore Archive: Step 1 Click Protect > Backup s creen ( Section 11.15 on page 264 ). Y ou can restore a previous backup job by selec[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 275 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.15.10 Restore Archive: Step 2 Use this screen to se lect the folder where the archive you wa nt to restore is located. Figure 146 Protect > Backup > R estore Archive: Step 2 The following table describes the labels in this screen. [...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 276 1 1.15.1 1 Restore Archive: Step 3 Use this screen to select the location in the NSA where you w ant to restore your backup. Figure 147 Protect > Backup > R estore Archive: Step 3 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.16 Restore Screen Use this screen to restore previ[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 277 1 1.16.1 Restore: Step 1 Y ou can access this screen by clicking Protect > Restore . Figure 148 Protect > R e store: Step 1 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 89 Protect > Restore: Step 1 LABEL DESCRIPTION Step 1. Se lect Res tor e S ou rce Select a previous [...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 278 1 1.16.2 Restore: Step 2 Select a previous archiv e backup th at you w ant to restore to the NSA. Figure 149 Protect > R e store: 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. • Vol[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 279 1 1.16.3 Restore: Step 3 Use this screen to select the folder where the archive y ou want to restore is located. Figure 150 Protect > R e store: Step 3 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Restored Time Select a previous backup job in th e list that y ou want to restore to y[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 280 1 1.16.4 Restore: Step 4 Use this screen to select the location in the NSA where you w ant to restore your backup. Figure 151 Protect > R e store: Step 4 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.17 T echnical Reference This section provides technical background information [...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 281 1 1.17.1 S.M.A.R.T Attributes The following table describes some common S.M.A.R.T . attributes. If a higher or lower r aw 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 driv e manufactur[...]

Chapter 11 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 282 190 T emper ature Difference from 100 High This indicates the value of 100 - the temperature in de grees Celsius. Manufacturers can set a minimu m th reshold that corresponds to a maximum temperature. 191 G-sense erro r rat e Low This is the number of mi stakes caused by impact loads. 192 Power -[...]

Chapter 11 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 283 220 Disk Shift Low This i s how far the disk has moved relativ e to the spindle (this kind of shift is usually due t o shock). 221 G-Sense Error Rat e Low This is the number of errors that have resulted from external vibr ation and shock. 222 Loaded Hours This is how long the hard drive has operat[...]

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Media Server User’s Guide 285 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 NSA to the Flickr and/or Y ouT ube sharing websites. Besides web publishing and me dia server , auto upload is another convenient w ay to share media files wi[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 286 Click Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube to open the following screen. Figure 152 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 Upload > Flickr/Y[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 287 The web browser opens the Y ahoo! Flickr login page. Enter your Y ahoo account’ s information and click Sign In . Figure 154 Y ahoo! Flickr Login P age[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 288 The following page displays asking for your authorization. Click OK, I’LL ALLOW IT to establish a link between the NSA and your Flickr account. Figure 155 Flickr Authorization A confirmation page displays indicating successful authorization. R eturn to the NSA web configurator . Click Get Rea[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 289 Once the NSA is associated with y our Flickr account, you can configure auto upload settings in the following screen. Figure 157 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/Y ouT ube > Config (Flickr)[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 290 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 95 Applications > Auto Upload > F lickr/YouTube > Config (Flickr) LABEL DESCRIPTION Flickr Acco unt Configuration Username This fiel d displays th e Flickr account authorized for the auto upload feature. Photo Space Usa g[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 291 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[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 292 Once the NSA is associated with your Y ouT ube account, you can configure auto upload settings in the following screen. Figure 159 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/Y ouT ube > Config (Y ouT ube) The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 96 Applications > Au[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 293 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 select ed for aut o upload. Files stored in these locati o ns are uploaded to your Y ouT ube account . Status This fiel[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 294 12.5 The FTP Uploadr Screen The FTP Uploadr feature uploads files stored in th e NSA to FT P servers. Besides web publishing and media server , auto upload is another convenient wa y to share media files with y our friends and family . Y ou can link the NSA to the FTP server or the FTP server o[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 295 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 97 Applications > Auto Upload > FTP Uploadr LABEL DESCRIPTION Enable FTP Uploadr Use the check box to en able[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 296 In the FTP Uploadr screen, click the Add Serv er or Edit Server button to open the following screen. Figure 161 Applications > Auto Upload > FTP Uploadr > Add or Edit a Server The following table describes the labels in this screen. 12.5.2 The FTP Uploadr Preferences Screen Use this sc[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 297 In the FTP Uploadr screen, click the Preferen ces icon to open the following screen. Figure 162 Applications > Auto Upload > FTP Uploadr > Preferences The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 99 Applications > Auto Upload > FTP Uploadr > Preferences LAB[...]

