ZyXEL Communications NSA320 User Manual

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About This User's Guide

Intended Audience

This manual is intended for people who want to configure the NSA using the Web Configurator.

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Syntax Conventions

• The NSA may be referred to as the “NSA”, the “device” or the “system” in this User’s Guide.

• Product labels, screen names, field labels and field choices are all in bold font.

Document Conventions

• A key stroke is denoted by square brackets and uppercase text, for example, [ENTER] means the “enter” or “ret urn” key on your keyboard.

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• A right angle bracket ( > ) within a screen name denotes a mouse click. For example, Maintenance > Log > Log Setting means you first click

Maintenance in the navigation panel, then the Log sub menu and finally the Log Setting tab to get to that screen.

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Safety Warnings

• Do NOT use this product near water, for example, in a wet basement or near a swimming pool.

• Do NOT expose your device to dampness, dust or corrosive liquids.

• Do NOT store things on the device.

• Do NOT install, use, or service this device during a thunderstorm. There is a remote risk of electric shock from lightning.

• Connect ONLY suitable accessories to the device.

• Do NOT open the device or unit. Opening or removing covers can expose you to dangerous high voltage points or other risks. ONLY qualified service personnel should service or disassemble this device. Please contact your vendor for further information.

• ONLY qualified service personnel should service or disassemble this device.

• Make sure to connect the cables to the correct ports.

• Place connecting cables carefully so that no one will step on them or stumble over them.

• Always disconnect all cables from this device before servicing or disassembling.

• Use ONLY an appropriate power adaptor or cord for your device.

• Connect the power adaptor or cord to the right supply voltage (for example, 110V AC in North America or 230V AC in Europe).

• Do NOT allow anything to rest on the power adaptor or cord and do NOT place the product where anyone can walk on the power adaptor or cord.

• Do NOT use the device if the power adaptor or cord is damaged as it might cause electrocution.

• If the power adaptor or cord is damaged, remove it from the power outlet.

• Do NOT attempt to repair the power adaptor or cord. Contact your local vendor to order a new one.

• Do not use the device outside, and make sure all the connections are indoors. There is a remote risk of electric shock from lightning.

• CAUTION: RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY (on the motherboard) IS REPLACED BY AN INCORRECT TYPE. DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS. Dispose them at the applicable collection point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. For detailed information about recycling of this product, please contact your local city office, your household waste disposal service or the store where you purchased the product.

• Do NOT obstruct the device ventilation slots, as insufficient airflow may harm your device.

Safety Warnings

Your product is marked with this symbol, which is known as the WEEE mark. WEEE stands for Waste Electronics and Electrical Equipment. It means that used electrical and electronic products should not be mixed with general waste. Used electrical and electronic equipment should be treated separately.

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Contents Overview

User’s Guide ........................................................................................................ ...................21

Getting to Know Your NSA ........................................................................................................23

NAS Starter Utility ........... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ................................................................................. 29

Web Configurator Basics ....................... ... ... .............................................................................. 49

Tutorials ..................................................................................................................................... 71

Technical Reference ............................................................................................................147

Status Screen .......................................................................................................................... 149

System Setting ......................................... ... .... ............................................. ... ... .... ... ... ...........153

Storage .................................................................................................................................... 159

Network .................................................................................................................................. 173

Applications ............................................................................................................................. 185

Package Management .............................................................................................................231

Auto Upload ........................................ ... ... ................................................. ... ... ........................ 285

Users .......................................................................................................................................301

Groups ......................................... .......................................................... ..................................307

Shares ......................................................................................................................................311

Maintenance Screens .............................................................................................................. 323

Protecting Your Data ................................................................................................................ 347

Troubleshooting ..................................................... .................................................................. 353

Product Specifications ............................................................................................................. 373

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About This User's Guide..........................................................................................................3

Document Conventions............................................................................................................6

Safety Warnings ........................................................................................................................8

Contents Overview ...................................................................................................................9

Table of Contents....................................................................................................................11

Part I: User’s Guide................................................................................ 21

Chapter 1

Getting to Know Your NSA.....................................................................................................23

1.1 Overview ............. ............................................. ... .... ... ... ... .... ................................................ 23

1.2 Hard Disks ................................. ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ............................................. .... ... ... ............. 24

1.3 LEDs ......................... .... ............................................. ... ... .... ................................................ 25

1.3.1 COPY/SYNC Button .................. ... .... ... ... .................................................................... 26

1.3.2 RESET Button ............................................................................................................ 27

Chapter 2

NAS Starter Utility...................................................................................................................29

2.1 Overview ............. ............................................. ... .... ... ... ... .... ................................................ 29

2.2 Starting the NAS Starter Utility ................................ ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .................................... 29

2.3 NAS Discovery Screen ........................................................................................................ 29

2.4 Main NAS Starter Utility Screen ........................................................... ............................. ... 31

2.5 Initialization Wizard ....... ............................................. ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .................................... 32

2.5.1 Default Configuration .................................................... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ....................... 33

2.5.2 Manual Configuration ....... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ............................................. 36

2.5.3 Directory of the NAS .................................................................................................. 42

2.6 Import Files or Folders with zPilot .................................................................... ... ... ... ... .... ... 43

2.7 Add a Network Drive to My Computer ................................................................................. 44

2.8 Manage the Device .................... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ................................................. ... ... ... ... ....... 45

2.9 Configure Network Setting ...................................................................................................45

Chapter 3

Web Configurator Basics.......................................................................................................49

3.1 Overview ............. ............................................. ... .... ... ... ... .... ................................................ 49

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3.2 Accessing the NSA Web Configurator ............. ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ....................................... 49

3.2.1 Access the NSA Via NAS Starter Utility ..................................................................... 49

3.2.2 Web Browser Access ... .... ... ....................................................................................... 50

3.3 Login ............................. ... ... ... .... ............................................. ... ... ... .................................... 50

3.4 Home Screens ............................. ... ... ... .... ... ............................................. ... .... ... ... ... ..........52

3.4.1 Now Playing (Music) ..................................................... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ....................... 55

3.4.2 Exif and Google Maps (Photos) ................................................................................. 56

3.4.3 Slideshow and CoolIris (Photos) ................................................................................57

3.4.4 Favorite ........ ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ............................................. ... ... .... ................................ 57

3.4.5 File Browser .............................................................................................................. 58

3.4.6 Share and Folder Names ....... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ................................................ .... ... 62

3.4.7 Application Zone ................................................. ... .... ... ............................................. 63

3.4.8 System Settings ........................................................................................................ 64

3.5 Administration Screens ....................................................................................................... 66

3.5.1 Global Administration Icons ...................................................................................... 66

3.5.2 Navigation Panel ....................................................................................................... 67

3.5.3 Main Window ............................ ... .... ............................................. ... ... .... ... ... ... ..........69

3.5.4 Status Messages ....................................................................................................... 69

3.5.5 Common Screen Icons ....................... ... ... ................................................................. 69

3.5.6 Session Example (Windows) ................................. .... ... ... ... ....................................... 70

Chapter 4

Tutorials...................................................................................................................................71

4.1 Overview ............. ............................................. ... .... ... ... ... .... ................................................ 71

4.2 Windows 7 Network ...................... ... ... ... .... ............................................. ... ... .... ... ... ... ..........71

4.2.1 If the NSA Icon Does Not Display .............................................................................. 73

4.2.2 NSA Icon Right-click Options ..................................... ... ............................................. 74

4.3 Windows 7 Network Map ....................... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... .......................................................75

4.4 Playing Media Files in Windows 7 ....................................................................................... 78

4.5 Windows 7 Devices and Printers ........................ .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ....................................... 78

4.5.1 Windows 7 Desktop Shortcut .... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ................................................ .... ... 80

4.6 Creating a Volume ........................... ... ... .... ... ............................................. ... .... ... ... ... ... ....... 81

4.6.1 Creating a RAID 1 Volume ..................................... .... ... ... .......................................... 82

4.6.2 Migrate Button ........................................ .................................................................... 82

4.6.3 Create an Internal Volume Button ..............................................................................82

4.7 Deleting a Volume ............................................................................................................... 84

4.8 File Sharing Tutorials ............. .... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... .................................................................... 85

4.8.1 Creating a User Account ............................................................................................ 85

4.8.2 Creating a Share ........................................................................................................ 87

4.8.3 Creating a Group ........................................................................................................88

4.8.4 Accessing a Share From Windows Explorer .......................... .................................... 89

4.8.5 Accessing a Share Using FTP ................................................................................... 91

4.8.6 Accessing a Share Through the Web Configurator .................................... ................ 93

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4.9 Download Service Tutorial ............ ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ................................................ 94

4.9.1 Copying/Pasting a Download Link ............................................................................. 94

4.9.2 Installing the Link Capture Browser Plugin ................................................................ 97

4.9.3 Using the Link Capture Browser Plugin ................................................................... 102

4.9.4 Configuring the Download Service Preferences ...................................................... 104

4.9.5 Using Download Service Notification ........ ................................................. ... ... ... .... . 106

4.10 Broadcatching Tutorial ......................................................................................................110

4.11 Printer Server Tutorial .......................................................................................................113

4.12 Copy and Flickr Auto Upload Tutorial ......................... ... ................................................. ..115

4.13 FTP Uploadr Tutorial ........................................................................................................116

4.14 Web Configurator’s Security Sessions ............................................................................ 121

4.14.1 Customizing the NSA’s Certificate .......................................................................... 121

4.14.2 Downloading and Installing Customized Certificate ............................................... 123

4.14.3 Turn on the NSA’s Web Security ............................................................................ 127

4.15 Using FTPES to Connect to the NSA .............................................................................. 133

