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Introduction 

Introduction 

Thank you for purchasing this device. It is a flexible, economical and powerful solution for your 

network storage application. The following instructions will help you to learn more about the 

connections, set-ups, and configurations of it. 

 

Key Features 

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External 3.5" hard drive with ethernet interface 

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Share music, pictures, movies and data over network 

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Share files over LAN as SAMBA file server 

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Share files over Internet as FTP server 

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Features a USB printer server function 

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Expansion of capacity with USB Mass Storage Devices   

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Web-based configuration with password protection 

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Works with Static IP, DHCP client, or DHCP server 

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Easy firmware upgrade 

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Hardware Reset key 

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Support 3.5” SATA hard disk up to 750GB 

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Support UPnP 

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Interface: 10/100/1000 Base-TX(Auto MDI/MDI-X), supports auto crossover detection 

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Aluminum enclosure with an internal cooling fan for continuous operation 

 

System Requirements 

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A PC with Ethernet port 

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Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Windows 2000; Mac OS X v10.2.1 or above; Linux 

 

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Summary of Contents for HD353N

Page 1: ...Gigabit Network HDD SATA User Manual Ver 1 3 ...

Page 2: ... USB Printer Mass Storage Device Connection 4 Removing Connection 5 Setup of This Device 6 Login 6 Basic 6 Control Panel 13 Personal Infomation 26 Logout 27 Mapping a Folder in Windows XP 28 Printer Setup 31 Mounting SMB Server in Mac OS X 34 Mounting SMB Server in Linux 38 Network Applications 40 Personal Data Backup 40 Network File Sharing 40 FTP Server 40 Printer Server 41 USB Mass Storage Devi...

Page 3: ...file server Share files over Internet as FTP server Features a USB printer server function Expansion of capacity with USB Mass Storage Devices Web based configuration with password protection Works with Static IP DHCP client or DHCP server Easy firmware upgrade Hardware Reset key Support 3 5 SATA hard disk up to 750GB Support UPnP Interface 10 100 1000 Base TX Auto MDI MDI X supports auto crossove...

Page 4: ...5 sec to restore factory default i Kensington Security Slot Connects to a Kensington lock pin j DC In jack Connects to the AC adapter k Activity LED yellow Activity status of Ethernet 10 Link LED green Link status of Ethernet 11 Plastic Upper Frame Covers the groove and screws on the top of this device LED Definition LED Name Operating Status LED Color Booting up Orange Power ON Blue NAS Accessing...

Page 5: ...ally align the hard disk drive with the PCB board Push slowly and gently to the most inside until the hard disk drive is firmly seated 3 Assemble the enclosure by fastening the screws on both top and bottom sides 4 Attach the front cover to the case and secure the screw on the lower part 5 Restore the plastic upper frame by sliding it into the gape on the top of the case Make sure the plastic uppe...

Page 6: ...y USB Printer Mass Storage Device Connection n Connect this device and a Switch Hub Router or computer with a RJ45 Ethernet cable o Connect USB printer s or USB mass storage device s to this device with USB cable s This device can automatically mount the USB devices connected page 28 41 You may need to connect the power adapter of the USB HDD in order to operate properly p Connect the power supply...

Page 7: ... Panel Maintenance Disk Utility clicking Umount button page 22 Removing USB Printer You have to unmount the printer before disconnecting it You can unmount a USB printer by Control Panel File and Print Printer Server Unchecking Enable box page 17 Removing Power connection Press the Power button to turn off the device and then remove its connections It is essential that the device need to be turned...

Page 8: ...y in 192 168 2 1 either a DHCP server is absent or this device is directly connected to your computer Login as username admin to perform settings Default password for username admin is admin You can change the password in Personal Information Account page 27 Basic Quick Setup Wizard To setup basic configurations of this device follow the diagram below 1 Language Setting Specify the language of thi...

Page 9: ...3 Hostname Setting This hostname can be seen in My Neighborhood default arinas 4 Internet Protocol Setting You may specify a stationary IP address DNS server address or enable the Obtain IP address DNS server address automatically checkbox depending on your LAN configuration 7 ...

Page 10: ...me Setting Adjust date time and time zone of your local position Or select a NTP Network Time Protocol server for automatic time setting and calibration 6 Wizard Setting Confirmation Click complete to implement above settings 8 ...

Page 11: ...d User chapter for setting Please refer to Users and Groups chapter for more detail 1 Add User Setup user name and password Check Create Private Folder box for creating a home directory of this user 2 User Manageship Add remove this user to from an existing group 9 ...

Page 12: ... and click Read Only or Writable to allow user access right Select a share name from the Allowed column and click Remove to disable user access right from this directory Add Group To add group support select the Add Group chapter for setting Please refer to Users and Groups chapter for more detail 1 Add Group Set up group name 10 ...

