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With the emergence of increasingly large multimedia files, the need for bigger, more

dependable storage for personal computers grows rapidly as well.

D-Link

DNS-312H

is designed to meet your need for multimedia file storage and immediate

playback.

As it is attached to your home network environment, you don't have to take apart

your computer to expand the storage like was previously the case when adding an

additional hard drive to your PC. All you have to do is plug in the network cable of the

device running

D-Link DNS-312H

to your computer, or the hub or switch in the same

network environment, and then you are ready to start storing your home

entertainment files in the device.

Configuring the device and getting it running is amazingly simple. A browser-based

wizard only takes a few steps for the initialization settings to take effect.

Introduction

Summary of Contents for DNS-312H

Page 1: ...1 DNS 312H Network Attached Storage Manual Building Networks for People Ver 1 01 2005 08 31 ...

Page 2: ...15 Enter the default IP 15 Enter the default user name 16 Start the wizard 16 Enter system information 17 Enter networking information 19 Setup time settings 20 Setup network file protocol 21 Finish the settings 23 LAN Setup 25 Changing server name 26 Advanced Setup 27 User Management 27 Creating new user 27 Editing user information 29 Deleting a user 30 Group Management 30 Creating a new group 30...

Page 3: ...40 Tools 43 Time Setup 43 Set the time manually 43 Connecting to an NTP server 44 Backup Configurations 45 Backup system settings 45 Restore system settings 47 Restore factory default settings 47 Format Hard Drive 48 Networking and Encoding 49 Firmware Update 52 E mail Notifications 53 Service 55 Device Status 57 Device Information 57 Logs 58 Clear the log 58 Save the log 60 Refresh the log 61 ...

Page 4: ...Table of Content 4 Online Help 62 Individual Help 62 Overall Help 63 ...

Page 5: ...t your computer to expand the storage like was previously the case when adding an additional hard drive to your PC All you have to do is plug in the network cable of the device running D Link DNS 312H to your computer or the hub or switch in the same network environment and then you are ready to start storing your home entertainment files in the device Configuring the device and getting it running...

Page 6: ...ws 98 ME NT 4 0 2000 XP Apple Macintosh network AFP AppleTalk TCP IP Apple Macintosh 7 x 8 x 9 x OS X LAN port setting Manual configuration Type DHCP Management User Group Share Maximum user number 32 Maximum group number 4 Maximum share number 16 Logs Notification Available log type System log Connection log Current connection ...

Page 7: ...de Page 866 Japanese SJIS Code Page 932 Simplified Chinese Code Page 936 Korean Hangul Code Page 949 Traditional Chinese Code Page 950 USB Support USB Disk USB Printer Miscellaneous Online help Hard drive usage overview Firmware update HDD format System configuration backup and restore Network Time Protocol NTP support HDD Hibernation Usability Initialization wizard Web based management UI ...

Page 8: ... power switch with power cord One CD ROM One QIG If any of the above items are missing please contact your reseller Important Warning Tampering with any components inside the product other than those specifically mentioned in this manual or the accompanying QIG will automatically invalidate the product warranty ...

Page 9: ... blinking light indicates the HD is in read write mode No light indicates the read write mode is not engaged HDD Full A solid light indicates the HD is completely full 100 A blinking light indicates the HD is almost full 95 No light is the normal condition USB A solid light indicates that the USB flash HDD is properly connected A blinking light indicates that data is being received No light indica...

Page 10: ...12H to its original factory default settings LAN Port Please use the Ethernet cable to connect the DNS 312H and the router switch hub in the network Power Adapter Receptor for power adapter Warning The two USB ports support a Two USB HDDs or b One USB printer and One USB HDD Please note that the USB ports do not support a USB Hub If you have problems in detecting your USB HDD try to connect your U...

Page 11: ... the DNS 312H Network Attached Storage device Double click the D Link Storage Utility icon Double click the D Link Storage Utility icon This will automatically detect all servers on the network at the moment by displaying the following System Configuration window Getting Started ...

