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NAS540 Cloud Storage Version 5.00 Edition 1 Quick Start Guide User's Guide Default Login Details Web Address nas540 User Name admin Passwordwww.zyxel.co1m234 Copyright © 2014 ZyXEL Communications Corporation - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 2
manual is accurate. Related Documentation • Quick Start Guide The Quick Start Guide shows how to connect the NAS and get up and running right away. • Web Configurator Online Help The embedded Web Help contains descriptions of individual screens and supplementary information. 2 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 3
Overview Contents Overview User's Guide ...13 Getting to Know Your NAS ...15 NAS Starter Utility ...19 zCloud ... NAS 269 Users ...273 Groups ...279 Shares ...283 WebDAV ...293 Maintenance Screens ...297 Protect ...319 Troubleshooting ...339 Product Specifications ...363 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 4
Contents Overview 4 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 5
I: User's Guide 13 Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your NAS...15 1.1 Overview ...15 1.1.1 Hard Disks ...16 1.1.2 SD Card ...16 1.1.3 Power Button ...16 1.1.4 COPY/SYNC Button ...16 1.1.5 RESET Button ...17 Chapter 2 NAS Starter Utility...19 2.1 Overview ...19 2.2 Starting the NAS Starter Utility ...19 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 6
Network ...91 5.2.1 If the NAS Icon Does Not Display 93 5.2.2 NAS Icon Right-click Options 94 Download Service Tutorial ...108 5.7.1 Copying/Pasting a Download Link 108 5.7.2 Configuring the Download Service Preferences 111 5.7.3 Using Download Service Notification 114 6 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 7
NAS's Certificate 128 5.12.2 Downloading and Installing Customized Certificate 129 5.12.3 Turn on the NAS's Web Security 133 5.13 Using FTPES to Connect to the NAS 139 5.14 Using a Mac to Access the NAS Need to Know ...163 7.4 Firmware Upgrade Screen ...164 7.5 Package NAS540 User's Guide 7 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 8
Download Service Screen ...197 10.7.1 Adding a Download Task ...201 10.7.2 Configuring General Download Settings 203 10.7.3 Configuring the P2P Download Settings 205 10.7.4 Edit IP Filter ...207 10.7.5 Selecting Files to Download ...218 10.11 Copy/Sync Button Screen ...219 8 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 9
12.2 Download Service ...221 10.12.3 Download Service Notification 222 10.12.4 P2P Download Security ...222 10.12.5 Web Publishing Example 224 10.12.6 Web Publishing ...226 10.12.7 Channel Guides for 12.5.2 FTP Uploadr Preferences Screen 262 Chapter 13 Dropbox ...265 NAS540 User's Guide 9 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 10
How to Use Dropbox with the NAS 267 Chapter 14 Using Time Machine with the NAS 269 14.1 Overview ...269 14.2 Time Machine Screen ...269 14.3 Using Time Machine ...269 Chapter 15 Users ...273 15.1 Overview ...273 .5.1 Moving or Copying Files ...291 Chapter 18 WebDAV ...293 10 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 11
18.1 Overview ...293 18.2 WebDAV Screen ...293 18.3 How to Use NetDrive with the NAS 294 Chapter 19 Maintenance Screens ...297 19.1 Overview ...297 19.2 What You Can Do ... Step 3 ...332 20.4 Restore Screen ...333 20.4.1 Restore: Step 1 ...334 20.4.2 Restore: Step 2 ...335 NAS540 User's Guide 11 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 12
Chapter 21 Troubleshooting...339 21.1 Troubleshooting Overview ...339 21.2 Power, Hardware, Connections, and LEDs 339 21.3 NAS Starter Utility ...341 21.4 NAS Login and Access ...342 21.4.1 Enabling Scripting of Safe ActiveX Controls 344 21.5 I Cannot Access The NAS ...346 21.6 Users Cannot Access - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 13
PART I User's Guide 13 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 14
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download files from website feeds for convenient viewing. • Play the NAS's video, music and photo files on your computers using the included media client software. • Play the NAS's video, music and photo files on hardware-based media players. • Use the NAS's website to share files with remote users - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 16
about five seconds), then release it. 1.1.4 COPY/SYNC Button Use the COPY/SYNC button on the front panel to copy or synchronize files between a connected USB or SD device and the NAS. See Section 10.11 on page 219 for more details on how to configure the copy/sync settings. 16 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 17
three quick beeps after you release the button. This resets the NAS to the factory default configuration. All settings you have configured on the NAS, including IP address, password, user accounts, groups, and so on will be reset to the factory defaults. The reset process does NOT affect the volume - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 18
Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your NAS 18 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 19
server names. This enables you to identify each NAS in the NAS Starter Utility screens. 2.3 NAS Seeker Screen Use this screen to view the NASs in your network. The NAS's Server Name. The default is 'NAS' followed by the number of your model ('NAS540' for example). See Section 2.6 on page 23 for - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 20
, or Config Failed. Server Name This is the server name you configured for the NAS. If you have more than one NAS in your network, it is recommended that you give each one a unique name for identification purposes. IP Address This is the current IP address of the NAS. 20 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 21
This button displays if the NAS detects that the NAS has not yet configured any of the installed hard disks. Click this button to go to the Web Configurator login screen (see Section 4.2 on page 29). Capacity This shows the NAS's total, in-use, and remaining storage capacity. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 22
and password and click Login. Figure 8 Login The utility opens the NAS's directory in Windows Explorer. Figure 9 Directory 2.5 Network Drive In the main NAS Starter Utility screen click Network Drive to add the NAS as a network drive in your computer's Windows Explorer. 22 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 23
access and use it like your computer's other drives. Figure 11 Network Drive 2.6 Configure System Settings Use these screens to be able to change the NAS's server name, time zone, PPPoE, IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, or DNS settings. NAS540 User's Guide 23 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 24
server in your network. Select this if you want to assign the NAS a fixed IP address, subnet mask and default gateway. Note: Do not configure an IP address that is already in use in your network. This results to a network IP address conflict and makes the NAS inaccessible. 24 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 25
DHCP server if the NAS is automatically given DNS information from the ISP or a DHCP server in your network. Select Manually assign DNS server if you were given specific IP address(es) of the DNS server(s). Enter the primary and secondary DNS in the corresponding fields. NAS540 User's Guide 25 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 26
Chapter 2 NAS Starter Utility 26 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 27
your NAS • Upload photos and videos from your iOS device to your NAS • Browse and manage files stored on the NAS • Compatibility: Requires Android 4.0.3 or later or iOS 7 or 8. After installing the zCloud app on your device, tap the zCloud icon to open it. Figure 13 zCloud Icon NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 28
iOS Main Menus Find a NAS - use your NAS's IP address and your user name and password to connect to it. NAS540 - access the NAS's default photo, music, and video shares. You can play, download, upload and manage files. Download - access and manage files downloaded from the NAS to your Android or - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 29
and type in the server name of the NAS. The default is "nas" followed by the number of your model ("nas540" for example). Configure the server name of your NAS using the Network Configuration screen (Section 2.6 on page 23) of the NAS Starter Utility. Figure 15 NAS URL NAS540 User's Guide 29 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 30
default username and password are "admin" and "1234" respectively. Enter your username and password. See Chapter 15 on page 273 for how to create other user existing data in the hard disk before installing it in the NAS. Creating a volume formats the hard disk and deletes all 30 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 31
on disk group to be able to create more than one storage volume. Go to Section 4.4.1.3 on page 50 for details. Figure 18 Welcome Screen NAS540 User's Guide 31 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 32
go to mycloud.zyxel.com to set up a free DDNS hostname for the NAS so you can connect to it easily from the Internet. 7 Storage - click this to open the storage configuration screens. 8 Administrator - click this to open the administrator configuration screens in a new tab. 32 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 33
Center LABEL Refresh Status Server Name DESCRIPTION Click the Refresh icon to update this display. The circular icon displays the health state of the NAS. A green circle with a check mark indicates healthy. This displays the name which helps you find the NAS on the network. NAS540 User's Guide 33 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 34
NAS device is. Firmware Version This is the NAS firmware version. LAN1 MAC Address This displays the NAS's unique physical hardware address (MAC) for the LAN1 Ethernet port. You need the MAC address to register the product at myZyXEL.com. Customer support may also request it for troubleshooting - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 35
NAS) Internal Volumes Table 6 Internal Volumes OPTION Volume DESCRIPTION Allocates all the available space to the volume. Volume on Disk Group Provides better performance. Allows you to create multiple volumes on a disk group. Allows you to customize the size of a volume. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 36
in each RAID 1 group DESCRIPTION CAPACITY Use Basic with one disk. capacity performance. You can add a hot spare to a 2-disk RAID 1. Use RAID 5 with three or four disks to balance performance and hard disk capacity hot spare fails, the NAS automatically uses the hot Repair link to storage capacity as - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 37
5. Replacing with larger disks The hard disk you want to add must have capacity equal to or greater than the smallest disk in the volume or disk group replacing a disk, you must use the Storage screen's Manage link to repair the volume. What for the repair process to NAS540 User's Guide 37 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 38
lost. Note: This button is not available while the NAS is creating, deleting, hard disk into the NAS if any disk tray NAS Manage Delete Add Hot Spare Select a volume and click Manage to edit, repair or expand the volume. Note: This button about RAID. Note: The capacity of the disk you are adding - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 39
of resynchronizing the NAS has finished and volume. Otherwise, it shows not supported. Volume on Disk Group Use this lost. Edit Delete Note: This button is unavailable when a volume or disk and click Edit to expand the volume's capacity. Select a volume and click Delete to NAS540 User's Guide 39 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 40
resynchronizing the NAS has finished and the evaluated remaining time. Volume Name File System Available Capacity Changing: The NAS's percentage progress has better performance Click Create in the Volume section of the Storage > Volume screen to open the screen as shown. 40 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 41
the name of the hard disk. Size This field shows the total disk size. Model Name This field shows the model of the hard disk. NAS540 User's Guide 41 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 42
performance than RAID 6, with slightly less data protection. See Table 7 on page 36 or Section 4.4.7 on page 67 for more information. Note: Use the same capacity of hard disks for RAID 1, 5, 6, or 10 to avoid wasting space. Back This button to open the screen as shown. 42 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 43
Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics The available options vary depending on the conditions it matches. For example, the Repair RAID option is available only when a degraded volume is selected. Figure 26 Manage Volume (Repair RAID) A NAS540 User's Guide 43 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 44
Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Figure 27 Manage Volume (Expand the volume by adding disk(s) ) A 44 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 45
Figure 28 Manage Volume (Change RAID Type) Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics NAS540 User's Guide 45 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 46
Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Figure 29 Manage Volume (Change RAID Type) A 46 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 47
a disk to increase an array's capacity or to use as a hot NAS fails to expand a volume by adding disk(s) and the final volume capacity displays the total capacity of the disk the volume's capacity. Use the Expected Capacity This Use the same capacity of hard disks screen to review the settings you - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 48
the name of the disk. Size This field displays the total capacity of the disk. Model Name This field displays the model of the without saving any settings. Step 2. Summary Use this screen to review the settings you configured in the last step. Action This field displays NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 49
or four disks to mirror primary data to another disk(s) with high performance. Use RAID 5 with three or more disks to balance performance, hard disk capacity usage with data protection in case of disk failure. Use RAID 6 the type of RAID on which the volume will be built. NAS540 User's Guide 49 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 50
Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Table 12 Manage Volume (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Volume Capacity This field displays the total size of the volume. Back Click Back to go to the on Disk Group section of the Storage > Volume screen to open the screen as shown. 50 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 51
Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Note: It is suggested to create a volume directly on a disk instead of on a disk group if high performance is important to you. See Section 4.4.1.1 on page 40 for more information. Figure 30 Create Volume on an Existing Disk Group NAS540 User's Guide 51 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 52
Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Figure 31 Create Volume on a New Disk Group 52 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 53
available on the volume by default. You can change the size to allocate to this volume. Click MAX to allocate all available size name. Volume Name This field displays the name of the volume. Volume Capacity This field displays the size of the volume. Back Click Back to NAS540 User's Guide 53 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 54
to another disk(s) with high performance. Use RAID 5 with three or more disks to balance performance, hard disk capacity usage with data protection in case on the volume by default. You can set the size to allocate for this volume. Click MAX to allocate all available capacity of the disk group to - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 55
a minimum additional capacity for expansion). You can enter a bigger number or click MAX to allocate all the rest of the space in the disk group to the volume. Apply Click Apply to save the settings. Cancel Click Cancel to close the screen without saving any settings. NAS540 User's Guide 55 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 56
on the disk(s) will be lost. Manage Note: This button is not available while the NAS is creating, deleting, or changing the RAID type of array. See Section 4.4.7 on page 67 for more information. Note: The capacity of the disk you are adding must be equal to or greater than NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 57
the volume's RAID type. For a RAID 1 volume, this also displays the percentage of resynchronizing the NAS has finished and the evaluated remaining time. This field shows the type of the RAID over which this the total size of the disk. This field shows the model of the disk. NAS540 User's Guide 57 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 58
1 volume, this also displays the percentage of resynchronizing the NAS has finished and the evaluated remaining time. This field shows the name of the hot-spare disk. This field shows the total size of the hot-spare disk. This field shows the model of the hot-spare disk. 58 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 59
Disk Group screen to create a disk group. From the Storage > Disk Group screen, click the Create button to open the screen as shown. Figure 34 Create Disk Group Need Graphic! The following table describes the the hard disk. Size This field shows the total disk size. NAS540 User's Guide 59 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 60
maximum speed. Use RAID 1 with two or more disks to mirror primary data to another disk(s) with high performance. Use RAID 5 with three or more disks to balance performance, hard disk capacity usage with data protection in case of disk failure. Use RAID 6 with four disks for more data protection - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 61
disks using standard indicators (called "attributes"), to help you anticipate possible disk failures. Note: The available S.M.A.R.T information varies from one hard disk vendor to another. NAS540 User's Guide 61 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 62
shows the temperature of the hard disk in degrees celsius (oC) and fahrenheit (oF). Performance This shows your hard disk's performance (Good or Bad). Power_On_H This field shows the number of hours the hard disk has been in power-on state since it was ours produced. 62 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 63
whether or not the hard disk is SMART-capable. SMART support This field shows whether or not the hard disk has SMART monitoring turned on. Close Click this button to close the screen. 4.4.6 SMART Info Use this screen to display more details information about the volume. NAS540 User's Guide 63 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 64
to an attribute of the hard disk that S.M.A.R.T can assess. Attributes describe the hard disk's physical state, performance, wear-and-tear, and so on. This is a value that corresponds to the Raw Data. Compare this value of the attribute is less than or equal to the threshold. 64 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 65
the hard drive only updates this attribute when value is better. Click this button to close the screen. 4.4.6.1 Performance High This is an average performance indicator for the seek operations of the magnetic heads. Mechanical subsystem problems cause this value to decrease. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 66
A decrease in this value is an indicator of hard disk mechanical subsystem problems. 12 Device Power Cycle Count This is the number of times the hard not performed. Only failed write attempts cause a reallocation, not read errors. This can be difficult to test since only . 66 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 67
This is the number of errors corrected by software ECC (Error Correction Code). 205 Thermal Asperity Offline Seek Performance This is the hard drive's seek performance during offline operations. Offline operations are tests the drive NAS. JBOD • Minimum number of disks: 1 NAS540 User's Guide 67 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 68
capacity However JBOD read performance is not as performance. The following figure performance. Table 22 RAID 0 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 DISK 1 DISK 2 RAID 0 capacity is the size of the sum of the capacities RAID 0 array, then the maximum capacity is 8 TB. Typical applications for - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 69
number of disks (two or four for the NAS). RAID 1 capacity is limited to the size of the smallest disk amounts of storage capacity or top performance, for example, capacity. If you have four disks of sizes 1TB, 1TB, 2TB, 2TB respectively in one RAID 6 array, then the maximum NAS540 User's Guide 69 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 70
5 by those requiring higher performance. It may be used instead of RAID 1 for applications requiring more capacity. RAID 5 RAID 5 provides the best balance of capacity and performance while providing data redundancy. It the array to have it return to its original state. The 70 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 71
200 GB and 250 GB respectively in one RAID 5 array, then the maximum capacity is 450 GB (3 * 150 GB, the smallest disk size) and the 1 or RAID 1+0 are probably better choices, as the performance of RAID 5 will begin to substantially decrease in a write NAS malfunctioning. NAS540 User's Guide 71 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 72
videos. See Section 10.5 on page 195 for how to configure the media server. Use File Browser to see files in a tree-folder structure. 72 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 73
account passwords. Administrators can use Application Zone to manage the NAS's applications. Normal users can download and install VLC (use the .exe file). To install a VLC plugin for Firefox, when you install VLC, you have to select the Mozilla plugin option. Current VLC plugins may not support - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 74
files. This following figures shows a folder within the Music media server screens with the files as thumbnails and as a list. Figure 39 Music (Thumbnail) A B C 74 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 75
screen. Table 29 Playzone Media Server Screens LABEL ZyXEL DESCRIPTION The path of the current view. Click ZyXEL to return to the Playzone Home screen. Click an underlined link to go to that location in the path selected file. You can also double-click a file to play it. NAS540 User's Guide 75 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 76
currently playing playlist. Refresh Click this to update the display in the screen. Now Playing This link is available when a song is playing. Click photo's EXIF button to display or hide the photo's Exchangeable image file format (Exif) data. Figure 42 Exif Information 76 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 77
data includes GPS location data, click the latitude or longitude link to display the location in Google Maps. Click Clear to delete buttons for controlling the slideshow. Note: Your browser must have the Flash Player plug-in installed to view slideshows. Figure 44 Slideshow NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 78
play, open, upload, and download files. A share is a set of user access permissions for a specific network drive for easy and familiar file transfer for Windows users. • A folder icon with a hand indicates a of up to 2 GB in size. • You can download individual files of up to 4 GB in size with Mozilla - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 79
computer. Note: Do not refresh the screen while a download is going on. Select files or folders and click this to compress them into a zip file. Select a zipped file and click this to create a folder named after the zip file and save the decompressed files into the folder. NAS540 User's Guide 79 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 80
Click this to update the information displayed in the screen. Note: Do not refresh the screen while an upload or download is in progress is not configurable for the NAS's default admin and public shares. Enable This Share Select this option to allow users to access this share. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 81
(they cannot be the same as other share names). • The NAS creates automatic volume names for external (USB) disk volumes. These are supported for share names, although your FTP client must support UTF-8. Full support should be available in all Windows versions after Windows 2000. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 82
enable or disable various applications for file sharing and downloading. Normal users can go to the management page of installed, non Chapter 10 on page 191 for more information. Management Click this link to go the application's management page where you can configure settings NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 83
. Refresh Update the list account passwords. Figure link for installing it if you do not already have it installed. WMP This field displays "Installed" if you already have Windows Media Player installed or a link for installing it if you do not already have it installed. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 84
NAS to immediately stop any currently playing song and start playing the double-clicked song. Slide Effect Slide Interval Video Playback Account Name Old Password New Password Password (Confirm) Language Go to system administration page Apply Reset screens in a new tab. 84 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 85
the drop-down list box. Help Click this to open Web Help for the current screen. Home Click this to go to the Desktop screen. NAS540 User's Guide 85 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 86
Summary LINK SCREEN FUNCTION Status This screen shows system information, the status of the volumes, and the users who are currently using the NAS. System Setting Firmware/ Packages Upload/upgrade new firmware to your NAS and add useful applications. The NAS can download multiple packages - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 87
media files and select which shares to share. iTunes Server Use the iTunes server to share media files with iTunes users on your network. Download Service Have the NAS handle large file downloads. Web Publishing Let people use a web browser to access files in shares without logging into the Web - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 88
text box at the bottom of the screen (4) displays status messages as you configure the NAS. 4.6.5 Common Administrator Screen Icons The following table explains some icons that appear in several administrator lose data that is being transferred to or from that hard drive. 88 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 89
two back slashes followed by the NAS name or IP address. Initially you can only read and write to the Public, Video, Music, and Photo folders until you create other shares on the NAS. This session is then displayed as shown in the following figure. Session Example (Windows) NAS540 User's Guide 89 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 90
Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics 90 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 91
Configurator's Security Sessions, see page 127 • Using FTPES to Connect to the NAS, see page 139 • Using a Mac to Access the NAS, see page 141 • How to Use the BackupPlanner, see page 143 5.2 Windows 7 Network To see your NAS in a Windows 7 home or work network: Tutorials NAS540 User's Guide 91 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 92
Chapter 5 Tutorials 1 Click Start > Control Panel. Set View by to Category and click Network and Internet. 2 Click View network computers and devices. 92 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 93
NAS Icon Does Not Display The network containing the NAS must be set as a home or work network in order for the NAS icons to display. If the network containing the NAS displays as "Public": 1 Click Network and Sharing Center and then the network's link (circled in the figure). NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 94
remove the NAS from the list of devices installed in your computer. • View device web page opens the Web Configurator login screen. • Open Media Player opens the computer's default media player. • Create shortcut adds a desktop shortcut to the Web Configurator login screen. 94 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 95
troubleshooting purposes. • Unique identifier is a unique UPnP ID that the NAS generated. • IP address is the NAS's IP address. It is also the IP address for accessing the Web Configurator. 5.3 Windows 7 Network Map To see your NAS in a Windows 7 home or work network map: NAS540 User's Guide 95 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 96
the full map feature. If the network containing the NAS displays as "Public", click the network's link (2 in the figure, although it is already NAS's icon to open the Web Configurator login screen. See Section 5.2.2 on page 94 for the NAS icon's right-click options. EXAMPLE 96 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 97
