Verbatim External Hard Drive NAS User manual

1

External Hard Drive NAS

User Guide

English

2

Introduction

6

Controls, Connectors and Indicators 6

Front Pane

l

Area 6

Rear Panel Area

7

A

b

out t

h

e Har

d

Dis

k

8

Locating NAS Drive on Your Desk 8

Which Interface: USB or Ethernet? 8

Connectin

g

NAS

d

rive Usin

g

USB 1

0

Storing and Trans

f

erring Data via USB 1

0

Disconnectin

g

NAS drive from a PC or Mac Host 11

Connecting NAS Drive Using Ethernet 1

2

A

b

out NAS Drive User Accounts 12

Connecting the NAS Drive to Your LAN 1

3

Web-Based Administration Tool 1

5

A

d

ministration Login 16

Basic Settin

g

s for Initial Setu

p

1

7

S

et Language, Passwor

d

, Hostname, IP A

dd

ress, an

d

Time 1

7

Add New

U

ser Account 1

8

A

dd

New Grou

p

2

0

Add New

S

hared Folder 21

C

ontents

3

NAS Drive Operation Using Et

h

ernet 2

2

Sharing

ﬁ

les using Windows 2

3

Run Dialo

g

ue 23

Browse Networ

k

Nei

ghb

or

h

oo

d

23

Search Dialogue 24

Browse M

y

C

om

p

uter

2

4

Sharing

ﬁ

les using Mac OS X 2

4

Attachin

g

USB Devices 2

4

Attac

h

ing a Printer 25

Attaching a USB Storage Device 26

NA

S

Administration Reference 27

Users and Grou

p

s 2

9

User Mana

g

ement 29

G

roup Management

30

Fi

l

e an

d

Print 31

File

S

erver

3

1

W

in

d

ows Settin

g

31

FTP Server Setting 31

NF

S

erver

S

ettin

g

32

Guest Access Settin

g

32

Share Management 32

Printer

S

erver

33

System 3

3

Network Settin

g

s 33

Time Settings 34

4

Turn Off Server 34

In

f

ormation 34

Disk Usa

g

e 34

Error Notiﬁ cation 35

Monitoring Services 35

C

h

ec

k

Interva

l

35

E-mail Noti

ﬁ

cation 35

Po

p

-U

p

Notiﬁ cation 35

Networ

k

Service 3

5

DH

C

P

S

erver

36

Bon

j

our

3

6

Maintenance

36

Dis

k

Uti

l

it

y

3

7

F

ormat 3

7

S

can

37

Unmount 3

7

Detail

38

Firmware U

pg

ra

d

e 3

8

Save Con

ﬁ

guration 3

8

Restore Conﬁ

g

uration 3

8

Factor

y

Reset 39

Log File 3

9

Sam

b

a Lo

g

39

FTP Log 39

DH

C

P

S

erver Lo

g

39

5

Sy

stem Lo

g

39

A

d

ministration Log 40

Account In

f

ormation 4

0

Lo

g

out 4

0

Tec

h

nica

l

Support 41

Limited Warranty Terms 41

Rights 4

2

FCC Com

p

liance 4

2

WEEE Notice 4

3

CE Dec

l

aration 4

3

ROHS Compliance 4

4

6

Introductio

n

Your Verbatim Network Attached Storage (NAS) drive is a versatile external

h

ard drive featurin

g

hi

g

h-

p

erformance stora

g

e and a choice of either

h

i

g

h-s

p

eed USB 2.0 or Ethernet interface. Once

y

our drive is connected

properly to your network or computer, you will be able to use it as you

would an

y

hard drive for storin

g

y

our data and for

p

erformin

g

data back-u

p

fu

n

c

ti

o

n

s.

B

e

f

ore you begin to use the NAS drive there are a

f

ew important things to

l

earn about

y

our new

p

roduct.

C

ontrols

,

Connectors and Indicators

F

irst familiarize

y

ourself with the control ke

y

s and the various connectors on

the

u

nit

.

