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Edimax NS-1500n User Manual

Edimax NS-1500n User Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 Product Information…………………………………………………………………...5 1-1 Product Introduction……………………………………………………………………...5 1-2 Features…………………………………………………………………………………...5 1-3 Package Contents………………………………………………………………………..5 1-4 System Requirements……………………………………………………………………5 Chapter 2 Familiar with the NS-1500n…………………………………………………………...7 2-1 Back Panel………………………………………………………………………………..7 2-2 Front Panel………………………………………………………………………………..8 2-3 LED……………………………………………………...…………………………………9 Chapter 3 Device Installation……………………………………………………………………10 Chapter 4 Status………………………………………………………………………………….14 4-1 Status…………………………………………………………………………………….14 4-2 Log………………………………………………………………………………………..16...
  • Page 3 8-6 Shared Folders………………………………………………………………………….46 8-7 Add/Edit Shared Folder………………………………………………………………...47 8-8 Browse Dialog………………………………………………………………………..49 8-9 Easy Send……………………………………………………………………………….51 Chapter 9 BT Download………………………………………………………………………….52 9-1 Add BT Torrent………………………………………………………………………….54 9-2 Advanced Setting……………………………………………………………………….56 Chapter 10 Web/FTP Download………………………………………………………………...57 Chapter 11 Download Manager…………………………………………………………………59 11-1 Start Download Manager……………………………………………………………..59 11-2 Search for Storage Server……………………………………………………………59 11-3 Login Storage Server………………………………………………………………….60 11-4 Manage Download Items……………………………………………………………..61 11-5 Add a Download Item…………………………………………………………………63...
  • Page 4 17-1 Login the Storage Server……………………………………………………………99 17-2 Use the file server……………………………………………………………………101 17-3 Setup NetDisk Explorer……………………………………………………………..103 17-4 Use tools of NetDisk Explorer………………………………………………………104 17-5 Logout the Storage Server………………………………………………………….104 17-6 Exit the NetDisk Explorer……………………………………………………………104 17-7 Easy Send…………………………………………………………………………….105 17-8 Easy Send History…………………………………………………………………...107...
  • Page 5 Copyright by Edimax Technology Co, LTD. all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this company.

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Product Information

    Chapter 1 Product Information 1-1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing this Wireless 11n Compact Storage Server. This Compact Storage Server lets you easily share your files in your network. Simply plug your external hard disk to the Compact Storage Server, connect the LAN port to your network, and do some basic settings, and you're ready to share files.
  • Page 7 Performance Notes: We've packed a lot of neat functionality into a small, affordable package with this Wireless 11n Compact Storage Server. Here are some notes regarding the performance of your device. For the best disk performance, please follow the wizard to format your disk into either FAT32 or EXT2 file system.

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Familiar With The Ns-1500N

    Power Jack Release/Reset to default Button 1) LAN Port You should connect the LAN port of the NS-1500n to your hub/switch, or one LAN port of your router etc. 2) Power Jack Plug the power adapter of the NS-1500n. 3) Release/R.T.D Button Press this button release it immediately, the system will release the external USB hard disk attached to the storage server.

  • Page 9: Front Panel

    2-2 Front Panel USB Port 1) USB Port The USB port allows you to share your files stored in the USB mass storage device plugged in. Note: Please plug the external power of your USB mass storage devices before you connect them to the storage server.

  • Page 10: Led

    2-3 LED LAN LED Storage LED WLAN LED On the top of the NS-1500n there are LEDs, which show the status of the NS-1500n. Below is the list of each LED and its description. Light Description Status Plugged USB mass storage device is ready for file...

  • Page 11: Chapter 3 Device Installation

    This is a step-by-step instruction on how to start using the NS-1500n 1. Plug your USB hard disk to the USB port of the NS-1500n. If your USB hard disk has external power adapter, please make sure that the external power adapter is plugged and is supplying power to your USB hard disk.
  • Page 12 6. The default IP address of the NS-1500n is 192.168.2.5. The PC to setup the NS-1500n should be in the same subnet as the NS-1500n. If the IP address of your PC is not in the range of 192.168.2.1~254, please modify the Windows IP address of your PC as following diagram.
  • Page 13 7. Once the IP address of your PC is in the same subnet of the NS-1500n, enter the URL of default IP address http://192.168.2.5 (default IP address of the NS-1500n) into your PC‟s web browser and press <enter>. If you have modified the IP of the NS-1500n by some way, for example, by using the Windows-based Storage Server Wizard utility, please use the new IP of the NS-1500n.
  • Page 14 When you see the screen below, you are ready to setup the storage server.

