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SquareOne Personal Internet Server

SQ201-N(wired) / SQ201-W(wireless)

User’s Guide

Summary of Contents for SQ201-N

Page 1: ...SquareOne Personal Internet Server SQ201 N wired SQ201 W wireless User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...se harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or reloca...

Page 3: ...s ce cas il peut être demandé à l utilisateur de prendre les measures appropriées VCCI B This equipment is a Class B product information equipment to be used in commercial and or industrial areas and conforms to the standards set by the Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Data Processing Equipment and Electronic Office Machines aimed at preventing radio interference in commercial and or ...

Page 4: ...to a drive letter Windows only 22 Using external storage devices 23 Using a USB drive 23 Using a USB memory card reader 23 Using an eSATA drive 24 Sharing a USB printer 25 Adding a shared printer to your computer 25 Printing to a shared printer 28 Managing users groups and shared folders 29 Why create user accounts groups or additional shared folders 29 Creating modifying and deleting user account...

Page 5: ...te files to the server 47 Managing local write access to web files 48 Forwarding incoming connections 49 Introduction to port forwarding 49 Choosing a port forwarding method 50 Creating and editing port mapping rules 51 Creating and editing port triggering rules 52 Managing storage devices 54 About disk encryption 55 Upgrading your Personal Server 56 Upgrading the server s software 56 Upgrading th...

Page 6: ... Congratulations on acquiring your Square One Personal Server the most versatile network appliance in the world Before you begin using your new Personal Server please read the following pages to familiarize yourself with important information about the product Part One ...

Page 7: ... all four sides Do not place the server where it could be exposed to high temperature or direct sunlight Do not put wet or heavy objects on top of the server Do not install or leave the server its power cable or LAN cables in areas of heavy foot traffic Do not install the server in areas of high humidity bathrooms and areas exposed to rain or splashing water Keep the server out of reach of infants...

Page 8: ...01 W model only Expansion ports 3 x USB 2 0 support drives printers memory card readers 1 x eSATA External drive support FAT32 NTFS XFS ext2 ext3 Internet services HTTP WebDAV FTP SFTP Telnet SSH POP SMTP Samba OpenVPN Dimensions 62 x 200 x 200 millimeters 2 44 x 7 87 x 7 87 inches HWD Weight about 1 3 kg 2 87 lbs depending on installed hard drive Power Adapter input 90 200V AC 50 60 Hz Adapter ou...

Page 9: ...ity Indicator Blinks when the internal hard drive is being accessed p Power Status Indicator EXPLANATION NEEDED q USB Status Indicator EXPLANATION NEEDED r WAN Status Indicator EXPLANATION NEEDED s Power Button Press to turn the Personal Server on Press and hold for at least one second to turn the Personal Server off ...

Page 10: ...traigtened paper clip push this to reset all settings to factory defaults q USB 2 0 Ports Connect external USB drives memory card readers and or a USB printer here r eSATA Port Connect an external eSATA drive here s DC Input Plug the Personal Server s external power supply in here t Antenna Mounts SQ201 W models only If you have a wireless Personal Server screw its antennas in to these mounts ...

Page 11: ...l Server depends on whether you will use it as both a server and a router or only as a server in conjunction with another router The following sections contain setup instructions for the most common network configurations Please make sure to follow only the instructions for the configuration you intend to use Part Two ...

Page 12: ...k Properties Otherwise right click the Local Area Connection icon and then click Properties 3 On the General tab find the box labeled This connection uses the following items and scroll down the list until you see Internet Protocol TCP IP Double click Internet Protocol TCP IP 4 Make sure the options Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically are selected see Fig...

Page 13: ...your Personal Server on by pressing the chrome button on the front Figure 4 Step 3 Connect Your Computers to the Personal Server Connecting through an Ethernet cable 1 Plug one end of an Ethernet cable Cat 5 or higher into one of the four LAN ports on the back of the Personal Server and plug the other end into your computer s LAN or Ethernet port see Figure 4 2 If the computer is off turn it on Co...

Page 14: ... the left side of the window under Setup Wizard click Basic Settings see Figure 5 4 Complete the setup wizard to configure your Personal Server for Internet connectivity Step 5 Check Internet Connectivity After you finish the setup wizard make sure your computer can connect to the Internet by trying to visit a Web site If you cannot access the Web you may need to change your Personal Server s netw...

Page 15: ...ct the PC from the Personal Server 1 Connect the Personal Server s AC adaptor to the power port on the Personal Server and plug the adaptor into an electrical outlet 2 Turn your Personal Server on by pressing the chrome button on the front Before continuing wait at least one minute for your Personal Server to finish starting up 3 Connect a computer to your Personal Server by plugging one end of th...