Fr

o

nt Pan

e

l Ar

ea

T

he front

p

anel contains onl

y

the ON/OFF Button, as illustrated below.

ON/OFF Button. Once t

h

e AC A

d

apter

h

as

b

een proper

l

y

1.

connected to the NAS drive and an AC outlet, you can press the

ON/OFF

b

utton to

p

ower on t

h

e

d

rive. T

h

e

b

utton’s

g

reen LED wi

ll

come on to indicate the power-on state. To turn o

ff

the drive, press

the ON/OFF button again. The LED will

ﬂ

ash

f

or about 15 seconds

w

hile the drive’s internal software shuts down in an orderl

y

f

ashion.

The LED will then turn o

ff

to indicate that the drive is now

f

ully

turned o

ff.

1

7

R

ear Pane

l

Area

A

long the rear panel you will

ﬁ

nd the inter

f

ace connectors and a recessed

micro-switch that is used

f

or reset

f

unctions. Re

f

er to the

ﬁ

gure below.

Reset Button. I

f

the NAS drive is having a problem connecting1

.

to the local area network (LAN) or a

pp

ears to be hun

g

,

p

ress the

Reset button momentarily with the end o

f

a paper clip. This will

cause the unit to reset, similar to rebooting your PC. I

f

the problem

p

ersists, or if

y

ou are unsure of current settin

g

s (such as for

g

ettin

g

y

our a

d

ministration passwor

d

), press an

d

h

o

ld

in t

h

e Reset

b

utton

f

or 5 seconds. This will restore the

f

actory de

f

ault settings.

DC Input Connector. Connect the DC cable o

f

your included AC

2.

Ada

p

ter to the DC In

p

ut Connector.

U

SB-A Connector. Use this connector

f

or attaching a USB printer,3

.

U

SB ﬂ ash disk, or other USB stora

g

e device.

US

B-B

C

onnector.

U

se this connector to attach the NA

S

drive to 4

.

y

our com

p

uter via USB. Refer to “Which Interface: USB or Ethernet”

la

t

e

r in t

h

i

s

m

a

n

ual.

Ethernet Connector. If

y

ou

p

lan to use the Ethernet interface

5.

to connect to a LAN, then use this connector to attach to your

network e

q

ui

p

ment. Refer to “Which Interface: USB or Ethernet”

la

t

e

r in t

h

i

s

m

a

n

ual.

1 2 3 4 5

8

A

bou

t th

e

Har

d

Di

s

k

T

he NAS drive internal hard disk comes pre-

f

ormatted in three partitions.

T

he largest partition is pre-

f

ormatted in the FAT32

f

ormat and is available

f

or

y

our data stora

g

e throu

g

h either a USB or Ethernet connection. The

o

ther two partitions are in Linux EXT2

f

ormat and are used by the NAS

d

rive’s internal so

f

tware

f

or supporting the various networking

f

eatures o

f

th

e

p

ro

d

uct.

N

ote: Capacity

d

epen

d

ent on mo

d

e

l

. Your operating system ma

y

r

e

p

ort ca

p

acit

y

as

f

ewer

g

i

g

ab

y

tes. 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 b

y

tes.

Your

p

roduct’s hard drive is a com

p

lex electronic stora

g

e s

y

stem and

sh

ou

ld

b

e

h

an

dl

e

d

wit

h

care, as

y

ou mi

gh

t treat a sensitive

p

orta

bl

e

c

omputer or other state-o

f

-the-art consumer electronics product. Do not

s

ub

j

ect it to shock, hi

g

h tem

p

eratures, or stron

g

ma

g

netic ﬁ elds

.

L

ocatin

g

NAS Drive on Your Des

k

P

lace the NAS drive on a sturdy desk or table that is

f

ree

f

rom clutter

t

hat could block airﬂ ow around the unit. The drive is desi

g

ned to lie ﬂ at

o

n its rubber

f

eet, or may stand upright using the included stand. In

e

ither orientation take care not to block any air vents. I

f

using the upright

o

rientation, insta

ll

so t

h

at t

h

e ON/OFF

b

utton is at t

h

e to

p

.

