ZyXEL NSA325 v2-4T manual

Quick Start Guide www .zyxel.com Media Server NSA Series Ve r s i o n 4 . 6 0 Edition 1 Copyright © 2013 Z yXEL Communications Corpor ation User’s Guide Default Login Details W eb Address nas310 nsa310s nas320 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 m ade to ensure 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 computers 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 provides extr a 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 7.3 on page 155 ). 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 Utilit y will uninstall previous versions. 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 grams > ZyXEL > 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 this scr[...]

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 displays 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 DESCRIPTI[...]

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 ing storage capacity . Media Player Click [...]

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

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

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 Web Configurator Basics 3.1 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 3 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 30 3.2.1 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. Refer 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 Start[...]

Chapter 3 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 31 3.3 Login The default username and password are ‘admin’ and ‘1234’ respectively . Enter your username and password. See Chapter 14 on page 287 for how to create other user accounts. If you use the option to stay logged in for two weeks (assuming y ou do not log out), make sur[...]

Chapter 3 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 32 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 3.4 Home Screens The Home screen after you [...]

Chapter 3 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 33 Note: If you d id not select the option to stay logged in for two weeks when y ou logged in, the web configurator management session auto matically times out if it is left idle for 15 minutes. Simply log back in to the NSA if this hap pens to you. The main Home screen displays icons [...]

Chapter 3 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 34 Here are some Home screen descriptions. A music screen is shown here as an example. Other screens work in a similar wa y . Figure 20 Music Screen This table describes common labels in the Home media screens. Not every item displays in every screen. T a ble 7 Home Media Screens LABEL D[...]

Chapter 3 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 35 3.4.1 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 prog ress and lets you control the playback. Figure 21 Now Playing 3.4.2 Exif and Google M[...]

Chapter 3 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 36 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 23 Google Maps 3.4.3 Slideshow (Photos) In a Pho[...]

Chapter 3 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 37 3.4.4 Favorite Use the Favorite menu to view lists of commonly play ed, recently played, and recently added music files. Figure 25 Fa v o r i t e 3.4.5 File Browser Click File B rowser to open the following screen. Use the file browsing screens to play , open, upload, and download fi[...]

Chapter 3 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 38 • Y ou can download individual files of up to 4 GB in size with Mozilla Firefox and Internet E xplorer 7 and later or up to 2 GB in size with Internet Explorer 6. Figure 26 File Browser The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 8 File Browser LABEL DESCRIPTI O[...]

Chapter 3 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 39 Upload Click this to open the following scre en where you can add fil es to the share. Use the Browse bu t t o n t o l o c a t e yo u r f i l e / s a n d c l i c k Apply to upload the fil e. Click Cancel to close this sc reen. Note: Do not refresh the screen while an upl oad is going[...]

Chapter 3 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 40 3.4.5.1 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 management details. Figure 27 File Browser > Configure Share The following table describes the labels in the this [...]

Chapter 3 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 41 3.4.6 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 ransform ation Format) format. So y our FTP client mu[...]

Chapter 3 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 42 3.4.7 Application Zone Administrators can click Application Zone to go to a screen where you can enable or disable various applications for file sharing and downloading. Figure 28 Application Z one The following table describes the labels in the this screen. T a ble 10 Application Z o[...]

Chapter 3 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 43 3.4.8 System Settings Click System > Settings to open the following screen. Use this screen to change gener al settings and an account password. Figure 29 Sys tem > S ett ing s The following table describes the labels in this screen. Ta b l e 11 System > Settings LABEL DESCR[...]

Chapter 3 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 44 3.5 Administration Screens The System > Admin istration link displays when you log in as the administrator . Click System > Administration in the Home screen to open the advanced administr ation screens. Video Playback Select Play Next to play the rest of the video files in a fo[...]

Chapter 3 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 45 The Status screen is the first advanced administr ation screen that displays. Figure 30 Status 3.5.1 Global Administration Icons The icons and language label at the top-right of the screen ( ) are visible from most of the administration screens. The following table describes the ‘g[...]

Chapter 3 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 46 3.5.2 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 another screen. The [...]

Chapter 3 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 47 Applications FT P 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 sh aring of media files and select which sh ares to share. iT unes Serv er Use the iT unes[...]

Chapter 3 Web Configurator Basics Media Server User’s Guide 48 3.5.3 Main Window The main window () shows the screen you select in the navigation panel. It is discussed in the rest of this document. The Status screen is the first administration screen to displa y . See Chapter 5 on page 137 for more information about the Status screen. 3.5.4 St a[...]

Chapter 3 Web Configura tor Basics Media Server User’s Guide 49 3.5.6 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 fo lders until you create other shares on the NSA. This session is then displayed a[...]

