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  • Page 2 NAS Drive Kit User’s Manual ADS Technologies, Inc. www.adstech.com Tech Support: (562) 926-4338 http://www.adstech.com/support/support.asp - 1 -...
  • Page 3 ADS is a registered trademark of ADS Technologies Inc. ADS Technologies (ADS) makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The information furnished within this written document is for information purposes only and is subject to change without notice.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Content Introduction Features Contents Front and Rear Panel IP Protocol Setup Hard Disk Installation Quick Setup Wizard Setup the NAS Drive Kit Home Page Home Networking SuperUser/Password IP Filter MAC Filter Administration, Restart System Format HD Factory Default, Firmware Upgrade...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Power On, LAN Activity and Drive Activity. Smart Wizard The NAS Drive Kit comes with a convenient Setup Wizard tool that will assist you set up the device in your Network setting. The Setup Wizard provides an Auto-detection tool, Pre-defined user settings and Auto-configuration.

  • Page 6: Features

    Features • 10/100Mbps Ethernet port (Auto MDI/MDIX supported) for network connection • WEB-based User Interface • Supports ATA/ATAPI-6 HD • Supports all 3.5” IDE HD up to 400GB with EXT3 file format. • Built-in FTP server for FTP client • Built-in BitTorrent Client •...

  • Page 7: Contents

    Contents Thank you for purchasing this product. Before you move on, please verify your package contains the following items: NAS Drive Kit enclosure (Hard Disk not included) Power Cord Power Supply Adapter (12V, 3A) Installation CD LAN cable (not shown)

  • Page 8: Front And Rear Panel

    Front Panel Power Button Use the Power button in the front panel to start your NAS Drive Kit. Make sure you follow the instructions on installing the Hard Disk, connecting to an appropriate Power Outlet and connecting to your network before anything else.

  • Page 9: Ip Protocol Setup

    Configuring the network protocols In order for the NAS Drive Kit to be properly detected, it is recommended that your PC is correctly configured on your Network. The PC should either have a Static IP address or have the IP assigned by your Router via DHCP Client enable.
  • Page 10 How to configure the TCP/IP network protocol in Windows 98SE or Windows Me: Click on Start-> Settings-> Control Panel-> Network. Click “TCP/IP -> (Your Ethernet Adaptor)” then click Properties. - 9 -...
  • Page 11 Click IP Address and click on “Specify an IP Address”. Type in the IP address. State the subnet mask to be 255.255.255.0. Click OK and OK. Now, the system may ask for your Windows disc, follow the steps then restart your computer. - 10 -...
  • Page 12 How to configure the TCP/IP network protocol in Windows 2000: Click on Start-> Settings-> Network and dial-up connections. Choose local area Connection and click Properties. - 11 -...
  • Page 13 Click on Internet protocol (TCP/IP) then click properties. Select “use the following IP address”. State the subnet mask to be 255.255.255.0. Click OK and OK then restart your computer. - 12 -...
  • Page 14 How to configure the TCP/IP network protocol in Windows XP: If you are in Classic Start menu view, click Start->Settings->Control Panel->Network Connections. If you are in Start menu view, click Start->Control Panel->Network Connections. Double click “Local Area Connection” Choose Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) then click Properties and then click ‘Use the following IP Address’.
  • Page 15 Key in the IP Address that you chose earlier. The subnet mask is entered automatically on Windows XP. Click OK. Now, the IP setting of your PC is completed. - 14 -...

  • Page 16: Hard Disk Installation

    – WARNING – Do NOT use a Hard Disk that already contains data. If you do, ALL data will be lost after the Hard Disk is initialized. How to Connect Your Hard Disk with the NAS Drive Kit: 1. Loosen the two screws on the rear panel with a screwdriver 2.

  • Page 17: Quick Setup Wizard

    NAS Drive Kit Quick Setup Wizard The Quick Setup Wizard provides an installation guide that starts from the LAN cable connection to the Hard Disk Initialization process. Please follow the steps below. Starting the Quick Setup Wizard: Insert the provided Installation CD into your CD-ROM Drive. The Auto-run application should automatically start.
  • Page 18 - Connect the NAS Drive Kit to the Hub/Router by using the LAN Cable provided. - Once the LAN cable is plugged, check to make sure that the LAN LED in the NAS Drive Kit is ON.
  • Page 19 Step3: Click “Next” to start the Express Setup Wizard The following screen will display the progress of the NAS Drive Kit configuration. Select the Device you are going to setup then Click “Next” - 18 -...
  • Page 20 Footnote: 1. The Setup Wizard will try one more time to reach the NAS Drive Kit by changing the IP address of the NAS Drive Kit. To do that, please click “Next” to let the Setup Wizard attempt access one more time.
  • Page 21 5. You can change the IP address for the NAS Drive Kit to another IP address once you have completed the Setup Wizard configuration. 6. If you change the IP address for the NAS Drive Kit, you will need to run the Quick Setup Wizard one more time to make sure the Shortcuts have the correct address link.
  • Page 22 Note: If an un-formatted hard disk is installed, you will not be able to click the “Access My NAS Drive Kit” Shortcut. But you will still be able to manage the NAS Drive Kit by clicking “Setup my NAS Drive Kit”. Only after the Hard Disk has been formatted using the utility tools, you will be able to use the “Access My NAS Drive Kit”...

