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Edimax NS-1500n Quick Installation Manual

Edimax NS-1500n Quick Installation Manual

Wireless 11n compact storage server
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  • Page 2 Copyright© by Edimax Technology Co, LTD. all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this Company.
  • Page 3 Please contact Edimax at: Edimax Technology co., Ltd, NO. 3, Wu-Chuan 3rd RD Wu-Ku-Industrial Park, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan. R.O.C., TEL : +886-2-77396888, FAX : +886-2-77396887, sales@edimax.com.tw...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 Product Information……………………………………………………..4 1-1 Product Introduction……………………………………………………….4 1-2 Features…………………………………………………………………….4 1-3 Package Contents…………………………………………………………4 1-4 System Requirements………………………………………………...…..4 Chapter 2 Familiar with the Compact Storage Server……………………………6 2-1 Back Panel………………………………………………………………….6 2-2 Front Panel…………………………………………………………………7 2-3 LED………………………………………………………………………….7 Chapter 3 Device Installation……………………………………………………….9 3-1 Hardware Installation……………………………………………………...9 3-2 Software Installation……………………………………………………...11 Chapter 4 Getting Start Your Compact Storage Server………………………..14 4-1 Auto-search for Storage Server…………………………………………14...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Product Information

    Chapter 1 Product Information 1-1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing this Wireless 11n Compact Storage Server. This Compact Storage Server lets you easily share your files in your network. Simply plug your external hard disk to the Compact Storage Server, connect the LAN port to your network, and do some basic settings, and you're ready to share files.
  • Page 6 Maximum 3.5” USB HDD x 1 (Capacity: up to 2TB) Performance Notes: We've packed a lot of neat functionality into a small, affordable package with this Wireless 11n Compact Storage Server. Here are some notes regarding the performance of your device. For the best disk performance, please follow the wizard to format your disk into either FAT32 or EXT2 file system.

  • Page 7: Chapter 2 Familiar With The Compact Storage Server

    Power Jack Release/R.T.D Button 1) LAN Port You should connect the LAN port of the NS-1500n to your hub/switch, or one LAN port of your router etc. 2) Power Jack Plug the power adapter of the NS-1500n. 3) Release/R.T.D Button Press this button release it immediately, the system will release the external USB hard disk attached to the storage server.

  • Page 8: Front Panel

    2-3 LED LAN LED Storage LED WLAN LED On top of the NS-1500n there are LEDs, which show the status of the NS-1500n. Below is the list of each LED and its description. Light Description Status...
  • Page 9 file server There is no plugged USB mass storage device Slow Storage server is starting; or the used space of Flashing the USB mass storage is over 95%. Fast The USB mass storage is full; or the storage Flashing server is restoring factory default settings; or some error happens.

  • Page 10: Chapter 3 Device Installation

    This is a step-by-step instruction on how to start using the NS-1500n 1. Plug your USB hard disk to the USB port of the NS-1500n. If your USB hard disk has external power adapter, please make sure that the external power adapter is plugged and is supplying power to your USB hard disk.
  • Page 11 3. Plug the power adaptor to the NS-1500n as shown in the setup diagram below. 4. When the Storage LED is steady lit, the NS-1500n is ready.

  • Page 12: Software Installation

    3-2 Software Installation 1. Insert the Storage Server Wizard utility CD into your PC. The Installation program of the Storage Server utilities will be executed automatically. If the Installation program is not executed, please execute it manually. 2. Click “Next” to continue.
  • Page 13 3. Select “Administrator Tool” and click “Next” to install Administrator Tool wizard utility. 4. The installation program starts to install the Storage Server Wizard utilities. 5. Click “Finish” when the installation is finished.
  • Page 14 6. After the installation, there are three utilities installed: Download Manager, NetDisk Explorer and Storage Server Management Wizard. They are located under “Start All Programs Edimax” shown as the following picture.

  • Page 15: Chapter 4 Getting Start Your Compact Storage Server

    Chapter 4 Getting Start Your Compact Storage Server The Installation program will start Storage Server Management Wizard automatically after the installation is finished. 4-1 Auto-search for Storage Server When the Storage Server Management Wizard starts, all Storage Servers in your local area network will be listed. Select the Storage Server you want to configure, and click “Next”.

  • Page 16: Login Storage Server

    to configure. (The default password is “1234” if you never change it.) 4-3 Quick Setup After login, click “Quick Setup” and the wizard will guide you through all the procedures of Storage Server basic settings. 4-4 Build Disks If this is the first time that the hard disk drive is used in this Storage Server, select “Auto-Build Disks &...

  • Page 17: Build Disks

    used in the Storage Server before and you want to keep the data in the hard disk drive, select “Leave Disks Unchanged”. If the hard disk drive was used in the Storage Server before and you want to erase all data and rebuild the disk, select “Clear &...
  • Page 18 Click “Next” if you want to continue. Click “Exit” if you want to abort the configuration.

  • Page 19: Configure Password Of Administrator

    4-5 Configure Password of Administrator Enter a new administrator’s password for the Storage Server, and click “Next”, or just click “Next” directly to keep the current password. Click “Exit” to abort configuration, and all the modification you did will not be applied.

