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Edimax NS-2501 Quick Installation Manual

Edimax NS-2501 Quick Installation Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Index 1.Product Information ................... 3 2.Package Content ..................3 3.System requirement .................. 3 4.Familiar your storage server ..............4 5.Device Installation ..................10 5.1. Hardware installation ..................10 5.2. Software Installation ..................12 5.3. Getting Start your device .................. 14 5.3.1.
  • Page 3 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 4: Product Information

    1. Product Information Thank you for purchasing this network storage server (NAS, Network Attached Storage). This storage server lets you easily share your files in your network. Simply plug in the hard disk drive, connect the LAN port to your network, and do some basic settings, and you're ready to share files.

  • Page 5: Familiar Your Storage Server

    4. Familiar your storage server Back Panel The diagram below shows the storage server’s back panel. NS-2501 NS-2502 1. Local Area Network (LAN) You should connect the LAN port of this storage server to your hub/switch, or one LAN port of your router etc.
  • Page 6 3. Power switch When the storage server is not working, switch the Power switch to “1” will switch on the power and make the storage server start. When the storage server has been shut down, switch the Power switch to “0” will switch off the power.
  • Page 7 Front Panel NS-2501 NS-2502 1. Release button The Release button has three functions: (1) unplug the external USB mass storage, (2) shut down the storage server, and (3) reset the configuration of the storage server to factory default settings. Unplug the external USB mass storage: When you press and hold Release button for 2 seconds, the storage server will beep for 0.5 second to hint that...
  • Page 8 2. Copy button The Copy button has two functions: (1) copy the content of one external USB mass storage device to another attached storage device, and (2) reset the configuration of the storage server to factory default settings. To Copy USB mass storage device: When you press and hold the Copy button for 2 seconds, the storage server will beep for 0.5 second to hint that your command is detected.
  • Page 9 4. LED On the storage server’s front panel there are LEDs, which show the status of this storage server. Below is the list of each LED and its description. NS-2501 NS-2502 Light Description Status Storage server is powered on Storage server is shut down Power Storage server is starting;...
  • Page 10 USB storage device is connected to USB1 port USB storage device is not connected to USB1 port or is not detected due to hard disk failure or the system is doing partition/format on this hard disk drive. USB1 The used space of the USB mass storage is over Slow 95% or the USB Copy tool is copying from the USB Flashing...

  • Page 11: Device Installation

    5. Device Installation 5.1. Hardware installation This is a step-by-step instruction on how to start using the storage server. (NS-2502 as an example) 1. Pull out the disk drawer from the case of storage server as shown in the setup diagram below. 2.
  • Page 12 Note: Please make sure the disk drawer is safely installed. For example, please do not install hard disk by the way showed in the following pictures. The disk drawer is not safely installed 4. Plug the power adaptor to the storage server and connect the storage server to your network as shown in the setup diagram below.

  • Page 13: Software Installation

    5.2. Software Installation A. Insert the Storage Server Wizard utility CD into your PC. The Installation program of the Storage Server Wizard utility will be executed automatically. If the Installation program is not executed, please execute it manually. B. Click “Next” to continue.
  • Page 14 C. The installation program starts to install the Storage Server Wizard utility. D. Click “Finish” when the installation is finished.

