RaidSonic IB-NAS5520 User manual
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CONTENT
1. Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................................4
1.1GeneralInformation.............................................................................................................................................4
Hardware...............................................................................................................................................................................6
2. IB‐NAS5520.....................................................................................................................................................................6
2.1TechnicalDetails....................................................................................................................................................6
2.2FrontView................................................................................................................................................................7
2.3RearView..................................................................................................................................................................7
2.4 HDDInstallation.....................................................................................................................................................8
2.4.1HDDSetupGuide...........................................................................................................................................8
Software/Firmware..........................................................................................................................................................9
3. SystemRequirements..................................................................................................................................................9
3.1NAS...............................................................................................................................................................................9
3.2 DAS...............................................................................................................................................................................9
3.3SupportedDevices.........................................................................................................................................10
3.4FirmwareUpdate................................................................................................................................................10
4. NASSetupInstructions............................................................................................................................................10
4.1InitialSetup...........................................................................................................................................................10
4.2 Login.........................................................................................................................................................................11
4.2.1LoginwithInternetAccess.....................................................................................................................11
4.2.2LoginonLocalAreaNetwork................................................................................................................11
4.2.3HowtoLogin(detailed)...........................................................................................................................11
4.3FormatHardDrive.............................................................................................................................................13
5. SystemSettings...........................................................................................................................................................13
5.1 SystemInformation...........................................................................................................................................13
5.1.1Identification................................................................................................................................................13
5.2Network.............................................................................................................................................................14
5.3Maintain.............................................................................................................................................................16
6. ServerSettings.............................................................................................................................................................17
6.1 Service.....................................................................................................................................................................17
6.1.1DHCPServer.................................................................................................................................................17
6.1.2SMB/FTP/WebDAVService...................................................................................................................18
6.1.3MediaService...............................................................................................................................................18
6.2 ShareManagement.............................................................................................................................................18
6.2.1Account...........................................................................................................................................................18
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6.2.2AddingandModifyinganAccount......................................................................................................18
6.2.2Server..............................................................................................................................................................19
7. ExtraFeaturesandExamples................................................................................................................................21
7.1 FileAccess..............................................................................................................................................................21
7.1.1Folder..............................................................................................................................................................21
7.1.2FileAccessonaPC.....................................................................................................................................21
7.1.3FileAccessonaMac..................................................................................................................................23
7.2 ExtraFeatures......................................................................................................................................................24
7.2.1BitTorrent......................................................................................................................................................24
7.2.2MediaServer................................................................................................................................................24
7.2.3USBDevice....................................................................................................................................................25
7.3MobileDevices.....................................................................................................................................................26
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1. INTRODUCTION
NASisshortfor"NetworkattachedStorage",whichisusedtoname a specialized device that
offers mass storage towards a data network. SOHO NAS like the ICY BOX
IB‐NAS5520aresmalldevicesthatsimplysharedatafromHDDstoanEthernet.Therearemany
approaches;someareusingcustomshapedmethodsinofferingthestoragespacetothenetwork
participants.Thisapproachneedsspecialsoftwaretobeinstalledonthenetworkclientsandin
esislimitedtomostcas oneparticularoperatingsystem.
The ICY BOX IB‐NAS5520 has chosen to offer the HDD space in thewaycommonoperating
systemsareexpectingit.Thismeansitusesthesameprinciples(protocols)toofferHDD‐Storage
ascommonfileserversaredoingitbutwithlessnoise,lowerpowerconsumptionandinamuch
simplerway.Themainadvantageisthat,thatspecialsoftwareis unnecessary to access the
storageprovided.
1.1 GENERAL INFORMATION
Thisplayer’sdesignandmanufacturehasyoursafetyinmind.Inordertosafelyandeffectively
usethisplayer,pleasereadthefollowingbeforeusage.
1.1.1Usage
User should not modify this player. The environmental temperatureshouldbewithin+5~
+35.
cautions
1.1.2Power
Theplayer’spowervoltage:DC12V.
Whenusingthisplayer,pleaseconnectthesuppliedACadapteror AC adapter cable to the
player’spowerjack.Whenplacing the adapter cable, make sure it cannot get damaged or be
subjecttopressure.Toreducetheriskofelectricshock,unplugtheadapterfirstbeforecleaning
it.Neverconnecttheadaptertotheplayerinahumidordustyarea.Donotreplacetheadapter
orcable’swireorconnector.
1.1.3Radiointerference/compatibility
‐Ifnotproperlyshielded,almostallelectronicdeviceswillgetradiointerference.Undersome
conditions,yourplayermightgetinterference.
‐ThedesignofthisdevicehasfollowedtheFCC/CEstandard,and has followed the following
rules:
(1)Thisdevicemaynotcauseharmfulinterference;
(2)Thisdevicecould acceptsomeinterferencereceivedincludinginterferencethatmaycause
undesiredoperation.
1.1.4Repair
Ifthedevicehasaproblem,youshouldtakeittoanappointed repair center and let the
specialists do the repair, never repair the player yourself, you might damage the device or
endangeryourselforyourdata.
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1.1.5Disposingoftheplayer
Whenyoudisposeofthedevice,besuretodisposeitappropriately. Some countries may
regulatedisposalofelectricaldevice,pleaseconsultwithyourlocalauthority.
1.1.6Broadbandinternet
Makesurethatyouhavebroadbandinternetaccesstousetheinternetfunctionsoftheproduct.
