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6.  After successful installation, the 

 shortcut shows on your windows 

desktop. 

 

Note:

 For instructions using the software, please refer to chapter 

“ Using EZIP 

Backup to backup your files” 

in 

Appendix

.

 

 

Making Connection with the Device 

 

Before you start 

 

IP Protocol Setup 

 

Configuring the network protocols 

 

For users to launch the device easily, we provide a convenient 

PNMD

, which detects 

this device automatically in your LAN.   

 
To function the 

PNMD

 correctly, please make sure that your PC 

DOES NOT

 obtain 

IP address automatically or the 

PNMD

 will not be able to initialize the setup 

procedure according to your network settings.   

 

Note: 

  If you have accessed the device and enabled the DHCP function for the 

device. You are allowed to use the 

PNMD

 without specifying static IP address for 

your computer.   
 

The following chapter indicates how to configure an IP address for your PC. Users 
that have got a specified IP, please skip this chapter to 

“Connecting the device 

with PNMD”

 to proceed.   

 

How to configure the TCP/IP network protocol of your PC 

 

Before the following IP protocol settings, you have to get an IP address in advance. 
If you don’t have any IP address or you are not going to access the device via our 

PNMD

, please choose an IP between 

192.168.1.2~255

 as your IP address. Please 

DO NOT 

choose 192.168.1.1 for the IP address (192.168.1.1) has been set as the 

default IP for this device.   

 

Note:  

1.  The default network setting of the device: 
 

IP address:

   

192.168.1.1 

 

Subnet Mask:

 255.255.255.0 

 

DHCP Client:

  

Disabled 

2.  In the following TCP/IP configuration guide, the IP address “192.168.1.2 ” is 

assumed to be your IP address. 

Summary of Contents for USS4500-E

Page 1: ...User s Guide USB Network Shared Storage ...

Page 2: ...n 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 CE Mark Warning This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility EN 55022 class B for ITE the essential protection requirement of Council Directive 89 33...

Page 3: ...LATION 13 Installing the PNMD 13 Installing the EZIP Backup 15 MAKING CONNECTION WITH THE DEVICE 17 Before you start 17 IP Protocol Setup 17 Windows 98 Me 18 Windows 2000 20 Windows XP 22 Connecting the device with PNMD 24 To access to folders in the device 28 MANAGEMENT GUIDE 30 STARTING THE GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE GUI 30 USING THE GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE GUI 32 Understanding the GUI 32 Management ...

Page 4: ...ON 52 FTP FTP Configuration 52 Security IP IP Filter Setting 53 Security MAC MAC Filter Setting 54 File Download File Download Configuration 55 MAINTENANCE 56 Upload Download Configuration 56 Backup the Device Configuration Status 56 Reload the Device Configuration Status 57 Code Page 57 Firmware Upgrade 57 Restart the System 58 Reset to Factory Default 58 Syslog Information 58 WEB SERVER 59 Web S...

Page 5: ...4 Clean Printer Job Queue 67 APPENDIX 68 TO USE THE BACKUP BUTTON 68 TROUBLE SHOOTING 71 PRODUCT SPECIFICATION 74 ...

Page 6: ...hapter to know your USB Network Shared Storage Unpacking information Before getting started please verify that your package includes the following items 1 One USB Network Shared Storage 2 One power adapter 3 One Quick Installation Guide 4 One Utility Manual CD ...

Page 7: ... your USB storage to the device members in your LAN will be able to upload download files to from your USB storage device via My Neighborhood or FTP client You can also construct a WEB site with the HTTP server to share your files The embedded printer server also brings you terrific convenience on sharing your printer User friendly and high compatibility this product provides 2 USB ports for conne...

Page 8: ...erver for Web site construction Compatible with Windows 95 98 98SE ME XP 2000 NT4 0 Linux MAC OS Supports group access management Supports Reading writing for connected USB storage in EXT3 FAT32 file format Supports code page for multiple language characters English German French Italian Spanish Portuguese Russian Japanese Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Korean Support firmware update over ...

Page 9: ... the Power LED starts to blink Backup Button Press the Backup button to copy files form USB port II to port I Note To get instruction about the backup button please refer to Appendix for more information LEDs Definition LED Status Steady Green Power on Blinking Green System rebooting Power Off Power off Green Valid connection on LAN port Blinking Green Data transmitting on LAN port LAN Off Invalid...

Page 10: ...nnected USB II Off No connection HD Full Amber The USB HD that connected to USB port 1 is full USB Error Amber Invalid copy after press the Backup button Note when this LED is lit please refer to Syslog Information for detailed information Off Invalid connection on LAN port ...