Chapter 12 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 298 Add Click this to open the fol lowing screen where you can set a folde r that contains files you want the N SA to automatically upl oad. • 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 naviga[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 299 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 o thers across the Internet. Use your Dropbox account to easily move files to y our NSA and hav e the NSA download *.torrent files. 13.2 Drop[...]

Chapter 13 Dropbo x Media Server User’s Guide 300 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 100 Applications > Dropbox LABEL DESCRIPTION Status This shows the status of the NSA Dropbo x application’s inter action with the Dropbox server . Disable : The NSA Dropbox application is turned off . Ready : The NSA Dropbox app[...]

Chapter 13 Dropbox Media Server User’s Guide 301 13.3 How to Use Dropbox with the NSA Here is how to use the Drop2NAS and zDownload folders the NS A creates in y o ur Dropbox account. Using the Drop2NAS Folder The NSA connects to Dropbox and copies files in the Drop2NAS folder to the NSA’ s adminDropboxFromDropbox folder an d empt ies the Dro[...]

Chapter 13 Dropbo x Media Server User’s Guide 302 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 NSA to work with the Dropbox account. Figure 164 Dropbo xDrop2NAS Using the zDownload Folder The NSA copies *[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 303 C HAPTER 14 Using Time Machine with the NSA 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 NSA as a backu[...]

Chapter 14 Using Time Machine with the NSA Media Server User’s Guide 304 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 . Then click Change Disk . 3 Select share01 as the backup disk. Then click Use for Backup .[...]

Chapter 14 Using Time Machine with the NSA Media Server User’s Guide 305 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 5.9 on page 82 ). In this example user 1/12345 is [...]

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Media Server User’s Guide 307 C HAPTER 15 Users 15.1 Overview This chapter introduces the Users screens of the NSA. Use the Users screens to create and manage administrator and user accou nts. Administrators can: • Configure and manage the NSA. • Create volumes, shares, and user accounts. • Assign individual users specific access rights for[...]

Chapter 15 Use rs Media Server User’s Guide 308 Use this screen to create and manage accounts for users who can store files on the NSA. Figure 167 Sharing > Users The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 102 Sharing > Users LABEL DESCRIPTION Add User Click this to open a screen where you can configure a n ew user acc[...]

Chapter 15 Users Media Server User’s Guide 309 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 NSA user account with NS A access password. Delete Sele c te d Users Select an account and cli ck th is to open a screen where you can delete the u se r account. [...]

Chapter 15 Use rs Media Server User’s Guide 310 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 168 Sharing > Users > Add or Edit a User: General Settings Figure 169 Sharing > Users > Add or Edit a User: Quota (p[...]

Chapter 15 Users Media Server User’s Guide 31 1 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 a[...]

Chapter 15 Use rs Media Server User’s Guide 312 •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 171 Sharing > Use[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 313 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 ( Section 16 .3 on page 313 ) to d[...]

Chapter 16 Gro ups Media Server User’s Guide 314 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 NS A group. T a ble 106 Sharing > Groups LABEL DESCRIPTION Add Group Click this to open a screen where you can co nfigure a new group. Search Click this to display a sear[...]

Chapter 16 Groups Media Server User’s Guide 315 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 173 Sharing > Gro ups > Add or Edit a G roup The following table describes the labels in this screen. 16.3.2 Group Names E[...]

Chapter 16 Gro ups Media Server User’s Guide 316 • 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[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 317 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 network 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 sc[...]

Chapter 17 Sha res Media Server User’s Guide 318 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 108 Sharing > Shares LABEL DESCRIPTION Add Share Click this to create a new share. Recy cle Bin Click this to con figure recycle bins. Edit Share Select a share and c lick this to edit the share. Delete Share Select a share and cli[...]

Chapter 17 Shares Media Server User’s Guide 319 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 175 Shares > Add Share (or Edit Share) The following table describes the labels in this [...]

