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Chapter 1    Product Information 
 

1-1 Product Introduction 

Thank you for purchasing this Wireless 11n Compact Storage Server. This 
Compact Storage Server lets you easily share your files in your network. 
Simply plug your external hard disk to the Compact Storage Server, connect 
the LAN port to your network, and do some basic settings, and you're ready to 
share files. This Compact Storage Server provides a total solution for the 
Small and Medium-sized Business (SMB) and the Small Office/Home Office 
(SOHO) markets, giving you an instant way to share and manage your files 
through network. 
 

1-2 Features 

 

Built-in FTP and Samba server 

 

Provides USB mass storage sharing function 

 

Share files via FTP or Network Neighborhood 

 

Supports FTP/ HTTP download agent 

 

Supports P2P (BitTorrent) download 

 

Supports UPnP/DLNA Media Server, iTunes Server   

 

Supports Web Configuration 

 

Firmware Upgradable 

 

Supports Workgroup setup 

 

Supports User Account management 

 

Supports Samba, FTP share permission management 

 

Supports HDD partition tool 

 

1-3 Package Contents 

 

One Wireless 11n Compact Storage Server 

 

One Quick Installation Guide 

 

One Power Adapter 

 

One Antenna 

 

One UTP cable 

 

One CDROM (Utility, Multi-language QIG & Manual) 

 
1-4 System Requirements 

 

CPU: Intel Pentium III 750MHz above or Intel Celeron I GHz above 

 

OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 

 

Browser: IE 6.0 or above, Netscape Navigator 7.2 or above, Firefox 2.0.0.3 
or above 

 

External USB Storage: 

 

Flash drive x 1 

Summary of Contents for NS-1500n

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Page 2: ...are Further this company reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes...

Page 3: ...f the corresponding source code Please contact Edimax at Edimax Technology co Ltd NO 3 Wu Chuan 3rd RD Wu Ku Industrial Park Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C TEL 886 2 77396888 FAX 886 2 77396887 sales edima...

Page 4: ...Auto search for Storage Server 14 4 2 Login Storage Server 15 4 3 Quick Setup 15 4 4 Build Disks 16 4 5 Configure Password of Administrator 18 4 6 Configure Network Setting 19 4 7 Storage Server Name...

Page 5: ...amba server Provides USB mass storage sharing function Share files via FTP or Network Neighborhood Supports FTP HTTP download agent Supports P2P BitTorrent download Supports UPnP DLNA Media Server iTu...

Page 6: ...e follow the wizard to format your disk into either FAT32 or EXT2 file system Limit the number of simultaneous movie or music streams being served by the Wireless 11n Compact Storage Server Scanning y...

Page 7: ...he system will release the external USB hard disk attached to the storage server After the Storage LED turning off you can unplug the attached USB hard disk safely Press this button for more than 5 se...

Page 8: ...rnal power of your USB mass storage devices before you connect them to the storage server 2 3 LED On top of the NS 1500n there are LEDs which show the status of the NS 1500n Below is the list of each...

Page 9: ...Fast Flashing The USB mass storage is full or the storage server is restoring factory default settings or some error happens LAN ON LAN port is connected Off LAN port is unconnected Flashing Data is t...

Page 10: ...t using the NS 1500n 1 Plug your USB hard disk to the USB port of the NS 1500n If your USB hard disk has external power adapter please make sure that the external power adapter is plugged and is suppl...

Page 11: ...11 3 Plug the power adaptor to the NS 1500n as shown in the setup diagram below 4 When the Storage LED is steady lit the NS 1500n is ready...

Page 12: ...t the Storage Server Wizard utility CD into your PC The Installation program of the Storage Server utilities will be executed automatically If the Installation program is not executed please execute i...

Page 13: ...t Administrator Tool and click Next to install Administrator Tool wizard utility 4 The installation program starts to install the Storage Server Wizard utilities 5 Click Finish when the installation i...

