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D-Link DNS-33 User Manual

Section 3 - Configuration

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Summary of Contents for DNS-33

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Page 2: ...rs and Groups 25 Quotas 26 Network Access 29 FTP Server 31 UPnP AV Server 34 iTunes Server 35 DHCP Server 37 LLTD 38 Tools 39 Admin 39 Time 40 System 41 Firmware 42 E Mail Alerts 43 Power Management 46 RAID 47 DDNS 49 Status 50 Device Information 50 Support 51 Mapping a Drive 52 Download Scheduling 55 Schedule Downloads 57 Scheduling Settings 58 BitTorrent 59 Installing BitTorrent 59 BitTorrent Co...

Page 3: ... D Link DNS 323 User Manual Table of Contents Storing non English Character Files 74 Replacing or Adding a New Hard Drive 76 Contacting Technical Support 79 Warranty 80 Registration 85 ...

Page 4: ...th a different voltage than the one included with the DNS 323 will cause damage and void the warranty for this product If any of the above items are missing please contact your reseller For best results the following system requirements are recommended Computer with 1GHz processor 512 MB RAM 200 MB available space CD ROM drive Internet Explorer version 6 0 or Mozilla Firefox 1 0 and above 3 5 SATA...

Page 5: ...twork media players4 The included CD contains D Link s Easy Search Utility This utility allows you to locate the DNS 323 on the network and map drives to your computer Backup software is also included on the CD This software allows you to backup your files from a computer to the DNS 323 manually by a schedule or in real time Real time backups are a great way to safeguard against unfortunate accide...

Page 6: ... Management for Conserving Energy and Extending Hard Drive Life UPnP AV Server for Streaming Music Photos and Video to Compatible Media Players5 iTunes Software will be able to automatically find and play music directly from the DNS 323 Built in USB Print Server for printing from any PC on the Network D Link Easy Search Utility Configurable by Web Browser Supports Jumbo Frames Enables you to chang...

Page 7: ...Drive Lights These lights will be solid BLUE when drives are connected but inactive The lights will blink when the drives are being accessed formatted or synchronized They will illuminate AMBER if a drive has failed Network Activity Light The Activity Light will be solid BLUE when there is an Ethernet connection It will blink to indicate LAN traffic Power Button Drive Light Drive Light Network Act...

Page 8: ...ve Eject Lever Use the levers to eject the hard drives The front panel must be removed before ejecting the drives Reset Button A pinhole button located beside the Ethernet socket is used to reset the DNS 323 to the factory default settings Note After resetting the unit s configuration you will still have access to the data on your hard drive s Rear Panel Connections Ethernet Port Power Receptacle ...

Page 9: ...s from the device 2 Once the faceplate is unlatched pull it off the device exposing the drive bays This section provides unpacking and installation information for the DNS 323 Open the shipping carton for the DNS 323 and carefully unpack its contents To install the DNS 323 on your local network refer to the steps below Hardware Setup ...

Page 10: ...dge inside the drive bay of the DNS 323 Gently push the drive in until it connects When a drive is inserted properly you will feel it seat into the connector Some hard drives that are thin or oddly shaped may need to be guided carefully into position If a drive is not properly seated the light will not illuminate after powering on the device 4 Attach the faceplate to the front of the device ...

Page 11: ...t an Ethernet cable to the available Ethernet port This cable should connect the DNS 323 to your local network via a router or switch or directly to a computer for configuration 6 Connect the power adapter to the power receptacle 7 Connect a USB printer Optional ...

Page 12: ...ny needed changes The Easy Search Utility displays all available DNS 323 devices on the network here Refresh the device list Click Configuration to access the Web based utility of the DNS 323 Click Language if you wish to store non English character files Refer to page 74 Click BitTorrent to use the built in BitTorrent manager to upload and download Torrents Refer to page 59 Configure the LAN Sett...

