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  • Page 1 Thecus N0204 miniNAS User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Copyright And Trademark Notice

    For your safety, please read and follow the following safety warnings: Read this manual thoroughly before attempting to set up your N0204 miniNAS. Your N0204 miniNAS is a complicated electronic device. DO NOT attempt to repair it under any circumstances. In the case of malfunction, turn off the power immediately and have it repaired at a qualified service center.
  • Page 3 DO NOT place the N0204 miniNAS in direct sunlight or expose it to other heat sources. DO NOT use chemicals or aerosols to clean the N0204 miniNAS. Unplug the power cord and all connected cables before cleaning. DO NOT place any objects on the N0204 miniNAS or obstruct its ventilation slots to avoid overheating the unit.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Hard Disk Installation ..................11 Cable Connections ....................12 Chapter 3: First Time Setup ............... 13 Overview ......................13 Start Thecus N0204 Setup Wizard ............... 13 Setup1. Insert the installation CD................13 Setup2. Start the Windows Setup Wizard ............... 13 Setup3. Device Discovery..................13 Setup4.
  • Page 5 Adding a Web Cam Schedule ................54 Printer Server...................... 57 Windows XP SP2 ....................57 Windows Vista ....................57 Chapter 6: Using the N0204 miniNAS............61 Overview ......................61 Login Page ......................61 Web User Interface ..................... 61 Using WebDisk ....................62 Using Music Server ....................
  • Page 6 Uploading Pictures to Albums................65 Windows XP Publishing Wizard ................65 EXIF Information ....................70 Slide Shows ....................... 70 Mapping a Client PC to the N0204 miniNAS ............71 Windows......................71 Apple OS X ......................72 File Backup......................72 Thecus Backup Utility ..................72 Windows XP Data Backup..................

  • Page 7: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Don’t leave precious data to chance. With advanced backup capabilities, you can easily upload mission critical files to the N0204 miniNAS, and even automate your backup tasks for true peace-of-mind. To find out how to backup your files with the N0204 miniNAS, refer to Chapter 6: Using the N0204 miniNAS > File Backup.

  • Page 8: Photo Gallery

    Web Cam Server. Printer Server With the N0204 miniNAS’s Printer Server, you can easily share an IPP printer with other PCs connected to your network. To set up the Printer Server, refer to Chapter 5: Additional Feature Setup > Printer Server.

  • Page 9: Front Panel

    Front Panel The Thecus N0204 miniNAS’s front panel has the USB copy button, indicators, and USB port: USB copy Button/LED HDD1 LED HDD2 LED LAN LED Power LED USB 2.0 Port Front Panel Item Description USB copy • Copy USB storage contents to N0204 miniNAS Button/LED •...

  • Page 10: Rear Panel

    Rear Panel The Thecus N0204 miniNAS’s rear panel features ports and connectors. HDD1 HDD2 LAN Port USB 1.1 Port HDD Tray hook hitch Power Button Power socket Back Panel Item Description USB 1.1 Port • USB 1.1 port for compatible USB Printer LAN Port •...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2: Hardware Installation

    Overview Your N0204 miniNAS is designed for easy installation. To help you get started, the following chapter will help you quickly get your N0204 miniNAS up and running. Please read it carefully to prevent damaging your unit during installation. Before You Begin Before you begin, be sure to take the following precautions: 1.

  • Page 12: Cable Connections

    Plug the other end of the cord into surge protector socket. 3. Press the Power bu tton on the Rear end to boot up or shut down the N0204 miniNAS. NOTE 1. USB copy LED will be...

  • Page 13: Chapter 3: First Time Setup

    Overview Once the hardware is installed, physically connected to your network, and powered on, you can configure the N0204 miniNAS so that it is accessible to your network users. Follow the steps below for initial software setup. Start Thecus N0204 Setup Wizard The handy Thecus Setup Wizard makes configuring N0204 miniNAS a snap.