Page 16: ...al Server Step 2 Connect the Personal Server to Your Router Plug one end of the supplied Ethernet cable into the WAN port on the back of the Personal Server and the other end into one of the LAN ports on your router Step 3 Check Connectivity Check whether you can access your Personal Server through the router On a computer that is connected to the router not directly to the Personal Server open a ...

Page 17: ... public IP address in this network configuration it will send a publicly inaccessible private IP address to the DDNS provider In this case enable DDNS on the router instead Please refer to your router s documentation Before you can use the server s DDNS update feature you must create an account with a Dynamic DNS service provider On the Dynamic DNS admin page check the DDNS provider menu to see wh...

Page 18: ...a username a password and optionally a description in the provided fields 4 If you want the user to have his or her own private folder select Create private folder 5 If you want to limit how much internal disk space the user can occupy select Enable disk quota and enter the limit in MB 6 Click Save 7 Repeat steps 3 6 for each user you want to create Later if you wish you can create shared folders ...

Page 19: ...quare One User s Guide Page 19 Using Your Square One Personal Server Your Square One Personal Server offers a wealth of functionality This chapter will help you get the most out of the product Part Three ...

Page 20: ...lready created You can create more shared folders on the Shared Folders page of the admin interface When you create a new user account you can choose to create a new private folder for that user at the same time On a Windows PC you can view all available shares on your Personal Server by doing the following 1 On the Start menu click Run The Run dialog box opens 2 Type squareone and press Enter see...

Page 21: ...want to browse or manage the files and folders in a share If you want to save or open a file in a share directly within a Windows application you can enter the network address of the share in the Open or Save As dialog box of the application Accessing a share in Mac OS X or Linux To access a specific share on a Mac OS X or Linux computer enter a network address in the form smb hostname share_name ...

Page 22: ...r It is not possible to assign a drive letter to the Personal Server as a whole only to individual shares To map a share to a drive letter in Windows XP do the following 1 On your desktop right click My Network Places and select Map Network Drive If you do not have a My Network Places icon on your desktop open Windows Explorer and click Tools Map Network Drive 2 Select the drive letter you wish to...

Page 23: ...t partition will be available as a shared folder To access a connected USB drive use the network address squareone usb1 or usb2 or usb3 substituting the actual hostname if you have changed it Please note that it may take a few seconds after you connect a drive before it is accessible You can also map a drive letter to the USB drive as you would to any other share Using a USB memory card reader You...

Page 24: ...to be available at the same network address even though it is not Using an eSATA drive You can connect one External SATA eSATA drive to your Personal Server s eSATA port The server supports the following file systems for eSATA drives FAT FAT32 NTFS ext2 ext3 and XFS When you connect an eSATA drive it will appear as a shared folder named esata1 If the drive has more than one partition only the firs...

Page 25: ... computer You do not need to install a driver on the Personal Server Before adding a shared printer please make sure either that its driver has already been installed on your computer or that you have the driver ready on CD ROM or other media Different ways to add a shared printer to your computer In Windows XP there are two ways to add a shared printer to your computer the network printer method ...

Page 26: ...tandard TCP IP Port see Figure 13 Click Next The Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard opens Click Next 6 In the Printer name or IP address box enter squareone see Figure 14 Note If you are connecting to your Personal Server indirectly through another router enter the Personal Server s WAN IP address instead Click Next 7 Under Device Type select Custom and click Next 8 Click Finish to return to ...

Page 27: ...s for squareone Click Next The Connect to Printer dialog box opens 6 Click Yes The Connect to Printer dialog box opens again Click OK A second Add Printer Wizard dialog box opens 7 If the correct printer driver is already installed on the computer select the printer manufacturer and model click OK and skip to Step 10 8 Click Have Disk The Install From Disk dialog box opens 9 Click Browse Locate th...

Page 28: ... through your Personal Server make sure the printer is connected and turned on and that the Personal Server is turned on Then simply print as if the printer were directly connected to your computer For example in a Windows application select the shared printer in the Print dialog box and click Print ...

Page 29: ... Server has ten users five adults and five children You want adults but not children to be able to access a shared folder If you did not create groups you would have to add each adult to the access list for that share taking care not to add any of the children By creating two groups in advance Adults and Children and placing all the users in the appropriate group you can simply grant access to the...

Page 30: ... the Member of list box and click Remove 4 When you are finished click Save To edit or delete a user account 1 Select the user in the Users list box 2 Edit the account settings as needed and then click Save Or to delete the account click Delete User L Note When you delete a user account the user s private folder if any is not automatically deleted You can access or delete such orphan folders using...

Page 31: ...agement Users Groups Shared Folders see Figure 19 To create a shared folder Enter a name for the new share and click Save To control who can access a shared folder 1 Select the desired share in the Shared folders list box and then click Manage Access 2 To grant read only access for a user or a group or several of them select the user s or group s in the No Access list box and click Add R O 3 To gr...