Page 13: ...l Section 3 Configuration To run the Easy Search Utility insert the DNS 323 CD into your CD ROM drive Click Easy Search Utility Highlight an available DNS 323 and click Configuration to access the web based utility Getting Started ...

Page 14: ...be asked to choose a drive configuration type and format the drives There are four configuration options Standard JBOD RAID 0 and RAID 1 Standard configures each disk as a separate volume while JBOD combines both disks into a single volume as well as RAID 0 and RAID 1 See page 47 for more details on using the RAID configurations Note All data will be erased during the format process Click Configur...

Page 15: ...tion Select the configuration type of your hard drive Standard JBOD RAID 0 or RAID 1 A warning message informing you that your drives will be formatted and all data will be erased Click OK to continue When prompted to configure the Hard Drive Settings ...

Page 16: ...A restart countdown screen will appear When restart is complete a login screen will appear Type admin for the username and leave the password field blank Note After logging in to the DNS 323 for the first time it is recommended to add a password to the admin account See p 39 for details Press OK to restart the DNS 323 Click Configuration ...

Page 17: ...17 D Link DNS 323 User Manual Section 3 Configuration After logging in you will be redirected to the DNS 323 web UI ...

Page 18: ...e quotas The UPnP AV server iTunes server FTP server LLTD and DHCP server settings are all contained here as well Tools Contains configuration options for the Admin account time and system settings and e mail alerts Settings for Power management RAID configuration and DDNS are also available from the Tools page Status Contains a summary of DNS 323 information Support Contains the DNS 323 help file...

Page 19: ...u to quickly configure some of the basic device settings When running the DNS 323 setup wizard the welcome screen details the five steps of the wizard Click Next to continue It is recommended you set an admin password here Enter the new password and re enter it for confirmation Click Next to continue Setup ...

Page 20: ... 323 User Manual Section 3 Configuration Set the appropriate Time Zone and Daylight Savings Time Click Next to continue Edit or change the DNS 323 LAN information or keep the current settings Click Next to continue ...

Page 21: ...ation Enter your workgroup name and description for the DNS 323 or leave the default values and click Next to continue When the wizard completes click Back to go back and make changes or click Restart to restart the DNS 323 and save the configuration ...

Page 22: ...22 D Link DNS 323 User Manual Section 3 Configuration The DNS 323 will restart When the login prompt appears login using the new administrator password Click Configuration ...

Page 23: ... but can be manually set to 100Mbps or 1000Mbps Selecting DHCP Client will cause theDNS 323toobtainanIPaddress from the local DHCP server Selecting Static IP requires you to assign the IP information for the DNS 323 manually Click the Enable radio button next to Status to enable jumbo frames Select an MTU rate that your network can support and then click Apply to activate the new setting Jumbo Fra...

Page 24: ...a workgroup name to the DNS 323 Assigns a unique name to the DNS 323 The name can be used to accessthedevicefromawebbrowser instead of using the IP address For example http dlink xxxxxx This is useful if there are more than one DNS 323 on the network By default the device name is dlink xxxxxx where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the MAC address Assigns a device description to the DNS 323 ...

Page 25: ...or group Select User or Group Enter a user or group name and password Click Add Select a group from the drop down menu Users that are assigned to the selected group will be listed here Displays the list of users that you may assign to the selected group To add a user to the selected group click the user and then click Add To remove a user from the group click the user and then click Remove Display...

Page 26: ...ng a quota to a group or user will limit the amount of storage they are allocated By default users and groups do not have a quota User quotas are displayed here Quotas can be edited by clicking on the notepad icon Group quotas are displayed here Quotas can be edited by clicking on the notepad icon Displays the current status of the quota feature The quota function can be started or stopped here ...

Page 27: ...and groups are displayed on the Quota Settings page Users and groups are automatically listed on this page and cannot be deleted The default quota setting is Unlimited To add a quota Click the notepad icon of the user you want to add a quota to Set a quota amount MB for the user and click Apply ...

