Single-bay NAS Server NAS-1100 User’s Manual
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction .................................................................................. 1 1.1 Package Contents ........................................................................... 1 1.2 System Requirements .................................................................... 1 1.3 Features ........................................................................................... 1 1.4 Specification.............................................................
.5.2 FTP Password.................................................................................................... 30 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting.........................................................................
Chapter 1 Introduction The typical installation of PLANET NAS-1100 can be completed in less than ten minutes without any additional configuration of other servers or clients on your network. With the features of a compact, economical and powerful storage server, the NAS-1100 fits your SOHO (Small Office or Home Office) or personal requirements. It functions as a file / FTP server and provides an easy way for LAN users to backup data or share files through Intranet and Internet.
1.4 Specification Support Protocol TCP/IP, FTP, HTTP, SMB Standards IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u LAN Connector RJ-45 Interface (10/100Mbps) LAN Speed 10/100 Mbps at half duplex 20/200 Mbps at full duplex LEDs PWR, LNK/ACT.
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Please refer to the steps below to install your HDD into NAS-1100: 1. Loosing the two screws on the rear panel by screwdriver or hands. 2. Grabbing the front panel and separate the HD holder from case. 3. Your HD jumper should be set to Master. Different Hard Disk has different jumper settings; please refer to your Hard Disk manual for correct setting. 4. Insert the IDE connector into the IDE socket of the Hard Disk.
5. Push the power connector into the power socket of HD as shown. The power cable is designed to go in one way, so you shouldn't have any problems. 6. Secure the Hard Disk with the screws we provided. 7. Push the Hard disk and HD holder back into the box and secure it with the two screws.
Chapter 3 Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard guides you to finish the initial installation of NAS-1100, and the basic configurations for Network. Please follow the steps as below. 1. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive to initiate the autorun program. Once completed a menu screen will appear. 2. Click on “Setup Wizard” hyper link to initiate the program. If the menu screen is not shown, you can click the “Start” button and choose “Run”. When the box appears, enter “E:\Utility\setup.
? Note: ONLY use the power adapter supplied with the NAS-1100. Otherwise, the product may be damaged. 4. Connect NAS-1100 to your switch or hub and make sure the LNK/ACT LED is light on.
5. Press “Next” to start the scan. 6. The Setup Wizard will scan available NAS-1100 in your network.
7. The screen will show you the available NAS-1100. Please select the device you want to setup and click “Next” to continue. Note: There will be two status of the “Reachable?” field. Reachable Status Action Yes NAS-1100 network setting is compatible Creating two shortcuts to access with your LAN. and setup the NAS-1100. No NAS-1100 network setting is not compatible Set a new IP address to NAS-1100 with your LAN. and creating two shortcuts to access and setup the NAS-1100. 8.
9. The NAS-1100 installation is completed. This dialog box prompts you that setup wizard will add two shortcuts on you desktop, you can configure more advance settings by click those shortcuts. Please press “OK”. 10. Please click “OK” to open the shortcut or “Cancel” to finish the setup wizard without opening shortcut. 11. You will find two shortcuts on your desktop. You can start to use NAS-1100 or setup further settings by clicking on the respective buttons.
must run the Setup Wizard again to create new shortcuts. Note 2: the Setup Wizard will detect your HD content, but only for the first partition. It is recommended that do not partition the HD. To use the storage space of NAS-1100, you can double click on the “Access My Network HD NAS-1100” icon. A dialog box will pop up and ask for username/password.
Chapter 4 Configuration The NAS-1100 provides a web-based configuration interface and you can simply access it by double click on the “Setup My Network HD – NAS-1100” icon on desktop. A dialog box will pop up and ask for username/password. The default user name and password are both “admin”. 4.1 Home On this screen, you can see the general information of your NAS-1100 including Host Name, IP address, and Firmware Version. You can also access other configuration screens here.
Options Description Status Host Name The identification of the NAS-1100 showing on the “My Neighborhood”. IP Address IP Address of this NAS-1100. Version Firmware version. Check and repair MS-DOS file system Show HDD file When the NAS-1100 does not shut down properly (such as power off the device by system status unplugging the power adapter), the NAS-1100 will automatically check and repair MS-DOS file system to ensure the system integrity. Please wait for system completing this process.
Options Description Host Name The identification of the NAS-1100 showing on the “My Network Neighborhood”. IP Address IP Address of this NAS-1000. HD used (%) The usage percentage of HDD. Up-time The estimate time of system operating period. Version Current firmware version. Samba Users The number of users who is accessing the NAS-1100 from “My Network Neighborhood”. You can have max five online users to access NAS-1100 at the same time.
4.2.1 Host Name Setting Parameters Description Host Name Identification of NAS-1100 represents on “My Network Neighborhood”. Work Group The name of the workgroup which NAS-1100 is located. Description Brief description of the NAS-1100.
4.2.2 IP Address Setting Parameters Description IP Address Designate the NAS-1100’s IP Address. This IP Address should be unique in your network. The default IP Address is 192.168.1.1. Subnet Mask Specify a Subnet Mask for your LAN segment. The default value is 255.255.255.0. Gateway Specify the gateway IP in your network. DNS Server This is the ISP’s DNS server IP address that they gave you; or you can specify your own preferred DNS server IP address. 4.2.
Parameters Description Superuser name The administrative user name to access the web interface of NAS-1100. Old Password Enter the old password here. New Password Enter the new password here. Confirm Password Please enter the new password here again to confirm. 4.3 Administration In this screen, you can manage the NAS-1100 with some useful tools.