4.16 How to Use the BackupPlanner ....................................................................................... 134

4.16.1 Creating an Archive Backup .................... .......... ....... ......... .......... .......... ......... ........ 135

4.16.2 Creating a Synchronization Backup ....................................................................... 138

4.16.3 Restoring Archived Files by Backup Job .............. ............................................. .... . 141

4.16.4 Restoring by Backup Files .....................................................................................143

Part II: Technical Reference................................................................ 147

Chapter 5

Status Screen........................................................................................................................149

5.1 Overview ............. ............................................. ... .... ... ... ... .... .............................................. 149

5.2 The Status Screen ............................................................................................................ 149

Chapter 6

System Setting......................................................................................................................153

6.1 Overview ............. ............................................. ... .... ... ... ... .... .............................................. 153

6.2 What You Can Do ...................... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ................................................ ... ..... 153

6.3 What You Need to Know .................................. ... .... ........................................................... 153

6.4 The Server Name Screen ................................................................................................. 154

6.5 The Date/Time Screen .......................................................................................................155

Chapter 7

Storage...................................................................................................................................159

7.1 Overview ............. ............................................. ... .... ... ... ... .... .............................................. 159

7.1.1 What You Need to Know About Storage .................................... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... . 159

7.2 The Storage Screen ................................................ ... ... ... ............................................. ..... 160

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7.2.1 Disk Replacement Restrictions .... .... ... ..................................................................... 160

7.2.2 Storage Screen ............ .... ... ... ... ... ............................................................................ 161

7.3 Creating an Internal Volume .............................................................................................. 163

7.3.1 Volume Status ........................ ............................................. ... .... ... ........................... 164

7.4 Editing a Volume ................................................................................................................ 165

7.5 Creating an External Volume .............. ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ................................................ ... .... . 166

7.5.1 External Disks ........... ... .... ... ... ... ............................................. .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ...........167

7.6 Storage Technical Reference ............................................................................................. 168

7.6.1 Volumes and RAID ....................... ............................................................................ 168

7.6.2 Choosing a Storage Method for a Volume ............................................................... 169

7.6.3 Storage Methods .................................... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ........................................... 169

Chapter 8

Network .................................................................................................................................173

8.1 Overview ............. ............................................. ... .... ... ... ... .... .............................................. 173

8.2 What You Can Do ...................... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ................................................ ... ..... 173

8.3 What You Need to Know .................................. ... .... ........................................................... 173

8.4 The TCP/IP Screen ........................................................................................................... 175

8.5 UPnP Port Mapping Screen .............................................................................................. 178

8.5.1 UPnP and the NSA’s IP Address .............................................................................. 179

8.5.2 UPnP and Security ................................................................................................... 179

8.5.3 The NSA’s Services and UPnP ..................................... ... ........................................ 179

8.5.4 Configuring UPnP Port Mapping .............................................................................. 180

8.6 The PPPoE Screen ..........................................................................................................182

Chapter 9

Applications ..........................................................................................................................185

9.1 Overview ............. ............................................. ... .... ... ... ... .... .............................................. 185

9.2 What You Can Do ...................... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ................................................ ... ..... 185

9.3 What You Need to Know .................................. ... .... ........................................................... 186

9.4 FTP Server .. .... ... ... ... .... ... ............................................. ... .... ... ... ... ... .... .............................. 188

9.5 The Media Server Screen ................................................................................................ 190

9.6 The Download Service Screen .......................................................................................... 191

9.6.1 Adding a Download Tas k ........................................ .... ... ........................................... 195

9.6.2 Configuring General Settings . ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ................................................. . 197

9.6.3 Configuring the BitTorrent Settings .......................................................................... 200

9.6.4 Edit IP Filter ........................ ............................................. ... ... .... .............................. 201

9.6.5 Displaying the Task Information .............................................................................. 203

9.7 The Web Publishing Screen .............................................................................................. 204

9.8 The Broadcatching Screen ................................................................................................ 206

9.8.1 Adding a Broadcatching Channel ........................ ... .... ... ... ... ... .................................. 208

9.8.2 Editing a Broadcatching Channel ............................................................................212

9.9 The Print Server Screen . ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... ... ................................................ .... ... ..............214

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9.9.1 Print Server Rename ............................................................................................... 215

9.10 The Copy/Sync Button Screen ........................................................................................ 216

9.11 Technical Reference ........................................................................................................ 217

9.11.1 Sharing Media Files on Your Network .................................................................... 217

9.11.2 Download Service .................................................................................................. 219

9.11.3 Link Capture Browser Plugin .......................... ................................................... .....219

9.11.4 Download Service Notification ................................................................................ 220

9.11.5 BitTorrent Security .................................................................................................. 221

9.11.6 Web Publishing Example ........................................................................................ 223

9.11.7 Web Publishing ...................................................................................................... 225

9.11.8 Channel Guides for Broadcatching ........................................................................ 226

9.11.9 Printer Sharing ....................................................................................................... 227

9.11.10 Copying Files ............ .... ... ... ... ... .... ............................................. ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... . 228

9.11.11 Synchronizing Files .................................................................... ... ... .... ................. 229

Chapter 10

Package Management ..........................................................................................................231

10.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................... 231

10.2 What You Can Do ............................................................................................................ 231

10.3 What You Need to Know .................................................................................................. 231

10.4 Package Management Screen ....................................................................................... 232

10.4.1 Displaying the Package Information .................... .... ... ... ... ... .... ... ........................... 235

10.5 eMule Screens ..............................................................................................................236

10.5.1 eMule Server Screen ............................................................................................ 236

10.5.2 Add Server ............................................................................................................237

10.5.3 Edit Server ............................................................................................................238

10.5.4 My Info ................................................................ .... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ........................ 239

10.5.5 eMule Task Screen ...............................................................................................240

10.5.6 Add Task ...............................................................................................................242

10.5.7 Preferences ...................................... ... ... .............................................. ... ... ... ... .....244

10.5.8 Edit IP Filter ........................................................................................................... 247

10.5.9 Share Browsing ..................................................................................................... 248

10.5.10 Task Info ..............................................................................................................249

10.5.11 eMule Search Screen ......................................................................................... 251

10.6 DyDNS Screen .............................................................................................................. 252

10.7 NFS Screen ................................................................................................................... 253

10.7.1 Add/Edit NFS Share .............................................................................................. 255

10.7.2 NFS Session ................. ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ........................................................... 256

10.8 SMART Screen ...................... ........................................................................................ 257

10.8.1 SMART Brief Summary ......................................................................................... 258

10.8.2 SMART Full Summary .......................................................................................... 259

10.9 Protect Screens ............................................................................................................. 261

10.10 Backup Screens ...........................................................................................................261

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10.10.1 Backup: Step 1 .................................................................................................... 263

10.10.2 Backup: Step 2 .................................................................................................... 265

10.10.3 Backup: Step 3 .................................................................................................... 268

10.10.4 Backup: Step 4 .................................................................................................... 269

10.10.5 Edit Job Screen ....................................................................................................270

10.10.6 Edit Job: Step 1 ................................................................................................... 271

10.10.7 Edit Job: Step 2 ................................................................................................... 272

10.10.8 Restore Archive Screen ....................................................................................... 273

10.10.9 Restore Archive: Step 1 ................................................................................... 274

10.10.10 Restore Archive: Step 2 .................................................................................... 275

10.10.11 Restore Archive: Step 3 ............................................. ... ..................................... 276

10.11 Restore Screen ............................................................................................................. 277

10.11.1 Restore: Step 1 .................................................................................................... 277

10.11.2 Restore: Step 2 .................................................................................................... 278

10.11.3 Restore: Step 3 .................................................................................................... 279

10.11.4 Restore: Step 4 .................................................................................................... 280

10.12 Technical Reference ......................................................................................................281

10.12.1 S.M.A.R.T Attributes ............................................................................................ 281

Chapter 11

Auto Upload...........................................................................................................................285

11.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................... 285

11.2 What You Can Do ............................................................................................................ 285

11.3 What You Need to Know .................................................................................................. 285

11.4 The Flickr/YouTube Screen ............................................................................................. 286

11.4.1 Configuring the Flickr Settings .............................................................................. 287

11.4.2 Configuring the YouTube Settings ......................................................................... 292

11.5 The FTP Uploadr Screen ................................................................................................ 296

11.5.1 Adding or Editing an FTP Server Entry ................................................................. 298

11.5.2 The FTP Uploadr Preferences Screen ..................................................................299

Chapter 12

Users......................................................................................................................................301

12.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................... 301

12.2 What You Can Do ............................................................................................................ 301

12.3 The Users Screen ...........................................................................................................302

12.3.1 User Icons ..............................................................................................................303

12.3.2 Adding or Editing an Account ................................................................................304

12.3.3 Usernames ............................................................................................................. 305

12.4 Displaying User Info ........................................................................................................ 306

Chapter 13

Groups...................................................................................................................................307

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13.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................... 307

13.2 What You Can Do ............................................................................................................ 307

13.3 The Groups Screen ........................................................................................................307

13.3.1 Adding or Editing a Group ......................................................................................309

13.3.2 Group Names ......................................................................................................... 310

Chapter 14

Shares....................................................................................................................................311

14.1 Overview ...........................................................................................................................311

14.2 What You Can Do .............................................................................................................311

14.3 The Shares Screen ....................... ... ... .... ... ... ................................................. ... ... ...........312

14.3.1 Adding or Editing Share ........................................................................................ 314

