ADS Technologies NAS-806-EF Instruction Manual

Personal server
Hide thumbs Also See for NAS-806-EF:

Advertisement

FCC Certifications
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 when the equipment is
operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with
the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful
interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at
his own expense.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference received; including interference that
may cause undesired operation.
CE Mark Warning
This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic
compatibility, EN 55022 class B for ITE, the essential protection requirement of
Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member
States relating to electromagnetic compatibility.
Company has an on-going policy of upgrading its products and it may be possible
that information in this document is not up-to-date. Please check with your local
distributors for the latest information. No part of this document can be copied or
reproduced in any form without written consent from the company.
Trademarks:
All trade names and trademarks are the properties of their respective companies.
Copyright © 2004, All Rights Reserved.
Document Version: 2.0

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading
Need help?

Need help?

Do you have a question about the NAS-806-EF and is the answer not in the manual?

Questions and answers

Subscribe to Our Youtube Channel

Summary of Contents for ADS Technologies NAS-806-EF

  • Page 1 FCC Certifications 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 when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENT INTRODUCTION...3 Key Features ... 3 UNPACKING INFORMATION...4 HARDWARE GUIDE...5 Front Panel... 5 Power Button... 5 LEDs Definition... 5 Rear Panel ... 5 IP PROTOCOL SETUP ...6 HARD DISK INSTALLATION...13 QUICK SETUP WIZARD ...15 MANAGEMENT GUIDE ...23 ETUP THE ERSONAL ERVER Home Page ...
  • Page 3 TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE ...53 SPECIFICATION ...55...
  • Page 4: Introduction

    Introduction Powerful and Easy Easily fit your data sharing and storage demand, this Personal Server features with compact, economical and powerful NAS (Network Attached Storage), especially suitable for your small business, SOHO (Small Office or Home Office) or personal requirement and it’s highly integrated to work as your Web Server, FTP server.
  • Page 5: Unpacking Information

    Unpacking Information Thank you for purchasing this product. Before you move on, please verify your package contains the following items: One Personal Server (Hard Disk not Included) One Power adapter One QIG One Utility/Manual CD-ROM Rubber foot x 4 Screws for HD Fastening x 4...
  • Page 6: Hardware Guide

    Hardware Guide Front Panel Power Button To activate the Personal Server, Press this Power button after connecting the device to an appropriate power outlet with the provided power cord. To power off, press the button for two seconds until Power LED start to blink.
  • Page 7: Ip Protocol Setup

    IP Protocol Setup Configuring the network protocols For users to launch the device easily, we provide a convenient Express Setup Wizard, which detects the Personal Server automatically in your LAN. To function the Wizard correctly, please make sure that your PC DOES NOT obtain IP address automatically or the Wizard will not be able to initialize the setup procedure according to your network settings.
  • Page 8 How to configure the TCP/IP network protocol Windows 98/Me: 1. Click on Start-> Settings-> Control Panel-> Network. 2. Click “TCP/IP -> (Your Ethernet Adaptor)” then click Properties.
  • Page 9 3. Click IP Address and click on “Specify an IP Address”. 4. Type in the IP address. State the subnet mask to be 255.255.255.0. 5. Click OK and OK. Now, the system may ask for your Windows disc, follow the steps then restart your computer.
  • Page 10 How to configure the TCP/IP network protocol Windows 2000: Click on Start-> Settings-> Network and dial-up connections. Choose local area Connection and click Properties.
  • Page 11 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.
  • Page 12 How to configure the TCP/IP network protocol Windows XP: 1. 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. 2. Double click “Local Area Connection” 3. Choose Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) then click Properties and then click ‘Use the following IP Address’.
  • Page 13 4. 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. Please refer to the following guide to finish the Hard Disk installation and Express setup wizard.
  • Page 14: Hard Disk Installation

    Hard Disk Installation Install a hard disk drive in the Personal Server. Loosen the two screws on the rear panel with a screwdriver. Screws Grab the front panel and pull the foundation out of the case. Please make sure that the HD jumper should be located for Master operation mode. Note that the jumper locations differ from each HD;...
  • Page 15: Power Connector

    Push the power connector into the power socket of HD that shown below. The power cable is designed to go in one way, please check the shape for the correct installation. Secure the Hard Disk with the provided screws Push the Hard disk and HD holder back into the case and secure it with the two screws Power Connector...
  • Page 16: Quick Setup Wizard

    Quick Setup Wizard The Quick Setup Wizard provides an installation guide from cable attaching to the initialization of management. Please follow up the steps below to proceed. Note: If you’ve run the wizard before and there is currently any existing shortcut for accessing/ managing the device, please delete them to run the Quick Setup Wizard successfully.
  • Page 17 Step1: Activate The Utility software Click “ Quick Setup Wizard” to activate the setup utility. The startup Manu: Please Click “Next” to continue. Welcome page...
  • Page 18: Lan Connection

