Addonics Technologies NASU2 User Manual

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NAS Adapter

Model: NASU2

User Manual

FCC Warning Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital
device pursuant to Part 15 of the 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. If not installed and
used in accordance with the instructions, it may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If the equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment on and off, the user
is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following
suggestions.
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
Increase the distance between the equipment and the receiver
Connect the equipment to a different power outlet other than the one where receiver is
connected
Consult a certified television or radio technician

1.0 Key Features

• Convert any USB 2.0 / 1.1 mass storage device into a Network Attached

Storage device

• Great for adding Addonics Storage Tower, Storage Rack or any

Addonics USB storage device onto the network

• USB port can be use to power most 2.5" USB hard drive or any low

power USB devices

• Connect a USB printer to share it over the network

• One Fast Ethernet 10/100Mbps port

• Can be set as a DHCP server or client depending on whether a DHCP

server is present

• Support Samba server, by which the server hosts 64 clients on line

• Support FTP server allowing up to 8 FTP users at the same time

• Built-in Bit torrent client to download files directly off the internet onto

the attached USB storage device

• UPnP AV server can be used to share photo/music files stored on the

file server with XBOX 360 video game consoles connected to the LAN

• Supports USB 2.0 / 1.1 specification.

• User Management capability to allow read only or read/write access to

folders

• Administrative management access via web browser with password

security.

• Compatible with Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac 10.5.4 and above, and

Linux 2.6.x and above

The NAS adapter is a flexible, economical and powerful unit for your Network.
Follow the instructions to help you connect, setup, and configure it.

Note: Any external USB storage device that you connect to the NAS

adapter must be first initialized and formatted. This means that if
you are connecting an external USB drive with data on it, you will
need to make a backup of this data and transfer them back to the
USB drive after the drive finishes the formatting by the NAS
adapter.

Network Environment

There are 3 different setup conditions you can choose:

A. Setup NAS Adapter as a DHCP Client:

If your NAS adapter is connected to a LAN network with an active DHCP server,
it will obtain an IP address from DHCP server automatically.

B. Setup NAS Adapter as DHCP Server:

If your LAN network does not have an active DHCP server, NAS adapter will
immediately act as DHCP server and assign itself an IP address for installation.

C. Setup NAS Adapter in Static IP environment:

You need first configure the IP address for NAS adapter to operate in the static
IP environment. For Configuring details, please refer to “IP Config” setup page.

2.0 NAS Adapter Hardware Installation

Connections:

1. Connect external USB Storage device into USB port of the NAS
Adapter. Power on the USB Storage device.

2. Connect LAN cable via LAN switch and Router.

3. Connect 5V power adapter to power up the NAS adapter

Note: “SDisk utility” was written with JAVA script, please make sure your

computer has installed JAVA before, if not please install the JAVA script
form the CD drive.

2. When NAS Adapter has been found, click “Connect” to enter configurations.

Open NAS Adapter web GUI by using web browser.

1. Open web browser and type default host name “storage” in the
search bar.

2. Default login is “admin” for both User name and password. Click
“OK” to enter configurations.

NAS Adapter connected directly to a computer’s NIC card

If you connect the NAS adapter to a computer directly, the adapter will act as a
DHCP server, assigning itself an IP address automatically and also will assign an
IP address to the computer’s network card.

NAS Adapter connected to a Router or Switch
If your NAS adapter is connected to a LAN network with an active DHCP server,
it will obtain an IP address from DHCP server automatically. Or if your LAN
network does not have an active DHCP server, NAS adapter will immediately act
as DHCP server and assign itself an IP address for installation

3.0 Search NAS Adapter by SDisk Utility

1. Browse the CD enclosed in the product package. Copy and paste “ SDisk
Utility” in to your computer then double click the icon to start search.

Status

Provide the basic information for NAS Adapter.

Identification

You can change and modify your host, group name and password from this
page. Click “Apply” to save the setting.

Host name: This is used to identify your device on the network. If you prefer
a different name, type in the new name and click “Apply” to save setting.

Group Name: This should be the same as your workgroup. In general, the
default “WORKGROUP” will be OK. But if your workstation belongs to
different workgroup, type in the correct group name to modify.

For Window OS, right click on “My computer” and choose “Properties”, go to
the computer name tab to see your current workgroup.

If using a Mac OS system, to join a Windows workgroup, open the directory
access utility (under Applications-> utilities). Select SMB and click configure to
modify the settings (administrator access required to access this option.)

Note: We strongly suggest you to change the password as soon as you logged
in, to prevent unauthorized access.

Date/ Time Setting

You can change time setting from this page. Clicks “Apply” to save the setting.
By default SNTP is set to Network Time Service otherwise select synchronize to

PC. If internet access is available, we recommended setting SNTP to Network
Time Service instead.

IP Configuration

By default, “IP Config” is set to “Automatic IP”. This will allow the NAS adapter to
obtain its IP address automatically. If you prefer setting it manually, select the
static IP option, enter your own value and click “Apply” to confirm the new
setting.

Disk Utility

In this page, you can manage hard disk settings of the USB storage device.

Format: For first time installation, you need to format hard disk into FAT32
file system. Formatting the drive will erase all data on the hard drive.

Warning: For hard drives with data on it, be fore you have a backup
before proceeding to format the hard drive!

Tip: You can transfer back the backup data to the NAS Public folder for

sharing via the network or USB connection of the USB Storage device.

Sleep Time: This is to select hard disk sleeping mode.
Scan Disk: After the scan, it will show file content information and health

status for the hard disk.

Maintenance

This page allows you to update the NAS adapter firmware, to go back to factory
default settings or reboot NAS system.

Firmware update: Follow the steps below to update the loader and firmware
for NAS adapter.

1. Download the latest firmware.

2. Store the firmware file on your computer and decompress them if
necessary.

3. Browse your system and locate the firmware (BIN file).

4. Click on “Upload”.

5. Confirm the pop-up massage to start the update.

6. Wait and DO NOT click anywhere else or turn off the power. The
upgrade might take a few minutes.

7. Once the update is done, it will prompt you to reboot the device.

8. Click on ”reboot” to restart the device.

9. Wait for about one minute and then go to the status page to confirm the
update was successful.

Factory defaults: If you experience problems after a firmware update, it is
recommended to reset all settings.

Note: Resetting the device will remove all folder from the sharing list, erase
the FTP accounts, and reset all other settings! Please do not power off or
disconnect NAS adapter connection during the firmware update process.

System reboot: This can be used to restart the network drive after a
firmware update.

Click “Modify” to share a folder.

SMB Server

SMB server allows you to share data or files through the network LAN. When a
USB storage device is connected, a default Public folder is available to be shared
among Guest users. A default Guest user is also created.

Note: Only use English alphabet for folder names and no special characters
when creating new folders.

How to create a user
Click on the “Add” button and type new account name and password. Click
“OK”. The NAS adapter will also create a SAMBA folder named “User1”.

Select “User1” from Folder List and click the “à” to add user on “Sharing
List”.

To Access the folder

From the Windows start button, type “Run”, and type \\ follow by the IP
address.
Eg:\\192.168.1.121 and click OK to continue.