  • Page 15: Chapter 4 Status

    Chapter 4 Status 4-1 Status This page displays the status and basic information of the NS-1500n. Parameter Description System Time Current system time. MAC Address The MAC address of this storage server. Firmware Version The version of storage server firmware.
  • Page 16 Status The status of wireless connection Mode The wireless connection mode. SSID The SSID of wireless network. Channel The channel number of wireless network. Security The security type of wireless connection. BSSID The BSSID of the wireless interface.

  • Page 17: Log

    4-2 Log This page displays the log information of the Storage Server. Parameter Description Logs are categorized into several types. Please select a suitable Type type of log that you want to check. You can enter key words here and click “Search” to let the Key Words system searches all log information that contain the key words.

  • Page 18: Notification

    4-3 Notification This page lets you to setup e-mail account that the storage server will use to send notification e-mail to you when the status of the storage server changes. You can assign two e-mail addresses (primary and secondary) for notification. Both e-mail boxes will receive the notification messages.
  • Page 19 Password The password required by SMTP server. The password required by SMTP server. It should be the same Confirm Password with the password above. The subject of the e-mail notification messages sent by the E-mail Subject storage server. The language of the content of the e-mail notification messages E-mail Language sent by the storage server.

  • Page 20: Chapter 5 Quick Setup

    Chapter 5 Quick Setup Quick Setup will guide you through the basic settings of the storage server step by step. When you click “Quick Setup” in the left menu, a Quick Setup window will pop up. Note: If this is the first time the USB mass storage device is used in the storage server, the storage server will automatically erase old partitions and data in the USB mass storage device and re-create partition and format the USB mass storage device.
  • Page 21 Click “Cancel” to abort the Quick Setup. Any modified settings during this Quick Setup session will not take effect. If you select “Auto-Build Disks & Create Shared Folders” or “Clear & Rebuild All Disks”, the data in the hard disk drive will be ERASED. The following page let you to confirm it or abort the erasing operation.

  • Page 22: Password

    5-2 Password Enter the new password of storage server. A valid password should consist of 0~30 alphanumeric characters. The “New Password” and the “Confirm Password” should be the same. Click “Prev” to go to the previous step of Quick Setup. Click “Next”...

  • Page 23: Network

    5-3 Network Setup the IP address and DNS address of the storage server. You can manually assign IP address or let the storage server to obtain IP address from DHCP server automatically. Click “Prev” to go to the previous step of Quick Setup. Click “Next”...

  • Page 24: Storage Server Name

    5-4 Storage Server Name Assign a name to the storage server. A valid storage server name consists of 4~15 case sensitive alphanumeric and underline characters. Click “Prev” to go to the previous step of Quick Setup. Click “Next” to go to the next step of Quick Setup. Click “Cancel”...

  • Page 25: Turn On Functions

    5-5 Turn on Functions Select functions that you want to turn on. Click “Prev” to go to the previous step of Quick Setup. Click “Next” to go to the next step of Quick Setup. Click “Cancel” to abort the Quick Setup. Any modified settings during this Quick Setup session will not take effect.

  • Page 26: Time Zone

    5-6 Time Zone Select the time zone of your location. During this configuration, the storage server will synchronize its time with your computer and remember it. After this configuration, the storage server will also automatically try to synchronize its time with public time server in Internet every time when it restarts.

  • Page 27: Apply Settings

    5-8 Apply Settings After you click “Apply” in the confirmation page, the following page will display and the Quick Setup will start to apply the settings to the storage server. It will take several minutes to apply the settings. After the Quick Setup settings values are applied, the storage server will restart and the following page will display.
  • Page 28 Click “Finish” after the storage server restarts.

  • Page 29: Shared Folders Automatically Created By Quick Setup

    5-9 Shared Folders Automatically Created by Quick Setup Quick Setup will automatically create some shared folders for you. The shared folder names and their usage are listed as follows:  Public_USB1: You can access “Public_USB1” anonymously with reading and writing privilege by FTP and Windows My Network Places (Samba).

