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TorrentFlux

TorrentFlux is an open-source implementation of the BitTorrent protocol, originally written

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Summary of Contents for Gigabit Ethernet Hard Drive

Page 1: ...Gigabit Ethernet Hard Drive User Guide ...

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Page 3: ...ftware 5 Finder exe 5 Backup Software 5 TorrentFlux 5 Connecting To Your Network 5 About NAS Drive User Accounts 7 Connecting The NAS Drive To Your LAN 8 Web Based Administration Tool 10 Administration Login 10 Basic Settings For Initial Setup 11 NAS Drive Operation 17 Sharing Files Using Windows 18 Run Dialogue 18 Browse Network Neighborhood 18 Search Dialogue 19 ...

Page 4: ...evice 21 NAS Administration Reference 22 Users And Groups 24 User Management 24 Group Management 25 File And Print 26 File Server 26 Share Management 28 Printer Server 29 System 29 LAN Settings 29 Time Settings 30 Turn Off Server 30 Information 30 Disk Usage 31 Error Notification 31 Network Service 32 DHCP Server 32 Bonjour 33 ...

Page 5: ...Configuration 40 Restore Configuration 40 Factory Reset 40 Install New Service 40 Log File 41 Samba Log 41 FTP Log 42 DHCP Server Log 42 System Log 42 Administration Log 42 Account Information 42 Logout 42 Getting Help 43 Limited Warranty Terms 43 Rights 45 GNU General Public License 46 FCC Compliance 53 ...

Page 6: ...o use the NAS drive there are a few important things to learn about your new product Controls Connectors and Indicators First familiarize yourself with the control keys and the various connectors on the unit Front Panel Area The front panel contains only the status LED as illustrated below 1 The green LED will come on to indicate the power on state During the power down sequence the LED will flash...

Page 7: ... to power on the drive To turn off the drive press the ON OFF button again The LED will flash for about 15 seconds while the drive shuts down as described above 2 DC Input Connector Connect the DC cable of your included AC Adapter to the DC Input Connector 3 Ethernet Connector Use this connector to attach to your network equipment The connector contains status LEDs to indicate communications statu...

Page 8: ...aining on needlessly by shortening the disk spin down time see later under NAS Administration Reference Advanced Maintenance Disk Utility About the Hard Disk The NAS drive internal hard disk comes pre formatted in EXT2 format for immediate use for network storage Note Capacity dependent on model 1 MB 1 000 000 bytes 1 GB 1 000 000 000 bytes 1 TB 1 000 000 000 000 bytes Some capacity used for pre l...

Page 9: ... this application on one of your client Windows computers open the Nero folder on the CD and then double click the setupx file to start installation The Nero Installation window will appear Follow the setup wizard to install the software To backup files to your NAS drive using Nero you must first assign a drive letter to your destination folder as described later under NAS Drive Operation Sharing ...

Page 10: ...ttempting to establish a connection to the network it would be useful first to review some background information about how the NAS drive handles data over the network Basic to this understanding are the fundamental concepts of user accounts and shared folders 6 Computer 1 Computer 2 Router To Internet via Cable Modem Verbatim Gigabit Ethernet Hard Drive ...

Page 11: ...ed user accounts each with their own unique properties These user accounts are admin guest share Each of these two user accounts has an associated pre defined folder The name of the folder is the same as its associated user account The name guest share also happens to be pre defined as a group name Additionally there is a pre defined folder called public that initially is not associated with any u...

Page 12: ...ir own private folder which is automatically assigned the same name as that user s User Name A user can also be given read only privileges or read write privileges to other folders on the drive Connecting the NAS Drive to Your LAN Now that you have some understanding of user accounts you are ready to connect your NAS drive to the LAN Follow these steps 1 Ensure that your LAN equipment is powered o...

Page 13: ...nabled or disabled Bonjour protocol is built in to recent Mac OS X systems and can also be optionally installed on Windows systems i Apple Bonjour protocol is enabled by default In this case if you are connecting to an isolated Bonjour enabled network and no DHCP server is present your NAS drive will negotiate an address within the Bonjour range of 169 254 x x If you want to determine the specific...

Page 14: ...The web based administration tool is used to modify all internal settings of your NAS drive It is accessed using your computer s web browser such as Internet Explorer Safari or Netscape To access the administration tool your PC or Mac should be on the same subnet as the NAS drive Administration Login In most cases you need only to enter the default hostname i e verbatimnas for Windows or verbatimn...

Page 15: ...AS drive the browser window will present the following login screen From this screen you must enter the following default Username and Password Username admin Password admin Basic Settings for Initial Setup Now from within the administration tool perform the following steps to define the basic settings For more advanced features note that a full description of all settings is provided later under ...

Page 16: ...e a new password for the user admin If you want to keep the current password simply press Next to advance to the next screen The password must be a minimum of 5 characters and a maximum of 8 characters 5 The next screen allows you to define a new Hostname for the NAS drive If you want to keep the current Hostname simply press Next to advance to the next screen 6 The next screen allows you to selec...