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Media Server User’s Guide 51 C HAPTER 4 Tutorials 4.1 Overview This chapter provides tutorials that show how to use the NS A. • Windows 7 Network , see page 51 • Windows 7 Network Map , see page 55 • Playing Media Files in Windows 7 , see page 58 • Windows 7 Devices and Printers , see page 58 • Creating a V olume in a 2-Bay NSA , see pa[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 52 1 Click Start > Control Panel. Set View by to Categor y and click Network and Internet . 2 Click View network computers and devices .[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 53 3 The NS A icon displays twice because the NSA is bo th a media serv er and a storage device. Double- click either NSA icon to open the W eb Configurator login screen. 4.2.1 If the NSA Icon Does Not Display The network containing the NSA must be set as a home or w ork network in order for the NSA i[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 54 2 Use the Set Network Location screen to set the network’ s location to home or work. 4.2.2 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 i[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 55 • Properties opens a window of NS A details and troubleshooting information. • Manufacturer identifies the company that produc ed the NSA. • Model identifies the NSA model. • Model number identifies the NSA model number . • Device webpage shows the IP address for accessing the W eb Config[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 56 1 Click Start > Control Panel > View network status and tasks (or Network and Sharing Center if you view the Control Panel by icons). 2 Click See full 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 net[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 57 3 Double-click the NS A’ s icon to open the W eb Configurator login screen. See Section 4.2.2 on pag e 54 for the NSA icon’ s right-click options.[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 58 4.4 Playing Media Files in Windows 7 In Windows 7, the NSA au tomatically displa ys as a libr ary in Windows Media Player . Figure 31 NSA in Windows Media Player 4.5 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 [...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 59 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 55 ). Right-click the icon to display these options: • Download NAS Starter Ut ility down[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 60 4.5.1 Windows 7 Desktop Shortcut This is the NSA’ s desktop shortcut. Double-click it to open a properties window (see page 55 ). 1 Right -click the NSA’ s desktop shortcut icon to see these options: • Open file location takes you to the Windows 7 Devices and Printers folder . • Download NA[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 61 • 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 and Printers folder . • Properties opens a window of details about [...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 62 4.6.2 Migrate Button Do the following steps to create a RAID 1 volume. 1 Once y ou install a second SA 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 volume to be created[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 63 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 volume 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 you[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 64 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 7.2[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 65 2 Click the Migrate button and you can see the following progress bar . W ait for up to 10 minutes for the RAID 1 volume to be created. 4.7.3 Create a SA T A V olume Button If you do not have an existing volume in the Storage > Volume screen, do the following steps to create a RAID 1 volume. 1 I[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 66 The NSA starts creating the volume and y ou can s ee the following progress bar . Wait for 2 minutes for the RAID 1 volume to be created. 3 The Storage > Volume screen displays with your RAID 1 volume.[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 67 4.7.4 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 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 68 The NSA starts creating the volume and y ou can s ee the following progress bar . Wait for 2 minutes for the volume to be created. 3 The Storage > Volume screen displays with your PC Compatible Volume .[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 69 4.7.4.1 Checking Y our PC Comp atible V olume The files in the eS A T A hard disk that you configured as a PC Compat ible Volume should be accessible when you connect the eS A T A hard disk to your computer . Y ou can configure the features of your NSA to sav e files to your eSA T A hard disk. F or[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 70 3 Disconnect the eS A T A hard disk from the NSA. Connect the eS A T A hard disk to your computer . On some systems, you can see the following notification. 4 The computer assigns a letter to the eS A T A hard disk (drive F in this example) that is accessible from the My Computer screen. Double cli[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 71 1 In the Storage > Volume screen, se lect 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. 4.9 File Sharing T utorial[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 72 1 A t the NSA web configurator login screen enter the administr ator account and password and click Administrator Login to go to the advanced administr ation screens. 2 Click Sharing > Users to open the Users screen. Then click Add User.[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 73 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, Jimm y 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 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 74 1 In the NS A’s administr at ion web configur ator screens, click Share s > Add Share . Click Add Share to create a new share. 2 Specify a name for the share and select which vo lume it should be on. Configure the screen as follows. Then click Edit .[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 75 3 Configure the screen as follows to give Jimmy 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. 4.9.3 Creating a Group After creating user accounts for Jimmy an d K[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 76 2 Specify a name for the group . Select the user (s) you w ant 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 st[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 77 3 Select the network driv e that you wan t to map the NSA to from the 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 Jimm y’ s account and click OK . Y ou do not need to do this if the username and passwor[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 78 5 After the mapping is done, you can then simply copy and paste or drag and drop files from/to your local computer’s drives to or from this network folder . 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 can [...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 79 2 Enter your password and click Login . 3 Now y ou can access files and copy files from/to your local computer’s driv es to or from this network folder . 4.9.6 Accessing a Share Th rough the Web Configurator Y ou can browse and access files through the web configurator .[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 80 1 Log into the NS A web configurator (see Section 3.3 on page 31 ) using the appropriate user name and password (this example uses Jimmy’ s) and click File Browser . Click a share (the Jimmy share in this example) to see the top level of the share’ s contents. 2 Click a folder’s file name to [...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 81 2 Find a download link for the file y ou 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 op ens either the file you want or a pop-up window about how to[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 82 4 Log into the NS A web configurator (see Section 3.3 on page 31 ) using the administr ator account and click Application Zone and the Application Zone > Download Service link. 5 Click Add .[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 83 6 Right -click the URL field and select Paste . 7 The URL displa ys in the URL field. Click Apply . 8 After a few moments, the download task appears in the Downlo ad Servic e screen’ s Active tab. The download appears in the Completed tab when it is done. By default the NSA stores all downloads i[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 84 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 following screen. Click I Agree to begi[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 85 4 Open Internet Explorer and locate a download link. In this exampl e, www .zyxel.com has a Download N ow 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 Settin g . 5 Enter the NSA’ s web addre ss. The default[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 86 3 T o install the plugin, drag and drop the plugin to Firefox. 4 The following screen displays. Click Install Now .[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 87 5 Y ou need to restart Firefo x after the installation. 6 When Firefo x restarts, a message displays to show the installation succeeded. Th e plugin is installed as an extension in Add-ons. Click Options to configure the NSA’ s web address.[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 88 7 Enter the NSA’ s web addre ss. The default is ‘nsa’ followed by the number of your model (‘ nsa320 ’ for example). Then click OK . 4.10.3 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 exa[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 89 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 NS A web configurator (see Section 3.3 on page 31 ) using the administr ator account and click Application Zone and the Appli[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 90 By default the NSA stores all downloads in the admin share’s dow nload folder . See Section 4.9.4 on page 76 , Section 4. 9.5 on page 78 , or Section 4.9.6 on page 79 for how to access a share. 4.10.4 Configuring the Down load Service Preferences Once you added a list of download tasks to the NSA[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 91 3 When it is not the download time, y ou see a message in the Download Serv ice screen, indicating the active download period. Click Applications > Download S ervice > Pref erences > P2P download to open the following screen. Enter the information below and then click Apply . Here is a lis[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 92 • 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. 4.10.5 Using Download Service Notification Use an RSS feed reader on your compute[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 93 Internet Explorer 7 Example 1 After y ou activate 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 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 94 4 Click the Favorite icon on your browser and select the Feed s tab to check the updates of your NSA’ s download list. Firefox Example 1 After y ou activate download service notification, click the RSS feed icon. 2 The following screen displays. Select Live Bookmarks from the drop-down list and c[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 95 4 From the Firefox’ s Bookmarks Menu , select Download Not ify to check the updates of your NSA’ s download list. 4.1 1 Broadcatching T utorial Use broadcatching to have the NSA download freq uently updated digital content like TV programs, radio talk shows, Podcasts (audio files), and bl ogs. [...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 96 2 Find the link for the RSS feed containing the channel y ou want to add. In this example, http:// reviews.cnet.com/4520-11455_7-6333605-1 .html has an RSS link for subscribing to the CNET Live podcast. However this is not the link for th e actual RSS feed. Click the link to go to another screen th[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 97 3 Right -click the download link and select Copy Link Location in Firefo x (or Copy Shor tcut in Internet Explorer). 4 Log into the NS A web configurator (see Section 3.3 on page 31 ) using the administr ator account and click Administration > Applications > Broadcatching . 5 Click Add Channe[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 98 6 Right -click the URL field and select Paste . 7 The URL displa ys 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. Thi[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 99 4.12 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 Mak e 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 o[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 100 6 If you get a warning screen, click the option that lets y ou 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 in stall the printer driver on the comput[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 101 4.13 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 photos in the NS A and upload the photos to her Flickr account. Amy has to activ ate the NSA’ s auto upload feature.[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 102 5 The NS A also automatically upload s the copied files to Flickr . r 4.14 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 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 103 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 Applicat[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 104 4 In the FTP Uploadr screen, click Preferences to configure the auto upload settings. 5 Amy w ants to share video files with Susan. 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 th[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 105 6 Amy also set the Band width 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 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 106 4.15.1 Customizing the NSA’ s Certificate 1 Click Maintenance > SSL and then select Edit a self-signed CA certificate and click Edit . 2 Next, let’ s modify the certificate by changing the Common Name to this NSA’ s host name of “nsa” , the Organization to “ZyX EL ” and the Key Le[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 107 3 The NS A restarts its network services and returns you to the login screen. 4.15.2 Downloading and Inst alling Customized Certificate 1 Log in and return to Maintenance > SSL . Under Modify the Existing Certificate , click Download .[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 108 2 Sav e the file to your com puter . 3 Find the certificate file on your computer and double-click it.[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 109 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 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 11 0 6 Leave Automatically select certificate stor e based on the type of certificate selected and click Next . 7 In the Completing the Certificate Import Wizard screen, click Finish .[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 111 8 If you are presented with another Secu rity Warning , click Yes . 9 Finally , click OK when presented with the successful certificate installation message. 4.15.3 T urn on the NSA’s W eb Security Now that you hav e customized the NSA’ s certificate and installed it in your computer , you can[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 11 2 1 Close your web browser and open it again to reset its session with the NSA. Log in and click Maintenance > SSL . Select Force HTTPS and click Apply . 2 A w arning screen pops up if applying your change ma y disconnect some users. Click Apply to continue.[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 11 3 3 The NS A logs you out and automatically redirects your formerly non-secure (HT TP) connection to a secure (HT TPS) connection. Y our browser may give y ou a warning abou t the device’s public k ey certificate. Add an exception to allow y our browser to bypass the warning. 4 Click Add Exceptio[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 11 4 5 Click Get Certificate .[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 11 5 6 Before you add an exception, verify that the device to which you are trying to connect is pro viding the correct certificate. Click View .[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 11 6 7 The SHA1 fingerprint must match the NSA’ s cert ificate you downloaded from the NS A to your computer . (Double-click the NSA’ s certificate file and then click Detail s and look at the Thumbprint ). Click Close .[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 11 7 8 If the certificate fingerprints match, click Confirm Security Exception , otherwise click Cancel . 9 The login screen displays. Now , anyone who connects to the NS A’ s W eb Configurator screens will automatically do so by HT TPs. Use a secure method to let your users know the correct fingerp[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 11 8 4.16 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 4.15 on pa ge 105 to configure HT TPS. This example uses FileZilla. 1 Open FileZilla and click File > Site Ma[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 11 9 2 A security w arning screen displays. The SHA1 fingerprint must match the NSA’ s certificate you downloaded from the NSA to y our computer . (Doubl e-click the NS A’ s certificate file and then click Details and look at the Thumbprint ). If they match, click OK . The shares and folders to wh[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 120 4.17.1 Finder 1 Open a new Finder window . 2 Select All under the SHARED sidebar . Look for the NSA from the Network list.[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 121 3 Expand the NS A to display the shares you may access. 4.17.2 Go Menu 4 In the Finder , click Go > Connect to Serve r .[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 122 5 When the Conn ect to Server dialog box opens, enter smb:// and the NS A’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 y ou establish the connection, you can access the NS A from the Finder or directly from the d[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 123 1 Click Protect > Backup > Add Job . Figure 32 Protect > Backup 2 Identify the backup job and select Archive . New files are often added to the shares that yo u need to back up and existing files are not frequently changed so select Incremental . The NSA does a full backup first and later[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 124 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 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 125 4 In this example, the target NS A is on the LAN so leave the compression off . Security is already configured on the target NSA 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 frequen cy to Weekly . Schedule t[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 126 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 make the target folder identical to the source folder . The NSA deletes any oth[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 127 • 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 branch o ffice is a good one and not many files need to be backed up so leave the co[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 128 • Click Next . Figure 40 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 3 5 Sche dule the backup to occur ev ery morning 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 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 129 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 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 130 3 Select the files and folders you w ant 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 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 131 5 The NS A restores the files into the share. When it finishes you can access the files. Figure 46 Protect > Backup > R estore Archive: Progress 4.18.4 Restoring by Backup Files If you deleted an archive backup job or the NSA or the RAID arra y containing the backup job failed you cannot res[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 132 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 4 Tutorials Media Server User’s Guide 133 4 Browse to the folder where yo u want to put the files. Click Done . Figure 50 Protect > Restore: Step 4 5 The NS A restores the files and you can use them again.[...]