Page 32: ...in the Shared folders list box and click Delete Share L Note When you delete a shared folder using the admin interface the folder is not actually deleted on the hard disk You can access or delete such orphan folders using the Personal Server s command line interface For more information see Accessing the command line interface ...

Page 33: ...ownloaded The BitTorrent client downloads the files contained in torrents to the btdownload folder at network address squareone public btdownload Please note that as soon as you start downloading a torrent the client program creates all the files contained in the torrent at their final sizes thus you cannot tell by looking at the size of a file in the btdownload folder whether it has finished down...

Page 34: ...the Stop button or the Start button below the torrent name To remove a torrent Click the Delete button below the torrent name When you delete a torrent the client program does not actually delete the torrent contents or the torrent file on the Personal Server s hard drive although it does delete the runtime file If you are finished with a torrent you can safely delete the torrent file in squareone...

Page 35: ...s do the following 1 Access your Personal Server s admin interface at http squareone 8090 and navigate to Apps Services Applications Casgle BroadCatcher 2 Select Enable and click Save Once enabled the BroadCatcher application will always be running on your Personal Server and will run automatically every time you start the server To stop running BroadCatcher disable it in the server s admin interf...

Page 36: ...ser supports the clip will play immediately in a popup window of the browser If not the browser will prompt you either to save the media file or to open it with an external application Most video clips that BroadCatcher downloads come in MPEG4 format with a file extension of m4v mp4 or mov To play these video clips your computer needs to have appropriate media playback software installed Recommend...

Page 37: ...on about Casgle BroadCatcher please refer to the BroadCatcher User s Guide which is provided in PDF format on the Square One setup disc To view it insert the setup disc in your computer and then click the appropriate item on the menu screen For technical support with Casgle BroadCatcher please send email to support casgle com Please do not contact ITian Corporation for BroadCatcher issues ...

Page 38: ...Blogging platform The paths in the above table indicate each application s location relative to your Personal Server s base web URL Your base web URL is simply your Personal Server s public IP address or domain name preceded by the characters http that is the web address of your Personal Server For example if your public IP address is 208 67 219 137 your base URL would be http 208 67 219 137 Then ...

Page 39: ...amed admin whose password is squareone For those apps that require it admin is also the administrator Note Website Baker may not show an admin login link on its main page If this is the case to access the admin page add admin to Website Baker s URL Instructions for working with these applications are beyond the scope of this user s guide You are encouraged to explore the apps on your own and to vi...

Page 40: ...Square One User s Guide Page 40 Advanced Topics Part intro Part Four ...

Page 41: ...s not practical to use the WAN IP to access the server remotely Most residential Internet accounts and even some business ones use dynamic IP addresses In this case it is helpful to use Dynamic DNS to associate an Internet hostname with your Personal Server Once you set up Dynamic DNS you can access your Personal Server from anywhere on the Internet using an unchanging hostname such as itian dyndn...

Page 42: ...t unlike in Windows Explorer where inaccessible shares are visible but cannot be opened Directory structure for FTP and SFTP Below is a representation of the default directory structure that is visible in an FTP or SFTP client to user admin before you have added any private or shared folders and when no external storage devices are connected Folder Description ftp root ide3 parent folder of all sh...

Page 43: ...es except for mnt using FTP or SFTP although you can access these directories using the server s command line interface through telnet or SSH see Accessing the command line interface Accessing external storage devices through FTP or SFTP To access a connected external storage device through FTP or SFTP log in as any user and from your private folder go up twice to the ftp root Then double click th...

Page 44: ...dding access to a share named marketing enter mnt ide3 marketing c In the Web Root field enter the share name surrounded by forward slashes for example marketing d In the Host field enter the WAN IP address or domain name of your Personal Server e Set the Status drop down menu to ON f Select at least one PHPfileNavigator user to grant access to the share Note Users shown here are specific to PHPfi...

Page 45: ...a guest folder while withholding access to public or other shared folders Technical note As with all of the web applications the actual user account used by PHPfileNavigator when working with files on the Personal Server is the apache account Thus only folders that are accessible by apache such as mnt ide3 htdocs and other shared folders are accessible in PHPfileNavigator Learning more about PHPfi...

Page 46: ...lnet SMTP TCP 25 Simple Mail Transport Protocol HTTP TCP 80 Hypertext Transfer Protocol web server POP3 TCP 110 Post Office Protocol v3 NetBT UDP 137 138 TCP 139 NetBIOS over TCP IP Windows File Sharing SSL TCP 443 Secure Sockets Layer for secure web sites or HTTPS OpenVPN UDP 1194 OpenVPN Virtual Private Network MySQL TCP 3306 MySQL database server ...