the NAS automatically displays as a library in Windows Media Player. Figure 50 NAS in Windows Media Player EXAMPLE 5.5 Windows 7 Devices and Printers After you use the NAS's network icon's install option you can manage the NAS from the Windows 7 Devices and Printers folder. NAS540 User's Guide 97 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 98
make a desktop shortcut to this screen. • Troubleshoot opens Windows' device troubleshooting wizard. • Remove device removes the NAS from the Windows 7 Devices and Printers folder. • Properties opens a window of NAS details and troubleshooting information (see page 95). 98 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 99
default media player. • Open file location takes you to the Windows 7 Devices and Printers folder. • Download NAS Starter Utility downloads the NAS's Starter Utility. It lets you find, set up, and manage the NAS Copy copies the shortcut so you can paste it somewhere else. NAS540 User's Guide 99 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 100
• Troubleshoot opens Windows' device troubleshooting wizard. • Remove device removes the NAS from Guide instructions to perform initial setup and configuration (so you have a working volume). See the rest of this User's Guide for details on configuring the NAS's various screens. 5.6.1 Creating a User - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 101
and password when he logs into his share from his computer. Set the Account Type to User so Jimmy doesn't get to configure the whole NAS. Click Apply to create the account. 4 The account now displays in the Users screen each other's files). This is how he would do it. NAS540 User's Guide 101 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 102
Chapter 5 Tutorials 1 In the NAS's administration web configurator screens, click Shares > Add Share. Click Add Share to create a new share. 2 Specify a name for the share and select which volume it should be on. Configure the screen as follows. Then click Edit. 102 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 103
through the steps again to create another share for Kevin. 5.6.3 Creating a Group After creating user accounts for Jimmy and Kevin, Bob wants to create a group for his sons and the group. 1 In the NAS's administration web configurator screen, click Groups > Add Group. NAS540 User's Guide 103 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 104
NAS as if it was another folder on your computer. Here he maps Jimmy's share to Jimmy's computer. 1 Start Windows Explorer and go to the NAS's server name. The default is 'nas' followed by the number of your model ('nas540' for example). 2 Click Tools > Map Network Drive. 104 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 105
NAS to from the Drive list box. This example uses I. Then browse to and select the share on the NAS. Click Finish. 4 Enter the username and password for Jimmy's account and click OK. You do not need to do this if the username and password are the same as Jimmy's Windows login. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 106
's computer. 5.6.5 Accessing a Share Using FTP You can also use FTP to access the NAS. Suppose Jimmy is temporarily using a different computer and wants to access his share without mapping the account's username and "server" is the NAS's IP address or server name. EXAMPLE 106 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 107
computer's drives to or from this network folder. EXAMPLE 5.6.6 Accessing a Share Through the Web Configurator You can browse and access files through the web configurator. NAS540 User's Guide 107 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 108
Internet. Use this same procedure for P2P downloads as well as regular HTTP (web) and FTP downloads. See Section 10.12.2 on page 221 for more on the download service. 5.7.1 Copying/Pasting a Download Link 1 Open your Internet browser (this example uses Internet Explorer). 108 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 109
should start in a few seconds, there may be a link to click if the download does not start automatically. See if that link opens the file or the pop-up window. 3 Right-click the download link and select Copy Shortcut in Internet Explorer (or Copy Link Location in Firefox). NAS540 User's Guide 109 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 110
Chapter 5 Tutorials 4 Log into the NAS web configurator (see Section 4.2 on page 29) using the administrator account and click Application Zone and the Application Zone > Download Service link. 5 Click Add. 110 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 111
Service Preferences Once you added a list of download tasks to the NAS (see Section 5.7.1 on page 108), you can have the NAS download files during a specific time period of the day. You can also configure the P2P download settings to control bandwidth and optimize download efficiency. NAS540 User - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 112
, the NAS will download the file again. If the file is intact but not completely downloaded, the NAS will resume the download task after it restarts. 3 When it is not the download time, you see a message in the Download Service screen, indicating the active download period. 112 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 113
100 in the Upload/Download Ratio field. • Scroll down and click Edit IP Filter. Use an online IP filter table from http://www.bluetack.co.uk/ config/level1.gz for example to protect P2P downloads. Enter the URL in the Update IP Filter from the Internet Every Week field. NAS540 User's Guide 113 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 114
. See Section 10.12.3 on page 222 for more on download service notifications. Some RSS readers may not support the NAS's download service notifications. For example, Google Reader cannot support this feature if the NAS has a private IP address. Note: It is recommended to subscribe to the - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 115
2 The following screen displays. Select Subscribe to this feed. Chapter 5 Tutorials 3 The following screen displays. Click Subscribe. 4 Click the Favorite icon on your browser and select the Feeds tab to check the updates of your NAS's download list. NAS540 User's Guide 115 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 116
Firefox Example 1 After you activate download service notification, click the RSS feed icon. 2 The following screen displays. Select Live Bookmarks from the drop-down list and click Subscribe Now. 3 The following screen displays. Select Bookmarks Menu and click Add. 116 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 117
, radio talk shows, Podcasts (audio files), and blogs. This example shows how to subscribe the NAS to the CNET TV Internet television channel. See Section 10.9 on page 211 for more on the broadcatching service. 1 Open your Internet browser (this example uses Firefox). NAS540 User's Guide 117 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 118
or information about the channel. One way to test this is by clicking the link. Clicking an actual RSS feed link opens a screen of XML code (in browsers without an RSS feed aggregator) or a window where you can add the RSS feed (in browsers with an RSS feed aggregator). 118 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 119
the download link and select Copy Link Location in Firefox (or Copy Shortcut in Internet Explorer). 4 Log into the NAS web configurator (see Section 4.2 on page 29) using the administrator account and click Administration > Applications > Broadcatching. 5 Click Add Channel. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 120
the channel. By default, the channel folders are created in the admin share's download folder. The NAS's media server feature makes it easy for users on your network to play the broadcatching files you download. See Section 10.12.1 on page 220 for more on the media server. 120 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 121
is also connected to an appropriate power source. NAS 3 Turn on the printer. 4 The NAS detects the printer after a few moments. 5 On your computer, open your CIFS file sharing program (Windows Explorer for example) and browse to the NAS. Double-click the printer's icon. NAS540 User's Guide 121 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 122
or the printer manufacturer's website (the driver is not installed on the NAS). Note: You must install the printer driver on each computer that Select the printer in an application to use it to print. Browse to the NAS using a CIFS program (like Windows Explorer) and double-click the printer's icon - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 123
NAS and upload the photos to her Flickr account. Amy has to activate the NAS NAS's photo share for auto upload. This is how Amy would transfer the files from her USB disk to the NAS. 1 Click Applications > Copy/Sync Button and release the COPY/SYNC button on the NAS's front panel to start copying - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 124
They each have an NAS at home, so Susan has to set her NAS as an FTP server for Amy to automatically send files using FTP Uploadr. l Amy's NAS Susan's NAS To set the NAS as an FTP server, click Applications > FTP to open the FTP screen. Select Enable FTP and click Apply. 124 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 125
FTP Server Information FTP Domain Name or IP Address example2.com FTP User Name Amy FTP Password xxxxx Share (Remote Path) Amy This is how Amy would set up the NAS's FTP Uploadr. 1 Click Applications > in Table 37 on page 125. Click Apply to add the server. NAS540 User's Guide 125 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 126
Uploadr screen, click Preferences to configure the auto upload settings. 5 Amy wants to share video files with Susan. In the Preferences screen, click the Add button and select video from the Shares drop-down list box, enter a forward slash in the Path field and click Apply to add the share to - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 127
files from Susan's NAS. Amy's NAS Susan's NAS 5.12 Web Configurator's Security Sessions These tutorials show you how to configure security for the NAS's Web Configurator sessions. You will customize the NAS's self-signed SSL certificate and distribute it to your users. NAS540 User's Guide 127 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 128
the NAS's Certificate 1 Click Maintenance > SSL and then select Edit a self-signed CA certificate and click Edit. 2 Next, let's modify the certificate by changing the Common Name to this NAS's host name of "nsa", the Organization to "ZyXEL" and the Key Length to 2048. 128 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 129
3 The NAS restarts its network services and returns you to the login screen. Chapter 5 Tutorials 5.12.2 Downloading and Installing Customized Certificate 1 Log in and return to Maintenance > SSL. Under Modify the Existing Certificate, click Download. NAS540 User's Guide 129 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 130
Chapter 5 Tutorials 2 Save the file to your computer. 3 Find the certificate file on your computer and double-click it. 130 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 131
Chapter 5 Tutorials 4 Install the certificate. The rest of the steps in this section are an example of installing a certificate in Windows. In the Certificate dialog box, click Install Certificate. EXAMPLE 5 In the Certificate Import Wizard, click Next. NAS540 User's Guide 131 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 132
Chapter 5 Tutorials 6 Leave Automatically select certificate store based on the type of certificate selected and click Next. 7 In the Completing the Certificate Import Wizard screen, click Finish. 132 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 133
with the successful certificate installation message. 5.12.3 Turn on the NAS's Web Security Now that you have customized the NAS's certificate and installed it in your computer, you can turn on security for your Web Configurator sessions. This example uses Firefox 3.0. NAS540 User's Guide 133 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 134
Chapter 5 Tutorials 1 Close your web browser and open it again to reset its session with the NAS. Log in and click Maintenance > SSL. Select Force HTTPS and click Apply. 2 A warning screen pops up if applying your change may disconnect some users. Click Apply to continue. 134 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 135
Chapter 5 Tutorials 3 The NAS logs you out and automatically redirects your formerly non-secure (HTTP) connection to a secure (HTTPS) connection. Your key certificate. Add an exception to allow your browser to bypass the warning. EXAMPLE 4 Click Add Exception. EXAMPLE NAS540 User's Guide 135 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 136
Chapter 5 Tutorials 5 Click Get Certificate. 136 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 137
Chapter 5 Tutorials 6 Before you add an exception, verify that the device to which you are trying to connect is providing the correct certificate. Click View. NAS540 User's Guide 137 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 138
Chapter 5 Tutorials 7 The SHA1 fingerprint must match the NAS's certificate you downloaded from the NAS to your computer. (Double-click the NAS's certificate file and then click Details and look at the Thumbprint). Click Close. EXAMPLE 138 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 139
NAS for secure FTP transfers. 5.13 Using FTPES to Connect to the NAS This section covers how to use FTP over Explicit TLS/SSL with the NAS for secure FTP transfers. Before you go through this section, read Section 5.12 on page 127 to configure HTTPS. This example uses FileZilla. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 140
Connect. 2 A security warning screen displays. The SHA1 fingerprint must match the NAS's certificate you downloaded from the NAS to your computer. (Double-click the NAS's certificate file and then click Details and look at the Thumbprint). If they match, click OK. EXAMPLE 140 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 141
Using a Mac to Access the NAS This tutorial shows you how to find the NAS on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). You can access the NAS in two ways: • Use the Finder to browse for the NAS, or • Use the Finder > Go option to connect to the NAS. 5.14.1 Finder 1 Open a new Finder window. NAS540 User's Guide 141 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 142
Chapter 5 Tutorials 2 Select All under the SHARED sidebar. Look for the NAS from the Network list. EXAMPLE 3 Expand the NAS to display the shares you may access. EXAMPLE 142 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 143
and links in this section appear only after you have installed and enabled BackupPlanner. BackupPlanner is an application that you can install using Package Management (see Chapter 11 on page 239.) Use the NAS's BackupPlanner to have a backup of your files and folders. NAS540 User's Guide 143 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 144
