RaidSonic IB-NAS5520 - 7.2 Extra Features; 7.2.1 BitTorrent Download; 7.2.2 Media Server

Manual IB-NAS5520
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ClickGoandselect“ConnecttoServer”.
Typeftp://followedbytheIPaddressofyournetworkdriveandthenclickConnect.
Enterthecorrectusernameandpassword.TheFTPfolderappearsinyourfinderunderShared
devices,whereyoucandownloadthefiles.Whennolongerneeded,clickontheejectbuttonto
disconnectthedrive. 
ThenativeFTPutilityontheMacwillonlybeabletoreadthedataonthenetworkdrivebutcannot
uploadnewdatatoit.WerecommendinstallingandusingadedicatedFTPapplicationinstead.
7.2 EXTRA FEATURES
7.2.1 BITTORRENT
Usedinconjunctionwithitsbuilt‐inBitTorrent™client,thenetworkdrivecanbesettodownload
mediafilesfromtheInternetandhavethemsaveddirectlytotheinternal harddrive.Oncethe
torrenthasbeenaddedtothedownloadqueue,thecomputercanbeturnedoffandthenetwork
drivedownloadsthefilesonitsown.
StartingaDownload
Beforeyouaddthefirsttorrent,setthedownloadpathtoyourpreferredfolder,settheserverport
andsetalimitfortheuploadanddownloadspeedaccordingtoyournetwork’sbandwidth.After
changingthesettings, save thenewconfiguration.
Useasearchengine(e.g.Google)andbrowsetheinternetforthemediafilesyouwouldliketo
download.Downloadandstorethetorrentfile(s)onyourcomputer.
LogintoyournetworkdriveandgototheBitTorrent menu.
ClickBrowseandlocateyourtorrentfileonthecomputer.
Thefileisaddedtothedownloadqueueandthedo wnload startsautomatically.Youcannowturn
offyourcomputerifdesired.
Usethebuttons“Continue”,“Pause”,“Stop”and“Delete”tomanagethefiles.
Oncethedownloadprocessstarts,furtherinformationabouttheselectedfilewillbeavailableatthe
bottomofthewindowunder“General”and“Detail”.
Oncethedownloadiscompleted,youcandeletethefilefromthedownloadqueueandaccessthe
fileviaSMB,WebDAVorFTPconnectioninthedirectorythatyouhavepreviouslysetunder
“DownloadPath”.
TheBitTorrent™clientcandownload4filesatatimewithamaximumof40filesinthequeue.The
downloadspeedofthebuilt‐inBitTorrent™clientmaynotbeasfastasaclientonthecomputer,but
oncetheTorrenthasbeenaddedtothequeue,itcandownloadthefilesbyitselfandthecomputer
canbeturnedoff.
7.2.2 MEDIA SERVER
TheUPnP‐AVmediaservercanbeusedtoshareyourmediafiles(e.g.photos,music,videos)thatare
storedonthenetworkdrivewithanXbox360,aPlayStation3videogameconsoleorotherDLNA
compatibleclientsthatareconnectedtothesamelocalnetwork.Beforeyoustart,makesureboth
devicesareconnectedtothesamelocalnetworkandbothareturnedon.