Edimax NS-2501 User manual

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Index
1.Product Information...................................................................................3
2.Package Content........................................................................................3
3.System requirement ..................................................................................3
4.Familiar your storage server.....................................................................4
5.Device Installation....................................................................................10
5.1. Hardware installation .......................................................................................10
5.2. Software Installation.........................................................................................12
5.3. Getting Start your device..................................................................................14
5.3.1. Storage Server Wizard.....................................................................................14
5.3.2. Start Download Manager .................................................................................25

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1. Product Information
Thank you for purchasing this network storage server (NAS, Network Attached
Storage). This storage server lets you easily share your files in your network.
Simply plug in the hard disk drive, connect the LAN port to your network, and
do some basic settings, and you're ready to share files. The storage server
provides a total solution for the Small and Medium-sized Business (SMB) and
the Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) markets, giving you an instant way to
share and manage your files through network.
Features
zSupports gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000M)
zSupports one internal SATA hard disk drive
zProvides two USB ports for connecting USB mass storage devices
zAllows you to share your files via FTP or Network Neighborhood
zAllows you to share your multimedia content to DLNA compliant media
adapters, like Xbox 360, Sony PS3…
zAllows you to share your music to iTunes
zProvides Internet download engine which supports download through FTP,
Web and BitTorrent.
zSupports High file transfer throughput (> 100Mbps)
zSupports static IP and dynamic IP
zEasy to use both Windows-based and Web-based GUI for configuration
and management
2. Package Content
zOne Network Storage Server with hard disk drawer (NS-2502 with 2 Bay
hard disk drawers)
zOne Quick Installation Guide
zOne CD (Multi-language Quick Installation Guide, User Manual,
Wizard/Utility)
zOne Power Adapter
zOne Holding Base
3. System requirement
zAt least One SATA hard disk drive
zDesktop or Laptop with Network Interface Card (NIC)
zComputer with a Web-Browser (Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, Netscape
Navigator 7.2 or higher, Firefox 2.0.0.3 or higher)

4. Familiar your storage server
Back Panel
The diagram below shows the storage server’s back panel.
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1. Local Area Network (LAN)
You should connect the LAN port of this storage server to your hub/switch, or
one LAN port of your router etc.
2. USB2
The USB2 port allows you to share your files stored in the USB mass storage
device plugged in.
Note: Please plug the external power of your USB mass storage devices
before you connect them to the storage server.
Note: If you have USB mass storage device (like USB external HDD), please
plug it to this storage server’s USB 2 port, and plug the USB flash disk you
wish to share to the USB 1 port.
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3. Power switch
When the storage server is not working, switch the Power switch to “1” will
switch on the power and make the storage server start. When the storage
server has been shut down, switch the Power switch to “0” will switch off the
power.
Note: Please do not directly switch off the power when the storage server is
running. This will make some data not correctly saved in the storage server
and may make the storage server not work properly. Before switch off the
power, please press Release button for more than 5 seconds to shut down the
storage server first.
Note: If you did not switch off the power after your previous shut down (just
press Release button for more than 5 seconds) and you want to start the
storage server now, you should switch off the power first and then switch on
the power, and the storage server will start again.
Note: After you shut down the storage server and before switch off the power,
the storage server is still providing power to the hard disk drives and the hard
disk drives are still running. You have to switch off the power after you shut
down the storage server to make the whole system completely stopped.