  • Page 14: Setup4. Install Mode

    RAID into your N0204 with default setting. You also can select “Manually Installation” to setup your N0204 by step by step. Setup5. RAUD Setup The Setup Wizard will automatically detect all HDD on your N0204, select your desired RAID level, Press Next to continue.

  • Page 15: Setup6. Network Disk

    Note : You have to wait for HDD format and RAID setup; it may need to take around 60 ~ 100 seconds depend on RAID level selected Setup6. Network Disk The Setup Wizard will automatically List system share folders and you could map these share folders to network driver to your PC or NB.

  • Page 16: Setup7. Complete

    Web Administrator Interface by pressing the Start Browser button. You can also configure another N0204 miniNAS at this point by clicking the Setup Other Device button. Or press Exit to exit the Setup Wizard and start to use N0204 on your PC/NB.

  • Page 17: Usb Copy

    Don’t know which RAID level to use? Find out more about the different RAID levels from Appendix C: RAID Basics. Step 3: Create Local Users or Setup Authentication Once the RAID is ready, you can begin to create local users for the N0204 miniNAS, or choose to setup authentication protocols.

  • Page 18: Step 4: Create Folders And Set Up Acls

    (ACL). Step 5: Start Services Finally, you can start to setup the different services of the N0204 miniNAS for the users on your network. You can find out more about each of these services by clicking below: Windows Networking (SMB/CIFS) iTunes®...

  • Page 19: Chapter 4: System Management

    Make sure your network is connected to the Internet. To access the N0204 miniNAS Web Administration Interface: 1. Type the N0204 miniNAS’s IP address into your browser. (Default IP address is set by DHCP, or system will assign IP address for it.) 2.

  • Page 20: Menu Bar

    Apply to confirm your selection. Status Menu The Status Menu on the menu bar allows you to see various aspects of the N0204 miniNAS. From here, you can discover the status of the N0204 miniNAS, and even find out other...

  • Page 21: Product Information

    From the Status menu, choose the System item, and the System Status screen appears. These screens provide basic system status information. System Status Item Description CPU Loading (%) Displays current CPU workload of the N0204 miniNAS. Up Time Shows how long the system has been running. Printer Status...

  • Page 22: Web Camera

    From the Status menu, choose the Printer item, and the Printer Information screen appears. This screen provides the following information about the USB printer connected to the USB port. Printer Status Item Description Manufacturer Displays the name of the USB printer manufacturer. Model Displays the model of the USB printer.

  • Page 23: Storage Management

    Click to preview current web camera capture image. Apply Click Apply to save changes. Storage Management The Storage Menu displays the status of storage devices installed in the N0204 miniNAS, and includes storage configuration options such as RAID and disk settings, folder configuration settings. SATA Information...

  • Page 24: Raid Information

    RAID Information screen appears. This screen lists the RAID volume currently residing on the N0204 miniNAS. From this screen, you can get information about the status of your RAID volume, as well as the status, used percentage, and stripe size.

  • Page 25: Raid Settings

    RAID Levels Level Description JBOD The storage volume is a single HDD with no RAID support. JBOD requires a minimum of 1 disk. RAID 0 Provides data striping but no redundancy. Improves performance but not data safety. RAID 0 requires a minimum of 2 disks. RAID 1 Offers disk mirroring.

  • Page 26: Deleting A Raid

    Removing RAID destroys all data in the current RAID. The data WARNIN is unrecoverable. Folder Management From the Storage menu, choose Folder, and the Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to create and configure folders on the N0204 miniNAS volume. Folder Item Description Folder name Displays the name of the folder.

  • Page 27: Editing Folders

    Add Folder Item Description Folder Name Enter the name of the folder. Description Provide a description the folder. Browseable Enable or Disable users from browsing the folder contents. If Yes is selected, then the share folder will be browseable. Public Admit or deny public access to this folder.