The IB‐NAS5520 is a network device and requires some knowledge about network issues, in
order to connect the IB‐NAS5520 perfectly to your home network.Makesuretheperfect
configurationofyournetworkcomponentsbeforeyoustart‐uptheIB‐NAS5520.
TheInternetserviceprovidercanchargeextrafeesforexceedingacertainlimitoftransferred
data.
1.1.9Others
Whenusingthisdevice,pleasedonotletthedevicecomeintocontactwithwaterorotherliquid,
ifwaterisaccidentallyspilledonthedevice,pleaseuseadryclothtoabsorbthespillage.
Electronicproductsarevulnerable,whenusingpleaseavoidshaking orhittingthedevice,and
donotpressthebuttonstoohard.
Donotletthedevicecomeintocontactwithwaterorotherliquid.
Donotdisassemblethedevice;repairthedeviceorchangethedesignofthedevice,anydamage
donewillnotbeincludedintherepairpolicy.
Donotpressthebuttonsoftheplayertoohard.
Avoidhittingtheplayerwithhardobject,avoidshakingtheplayer,andstayawayfrommagnetic
fields.
During electrostatic discharge and the strong electromagnetic field, the product will
malfunction,andthenunplugthepowercableandtheproductwill return to normal
perform nancenexttimeitispoweredo .
Note:All the information contained in this manual was correct at thetimeofpublication.
However, as our engineers are always updating and improving the product, your device’s
softwaremayhaveaslightlydifferentappearanceormodifiedfunctionality thanpresented in
thismanual.
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HARDWARE
2. IB-NAS5520
Thisdual‐bayhybridenclosureisafullyfunctionalnetworkdrive(NAS)thatallowsuserstologinover
theinternetplusaUSB3.0directattachedstoragedevice(DAS)forsuper‐speedfiletransfers.The
hardwareRAIDsupportsJBOD,RAID0andRAID1,offeringlargestoragecapacity,performanceand
dataprotection.OurfreeiPhone,iPadandAndroidAppsallowforeasyaccessonmobiledevices.
Comeswithbuilt‐inUPnP‐AVmediaserver.
2.1 TECHNICAL DETAILS
CPU300MHz
Memory32MBDDR1SDRAM
2MBSPIflash
Internalhard
drive
Two3.5”SATA‐I,SATAIIorSATA‐IIIharddrives(1.5Gbit/sor3Gbit/s
compliant)
Capacity80GB–3TB(supportslargevolumesinexcessof2TB)
exFAT(maximumsizeforsinglefilesonNAS/DASis127GB)
FrontI/O1xPowerbuttonwithback‐lightindicatingpowerstatus
1xLEDindicatingthesystemstatus(OS)
2xLEDsindicatingtheHDDstatusanddataaccess(HDD1andHDD2)
2xLEDsindicatingthecurrentstoragecapacity(50%and100%)
RearI/O1xPowerreceptacle
1xRJ45connector(10/100/1000)withtwoLEDsforlinkandactivity
1xUSB3.0deviceport
1xResetbutton
1xFirmwareupdatebutton
1xFirmwareupdateLED
1xRotaryswitchforRAIDmodeselection
1xConfirmationbuttonforRAIDmode
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Powerbutton
Blue=PowerisON
OSGreen=Systemisrunningandready
Flashinggreen=Systemisstartinguporshuttingdown
Flashingred=SystemcannotobtainIPaddressorsystemiscurrently
startinguporshuttingdown
Green=OK
Flashinggreen=Dataaccess
Usedstoragespaceinpercentage(50%and100%)
2.3 REAR VIEW
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USB3.0port
Ethernetport
Green=Networklink
Orange=Networkaccess
FWWhentheLEDislit,pressthebuttontoupdatethefirmware.
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Note:(Functioncurrentlynotenabled).Pleasefollowfirmware
installationinstructioninsidecorrespondingchapterinsidethismanual.
DC12VPowerreceptacle(DC+12V)
RESETPressandholdthebuttonduringstartuptoresetthesettings.
RAID0/RAID1/JBODRAIDmodeselector
CONFIRMPressfor3secondstosettheRAIDmode.
2.4 HDD INSTALLATION
Unlocktheswitchatthebottomofthecaseandremovethefrontpanel.
Installtheharddrivesandmountthemwiththetwoscrewsfromthebottom.
Replacethefrontpanelandlocktheswitch.
PlugintheEthernetcordandconnectitwithyournetworkswitchorrouter.Pluginthepowercable
andconnectittoapoweroutlet.
2.4.1 HDD SETUP GUIDE
Withcomputerandwebbrowser
‐Connectthedevicetothenetworkandturnonthepower.
‐WaituntiltheOSLEDlightsupgreen,indicatingthatthesystemisready.
‐SettheRAIDselectorswitchtoyourpreferredRAIDmode(JBODformaximumcapacity,RAID0for
performance,RAID1fordataprotection).
‐PressandholdtheCONFIRMbuttonfor3secondstosavethenewRAIDmode.
‐Openthewebbrowser(e.g.Safari,Firefox,Chrome,IE)andgotohttp://www.myakitio.com.
‐EntertheMACAddressofyourunit(printedonthebottomlabel).
‐ClickSettings.
‐Loginasadministrator,usingadminasusernameandadminaspassword.
‐GotoSystemsettingsandselectMaintain.