  • Page 30: Chapter 6 Basic

    Chapter 6 Basic The basic configurations include the Time Zone and Password setup pages. 6-1 Time Zone The Time Zone allows this storage server to base its time on the settings configured here. This will affect functions such as update time of files stored in this storage server. Parameter Description Select the time zone of the country you are living.

  • Page 31: Password

    6-2 Password You can change the password required to log into the management GUI of the storage server. By default, the password is “1234”. Please change the password as soon as possible, and store it in a safe place. Password can contain 0 to 30 alphanumeric characters, and are case sensitive.

  • Page 32: Chapter 7 Network

    Chapter 7 Network The Network configurations include LAN and WLAN settings. 7-1 LAN The LAN configurations include the IP address and DNS settings. A Domain Name System (DNS) server is like an index of IP addresses and Web addresses. If you type a Web address into your browser, such as www.router.com, a DNS server will find that name in its index and reply the matching IP address.
  • Page 33 This is optional. You can enter another DNS server‟s IP address Secondary/Third DNS Address as a backup. The secondary/third DNS will be used when the (optional) above DNS server fails. Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations.

  • Page 34: Wlan

    7-2 WLAN The WLAN configurations make the storage server connect to a wireless network through an access point or peer to peer connection. You can protect your wireless network by WEP or WPA security. Parameters Description You can select “Auto”, Enable” or “Disable” to Enable/disable the wireless function.
  • Page 35 enabled. If you use any access point to build up wireless network, you have to select “Infrastructure Mode”. If you do not have any Mode access point and want to use peer-to-peer connection to build up wireless network, you have to select “Ad-Hoc Mode”. You can use “Site Survey”...

  • Page 36: Site Survey

    7-3 Site Survey The site survey table will list the available access points and peer-to-peer networks near the Storage Server. Select an access point or peer-to-peer network in the list and click “Done”. If you cannot find the access point or peer-to-peer network that you want to use, click “Refresh”...

  • Page 37: Security - Wep

    7-4 Security – WEP Parameters Description You can select “64 bit” or “128 bit” length for the encryption key. Key Length Longer key length can provide stronger security but worth communication performance. If the key length is 64-bit, enter 10-digit Hex values or 5-digit ASCII values as the encryption keys.

  • Page 38: Security - Wpa Pre-Shared Key

    7-5 Security – WPA Pre-Shared Key Parameters Description TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key WPA (TKIP) every 10,000 packets. This insures much stronger security than the standard WEP security. AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information and it is the most advanced WPA2 (AES) solution defined by IEEE 802.11i for the security in the wireless...

  • Page 39: Wps (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)

    7-6 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) Before using WPS function to let your storage server get wireless LAN settings from the access point of your wireless network, you have to make sure that your access point has WPS function enabled and is in “Registrar” mode and pincode for WPS is not required. After starting WPS session on your access point, you have to finish WPS setting before session time out.

  • Page 41: Chapter 8 File/Ftp Server

    Chapter 8 File/FTP Server The File/FTP server configurations include the Users, Groups, Server Settings, Shared Folder and Easy Send setup pages. 8-1 Users Users setup is used to add/edit users of File/FTP server. Parameters Description Click “Add” and fill the information of the Add a New User page to add a new user for File/FTP server.

  • Page 42: Add A New User

    8-2 Add a New User Parameters Description The name of this user. The allowed characters are „a-z‟, „A-Z‟, „0-9‟ User Name and „_‟. Note: The user name should be unique and should not be the same with any other user name and group name. Description The description of this user.

  • Page 43: Groups

    8-3 Groups Groups setup is used to add/edit groups of File/FTP server. You can add one or more users to a group. Parameters Description Click “Add” and fill the information of the Add a New Group page to add a new group for File/FTP server. You can select any group in Groups list and click “Edit”...

  • Page 44: Add A New Group

    8-4 Add a New Group Parameters Description The name of this group. The allowed characters are „a-z‟, „A-Z‟, „0-9‟ Group Name and „_‟. Note: The first character of group name should be „a-z‟ or „A-Z‟. Note: The group name should be unique and should not be the same with any other user name and group name.