  • Page 28: Network Management

    Access Control List Item Description Deny Denies access to users or groups who are displayed in this column. Read Only Provides Read Only access to users or groups who are displayed in this column. Writable Provides Write access to users or groups who are displayed in this column.
  • Page 29 Most Fast Ethernet (10/100Mbps) Switches/Routers do not support Jumbo Frame and you will not be able to connect to your N0204 after Jumbo Frame is turned on. If this happens, please reset your N0204 network settings and it will turn off Jumbo Frame Support. How to do? Please refer...

  • Page 30: Ddns Configuration

    User Name Enter your user name. Password Enter your password or DDNS key. Domain Name Enter your host name (i.e. www.N0204 miniNAS.dyndns.org) Apply Click to save your changes. Typical DDNS Configuration Procedure To setup DDNS on your N0204 mi niNAS, follow the steps below: 1.

  • Page 31: Apple Network

    Specifies Zone for Applet Talk service. If your AppleTalk network uses extended networks and is assigned with multiple zones, assign a zone name to the N0204 miniNAS. If you do not want to assign a network zone, enter an asterisk (*) to use the default setting.

  • Page 32: Local User Configuration

    Local User Configuration From the Accounts menu, choose the Users item, and the Local User Configuration screen appears. This screen allows you to Add, Modify, and Delete local users. Local User Configuration Item Description Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local users. Modify Press the Modify button to modify a local user.

  • Page 33: Deleting Users

    3. From here, you can enter a new password and re-enter to confirm, or use the << or >> buttons to have this user join or leave a group. Click the Apply button to save your changes. Deleting Users 1. Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen. 2.

  • Page 34: Modifying Groups

    2. Press Delete to delete the group from the system. System Settings The System menu gives you a wealth of settings that you can use to configure your N0204 miniNAS’s system administration functions. You can set up system notifications, view system logs, and even upgrade firmware from this menu.

  • Page 35: System Logs

    Time screen appears. Set the desired Date, Time, and Time Zone. You can also elect to synchronize the system time on the N0204 miniNAS with an NTP (Network Time Protocol) Server. You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings.

  • Page 36: System Configuration Backup And Restore

    Select Manually to allow the N0204 miniNAS to synchronize with an NTP server of your choice. Select NO to not have the N0204 miniNAS to synchronize with an NTP server. If an NTP server is selected, please make sure your N0204 WARNING network has been setup to access the NTP server.

  • Page 37: Reset To Factory Default Settings

    Browse Click to browse the folder of your PC to locate the module files. Install Click to install the listed module into your N0204 miniNAS Reset to Factory Default Settings From the System menu, choose the Factory Default item and the Reset to Factory Default screen appears.

  • Page 38: Change Administrator Password

    • Check Thecus website for the latest firmware release and release notes. NOTE • Downgrading firmware is not permitted. Do NOT turns off the system during the firmware upgrade in process. This will WARNING brings a catastrophic result that may render the system inoperable.

  • Page 39: Reboot And Shutdown System

    Scheduled Power On/Off You may also designate a schedule for the N0204 miniNAS to turn on and off. To do this, first enable the feature by checking the Enable Timer checkbox. Then, simply choose an on and off time for each day of the week that you would like to designate a schedule by using the various dropdowns.

  • Page 40: Chapter 5: Additional Feature Setup

    You may set the maximum bandwidth allocated to file downloads. Selections include Unlimited, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 MB/s. To access the share folder on the N0204 miniNAS, use the appropriate user login and password set up on the Users page (Accounts > Users). Access control to each share folder is set up on the ACL page (Storage >...

  • Page 41: Media Server

    Specify tag encoding for MP3 files stored in N0204 miniNAS. All ID3 tags will be sent out in UTF-8 format. Once the iTunes service is enabled, the N0204 miniNAS will make all music located in the Music folder available for iTunes-equipped computers on the network.

  • Page 42: Adding Media Share Folders

    N0204 miniNAS. Download Manager With the built-in Download Manager, you can have the N0204 miniNAS download HTTP, FTP, and BT files without having full PC powered on. What’s more, you can even schedule your downloads for off-peak hours, ensuring efficient use of bandwidth.