Page 17: ...ress Next 8 The settings made in the previous steps are summarized on this screen for your review You may either go back to edit your settings or press Complete to save the settings as shown Add New User Account 9 Next setup a user account by selecting the Quick Setup Add User button Fill in the initial screen with a User Name and Password It is recommended that these fields match the User Name an...

Page 18: ... NAS drive using this username A description of this user may optionally be entered in the field provided If you want to create a private folder that only this network user can access then check the box marked Create Private Folder This folder cannot be accessed by any other user account except for the admin user account The folder name will automatically be given the same name as User Name The pa...

Page 19: ...t to set up a group at this time you may jump ahead to Step 15 Begin group setup by selecting the Quick Setup Add Group button Fill in the initial screen with your group s name The group name must be lower case and may be a maximum of 20 alphanumeric characters without spaces The group name must begin with an alphabetic character Press Next to continue 13 The next screen allows you to assign any o...

Page 20: ...may be a maximum of 20 alphanumeric characters without spaces The share name must begin with an alphabetic character After entering the name the path for the new share will automatically be displayed A description of this share may optionally be entered in the field provided When done with this form press Next to continue 16 The next two screens allow you to assign access privileges for the new sh...

Page 21: ...all If this box is not checked then you may individually assign NFS access from specific IP addresses or from specific subnets When done with this form press Complete 18 You have now completed the Basic setup You may either return to Step 9 to add additional user accounts groups or shares continue to set more advanced features as described under NAS Administration Reference or press Logout to leav...

Page 22: ...Vista can access shared files on the NAS drive Once you can view the folder in My Computer or in Windows Explorer you can drag and drop files to this folder like you can with any folder There are several alternative ways to view the NAS shared folders in Windows For example you can Use the Run dialogue box accessed through the Start button in the system tray Browse through the Network Neighborhood...

Page 23: ...the dialogue box that Windows presents input the logical drive letter and enter the path of a network share directory and then select Finish Now you can log in using the Samba User Account that you created following the Add User dialogue The NAS drive will show up in My Computer under Network Drives Sharing files using Mac OS X A Mac running Mac OS X can access a connected NAS drive Click on Netwo...

Page 24: ...y disabled for any reason enter the administration tool now and check the box labeled Enable under Advanced File and Print Printer Server You may also use this opportunity to enter a description for your printer From this point you must follow the instructions of your computer s operating system to ensure that the printer is recognized and that the proper printer driver is installed For reference ...

Page 25: ... Follow these steps to attach and use your USB storage device 1 Attach the USB cable from your device or the USB connector attached to your device to one of the USB A connectors on the rear panel of the NAS drive 2 If your device is self powered turn on the power to your device 3 Your device should now be visible through your file browser If it is not immediately visible it may mean that it is not...

Page 26: ...browser based administration tool provides full access to all configuration settings for the product when used as a NAS device This section of the manual provides a description for the settings within each of the following main areas Setting up read write access by User and by Group Setting up File Servers Print Servers and Shares System settings such as IP Address and Date and Time Enabling servi...

Page 27: ...m LAN Settings Time Settings Turn Off Server Information Disk Usage Error Notification Network Service DHCP Server Bonjour TorrentFlux Media Server Maintenance Disk Utility Firmware Upgrade Save Configuration Restore Configuration Factory Reset Install New Service Log File Samba Log FTP Log DHCP Server Log System Log Administration Log ADMIN ACCOUNT Admin Account Account LOGOUT ...

Page 28: ...th an alphabetic character See further information about User Name Description and the Create Private Folder check box under by referring back to Step 9 of Basic Setup for Initial Settings If you want to edit an existing user account select a user from the Existing User box and the User Name and Password fields will fill in automatically After completing this form press Save to save the changes yo...

Page 29: ...to the group s name Enter the main screen of Group Management by selecting Advanced Users and Groups Group Management Here you are presented an entry field for Group Name If you want to create a new group fill in this field directly The Group Name must be lower case and may be a maximum of 20 alphanumeric characters without spaces The Group Name must begin with an alphabetic character If you want ...

Page 30: ...s group of settings allows for naming the Windows Workgroup enabling certain server protocols such as FTP NFS and print server as well as providing full control over the creation and management of folders shares on the drive File Server Enter the main screen of File Server Setting by selecting Advanced File and Print File Server This screen presents options for Windows Workgroup and Windows Intern...

Page 31: ...dress Translation NAT router to map a public IP address to the NAS drive s private IP address on the LAN NFS Server Setting The Network File System NFS was developed to allow computers to mount a disk volume on a remote computer as if it were on a local hard drive You can enable or disable NFS Server support If you have only Windows PCs on your home network and have no pressing reason to use NFS s...

