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- Page 1 ReadyNAS Duo Setup Manual NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA February 2008 208-10215-01 v1.0...
- Page 2 NETGEAR from any liability under any circumstances whatsoever for any damage to, loss of data or loss of contents of any hard drive use with this NETGEAR product, regardless of whether such hard drive is provided by NETGEAR or qualified to be compatible with this product. In no event will NETGEAR’s liability with respect to a failed disk drive or failed product exceed the cost of a replacement disk drive or replacement product, as applicable.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents ReadyNAS Duo Setup Manual Preparing Your ReadyNAS Duo Installing RAIDar on Windows ................... 1 Installing RAIDar on Linux ....................1 Installing the RAIDar Widget on Mac OS X ............... 2 Detecting and Accessing Your ReadyNAS Device ............2 Using the RAIDar Utility on Windows and Linux ............2 Using the RAIDar Widget on the Mac OS X .............. -
Page 5: Preparing Your Readynas Duo
Preparing Your ReadyNAS Duo This Setup Manual provides instructions for connecting the ReadyNAS Duo to your network (“Installing RAIDar on Windows” “Installing the RAIDar Widget on Mac OS X” on page and methods for detecting your shares and configuring your ReadyNAS Duo (see “Detecting and Accessing Your ReadyNAS Device”... -
Page 6: Installing The Raidar Widget On Mac Os X
If you have problems running RAIDar under Linux: • To discover the IP address of ReadyNAS, open a terminal session and type nmblookup -R VOLUME. If you have a ReadyNAS with an LCD (such as the ReadyNAS NV+), press the power button once to display the IP address. - Page 7 To detect your ReadyNAS Duo device using RAIDar: Open RAIDar by clicking the RAIDar icon on your desktop. The RAIDar utility will scan your network to locate all connected ReadyNAS devices. Figure 2 Your ReadyNAS Duo device will be detected when the device has successfully booted and has started a network connection.
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Page 8: Using The Raidar Widget On The Mac Os X
Figure 4 Using the RAIDar Widget on the Mac OS X Before using the RAIDar Widget utility to detect your device, power on ReadyNAS and wait for it to boot up (approximately 2 minutes). To detect your ReadyNAS Duo device using the Mac RAIDar Widget: Press F12 on your keyboard. - Page 9 ReadyNAS devices on your network, match the MAC Address of the system to the address listed on the back of your ReadyNAS Duo device. Figure 6 Select the ReadyNAS Duo device and click AFP Access to access the default shares called backup and media.
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Page 10: Using The Readynas Duo Ip Address
Figure 8 Using the ReadyNAS Duo IP Address When your ReadyNAS Duo is connected to your network through your router, your router stores, and can display, the IP address of the ReadyNAS Duo. (Your router will also display the IP addresses of all other devices connected to it.) To access the IP address of your ReadyNAS Duo: Open a browser window using Explorer, Firefox or Safari:... -
Page 11: Copying Files From Your Pc To Your Readynas Duo
Copy the IP address of the ReadyNAS Duo and enter it into your browser address field and append it with /admin, as shown below. Figure 11 Click Enter. The ReadyNAS Duo login window displays. You will be prompted for your User Name and Password. - Page 12 To verify that you can copy files to and from your new ReadyNAS Duo drive: Open the RAIDar utility. Select the ReadyNAS Duo and click Browse (Windows) or AFS Access (Mac OS X). The ReadyNAS Duo share folders display. (No password is required.) From your computer, select a file and either drag it to one of the folders on the ReadyNAS Duo drive or right-click (Windows) or control-click (Mac OS X).
- Page 13 See the ReadyNAS Duo User Guide for more specifics on using this method to access your share folders for Microsoft Windows and for the Mac OS X. Preparing Your ReadyNAS Duo...
- Page 14 Preparing Your ReadyNAS Duo...
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Page 15: Using The Setup Wizard
Using the Setup Wizard Most options in the Setup Wizard are pre-selected to fit most typical environments. It is highly recommended that you go through the wizard if this is your first ReadyNAS Duo installation. For information on using the Advanced Control mode, see the ReadyNAS User Guide (a link to the online manual, is on your Resource CD). - Page 16 Figure 14 As you traverse through the setup screens, you will notice the command bar in the upper right corner and the navigation and status bar at the bottom. The command bar typically provides options to refresh the browser window, display help (if available), and log out, as shown below.
