Verbatim External Hard Drive NAS User manual

1
External Hard Drive NAS
User Guide
English

2
Introduction
6
Controls, Connectors and Indicators 6
Front Pane
l
Area 6
Rear Panel Area
7
A
b
out t
h
e Har
d
Dis
k
8
Locating NAS Drive on Your Desk 8
Which Interface: USB or Ethernet? 8
Connectin
g
NAS
d
rive Usin
g
USB 1
0
Storing and Trans
f
erring Data via USB 1
0
Disconnectin
g
NAS drive from a PC or Mac Host 11
Connecting NAS Drive Using Ethernet 1
2
A
b
out NAS Drive User Accounts 12
Connecting the NAS Drive to Your LAN 1
3
Web-Based Administration Tool 1
5
A
d
ministration Login 16
Basic Settin
g
s for Initial Setu
p
1
7
S
et Language, Passwor
d
, Hostname, IP A
dd
ress, an
d
Time 1
7
Add New
U
ser Account 1
8
A
dd
New Grou
p
2
0
Add New
S
hared Folder 21
C
ontents

3
NAS Drive Operation Using Et
h
ernet 2
2
Sharing
fi
les using Windows 2
3
Run Dialo
g
ue 23
Browse Networ
k
Nei
ghb
or
h
oo
d
23
Search Dialogue 24
Browse M
y
C
om
p
uter
2
4
Sharing
fi
les using Mac OS X 2
4
Attachin
g
USB Devices 2
4
Attac
h
ing a Printer 25
Attaching a USB Storage Device 26
NA
S
Administration Reference 27
Users and Grou
p
s 2
9
User Mana
g
ement 29
G
roup Management
30
Fi
l
e an
d
Print 31
File
S
erver
3
1
W
in
d
ows Settin
g
31
FTP Server Setting 31
NF
S
S
erver
S
ettin
g
32
Guest Access Settin
g
32
Share Management 32
Printer
S
erver
33
System 3
3
Network Settin
g
s 33
Time Settings 34

4
Turn Off Server 34
In
f
ormation 34
Disk Usa
g
e 34
Error Notification 35
Monitoring Services 35
C
h
ec
k
Interva
l
35
E-mail Noti
fi
cation 35
Po
p
-U
p
Notification 35
Networ
k
Service 3
5
DH
C
P
S
erver
36
Bon
j
our
3
6
Maintenance
36
Dis
k
Uti
l
it
y
3
7
F
ormat 3
7
S
can
37
Unmount 3
7
Detail
38
Firmware U
pg
ra
d
e 3
8
Save Con
fi
guration 3
8
Restore Confi
g
uration 3
8
Factor
y
Reset 39
Log File 3
9
Sam
b
a Lo
g
39
FTP Log 39
DH
C
P
S
erver Lo
g
39

5
Sy
stem Lo
g
39
A
d
ministration Log 40
Account In
f
ormation 4
0
Lo
g
out 4
0
Tec
h
nica
l
Support 41
Limited Warranty Terms 41
Rights 4
2
FCC Com
p
liance 4
2
WEEE Notice 4
3
CE Dec
l
aration 4
3
ROHS Compliance 4
4

