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DNS-G120 User’s Manual

D-Link Systems, Inc.

Hardware Overview

Rear Panel

Press this button to safely
disconnect USB drives from
the DNS-G120.

Disconnect Button

Connects to your router or
switch using the included
Ethernet cable.

Ethernet Port

Receptor for the provided
power adapter.

Power Receptor

This button will restore the
factory default settings.

Reset Button

Connects your USB 1.1 or
2.0 drives to the DNS-G120.

USB Ports

Hardware Overview

Summary of Contents for G120 - DNS NAS Server

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Page 2: ...g a Drive 16 Using the Easy Search Utility 19 Using the Conﬁguration Utility 20 Setup Wizard 21 IP Settings 25 Wireless Settings 26 Wireless Security 27 Device Settings 28 User Creation 29 Network Access 30 FTP Server 32 Admin Password 36 Time Server 37 System Settings 38 Upgrade Firmware 39 Device Information 40 Help Screen 41 Download Scheduling 42 Scheduling Status 45 Networking Basics 46 Troub...

Page 3: ...torage Adapter CD ROM with Manual and Software Ethernet CAT5 UTP Straight Through Cable 5V 2 5A Power Supply Minimum System Requirements Computer with Windows XP or 2000 Internet Explorer version 6 0 or Netscape Navigator version 7 0 and above USB Hard Drive An 802 11g b Wireless Network An available Ethernet port on the network It is required that an Ethernet cable is used during initial setup On...

Page 4: ...built in FTP server allowing you to access content stored on the network while you re away You can also create users and set password protection for your FTP server giving you a secure storage location over the Internet Schedule complete or incremental backups using automated backup functionality of the DNS G120 The DNS G120 includes Nero BackItUp software for backing up and restoring data Additio...

Page 5: ...the back of the DNS G120 Through plug and play setup installing the DNS G120 into your network has never been easier Simply connect the DNS G120 to a 10 100 Fast Ethernet port on your network router or switch plug in USB hard drives or ﬂash drives and conﬁgure additional setup options using the Web based conﬁguration utility Additional setup options can be conﬁgured using the built in Web based co...

Page 6: ... Indicates that the DNS G120 is properlyconnectedtoawireless network and blinks when data is being transmitted Wireless LED Wirelessly connect to WiFi networks Antenna Solid green indicates a good power source connection Power LED Blinking green indicates when an USB drive is initially connected to the DNS G120 Solid green indicates the USB drive is ready for use USB LED Hardware Overview ...

Page 7: ...es from the DNS G120 Disconnect Button Connects to your router or switch using the included Ethernet cable Ethernet Port Receptor for the provided power adapter Power Receptor This button will restore the factory default settings Reset Button Connects your USB 1 1 or 2 0 drives to the DNS G120 USB Ports Hardware Overview ...

Page 8: ...8 DNS G120 User s Manual D Link Systems Inc Getting Started When you have completed the steps in this Quick Installation Guide your connected network may look similar to this Getting Started ...

Page 9: ... on the back of the device Plug the other end of the AC Adapter into a power strip or wall outlet 3 Attach your USB drive s to the USB port s on the rear panel of the DNS G120 The USB LED on the front panel will blink until the drive has been installed Once the USB LED is solid green your USB drive is ready for use 4 Hardware Installation It is required that an Ether It is required that an Etherne...

Page 10: ...vices so that the number of walls or ceilings is minimized 1 Be aware of the direct line between network devices A wall that is 1 5 feet thick 5 meters at a 45 degree angle appears to be almost 3 feet 1 meter thick At a 2 degree angle it looks over 42 feet 14 meters thick Position devices so that the signal will travel straight through a wall or ceiling instead of at an angle for better reception ...

Page 11: ...you do not have Windows XP SP2 or do not wish to use WCN to setup your wireless settings skip to page 14 to connect to a wireless network Windows Connect Now WCN Windows Connect Now Click Start Accessories Communications Wireless Network Setup Wizard Click Next If you have already used WCN to conﬁgure other wireless devices on your network and would like to use the same settings on your DNS G120 c...

Page 12: ...er the key again to conﬁrm Enter the network name SSID If you want Windows to assign a random network key encryption key select Automatically assign a network key To use WPA PSK select Use WPA Encryption instead of WEP Click Next Windows Connect Now Continued This screen appears if you choose to set the WPA key manually Enter the desired encryption key in the space provided and then enter the key ...

Page 13: ...nserting the USB ﬂash drive into the USB port on the DNS G120 the USB LED will blink as it detects the USB ﬂash drive and then turn off The USB LED will then blink quickly 3 times and turn off again Once the USB light is solid and the WLAN light blinks you may unplug the USB ﬂash drive When the DNS G120 wireless setup is successful a window similar to this one will appear You have completed the wi...