Chapter 17 Sha res Media Server User’s Guide 320 17.3.2 Configuring Advanced Share Access In the Sharing > Share s > 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 176 Sh[...]

Chapter 17 Shares Media Server User’s Guide 321 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 'ftp' as the username. Any other name is considered a us[...]

Chapter 17 Sha res Media Server User’s Guide 322 17.4.2 Configuring Recycle Bins In the Sharing > Share s screen, click Recycle Bin to open the foll owing scree n. Figure 177 Sharing > Shares > R ecycle Bin The following table describes the labels in this screen. 17.5 The Share Browser Screen Use this screen to create folders, upload fil[...]

Chapter 17 Shares Media Server User’s Guide 323 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 1 12 Sharing > Shares > Share Browser LABEL DESCRIPTION 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 acter[...]

Chapter 17 Sha res Media Server User’s Guide 324 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 179 Sharing > Shares > Share Browser > Move (or Copy) The following table describes the la[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 325 C HAPTER 18 Maintenance Screens 18.1 Overview This chapter discusses the Maintenance screens. Th e Maintenance screens allow you to manage system configurations. 18.2 What Y ou Can Do •U s e t h e Power screen ( Section 18.3 on page 325 ) to configure power settings for the NSA, including power saving, UPS, power o[...]

Chapter 18 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 326 Click Maintenance > Po wer to display the following screen. Figure 180 Maintenance > P ower The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 1 14 Maintena nce > Power LABEL DESCRIPTION Powe r Management T urn off hard disk(s ) Enter the number of minutes to wai[...]

Chapter 18 Maintenance Screens Media Server User’s Guide 327 Always Pow er Of f Select this option to k eep the NSA from automatically restarting when the power i s restored af ter a power failure. This is a computer ’s “tr aditional” behavior . Se lect this if you have other servers such as a domain controller or DNS server that you w ant [...]

Chapter 18 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 328 18.3.2 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 NSA tu rn on, turn off , or reboot at specified times. Figure 181 Maintenance > P ower Managemen[...]

Chapter 18 Maintenance Screens Media Server User’s Guide 329 18.4 The 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 m inutes between the execution time s of the entries. If the NSA tu[...]

Chapter 18 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 330 Use this screen to display all NSA 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 182 Maintenance > Log The following table describes the labels in this screen. 18.4.1 Report Config Scre[...]

Chapter 18 Maintenance Screens Media Server User’s Guide 331 •U s e t h e Syslog Server Setting screen ( Section 18.4 .4 on page 332 ) to enable the syslog server and select the categories to include in the log report. 18.4.2 Email Setting Y ou can enable and configure e-mail alerts from the NSA. In the Report Config screen, click the Email Set[...]

Chapter 18 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 332 18.4.3 Report Setting Y ou can select the type of alerts you wan t to receive through e-mail and schedule when the NSA e- mails the alerts. In the Report Confi g screen, click the Report Setting tab to open the following screen. Figure 184 Maintenance > Log > Report Config: R epo[...]

Chapter 18 Maintenance Screens Media Server User’s Guide 333 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 18.5 The Configuration Screen Click Maintenance > Configuration to open the fol lowing screen. Use this screen to backup or restore the NSA configur ation settings. Figure 186 Maintenance > Configur ation The following table[...]

Chapter 18 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 334 18.6 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 187 Maintenance > SSL Re store Click this to load the [...]

Chapter 18 Maintenance Screens Media Server User’s Guide 335 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 18.6.1 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 NSA’ s public key certificate. T a ble [...]

Chapter 18 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 336 The screen is also the same for the Create a certificate authorized by other CA option . Figure 188 Maintenance > SSL > Create or Edit a Certificate The following table describes the labels in this screen. 18.7 The Shut down Screen Use this screen to turn off the NSA o r perform [...]

Chapter 18 Maintenance Screens Media Server User’s Guide 337 Click Maintenance > Shutdown to open the following screen. Figure 189 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 re[...]

Chapter 18 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 338 18.8.2 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 . 18.8.3 Log Messa[...]

Chapter 18 Maintenance Screens Media Server User’s Guide 339 Copy/S ync Button ERR OR [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 Please Change Y our Folder Name. Invalid P ath: %s Copy/S ync Button INFO [USB Sync] Copying %s from Inte rnal V olume to Back[...]