6
Introductio
n
Your Verbatim Network Attached Storage (NAS) drive is a versatile external
h
ard drive featurin
g
hi
g
h-
p
erformance stora
g
e and a choice of either
h
i
g
h-s
p
eed USB 2.0 or Ethernet interface. Once
y
our drive is connected
properly to your network or computer, you will be able to use it as you
would an
y
hard drive for storin
g
y
our data and for
p
erformin
g
data back-u
p
fu
n
c
ti
o
n
s.
B
e
f
ore you begin to use the NAS drive there are a
f
ew important things to
l
earn about
y
our new
p
roduct.
C
ontrols
,
Connectors and Indicators
F
irst familiarize
y
ourself with the control ke
y
s and the various connectors on
the
u
nit
.
Fr
o
nt Pan
e
l Ar
ea
T
he front
p
anel contains onl
y
the ON/OFF Button, as illustrated below.
ON/OFF Button. Once t
h
e AC A
d
apter
h
as
b
een proper
l
y
1.
connected to the NAS drive and an AC outlet, you can press the
ON/OFF
b
utton to
p
ower on t
h
e
d
rive. T
h
e
b
utton’s
g
reen LED wi
ll
come on to indicate the power-on state. To turn o
ff
the drive, press
the ON/OFF button again. The LED will
fl
ash
f
or about 15 seconds
w
hile the drive’s internal software shuts down in an orderl
y
f
ashion.
The LED will then turn o
ff
to indicate that the drive is now
f
ully
turned o
ff.
1

7
R
ear Pane
l
Area
A
long the rear panel you will
fi
nd the inter
f
ace connectors and a recessed
micro-switch that is used
f
or reset
f
unctions. Re
f
er to the
fi
gure below.
Reset Button. I
f
the NAS drive is having a problem connecting1
.
to the local area network (LAN) or a
pp
ears to be hun
g
,
p
ress the
Reset button momentarily with the end o
f
a paper clip. This will
cause the unit to reset, similar to rebooting your PC. I
f
the problem
p
ersists, or if
y
ou are unsure of current settin
g
s (such as for
g
ettin
g
y
our a
d
ministration passwor
d
), press an
d
h
o
ld
in t
h
e Reset
b
utton
f
or 5 seconds. This will restore the
f
actory de
f
ault settings.
DC Input Connector. Connect the DC cable o
f
your included AC
2.
Ada
p
ter to the DC In
p
ut Connector.
U
SB-A Connector. Use this connector
f
or attaching a USB printer,3
.
U
SB flash disk, or other USB stora
g
e device.
US
B-B
C
onnector.
U
se this connector to attach the NA
S
drive to4
.
y
our com
p
uter via USB. Refer to “Which Interface: USB or Ethernet”
la
t
e
r in t
h
i
s
m
a
n
ual.
Ethernet Connector. If
y
ou
p
lan to use the Ethernet interface
5.
to connect to a LAN, then use this connector to attach to your
network e
q
ui
p
ment. Refer to “Which Interface: USB or Ethernet”
la
t
e
r in t
h
i
s
m
a
n
ual.
1 2 3 4 5

8
A
bou
t th
e
Har
d
Di
s
k
T
he NAS drive internal hard disk comes pre-
f
ormatted in three partitions.
T
he largest partition is pre-
f
ormatted in the FAT32
f
ormat and is available
f
or
y
our data stora
g
e throu
g
h either a USB or Ethernet connection. The
o
ther two partitions are in Linux EXT2
f
ormat and are used by the NAS
d
rive’s internal so
f
tware
f
or supporting the various networking
f
eatures o
f
th
e
p
ro
d
uct.
N
ote: Capacity
d
epen
d
ent on mo
d
e
l
. Your operating system ma
y
r
e
p
ort ca
p
acit
y
as
f
ewer
g
i
g
ab
y
tes. 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 b
y
tes.
Your
p
roduct’s hard drive is a com
p
lex electronic stora
g
e s
y
stem and
sh
ou
ld
b
e
h
an
dl
e
d
wit
h
care, as
y
ou mi
gh
t treat a sensitive
p
orta
bl
e
c
omputer or other state-o
f
-the-art consumer electronics product. Do not
s
ub
j
ect it to shock, hi
g
h tem
p
eratures, or stron
g
ma
g
netic fields
.
L
ocatin
g
NAS Drive on Your Des
k
P
lace the NAS drive on a sturdy desk or table that is
f
ree
f
rom clutter
t
hat could block airflow around the unit. The drive is desi
g
ned to lie flat
o
n its rubber
f
eet, or may stand upright using the included stand. In
e
ither orientation take care not to block any air vents. I
f
using the upright
o
rientation, insta
ll
so t
h
at t
h
e ON/OFF
b
utton is at t
h
e to
p
.
Which Inter
f
ace:
USB or Et
h
ernet
?
I
n order to install and use your NAS drive, you need to decide which
i
nterface is better for
y
ou. With the flexibilit
y
of the NAS drive,
y
ou can
always change the inter
f
ace you want to use later, depending on your
application or computer environment. However, never attempt to connect
t
o
b
ot
h
USB-B an
d
Et
h
ernet at t
h
e same time.
T
o extend the useful life of
y
our NAS drive,
t
urn t
h
e unit OFF w
h
en not in use.
Caution: Do not connect to
b
ot
h
USB-B an
d
E
thernet connections at the same time
.