Page 12: ...12 After it is finished searching a detailed list will be shown as below This includes Device Name MAC Address IP Address and Netmask ...

Page 13: ...2H is 192 168 0 101 You now are able to set the IP address of the DNS 312H by clicking the Set IP button on the System Configuration window Enter the appropriate information in the following pop up dialogue and input admin password then click OK ...

Page 14: ...ile folders provided for the user account Please note that in order for media files to be displayed they must be placed in the media_content folder rather than the public folder Clicking the Manage button on the System Configuration window will activate your browser This is described in more detail later in the manual ...

Page 15: ... D Link DNS 312H to the network 2 Power the device on 3 Open the browser using Opera Microsoft IE Browser Version 6 0 or above is recommended or another suitable Web browser 4 Enter the device default IP 192 168 0 101 or the new address you set using the D Link Storage Configuration Utility the address bar 5 Click Go to continue ...

Page 16: ...lt user admin leave the password field blank and click OK Start the wizard The Setup Wizard will help you configure the basic settings of the device in a few steps The settings will not take effect until you click the Finish button in the last page Click the Run Wizard button to start ...

Page 17: ...Server Name field so you can quickly access the storage capabilities of this system either from a Windows or a Mac OS by searching for the server name 2 Enter the new password If you don t enter a password it will remain blank as the default value 3 Click Next ...

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Page 19: ...ystem from the DHCP server change the Get IP From drop down menu from Manual to DHCP and then click Next 2 Since this is the first time you configure the device the following networking settings will be adopted by default IP 192 168 0 101 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default gateway 192 168 0 101 DNS server empty You can modify the settings to fit your need ...

Page 20: ...your time zone from the Time Zone drop down menu Note In the drop down menu please select time zone corresponds to your location 2 Choose to enable network time synchronization protocol NTP or manually set the system time 3 Click Next ...

Page 21: ...OS zone A zone is a logical grouping of devices in an AppleTalk network Select the zone from the Apple Talk Zone drop down menu 3 Choose the appropriate encoding from the Encoding Codepage drop down menu to help clients that don t have Unicode support installed correctly to access the system 4 Click Finish for the settings to take effect ...

Page 22: ...ish and all files or folders use English names then it is unnecessary to change any settings here just follow the defaults b If it is necessary to recognize a second non local language it is recommended that you select an encoding that recognizes the second language For example If the local language is English but some files or folders use Japanese characters please select Japanese SJIS Code Page ...

Page 23: ...pop up dialogue The following window will be displayed to indicate the DNS 312H is preparing your new settings The page will then be directed to the summary page which is described later in this manual so you can review the settings that have been set ...

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Page 25: ...teps below 1 Click the Home tab on the top of window 2 Click the LAN button on the left A new window will open 3 Enter the new LAN settings 4 Click Apply Note To make sure email notifications are delivered correctly through the SMTP server you need to enter the IP of the DNS server ...

Page 26: ...me 1 Click the Home tab on the top 2 Click the LAN button on the left A new window will open 3 Enter the new server name 4 Click Apply Note The server name should be 1 to 15 characters in English single byte characters only ...

Page 27: ...e is case sensitive and should be 1 to 15 characters the user description can be any displayable characters and can be 0 to 128 characters the password is case sensitive and should be 0 to 12 displayable bytes including space Creating new user 1 Enter the user name description and password Advanced Setup ...

Page 28: ...ick Apply Note If the user details including User Name User Description Password and Confirm Password are not empty when you try to create a new user click the Cancel button to clear the data before proceeding ...

Page 29: ...29 Editing user information 1 Click the graphic after the user you want to edit to load the user details The following window will open 2 Edit the data 3 Click Apply ...

Page 30: ...user groups The group name is case sensitive and should be 1 to 15 characters The group description can be any displayable characters 0 to 64 Unicode characters Creating a new group 1 Enter the group name and description 2 Choose the members that you plan to add to this group from the Users list on the left side of the window 3 Click the Add button 4 Click Apply ...

