Safety Instructions - Conrad 41 34 35 Bedienungsanleitung

O P E R A T I N G I N S T R U C T I O N S
Network Hard Drive
Item-No. 41 34 35 (1TByte)
Item-No. 41 34 36 (1.5TByte)
Item-No. 41 34 38 (2TByte)
Intended Use
The product's built-in hard drive is used for data storage, and the connection is done either via USB or via a
network port (10/100MBit). An external power supply unit is used to supply the power.
This product complies with all current National and European requirements. All names of companies and pro-
ducts are the trademarks of the respective owner. All rights reserved.
Package Contents
• Enclosure with built-in hard drive
• USB cable
• Network cable
• Wall plug transformer
• Stand
• CD including software and the original manufacturer's manual in English
• Operating Instructions
Features
• Built-in SATA hard drive (8.89cm/3.5")
• USB2.0 and USB1.1 compatible, for USB2.0 the high-speed transmission mode is used
• RJ45 connection (10/100 MBit) for NAS operation
• Power LED (green) and LED for read/write access (blue)
• On/Off switch

Safety Instructions

The warranty will be void in the event of damage caused by failure to observe these safety
instructions. We do not assume any liability for any consequential damage!
We do not assume any liability for material and personal damage caused by improper use
or non-compliance with the safety instructions. The warranty will be null and void in such
cases.
• The unauthorised conversion and/or modification of the product is inadmissible because of
safety and approval reasons (CE).
• The design of the wall plug transformer complies with protection class II. Use a proper mains
socket only as power source for the power adapter.
• Only use the external power transformer supplied to power the unit.
• The product is not a toy. Keep devices that operate on the mains voltage out of the reach of
children! Therefore, be especially careful when children are around.
• Do not leave packing materials unattended. They may become dangerous playthings for chil-
dren.
• The product should only be used in dry indoor areas, it must not be exposed to damp or wet!
There is a risk of a lethal electric shock!
• Handle the product with care, it can be damaged by impacts, blows, or accidental drops, even
from a low height.
Start-up
a) General
Please note:
For start-up it is necessary to reformat the hard disk. This is, however, is not done with the
Windows OS, but instead with the formatting function integrated in the web interface of the hard
disk enclosure.
If the installed hard disk was formatted with the „NTFS" file system it can be operated via USB,
however, NAS operation (Network hard disk) with „NTFS" is not possible!
In Windows, formatting with the file system „NTFS" is only possible with a partition size of approx.
32G Byte. Therefore, you should use the format function in the web interface for the hard disk
enclosure to format the hard disk drive.
If there is any data on the hard disk, it has to be backed prior to formatting. During
formatting all data will be lost irrevocably!
• Switch your computer on, and wait until the operating system has booted completely.
• Connect the low voltage input of the hard disk enclosure to the corresponding circular plug on the mains
transformer provided.
• Plug the wall plug transformer into a mains socket.
b) USB Connection
• If the hard disk is operated via a RJ45 network cable, please unplug it first.
• Connect the USB connector, on the rear, to a free USB2.0 port on your computer, using the USB cable sup-
plied. Naturally, a conventional USB1.1 port can also be used instead of a USB2.0 port. However, in this
case the transfer data rate will be very low (USB1.1, about 1MByte/sec max.).
• Switch on the hard disk enclosure.
The hard disk enclosure now works like a conventional external USB hard disk drive. If the hard
disk has been formatted with the „XFS" file system, via the hard disk enclosure's web interface,
it is not possible to access the data in Windows. If the hard disk should also appear in Windows,
the hard disk has to formatted with the „FAT32" file system, via the web interface.
c) Operation via a Network Connection
www.conrad.com • If the hard disk enclosure is operated via a USB cable, please unplug it first and turn off the hard disk
enclosure.
• Connect the network port to a free port on your network switch (or routers) using a 1:1 connected network
cable (e.g. the one provided).
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• Switch on the hard disk enclosure.
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• Provided you have a DHCP server in your network (integrated in every router), the hard disk enclosure is
now assigned a free IP number from the address range for your network.
Since the IP address can be different at each start-up, it can be displayed with the software „NetTool" on the