  • Page 15: Getting Start Your Device

    5.3. Getting Start your device After the installation, there are two utilities installed: Storage Server Wizard and Download Manager. They are located under “Start Program Files Storage Server” as the following picture shows. 5.3.1. Storage Server Wizard The Installation program will start Storage Server Wizard automatically after the installation is finished.
  • Page 16 Login Storage Server Type the password and click “Next” to login the Storage Server that you want to configure. (The default password is “1234” if you never change it.) The Storage Server Wizard will verify the password.
  • Page 17 System check If this is the first time you configure this Storage Server with Storage Server Wizard or you installed any new internal SATA hard disk drive, this warning page will be displayed. Click “Next” to continue, Click “Exit” to abort configuration. Configure Password Enter a new password for the Storage Server, and click “Next”, or just click “Next”...
  • Page 18 Parameter Description New Password 0~30 alphanumeric characters. 0~30 alphanumeric characters. Must be same Confirm Password with New Password. Configure Network Setting If your PC is configured to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server, the “Obtain IP address automatically” option is selected as default. If the IP address of your PC is configured manually, the Storage Server Wizard will also let you configure IP of the Storage Server manually, and Storage Server Wizard will search for an available IP address as the recommended...
  • Page 19 Parameter Description DHCP server is used to manage the IP address of a network. If you have a live DHCP server in your network and wish this Storage Server get IP address Obtain IP address from your DHCP server, please select “Obtain an IP automatically address automatically”.
  • Page 20 Parameters Description The Storage Server Name must be 4-15 characters. Only Storage Server alphanumeric and underline characters can be used. Name The Storage Server Name will be used as the name of File Server, iTunes Server and Media Server. Choose the Functions You Want to Turn On Select the functions you want to turn on, and click “Next”.
  • Page 21 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. The Time Zone Storage Server will set its time based on your selection.
  • Page 22 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 some internal SATA disk(s) will be formatted, the following dialog will be popped up. Click “OK” to continue.
  • Page 23 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 24 After the Storage Server restarts, the following window shows. Click “Finish”. You can start to use the Storage Server. Check the usability of Storage Server Open the Windows Explorer. Input the address of the Storage Server. The address is “\\” followed by the name of the Storage Server’s IP address. For example, if the IP address of the Storage Server is “192.168.2.5”, the address of the Storage Server is “\\ 192.168.2.5”.
  • Page 25 Shared folders created Storage Server 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 Neighborhood (Samba). The absolute path in the storage server of “Public_hdd1”...

  • Page 26: Start Download Manager

    5.3.2. Start Download Manager You can select “Start Program Files Storage Server Download Manager” to start Download Manager. Search for storage server After you start Download Manager, the Select Server window will pop up. The Download Manager will scan your network for all available storage servers and list it to you.
  • Page 27 The Download Manager will prompt you for the login password of the storage server. You can select “Remember my password” to let Download Manager save your password and automatically use it to login next time. Click “OK” to login. Manage download items After you login, the main window of Download Manger will pop up as following picture.
  • Page 28 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” button; Every non-stopped download item has a “Pause”...
  • Page 29 Add a download item When you click “Add” button of BT Download, the following window will pop up. You can assign a torrent of BT download item here. You can upload a torrent file from your PC or just enter the Internet address (URL) of the torrent file. If you provide an Internet address of the torrent file, the storage server will download the torrent file from the Internet address first and then download the files you want according the content of the downloaded torrent file.
  • Page 30 If you are using Microsoft IE to surf the Internet and find a link of an interesting file that you want to download, you can click the right button of your mouse on the link and the following menu will pop up. Select “Download with Download Manager”, then the download job will be added to Download Manager automatically and the downloaded files will be saved in default path on the storage server.
  • Page 31 If you double click a torrent file in Windows Explorer (try to open a torrent file), then the download job with added to Download Manager automatically and the downloaded files will be saved in default path on the storage server. If the download job can not be added to the Download Manager immediately when you are adding a download job from IE or Windows Explorer, this may due to the storage server or the Download Manager are busy, the following...
  • Page 32 You can select “Actions Refresh” to let Download Manager refresh both download lists. If you select “Actions Rescan”, the Download Manager will disconnect current storage server and the following Select Server window will pop up. You can search and connect to the other storage server here. If you select “Actions Exit”, the Download Manager will completely exit and both the main window and the tray icon of Download Manager will disappear.
  • Page 33 Tray Icon After you login the storage server, the tray icon of Download Manager will display as follows. When you close the main window of Download Manager as the following picture, the Download Manager is still executing in the background and the tray icon of Download Manager is still displaying.
  • Page 34 If you click the right button of your mouse on the tray icon and select “Exit” in the pop up menu, the Download Manager will completely exit and both the main window and the tray icon of Download Manager will disappear. You can enable/disable BT Download function or enable/disable Web/FTP Download function by clicking the right button of your mouse on the tray icon and select the corresponding item in the pop up menu.
  • Page 35 (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the authority to operate equipment. Please check the CE declaration of conformity on www.edimax.com...

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