Airlink101 ANAS550 - Manuals

6 Step 4 Replace the front panel onto the server. Step 5 Plug an Ethernet cable to the LAN port located on the rear panel, and then connect it to your switch or router. Step 6 Plug the AC power adapter to the power connector located on the rear panel, and connect it to a power outlet. Step 7 Press t...

7 2.2 Configuring 2-Bay NAS Before using the NAS device you may need to do some configuration which can be accessed in a few different ways. Step 1 Connect to the web configuration page of the 2-Bay NAS. There are multiple methods to access the NAS configuration. Method A: Using the Airlink101 2-Bay...

8 Step A3 Double click the icon on your desktop or go to Start > (All) Programs > Airlink101> Airlink101 2-Bay NAS Utility. Step A4 Select the NAS device you want to connect to and click on Connect to Webpage Note: If you do not see any NAS device under Search Device box, please make sure y...

10 Step 4 Select a RAID type you want to use and click Next . Note: All data will be lost if you want to change the RAID type in the future. Step 5 Click OK to start formatting your hard drive(s). Warning: All data will be erased from the hard drive(s).

11 2.3 Accessing 2-Bay NAS There are several ways to access the 2-Bay NAS. Method 1: Using the host name “ANAS550”. Step 1 To access 2-Bay NAS, go to Start > Run , and type in \\anas550 and click OK . Step 2 Click on the Volume_1 folder to begin accessing your files and using 2-Bay NAS to store/b...

12 Step 2 When the setup wizard comes up, follow the screen instructions and click Next to finish installing the 2-Bay NAS Utility. To open the 2-Bay NAS Utility, double click the icon on your desktop or go to Start > (All) Programs > Airlink101 > Airlink101 2-Bay NAS Utility.

13 Step 3 Select the NAS device under Search Device box and the disk drive you try to mount to your computer from Static box, and click Mount . Then, you will be able to access the disk drive from My Computer. Note: If you do not see any NAS device under Search Device box, please make sure you turn ...

15 3. Using Web Configuration You can access and manage the 2-Bay NAS through a web browser. This chapter provides you with instructions of how to use the Web Configuration, and explains how to set up your 2-Bay NAS with the web browser. There is a menu bar at the top of the window, where contains s...

18 Step 5 Enter a workgroup, name, and description for the 2-Bay NAS, or leave the default values. When completed, click Next . Step 6 When completed, click Restart to restart the 2-Bay NAS and save the configuration, or click Back to go back the previous steps and change the settings.

19 SETUP – LAN The Local Area Network settings for the 2-Bay NAS are configured on the LAN page. Click Save Settings to save the configuration you make. • Link Speed: The LAN speed is set to Auto by default, but can be manually set to 100 or 1000 Mbps. • Connection type: Selecting DHCP Client will c...

21 3.2 ADVANCED ADVANCED – USER The 2-Bay NAS supports up to 64 users. The users can be specified by group or created individually. The created users are allowed to access the specific folders on the NAS server via FTP or the local network. • User And Group Creation: This section contains required a...

22 ADVANCED – GROUP The 2-Bay NAS supports up to 10 groups. To manage the NAS server easily and efficiently, the users can be assigned to groups. You can set up the access rules and quotas for each group. • User And Group Creation: Select Group and enter a unique group name in the blank of Add New G...

23 ADVANCED – QUOTAS The 2-Bay NAS supports the quota feature for both group and individual users so that you can limit the amount of storage they are allocated. By default, users and groups do not have a quota. • User Quota Settings: User quotas are displayed here. Quotas can be edited by clicking ...

24 • Network Access Settings: Assign permissions for the users and groups on the local network here. o Category: Select Group or User to decide the access rule. o Group/User: Select the group or user the access rule will apply to. o Folder: Click Browse to select the folder or directory. Select the ...

25 ADVANCED – FTP SERVER The 2-Bay NAS is equipped with a built-in user-friendly FTP server, which allows the users to access the important data whether they are on the local network or at a remote location. In addition, the FTP server can be configured to allow up to 10 users to access different di...

26 o Max User: Set the maximum amount of users that can connect to the FTP server. o Idle Time: Set the amount of time a user can remain idle before being disconnected. o Port: Set the FTP port. Default is 21 . o Flow Control Path: Allow you to limit the amount of bandwidth available for each user. ...

27 be automatically detected in the iTunes program and the music and videos contained in the specified directory will be available to stream over the network. • iTunes Server: Select Enable or Disable for the function. • Folder: Specify the folder or directory that will be shared by the iTunes serve...

29 3.3 TOOLS TOOLS – ADMIN This page allows you to set a password for the admin account. It is recommended to set an administrator password when first configuring the 2-Bay NAS. • User Name: The administrator user name is admin , and this cannot be changed. • Password: Enter the current password. • ...

31 • Restart: Click Restart to reboot the 2-Bay NAS. • Defaults: Click Restore to reset the 2-Bay NAS to the factory default settings. This will erase all previous configuration changes. • Configuration Settings: Click Save to save the current settings to a file on the local computer. If at a later ...

32 • Current Firmware Info: This section shows the information about the current firmware version of the 2-Bay NAS. To upgrade the firmware, click Browse to select the new firmware file on your local computer and then click Apply to begin the firmware upgrade process. Do not power down or restart th...

34 When completed, click Save Settings to save the settings. TOOLS – RAID The 2-Bay NAS supports four different disk configuration types: Standard , JBOD , RAID 0 and RAID 1 . RAID Settings: Click Set RAID Type and Re-Format to change the current drive configuration. All data will be lost when chang...

35 3.4 STATUS DEVICE INFO This page displays the general information of the 2-Bay NAS. • LAN Info: Displays the local network settings of the 2-Bay NAS. • Device Info: Displays the workgroup, device name, device description and current temperature of the 2-Bay NAS. • Printer Info: (This product does...

39 have the 2-Bay NAS compare identical file names at the source and destination. Files will only be overwritten if the source file is more recent. • Schedule List: This section displays all completed, active and pending scheduled downloads and backups. 4.2 Status Click the STATUS menu to display th...

41 Technical Support E-mail: [email protected] Toll Free: 1-888-746-3238 Web Site: www.airlink101.com * Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and environmental factors lower actual data throughput rate. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Copyright ©2008 AirLink1...