Page 14: ...press the Enter or Return key The logon screen will appear Type admin for the username and leave the password ﬁeld blank Click Conﬁg Next click Wireless on the left side Click Enabled Click Site Survey Connecting to a Wireless Network If you have conﬁgured the wireless settings using Windows Connect Now WCN you may skip this section and continue to page 16 ...

Page 15: ...ete Note Allow up to 30 seconds for the DNS G120 to connect wirelessly Connecting to a Wireless Network Click Connect Connecting to a Wireless Network continued Click Apply If the wireless network you ve selected has any wireless security enabled you will be prompted to enter the WEP or WPA PSK information Refer to pages 26 27 for more information regarding encryption ...

Page 16: ...ity Highlight an available DNS G120 Available shares will be displayed under Link Info Highlight the share you want to map Select an available drive letter from the drop down menu and click Connect Click Disconnect to remove the selected mapped drive Once connected your mapped drive s will appear in My Computer From your desktop double click the My Computer icon and then double click your mapped d...

Page 17: ...SB drive so that it is accessible from the My Computer screen Mapping a Drive continued You will ﬁnd the DNS G120 shared folder under the Workgroup Name that you entered into the Setup Wizard or in the Home LAN screen in the Conﬁguration Utility Click Finish Right click Start and click Explore Click Tools and click Map Network Drive Select an available drive letter and click Browse to locate your ...

Page 18: ...nk Systems Inc Mapping a Drive continued Mapping a Drive Double click the My Computer icon on your desktop Once connected all shared folders will appear in My Computer Double click on the mapped drive to access the ﬁles and folders ...

Page 19: ...Utility Using the Easy Search Utility Insert the DNS G120 CD into your CD ROM drive Click Lauch D Link Easy Search Utility Highlight an available DNS G120 and click Conﬁguration to access the web based utility To assign a static IP highlight the DNS G120 and select Disabled from the DHCP Client drop down menu Enter the new IP address and network settings Click Apply to save the settings Refer to p...

Page 20: ...n the Easy Search Utility included on your CD or type http DNS G120 into a web browser Once you have logged in the Home screen shown on the next page will appear Type admin for the username and leave the password ﬁeld blank Click Conﬁg Open your Web browser and type http DNS G120 into the URL address box and then press the Enter or Return key The logon screen will appear ...

Page 21: ...d the Setup Wizard will guide you through the basic conﬁguration For a tour of the Wizard please see the following pages in this section Home Wizard These buttons appear on most of the conﬁguration screens in this section Please click on the appropriate button at the bottom of each screen after you have made a conﬁguration change ...

Page 22: ...d Using the Conﬁguration Utility The Wizard will guide you through ﬁve steps Password Time Zone LAN Connection Additional settings Wireless Settings Click Next Click Next Click Next Create a new password for your DNS G120 Select your Time Zone from the drop down menu ...

Page 23: ...t be in the same range as your network Enter the workgroup name of your network Enter a name and a description for the DNS G120 By default the wireless function is disabled To connect to a wireless network select Enable and click on Site Survey or you may manually enter your wireless settings and security information as explained on pages 26 27 If you have conﬁgured the wireless settings using Win...

Page 24: ...c Using the Setup Wizard continued Please see the following pages for a complete overview of the Web based conﬁguration utility You have completed the basic conﬁguration of the DNS G120 using the setup wizard Using the Setup Wizard Click Restart ...

Page 25: ...cted Enter the subnet mask here when Static IP is selected Enter the gateway address here when Static IP is selected This is normally the LAN address of your router DNS Domain Name System is an Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses Enter a DNS address here If you are using a router in your network you can usually enter the router s LAN IP address as the DNS address Click ...

Page 26: ...nfrastructure Connect to an access point or router Ad Hoc Connect to another wireless client peer to peer Enter the SSID of your network You may click Site Survey to select an available wireless AP or router Select WEP or WPA PSK For more information see page 27 Select the WEP WPA PSK key format Hexadecimal or ASCII Hexadecimal only A F and 0 9 are valid characters ASCII All numbers and letters ar...

Page 27: ...s for 64 bit encryption 128 bit hexadecimal keys are exactly 26 characters in length 456FBCDF123400122225271730 is a valid string of 26 characters for 128 bit encryption 64 bit ASCII keys are exactly 5 characters in length DMODE is a valid string of 5 characters for 64 bit encryption 128 bit ASCII keys are exactly 13 characters in length 2002HALOSWIN1 is a valid string of 13 characters for 128 bit...

Page 28: ...ice Using the Conﬁguration Utility Workgroup Name Description Enter the name of the workgroup of your network Enter a name for the DNS G120 device This is useful if you have more than one DNS G120 devices on the network Enter a description of the DNS G120 ...