Which Inter

f

ace:

USB or Et

h

ernet

?

I

n order to install and use your NAS drive, you need to decide which

i

nterface is better for

y

ou. With the ﬂ exibilit

y

of the NAS drive,

y

ou can

always change the inter

f

ace you want to use later, depending on your

application or computer environment. However, never attempt to connect

t

o

b

ot

h

USB-B an

d

Et

h

ernet at t

h

e same time.

T

o extend the useful life of

y

our NAS drive,

t

urn t

h

e unit OFF w

h

en not in use.

Caution: Do not connect to

b

ot

h

USB-B an

d

E

thernet connections at the same time

.

9

If

y

ou do not have LAN setu

p

, or

y

ou

p

rimaril

y

want to

p

rovide additional

stora

g

e to a sin

gl

e com

p

uter, t

h

en

y

ou s

h

ou

ld

consi

d

er USB as

y

our

inter

f

ace choice. Please re

f

er to the next section to learn how to install and

use

y

our NAS

d

rive usin

g

USB.

I

f

your PC is connected to a LAN over Ethernet (either wired or wireless),

and you primarily want to provide shared storage amongst two or more

com

p

uters on the LAN, then

y

ou should consider Ethernet as

y

our interface

choice. The

ﬁ

gure below provides one example o

f

a LAN con

ﬁ

guration.

As a cautionar

y

note,

pl

ease

b

e aware t

h

at

d

ata store

d

t

h

rou

gh

an Et

h

ernet

connection is store

d

in t

h

e same FAT32 partition t

h

at is accessi

bl

e t

h

roug

h

a USB-B connection. This is very convenient i

f

you want to temporarily move

y

our networ

k

d

rive to anot

h

er PC t

h

at is not connecte

d

to t

h

e LAN an

d

y

ou sti

ll

want to rea

d

ata store

d

on t

h

e

d

rive. Since most computers

h

ave

a USB port available, you can connect your drive using USB-B and have

access to

y

our

p

revious

ly

store

d

ata

.

On the other hand, i

f

you have private in

f

ormation that you have stored

usin

g

the

p

assword

p

rotection features within the NAS environment,

y

ou

ma

y

want to take s

p

ecial

p

recautions to

p

rotect this data from view durin

g

US

B-B connection.

For details about user

p

asswords and other network features,

p

lease

j

um

p

ahead

t

o

t

he

sec

ti

o

n

e

ntit

led

C

onnecting NAS

d

rive Using Et

h

ernet

to

learn how to install and operate your NAS drive using Ethernet.

10

C

onnecting NAS drive

U

s

i

ng US

B

Connecting your NAS drive to a USB host, such as a PC or Mac, is extremely

sim

p

le. Follow the ste

p

s below.

Note: I

f

your computer is running Windows 98 Second Edition, you

w

ill need some additional software that

y

ou can download from the

Verbatim web site. Re

f

er to the Getting Help section

.

Connect the included AC Adapter to the NAS drive, and then to a

1.

w

all outlet usin

g

the included

p

ower cord.

ress the ON/OFF button on the

f

ront o

f

the NAS drive.2

.

Finall

y

, connect the included USB cable

f

rom the USB-B

p

ort on 3

.

t

h

e NAS

d

rive to an avai

l

a

bl

e USB

p

ort on

y

our com

p

uter.

T

h

e NAS

d

rive wi

ll

mount automatica

lly

, an

d

a new icon wi

ll

4.

appear

i

n

M

y Computer (Windows) or a new icon will appear on

the deskto

p

(Mac).

