Chapter 7: Tips And Tricks; Usb Storage Expansion; Adding A Spare Disk; Firewall Software Configuration - Thecus N4100PRO User Manual

Chapter 7: Tips and Tricks

USB Storage Expansion

The N4100PRO supports external USB hard disks through its three USB ports.
Once a USB hard disk has been successfully mounted, users can access the files
on the USB hard disk under the USBHDD folder. The N4100PRO supports up to 6
USB external storage devices. All file names on the USB disk volume are case
sensitive.
Before attaching a USB disk drive to N4100PRO, you have to partition and format
it on a desktop computer or a notebook first. The attached device will be located
at \\192.168.1.100\usbhdd\usb1\1\ where 192.168.1.100 means the IP
address of N4100PRO, usb1 stands for the first USB device, and 1 stands for the
first partition on disk #1, the USB disk drive. If it is an NTFS partition, NAS users
can open or copy files from \\192.168.1.100\usbhdd\usb1\1 but cannot add
new files or modify existing files.
NOTE

Adding a Spare Disk

With a RAID 1 or RAID 5 volume, you can add a spare disk after the initial RAID
is setup. To add a spare disk, follow the steps below:
1. On the RAID Configuration Screen, tick the checkbox of the hard disk
you wish to designate as a spare disk.
2. Click Add Spare. The disk will be configured as a spare disk. The system
automatically rebuilds the spare disk when one of the disks in the RAID set
fails.

Firewall Software Configuration

If you are using a software firewall (i.e. Norton Internet Security) and are having
trouble connecting to the N4100PRO, you can try the following steps:
1. Double click the NIS icon on system tray, and then configure the
Personal Firewall.
2. On the Programs page, find the SetupWizard.exe and change its
permission to "Permit All". If it's not in the program list, use the Add or
Program Scan buttons to find it.
3. On the Networking page, manually add N4100PRO IP address (i.e.
192.168.1.100) to the Trusted list.
If you want to write to an USB storage device, the file system must be
FAT32.
USB Storage
Read
Write
86
FAT32 Partition NTFS Partition
OK
OK
OK
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