4.3.1 System Restart Parameters Description Do you want to restart If you want to restart this NAS-1100, please press “Yes”, or press “No” to back to this system? 4.3.2 pervious page. HD Format When you see this massage “HD Unable to use” showing on the “HD used (%)”, it means either your hard disk is a brand new unformatted one or its format is not FAT32. It would be better format this hard disk or replace it with another one.
Parameters Description Do you want to format If you want to format your HD, please press “Yes”, or press “No” to back to HD? previous page. Note: Please wait until the format process completed. Do not power off the system or close the browser. After the format process complete, the system will restart automatically. 4.3.3 Factory Default Reset Parameters Description Do you want to reset If you want to reset NAS-1100 back to factory default settings.
4.3.4 Firmware Upgrade Parameters Description Firmware upgrade If you have the latest firmware of NAS-1100, you may enter the firmware path into this field or press “Browse…” to find out the firmware location and press “Apply” to upgrade. If the firmware location is wrong, please press “Reset” to enter again. If you don’t want to upgrade, press “Back” to previous page. 4.3.
Parameters Description Time Zone Please select the time zone of your country Use Local Time Press ‘Time Sync” button, the NAS-1100 will synchronize its time with your PC. Before this procedure, please make sure the time on your PC is also correct. Use Time Server If this NAS-1100 is connected to Internet already, you may select this option to set it check the system time with Internet time server. You can change the time server address or keep use the default setting and click “Save” button to apply.
4.4.1 User Configuration In this screen, you can add/Delete/modify the user account. Before operate, please make sure the installed HD was formatted. If the installed HD does not format yet, the operation in this page may be wrong.
4.4.1.1 Modify Users If you want to modify the existing user, please click the user icon in Basic User or Advanced User field. Then you will see the screen below. Parameters Description User Name For existing user, you may click “Change Name” button to change the user name. New Password If you want to set a new password of this user, please enter the new password here. Confirm Password Please enter the new password here again. User Description Please enter a simple description of this user.
4.4.1.2 Add User If you want to add a new user, please click the “Add” button on the screen in section 4.4. Then you can see the screen below for adding new user. Parameters Description User Name Please enter the name for this user. . New Password Please enter a password of this user. Confirm Password Please enter the password here again. User Description Please enter a simple description of this user. FTP Access Allow this user to access NAS-1100 via FTP protocol or not.
Undo When you want to clear the settings, you can press this button. Back Press this button for back to previous page. 4.4.1.3 Delete User If you want to delete the user account, please click the check box under the user name in the User Configuration screen, you may see the “Delete” button become available. When you press “Delete” button, you may see a dialog box to prompt you the user will be deleted, press “Yes” to delete this user.
4.4.2 Folder Configuration In this screen, you can add/delete/modify the shared folder. 4.4.2.1 Modify Folder If you want to modify the folder configuration, please click the folder icon. Then you will see the screen below.
Parameters Description Change Name If you want to change the folder name, please press this button. After press this button, you will see the screen below. Please press “Apply” to save the settings. NOTE: The default folder “Share” can’t be changed. Change Description If you want to change the folder description, please press this button. Please press “Apply” to save the settings.
Parameters Description Folder Name Please set a name to this share folder. The folder name will be shown when the user access NAS-1100. Folder Description Please set a simple description for this folder. Apply Please press this button to create this new folder. Undo Click to clear the current settings. Back Press to back to pervious page. After press “Apply”, you may see this screen to ask you to define the user accessibility.
Parameters Description Change Name If you want to change the folder name, please press this button. Change Description If you want to change the folder description, please press this button. Please set user’s limit You may set the privilege for each user or set the same setting to all users by for this folder selecting upper options. Apply Please press this button to create this new folder. Back Press to back to pervious page. 4.4.2.
4.5.1 FTP Configuration To setup this configuration such as user limitation, sever port number, length for time out and anonymous user restriction, click FTP Configuration. Parameters Description Maximum Unit Number Please enter the member number. Maximum member number is 5. Port Number Enter the FTP Port number. Default port number is 21. If you want to disable FTP function, please leave it blank. Time Out Enter the time length you want. Default is 15 minutes.
Cancel Discard the changes. Back Press to back to pervious page. 4.5.2 FTP Password Parameters Description New Password The default password for “ftpuser” account is “abc123”. If you want to change the password, please enter the new password here. Confirm Password Please enter the new password here again. Apply Please click this button to save the new password. Undo Click to discard the changes. Back Press to back to pervious page.
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Q1. How to shut down the NAS-1100 properly? Ans: u To shut down the System properly, press the POWER button on the front panel for two seconds until Power LED blinks then go off. Q2. The Setup Wizard can’t configure My Network setting. Ans: Make sure that your RJ-45 cable is connected to the NAS-1100 and your Switch/Hub. u Check the LNK/ACT LED of NAS-1100, and make sure that it’s light on. u Check the power of the NAS-1100, Switch/Hub and make sure that they are power on.
Caution: If the NAS-1100 system fails to repair your HD File system, please unplug the HD and reconnect with a PC with Windows OS. The OS will run Scandisk to repair your HD. Q5. I use NAS-1100 as a FTP server, but the users outside the LAN can’t access it. Ans: u Please make sure NAS-1100 is work with a legal IP address. Or the IP is given by the network router. u To use NAS-1100 as a FTP server without fixed IP or domain name, please setup your DDNS and Port Mapping of router (IP Sharing) first.