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Media Server User’s Guide 137 C HAPTER 5 Status Screen 5.1 Overview This chapter describes the Status screen, which is the first adv anced administration screen that displays. 5.2 The S t atus Screen Click Administration in the Home screens ( Section 3.5 on page 44 ) to open the W eb Configurato r . Y ou can also view the status screen, by clicki[...]

Chapter 5 Status Screen Media Server User’s Guide 138 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 5 Status Screen Media Server User’s Guide 139 External V olu me (or USB Vo l u m e) This display s the volumes cre ated on USB hard drives con nected 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 7 on[...]

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Media Server User’s Guide 141 C HAPTER 6 System Setting 6.1 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 an d set the time that the NSA follows for its schedu[...]

Chapter 6 System Setting Media Server User’s Guide 142 • SMART - Use S.M.A.R.T . (Self Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting 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 manag[...]

Chapter 6 System Setting Media Server User’s Guide 143 6.4 The Firmware Upgrade Screen Use this screen to upgrade the NSA firm ware. Y ou should first have downloaded the latest firmware files from the Z yXEL 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 / P[...]

Chapter 6 System Setting Media Server User’s Guide 144 Click System Se tting > Firmware / Packages > Package Management to open the following screen. Figure 53 System Setting > Firmware / Pack ag es > Pac ka ge Ma na ge me nt The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 18 System Setting > Firmwar e / Packages &[...]

Chapter 6 System Setting Media Server User’s Guide 145 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 . For Gallery , PHP-MySQL- phpMyAdmin , SqueezeCenter and WordPr ess , you can acce[...]

Chapter 6 System Setting Media Server User’s Guide 146 6.5.1 Displaying the Package Information Select an item on the list and click Package Info . Use this screen to check detailed information about the task. Figure 54 System Setting > Firmware / P ackages > Pa ck ag e M an ag em en t > Pac ka ge In fo The following table describes the [...]

Chapter 6 System Setting Media Server User’s Guide 147 6.6 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 your NSA is a part of a workgroup. Note: CIFS cannot be disab led on the NSA. Figure 55 S[...]

Chapter 6 System Setting Media Server User’s Guide 148 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 S ystem Setting > Date/Time LABEL DESCRIPTION Current System[...]

Chapter 6 System Setting Media Server User’s Guide 149 Sync hro niz e Now Click this for the NSA to r etrieve the correct time from the configured time serv er right away . Time Z one Time Z one Cho ose the time zone of your location. This will set the ti me difference betw een your time zone and Greenwich Mean Time (GM T). Manual Daylight Savi n[...]

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Media Server User’s Guide 151 C HAPTER 7 Storage 7.1 Overview Several NS A features require a valid internal volume. This chapter covers the management of volumes and disks (both internal and external). Use the Storage screen ( Section 7.2 on page 152 ) to display information on all volumes, create internal and external volumes, and configu re th[...]

Chapter 7 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 152 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 7.6 on page 160 for more technical background information on storage. 7.2 The S torage Screen The Storag[...]

Chapter 7 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 153 7.2.2 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 7 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 154 Y ou see a warning screen before you delete a volume. Figure 58 Delete a V olume W arning Screen 7.2.3 V olum e S t atu s Y ou (the administrator) can see the status of a v olume in the Status or Stor age screens. The NSA has the following classifications for the status of a volume: • Healthy if a[...]

Chapter 7 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 155 If it’ s down, then the only indication is that y ou can no longer tr ansfer files to/from the shares in the down volume. If it’ s de gr aded, then file transf er to/from the shares in the degr aded volume will be slower . Note: The re is no explicit message from C IFS that tells users their vol[...]

Chapter 7 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 156 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 23 Storage > Create an In ternal 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 ique name. Acceptable characters are all al[...]

Chapter 7 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 157 Note: Once you create the first vol ume on th e NSA, it is recommended to restart t he NSA for better performance. 7.4 Editing a V olume Click an internal volume’ s Edit icon in the Storage screen as shown in Figure 57 on page 153 to open the following screen. Use this screen to change the volume?[...]

Chapter 7 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 158 7.4.1 Scanning a V olume Select a volume in the Storage > Volume screen ( Section 7.2 on page 152 ) and click Scan to open the following screen. Use this screen to scan the volume for errors and select whether or not to have the NSA automatically repair them. Figure 61 Storage > V olume > S[...]

Chapter 7 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 159 Note: Creating a volume fo rmats the drive. All data on the disk will be lost. Figure 62 Storage > Create an External V olume The following table describes the labels in this screen. 7.5.1 External Disks Y ou may connect USB storage devices that suppo rt the following file systems to the NSA. •[...]

Chapter 7 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 160 7.6 S torage T echnical Reference This section provides some background informat ion about the topics covered in this chapter . 7.6.1 V olum es and RAID A volume is a stor age area on a disk or disks. Y ou can create volumes on the internal disks and external disks attached to the USB port(s). Y ou [...]