  • Page 20: Configure Network Setting

    4-6 Configure Network Setting The wizard will detect your network environment and searching for an available IP address for the Storage Server. After the detection, the wizard will provide a suggested IP address setting to you. You can apply it or modify it based on your requirement. If your PC is configured to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server, the “Obtain IP address automatically”...
  • Page 21 recommended values and assign the configuration values on your own. Click “Next” when you finish IP configuration. Click “Exit” to abort configuration, and all the modification you did will not be applied. Parameter Description DHCP server is used to manage the IP address of a network.

  • Page 22: Storage Server Name

    4-7 Storage Server Name Assign a name to this Storage Server, and click “Next”. Click “Exit” to abort configuration, and all the modification you did will not be applied. Parameters Description The Storage Server Name must be 4-15 characters. Only alphanumeric and underline characters can be Storage Server used.

  • Page 23: Choose The Functions You Want To Turn On

    4-8 Choose the Functions You Want to Turn On Select the functions you want to turn on, and click “Next”. Click “Exit” to abort configuration, and all the modification you did will not be applied. Parameters Description Turn on BT Whether to turn on BT download function.

  • Page 24: Add User Accounts

    4-9 Add User Accounts If you select “Auto-Build Disks & Create Shared Folders” or “Clear & Rebuild All Disks” in the previous step, you can create user account for the Storage Server. Click “Add” to add a user account. Fill in the user name and password and assign a hard disk drive to create the home directory for the user.
  • Page 25 Parameters Description User Name The account name of the user. Password 0~30 alphanumeric characters. Confirm 0~30 alphanumeric characters. Must be same with Password New Password. Create Directory The wizard will create a home directory for this user on the selected hard disk drive. Description The description of the user.

  • Page 26: Configure Time And Time Zone

    4-10 Configure Time and Time Zone Select the time zone of the area you are living in, and click “Next”. Click “Exit” to abort configuration, and all the modification you did will not be applied. Parameters Description Select the time zone of the area you are living in. Time Zone The Storage Server will set its time based on your selection.

  • Page 27: Confirm Your Configuration

    4-11 Confirm Your Configuration Confirm your configuration, and click “Apply”. Click “Exit” to abort configuration, and all the modification you did will not be applied. If the USB mass storage will be formatted, the following dialog will be popped up. Click “OK” to continue.
  • Page 28 The Storage Server Wizard will start to apply configuration to your Storage Server. Please wait for a while. After the configuration is completed, the Storage Server will restart.
  • Page 29 After the Storage Server restarts, the following window shows. Click “Finish”. You can start to use the Storage Server.

  • Page 30: Chapter 5 Start Using The Storage Server

    Chapter 5 Start using the Storage Server 5-1 Start Using Download Manager You can select “Start All Programs Edimax Download Manager” to start Download Manager. 5-1-1 Search for Storage Server After you start Download Manager, Download Manager will scan your network for all available storage servers and list them to you.

  • Page 31: Manage Download Items

    Parameters Description If you select a storage server from the list in the previous step, then this is the address of the selected storage server and you cannot modify it. Address If you click “Enter the address manually” in the previous step, then you have to assign the address of the storage server here.
  • Page 32 Manager will automatically refresh both lists every 60 seconds. Through Download Manager, you can click “Add” to add a download item, or click “Remove” to remove a download item. Every stopped download item has a “Resume” button and you can resume that stopped download item by clicking the “Resume”...
  • Page 33 color as the following picture. All download items with error or pause state are in gray background color; other download items are displayed with white background color. All trying or downloading items are displayed with blue words; all waiting items are displayed with red words; all finished items are displayed with green words.

  • Page 34: Start Using Netdisk Explorer

    NetDisk Explorer is a storage server client utility which provides users the best experience in using the Network Storage Server. NetDisk Explorer is located under “Start All Programs Edimax NetDisk Explorer” shown as the following picture. All available storage servers will be listed in the pop-up window. Select your newly setup storage server and click “Connect”.
  • Page 35 use this Network Storage Server. Storage Server Your PC The upper half of NetDisk Explorer lists the contents of the shared folders that you can access of the Network Storage Server. The lower half of NetDisk Explorer lists the disk contents of your PC.

  • Page 36: Shared Folders Created

    5-3 Shared Folders Created Storage Server Management Wizard will automatically create some shared folders for you. The shared folder names and their usage are listed as follows: Public_hdd1: You can access “Public_hdd1” anonymously with reading and writing privilege by FTP and Windows My Network Places (Samba). The absolute path in the storage server of “Public_hdd1”...
  • Page 37 Video: The folder “Video” is located under the “Public_hdd1\Media” folder, so the folder “video” is also anonymously accessible by FTP and Windows My Network Places (Samba) with reading and writing privilege. The video files in “Video” folder can be accessed by DLNA compliant media adapters like Sony PS3, Xbox 360…etc.
  • Page 38 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
  • Page 39 Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The ETSI version of this device is also authorized for use in EFTA member states: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. EU Countries not intended for use None A declaration of conformity is available on www.edimax.com...

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