14.3.2 Configuring Advanced Share Access ....................................................................315

14.3.3 Public and ANONYMOUS Share Access Rights ................................................... 316

14.4 Share Settings Screen .....................................................................................................316

14.4.1 Using Windows Offline File Synchronization .......................................................... 317

14.5 The Recycle Bin Configuration Screen ........................................................................... 318

14.5.1 Recycle Bins .......................................................................................................... 318

14.5.2 Configuring Recycle Bins ....................................................................................... 318

14.6 The Share Browser Screen ................ .... ........................................................................ 319

14.6.1 Moving or Copying Files ........................................................................................ 321

Chapter 15

Maintenance Screens...........................................................................................................323

15.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................... 323

15.2 What You Can Do ............................................................................................................ 323

15.3 The Power Screen .......................................................................................................... 324

15.3.1 Editing the Power Control Schedule Screen .........................................................326

15.4 The Log Screen ......... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... ................................................ ... .... ................. 328

15.4.1 Report Config Screen ............................................................................................. 329

15.4.2 Email Setting .........................................................................................................329

15.4.3 Report Setting .......................................................................................................330

15.4.4 Syslog Server Setting ............................................................................................ 331

15.5 The Configuration Screen ............................................................................................... 332

15.6 SSL Certification ............................................................................................................. 333

15.6.1 Modifying or Creating a Certificate ............................. ........................................... 335

15.7 The Firmware Upgrade Screen ....................................................................................... 336

15.8 The Shutdown Screen .................................................................................................... 337

15.9 Technical Reference ........................................................................................................338

15.9.1 Log Classes ........................................................................................................... 338

15.9.2 Log Severity Levels ................................................................................................338

15.9.3 Log Messages ........................................................................................................ 339

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Protecting Your Data.............................................................................................................347

16.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................... 347

16.2 Protection Methods ........................ ....................... ...................... ....................... .............. 347

16.3 Configuration File Backup and Restoration ..................................................................... 348

16.4 Memeo Autobackup ......................................................................................................... 348

16.4.1 Memeo Autobackup Installation and Setup ............................................................ 348

16.4.2 Using Memeo Autobackup After the Initial Setup ................................................... 351

Chapter 17

Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................353

17.1 Troubleshooting Overview ............................................................................................... 353

17.2 Power, Hardware, Connections, and LEDs .....................................................................353

17.3 NAS Starter Utility ............................................................................................................356

17.4 NSA Login and Access .................................................................................................... 357

17.4.1 Enabling Scripting of Safe ActiveX Controls .......................................................... 359

17.5 I Cannot Access The NSA ............................................................................................... 361

17.6 Users Cannot Access the NSA ........................................................................................361

17.7 External USB Drives ........................................................................................................ 363

17.8 Firmware .......................................................................................................................... 363

17.9 File Transfer ..................................................................................................................... 364

17.10 Networking .....................................................................................................................365

17.11 Some Features’ Screens Do Not Display ...................................................................... 365

17.12 Media Server Functions ................................................................................................. 366

17.13 Download Service and Broadcatching Functions .......................................................... 368

17.14 Web Publishing ..............................................................................................................369

17.15 Auto Upload ................................................................................................................... 370

17.16 Package Management ................................................................................................... 371

17.17 Backups ......................................................................................................................... 372

Chapter 18

Product Specifications.........................................................................................................373

18.1 Physical Features ............................................................................................................ 373

18.2 Firmware Features .......................................................................................................... 375

18.3 Specification Tables ......................................................................................................... 376

18.4 Supported Media Server Content Formats ...................................................................... 380

18.5 Supported iTunes Server Content Formats .....................................................................381

18.6 Power Consumption ........................................................................................................ 381

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address...........................................................383

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions......................................397

Appendix C Common Services ............................................................................................407

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Appendix D Importing Certificates........................................................................................411

Appendix E Open Source Licences......................................................................................443

Appendix F Legal Information ..............................................................................................589

Index.......................................................................................................................................593

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PART I

User’s Guide

CHAPTER 1

Getting to Know Your NSA

1.1 Overview

This chapter covers the main features and applications of the NSA.

Use the NSA to do the following.

• Share files between computers on your network.

• Back up files from your computers to the NSA.

•Use the COPY/SYNC button to copy or synchronize files between the NSA and USB devices like card readers, MP3 players, mass storage devices, and digital cameras without using a computer.

• Have the NSA handle large file downloads.

• Automatically download files from website feeds for convenient viewing.

• Play the NSA’s video, music and photo files on your computers using the included media client software.

• Play the NSA’s video, music and photo files on hardware-based media clients like the DMA-2500.

• Use the NSA’s website to share files with remote users.

• Use iTunes on your computer to play video and music files stored on the NSA.

• Share printers.

• Automatically upload photo and video files to your FTP server, Flickr and YouTube accounts.

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Figure 1 Example of the NSA in a Home Network

NSA

Above is the NSA in a home network. Users back up and share data on the NSA. The DMA-2500 plays the NSA’s media files on the TV. A USB hard drive provides extra storage space and files are copied directly from the USB mass st orage device to the NSA.

Place the NSA behind a firewall and/or IDP (Intrusion Detection and Prevention) device to protect it from attacks from the Internet.

Note: See Chapter 18 on page 373 for a more detailed list of NSA features.

Refer to the Quick Start Guide for hardware connections and how to install and remove hard drives from the disk trays.

Note: Turn off and disconnect the NSA before you install or remove the internal hard

disk.

1.2 Hard Disks

Your NSA has two internal hard disk bays. Install one or two SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) hard disks. Note that both SATA hard disks are treated as internal or SATA volumes in the Storage > Volume screen (Section

7.4 on page 165). Any hard disk connected to the USB port(s) is considered an

external or USB volume.

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1.3 LEDs

The NSA LEDs (lights) tell you important information.

Figure 2 NSA Front Panel

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This table describes the NSA’s LEDs.

Table 1 LEDs

LED COLOR STATUS DESCRIPTION

POWER Blue On The NSA is turned on and receiving power.

SYSTEM Green On The NSA has fully started and is operating normally.

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Blinking The NSA is starting up.

Amber Blinking The NSA is upgrading the firmware.

Note: Do not turn off the NSA while it is upgrading the

firmware or you may render it unusable.

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LED COLOR STATUS DESCRIPTION

HDD1/ HDD2

USB Green On The USB device is connected properly to the NSA.

LAN Green On The NSA has a successful 10/100 Mbps Ethernet

COPY/ SYNC

Green On The hard disk drive is connected properly to the NSA.

Blinking The NSA is saving data to the hard disk drive.

Red On The NSA detected an error on the hard disk drive (like a bad

Off The NSA cannot detect a hard disk in the disk bay.

Blinking The NSA is saving data to the USB device.

Red On T he USB device has failed and the NSA can no longer

Off No USB device connected to the USB port.

Blinking The 100M LAN is sending or receiving packets. Off The NSA does not have a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet

Amber On The NSA has a successful 1000 Mbps Ethernet

Blinking The 1000 M LAN is sending or receiving packets. Off The NSA does not have a 1000 Mbps Ethernet

Green On A USB device is connected to the NSA.

Blinking The NSA is copying or synchronizing files to or from the

Red On Copying or synchronizing files to or from the USB device

Off No USB device is connected.

sector for example). The NSA automatically tries to recover a bad sector, but the LED stays re d until the NSA restarts.

detect it.

connection.

USB device.

failed.

1.3.1 COPY/SYNC Button

Use the COPY/SYNC button on the front panel to copy or synchronize files between a connected USB device and the NSA. See Section 9.10 on page 216 for more details on how to configure the copy/sync settings.

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Use the RESET button on the rear panel to restore the NS A’s default settings.

Figure 3 The RESET Button

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Press

•Press the RESET button until you hear one beep (after about two seconds), then release it. You will hear one more beep after you release the button.

This resets the NSA’s IP address and password to the default values.

•Press the RESET button until you hear two beeps. After the second beep, continue pressing the button for five more seconds, then release it. Y ou will hear three quick beeps after you release the button.

This resets the NSA to the factory default configuration. All settings you have configured on the NSA, including IP address, password, user accounts, groups, and so on will be reset to the factory defaults.

The reset process does NOT affect the vo lume settings, nor data stored on the NSA.

You should periodically back up your configuration file to your computer (see

Section 15.5 on page 332 for details about managing the NSA’s configur ation file).

You could then restore your configuration in the event that you or someone else reset the NSA to the factory defaults.

1 Beep

Release to Reset

IP Address

Password

2 Beeps

5 more seconds

Release to

Clear All Settings

Note: You should keep the NSA in a secure location in order to prevent unauthorized

reset of the device.

You ma y need to close and re-o pen the NAS Starter Utility to discover the NSA. This is because the NSA automatically re-acquires IP address information, so its IP address may change. If no IP address information is assigned, the NSA uses Auto-IP to assign itself an IP address and subnet mask. For example, you could connect the NSA directly to your computer. If the computer is also set to get an IP address automatically, the computer and the NSA will choose addresses for themselves and be able to communicate.

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NAS Starter Utility

2.1 Overview

This chapter describes the NAS Starter Utility. Use the NAS Starter Utility to find, set up, and manage the NSA as well as copy files to it and access the files on it.

Make sure you have a backup of any existing data in the hard disk before installing it in the NSA. Using the initialization wizard formats the hard disk and deletes all data in the process.

There is a NAS Starter Utility available for Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7. Click Help to open a web help page about the NAS Starter Utility screens. NAS Starter Utility screens are shown here as they display with the Windows platform.

