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DNS-300

Network Attached Storage

Manual

Building Networks for People

Ver.1.00

(2/18/2005)

Summary of Contents for DNS-300

Page 1: ...1 DNS 300 Network Attached Storage Manual Building Networks for People Ver 1 00 2 18 2005 ...

Page 2: ...e click the D Link Storage Utility icon 17 Setup Wizard 20 Enter the default IP 20 Enter the default user name 21 Start the wizard 21 Enter system information 22 Enter networking information 23 Setup time settings 25 Setup network file protocol 26 Finish the settings 27 LAN Setup 29 Changing server name 30 Advanced Setup 31 User Management 31 Creating new user 31 Editing user information 33 Deleti...

Page 3: ...Hibernation 42 USB Disk 43 USB Printer 44 Tools 47 Time Setup 47 Set the time manually 47 Connecting to an NTP server 48 Backup Configurations 50 Backup system settings 50 Restore system settings 52 Restore factory default settings 52 Format Hard Drive 53 Networking and Encoding 54 Firmware Update 57 E mail Notifications 59 Service 60 Device Status 62 Device Information 62 Logs 63 Clear the log 64...

Page 4: ...4 Save the log 65 Online Help 66 Individual Help 66 Overall Help 67 ...

Page 5: ...C All you have to do is plug in the network cable of the device running D Link DNS 300 to your computer or the hub or switch in the same network environment and then you are ready to start storing your home entertainment files in the device Configuring the device and getting it running is amazingly simple A browser based wizard only takes a few steps for the initialization settings to take effect ...

Page 6: ...ication Available log type System log Connection log Current connection E mail notification Encoding Available codepage U S English Code Page 437 Greek Code Page 737 Western European Code Page 850 MS DOS Latin 2 Code Page 852 Icelandic Code Page 861 Cyrillic Code Page 866 Japanese SJIS Code Page 932 Simplified Chinese Code Page 936 Korean Hangul Code Page 949 ...

Page 7: ...t USB Disk USB Printer Miscellaneous Online help Hard drive usage overview Firmware update HDD format System configuration backup and restore Network Time Protocol NTP support HDD Hibernation Usability Initialization wizard Web based management UI ...

Page 8: ... power switch with power cord One CD ROM One QIG If any of the above items are missing please contact your reseller Important Warning Tampering with any components inside the product other than those specifically mentioned in this manual or the accompanying QIG will automatically invalidate the product warranty ...

Page 9: ...cates the port is disconnected HDD A blinking light indicates the HD is in read write mode No light indicates the read write mode is not engaged HDD Full A solid light indicates the HD is completely full 100 A blinking light indicates the HD is almost full 95 No light is the normal condition USB A solid light indicates that the USB flash HDD is properly connected A blinking light indicates that da...

Page 10: ... the DNS 300 USB Port for printer server or USB HDD for additional volume Reset Pressing this button restores the DNS 300 to its original factory default settings LAN Port Please use the Ethernet cable to connect the DNS 300 and the router switch hub in the network Power Adapter Receptor for power adapter ...

Page 11: ...11 Setting Up the Hard Disk Drive Step 1 Loosen the screws on the back of the DNS 300 Step 2 Remove the cover Getting Started ...

Page 12: ...12 Step 3 Plug the IDE ATA cable into the HDD Step 4 Connect the power connector to the HDD ...

Page 13: ...13 Step 5 Tighten the HDD to the metal bracket with the screws provided The DNS 300 packing materials include four screws which are used in Step 5 ...

Page 14: ...14 Step 6 Replace the cover and tighten the screws The DNS 300 is now ready to be plugged in and powered on ...

Page 15: ...on in this manual for more detailed information Follow these easy steps 1 Open the D Link Storage Configuration Utility by clicking on the icon that is installed on your desktop when you first place the CD that comes with the DNS 300 in your CD ROM drive 2 Select DNS 300 under the Device Name column click Refresh if it doesn t appear automatically and then click the Manage button ...

Page 16: ...16 This will cause your default Web browser to open the following window Click Apply Click OK to proceed with the creation of the system HD The following window will be displayed ...

Page 17: ... and use the DNS 300 Network Attached Storage device Double click the D Link Storage Utility icon Double click the D Link Storage Utility icon This will automatically detect all servers on the network at the moment by displaying the following System Configuration window ...

Page 18: ...om this list Please note that you can rename the device later if desired Note The default IP address of the DNS 300 is 192 168 0 101 You now are able to set the IP address of the DNS 300 by clicking the Set IP button on the System Configuration window Enter the appropriate information in the following pop up dialogue and input admin password then click OK ...

Page 19: ...e folders provided for the user account Please note that in order for media files to be displayed they must be placed in the media_content folder rather than the public folder Clicking the Manage button on the System Configuration window will cause your browser to open This is described in more detail later in the manual ...

Page 20: ...running D Link DNS 300 to the network 2 Power the device on 3 Open the browser using Microsoft IE version 6 0 or above is recommended or another suitable Web browser 4 Enter the device default IP 192 168 0 101 or the new address you set using the D Link Storage Configuration Utility the address bar 5 Click Go to continue ...