Page 11: ...from the device 2 The device also supports restoring factory by software To get instruction restoring factory default parameters see Reset to Factory Default LAN Port Connect the port with RJ 45 cable to your switch or IP sharing router Note To get instruction connecting the device to your LAN refer to Making Connection with the Device Power Adapter Socket The socket for connecting the included po...

Page 12: ... connecting to USB port I which is regarded as the master storage device for this product After pressing the Backup button on this product the master storage device is the destination of the copied files from the USB port II 2 Connect one end of a RJ 45 cable to the LAN port on the device 3 Connect the other end of the cable to your IP sharing router or switch ...

Page 13: ...tlet 5 Find the USB cable that came with your USB storage or USB printer Insert the USB Type A end of the cable to the device the other end to your USB storage or USB Printer Note The Type A end of the USB cable is usually the end that connects to your computer 6 Press the power button to power on ...

Page 14: ...ollow the instructions to install the software 1 Insert the CD Rom that came with this product to your CD Rom drive The main menu pops up automatically Click the Install PNMD button to start installation Note If the auto run program is not activated please click on My Computer your CD Rom Drive then click the Install Menu icon to start the main menu 2 Click Next on the welcome window ...

Page 15: ...want this software to be used by anyone who uses this computer or yourself only Click Next to proceed 4 Choose the destination folder for this software and click Next to start installation You may click Browse to change the location 5 Click Finish to complete the software installation ...

Page 16: ...omputer to the hard drive connecting to the product Please follow the instructions below to install the software 1 Insert the CD Rom that came with this product to your CD Rom drive The main menu pops up automatically Click the Install EZIP Backup button to start installation Note If the auto run program is not activated please click on My Computer your CD Rom Drive then click the Install Menu ico...

Page 17: ...want this software to be used by anyone who uses this computer or yourself only Click Next to proceed 4 Choose the destination folder for this software and click Next to start installation You may click Browse to change the location 5 Click Finish to complete the software installation ...

Page 18: ...ce You are allowed to use the PNMD without specifying static IP address for your computer The following chapter indicates how to configure an IP address for your PC Users that have got a specified IP please skip this chapter to Connecting the device with PNMD to proceed How to configure the TCP IP network protocol of your PC Before the following IP protocol settings you have to get an IP address i...

Page 19: ...18 How to configure the TCP IP network protocol Windows 98 Me 1 Click on Start Settings Control Panel Network 2 Click TCP IP Your Ethernet Adaptor then click the Properties button ...

Page 20: ...Address tab and click on Specify an IP Address 4 Fill in the IP address State the subnet mask to be 255 255 255 0 5 Click OK and OK Now the system may ask for your Windows disc follow the steps then restart your computer ...

Page 21: ...20 How to configure the TCP IP network protocol Windows 2000 1 Click on Start Settings Network and dial up connections 2 Choose Local Area Connection and click Properties ...

Page 22: ...21 3 Click on Internet protocol TCP IP then click Properties 4 Select Use the following IP address State the subnet mask to be 255 255 255 0 Click OK and OK then restart your computer ...

Page 23: ...ssic Start menu view click Start Settings Control Panel Network Connections If you are in Start menu view click Start Control Panel Network Connections 2 Double click Local Area Connection 3 Choose Internet Protocol TCP IP click Properties and select Use the following IP Address ...

Page 24: ...23 4 Fill in the IP Address The subnet mask is entered automatically on Windows XP Click OK The IP setting of your PC is completed now Please refer to the following guide to proceed ...

Page 25: ...e click Next to proceed Note This window pops up only when there is no device detected It guides users to attach cables for the device If the PNMD detects this product successfully the window is not going to appear Please skip to step 4 to continue 2 Connect the USB Port I to your USB hard drive and the LAN port to your switch or IP sharing router respectively ...

Page 26: ...n 4 After scanning the menu shows the device in your LAN You may click the button to search for NAS in your LAN again 5 The window shows the connection status of this device in your LAN You may click on each icon to get detailed information of each device Select the one that you are going to connect to and click the button ...

Page 27: ...ich allows the PNMD to assign IP addresses for the device or select Use the IP Address as below fill in IP address manually for this device Enter the username and password and click OK Note The default username password is admin admin To get information modifying the username and password see Administrator Superuser Password Setting ...

Page 28: ...lly 8 Select your NAS You may Click the button to access to folders of the USB hard drive that connects to the device Click the button Fill in the username and password and click OK to open the GUI interface Note To get instructions using the GUI please see Using the Graphic User Interface GUI ...

