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Page 1 NSA-220 Plus Network Storage Appliance User’s Guide Version 1.00 12/2008 Edition 2 Color: Black / White DEFAULT LOGIN Web Address nsa220plus Password 1234 www.zyxel.com...
Page 3: About This User's Guide
• Supporting Disc Refer to the included CD for support documents. • ZyXEL Web Site Please refer to www.zyxel.com for additional support documentation and product certifications. User Guide Feedback Help us help you. Send all User Guide-related comments, questions or suggestions for improvement to the following address, or use e-mail instead.
Page 4: Document Conventions
“k” for kilo may denote “1000” or “1024”, “M” for mega may denote “1000000” or “1048576” and so on. • “e.g.,” is a shorthand for “for instance”, and “i.e.,” means “that is” or “in other words”. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 5 Document Conventions Icons Used in Figures Figures in this User’s Guide may use the following generic icons. The NSA icon is not an exact representation of your device. Computer Notebook computer Server Television Firewall Router Switch Internet NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 6: Safety Warnings
• Do NOT obstruct the device ventilation slots, as insufficient airflow may harm your device. This product is recyclable. Dispose of it properly. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
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Page 9: Table Of Contents
Groups ............................. 153 Shares ............................. 157 Maintenance and Protecting Data ..................165 Maintenance Screens ......................167 Protecting Your Data ....................... 181 Troubleshooting and Specifications .................. 183 Troubleshooting ........................185 Product Specifications ......................197 Appendices and Index ......................205 NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 10 Contents Overview NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 11: Table Of Contents
2.5.3 My NSA Configuration Screen ................... 39 2.5.4 My NSA Edit Share Screen ..................40 2.5.5 Share and Folder Names ................... 41 2.5.6 Share Paths ....................... 41 2.5.7 Password Screen ...................... 42 2.6 Administration Screens ....................... 43 NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 12 4.1.2 What You Need to Know About System Settings ............81 4.2 The Server Name Screen ....................82 4.3 The Date/Time Screen ....................... 83 Chapter 5 Storage............................. 85 5.1 Overview ..........................85 5.1.1 What You Need to Know About Storage ..............85 NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 13 7.4.5 Configuring Your General Download Preferences ........... 116 7.4.6 Download Service Notification ................. 117 7.4.7 Protecting Your Network and NSA When Using BitTorrent ........118 7.5 The Web Publishing Screen ....................120 7.5.1 Web Publishing Example ..................121 7.5.2 Web Publishing ......................122 NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 14 9.1.1 What You Can Do in the Groups Screen ..............153 9.2 The Groups Screen ......................153 9.2.1 Adding or Editing a Group ..................155 9.2.2 Group Names ......................155 Chapter 10 Shares ............................ 157 10.1 Overview .......................... 157 NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 15 12.2.1 Configuration File Backup and Restoration ............181 12.2.2 Memeo Autobackup ....................182 Part V: Troubleshooting and Specifications ........183 Chapter 13 Troubleshooting........................185 13.1 Troubleshooting Overview ....................185 13.2 Power, Hardware, Connections, and LEDs ..............185 NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 16 Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions ........221 Appendix C Common Services .................... 229 Appendix D Open Source Licences ..................233 Appendix E Legal Information ....................263 Appendix F Customer Support ..................... 265 Index............................271 NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 17: List Of Figures
Figure 33 FTP Example: Enter the Password ..................55 Figure 34 FTP Example: Logged In ......................55 Figure 35 My NSA User Login ....................... 56 Figure 36 Share Browsing ........................56 Figure 37 Download Link Example ......................57 Figure 38 Copy Shortcut ........................58 NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 18 Figure 78 Copy Tutorial: Auto Upload to Flickr ..................74 Figure 79 FTP Uploadr Tutorial ......................74 Figure 80 FTP Uploadr Tutorial: Enable FTP ..................74 Figure 81 FTP Uploadr Tutorial: Enable FTP Uploadr ................75 NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 19 Figure 120 Synchronizing Files Example 1 ..................130 Figure 121 Synchronizing Files Example 2 ..................131 Figure 122 Applications > Copy/Sync Button ..................132 Figure 123 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube ..............133 Figure 124 Linking NSA to Flickr ......................134 NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 20 Figure 164 Windows XP: Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties ............213 Figure 165 Windows XP: Advanced TCP/IP Properties ............... 214 Figure 166 Windows XP: Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties ............215 Figure 167 Macintosh OS X: Apple Menu .................... 216 NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 21 Figure 183 Security Settings - Java Scripting ..................225 Figure 184 Security Settings - Java ...................... 225 Figure 185 Java (Sun) .......................... 226 Figure 186 Mozilla Firefox: Tools > Options ..................227 Figure 187 Mozilla Firefox Content Security ..................227 NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
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Page 23: List Of Tables
Table 35 Applications > Copy/Sync Button ..................132 Table 36 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube ..............134 Table 37 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube > Config (Flickr) ..........136 Table 38 Applications > Auto Upload > Config (YouTube) ..............139 NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 24 Table 68 NSA Firmware Specifications ....................199 Table 69 Supported Standards and Recommendations ..............200 Table 70 Supported Media Server Content Formats ................202 Table 71 Power Consumption in Watts (W) ..................203 Table 72 Commonly Used Services ....................229 NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 25: Introduction
Introduction Getting to Know Your NSA (27) Web Configurator Basics (31) Tutorials (49)
Page 27: Getting To Know Your Nsa
• Use iTunes on your computer to play video and music files stored on the NSA. • Share printers. • Automatically upload photo and video files to your FTP server, Flickr and YouTube accounts. Figure 1 Example of the NSA in a Home Network NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 28: Leds
Refer to the Quick Start Guide for hardware connections and how to install and remove hard drives from the disk trays. Turn off and disconnect the NSA before you install or remove internal hard drives. 1.1.1 LEDs The NSA LEDs (lights) tell you important information. Figure 2 NSA Front Panel NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 29: Figure 3 Nsa Rear Panel
The hard disk drive has failed and the NSA can no longer detect The NSA cannot detect a hard disk in the disk bay. Green The NSA has fully started and is operating normally. Blinking The NSA is starting up. The NSA has failed. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 30: Copy/Sync Button
Use the COPY/SYNC button on the front panel to copy or synchronize files between a connected USB device and the NSA. See Section 7.8 on page 129 for more details on how to configure the copy/sync settings. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 31: Web Configurator Basics
2.2.1 Access the NSA Via NDU If you don’t know the IP address of the NSA, then use the NDU to find it. Refer to the Quick Start Guide for how to install and run the NDU. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 32: Web Browser Access
Figure 5 NSA URL 2.3 Login The default username and password are ‘admin’ and ‘1234’ respectively. Enter your username and password, then click Login. See Chapter 8 on page 147 for how to create other user accounts. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 33: Figure 6 Nsa Login Screen
You should see a screen asking you to change your password (highly recommended) as shown next. Type a new password (and retype it to confirm) and click Apply or click Ignore. Figure 7 Change Password Screen NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 34: User-Level Screens Overview