    Step2: Connect the power cord and network cable. Connect the connector side of the power cord to the AC socket located on the rear panel. Connect the power cord to an appropriate outlet. Press the power button to activate the Personal Server and confirm that the device is well powered by examining the LEDs on the front panel.
  • Page 19 Step3: Scan network HD in your network Click Next to proceed the Personal Server scanning. Click next to proceed the Personal Server scanning HD scanning, please wait…...
  • Page 20 Select the Device you are going to setup then Click “Next” The Setup Wizard will take different actions according to the status of the Personal Server: Reachable Status The PC that runs the Setup Wizard currently cannot access this Personal Server with the present network settings.
  • Page 21 Setting…. Please note that how the two shortcuts function. Please refer to next page for further introduction. Click “OK” to setup your Personal Server by Web-based UI or Click Cancel to Continue.
  • Page 22 After the auto installation, there should be two shortcuts created on your desktop. “Setup My Personal Server” is created for users to access the embedded management web pages “ Access My Personal Server” is the Link to access the shared folder in the Personal Server. Please follow the statement below as the Personal Server accessing guide.
  • Page 23 To Access this HD, Double click the “Access my Personal Server” icon to access the HD and double click a folder. The authentication window pops up. Please fill in the user name and password to get access to folders. The device provides three default accounts for users to read/writes folders in different authority levels: All=Read/Write (The account is allowed to Read/Write all the folders in Personal Server)
  • Page 24: Management Guide

    Management Guide Setup the Personal Server To configure the Personal Server via your computer with a web browser installed. Please follow up the steps below. Double click the “Setup my Personal Server” icon on your desktop screen The Username and Password Required window appears. - Enter admin in the User Name location (default value).
  • Page 25: Home Page

    Home Page The Personal Server is managed via a web-based graphical user interface (GUI) that can be accessed with a standard HTML (HTTP v1.0) compliant browser. The Home page...
  • Page 26: Home

    Home Status Host name: the Identification of the Personal Server shows on “My Neighborhood” IP-address: the IP address of the Personal Server Version: the Firmware Version Configuration Click the hyper link of each management items to quick link to each management page.
  • Page 27 Status Detail To see more info about the Personal Server, such as HD used (%), Up-time, samba users, and FTP users, please click the “Click here for more information…” IP Address: The current IP address of the Personal Server. HD used (%): the usage percentage of HD (Total amount of HD) Up-time: the estimate time that you power the Personal Server on Version: The current firmware version of the Personal Server.
  • Page 28: Networking

    Networking The Networking management provides users to do the setup of Host Name, IP Address, SuperUser/Password and the IP/MAC filtering function. After setting, the Personal Server will be shown on “My Neighborhood”. Host Name Item Configuration Host Name Identification of the Personal Server shown on your “My Neighborhood” Work Group The workgroup this Personal Server is located Description...
  • Page 29: Ip Address

    IP address Item Configuration DHCP Enable Click Yes to enable the Personal Server as a DHCP client. Click No to disable. IP Address IP address of the Personal Server Subnet Mask The Subnet Mask must be compatible with the other devices on your network Gateway Enter the Router or Gateway IP on your network or leave it blank...
  • Page 30: Superuser/ Password

    SuperUser/ Password You can setup the administration User Account/Password in this page. The user name/ password is used to access the Web-based UI to Setup the Personal Server. Item Configuration SuperUser name Username of the Personal Server administrator to access the Web-based UI Old Password Enter your old password here...
  • Page 31: Ip Filter

    IP Filter The IP Filter functionality provides access management by IP address filtering. There are three modes for configuration: 1. Disable: Disable the IP Filer function. All IP addresses are allowed to access the Personal Server. 2. Allowed: Setup the IP addresses that are allowed to access the Personal Server. Only the configured IP addresses have the right to access the Personal Server.
  • Page 32: Mac Filter

    MAC Filter The MAC Filter functionality provides access management by MAC address filtering. There are three modes for configuration: 1. Disable: Disable the MAC Filer function. All MAC addresses are allowed to access the Personal Server. 2. Allowed: Setup the MAC addresses that are allowed to access the Personal Server. Only the configured MAC addresses have the right to access the Personal Server.
  • Page 33: Administration

    Administration In this page, you can manage the Personal Server with the tools to: Restart the system Format the Hard disk Restore the default setting, Update the latest Firmware Adjust the system time Support the correct code pages in SAMBA for character set Restart System To Restart the Personal Server, Click “Yes”...
  • Page 34: Format Hd

    Format HD When this massage “HD Unable to use” is found in “HD used (%)”, it represents that your Hard disk is one whole new unformatted Hard disk or your HD is not formed as EXT3 format. You will have to format the HD or replace a HD with EXT3 format Caution: All partitions on your HD will be format and all your DATA will be erased.
  • Page 35: Factory Default

    Factory Default To restore Personal Server to default configuration, click “Yes” to enact. Don’t power off the device during the process. Firmware upgrade To upgrade the Firmware, Click Browse… Select the file for Firmware updating. Click Apply Caution: Don’t power off the device or the device will be damaged.
  • Page 36: System Time

    System Time 1. If your system is not connected with Internet, Click “Time Sync” to synchronize the current time with PC. 2. If your system is connected with Internet, you can use “Time Server” and select “Time Zone” to do time synchronization. Please remember to click “Save”. The correct time will be applied by next boot.
  • Page 37: Share