Page 29: ...Power Guest The account is allowed to read all folders in the device Note 1 You can change the authorities of the three predefined users for getting accessed to each folder To change their authorities please see To Configure Folder Properties 2 To add or configure a account please see To Configure a User 3 Users that would like to use another set of username password after getting accessed to any ...

Page 30: ...5 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 1 2 1 Open a web browser 2 Fill 2 backslashes and the device s IP address in the address bar and press enter Note You should have your computer and the device configured in a LAN For information about configuring the network settings see Assign a Static IP address for your computer ...

Page 31: ... Double click the shortcut on your desktop to start the PNMD Note To get instruction installing the PNMD please see Installing the PNMD 2 The PNMD window pops up Select your NAS and click the button 3 When the Enter Network Password window pops up enter a user name and password 4 Click OK The GUI Opens Note 1 The default user name and password is admin admin To change the username password please ...

Page 32: ...5 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 1 2 1 Open a web browser 2 Enter the device s IP address in the address bar and press enter Note You should have your computer and the device configured in a LAN For information about configuring the network settings see Assign a Static IP address for your computer 3 When the Enter Network Password windows pops up enter a user name and password 4 Click OK The GU...

Page 33: ...he configuration categories on this device To get access to each category click on the button that you are going to configure 2 Configuration items Located on the right side of each page Shows the items that can be configured You can click on the tabs that listed above to access to each sub categories Note For detail information about configuring each item please refer to the management instructio...

Page 34: ...e user properties Group To make users in groups Add users to groups or remove users from groups Option FTP Change FTP properties including Port number timeout setting and enable disable anonymous access Security IP To configure the allowed or denied IP addresses for getting access to the device Security MAC To configure the allowed or denied MAC addresses for getting access to the device File Down...

Page 35: ...address The IP address of the device HD used The usage percentage of HD Total amount of HD Up time The estimate time that you power the device on Version The firmware version of the device Samba Users The number of members who is currently using the device by Samba FTP Users The number of members who is currently using the device by FTP client UPNP Printer Loaded Check if the UPNP and Printer func...

Page 36: ...lder Configuration The folder configuration allows users to add folders delete folders and change folder properties Note Only the folders in USB I Port will be listed automatically To share and configure the folders in USB Port II you have to mount it first Please refer to Mount Dismount Your USB Storage on Port II to the Device for instruction To Configure Folder Properties Click on the folder th...

Page 37: ...er configuration page shows up This page allows users to Change Folder Name Folder Description Add or remove authorized users or groups for this folder Change folder accessing authority level for users and groups ...

Page 38: ... for folder name and description 3 The folder name description is replaced successfully You may click Change to do more configurations for this folder or click Back to return to folder list Configure folder accessing authority level for users and groups 1 Configure the access permission rules for all users by pre defined levels Select one level and click Save to apply this authority for all users ...

Page 39: ... folder uses user defined authority settings The access permissions in Group Authority Setting and User Authority Setting will be applied to this folder 2 Configure the access permission rules by groups and users Note Before starting you have to click Current Access Permission for all users in the Please set user s limit for this folder By Group Mark the checkbox to select an authorized group Sele...

Page 40: ...thorities Ex Click Read Write for Mike and Click Read Only for Eric Step4 Click Save to apply Ex Click Save to allow Mike to Read Write this folder and Eric to read this folder Other users are not allowed to access this folder To Add a New Folder 1 Click the Add button on folder list 2 Specify a folder name and description for the newly added folder Click Apply to enable Note Folder Name 0 15 char...

Page 41: ...roperties and click Save to apply Note For detail folder configuration see To configure folder properties To Delete a Folder 1 Mark the check box of the folder that you are going to delete 2 Click Delete to delete the folder ...

Page 42: ...Your USB Storage device 2 The Hard Disk will be formatted as EXT3 format Please note that Windows cannot recognize EXT3 If the USB hard drive is likely to connect to your Windows operation system please format this USB Hard drive on your Windows before connecting to this product 2 After confirmation for HD formatting the system starts formatting the hard disk It may take several minutes according ...

Page 43: ...pen the Network page click the Network on the configuration categories list Host Host Name Setting Host Name 1 15 characters Define the user defined device name Workgroup 1 15 characters Defines the workgroup name for the device which is going to be shown on Network Neighborhood Description 1 48 characters Define a note for the device ...

Page 44: ...nabling the DHCP server or not please see IP Protocol Setup To Configure the IP address for the device The IP Address Setting contains parameters of the device network setting To modify fill in each blanks and click Apply to execute IP Address Specifies the device IP Subnet Mask Defines the Subnet Mask Gateway Defines the default gateway DNS Server Defines the DNS server ...