weekly general archive. You can save backups to another location so your files can survive even if the original RAID or NAS fails. 5.15.1 Creating an Archive Backup To backup the NAS every week to a remote NAS: 1 Click Protect > Backup > Add Job. Figure 51 Protect > Backup 144 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 145
. New files are often added to the shares that you need to back up and existing files are not frequently changed so select Incremental. The NAS does a full backup first and later only copies source files that are new and/or modified since the last backup. This example sets the - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 146
3 Select the volume1 check box to select all the folders and files. Select Remote and enter the other NAS's address, username, password, and share name. If you want to make sure the remote NAS is reachable, click Test Connection. Figure 53 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 2 146 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 147
. Have the NAS keep 3 backups. Figure 54 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 3 5 Set the frequency to Weekly. Schedule the backup for 5:00 every Saturday morning. Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 4 5.15.2 Creating a Synchronization Backup To create a synchronization backup: NAS540 User's Guide 147 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 148
that needs to be mirrored (your Private folder in this example) and Remote. • Enter the other NAS's address and administrator password. • Click Show target content to display the remote NAS's contents. • Select the destination on the remote NAS (Backups in this example). 148 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 149
up so leave the compression off. • Turn on the encryption to protect these sensitive files during the transfer. The final files stored on the remote NAS will be unencrypted (usable). • Restrict the bandwidth usage to 256 KB/s to stop the archives from using all of your network connection's available - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 150
other NAS's Backups share can be used directly by anyone with access to that share. 5.15.3 Restoring Archived Files by Backup Job If you have backup jobs for which the NAS has already performed backups, you can restore the files based on the backup job. Do the following: 150 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 151
Chapter 5 Tutorials 1 Click Protect > Backup screen, select a backup job and click Restore Archive. Figure 61 Protect > Backup 2 Select which backup to use and click Next. Figure 62 Protect > Backup > Restore Archive: Step 1 NAS540 User's Guide 151 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 152
Chapter 5 Tutorials 3 Select the files and folders you want to restore and click Next. Figure 63 Protect > Backup > Restore Archive: Step 2 4 Select the original location and click Done. Figure 64 Protect > Backup > Restore Archive: Step 3 152 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 153
you deleted an archive backup job or the NAS or the RAID array containing the backup job failed you IP address, "admin" as the account name, "1234" as the password, and "Backups" as the share name. Click Test Connection. Click Next. Figure 66 Protect > Restore: Step 1 EXAMPLE NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 154
Chapter 5 Tutorials 2 Select the backup job and backup time and click Next. Figure 67 Protect > Restore: Step 2 3 Select everything in the share except the recycle folder. Click Next. Figure 68 Protect > Restore: Step 3 154 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 155
4 Browse to the folder where you want to put the files. Click Done. Figure 69 Protect > Restore: Step 4 Chapter 5 Tutorials 5 The NAS restores the files and you can use them again. NAS540 User's Guide 155 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 156
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Click the Administration button in the Desktop screen (Section 4.6 on page 84) to open the Web Configurator. From within the Web Configurator screens, click you can also click Status on the topleft of the navigation panel to display the status screen. Figure 70 Status NAS540 User's Guide 159 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 160
update this display. It also automatically updates itself every 10 seconds. CPU Temperature Fan Speed Memory Usage Volume Status External Volume (or USB Volume) Status Name Note: If too many users are using the NAS then the NAS . This field shows the name for the volume. 160 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 161
shows which hard drive bays are included in the user's connection. Connected At This displays the date and time the user last connected to the NAS in year, month, day, hour, minute, second format. IP Address This displays the IP address of the computer connected to the NAS. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 162
Chapter 6 Status Screen 162 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 163
. • Transmission - This Bit Torrent client supports adding tasks through torrent files and magnet links. • Wordpress - This allows you to create and manage a blog. Use the NAS administrator credentials to log in. The administrator can then create accounts for other users. NAS540 User's Guide 163 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 164
down the NAS several times. 7.4 Firmware Upgrade Screen Use this screen to upgrade the NAS firmware. You should first have downloaded the latest firmware files from the ZyXEL website. Do not turn off the NAS while it is upgrading the firmware or you may render it unusable. 164 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 165
Latest Firmware Now Click this to check ZyXEL's server for updated firmware. 7.5 Package Management Screen Use this screen to download and install applications from the web. See Chapter 11 on page 239 for more about the features you can add to the NAS by installing packages. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 166
Firmware / Packages > Package LABEL DESCRIPTION Package Management Retrieve List From Internet Click this to retrieve a list of available packages from the ZyXEL application(s) from your system or cancel their active download(s) or install process/es. Enable This is only NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 167
displays for applications installed and disabled by the NAS that have their own web configurators. • Note: Once you install an application and enable it, additional links show up in the navigation panel. This applies to NFS, Firmware / Packages > Package > Package Info NAS540 User's Guide 167 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 168
> Firmware / NAS that have their own web configurators. Name This is the name of the application. Size This is the size of the application at initial download NAS is a part of a workgroup. Note: CIFS cannot be disabled on the NAS. Figure 74 System Setting > Server Name 168 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 169
Russian). When you perform a search in the NAS can get the time and date. This time is then used in NAS logs and alerts. Click the System Setting link in the navigation panel and then click the Date/Time link to access the Date/Time screen. Figure 75 System Setting > Date/Time NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 170
Manual Select this radio button to enter the time and date manually. When you enter the time settings manually, the NAS uses the new setting once you click Apply. Note: If you enter time settings manually, they revert to their defaults hour ahead of GMT or UTC (GMT+1). 170 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 171
and date, Time Zone and Daylight Saving at the same time, all of the settings take affect. Click this to restore your previously saved settings. NAS540 User's Guide 171 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 172
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USB-connected storage and SD cards. Note: It is recommended to scan the volume every three months or 32 reboots. Figure 76 Storage > External Volume NAS540 User's Guide 173 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 174
their volume is degraded or down. 8.3 Creating an External (USB or SD) Volume Click the Create a New External Volume button in the Storage screen as shown in Figure 76 on page 173 to open the following screen. Use this screen to create a new NAS external disk drive volume. 174 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 175
volume. Click this to exit this screen without saving changes. 8.3.1 External Disks You may use SD cards or USB storage devices that support the following file systems to the NAS. • Windows File Systems: NTFS, FAT32, and exFAT. • Linux File Systems: EXT2, EXT3, and EXT4. NAS540 User's Guide 175 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 176
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NAS. 9.3 What You Need to Know Teaming Mode The teaming mode sets how the NAS's two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces behave. They can act independently or they can be trunked into a logical link. Here are the teaming mode settings the NAS's two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces can use. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 178
NAS. PPPoE Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) allows the NAS to establish a direct Internet connection if you do not have a router. PPPoE is a dial-up connection. You need a username and password from your Internet Service Provider (ISP) to set up the connection. 178 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 179
capable of supporting 8KB frames. Figure 80 Jumbo Frames 9.4 TCP/IP Screen Use the TCP/IP screen to have the NAS use a dynamic or static IP address, subnet mask, default gateway and DNS servers. Click Network > TCP/IP in the navigation panel to open the following screen. NAS540 User's Guide 179 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 180
Chapter 9 Network Note: If you change the NAS's IP address, you need to log in again after you apply changes. Figure 81 Network > TCP/IP 180 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 181
Teaming Mode DESCRIPTION Select how to use the NAS's two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. Stand Alone: Select this option to use a separate IP address on each of the two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. Default Gateway IP Address LAN1 LAN2 Dynamic Link Aggregation: Select this option to use IEEE 802.3ad - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 182
that does not support them, you will lose access to the NAS. If this occurs, you will have to restore the factory default configuration. Push the RESET button on the NAS's rear panel and release it after you hear a beep. Use this section to test the network connection to a particular IP address or - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 183
IP Address 192.168.1.34 a.b.c.d 192.168.1.33 9.5.2 UPnP and Security UPnP's automated nature makes it easier to use than manually configuring firewall and NAT rules, but it is also less secure. Using UPnP may make your network more susceptible to snooping and hacking attacks. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 184
gateway's NAT IP address mapping and port mapping settings. These settings allow Internet users connected to the Internet gateway's WAN interface to access services on the NAS. You can set which port Internet users need to use to access a specific service on the NAS. 184 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 185
your Internet gateway to allow access from the Internet to the NAS's service. If you clear this check box, people will not be able to access the NAS's service from the Internet unless you manually configure the Internet gateway's firewall and NAT rules to allow access. NAS540 User's Guide 185 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 186
P2P download's WAN port must be the same as the LAN port. Make sure there is not another service using TCP protocol with the same port number. Apply Reset If another device is using the same port (the Internet gateway has the same port number mapped to another LAN IP address), the NAS overwrites - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 187
line commands to configure the NAS. Use these commands at your own risk. The vendor takes no responsibility for any changes you make using the commands. Click Network > Telnet Service in the navigation panel to open the following screen. Figure 87 Network > Telnet Service NAS540 User's Guide 187 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 188
NAS. Apply Reset To use Telnet, log in as "admin" or "root" and use the admin password. Click this to save your changes. Click this to restore previously saved settings. 9.8 DyDNS Screen Use this to enable and configure Dynamic DNS. Dynamic DNS (DyDNS) allows you to update your current dynamic IP - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 189
Address This shows the IP address assigned to the NAS by the gateway in your local network. External Address This shows the IP address of the NAS that can be accessed in the Wide Area Network (WAN). Note that this is not assigned by the DyDNS server. Configuration NAS540 User's Guide 189 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 190
DNS service provider. Enter your host name provided by the Dynamic DNS service. Enter your user name for your DNS account. Enter the password assigned to your DNS account. Confirm the password you entered. Click this to save your changes. Click this to clear the fields. 190 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 191
FTP file transfers to/from the NAS. • Use the Media Server screens (Section 10.5 on page 195) to share files with media clients. • Use the iTunes Server screens (Section 10.6 on page 197) to share files with iTunes users on your network. • Use the Download Service screen (Section 10.7 on page 197 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 192
and then copy to the NAS. This can free up your computer's system resources. The NAS can download using these protocols. • HTTP: The standard protocol for web pages. • FTP: A standard Internet file transfer service. • P2P download: Peer-to-peer files sharing protocol. 192 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 193
, radio shows, podcasts (audio files), and blogs. RSS RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a format for delivering frequently updated digital content. A channel uses a feed to deliver its contents (items). Subscribe the NAS to a feed to be able to download the contents. NAS540 User's Guide 193 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 194