Note: I

f

you are using a USB 1.1 port on your Windows computer, the

followin

g

cautionar

y

note ma

y

a

pp

ear on

y

our dis

p

la

y

: Hi-S

p

eed USB

Device p

l

ugge

d

into non-Hi-Spee

d

USB

h

u

b

. T

h

is

d

oes not in

d

icate a

p

roblem because the NAS drive is com

p

atible with both USB 1.1 and

USB 2.0

p

orts. Sim

ply

c

l

ose t

h

e messa

g

e an

d

p

rocee

d

. However, in t

h

is

case the NAS drive will operate only at USB 1.1 speeds.

Storing and Trans

f

erring Data via USB

Once

y

our

d

rive is connecte

d

to a com

p

uter via USB-B, it can

b

e accesse

d

and used like any other removable disk. You can drag

ﬁ

les to your unit’s

icon to copy them, navigate to your unit in Ope

n

or

S

av

e

dialog boxes, or

delete ﬁ les stored on

y

our unit. For information on co

py

in

g

, o

p

enin

g

, or

deleting

ﬁ

les, consult your computer’s documentation.

11

D

isconnectin

g

NAS drive from a PC or Mac Host

While connected using the USB-B inter

f

ace, your NAS drive is hot

-

swappable. It can be connected and disconnected without restarting your

com

p

uter. To disconnect

y

our drive at an

y

time,

p

erform the followin

g

steps. You can a

l

so

d

isconnect your

h

ar

d

rive at any time w

h

i

l

e your

computer is powered o

ff.

Note: Please be careful to follow the correct

p

rocedure when

disconnecting your unit. Simply unplugging the unit without

ﬁ

rst

f

ollowin

g

the instructions below ma

y

result in dama

g

e to

y

our unit and/

o

r l

oss

of

d

ata

.

For Windows

U

sers

:

If

y

ou have ﬁ les located on

y

our NAS drive o

p

en in an

y

1

.

app

l

ications, c

l

ose t

h

em

.

C

l

ic

k

t

h

e

2.

Unp

l

ug or Eject Har

d

war

e

b

utton in t

h

e System Tray

.

Select

y

our NAS drive from the menu that a

pp

ears

.

3.

After a moment, Windows will dis

p

la

y

a messa

g

e that

y

our

4.

hardware can be sa

f

ely removed

.

For Mac OS Users:

I

f

you have

ﬁ

les located on your NAS drive open in any 1

.

a

ppl

ications, c

l

ose t

h

em

.

Locate the icon for

y

our NAS drive on the deskto

p

, and dra

g

it to 2

.

th

e

tr

as

h

.

12

C

onnecting NAS Drive Using

E

t

h

ernet

Installing the NAS drive using Ethernet requires that you have an available

Ethernet

p

ort on a router or switch.

Before attempting to establish a connection to the network it would be

use

f

ul

ﬁ

rst to review some background in

f

ormation about how the NAS

d

rive

h

an

dl

es

d

ata over t

h

e networ

k

. Basic to t

h

is un

d

erstan

d

in

g

are t

h

e

f

undamental concepts o

f

user accounts and shared

f

olders.

A

bout NA

S

Drive

U

ser Accounts

The NAS drive kee

p

s track of data stored b

y

its network users b

y

mana

g

in

g

th

e

da

t

a

’

s

des

tin

a

ti

o

n

f

olde

r

(also re

f

erred to herein as a “shared

f

older” or

sim

p

l

y

a

“

s

har

e

”

). Furthermore, the NAS drive must kee

p

track of who ma

y

read from, and write to, each folder. It does this b

y

settin

g

u

p

use

r a

cco

un

ts

a

n

d

g

r

o

up

s

.

A group is a collection o

f

speci

ﬁ

c user accounts. When you

assi

g

n access

p

rivile

g

es to a new share

y

ou have the o

p

tion of either

makin

g

assi

g

nments for individual user accounts, or for an entire

g

rou

p

o

f

users at once by re

f

erring to the group’s name

.

The default factor

y

settin

g

s

p

rovide for two

p

re-deﬁ ned user accounts, each

w

it

h

t

h

eir own unique properties. T

h

ese user accounts are:

ad

min

•

guest-shar

e

•

Each of these two user accounts has an associated

p

re-deﬁ ned folder.