Page 29: ... User Name Password Comﬁrm Password Apply Users you create will be listed under User List To change a current user s password click the icon next to a user listed under User List Click Apply to save any changes To delete a user click the icon next to a user listed under User List Click Apply to save any changes You will need to create users when assigning permissions using FTP and using the downlo...

Page 30: ...Only or Read Write from the drop down menu Enter a comment regarding the rule By default all users on your local network will have read write permissions to all ﬁles and folders on the USB drive s that are connected to the DNS G120 This rule will be displayed in the list similar to the picture above Note Currently you may only assign Read Only permissions to the USB drive s if formatted with NTFS ...

Page 31: ...have been created Example In the example below permissions are set for the folder Drivers on the USB drive named Storage1 Two users user1 and user2 were created refer to page 29 on creating users User1 has been assigned read write permissions for the Drivers folder as seen in the network access list User2 will be assigned read only permissions for the Drivers folder Once the settings are applied U...

Page 32: ...older from the USB drive that you would like to create the rule for Check the Root box to select the root level of both USB drives at once Select Read Only or Read Write from the drop down menu You can use the built in FTP server to allow users from the Internet or Intranet FTP access to the drive s or folder s that you want to share Root Authority Add Click Add to save your share permissions ...

Page 33: ...ed amount of time You may change the port used for FTP The default port is 21 Select Unlimited or enter a data rate x10 KB for restricted data ﬂow This setting is only necessary where network trafﬁc is signiﬁcant and can be affected by FTP server activity Port Flow Control Path Displays current FTP users paths and permissions FTP Server Status Displays the current information regarding the FTP ser...

Page 34: ...ng a web browser and entering http dns g120 Click Advanced and then click FTP Server Select a user from the drop down menu or check All Accounts If Root is not checked select the folder and click OK Click the sign to expand the folder tree Select Read Only or Read Write Click Add Click Open to select the folder you want to allow FTP access to Check Root to assign access to both USB drives at once ...

Page 35: ...browser and enter ftp dns g120 and press enter If you are behind a router you will need to forward the FTP port to the DNS G120 Additional ﬁltering and ﬁrewall settings may need to be modiﬁed on your router to allow Internet access to the DNS G120 Once the port is forwarded to the DNS G120 users from the Internet will enter ftp followed by the WAN IP address of the router e g ftp 64 56 23 111 If y...

Page 36: ...he Admin screen will allow you to change the Admin password User Name Password The user name is set to admin You cannot change the user name Enter the old password New Password Conﬁrm Password Enter your new password Enter your new password again Apply Click Apply to save your new password ...

Page 37: ...o set the DNS 120 internal clock to the changes made Select the time zone Apply Click Apply to save your settings Set the Time Time Zone Daylight Saving Time Select to enable daylight savings This section will set the DNS G120 internal clock It is important that accurate time is set for scheduled downloading and backup of ﬁles and folders Current Time is displayed in 24 hour format e g 14 00 is 2 ...

Page 38: ...Click Restart to reboot your DNS G120 Click Restore to reset the DNS G120 back to the factory default settings erasing all changes you have made Enter the time in minutes for the idle time in both the Scheduling and Conﬁg sections Users will be logged off if the idle time is exceeded Apply Click Apply to save your settings Idle Time ...

Page 39: ...e ﬁrmware upgrade ﬁle to your hard drive click Browse to ﬁnd the upgrade When you have found it click Open in the browser window and click Apply in this screen to begin the ﬁrmware upgrade When the upgrade is complete message appears click Restart After the login screen appears wait 30 seconds before logging into the DNS G120 ...

Page 40: ...cess List The LAN Info section will display the network settings of the DNS G120 The workgroup name and description of the DNS G120 will be displayed in this section The Wireless Info section will display the current wireless settings including the SSID IP address and channel Current shares and permissions will be displayed in this section ...

Page 41: ...41 DNS G120 User s Manual D Link Systems Inc Using the Conﬁguration Menu Help This section lists all of the available help topics for reference Click on a topic to view the online help information ...

Page 42: ...jobs To log into the web based conﬁguration of the DNS G120 you may run the Easy Search Utility included on your CD or type in http DNS G120 into a web browser Type admin for the username and leave the password ﬁeld blank Click Download Schedule Open your Web browser and type http DNS G120 into the URL address box and then press the Enter or Return key The logon screen will appear ...

Page 43: ... which you wish to initiate a ﬁle or folder transfer To initiate a remote FTP or HTTP ﬁle or folder transfer refer to the following examples of valid URL formats ftp 123 45 67 89 Test for a folder transfer ftp 123 45 67 89 Test hello txt for a single ﬁle transfer http www abc123 org Test transfer from an HTTP site To initiate a local PC s same network as DNS G120 shared ﬁle or shared folder transf...