the NAS for FTP traffic. Enable Anonymous FTP Access Select this check box to allow any user to log into the NAS using 'FTP' or 'anonymous' as a username and no password. Any other name is considered a username, so must be valid and have a corresponding correct password. 194 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 195
as a username and no password. • Max. Download Rate - Enter the download speed (in kilobytes/s) that the NAS allows for users who are logged into the NAS. • Max. Upload Rate - Enter the upload speed (in kilobytes/s) that the NAS allows for users who are logged into the NAS. The NAS uses UTF-8 (8-bit - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 196
access to the share's video files. Apply Click this to save your changes. Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings. 10.5.2 Media Server SqueezeCenter Screen SqueezeCenter enables you to manage a Logitech's Squeezebox device connected to the NAS. 196 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 197
Check this to enable SqueezeCenter. Click the hyper link to open the Logitech media server screens where you Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings. 10.7 Download Service Screen The Download Service screen allows you to download files from the Internet. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 198
the NAS's file downloads. Note: By default, the NAS saves downloads in the admin share's download folder. Figure 95 Applications > Download Service The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 56 Applications > Download Service LABEL Enable Download Service Enable Download - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 199
your cursor over the name to display the full name. This is the percentage of the file that the NAS has downloaded. This appears in the Completed tab. It displays the path for where the file is saved. Click on the location link to open the share browser and access the file. NAS540 User's Guide 199 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 200
to download at the same time, the peers and seeds available and general network conditions. This appears in the Error tab. Error Message This shows the tag for the error that occurred. This appears in the Error tab. This message states what went wrong with the download. 200 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 201
up window. A "torrent" file has information the NAS uses to do a P2P download. A torrent file uses a .torrent extension. If you already have a torrent file saved on your computer, select the Torrent File option and specify its path or click Browse and look for its location. NAS540 User's Guide 201 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 202
Download Service > Add LABEL Location of Downloaded Files DESCRIPTION This shows where the NAS stores new downloads (Put incomplete downloads in) and where the NAS moves completed downloads (Move completed downloads this to return to the previous screen without saving. 202 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 203
Download Settings Click Applications > Download Service > Preferences to open the following screen. Use this screen to set the default location for saving downloads and configure the download period. Figure 97 Applications > Download Service > Preferences > General Settings NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 204
screen where you can set the default folder location where you "Put incomplete downloads in" and "Move complete downloads to":. • Share - Select the NAS to download files only within a specified time period. Use the check box to turn the download period control on or off. 204 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 205
saving. 10.7.3 Configuring the P2P Download Settings Click Applications > Download Service > Preferences > P2P download to open the following screen. Use this screen to configure P2P download settings. Figure 98 Applications > Download Service > Preferences > P2P download NAS540 User's Guide 205 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 206
the NAS starts downloading the file, seeding the file, and/or finishes downloading the file. Click this to enable or disable IP filtering for P2P downloads. Refer to Section 10.7.4 on page 207 for information about the fields in this screen. Click this to save your changes. 206 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 207
the URL of the online IP filter table, the NAS also performs an update after you click Apply. Upload IP Filter Select this option to upload your own IP filter table. Use the Browse button to locate Table the file and click Upload to save it on the NAS. The NAS supports .txt, .dat, .gz, .tgz, and - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 208
is the name of a file specified in the torrent file. Select the check boxes of the files you want to download. Size This is the size of the file to be downloaded. OK Click this to save your changes. Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving. 208 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 209
can download a file with a higher health value more efficiently. If the health value is less than 1 (0.65 for example), there is no full copy of the file, and the NAS may not be able to complete downloading the file. Time Left This is the time remaining to complete the task. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 210
into the Web Configurator. Support HTTPS Select this to allow users to use web browser security for connections to the webpublished shares. In order to use secured connections users must use "https://" in the NAS's web address and install the NAS's public key certificate. 210 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 211
download. See Section 10.12.1 on page 220 for more on the media server. • If you add a channel that contains a torrent file, the NAS downloads the torrent file (.torrent) and transfers it to Download Service (Section 10.7 on page 197) and start the P2P download task accordingly. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 212
feed and click this button. A screen opens can set the channel's download and delete policies. The NAS reattempt to connect to it. Select a channel to see its available files. A "..." indicates an abbreviated name. Hold your cursor over the name to display the full name. 212 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 213
its contents (items). Subscribe the NAS to a feed to be able to download the contents. Click Applications > Broadcatching > Add Channel to open the following screen. Use the Add Channel screen to subscribe the NAS to a channel's feed so you can view the channel. You also NAS540 User's Guide 213 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 214
way to test this is by clicking the link. Clicking an actual RSS feed link opens a screen of XML code (in browsers without an RSS feed aggregator) or a window where you can add the RSS feed (in browsers with an RSS feed aggregator). Set which of the channel's items the NAS downloads. Download All - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 215
Downloaded Files DESCRIPTION This shows where the NAS stores new downloads (Put incomplete downloads in) and where the NAS moves completed downloads (Move completed downloads the default folder location where you "Put incomplete downloads in" and "Move complete downloads to NAS540 User's Guide 215 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 216
later in the Broadcatching screen. Keep last N of items: Select this to set the NAS to only keep a number of the channel's most recent files. When this number has been reached, if the NAS downloads another file from the channel, it deletes the oldest file from the NAS. 216 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 217
this to open the following screen where you can set the default folder location where you "Put incomplete downloads in" and "Move complete downloads to":. • Share - Select the share from the list. screen to view and manage the NAS's list of printers and print jobs. NAS540 User's Guide 217 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 218
Click this to update the list of NAS queue for a particular printer. However, since the NAS sends print jobs to the printer as soon as it can, this button NAS. Apply Click this to save your changes. Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving. 218 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 219
save the backup files. Sync Settings NAS Sync Target Note: The NAS will not create a new folder to store the backup files. It is recommended to create a specific share (such as "backup") for backup purposes. Select the NAS share to use with the synchronization function. NAS540 User's Guide 219 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 220
NAS. Many of these songs have DRM (Digital Rights Management). At the time of writing, you can use your Apple account ID and password to authorize up to a total of five computers to play the files. To authorize a computer, open iTunes and click Store > Authorize Computer. 220 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 221
the NAS's web configurator screens, you can copy and paste the URL of the torrent file. The NAS automatically downloads the torrent file and saves it in a torrent folder within the folder where the NAS stores downloaded files (the admin share's download folder by default). NAS540 User's Guide 221 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 222
keeps track of files downloaded via P2P download. Figure 111 Download Service Notification 10.12.4 P2P Download Security When you download using P2P, you reveal your IP address. This increases the risk of hacking attacks, which can be protected against by a good firewall. 222 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 223
for viruses, so use antivirus software on your computer to scan the NAS for viruses. When you download using P2P download, many other P2P download users are also trying to download the file from you. The firewall slows this down because by default, it only allows traffic NAS540 User's Guide 223 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 224
download file transfers, configure your firewall's port forwarding to send incoming TCP port 9090 and UDP port 9089 connections to the NAS. You probably need to use your firewall's HTML (web-based) configuration interface to set this up (see the firewall's manual Internet. 224 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 225
's link and select Save Target As.. (in Internet Explorer) to save a copy of the file. • Click a label in the heading row to sort the files by that criteria. • To customize how the page looks and works, create an index.html or index.htm file and store it in the share. NAS540 User's Guide 225 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 226
them having to know and enter a user name and password. For example, if you want to share photos in a FamilyPhotos share, you could "web publish" it and others could use a web browser to access the photos at http://my-NAS's-IP-Address/MyWeb/ FamilyPhotos. Note: The NAS does not use any security for - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 227
Sharing The NAS can act as a print server. A print server lets multiple computers share a printer. Connect a printer to the NAS's USB port to let multiple computers on your network use it. See www.zyxel.com for a list of compatible printers. Figure 118 Printer Sharing NAS540 User's Guide 227 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 228
button until you hear a beep to synchronize files. See Section 10.11 on page 219 for details about configuring the synchronization settings. USB -> NAS or USB - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 229
from the USB device is transferred to the NAS. • File A from the USB device replaces file A on the NAS. • File C on the NAS is deleted. USB NAS When you synchronize files in both directions simultaneously, modified files overwrite the older ones during synchronization. NAS540 User's Guide 229 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 230
Drive deletes it at the other end. • Use the Protect screens instead of Google Drive for backups (see Chapter 20 on page 319). • You can link multiple NAS user accounts to Google accounts. • You can link an individual NAS user account to multiple Google accounts. 230 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 231
download Google Documents. 10.13.1 Account Setting Screen Use the Account Setting screen to synchronize local NAS shares or folders and Google Drive accounts. Click Applications > GoogleDrive to open the following screen. Figure 122 Applications > GoogleDrive > Account Setting NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 232
sync folder and Google Drive storage. Click this to save your changes. 10.13.2 Account Setting Add Screen Use the Account Setting Add screen to link an NAS user account and a Google account. Click Applications > GoogleDrive > Add to open the following screen. 232 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 233
everything you put in either). Step 2 NAS540 User's Guide • Share - Select the share from the list. • Path - Type the folder location in the share or click Browse to navigate to the folder. Use a "/" to synchronize the entire share. Select the local NAS user account to link with Google Drive. 233 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 234
DESCRIPTION Step 3 Click the link to get the authorization code from Google. The user must sign into the Google account. You may need to sign out of Google's services first if another user account is already signed in. The NAS GoogleDrive feature uses the Grive app. Review what the Grive app - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 235
. 10.14 Syslog Server Screen Use this screen to configure the NAS to accept syslog logs from syslog clients such as ZyXEL's G4100 v2. Note: You may need to configure any firewalls between the NAS and the syslog clients in order to let the syslog traffic go to the NAS. NAS540 User's Guide 235 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 236
the NAS delete NAS archives the syslog logs in a .tgz file on the second day of each month and deletes the original folder and syslog files. The NAS creates a new folder for the syslog logs it receives after that. You can use a zip program such as 7-zip to open the archives. 236 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 237
Log Format DESCRIPTION Select the format you want to use for recording the received logs. Apply Reset The Example item below the drop-down list boxes displays how the selected custom format looks. For your changes. Click this to restore the screen's last-saved settings. NAS540 User's Guide 237 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 238