Front Panel
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1. Release button
The Release button has three functions: (1) unplug the external USB mass
storage, (2) shut down the storage server, and (3) reset the configuration of
the storage server to factory default settings.
Unplug the external USB mass storage: When you press and hold Release
button for 2 seconds, the storage server will beep for 0.5 second to hint that
your command is detected. At this time, you should release the Release
button immediately if you want to unplug the external USB mass storage
device plugged in USB1 port. The storage server will take several seconds to
unplug the USB mass storage. When the LED of the USB1 port goes off, you
can safely detach the USB mass storage device from this storage server.
Shut down the storage server: You should press and hold Release button for
more than 5 seconds to start shutting down the storage server. Please ignore
the beep sound. The Power LED will keep flashing during the shutting down
process. When the Power LED goes off, the storage server is completely shut
down. You can now switch off the power by switch the Power switch to “0”.
Restore factory default settings: If you want to reset the configuration of the
storage server to factory default settings, you should press and hold BOTH the
Release button and the Copy button at the same time for more than 5 seconds,
the storage server will beep for 2 seconds to hint that your command is
accepted. The Power LED will keep flashing during the restore process.After
the restore is complete, the storage server will restart itself automatically.
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2. Copy button
The Copy button has two functions: (1) copy the content of one external USB
mass storage device to another attached storage device, and (2) reset the
configuration of the storage server to factory default settings.
To Copy USB mass storage device: When you press and hold the Copy button
for 2 seconds, the storage server will beep for 0.5 second to hint that your
command is detected. At this time, you should release the Copy button
immediately if you want to copy the content of one external USB mass storage
device to another attached storage device. During the process of copy, the
LED of corresponding USB port will flash slowly. When the LED of
corresponding USB port stops flashing and is lit steady, the copy job is
finished. If any error occurs during the process of copy, the LED of
corresponding USB port will flash very fast. The default source storage is
USB1, you can change the source storage by USB Copy settings in Web user
interface of storage server.
Restore factory default settings: Please refer to the description of Release
button.
Note: Before you trigger the USB Copy function by pressing the Copy button,
make sure that the destination folder has enough free space to store all data
of the source USB mass storage device.
Note: USB Copy function does not support length of file name longer than 255
bytes. If the source USB mass storage device contains any file with file name
longer than 255 bytes, the copy job will fail.
3. USB1
The USB1 port allows you to share your files stored in the USB mass storage
device plugged in.
Note: Please plug the external power of your USB mass storage devices
before you connect them to the storage server.
Note: If you have USB mass storage device (like USB external HDD), please
plug it to this storage server’s USB 2 port, and plug the USB flash disk you
wish to share to the USB 1 port.

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4. LED
On the storage server’s front panel there are LEDs, which show the status of
this storage server. Below is the list of each LED and its description.
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LED Light
Status Description
Power
ON Storage server is powered on
Off Storage server is shut down
Slow
Flashing
Storage server is starting; or the storage server is
shutting down; or the storage server is restoring its
settings to factory default values.
LAN
ON LAN port is connected
Off LAN port is unconnected
Flashing Data is transferring through the network
Status
ON The storage server is working well
Off The storage server is not ready to provide service. Please go to the Web GUI to configure the storage
server.
Slow
Flashing
The storage server has some problem. Please go to
the Web GUI to check the status of the system to
find out the problem.

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USB1
ON USB storage device is connected to USB1 port
Off
USB storage device is not connected to USB1 port
or is not detected due to hard disk failure or the
system is doing partition/format on this hard disk
drive.
Slow
Flashing
The used space of the USB mass storage is over
95% or the USB Copy tool is copying from the USB
mass storage device plugged to USB1 port.
Fast
Flashing
The USB mass storage is full or the USB Copy tool
is copying from the USB mass storage device
plugged to USB1 port, but this job faces some error
and is stopped (In this situation, the LED will keep
flashing about 30 seconds and go off).
USB2
ON USB storage device is connected to USB2 port
Off
USB storage device is not connected to USB2 port
or is not detected due to hard disk failure or the
system is doing partition/format on this hard disk
drive.
Slow
Flashing
The used space of the USB mass storage is over
95% or the USB Copy tool is copying from the USB
mass storage device plugged to USB2 port.
Fast
Flashing
The USB mass storage is full or the USB Copy tool
is copying from the USB mass storage device
plugged to USB2 port, but this job faces some error
and is stopped (In this situation, the LED will keep
flashing about 30 seconds and go off).
HDD
ON Internal SATA hard disk drive is installed
Off Internal SATAhard disk drive is not installed or is not detected due to hard disk failure or the system is
doing partition/format on this hard disk drive.
Slow
Flashing The used space of the internal SATA hard disk drive is over 95%.
Fast
Flashing The internal SATA hard disk drive is full.

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5. Device Installation
5.1. Hardware installation
This is a step-by-step instruction on how to start using the storage server.
(NS-2502 as an example)
1. Pull out the disk drawer from the case of storage server as shown in the
setup diagram below.
2. Fix your SATA hard disk driver in the drawer by screws as shown in the
setup diagram below.
3. Push the disk drawer with hard disk driver installed back into the case of
storage server as shown in the setup diagram below.