Page 28: ...k DNS 323 User Manual Section 3 Configuration The user their amount of storage used and their storage limit are displayed Click Enabled to turn quota monitoring on Once enabled the status will change to Started ...

Page 29: ...ll apply to or you can select All Accounts Browse to and select the folder or directory you are controlling access to Set the user or group permission to Read Only or Read Write Opportunistic locks oplocks are a characteristic of the LAN Manager networking protocol implemented in the 32 Bit Windows family Oplocks are guarantees made by a server for a shared logical volume to its clients These guar...

Page 30: ...les from the DNS 323 you may try to improve performance by setting Oplocks to No off When enabled the file attribute Archive will be copied as the file is being stored on the DNS 323 Certain backup software attach this attribute to files that are being stored as backups Enter a comment for reference or description of the rule Lists all defined access rules Map Archive Comment Network Access List ...

Page 31: ...NS 323 at a time This section contains the configuration settings for the DNS 323 FTP Server The current settings and status of the DNS 323 FTP Server are displayed here FTP Access List The FTP access for users and groups can be added and edited here Category Determines whether the FTP server rule will apply to an individual user or a group User Group Select the group or user the FTP server rule w...

Page 32: ... before being disconnected Port Sets the FTP port Default is 21 Flow Control Allows you to limit the amount of bandwidth available for each user MoststandardFTPclientslikeWindows FTP only support Western European codepage when transferring files Support has been added for non standard FTP clients that are capable of supporting these character sets FTP Access List Lists all defined FTP Rules Client...

Page 33: ... D Link router such as the WBR 2310 used in the example below your port forwarding rule should be similar to the following Name Name the DNS 323 FTP server rule IP Address Enter the IP address of the DNS 323 Public Port Enter the public FTP port By default the port is 21 Private Port Enter the private FTP port By default the port is 21 Traffic Type Set the traffic type to TCP If you use an FTP por...

Page 34: ... If the server is enabled the DNS 323 will be automatically detected by UPnP AV compatible media players on your local network Specifies the folder or directory that will be shared by the UPnP AV server Select root to share all files on all volumes or click Browse to select a specific folder Auto Refresh Set the device to auto refresh your media every 5 minutes up to every 24hrs Select None to dis...

Page 35: ...s contained in the specified directory will be available to stream over the network Select Enable or Disable to enable or disable the DNS 323 iTunes server Specifies the folder or directory that will be shared by the iTunes server Select root to share all files on all volumes or click Browse to select a specific folder Sets password for the iTunes server Optional Auto Refresh Set the device to aut...

Page 36: ...er on the DNS 323 launch iTunes When iTunes detects the DNS 323 select it and you will be prompted to enter the iTunes server password if required Select the DNS 323 When prompted enter the iTunes server password Click OK Media stored on the DNS 323 will be available for use in iTunes ...

Page 37: ... a router on your local network Click the Enabled or Disabled radio button to enable or disable the DNS 323 DHCP server Enter the starting IP address for the range of addresses assigned by the DHCP server Ending IP Address Enter the ending IP address for the range of addresses assigned by the DHCP server Sets the duration of time that an IP address will remain assigned to a device Displays the Hos...

Page 38: ...ation LLTD LLTD The DNS 323 supports LLTD LLTD stands for Link LayerTopology Discovery and is used by the Network Map application that is included in Windows Vista Click the Enable or Disable radio button to enable or disable the DNS 323 LLTD service ...

Page 39: ...a password for your admin account It is recommended to set a password when first configuring the DNS 323 The administrator user name is admin and this cannot be changed Enter the current password Leave this blank if you have not set a password yet Enter a new password Enter the new password again for confirmation Click Save Settings to save the new password ...

Page 40: ...NTP synchronizes the DNS 323 with an Internet time server D Link provides two time servers for your convenience Choose the one closest to your location Select your time zone from the drop down menu This option will synchronize the DNS 323 clock with your computer Click SetTime to sync with the local computer This option allows you to set the time and date manually Enter the appropriate time and da...

