Chapter 9 Applications

9.11.2 Download Service

The NSA’s download service downloads files from the Internet directly to the NSA. You do not have to download to your computer and then copy to the NSA. This can free up your computer’s system resources. The download service also handles your broadcatching downloads. See Section 9.8 on page 206 for information on broadcatching.

The NSA can download using these protocols.

•HTTP: The standard protocol for web pages.

•FTP: A standard Internet file transfer service.

•BitTorrent: A popular distributed peer-to-peer files sharing protocol.

Note: Do not use the NSA for illegal purposes. Illegal downloading or sharing of files can result in severe civil and criminal penalties. You are subject to the restrictions of copyright laws and any other applicable laws and will bear the consequences of any infringements thereof. ZyXEL bears NO responsibility or liability for your use of the download service feature.

Torrent Files

The NSA needs a “.torrent” file for BitTorrent to download a file. The torrent file gives the NSA information about the file to be downloaded (and shared) and the tracker(s) (computers) that coordinates the distribution of the file.

When you add a BitTorrent download task in the NSA’s web configurator screens, you can copy and paste the URL of the torrent file. The NSA automatically downloads the torrent file and saves it in a torrent folder within the folder where the NSA stores downloaded files (the admin share’s download folder by default).

If you already have the torrent file saved on your computer, you can just specify its location when adding a download task through the web configurator. Another method is to use FTP or a CIFS program (Windows Explorer for example) to copy the torrent file into the torrent folder. The NSA automatically uses the torrent file.

After your BitTorrent download and sharing are finished, you can go to the incoming folder within the destination share or folder and delete the .torrent file if you need to free up hard disk space.

9.11.3 Link Capture Browser Plugin

The link capture browser plugin is an add-on feature for your web browser. Use the plugin to directly add a file’s URL to the NSA’s download service.

Note: The link capture browser plugin is located in the included CD.

 

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