Chapter 7 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 161 T wo Disks: Y ou may choose JBOD, RAID 0 or RAID 1. With two disks you could create: • up to two JBOD volumes • one RAID 0 or RAID 1 volume • Choose JBOD for flexibility and maximum usage of disk space for data. • If you ha ve a 2-bay model, you can choose RAID 0 if performance matters more [...]

Chapter 7 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 162 Note: In the following figures, A1, A2, A3 and so on are blocks of data from the A file. Similarly , B1, B2, B3 and C1, C2, C3 are blocks of data from the B and C files. JBOD JBOD allows you to combine multiple physical disk drives into a single virtual one, so they appear as a single large disk. JB[...]

Chapter 7 Storage Media Server User’s Guide 163 RAID 1 RAID 1 creates an exact copy (or mirror) of a set of data on another disk. This is useful when data backup is more important than data capacity . The following figure shows two disks in a single RAID 1 volume with mirrored data. Data is duplicated across two disks, so if one disk fails, there[...]

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Media Server User’s Guide 165 C HAPTER 8 Network 8.1 Overview This chapter discusses the network configuration screens. The Network screens allow you to configure T CP/IP and PPPoE settings for the NSA. 8.2 What Y ou Can Do •U s e t h e TCP/IP screen ( Section 8.4 on pag e 166 ) to assign the NSA a dynamic or static IP address and DNS informati[...]

Chapter 8 Net work Media Server User’s Guide 166 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 8 Network Media Server User’s Guide 167 Note: If you change the NSA’ s IP address, you need to log in ag ain after you apply changes. Figure 64 Network > TCP/IP The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 31 Network > T CP/IP LABEL DESCRIPTION IP Address Dynamic Sel ect this option to have the NSA get IP addre[...]

Chapter 8 Net work Media Server User’s Guide 168 IPv6 Settings Clic k this to configure the fol lowing IPv6 settings. Mode - • Select Auto to have the Device use the IPv6 prefix from th e connected router’s Router Advertisement (RA) to generate an IPv6 address. • Select Static if you hav e a fixed IPv6 address assigned by your ISP . • Sel[...]

Chapter 8 Network Media Server User’s Guide 169 8.5 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 gatew ay firewall device to protect the NSA from attacks from the Internet (see RAID and Data Pr[...]

Chapter 8 Net work Media Server User’s Guide 170 For example, if the NSA’ s IP address was 192.168. 1.33 when you applied the UPnP Port Map ping 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 8 Network Media Server User’s Guide 171 HTTP (Web Configurator) Y ou can use UPnP port mapping to allow access to the NSA’ s management screens. If you use UPnP to allow web configurator access f rom the WAN, you m ay want to use a different W AN port number (instead of the default of port 80) to make it more secure. Remember to use the[...]

Chapter 8 Net work Media Server User’s Guide 172 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 8.6 The PPPoE Screen Use this screen to configure PPPoE settings for a direct Internet connection. T a ble 32 Netw ork > UPnP > P ort Mapping LABEL DESCRIPTION LAN Use these f ields to specify what port the In ternet gateway uses to con[...]

Chapter 8 Network Media Server User’s Guide 173 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. 8.7 T elnet Screen Use this screen to enable or disable T elnet access to the NSA. T elnet is available in the NSA310S , NSA325, and NS[...]

Chapter 8 Net work Media Server User’s Guide 174 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 e lnet Th[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 175 C HAPTER 9 Applications 9.1 Overview This chapter discusses the features in the Application screens. The NS A contains various applications for file sharing and downloading. 9.2 What Y ou Can Do •U s e t h e FTP Server screen ( Section 9.4 on page 177 ) to configure settings for FTP file tr ansfers to/from the NSA.[...]

Chapter 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 176 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 ork pl ay v ide o, mu[...]

Chapter 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 177 For example, if y ou want to share photos in a F a milyPhotos share, you could “web publish” it and others could use a web browser to access the photo s at http://my-NS A’ s-IP- Address/MyW eb/ F amilyPhotos. Broadcatching Broadcatching is the downloading of digital content from Internet[...]

Chapter 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 178 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 9.5 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 se nd files to the NSA or get files from [...]

Chapter 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 179 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. 9.5.1 The Media Ser[...]

Chapter 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 180 9.5.2 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 insta[...]

Chapter 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 181 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 9.7 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. N[...]

Chapter 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 182 Preferences Click this to open a s creen where yo u can set the de fault location for sa ving downloads and configure your P2 P download settings. Refresh Click this to update the in formation display ed on the screen. Select Files A single P2P download to rrent file is often for multi ple fil[...]

Chapter 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 183 Status The following icons s h 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 for[...]

Chapter 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 184 9.7.1 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 4.10 on page 80 provides a tu torial on adding a download task. Figure 78 Applications > Download Service > Ad[...]

Chapter 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 185 Location of Downloaded Files This shows wher e the NSA sto res new downloads ( Put incomplete downloads in ) and 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 the [...]

Chapter 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 186 9.7.2 Configuring Gene ral 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 > Preferenc[...]

Chapter 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 187 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 in complete down loads in ) and where the NSA moves c[...]

Chapter 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 188 9.7.3 Configuring the P2P Download Settings Click Applications > Download S ervice > Pref erences > P2P download to open the following screen. Use this screen to configure P2P download settings. Figure 80 Applications > Download Service > Preferences > P2P download Download S[...]

Chapter 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 189 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 grea[...]

Chapter 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 190 9.7.4 Edit IP Filter Use this screen to enable or disable IP filtering fo r P2P downloads. IP filtering blocks IP addresses known to share fake files. Y ou can either get an IP filter table from a website or u se your own table. Click Edit IP Filter in the Applications > Download Service &g[...]

Chapter 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 191 9.7.5 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 4.10 on page 80 provides a tutorial on adding a down [...]

Chapter 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 192 9.7.6 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 &g[...]

Chapter 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 193 9.8 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 Publ ishing The following table describes the labels in this screen. Priority Use[...]

Chapter 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 194 Note: If you installed php-MySQL-phpMy Admin through the Pa ckage Managem ent screen ( Section 6.5 on page 143 ) and enable it, you can use PHP and MySQL in your published web p age. 9.9 The Broadcatching Screen This screen displays the NSA’ s subscribed channels and the associated contents.[...]

Chapter 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 195 Click Applications > Broadcatching to open the foll owing screen. 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 UR[...]

Chapter 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 196 9.9.1 Adding a Broadcatching 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 they [...]

Chapter 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 197 select policies for downloading and deleting the channel’s items. Section 4.11 on page 95 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 > B[...]

Chapter 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 198 Location of Downloaded Files This shows where the NSA stores new downl oads ( Put incomple te downloads in ) and where the NS A moves c ompleted downloads ( Move completed downloads to ). The Share column shows the name of the share where the file is downloaded. The Path column poin ts to the [...]

Chapter 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 199 9.9.2 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 follo[...]

Chapter 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 200 9.10 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 new down loads ( Put incomplete do wnloads in ) and where the NSA mo ves completed downloads ( Move completed [...]

Chapter 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 201 Click Applications > Print Server to open the following screen. Figure 89 Applications > Print Server The following table describes the labels in this screen. 9.10.1 Print Server Rename Click Applications > Print Server and a printer’s Rename icon to open the following screen. Use t[...]

Chapter 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 202 9.1 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 table[...]

Chapter 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 203 9.12 T echnical Reference This section provides technical background information on the topics discussed in this chapter . 9.12.1 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 ork pl ay v ide o, mu si c, a nd pho tos fr om t he NSA (without [...]