Note: Refer to the Quick Start Guide for your NSA’s hardware connections and the

steps for installing the NAS Starter Utility.

2.2 Starting the NAS Starter Utility

• The NAS Starter Utility broadcasts a request packet when you first run it. Each NSA has an NAS Starter Utility Agent that always listens and responds to requests from the NAS Starter Utility. The NAS Starter Utility receives the response packet that contains information, such as host name, IP, and so on.

• If you plan to use more than one NSA in your network, configure them with unique server names. This enables you to identify each NSA in the NAS Starter Utility screens.

2.3 NAS Discovery Screen

Use this screen to view the NSAs in your network. The NSA’s Server Name (default is ‘nsa320’). See Section 2.9 on page 45 for how to change it to a more recognizable one in your network.

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Start the NAS Starter Utility (click the icon in your Desktop or in Start > Programs > ZyXEL > NAS Starter Utility). The first time you open the NAS

Starter Utility the discovery screen appears as follows.

Figure 4 NAS Discovery

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 2 NAS Discovery

LABEL DESCRIPTION

Refresh Click this to refresh the screen. The NAS Starter Utility does not

automatically refresh.

Hostname This is the server name you configured for the NSA. If you have more

than one NSA in your network, it is recommended that you give each one a unique name for identification purposes.

If you have several NSAs connected to your computer/network, hover your mouse over the host name to view the details of each device. A box pops up containing details about the NSA.

Hostname shows the NSA’s configured server name. IP shows the NSA’s current IP address. Model ID shows the NSA’s model name. Firmware Version shows the version of firmware the NSA is currently

using.

Status shows whether the NSA is Online, Unreachable, Configuring, or Config Failed.

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The main NAS Starter Utility screen displays after you select a NSA in the NSA Discovery screen.

Figure 5 NAS Starter Utility Main Screen

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The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 3 NAS Starter Utility Main Screen

LABEL DESCRIPTION

Discovery Click this to use the NSA Discovery screen (Section 2.3 on page 29) to

find and select the NSA on your network to which you want to connect. bar The bar shows the NSA’s in-use and remaining storage capacity. Name This is the server name you configured for the NSA. If you have more

than one NSA in your network, it is recommended that you give each

one a unique name for identification purposes. Firmware This shows the version of firmware the NSA is currently using. IP address This is the current IP address of the NSA. Status This shows whether the NSA is Online, Unreachable, Configuring,

or Config Failed. NAS Discovery Click this to use the NSA Discovery screen (Section 2.3 on page 29) to

find and select the NSA on your network to which you want to connect. Import files or

folders with zPilot

Add a network drive to My Computer

Manage the device

Click this to launch zPilot to drag and drop files onto the NSA.

Click this to add the NSA as a network drive in your computer’s

Windows Explorer.

Click this to log into the advanced administration screens. See Section

3.5 on page 66 for details on the administration screens.

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LABEL DESCRIPTION

Play Media Files from Home Screen

Show the directory of the NSA

Run the Initialization Wizard

Configure network setting

Click this to enjoy your media files though your web browser. See

Section 3.4 on page 52 for details on the Home screen.

Click this to open the NSA’s file directory in Windows Explorer. See

Section 2.5.3 on page 42 for details.

Click this to set up the NSA for the first time. See Section 2.5 on page

32 for details.

Click this to change the NSA network settings such as the NSA’ s name,

IP address, subnet mask, default gateway , DNS , or PPP oE. See Section

2.9 on page 45 for details.

2.5 Initialization Wizard

Use these screens to set up the NSA for the first time

Click Run the Initialization Wizard in the main utility screen to display the following screen. You must log in using an admin account. The default administrator username is ‘admin’ and the default password is ‘1234’ and click Next.

Figure 6 Initialization Wizard Welcome

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Choose Default Configuration (recommended) or manual configuration. Use the manual option if you need to name the NSA to configure specific network settings. Click Next.

Figure 7 Initialization Wizard: Wizard Type

2.5.1 Default Configuration

1 The NAS Starter Utility checks the Internet connection.

Figure 8 Check Network Connection

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2 Type a new administrator password (and retype it to confirm). If you do not want

to change the administrator password, you can leave the fields blank and just clic k Next.

Figure 9 Change Admin Password

3 Specify usernames and passwords for the individuals you want to be able to

access the NSA.

Figure 10 Create User Accounts

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4 Check your settings. If they are OK, click Next. Otherwise click Back. If you want

to change anything other than the user accounts, keep clicking Back until you can change the wizard type to manual.

Figure 11 Confirm Settings

5 Wait while the NAS Starter Utility configures the NSA.

Figure 12 Setting the NAS

After the NAS Starter Utility finishes configuring the NSA, you can click Show the directory of the NAS to see the NSA’s shares (see Section 2.5.3 on page 42) or

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click Finish to return to the main NAS Starter Utility screen (see Section 2.4 on

page 31).

Figure 13 Setting the NAS

2.5.2 Manual Configuration

1 Set up the NSA’s basic network configuration first.

Figure 14 Setup Network

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The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 4 NAS Starter Utility > Config

LABEL DESCRIPTION

Get IP automatically from DHCP server

Assign IP Manually

Select this if the NSA is automatically assigned an IP address from the

ISP or a DHCP server in your network.

Select this if you want to assign the NSA a fixed IP address, subnet

mask and default gateway.

Note: Do not configure an IP address that is already in use in your

network. This results to a network IP address conflict and makes the NSA inaccessible.

Use DNS server from DHCP server

Assign DNS server manually

Domain Name System (DNS) is for mapping a domain name to its

corresponding IP address and vice versa. Select this if the NSA is

automatically given DNS information from the ISP or a DHCP server in

your network.

If you were given specific IP address(es) of the DNS server(s), select

this and enter the primary and secondary DNS in the corresponding

fields.

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2 If your Internet connection requires you to enter a user name and password to

connect to the Internet, enter them here and click Next. If you do not need to enter a user name and password to connect to the Internet, click Skip.

Figure 15 PPPoE

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3 The NAS Starter Utility checks the Internet connection.

Figure 16 Check Network Connection

4 Type a new administrator password (and retype it to confirm) and click Next. If

you do not want to change the administrator password, you can leave the fields blank and just click Next.

Figure 17 Change Admin Password

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5 Specify a name to uniquely identify the NSA on your network. Choose the time

zone of your location. This sets th e time difference between your time zone and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Figure 18 Create User Accounts

6 Select how to configure the hard disks.

Figure 19 Create User Accounts

With only one hard disk installed, just click Next. If you have two hard disks installed choose one of the following:

• RAID 1: Use this to mirror all data on one disk to the other disk to protect against data loss.

• Individual Disks: Use this if you want maximum storage capacity and/or you have other means of protecting your data. This creates two JBOD volumes (with one disk in each), a failure of one disk (volume) should not affect the other volume (disk).

• JBOD: Use this if you want maximum storage capacity and/or you ha v e ot her means of protecting your data. This combines the two physical disks into a single virtual one, so they appear as a single large disk.

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• RAID 0: Use this if you want maximum speed for your disks, and/or you have other means of protecting your data. RAID 0 has the fastest read and write performance but if one disk fails you lose all your data from both disks.

7 This screen lists the shares the NAS Starter Utility creates on the NSA by default.

Select the ones you want to use as network drives in Windows Explorer.

Figure 20 Connect Network Drives

8 Specify usernames and passwords for the individuals you want to be able to

access the NSA and click Next.

Figure 21 Create User Accounts

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9 If the settings are OK, click Next. Otherwise click Back. If you want to change

anything other than the user accounts, keep clicking Back until you can change the wizard type to manual.

Figure 22 Confirm Settings

10 Wait while the NAS Starter Utility configures the NSA.

Figure 23 Setting the NAS

After the NAS Starter Utility finishes configuring the NSA, you can click Show the directory of the NAS to see the NSA’s shares (see Section 2.5.3 on page 42) or

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click Finish to return to the main NAS Starter Utility screen (see Section 2.4 on

page 31).

Figure 24 Setting the NAS

2.5.3 Directory of the NAS

Enter the administrator user name and password and click Login.

Figure 25 Login

The utility opens the NSA’s directory in Windows Explorer.

Figure 26 Directory

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2.6 Import Files or Folders with zPilot

In the main NAS Starter Utility screen click Import files or folders with zPilot to be able to drag and drop files from your computer to the NSA.

Enter the administrator user name and password and click Login.

Figure 27 Login

The zPilot icon displays.

Figure 28 zPilot

Drag files onto the zPilot icon to mo v e them to the NSA. zPilot automatically sorts music, photo, and video files into the Music, Photo, and Video folders. zPilot can automatically sort the types of media files listed in Table 122 on page 380 (except for the subtitles). Other types of files go to the Public folder. For folders of files you are prompted to choose the target destination. The zPilot icon shows the transfer rate.

Figure 29 zPilot Showing Transfer Rate

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Double-click the zPilot icon to display the NAS Starter Utility screen with status details about the file transfers. Click the “x” button next to a file entry to stop transferring the file. Click

Figure 30 zPilot Showing Transfer Rate

Clean Up to clear completed transfers from the list.

2.7 Add a Network Drive to My Computer

In the main NAS Starter Utility screen click Add a network drive to My Computer to add the NSA as a network drive in your computer’s Windows

Explorer.

Enter your user name and password and click Login to be able to add the NSA’s shares to which you have access as network drives. Otherwise select Guest and click Login to be able to add the NSA’s public shares as network drives.