Chapter 18 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 340 Download Servi ce INFO Download ser v ice initialized Download Servi ce INFO Download service pause %s by user Download Servi ce INFO Download service se t %s to %s priority by user Download Servi ce INFO Download service se t default download location to %s Download Servi ce INFO Down[...]

Chapter 18 Maintenance Screens Media Server User’s Guide 341 Download Servi ce INFO Download service added %d rules from ipfilter .dat Download Servi ce INFO Download serv ic e 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 [...]

Chapter 18 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 342 Services NOTICE MyCloc k has chan ged daylight saving interval Services NOTICE MyClock has disabl ed daylight saving interv al Services NOTICE NTP server has se t to '%s' Services NOTICE NTP server has set t o null Services NOTICE The NTP service is disabled. Services NOTICE [...]

Chapter 18 Maintenance Screens Media Server User’s Guide 343 System INFO NTP fa ils to update from %s System INFO Device is rebooted b y administrator! System INFO Device is shu tdown by administrator! System NOTICE DNS server is changed. System NOTICE Hostn ame is cleared. System NOTICE Hostname is set to '%s'. System NOTICE System des[...]

Chapter 18 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 344 Backup/ Res tor e INFO Start to restore backup job [%s] from [%s]. Backup/ Res tor e INFO Restore from [%s] successfully . Backup/ Res tor e ERROR Restore from [%s] failed: %s Backup/ Res tor e ERROR Wh en re store [%s]: %s Backup/ Res tor e ERROR When restore job [%s], error happens: [...]

Media Server User’s Guide 345 C HAPTER 19 Protecting Your Data 19.1 Overview This chapter compares the different ways of prot ecting data on the NSA and explains how to use backup management software included on the CD . 19.2 Protection Methods There are a variety of w ays to protect your data on the NS A. Below is a sum mary table of what can be[...]

Chapter 19 Protecting Your Data Media Server User’s Guide 346 If you forgot the NSA password, then use the RESET button (see Secti on 1.1.4 on pag e 19 ) to return the NSA to the factory default configuration. Note: Configuration File Backup and R estoration does not affect data (your files and folde rs), volum es on th e NSA.[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 347 C HAPTER 20 Troubleshooting 20.1 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 , Hardw are, Connections, and LEDs • NAS Starter Utility • NSA Login and Access • I Cannot Access T[...]

Chapter 20 Tro ubleshooting Media Server User’s Guide 348 • If the problem continues, con tact the vendor . An HDD LED is off . The HDD LED is off when the NSA 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 NSA detected an error on th[...]

Chapter 20 Troubl eshooting Media Server User’s Guide 349 • Make sure the Ethernet cable is connected properly to the NSA and connected to another (Ethernet) device. Mak e 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). • U[...]

Chapter 20 Tro ubleshooting Media Server User’s Guide 350 The NAS Starter Utility discov ered my NSA but the status is alwa ys unrea chable, 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 scanner’s security lev el. Alternatively [...]

Chapter 20 Troubl eshooting Media Server User’s Guide 351 I cannot get to the NS A login screen. • Use the NAS Starter Utility to disco ver your NSA. If y ou have admin privileges, you can directly change the IP address of the NSA using the NAS Starter Utilit y . • Make sure you ha ve used the NAS Starter Utility to initialize your NS A. • [...]

Chapter 20 Tro ubleshooting Media Server User’s Guide 352 20.4.1 Enabling Scriptin g of Safe ActiveX Controls If pages of the web configurator do not display prop erly in Internet Explorer , check that scripting of safe ActiveX controls is enabled. 1 In Internet Explorer , click Tools , Internet Options and then the Security tab. Figure 192 Inter[...]

Chapter 20 Troubl eshooting Media Server User’s Guide 353 4 Click OK to close the window. Figure 193 Security Settings - Script Safe ActiveX Controls I can see the login screen, but I cannot log in to the NS A. • Make sure y ou have entered th e username and password correctly . The default username is admin , and the default password is 1234 .[...]

Chapter 20 Tro ubleshooting Media Server User’s Guide 354 20.5 I Cannot Access The NSA I cannot access a share. • Check that the NSA is turned on and connected to the network. T ry to ping the NSA or use the NAS Starter Utility to discov er it. • Make sure you have used the NAS Star ter Utility to initialize y our NSA. See Chapter 2 on page 2[...]