Page 41: ...will erase all previous configuration changes Click Save to save the current DNS 323 configuration settings to a file on the local computer If at a later time you need to reload this configuration after a system reset browse to the file and click Load Enter the time in minutes that the administrator will be allowed to remain idle while accessing the DNS 323 configuration settings or that users wil...

Page 42: ... them to the device This section provides a link to check for new firmware on the D Link support website If a new firmware is available download the file to your local computer This section provides information about the current DNS 323 firmware When upgrading the firmware click Browse to select the new firmware file on your local computer Click Apply to begin the firmware upgrade process ...

Page 43: ... conditions and drive status conditions These alerts can prove helpful with the management and safeguarding of important data This section contains the configuration settings for the your e mail account and alert preferences Once configured use the Test E Mail button to send a test e mail and confirm your settings are correct This section contains the alert options and their configuration settings...

Page 44: ...domain name of your outgoing mail server If you are unsure of this value contact your e mail provider Sender E Mail Enter the from e mail address e g alerts dns323 com This field does not require a valid e mail address However if your e mail client is filtering spam make sure you allow this address to be received Receiver E Mail Enter the e mail address that will receive the alerts This address mu...

Page 45: ... drive is full A Hard Drive Has Failed An alert will be sent if a critical error occurs on one of the drives Administrator Password Change An alert will be sent if the admin password is changed Firmware Upgraded An alert will be sent if the firmware is upgraded System Temperature Exceeded An alert will be sent if the DNS 323 device temperature exceeds the set threshold After the alert has been sen...

Page 46: ...u to configure the drives to shut down while power remains constant to the device The drives will power up again when data is accessed Enable or Disable Power Management on the DNS 323 by clicking the appropriate radio button Turn off Hard Drives Set the amount of time before idle drives will shut down Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 47: ...guration from Standard to RAID 1 which you can mirror the data from the 1st drive to the 2nd drive to protect your valuable data This will erase all the data in the new 2nd drive If you have installed a 2nd drive and skipped the configuation you will see there is an additional option allowing you to configure the 2nd Hard Drive This will erase all the data stored on the 2nd Hard Drive A pop up win...

Page 48: ...orts RAID levels 0 and 1 RAID 0 RAID 0 provides data striping which spreads out blocks of data over both drives but does not provide data redundancy Although performance is improved the lack of fault tolerance means that if one drive fails all data in the array will be lost RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 1 provides mirroring over both disks with the same read write speed of a single disk A RAID 1 array can on...

Page 49: ...ernet Service Providers assign dynamic changing IP addresses Using a DDNS service provider your friends can enter your domain name to connect to your server no matter what your IP address is Select Enable or Disable Enter the DDNS server address or select from the drop down menu Enter your DDNS host name Enter your DDNS username or key Enter your DDNS password or key Re enter your password or key ...

Page 50: ... current temperature of the DNS 323 Printer Info Displaysinformationforaconnected USB printer If your computer is having problems printing to the DNS 323 you can click the Clear Print Queue s button to remove any print jobs that may be causing your computer to be unable to print Hard Drive Info Displays the hard drive information including the disk mode total size used and remaining drive space ...

Page 51: ...51 D Link DNS 323 User Manual Section 3 Configuration Support The DNS 323 Support page provides a menu of Support topics explaining the features of the device ...

Page 52: ...Mapping a Drive You can use the D Link Easy Search Utility to map drives to your computer Insert the DNS 323 CD into your CD ROM drive Click Easy Search Utility The Easy Search Utility will load and detect any DNS 323 devices that are on the local network ...

Page 53: ...omputer Highlight an available DNS 323 All available volumes will be displayed underDriveMapping Highlightthevolume you want to map to your computer Select an available drive letter from the drop down menu and click Connect If the DNS 323 you are working with does not show up in the device list click Refresh ...