Page 44: ...o begin the browsing process Enter the date and time you wish the ﬁle or folder transfer to commence The current date and time according the DNS G120 internal clock will be displayed in the various drop down boxes that appear as a reference point The format of the date is Year Month Day The time is set and displayed in 24 hour format When If you wish to make unattended backups at regular intervals...

Page 45: ...ng or completed download events Current download statistics such as completed and download speed are displayed for each event The icons below represent the current status of each event Download Successful Download Failed Download Pending Waiting Link File Download in Progress Using the Conﬁguration Menu ...

Page 46: ...ease follow these directions Click Start in the lower left corner of the screen Right click on My Computer Select Properties and click Select the Computer Name Tab in the System Properties window You may enter a Computer Description if you wish this ﬁeld is optional To rename the computer and join a domain Click Change ...

Page 47: ...ser s Manual D Link Systems Inc In this window enter the Computer name Select Workgroup and enter the name of the Workgroup All computers on your network must have the same Workgroup name Click OK Networking Basics ...

Page 48: ...efault gateway Click Close The wireless adapter equipped computers in your network must be in the same IP Address range see Getting Started in this manual for a deﬁnition of IP Address Range To check the IP Address of the adapter please do the following Right click on the Local Area Connection icon in the task bar Click on Status Checking the IP Address in Windows XP ...

Page 49: ...ation Protocol technology If you are using a DHCP capable router you will not need to assign static IP addresses If you are not using a DHCP capable router or you need to assign a static IP address please follow these instructions Go to Start Double click on Control Panel Assigning a Static IP Address in Windows XP 2000 Networking Basics Double click on Network Connections ...

Page 50: ...l TCP IP Click Properties Input your IP address and subnet mask The IP addresses on your network must be within the same range For example if one computer has an IP address of 192 168 0 2 the other computers should have IP addresses that are sequential like 192 168 0 3 and 192 168 0 4 The subnet mask must be the same for all the computers on the network ...

Page 51: ... information will be supplied by your ISP Internet Service Provider Click OK Go to Start Run type cmd A window similar to this one will appear Type ping xxx xxx xxx xxx where xxx is the IP address of the wireless router or access point A good wireless connection will show four replies from the wireless router or access point as shown Checking the Wireless Connection by Pinging in Windows XP and 20...

Page 52: ...sh a wireless connection Make sure that the SSID on the access point or router is exactly the same as on the DNS G120 If they are not wireless connection will not be established Move the DNS G120 and the wireless access point or router into the same room and then test the wireless connection Disable all security settings Turn off the DNS G120 and the wireless router or access point Turn the wirele...

Page 53: ...ss Frequency Range 2 4GHz to 2 4835GHz Wireless Operating Range2 Indoors Up to 328 feet 100 meters Outdoors Up to 1 312 feet 400 meters 1 Maximum wireless signal rate based on IEEE Standard 802 11g speciﬁcations Actual data throughput will vary Network conditions and environmental factors including volume of network trafﬁc building materials and construction and network overhead lower actual data ...

Page 54: ...PER 84 dBm 11 Mbps CCK 8 PER 82 dBm 9 Mbps OFDM 10 PER 87 dBm 6 Mbps OFDM 10 PER 88 dBm 5 5 Mbps CCK 8 PER 85 dBm 2 Mbps QPSK 8 PER 86 dBm 1 Mbps BPSK 8 PER 89 dBm External Antenna Type One external 2 0dB gain with reverse SMA connector LEDs Power Ethernet Wireless USB Temperature Operating 41ºF to 122ºF 5ºC to 50ºC Storing 4ºF to 122ºF 20ºC to 50ºC Humidity 5 90 non condensing Certiﬁcations FCC P...

Page 55: ...ical Support over the Internet http support dlink ca email support dlink ca When contacting technical support please provide the following information Serial number of the unit Model number or product name Software type and version number Contacting Technical Support 2005 D Link Corporation D Link Systems Inc All rights reserved D Link the D Link logo are registered trademarks of D Link Corporatio...

Page 56: ...s documentation D Link further warrants that during the Software Warranty Period the magnetic media on which D Link delivers the Software will be free of physical defects The customer s sole and exclusive remedy and the entire liability of D Link and its suppliers under this Limited Warranty will be at D Link s option to replace the non conforming Software or defective media with software that sub...

Page 57: ...N AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PRODUCT IS WITH THE PURCHASER OF THE PRODUCT Limitation of Liability TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW D LINK IS NOT LIABLE UNDER ANY CONTRACT NEGLIGENCE STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY FOR ANY LOSS OF USE OF THE PRODUCT INCONVENIENCE OR DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER WHETHER DIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES...

Page 58: ...This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation IMPORTANT NOTE FCC Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrol...

Page 59: ...DNS G120 User s Manual D Link Systems Inc Registration Registration 05 25 2005 Product registration is entirely voluntary and failure to complete or return this form will not diminish your warranty rights ...

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