Edimax-technology NS-1500n User Manual

9 2-3 LED On the top of the NS-1500n there are LEDs, which show the status of the NS-1500n. Below is the list of each LED and its de

99 Chapter 17 NetDisk Explorer NetDisk Explorer is a Windows client utility for the storage server. It provides a friendly user interface for yo

100 Parameters Description Address If you select a storage server from the list in previous step, the address is automatically set. If you select

101 17-2 Use the file server When you see the following NetDisk Explorer main window after login, you can start to use the storage server. The left

102 Click this button to paste a folder under the current selected folder. Click this button to delete the current selected folder. Click this bu

103 17-3 Setup NetDisk Explorer You can select “Setting  Setting” in the menu to setup the NetDisk Explorer. When setting window pop-up, you can

104 17-4 Use tools of NetDisk Explorer There are two tools of NetDisk Explorer, Easy Send and Download Manager. You can execute these tools by selec

105 17-7 Easy Send Easy Send let you easily send files to everyone including person without a user account of the storage server. Every time when y

106 There are two links for each file to send. One is for the recipient to download from the Internet (the prefix is “ftp://”) and another one is

107 17-8 Easy Send History You can check the history of Easy Send sent files by selecting “Tools  Easy Send History”. Easy Send History window will

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10 Chapter 3 Device Installation This is a step-by-step instruction on how to start using the NS-1500n 1. Plug your USB hard disk to the USB por

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11 3. Plug the power adaptor to the NS-1500n as shown in the setup diagram below. 4. When the Storage LED is steady l

12 7. Once the IP address of your PC is in the same subnet of the NS-1500n, enter the URL of default IP address http://192.168.2.5 (default IP ad

13 When you see the screen below, you are ready to setup the storage server.

14 Chapter 4 Status 4-1 Status This page displays the status and basic information of the NS-1500n. Parameter Descriptio

15 Status The status of wireless connection Mode The wireless connection mode. SSID The SSID of wireless network. Channel The channel number of wire

16 4-2 Log This page displays the log information of the Storage Server. Parameter Description Type Logs are categorized into several types. Plea

17 4-3 Notification This page lets you to setup e-mail account that the storage server will use to send notification e-mail to you when the status o

18 Password The password required by SMTP server. Confirm Password The password required by SMTP server. It should be the same with the password abo

1 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Product Information…………………………………………………………………...5 1-1 Product Introduction……………………………………………………………………...5 1-2 Features

19 Chapter 5 Quick Setup Quick Setup will guide you through the basic settings of the storage server step by step. When you click “Quick Setup”

20 Click “Cancel” to abort the Quick Setup. Any modified settings during this Quick Setup session will not take effect. If you select “Auto-Build Di

21 5-2 Password Enter the new password of storage server. A valid password should consist of 0~30 alphanumeric characters. The “New Password” and th

22 5-3 Network Setup the IP address and DNS address of the storage server. You can manually assign IP address or let the storage server to obtain IP

23 5-4 Storage Server Name Assign a name to the storage server. A valid storage server name consists of 4~15 case sensitive alphanumeric and underli

24 5-5 Turn on Functions Select functions that you want to turn on. Click “Prev” to go to the previous step of Quick Setup. Click “Next” to go to

25 5-6 Time Zone Select the time zone of your location. During this configuration, the storage server will synchronize its time with your computer a

26 5-8 Apply Settings After you click “Apply” in the confirmation page, the following page will display and the Quick Setup will start to apply the

27 Click “Finish” after the storage server restarts.

28 5-9 Shared Folders Automatically Created by Quick Setup Quick Setup will automatically create some shared folders for you. The shared folder name

2 8-6 Shared Folders………………………………………………………………………….46 8-7 Add/Edit Shared Folder………………………………………………………………...47 8-8 Browse Dialog……………………………………………………………

29 Chapter 6 Basic The basic configurations include the Time Zone and Password setup pages. 6-1 Time Zone The Time Zone allows this storage serve

30 6-2 Password You can change the password required to log into the management GUI of the storage server. By default, the password is “1234”. Pleas

31 Chapter 7 Network The Network configurations include LAN and WLAN settings. 7-1 LAN The LAN configurations include the IP address and DNS sett

