I forgot the password for ZyXEL Communications Server, what to do?
If you forgot the password for your ZyXEL Communications Server, know that the default password is 1234. You might have to reset the NSA.
Why I cannot make a backup on ZyXEL Communications NSA325?
If you cannot make a backup on your ZyXEL Communications Server, check that enough space is available on the external disk. If you are using BackupPlanner, you can look at the Backup screen's Last Run Result display. Check that the NSA is not performing another backup job.
What to do if an HDD LED is off on ZyXEL Communications NSA325 Server?
General| RAID levels | 0, 1, JBOD |
|---|---|
| Storage drive size | 3.5 \ |
| Storage drive capacity | 0 GB |
| Supported file systems | ext2, ext3, ext4, FAT32, NTFS, ReiserFS, XFS |
| Storage drive interface | Serial ATA, Serial ATA II |
| Total installed storage capacity | 0 TB |
| Number of storage drives installed | 0 |
| Number of storage drives supported | 2 |
| Ethernet LAN | Yes |
| Cabling technology | 10/100/1000BASE-T(X) |
| Ethernet LAN data rates | 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s |
| Maximum data transfer rate | 1000 Mbit/s |
| Supported network protocols | CIFS/SMB, NFS, FTP, HTTP, PPPoE, NTP |
| Compliance industry standards | IEEE802.3ab/IEEE802.3/IEEE802.3u |
| Certification | CE, FCC, C-Tick, BSMI, DLNA 1.5, UPnP, CE LVD, BSMI |
| Power requirements | 100 - 240 V AC, 50/60Hz |
| Networking features | Gigabit Ethernet |
| Minimum system requirements | IE 7.0+, Firefox 3.6+, Google Chrome 10+, Safari 5+ |
| Compatible operating systems | Windows XP/Vista/7 (32 & 64 bit) |
| Security algorithms | HTTPS |
| Product color | Black |
| LED indicators | HDD, USB |
| Number of fans | 1 fan(s) |
| Cable lock slot type | Kensington |
| Cables included | LAN (RJ-45) |
| USB 2.0 ports quantity | USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them. |
| Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports | 1 |
| Power consumption (typical) | 27 W |
| Storage temperature (T-T) | -30 - 70 °C |
| Operating temperature (T-T) | 0 - 40 °C |
| Operating relative humidity (H-H) | 0 - 95 % |
| Internal memory | 0.5 GB |
| Processor frequency | 1.6 GHz |
Weight and Dimensions| Depth | 205 mm |
|---|---|
| Width | 108 mm |
| Height | 147 mm |
| Weight | 1080 g |
| Package weight | 1810 g |
This manual is intended for people who want to configure the NSA using the Web Configurator.
These are how warnings and notes are shown in this User's Guide. Warnings tell you about things that could harm you or your device.
This chapter covers the main features and applications of the NSA. Use the NSA to do the following.
Install ZyXEL’s zMedia app from the Apple App Store, Android Market, or www.zyxel.com to play files and manage the NSA from your iOS device or Android smartphone.
Tap File Browser to look through and play files on the NSA.
This chapter describes the NAS Starter Utility. Use the NAS Starter Utility to find, set up, and manage the NSA as well as copy files to it and access the files on it.
This chapter describes how to access the NSA web configurator and provides an overview of its screens.
The default username and password are ‘admin’ and ‘1234’ respectively. Enter your username and password.
Click File Browser to open the following screen. Use the file browsing screens to play, open, upload, and download files.
This chapter provides tutorials that show how to use the NSA.
This section shows you how to create a volume in your 2-bay NSA. Creating a volume deletes all existing data in the hard disk.
The following sections cover using the NSA for file sharing. This chapter assumes you have already followed the Quick Start Guide instructions.
This tutorial covers using the NSA to download a file from the Internet. Use this same procedure for BitTorrent downloads as well as regular HTTP.
Click Maintenance > SSL and then select Edit a self-signed CA certificate and click Edit.
Use the NSA’s BackupPlanner to have a backup of your files and folders. Schedule backups for times when the network is not busy.
This chapter describes the Status screen, which is the first advanced administration screen that displays.
This chapter gives an overview of the various features included in the system setting screens. You can identify your NSA on the network.
Click System Setting > Server Name to open the following screen. Use this screen to configure your CIFS settings.
Several NSA features require a valid internal volume. This chapter covers the management of volumes and disks (both internal and external).
See the Quick Start Guide for information on replacing disks in the NSA. When replacing a disk in a degraded or down RAID volume, the new disk must be at least the same size or bigger.
In the Storage screen, click the Create an Internal Volume or Create a SATA Volume button to open the following screen.
This chapter discusses the network configuration screens. The Network screens allow you to configure TCP/IP and PPPoE settings for the NSA.
Use the TCP/IP screen to have the NSA use a dynamic or static IP address, subnet mask, default gateway and DNS servers.
Use UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) port mapping to allow access from the WAN to services you select on the NSA.
This chapter discusses the features in the Application screens. The NSA contains various applications for file sharing and downloading.
Use FTP or FTPES (FTP over Explicit TTL/SSL) to upload files to the NSA and download files from the NSA.
Click Applications > Media Server to open the following screen. Use this screen to view the media server’s status and rebuild the media server database.
The Download Service screen allows you to download files from the Internet. Use this screen to manage the NSA’s file downloads.
Click Applications > Download Service > Preferences > BitTorrent to open the following screen. Use this screen to configure BitTorrent settings.
This screen displays the NSA’s subscribed channels and the associated contents.
