LevelOne FNS-1000, User Manual

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Page 3: ...age 11 Mapping a Network Drive 11 Tips for Storing Data on the NAS 13 Using the NAS Server s Printer 14 Using the Web File Sharing 15 Changing your Password 15 Administration 17 Overview 17 The Web based Administrative Interface 17 Users Screen 19 Status Screen 22 LAN Screen 24 System Screen 25 Advanced Menu 28 Groups Screen 28 Shares Screen 31 Share Access 33 Backup Screen 34 Disk Screen 37 Upgra...

Page 4: ...r PC FNS 1000 Features Provides Gigabytes of external hard disk space Supports standard USB 2 0 port that can connect to Hard Disk Drives or USB flash Drive USB key Support NTFS and FAT file format for USB HDD Provided with a Windows utility program for speedy configuration WEB based configuration and diagnostic interface is accessible from any PC on the network Can act as a stand alone DHCP serve...

Page 5: ...e USB port OFF No USB device installed Fast Blinking Data being transferred to or from the USB device Slow Blinking USB device can be removed safely Ethernet ON Link established OFF No LAN connection Blinking Data is transmitted or received via the LAN Rear Panel Read Panel Power Input Connect the supplied power adapter here Reset Button IP Password This button has 2 functions If the NAS s IP Addr...

Page 6: ...ower is On press once to start the Shutdown sequence During Shutdown the Ready LED will blink When Shutdown is completed all LEDs will turn off Audible Warnings Audible warnings are given by the following signals 1 Beep Reset button or power switch is pressed or system is ready to use 2 Beeps Repeated every 5 seconds for 1 minute NAS is a DHCP client but no DHCP Server responded to the DHCP client...

Page 7: ... cord into the NAS s Power input on the rear panel 4 Power on Locate the NAS s power switch on the NAS s rear panel Press it once to power on the NAS 5 The NAS s self test The NAS will run a brief self test 2 or 3 seconds During the self test all of the NAS s LEDs will be illuminated or flashing 6 Booting up When the self test is complete boot up will start The Ready LED will blink continuously an...

Page 8: ...e NAS will beep 2 Wait for the USB LED to start blinking slowly 3 Remove the USB device Removing a USB device Method B 1 Run the Windows utility 2 Select Safely Remove Drive 3 Select the desired NAS 4 Click the Eject button 5 Wait for the USB LED to start blinking slowly The Windows program will also display a message when it is safe to physically detach the USB device 6 Remove the USB device Note...

Page 9: ...lick Setup to start the Setup Utility The Utility will begin scanning your network for installed NASs and a screen like the following will be displayed A list of all the NASs on your network will show on the left side The right side displays details of the currently selected NAS If the desired NAS is not listed check the following The NAS has finished the start up and boot process Your PC and the ...

Page 10: ...should match the Workgroup name used by PCs on your LAN Time Zone Select your time zone from the list Local Date Time Enter the local date mm dd yyyy format and time 6 Click Next to continue The following screen is displayed 7 Click Save to save your data to the NAS On the resulting screen click Exit to close the Setup Utility The NAS is now operational Other Configuration After the configuration ...

Page 11: ...iew Supported versions of Windows are Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP The following items need to be checked or configured Network Logon Windows 95 98 ME only Locating the NAS on your LAN Mapping to the NAS Server s storage Page 9 ...

Page 12: ...trol Panel Network Ensure the Primary Network Logon is set to Client for Microsoft Networks as shown below Window Logon 2 Windows will prompt you to Logon to the Network when it starts boots You must logon If you press ESC or click Cancel no network resources will be available When you logon you need to use a valid User Name and Password If the NAS Administrator has defined users on the NAS use th...

Page 13: ...n You will then see a list of shares shared folders You can read and write files to these shares unless the NAS administrator has blocked access 5 To create a shortcut to an NAS folder drag its icon to the desktop and accept Windows offer to create a shortcut Mapping a Network Drive You can give a share shared folder on the NAS a drive letter on your PC such as F This is called mapping the drive l...

Page 14: ...ffer ent you can enter your NAS password here But if your Windows logon name does not exist on the NAS you will have only guest access rights and there is no password which you can enter in this dialog You must ask the NAS administrator to create a username and password for you on the NAS Even if your username and password are correct you can t gain access if the NAS administrator has not allowed ...

Page 15: ...ive letters on your PC as described above You can backup your data to the NAS by copying files from your PC to the NAS If you have Windows ME 2000 or XP there is a backup program supplied with Windows You can use this backup program to automate the process of backing up your data to the NAS Please read the instructions and help file supplied with this program for details of correct usage Page 13 ...

Page 16: ...Select the Manufacturer and Printer matching the printer connected to the NAS 6 Follow the prompts to complete the installation If prompted about sharing this printer do NOT enable sharing 7 The new printer will then appear in your Printer list and can be used from any Windows application Use Start Settings Printers to list all your printers Double click the printer to view or delete the documents...