  • Page 43: Adding An Http Task

    Download Tasks Item Description Click to start the specified task. Click to pause the specified task. Click to delete the specified task. A prompt will appear asking you if you would like to delete the task itself, or the task and all related downloaded files. Task Name of the task.
  • Page 44 3. Next, select the destination folder from the Destination Folder dropdown. This is where the download will reside 4. Select the maximum download bandwidth from the Max. Download Bandwidth dropdown.

  • Page 45: Adding An Ftp Task

    5. Press Apply to add the task. 6. Once added, your download will appear in the list of download tasks. To start the download, simply click the Start icon ( ) and the download will begin. 7. The download status will continually update in the Download Tasks window. To pause the download, click the Pause icon ( Adding an FTP Task To add a new FTP task to the Download Manager, follow these steps:...
  • Page 46 2. In the FTP Task window, start by inputting the target URL in the Download Link box. This is the link to the download you want to queue. 3. Next, select the destination folder from the Destination Folder dropdown. This is where the download will reside.
  • Page 47 4. The next step depends if you are using an anonymous login for your FTP download. If you are logging in anonymously, select Anonymous Login and move on to step 5. If you are required to login with a user name and password, select Username and input your user name and password into the appropriate fields.
  • Page 48 6. Press Apply to add the task. 7. Once added, your download will appear in the list of download tasks. To start the download, simply click the Start icon ( ) and the download will begin. 8. The download status will continually update in the Download Tasks window. To pause the download, click the Pause icon (...

  • Page 49: Adding A Bt Task

    Adding a BT Task To add a new BT task to the Download Manager, follow these steps: 1. Using the Task Type dropdown, select BT and click Add Task. 2. In the BT Task window, start by clicking Browse… and selecting the torrent file you wish to start.
  • Page 50 3. Next, select the destination folder from the Destination Folder dropdown. This is where the download will reside. 4. Next, you can select the maximum and minimum number of peers from selecting the counts from the appropriate dropdowns.
  • Page 51 5. Next, you can set the maximum download and upload bandwidths from the dropdowns below. 6. Press Apply to add the task. 7. Once added, your download will appear in the list of download tasks. To start the download, simply click the Start icon ( ) and the download will begin. 8.

  • Page 52: Deleting Tasks

    Deleting Tasks To delete a task, simply follow the steps below: 1. Click the Delete icon ( ) beside the task that you wish to delete. The Delete Task dialogue box will appear. 2. Select Delete Task only if you wish to remove only the torrent file and all transient files, leaving the unfinished download files intact.

  • Page 53: Web Cam Server

    Web Cam Server With the Web Cam Server, you can schedule the N0204 miniNAS to capture images with a connected USB webcam. To configure the Web Cam Server, go to Status, choose the Web Camera option, and the Web Camera window appears.

  • Page 54: Adding A Web Cam Schedule

    Note: Picture quality may vary due to the number of different USB Web Cams on market with varying hardware components. Once you are happy with the Web Cam preview, your can select the resolution you want. There are 3 different choices: 160x120 320x240 640x480...
  • Page 55 Next, select time slot you want to record through the Web Cam. Note: If Always is selected, it will start to record right away and will not stop until the Web Camera Schedule is set to Disabled. Alternatively, you can schedule the Web Cam to capture daily or hourly. Take a look at the example below.
  • Page 56 One important point worth mentioning is how captured picture is stored. The folder where captured images are stored is the Video system folder, which is associated with the system- created Web Cam sub folder. See the figure below for reference: The Web Cam will capture images according to the designated schedule.