Page 21: ...fault user name and leave the password blank and then click OK Start the wizard The Setup Wizard will help you configure the basic settings of the device in a few steps The settings will not take effect until you click the Finish button in the last page Click the Run Wizard button to start ...

Page 22: ...Server Name field so you can quickly access the storage capabilities of this system either from a Windows or a Mac OS by searching for the server name 2 Enter the new password If you don t enter a password it will remain blank as the default value 3 Click Next ...

Page 23: ...ion 1 If a DHCP server is available in the same network environment and you prefer to obtain the networking settings for the system from the DHCP server change the Get IP From drop down menu from Manual to DHCP and then click Next ...

Page 24: ...rst time you configure the device the following networking settings will be adopted by default IP 192 168 0 101 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default gateway 192 168 0 1 DNS server empty You can modify the settings to fit your need ...

Page 25: ...enu Note In the drop down menu please select GMT 08 00 Pacific Time US Canada Tijuana so that the log in time will be correctly shown in the Set device date and time section 2 Choose to enable network time synchronization protocol NTP or manually set the system time 3 Click Next ...

Page 26: ...OS zone A zone is a logical grouping of devices in an AppleTalk network Select the zone from the Apple Talk Zone drop down menu 3 Choose the appropriate encoding from the Encoding Codepage drop down menu to help clients that don t have Unicode support installed correctly to access the system 4 Click Finish for the settings to take effect ...

Page 27: ...n just go ahead and load the defaults For example If the local language is English and all files or folders use English names then it is unnecessary to change any settings here just follow the defaults b If it is necessary to recognize a second non local language it is recommended that you select an encoding that recognizes the second language For example If the local language is English but some ...

Page 28: ...28 The page will then be directed to the User page on the Advanced tab which is described later in this manual so you can review the settings that have been set ...

Page 29: ...teps below 1 Click the Home tab on the top of window 2 Click the LAN button on the left A new window will open 3 Enter the new LAN settings 4 Click Apply Note To make sure email notifications are delivered correctly through the SMTP server you need to enter the IP of the DNS server ...

Page 30: ...top 2 Click the LAN button on the left A new window will open 3 Enter the new server name 4 Click Apply Note The Server Name should be 1 to 15 English characters which may consist of letters numbers underscores and minus signs single byte characters only ...

Page 31: ...ive and should be 1 to 15 characters English Asian or other languages the user description can be any displayable characters and can be 0 to 15 characters the password is case sensitive and should be 0 to 12 displayable bytes including space Creating new user 1 Enter the user name description and password Advanced Setup ...

Page 32: ...ick Apply Note If the user details including User Name User Description Password and Confirm Password are not empty when you try to create a new user click the Cancel button to clear the data before proceeding ...

Page 33: ...33 Editing user information 1 Click the graphic after the user you want to edit to load the user details The following window will open 2 Edit the data 3 Click Apply ...

Page 34: ...oup name is case sensitive and should be 1 to 15 characters English Asian or other languages The group description can be any displayable characters 0 to 15 Unicode characters Creating a new group 1 Enter the group name and description 2 Choose the members that you plan to add to this group from the Users list on the left side of the window 3 Click the Add button 4 Click Apply ...

Page 35: ...35 Note If the group details are not empty when you try to create a new group click the Cancel button to clear the data before proceeding ...

Page 36: ...6 Editing group information 1 Click the graphic after the user you want to edit to load the group details The following window will open 2 Edit the group details in the Group Setup section 3 Click Apply ...

Page 37: ...n open access to the user accounts with by setting appropriate privileges You can create up to 16 shares in addition to the system default share and the USB disk share The share name is case sensitive and should be 1 to 15 characters English Asian or other languages The share description is case sensitive and should be 0 to 15 characters English Asian or other languages ...

Page 38: ...38 Creating a new share 1 Enter the Share Name and Share Description 2 Enter the desired Disk Quota ...

Page 39: ... selected user or group 5 Click Apply to finish Note Items that start with are groups Note There are two different types of privileges that can be set Read Only RO Except the Read privilege no other access privilege will be granted for this option Writeable RW All access privileges will be granted for this option ...

Page 40: ...40 Editing share information 1 Click the graphic after the share you want to edit to load the share details 2 Edit the share details below the Share Setup section 3 Click Apply ...

Page 41: ...41 Deleting a share Click the graphic after the share you want to delete and click OK after the confirm dialogue pops up ...

Page 42: ...ernation To save power the HDD will be in hibernation mode and stop any operation after the specified idle time To set an idle time choose the idle time from the drop down menu and then click Apply to finish the setting ...

Page 43: ...isk capacity through a system created share prefixed with USB Port The share will be removed automatically when the USB disk is ejected from the system 1 The USB Disk will be automatically detected and then its relevant info Share name Manufacturer Device Type and Used Size will be shown ...