Figure 31 Login

Select a share on the NSA and the drive letter on your computer to which you want to map it. The shares that each user can select to map depends on the user’s permissions. For example, if share1 is private to user1, then only user1 is allowed to map share1. The table displays the NSA shares that are already mapped to drive letters on your computer. After you click OK you can see the new drive in

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Windows Explorer (My Computer) where you can access and use it like your computer’s other drives.

Figure 32 Network Drive Mapping

2.8 Manage the Device

In the main NAS Starter Utility screen click Manage the Device to log into the NSA’s administration screens where you can manage the NSA.

Enter the administrator user name and password and click Login.

Figure 33 Login

See Section 3.5 on page 66 for more on the administration screens.

2.9 Configure Network Setting

Use these screens to change the NSA network settings such as the NSA’ s name, IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, DNS, or PPPoE.

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Click Configure network setting in the main utility screen to display the following screen.

Figure 34 NAS Starter Utility > Configure network setting

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 5 NAS Starter Utility > Config

LABEL DESCRIPTION

NAS Name Specify a name to uniquely identify the NSA on your network. You can

enter up to 15 alphanumeric characters with minus signs allowed but not as the last character. The name must begin with an alphabetic character (a-z) and is case sensitive.

Get IP automatically from DHCP server

Assign IP Manually

Select this if the NSA is automatically assigned an IP address from the ISP or a DHCP server in your network.

Select this if you want to assign the NSA a fixed IP address, subnet mask and default gateway.

Note: Do not configure an IP address that is already in use in your

network. This results to a network IP address conflict and makes the NSA inaccessible.

Use DNS server from DHCP server

Assign DNS server manually

PPPoE Click this if your Internet connection requires you to enter a user name

Domain Name System (DNS) is for mapping a domain name to its corresponding IP address and vice versa. Select this if the NSA is automatically given DNS information from the ISP or a DHCP server in your network.

If you were given specific IP address(es) of the DNS server(s), select this and enter the primary and secondary DNS in the corresponding fields.

and password to connect to the Internet.

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If your Internet connection requires you to enter a user name and password to connect to the Internet, select Enable PPPoE Connection and enter your user name and password.

Figure 35 PPPoE

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Web Configurator Basics

3.1 Overview

This chapter describes how to access the NSA web configurator and provides an overview of its screens.

The web configurator is an HTML-based management interface that allows easy NSA setup and management using an Internet browser.

Use Internet Explorer 6.0 or Mozilla Firefox 2.00, or later versions of these browsers.

The recommended screen resolution is 1024 by 768 pixels or higher.

In order to use the web configurator you need to allow:

• Web browser pop-up windows from your device. W eb pop-up blocking is enable d by default in Windows XP SP (Service Pack) 2.

• JavaScript (enabled by default).

3.2 Accessing the NSA Web Configurator

Make sure your NSA is properly connected and that your computer is in the same subnet as the NSA (refer to the Quick Start Guide or the appendices).

3.2.1 Access the NSA Via NAS Starter Utility

If you don’t know the IP address of the NSA, then use the NAS Starter Utility’s Play Media Files from Home Screen link to find it. Refer to the Quick Start

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Guide for how to install and run the NAS Starter Utility. See Chapter 2 on page 29 for more information on the NAS Starter Utility.

Figure 36 NAS Starter Utility Main Screen

3.2.2 Web Browser Access

Configure the server name of your NSA using the Network Configuration screen (Section 2.9 on page 45) of the NAS Starter Utility. Open your browser and type in the server name of the NSA (“nsa320” by default).

Figure 37 NSA URL

3.3 Login

The default username and password are ‘admin’ and ‘1234’ respectively. Enter your username and password. If you use the option to stay logged in for two weeks (assuming you do not log out), make sure you keep your computer secure.

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Then click Login. See Chapter 12 on page 301 for how to create other user accounts.

Figure 38 NSA Login Screen

If you have not done so yet, you should see a screen asking you to change your password (highly recommended) as shown next. Type a new passw ord (and retype it to confirm) and click Apply or click Ignore.

Figure 39 Change Password Screen

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3.4 Home Screens

All users (including the administrator) first see the Home screen after logging in.

Figure 40 Home

Note: If you did not select the option to stay lo gged in for two weeks when you logged

in, the web configurator management session automatically times out if it is left idle for 15 minutes. Simply log back into the NSA if this happens to you.

The main Home screen displays icons for the various features you can access.

Table 6 Main Home Screen Icons

ICON DESCRIPTION

Use Music, Photo, and Video to play and organize your music, picture, and video files.

Use Favorite to create and edit playlists.

Use File Browser to see your files in a tree-folder structure.

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Table 6 Main Home Screen Icons (continued)

ICON DESCRIPTION

Administrators can use Application Zone to install, access, and manage the NSA’s applications.

Use System to edit general system settings or log into the administrator advanced configuration screens.

Note: Your browser may need Windows Media Player and VLC plugins installed to

play music and video files. To get the VLC plugins, you have to download and install VLC (use the .exe file). To install a VLC plugin for FireFox, when you install VLC, you have to select the Mozilla plugin option. To display your photos as a 3-D wall for quick browsing, install the CoolIris plugin.

The icons at the top-right of the screen are visible from most screens. Use them to navigate between the screens and menus. The following table describes the icons.

Table 7 Global Home Labels and Icons

LABEL/ICON DESCRIPTION

Home Click this to return to the Home screen. Help Click this to open a web help page specific to the screen you are

currently configuring.

Logout Click this at any time to exit the web configurator.

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Here are some Home screen descriptions. A music screen is shown here as an example. Other screens work in a similar way.

Figure 41 Music Screen

This table describes common labels in the Home media screens. Not every item displays in every screen.

Table 8 Home Media Screens

LABEL DESCRIPTION

A Click a letter to go to the first item starting with that letter. B View files. Double-click an item to play it. C Shows which page is displaying and the total number of pages of entries.

Click an arrow or type a number to go to another page of entries.

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Table 8 Home Media Screens

LABEL DESCRIPTION

D Select the sorting criteria:

Artist - Sort music by artist. All - All of the menu’s files display here. Genre - Sort music by category. Folder - List the folders containing music files. Album - List the identified music albums. Current Playlist - Show the playing and queued songs.

The NSA categorizes files into genres and albums according to the information stored in your files. Files may not appear in the proper

folders if they have missing, incorrect or incomplete information. Thumbnail Click this to view the files as thumbnails. List Click this to view the files as a list. Play Click this to play the currently selected file. You can also double-click a

file to play it. Delete Select an item and click Delete to remove it. Rename Select an item and click Rename to change its name.

Note: When you change a file name, make sure you keep the file

extension unchanged.

Add to Current Playlist

Add to Playlist Click this to add the selected music file to a playlist. Search Click this to look for a file or folder by name. Refresh Click this to update the display in the screen. Now Playing This link is available when a song is playing. Click it to see details about

Click this to add the selected music file to the currently playing playlist.

the song that is currently playing.

3.4.1 Now Playing (Music)

A Now Pl aying link di splays when a song is playing. Click it to disp lay a panel like the following. This screen displays the name of the current song and it’s play progress and lets you control the playback.

Figure 42 Now Playing

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3.4.2 Exif and Google Maps (Photos)

Click a photo’s EXIF button to display or hide the photo’ s Exchangeable image fi le format (Exif) data.

Figure 43 Exif Information

If a photo’s Exif data incl udes GPS location data, clic k the latitude or longitude link to display the location in Google Maps. Click Clear to delete the markers of other photos and only display the current photo’s marker.

Figure 44 Google Maps

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3.4.3 Slideshow and CoolIris (Photos)

In a Photo menu click the SlideShow button to display the menu’s files as a slideshow. Move your cursor over the slideshow’s screen to display full screen, previous, pause, and next buttons for controlling the slideshow.

Figure 45 Slideshow

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When the CoolIris plugin is installed in your browser, click the Launch CoolIris button to display your photos as a 3-D wall for quick browsing.

3.4.4 Favorite

Use the Favorite menu to manage your playlists.

3.4.4.1 Shared Playlist

Use Favorite > Shared Playlist to view and play playlists that you created externally (in iTunes, Windows Media Player, VLC media player, or Winamp for example) and saved to the NSA. When using zPilot to move files to the NSA, playlists are automatically put into the music share.

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3.4.4.2 My Favorite

Use Favorite > My Favorite to create, edit, and play playlists. These playl ists are specific to the NSA and cannot be used in external music players.

Figure 46 Favorite > My Favorite

This table describes labels in this menu.

Table 9 Favorite > My Favorite

LABEL DESCRIPTION

New Click this to create a new playlist. Edit Double-click a playlist or select it and click Edit to go to a screen where

Delete All Within a playlist click Delete All to remove all of the playlist’s songs.

3.4.5 File Browser

Click File Browser to open the following screen. Use the file browsing screens to play, open, upload, and download files. A share is a set of user access permissions for a specific folder on a volume (gives someone access to a folder). It is equivalent to the Windows concept of a shared folder, but the access rights are independent of the folder (you configure the share and the folder separately). You

you can remove songs from the playlist.

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can map a share to a network drive for easy and familiar file transfer for Windows users.

• A folder icon with a hand indicates a share.

• The administrator owns and manages the public shares.

• Double-click a media file to open it. Double-click other types of files to be able to save them.

• Click to the right of a file or folder name to select it.

• Use the [SHIFT] key to select a range of entries. Hold down the [CTRL] key to select multiple individual entries.

• D rag and dr op fi les to open a screen that lets you choose whether to copy or move them.