‐SelecttheDisktabandclickFormattoformattheharddrives.
Formoredetailedinstructions,pleasegotoNASSetupInstructions.
Withoutcomputer
‐Connectthedevicetothenetworkandturnonthepower.
‐SettheRAIDselectorswitchtoyourpreferredRAIDmode(JBODformaximumcapacity,RAID0for
performance,RAID1fordataprotection).
‐PressandholdtheCONFIRMbuttonfor3secondstosavethenewRAIDmode.
‐TheLEDindicationshouldbeasfollows:
‐TheblueLEDbehindthepowerbuttonisON(notflashing)
‐ThesystemLEDOSisflashing
‐TheblueLEDsforthecapacityareflashing
‐PressandholdtheResetbuttonfor7seconds.
‐ReleasethebuttonandthesystemformatstheharddrivesusingtheexFATfilesystem.
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‐Oncethedriveshavebeenformatted,theLEDindicationshouldbeasfollows:
‐TheblueLEDbehindthepowerbuttonisON(notflashing)
‐ThegreensystemLEDisON(notflashing)
‐TheblueLEDsforthecapacityareOFF
‐ReplacingafaultyHDDinaRAID1array
‐InaRAID1array,undernormalcircumstances,bothHDDLEDslightupgreen.Ifadriveis
defective,theLEDforthecorrespondingdriveisOFF.Westronglyrecommendtoreplace
thefaultyharddriveassoonaspossible.
‐Turnoffthepower.
‐Replacethefaultyharddrive.
‐Turnonthepower.
‐ThesystemautomaticallystartstorebuildtheRAIDarray.Duringthisprocess,theLEDsforHDD1
andHDD2areflashing.
‐OncetheRAIDarrayisrebuilt,theHDDLEDsstopflashing.
Note:YoucanalsofollowtherebuildprocessinthewebGUI.LoginandgotoSettings.Intheleft
sidebarunderInterfaceInformation,youcanseehowmuchhasbeenrebuiltalready.Pleasenote
thatthenumberforthepercentagedoesnotchangeunlessyourefreshthebrowser(F5).
SOFTWARE/FIRMWARE
3. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Thefollowingtabledescribesspecificrequirementsfortheoperatingsystemandwebbrowser.
3.1 NAS
OperatingSystemWebBrowser
WindowsXP,WindowsVista,Windows
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InternetExplorer7.0+,Firefox3.1+,Safari4+,Chrome
10+
MacOSX10.5oraboveSafari4+,Firefox3.5+,Chrome10+
3.2 DAS
OperatingSystemNote
WindowsXP,WindowsVista,
Windows7
WinXPrequiresdriverupdateforexFAT,WindowsVista
requiresSP1
MacOSX10.6orabove
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3.3 SUPPORTED DEVICES
TypeDevice
UPnPClientXbox360,PlayStation3,iTunes,WMP12,DLNAcompatibleclients
3.4 FIRMWARE UPDATE
Startyournetworkdrive,openthewebbrowserandloginasadministrator.GotoSettingsandthe
currentfirmwarewillbeshownonthelefthandsideunder“FirmwareVersion”.
Checkatthefollowingwebpagehttp://www.raidsonic.deifanynewerversionofcorresponding
devicewillbeavailable.Ifso,pleasedownloadtoyourcomputer’sharddrive.
Neverturnoffyourunitduringthefirmwareupdateprocedure.Thismaydamageyourdevice!Ifthe
upgradefails(e.g.powersupplyfailureduringfirmwareupdate),youmaynotbeabletooperate
yourdeviceanymore.
Howtoupdatethefirmware
Downloadthelatestfirmwareandsaveitonyourlocaldisk.Unzipthe*.zipfiletoextractthe*.bin
file.
‐Turnonyournetworkdrive,usethewebbrowserandloginasadministrator.
‐Goto“Maintain”inthe“Serversettings”menuandselectFirmware.
‐ClickBrowseandlocatethenewfirmware(*.binfile)onyourcomputer.
‐ClickOKtoconfirmthepop‐updialog.
Waituntilthepageisrefreshedautomaticallyandthepop‐updialogconfirmstheupdatehas
completed.Thismighttakeacoupleofminutes,somakesurethedeviceisnotinterrupteduntilthe
updateiscompleted!
‐ClickOKtoconfirmthepop‐updialog.
‐Goto“Reboot”andclickReboottorestartthesystem.
4. NAS SETUP INSTRUCTIONS
4.1 INITIAL SETUP
ThisisaNAS(networkattachedstorage)devicethatcanalsobeusedasaDAS(directattached
storage)device.Ifyouwanttomakeuseofboth,pleasemakesuretofollowtheinstructionsbelow.
‐Setup
‐Installaharddrive
‐ConnecttheETHERNETcable(DoNOTconnecttheUSB3.0cable)
‐Connectthepowercordandturnonthedevice
Note:DONOTCONNECTTHEUSB3.0CABLEBEFOREFOLLOWINGTHEHARDDRIVEFORMATTING
INSTRUCTIONSBELOW!IfyouconnectthedeviceviaUSB3.0beforeformattingtheharddrivevia
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theinstructionsbelowyouwillneedtoreformattheharddrivebeforeusingtheNASfunctionsand
thereforelosealldatastoredontheharddrive.