  • Page 23: Setup The Nas Drive Kit

    Setup the NAS Drive Kit To configure the NAS Drive Kit through your computer with a web browser installed. Please double click the “Setup my NAS Drive Kit” icon on your desktop. A User name and Password is required. Enter admin in the User Name location (default value).

  • Page 24: Home Page

    Home Page The NAS Drive Kit is managed via a web-based GUI (Graphical User Interface) that can be accessed with a standard HTML (HTTP v1.0) compliant browser. We recommend you use the latest version of Internet Explorer. HD Format The first thing you need to do is Format the hard drive to make it accessible. Click Administration then select HD Format.
  • Page 25 Note: The “Share” folder will be created automatically in the NAS Drive Kit and can be accessed by all users as default. 2. You can enter the “All/Power/Guest” for the Username and password. Ex.: Username: all Password: all Note: As a default configuration, two folders are automatically created on the NAS Drive Kit Hard Drive: a Share folder and a WEB folder.

  • Page 26: Home

    Home Status Host name: this is how the NAS Drive Kit will be identified in “My Network Neighborhood” IP-address: the current IP address of the NAS Drive Kit Version: device Firmware Version (release date) Configuration Click the shortcut to access the specific management page.
  • Page 27 To view detail information about the NAS Drive Kit, select “Click here for more information…” • Host name: this is how the NAS Drive Kit will be identified in “My Network Neighborhood” • IP Address: the current IP address of the NAS Drive Kit.

  • Page 28: Networking

    Host Name Setting Item Function Host Name Name of the NAS Drive Kit device as it is identified in “My Network Neighborhood” Work Group Enter the name of the Workgroup this NAS Drive Kit belongs to. Description Provides a description of the NAS Drive Kit. (i.e. Data Share Storage, Shared Audio, Shared documents, etc…)
  • Page 29 Function DHCP Enable Select Yes to enable DHCP client in the NAS Drive Kitt. Select No to disable DHCP client. IP Address Current IP address of the NAS Drive Kit Subnet Mask Subnet Mask, based on network configuration Gateway Router IP address or Gateway IP address or leave blank...

  • Page 30: Superuser/Password

    Configure the administration User Account and Password. The user name/password is used to access the Web-based UI to Setup the NAS Drive Kit. Item Configuration SuperUser name Username of the NAS Drive Kit administrator to access the Web-based UI (default: admin) Old Password Enter your old password here (default: admin)

  • Page 31: Ip Filter

    The IP Filter functionality provides access management by IP address filtering. There are three modes for configuration: Disable: Disable the IP Filter function. All IP addresses are allowed to access the NAS Drive Kit. Allowed: Setup the IP addresses that are allowed access to the NAS Drive Kit. Only the configured IP addresses have the right to access the NAS Drive Kit.

  • Page 32: Mac Filter

    Disable: Disable the MAC Filter function. All MAC addresses are allowed access to the NAS Drive Kit. Allowed: Setup the MAC addresses that are allowed access to the NAS Drive Kit. Only the configured MAC addresses have the right to access the NAS Drive Kit.

  • Page 33: Administration, Restart System

    • Configure the System Time • Support the correct code pages in SAMBA for character set Restart System To Restart the NAS Drive Kit, Click “Yes”. Don’t Power off the device before the system restart been completed. - 32 -...

  • Page 34: Format Hd

    To format the Hard disk, click “Yes” to start, 2 confirmation windows will be displayed. Click “YES” on both windows to continue. Please patiently wait for the format proceeding. Do not power off the NAS Drive Kit or close the browser.

  • Page 35: Factory Default, Firmware Upgrade

    Factory Default To restore NAS Drive Kit to default configuration, click “Yes” to start. Don not power off the device during this process. Firmware upgrade To upgrade the Firmware, Click Browse… Select the downloaded Firmware updating. Click Apply Caution: Don’t power off the device or the device will be damaged.
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  • Page 37: System Time, Character Set

    1. Select “Character Set” then insert the Installation CD provided 2. Click Browse, select the CD-ROM drive in the pop-up window, 3. Locate the folder \Software\ADS Tech\App\Unicode 4. Select the file “ntx_chset.h” and then click Open on the browser 5. Click the Save to enable Unicode.

  • Page 38: Share, User Configuration

    Share Configure the Users access and Folders folders on the NAS Drive Kit. User configuration On this page, you can add/ remove users or configure the user properties. Add User Click Add button to add a new user Enter the User Name, New password, Confirm the password and User description Note: In Windows 98SE or ME, we suggest using the existing Username and password, if you already have one.
  • Page 39 Change the User configuration Click the User Name link, for example, User1 2. Enter the New Password; confirm New Password, and User Description to change the settings. Delete User To remove a User account: 1. Check the box of the User you want to delete. 2.