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Note: Please make sure the disk drawer is safely installed.
For example, please do not install hard disk by the way showed in the following
pictures.
4. Plug the power adaptor to the storage server and connect the storage
server to your network as shown in the setup diagram below.
5. Power on the storage server by pressing the power switch of the storage
server on as shown in the setup diagram below.
6. When the Power LED is steady lighted, the storage server is ready.
The disk drawer is not
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5.2. Software Installation
A. Insert the Storage Server Wizard utility CD into your PC. The Installation
program of the Storage Server Wizard utility will be executed automatically.
If the Installation program is not executed, please execute it manually.
B. Click “Next” to continue.

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C. The installation program starts to install the Storage Server Wizard utility.
D. Click “Finish” when the installation is finished.

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5.3. Getting Start your device
After the installation, there are two utilities installed: Storage Server Wizard
and Download Manager. They are located under “Start ÆProgram Files Æ
Storage Server” as the following picture shows.
5.3.1. Storage Server Wizard
The Installation program will start Storage Server Wizard automatically after
the installation is finished.
Auto-search for Storage Server
When the Storage Server Wizard starts, all Storage Servers in your local area
network will be listed. Select the Storage Server you want to configure, and
click “Next”. If you do not find the Storage Server you want to configure, please
check the network connection, and then click “Rescan” to restart searching.

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Login Storage Server
Type the password and click “Next” to login the Storage Server that you want to
configure. (The default password is “1234” if you never change it.)
The Storage Server Wizard will verify the password.

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System check
If this is the first time you configure this Storage Server with Storage Server
Wizard or you installed any new internal SATAhard disk drive, this warning
page will be displayed.
Click “Next” to continue, Click “Exit” to abort configuration.
Configure Password
Enter a new password for the Storage Server, and click “Next”, or just click
“Next” directly to keep the current password.

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Parameter Description
New Password 0~30 alphanumeric characters.
Confirm Password 0~30 alphanumeric characters. Must be same
with New Password.
Configure Network Setting
If your PC is configured to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server, the
“Obtain IP address automatically” option is selected as default.
If the IP address of your PC is configured manually, the Storage Server Wizard
will also let you configure IP of the Storage Server manually, and Storage
Server Wizard will search for an available IP address as the recommended
value of “Storage Server IPAddress” if the IP address currently used by
Storage Server is not in the same subnet with your computer. Storage Server
Wizard will search all the legal IP addresses of the subnet of your computer
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The recommended values ensure you can access the Storage Server from this
computer and IP conflict problem will be avoided. You also can ignore the
recommended values and assign the configuration values on your own.
Click “Next” when you finish IP configuration.
Click “Exit” to abort configuration, and all the modification you did will not be
applied.

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Parameter Description
Obtain IP address
automatically
DHCP server is used to manage the IP address of a
network. If you have a live DHCP server in your
network and wish this Storage Server get IP address
from your DHCP server, please select “Obtain an IP
address automatically”.
Note:
A
ccording to the settings of you DHCP server,
the IP address obtained from your DHCP server may
change by time.
Storage Server IP
Address The IP address used by this Storage Server in your network.
Subnet Mask The IP Subnet Mask of your LAN segment.
Gateway Address The gateway IP address of your network. Normally, it is the LAN IP address of the router you are using to
access the Internet.
DNS Server IPAddress Fill in the IP address of a live DNS server.
Configure Name
Assign a name to this Storage Server, and click “Next”.
Click “Exit” to abort configuration, and all the modification you did will not be
applied.

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Parameters Description
Storage Server
Name
The Storage Server Name must be 4-15 characters. Only
alphanumeric and underline characters can be used.
The Storage Server Name will be used as the name of File
Server, iTunes Server and Media Server.
Choose the Functions You Want to Turn On
Select the functions you want to turn on, and click “Next”.
Click “Exit” to abort configuration, and all the modification you did will not be
applied.
Parameters Description
Turn on BT
download
function
Whether to turn on BT download function.
Turn on iTunes
Server Whether to turn on iTunes Server.
Turn on Media
Server Whether to turn on Media Server.