  • Page 45: Server Settings

    8-5 Server Settings This storage server supports CIFS (Samba) and FTP protocols. Samba lets you share files stored in the storage server via My Network Places. FTP lets you share files stored in the storage server through Internet. Note: The maximum file size of a single file is 2GB if the partition type is FAT16; the maximum file size is 4GB if the partition type is FAT32 or NTFS;...
  • Page 46 connection without SSL/TLS protection. If you select “Allow FTP clients with or without SSL/TLS”, then the FTP server will receive connection from clients in both ways. Click <Save> to save the configurations.

  • Page 47: Shared Folders

    8-6 Shared Folders You can add/edit shared folders settings here. The shared folders can be shared by FTP and My Network Places. Parameters Description Click “Add” and fill the information of the Add/Edit Shared Folder page to add a new shared folder. You can select any shared folder in Shared Folders list and click Edit “Edit”...

  • Page 48: Add/Edit Shared Folder

    8-7 Add/Edit Shared Folder Parameters Description Folder Name The name for shared folder that shows in My Network Places on client computer. Click on “Browse” to select the folder to be shared. If you select “Share all folders in storage”, the storage server will create a share item for each partition of all currently attached storages.
  • Page 49 FTP. Click <Save> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations..

  • Page 50: Browse Dialog

    8-8 Browse Dialog When you click the “Browse” button, you can see the following popup screen that shows all the attached USB mass storage devices. Please select a storage device from left panel, the right bottom panel will show the folders in this storage device. Choose the folder you want to share, and click “Submit”...
  • Page 51 8-9 Easy Send Easy Send let you easily send files to everyone including person without a user account of the storage server. Every time when you send a file, the storage server will automatically generate a randomly encoded download address (in text, like a URL) of the file for you. You can send the download address to the recipients by e-mail, messengers and other ways.

  • Page 52: Easy Send

    Easy Send system and the storage space limitation for each Easy Send user. Easy Send will refuse to send new files for you if the total size of your sent files reaches the limitation. Easy Send Easy Send History list information of all sent files. History Click this button to read the details of sent file.

  • Page 53: Chapter 9 Bt Download

    Chapter 9 BT Download This storage server supports BT (stands for BitTorrent) peer-to-peer file download function. You can let this storage server download files via BitTorrent protocol without switching your computer on. You can also see all downloading BT items here. Please make sure the storage server has enough remaining storage space to save the download files.
  • Page 54 Note: The max number of BT download items is 32...

  • Page 55: Add Bt Torrent

    9-1 Add BT Torrent After you click „Add Torrent‟ button, you‟ll be prompted to provide the location of a torrent file and the folder to save the downloaded files. Parameters Description Please specify the location of .torrent file. You can provide the Internet URL of a .torrent file (for example: http://www.torrentfile.com/files/movie.torrent), upload a .torrent file from your PC, or browse and select a .torrent file stored in the storage...
  • Page 56 Click this button to add the BT Download job to the list. Reset Reset all fields in this page to default value. Cancel Cancel adding a new BT Download job and return to previous page.

  • Page 57: Advanced Setting

    9-2 Advanced Setting After you click “Advanced Setting” button, the BT Download Advanced Setting page will show. You can set the port number used by BT, bandwidth control, maximum active download number and enable/disable DHT here. Parameters Description Listening ports The port range BT listening to during downloading.

  • Page 58: Chapter 10 Web/Ftp Download

    Chapter 10 Web/FTP Download This storage server supports downloading file from Web and FTP server, so you can download large file from Web or FTP server without keeping your computer switched on. Except for this Web GUI, you also can use the Windows-based Download Manager utility to manage the download items.
  • Page 59 This field is optional. Please input the server‟s username here if the User Name server requires it. This field is optional. Please input the server‟s password here if the Password server requires it. Click this button to add the download job above to the download list and start downloading.

  • Page 60: Chapter 11 Download Manager

    Chapter 11 Download Manager If you have installed the Storage Server Wizard utility, the Download Manager will also be installed. (For the details of Installation, please refer to Quick Installation Guide) The Windows-based Download Manager utility can automatically search for storage servers and let you manage the web/FTP/BT download items.