Page 17: ...me screen above Shares Folders to which everyone has access are listed You can access these folders and files by clicking on the folder name or filename If your Browser displays the file when you prefer it to be downloaded right click on the file and choose Save Target as 5 To access data which is password protected click the User Login link You will then be prompted for your user name and passwor...

Page 18: ...8080 HTTP 192 168 0 100 8080 3 The following screen will be displayed NAS Home Page 4 To change your password click on the Change Password link The following screen will be displayed Change User Password 5 Enter the required data User name your login name on the NAS created by the NAS Server s administrator Existing password your current password New password the password you now wish to use Confi...

Page 19: ...HTTP and the NAS Server s IP Address If using the default IP address HTTP 192 168 0 100 Note If the port number used by the NAS has been changed on the System screen from the default 80 you must specify the correct port number when you connect For example if the current port is 8080 HTTP 192 168 0 100 8080 3 Once connected the following screen is displayed NAS Home Page 4 To access the Administrat...

Page 20: ...the only user in the Administrators User Group is admin You can add other users as you wish The default password for the admin user is blank no password This should be changed Click the User Password link on the Home Page to change the password 6 The Users screen will be displayed as described in the following section Use the menu tabs to select the other screens as desired Page 18 ...

Page 21: ...nd other special characters e g cannot be used in the name Comment Enter a comment if you wish Verify Password Enter the user s password in these fields These fields are also used to change an existing user s password as follows Select the desired user Clear the existing values in the password fields Enter the desired password in both the Password and Verify Password fields If no password is requi...

Page 22: ...a field has no effect Buttons Groups Click this to view and or modify the Groups which the selected user is in Delete Click this button to delete the selected user Warning When a user is deleted their Private Folder and any data it contains is deleted If this data is important the Administra tor should copy it to another folder before deleting the user Save as New User Use this Button to create a ...

Page 23: ...roperties fields Edit the User Properties fields as required Note that you cannot change the Create matching Share and Folder option when modifying a user However you can use Share Private Folder Location field to change to location of a user s Private Folder if it already exists Click the Save button to save your changes Page 21 ...

Page 24: ...e On line Off line and Out of Paper No of Print Jobs The total number of print jobs in the Print Queue waiting to be printed Disk Disk Type Disk type as provided by the manufacturer Free Space The amount of disk space still available to users E mail Alerts Send Check this to enable the sending of E Mail alerts by the NAS Server Alerts will be sent when there is some problem requiring the Administr...

Page 25: ...w the log file in separate window The log file is a record of activity on the NAS Server which can help in management and troubleshooting Delete Current Job Clicking this button will delete the Print Job currently being printed Use this if the document is not printing correctly Delete All Jobs Clicking this button will delete all Print Jobs in the Print Queue Use this to clear the Print Queue Refr...

Page 26: ...sk Default 255 255 255 0 Enter the same Network Mask Subnet Mask used by PCs on your LAN Gateway Router Default None If your LAN has a Router or Gateway enter its IP Address here Otherwise leave this blank DHCP Server Enable Use this to Enable Disable the DHCP Server If you already have a DHCP Sever do not enable this feature Start Address Enter the beginning of the range of IP Addresses to be all...

Page 27: ...special characters e g cannot be used in the name Comment Enter a comment if you wish e g the location of the NAS Server Workgroup This should match the Workgroup Name on your PCs If the Workgroup name does not match access to the NAS Server is still possible but the NAS Server will not appear when you perform a Browse Network Page 25 ...

Page 28: ... each day Sync Now Use this button to synchronize with the NTP server immediately WINS Server Enable WINS Enable this if your LAN has a WINS Server If enabled this device will register with the WINS Server This will allow users on the LAN to locate this device through a Router Without WINS Network Neighborhood or My Network Places only scans the local LAN segment WINS Server If WINS is enabled ent...

Page 29: ...rvers If this is changed you should use a number greater than 1024 8080 is often used Also if the port is not 80 you must specify the port in your Web browser in order to connect To do this add a and the port number after the address e g HTTP 192 168 0 100 8080 This example assumes the NAS IP Address is 192 168 0 100 and the port number is 8080 Restore Default Config Button Click this button to re...

Page 30: ...ld then click this button Access Clicking this will display the shares which members of the current Group are able to access You can then assign remove or modify access rights for this Group See below for details Note The administrators Group ALWAYS has Read Write access to ALL Shares Members Clicking this will display the users who are members of the selected Group You can then add or delete memb...

Page 31: ...ote The administrators Group has R W access to ALL shares Other Shares The Other Shares column on the right shows all other Shares The current Group has no access to these Shares Operations To Add Access Rights Select the Share or Share in the right hand column then click the Read Access to provide Read Only access or the R W Access Button to provide Read Write access Multiple Shares can be select...