  • Page 40: Folder Configuration

    Folder Configuration On this page, you can add or delete folders and setup user authentication. Add Folder To add a new Folder: 1. Click Add button 2. Enter the Folder Name and Description 3. Click Apply to Save Delete Folder To remove a folder and the files within the folder 1.
  • Page 41 Change the User Authentication of a folder In this management page, you can configure the access level for each user, i.e. reading or rewriting files and folders in NAS Drive Kit. Three access levels are available for each user: Non-access...
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  • Page 43: Ftp, Ftp Configuration

    The NAS Drive Kit supports FTP functionality allowing users access to upload or download files via FTP software. FTP Configuration Click FTP Configuration, to set up the configuration such as user limitation, Service port number, Length for timeout, and anonymous user restriction...

  • Page 44: P2P, Bittorrent Configuration

    Get a Torrent File: The BitTorrent download is triggered by Torrent files (formatted as “File name.torrent”). Place the Torrent files in a folder within the NAS Drive Kit (i.e. Create a folder named “P2P” and place the Torrent files in this folder) Create a folder in the NAS Drive Kit to place the data you are going to download.

  • Page 45: Download Configuration

    Enable BitTorrent: Choose Yes to enable the BitTorrent download or choose No to disable. Download Folder: Select a folder that is in the same root for the Torrent files. Note: To download successfully, please make sure that the torrent files and the target folder for download data are in the same folder location (i.e.: if you places the Torrent files in “P2P”...
  • Page 46 Max Rate (Down/UP): maximum download/upload speed. To add new downloading tasks: 1. To add a new download task, first place the Torrent files in the folder you specified as the download folder. Click Add, and select the torrent file from the list to add to the queue. 2.
  • Page 47 3. Specify the folder for placing downloaded data then click next. Please verify that the folder should be within the folder you place Torrent files. 4. Check the download environments then click Apply to finish the procedures: Below are the available configurations: Listen Port: the port number of the P2P program.
  • Page 48 5. To terminate a download task, click on the check box of that file, and then click Inactive. You can also click on the hyperlink of the torrent file name to check the properties of the task. - 47 -...

  • Page 49: Web Server

    (i.e. 192.168.1.1:8080, when the IP address of the NAS Drive Kit is 192.168.1.1 and the port number of the web server is configured as 8080) Note: For WAN users to get access to the FTP or WEB server, you should link the NAS Drive Kit to a - 48 -...
  • Page 50 FTP server you configured. (i.e. If the IP address of your NAS Drive Kit is 192.168.0.103, the FTP is configured to Port 21 and the Web Server configured to Port 80, you should add these settings to your Router to make accessible for WAN users.

  • Page 51: Application

    IP address. One User For Multiple users, The NAS Drive Kit provides a convenient way for file sharing and backup by using “My Network Neighborhood” All you have to do is connect the NAS Drive Kit with your switch or Router to access the device.

  • Page 52: Backup

    If you want to backup one Drive, i.e. C:\, select the drive by clicking the check box in front of the drive letter. Select the NAS Drive Kit as the destination for the backup file. Type a name for this backup job and Click start.

  • Page 53: Faq & Trouble Shooting

    Answer: You may need to RESET the device and then run the Quick Setup Wizard again. For the best result, make sure you wait until the NAS Drive Kit is fully booted. When you see that the POWER LED and the LAN LED are both ON, and not blinking, then the NAS Drive Kit has completed its boot up process.
  • Page 54 The system is down. Reboot the system with Web-based UI or press the Default Button to restore the factory default setting and reboot. 8. I use the NAS Drive Kit as a Web/ FTP server, but the users that are outside the LAN can’t access it.
  • Page 55 The Hard Drive is un-formatted. Please format the Hard Drive with the HD Format tool in Administration. 14. I use NAS Drive Kit as a Web/ FTP server, but the users that outside the LAN can’t access Answer: To use NAS Drive Kit as a FTP server without fixed IP or domain name, please setup your DDNS and Port Mapping of router (IP Sharing) first.
  • Page 56 Answer: Check the LAN LED of the NAS Drive Kit, and make sure that it’s Green. Re-start the NAS Drive Kit using the Administration interface or press and hold the RESET Button on the back of the NAS Drive Kit to restore the Factory default setting and reboot. - 55 -...

  • Page 57: Specification

    NAS Drive Kit Specification: Standard: IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u Support Protocol: TCP/IP, HTTP, SMB, FTP Concurrently connected Users: Samba: Five Users / FTP: Five Users Interface: One 10/100Mbps RJ-45 Ethernet port One Default Button Connection speed: 10/100Mbps Support Hard Diskette: IDE 3.5”...

  • Page 58: Services, Return/Replacement & Warranty

    2. The RMA number is valid for 30 days. 3. Ship the product to the ADS factory with the RMA number marked on the inside and outside of the package. If there is no RMA number on the package or the RMA number has expired, the shipment will be refused.

  • Page 59: Fcc & Ce Information

    ADS. If your ADS product is not in working order, your only recourse is repair or warranty replacement, as described above. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES will ADS Technologies, Inc. be liable for consequential damages, including but not limited to any lost savings, lost profits, or any other damages, caused by the use of any ADS Technologies, Inc.

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