Chapter 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 204 A link for the NSA in iT unes under SHARED . Click it to display the NSA’ s published media files as shown next. Figure 92 NSA link in iT unes 9.12.2 Download Service The NSA’ s download service downloads file s from the Internet directly to the NSA. Y ou do not have to download to your co[...]

Chapter 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 205 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 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 206 Note: The download service no tification only keeps tr ack of files downloaded via P2P download. Figure 94 Download Service Notification 9.12.5 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 ag[...]

Chapter 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 207 • Anti-virus to check files you download for computer viruses. P2P Download and Y our 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 download[...]

Chapter 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 208 HTML (web-based) configuration inte rface to set this up (see the fi rewall’ 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 9.12.6 We b Publishing Example This example covers how to[...]

Chapter 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 209 2 Now open y our web browser and type in the addre ss of the NSA’ s F amilyPhotos web page . In this example, the NSA’ s IP address 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 browser[...]

Chapter 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 210 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 NS A’s web-published shares. For example, sa y you specified port 8080, the NSA’ s IP addre[...]

Chapter 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 21 1 9.12.9 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 multi ple computers on your network use it. See www .zyxel.com for a list of compatible printers. Figure 101 Printer Sharing 9.[...]

Chapter 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 212 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 9 Appli cations Media Server User’s Guide 213 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 9 Applicatio ns Media Server User’s Guide 214 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 215 C HAPTER 10 Packages 10.1 Overview This chapter describes features you can add to the NS A by installing packages. See Section 6.5 on page 143 for how to manage packages. 10.2 What Y ou Can Do •U s e t h e SMA RT screens ( Section 10.3 on page 215 ) to vie w your NS A hard disk(s) statistics and monitor their perfo[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 216 Click Storage > S.M.A.R.T to open the following screen. Figure 105 Storage > S.M.A.R.T The following table describes the labels in this screen. 10.3.1 SMART Brief Summary Use this screen to display information about the vo lume, such as the hard disk v endor , specific model, hard disk capa[...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 217 Click Brief Summary in the Storage > S.M.A.R.T screen to display the following. Figure 106 Storage > S.M.A.R.T : Brief Summary The following table describes the labels in this screen. 10.3.2 SMART Full Summary Use this screen to display more details information about the volume. T a ble 55 S[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 218 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 Summary The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 56 Storage > S.M.A.R.T: Full Summary LABEL DESCRIPTION ID This is the identification n umber used [...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 219 10.4 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 usin[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 220 10.5 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 folders in y our NS A to be accessible like a local folder [...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 221 Y ou see a warning screen before you delete a volume. Figure 1 10 De lete an NFS Share 10.5.1 Add/Edit NFS Share Use this screen to add or edit an NFS share. Note: Some attributes of the NF S share cannot be edited. NFS Session Click this t o view active NFS sessions. Y ou can s ee the list of use[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 222 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. 10.5.2 NFS Session Use this screen to view a list of active NFS sess ions. Y ou can see which users are connected the NFS sha[...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 223 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. 10.6 Syslog Server Screen Use this screen to configure the NSA to accept syslog logs from syslog clients such as Z yXEL ’s G-[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 224 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 NS A accept syslog l[...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 225 10.7 TFTP Server Screen T rivial File T ransfer Protocol (TFTP) is an Internet file transfer protocol similar to FTP 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 ou ma[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 226 10.8 eMule Screens 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 from th e Internet. It works with eDonkey and K ad networks. 10.8.1 eMule Server Screen Use this screen to configure the eMule server [...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 227 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 conn ect t[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 228 10.8.2 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. 10.8.3 Edit Server Use this scr[...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 229 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 10.8.4 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 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 230 10.8.5 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 des[...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 231 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 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 232 Y ou see a warning screen before you delete a task. Figure 121 Delete a T ask 10.8.6 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 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 233 10.8.7 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 fold er location where you “ P[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 234 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 Ap plications > eMul e > Task > Pref erences LABEL DE SCRIPTION Userna[...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 235 Edit Click this to open the following scre en where you can s et the default folder location where you “ Put incomple te downloads in ” and “ Move complete downloads to ”:. • Share - Selec t the destination share from the drop-down li st. • Path - This field displays the share folder?[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 236 10.8.8 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 in[...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 237 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 Sh aring > Shares > Share Browser LABEL D[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 238 10.8.10 T ask Info Use this screen to view eMule task details, such as status, file name, file size 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 f[...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 239 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 10.8.1 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 LAB[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 240 Click Applications > eMule > Search to open the followi ng screen. Figure 127 Applications > eMule > Search The following table describes the labels in this screen. 10.9 pyLoad Screen Use this screen to configure the NAS so you can us e pyLoad to manage your downloads, including those[...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 241 Click Applications > pyLoad to open the following screen. Figure 128 Applications > pyLoad The following table describes the labels in this screen. 10.10 Polkast Setup Use the Package Management screen to install the Polkast package. Use Polkast for fast, secure, direct access to your Media [...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 242 Note: If P olkast does not appear , click 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 con nection to the Internet to download the P olkast package. Figure 130 P olka[...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 243 3 The installation progress appears in the Polkast row . Figure 131 P olkast Installation Step 3[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 244 4 A link appears in the Man agement Page column after installation finishes. Click this link. Figure 132 P olkast Installation Step 4[...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 245 5 The P olkast login screen appears. Click the link to create a new accoun t or enter your login information for an existing account. Figure 133 Pol ka st Lo gi n Note: F or more information on using P olkast, visit www .polkast.com. Get free P olkast mobile apps from the Apple App Store, Amazon A[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 246 10.12 Backup Screens Use this screen to create and customize scheduled backup jobs for your files. Y ou can have sever al backup jobs for sp ecific folders and time periods. Click Protect > Backup to open the following screen. Figure 134 Protect > Backup The following table describes the la[...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 247 10.12.1 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 follow ing: Figure 135 Protect > B ackup: Step 1 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 76 Protect > Backup: Step 1 L[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 248 10.12.2 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 136 Protect > B ackup: Step 2[...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 249 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 77 Protect > Backup: Step 2 LABEL DESCRIPTION Backup Source Select an (internal) volume a nd the 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 f[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 250 10.12.3 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 archive backup or a synchronization backup to a remote target. Figure 137 Protect > B ackup: Step 3 The following table describes th[...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 251 10.12.4 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 138 Protect > B ackup: Step 4 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Purge Pol icy The NSA maintains th[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 252 10.12.5 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. Start Ti me (hh:mm) This is av ailable if y ou selected Dail y, Weekly or Monthly as your backup frequency . Select [...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 253 10.12.6 Edit Job: St ep 1 Click Protect > Backup . Select a backup job from the list and click Edit Job to open the following. Figure 139 Protect > Backup > Edit: Step 1 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 80 Protect > Backup > Edit: Step 1 LABEL DESCRIP[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 254 10.12.7 Edit Job: St ep 2 Use this screen to edit the schedule for the backup job. Figure 140 Protect > Backup > Edit: Step 2 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Bandwidth For backups to a remote NSA, you ca n restrict the bandwidth to help prevent th e backups from usi[...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 255 10.12.8 Restore Archive Screen Use this screen to restore previous backups made with the NSA. 10.12.9 Restore Archive: Step 1 Click Protect > Backup s creen ( Section 10.12 on page 246 ). Y ou can restore a previous backup job by selecting a backup job from the list and clicking Restore Archive[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 256 10.12.10 Restore Archive: St ep 2 Use this screen to se lect the folder where the archive you want to restore is located. Figure 142 Protect > Backup > R estore Archive: Step 2 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Job Description This is a short description (u p to 100 k[...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 257 10.12.1 1 Restore Archive: Step 3 Use this screen to select the location in the NSA where you w ant to restore your backup. Figure 143 Protect > Backup > R estore Archive: Step 3 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 10.13 Restore Screen Use this screen to restore previous[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 258 10.13.1 Restore: St ep 1 Y ou can access this screen by clicking Protect > Restore . Figure 144 Protect > R estore: Step 1 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 85 Protect > Restore: Step 1 LABEL DESCRIPTION Step 1. Se lect Res tor e S ou rce Select a previous [...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 259 10.13.2 Restore: St ep 2 Select a previous archiv e backup th at you w ant to restore to the NSA. Figure 145 Protect > R estore: Step 2 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Browse Click this to select where the previous backup that you want to restore is located. • Volume [...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 260 10.13.3 Restore: St ep 3 Use this screen to select the folder where the archive y ou want to restore is located. Figure 146 Protect > R estore: 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 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 261 10.13.4 Restore: St ep 4 Use this screen to select the location in the NSA where you w ant to restore your backup. Figure 147 Protect > R estore: Step 4 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 10.14 T echnical Reference This section provides technical background information on [...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 262 10.14.1 S.M.A.R.T Attributes The following table describes some common S.M.A.R.T . attributes. If a higher or lower raw attribute value is better , it is indicated in the BETTER column. Since S.M.A.R.T . attributes and their definitions vary by manufacturer , refer to th e hard driv e manufacture[...]