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/server distributed file service that provides transparent file sharing for network environments. This allows shared folders in your NAS to be accessible like a local folder in a user's computer. Click Network > NFS to open the following screen. Figure 126 Network > NFS NAS540 User's Guide 239 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 240
Network > NFS LABEL NFS Service Enable NFS Server Disable NFS Server DESCRIPTION Click this to employ NFS in your NAS. Click this to stop the share in the NAS. This shows the volume where the NFS share is located. This shows which domain name(s) or IP address(es) have read NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 241
to give to the NFS share. This shows the location of the NFS share in the NAS. Comment DN/IP Filter The NFS server assigns this path to the share folder you input. Enter a short a list of active NFS sessions. You can see which users are connected the NFS shares. NAS540 User's Guide 241 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 242
from TFTP clients such as ZyXEL's G-4100 v2. Note: You may need to configure any firewalls between the NAS and the TFTP clients in order to let the log files go to the NAS. Click Applications > TFTP Server to open the following screen. Figure 130 Applications > TFTP Server 242 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 243
to find or create a folder on the NAS. Apply Reset Click this to save your changes. Click NAS so you can use pyLoad to manage your downloads, including those from one-click hosting sites. Click Applications > pyLoad to open the following screen. Figure 131 Applications > pyLoad NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 244
to have the NAS manage your downloads. Clear it to turn the feature off. Management Page This is the IP address and port number of the NAS's pyLoad management login screen. The pyLoad management login screen uses the NAS's IPv4 address and the port number you configure. Click this link to go to - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 245
, click the Retrieve List from Internet icon to update the list. 2 The following confirmation screen appears. Select the volume in which to install ownCloud and store ownCloud data and click Apply. The NAS must have a connection to the Internet to download the package. NAS540 User's Guide 245 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 246
an administrator user name and password and click Finish Setup. 6 The main ownCloud screen displays. Use this web interface to manage files on the NAS ownCloud server. Click your user name in the upper-right corner to see the help for more information on using ownCloud. 246 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 247
the files from the NAS, just as deleting a file from the NAS does not delete a backup copy in your Memopal account's online backup set. Deleting a file or a folder from your Memopal account's online backup set deletes all versions of that file from the online backup set. NAS540 User's Guide 247 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 248
Chapter 11 Packages Click Applications > Memopal to open the following screen. Figure 132 Applications > Memopal 248 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 249
to the Memopal server. This field displays the share folder's path. Click the Delete icon to remove the folder from the list of folders the NAS Memopal application backs up to the Memopal server. Select the share containing the folder to back up to the Memopal server. NAS540 User's Guide 249 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 250
of the folder using forward slashes as branch separators. Apply Reset Click Add to add the folder to the list of folders the NAS Memopal application backs up to the Memopal server. Click this to save your changes. Click this to restore the screen's last-saved settings. 250 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 251
stored in the NAS to the link the NAS to your Flickr and/or YouTube account and select shares for the NAS to upload. The NAS the specified shares, the NAS also automatically uploads the Protocol (FTP) is a file transfer service that operates on the Internet. A a file transfer service that uses TLS - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 252
> Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube screen, select Flickr from the list and then click the Config button. The following screen displays if you have not authorized the NAS to use a Flickr account. Click OK to continue the authorization process. Figure 134 Linking NAS to Flickr 252 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 253
Chapter 12 Auto Upload The web browser opens the Yahoo! Flickr login page. Enter your Yahoo account's information and click Sign In. Figure 135 Yahoo! Flickr Login Page NAS540 User's Guide 253 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 254
Flickr account. Figure 136 Flickr Authorization A confirmation page displays indicating successful authorization. Return to the NAS web configurator. Click Get Ready in the following screen to complete the authorization process. Figure 137 Confirming Flickr Authorization 254 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 255
Chapter 12 Auto Upload Once the NAS is associated with your Flickr account, you can configure auto upload settings in the following screen. Figure 138 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube > Config (Flickr) NAS540 User's Guide 255 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 256
Watch List. Click this to open the following screen where you can set a folder that contains files you want the NAS to automatically upload. • Share - Select the share from the list. • Path - Type the folder location in to save your settings and Cancel to close the screen. 256 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 257
YouTube account to your Google account. If you have not authorized a YouTube account on the NAS, the following screen displays. Enter your Google account's e-mail address and password in the fields and click OK to authorize the service. Figure 139 YouTube Account Settings NAS540 User's Guide 257 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 258
Chapter 12 Auto Upload Once the NAS is associated with your YouTube account, you can configure auto upload settings in the following screen. Figure 140 YouTube Account Configuration Username This field displays the Youtube account authorized for the auto upload feature. 258 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 259
N minutes Video Category Default Privacy • Current Location NAS uploads a new file after it has been in a watched folder for 5 minutes. You can choose from a range of 1 to 10080 minutes (up to one week). Select the category that best describes the media files you want to upload. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 260
this to save your changes. Reset Click this to restore your previously stored settings. 12 link the NAS to the FTP server or the FTP server on another NAS and select shares or folders for the NAS to upload. The NAS add new files to the specified shares, the NAS also automatically uploads the new files to the - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 261
NAS automatically uploads files to this location of the FTP server. This is the login account for the FTP server. This is the information related to the FTP server. 12.5.1 Adding or Editing an FTP Server Entry Use this screen to add or edit an FTP server entry for auto upload. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 262
Password Enter the password associated with the account name. Port Number Enter the port number for the FTP server. Remote Path Enter the path of the FTP server where the NAS automatically uploads files. Description Enter additional information about this FTP server. Test NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 263
removed from the NAS. This is the share selected for auto upload. This is the path of a folder selected for auto upload. The NAS only uploads files stored in the specified share or folder to your FTP server. Use the Remove icon to delete a folder from the Folder Watch List. NAS540 User's Guide 263 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 264
where you can set a folder that contains files you want the NAS to automatically upload. • Share - Select the share from the list navigate to the folder's location. Settings Grace Period Bandwidth Limit Apply Reset Close • Current Location - This is the location of the selected NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 265
how to use the folders to move files to your NAS and have the NAS download *.torrent files. The NAS checks the Dropbox account's Drop2NAS and zDownload folders every three minutes. Click Applications > Dropbox to open the following screen. Figure 144 Applications > Dropbox NAS540 User's Guide 265 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 266
files with Dropbox, you can just clear the Enable Dropbox option and click Apply. This shows how much total storage space is available on the NAS to use for Dropbox as well as the amounts already in use and still available. 266 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 267
server so you do not need to configure rules on a firewall in front of the NAS to allow access to the NAS. Dropbox is not connecting to the NAS. When you upload files of the same name to the Drop2NAS folder, the NAS adds a number to the names of the files in the NAS's NAS540 User's Guide 267 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 268
state (downloading, queued, paused, canceled, uploading, finished, error, or retrying). The NAS does not take any action for folders nor other types of files in the zDownload folder. Here is an example of torrent files in the zDownload folder. Figure 146 Dropbox\zDownload 268 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 269
Machine backups. Apply Click this to save your changes. Reset Click this to restore the screen's last-saved settings. 14.3 Using Time Machine After enabling Time Machine on the NSA, follow the steps below to set up Time Machine on your Mac to use your NAS for backup. NAS540 User's Guide 269 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 270
Chapter 14 Using Time Machine with the NAS 1 Click Apple > System Preferences. Then go to System and select Time Machine. 2 Turn Time Machine ON. Then click Change Disk. 3 Select share01 as the backup disk. Then click Use for Backup. 270 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 271
with the NAS 4 When prompted for the username and password of share01, enter the login information for an existing user account with write access permission on share01 (for information on configuring user accounts icon and select Stop Backing Up. Then turn Time Machine OFF. NAS540 User's Guide 271 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 272
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that he owns. • Change his own password. • Access the contents of other shares to which he is given access rights. 15.2 What You Can Do • Use the main Users screen (Section 15.3 on page 273) to display a list of user accounts created on the NAS. • Use the Add User screen (Section 15.3.2 on page 275 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 274
users who can store files on the NAS. Figure 148 Sharing > Users The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 88 Sharing > Users LABEL Add User DESCRIPTION Click this to open a screen where you can configure a new user the search function. Edit User Select an account and click - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 275
table describes the user icons. Table 89 User Icons ICON DESCRIPTION The blue icon is for an administrator account. The green icon is for a user account. 15.3.2 Adding or Editing an Account Use this screen to create or edit a NAS user account with NAS access password. NAS540 User's Guide 275 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 276
-byte (no Chinese characters allowed for example) ASCII characters. See Section 15.3.3 on page 277 for more details on usernames. New Password Create a password associated with this user. You can type from one to 14 singlebyte (no Chinese characters allowed for example) ASCII characters. 276 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 277
NAS. Select User to give the account basic access rights to the NAS and allow the user to manage his own shares, change his own password A-z 0-9. Unicode usernames are supported with CIFS logins, but not user. Other reserved usernames that are not allowed are: • bin • daemon NAS540 User's Guide 277 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 278
currently using. This only applies for files that the user saved onto the NAS while logged in with that username. This shows when you click the Group List tab. This displays the list of groups to which the selected user belongs. OK Click this to close the current screen. 278 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 279
the main Groups screen (Section 16.3 on page 279) to display and manage a list of groups created on the NAS. • Use the Add Group screen (Section 16.3.1 on page 280) to create new groups. • Use the Edit Groups to display the screen shown next. Figure 153 Sharing > Groups NAS540 User's Guide 279 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 280
. Jump to a different page to display and access more groups. This field displays the group icon. This field displays the group names created on the NAS. 16.3.1 Adding or Editing a Group Use this screen to create or edit a NAS group. 280 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 281
: • Alphanumeric A-z 0-9. Unicode usernames are supported with CIFS logins, but not FTP or web configurator logins. • Spaces • _ [underscores] • . [periods] • - [dashes] Other limitations on group names are: • All leading and trailing spaces are removed automatically. NAS540 User's Guide 281 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 282
name such as EVERYONE nor be the same as an existing group. Other reserved groups names that are not allowed are: • nobody • root • everyone 282 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 283
page 284) to navigate a list of shares created on the NAS. • Use the Add Shares screen (Section 17.3.1 on page 286) to create additional shares on the NAS. • Use the Recycle Bin screen (Section 17.4 on page .5 on page 289) to navigate, add and edit the contents in a share. NAS540 User's Guide 283 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 284
in the navigation panel to open the following screen. This screen lists all shares created on the NAS. Figure 155 Sharing > Shares The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 94 Sharing Select a share and click this to browse the share's contents. 284 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 285