• You can upload files of up to 2 GB in size.

• You can download individual files of up to 4 GB in size with Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer 7 and later or up to 2 GB in size with Internet Explorer 6.

Figure 47 File Browser

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 10 File Browser

LABEL DESCRIPTION

Up Click this to go to the next higher layer in the share’ s folder tree. Name This column identifies the names of folders and files in the

Size This column displays a file’s size in bytes.

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LABEL DESCRIPTION

Last Modified This column displays the last time the file or folder was changed

Create New Folder Click this to open the following screen where you can create a

Configure Share Select a share and click this link to open a screen where you can

Upload Click this to open the following screen where you can add files to

(in year-month-day hour:minute:second format).

new folder within the share.

Specify a name to identify the folder. See Section 3.4.6 on page

62 for more information on folder names. Click Apply to create

a folder or click Cancel to exit this screen.

see and configure share management details.

the share.

Use the Browse button to locate your file/s and click Apply to upload the file. Click Cancel to close this screen.

Note: Do not refresh the screen while an upload is going on.

Download Select a file and click this to save the file to your computer.

Note: Do not refresh the screen while a download is going

on.

Restore When you are in a recycle bin folder, select a folder or file and

click this to restore it.

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In the File Browser screen, select a share and click Configure Share to open the following screen where you can see and configure share management details.

Figure 48 File Browser > Configure Share

The following table describes the labels in the this screen.

Table 11 File Browser > Configure Share

LABEL DESCRIPTION

Share Name Configure a name to identify this share. Type a share name from 1 to

239 single-byte (no Chinese characters allowed for example) ASCII characters. The name cannot be the same as another existing local share. See Section 3.4.6 on page 62 for more information on share names. This is not configurable for the NSA’s default admin, music,

photo, public, and video shares. Volume This shows the volume the share is on. It is read-only. Make this share

owned by

Enable This Share

Enable Recycle Bin

Publish this share to Media Server

Publish this share to Web

Select the administrator or user account that is to own (manage) this

share. The share owner controls access rights to the share. This is not

configurable for the NSA’s default admin and public shares.

Select this option to allow users to access this share. When this option

is not selected, you cannot see and access this share.

Select this option to keep deleted items in a recycle bin. When you

delete an item, a recycle folder is created within the share, and the

deleted item is stored in the recycle bin. Later if you want to retrieve a

deleted item, you can select the item from the recycle folder and

move/copy the item to another share.

Select this option to make the share’s files available to media clients.

Select this option to let people use a web browser to access this share’s

files without logging into the Home screens.

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Table 11 File Browser > Configure Share (continued)

LABEL DESCRIPTION

Share Access Select who can access the files in the share and how much access they

are to be given. If you publish the share to the media server or the

web, all users will have at least read-only access to the share,

regardless of what you configure here.

Select Keep it private to owner to allow only the share owner to read

files in the share, delete files in the share and save files to the share.

Select Make it public to allow anyone (with or without a user account

on the NSA) to read files in the share, delete files in the share and save

files to the share.

Select Advanced to select which individual users can read the share’s

files, which users can delete the share’s files, and which users are

blocked from doing either. Apply Click this to save your changes. Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.

3.4.6 Share and Folder Names

The name can only contain the following characters:

• Alphanumeric (A-z, 0-9) and Unicode. The NSA allows FTP access to shares, folders or files with names encoded in the

UTF-8 (8-bit UCS/Unicode Transformation Format) format. So your FTP client must support UTF-8 in order to access shares, folders or files on the NSA with Unicode names.

•Spaces

• _ [underscores]

•. [periods]

•- [dashes]

Other limitations include:

• All leading and trailing spaces are removed automatically.

• Multiple spaces within names are converted to a single space.

• Share names must be unique (they cannot be the same as other share names).

• The NSA creates automatic volume names for external (USB) disk volumes. These are a type of share, so the share name you configure cannot conflict with the external (USB) disk volume names. “ExtVol1” or “ExtVol2” are examples of external (USB) disk volume names.

• Folder names must be unique (they cannot be the same as other folder names).

• The minimum character length of a name is one character, that is a name cannot be blank.

• The maximum character length of share name is 239 characters.

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• Unicode is supported for share names, although your FTP client must support UTF-8. Full support should be available in all Windows versions after Windows

2000.

3.4.7 Application Zone

Administrators can click Application Zone to go to a screen where you can enable or disable various applications for file sharing and downloading.

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The following table describes the labels in the this screen.

Table 12 Application Zone

LABEL DESCRIPTION

Name This is the name of the application. Description This is a brief description of the application. See Chapter 9 on page 185

Management Page

Enable Select a disabled application and click this to turn on the application.

Disable Select an enabled application and click this to turn off the application.

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for more information. Click this link to go the application’s management page where you can

configure settings for it. See Chapter 9 on page 185 for more information.

Some applications are always enabled and cannot be disabled.

Select the Flickr or Youtube Uploadr entry and click this to cancel all uploading. Some applications are always enabled and cannot be disabled.

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LABEL DESCRIPTION

Pause Select the Flickr or Youtube Uploadr entry and click this to pause

current uploading. Resume will resume current uploading.

Resume Select the Flickr or Youtube Uploadr entry and click this to resume

current uploading.

3.4.8 System Settings

Click System > Settings to open the following screen. Use this screen to change general settings and an account password.

Figure 50 System > Settings

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The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 13 System > Settings

LABEL DESCRIPTION

Double Click Behavior Setting

Slide Effect Enable the Ken Burns effect to have the NSA automatically pan

Slide Interval Select how long to display each image in a slideshow before

Video Playback Select Play Next to play the rest of the video files in a folder. So

Account Name Type the user name of the account for which you w ant to change

Old Password Type the user’s current password. New Password Create a new password for the user. You can type from one to 14

Password (Confirm) You must type the exact same password that you just typed in

Language Select the web configurator language from the drop-down list

Go to system administration page

Apply Click this to save your changes. Reset Click this to refresh the screen. Cancel Click this to exit the screen without saving your changes.

Select Replace current playlist and start to play to have double clicking a song cause the NSA to immediately stop any currently playing song and start playing the double-clicked song.

Select Append to current playlist to have double clicking a song add a song to the end of the current playlist.

and zoom photos in slideshows. Disable it to display photos in slideshows normally.

changing to the next.

for example, a folder has video files 1~10 and you play video 3. When video 3 finishes the device continues playing the rest of the videos in the folder (4~10). It does not loop back and play videos 1 and 2.

the password.

single-byte (no Chinese characters allowed for example) ASCII characters.

the above field.

box. This link appears when you are logged in as the administrator.

Click it to open the advanced administration screens. See

Section 3.5 on page 66 for more on the advanced administration

screens.

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3.5 Administration Screens

The System > Administration link displays when you log in as the administrator. Click System > Administration in the Home screen to open the advanced administration screens.

The Status screen is the first advanced administration screen that displays.

Figure 51 Status

3.5.1 Global Administration Icons

The icons and language label at the top-right of the screen ( ) are visible from most of the administration screens. The following table describes the ‘global’ icons and labels.

Table 14 Global Labels and Icons

LABEL/ICON DESCRIPTION

Language Select the web configurator language from the drop-down list box. Help Click this to open web help specific to the screen you are in. About Click this to view the model name, firmware version and copyright. Home Click this to return to the Home screens. Logout Click this at any time to exit the web configurator. This is the same as

clicking the Logout link at the bottom of the navigation panel.

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3.5.2 Navigation Panel

The navigation panel on the left of the Web Configurator screen ( ) contains screen links. Click a link to display sub-links. There are no sub-links f or the Status screen. Certain screens also contain hyper links t hat allow y ou to jump to another screen.

The following table describes the navigation panel screens.

Table 15 Screens Summary

LINK SCREEN FUNCTION

Status This screen shows system information, the status of the

System Setting

Storage Volume View volume and disk information and create and edit

Network TCP/IP Assign the NSA a dynamic or static IP address and DNS

Server Name Specify the NSA’s server name and workgroup name. Date & Time Chose a time zone and/or allow the NSA to synchronize

UPnP Port Mapping

PPPoE Configure PPPoE settings for a direct Internet

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volumes, and the users who are currently using the NSA.

with a time server.

volumes. A volume is a storage area that can span one or more internal disks or a single external (USB) disk.

information.

Configure your Internet gateway to allow access from the WAN (Internet) to services on the NSA.

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LINK SCREEN FUNCTION

Applications FTP Server Enable FTP file transfer to/from the NSA, set the number

Media Server Enable or disable the sharing of media files and select

Download Service

Web Publishing Let people use a web browser to access files in shares

Broadcatching Subscribe the NSA to feeds to download frequently

Print Server View and manage the NSA’s list of printers and print

Copy/Sync Button

Package Set up more useful applications in your NSA. The NSA

Auto Upload Flickr/YouTube

Auto Upload FTP Uploadr

Sharing Users View, create and edit administrator and user accounts to

Groups View, create and edit groups. Groups allow you to

Shares View, create and edit shares. Shares are shared folders

Maintenance Power Configure power saving settings for the NSA and have

Log View the NSA’s logs and configure how you want to

Configuration Back up and/or restore the NSA configuration file. SSL Configure HTTPS and the NSA’s SSL certificate. FW Upgrade Upload/upgrade new firmware to your NSA. Shutdown Restart the NSA or shut it down.