32 Secondary/Third DNS Address (optional) This is optional. You can enter another DNS server‟s IP address as a backup. The secondary/third DNS will

33 7-2 WLAN The WLAN configurations make the storage server connect to a wireless network through an access point or peer to peer connection. You ca

34 enabled. Mode If you use any access point to build up wireless network, you have to select “Infrastructure Mode”. If you do not have any access p

35 7-3 Site Survey The site survey table will list the available access points and peer-to-peer networks near the Storage Server. Select an access p

36 7-4 Security – WEP Parameters Description Key Length You can select “64 bit” or “128 bit” length for the encryption key. Longer key length can

37 7-5 Security – WPA Pre-Shared Key Parameters Description WPA (TKIP) TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,0

38 7-6 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) Before using WPS function to let your storage server get wireless LAN settings from the access point of your wire

3 17-1 Login the Storage Server……………………………………………………………99 17-2 Use the file server……………………………………………………………………101 17-3 Setup NetDisk Explorer…………………

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40 Chapter 8 File/FTP Server The File/FTP server configurations include the Users, Groups, Server Settings, Shared Folder and Easy Send setup page

41 8-2 Add a New User Parameters Description User Name The name of this user. The allowed characters are „a-z‟, „A-Z‟, „0-9‟ and „_‟. Note: The

42 8-3 Groups Groups setup is used to add/edit groups of File/FTP server. You can add one or more users to a group. Parameters Description Add

43 8-4 Add a New Group Parameters Description Group Name The name of this group. The allowed characters are „a-z‟, „A-Z‟, „0-9‟ and „_‟. Note:

44 8-5 Server Settings This storage server supports CIFS (Samba) and FTP protocols. Samba lets you share files stored in the storage server via My N

45 connection without SSL/TLS protection. If you select “Allow FTP clients with or without SSL/TLS”, then the FTP server will receive connection fro

46 8-6 Shared Folders You can add/edit shared folders settings here. The shared folders can be shared by FTP and My Network Places. Parameters

47 8-7 Add/Edit Shared Folder Parameters Description Folder Name The name for shared folder that shows in My Network Places on client computer.

48 FTP. Click <Save> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations..

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49 8-8 Browse Dialog When you click the “Browse” button, you can see the following popup screen that shows all the attached USB mass storage devices

50 8-9 Easy Send Easy Send let you easily send files to everyone including person without a user account of the storage server. Every time when you

51 Easy Send system and the storage space limitation for each Easy Send user. Easy Send will refuse to send new files for you if the total size of y

52 Chapter 9 BT Download This storage server supports BT (stands for BitTorrent) peer-to-peer file download function. You can let this storage ser

53 Note: The max number of BT download items is 32

54 9-1 Add BT Torrent After you click „Add Torrent‟ button, you‟ll be prompted to provide the location of a torrent file and the folder to save the

55 Add Click this button to add the BT Download job to the list. Reset Reset all fields in this page to default value. Cancel Cancel adding a new BT

56 9-2 Advanced Setting After you click “Advanced Setting” button, the BT Download Advanced Setting page will show. You can set the port number used

57 Chapter 10 Web/FTP Download This storage server supports downloading file from Web and FTP server, so you can download large file from Web or

58 User Name This field is optional. Please input the server‟s username here if the server requires it. Password This field is optional. Please inpu

5 Chapter 1 Product Information 1-1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing this Wireless 11n Compact Storage Server. This Compact Storage S

59 Chapter 11 Download Manager If you have installed the Storage Server Wizard utility, the Download Manager will also be installed. (For the de

60 11-3 Login Storage Server The Download Manager will prompt you for the login information of the storage server for connecting to the storage serv

61 11-4 Manage Download Items After you login, the main window of Download Manager will pop up as following picture. There are two major parts in th

62 The status of each download item is displayed by foreground and background color as the following picture. All download items with error or pause

63 11-5 Add a Download Item When you click “Add” button of BT Download, the following window will pop up. You can assign a torrent of BT download it

64 If you are using Microsoft IE to surf the Internet and find a link of an interesting file that you want to download, you can click the right bu

65 If the download job cannot be added to the Download Manager immediately when you are adding a download job from IE or Windows Explorer, this may

66 11-6 Main Menu There are “Operation” and “Settings” menu in the main window of Download Manager. You can select “Operation  Refresh Downlo

67 11-7 Tray Icon After you login the storage server, the tray icon of Download Manager will display as follows. When you close the main window o

68 Chapter 12 iTunes Server iTunes is a popular and powerful multimedia player, and supports streaming media. If you have media files supported

6 Performance Notes: We've packed a lot of neat functionality into a small, affordable package with this Wireless 11n Compact Storage Server.