Click this to go to screens where you can manage your shares and access the files on public shares. The administrator must go into the administration screens to manage other user’s shares. Password Click this to go to a screen where you can change your password. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 35: My Nsa Screens
(you configure the share and the folder separately). You can map a share to a network drive for easy and familiar file transfer for Windows users. The main My NSA screen displays the shares to which you have access. Figure 9 My NSA NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 36: My Nsa Share Browsing Screen
• Click to the right of a file or folder name to select it. • Use the [SHIFT] key to select a range of entries. Hold down the [CTRL] key to select multiple individual entries. Figure 10 My NSA Share Browsing NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 37: Table 4 My Nsa Share Browsing
Click Up One Level to go to the next higher layer in the share’s folder tree. Click a file’s file name to open the file or save it to your computer. Click a folder’s name to display the folder’s contents. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 38: My Nsa Share Browsing Move Or Copy Screen
If you click Apply without selecting a folder, a forward slash displays in the Path field. All contents within the specified share are selected. Click this to move or copy the file. Close Click this to return to the My NSA share browsing screen without saving. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 39: My Nsa Configuration Screen
Click this to see and access the share’s contents. Edit Share Click this to configure the share’s management details. Delete Share Click this to permanently remove the contents associated with this share or to disable the share so that no users can access it. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 40: My Nsa Edit Share Screen
NSA) to read files in the share, delete files in the share and save files to the share. Select Advanced to select which individual users can read the share’s files, which users can delete the share’s files, and which users are blocked from doing either. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 41: Share And Folder Names
• \ [backslash] this will be converted to forward slash and interpreted as a path delimiter • / [forward slash] this is always interpreted as a path delimiter, so a folder cannot include it in its folder name • : [colon] • * [asterisk] • ? [question mark] NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 42: Password Screen
• Each individual folder in the path (that is, the content between the slashes) cannot exceed 255 characters 2.5.7 Password Screen Click Password to open the following screen. Use this screen to change an account’s password. Enter a new password and confirm it by re-entering it. Figure 14 Password NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 43: Administration Screens
The Administration tab displays when you log in as the administrator. Click Administration in the My NSA screens to open the advanced administration screens. The Status screen is the first advanced administration screen that displays. Figure 15 Status NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 44: Global Administration Icons
There are no sub-links for the Status screen. Certain screens also contain hyper links that allow you to jump to another screen. The following screen shows the features listed in the navigation panel. Figure 16 Navigation Panel Links NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 45: Table 10 Screens Summary
Back up and/or restore the NSA configuration file. FW Upgrade Upload new firmware to your NSA. Shutdown Restart the NSA or shut it down. Logout Click this to exit the web configurator. This is recommended to prevent unauthorized administrator access to the NSA. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 46: Main Window
Click this to cause the LED on the external storage device to blink. Repair If you replace a faulty disk with a disk that contains a volume, you need to delete the volume and then click this to fix the degraded RAID volume. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 47: The Status Screen
HTTP to access shares on the NSA. Click the Edit icon to go to the screen where you can configure this. This shows the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) capacity. Click the Edit icon to go to the screen where you can configure this. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 48: Session Example (Windows)
Initially you can only read and write to the Public, Video, Music, and Photo folders until you create other shares on the NSA. This session is then displayed as shown in the following figure. Figure 18 Session Example (Windows) NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 49: Tutorials
Bob wants to create accounts for his sons Jimmy and Kevin. This is how he would do it. 1 Log into the NSA web configurator (see Section 2.3 on page 32) and click Administration to go to the configuration screens. Figure 19 My NSA NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 50: Figure 20 Users
Now that Bob has created Jimmy’s account, he can go through the steps again to create another account for Kevin. After both accounts are created, he can go to Section 3.1.2 on page to create shares for Jimmy and Kevin. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 51: Creating A Share
Add Share to create a new share. Figure 23 Shares 2 Specify a name for the share and select which volume it should be on. Configure the screen as follows. Then click Edit. Figure 24 Shares > Add Share Example NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 52: Creating A Group
This is how he would create the group. 1 In the NSA’s administration web configurator screen, click Groups > Add Group. Figure 26 Groups NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 53: Accessing A Share From Windows Explorer
Here he maps Jimmy’s share to Jimmy’s computer. 1 Start Windows Explorer and go to the NSA’s server name (“nsa220plus” is the default) or IP address. 2 Click Tools > Map Network Drive. Figure 28 NSA Top Level NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 54: Figure 29 Map Network Drive
Figure 31 Example Share Mapped (Folders View) Now that Bob has mapped Jimmy’s share to Jimmy’s computer, he can go through the steps again to map Kevin’s share to Kevin’s computer. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 55: Accessing A Share Using Ftp
2 Enter your password and click Login. Figure 33 FTP Example: Enter the Password 3 Now you can access files and copy files from/to your local computer’s drives to or from this network folder. Figure 34 FTP Example: Logged In NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 56: Accessing A Share Through The Web Configurator
3 Click a folder’s file name to browse the folder. You can open files or copy them to your computer. You can also create new folders and upload additional files to the share. 4 Click the logout icon when your are done. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 57: Download Service Tutorial
3.2.1 Copying/Pasting a Download Link 1 Open your Internet browser (this example uses Internet Explorer). 2 Find a download link for the file you want. In this example, www.zyxel.com has a Download Now link for downloading a datasheet for ZyXEL’s GS-2024 (a device for making phone calls over the Internet).
Page 58: Figure 38 Copy Shortcut
4 Log into the NSA web configurator (see Section 2.3 on page 32) using the administrator account and click Download Service. Figure 39 Download Service Tutorial: My NSA 5 Click Add. Figure 40 Download Service Tutorial: Download Service NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 59: Figure 41 Download Service Tutorial: Paste Link
The download appears in the Completed tab when it is done. By default the NSA stores all downloads in the admin share’s download folder. See Section 3.1.4 on page Section 3.1.5 on page 55, or Section 3.1.6 on page 56 for how to access a share. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 60: Installing The Link Capture Browser Plugin
2 Double-click on the plugin to display the following screen. Click I Agree to begin installation. Figure 43 Link Capture Browser Plugin: IE 3 Select a location to save the plugin and click Install. Close the screen once the installation is complete. Figure 44 Link Capture Browser Plugin: IE Installation NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 61: Figure 45 Link Capture Browser Plugin: Ie Setting
Chapter 3 Tutorials 4 Open Internet Explorer and locate a download link. In this example, www.zyxel.com has a Download Now link for downloading a user’s guide for ZyXEL’s NBG410W3G (a 3G wireless router). Right-click on the download link and select NSA Setting.
Page 62: Figure 48 Link Capture Browser Plugin: Firefox Installation
6 When Firefox restarts, a message displays to show the installation succeeded. The plugin is installed as an extension in Add-ons. Click Options to configure the NSA’s web address. Figure 50 Link Capture Browser Plugin: Firefox Options NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 63: Using The Link Capture Browser Plugin
1 Open your Internet browser (this example uses Firefox). 2 Find a download link for the file you want. In this example, www.zyxel.com has a Download Now link for downloading a user’s guide for ZyXEL’s P-660W-T1 (an ADSL router).