Page 54: ...54 D Link DNS 323 User Manual Section 3 Configuration Double click the My Computer icon on your desktop Double click on the mapped drive to access the files and folders ...

Page 55: ...323 Download Scheduling feature allows you to schedule folder or file downloads and backup sessions Begin by accessing the web based configuration utility of your DNS 323 Click Easy Search Utility Highlight an available DNS 323 and click Configuration to access the web based utility ...

Page 56: ...ction 3 Configuration Type admin for the username and leave the password field blank by default or your new password Click Downloads The DNS 323 login screen will appear The DNS 323 s Download Scheduling configuration page will appear ...

Page 57: ...Manual Section 3 Configuration Scheduling Settings Configure download and backup schedules here Schedule List The Schedule List will display all completed active and pending scheduled downloads and backups Schedule Downloads ...

Page 58: ...nd click Ok to accept the network path Save To Click Test to test the URL is valid and the user name and password are correct Scheduling Settings Local When Recurring Backup Incremental Backup Enter a valid destination drive on the DNS 323 or click Browse to select the destination Enter the date and time you want the scheduled backup or download to occur Designate the interval and time you want th...

Page 59: ... in BitTorrent Manager allowing you to Download and Upload Torrents with the DNS 323 Installing BitTorrent To install the BitTorrent program insert the DNS 323 CD into your CD ROM and launch the Easy Search Utility Click Easy Search Utility Highlight the DNS 323 and click the BitTorrent button ...

Page 60: ...n When the BitTorrent installation has completed the following window will appear to indicate that the DNS 323 is restarting After restarting the Easy Search utility will show the BitTorrent as a volume on the DNS 323 BitTorrent is appearing as a volume ...

Page 61: ...23 built in BitTorrent menu by inserting the DNS 323 CD into your CD ROM and launching the Easy Search Utility Highlight an available DNS 323 and click Configuration to access the web based utility Click Downloads The DNS 323 login screen will appear Type admin for the username and leave the password field blank by default or your new password ...

Page 62: ...tings You can add Torrents from either a URL or from a file on your PC Adding a Torrent From URL To add a Torrent from a URL Click the Add Torrent from URL checkbox Type in the URL of the website where you will download the Torrent from and click the Add button The Torrent will now appear in the Downloads list ...

Page 63: ...ding a Torrent From File To add a Torrent from a File Click the Add Torrent from File checkbox Click the Browse button Navigate to the folder where the Torrents are located on your PC and click the Add button The Torrent will now appear in the Downloads list ...

Page 64: ...Settings Bandwidth Management Seeding Select the appropriate login method to access the files for download If the site requires login credentials select Account and enter a valid username and password To manually set the Bandwidth Management click the Manual radio button and type in the Maximum download rate Maximum upload rate and Maximum upload rate when seeding in the appropriate text boxes Sel...

Page 65: ...65 D Link DNS 323 User Manual Section 3 Configuration Downloads Support The DNS 323 features support files to help you with the Downloads features ...

Page 66: ...iving users the ability to share a printer on their local network Connect a USB printer to the USB port on the back of the DNS 323 It is important to ensure that any of the printer manufacturer s drivers are already installed on any computer you want to print from To add a printer Click Start and select Printers and Faxes ...

Page 67: ...67 D Link DNS 323 User Manual Section 3 Configuration Select Add a printer The Windows Add Printer Wizard will launch Click Next to continue ...

Page 68: ...anual Section 3 Configuration When prompted to choose a local or network printer select A network printer or a printer attached to another computer Click Next to continue Select Browse for a printer and click Next to continue ...

Page 69: ...69 D Link DNS 323 User Manual Section 3 Configuration Double click DNS 323 from the Shared Printers list to expand the tree Select the available USB printer and click Next to continue ...

Page 70: ...e following printer driver messages will appear Click Next to continue Click OK to continue and select a printer driver Select the appropriate printer driver from the list and click OK to complete the wizard If the driver is not in the list select Have Disk ...