    Share On Share page, you can manage the Users and Folders on the Personal Server. User configuration On this page, you can add/ remove users or configure the user properties. Add User 1. Click Add button 2. Enter the User Name, New password, Confirm password, User description Note: If you want to add a account for a user that use Windows 95, 98 or 98se, please use their respective username for their operation system as their username for the device.
  • Page 38 4. Choose the default folder for the user. 5. Click Apply to save Change the User configuration 1. Click the User Name link, for example, all 2. Enter the New Password; confirm Password, and Description to change the setting...
  • Page 39 Delete User Remove the certain user account to ban the right from accessing the Personal Server 1. Fill in check boxes to select users that you want remove. 2. Click Delete to remove...
  • Page 40: Folder Configuration

    Folder Configuration On the page, you can add folders, delete folders and setup the authentication of users. Add Folder To add a new Folder for file sharing: 1. Click Add to add a new Folder 2. Enter the Folder Name and Description 3.
  • Page 41 Change the User Authentication of folder In this management page, you can configure the authority levels for each user, ex reading or rewriting files and folders in Personal Server. Three privilege modes are provided for each user: Non-access The User is not allowed to access the folder Read-only The user is allowed to read files only in this folder Read&write...
  • Page 42: Ftp

    The Personal Server support FTP functionality for users to access and up/download files with 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 Items Meaning Maximum Unit...
  • Page 43: P2P

    The device provides you P2P downloading with embedded BitTorrent client. To process downloading, please refer to the following procedures: 1. Get a Torrent File: The BitTorrent download is triggered by Torrent files (formatted as “XXX.torrent”). 2. Locate those Torrent files in a folder within the Personal Server.(EX, Create a folder which named “P2P”...
  • Page 44: Bittorrent Configuration

    BitTorrent Configuration The configuration of BitTorrent can be setup here, fill in the settings in each blank then press apply to activate. Please refer to the following instructions to configure: Enable BitTorrent: Choose Yes to enable the BitTorrent download or choose No to disable.
  • Page 45: Download Configuration

    Download Configuration This page is provided for users to enact a download task and also shows the downloading information. The explanations for each item is shown as following: 1. Sel: The check box for users to select the desired download task. 2.
  • Page 46 To add new downloading tasks: 1. To add a new download task, place Torrent files in the folder you specified as the download folder. Select the files that waiting for download then click add. 2. Select the files for download then click next 3.
  • Page 47 4.Check the download environments then click Apply to finish the procedures: The meanings for each item is listed as follows: Listen Port: The port number of the P2P program. Time to Leave: The allowed time to process a download task. The task will be terminated as the time passed.
  • Page 48 5.The proceeding task and the relative information will be shown on the downloading column. Select a file in the check box then click Inactive if you want to terminate a download task. You can also click on the hyperlink of the torrent file name to check the properties of the task.
  • Page 49: Web Server

    WEB Server Administrator WEB Server: The Administration port is the port for accessing the Web-based management interface. As default, the Port 80 is configured as the Administrator WEB Server Port. WEB Server: The WEB server allows users to construct a Website by HTML format. To activate the WEB server, click “Yes”...
  • Page 50 To access the Web Server: The address for linking the WEB server is the IP address of the personal server with the port number added after by a colon. (Ex, Use 192.168.1.1:8080 when the IP address of the personal server 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 personal server to a router with appropriate configuration.
  • Page 51: Application

    Application There are several applications for the Personal Server. For one user or one single PC, you can backup your important files from your PC. For Multiple users, The Personal Server provides a convenient way for file sharing and backup by using “My Neighborhood”...
  • Page 52 4. Select “Back up My Computer” to backup your whole system or “Back up Selected files, folders and Driver”. If you want to backup C:\, select “Back up Selected files, folders and Driver” 5. If you want to backup one Drive, ex. C:\, select the drive by click the check box in front of the drive letter.
  • Page 53 Download The Personal Server provides more convenience for P2P downloading. The Scheduler functionality allows users to set up the time for downloading hence enables users to avoid downloading files in bandwidth rush hours. Also, after giving a download command, users are allowed to download files without keeping your PC powered on.
  • Page 54: Trouble Shooting Guide

    Trouble Shooting Guide 1. How to shut down the Personal Server properly? Ans. To shut down the System properly, press the Power button on the front panel for two seconds until Power LED blinks then go off. 2. The Quick Setup Wizard can’t configure My Network setting. Ans.
  • Page 55 6. I can’t access the Personal Server with the shortcuts created by Quick Setup Wizard. Ans. Check answers in Question 5 first. You may change the IP Address of the personal server, you may create new shortcuts by: 1. Key in \\( IP address of Personal Server) in URL then copy the shortcut in the URL to your desktop.
  • Page 56: Specification

    Specification Standard IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u Support Protocol TCP/IP, HTTP, SMB, FTP Support 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 One removable 3.5” external HD (ATA) Diagnostic LEDs Power: On/Boot or Shutdown (Green/Blinking) LAN: Ethernet Act/Link (Green)

Table of Contents