Page 31: ...31 Note If the group details are not empty when you try to create a new group click the Cancel button to clear the data before proceeding ...

Page 32: ...2 Editing group information 1 Click the graphic after the user you want to edit to load the group details The following window will open 2 Edit the group details in the Group Setup section 3 Click Apply ...

Page 33: ...ement A Share is a logical unit you can open access to the user accounts with appropriate privileges You can create up to 16 shares in addition to the system default share and the USB disk share The share name is case sensitive and should be 1 to 31 characters The share description is case sensitive and should be 0 to 64 characters ...

Page 34: ...34 Creating a new share 1 Enter the Share Name and Share Description 2 Enter the desired Disk Quota ...

Page 35: ... selected user or group 5 Click Apply to finish Note Items that start with are groups Note There are two different types of privileges that can be set Read Only RO Except the Read privilege no other access privilege will be granted for this option Writeable RW All access privileges will be granted for this option ...

Page 36: ...36 Editing share information 1 Click the graphic after the share you want to edit to load the share details 2 Edit the share details below the Share Setup section 3 Click Apply ...

Page 37: ...37 Deleting a share Click the graphic after the share you want to delete and click OK after the confirm dialogue pops up ...

Page 38: ...ernation To save power the HDD will be in hibernation mode and stop any operation after the specified idle time To set an idle time choose the idle time from the drop down menu and then click Apply to finish the setting ...

Page 39: ...isk capacity through a system created share prefixed with usbshare The share will be removed automatically when the USB disk is ejected from the system 1 The USB Disk will be automatically detected and then its relevant info Share name Manufacturer Device Type and Used Size will be shown ...

Page 40: ...y connecting the USB printer to DNS 312H you would be able to share the USB printer through the network and USB printer status will become active in this page Refresh the USB printer s status Click Refresh to update the printer status Eject the USB printer We suggest clicking the Eject button before you remove the printer Steps for configuring USB printer in Windows Warning All data on your disk w...

Page 41: ... and choose the type AppleTalk 5 Select proper printer model or Generic 6 Click Add to finish Steps for setting up USB printer in Mac OS X running TCP IP 1 Follow the Go Applications Utilities path to find the Printer Setup Utility 2 Click to open a dialog box 3 Select Add for setting up a new printer 4 Enter the printer IP Address and Queue Name and choose the type IP printing 5 Select proper pri...

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Page 43: ...43 Time Setup Set the time manually 1 Choose the correct time zone 2 Choose the Set device date and time manually option from the drop down menu 3 Click Apply Tools ...

Page 44: ...n NTP server 1 Choose the correct time zone 2 Choose the Time synchronization with NTP server option from the drop down menu 3 Choose the desired synchronization period and enter the time server IP address 4 Click Apply ...

Page 45: ...NTP settings Host name Server name Language Encoding codepage Mail SMTP E mail settings Share Each share information except USB share User Each user s information except the password of Admin Apple Apple Zone Group Windows Work Group Windows Server HD Sleep Idle time FTP Backup system settings 1 Click Back up under Save Settings to Local Hard Drive ...

Page 46: ...46 2 Click Save on the prompt dialogue 3 Choose the location to save the backup file and click Save to finish ...

Page 47: ...mpts including checking the Overwrite on setting conflict option if you don t want the conflict setting to be skipped 4 Click Apply to finish Restore factory default settings Click Factory Reset under Restore to Factory Default Settings to cause the DNS 312H to return to its original settings Warning When this action is completed all data on your hard drive will be deleted and will not be able to ...

Page 48: ... from on the drop down menu Format HDD This option will only remove the user data and shares but all system configurations including share information user information and group information will remain unchanged Format HDD and configuration This option will remove the user data and all the system configurations from the system ...

Page 49: ...S server IP here The Workgroup should be 1 to 15 characters Apple Network A zone is a logical grouping of devices in an AppleTalk network Select the zone from the drop down menu and click Apply for it to take effect Encoding Choose the appropriate encoding from the Encoding Codepage drop down menu so that clients that don t have Unicode support installed correctly can access the device ...