you delete the volume containing these default shares, the NAS automatically creates these shares in the next volume by alphabetical order. This field displays User-created for shares that an administrator access rights (read-only for example) to individual users/groups. NAS540 User's Guide 285 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 286
a single file system) on the NAS. Select the one that contains the share. Select the administrator or user account that can own (manage) Select this option to have the NAS make media files in this share available media clients do not have to use a password to play the shares you publish. This - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 287
NAS) can access the share. Edit Apply Cancel Advanced allows you to assign specific access rights (full, read only or deny) to individual users/groups. This button rights for individual users and groups. Figure 157 Sharing > Shares > Add Share (or Edit Share) > Advanced NAS540 User's Guide 287 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 288
a corresponding correct password. 17.4 Recycle Bin Configuration Screen Use this screen to periodically clean up items in all recycle bins. 17.4.1 Recycle Bins Recycle bins in the NAS help users recover accidentally deleted move or copy the deleted item to another share. 288 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 289
or not accessed for 3 days. Note: Cleaning up recycle bins permanently removes the files from the NAS. Clean all recycle bins now Click this to immediately remove contents from all recycle bins. Apply files within the share. Figure 159 Sharing > Shares > Share Browser NAS540 User's Guide 289 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 290
music or video file's play icon to play the file. The folder with an arrow pointing up is for the link that takes you to the next higher layer in the share's folder tree. This section lists the share's existing a sub-folder within the folder. This field displays size of the file. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 291
field displays the share folder's path. You can use Browse to find or create a folder on the NAS or type the location of the folder using forward slashes as branch separators. Browse Click this to open the designated share. Click this to return to the Share Browser screen. NAS540 User's Guide 291 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 292
Chapter 17 Shares 292 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 293
18 WebDAV 18.1 Overview The WebDAV HTTP extension lets users edit and manage files stored on remote servers. The NAS's WebDAV service allows client programs that support WebDAV, such as NetDrive and BitKinex on Windows, Mac OS Finder, and Linux file browsers remotely edit and manage files stored on - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 294
Use NetDrive with the NAS Here is an example of how to use the NetDrive WebDAV client with the NAS. 1 Download and install NetDrive. 2 Click Add Drive and use the URL for WebDAV connections to the NAS to add a drive entry for accessing the NAS. Figure 162 NetDrive Example 294 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 295
Chapter 18 WebDAV 3 Name the drive and specify the URL of the share to access. Select SSL if the NAS forces HTTPs use. Specify your user name and password for accessing the share on the NAS. Figure 163 NetDrive Add Drive NAS540 User's Guide 295 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 296
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file. • Use the SSL screen (Section 19.6 on page 306) to configure HTTPS and the NAS's SSL certificate. • Use the Shutdown screen (Section 19.7 on page 308) to restart or shut down your NAS. 19.3 Power Screen Use this screen to manage power settings for the NAS. NAS540 User's Guide 297 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 298
only if it was operating when the power failed. The NAS remains off if it was already off when the power failed. Select this option to keep the NAS operating as much of the time as possible. The NAS restarts automatically even if it was turned off when the power failed. 298 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 299
location if the router in front of the NAS supports sending magic packets. Apply Reset Use the NAS's power button or the Web Configurator's Maintenance > Shutdown menu to turn off the NAS. Click this to save your changes. Click this to restore previously saved settings. NAS540 User's Guide 299 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 300
schedules. For example, you could have one schedule to turn the NAS on every morning, at 8:00, another schedule to turn it NAS turn on, turn off, or reboot. Frequency Select whether the NAS is to apply this power control schedule entry on a monthly, weekly, or daily basis. 300 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 301
RAID • Upgrading firmware • Replacing the configuration file If the NAS is turned off at the time when a restart or power off is scheduled, the NAS does not perform the restart or power off. If the NAS is turned on Click Maintenance > Log to open the following screen. NAS540 User's Guide 301 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 302
to display all NAS logs. There are at most 512 entries in the log. Older logs are removed by the system. You cannot download the log file via LABEL DESCRIPTION Refresh Click this to update the log display. Purge all Logs Click this to erase all logs from the NAS. Report Config Click this to - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 303
) Re-enter the password to confirm it. After apply settings, Click this to have the NAS send a test e-mail to the settings you have entered. send a test email Apply Click this to save your changes. Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving. NAS540 User's Guide 303 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 304
Daily or Hourly), what day in the week (Monday to Sunday) and which time (hour:minutes) the NAS delivers its e-mail alerts. Click this to save your changes. Click this to return to the previous screen Figure 169 Maintenance > Log > Report Config: Syslog Server Setting 304 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 305
want the NAS to NAS, the NAS automatically creates this share path. Browse If the volume does not exist on the NAS, the Status of the share will show "missing share icon" in Shares screen (see Table 94 on page 284). Click this to locate a previously-saved configuration file. NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 306
configuration file to the NAS. This replaces your current NAS configuration settings with the settings in the previously-saved configuration file. Reset MySQL Database Password A pop-up screen was issued by a known certificate authority. Figure 171 Maintenance > SSL 306 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 307
the web configurator after you click Apply. The NAS displays a warning screen if applying your change may disconnect some users. Click Apply if you want to continue. Install System Default CA Click Download button to save a copy of the NAS's public key certificate to your local computer. This - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 308
restart. A software restart is faster than turning the NAS off and then turning it on again. Before shutting down or restarting, check the System Status > Active Sessions screen to make sure that no one is logged into the NAS or transferring files to or from the NAS. 308 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 309
information on user access to the NAS. Shares This log class shows information on shares being created or deleted. Services This log class shows information on the operation of the NAS's built-in services. System This log class shows all other system related messages. NAS540 User's Guide 309 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 310
class shows information on automatic uploads done by the NAS. 19.8.2 Log Severity Levels The following table Button ERROR [USB Sync] Failed at %s: It is a Folder in USB. But It is not a Folder in Internal Volume. Copy/Sync Button ERROR [USB Sync] Failed at File %s. 310 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 311
job %s Download Service INFO Download service delete %s by user Download Service INFO Download service download %s error (0x%08x) Download Service INFO Download service download %s finished in %s Download Service INFO Download service found a new torrent file %s NAS540 User's Guide 311 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 312
connection blocked by IP filter Download Service INFO Download service peer from tracker blocked by IP filter Download Service INFO Download service abort loading ipfilter.dat Download Service INFO Download service will update ipfilter.dat from %s after %d day(s) 312 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 313
Services INFO Clock has disable daylight saving Services INFO MyClock has enable daylight saving Services INFO MyClock has set timezone to %s Services INFO MyClock has set timezone to default Services INFO The date and time are updated from NTP server. NAS540 User's Guide 313 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 314
Services INFO The date and time are updated manually. Services INFO The time is updated manually. Services NOTICE FTP server stops Services NOTICE FTP server starts Services [ Disk Group 1] SUCCESS storage error Delete Disk Group [ Disk Group 1] FAILED 314 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 315
FAILED System INFO NTP update failed System INFO NTP updates successfully from %s System INFO NTP fails to update from %s System INFO server System NOTICE DNS server address is changed to be assigned by user System NOTICE Name server is changed. USB NOTICE An external APC UPS - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 316
When restore job [%s], error happens: %s Power INFO Management Job [%s] is triggered by schedule Power INFO Management Job [%s] is triggered by user Power ERROR Management Job [%s] is resulted as failed Power INFO Management Job [%s] is finished successfully 316 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 317
Job [%s] is canceled by user Power INFO Management Restore job [%s] is triggered by user Power INFO Management [Power On] schedule is triggered. Power INFO Management [Power Off] schedule is triggered. Power INFO Management [Reboot] schedule is triggered. NAS540 User's Guide 317 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 318
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software on your computer to scan files before saving them onto the NAS NAS. Hard drive malfunction. NAS malfunction Network down Natural disaster such as a fire or earthquake occurs where your NAS back up the NAS to another NAS. 20.2 What previous backups made with the NAS. 20.3 Backup Screens Use - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 320
means the backup job is not active but is scheduled to run at some time. • Running indicates that the NAS is currently doing the backup job. When the backup job is running, you can also see a progress bar. 1 Use this screen to specify the job information and back up type. 320 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 321
Job Information Job Name Enter a name to identify the backup job. Job Description Enter a short description (up to 100 keyboard characters) for the backup job. NAS540 User's Guide 321 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 322
NAS NAS. If there are existing files in the target folder prior to the NAS - The NAS backs up the NAS runs before it performs a NAS. You can also choose between the following types of synchronization: • Mirror - The NAS • Publish- The NAS does a backup that supports Next • The NAS deletes all data - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 323
Chapter 20 Protect 20.3.2 Backup: Step 2 Use this screen to specify where the files you want to backup are located and set where you want the backup to be stored. Figure 178 Protect > Backup: Step 2 NAS540 User's Guide 323 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 324
selection fields. This shows the path of the backup source folder you selected. Select the target folder where you want to place your backup. 324 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 325
The remote device must be a NAS that supports rsync or a computer running the rsync utility. Fill in the following fields in order to be able to access it. Local External Previous Next • Remote NAS Address • Username (always "admin") • Remote Admin's Password Click Show target content to connect - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 326
Yes if you want NAS to encrypt the files for your backup. Otherwise, choose No. In an Archive backup, this means using a password to secure files. to specify how many days the NAS stores all backup files. After this day has expired, all backup files will be deleted. 326 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 327
backup frequency. Enter the interval between weeks when NAS performs the backup job. Step 1: Please select the month(s) of a year This is only available if you selected Monthly as your backup frequency. Select the month(s) when you want the NAS to perform the backup job. NAS540 User's Guide 327 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 328
if you selected Monthly as your backup frequency. Select the day in a month when you want the NAS to perform the backup job. Previous Click this to go back to the previous screen. Done Click this to close . Job Description Enter a short description for the backup job. 328 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 329
location is a remote NAS, this shows the remote IP address. This field NAS use a password to encrypt the backup files. For backups to a remote NAS to 30 to specify how many backups the NAS stores. All backup files older than the specify how many days the NAS stores all backup files. After this day - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 330
when you want the NAS to perform the backup job. This is only available if you selected Monthly as your backup frequency. Select the day in a month when you want the NAS to perform the backup job. Click this to go back to the previous screen. Click this to close the screen. 330 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 331
1. Select Restore Source Select a previous archive backup that you want to restore to the NAS. Job Information Job Name This is the name to identify the backup job. Job Description list that you want to restore to your NAS. Next Click this to go to the next screen. NAS540 User's Guide 331 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 332
previous screen. Next Click this to go to the next screen. 20.3.11 Restore Archive: Step 3 Use this screen to select the location in the NAS where you want to restore your backup. Figure 185 Protect > Backup > Restore Archive: Step 3 332 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 333