9
If
y
ou do not have LAN setu
p
, or
y
ou
p
rimaril
y
want to
p
rovide additional
stora
g
e to a sin
gl
e com
p
uter, t
h
en
y
ou s
h
ou
ld
consi
d
er USB as
y
our
inter
f
ace choice. Please re
f
er to the next section to learn how to install and
use
y
our NAS
d
rive usin
g
USB.
I
f
your PC is connected to a LAN over Ethernet (either wired or wireless),
and you primarily want to provide shared storage amongst two or more
com
p
uters on the LAN, then
y
ou should consider Ethernet as
y
our interface
choice. The
fi
gure below provides one example o
f
a LAN con
fi
guration.
As a cautionar
y
note,
pl
ease
b
e aware t
h
at
d
ata store
d
t
h
rou
gh
an Et
h
ernet
connection is store
d
in t
h
e same FAT32 partition t
h
at is accessi
bl
e t
h
roug
h
a USB-B connection. This is very convenient i
f
you want to temporarily move
y
our networ
k
d
rive to anot
h
er PC t
h
at is not connecte
d
to t
h
e LAN an
d
y
ou sti
ll
want to rea
d
d
ata store
d
on t
h
e
d
rive. Since most computers
h
ave
a USB port available, you can connect your drive using USB-B and have
access to
y
our
p
revious
ly
store
d
d
ata
.
On the other hand, i
f
you have private in
f
ormation that you have stored
usin
g
the
p
assword
p
rotection features within the NAS environment,
y
ou
ma
y
want to take s
p
ecial
p
recautions to
p
rotect this data from view durin
g
US
B-B connection.
For details about user
p
asswords and other network features,
p
lease
j
um
p
ahead
t
o
t
he
sec
ti
o
n
e
ntit
led
C
onnecting NAS
d
rive Using Et
h
ernet
to
learn how to install and operate your NAS drive using Ethernet.

10
C
onnecting NAS drive
U
s
i
ng US
B
Connecting your NAS drive to a USB host, such as a PC or Mac, is extremely
sim
p
le. Follow the ste
p
s below.
Note: I
f
your computer is running Windows 98 Second Edition, you
w
ill need some additional software that
y
ou can download from the
Verbatim web site. Re
f
er to the Getting Help section
.
Connect the included AC Adapter to the NAS drive, and then to a
1.
w
all outlet usin
g
the included
p
ower cord.
Next
p
ress the ON/OFF button on the
f
ront o
f
the NAS drive.2
.
Finall
y
, connect the included USB cable
f
rom the USB-B
p
ort on3
.
t
h
e NAS
d
rive to an avai
l
a
bl
e USB
p
ort on
y
our com
p
uter.
T
h
e NAS
d
rive wi
ll
mount automatica
lly
, an
d
a new icon wi
ll
4.
appear
i
n
M
y Computer (Windows) or a new icon will appear on
the deskto
p
(Mac).
Note: I
f
you are using a USB 1.1 port on your Windows computer, the
followin
g
cautionar
y
note ma
y
a
pp
ear on
y
our dis
p
la
y
: Hi-S
p
eed USB
Device p
l
ugge
d
into non-Hi-Spee
d
USB
h
u
b
. T
h
is
d
oes not in
d
icate a
p
roblem because the NAS drive is com
p
atible with both USB 1.1 and
USB 2.0
p
orts. Sim
ply
c
l
ose t
h
e messa
g
e an
d
p
rocee
d
. However, in t
h
is
case the NAS drive will operate only at USB 1.1 speeds.
Storing and Trans
f
erring Data via USB
Once
y
our
d
rive is connecte
d
to a com
p
uter via USB-B, it can
b
e accesse
d
and used like any other removable disk. You can drag
fi
les to your unit’s
icon to copy them, navigate to your unit in Ope
n
or
S
av
e
dialog boxes, or
delete files stored on
y
our unit. For information on co
py
in
g
, o
p
enin
g
, or
deleting
fi
les, consult your computer’s documentation.