Chapter 10 Packages Media Server User’s Guide 263 190 T emperature 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 error rat e Low This is the num ber of mistakes c aused by impact loads. 192 Power-off[...]

Chapter 10 Pack ages Media Server User’s Guide 264 220 Disk Shift Low This is how far the disk has mov ed relative to the spindle (this kind of shift is usually due to shoc k). 221 G-Sense Error Rat e Low This is the number of errors that hav e resulted from external vibration and shock. 222 Loaded Hours This is how long the hard drive has operat[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 265 C HAPTER 11 Auto Upload 1 1.1 Overview This chapter discusses the features in the Auto Upload screens. The auto upload feature uploads media files stored in the NS A to the Flickr and/or Y ouT ube sharing websites. Besides web publishing and me dia server , auto upload is another convenient wa y to share media files [...]

Chapter 11 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 266 Click Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube to open the following screen. Figure 148 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/Y ouT ube The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.4.1 Configuring the Flickr Settings In the Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/[...]

Chapter 11 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 267 The web browser opens the Y ahoo! Flickr login page. Enter your Y ahoo account’s information and click Sign In . Figure 150 Y ahoo! Flickr Login P age[...]

Chapter 11 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 268 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 151 Flickr Authorization A confirmation page displays indicating successful authorization. R e turn to the NSA web configurator . Click Get Re[...]

Chapter 11 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 269 Once the NSA is associated with your Flickr accou nt, you can configure auto upload settings in the following screen. Figure 153 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/Y ouT ube > Config (Flickr)[...]

Chapter 11 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 270 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 91 Applications > Auto Upload > F lickr/YouTube > Config (Flickr) LABEL DESC RIPTION Flickr Acco unt Configuration Username This fiel d displays th e Flickr account authorized for the auto upload feature. Photo Space Usa [...]

Chapter 11 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 271 1 1.4.2 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 with a Google account. Get a Google account and use it to log into Y o uT[...]

Chapter 11 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 272 Once the NSA is associated with your Y ouT ube account, you can configure auto upload settings in the following screen. Figure 155 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/Y ouT ube > Config (Y ouT ube) The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 92 Applications > Au[...]

Chapter 11 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 273 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 displa ys a list of shares and folders selected for auto u pload. Files stored in these locati ons are uploaded to your Y ouT ube accou nt. Status This field[...]

Chapter 11 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 274 1 1.5 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 conv enient way to share media files with your friends and family . Y ou can link the NSA to the FTP server or the FTP server o[...]

Chapter 11 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 275 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.5.1 Adding or Editing an FTP Server Entry Use this screen to add or edit an FTP server en try for auto upload. T a ble 93 Applications > Auto Upload > FTP Uploadr LABEL DESCRIPTION Enable FTP Uploadr Use the check box to en able[...]

Chapter 11 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 276 In the FTP Uploadr screen, click the Add Serv er or Edit Server button to open the following screen. Figure 157 Applications > Auto Upload > FTP Uploadr > Add or Edit a Server The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.5.2 The FTP Upload r Preferences Screen Use this [...]

Chapter 11 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 277 In the FTP Uploadr screen, click the Preferen ces icon to open the following screen. Figure 158 Applications > Auto Upload > FTP Uploadr > Preference s The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 95 Applications > Auto Upload > FTP Uploadr > Preferences LA[...]

Chapter 11 Auto Upload Media Server User’s Guide 278 Add Click this to open the fol lowing screen where you can set a folde r that contains files you want the NS A to automatically upl oad. • Share - Select the share from the list. • Path - T ype the folder location in the share direct ly or click Browse to open the following screen and navig[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 279 C HAPTER 12 Dropbox 12.1 Overview The Dropbox W eb-based file hosting service uses cloud computing to let you use file synchronization to store and share files and folders with others across the Internet. Use your Dropbox account to easily move files to y our NSA and hav e the NSA download *.torrent files. 12.2 Dropb[...]

Chapter 12 Dr opbox Media Server User’s Guide 280 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 96 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 appl[...]

Chapter 12 Dropbox Media Server User’s Guide 281 12.3 How to Use Dropbox with the NSA Here is how to use the Drop2NAS and zDownload folders the NS A creates in your Dropbo x 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 Drop[...]

Chapter 12 Dr opbox Media Server User’s Guide 282 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 w ith the Dropbox account. Figure 160 Dropbo xDrop2NAS Using the zDownload Folder The NSA copies [...]

Media Server User’s Guide 283 C HAPTER 13 Using Time Machine with the NSA 13.1 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 13 Using Time Machine with the NSA Media Server User’s Guide 284 1 Click Apple > System Pre ferences . Then go to System and select Time Machine . 2 Tu r n T i m e M a c h i n e ON . Then click Change Di sk . 3 Select share01 as the backup disk. Then click Use for Backup .[...]

Chapter 13 Using Time Machine with the NSA Media Server User’s Guide 285 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 4.9 on page 71 ). In this example user 1/12345 is [...]

Chapter 13 Using Time Machine with the NSA Media Server User’s Guide 286[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 287 C HAPTER 14 Users 14.1 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 14 Use rs Media Server User’s Guide 288 Use this screen to create and manage accounts for users who can store files on the NSA. Figure 163 Sharing > Users The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 98 Sh aring > Users LABEL DESCRIPTION Add User Click this to open a screen where you can configure a n ew user acc[...]

Chapter 14 Users Media Server User’s Guide 289 14.3.1 User Icons The followi ng table describ es the user ic ons. 14.3.2 Adding or Editing an Account Use this screen to create or edit a NSA user account with NS A access password. Delete Sele cted Users Select an account and click this to open a screen where you can delete t he user account. User [...]

Chapter 14 Use rs Media Server User’s Guide 290 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 164 Sharing > Users > Add or Edit a User: General Settings Figure 165 Sharing > Users > Add or Edit a User: Quota (p[...]

Chapter 14 Users Media Server User’s Guide 291 14.3.3 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 ar[...]

Chapter 14 Use rs Media Server User’s Guide 292 •f t p • anonymous-ftp • anonymous • nobody • root •p c - g u e s t •a d m i n • password 14.4 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 167 Sharing > Use[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 293 C HAPTER 15 Groups 15.1 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. 15.2 What Y ou Can Do •U s e t h e m a i n Group s screen ( Section 15.3 on page 293 ) to d[...]