Page 64: Using Download Service Notification
Some RSS readers may not support the NSA’s download service notifications. For example, Google Reader cannot support this feature if the NSA has a private IP address. It is recommended to subscribe to the download service notifications using the built-in reader in Internet Explorer 7 or Firefox. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 65: Figure 56 Download Service Notification: Activation
1 After you activate download service notification, click the RSS feed icon. Figure 57 Download Service Notification: RSS Feed Icon 2 The following screen displays. Select Subscribe to this feed. Figure 58 Subscribe to Download Service Notifications NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 66: Figure 59 Add The Rss Feed
4 Click the Favorite icon on your browser and select the Feeds tab to check the updates of your NSA’s download list. Figure 60 Download Service Notification Firefox Example 1 After you activate download service notification, click the RSS feed icon. Figure 61 Download Service Notification: RSS Feed Icon NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 67: Figure 62 Subscribe To Download Service Notifications
3 The following screen displays. Select Bookmarks Menu and click Add. Figure 63 Add the RSS Feed 4 From the Firefox’s Bookmarks Menu, select Download Notify to check the updates of your NSA’s download list. Figure 64 Download Service Notification NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 68: Broadcatching Tutorial
One way to test this is by clicking the link. Clicking an actual RSS feed link opens a screen of XML code (in browsers without an RSS feed aggregator) or a window where you can add the RSS feed (in browsers with an RSS feed aggregator). NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 69: Figure 66 Copy Link Location
Figure 66 Copy Link Location 4 Log into the NSA web configurator (see Section 2.3 on page 32) using the administrator account and click Administration > Applications > Broadcatching. 5 Click Add Channel. Figure 67 Broadcatching Tutorial: Broadcatching NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 70: Figure 68 Broadcatching Tutorial: Paste Link
By default, the channel folders are created in the admin share’s download folder. The NSA’s media server feature makes it easy for users on your network to play the broadcatching files you download. See Section 7.3.1 on page 108 more on the media server. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 71: Printer Server Tutorial
3.4 Printer Server Tutorial Do the following to have the NSA let computers on your network share a printer. See www.zyxel.com for a list of compatible printers. 1 Make sure the NSA is on and the SYS light is on steady (not blinking).
Page 72: Figure 73 Printer Driver Needed
Browse to the NSA using a CIFS program (like Windows Explorer) and double-click the printer’s icon to open the printer’s queue of print jobs. Figure 75 Printer Screen in Windows Explorer NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 73: Copy Tutorial
3 Press and release the COPY/SYNC button on the NSA’s front panel to start copying files. 4 The copied files can be found in a new folder in the photo share. Figure 77 Copy Tutorial: Copied Files NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 74: Ftp Uploadr Tutorial
Figure 79 FTP Uploadr Tutorial Susan’s NSA Amy’s NSA To set the NSA as an FTP server, click Applications > FTP to open the FTP screen. Select Enable FTP and click Apply. Figure 80 FTP Uploadr Tutorial: Enable FTP NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 75: Figure 81 Ftp Uploadr Tutorial: Enable Ftp Uploadr
Figure 81 FTP Uploadr Tutorial: Enable FTP Uploadr 2 Click Add Server. Figure 82 FTP Uploadr Tutorial 3 Enter the information as describe in Table 13 on page 75. Click Apply to add the server. Figure 83 FTP Uploadr Tutorial: Add Server NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 76: Figure 84 Ftp Uploadr Tutorial: Preferences
5 Amy wants to share video files with Susan. In the Preferences screen, select video from the Shares drop-down list box, enter a forward slash in the Path field and click Add to add the share to the Folder Watch List. Figure 85 FTP Uploadr Tutorial: Folder Watch List NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 77: Figure 86 Ftp Uploadr Tutorial: Bandwidth Limit
Similarly, Susan can go through the steps described above to configure FTP Uploadr on her NSA. Once Susan completes the setup, Amy can also receive files from Susan’s NSA. Figure 87 FTP Uploadr Tutorial: Exchange Files Susan’s NSA Amy’s NSA NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
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Page 79: System Setting, Storage, Network And Applications
System Setting, Storage, Network and Applications System Setting (81) Storage (85) Network (99) Applications (105)
Page 81: System Setting
• power surges occur. The NSA gives no warning if time lag occurs. You should resynchronize the time after a power surge or after you have shut down the NSA several times. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 82: The Server Name Screen
English characters (such as Chinese and Russian). When you perform a search in the workgroup, this option allows you to locate computers named with non-English characters. Apply Click this to save your changes. Reset Click this to restore previously saved settings. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 83: The Date/Time Screen
This field displays the last updated time from the time server or the last time configured manually. When you set Time and Date Setup to Manual, enter the new time in this field and then click Apply. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 84 Click this to save your changes. If you configured a new time and date, Time Zone and Daylight Saving at the same time, all of the settings take affect. Cancel Click this to restore your previously saved settings. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 85: Storage
See Figure 5.6.2 on page 94 for details on choosing a storage method. Finding Out More Section 5.6 on page 93 for more technical background information on storage. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 86: The Storage Screen
Do not restart the NSA while the NSA is resynchronizing or recovering a volume as this will cause the synchronization to begin again after the NSA fully reboots. You can access data on a RAID volume while it is resychronizing or recovering, but it is not recommended. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 87: Displaying The Storage Screen
Type: Whether it is an internal or external (USB) hard drive. Model Name: This is the hard disk number that identifies the disk. File System: The file system that an external volume is using Capacity: The total storage space on the disk. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 88: Figure 91 Delete A Volume Warning Screen
You can also locate or eject an external volume. Note: If you delete a volume, all data in the volume disk(s) is erased. You see a warning screen before you delete a volume. Figure 91 Delete a Volume Warning Screen NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 89: Creating An Internal Volume
Use this if you want maximum storage capacity and/or you have other means of protecting your data. JBOD is the only option if you only have one disk installed. With two disks, you can choose to create a JBOD volume on one of the disks or both. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 90: Volume Status
If it’s down, then the only indication is that you can no longer transfer files to/from the shares in the down volume. If it’s degraded, then file transfer to/from the shares in the degraded volume will be slower. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 91: Editing A Volume
Chinese characters allowed for example) ASCII characters. The name cannot be the same as another existing external volume. Apply Click this to save your changes and rename the volume. Cancel Click this to close this screen without saving your changes. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 92: Creating An External Volume
EXT3: The same as EXT2, but adds a journaled file system and is more robust. ReiserFS: Offers better performance for small files. Apply Click this to save your changes and create the volume. Cancel Click this to exit this screen without saving changes. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 93: External Disks
Storage efficiency assumes all drives are of identical size. Performance rankings are approximations. Table 20 RAID Quick Comparison RAID Level Number of Disks Capacity S*N/2 Storage Efficiency 100% Fault Tolerance None YYYY Availability YYYY Read Performance YYYY Write Performance YYYY NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 94: Choosing A Storage Method For A Volume
Like in mirroring, all data is duplicated onto two distinct physical hard drives but in addition it also duplicates the hardware that controls the two hard drives (one of the drives would be connected to one adapter and the other to a second adapter). • Striping NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 95: Table 21 Jbod
RAID as only one disk can be read at a time and they must be read sequentially. The following figure shows disks in a single JBOD volume. Data is not written across disks but written sequentially to each disk until it’s full. Table 21 JBOD DISK 1 DISK 2 NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 96: Table 22 Raid 0
RAID 1 capacity is limited to the size of the smallest disk in the RAID array. For example, if you have two disks of sizes 150 GB and 200 GB respectively in one RAID 1 volume, then the maximum capacity is 150 GB and the remaining space (50 GB) is unused. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 97 • Place the NSA behind a hardware-based firewall. It should have stateful packet inspection, IDP (Intrusion Detection and Prevention), and anti-virus (like ZyXEL’s ZyWALL UTM products for example). • Use anti-virus software on your computer to scan files from others before saving the files on the NSA.
