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NSA325
Support Note
Version 1.00
Sep, 2011

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  • Page 1 NSA325 Support Note Version 1.00 Sep, 2011...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    5. Does NSA325 support DLNA media server?..............28 6. What is the feature “Wake On LAN”?................28 7. Which kind of video file formats are supported by NSA325?...........29 8. Which kind of audio file formats are supported by NSA325?...........29 9. Which kind of image file formats are supported by NSA325?..........29...

  • Page 3: Chapter 1 Applications

    1. NAS Starter Utility 1.1 NAS Starter Utility Installation After you install a new hard drive on the NSA325, please make sure to use the NAS Starter Utility to discover and access the NSA325 to assign an IP address by DHCP or a static IP. The steps are as below.

  • Page 4: Nsa325 Initialization

    Figure 5. Installation is finished. 1.2 NSA325 Initialization After successful installation, click the “NAS Starter Utility”. The first screen of NSU is trying to discovery for NSA devices. Click the “NAS Seeker”, you can choose devices which do you want to connect.
  • Page 5 Figure 10. Choose a wizard type Figure 11. Change the password. Check if the settings are correct and click Next to begin configuring NSA325. Figure 13. NAS is under setting. Figure 12. Confirm settings.

  • Page 6: Network Setting

    Figure 14. NSU main menu. 1.4 zPilot Click zPilot to launch zPilot. When you would like to upload files to NSA325, just drag files onto zPilot icon. The files will be automatically uploaded and sorted based on their types: Music, Photo and Video. The files which are not the categorized in Music, Photo or Video will be uploaded to the Public folder.

  • Page 7: Directory

    NSA325. 1.5 Directory Click Network Drive and enter your username and password. Then the directory of NSA325 will pop up. You will see the files you uploaded through zPilot are automatically categorized by their types. Figure 20. NSU main menu.

  • Page 8: Device Management

    Figure 26. Directory of NSA325. 1.6 Device Management Click Configuration > Administrator and enter admin’s username and password to access NSA325’s GUI. Then the administrator can manage the device and change the configurations. Figure 28. Enter admin’s username and Figure 27. NSU main menu.

  • Page 9: Media Player

    The username can be admin or other regular users. The Home screen displays. You can click on the icon to listen to the music, watch the movies or enjoy the photos stored in the NSA325. Figure 32. NSA325 Home Screen.
  • Page 10 You can select one category in the list to play the music. Figure 33. Play the music by selecting the category. Just click on the song to start playing the music. Figure 34. Music Folder. Figure 35. Music Files. If you find that the media files can’t display correctly, please check the status in Applications >...

  • Page 11: Auto Upload Service

    ZyXEL NSA325 provides users to automatically upload their pictures to Flickr website ( http://www.Flickr.com) and video files to You Tube website ( http://www.youtube.com). Additionally, automatically FTP uploading is supported in NSA325. To use this feature, you need to download the same package as NSA210’s. 2.1 Auto-upload pictures to Flickr For sharing pictures in Flickr website (http://www.Flickr.com), NSA325...
  • Page 12 In the following popup browser, you need to authorize the connection between your account and your NSA325. Figure 37. Authorization between your account and NSA325. The following figure shows that you agree this link after press “OK” button. Figure 38. Successful Authorization.
  • Page 13 NSA325. Figure 39. Press “Get Ready”. You also can check the service status in NSA325 under Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube. In this case, we can see the storage status in your Fickr account. Figure 40. Monitor the service status.
  • Page 14 Figure 41. Configure “Grace Period” in the GUI. In this example, we configure the grace period as two minutes. This means that NSA325 will upload any new added pictures in the folder you specify after 15 minutes since you press apply button.
  • Page 15 Please specify the given folder that NSA325 will watch and upload the pictures after applying configuration. Figure 43. Specify the folder. Please remember to press “APPLY” button after specifying the given folder. NSA325 will monitor any need added pictures in the folder you assigned after you press apply button.
  • Page 16 After 15 minutes, NSA325 will upload new added photos to Flickr website. In this example, we can see one picture has been uploaded to Flickr website. Figure 45. Uploaded photo.