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Page 17: Setting The Clock
• If you wish to log out of FrontView at any time, click Logout. (You must close your browser window to securely log out.) • The status bar right below the navigation bar provides the status of individual devices in the ReadyNAS. -
Page 18: Configuring Alert Contacts
Figure 18 The ReadyNAS Duo will automatically attempt to synchronize with a public NTP server when it first boots up. If you want to synchronize the ReadyNAS Duo with a specified local or external NTP server, select the Synchronize clock with… radio box in the NTP Option section. - Page 19 Figure 19 Click Send Test Message to verify that alert messaging is working. If you do not receive the test message, check the network gateway and DNS settings. Some network firewalls prevent unknown message transfer agents (MTAs) (such as those used by the ReadyNAS Duo) from working.
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Page 20: Configuring Your Network
Configuring Your Network Ethernet Settings To configure your Ethernet settings: You can accept the default Ethernet settings if the ReadyNAS Duo is installed in a network environment where DHCP service is used. Otherwise, specify a static address. If you assign static IP addresses, be aware that the browser will lose connection to the ReadyNAS Duo device after the IP address has been changed. -
Page 21: Setting Up Your Password
If you selected the DHCP option in the Ethernet tab, the gateway and domain name server fields will automatically be filled based on the settings from your DHCP server. If you selected the Static option, manually enter the information in the field provided Figure 21 Click Apply to save any changes. -
Page 22: Adding User Accounts
Figure 22 Specify a password recovery question and the expected answer, along with your email address in the remaining fields. This information will allow you to reset the password on the ReadyNAS Duo in case the password is lost. See the ReadyNAS Duo User Guide for details on this process, if required. -
Page 23: Setting Up File Sharing Services
Figure 23 Setting Up File Sharing Services Standard File Protocols A share is simply a network folder on the ReadyNAS Duo that clients communicating in various file access protocols from different operating systems can access. To select your file protocols: First, on the Standard File Protocols screen, select the file protocols you wish to enable: •... -
Page 24: Streaming Services
Figure 24 If you made changes, click Apply. Then click Next to set up Streaming Services. Streaming Services The ReadyNAS Duo comes with a complete list of streaming media services, allowing you to use a network media player to stream media files directly from the ReadyNAS Duo without going through a PC. -
Page 25: Configuring Installed Add-Ons
To select your Streaming Services: Select the radio box for the desired service. Figure 25 Click Apply to save your settings. Then, click Next to set up Shares. Configuring Installed Add-Ons Two add-ons are available with the ReadyNAS Duo—Bit Torrent and ReadyNAS Photos. Both are disabled by default. -
Page 26: Setting Up Shares (Or Folders)
• ReadyNAS Photos. The ReadyNAS Duo allows you to share photos with select users on the Internet. You must install ReadyNAS Photos software which is available on the ReadyNAS site. Simply click Install ReadyNAS Photos and follow the on-screen prompts. Once you have enabled this feature and downloaded the software, you will be able to share photos located in your Pictures folder. - Page 27 Figure 27 The Shares on the USB Storage Devices section displays the USB Storage shares—if USB storage device are attached. You can limit share access to specific hosts by customizing access control. When you specify a host in the allow list, no other hosts will be able to access the share using the selected file protocol. Hosts can be listed using their IP address or valid DNS name separated by commas Different options are available depending on the security mode selected.
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Page 28: Adding Shares
Figure 28 Adding Shares You can add additional share folders to suit your needs such as downloads, software, scratch-pad, and so forth. In the following screen, we added an additional share folder, brochures. (The Share Name folders are listed alphabetically.) To add more shares: On the Add Shares menu, enter a name for your share folder in the Name field. -
Page 29: Setting Up Printers
Figure 29 In the figure above, one share is being added, and Public Access has been disallowed. Click Apply to save your changes. Click Next to set up Printers. Setting Up Printers If you have not already done so, you can now connect your USB printers to the ReadyNAS Duo. After connecting your USB printers, wait a few seconds, then click Refresh to view the USB Printers list. -
Page 30: Registering Your Product
To assign a printer driver to a print share in Windows, click Browse in RAIDar, or simply enter \\hostname in the Explorer address bar, then double-click the printer icon. Figure 30 Click Apply to save your settings. Then, click Next to enter the final step in the Setup Wizard. Registering Your Product Register your ReadyNAS Duo product by clicking Register Product.Your ReadyNAS Duo product information will be placed in our warranty and support database so we can inform you of... - Page 31 “Accessing Shares” in the ReadyNAS Duo User Guide. If you choose not to register at this time, you can always go to http://www.netgear.com/register, select your ReadyNAS product and register on-line. Then, enter your registration information on the form provided.
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