Chapter 20 Troubl eshooting Media Server User’s Guide 355 • The user’s computer ma y already be connected to another of the NSA’ s shares using a different user name and/or password. This can happen withou t the user realizing it if t he user’s computer automatically connects to a share at logon. Right -click any other connected shares an[...]

Chapter 20 Tro ubleshooting Media Server User’s Guide 356 20.7 External USB Drives The COPY LED is red. Copying files from a USB device failed. The USB device may not be compatible with the NSA. T ry to save the files onto a computer and then from the computer to the NSA (through the network connection). 20.8 Firmware I want to know the firmware [...]

Chapter 20 Troubl eshooting Media Server User’s Guide 357 1 On your Windows computer , click Start > Run or open a web browser . 2 Enter nsa followed by the number of your model ( 32 0 for example) or the Server Name you assigned the NSA. This shows you the folders in the NSA. 3 Use drag-and-drop or copy -and-paste to transfer files from you[...]

Chapter 20 Tro ubleshooting Media Server User’s Guide 358 I cannot use some applications in the W e b Configurator . • The firmware installed in your NSA includes the features mentioned in Section 4.5.2 on page 59 . This does not include the applications you can install using the Package Management screen. • Y ou can u se the Package Manageme[...]

Chapter 20 Troubl eshooting Media Server User’s Guide 359 3 If an iT unes client is connected, the NSA’s iT unes server function scans the published media server folders for files every three minutes. Leave iT une s connected to the NSA for three minutes. Then use the NSA’ s eject button (as shown next) to disconnect. Figure 194 iT unes Eject[...]

Chapter 20 Tro ubleshooting Media Server User’s Guide 360 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 > Authoriz[...]

Chapter 20 Troubl eshooting Media Server User’s Guide 361 20.14 W eb Publishing A web-published s hare cannot be access ed by web browser from the Internet . • Make sure the person trying to access the share is using the correct web address (and po rt number if the NSA’ s web publishing feature is n ot using po rt 80). See page 220 for detail[...]

Chapter 20 Tro ubleshooting Media Server User’s Guide 362 • Make sure y our ISP allows you to run a server and is not blocking the port number of the NSA’ s web publishing feature. 20.15 Auto Upload The NSA does not automatically upload fil es to Flickr or Y ouT ube. 1 Make sure the NSA is connected to the Internet. See Se ction 9.4 on p age [...]

Chapter 20 Troubl eshooting Media Server User’s Guide 363 • The web location of the package may be under going maintenance. T ry again at a later time. Upgrade the firmware of the NSA. • If a new firmware is a vailable, do an up grade and try installing the package(s) again. The eMule Search screen does not work. Y ou need to be connected to [...]

Chapter 20 Tro ubleshooting Media Server User’s Guide 364 20.18 Google Drive Google Drive stopped s yncing. 1 Make sure the NSA is connected to the Internet. See Se ction 9.4 on p age 176 for details about testing network connections. 2 Check if you have exceeded the Google Driv e account’ s storage quota. Y ou may need to: • Delete unneeded [...]

Media Server User’s Guide 365 A PPENDIX A Customer Support In the event of problems th at cannot be solved by using this manual, you should contact your vendor . If you cannot contact y our 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[...]

Appendix A Customer Support Media Server User’s Guide 366 Korea • Z yXEL K orea Corp. • http://www .zyxel.kr Malaysia • Z yXEL Malaysia Sdn Bhd. • http://www.zyx el.com.my Pakist an • ZyXEL P akistan (Pv t.) Ltd. • http://www .zyxel.com.pk Philippines • Z yXEL Philippines • http://www .zyxel.com.ph Singapore • Z yXEL Singapore P[...]

Appendix A Customer Support Media Server User’s Guide 367 Belgium • Z yXEL Communications B.V . • http://www .zyxel.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[...]

Appendix A Customer Support Media Server User’s Guide 368 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 [...]

Appendix A Customer Support Media Server User’s Guide 369 T urkey •Z y X E L T u r k e y A . S . • http://www .zyxel.com.tr UK • Z yXEL Communications UK Ltd. • http://www .zyxel.co.uk Ukraine •Z y X E L U k r a i n e • http://www .ua.zyxel.com Latin America Argentina • Z yXEL Communication Corpor ation • http://www .zyxel.com/ec/[...]