  • Page 17: Package Management

    3. Package Management Package management is used to set up more useful applications in NSA325. This feature enables user to use the following applications: BackupPlanner, DyDNS, Gallery, NFS, PHP-MySQL-phpMyAdmin, SMART, SqueezeCenter, Wordpress and eMule. Firstly, click Applications > Package Management to display the screen. Then the applications are listed as below.

  • Page 18: Gallery

    Figure 49. Applications’ link. 3.1 Gallery Gallery is a web-based application that allows NSA325 to host photos. You can upload photos in the local computers or stored in NSA325. Use the administrator account of NSA325 to log in to the Gallery GUI.
  • Page 19 Figure 50. Enter Gallery GUI. Figure 51. Use Admin account to log in. Figure 52. Upload photos from NSA325.
  • Page 20 Figure 53. Add selected files. Then you can view the uploaded photos and edit photos in the screen. Figure 54. Uploaded photos.

  • Page 21: Dropbox

      Link your NSA325 with your Dropbox account.   First, on NSU main page and log into the Dropbox service for NSA325, go to Applications > Dropbox. Then, enable Dropbox service. Figure 55 NSU main menu. Figure 56. Enter the username and password.
  • Page 22 After allowing the agreement in Dropbox page, please also press the “Get ready” button in NSA325. Figure 59. Press “Get Ready”. You can check the service status in NSA325 under Applications > Dropbox. In this case, we can see the storage status in your Dropbox account. Figure 60. Monitor the service status.
  • Page 23 The NSA connects to Dropbox and copies files in the Drop2NAS folder to the NSA’s admin\Dropbox\FromDropbox folder and empties the Drop2NAS folder. The NSA initiates connections to the Dropbox server so you do not need to configure rules on a firewall in front of the NSA to allow access to the NSA.

  • Page 24: Zdownload

    4.1 Using the zDownload Folder The NSA copies *.torrent files in the zDownload folder to the NSA’s admin\download \torrents folder and automatically starts download them. Figure 65. Upload torrent files to zDownload folder. Figure 66. NSA get files and download automatically.

  • Page 25: Smartphone

    5.Smartphone APP Use ZyXEL’s zMedia app to play files and manage the NSA from iOS version 3 or later device or Android version 2.1 or later smartphone. Install ZyXEL’s zMedia app from the Apple App Store, Android Market, or www.zyxel.com to play files and manage the NSA from your iOS device or Android smartphone.

  • Page 26: File Browser

    5.1 File Browser Tap File Browser to look through and play files on the NSA. zMedia File Browser Figure 70 Tap a share to view its contents.

  • Page 27: Network Ipv6

    Network IPv6 The NSA325 has support IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), is designed to increase IP address space and enhance features. You can click Network > TCP/IP for further configuration. Press IPv6 Settings Figure 71 You can select Disable / Auto / Static Figure 72 .

  • Page 28: Chapter 2 Faq

    Yes. NSA325 supports DLNA 1.5 compliant media server. 6. What is the feature “Wake On LAN”? You can turn on the NSA325 through its wired Ethernet connection after enabling Wake On LAN. To use Wake On LAN from a computer on your LAN, install a program such as Wake On LAN EX or other Wake On LAN programs that support sending magic packets.

  • Page 29: Which Kind Of Video File Formats Are Supported By Nsa325

    9. Which kinds of image file format are supported by NSA325? NSA325 supports bitmap, JPEG and PNG. 10. Which kinds of web browsers are supported by NSA325? NSA325 supports Internet Explorer 6.0 and later versions, and Firefox 2.00 and later versions. Currently, NSA325 cannot support Safari now.

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