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Chapter 7: Tips and Tricks
USB Storage Expansion
The ALL6501 supports external USB hard disks through its USB 2.0 ports. Once a USB hard
disk has successfully mounted, the entire volume will be copied automatically to the default
USB HDD folder. All file names on the USB disk volume are case sensitive.
Before attaching an USB disk drive to ALL6501, you have to partition and format it on a
desktop computer or a notebook first. The attached USB storage device will be located at
\\ALL6501
IP address\usbhdd\USB3
where the IP address of ALL6501 and
sdf1 stands
for the first partition on disk #6,
the USB disk drive. If it is an NTFS partition, NAS users can
only open or copy files from
\\ALL6501
IP address\usbhdd\USB3, but cannot add new files
or modify existing files.
Remote Administration
You can set up your ALL6501 for remote administration. With remote administration, you can
access your ALL6501 over the Internet, even if your ALL6501 is behind a router. This is
especially useful if you are traveling and suddenly need a file from your ALL6501.
Setting up remote administration is a three-part process, and will require the following
equipment:
•
ALLNET ALL6501 NAS device
•
Cable/DSL Router with Dynamic DNS support
•
Home PC
•
Internet Connection
Part I - Setup a DynDNS Account
1.
Go to
http://www.dyndns.org
from your home PC.
2.
Click on the
Sign Up Now
link.
3.
Check the Check boxes, select a user name (i.e.: ALL6501), enter your E-mail
address (i.e.: [email protected]), check
Enable Wildcard
, and create a password
(i.e.: xxxx).
4.
Wait for an E-mail from
www.dyndns.org
.
5.
Open the email and click on the link to activate your account
Part II - Enable DDNS on the Router
1.
Go to the router setup screen and select
IP Config
>
Miscellaneous DDNS Setting
from your Home PC.
2.
Click on
Yes
for
Enable the DDNS Client?
3.
Select
www.dyndns.org
.
4.
Go to router setup screen, and enter the following information:
NOTE
If you want to write to an USB storage device, the file system must be FAT32.
USB Storage
FAT32
Partition
NTFS
Partition
Read
OK
OK
Write
OK
X
NOTE
Router setup will differ slightly depending on router used. For this example, we will
use the ALL130DSLB V.3 because it has support for Dynamic DNS. Contact your
router hardware vendor for setup help.