11
D
isconnectin
g
NAS drive from a PC or Mac Host
While connected using the USB-B inter
f
ace, your NAS drive is hot
-
swappable. It can be connected and disconnected without restarting your
com
p
uter. To disconnect
y
our drive at an
y
time,
p
erform the followin
g
steps. You can a
l
so
d
isconnect your
h
ar
d
d
rive at any time w
h
i
l
e your
computer is powered o
ff.
Note: Please be careful to follow the correct
p
rocedure when
disconnecting your unit. Simply unplugging the unit without
fi
rst
f
ollowin
g
the instructions below ma
y
result in dama
g
e to
y
our unit and/
o
r l
oss
of
d
ata
.
For Windows
U
sers
:
If
y
ou have files located on
y
our NAS drive o
p
en in an
y
1
.
app
l
ications, c
l
ose t
h
em
.
C
l
ic
k
t
h
e
2.
Unp
l
ug or Eject Har
d
war
e
b
utton in t
h
e System Tray
.
Select
y
our NAS drive from the menu that a
pp
ears
.
3.
After a moment, Windows will dis
p
la
y
a messa
g
e that
y
our
4.
hardware can be sa
f
ely removed
.
For Mac OS Users:
I
f
you have
fi
les located on your NAS drive open in any1
.
a
ppl
ications, c
l
ose t
h
em
.
Locate the icon for
y
our NAS drive on the deskto
p
, and dra
g
it to2
.
th
e
tr
as
h
.

12
C
onnecting NAS Drive Using
E
t
h
ernet
Installing the NAS drive using Ethernet requires that you have an available
Ethernet
p
ort on a router or switch.
Before attempting to establish a connection to the network it would be
use
f
ul
fi
rst to review some background in
f
ormation about how the NAS
d
rive
h
an
dl
es
d
ata over t
h
e networ
k
. Basic to t
h
is un
d
erstan
d
in
g
are t
h
e
f
undamental concepts o
f
user accounts and shared
f
olders.
A
bout NA
S
Drive
U
ser Accounts
The NAS drive kee
p
s track of data stored b
y
its network users b
y
mana
g
in
g
th
e
da
t
a
’
s
des
tin
a
ti
o
n
f
olde
r
(also re
f
erred to herein as a “shared
f
older” or
sim
p
l
y
a
“
s
har
e
”
). Furthermore, the NAS drive must kee
p
track of who ma
y
read from, and write to, each folder. It does this b
y
settin
g
u
p
use
r a
cco
un
ts
a
n
d
g
r
o
up
s
.
A group is a collection o
f
speci
fi
c user accounts. When you
assi
g
n access
p
rivile
g
es to a new share
y
ou have the o
p
tion of either
makin
g
assi
g
nments for individual user accounts, or for an entire
g
rou
p
o
f
users at once by re
f
erring to the group’s name
.
The default factor
y
settin
g
s
p
rovide for two
p
re-defined user accounts, each
w
it
h
t
h
eir own unique properties. T
h
ese user accounts are:
ad
min
•
guest-shar
e
•
Each of these two user accounts has an associated
p
re-defined folder.
Th
e
n
a
m
e
of
th
e
fo
l
de
r i
s
th
e
sa
m
e
as
it
s
assoc
i
a
t
ed
use
r
accou
nt. Th
e
name “
g
uest-share” also ha
pp
ens to be
p
re-defined as a
g
rou
p
name.
Additionall
y
, there is a
p
re-defined folder called “
p
ublic” that initiall
y
is not
associated with any user account. These properties are summarized in the
table below
.
Pre-defined Name Group User Account Folder (Share)
p
u
bl
ic
p
u
bl
ic
a
d
mi
n
a
d
min
ad
mi
n
g
uest-s
h
ar
e
@
g
uest-s
h
are
g
uest-s
h
ar
e
g
uest-s
h
are