4.2 LOGIN
4.2.1 LOGIN WITH INTERNET ACCESS
‐Useyourcomputerandopenthewebbrowsertologintohttp://myakitio.com
‐EntertheMACAddressofyourunit(printedonthebottomlabel)
‐ClickEnteronthewebpage
Ifyouareunabletologinusingthewebportal,usetheNettoolandsearchforthedeviceonthelocal
network.Formoredetails,seeNettoolforWindowsorNettoolforMac.
4.2.2 LOGIN ON LOCAL AREA NETWORK
‐Useyourcomputerandopenthewebbrowser(IE,Firefox,Safari,etc.)
‐Cleartheaddressbar(removethehttp://)
‐InputtheMACAddressofyourunit(printedonthebottomlabel)intothebrowser'saddressbar
followedby.local.
‐ClickEnteronyourkeyboard
IfyouareunabletologinusingjustthewebbrowserandtheMACaddress,usetheNettooland
searchforthedeviceonthelocalnetwork.Formoredetails,seeNettoolforWindowsorNettoolfor
Mac.
4.2.3 HOW TO LOGIN (DETAILED)
Toconfigurethesettingsofyournetworkdrive,openthewebbrowser,entertheIPaddressofyour
deviceandthenusethewebinterface.Ifyoudon’tknowitsIPaddress,usetheNettoolapplication
orusethewebportalandtheMACaddressofyourdevicetologin.
DefaultLogin
ServerNameMACaddress(seestickeronyourdevice)
Usernameadmin
Passwordadmin
Beforeattemptingtoaccessthedeviceoverthenetworkconnection,makesuretheUSBcablehas
beendisconnectedandthedriveisconnectedtothesamelocalnetworkasyourcomputer.
LoginviaWebBrowser
Theloginviawebbrowserdoesnotrequireanyinstallationofadditionalprogramsorsetupofyour
networkrouter.
Launchyourwebbrowser.
Gotohttp://myakitio.comorhttps://myakitio.com.
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YourdefaultservernameistheMACaddress.Youcanfindthisnumberonastickereitheronthe
retailpackagingorthedeviceitself.
AfteryouclicktheEnterbuttonitwillopenthewebinterfaceofyourNAS.
Youcanalsologindirectlybyusingthissyntax:http://xxx.myakitio.com.The“xxx”shouldbe
replacedbyyourservername(MACaddresswithoutcolon).
Clickonanyoftheiconsforfurthersettingsandapop‐upwindowwillaskforyourlogincredentials.
Ifthecheckbox“Rememberme”ischecked,thewebbrowserwillremembertheusernamethatwas
justtypedin.Thenexttimeyougotomyakitio.com,theusernameboxwillbefilledinautomatically.
NettoolonWindows
UsetheNettoolapplicationtolocatethenetworkdriveonthelocalnetwork.
DownloadtheNettoolforWindowsathttp://cloudlandisk.myakitio.com/nettool_pc.zip
TheNettoolapplicationrequirestheJavaRuntimeEnvironment(JRE).IfJREisnotalreadyinstalled
onyourcomputer,gotowww.sun.comanddownloadit.
Doubleclickonthe*.EXEfiletostarttheapplication.
ThedevicewillbelistedautomaticallyanditwilldisplayitsIPaddress,devicenameandgroupname.
Iftheinformationisnotautomaticallydisplayed,makesurethenetworkdriveandyourcomputer
areconnectedtothesamelocalnetworkandassurethattheNettoolisnotblockedbythefirewall
(javaw.exerequiresUDPoutatport14675).
Ifyouhavemorethanonedeviceconnectedatthesametimeandthecurrentdeviceisnotthe
correctone,clickSearchNext.Otherwise,clickConnecttoopenthewebbrowserandloginto
configureyourdevice.
Entertheusernameandpasswordtologin.Bydefault,thenameandpasswordisadmin.
NettoolonMac
UsetheNettoolapplicationtolocatethenetworkdriveonthelocalnetwork.
DownloadtheNettoolforMacOSathttp://cloudlandisk.myakitio.com/nettool_mac.zip
DoubleclickontheNettooltostarttheapplication.
ThedevicewillbelistedautomaticallyanditwilldisplayitsIPaddress,devicenameandgroupname.
Ifitisnotautomaticallydisplayed,makesurethenetworkdriveandyourcomputerareconnectedto
thesamelocalnetworkandassurethattheNettoolisnotblockedbythefirewall(javaw.exerequires
UDPoutatport14675).
Ifyouhavemorethanonedeviceconnectedatthesametimeandthecurrentdeviceisnotthe
correctone,clickSearchNext.Otherwise,clickConnecttoopenthewebbrowserandloginto
configureyourdevice.
Entertheusernameandpasswordtologin.Bydefault,thenameandpasswordisadmin.
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4.3 FORMAT HARD DRIVE
‐Clickonthe“Settings”icon(farright)
‐Inputthedefaultusername:admin
‐Inputthedefaultpassword:admin(wehighlyrecommendthatyouchangethedefaultusername
andpasswordafterfinishingthesesteps)
‐Hoveroverthe“SystemSettings”icon(2ndfromleft)andclickMaintainfromthedropdownmenu
‐ClickontheDisktab(farleft)
‐ClickFormat
‐YouwillbeaskedtoclickOKthreetimes
‐ClickOKthreetimes
‐Youwillseea“FormatSuccessful”message
Note:YouarenowusingtheNASfunctionofthisdevice.InordertousetheDAS(USB3.0)function,
pleaseturnoffthedevice,unplugtheEthernetcableandattachtheUSB3.0cable.Pleasedonot
attachbothcablesatthesametimeasthesystemwillonlyrecognizeoneofthetwocables
(EthernetorUSB3.0)atanygiventime.Thesystemmustbeturnedoffandrestartedeachtimethe
cablesarechanged.