  • Page 61: Login Storage Server

    11-3 Login Storage Server The Download Manager will prompt you for the login information of the storage server for connecting to the storage server. Parameters Description If you select a storage server from the list in the previous step, then this is the address of the selected storage server and you cannot Address modify it.

  • Page 62: Manage Download Items

    11-4 Manage Download Items After you login, the main window of Download Manager will pop up as following picture. There are two major parts in the window. The BT Download part is to manage the download items of BT, the Web/FTP Download part is to manage the download items of Web/FTP.
  • Page 63 The status of each download item is displayed by foreground and background color as the following picture. All download items with error or pause state are in gray background color; other download items are displayed with white background color. All trying or downloading items are displayed with blue words;...

  • Page 64: Add A Download Item

    11-5 Add a Download Item When you click “Add” button of BT Download, the following window will pop up. You can assign a torrent of BT download item here. You can upload a torrent file from your PC or just enter the Internet address (URL) of the torrent file. If you provide an Internet address of the torrent file, the storage server will download the torrent file from the Internet address first and then download the files you want according the content of the downloaded torrent file.
  • Page 65 If you are using Microsoft IE to surf the Internet and find a link of an interesting file that you want to download, you can click the right button of your mouse on the link and the following menu will pop up. Select “Download with Download Manager”, then the download job will be added to Download Manager automatically and the downloaded files will be saved in default path on the storage server.
  • Page 66 If the download job cannot be added to the Download Manager immediately when you are adding a download job from IE or Windows Explorer, this may due to the storage server or the Download Manager are busy, the following window will pop up. This window will keep displaying before the download job is successfully added into Download Manager.

  • Page 67: Main Menu

    11-6 Main Menu There are “Operation” and “Settings” menu in the main window of Download Manager. You can select “Operation  Refresh Download List” to let Download Manager refresh both download lists. If you select “Operation  Log Out”, the Download Manager will disconnect current storage server and the following Select Server window will pop up.

  • Page 68: Tray Icon

    11-7 Tray Icon After you login the storage server, the tray icon of Download Manager will display as follows. When you close the main window of Download Manager as the following picture, the Download Manager is still executing in the background and the tray icon of Download Manager is still displaying.

  • Page 69: Chapter12 Itunes Server

    Chapter 12 iTunes Server iTunes is a popular and powerful multimedia player, and supports streaming media. If you have media files supported by iTunes, you can share these file by iTunes server and let other computers or iTunes-compatible media players play these media files online. Parameters Description You can enable or disable iTunes Server here.
  • Page 70 Parameters Description You can protect this iTunes server by password, so only iTunes clients who know this password will be able to share media files. By selecting “Disable”, everyone in your network will be able to Protect by access your media files, and if too many users are accessing the password media files at the same time, iTunes server may respond slower or even stop responding.
  • Page 71 If you want to discard all settings listed in this page, click this button to Back return to previous page. Click this button to save all settings in this page. You‟ll be prompted to Save restart the iTunes server, so all changes you made in this page will take effect after restarting.

  • Page 72: Chapter 13 Media Server

    Chapter 13 Media Server The media server of this storage server allows you to share your media files to DLNA compliant media adapters and players through network. Parameters Description You can enable or disable media server function here. Click “Save” to Media Server keep changes or “Cancel”...

  • Page 73: Chapter 14 Surveillance

    Chapter 14 Surveillance Surveillance let you record live video from IP camera. You can schedule the recording or record live video manually. Parameters Description Select Enable or Disable and click “Save”. Enable/Disable Surveillance Click “Add IP Camera” and a wizard will guide through the procedure of setting the IP camera.

  • Page 74: Add/Edit Ip Camera

    14-1 Add/Edit IP Camera A wizard will step by step guide you through all the settings of IP camera. You can click “Search Local IP Cameras” to search your local network for all IP cameras and select the IP camera to add in the list. You can click “Add Manually” if you have already known the address of the IP camera.

  • Page 75: Basic Information Of Ip Camera

    14-3 Basic Information of IP Camera You can edit basic information of IP camera in the first step and click “Next” to move to the next step of setting. Parameters Description IP Camera Assign a name for the IP camera. Name IP Camera Select the model of IP camera from the list.