13
Here are other initial
p
ro
p
erties of these
p
re-defined
g
rou
p
s, accounts, and
sha
r
es
:
T
h
e
g
rou
p
@
g
uest-s
h
are contains two mem
b
ers, w
h
ic
h
are user
•
“
a
d
min” an
d
user “guest-s
h
are”.
Onl
y
user “admin” can access the share “
p
ublic”
.
•
The
f
older “guest-share” is a private
f
older
f
or user “guest-share”.
•
This means onl
y
user “
g
uest-share” can access this folder
.
The
f
older “admin” is a private
f
older
f
or user “admin”. This means
•
only user “admin” can access this
f
older
.
By using the web-based administration tool, you can modi
f
y these initial
p
ropert
i
es.
Before can
y
ou can be
g
in storin
g
data (other than as user “admin” or as user
“
guest-s
h
are”), you must use t
h
e we
b
-
b
ase
d
a
d
ministration too
l
to setup a
new user account that de
fi
nes your User Name and Password. Furthermore,
y
ou have the o
p
tion to define other
p
ro
p
erties for
y
our user account. For
example, each user can optionally be given their own private
f
older, which
is automatically assigned the same name as that user’s User Name. A user
can a
l
so
b
e
g
iven rea
d
-on
ly
-
p
rivi
l
e
g
es, or rea
d
/write-
p
rivi
l
e
g
es, to ot
h
er
fo
l
de
r
s
o
n th
e
d
riv
e.
Connectin
g
the NAS Drive to Your LAN
Now that you have some understanding o
f
user accounts, you are ready
to connect your NAS drive to the LAN. Re
f
er to the illustration below and
follow these ste
p
s.
Ensure t
h
at
y
our LAN e
q
ui
p
ment is
p
owere
d
on an
d
t
h
at t
h
e LAN1
.
is operating properly.
We recommended that you
f
ollow the directions o
f
your LAN
2.
e
q
ui
p
ment to enable a D
y
namic Host Confi
g
uration Protocol
(DHCP) server. This ma
y
be referenced in
y
our e
q
ui
p
ment’s
documentation as “Assign IP addresses automatically”.
Since you will administer the NAS drive settings using a web
3.
browser on
y
our PC or Mac, ensure that this PC or Mac is
p
owered
o
n
a
n
d
co
nn
ec
t
ed
t
o
t
he
LAN.

