Chapter 6: Tips And Tricks; Usb Storage Expansion; Adding A Spare Disk; Firewall Software Configuration - Thecus N4100PRO User Manual

Chapter 6: Tips and Tricks

U SB Storage Expansion
T he 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
U SB hard disk under the USBHDD folder. The N4100PRO supports up to 6 USB
e xternal storage devices. All file names on the USB disk volume are case sensitive.
B efore attaching a USB disk drive to N4100PRO, you have to partition and format it
o n 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
\
N 4100PRO, usb1 stands for the first USB device, and 1 stands for the first partition
o n disk #1, the USB disk drive. If it is an NTFS partition, NAS users can open or copy
files f rom \\192.168.1.100\usbhdd\usb1\1 but cannot add new files or modify
e xisting 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 Soft ware Configuration
If you are u sing a sof
tr ouble co nnecting
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
Program Scan buttons to find it.
3. On the Networking pa
192.168.1.100) to the Trusted list.
If you want to write to an USB storage device, the file system must
FAT32.
USB
Storage
Read
Write
tware firewall (i.e. Norton Internet Security) and are having
to the N4100PRO, you can try the following steps:
it's n
ge, manually add N4100PRO IP address (i.e.
FAT32
Partition
OK
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ot in the program list, use the Add or
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be
NTFS
Partition
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