Page 98 Chapter 5 Storage NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 99: Network
Or you can assign the NSA a static (fixed) IP address. DNS Server Address A DNS (Domain Name System) server maps domain names (like www.zyxel.com) to their corresponding numerical IP addresses. This lets you use domain names to access web sites without having to know their IP addresses.
Page 100: The Tcp/Ip Screen
In the following example, the NSA has jumbo frames enabled and set to 8KB frames. This means the computer, notebook computer, and switch must also have jumbo frames enabled and be capable of supporting 8KB frames. Figure 95 Jumbo Frames 1 Gbps Ethernet NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 101: Configuring The Tcp/Ip Screen
Select this option for the NSA to use fixed TCP/IP information. You must fill in the following fields. IP Address Type an IP address in this field. IP Subnet Type an IP subnet mask in this field. Mask NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 102 Click this to save your TCP/IP configurations. After you click Apply, the NSA restarts. Wait until you see the Login screen or until the NSA fully boots and then use the NDU to rediscover it. Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 103: The Pppoe Screen
Password Enter the password associated with the username above. Password Retype the password for confirmation. (Confirm) Apply Click this to save your changes. Reset Click this to restore previously saved settings. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 104 Chapter 6 Network NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 105: Applications
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a file transfer service that operates on the Internet. A system running the FTP server accepts commands from a system running an FTP client. FTP is not a secure protocol. Your file transfers could be subject to snooping. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 106 RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a format for delivering frequently updated digital content. A channel uses a feed to deliver its contents (items). Subscribe the NSA to a feed to be able to download the contents. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 107: The Ftp Screen
FTP client, select the appropriate language encoding here. This setting applies to all FTP client connections to the NSA. It does not affect your Windows/CIFS connections (it will not correct the character display in Windows Explorer). NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 108: The Media Server Screen
Rights Management). At the time of writing, you can use your Apple account ID and password to authorize up to a total of five computers to play the files. To authorize a computer, open iTunes and click Store > Authorize Computer. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 109: Configuring The Media Server Screen
Click Applications > Media Server to open the following screen. Use this screen to turn the media server and/or iTunes server on or off and select shares to publish (share with media clients like iTunes). Figure 100 Applications > Media Server NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 110: The Download Service Screen
The NSA can download using these protocols. • HTTP: The standard protocol for web pages. • FTP: A standard Internet file transfer service. • BitTorrent: A popular distributed peer-to-peer files sharing protocol. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 111 You are subject to the restrictions of copyright laws and any other applicable laws and will bear the consequences of any infringements thereof. ZyXEL bears NO responsibility or liability for your use of the download service feature.
Page 112: Configuring The Download Service Screen
BitTorrent download task, also deletes the related .torrent file. Use your keyboard’s [SHIFT] key to select a range of download tasks. Use the [CTRL] key and click individual download tasks to select multiple individual download tasks. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 113 The speed should increase as the download progresses and decrease near the end of the download. Upload Speed This is how fast the NSA is sending the file to other BitTorrent users. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 114: Adding A Download Task
A “torrent” file has information the NSA uses to do a BitTorrent download. A torrent file uses a .torrent extension. If you already have a torrent file saved on your computer, select the Torrent File option and specify its path or click Browse and look for its location. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 115: Link Capture Browser Plugin
Section 3.2.2 on page 60 Section 3.2.3 on page 63 for tutorials about installing and using the link capture browser plugin. At the time of writing, the plugin supports Internet Explorer 6.0/7.0 and Mozilla Firefox 2.0/3.0. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 116: Configuring Your General Download Preferences
If you do not allow any uploads, (for example, you set a limit of 1 KB/s) you will not have a good standing in the BitTorrent community. Note: The settings for max. download/upload rates would not affect peers on the same LAN to access the NSA. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 117: Download Service Notification
In the Download Service screen, select Enable Download Notify and click Apply. An RSS feed icon appears. Click the icon to subscribes the NSA’s download list to an RSS reader. The download service notification only keeps track of files downloaded via BitTorrent. Figure 105 Download Service Notification NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 118: Protecting Your Network And Nsa When Using Bittorrent
The firewall slows this down because by default, it only allows traffic from the Internet in response to a request that originated on the LAN (it lets you get files from the Internet and blocks those on the Internet from getting files from you). NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 119: Figure 107 Firewall Blocking Incoming Bittorrent Requests
HTML (web-based) configuration interface to set this up (see the firewall’s manual for details). You may also have to configure a corresponding firewall rule. Figure 108 Firewall Configured to Allow Incoming BitTorrent Requests Incoming BitTorrent Requests Allowed Other Incoming Traffic Blocked NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 120: The Web Publishing Screen
Use the [SHIFT] key to select a range of entries. Hold down the [CTRL] key to select multiple individual entries. Apply Click this to save your changes. Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 121: Web Publishing Example
FamilyPhotos. So you would enter “http://192.168.1.33/MyWeb/ FamilyPhotos/” in your browser’s address bar. Then press [ENTER] or click Go. A screen displays listing the share’s files. Figure 111 Browsing to an NSA Share Example NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 122: Web Publishing
Then you can configure one set of firewall rules and NAT or port forwarding settings on your Internet gateway specifically for allowing access to the web-published shares and another separate set of rules for accessing the NSA’s web configurator. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 123: Figure 112 Web Publishing Port Number Example
In the following example, the Internet gateway’s firewall is configured to allow anyone to access the NSA’s web-published screens using port 8080. Web configurator access (port 80) however, is only allowed from IP address a.b.c.d. Figure 112 Web Publishing Port Number Example 8080 e.f.g.h 8080 a.b.c.d NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 124: The Broadcatching Screen
Refresh Channel to have the NSA reattempt to connect to it. Select a channel to see its available files. A “...” indicates an abbreviated name. Hold your cursor over the name to display the full name. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 125: Adding Or Editing A Broadcatching Channel
Broadcatching > Add Channel screen and you can download new files as they are added. Figure 114 Feed Icon A channel uses a feed to deliver its contents (items). Subscribe the NSA to a feed to be able to download the contents. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 126: Figure 115 Applications > Broadcatching > Add Channel
When this number has been reached, if the NSA downloads another file from the channel, it deletes the oldest file from the NSA. Apply Click this to save your changes. Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 127: Channel Guides
7.6.2 Channel Guides Here are some popular broadcatching channel guide web sites. ZyXEL does not endorse these web sites and is not responsible for any of their contents. Use these or any other web sites at your own risk and discretion.