14
Connect the included Ethernet cable from the Ethernet
p
ort
4.
on t
h
e NAS
d
rive to an Et
h
ernet switc
h
(100 Base-T), a wire
d
or
w
ireless router, or a wireless access point.
Connect the included AC Adapter to the NAS drive, and then to a5
.
w
a
ll
out
l
et.
Press the
O
N
/O
FF button on the
f
ront o
f
the NA
S
drive. The
6.
g
reen LED will come on to indicate that the unit is now
p
owered
o
n.
Wait for the NAS drive to boot u
p
and to auto-confi
g
ure its7.
connection on the network. Depending on your particular LAN
con
fi
g
uration and settin
g
s, this ma
y
take several minutes. The
followin
g
p
rotocols will be followed durin
g
auto-confi
g
uration:
DHCP client is enabled b
y
default. So
y
our router ora
.
ot
h
er LAN equipment t
h
at is provi
d
ing t
h
e DHCP
service will automaticall
y
assi
g
n an IP address to the
NAS
d
rive an
d
com
pl
ete t
h
e networ
k
connection.
If no DHCP server is available on
y
our isolated network,
b.
t
h
en t
h
e auto-negotiation process wi
ll
procee
d
in one
o
f
two wa
y
s, de
p
endin
g
on whether Bon
j
our
p
rotocol
is ena
bl
e
d
or
d
isa
bl
e
d
. Bon
j
our
p
rotoco
l
is
b
ui
l
t-in to
recent Mac OS X systems, an
d
can a
l
so
b
e optiona
ll
y
installed on Windows s
y
stems.
A
pp
le Bon
j
our
p
rotocol is enabled b
y
i.
default. So if
y
ou are connectin
g
to an
i
solated Bonjour-enabled network and
n
o DH
C
P server is
p
resent,
y
our NA
S

15
drive will ne
g
otiate an address within the
Bon
j
our ran
g
e o
f
1
69.254.x.x
.
If
y
ou want
to determine the speci
fi
c address within
t
h
is ran
g
e,
y
ou can use t
h
e networ
k
“
p
in
g
”
function to “ping sohonas” or “ping sohonas.
local”.
I
f
the NAS drive has been previously accessed
i
i
.
i
n or
d
er to
d
isa
bl
e Bon
j
our an
d
y
ou are now
connecting to a networ
k
wit
h
no DHCP server
p
resent, then a di
ff
erent auto-negotiation
takes
p
lace. In this case the NAS drive will
automatica
ll
y
l
aunc
h
its interna
l
DHCP server.
This will result in the NAS drive taking the
default IP address o
f
1
92
.16
8
.1.1 and
w
ill also assi
g
n addresses (in the ran
g
e of
1
92.168.1.2-50) to other DHCP clients on the
n
etwork .
After successfull
y
connectin
g
to
y
our network
y
ou will be8
.
able to see the NAS drive on your network. Its de
f
ault name is
“
Sohonas” and it will be located in the network workgroup named
“
Wor
kg
rou
p
”. In Win
d
ows
g
o to M
y
Networ
k
P
l
aces / Entire
Network / Microso
f
t Windows Network / Workgroup, or in Mac
OS X go to Finder / Network / Workgroup. You can open the
device to see the followin
g
default folders:
a
d
min
c.
g
uest-s
h
ar
e
d.
p
u
bl
i
c
e.
T
h
ou
gh
y
ou are now rea
dy
to
b
e
g
in storin
g
d
ata on
y
our
d
rive, at t
h
is
p
oint
y
ou have only the two de
f
ault user accounts set up. To set up other user
accounts, and to confi
g
ure other basic s
y
stem settin
g
s,
y
ou are ur
g
ed to
continue setu
p
usin
g
t
h
e we
b
-
b
ase
d
a
d
ministration too
l
d
escri
b
e
d
in t
h
e
n
e
xt
sec
t
io
n.
Web
-Ba
sed
A
d
mini
s
trati
o
n T
ool
The web-based administration tool is used to modif
y
all internal settin
g
s of
y
our NAS drive. It is accessed using your computer’s web browser (such as
Internet Ex
p
lorer or Netsca
p
e). To access the administration tool,
y
our PC or
Mac s
h
ou
ld
b
e on t
h
e same su
b
net as t
h
e NAS
d
rive.