CD (start software, select the correct drive from the „Device List", just below the „Basic Information", under
„IP address", the present IP address for the hard disk enclosure is displayed).
The hard disk enclosure can take up to 1 minute to boot, before the network function is available.
• If the DHCP server of your router is disabled, or if the hard disk enclosure can not detect any DHCP server, the
IP address 192.168.16.1 (subnet 255.255.255.0) is automatically set. In which case, the web interface can only
to be reached if the PC used for configuration is set to 92.168.16.2, for example. Alternatively, the IP address
can also be changed with the „NetTool" software on the CD.
Software Installation and Basic Configuration
On the CD supplied there is a program to make the basic settings of the network functions (e.g. DHCP or
setting a fixed IP address). At the time of writing this operating manual, the „NetTool" program was part of the
CD. On newer versions of the CD, the name and the procedure for the basic settings may have been changed.
Start the program.
• First select „Setup Wizard" and enter „admin" as a „name". Default password is „root".
• In the first configuration window, set the name of the NAS, the time zone, the date and time.
• In the next window, the default „DHCP" can be changed to a fixed IP address, depending on how your
network is configured (usually the default setting „DHCP" is correct if there is a router present in the
network).
• After completing the basic settings, click on „Access via Web". The web interface of the hard drive will now
start. If you are prompted to enter a user name and a password, you must enter the user name „admin" and
the default password „root" again.
Please refer to the next section.
Web Interface
The hard disk enclosure has its own web server integrated, which can be accessed via a web browser. All the
settings for the network functions can be made from here, such as formatting the hard disk, administering the
FTP etc.
A user name (default „admin") and a password (default „root") are necessary to access the Web server.
Most of the settings must be confirmed and saved with „Apply". After you have made all settings, always restart
the hard disk enclosure. Use the function „Restart" in the menu „Tools".
Formatting the hard disk
The hard drive must be formatted at initial start, before it can be used and other settings can be made (e.g.
creating a new user). If there is data stored on the hard disk, please back it up first (on another hard disk) since
all data is lost during formatting!
When formatting, the file systems „FAT32" and „XFS" can be selected. Only with the „FAT32" system can the
data on the hard disk be accessed later via USB. The file system „XFS" is not available in Windows, but is sup-
ported in Linux! With „FAT32", the limit for the file size is about 4 GByte.
Please, for formatting refer to the section menu „Tools", and there the function „Hard Disk Utility".
• Function „LAN"
In „Protocol", set whether a fixed IP address („Static IP"), or one from the DHCP server automatically
assigned IP address (DHCP) is to be used. When using a „Static IP", please note that every IP address in
the network must only be used once. Furthermore, the „Subnet Mask" for all the devices has to be the same
(default 255.255.255.0). In the section „Work Group", enter the workgroup name of your network.
If the DHCP is activated, but the hard disk enclosure cannot detect a DHCP server, the IP address
192.168.16.1 (Subnet 255.255.255.0) is used automatically.
• Function „System"
You can change the name of the network hard drive in this section („Device Name"). You can also set the
time and date, and switch the NTP server on or off for the automatic retrieval of time/date.
• Function „FTP Server"
Here you can set the functions for the integrated FTP server. For the „Client PC's Language", the setting
„Union Code (UTF-8)" should be selected, unless already preset.
• Function „Harddisk Status"
In order to have to display the corresponding information, the hard disk has to be formatted. If you click on
the device name, under „Share Name" (default „NAS-HD"), after a while an index of the hard disk appears
(can take up to 1 minute).
• Function „Users"
In this menu new user accounts can be created („Add a New User"), in order to later save the data all the
users registered. The administrator account is automatically created after formatting the hard disk (user
name „admin", password „admin").
• Function „Share"
Here, the administrator can edit the folder allocations for the user accounts.
Any security warnings on a firewall or a correspondingly configured virus scanner are to be
confirmed. The software needs to be unblocked in order to access the hard disk enclosure. If
access is blocked by the firewall, network operation is impossible!
Menu „Administration"