Page 45: ...o modify the Superuser ID and password 1 Define a Superuser Name 4 16 characters in the Superuser ID box 2 Fill in the original Superuser password 4 16 characters in the Old Password box 3 Define a new password 4 16 characters in the New Password box 4 Fill in the newly defined password 4 16 characters in the Confirm Password box 5 Click Apply to execute the new Superuser name and password Note 1 ...

Page 46: ...s to your region from the Time Zone drop list 2 To apply the time on your computer to the device select Local Time and click Time Sync button 3 To synchronize the time from a time server select Time Server fill in a time server address in the Time Server box and click Time Sync to execute 4 Click Save to apply your configuration or click Back to abort Note the synchronized time will be applied by ...

Page 47: ...6 characters Specify a name for the newly added user New Password 4 16 characters Enter a username for the new user Confirm Password 4 16 characters Enter the new password again to confirm the password User Description 0 47 characters Fill in a description as a note for the user FTP Access Click Yes to allow this user to access the device with FTP client Click No to deny FTP access Note The userna...

Page 48: ...The change username page shows up Fill in the new user name in the New User Name box Click Apply to execute To Add a New User 1 Click the Add button on the user list 2 Define the user properties Note For more information about each item see To Configure a User ...

Page 49: ...48 3 Click apply to add the new user To delete a user 1 Select the user that you are going to remove from the device Mark the check box of the user 2 Click the Delete button to remove the user ...

Page 50: ...group 1 Click Add button 2 Configure the properties for this group Group Name 0 15 characters Enter a group name as the group ID Note The group name must be started with an alphabet Group Description 0 48 characters Fill in description as a note for the group Authorized Users Select group members by marking the check boxes ...

Page 51: ...p click Undo to reload previous configuration and click Back to return to group list To delete a group 1 Mark the check box of the group that you are going to delete 2 Click Delete to remove the group or click Back to return to group list ...

Page 52: ...group to configure 2 Modify the properties for the group Click Apply to execute the modification click Undo to reload previous configuration or click Back to return to group list Note For more information about the items please see To Add a New Group ...

Page 53: ... allowed users that connect with the device simultaneously Please fill in a number form 1 to 8 Port Number The Port number of the FTP server Please fill in a number from 1 to 65535 Time out The allowed time that keeps the FTP server connected with a FTP client The FTP server terminates the connection if the client fails to response during the specified Time Out period Allow Anonymous Allow FTP cli...

Page 54: ...hat are allowed to access the device Only the configured IP addresses have the right to access the device 3 Denied Setup the IP addresses that are denied to access the device The listed IP addresses will not be able to access the device Tip For example to prevent the IP address 192 168 1 3 from connecting with the device 1 Select Denied From the IP Access Check drop list 2 Fill the IP address 192 ...

Page 55: ...e allowed to access the device Only the configured MAC addresses have the right to access the device 3 Denied Setup the MAC addresses that are denied to access the device The listed MAC addresses will not be able to access the device Tip For example to prevent the MAC address D0 E0 7D CD C5 5E from connecting with the device 1 Select Denied From the MAC Access Check drop list 2 Fill the MAC addres...

Page 56: ...There is no such an address and account To start a download task 1 Fill the address you get for downloading files in the Address box ex enter the address http www example com downloads sample_file to the Address box 2 Enter an account name and password in the Account and Password box respectively Ex enter peter in the Account box and 12345 in the Password box 3 Select a folder to place the downloa...

Page 57: ...on to the device To open the Maintenance page click the Maintenance on the configuration categories list Upload Download Configuration The Upload Download configuration column allows users to backup and download the configuration status of the device Backup the Device Configuration Status 1 Click the Download button 2 The File Download dialogue window pops up click Save Specify a folder to place t...

Page 58: ...r name in your USB storage It assures the file name and the folder name in your USB storage device to be recognized properly To apply another code page select a proper code page from the drop list and click Apply to execute Note As default the code page is configured to be corresponding to your region Changing the code page is not recommended unless you got unrecognizable characters on file name o...

Page 59: ... click the Start Resetting button to execute Note 1 All the user defined configurations will be erased and replaced as factory default setting 2 We recommend users to backup the configuration status before restoring factory default To get more information for backup your configuration see Backup the Device Configuration Status Syslog Information Click Info to get system log which records operation...

Page 60: ... EXIT to close it 2 Select your CD Rom drive Double click on the UPNP Printer folder Select the ntx_leo tgz file and click Open to browse the file 3 Click Apply to perform installation 4 It takes a few seconds to perform installing please wait upon installation Note This file is going to be installed on the USB hard drive on USB port I Please note that you will have to install it again after you r...