Page 13: ...from the Members column and click Remove to remove this user from this group 3 Share Permission Set group permission of each shared directory Select a share name from the No Access column and click Read Only or Writable to allow group access right Select a share name from the Allowed column and click Remove to disable group access right from this directory 11 ...

Page 14: ...s Set user group permission of this directory in Microsoft Network and FTP environment Select a share name from the No Access column and click Read Only or Writable to allow user group access right Select a share name from the Allowed column and click Remove to disable user group access right from this directory Check the box Allow for all will enable writable permission of this directory to all u...

Page 15: ...fter the slash and click Add to add this subnet section to the allowed list Check Allow to All box to enable NFS access of this directory to all users Control Panel Users and Groups User Management All existing users in this system will be shown in this menu You can create a new user by filling out the form and clicking the Save button Select an existing user and click Delete User button to delete...

Page 16: ...wn in this menu You can create a new group by filling out the form and clicking the Save button Select an existing group and click Delete Group button to delete an existing group You can also add or remove users from an existing group by selecting a group name and clicking the Members button File and Print File Server Character Set Select your preferred character set Windows Setting 14 ...

Page 17: ...ork Places Entire Network Microsoft Windows Network Workgroup name Define Windows Internet Server Name IP address if necessary FTP Server Setting Check Enable box to enable FTP server function with default port 21 NFS Server Setting Check Enable box to enable NFS server function Guest Access Setting Check Enable box to allow users using guest share directory Share Management Creating Share Fill ou...

Page 18: ...are to delete a specified share name Windows and FTP Access Select a share name from the No Access column and click Read Only or Writable to allow user group access right Select a share name from the Allowed column and click Remove to disable user group access right from this directory Check the box Allow for all will enable writable permission of this directory to all users groups NFS Access Set ...

Page 19: ...subnet section to the allowed list Check Allow to All box to enable NFS access of this directory to all users Printer Server Check Enable box to enable Printer Server function Uncheck Enable box to unmount a mounted printer This device detects the connection of a USB printer automatically Information of the printer will be shown in the description Note You have to unmount the printer before discon...

Page 20: ... server is present in the local area network Use Following IP Address Fill in the IP address subnet mask and Default gateway information if they are assigned by your network administrator Obtain DNS Server Address Automatically This device obtains a DNS Server address automatically if a DHCP server is present in the local area network Use Following DNS Server Address Fill in the DNS server address...

Page 21: ...f you want to get date and time from Time Server Turn Off Server To restart this server click the Restart button To power off this server click the Shutdown button Information Display system information Disk Usage Display HDD usage total disk size used disk size and user s quota information 19 ...

Page 22: ...TP Server If the FTP Server task goes wrong the system will inform the administrator DHCP Server If the DHCP Server task goes wrong the system will inform the administrator Check Interval You can select hourly or daily inform interval Email Notification Setting Enable Check this box to enable notification via email Error Handling Mail Server Specify a SMTP server for this device Error Handling Ema...

Page 23: ...eck this box to enable notification via Windows pop up messages Error Handling Pop up Machines Specify the IP address of administrator s PC Network Service DHCP Server If there is no DHCP server present this device will automatically turn on its DHCP server 21 ...

Page 24: ...t Button Press this button to format a specific HDD It supports EXT3 and FAT32 file system Scan Button Press this button to check disk integrity Umount button This device will automatically mount a USB Mass Storage Device connected to it But you need to manually unmount the USB Mass Storage Device before disconnecting it Detail Button If the HDD supports S M A R T it will report its health status ...

Page 25: ...upgrade file and then clicking the Start Upgrade button When the upgrade is in progress all network connection will be stopped This device will automatically reboot after the upgrade is completed Save Configuration This device can save its current configuration to a local file The default file name is config tar 23 ...

Page 26: ...nfig file saved by Save Configuration function Specify a config file and then click the Restore button to restore previous settings Factory Reset Factory Reset resets all configurations to factory defaults All users networking and other configurations will be lost once the Factory Reset button is pressed 24 ...

Page 27: ...Setup of This Device Log File Samba Log FTP Log DHCP Log 25 ...

Page 28: ...Setup of This Device System Log Administration Log Personal Infomation 26 ...

Page 29: ...nly section in Personal Information You could change the password of user admin and the language of the GUI Besides share list system disk quota and the percentage of disk used will be shown as well Logout Click Logout to logout off this device 27 ...

Page 30: ...kbar Click Search Click Computer or people Click A computer on the network and a new window will appear 2 Input the hostname of this device in the Computer Name column which you set previously in Control Panel System LAN Settings Hostname page 18 chapter or you can also input the description of this device which you set previously in Control Panel File and Print File Server Windows Setting Descrip...