Th

e

n

a

m

e

of

th

e

fo

l

de

r i

s

th

e

sa

m

e

as

it

s

assoc

i

a

t

ed

use

r

accou

nt. Th

e

name “

g

uest-share” also ha

pp

ens to be

p

re-deﬁ ned as a

g

rou

p

name.

Additionall

y

, there is a

p

re-deﬁ ned folder called “

p

ublic” that initiall

y

is not

associated with any user account. These properties are summarized in the

table below

.

Pre-deﬁ ned Name Group User Account Folder (Share)

p

u

bl

ic

p

u

bl

ic

a

d

mi

n

a

d

min

ad

mi

n

g

uest-s

h

ar

e

@

g

uest-s

h

are

g

uest-s

h

ar

e

g

uest-s

h

are

13

Here are other initial

p

ro

p

erties of these

p

re-deﬁ ned

g

rou

p

s, accounts, and

sha

r

es

:

T

h

e

g

rou

p

@

g

uest-s

h

are contains two mem

b

ers, w

h

ic

h

are user

•

“

a

d

min” an

d

user “guest-s

h

are”.

Onl

y

user “admin” can access the share “

p

ublic”

.

•

The

f

older “guest-share” is a private

f

older

f

or user “guest-share”.

•

This means onl

y

user “

g

uest-share” can access this folder

.

The

f

older “admin” is a private

f

older

f

or user “admin”. This means

•

only user “admin” can access this

f

older

.

By using the web-based administration tool, you can modi

f

y these initial

p

ropert

i

es.

Before can

y

ou can be

g

in storin

g

data (other than as user “admin” or as user

“

guest-s

h

are”), you must use t

h

e we

b

-

b

ase

d

a

d

ministration too

l

to setup a

new user account that de

ﬁ

nes your User Name and Password. Furthermore,

y

ou have the o

p

tion to deﬁ ne other

p

ro

p

erties for

y

our user account. For

example, each user can optionally be given their own private

f

older, which

is automatically assigned the same name as that user’s User Name. A user

can a

l

so

b

e

g

iven rea

d

-on

ly

-

p

rivi

l

e

g

es, or rea

d

/write-

p

rivi

l

e

g

es, to ot

h

er

fo

l

de

r

s

o

n th

e

d

riv

e.

Connectin

g

the NAS Drive to Your LAN

Now that you have some understanding o

f

user accounts, you are ready

to connect your NAS drive to the LAN. Re

f

er to the illustration below and

follow these ste

p

s.

Ensure t

h

at

y

our LAN e

q

ui

p

ment is

p

owere

d

on an

d

t

h

at t

h

e LAN1

.

is operating properly.

We recommended that you

f

ollow the directions o

f

your LAN

2.

e

q

ui

p

ment to enable a D

y

namic Host Conﬁ

g

uration Protocol

(DHCP) server. This ma

y

be referenced in

y

our e

q

ui

p

ment’s

documentation as “Assign IP addresses automatically”.

Since you will administer the NAS drive settings using a web

3.

browser on

y

our PC or Mac, ensure that this PC or Mac is

p

owered

o

n

a

n

d

co

nn

ec

t

ed

t

o

t

he

LAN.

14

Connect the included Ethernet cable from the Ethernet

p

ort

4.

on t

h

e NAS

d

rive to an Et

h

ernet switc

h

(100 Base-T), a wire

d

or

w

ireless router, or a wireless access point.

Connect the included AC Adapter to the NAS drive, and then to a 5

.

w

a

ll

out

l

et.

Press the

O

N

/O

FF button on the

f

ront o

f

the NA

S

drive. The

6.

g

reen LED will come on to indicate that the unit is now

p

owered

o

n.