Logout Click this to exit the web configurator. This is

of FTP connections allowed, an FTP idle timeout, and the character set.

which shares to share. Have the NSA handle large file downloads.

without logging into the Home screens.

updated digital content like TV programs, radio talk shows, Podcasts (audio files), YouTube videos, or even BitTorrents.

jobs. Copy or synchronize files between a USB device and the

NSA.

can download multiple packages/files at once and automatically goes through all the installation steps.

Upload files in selected shares to your Flickr and/or YouTube accounts.

Upload files in selected shares to FTP servers.

let people use the NSA.

organize users into specific groups. You can create shares accessible only by the group members.

to which you can allow specific users read/write access rights.

the NSA turn itself off and on or reboot according to the schedules you configure.

receive the log reports.

recommended to prevent unauthorized administrator access to the NSA.

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The main window () shows the screen you select in the navigation panel. It is discussed in the rest of this document.

The Status screen is the first administration screen to display. See Chapter 5 on

page 149 for more information about the Status screen.

3.5.4 Status Messages

The message text box at the bottom of the screen () displays status messages as you configure the NSA.

3.5.5 Common Screen Icons

The following table explains some icons that appear in several configuration screens.

Table 16 Common Configuration Screen Icons

ICON DESCRIPTION

Edit

Click this to go to a screen where you can change the configuration settings of an entry.

Delete

Click this to delete an entry from the list.

Edit

Click this to jump to related item’s configuration screen.

Refresh

Click this to refresh the data for the field or value with which it is associated.

User

See the chapter on user accounts for detailed information on variants of this icon.

See the chapter on shares for detailed information on variants of this icon.

Healthy

This represents a healthy volume.

Degraded

This represents a degraded RAID 1 volume. Replace the faulty disk. If the replacement disk does not contain any partition, the NSA automatically restores the volume. If the replacement disk already contains a volume, you need to delete the volume and then click the Repair icon to fix the degraded RAID volume.

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ICON DESCRIPTION

Down

This represents a down volume.

Scan Disk

Click this to scan a hard disk for file system errors.

Eject

Click this before you remove an external hard drive so that you do not lose data that is being transferred to or from that hard drive.

Locate

Click this to cause the LED on the external storage device to blink.

Repair

If you replace a faulty disk with a disk that contains a volume, you need to delete the volume and then click this to fix the degraded RAID volume.

3.5.6 Session Example (Windows)

Open Windows Explorer and type two back slashes followed by the NSA name or IP address. Initially you can only read and write to the Public, Video, Music, and Photo folders until you create other shares on the NSA. This session is then displayed as shown in the following figure.

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4.1 Overview

This chapter provides tutorials that show how to use the NSA.

• Windows 7 Network, see page 71

• Windows 7 Network Map, see page 75

• Playing Media Files in Windows 7, see page 78

• Windows 7 Devices and Printers, see page 78

• Cre ating a Volume, see page 81

• Deleting a Volume, see page 84

• File Sharing Tutorials, see page 85

• Download Service Tutorial, see page 94

• Broadcatching Tutorial, see page 110

• Copy and Flickr Auto Upload Tutorial, see page 115

• FTP Uploadr Tutorial, see page 116

• Web Configurator’s Security Sessions, see page 121

• Using FTPES to Connect to the NSA, see page 133

• How to Use the BackupPlanner, se e page 134

4.2 Windows 7 Network

To see your NSA in a Windows 7 home or work network:

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1 Click Start > Control Panel. Set View by to Category and click Network and

Internet.

2 Click View network computers and devices.

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3 The NSA icon displays twice because the NSA is both a media serv er and a storage

device. Double-click either NSA icon to open the Web Configurator login screen.

4.2.1 If the NSA Icon Does Not Display

The network containing the NSA must be set as a home or work network in order for the NSA icons to display. If the network containing the NSA displays as “Public”:

1 Click Network and Sharing Center and then the network’s link (circled in the

figure).

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2 Use the Set Network Location screen to set the network’s location to home or

work.

4.2.2 NSA Icon Right-click Options

Right-click the NSA’s icon to see these options:

• Install/Uninstall: Click Install to add the NSA as a device in your computer. After you install the NSA you can see it in the computer’s list of devices (see

Section 4.5 on page 78. Click Uninstall to remove the NSA from the list of

devices installed in your computer.

• View device web page opens the Web Configurator login screen.

• Create shortcut adds a desktop shortcut to the Web Configurator login screen.

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• Properties opens a window of NSA details and troubleshooting information.

• Manufacturer identifies the company that produced the NSA.

• Model identifies the NSA model.

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Model number identifies the NSA model number.

• Device webpage shows the IP address for accessing the Web Configurator.

• Serial number is unavailable because the NSA does not have one.

• MAC address is the NSA’s unique physical hardware address (MAC). You need the MAC address to register the product at myZyXEL.com. Customer support may also request it for troubleshooting purposes.

• Unique identifier is a unique UPnP ID that the NSA generated.

• IP address is the NSA’s IP address. It is also the IP address for accessing the Web Configurator.

4.3 Windows 7 Network Map

To see your NSA in a Windows 7 home or work network map:

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1 Click Start > Control Panel > View network status and tasks (or Network

and Sharing Center if you view the Control Panel by icons).

2 Click See full map (1 in the figure).

The network containing the NSA must be set as a home or work network in order to use the full map feature. If the network containing the NSA displays as “P ublic”, click the network’s link (2 in the figure, although it is already set to home here) and use the Set Network Location screen to set the network’s location to home or work (see page 74).

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3 Double-click the NSA’s icon to open the Web Configurator login screen. See

Section 4.2.2 on page 74 for the NSA icon’s right-click options.

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4.4 Playing Media Files in Windows 7

In Windows 7, the NSA automatically displays as a library in Windows Media Player.

Figure 52 NSA in Windows Media Player

4.5 Windows 7 Devices and Printers

After you use the NSA’s network icon’s install option you can manage the NSA from the Windows 7 Devices and Printers folder.

Click Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printe rs. Select the NSA icon to display information about the NSA. Double-click the NSA

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icon to open a properties window (see page 75). Right-click the icon to display these options:

• Download NAS Starter Utility downloads the NSA’s Starter Utility. It lets you find, set up, and manage the NSA as well as copy files to it and access the files on it. See Chapter 2 on page 29 for details.

• Create shortcut has Windows make a desktop shortcut to this screen.

• Troubleshoot opens Windows’ device troubleshooting wizard.

• Remove device removes the NSA from the Windows 7 Devices and Printers folder.

• Properties opens a window of NSA details and troubleshooting information (see page 75).

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4.5.1 Windows 7 Desktop Shortcut

This is the NSA’s desktop shortcut. Double-click it to open a properties window (see page 75).

1 Right-click the NSA’s desktop shortcut icon to see these options:

• Open file location takes you to the Windows 7 Devices and Printers folder.

• Restore previous versions is the Windows 7 option for restoring a file or folder. It does not apply to this shortcut.

• Send to give you options for copying the shortcut to another location.

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• Cut removes this shortcut so you can paste it somewhere else.

• Copy copies the shortcut so you can paste it somewhere else.

• Create shortcut has Windows make a desktop shortcut to this icon.

• Delete sends the shortcut to the recycle bin.

• Rename lets you change the name of the shortcut.

• Troubleshoot opens Windows’ device troubleshooting wizard.

• Remove device removes the NSA from the Windows 7 Devices and Printers folder.

• Properties opens a window of details about the shortcut.

4.6 Creating a Volume

This section shows you how to create a volume on your NSA.

Creating a volume deletes all existing data in the hard disk. Make sure you have a backup of your existing data before following the steps in this section.

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Your NSA has two bays for Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) hard disks. The JBOD storage method is used if you are using a single hard disk for your NSA.

This JBOD volume shows up in the Storage > Volume screen (Section 7.4 on

page 165) as follows.

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4.6.1 Creating a RAID 1 Volume

This storage method allows recovery of data if your hard disk fails. To create a RAID 1 volume, you must install two SATA hard disks in your NSA. There are two ways to create a RAID 1 volume:

•Click the Migrate button - If you already have a SATA hard disk with a volume and you later install a second SATA hard disk in your NSA, use the Migrate button to convert the existing JBOD volume to a RAID 1 volume .

•Click the Create an internal volume button - Use this if there are no existing volumes in your NSA.

4.6.2 Migrate Button

Do the following steps to create a RAID 1 volume.

1 Once you install a second SATA hard disk in the NSA, the Storage > Volume

screen shows the Migrate button.

2 Click the

RAID 1 volume to be created. This may take quite a while depending on how much data you have in the original volume.

Migrate button and you can see the following progress bar. Wait for the

4.6.3 Create an Internal Volume Button

If you do not have a n existing volume in the Storage > Volume screen, do the following steps to create a RAID 1 volume.

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1 In the Storage > Volume screen, click Create an Internal Volume.

2 In the Disk Configuration screen, you can select the storage method.

• Type in the Volume Name for your RAID 1 volume. The volume name can be 1 to 31 characters (a-z, 0-9, " " [spaces], "_", and ".").

• Choose RAID 1 and click Apply.

This deletes all existing data in the SATA hard disk. Make sure you have a backup of any existing data in the hard disk.

The NSA starts creating the volume and you can see the following progress bar. Wait for the RAID 1 volume to be created.

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3 The Storage > Volume screen displays with your RAID 1 volume.

4.7 Deleting a Volume

Delete an existing volume in your NSA by doing the following steps.

1 In the Storage > Volume screen, select the volume you want to delete and click

the delete icon.

2 A confirmation window appears as follows. Click Yes.

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This deletes all existing data in the volume. Make sure you have a backup of any existing data in the hard disk.