Chapter 15 Gro ups Media Server User’s Guide 294 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 15.3.1 Adding or Editing a Group Use this screen to create or edit a NS A group. T a ble 102 Sharing > Groups LABEL DESCRIPTION Add Group Click this to open a screen where you can co nfigure a new g roup. Search Click this to display a sea[...]

Chapter 15 Groups Media Server User’s Guide 295 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 169 Sharing > Gro ups > Add or Edit a Gr oup The following table describes the labels in this screen. 15.3.2 Group Names E[...]

Chapter 15 Gro ups Media Server User’s Guide 296 • 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 297 C HAPTER 16 Shares 16.1 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. 16.2 What Y ou Can Do •U s e t h e Shares sc[...]

Chapter 16 Sha res Media Server User’s Guide 298 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 104 Sharing > Shares LABEL DESCRIPTION Add Share Click this to create a new share. Recy cle Bin Click this to configure rec ycle bins. Edit Share Select a share and c lick this to edit the share. Delete Share Select a share and cli[...]

Chapter 16 Shares Media Server User’s Guide 299 16.3.1 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 171 Shares > Add Share (or Edit Share) The following table describes the labels in this [...]

Chapter 16 Sha res Media Server User’s Guide 300 16.3.2 Configuring Advanced Share Access In the Sharing > Shares > Add Share or Edit Sh are screen, select Advanced from the Share Access drop-down list. Click Edit to open the following s creen. Us e this screen to configure share access rights for individual users and groups. Figure 172 Sha[...]

Chapter 16 Shares Media Server User’s Guide 301 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 16.3.3 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 'anon ymous' or 'ftp' as the username. An y other name is considered a [...]

Chapter 16 Sha res Media Server User’s Guide 302 16.4.2 Configuring Recycle Bins In the Sharing > Shares screen, click Recycle Bin to open the foll owing screen. Figure 173 Sharing > Shares > R ecycle Bin The following table describes the labels in this screen. 16.5 The Share Browser Screen Use this screen to create folders, upload files[...]

Chapter 16 Shares Media Server User’s Guide 303 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 108 Sharing > Shares > Share Browser LABEL DESCRIPTION Create Folde r T ype a folder name and click Apply to make a new folder . Th e name can be 1 to 239 single- byte (no Chinese characters allowed for exam ple) ASCII char acter[...]

Chapter 16 Sha res Media Server User’s Guide 304 16.5.1 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 175 Sharing > Shares > Share Browser > Move (or Copy) The following table describes the la[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 305 C HAPTER 17 Maintenance Screens 17.1 Overview This chapter discusses the Maintenance screens. Th e Maintenance screens allow you to manage system configurations. 17.2 What Y ou Can Do •U s e t h e Power screen ( Section 17.3 on page 305 ) to configure power settin gs for the NSA, including power saving, UPS, power [...]

Chapter 17 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 306 Click Maintenance > Po wer to display the following screen. Figure 176 Maintenance > P ower The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a ble 1 10 Maintena nce > Power LABEL DESCRIPTION Powe r Management T urn off hard disk(s ) Enter the num ber of minutes to wa[...]

Chapter 17 Maintenance Screens Media Server User’s Guide 307 Always Pow er On Select this option to keep the N SA oper ating as much of the tim e as possible. The NSA restarts automatically even if it was turned o ff when the power failed. Always Pow er Of f Select this option to keep the NSA fr om automatically restarting when the power is resto[...]

Chapter 17 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 308 17.3.2 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 177 Maintenance > P ower Managemen[...]

Chapter 17 Maintenance Screens Media Server User’s Guide 309 17.4 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 10 minutes between the executi on times of the entries. If the NSA turn[...]

Chapter 17 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 310 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 178 Maintenance > Log The following table describes the labels in this screen. 17.4.1 Report Config Scre[...]

Chapter 17 Maintenance Screens Media Server User’s Guide 31 1 •U s e t h e Sysl og Server Setting screen ( Section 17.4.4 on page 312 ) to enable the syslog server and select the categories to include in the log report. 17.4.2 Email Setting Y ou can enable and configure e-mail alerts from the NSA. In the Report Config screen, click the Email Se[...]

Chapter 17 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 312 17.4.3 Report Setting Y ou can select the type of alerts you want to receive throug h 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 180 Maintenance > Log > Report Config: R epo[...]

Chapter 17 Maintenance Screens Media Server User’s Guide 313 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 17.5 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 182 Maintenance > Configur ation The following table[...]

Chapter 17 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 314 17.6 SSL Certification Click Maintenance > SSL to open this screen, where you can turn on HT TPS, create a public ke y certificate, or upload a public key certificate that w as issued by a known certificate authority . Figure 183 Maintenance > SSL Re store Click this to load the [...]

Chapter 17 Maintenance Screens Media Server User’s Guide 315 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 17.6.1 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 make adjustments to the NSA’ s public key certificate. T a ble 1[...]

Chapter 17 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 316 The screen is also the same for the Create a certificate authorized by other CA option . Figure 184 Maintenance > SSL > Create or Edit a Certificate The following table describes the labels in this screen. 17.7 The Shut down Screen Use this screen to turn off the NSA o r perform [...]

Chapter 17 Maintenance Screens Media Server User’s Guide 317 Click Maintenance > Shutdown to open the following screen. Figure 185 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 17 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 318 17.8.2 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 . 17.8.3 Log Messa[...]

Chapter 17 Maintenance Screens Media Server User’s Guide 319 Copy/S ync Button ER ROR [U SB Sy nc ] Syn c F ai led at Fo lde r %s . Copy/S ync Button ERROR Modify COPY/SYNC Bu tton Configuration: %s Copy/S ync Button ERROR P lease Change Y our F older Name. Invalid Path: %s Copy/S ync Button INFO [USB Sync] Copying %s from Inte rnal V olume to Ba[...]

Chapter 17 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 320 Download Servi ce INFO Download servic e initialized Download Servi ce INFO Download service pause %s by user Download Servi ce INFO Download service set % s to %s priority by user Download Servi ce INFO Download service set de fault download location to %s Download Servi ce INFO Downl[...]

Chapter 17 Maintenance Screens Media Server User’s Guide 321 Download Servi ce INFO Download service added %d rules from ipfilter .da t Download Servi ce INFO Download servic e detected invalid ip range %s in ipfilter . dat Download Servi ce WARNING Download servi ce default locati on does not exist. Load default Download Servi ce WARNING Downloa[...]

Chapter 17 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 322 Services NOTICE MyClock has c han ged daylight saving interv al Services NOTICE MyClock has disabl ed daylight saving interv al Services NOTICE NTP server has set to '% s' Services NOTICE NTP server has set to null Services NOTICE T he NTP service is disabled. Services NOTICE[...]

Chapter 17 Maintenance Screens Media Server User’s Guide 323 System INFO NTP fail s to update from %s System INFO Device is rebooted by administrator! System INFO Device is shutdown by administrator! System NOTICE DN S server is changed. System NOTICE Hostname is cl eared. System NOTICE H ostname is set to '%s'. System NOTICE System des[...]

Chapter 17 Maintena nce Screens Media Server User’s Guide 324 Backup/ Res tor e INFO S tart 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 restore [%s]: %s Backup/ Res tor e ERROR When restore job [%s], error happens:[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 325 C HAPTER 18 Protecting Your Data 18.1 Overview This chapter compares the different ways of prot ecting data on the NS A and explains how to use backup management software included on the CD . 18.2 Protection Methods There are a variety of w ays to protect your data on the NSA. Below is a sum mary table of what can be[...]

