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T E C H N O L O G I E S
NAS Adapter
Model: NASU2
User Manual
FCC Warning Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital
device pursuant to Part 15 of the 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. If not installed and
used in accordance with the instructions, it may cause har mful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If the equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment on and off, the user
is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following
suggestions.
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
Increase the distance between the equipment and the receiver
Connect the equipment to a different power outlet other than the one where receiver is
connected
Consult a certified television or radio technician
1.0
Key Features
Convert any USB 2.0 / 1.1 mass storage device into a Network Attached
Storage device
Great for adding Addonics Storage Tower, Storage Rack or any
Addonics USB storage device onto the network
USB port can be use to power most 2.5" USB hard drive or any low
power USB devices
Connect a USB printer to share it over the network
One Fast Ethernet 10/100Mbps port
Can be set as a DHCP server or client depending on whether a DHCP
server is present
Support Samba server, by which the server hosts 64 clients on line
Support FTP server allowing up to 8 FTP users at the same time
Built-in Bit torrent client to download files directly off the internet onto
the attached USB storage device
UPnP AV server can be used to share photo/music files stored on the
file server with XBOX 360 video game consoles connected to the LAN
Supports USB 2.0 / 1.1 specification.
User Management capability to allow read only or read/write access to
folders
Administrative management access via web browser with password
security.
Compatible with Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac 10.5.4 and above, and
Linux 2.6.x and above
The NAS adapter is a flexible, economical and powerful unit for your Network.
Follow the instructions to help you connect, setup, and configure it.
Note:
Any external USB storage device that you connect to the NAS
adapter must be first initialized and formatted. This means that if
you are connecting an external USB drive with data on it, you will
need to make a backup of this data and transfer them back to the
USB drive after the drive finishes the formatting by the NAS
adapter.
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- Page 1 Addonics T E C H N O L O G I E S NAS Adapter Model: NASU2 User Manual FCC Warning Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
- Page 2 Network Environment There are 3 different setup conditions you can choose: A. Setup NAS Adapter as a DHCP Client: If your NAS adapter is connected to a LAN network with an active DHCP server, it will obtain an IP address from DHCP server automatically. B.
- Page 3 Status Provide the basic information for NAS Adapter. Identification You can change and modify your host, group name and password from this page. Click “Apply” to save the setting. Host name: This is used to identify your device on the network. If you prefer a different name, type in the new name and click “Apply”...
- Page 4 IP Configuration By default, “IP Config” is set to “Automatic IP”. This will allow the NAS adapter to obtain its IP address automatically. If you prefer setting it manually, select the static IP option, enter your own value and click “Apply” to confirm the new setting.
- Page 5 SMB Server SMB server allows you to share data or files through the network LAN. When a USB storage device is connected, a default Public folder is available to be shared among Guest users. A default Guest user is also created. Note: Only use English alphabet for folder names and no special characters when creating new folders.
- Page 6 Type “User1” and password to login. Now you have set up the folder that you wish to share on your NAS adapter. This folder can be access from other computer on your local network. How to modify account password Select “User1” and then click “Modify”. Enter new password then click “Apply”...
- Page 7 FTP Server Remember to “Enable” the FTP service on the status page, when you plan on using the FTP server. FTP server Configuration: The standard port for FTP service is 21. If required, you can change it from any port between 1025-65500. But in general, we recommended using the default port of 21.
- Page 8 XBOX 360 Media Server The Media server can be used to share your photo and music files stored on the NAS adapter with an X-BOX360 video game console from Microsoft. Before you start, make sure both devices are connected to the same local network and turned on.
- Page 9 Inside the share folder, you can access your picture or music files, depending on which mode you are currently using. Select the files you would like to see or to listen, and start playback. Printer Server Install printer driver, (for example. if Epson PL-6200L Printer is connected to the NAS adapter, you must install PL-6200L driver into the computer first.) After driver installation, click “Start”...
- Page 10 Connect USB printer to NAS adapter. Your network environment should be similar with diagram below: Select “Local printer” and click “Next” to continue. Select “Create a new port type of port:” then choose “Standard TCP/IP Port” then click “Next” to continue. Enter the NAS adapter IP address then click “Next”...
- Page 11 Select “LPR” under protocol, and give a queue name eg:LRxxx; select LPR Byte Counting Enabled then click “OK” to finish the port setting. 8. Click “Finish” to complete TCP/IP printer setup. Note: The NAS adapter printer server does not support GDI/Host-based printers.
- Page 12 Select “Bit Torrent” and select the “Download Path” you wish to use. Then click “Apply” to save setting. (DO NOT change path setting while performing BT download, otherwise downloading jobs will disappear) Server Port range can be from 6881 to 65535. (6881 is default setting) Type an upload speed limit: 0= unlimited upload speed, and 4 KB is minimum speed.
- Page 13 Mac installations (Mac 10.5.4 or above) Open the Mac browser “Safari” and key-in the host name of the NAS adapter (for example, “Storage-0000”). It will detect the NAS adapter automatically. How to setup SAMBA in Mac OS X 10.5.4 Click “Go” on the toolbar, and select ”Network” as the screenshot shown below.
- Page 14 How to Map your NAS Adapter to your system. Showing NAS Disk Drive in network Press “Start” button on Windows desktop Press “Search” Select Folders Select Computer or people Select a computer on the network and a new window will appear. Key in the host name, (For example “storage-xxxx”) in the “Computer name”...
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