Important:DONOTFORMATTHEHARDDRIVEWHENCONNECTEDVIAUSB!IfyouconnectitviaUSB
beforeformattingtheharddrivethroughthewebinterfaceofthenetworkdrive,youwillneedto
reformattheharddrivebeforeusingtheNASfunctionsandthereforelosealldatastoredonthehard
drive.SeeNASSetupInstructionsformoredetails.
5. SYSTEM SETTINGS
5.1 SYSTEM INFORMATION
5.1.1 IDENTIFICATION
HostName
Bydefault,thehostnameissettousetheMACaddress.Thisnameisusedtoidentifyyourdeviceon
thenetwork.Ifyoupreferadifferentnamethatiseasiertoremember,changethenameandclick
Apply.
Whenselectinganewhostname,makesuretouseauniquenameandnotonethathasalready
beenusedonthelocalnetwork.Also,thenewhostnamemustnotbeginwithanumber.Uppercase
andlowercaselettersarenotdistinguished.Whenapplyingthenewname,itwillcheckwiththeweb
portalatmyakitio.comtoseeifthenewnameisstillavailableandthenregisteritforremoteloginat
thesametime.Ifthenamehasalreadybeentaken,thePortalServicewillbedisabledandyouneed
toenteranewnameifyouwanttousethewebportalforremotelogin.
IfyouareunabletomountthenetworkdriveonLinux,changethehostnamefromthedefaultMAC
addresstoanamethatstartswithaletterandnotanumber.
GroupName
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Thisshouldbethesamenameasyourworkgroup.Ingeneral,thedefaultWORKGROUPwillwork,
butifyourworkstationbelongstoadifferentgroup,changeitandclickApplytosaveit.
5.1.2 Administration
Administrator
Thisistheaccountusedtomanageyournetworkdrive.Theusername“admin”cannotbechanged
butwestronglyrecommendchangingthepasswordassoonasyouhaveloggedinforthefirsttime,
topreventanyunauthorizedaccess.Tochangethepassword,enteryournewpassword,verifyitand
clickOKtoapplythechanges.
5.1.3 Date and Time
Automatic
Ifinternetaccessisavailable,werecommendsettingtherenewmodeto“Automatic”.Selectatime
serverfromthelist,enabledaylightsavingsifrequiredandthenclickSavetoapplythenewsettings.
Itwillautomaticallysynchronizethedate&timeovertheinternetwithatimeserver.
Manually
Whensetto“Manually”,youcanenterthedate&timemanuallyandclickSavetoapplythesettings.
YoucanalsoclickonSyncwithPCtosynchronizethetimewithyourcomputer.
Thedateandtimesettingsareonlyaccurateaslongasthepoweristurnedon.Iftherenewmodeis
setto“Manually”andyouturnofforremovethepowersupply,thedateandtimearereset!Ifthe
renewmodeissetto“Automatic”andatimeserverisselected,itwillautomaticallysynchronizethe
timeatstartup.
5.2 NETWORK
5.2.1 IP Setting
Bydefault,theIPSettingissettoAutomaticIP.Thisistherecommendedsettingandwillallowthe
networkdrivetoobtainitsIPaddressautomatically.Ifyouprefersettingitmanually,selecttheStatic
IPoption,enteryourownvaluesandclickApplytoconfirmthenewsettings.
SettingitmanuallyisusefulwhenyouneedtohaveastaticIPaddressinordertomountthenetwork
driveorsetupportforwarding.TofindoutthecorrectsettingsforastaticIPsetup,refertoyour
networkroutersettingsoraskyoursystemadministrator.
5.2.2 PPPoE
IfyouareusingDSLoracablemodemtoconnecttotheInternetandyournetworkhub,switchor
routerdoesnotdial‐upautomatically,enterthePPPoE(PointtoPointProtocoloverEthernet)
accountinformationyouhavereceivedfromyourproviderhereandalllocaluserscanshareone
PPPoEconnectiontoaccesstheInternet.
TermMeaning
StatusDisplaysthePPPoEconnectionstatus.
ServiceNameThisisanISPnameoraclassofserviceonthePPPoEserver.
UserNameEnteryourusernameprovidedbyyourISP(InternetServiceProvider).
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PasswordEnteryourpasswordprovidedbyyourISP(InternetServiceProvider)
ServiceOn
Demand
ThePPPdaemonwillONLYconnecttoyourISPondemand,whenaLANuser
attemptstosenddatatotheInternet.Whenthereisnodatatraffic,itwillclosethe
connectiontotheISP.
5.2.3 DDNS
DDNS(DynamicDomainNameService)allowsyoutocreateaneasy‐to‐rememberdomainnamein
ordertoaccessyournetworkdriveremotely.Itpointstoyournetworkdriveevenwhenyour
InternetconnectionhasadynamicIPaddressandthereisnoneedtorememberanIPaddress.
‐EnabletheDDNSfunction.
‐Selectoneoftheavailableserviceprovidersfromthedrop‐downlist.
‐ForDYNDNSgotowww.dyndns.com.