Page 71: ...71 D Link DNS 323 User Manual Section 3 Configuration Insert the print driver CD or browse to the appropriate directory Select the appropriate driver file and click Open to continue Click OK to continue ...

Page 72: ...72 D Link DNS 323 User Manual Section 3 Configuration Verify if the driver is correct and click OK to continue The wizard will install the printer drivers and return a completion screen Click Finish ...

Page 73: ...73 D Link DNS 323 User Manual Section 3 Configuration The printer should now appear as an available printer ...

Page 74: ...sion of firmware 1 03 or earlier and have just upgraded to 1 04 or higher Unicode will not be supported until you have reformatted the hard drives in your DNS 323 If you wish to store non English character files but do not want to reformat your hard drives you will need to change the Language setting of the device to ensure compatibility with those files Follow the Easy Search Utility steps below ...

Page 75: ...te language from the drop down menu and click OK The DNS 323 will restart Note Changing the language setting will NOT change the display language of the user interface It is only for supporting non English character file names Highlight an available DNS 323 and click Language ...

Page 76: ...t to the Web UI The DNS 323 will prompt you to format the new drive Standard RAID 1 mode or both drives JBOD RAID 0 mode Adding a New Hard Drive The DNS 323 is able to work with one single hard drive under Standard mode Please make sure the power is off before installing a second hard drive After you install the new drive turn on the DNS 323 and then connect to the Web UI The DNS 323 will prompt y...

Page 77: ... now have two choices for your disk configuration If you want to configure the new disk as a separate volume press the Next button If you want to configure the new disk in the DNS 323 to use RAID 1 click the Reconfigure to RAID 1 check box and click the Next button Note Formatting a hard drive will erase the data stored on the hard drive Please backup important data before formatting a hard drive ...

Page 78: ...78 D Link DNS 323 User Manual Section 3 Configuration The following message will display when the formatting has completed Press the Restart button to continue ...

Page 79: ... 323 Hardware Revision located on the label on the bottom of the switch e g rev B1 Serial Number s n number located on the label on the bottom of the device You can find software updates and user documentation on the D Link website as well as frequently asked questions and answers to technical issues For customers within the United States Phone Support 877 453 5465 Internet Support http support dl...

Page 80: ...ited Warranty will be at D Link s option to repair or replace the defective Hardware during the Warranty Period at no charge to the original owner or to refund the actual purchase price paid Any repair or replacement will be rendered by D Link at an Authorized D Link Service Office The replacement hardware need not be new or have an identical make model or part D Link may at its option replace the...

Page 81: ...see for the non conforming Software will be refunded by D Link provided that the non conforming Software and all copies thereof is first returned to D Link The license granted respecting any Software for which a refund is given automatically terminates Non Applicability of Warranty The Limited Warranty provided hereunder for Hardware and Software portions of D Link s products will not be applied t...

Page 82: ... return shipping charges for any product that is not packaged and shipped in accordance with the foregoing requirements or that is determined by D Link not to be defective or non conforming What Is Not Covered The Limited Warranty provided herein by D Link does not cover Products that in D Link s judgment have been subjected to abuse accident alteration modification tampering negligence misuse fau...

Page 83: ...E SOLE REMEDY FOR A BREACH OF THE FOREGOING LIMITED WARRANTY IS REPAIR REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF THE DEFECTIVE OR NONCONFORMING PRODUCT THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF D LINK UNDER THIS WARRANTY IS LIMITED TO THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE PRODUCT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY THE FOREGOING EXPRESS WRITTEN WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES ARE EXCLUSIVE AND ARE IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES OR REMEDIES EXPRESS IMPLIED OR ST...

Page 84: ...tructions may cause harmful interference to radio communication However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation 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 Re...

Page 85: ...nk DNS 323 User Manual Appendix C Registration Version 1 3 May 16 2008 Product registration is entirely voluntary and failure to complete or return this form will not diminish your warranty rights Registration ...

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