Page 128: Configuring The Print Server Screen
Type a new name to identify the printer. The name must be unique from all the other names of printers connected to the NSA. Apply Click this to save your changes. Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 129: The Copy/Sync Button Screen
Both storage devices contain file A. • A copy of files A and B from the USB device is transferred to the NSA. • File A from the USB device replaces file A on the NSA. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 130: Synchronizing Files
• A copy of files A and B from the USB device is transferred to the NSA. • File A from the USB device replaces file A on the NSA. • File C on the NSA is deleted. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 131: Figure 121 Synchronizing Files Example 2
• File B from the NSA replaces file B on the USB device. • A copy of file C from the USB device is transferred to the NSA. • A copy of file D from the NSA is transferred to the USB device. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 132: Configuring The Copy/Sync Button Screen
It is recommended to create a specific share (such as “backup”) for backup purposes. Apply Click this to save your changes. The configuration file is saved on the USB device. Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings. Sync Settings NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 133: The Flickr/Youtube Screen
NSA also automatically uploads the new files to your Flickr and/or YouTube account. Click Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube to open the following screen. Figure 123 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 134: Configuring The Flickr Settings
Click OK to continue the authorization process. Figure 124 Linking NSA to Flickr The web browser opens the Yahoo! Flickr login page. Enter your Yahoo account’s information and click Sign In. Figure 125 Yahoo! Flickr Login Page NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 135: Figure 126 Flickr Authorization
NSA and your Flickr account. Figure 126 Flickr Authorization A confirmation page displays indicating successful authorization. Return to the NSA web configurator. Click Get Ready in the following screen to complete the authorization process. Figure 127 Confirming Flickr Authorization NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 136: Figure 128 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/Youtube > Config (Flickr)
The share is available for auto upload. represents a missing folder. The share may be deleted from the NSA, or the hard disk was removed from the NSA. Share Name This is the share selected for auto upload. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 137 Select a content type for your files. You can choose Photo, Screenshot, or Type Other. Other types may include illustration, art, animation and etc. Apply Click this to save your changes. Reset Click this to begin restore your previously saved settings. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 138: Configuring The Youtube Settings
If you have not authorized a YouTube account on the NSA, the following screen displays. Enter your Google e-mail address and password in the fields and click OK to authorize the service. Figure 129 YouTube Account Settings NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 139: Figure 130 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/Youtube > Config (Youtube)
The share is available for auto upload. represents a missing folder. The share may be deleted from the NSA, or the hard disk was removed from the NSA. Share Name This field displays the share selected for auto upload. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 140 Select Only You if you do not want anyone else to see your files. YouTube Select Anyone to allow everyone to see your files. Apply Click this to save your changes. Reset Click this to restore your previously stored settings. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 141: The Ftp Uploadr Screen
Click this to add a target FTP server entry. See Section 7.10.1 on page for more details. Preferences Click this to manage the settings of the FTP Uploadr. Edit Server Select a server from the list and click this to edit the FTP server entry. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 142: Adding Or Editing An Ftp Server Entry
Enter the account name used to access the FTP server. Password Enter the password associated with the account name. Port Number Enter the port number for the FTP server. Remote Path Enter the path to where the NSA automatically uploads files. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 143: The Ftp Uploadr Preferences Screen
Select a share for auto upload from the drop-down list. Path Select a folder on the NSA. You can use Browse to find or create a folder on the NSA or type the location of the folder using forward slashes as branch separators. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 144 Internet connection has restricted upload speed. Apply Click this to save your changes in this section. Reset Click this to restore previously saved settings. Close Click this to return to the previous screen without saving. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 145: Sharing
Sharing Users (147) Groups (153) Shares (157)
Page 147: Users
149) to edit the properties of an existing account. • Use the User Info screen (Section 8.4 on page 151) to display the amount of volume space used by a selected account and the account’s membership in any groups. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 148: The Users Screen
Select an account and click this to open a screen where you can edit the properties of the account. Delete Selected Users Select an account and click this to open a screen where you can delete the user account. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 149: User Icons
Click the Add User button in the Users screen to open the following screen. Click the Edit User button in the screen shown previously to edit an existing account. Figure 135 Sharing > Users > Add or Edit a User NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 150: Usernames
CIFS or FTP, it will use the account settings used for 'bob'. • The username cannot be the same as a system username such as ANONYMOUS_FTP nor be the same as an existing user. Other reserved usernames that are not allowed are: NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 151: Displaying User Info
This field displays how much storage space the selected account is currently using. This only applies for files that the user saved onto the NSA while logged in with that username. Click this to close the current screen. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 152 Chapter 8 Users NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 153: Groups
155) to edit the properties of an existing group. 9.2 The Groups Screen Use this screen to create and manage groups. Click Sharing > Groups to display the screen shown next. Figure 137 Sharing > Groups NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 154: Table 46 Sharing > Groups
Click the drop-down menu to select a page number. Jump to a different page to display and access more groups. Status This field displays the group icon. Group Name This field displays the group names created on the NSA. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 155: Adding Or Editing A Group
The group name can only contain the following characters: • Alphanumeric A-z 0-9. Unicode usernames are supported with CIFS logins, but not FTP or web configurator logins. • Spaces • _ [underscores] • . [periods] • - [dashes] NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 156 • The group name cannot be the same as a system group name such as EVERYONE nor be the same as an existing group. Other reserved groups names that are not allowed are: • nobody • root NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 157: Shares
• Use the Change Share Properties screen (Section 10.3 on page 160) to edit a share’s properties. • Use the Share Browser screen (Section 10.5 on page 163) to navigate, add and edit the contents in a share. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 158: The Shares Screen
Select a share and click this to edit the share. Delete Share Select a share and click this to remove or restrict access to the share. Share Browser Select a share and click this to browse the share’s contents. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 159 This field displays the access permission of a share. Everyone on the network can access a Public share. Only the share owner can access a Private share. An Advanced share allows you to assign specific access rights (read- only for example) to individual users/groups. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 160: Adding Or Editing Share
This button is available only when you select Advanced share access. Click this to configure advanced share acess rights. Apply Click this to save your changes. Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 161: Configuring Advanced Share Access
Click an arrow button to move users/groups between the left and right fields. Use the arrow buttons to assign access rights to users/groups. Apply Click this to save your changes. Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 162: Public And Anonymous Share Access Rights
NSA. Clean all recycle bins now Click this to immediately remove contents from all recycle bins. Apply Click this to save your changes. Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 163: The Share Browser Screen
Copy Select a file from the list and click this to make a duplicate of the file to another share. Current location This is the name of the share and folder path that you are in. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 164: Moving Or Copying Files
If you click Apply without selecting a folder, a forward slash displays in the Path field. All contents within the specified share are selected. Click this to move or copy the file to the designated share. Close Click this to return to the Share Browser screen. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 165: Maintenance And Protecting Data