Page 31: ...ame dialogue box will be shown Input a username and its password your previously set in Control Panel File and Print Windows and FTP Access page 16 You can enable automatic login process in the future by checking the remember my password box You will need to input the username and its password again each time you tried to access this network drive if the remember my password box is left unchecked ...

Page 32: ...Mapping a Network Drive in Windows XP 7 The selected folder will now be shown in My Computer You can then access it like a local hard drive 30 ...

Page 33: ...ir manuals of respective manufacturers Take the installation of EPSON AcuLaser C1100 printer as an example 1 Connect the USB printer and this device with the printer s USB cable The printer will be automatically detected by this device 2 Input your hostname default arinas in the URL bar of an Explorer window Double click on the lp icon 3 A dialogue box will pop up Click Yes to continue 4 Another d...

Page 34: ...e specific model of your printer is not available in the list click on the Have Disk button to install its driver from the driver disk provided by the manufacturer 6 Insert the driver disk into your local computer Click the Browse button to select the corresponding INF file in the driver disk Click OK to proceed on installation 7 Click OK to proceed on installation 32 ...

Page 35: ...process The installation process may take several minutes to complete please wait 9 When the installation process is complete a lp on your hostname window will be shown Now you can print documents using the printer installed Each member in the LAN will have to complete above installation before using this printer 33 ...

Page 36: ... are in the same LAN environment Then you can connect to this device using SMB protocol by inputting a URL starts with smb 1 Click on the Apple Menu and select Location Network Preferences 2 A Network window will show Select Built in Ethernet in the Show pop up menu 3 Select Using DHCP in the Configure IPv4 pop up menu 34 ...

Page 37: ... DHCP server is now displayed in this window You can find the IP Addresses of this Mac and of this device are within the same LAN environment 5 Select Go Connect to Server in the menu bar 6 The Connect To Server window will be shown Input smb NAS IP and then click Connect 35 ...

Page 38: ...first followed by the SMB Mount window Select a folder ex admin in the Select a share pop up menu and then click OK 8 Input Username and Password in the SMB CIFS Filesystem Authentication window and then click OK 9 If the connection succeeded you can see the NAS icon in the left column 36 ...

Page 39: ...Mounting SMB Server in Mac OS X 10 Click the symbol by the right side of the NAS icon to unmount this device 37 ...

Page 40: ...of the NAS Input smbclient L 192 168 2 1 U admin after the prompt The system will prompt you with Password Input admin the default password for user admin to get a list of directories within the NAS 2 Create a folder as the mount point for the NAS Input mkdir mnt admin after the prompt for mounting of the shared directory admin Input mkdir mnt usb1 after the prompt for mounting of the USB external...

Page 41: ...B external drive Fedora 4 and earlier Input mount t smbfs o username admin 192 168 2 1 mnt admin after the prompt After the input of the mount command the system will prompt you with Password Input the corresponding password of the user 4 Unmount a directory mounted Input umount mnt admin to unmount the shared directory Input umount mnt usb1 to unmount the USB external drive 39 ...

Page 42: ...his device features FTP function You can access the FTP via a web browser or a FTP client 1 If you are in the same LAN of this device simply input ftp your account your hostname_or_IP address in your browser s URL bar and press Enter key or open a connection by your hostname or its IP address with a FTP client Login with a set of username and password you set previously to get access to this devic...

Page 43: ...ot supported USB Mass Storage Device Connect your USB Mass Storage Device to this device The two USB ports can supply up to 350mA of current in total If you would like to connect a USB external HDD to one of the USB host ports it is recommended to apply external power to the USB HDD This device will automatically mount a USB Mass Storage Device connected to it A USB external drive connected to thi...

Page 44: ...Network Applications Maintenance Disk Utility clicking Umount button page 22 42 ...

Page 45: ...nnot be used as an FTP client 2 You may use Windows Explorer or a 3rd party FTP client instead How to configure the TCP IP network protocol 1 Click Start Control Panel Network Connections 2 Right click on the Local Area Connection icon and select Properties in the menu 3 Select Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click Properties button 43 ...

Page 46: ... this device 4 Setup this device as Static IP via GUI setup window 5 Change your computer s IP settings back to previous ones 6 Connect your system back to LAN Lose accessibility to this device 1 Please check all physical connections to this device and check if the blue LED lights up 2 Check the network settings according to the instructions of your operating system on how to make successful conne...

Page 47: ... Private Folder page 13 and user tries to performing FTP connection using Internet Explorer Shared folders locate one step upper than the Private Folder However Internet Explorer does not have the ability to access parental directory Using an FTP client program instead of Internet Explorer would solve this problem Backing up fails if a file exceeds 4GB The maximum size of a single file supported b...

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