  • Page 57: Printer Server

    • Not all USB printers are supported. Please check Thecus website for a list of supported printers. • Note that if a multi-function (all-in-one) printer is attached to the N0204, usually only the printing function will work. Other features, such as scanning, probably will not function. Windows Vista...
  • Page 58 2. Click the right mouse button in anywhere on the Printers folder and then select Add Printer. 3. Select “Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer”. 4. Select “The printer that I want isn’t listed”. You can press “The printer that I want isn’t listed”...
  • Page 59 Type: http://<Thecus_NAS>:631/printers/usb-printer in the box, where <Thecus_NAS_IP> is the IP address of the N0204 miniNAS. Click Next. 6. Select or install a printer and then press OK. If your printer model is not listed, please contact your printer manufacturer for help.
  • Page 60 9. Done! Click Finish.

  • Page 61: Chapter 6: Using The N0204 Mininas

    To manage your personal files or access public files on the N0204 miniNAS, just enter its IP address into your browser (IP address can be viewed by Setup Wizard), and you will be taken to the N0204 miniNAS Login page.

  • Page 62: Using Webdisk

    Photos Click to use the Photo Gallery function Login Click to login to the N0204 miniNAS. Logout Click to return to the N0204 miniNAS Login page. Change Click to change your login password. Password Using WebDisk 1. When any user clicks on the WebDisk icon, they will see all available public folders.

  • Page 63: Adding Music Files

    2. Double click the Music folder to enter it. Then drag and drop music folders and files here. 3. The N0204 miniNAS iTunes server will take some time to cache the ID3 tag of every file. Once the process is done, you will see all the music files from iTunes clients.

  • Page 64: Managing Albums And Photos

    NOTE Only logged in users will see these icons. To prevent system errors, the N0204 miniNAS sets the following limitations on photo files: Each file upload is limited to a size of 8MB. Files exceeding 8MB will NOT be uploaded and no error message will appear.

  • Page 65: Uploading Pictures To Albums

    Uploading Pictures to Albums Uploading pictures to albums using the Web User Interface is easy: 1. When the album is created, click the album icon to enter the album. Initially the album is empty. 2. Click the Add button to upload pictures into the album. The Upload Photos screen will appear.
  • Page 66 4. Once the Wizard is installed, use the Windows file manager to browse the folder that contains the picture you want to publish. On the left pane, there will be an icon labeled “Publish this folder to the Web”. 5. Click on this icon and Web Publishing Wizard will start. 6.
  • Page 67 7. Your PC will start to connect to the Photo Web Server. 8. Select N0204 miniNAS Photo Gallery Wizard to publish your pictures to the N0204 miniNAS. 9. Login into the N0204 miniNAS with your local user name and password.
  • Page 68 10. Create your album by entering an album name and clicking on the Create Album button. 11. Select the album you want to upload your pictures to. 12. Confirm the target album. 13. Windows will show you that the picture upload is in progress.
  • Page 69 14. When the upload is finished, the Wizard will ask you whether if you want to go to the website. Click Finish to go to your Photo Web Server. 15. Click on the user’s icon to go to that user’s album. 16.

  • Page 70: Exif Information

    17. Finished! You will see the pictures just selected in the album. EXIF Information While viewing pictures, you can also have the N0204 miniNAS display the EXIF information for each photo. Simply click the EXIF button to display EXIF information. To hide this information, click the EXIF button again.

  • Page 71: Mapping A Client Pc To The N0204 Mininas

    Mapping a Client PC to the N0204 miniNAS You can map share folders on the N0204 miniNAS so that you can access them as if they were drives on your computer. You can connect to the shared network folders on the N0204...

  • Page 72: Apple Os X

    Click Connect. 3. When MAC OS X is trying to connect N0204 miniNAS, it will ask for a User Name and Password which has access to the folder. 4. When MAC OS X has connected to the N0204 miniNAS successfully, an icon representing the folder will appear on the MAC OS X desktop.

  • Page 73: Windows Xp Data Backup

    4. Click Next and in the Backup Type, Destination, and Name page, specify a back up location using the Browse button. 5. Find and select the drive that specifies your N0204 miniNAS as your backup destination and click Next. 6. Click Next to display the wizard’s final page and click Finish to start backing up.