Maintenance and Protecting Data Maintenance Screens (167) Protecting Your Data (181)
Page 167: Maintenance Screens
178) to manage the NSA configuration file. • Use the Firmware Upgrade screen (Section 11.6 on page 178) to upload new firmware. • Use the Shutdown screen (Section 11.7 on page 179) to restart or shut down your NSA. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 168: The Power Management Screen
NSA to shut down whenever the UPS is charging. A setting close to 0 is also not recommended since the UPS would not have enough power to allow the NSA to shutdown properly. Apply Click this to save your changes in this section. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 169: Editing The Power Control Schedule Screen
Click Maintenance > Power Management > Edit to open this screen. Use this screen to configure power control schedules to have the NSA turn on, turn off, or reboot at specified times. Figure 146 Maintenance > Power Management > Edit NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 170: Table 55 Maintenance > Power Management > Edit
Use this part of the screen to configure power on, power off, and reboot times. day of the month Click this to add the power control schedule to the list. Apply Click this to save your changes. Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 171: The Log Screen
This displays a description of the log. Click the top of the column to sort by alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order. First/Prev Use these hyperlinks to navigate to the first or previous log page. Next/Last Use these hyperlinks to navigate to the next or final log page. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 172: Log Classes
INFO Failed to upload %s to %s (FTP Upload) : %s FTP uploadr Auto upload - INFO Successfully upload %s to %s (FTP Upload) FTP uploadr Copy/Sync ERROR [USB %s] Backup Folder Does Not Exist. Button NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 173 [USB Sync] Start Pre-Processing: Generating File Lists. Button Copy/Sync NOTICE [USB Sync] Start Copying Files. Button Download ERROR Download service cannot find a volume Service Download INFO Download service add a URL download job %s Service NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 174 %s is inactive because of changing Port Group. Disable DHCP client. Network NOTICE %s MTU > (%s MTU - 8), %s may not work correctly. Network NOTICE (%s MTU - 8) < %s MTU, %s may not work correctly. Network NOTICE Add interface %s. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 175 MyClock has changed daylight saving interval Services NOTICE MyClock has disabled daylight saving interval Services NOTICE NTP server has set to '%s' Services NOTICE NTP server has set to null Services NOTICE The NTP service is disabled. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 176 RAID: Please Reboot and Try Again Storage - ERROR Create External Normal Volume [%s] (%s): FAILED Volume Storage - ERROR Create Internal Volume [%s] (%s): FAILED Volume Storage - ERROR Rename External Volume to [%s]: FAILED Volume NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 177 Failed %s login attempt (incorrect password or inexistent username) Users INFO User %s has logged in from %s! Users INFO User %s has logged out from %s! Users INFO User %s from %s has been logged out (re-auth timeout)! NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 178: The Configuration Screen
NSA configuration settings with the settings in the previously-saved configuration file. A pop-up screen appears asking you to confirm. Click OK to continue or Cancel to quit. 11.6 The Firmware Upgrade Screen Click Maintenance > FW Upgrade to open the following screen. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 179: The Shutdown Screen
Chapter 11 Maintenance Screens Use this screen to upgrade the NSA firmware. You should first have downloaded the latest firmware files from the ZyXEL website. Figure 149 Maintenance > FW Upgrade The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Page 180: Figure 151 Maintenance > Shutdown > Confirm Restart
Figure 151 Maintenance > Shutdown > Confirm Restart When you click the Shutdown button a pop-up screen will appear asking you to confirm. Click OK to continue or Cancel to quit the shutdown. Figure 152 Maintenance > Shutdown > Confirm Shutdown NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 181: Protecting Your Data
If things go wrong after you make the configuration changes, you can always go back to the previous configuration by restoring an earlier configuration file. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 182: Memeo Autobackup
The Memeo Autobackup program uses the same network port as the NDU to discover the NSA. To avoid a port conflict, do not run the Memeo Autobackup program at the same time as the NDU. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 183: Troubleshooting And Specifications
Troubleshooting and Specifications Troubleshooting (185) Product Specifications (197)
Page 185: Troubleshooting
• If the problem continues, contact the vendor. An HDD LED is off. The HDD LED is off when the NSA cannot detect a hard drive in the drive bay. Replace or install a hard drive. See Installing or replacing a hard drive NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 186 • If you are using a single-disk JBOD volume, you need to create a new volume on the new drive. • If you are using a two-disk JBOD volume, you need to create a whole new volume on both drives. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 187: Nsa Login And Access
I forgot the server name of the NSA. • If it still doesn’t work, try using the NDU. • Check the hardware connections, and make sure the LEDs are behaving as expected. See the Quick Start Guide and Section 1.1.1 on page NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 188: Reset The Nsa
2 The NSA automatically restarts to complete the reset. I forgot the password. • The default password is 1234. • If you have changed the password and forgotten it, you will have to reset the NSA - see Section 13.3.1 on page 188. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 189: Enabling Scripting Of Safe Activex Controls
1 In Internet Explorer, click Tools, Internet Options and then the Security tab. Figure 153 Internet Options: Security 2 Click the Custom Level... button. 3 Under Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting, make sure that Enable is selected (the default). 4 Click OK to close the window. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 190: Figure 154 Security Settings - Script Safe Activex Controls
• If this does not work, see Section 13.3.1 on page 188 to reset the device. I cannot see the multi-language web configurator screens while using Internet Explorer. Section 13.3.2 on page 189 to enable the scripting of safe ActiveX controls. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 191: I Cannot Access The Nsa
OK). To solve this problem, re-format your USB drive using the NSA (or FAT or FAT32 using a computer). See Chapter 5 on page 85 for information on volume creation using the NSA (recommended). Back up the files on your computer before you format the USB drive. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 192: Some Features' Screens Do Not Display
2 If you are using media client software, you may need to install codecs on your computer. Since the media client software uses your computer’s installed codecs, files do not play if the required codec is not installed on your computer. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 193: Figure 155 Itunes Eject Button
Leave iTunes connected to the NSA for three minutes. Then use the NSA’s eject button (as shown next) to disconnect. Figure 155 iTunes Eject Button 4 Then click the NSA’s link to reconnect. Figure 156 iTunes Reconnected NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 194: Download Service And Broadcatching Functions
NSA’s web publishing feature is not using port 80). See Section on page for details. • Make sure the publishing feature is turned on and the share is in the list of published shares. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 195: Table 64 Ports Blocked By Default In Firefox
2049 domain 4045 lockd priv-rjs LDAP 6000 finger SMTP+SSL ttylink print exec • Make sure your ISP allows you to run a server and is not blocking the port number of the NSA’s web publishing feature. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 196: Auto Upload
100 MB/week. 5 The NSA may have temporarily failed to connect to the service. You can upload the file to the watch folder again. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 197: Product Specifications
Serial ATA also allows more efficient internal airflow and also smaller chassis design. RESET Button If you forget your (admin) password, then use the RESET button to restore the factory default password to “1234” (with username “admin”), and auto-IP address (DHCP client). NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 198: Firmware Features
IP address in the 169.254.X.X subnet (where X is a number from 1 to 254). Default Subnet Mask DHCP client by default. If no DHCP server is found, the subnet mask defaults to 255.255.255.0 (24 bits). NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 199: Table 68 Nsa Firmware Specifications
File Storage System JBOD, RAID 0, 1, Network Protocols TCP/IP, UDP/IP DHCP Client HTTP File Management Create/Delete System Volume Network File Sharing Protocol CIFS/SMB for Windows and Mac OSX HTTP for web browser Network Security Authentication Share level NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 200: Table 69 Supported Standards And Recommendations