Wait for the NAS drive to boot u

p

and to auto-conﬁ

g

ure its7.

connection on the network. Depending on your particular LAN

con

ﬁ

g

uration and settin

g

s, this ma

y

take several minutes. The

followin

g

p

rotocols will be followed durin

g

auto-conﬁ

g

uration:

DHCP client is enabled b

y

default. So

y

our router or a

.

ot

h

er LAN equipment t

h

at is provi

d

ing t

h

e DHCP

service will automaticall

y

assi

g

n an IP address to the

NAS

d

rive an

d

com

pl

ete t

h

e networ

k

connection.

If no DHCP server is available on

y

our isolated network,

b.

t

h

en t

h

e auto-negotiation process wi

ll

procee

d

in one

o

f

two wa

y

s, de

p

endin

g

on whether Bon

j

our

p

rotocol

is ena

bl

e

d

or

d

isa

bl

e

d

. Bon

j

our

p

rotoco

l

is

b

ui

l

t-in to

recent Mac OS X systems, an

d

can a

l

so

b

e optiona

ll

y

installed on Windows s

y

stems.

A

pp

le Bon

j

our

p

rotocol is enabled b

y

i.

default. So if

y

ou are connectin

g

to an

i

solated Bonjour-enabled network and

n

o DH

C

P server is

p

resent,

y

our NA

S

15

drive will ne

g

otiate an address within the

Bon

j

our ran

g

e o

f

1

69.254.x.x

.

If

y

ou want

to determine the speci

ﬁ

c address within

t

h

is ran

g

e,

y

ou can use t

h

e networ

k

“

p

in

g

”

function to “ping sohonas” or “ping sohonas.

local”.

I

f

the NAS drive has been previously accessed

i

.

i

n or

d

er to

d

isa

bl

e Bon

j

our an

d

y

ou are now

connecting to a networ

k

wit

h

no DHCP server

p

resent, then a di

ff

erent auto-negotiation

takes

p

lace. In this case the NAS drive will

automatica

ll

y

l

aunc

h

its interna

l

DHCP server.

This will result in the NAS drive taking the

default IP address o

f

1

92

.16

8

.1.1 and

w

ill also assi

g

n addresses (in the ran

g

e of

1

92.168.1.2-50) to other DHCP clients on the

n

etwork .

After successfull

y

connectin

g

to

y

our network

y

ou will be 8

.

able to see the NAS drive on your network. Its de

f

ault name is

“

Sohonas” and it will be located in the network workgroup named

“

Wor

kg

rou

p

”. In Win

d

ows

g

o to M

y

Networ

k

P

l

aces / Entire

Network / Microso

f

t Windows Network / Workgroup, or in Mac

OS X go to Finder / Network / Workgroup. You can open the

device to see the followin

g

default folders:

a

d

min

c.

g

uest-s

h

ar

e

d.

p

u

bl

i

c

e.

T

h

ou

gh

y

ou are now rea

dy

to

b

e

g

in storin

g

d

ata on

y

our

d

rive, at t

h

is

p

oint

y

ou have only the two de

f

ault user accounts set up. To set up other user

accounts, and to conﬁ

g

ure other basic s

y

stem settin

g

s,

y

ou are ur

g

ed to

continue setu

p

usin

g

t

h

e we

b

-

b

ase

d

a

d

ministration too

l

d

escri

b

e

d

in t

h

e

n

e

xt

sec

t

io

n.

Web

-Ba

sed

A

d

mini

s

trati

o

n T

ool

The web-based administration tool is used to modif

y

all internal settin

g

s of

y

our NAS drive. It is accessed using your computer’s web browser (such as

Internet Ex

p

lorer or Netsca

p

e). To access the administration tool,

y

our PC or

Mac s

h

ou

ld

b

e on t

h

e same su

b

net as t

h

e NAS

d

rive.

16

A

dministration Logi

n

In most cases you need only to enter the de

f

ault hostname (i.e., “//sohonas”

f

or Windows, or “//sohonas.local”

f

or Bonjour) in your browser’s address

w

indow to access the administration tool. If for some reason the default

h

ostname was not assigne

d

to t

h

e NAS

d

rive’s IP a

dd

ress

d

uring auto

-

con

ﬁ

guration, then you can alternatively enter the NAS drive’s IP address

into t

h

e

b

rowser’s a

dd

ress win

d

ow

.