Page 32: ... in these fields directly The Share Name must be lower case and may be a maximum of 20 alphanumeric characters without spaces The Share Name must begin with an alphabetic character A description of this share may optionally be entered in the field provided If you want to edit an existing share select a share from the Existing Shares box and the Share Name Path and Description fields will fill in a...

Page 33: ... selecting Advanced File and Print Printer Server Here you may enable or disable the print server function It is enabled as the factory default If a printer is attached to one of the USB A ports as described previously under Attaching a Printer its name will be shown on this screen You may optionally fill in a description for your printer When done with this form press Save to save your changes Sy...

Page 34: ...alternatively select a Network Time Protocol NTP server available on your LAN When done with this form press Save to save your changes The Time of Day Clock uses a battery to keep the clock running even while the NAS drive is powered off Turn Off Server If you have a need to restart or turn off your file server you may do so using the buttons available through Advanced System Turn Off Server This ...

Page 35: ...hich of the following four functions you would like to monitor Disk Usage A message will be generated when storage use reaches approximately 90 of total capacity Windows File Sharing Server A message will be generated as a result of an error detected with the Samba protocol FTP Server A message will be generated as a result of a detected FTP error DHCP Server A message will be generated as a resul...

Page 36: ...ditionally if another service has been installed using the Install New Service feature the menu for this installed service will be shown here DHCP Server Most LAN environments will already have a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP service running to automatically issue IP addresses for attached devices For example your home router equipment will likely provide this service In the rare case t...

Page 37: ...ces just by connecting them to each other Bonjour protocol may be enabled or disabled by selecting the screen at Advanced Network Service Bonjour The factory default setting is enabled Press Save to save any change to this screen iTunes Server On this same page you can enable the built in iTunes Server Bonjour must be enabled in order to use the iTunes Server The iTunes Server will allow the clien...

Page 38: ... supports the following additional formats listed by file extension Audio M4A M4B MP4 3GP WAV OGG FLAC AAC MP2 AC3 MPA MP1 AIF ASF Images PNG TIF TIFF BMP GIF Video MP1 MPG SPTS MP4 AVI VOB DivX 3GP VDR MPE DVR MS Xvid M1V M4V MOV MPV MKV FLV MTS Playlists M3U M3U8 PLS WPL Once Media Server has been enabled an additional button is presented that allows you to link to the TwonkyMedia Server user in...

Page 39: ...ntation on the CD ROM TorrentFlux TorrentFlux is an open source implementation of the BitTorrent protocol originally written by Bram Cohen This peer to peer file transfer protocol is very efficient at transferring large data files TorrentFlux protocol may be enabled or disabled by selecting the screen at Advanced Network Service TorrentFlux The factory default setting is disabled Press Save to sav...

Page 40: ...ows you to link to the TorrentFlux user interface in a new browser window This user interface provides for full access to the various features and settings for this application For example you can Enter the path and name of the seed file into the Open Torrent File dialogue box Optionally you can browse to the torrent file location using the Browse Button Set the maximum bandwidth kilobytes s for d...

Page 41: ...anguage Cookie management Messages Admin Settings Queue Search Settings Activity Links RSS New User Initiate Backup For further information refer to the TorrentFlux web site at www torrentflux com Maintenance The Maintenance group of settings provides control over disk formatting and status firmware upgrades and ways to make global changes to all settings ...

Page 42: ...ll reset all settings to factory default Use extreme care to protect any previously stored data before reformatting your drive Note that the FAT32 format does not support user disk quotas Furthermore with EXT2 or EXT3 the drive provides these incremental benefits over FAT32 Faster data throughput Ability to allocate user storage quotas Disk encryption is supported As mentioned previously you can a...

Page 43: ... the Detail button in order to view a detailed status report for your drive Also in case you have made a recent change to a storage device you can press the Refresh button at the bottom of the table to refresh the table with the most current status Finally the field at the bottom of the Disk Utility screen allows you to set an automatic spin down time for the hard drive By spinning down the drive ...

Page 44: ...ing Advanced Maintenance Save Configuration and then press the Save button This action will save a configuration file named config tar to your specified location Restore Configuration After saving a configuration file as described above you can later retrieve that file to restore all device settings in a single step Enter this screen by selecting Advanced Maintenance Restore Configuration and then...

Page 45: ...hen you will need to re install the application again from the included CD ROM should you want to use TorrentFlux in the future To install TorrentFlux select Advanced Maintenance Install New Service and then browse to the location of the TorrentFlux rar file on the CD ROM This file s full name may look like this torrentflux_1_14_3_2_vrb rar Then press Upload to install this application to your har...

Page 46: ...select Advanced Log File Administration Log Account Information The Admin Account tab provides access to certain information about the user currently logged into the web based administration tool Usually this will be the admin user To view this screen select Personal Info Admin Account Account The top section provides input fields for changing the password the administration tool s language settin...

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