Country names (official short names in English) in alphabetical order as given in ISO 3166-1 and the corresponding ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code elements. ISO 639-2 Two-letter and three-letter language code sets. MIMETYPES IANA registered content types (MIME types). See the IANA web site (ftp:// ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/). NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 201 TCP/IP for simple peer-to-peer network connectivity between devices. USB 2.0 USB (Universal Serial Bus) version 2.0 allows for interfacing devices with data transfers rates of up to 480 Mbps. XHTML 1.0 Extensible HyperText Markup Language (Second Edition) XHTML 1.1 Module-based XHTML NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 202: Supported Media Server Content Formats
Not all published file types can be viewed by all client applications. 14.5 Supported iTunes Server Content Formats At the time of writing, the NSA’s supports iTunes 7.4.1.2, publishing AAC (MPEG-4), MP3, AIFF, WAV, and Apple Lossless files. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 203: Power Consumption
This table is a laboratory test of NSA power consumption for your reference only. Table 71 Power Consumption in Watts (W) POWER SOURCE SYSTEM READ/WRITE SYSTEM IDLE 240V/50Hz 25.2W 11.9W 100V/60Hz 23.6W 11.7W NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 204 Chapter 14 Product Specifications NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 205: Appendices And Index
Appendices and Index Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address (207) Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions (221) Common Services (229) Open Source Licences (233) Legal Information (263) Customer Support (265) Index (271)
Page 207: Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer's Ip Address
7 and later operating systems. After the appropriate TCP/IP components are installed, configure the TCP/IP settings in order to “communicate” with your network. Windows 95/98/Me Click Start, Settings, Control Panel and double-click the Network icon to open the Network window. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 208: Figure 157 Windows 95/98/Me: Network: Configuration
2 Select Client and then click Add. 3 Select Microsoft from the list of manufacturers. 4 Select Client for Microsoft Networks from the list of network clients and then click 5 Restart your computer so the changes you made take effect. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 209: Figure 158 Windows 95/98/Me: Tcp/Ip Properties: Ip Address
• If you do not know your DNS information, select Disable DNS. • If you know your DNS information, select Enable DNS and type the information in the fields below (you may not need to fill them all in). NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 210: Figure 159 Windows 95/98/Me: Tcp/Ip Properties: Dns Configuration
3 Select your network adapter. You should see your computer's IP address, subnet mask and default gateway. Windows 2000/NT/XP The following example figures use the default Windows XP GUI theme. 1 Click start (Start in Windows 2000/NT), Settings, Control Panel. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 211: Figure 160 Windows Xp: Start Menu
Figure 160 Windows XP: Start Menu 2 In the Control Panel, double-click Network Connections (Network and Dial-up Connections in Windows 2000/NT). Figure 161 Windows XP: Control Panel 3 Right-click Local Area Connection and then click Properties. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 212: Figure 162 Windows Xp: Control Panel: Network Connections: Properties
• If you have a dynamic IP address click Obtain an IP address automatically. • If you have a static IP address click Use the following IP Address and fill in the IP address, Subnet mask, and Default gateway fields. • Click Advanced. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 213: Figure 164 Windows Xp: Internet Protocol (Tcp/Ip) Properties
To manually configure a default metric (the number of transmission hops), clear the Automatic metric check box and type a metric in Metric. • Click Add. • Repeat the previous three steps for each default gateway you want to add. • Click OK when finished. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 214: Figure 165 Windows Xp: Advanced Tcp/Ip Properties
• If you know your DNS server IP address(es), click Use the following DNS server addresses, and type them in the Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server fields. If you have previously configured DNS servers, click Advanced and then the DNS tab to order them. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 215: Figure 166 Windows Xp: Internet Protocol (Tcp/Ip) Properties
2 In the Command Prompt window, type "ipconfig" and then press [ENTER]. You can also open Network Connections, right-click a network connection, click Status and then click the Support tab. Macintosh OS X 1 Click the Apple menu, and click System Preferences to open the System Preferences window. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 216: Figure 167 Macintosh Os X: Apple Menu
• Type your subnet mask in the Subnet mask box. • Type the IP address of your gateway in the Router address box. 5 Click Apply Now and close the window. 6 Restart your computer (if prompted). NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 217: Figure 169 Red Hat 9.0: Kde: Network Configuration: Devices
1 Click the Red Hat button (located on the bottom left corner), select System Setting and click Network. Figure 169 Red Hat 9.0: KDE: Network Configuration: Devices 2 Double-click on the profile of the network card you wish to configure. The Ethernet Device General screen displays as shown. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 218: Figure 170 Red Hat 9.0: Kde: Ethernet Device: General
Figure 171 Red Hat 9.0: KDE: Network Configuration: DNS 5 Click the Devices tab. 6 Click the Activate button to apply the changes. The following screen displays. Click Yes to save the changes in all screens. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 219: Figure 172 Red Hat 9.0: Kde: Network Configuration: Activate
2 If you know your DNS server IP address(es), enter the DNS server information in the file in the directory. The following figure shows an example where resolv.conf /etc two DNS server IP addresses are specified. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 220: Figure 175 Red Hat 9.0: Dns Settings In Resolv.conf
Bcast:172.23.19.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:717 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:730412 (713.2 Kb) TX bytes:1570 (1.5 Kb) Interrupt:10 Base address:0x1000 [root@localhost]# NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 221: Appendix B Pop-Up Windows, Javascripts And Java Permissions
1 In Internet Explorer, select Tools, Pop-up Blocker and then select Turn Off Pop-up Blocker. Figure 178 Pop-up Blocker You can also check if pop-up blocking is disabled in the Pop-up Blocker section in the Privacy tab. 1 In Internet Explorer, select Tools, Internet Options, Privacy. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 222: Figure 179 Internet Options: Privacy
Alternatively, if you only want to allow pop-up windows from your device, see the following steps. 1 In Internet Explorer, select Tools, Internet Options and then the Privacy tab. 2 Select Settings…to open the Pop-up Blocker Settings screen. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 223: Figure 180 Internet Options: Privacy
3 Type the IP address of your device (the web page that you do not want to have blocked) with the prefix “http://”. For example, http://192.168.167.1. 4 Click Add to move the IP address to the list of Allowed sites. Figure 181 Pop-up Blocker Settings NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 224: Figure 182 Internet Options: Security
3 Scroll down to Scripting. 4 Under Active scripting make sure that Enable is selected (the default). 5 Under Scripting of Java applets make sure that Enable is selected (the default). 6 Click OK to close the window. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 225: Figure 183 Security Settings - Java Scripting
2 Click the Custom Level... button. 3 Scroll down to Microsoft VM. 4 Under Java permissions make sure that a safety level is selected. 5 Click OK to close the window. Figure 184 Security Settings - Java NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 226: Figure 185 Java (Sun)
Figure 185 Java (Sun) Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0 screens are used here. Screens for other versions may vary. You can enable Java, Javascripts and pop-ups in one screen. Click Tools, then click Options in the screen that appears. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 227: Figure 186 Mozilla Firefox: Tools > Options
Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions Figure 186 Mozilla Firefox: Tools > Options Click Content.to show the screen below. Select the check boxes as shown in the following screen. Figure 187 Mozilla Firefox Content Security NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 228 Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 229: Appendix C Common Services
IP numbers. User-Defined The IPSEC ESP (Encapsulation Security (IPSEC_TUNNEL) Protocol) tunneling protocol uses this service. FINGER Finger is a UNIX or Internet related command that can be used to find out if a user is logged on. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 230 This is the data channel. RCMD Remote Command Service. REAL_AUDIO 7070 A streaming audio service that enables real time sound over the web. REXEC Remote Execution Daemon. RLOGIN Remote Login. RTELNET Remote Telnet. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 231 TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol is an Internet file transfer protocol similar to FTP, but uses the UDP (User Datagram Protocol) rather than TCP (Transmission Control Protocol). VDOLIVE 7000 Another videoconferencing solution. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 232 Appendix C Common Services NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 233: Appendix D Open Source Licences
No part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, except the express written permission of ZyXEL Communications Corporation. This Product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation under Apache License.
