Chapter 2 NAS Starter Utility

Table 3 NAS Starter Utility Main Screen

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Capacity

This shows the NSA’s total, in-use, and remaining storage capacity.

 

 

Media Player

Click this to go to the Home screens where you can play media files. See Section 3.4 on

 

page 32 for details on the Home screen.

 

 

zPilot

Click this to launch the zPilot to drag and drop files onto the NSA.

 

 

Network Drive

Click this to add the NSA as a network drive in your computer’s Windows Explorer.

 

 

Shared Folder

Click this to log into the NSA’s file directory in Windows Explorer.

 

 

P2P Download

Click this to use the NSA to manage file downloads, including P2P downloads.

 

 

Dropbox

Click this to use your Dropbox account to move files to the NSA and have the NSA

 

download *.torrent files.

 

 

SMART

This displays when the NSA has the SMART package installed. Click this to view hard disk

 

health and performance details.

 

 

WordPress

This displays when the NSA has the WordPress package installed. Click this to create and

 

manage a blog or website. Use the NSA administrator credentials to log in. The

 

administrator can then create accounts for other users.

 

 

eMule

This displays when the NSA has the eMule package installed. Click this to use the NSA’s

 

eMule peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing console to download and share files from the

 

Internet. See Section 10.8 on page 226 for details.

 

 

Gallery

This displays when the NSA has the Gallery package installed. Click this to use your NSA

 

to host pictures. You can upload images in your local computer or shares to this

 

application. Use the NSA administrator account to log in to the Gallery console.

 

 

pyLoad

This displays when the NSA has the pyLoad package installed. Click this to use pyLoad to

 

have the NSA manage your downloads, including those from one-click hosting sites.

 

 

2.4.1 Directory of the NAS

Click Shared Folder to log into the NSA’s file directory in Windows Explorer. Enter the administrator user name and password and click Login.

Figure 5 Login

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