16
A
dministration Logi
n
In most cases you need only to enter the de
f
ault hostname (i.e., “//sohonas”
f
or Windows, or “//sohonas.local”
f
or Bonjour) in your browser’s address
w
indow to access the administration tool. If for some reason the default
h
ostname was not assigne
d
to t
h
e NAS
d
rive’s IP a
dd
ress
d
uring auto
-
con
fi
guration, then you can alternatively enter the NAS drive’s IP address
into t
h
e
b
rowser’s a
dd
ress win
d
ow
.
As described previously, your router or other network equipment will
have assi
g
ned the IP address automaticall
y
, or the drive will have taken
one of its default addresses (either a Bon
j
our address
169.254.x.x
o
r
x
the non-Bonjour address 192.168.1.1
)
.
I
f
your router assigns addresses
automaticall
y
y
our router’s manual will describe how to determine
y
our
d
riv
e
’
s
IP
add
r
ess.
A
f
ter your browser retrieves the initial web page
f
rom the NAS drive, the
browser window will
p
resent the followin
g
lo
g
in screen:
From this screen you must enter the
f
ollowing de
f
ault Username and
Passwor
d
:
U
sername: a
d
min
Passwor
d
: a
d
min

17
B
asic Settings for Initial Setu
p
Now,
f
rom within the administration tool per
f
orm the
f
ollowing steps
to de
fi
ne the basic settings. For more advanced
f
eatures note that a
f
ull
descri
p
tion of all settin
g
s is
p
rovided later under “NAS Administration
R
efe
r
e
n
ce
”
.
C
lick on1
.
Q
uick Setu
p
to expand the selection group.
S
et Lan
g
ua
g
e, Passwor
d
, Hostname, IP A
dd
ress, an
d
Time
A s
p
ecial setu
p
wizard will lead
y
ou throu
g
h the confi
g
urations
for user interface language, administrator password, hostname, IP
address, and time.
S
elect2
.
Wizard
.
Select your language pre
f
erence
f
rom the pull-down menu. The3
.
selection “set from browser o
p
tions” will automaticall
y
set the
a
d
ministrator
l
anguage to t
h
e current
b
rowser
l
anguage setting.
I
f
the browser language is not supported in the administrator,
the default lan
g
ua
g
e of En
g
lish will be enabled. Press
Ne
x
t
t
o
co
nt
i
n
ue.
The next screen allows you to de
fi
ne a new password
f
or the user
4.
“
admin”. I
f
you want to keep the current password, simply press
Ne
x
t
to a
d
vance to t
h
e next screen
.

18
The next screen allows
y
ou to define a new Hostname for the NAS5
.
drive. If
y
ou want to kee
p
the current Hostname, sim
p
l
y
p
ress
Nex
t
to advance to the next screen
.
The next screen allows you to select between automatic and static
6.
addresses for the NAS drive’s IP Address and Domain Name
System (DNS) a
dd
ress. It is recommen
d
e
d
t
h
at your networ
k
equipment be enabled to provide DHCP service, and that both
settin
g
s on this screen remain at the factor
y
settin
g
s
.
Alternativel
y
, if
y
our network re
q
uires that
y
ou define static
addresses, then you may enter them in the
f
orm provided
.
Pr
ess
Nex
t
t
o
co
ntin
ue
.
T
h
e next screen a
ll
ows you to manua
ll
y set t
h
e
d
ate an
d
time, or7.
to use an available Network Time Protocol (NTP) server. It is use
f
ul
to set the correct date and time because time stam
p
s are used
in t
h
e various status
l
o
g
s t
h
at are
d
escri
b
e
d
l
ater in t
h
is manua
l
.
A
f
ter
fi
lling in your selections, press
N
ex
t
.
The settings made in the previous steps are summarized on8
.
this screen for
y
our review. You ma
y
either
g
o back to edit
y
our
settings, or press
C
omp
l
et
e
to save t
h
e settings as s
h
own.
A
dd New
Us
er Accoun
t
Next setup a user account by selecting the
9
.Quick Setu
p
/
A
dd
U
se
r
b
utton.