As described previously, your router or other network equipment will

have assi

g

ned the IP address automaticall

y

, or the drive will have taken

one of its default addresses (either a Bon

j

our address

169.254.x.x

o

r

x

the non-Bonjour address 192.168.1.1

)

.

I

f

your router assigns addresses

automaticall

y

our router’s manual will describe how to determine

y

our

d

riv

e

’

s

IP

add

r

ess.

A

f

ter your browser retrieves the initial web page

f

rom the NAS drive, the

browser window will

p

resent the followin

g

lo

g

in screen:

From this screen you must enter the

f

ollowing de

f

ault Username and

Passwor

d

:

U

sername: a

d

min

Passwor

d

: a

d

min

17

B

asic Settings for Initial Setu

p

Now,

f

rom within the administration tool per

f

orm the

f

ollowing steps

to de

ﬁ

ne the basic settings. For more advanced

f

eatures note that a

f

ull

descri

p

tion of all settin

g

s is

p

rovided later under “NAS Administration

R

efe

r

e

n

ce

”

.

C

lick on1

.

Q

uick Setu

p

to expand the selection group.

S

et Lan

g

ua

g

e, Passwor

d

, Hostname, IP A

dd

ress, an

d

Time

A s

p

ecial setu

p

wizard will lead

y

ou throu

g

h the conﬁ

g

urations

for user interface language, administrator password, hostname, IP

address, and time.

S

elect2

.

Wizard

.

Select your language pre

f

erence

f

rom the pull-down menu. The 3

.

selection “set from browser o

p

tions” will automaticall

y

set the

a

d

ministrator

l

anguage to t

h

e current

b

rowser

l

anguage setting.

I

f

the browser language is not supported in the administrator,

the default lan

g

ua

g

e of En

g

lish will be enabled. Press

Ne

x

t

o

co

nt

i

n

ue.

The next screen allows you to de

ﬁ

ne a new password

f

or the user

4.

“

admin”. I

f

you want to keep the current password, simply press

Ne

x

t

to a

d

vance to t

h

e next screen

.

18

The next screen allows

y

ou to deﬁ ne a new Hostname for the NAS5

.

drive. If

y

ou want to kee

p

the current Hostname, sim

p

l

y

p

ress

Nex

t

to advance to the next screen

.

The next screen allows you to select between automatic and static

6.

addresses for the NAS drive’s IP Address and Domain Name

System (DNS) a

dd

ress. It is recommen

d

e

d

t

h

at your networ

k

equipment be enabled to provide DHCP service, and that both

settin

g

s on this screen remain at the factor

y

settin

g

s

.

Alternativel

y

, if

y

our network re

q

uires that

y

ou deﬁ ne static

addresses, then you may enter them in the

f

orm provided

.

Pr

ess

Nex

t

o

co

ntin

ue

.

T

h

e next screen a

ll

ows you to manua

ll

y set t

h

e

d

ate an

d

time, or 7.

to use an available Network Time Protocol (NTP) server. It is use

f

ul

to set the correct date and time because time stam

p

s are used

in t

h

e various status

l

o

g

s t

h

at are

d

escri

b

e

d

l

ater in t

h

is manua

l

.

A

f

ter

ﬁ

lling in your selections, press

N

ex

t

.

The settings made in the previous steps are summarized on8

.

this screen for

y

our review. You ma

y

either

g

o back to edit

y

our

settings, or press

C

omp

l

et

e

to save t

h

e settings as s

h

own.

A

dd New

Us

er Accoun

t

Next setup a user account by selecting the

9

. Quick Setu

p

/

A

dd

U

se

r

b

utton.