Appendix A Customer Support Media Server User’s Guide 370 Oceania Australia • Z yXEL Communications Corporation • http://www .zyxel.com/au/en/ Africa South Africa • Nology (Pty) Ltd. • http://www .zyxel.co.za[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 371 C HAPTER 21 Product Specifications See also Chapter 1 on page 17 for a general overview of the key features. 21.1 LEDs This table describes the NSA’ s LEDs. T a ble 129 LEDs LED NAME COLOR ST ATUS DESCRIPTION POWER Blue On The NSA is turned on and receiving power . Off The NSA is turned off . SYSTEM Green On The NS[...]

Chapter 21 Product Specifications Media Server User’s Guide 372 21.2 Supported Media Server Content Format s The following describes the details about the files that the NSA media server can publish. • 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[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 373 A PPENDIX B Legal Information Copyright Copyright © 2014 by Z yXEL Communications Corporation. The contents of this publication may not be repr oduced in any part or as a whole, tr anscribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into an y language, or tr ansmitted in any form or by an y means, electronic, mechan[...]

Appendix B Legal Information Media Server User’s Guide 374 Notices Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the part y responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme N[...]

Appendix B Legal Informa tion Media Server User’s Guide 375 Safety W arnings • Do NOT use this product near water , for example, in a wet basement or near a swimming pool. • Do NOT expose your device to da mpness, dust or corrosive liquids . • Do NOT store things on the device. • Do NOT install, use , or service this device during a thund[...]

Appendix B Legal Information Media Server User’s Guide 376 Lo smaltimento abusivo del prodotto da parte del detentore comporta l’applicazione delle sanzioni amministrative previste dalla normativ a vigente."[...]

Index Media Server User’s Guide 377 Index A access rights 54 Flickr 291 shares 320 , 321 Y ouT ube 294 activation download service 191 Flickr/Y ouT ube 286 FTP 188 FTP U pload r 295 recycle bins 53 , 319 web publishing 203 ANONYMOUS FTP 355 anonymous FTP access 188 application zone 55 applications 185 , 285 auto upload Flickr/Y ouT ube 285 FTP U [...]

Index Media Server User’s Guide 378 RSS 187 browser plugin, capturing link 215 browsing shares 51 C capturing download links 215 certificate 335 editing 335 tutorial 11 7 veri fyin g 127 changing password 44 channel guides 22 0 CIFS 152 cloud 251 cloud storage 257 , 261 collaboration 257 configuration COPY/SYNC button 212 download service 191 Fli[...]

Index Media Server User’s Guide 379 F fan speed 148 file troubleshooting access 355 file browser configure share 53 share browser 51 file synchronization 257 File T ransfer Protocol over Explicit TLS, see FTPES File T ransfer Protocol over TLS, see F TPS files downloading 52 uploading 52 FileZilla 129 fingerprint 127 firmware, upgr ading 153 Flic[...]

Index Media Server User’s Guide 380 L lag, time 152 language 57 latitude 50 link capture browser plugin 215 login 43 Logitech Sque ez eCenter 190 logs 329 longitude 50 M maintenance 325 backup settings 333 logs 329 power management 325 failure 326 resume 326 schedule 328 UPS 326 reset 333 restoring settings 333 shutdown 337 upgrading firmware 153[...]

Index Media Server User’s Guide 381 port mapping 179 port, HT TP 178 power management 325 failure 326 resume 326 schedule 328 UPS 326 PPPoE 175 , 183 , 184 activation 183 preferences, download service 196 print server 221 configuration 21 1 name 21 1 private cloud 251 protect 133 backup 133 backup tutorial 136 protection, download service 216 , 2[...]

Index Media Server User’s Guide 382 share browser 318 , 322 status 318 types 318 uploading files 52 , 247 , 323 shutdown 337 SqueezeCenter 190 SSL 129 , 334 certificate 335 editing 335 tutorial 11 7 status 58 , 148 download service 193 shares 318 volu me 163 , 164 storage 161 creating volumes 165 disk replacement 162 JBOD 161 , 166 , 169 , 170 , [...]

Index Media Server User’s Guide 383 upgrading firmware 153 uploading files 52 , 247 , 323 UPnP 179 port mapping 179 UPS 326 URL 194 , 24 2 USB devices 168 , 169 User Name 230 usernames 31 1 users 307 adding an account 308 , 309 displaying information 309 , 312 editing an account 309 group membership 31 1 , 315 icons 309 search 308 usernames 31 1 [...]

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