Netgear RNR4425 RND4000 Setup Manual
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ReadyNAS Setup Manual NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA October 2007 208-10163-01 v1.0 - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 2
, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks NETGEAR, the NETGEAR logo, ReadyNAS, X-RAID, FrontView, RAIDar, RAIDiator, Network Storage Processor, and NSP are trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 3
ReadyNAS Device 1-2 Using the FrontView Setup Wizard Setting the Clock ...1-8 Configuring Alert Contacts 1-8 Configuring Networking 1-9 Ethernet Settings ...1-9 Global Settings ...1-10 Setting Up Security ...1-11 Administration Password 1-11 Security Mode ...1-12 Setting Up File Sharing Services - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 4
iv Contents - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 5
RAIDar Utility, please note that: • RAIDar, a utility used for discovering the ReadyNAS device on your network, is located on the ReadyNAS Installation CD. RAIDar is useful in environments where the ReadyNAS obtains a random DHCP IP address. • RAIDar runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and takes - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 6
Device Before using the RAIDar utility to detect your device, power on ReadyNAS and wait for it to boot up (approximately 2 minutes). If you are connecting a PC directly to ReadyNAS (and not through a network), first set a static IP address on your PC in the 192.168.168.xxx subnet, subnet mask - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 7
Figure 1 2. Select the device and click Browse to access the default share called backup. The backup share can be used as a big repository for your data and to backup your data. Figure 2 Installing the RAIDar Utility 3 - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 8
Wizard. If your client has a static IP address, make sure it is on the same IP address subnet as the ReadyNAS device. You can do this by configuring your client to obtain its IP address via DHCP. Even if your network does not have existing DHCP service, the ReadyNAS device will assure that you will - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 9
Control mode, see the ReadyNAS User Guide (a PDF of the User Manual, as well as a link to the online manual, is on your Installation CD). In a typical FrontView Setup Wizard process, you will set the clock, set up alert notification contacts, configure networking, change the default administrator - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 10
Figure 4 3. Click Setup Wizard in the lower left corner to start the Setup Wizard. The Setup Wizard screen will display. Figure 5 As you traverse through the setup screens, you will notice the command bar in the upper right corner and the navigation and status bar at the bottom. 6 Using the - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 11
LED indicates that everything is working normally. - The amber LED indicates a warning or a failure condition. (See the ReadyNAS User Guide for information on other LED behavior. A link to the ReadyNAS User Guide is on the Installation CD). • The menu bar on the left provides the option to switch - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 12
files maintain their proper timestamp. Figure 9 2. If you want to synchronize the ReadyNAS time with a local or public NTP server, select the Synchronize clock with... radio box. As an option, you can change the NTP server addresses (or you can keep the defaults). 3. Click Apply. 4. Click Next to - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 13
(MTAs) (such as those used by the ReadyNAS) from working. If this is the case, you will need to specify a remote SMTP server in Advanced Control mode when you are done with the Setup Wizard. This method is covered in the ReadyNAS User Guide. Various email services may filter out the test message and - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 14
screen allows you to specify the ReadyNAS host name, default gateway and DNS servers. To set the Global Settings: 1. Enter a hostname that you wish to advertise the ReadyNAS on your network. This hostname can be used in place of the IP address when accessing the ReadyNAS from Windows, or over OS - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 15
. Figure 12 3. Click Apply to save any changes. Then, click Next to configure the ReadyNAS Security. Setting Up Security Administration Password The Admin Password screen allows you to change the default password assigned for the admin user. You should change - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 16
a password recovery question and the expected answer, along with your email address in the remaining fields. This information will allow you to reset the password on the ReadyNAS in case the password is lost. See the ReadyNAS User Guide for details on this process, if required. 3. Click Apply. Click - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 17
Click Apply to save your changes. Then click Next to set up File Sharing Services. Setting Up File Sharing Services Standard File Protocols A share is simply a network folder on the ReadyNAS that clients communicating in various file access protocols from different operating systems can access. To - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 18
• HTTP/S for browser access. • FTP and Rsync for advanced incremental backups. More details on these services are described in the ReadyNAS User Guide. You can elect to keep the defaults and revisit this page to fine-tune your services at a later time. Figure 15 14 Using the FrontView Setup Wizard - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 19
changes, click Apply. Then click Next to set up Streaming Services. Streaming Services The ReadyNAS comes with a complete list of streaming media services, allowing you to use a network media player to stream media files directly from the ReadyNAS without going through a PC. By default, no Streaming - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 20
storage device are attached. You can limit share access to specific hosts by customizing access control. When you specify a host in the allow list, no other hosts will be able to access the share using the selected file protocol. Hosts can be listed using their IP address the ReadyNAS User Guide. To - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 21
Figure 18 Add Shares To add more shares: 1. Click Next to display the Add Shares screen. You can enter up to five share names with share descriptions. 2. You can, optionally, assign a share password and disk quota. The disk quota feature allows you to limit disk usage on a share-by-share basis. - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 22
To assign a printer driver to a print share in Windows, click Browse in RAIDar, or simply enter \\hostname in the Explorer address bar, then double Register your ReadyNAS product by clicking Register Product.Your ReadyNAS product information will be placed in our warranty and support database so we - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 23
using Windows Explorer. For instructions on how to access the shares from other client systems, see "Accessing Shares" in the ReadyNAS User Guide. If you choose not to register at this time, you can always go to http://www.netgear.com/register, select your ReadyNAS - Netgear RNR4425 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 24
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October 2007
208-10163-01
v1.0
NETGEAR
, Inc.
4500 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA
ReadyNAS Setup Manual