Page 50: ...ish and all files or folders use English names then it is unnecessary to change any settings here just follow the defaults b If it is necessary to recognize a second non local language it is recommended that you select an encoding that recognizes the second language For example If the local language is English but some files or folders use Japanese characters please select Japanese SJIS Code Page ...

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Page 52: ...52 Firmware Update 1 Click the Browse button ...

Page 53: ...53 2 Choose the file from the local hard drive 3 Click Apply Warning Do not power off or disconnect the device while firmware upgrading is processing ...

Page 54: ...cal events or errors occur Please enter the SMTP server and the e mail address the notifications should be sent to You can assign up to two e mail addresses If the SMTP server is assigned by host name rather than IP address please make sure a valid DNS server has been assigned on the Home LAN page ...

Page 55: ...55 Service Here is a facility for uploading various kinds of data easily and efficiently 1 Select Enable FTP service or Enable UPnP service ...

Page 56: ...col FTP is a convenient way for users to download upload or transfer files from one computer to another Also FTP is a special way to login to a certain site for the purpose of retrieving and sending files Microsoft IE Version 6 0 or above is recommended ...

Page 57: ...ce Information On this page you can overview the device information This is solely for overview purposes If you want to change any setting please go to the page of the setting you want to change Device Status ...

Page 58: ... save System Log Connection Log and Current Connection The maximum size or number of each kind of log is 32K bytes or 320 logs depending on which criterion is reached first Clear the log 1 Click on the log page that you want to clear the log for ...

Page 59: ...59 2 Click the Clear button Warning When this action is completed all data of logs will be deleted They will not be able to be restored ...

Page 60: ... Save the log 1 Go to the log page that you want to save the log for 2 Click the Save button 3 Click the Save button again from the File Download prompt 4 Choose a local location and click Save to finish ...

Page 61: ...61 Refresh the log When you view a log you can click the Refresh button to refresh the page so the most updated information will be displayed ...

Page 62: ...dual Help If there are questions during the set up of the device please click the Help button that is found at the bottom of each page This will provide you with access to a help topic for each page Online Help ...

Page 63: ...63 Overall Help Click the Help tab at the top of every page to view all help topics ...

Page 64: ...d D Link Service Office within such ninety 90 period then the Warranty Period shall be ninety 90 days from the date of purchase Product Type Warranty Period Product including Power Supplies and Fans One 1 Year Spare parts and pare kits Ninety 90 days D Link s sole obligation shall be to repair or replace the defective Hardware at no charge to the original owner Such repair or replacement will be r...

Page 65: ...f physical defects D Link s sole obligation shall be to replace the non conforming Software or defective media with software that substantially conforms to D Link s functional specifications for the Software Except as otherwise agreed by D Link in writing the replacement Software is provided only to the original licensee and is subject to the terms and conditions of the license granted by D Link f...

Page 66: ...d After an RMA number is issued the defective product must be packaged securely in the original or other suitable shipping package to ensure that it will not be damaged in transit and the RMA number must be prominently marked on the outside of the package The packaged product shall be insured and shipped to Authorized D Link Service Office with all shipping costs prepaid D Link may reject or retur...

Page 67: ...NDER ANY CONTRACT NEGLIGENCE STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY FOR ANY LOSS OF USE OF THE PRODUCT INCONVENIENCE OR DAMAGES OFANY CHARACTER WHETHER DIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL WORK STOPPAGE COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LOSS OF INFORMATION OR DATA CONTAINED IN STORED ON OR INTEGRATED WITH ANY PRODUCT RETURN...

Page 68: ...stems Inc All other trademarks belong to their respective proprietors Copyright Statement No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation transformation or adaptation without permission from D Link Corporation D Link Systems Inc as stipulated by the United States Copyright Act of 1976 ...

Page 69: ...If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit differ...

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