Page 14: ...ter the installation there are three utilities installed Download Manager NetDisk Explorer and Storage Server Management Wizard They are located under Start All Programs Edimax shown as the following...

Page 15: ...en the Storage Server Management Wizard starts all Storage Servers in your local area network will be listed Select the Storage Server you want to configure and click Next If you do not find the Stora...

Page 16: ...er login click Quick Setup and the wizard will guide you through all the procedures of Storage Server basic settings 4 4 Build Disks If this is the first time that the hard disk drive is used in this...

Page 17: ...d disk drive will be ERASED The following page lets you confirm it or abort the erasing operation If you want to let the Storage Server build disk for you please select the file system format to build...

Page 18: ...18 Click Next if you want to continue Click Exit if you want to abort the configuration...

Page 19: ...r and click Next or just click Next directly to keep the current password Click Exit to abort configuration and all the modification you did will not be applied Parameter Description New Password 0 30...

Page 20: ...d as default If the IP address of your PC is configured manually the Storage Server Wizard will also let you configure IP of the Storage Server manually and Storage Server Wizard will search for an av...

Page 21: ...sh this Storage Server get IP address from your DHCP server please select Obtain an IP address automatically Note According to the settings of you DHCP server the IP address obtained from your DHCP se...

Page 22: ...iguration and all the modification you did will not be applied Parameters Description Storage Server Name The Storage Server Name must be 4 15 characters Only alphanumeric and underline characters can...

Page 23: ...ick Next Click Exit to abort configuration and all the modification you did will not be applied Parameters Description Turn on BT download function Whether to turn on BT download function Turn on iTun...

Page 24: ...reate Shared Folders or Clear Rebuild All Disks in the previous step you can create user account for the Storage Server Click Add to add a user account Fill in the user name and password and assign a...

Page 25: ...alphanumeric characters Must be same with New Password Create Directory on The wizard will create a home directory for this user on the selected hard disk drive Description The description of the user...

Page 26: ...e Select the time zone of the area you are living in The Storage Server will set its time based on your selection Enable Daylight Savings The storage server can also take daylight saving into account...

Page 27: ...n Confirm your configuration and click Apply Click Exit to abort configuration and all the modification you did will not be applied If the USB mass storage will be formatted the following dialog will...

Page 28: ...28 The Storage Server Wizard will start to apply configuration to your Storage Server Please wait for a while After the configuration is completed the Storage Server will restart...

Page 29: ...29 After the Storage Server restarts the following window shows Click Finish You can start to use the Storage Server...

Page 30: ...or all available storage servers and list them to you If you do not see the storage server please check the network connectivity and click Rescan Select the storage server in the list and click Connec...

Page 31: ...r this login window your account will be in the User Name list for selection Remember my password If you check it Download Manager will remember your password for the storage server Every time when yo...

Page 32: ...ou can resume that stopped download item by clicking the Resume button Every non stopped download item has a Pause button and you can stop that download item by clicking the Pause button For every BT...

Page 33: ...other download items are displayed with white background color All trying or downloading items are displayed with blue words all waiting items are displayed with red words all finished items are displ...

Page 34: ...er Start All Programs Edimax NetDisk Explorer shown as the following picture All available storage servers will be listed in the pop up window Select your newly setup storage server and click Connect...

Page 35: ...Server The upper half of NetDisk Explorer lists the contents of the shared folders that you can access of the Network Storage Server The lower half of NetDisk Explorer lists the disk contents of your...

Page 36: ...nonymously accessible by FTP and Windows My Network Places Samba with reading and writing privilege The media files in Media folder can be accessed by iTunes and DLNA compliant media adapters like Son...

Page 37: ...so anonymously accessible by FTP and Windows My Network Places Samba with reading and writing privilege The video files in Video folder can be accessed by DLNA compliant media adapters like Sony PS3 X...

Page 38: ...that may cause undesired operation Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the authority to operate equipment Federal Communications Comm...

Page 39: ...home and office use in Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Malta Poland Romania Slovakia Slo...

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