69 Parameters Description Protect by password You can protect this iTunes server by password, so only iTunes clients who know this password will

70 Back If you want to discard all settings listed in this page, click this button to return to previous page. Save Click this button to save all se

71 Chapter 13 Media Server The media server of this storage server allows you to share your media files to DLNA compliant media adapters and pla

72 Chapter 14 Surveillance Surveillance let you record live video from IP camera. You can schedule the recording or record live video manually.

73 14-1 Add/Edit IP Camera A wizard will step by step guide you through all the settings of IP camera. You can click “Search Local IP Cameras” to

74 14-3 Basic Information of IP Camera You can edit basic information of IP camera in the first step and click “Next” to move to the next step of se

75 14-4 Video Information of IP Camera You can edit video information of IP camera and click “Next” to move to the next step of setting. Paramete

76 14-5 Recording Settings You can edit the settings of recording parameters and click “Next” to move to the next step of setting. Parameters D

77 14-6 Schedule Settings You can setup the recording schedules in the final step of setting and click “Save” to save and apply the settings. Par

78 Chapter 15 Tools The storage server provides several management tools, including Storage Tools, Storage Status, USB Copy, Config Tools, Firmware

7 Chapter 2 Familiar with the NS-1500n 2-1 Back Panel 1) LAN Port You should connect the LAN port of the NS-1500n to your hub/swit

79 Note: The data originally stored in the partitions will be erased after they are removed. Reset You can click “Reset” to reset selection in parti

80 15-2 Check & Fix Disk Check & Fix Disk can check and fix the file system error of the hard disk drive. Before start up, a warning window

81 Apply Click “Apply” to submit the check and fix task. Report Click “Report” to read the reports of check and fix tasks.

82 15-3 Auto Partition & Format This function will build partition and format the attached storage device according to the following rules. Not

83 15-4 Add a Partition You can create a new partition in the attached storage device and format it. Parameters Description Size of the Space T

84 15-5 Storage Status This page shows the status of all attached storage devices. Parameters Description Unplug You can click this button to u

85 15-6 Configuration Tools The Configuration Tools allow you to save (backup) the storage server‟s current settings. Saving the configuration provi

86 15-7 Firmware Upgrade This page allows you to upgrade the storage server‟s firmware Click “Next” to go to the upload firmware file page. Param

87 15-8 Reset You can reset the storage server‟s system when there‟s something wrong with the storage server. The reset function will reboot your st

88 Chapter 16 Storage Server Management Wizard Storage Server Management Wizard is a Windows client utility for the storage server. It step-by-s

8 2-2 Front Panel 1) USB Port The USB port allows you to share your files stored in the USB mass storage device plugged in. Note: Pl

89 Type the password and click “Next” to login the Storage Server that you want to configure. (The default password is “1234” if you never change it

90 16-2 Quick Setup Quick Setup is a wizard which can guide you through the procedure of formatting hard disk drive, network setup, user setup and a

91 In the pop-up window which shows the extension function name, click “Next” to confirm installation. You have to wait for several minutes unt

92 When you see the following pop-up window showing the successful installation message, the installation is completed. Click “Next” to finish it.

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94 16-5 Remove Extension Function You can remove installed extension function by Storage Server Management Wizard. After clicking “Extension Functio

95 When you see the following pop-up window showing the successful uninstallation message, the uninstallation is completed. Click “Next” to finish

96 16-6 Upgrade Firmware After clicking “Upgrade Firmware” in the Storage Server Management Wizard, the following select firmware file window will s

97 The upgrade will take several minutes. You SHOULD NOT turn off the power of the storage server during the upgrade. If you turn off the power of

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