19

Fill in the initial screen with a

U

ser Name and Password. It is

recommended that these ﬁ elds match the User Name and

Passwor

d

t

h

at t

h

is user norma

ll

y enters w

h

en

l

ogging into

Windows or to Mac

OS

X. The

U

ser Name must be lower-case

and ma

y

be a maximum of 20 al

p

hanumeric characters, without

spaces. T

h

e User Name must

b

egin wit

h

an a

l

p

h

a

b

etic c

h

aracter.

Note: If

y

our Windows username currentl

y

contains a s

p

ace character,

or begins with a number, you may want to modi

f

y your Windows

u

sername slightly so that it can

f

ollow the same

f

ormat required by the

NAS

d

rive. For Mac OS X user accounts,

y

our username is automatica

lly

saved without spaces as a

ﬁ

eld called “Short Name”. In this way the

“Short Name” alread

y

follows the format re

q

uired b

y

the NAS drive

.

Also

ﬁ

ll in the password. The password may be a maximum o

f

1

6 al

p

hanumeric characters, without s

p

aces. If

y

ou leave the

p

assword

ﬁ

eld blank, the NAS drive will accept this as a null

p

assword. This means that you will not need to

ﬁ

ll in any password

in the future when accessin

g

the NAS drive usin

g

this username.

A descri

p

tion of this user ma

y

o

p

tionall

y

be entered in the ﬁ eld

p

rovi

d

e

d

.

I

f

you want to create a private

f

older that only this network user

can access, then check the box marked “Create Private Folder”.

This folder cannot be accessed via the “admin” user account

or any other user account. The

f

older name will automatically

be given the same name as User Name. The path o

f

your newly

created

p

rivate folder will automaticall

y

be set to /mnt/IDE1.

T

h

ou

gh

in some environments t

h

e NAS

d

rive su

pp

orts a

q

uota

fea

t

u

r

e

th

a

t limit

s

in

d

ivi

dua

l

use

r

accou

nt

s

t

o

a

m

a

xim

u

m

a

m

ou

nt

o

f

storage space on the drive, this

f

eature is grayed-out and is

not selectable in the factor

y

default condition. This is because

the de

f

ault disk

f

ormat type FAT32 does not support the quota

f

unction. I

f

user account disk quotas are important to you, then

y

ou should consider reformattin

g

the drive to EXT2 or EXT3

f

ormat, as described later in section “NAS Administration

Re

f

erence”

.

When done with this

f

orm, press

Ne

xt to cont

i

nue

.

20

The next screen allows

y

ou to assi

g

n this user to an existin

g

10

.

g

rou

p

. As described above, the initial factor

y

settin

g

p

rovides for

the de

f

ault group named “@guest-share”. When done with this

form,

p

ress

Ne

x

t

to continue

.

The ﬁ nal screen for addin

g

a user allows

y

ou to assi

g

n access 11

.

p

rivileges to currently deﬁ ned shares. Of course, if you checked

“

Create Private Folder” in step (9), then read/write access has

automaticall

y

been

p

rovided to this user’s

p

rivate folder.

Thou

g

h the initial factor

y

settin

g

p

rovides for three default shares

(admin, guest-share, and public), only “public” is available

f

or

se

l

ec

ti

o

n

fo

r

access

t

o

n

e

w

use

r

accou

nt

s

.

When done with this

f

orm, press

C

omplete

.

Add

New Grou

p

ou ma

y

o

p

tionall

y

setu

p

a new

g

rou

p

. If

y

ou do not want to12

.

set u

p

a

g

rou

p

at t

h

is time,

y

ou ma

y

j

um

p

a

h

ea

d

to Ste

p

15

.

Be

g

in

g

rou

p

setu

p

by

se

l

ectin

g

t

h

e Quic

k

Setu

p

/ A

dd

Grou

p

button.

Fill in the initial screen with your group’s name. The group name

must be lower-case and ma

y

be a maximum of 20 al

p

hanumeric

c

h

aracters, wit

h

out spaces. T

h

e group name must

b

egin wit

h

an

alphabetic character. Press

Ne

x

t

to cont

i

nue.

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