Page 61: ... Folder where you place your HTML files Note 1 The WEB server supports HTML format only 2 As default the Port 80 is not allowed to be setup as the WEB server port for 80 has been configured as the Administration port 3 We also provide a Website template for you to build up a Website and enjoy the WEB server properties easily To use the template insert the included CD copy the data in the folder WE...

Page 62: ...onnected USB storage device 3 Mount the USB storage to the device USB Storage information Name 1 16 characters Define a name for the USB storage device Note The name is also the folder name after mounting the USB storage to the device For more information to mount the device please see Mount Dismount Your USB Storage to the Device Description The partition order of the USB storage device Note 1 Th...

Page 63: ...B storage device To Format Your USB Storage device 1 Click the Advanced button 2 Select the device that you are going to format from the drop list 3 Click Yes to perform formatting 4 The system starts formatting It may take several minutes according to the size of your USB storage device Please wait and DO NOT execute other configuration for this device while formatting Mount Dismount Your USB Sto...

Page 64: ...age from the device click Disk Disk Setup in GUI Erase the name in the Name box and click Apply The device is dismounted and ready to be removed now Printer Setup Procedures to setup the printer Note Before installing the printer on port II please ensure that there is valid USB storage device connection on USB port I 1 Connect the USB cable of your printer to the device Power on your printer 2 Ope...

Page 65: ...ers that are going to use the printer please follow the instructions from step 5 5 Double click the shortcut on your desktop to start the PNMD The PNMD window pops up Select your NAS and click the button 6 You can find a printer icon Double click on this icon to proceed 7 The system asks for installing the driver for the printer Click Yes on the warning dialogue windows to proceed ...

Page 66: ...rt your CD that came with your printer Click the Have Disk Button 9 Browse to the driver in your CD Click Open to browse the driver Tip The correct driver is usually the file with the product name in inf format ...

Page 67: ...66 10 Click the OK button to start driver installation 11 The printer is ready for use now ...

Page 68: ...lean Printer Job Queue The Clean Printer Job Queue allows users to clean the pending print jobs that wait for printing To perform cleaning printer job queue click the Execute button and click Yes to confirm ...

Page 69: ...destination USB hard drive to port I on this product 3 Connect the source USB storage device to port II on this product 4 Press the Backup button The Backup LED lights blue while data is transmitting 5 Copying is completed after the copy LED being off Note Please check if the USB Error LED illuminates after pressing the backup button This diagnostic LED is lit to inform users that this copy is fai...

Page 70: ...computer to your NAS Those back upped files are going to be compressed as zip format 1 Double click the shortcut on your desktop 2 Click the icon on system tray The EZIP Backup window pops up You may click the button to close this program or click the button to minimize this window to system tray ...

Page 71: ... device drop list Select a destination folder for locating the back upped files 5 Fill in a user name and password for accessing this folder Select the time that you are going to execute backup Click Setting Apply 6 Click the Apply button on the up right corner of the window 7 Click the button to start backup 8 To restore a back upped file to your PC select the file on the list and click to perfor...

Page 72: ...figuration Please make sure that 1 The NAT functionality is enabled in your router 2 In the port mapping session the Internal Host IP should be configured as the IP address of this Device and the value of Port should be corresponded to the port number of the WEB server or FTP server you configured Ex If the IP address of your device is 10 10 7 251 the port number of your FTP is configured as 21 an...

Page 73: ...nter icon Remove this printer and install a different driver and try again The device supports one connected USB printer only Printers connections on both USB ports of the device may led the printer functioned unsuccessfully If you have installed a USB printer to this device before and would like to install a new one please click Start Setup Control Panel right click on the idrive lp0 icon and del...

Page 74: ...Ans Only the folders in USB I Port will be listed automatically To share and configure the folders on USB Port II you have to mount it first Please refer to Mount Dismount Your USB Storage on Port II to the Device for instruction The USB hard drive on USB port I may be off No connection on USB port I will lead the USB II to be functioned unsuccessfully ...

Page 75: ...ne 10 100Mbps RJ 45 Ethernet port One Default Button Connection speed 10 100Mbps Support Hard Diskette One removable 3 5 external HD ATA Diagnostic LEDs Power Green HDD ACT Amber USB I Green USB II Green LINK ACT Green USB Error Amber Dimensions 220 L x 132 W x 60 H mm Operating Temperature Operating 0 40 Storing 10 65 Power Supply DC 12V 1A External power adapter Certification FCC CE VCCI Class B...

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