Chapter 1 Get to Know Your NAS
NAS Series User’s Guide
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• Press the RESET button until you hear two beeps. After the second beep, continue pressing the button
for five more seconds, then release it. You will hear 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 settings, nor data stored on the NAS.
You should periodically back up your configuration file to your computer (see Section 11.5 on page 185
for details about managing the NAS’s configuration file). You could then restore your configuration in
the event that you or someone else reset the NAS to the factory defaults.
Note: Keep the NAS in a secure location in order to prevent unauthorized reset of the device.
You may need to close and re-open the NAS Starter Utility to discover the NAS. This is because the NAS
automatically re-acquires IP address information, so its IP address may change. If no IP address
information is assigned, the NAS uses Auto-IP to assign itself an IP address and subnet mask. For example,
you could connect the NAS directly to your computer. If the computer is also set to get an IP address
automatically, the computer and the NAS will choose addresses for themselves and be able to
communicate.