  • Page 74: Chapter 7: Tips And Tricks

    USB HDD folder. All file names on the USB disk volume are case sensitive. Before attaching an USB disk drive to N0204 miniNAS, you have to partition and format it on a desktop computer or a notebook first. The attached USB storage device will be located at...

  • Page 75: Part Iii - Setting Up Virtual Servers (Https)

    192.168.1.100) to the Trusted list. Replacing Damaged Hard Drives If you are using RAID 1, you can easily replace a damaged hard drive in the Thecus N0204 miniNAS while keeping your data secure with the system’s automatic data recovery. Hard Drive Damage When a hard drive is damaged, LED will be become solid RED.

  • Page 76: Raid Auto-Rebuild

    Singleusermode) to any available USB disk at root directory. Note that; please don’t put any other files in this USB disk. 2. Plug this USB disk into N0204 at front USB 2.0 port and then press the USB copy button on front panel. The system will reboot to temporary IP address - 192.168.1.100.
  • Page 77 When the file system check is finished, the result will be displayed in your browser. If the file system is corrupted beyond repair, you may have to remove NOTE RAID and recreate the file system.

  • Page 78: Chapter 8: Troubleshooting

    1. Start the Setup Wizard, and it will automatically detect N0204 miniNAS on your network. 2. You should be able to find the IP address of the N0204 miniNAS which you have forgotten in the Device Discovery screen. Resetting NAS IP Address and Admin Password...

  • Page 79: Restoring Factory Defaults

    3. Under NTP Server, select No. 4. Set the Date, Time, and Time Zone. 5. Click Apply. In addition, if the N0204 miniNAS is able to ac cess the Internet and you want to keep the NTP Server clock.isc.org by default, please make sure...

  • Page 80: Appendix A: Product Specifications

    Copy USB Mass storage device contents to specified location external USB disk to to NAS NAS) USB copy (From NAS to Copy NAS data to external USB disk external USB disk) NAS Remote Replication Via Thecus proprietary Nsync Multimedia Support...
  • Page 81 Utility Program MS Windows Setup Wizard, Support multilingual Support Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista, Mac OSX backup utility Email notification Send the system messages via Email to the system administrator Others ISO mount Supported Recycled Bin Supported **For supported USB dongles, please contact sales@thecus.com...

  • Page 82: Appendix B: Customer Support

    Appendix B: Customer Support If your N0204 miniNAS is not working properly, we encourage you to check out Chapter 8: Troubleshooting, located in this manual. You can also try to ensure that you are using the latest firmware version for your N0204 miniNAS. Thecus is committed to providing free firmware upgrades to our customers.

  • Page 83: Appendix C: Raid Basics

    RAID Levels The Thecus N0204 miniNAS supports standard RAID levels 0, 1 and JBOD. You choose a RAID level when you create a system volume. The factors for selecting a RAID level are: •...

  • Page 84: Stripe Size

    RAID. Since multiple disks are accessed at the same time, disk striping enhances performance. The stripes can vary in size. Disk Usage When all 3 disks are of the same size, and used in RAID, N0204 miniNAS disk usage percentage is listed below: RAID Level...

  • Page 85: Appendix D: Licensing Information

    General Public License. Please see THE GNU General Public License for extra terms and conditions of this license. Source Code Availability Thecus Technology Corp. has exposed the full source code of the GPL licensed software. For more information on how you can obtain our source code, please visit our web site, http://www.thecus.com.

  • Page 86: Gnu General Public License

    Permission is granted to use CGIC in any application, commercial or noncommercial, at no cost. HOWEVER, this copyright paragraph must appear on a "credits" page accessible in the public online and offline documentation of the program. Modified versions of the CGIC library should not be distributed without the attachment of a clear statement regarding the author of the modifications, and this notice may in no case be removed.
  • Page 87 0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the terms of this General Public License. The "Program", below, refers to any such program or work, and a "work based on the Program"...
  • Page 88 3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange;...
  • Page 89 example, if a patent license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Program by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from distribution of the Program.
  • Page 90 SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS Thank you for choosing Thecus!

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