  • Page 76: Video Information Of Ip Camera

    14-4 Video Information of IP Camera You can edit video information of IP camera and click “Next” to move to the next step of setting. Parameters Description Video Format Select the video format of IP camera. Frame Rate Assign the speed (frames per second) of the recording. Video Provide the width and height (in pixels) of the IP camera resolution.

  • Page 77: Recording Settings

    14-5 Recording Settings You can edit the settings of recording parameters and click “Next” to move to the next step of setting. Parameters Description Click “Browse” to select the folder to store the recorded video of IP Storage Path camera. Max Storage Assign the maximum size (in mega bytes) of storage space used to Size...

  • Page 78: Schedule Settings

    14-6 Schedule Settings You can setup the recording schedules in the final step of setting and click “Save” to save and apply the settings. Parameters Description Enable schedule Check this item to enable schedules below. of this IP camera One-off task You can select start time and end time of each one-off task.

  • Page 79: Chapter 15 Tools

    Chapter 15 Tools The storage server provides several management tools, including Storage Tools, Storage Status, USB Copy, Config Tools, Firmware Upgrade and Reset. 15-1 Storage Tools You can use the Storage Tools to manage the partition and format of the storage devices. Note: When you use the Storage Tools to partition or format the hard disk drive, the system will stop all service first.
  • Page 80 Note: The data originally stored in the partitions will be erased after they are removed. You can click “Reset” to reset selection in partition list. Reset...

  • Page 81: Check & Fix Disk

    15-2 Check & Fix Disk Check & Fix Disk can check and fix the file system error of the hard disk drive. Before start up, a warning window will pop-up to inform you that this action may damage your data. Click “OK”...
  • Page 82 Click “Apply” to submit the check and fix task. Apply Click “Report” to read the reports of check and fix tasks. Report...

  • Page 83: Auto Partition & Format

    15-3 Auto Partition & Format This function will build partition and format the attached storage device according to the following rules. Note: The data originally stored in the attached storage device will completely disappear after you doing “Auto Partition & Format” even you stop it before the job is finished. Note: It creates a single partition with the size of the whole USB mass storage device.

  • Page 84: Add A Partition

    15-4 Add a Partition You can create a new partition in the attached storage device and format it. Parameters Description Size of the The total free space that can be assigned to this new partition. Space New Partition You can assign the size of the new partition. Size The Storage Tools will format the new partition.

  • Page 85: Storage Status

    15-5 Storage Status This page shows the status of all attached storage devices. Parameters Description Unplug You can click this button to unplug the external USB mass storage device. If the LED of the USB port is off, you can safely detach the USB mass storage from this storage server.

  • Page 86: Configuration Tools

    15-6 Configuration Tools The Configuration Tools allow you to save (backup) the storage server‟s current settings. Saving the configuration provides an added protection and convenience when there‟re some problems with the storage server, and you have to reset to factory default to solve the problem.

  • Page 87: Firmware Upgrade

    15-7 Firmware Upgrade This page allows you to upgrade the storage server‟s firmware Click “Next” to go to the upload firmware file page. Parameters Description This tool allows you to upgrade the storage server‟s system firmware. To upgrade the firmware of your storage server, you need Firmware Upgrade to download the firmware file to your local hard disk, and enter that file name and path in the appropriate field on this page.

  • Page 88: Reset

    15-8 Reset You can reset the storage server‟s system when there‟s something wrong with the storage server. The reset function will reboot your storage server. Parameters Description In the event that the system stops responding or stops functioning, you can perform a reset. Your settings will not be changed. To perform the reset, click on the “Reboot”...

  • Page 89: Chapter 16 Storage Server Management Wizard

    Chapter 16 Storage Server Management Wizard Storage Server Management Wizard is a Windows client utility for the storage server. It step-by-step guides you through the setup of the storage server. 16-1 Login the Storage Server Select “Start  All Programs  Storage Server  NetDisk Explorer” to execute NetDisk Explorer.
  • Page 90 Type the password and click “Next” to login the Storage Server that you want to configure. (The default password is “1234” if you never change it. The window of Storage Server Management Wizard will show after you successfully login the storage server. You can click “Quick Setup”...