When you download using BitTorrent, you reveal your IP address. This increases the risk of hacking attacks, which can be protected against by a good firewall.
Package Management can be used to set up more useful applications in your NSA. The NSA can download multiple packages/files at once.
Use this screen to download and install applications from the web.
Use this screen to view your NSA hard disk(s) statistics and monitor their performance.
The Protect screens include: Backup screens and Restore screens.
Use this screen to create and customize scheduled backup jobs for your files. You can have several backup jobs for specific folders and time periods.
Use this screen to restore previous backups made with the NSA.
Use this screen to select the location in the NSA where you want to restore your backup.
Use this screen to configure the NSA to accept syslog logs from syslog clients such as ZyXEL’s G-4100 v2.
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is an Internet file transfer protocol similar to FTP and often used for transmitting large numbers of small files.
Use these screens to manage the eMule application in your NSA. eMule is a peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing console that lets you download files from the Internet.
Use this screen to view tasks, including completed, downloading, uploading and shared tasks, that are being handled by the NSA.
Use this screen to search for files available in an eMule server using keywords and other parameters, such as file type, file size and extension names.
Use this screen to configure the NAS so you can use pyLoad to manage your downloads, including those from one-click hosting sites.
This chapter discusses the features in the Auto Upload screens. The auto upload feature uploads media files stored in the NSA to the Flickr and/or YouTube sharing websites.
In the Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube screen, select Flickr from the list and then click the Config button.
The FTP Uploadr feature uploads files stored in the NSA to FTP servers. Use this screen to configure the FTP Uploadr.
The Dropbox Web-based file hosting service uses cloud computing to let you use file synchronization to store and share files and folders with others across the Internet.
Here is how to use the Drop2NAS and zDownload folders the NSA creates in your Dropbox account.
This chapter introduces the Users screens of the NSA. Use the Users screens to create and manage administrator and user accounts.
Use this screen to create or edit a NSA user account with NSA access password.
Enter a username from one to 32 characters. The first character must be alphabetical. The username can only contain the following characters.
This chapter introduces the Groups screens. Use the Groups screens to create and manage groups. You can assign users to groups and grant access rights.
Use this screen to create or edit a NSA group.
A share is a set of access permissions mapped to a specific folder on a volume. It is equivalent to the Windows concept of a shared folder.
Click Add Share to create a new share. In the Shares screen, select a share and click Edit Share to open the following screen.
In the Sharing > Shares > Add Share or Edit Share screen, select Advanced from the Share Access drop-down list.
Use this screen to periodically clean up items in all recycle bins.
Use this screen to create folders, upload files, and edit files within the share.
This chapter discusses the Maintenance screens. The Maintenance screens allow you to manage system configurations.
Use this screen to manage power settings for the NSA.
Use this screen to display all NSA logs. There are at most 512 entries in the log. Older logs are removed by the system.
You can enable and configure e-mail alerts from the NSA. In the Report Config screen, click the Email Setting tab.
Click Maintenance > Configuration to open the following screen. Use this screen to backup or restore the NSA configuration settings.
Click Maintenance > SSL to open this screen, where you can turn on HTTPS, create a public key certificate, or upload a public key certificate.
Use this screen to upgrade the NSA firmware. You should first have downloaded the latest firmware files from the ZyXEL website.
Use this screen to turn off the NSA or perform a software restart. A software restart is faster than turning the NSA off and then turning it on again.
This section provides technical background information on the topics discussed in this chapter.
This chapter compares the different ways of protecting data on the NSA and explains how to use backup management software included on the CD.
Use the Memeo Autobackup software (included on the CD) on your computer to schedule and manage backups.
Time Machine is a backup system provided by Mac OS X. It automatically backs up everything on your Mac.
Before configuring Time Machine on your Mac, you need to create an account and a share on the NSA through Web GUI using a Web browser.
Now you need to create a sparse bundle disk image file, which is a virtual file system image that Time Machine can backup your files.
Now the NSA is ready to be used as a backup volume for your computer.
This chapter offers some suggestions to solve problems you might encounter. The potential problems are divided into the following categories.
This section addresses issues related to power, hardware components, connections, and LED indicators on the NSA.
This section covers issues related to logging into the NSA and accessing its services.
This section addresses problems users may encounter when trying to access the NSA or its shares.
This section covers how to control network access to folders and files on the NSA.
This section addresses issues related to the Media Server functions, such as files not displaying or not playing properly.
This section addresses issues related to the Download Service and Broadcatching features.
This section addresses issues related to accessing web-published shares from the Internet.
This section addresses issues related to the Auto Upload feature not working correctly.
This section addresses issues related to making and running backup jobs.
This table describes the NSA’s LEDs, their color, status, and description.
The following describes the details about the files that the NSA media server can publish.
This section shows screens from Windows XP Professional, also applicable to Windows 2000 and Windows NT.
This section shows screens from Windows 7 Enterprise.
This section shows screens from Mac OS X 10.4 but can also apply to 10.3.
You may have to disable pop-up blocking to log into your device. Disable pop-up blocking or create an exception.
This section shows how to import public key certificates into your web browser for Internet Explorer.
Install a stand-alone certificate file if one has been issued to you, rather than browsing to a ZyXEL Web Configurator.
This section shows you how to remove a public key certificate in Internet Explorer 7.
This section shows how to import public key certificates into your web browser for Firefox.
This section shows how to import public key certificates into your web browser for Opera.
This section shows how to import public key certificates into your web browser for Konqueror.
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ZyXEL does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any products, or software described herein.
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