‐Createafreeaccountwiththeserviceproviderandregisteryourpreferredname.
‐Enterthehostname,usernameandpasswordintothecorrespondingfields.
‐ClickApply.
ThenetworkdrivewillconnecttoyourDDNSaccountandupdateitsIPaddresswheneveritchanges.
Toestablishremoteaccesstoyournetworkdrivewhenitisconnectedtoanetworkrouterorswitch,
youneedtoconfigureportforwarding(e.g.WebUIport8000orWebDAVport8080).Formoreinfo
abouthowtosetupportforwardingonyourrouter,seehttp://portforward.com.
Youarenowreadytoenteryournewlyregistereddomainnameinthewebbrowserandaccessyour
networkdriveremotely.
Remoteloginisalreadyenabledandsetupbydefault.Gotohttp://myakitio.com,entertheMAC
address(12digits,allinoneword).Nofurtherconfigurationsareneeded.
TheDDNSserviceforthisNASwasdesignedtobeusedwithaPPPoEconnection.IfyourNASis
behindanetworkrouterandnotconnecteddirectlytotheexternalIP,thisfunctionwillnotwork.
Instead,pleaseuseourwebportalathttp://myakitio.comforremotelogin.
5.2.4 Portal Service
Thisserviceisrequiredforremoteloginstothewebinterfaceandforremotefileaccessvia
WebDAV.TheHostNamedisplaystheservernameforremotelogin.Whentheportalserviceis
enabledandrunning,thestatusshowsOK,otherwiseitshowsNone.
Donotdisabletheportalserviceifyouwanttologintoyournetworkdriveviathewebportal
athttp://myakitio.com.Ifyouonlyusethedeviceonthelocalareanetwork,werecommendto
disabletheportalserviceforsecurityreasons.
UPnPPortMapping
Thisserviceautomaticallysetsupportforwardingonyournetworkrouter.Notallnetworkrouters
supportthisfunctionandsomemightnotevenhaveUPnP.Ifthatisthecaseinyournetwork,please
setupportforwardingmanually.Todoso,logintoyourrouterandfindthesettingfor“port
forwarding”.Formoredetailsonhowtouseportforwarding,pleaserefer
tohttp://portforward.com.
Assumingthatyouareusingthedefaultportnumbers,forthewebinterface,setuparedirectfor
TCPtrafficfromWANport8000toLANport8000.
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ForfileaccessviaWebDAV,setuparedirectforTCPtrafficfromWANport8080toLANport80.
BecauseyouhavetoredirectthenetworktraffictoacertainIPaddress(theinternalIPofyourNAS),
it'sbestifyousetafixedIPaddressforyourNAS.Otherwise,itmightchangethenexttimeyou
restartyourrouteroryourNASandtheportforwardingwillnotworkanymore.
PortNumbers
Bydefault,theadministrationportissetto8000andtheWebDAVportissetto8080.Ifyouhave
morethanonenetworkdriveinstalledinthesamelocalnetworkorifyourunintoconflictswith
othernetworkdevices,changetheportnumbertoadifferentnumberandclickApplytosavethe
settings.
Remembertochangetheportforwardingifyoumakeanychangestotheportnumbershere.
ForWindowsXPuserstomountthenetworkdrive,theportnumberforWebDAVhastobesetto
port80.Makesuretosetupportforwardingaccordingly.
5.3 MAINTAIN
5.3.1 Disk
SleepTime
Tosaveenergyandkeepthedrivecool,werecommendsettingthesleeptime.Selectatimefrom
thelistbetween10to60minutes.Whenthedriveisidleforlongerthanthesettime,itwill
automaticallygointostand‐bymodeandspindown.
Ifyouneedimmediateaccesstothedrive,setitto“Disable”andthedrivewillkeepspinningatall
times.
FormatDisk
Usethistooltoformatyourharddriveandprepareitforthenetworkdrive.Whenyouformatthe
harddriveusingthisdiskutility,itwillcreateasinglepartitionusingtheexFATfilesystem.Ifyou
createotherpartitionsorchooseadifferentfilesystemwhenconnectedthroughUSB,keepinmind
thatthenetworkdriveisonlyabletorecognizethefirstpartitionandithastobeexFAT!
InordertoaccesstheexFATpartitionwhenthedeviceisconnectedviaUSB,WindowsXPrequires
ServicePack2orlaterandWindowsVistarequiresServicePack1orlater.
exFATdriverupdateforWindowsXPandServer2003http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955704
exFATdriverupdateforWindowsVistaispartofSP1http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935791
Formattingthedrivewillerasealldataandsettings,aswellasdeletingtheSMBfolders
andFTPaccounts!
5.3.2 Firmware
Hereyoucanupdatethefirmwareforyournetworkdrive.
‐Downloadthelatestfirmwareandloaderfromyourvendor’swebsite.
‐Storethefilesonyourcomputeranddecompressthemifnecessary.
‐ClickBrowseandlocatethefirmware(*.BINfile)onyourcomputer.
‐Selectandopenthenewfirmwaretostarttheupdateprocess.
‐ClickOKtoconfirmthefirmwareupdate.
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Duringtheupdateprocess,takenootheractionsandmakesurethepowerislefton!Thismighttake
afewminutes.
Oncetheupdateprocessiscompletedyouwillbepromptedtorebootthesystem.
‐ClickOKtoclosethepop‐upwindow.
‐GotoRebootandclickReboottorestartthesystem.