4.8 File Sharing Tutorials

The following sections cover using the NSA for file sharing. This chapter assumes you have already followed the Quick Start Guide instructions to perform initial setup and configuration (so you have a working volume). See the rest of this User’s Guide for details on configuring the NSA’s various screens.

4.8.1 Creating a User Account

Bob wants to create accounts for his sons Jimmy and Kevin. This is how he would do it.

1 Log into the NSA web configurator (see Section 3.3 on page 50) and click System

> Administration to go to the configuration screens.

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2 Click Sharing > Users to open the Users screen. Then click Add User.

3 Configure the screen as follows and write down the username and password to

give to Jimmy. If the username and password are the same as Jimmy’s Windows login, Jimmy will not need to enter a username and password when he logs into his share from his computer. Set the Account Type to User so Jimmy doesn’t get to configure the whole NSA. Click Apply to create the account.

4 The account now displays in the Users screen.

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Now that Bob has created Jimmy’s account, he can go through the steps again to create another account for Kevin. After both accounts are created, he can go to

Section 4.8.2 on page 87 to create shares for Jimmy and Kevin.

4.8.2 Creating a Share

Suppose Bob has already created separate accounts for his sons Jimm y and Ke vin. Now Bob wants to create a share for each son. He also wants to make sure that each son can only access his own share (to keep them from deleting each other’s files). This is how he would do it.

1 In the NSA’s administr ation web conf igurator screens, click Shares > Add Share.

Click Add Share to create a new share.

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2 Specify a name for the share and select which volume it should be on. Configure

the screen as follows. Then click Edit.

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3 Configure the screen as follows to give Jimmy full access right to the share. Then

click Apply to create the share.

Now that Bob has created Jimmy’s share, he can go through the steps again to create another share for Kevin.

4.8.3 Creating a Group

After creating user accounts for Jimmy and Kevin, Bob w ants to create a group for his sons and another one for the parents. Bob can assign access rights to his sons’ group for certain shares such as a cartoons share and allow only the parents’ group to access the scary movie share. This is how he would create the group.

1 In the NSA’s administration web configurator screen, click Groups > Add Group.

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2 Specify a name for the group. Select the user(s) you want to add to the group

from the Available User(s) list and click Add Selected User(s). Configure the screen as follows. Then click Apply to create the group.

Now that Bob has created a group for Jimmy and Kevin, he can go through the steps again to create another group for the parents. Then he can see the rest of the tutorials for how to use the groups in assigning access rights to shares.

4.8.4 Accessing a Share From Windows Explorer

If you map a NSA share (where data is stored) to a Windows network drive, you can use Windows Explorer to transfer files to and from the NSA as if it was another folder on your computer. Here he maps Jimmy’s share to Jimmy’s computer.

1 Start Windows Explorer and go to the NSA’ s server name (“nsa320” is the default)

or IP address.

2 Click Tools > Map Network Drive.

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3 Select the network drive that you w ant to map the NSA to from the Drive list box.

This example uses I. Then browse to and select the share on the NSA. Click Finish.

4 Enter the username and password for Jimmy’s account and click OK. You do not

need to do this if the username and password are the same as Jimmy’s Windows login.

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5 After the mapping is done, you can then simply copy and paste or drag and drop

files from/to your local computer’s drives to or from this network folder. Just like the NSA’s share was another folder on your computer.

Now that Bob has mapped Jimmy’s share to Jimmy’s computer , he can go th rough the steps again to map Kevin’s share to Kevin’s computer.

4.8.5 Accessing a Share Using FTP

You can also use FTP to access the NSA. Suppose Jimmy is temporarily using a different computer and wants to access his share without mapping it to the computer. This is how he would do it.

1 Open the FTP client (Windows Explorer is used here) and type “ftp://

username@server” where “username” is the account’s username and “server” is the NSA’s IP address or server name.

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2 Enter your password and click Login.

3 Now you can access files and copy files from/to your local computer’s drives to or

from this network folder.

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4.8.6 Accessing a Share Through the Web Configurator

You can browse and access files through the web configurator.

1 Log into the NSA web configurator (see Section 3.3 on page 50) using the

appropriate user name and password (this example uses Jimmy’s) and click File Browser. Click a share (the Jimmy share in this example) to see the top level of the share’s contents.

2 Click a folder’s file name to browse the folder. You can open files or copy them to

your computer. You can also create new fo lders and upload additional files to the share.

3 Click the logout icon when your are done.

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4.9 Download Service Tutorial

This tutorial covers using the NSA to download a file from the Internet. Use this same procedure for BitTorrent downloads as well as regular HTTP (web) and FTP downloads. See Section 9.11.2 on page 219 for more on the download service.

4.9.1 Copying/Pasting a Download Link

1 Open your Internet browser (this example uses Internet Explorer).

2 Find a download link for the file you want. In this example, www.zyxel.com has a

Download Now link for downloading a datasheet for ZyXEL’s GS-2024 (a device for making phone calls over the Internet).

Note: Make sure the link opens either the file you want or a pop-up window about how

to handle the file.

Note: It is also OK for the link to open a .torrent file. If you are redirected to a screen

that says the download should start in a few seconds, there may be a link to click if the download does not start automatically. See if that link opens the file or the pop-up window.

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3 Right-click the download link and select Copy Shortcut in Internet Explorer (or

Copy Link Location in Firefox).

4 Log into the NSA web configurator (see Section 3.3 on page 50) using the

administrator account and click Application Zone and the Application Zone > Download Service link.

5 Click Add.

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6 Right-click the URL field and select Paste.

7 The URL displays in the URL field. Click Apply.

8 After a few moments, the download task appears in the Download Service

screen’s Active tab.

The download appears in the Completed tab when it is done. By default the NSA stores all downloads in the admin share’s download folder. See Section 4.8.4 on

page 89, Section 4.8.5 on page 91, or Section 4.8.6 on page 93 for how to access

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4.9.2 Installing the Link Capture Browser Plugin

In addition to copying and pasting a download link to the Download Service screen, you can also install a link capture browser plugin in y our web browser. Use the plugin to easily add a download link to the NSA’s download service. See

Section 9.11.3 on page 219 for more on the link capture browser plugin.

Note: At the time of writing the plugin supports Internet Explorer 6.0/7.0 and Mozilla

Firefox 2.0/3.0; it does not support Windows 7.

Internet Explorer

1 Open the folder containing the link capture browser plugin.

2 Double-click on the plugin to display the following screen. Click I Agree to begin

installation.

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3 Select a location to save the plugin and click Install. Close the screen once the

installation is complete.

4 Open Internet Explorer and locate a download link. In this example,

www.zyxel.com has a Download Now link for downloading a user’s guide for ZyXEL’s NBG410W3G (a 3G wireless router). Right-click on the download link and select NSA Setting.

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5 Enter the NSA’s web address (nsa320 by default) and click Apply. A warning

message displays asking fo r confirmation. Click OK to apply the setting.

Firefox

1 Open Firefox.

2 Open the folder containing the link capture browser plugin.

3 To install the plugin, drag and drop the plugin to Firefox.

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4 The following screen displays. Click Install Now.

5 You need to restart Firefox after the installation.

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User’s Guide

Getting to Know Your NSA

1.1 Overview

1.2 Hard Disks

1.3 LEDs

1.3.1 COPY/SYNC Button

1.3.2 RESET Button

NAS Starter Utility

2.1 Overview

2.2 Starting the NAS Starter Utility

2.3 NAS Discovery Screen

2.4 Main NAS Starter Utility Screen

2.5 Initialization Wizard

2.5.1 Default Configuration

2.5.2 Manual Configuration

2.5.3 Directory of the NAS

2.6 Import Files or Folders with zPilot

2.7 Add a Network Drive to My Computer

2.8 Manage the Device

2.9 Configure Network Setting

Web Configurator Basics

3.1 Overview

3.2 Accessing the NSA Web Configurator

3.2.1 Access the NSA Via NAS Starter Utility

3.2.2 Web Browser Access

3.3 Login

3.4 Home Screens

3.4.1 Now Playing (Music)

3.4.2 Exif and Google Maps (Photos)

3.4.3 Slideshow and CoolIris (Photos)

3.4.4 Favorite

3.4.5 File Browser

3.4.6 Share and Folder Names

3.4.7 Application Zone

3.4.8 System Settings

3.5 Administration Screens

3.5.1 Global Administration Icons

3.5.2 Navigation Panel

3.5.3 Main Window

3.5.4 Status Messages

3.5.5 Common Screen Icons

3.5.6 Session Example (Windows)

Tutorials

4.1 Overview

4.2 Windows 7 Network

4.2.1 If the NSA Icon Does Not Display

4.2.2 NSA Icon Right-click Options

4.3 Windows 7 Network Map

4.4 Playing Media Files in Windows 7

4.5 Windows 7 Devices and Printers

4.5.1 Windows 7 Desktop Shortcut

4.6 Creating a Volume

4.6.1 Creating a RAID 1 Volume

4.6.2 Migrate Button

4.6.3 Create an Internal Volume Button

4.7 Deleting a Volume

4.8 File Sharing Tutorials

4.8.1 Creating a User Account

4.8.2 Creating a Share

4.8.3 Creating a Group

4.8.4 Accessing a Share From Windows Explorer

4.8.5 Accessing a Share Using FTP

4.8.6 Accessing a Share Through the Web Configurator

4.9 Download Service Tutorial

4.9.1 Copying/Pasting a Download Link

4.9.2 Installing the Link Capture Browser Plugin