Page 234 Works that You distribute must include a readable copy of the attribution notices contained within such NOTICE file, excluding those notices that do not pertain to any part of the Derivative Works, in at least one of the following places: within a NOTICE text file NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 235 Contributor harmless for any liability incurred by, or claims asserted against, such Contributor by reason of your accepting any such warranty or additional liability. END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS Version 1.1 Copyright (c) 1999-2003 The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 236 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. [This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL. It also counts as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence the version number 2.1. Preamble NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 237 The ordinary General Public License therefore permits such linking only if the entire combination fits its criteria of freedom. The Lesser General Public License permits more lax criteria for linking other code with the library. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 238 Library (independent of the use of the Library in a tool for writing it). Whether that is true depends on what the Library does and what the program that uses the Library does. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 239 If distribution of object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place satisfies the requirement to distribute the source code, even though third parties are not NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 240 Verify that the user has already received a copy of these materials or that you have already sent this user a copy. For an executable, the NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 241 It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any patents or other property right claims or to NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 242 DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE LIBRARY TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCHDAMAGES. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 243: Gnu General Public License
To prevent this, we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all. The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and modification follow. TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 244 Program with the Program (or with a work based on the Program) on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under the scope of this License. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 245 License and any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you may not distribute the Program at all. For example, if a patent license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Program by all those who receive copies NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 246 WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 247 OpenLDAP is a registered trademark of the OpenLDAP Foundation. Copyright 1999-2003 The OpenLDAP Foundation, Redwood City, California, USA. All Rights Reserved. Permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document is granted This Product includes open SSL under the Open SSL License NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 248 OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. ================== This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com). This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com). NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 249 The licence and distribution terms for any publicly available version or derivative of this code cannot be changed. i.e. this code cannot simply be copied and put under another distribution licence [including the GNU Public Licence.] NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 250 4. Products derived from this software may not be called “PHP”, nor may “PHP” appear in their name, without prior written permission from group@php.net. You may indicate that your software works in conjunction with PHP by saying “Foo for PHP” instead of calling it “PHP Foo” or “phpfoo” NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 251 Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 1. Definitions. 1.0.1. “Commercial Use” means distribution or otherwise making the Covered Code available to a third party. 1.1. “Contributor” means each entity that creates or contributes to the creation of Modifications. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 252 (b) ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares or beneficial ownership of such entity. 2. Source Code License. 2.1. The Initial Developer Grant. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 253 Source Code version that alters or restricts the applicable version of this License or the recipients' rights hereunder. However, You may include an additional document offering the additional rights described in Section 3.5. 3.2. Availability of Source Code. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 254 Covered Code. You may choose to offer, and to charge a fee for, warranty, support, indemnity or liability obligations to one or more recipients of Covered Code. However, You may do so only on Your own behalf, and not on behalf of the Initial Developer or any NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 255 6. Versions of the License. 6.1. New Versions Netscape Communications Corporation (“Netscape”) may publish revised and/or new versions of the License from time to time. Each version will be given a distinguishing version number. 6.2. Effect of New Versions NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 256 Participant to You under Sections 2.1 and/or 2.2 automatically terminate at the expiration of the 60 day notice period specified above. NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 257 International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded. Any law or regulation which provides that the language of a contract shall be construed against the drafter shall not apply to this License. 12. Responsibility for claims NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 258 Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 259 License Agreement remains in full force and effect. Ownership of the Software, Documentation and all intellectual property rights therein shall remain at all times with ZyXEL. Any other use of the Software by any other entity is strictly forbidden and is a violation of this License Agreement.
Page 260 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE OF THE SOFTWARE, AND NO WARRANTIES SHALL APPLY AFTER THAT PERIOD. 7.Limitation of Liability IN NO EVENT WILL ZyXEL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES FOR...
Page 261 This License Agreement is effective until it is terminated. You may terminate this License Agreement at any time by destroying or returning to ZyXEL all copies of the Software and Documentation in your possession or under your control. ZyXEL may terminate this License Agreement for any reason, including, but not limited to, if ZyXEL finds that you have violated any of the terms of this License Agreement.
Page 262 Appendix D Open Source Licences NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
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Page 264 Any replacement will consist of a new or re-manufactured functionally equivalent product of equal or higher value, and will be solely at the discretion of ZyXEL. This warranty shall not apply if the product has been modified, misused, tampered with, damaged by an act of God, or subjected to abnormal working conditions.
Page 265: Appendix F Customer Support
• Sales E-mail: sales@zyxel.co.cr • Telephone: +506-2017878 • Fax: +506-2015098 • Web: www.zyxel.co.cr • FTP: ftp.zyxel.co.cr • Regular Mail: ZyXEL Costa Rica, Plaza Roble Escazú, Etapa El Patio, Tercer Piso, San José, Costa Rica Czech Republic • E-mail: info@cz.zyxel.com • Telephone: +420-241-091-350 •...
Page 266 • E-mail: info@zyxel.fr • Telephone: +33-4-72-52-97-97 • Fax: +33-4-72-52-19-20 • Web: www.zyxel.fr • Regular Mail: ZyXEL France, 1 rue des Vergers, Bat. 1 / C, 69760 Limonest, France Germany • Support E-mail: support@zyxel.de • Sales E-mail: sales@zyxel.de • Telephone: +49-2405-6909-69 •...
Page 267 • Sales E-mail: sales@zyxel.in • Telephone: +91-11-30888144 to +91-11-30888153 • Fax: +91-11-30888149, +91-11-26810715 • Web: http://www.zyxel.in • Regular Mail: India - ZyXEL Technology India Pvt Ltd., II-Floor, F2/9 Okhla Phase -1, New Delhi 110020, India Japan • Support E-mail: support@zyxel.co.jp •...
Page 268 • Support E-mail: support@zyxel.com.sg • Sales E-mail: sales@zyxel.com.sg • Telephone: +65-6899-6678 • Fax: +65-6899-8887 • Web: http://www.zyxel.com.sg • Regular Mail: ZyXEL Singapore Pte Ltd., No. 2 International Business Park, The Strategy #03-28, Singapore 609930 Spain • Support E-mail: support@zyxel.es • Sales E-mail: sales@zyxel.es •...
Page 269 • Support E-mail: support@zyxel.co.th • Sales E-mail: sales@zyxel.co.th • Telephone: +662-831-5315 • Fax: +662-831-5395 • Web: http://www.zyxel.co.th • Regular Mail: ZyXEL Thailand Co., Ltd., 1/1 Moo 2, Ratchaphruk Road, Bangrak-Noi, Muang, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand. Ukraine • Support E-mail: support@ua.zyxel.com • Sales E-mail: sales@ua.zyxel.com •...
Page 270 Appendix F Customer Support NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 271: Index
106, 108 channel guides activation CIFS configuration configuration iTunes server 106, 108, 109 COPY/SYNC button rebuilding database download service print server Flickr configuration FTP Uploadr name print server web publishing 106, 120, 122 shares 39, 40 activation NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 272 URL, download service IP address duplexing iTunes server 106, 108, 109 external volumes JBOD 89, 93, 94, 95 jumbo frames 99, 100, 102 files, uploading firmware, upgrading lag, time Flickr language selection access rights NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 273 40, 160 server configuration 158, 162 shares replacing disks volumes reset workgroup restoring settings NAS Discovery Utility, see NDU navigation panel download service notifications network diagnostic tools 99, 102 IP address NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 274 94, 96 usernames RAID 1 94, 96, 97 users recovering add an account 148, 149 resynchronization display information status 87, 90 displaying information USB devices 92, 93 edit an account volumes 85, 93 group membership 150, 155 NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 275 My NSA 34, 35 navigation panel password 33, 34, 42 status web publishing 106, 120, 122 activation example port number troubleshooting workgroup name YouTube access rights activation authorization configuration 138, 139 grace period NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...
Page 276 Index NSA-220 Plus User’s Guide...

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