  • Page 91: Quick Setup

    16-2 Quick Setup Quick Setup is a wizard which can guide you through the procedure of formatting hard disk drive, network setup, user setup and application setup. After doing Quick Setup, you can start using the storage server. Please refer to “Quick Installation Guide” of the storage server for details.
  • Page 92 In the pop-up window which shows the extension function name, click “Next” to confirm installation. You have to wait for several minutes until the installation is completed.
  • Page 93 When you see the following pop-up window showing the successful installation message, the installation is completed. Click “Next” to finish it. The installed extension function will be listed in the installed program list as follows.

  • Page 95: Remove Extension Function

    16-5 Remove Extension Function You can remove installed extension function by Storage Server Management Wizard. After clicking “Extension Functions” in the Storage Server Management Wizard, the following extension function management window will show. All installed extension functions will be listed in the installed program list. To remove an extension function, select the extension function to remove in the list and click “Uninstall”.
  • Page 96 When you see the following pop-up window showing the successful uninstallation message, the uninstallation is completed. Click “Next” to finish it.

  • Page 97: Upgrade Firmware

    16-6 Upgrade Firmware After clicking “Upgrade Firmware” in the Storage Server Management Wizard, the following select firmware file window will show. You can consult your provider of storage server for any available new firmware. The firmware is a file with “.bin” extended file name. Select the firmware file (.bin file) and click “Open”.
  • Page 98 The upgrade will take several minutes. You SHOULD NOT turn off the power of the storage server during the upgrade. If you turn off the power of the storage server during upgrade firmware, the storage server may fail and you may not be able to start it successfully any more.

  • Page 100: Chapter 17 Netdisk Explorer

    Chapter 17 NetDisk Explorer NetDisk Explorer is a Windows client utility for the storage server. It provides a friendly user interface for you to upload or download files between your PC and the storage server. You can manage your file and folders on the storage server. 17-1 Login the Storage Server Select “Start ...
  • Page 101 Parameters Description If you select a storage server from the list in previous step, the address is automatically set. Address If you select “Enter the address manually” in previous step, then you have to enter the address of your storage server here. User Name The user name of your account.

  • Page 102: Use The File Server

    17-2 Use the file server When you see the following NetDisk Explorer main window after login, you can start to use the storage server. The left part display the disk information of the storage server. The upper half of NetDisk Explorer lists the contents of the shared folders that you can access of the storage server.
  • Page 103 Click this button to paste a folder under the current selected folder. Click this button to delete the current selected folder. Click this button to refresh the list of folders. Click this button to send the selected folder/file by Easy Send. Please refer to the section of “Easy Send”...

  • Page 104: Setup Netdisk Explorer

    17-3 Setup NetDisk Explorer You can select “Setting  Setting” in the menu to setup the NetDisk Explorer. When setting window pop-up, you can edit the settings of NetDisk Explorer. Parameters Description If you check it, NetDisk Explorer will remember your account and password for this storage server.

  • Page 105: Use Tools Of Netdisk Explorer

    17-4 Use tools of NetDisk Explorer There are two tools of NetDisk Explorer, Easy Send and Download Manager. You can execute these tools by selecting the items of “Tools” in the menu. 17-5 Logout the Storage Server If you want to logout the storage server, select “Log Out  Log Out This Server” in the menu.

  • Page 106: Easy Send

    17-7 Easy Send Easy Send let you easily send files to everyone including person without a user account of the storage server. Every time when you send a file, the storage server will automatically generate a randomly encoded download address (in text, like a URL) of the file for you. You can send the download address to the recipients by e-mail, messengers and other ways.
  • Page 107 There are two links for each file to send. One is for the recipient to download from the Internet (the prefix is “ftp://”) and another one is for the recipient to download from the local network (the prefix is “\\”). For example, when I send a file Setup.exe by Easy Send, the links are as follows.

  • Page 108: Easy Send History

    17-8 Easy Send History You can check the history of Easy Send sent files by selecting “Tools  Easy Send History”. Easy Send History window will pop-up. Easy Send History list all files sent by you. If you want to delete a sent file, just select it in the list and click “Delete”. The file will be removed from the Easy Send system and the recipients will not be able to download the file any more.
  • Page 110 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
  • Page 111 computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment. EU Countries Intended for Use The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

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