Page 47: ...l purpose websites For more information on using these applications see Using the preinstalled web applications Uploading website files to the server The other option is to upload HTML or PHP files that you have created on your computer or downloaded from an existing website to your Personal Server Store these website files in the htdocs folder which can be accessed at network address squareone ht...

Page 48: ...tm If you plan to host your own website on your Personal Server you will most likely delete the default index php and replace it with your own index page file named index php index htm or index html That way when a visitor goes to http public_ip_address they will see your own home page not the default one Alternatively you can leave the default index file in place and store your website files in a...

Page 49: ...en if they are not in response to an outgoing request One example involves the popular peer to peer file sharing application eMule For eMule to work best other computers peers on the eMule network must be able to connect to your computer running eMule although your computer does not initiate communications with them Blocking these incoming connections causes both download and upload speeds in eMul...

Page 50: ...ne fixed IP address but to any local computer that makes an outgoing connection through a designated trigger port or ports When the router detects an outgoing connection through a trigger port it temporarily forwards connections on the designated incoming ports to the computer that made the outgoing connection Since there is no need to specify which IP address will receive the incoming connections...

Page 51: ...ch you want to forward the incoming connections The IP address must be within the Personal Server s LAN subnet 4 Select the communications protocol s to which the rule applies TCP and or UDP If you are not sure which protocol to choose select both 5 In the Private port s field enter the port s on which the designated computer will listen for incoming connections 6 In the Public port s field enter ...

Page 52: ...used by outgoing trigger connections for this rule If you are not sure which protocol will be used select both 4 In the Trigger port s field enter the port s to which the outgoing trigger connections will be addressed 5 Next to Inbound protocol select the communications protocol s that will be used by inbound connections for this rule If you are not sure which protocol will be used select both 6 I...

Page 53: ...ng rule 1 In the Existing Rules table click the Edit button for the rule you want to edit 2 Clear the Enabled check box and click Save Changes To delete a port triggering rule In the Existing Rules table click the Delete button for the rule you want to delete ...

Page 54: ... Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology information about the drive L Note If you format the internal hard drive ALL content on the drive will be ERASED If the drive contains files you want to keep please make sure to back them up to another drive or to your computer before you format Also please note that you will need to reinstall the Personal Server s hard disk image after formatting For ...

Page 55: ...ntents For example if someone takes the drive without taking your Personal Server they will not be able to access its contents Encrypting is not useful when it is likely that the Personal Server will be taken with the drive because then the drive can be read using the server For this reason it is not useful to encrypt the Personal Server s internal hard drive since it is unlikely the drive would b...

Page 56: ...e Choose file dialog box navigate to the folder to which you downloaded the firmware package and double click the file The filename should start with SQ201FW and end with bin 3 Click Start Firmware Upgrade A confirmation dialog box appears Click OK to proceed When you click OK your browser will upload the firmware package to the Personal Server and then the server will install the firmware upgrade...

Page 57: ...and then the server will install the disk image Uploading takes several minutes during which time there will be no feedback except for the page loading indicator of your browser Please do not navigate away from the current page or the file upload will be interrupted and you will have to start over Once the hard disk image has been completely uploaded the page will change and display a message indi...

Page 58: ...e server s cover as described in the HDD Installation Guide simply unscrew the drive mounting bracket and gently slide the drive away from the SATA connector on the circuit board L Caution The hard drive mounting bracket may have sharp edges Please handle it with care After you install a new hard drive it must be formatted and a hard disk image must be installed Again please refer to the HDD Insta...

Page 59: ...e secure because it encrypts the communications between the server and the client including the username and password you use to log in to the CLI Telnet sends all data in clear text The enhanced security makes SSH a better choice when you must access the CLI remotely across the Internet or whenever security is a top concern To access the CLI using Windows s built in telnet client 1 On the Start m...

Page 60: ...es not permit anyone to log in to the CLI as root To execute commands as root 1 At the SquareOne prompt enter su 2 When prompted for the root password enter squareone 3 Enter commands as needed 4 When you are finished enter exit to return to user mode To delete an orphan folder 1 Use the cd command to change to the parent directory of the folder you want to delete for example cd mnt ide3 2 Execute...

Page 61: ...stration on the upper right hand corner of the main page Fill out the customer registration form online and you will be registered as our member Customers who are already registered can use the existing user ID and password to submit customer suggestions Our registered members will receive regular updates on our new product and events with easier access to technical support and A S HQ Customer Sup...

Page 62: ...d Services 1 Faults caused by customer negligence Faults caused by customer negligence or repair and modification Faults caused by repairs performed by persons other than the sales person or service center technician Faults and damages caused by dropping after installation Faults caused by use of incorrect power or by connecting to malfunctioning devices 2 Faults caused by other reasons such as na...

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