Original Location Select this to restore the files to their original location in the NAS. Other Location Click this to select a folder where you want to place backups made with the NAS, including archives and folders from internal, external or remote NASs to the NAS. NAS540 User's Guide 333 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 334
Enter the address of the NAS you want to use. Enter the username you use to access the NAS. Enter the password of your NAS account. Enter the name of the share you want to use. Click this to test your connection to the remote NAS that you have specified in the fields above. 334 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 335
see a list of restore times for the backups you performed in the Restored Time table. Select a previous backup job in the list that you want to restore to your NAS. Once you choose a job name, all available restore times for that backup job shows in the Restored Time table. NAS540 User's Guide 335 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 336
Step 2 LABEL DESCRIPTION Restored Time Select a previous backup job in the list that you want to restore to your NAS. Previous Click this to go back to the previous screen. Next Click this to go to the next screen. screen. Next Click this to go to the next screen. 336 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 337
Backup and Restoration Use the Maintenance > Configuration menus to create a file of your NAS configurations such as passwords, shares and volumes created, network settings and so on. If you're going to the previous configuration by restoring an earlier configuration file. NAS540 User's Guide 337 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 338
20 Protect If you forgot the NAS password, then use the RESET button (see Section 1.1.5 on page 17) to return the NAS to the factory default configuration. Note: Configuration File Backup and Restoration does not affect data (your files and folders), volumes on the NAS. 338 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 339
, and LEDs • NAS Starter Utility • NAS Login and Access • I Cannot Access The NAS • Users Cannot Access the NAS • External USB Drives • Storage • Firmware • File Transfer • Networking • Some Features' Screens Do Not Display • Media Server Functions • Download Service and Broadcatching Functions - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 340
Chapter 21 Troubleshooting • Turn the NAS off and on. • If the problem continues, contact the vendor. An HDD LED is off. The HDD LED is off when the NAS cannot detect a hard drive in the drive bay. Replace or install a hard both drives. The LAN LED (by the LAN port) is off. 340 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 341
The computer running the NAS Starter Utility can only discover NASs in the same subnet. NASs connected to the same switch or router as your NAS Starter Utility computer are usually in the same subnet unless the router is doing subnetting or the switch is implementing VLAN. NAS540 User's Guide 341 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 342
If you have admin privileges, you can directly change the IP address of the NAS using the NAS Starter Utility. • If the server name has changed and you don't have the NAS Starter Utility, see Section 1.1.5 on page 17 to use the RESET button to return to the default setting. 342 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 343
enabled. With Internet Explorer 6, you may also have to enable scripting of safe ActiveX controls. See Section 21.4.1 on page 344. I forgot the password. • The default password is 1234. • If you have changed the password and forgotten it, you will have to reset the NAS. NAS540 User's Guide 343 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 344
Chapter 21 Troubleshooting 21.4.1 Enabling Scripting of Safe ActiveX Controls If pages of . Figure 190 Internet Options: Security 2 Click the Custom Level... button. 3 Under Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting, make sure that Enable is selected (the default). 344 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 345
Troubleshooting I can see the login screen, but I cannot log in to the NAS. • Make sure you have entered the username and password correctly. The default username is admin, and the default password idle for 15 minutes. Simply log back into the NAS if this happens to you. NAS540 User's Guide 345 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 346
cannot access a share • Check that the NAS is turned on and connected to the network. The local user should try to ping the NAS or use the NAS Starter Utility to discover it. • The local user should check that he entered his login name and password correctly. • Check if the share exists and has the - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 347
with the share's specific files and/or folders. Account names added to the list are linked to the files and folders that they are allowed to access, along with what kinds of actions they are allowed to perform with those files and folders (delete, move, rename, and so on). NAS540 User's Guide 347 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 348
storage capacity. The NAS normally expands the storage capacity by itself after rebuilding the RAID but may not if the NAS Firmware I want to know the firmware version on the NAS. Go to the Status screen. The Firmware field shows you the current firmware version running. 348 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 349
. • If you enabled Web Publishing for a folder, anyone on your network can play the media files in the published shares. No user name and password or other form of security is used. The media server is enabled by default with the video, photo, and music shares published. NAS540 User's Guide 349 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 350
page 342 and check for related connectivity issues. 21.12 Some Features' Screens Do Not Display Many NAS features require a valid internal volume. Features like the print server, download service, broadcatching, FTP and Windows/CIFS access will not work without a valid internal volume. Make sure you - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 351
client is connected, the NAS's iTunes server function scans the published media server folders for files every three minutes. Leave iTunes connected to the NAS for three minutes. Then use the NAS's eject button (as shown next) to disconnect. Figure 192 iTunes Eject Button NAS540 User's Guide 351 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 352
The download list or broadcatching items are missing after I removed a hard drive. The NAS's download and broadcatching lists are stored on the system volume. If you have two JBOD volumes, it is possible to remove one and still use the other. However if you remove the 352 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 353
may be set to manual download. You can configure your NAS to download all items or only new items automatically once the channel is updated. I cannot find the download files. By default, the Download Service and Broadcatching features store downloaded files as follows: • P2P download jobs are stored - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 354
. 2b If the log message displays "filename is queued", the file may still be waiting for auto upload. Check the grace period setting in the service's Configuration screen. You can set a smaller grace period to shorten the queue time. 354 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 355
NAS's Configuration screen for the service. If you changed the password of your Flickr or YouTube account, you cannot access the service's Configuration screen, and the NAS cannot auto upload files. Make sure you also update the account information in the NAS disk or NAS. NAS540 User's Guide 355 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 356
the user account. When you remove a user's NAS account, the NAS also removes the link to the user's Google account. However the NAS keeps the data in the local sync folder. Reconfigure a user account and link it to the Google account to let the user use Google Drive again. 356 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 357
://www.zyxel.com Asia China • ZyXEL Communications (Shanghai) Corp. ZyXEL Communications (Beijing) Corp. ZyXEL Communications (Tianjin) Corp. • http://www.zyxel.cn India • ZyXEL Technology India Pvt Ltd • http://www.zyxel.in Kazakhstan • ZyXEL Kazakhstan • http://www.zyxel.kz NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 358
• http://www.zyxel.com Thailand • ZyXEL Thailand Co., Ltd • http://www.zyxel.co.th Vietnam • ZyXEL Communications Corporation-Vietnam Office • http://www.zyxel.com/vn/vi Europe Austria • ZyXEL Deutschland GmbH • http://www.zyxel.de Belarus • ZyXEL BY • http://www.zyxel.by 358 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 359
• http://www.zyxel.fi France • ZyXEL France • http://www.zyxel.fr Germany • ZyXEL Deutschland GmbH • http://www.zyxel.de Hungary • ZyXEL Hungary & SEE • http://www.zyxel.hu Latvia • ZyXEL Latvia • http://www.zyxel.com/lv/lv/homepage.shtml NAS540 User's Guide Appendix A Customer Support 359 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 360
ro Russia • ZyXEL Russia • http://www.zyxel.ru Slovakia • ZyXEL Communications Czech s.r.o. organizacna zlozka • http://www.zyxel.sk Spain • ZyXEL Spain • http://www.zyxel.es Sweden • ZyXEL Communications • http://www.zyxel.se Switzerland • Studerus AG • http://www.zyxel.ch/ 360 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 361
Corporation • http://www.zyxel.com/homepage.shtml Middle East • ZyXEL Communication Corporation • http://www.zyxel.com/homepage.shtml North America USA • ZyXEL Communications, Inc. - North America Headquarters • http://www.us.zyxel.com/ Appendix A Customer Support NAS540 User's Guide 361 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 362
Appendix A Customer Support Oceania Australia • ZyXEL Communications Corporation • http://www.zyxel.com/au/en/ Africa South Africa • Nology (Pty) Ltd. • http://www.zyxel.co.za 362 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 363
connection. The 100M LAN is sending or receiving packets. The NAS does not have a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet connection. The NAS has a successful 1000 Mbps Ethernet connection. The 1000 M LAN is sending or receiving packets. The NAS does not have a 1000 Mbps Ethernet connection. NAS540 User's Guide 363 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 364
, MOV, MPV, MKV, FLV, MTS Note: Not all published file types can be viewed by all client applications. 22.3 Supported iTunes Server Content Formats At the time of writing, the NAS supports iTunes publishing audio files of the following formats: mp3, m4a, m4p, wav, and mp4. 364 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 365
applicable laws and will bear the consequences of any infringements thereof. ZyXEL bears NO responsibility or liability for your use of the download service feature. Make sure all data and programs on the NAS are also stored elsewhere. ZyXEL is not responsible for any loss of or damage to any data - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 366
download the latest firmware at www.zyxel.com. If you cannot find it there, contact your vendor or ZyXEL Technical Support at [email protected]. To obtain the source code covered under those Licenses, please contact your vendor or ZyXEL Technical Support at [email protected]. 366 NAS540 User - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 367
• Always disconnect all cables from this device before servicing or disassembling. • Use ONLY an appropriate power adaptor OF USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS. Dispose them at the applicable collection fine della propria vita utile deve essere raccolto separatamente NAS540 User's Guide 367 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 368
Appendix B Legal Information Lo smaltimento abusivo del prodotto da parte del detentore comporta l'applicazione delle sanzioni amministrative previste dalla normativa vigente." 368 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 369
download service 192, 221 activation 198 adding a task 201, 208 configuration 198 notifications 222 P2P download 201, 221 preferences 203 protection 222, 223 status 199 URL 201 FTP 191, 194, 251 activation 194 anonymous access 194 passive mode transfer 195 media server 192, 195 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 370
settings 205 torrent files 201, 221 preferences 203 status 199 URL, download service 201 downloading files 79 Dropbox 265 duplexing 67 E Exchangeable image file format, see Exif Exif 76 explicit TLS/SSL 140 external volumes 174 F fan speed 34, 160 file troubleshooting access 347 NAS540 User's Guide - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 371
2 H Home icons 73 hot spare 71 HTTP port 181 HTTPS 133, 293, 306 I icons 73, 85, 88 global 73, 85 users 275 IP address 178 IP filtering 206, 207 iTunes server 192, 197, 220, 221 J JBOD 68 jumbo frames 179, 182 K Ken Burns 84 L lag, time 164 language 84 latitude 77 NAS540 User's Guide Index 371 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 372
169 NAS Starter Utility 19 navigation panel 86 network 177 diagnostic tools 182 DNS 178, 181 372 HTTP port 181 IP address 178 jumbo frames 179, 182 PPPoE 178, 186, 187 activation 187 TCP/IP 179 network connection test 182 notifications download service activation 198 notifications, download service - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 373
activation 80, 286 configuration 284, 289 related documentation 2 reset 17, 305 restoring by backup files tutorial 153 by backup job tutorial 150 files 150 restoring settings 305 RSS 193 download service notifications 222 NAS540 User's Guide Index S S.M.A.R.T. attributes 65 safety level, Flickr 257 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 374
Layer Security, see TLS troubleshooting domain user 347 domain user share access 347 file access 347 folder access 347 forgot password 342, 343 LED indicators 339 LAN 341 local user share access 346 login 345 media files 350, 351 NAS Starter Utility 341 overview 339 user share access 346 web - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 375
85 web publishing 193, 210, 226 activation 210 example 224 port number 226 troubleshooting 353 web security 133 workgroup name 169 Y YouTube 251 access rights 260 activation 252 authorization 257 configuration 257, 258 grace period 259 video category 259 Z zCloud 27 NAS540 User's Guide Index 375 - ZyXEL NAS540 | User Guide - Page 376
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Quick Start Guide
www.zyxel.com
NAS540
Cloud Storage
Version 5.00
Edition 1
Copyright © 2014 ZyXEL Communications Corporation
User’s Guide
Default Login Details
Web Address
nas540
User Name
admin
Password
1234