19
Fill in the initial screen with a
U
ser Name and Password. It is
recommended that these fields match the User Name and
Passwor
d
t
h
at t
h
is user norma
ll
y enters w
h
en
l
ogging into
Windows or to Mac
OS
X. The
U
ser Name must be lower-case
and ma
y
be a maximum of 20 al
p
hanumeric characters, without
spaces. T
h
e User Name must
b
egin wit
h
an a
l
p
h
a
b
etic c
h
aracter.
Note: If
y
our Windows username currentl
y
contains a s
p
ace character,
or begins with a number, you may want to modi
f
y your Windows
u
sername slightly so that it can
f
ollow the same
f
ormat required by the
NAS
d
rive. For Mac OS X user accounts,
y
our username is automatica
lly
saved without spaces as a
fi
eld called “Short Name”. In this way the
“Short Name” alread
y
follows the format re
q
uired b
y
the NAS drive
.
Also
fi
ll in the password. The password may be a maximum o
f
1
6 al
p
hanumeric characters, without s
p
aces. If
y
ou leave the
p
assword
fi
eld blank, the NAS drive will accept this as a null
p
assword. This means that you will not need to
fi
ll in any password
in the future when accessin
g
the NAS drive usin
g
this username.
A descri
p
tion of this user ma
y
o
p
tionall
y
be entered in the field
p
rovi
d
e
d
.
I
f
you want to create a private
f
older that only this network user
can access, then check the box marked “Create Private Folder”.
This folder cannot be accessed via the “admin” user account
or any other user account. The
f
older name will automatically
be given the same name as User Name. The path o
f
your newly
created
p
rivate folder will automaticall
y
be set to /mnt/IDE1.
T
h
ou
gh
in some environments t
h
e NAS
d
rive su
pp
orts a
q
uota
fea
t
u
r
e
th
a
t limit
s
in
d
ivi
dua
l
use
r
accou
nt
s
t
o
a
m
a
xim
u
m
a
m
ou
nt
o
f
storage space on the drive, this
f
eature is grayed-out and is
not selectable in the factor
y
default condition. This is because
the de
f
ault disk
f
ormat type FAT32 does not support the quota
f
unction. I
f
user account disk quotas are important to you, then
y
ou should consider reformattin
g
the drive to EXT2 or EXT3
f
ormat, as described later in section “NAS Administration
Re
f
erence”
.
When done with this
f
orm, press
Ne
xt to cont
i
nue
.

20
The next screen allows
y
ou to assi
g
n this user to an existin
g
10
.
g
rou
p
. As described above, the initial factor
y
settin
g
p
rovides for
the de
f
ault group named “@guest-share”. When done with this
form,
p
ress
Ne
x
t
to continue
.
The final screen for addin
g
a user allows
y
ou to assi
g
n access11
.
p
rivileges to currently defined shares. Of course, if you checked
“
Create Private Folder” in step (9), then read/write access has
automaticall
y
been
p
rovided to this user’s
p
rivate folder.
Thou
g
h the initial factor
y
settin
g
p
rovides for three default shares
(admin, guest-share, and public), only “public” is available
f
or
se
l
ec
ti
o
n
fo
r
access
t
o
n
e
w
use
r
accou
nt
s
.
When done with this
f
orm, press
C
omplete
.
Add
New Grou
p
Next
y
ou ma
y
o
p
tionall
y
setu
p
a new
g
rou
p
. If
y
ou do not want to12
.
set u
p
a
g
rou
p
at t
h
is time,
y
ou ma
y
j
um
p
a
h
ea
d
to Ste
p
15
.
Be
g
in
g
rou
p
setu
p
by
se
l
ectin
g
t
h
e Quic
k
Setu
p
/ A
dd
Grou
p
button.
Fill in the initial screen with your group’s name. The group name
must be lower-case and ma
y
be a maximum of 20 al
p
hanumeric
c
h
aracters, wit
h
out spaces. T
h
e group name must
b
egin wit
h
an
alphabetic character. Press
Ne
x
t
to cont
i
nue.