Page 44: ...lick Refresh to update the printer status Eject the USB printer We suggest clicking the Eject button before you remove the printer Steps for configuring USB printer in Windows 1 Open My Network Places and connect to the DNS 300 Note To take advantage of the D Link USB Fast Copy function insert your USB Flash device into the USB port and push the Power button after 3 to 4 seconds have elapsed This ...

Page 45: ...Talk 5 Select proper printer model or Generic 6 Click Add to finish Steps for setting up USB printer in Mac OS X running TCP IP 1 Follow the Go Applications Utilities path to find the Printer Setup Utility 2 Click to open a dialog box 3 Select Add for setting up a new printer 4 Enter the printer IP Address and Queue Name and choose the type IP printing 5 Select proper printer model or Generic 6 Cl...

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Page 47: ...47 Time Setup Set the time manually 1 Choose the correct time zone 2 Choose the Set device date and time manually option from the drop down menu 3 Click Apply Tools ...

Page 48: ...48 Connecting to an NTP server 1 Choose the correct time zone 2 Choose the Time synchronization with NTP server option from ...

Page 49: ...49 the drop down menu 3 Choose the desired synchronization period and enter the time server IP address 4 Click Apply ...

Page 50: ...ettings Host name Server name Language Encoding codepage Mail SMTP E mail settings Share Each share information except USBPort User Each user s information except the password of Admin Apple Apple Zone Group Windows Work Group Windows Server HD Sleep Idle time UPnP Service FTP Backup system settings 1 Click Backup under Save Settings to Local Hard Drive ...

Page 51: ...51 2 Click Save on the prompt dialogue ...

Page 52: ...ard Drive or click Browse and select the backup file 2 Click Restore 3 Follow the on screen prompts including checking the Overwrite on setting conflict option if you don t want the conflict setting to be skipped 4 Click Apply to finish Restore factory default settings Click Factory Reset under Restore to Factory Default Settings to cause the DNS 300 to return to its original settings ...

Page 53: ... from on the drop down menu Format HDD This option will only remove the user data and shares but all system configurations including share information user information and group information will remain unchanged Format HDD and configuration This option will remove the user data and all the system configurations from the system ...

Page 54: ... The Workgroup should be 1 to 15 characters English Asian or other languages Apple Network A zone is a logical grouping of devices in an AppleTalk network Select the zone from the drop down menu and click Apply for it to take effect Encoding Choose the appropriate encoding from the Encoding Codepage drop down menu so that clients that don t have Unicode support installed correctly can access the d...

Page 55: ...ish and all files or folders use English names then it is unnecessary to change any settings here just follow the defaults b If it is necessary to recognize a second non local language it is recommended that you select an encoding that recognizes the second language For example If the local language is English but some files or folders use Japanese characters please select Japanese SJIS Code Page ...

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Page 57: ...57 Firmware Update 1 Click the Browse button ...

Page 58: ...58 2 Choose the file from the local hard drive 3 Click Apply ...

Page 59: ...cal events or errors occur Please enter the SMTP server and the e mail address the notifications should be sent to You can assign up to two e mail addresses If the SMTP server is assigned by host name rather than IP address please make sure a valid DNS server has been assigned on the Home LAN page ...

Page 60: ...60 Service Here is a facility for uploading various kinds of data easily and efficiently 1 Select Enable FTP service or Enable UPnP service ...

Page 61: ...col FTP is a convenient way for users to download upload or transfer files from one computer to another Also FTP is a special way to login to a certain site for the purpose of retrieving and sending files Microsoft IE Version 6 0 or above is recommended ...

Page 62: ...ce Information On this page you can overview the device information This is solely for overview purposes If you want to change any setting please go to the page of the setting you want to change Device Status ...

Page 63: ...Current Connection The maximum size or number of each kind of log is 32K bytes or 320 logs depending on which criterion is reached first Warning The DNS 300 automatically retains logs for seven days Afterwards they will be deleted and there will not be any way to restore your data ...

Page 64: ...64 Clear the log 1 Click on the log page that you want to clear the log for 2 Click the Clear button ...

Page 65: ... Save the log 1 Go to the log page that you want to save the log for 2 Click the Save button 3 Click the Save button again from the File Download prompt 4 Choose a local location and click Save to finish ...

Page 66: ...dual Help If there are questions during the set up of the device please click the Help button that is found at the bottom of each page This will provide you with access to a help topic for each page Online Help ...

Page 67: ...67 Overall Help Click the Help tab at the top of every page to view all help topics ...

Page 68: ...rrent functional specifications for the Software as set forth in the applicable documentation from the date of original retail purchase of the Software for a period of ninety 90 days Warranty Period provided that the Software is properly installed on approved hardware and operated as contemplated in its documentation D Link further warrants that during the Warranty Period the magnetic media on whi...

Page 69: ...efaced or removed Initial installation installation and removal of the product for repair and shipping costs Operational adjustments covered in the operating manual for the product and normal maintenance Damage that occurs in shipment due to act of God failures due to power surge and cosmetic damage Any hardware software firmware or other products or services provided by anyone other than DLink Pr...

Page 70: ... Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communication However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular install...

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