‐ClickOKthreetimestoconfirmtherestart.
Thesystemisnowrestarting.Pleasewaitforabout60secondsandthenloginagaintocheckifthe
firmwareversionhasbeenuploadedcorrectly.
Ifthereisanewupdateavailable,theFWupdateLEDlightsupgreenandyoucanpushtheFW
updatebuttontoupdatethefirmware.Thelightturnsoffassoonasyoupushthebuttonbutwait
about30secondsforthefirmwareupdatetocompleteandthesystemtorestart.
Neverturnoffyourdeviceorremovethepowerduringthefirmwareupdateprocedureasitmay
causeirreparabledamage!
5.3.3 Reset
Ifyouexperienceunexpectedproblemsandafterupdatingthefirmware,werecommendedtoreset
allsettings.Resettingthedevicewillsetallsettings,excepttheSMBandFTPaccounts,backtoits
originalfactorydefaultsettings.
‐ClickReset.
‐ClickOKthreetimestoconfirmandresetallsettings.
‐ClickOKtoclosetheconfirmationwindowandrebootthedevice.
Resettingthedevicedoesnotdeleteanyofyourmediafilesthatarestoredonthenetworkdrive.
5.3.4 Reboot
Thiscanbeusedtorestartthenetworkdriveafterafirmwareupdate.Makesureallcurrent
operationsarecompletedbeforerebootingthedevice.
‐ClickReboottorestartthesystem.
‐ClickOKthreetimestoconfirmtherestart.
Thesystemisnowrestarting.Pleasewaitforabout60secondsandthenloginagain.
6. SERVER SETTINGS
6.1 SERVICE
Servicescanbeenabledanddisabledaccordingtoyourpersonalrequirements.Ingeneral,whena
serviceisnotinuse,werecommendtodisableit.
6.1.1 DHCP SERVER
Inmostcases,theDHCPservershouldbedisabledinordernottointerferewithyour
existingDHCPserver.Athome,yourrouterwillbeassigningtheIPaddressorintheoffice,most
likelyadedicatedDHCPserverisalreadyrunning.Whenthenetworkdriveisconnecteddirectlyto
yourcomputerviapatchcableorifthereisnootherDHCPserveronthelocalnetwork,
theDHCPserverwillbeenabledautomatically(IP169.254.0.1,Mask255.255.255.0,GatewayN/A).
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6.1.2 SMB/FTP/WEBDAV SERVICE
Bydefault,Samba,FTPandWebDAVservicesareenabled,allowingyoutoviewfilesdirectlyinyour
browser(WebDAVService),transferfileswithanFTPapplication(FTPService)orbymountingthe
networkdriveviaSMB(SMBService).Ifyouonlyuseoneoftheseservices,werecommenddisabling
theothersforsecurityreasons.Youcanalwaysenableitagainlater.
6.1.3 MEDIA SERVICE
TheUPnP‐AVmediaservercanbeusedtoshareyourphotos,musicandvideosthatarestoredon
thenetworkdrivewithanXbox360,PlayStation3videogameconsole,WMP12orotherDLNA
compatibledevicesthatareconnectedtothesamelocalnetworkaswellasstreammusictoiTunes
mediaplayers.
6.2 SHARE MANAGEMENT
6.2.1 ACCOUNT
Youcancreateamaximumof16accounts.Forfoldersandaccountnames,useonlytheEnglish
alphabet,withoutanyspecialcharactersorspaces.
Thedefaultaccountiscreatedautomatically.Theusernameis“guest”andnopasswordhasbeen
set.Likeanyotheraccount,youcanmodify,deleteordisableit.
Onlythefoldersonthesharinglistwillbeaccessibleonthenetwork.Clickonanaccountandthen
usethearrowbuttonstoaddandremovethefoldersfromthatlist.
Deletingafolderwillalsoeraseallthefilesthatarestoredinsidethatdirectory!
6.2.2 ADDING AND MODIFYING AN ACCOUNT
Tocreateanewaccount,clickthegreenplussign.
Enteranameandapasswordfortheuserofthenewaccount.Definetheaccessrightsforthenew
user,ReadOnlyorRead/Write,andclickAdd.
Selectthenewlycreatedaccountfromthelistandclickonittomodifyitssettings.
Youcanmodifythecurrentsettingsandalsocreateandmanagethesharedfolders.ClickCreateto
addanewfolderorusethedefaultfolderthathasbeencreatedwiththenewaccount.
Enteranameforthenewfolder(maximum64bytes)andclickOK.
Selectthenewfolderinthe“FolderList”andthenclickthearrowkeytomoveittothe“SharingList”.
Onceitisinthe“SharingList”,thefoldercanbeaccessedbytheselecteduser.
Youcanrenameandremovethefoldersfromthesharinglistatanytime.Whenyouaredone,
clickReturntoclosethewindow.
Deletingafolderwillalsoremoveallthefilesinthatdirectory!
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6.2.2 SERVER
6.2.2.1 WebDAV Server
TheWebDAVserversectiondisplaysthecurrentportnumberandIPaddressofyourWebDAVserver.
Whenyouaccessthenetworkdrivefromthelocalnetwork,usethe“InternalURL”.Whenaccessing
thenetworkdriveremotely,meaningnotinthesamelocalnetworkasthedeviceisconnectedto,
usethe“ExternalURL”.