Chapter 18 Protecting You r Data Media Server User’s Guide 326 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 fil es and folde rs), volum es on th e NSA.[...]

Media Server User’s Guide 327 C HAPTER 19 Troubleshooting 19.1 T roubleshooting Overview This chapter offers some suggestions to solve problems you might encounter . The potential problems are divided into the following categories. • Po wer , Hardware, Connections, and LEDs • NAS Starter Utility • NSA Login and Access • I Cannot Access Th[...]

Chapter 19 Tro ubleshooting Media Server User’s Guide 328 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 the hard drive (lik e a bad sector for example). The N[...]

Chapter 19 Troubl eshooting Media Server User’s Guide 329 • Use another Ethernet cable. If you’re connecting to a Gigabit Ethernet, m ake sure you’re using an 8-wire Ether net cable. • If the problem continues, cont act the vendor . See Section 20.1 on page 345 for a description of NSA LEDs. The NSA turns off or reboots by itself . Check [...]

Chapter 19 Tro ubleshooting Media Server User’s Guide 330 The NAS Starter Utility disco vered my NS A but the status is always unreachabl e, even though I can access it . Y ou may need to add the NAS Starter Utility to y our software firewall’ s allow list or lower your software firewall or anti- virus scanner’s security lev el. Alternatively[...]

Chapter 19 Troubl eshooting Media Server User’s Guide 331 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 Utility . • Make sure you ha ve used the NAS Starter Utility to initialize your NS A. • I[...]

Chapter 19 Tro ubleshooting Media Server User’s Guide 332 19.4.1 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 188 Inter[...]

Chapter 19 Troubl eshooting Media Server User’s Guide 333 4 Click OK to close the window . Figure 189 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 the username and password correctly . The default username is admin , and the default password is 1234 .[...]

Chapter 19 Tro ubleshooting Media Server User’s Guide 334 19.5 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 19 Troubl eshooting Media Server User’s Guide 335 • The user’s computer ma y already be connected to another of the NS A’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 19 Tro ubleshooting Media Server User’s Guide 336 19.7 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). 19.8 Firmware I want to know the firmware [...]

Chapter 19 Troubl eshooting Media Server User’s Guide 337 1 On you r Windows computer , click Start > Run or open a web browser . 2 Enter ns a followed by the number of your model ( 320 for example) or the Server Name you assigned the NSA. This shows you the folders in the NSA. 3 Use dr ag-and-drop or copy-and-paste to tr ansfer files from y[...]

Chapter 19 Tro ubleshooting Media Server User’s Guide 338 I cannot use some applications in the W eb Configurator . • The firmware installed in your NSA includes the features mentioned in Section 3.5.2 on page 46 . This does not include the applications you can install using the Package Management screen. • Y ou can u se the Package Managemen[...]

Chapter 19 Troubl eshooting Media Server User’s Guide 339 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 NS A for three minutes. Then use the NSA’ s eject button (as shown next) to disconnect. Figure 190 iT unes Eje[...]

Chapter 19 Tro ubleshooting Media Server User’s Guide 340 2 If you hav e files from the iT unes Store that use DRM, you need to use y our 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 > Author[...]

Chapter 19 Troubl eshooting Media Server User’s Guide 341 19.14 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 210 for detail[...]

Chapter 19 Tro ubleshooting Media Server User’s Guide 342 • Make sure y our ISP allows you to run a serv er and is not blocking the port number of the NS A’s web publishing feature. 19.15 Auto Upload The NSA does not automatically upload fil es to Flickr or Y ouT ube. 1 Mak e sure the NSA is connected to the Internet. See Section 8.4 on page [...]

Chapter 19 Troubl eshooting Media Server User’s Guide 343 • 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 [...]

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Media Server User’s Guide 345 C HAPTER 20 Product Specifications See also Chapter 1 on page 17 for a general overview of the key features. 20.1 LEDs This table describes the NSA’ s LEDs. T a ble 125 LED s LED NAME COLOR STATUS DESCRIPTION POWER Blue On The NSA is turned on and receiving power . Off The NSA is turned off . SYSTEM Green On The NS[...]

Chapter 20 Product Specifications Media Server User’s Guide 346 20.2 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 347 A PPENDIX A Legal Information Copyright Copyright © 2013 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 A Legal Information Media Server User’s Guide 348 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 A Legal Informa tion Media Server User’s Guide 349 • Do NOT open the device or unit. Opening or removing covers can expose you to dange rous high voltage points or other risks. ONL Y qualified service personne l should serv ice or disass emble this de vice. Please contact your vendor for further information. • ONL Y qua lified servic[...]

Appendix A Legal Information Media Server User’s Guide 350[...]

Index Media Server User’s Guide 351 Index A access rights 41 Flickr 271 shares 300 , 30 1 Y ouT ube 274 activation download service 181 Flickr/Y ouT ube 26 6 FTP 178 FTP U plo adr 275 recycle bins 40 , 299 web publishing 193 ANONYMOUS FTP 335 anonymous FTP access 178 application zone 42 applications 175 , 265 auto upload Flickr/Y ouT ube 26 5 FTP[...]

Index Media Server User’s Guide 352 RSS 177 browser plugin, capturing link 205 browsing shares 37 C capturing download links 205 certificate 315 editing 315 tutorial 106 veri fyin g 11 6 changing password 32 channel guides 21 0 CIFS 142 configuration COPY/SYNC button 202 download service 181 Flickr 270 FTP U plo adr 276 print server 201 recycle b[...]

Index Media Server User’s Guide 353 file browser configure share 40 share browser 37 File T ransfer Protocol over Explicit TLS, see FTPES File T ransfer Protocol over TLS, see F TPS files downloading 39 uploading 39 FileZilla 11 8 fingerprint 11 6 firmware, upgr ading 143 Flickr 265 access rights 271 activation 266 authorization 266 , 268 grace p[...]

Index Media Server User’s Guide 354 logs 309 longitude 36 M maintenance 305 backup settings 313 logs 309 power management 305 failure 306 resume 306 schedule 308 UPS 30 6 reset 313 restoring settings 313 shutdown 31 7 upgrading firmware 143 master browser 147 media server 176 , 178 configuration 179 iT unes server 176 , 18 0 , 204 rebuild databas[...]

Index Media Server User’s Guide 355 backup tutorial 125 protection, download service 206 , 207 public key certificate 315 editing 315 publishing shares 179 Q Quick Start Guide 2 R RAID 156 , 160 degraded 154 RAID 0 161 , 162 RAID 1 161 , 163 recovering 152 replacing disks 152 resynchronization 152 rebuild media server database 178 recycle bins 30[...]

Index Media Server User’s Guide 356 disk replacement 152 JBOD 151 , 156 , 160 , 162 methods 160 duplexing 161 mirroring 161 parity 161 striping 161 naming volumes 157 RAID 151 , 156 , 160 degraded 154 RAID 0 161 , 162 RAID 1 161 , 163 recovering 152 resynchronization 152 status 153 , 154 USB devices 158 , 159 volu mes 151 , 160 striping 161 synch[...]

Index Media Server User’s Guide 357 V video category , Y ouT ub e 273 video playback 44 volu mes 151 , 160 creation 155 , 15 8 JBOD 151 , 156 , 160 , 162 names 157 RAID 151 , 156 , 160 degraded 154 RAID 0 161 , 162 RAID 1 161 , 163 recovering 152 resynchronization 152 scanning 158 status 153 , 154 storage methods 160 duplexing 161 mirroring 161 p[...]

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