Page 32: ...ows the users who are cur rently members of this Group Other Users The Other Users column on the right shows users who are not currently members of this Group Buttons To Add a Member to the Group Select the User or Users in the right hand column then click the Button Multiple Users can be selected by holding down the CTRL Key while selecting To Delete a Member from the Group Select the User or Use...

Page 33: ...hare Name can be changed if you wish This does not change the name of the folder directory associated with the Share Note that punctuation and other special characters e g cannot be used in the name Comment Change or enter a comment if you wish Location The Location associated with the Share Note that once a Share is created its location can not be changed There are 2 options Disk Select the disk ...

Page 34: ... Properties area use this Button to create a new Share on the selected disk Clear Form Clear the form preparing it for the creation of a new Share Save Use this Button change the properties of a Share as follows Select the desired Share in the Share list Its details will be dis played in the Share Properties area Change the Share properties as required Note that you can NOT change the location Cli...

Page 35: ...ors Group has R W access to ALL shares Other Groups The Other Shares column on the right shows all other Groups These Groups have no access to the current Share Operations To Add Access Rights Select the Group in the right hand column then click the Read Access to provide Read Only access or the R W Access Button to provide Read Write access Multiple Groups can be selected by holding down the CTRL...

Page 36: ... NAS to another network device or from another network device to the NAS The Backup Jobs field displays any backup jobs you have defined If you have not defined any jobs the field will be empty For each job defined the following data in shown Name This shows the name you assigned to this backup job Source Destination The name of the source and destination devices are shown in the form Source Desti...

Page 37: ... the source are deleted Direction Select the desired direction where backing up will occur From this NAS to another device Data on the NAS is backed up to remote device From another device to NAS Data on remote device is backed up to the NAS This NAS Share Sub Folder Select the applicable share If backing up from the NAS select the share you wish to back up If backing up to the NAS select the shar...

Page 38: ...and Password required to gain access to the share Schedule This show the schedule options for when the backup will occur Never Choosing this selection will disable this backup job Every Day Select this to have the backup job performed each day at the specified time Every Monday Every Tuesday Select this to have the backup performed once per week on the specified day and time The time field hour mi...

Page 39: ...by Use the Set Hard Disk to standby mode setting to determine if and when the hard disk drives should be switched to Standby mode Disk Screen Prepare Disk The status field can have any of the following values Not installed No disk is inserted or connection or disk has failed Not Prepared Disk has been detected but it is not ready for use Use the Prepare Disk button to prepare the disk for use Prep...

Page 40: ...will destroy any data on the disk Once started this process can NOT be halted or reversed Self test S M A R T Run Check Select the day and time you wish the S M A R T check to be done Select Never if you don t wish the S M A R T check to be performed automatically Test now Click this button to run the S M A R T check immediately The check will take no more than a few minutes Scandisk Start Stop If...

Page 41: ...rver will reboot once the upgrade installation is completed The procedure may take from 5 to 10 minutes Upgrade Screen Current Firmware The version number of the NAS Server s current firmware Upgrade Enter the full path e g C downloads utilities DS36799 rpm of the upgrade file You can also click the Browse button to browse the folders on your PC and select the desired file Note Implementation of t...

Page 42: ...to the NAS This feature is normally called Port Forwarding or Virtual Servers and is illus trated below Connecting via the Internet The default port number for Web browser connections is 80 If you prefer to use a different port num ber you can specify the port number on the NAS System screen The Web entry for Port Forwarding Virtual Server must then use the port number specified on the NAS System ...

Page 43: ...e the Internet IP address to connect to the NAS NOT the LAN IP address If the port number used by the NAS has been changed from the default 80 you must specify the correct port number when you connect For example if the port is 8080 and the Internet IP address is 203 70 212 52 enter the following as your browser s Address or Location HTTP 203 70 212 52 8080 Page 41 ...

Page 44: ... specify the correct port number when you connect For example if the port is 8080 and the Internet IP address is 203 70 212 52 enter the following as your browser s Address or Location HTTP 203 70 212 52 8080 Once connected to the NAS via the Internet all the Web based management features are available However the Browse button on the Shares screen only allows Web based file browsing If using Inte...

Page 45: ...If this does not work use Control Panel Network to check the following TCP IP protocol is installed If not use Add Protocol Microsoft TCP IP to install it Check the network Bindings Ensure the TCP IP protocol is bound to your Network card NIC Select your Network card click Properties and then the Bindings tab If TCP IP is not bound checked check it Ensure the TCP IP Network card entry is bound to ...

Page 46: ...S Administrator to grant you access Note Windows uses the Computer name as shown on Control Panel Network Identification as the default Logon Name But you can create a new Windows logon name by merely entering a new name and password at the Logon prompt Page 44 ...

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