The“Folder”icononthelandingpageisashortcuttoopentheWebDAVconnection,soyoudon't
havetologinto“Settings”justtofindoutthecorrectURL.
OnWindows,whenmountingthenetworkdriveviaWebDAV,thefilesizeforasinglefileislimitedto
50MB!ThisisalimitationoftheOperatingSystemandnotthenetworkdrive.Usethewebbrowser
todownloadthefilesinsteadorseehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/900900formoreinformation
abouthowtomodifytheregistryonyourWindowsmachine.
6.2.2.2 FTP Server
ThestandardportfortheFTPserviceis21.Ifrequired,youcanchangeitanduseanyportnumber
from1025‐65500,howevergenerally,werecommendusingthedefaultport21.Whenyouchange
theportnumberfortheFTPserver,remembertoadjustyourfirewall,otherwise,theFTPaccesswill
likelybeblocked.
Bydefault,theencodingissettoEnglish.Ifyouwanttostoreortransferfileswithadifferent
encoding(differentlanguage),choosethecorrespondinglanguagefromthedropdownmenulist.
ClickApplytoconfirmtheselectionandchangethelanguagesetting.Ifyouareunclearaboutwhich
encodingtoselect,clickhelpforfurtherdetails.
Inordertotransferandstorethefiles,itisimportantthatyouselectthecorrectlanguage!
CentralEurope(CP1250)shqipe,hrvatski,čeština,Magyar,polski,română,srpski,slovenčina,
slovenski
Cyrillic(CP1251)Азəрбајҹан,Беларускі,български,македонскијазик,Қазақ,Кыргыз,Монгол
хэл,русский,српски,Татар,україньска,Ўзбек
LatinI(CP1252)Afrikaans,euskara,català,dansk,Nederlands,English,føroyskt,suomi,français,
galego,Deutsch,íslenska,BahasaIndonesia,italiano,BahasaMalaysia,norsk(bokmål),norsk
(nynorsk),Português,Español,Kiswahili,svenska
Greek(CP1253)ελληνικά
Turkish(CP1254)Azərbaycanılı,Türkçe,U'zbek
Hebrew(CP1255)
תירבע
Arabic(CP1256)ودرُا,ﻰﺳرﺎﻓ,ﺔﻴﺑﺮﻌﻟا
Baltic(CP1257)eesti,latviešu,lietuvių
Vietnam(CP1258)TiêngViêtNam
Thai(CP874)ไทย
JapaneseShift‐JIS(CP932)日本語
SimplifiedChinese(CP936)中文(简体)
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Korean(CP949)한국어
TraditionalChinese(CP950)中文(繁體)
6.2.2.3 Media Server
TheUPnP‐AVmediaservercanbeusedtoshareyourphotos,musicandvideosthatarestoredon
thenetworkdrivewithanXbox360,PlayStation3videogameconsole,WMP12orotherDLNA
compatibledevicesthatareconnectedtothesamelocalnetworkaswellasstreammusictoiTunes
mediaplayers.
Fromthedrop‐downlistofthecorrespondinglist,selectthefolderwhereyourmediafiles(e.g.
photos,music,videos)arestored.
Repeatthepreviousstepforeachmediatype(photo,music,video).
Dependingonthevideogameconsole,onlycertainmediafilescanbeaccessed.FortheXbox360,
youcanplayJPG,MP3andWMVfiles.ForthePlayStation3,youcanplayJPG,MP3,MPEG‐1
andMPEG‐2files.iTuneswillonlybeabletoplayMP3musicfiles.
6.2.2.4 iTunes Playlist
WheneveryouaddorremoveMP3filestothemusicdirectory,clickBuildtorefreshthedatabase.
Ifforsomereasons,iTuneslistsfilesthatnolongerexistorsomefilesaremissing,clickRemoveto
clearthedatabaseandthenclickBuildtobuildanewdatabase.
6.2.2.5 BT Download
Hereyoucanmanageyourtorrents.Beforeyouaddthefirsttorrent,setthedownloadpathtoyour
preferredfolder.Also,youmightwanttoclickSettingsandsettheserverportplusalimitforthe
uploadanddownloadspeedaccordingtoyournetwork’sbandwidth.Afterchangingthesettings,
clickApplytosavethenewconfiguration.
Tobenotifiedwhenatorrentisstoppedorremoved,youcansetupe‐mailnotification.
ClickSettings,scrolldownto“BTMailNotifications”,checkEnableandfillouttheconfigurationfor
youre‐mail.Tofindoutthecorrectsettingsforthemailserver,askyoursystemadministratoror
youre‐mailprovider.Afterchangingthesettings,clickApplytosavethenewconfiguration.
Todownloadmediafiles,downloadatorrentfromtheinternetanduploadthe*.torrentfiletothe
networkdrive.Oncethetorrenthasbeenadded,youcanstartthedownload.Thedownloaded
mediafileswillbestoredinthefolderthatissetas“DownloadPath”.
TheBitTorrent™clientcandownload4filesatatimewithamaximumof40filesinthequeue.The
downloadspeedmaynotbeasfastasaBitTorrent™clientonthecomputerbutoncethetorrenthas
beenaddedtothequeue,itcandownloadthefilesbyitselfandyoucanturnoffthecomputer.
MakesuretheportfortheBitTorrent™clientisnotblockedbyyournetworkrouterorfirewall.If
necessary,setupportforwarding(http://portforward.com)toredirecttraffictoyournetworkdrive.
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