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... 6 Hardware Overview 8 Front View 8 Rear Panel (Connections 9 Installation 10 Hardware Setup 10 Configuration 13 Easy Search Utility 13 Getting Started 14 Web UI 20 Setup 21 Wizard 21 LAN 25 Device 26 Advanced 27 Users and Groups 27 Quotas 28 Network Access 31 FTP Server 33 UPnP AV Server 36 iTunes Server 37 DHCP Server 39 LLTD 40 Tools 41 Admin Password 41 Time 42 System 43 Firmware 44 E-Mail Alerts 45 Power Management 48 RAID 49 DDNS 52 Status 53 Device Information 53 Support 54 Mapping a Drive...
... 6 Hardware Overview 8 Front View 8 Rear Panel (Connections 9 Installation 10 Hardware Setup 10 Configuration 13 Easy Search Utility 13 Getting Started 14 Web UI 20 Setup 21 Wizard 21 LAN 25 Device 26 Advanced 27 Users and Groups 27 Quotas 28 Network Access 31 FTP Server 33 UPnP AV Server 36 iTunes Server 37 DHCP Server 39 LLTD 40 Tools 41 Admin Password 41 Time 42 System 43 Firmware 44 E-Mail Alerts 45 Power Management 48 RAID 49 DDNS 52 Status 53 Device Information 53 Support 54 Mapping a Drive...
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... Overview Package Contents • D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure • CD-ROM with Manual and Software • Quick Installation Guide • Power Adapter (12V; 3A, 5V; 3A) • Power Cable Clip • CAT5 Ethernet Cable Note: Using a power supply with a different voltage than the one included with Service Pack 2) or Vista® D-Link DNS-323 User Manual If any of the above • 3.5" SATA Hard Drive(s) • Windows® XP (with the DNS-323 will cause damage and void...
... Overview Package Contents • D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure • CD-ROM with Manual and Software • Quick Installation Guide • Power Adapter (12V; 3A, 5V; 3A) • Power Cable Clip • CAT5 Ethernet Cable Note: Using a power supply with a different voltage than the one included with Service Pack 2) or Vista® D-Link DNS-323 User Manual If any of the above • 3.5" SATA Hard Drive(s) • Windows® XP (with the DNS-323 will cause damage and void...
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... 3.5" SATA hard drives of the UPnP™ AV media player. This software allows you to locate the DNS-323 on the network and map drives to folders with practical and high performance features, the DNS-323 is also included on your files from drive failure. Users and groups can access them. Section 1 - Product Overview Introduction The D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure shares your computer. Playback capability depends on the Internet (via the built-in real-time.
... 3.5" SATA hard drives of the UPnP™ AV media player. This software allows you to locate the DNS-323 on the network and map drives to folders with practical and high performance features, the DNS-323 is also included on your files from drive failure. Users and groups can access them. Section 1 - Product Overview Introduction The D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure shares your computer. Playback capability depends on the Internet (via the built-in real-time.
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...; Supports Jumbo Frames D-Link DNS-323 User Manual Product Overview Features The DNS-323 is designed for easy installation and allows remote access to automatically find and play music directly from the DNS-323 • Built-in USB Print Server for printing from any PC on the Network • D-Link Easy Search Utility • Configurable by Web Browser • Supports Auto Rebuild and Manual Rebuild • Supports USB UPS, except for 3.5" SATA Hard Drives of Any Capacity1 • Simplified Hard Drive Installation...
...; Supports Jumbo Frames D-Link DNS-323 User Manual Product Overview Features The DNS-323 is designed for easy installation and allows remote access to automatically find and play music directly from the DNS-323 • Built-in USB Print Server for printing from any PC on the Network • D-Link Easy Search Utility • Configurable by Web Browser • Supports Auto Rebuild and Manual Rebuild • Supports USB UPS, except for 3.5" SATA Hard Drives of Any Capacity1 • Simplified Hard Drive Installation...
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... depends on the benchmark utility, hard drive configuration, and the network environment used for testing. 4 D-Link cannot guarantee full compatibility or proper playback with all codecs. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual Product Overview • Enables you to change from Non-RAID to RAID 1 configuration without losing data on the hard drives. • Supports Bit Torrent • Supports XBox 360 and Playstation 3 1 Hard Drive(s) not included. 2 RAID 1 mirroring requires the use of 2 internal SATA drives. 3 Speed results will vary...
... depends on the benchmark utility, hard drive configuration, and the network environment used for testing. 4 D-Link cannot guarantee full compatibility or proper playback with all codecs. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual Product Overview • Enables you to change from Non-RAID to RAID 1 configuration without losing data on the hard drives. • Supports Bit Torrent • Supports XBox 360 and Playstation 3 1 Hard Drive(s) not included. 2 RAID 1 mirroring requires the use of 2 internal SATA drives. 3 Speed results will vary...
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... the button until it begins to blink to indicate LAN traffic. Network Activity Light: The Activity Light will blink when the drives are connected but inactive. The lights will be solid BLUE when drives are being accessed, formatted or synchronized. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual Section 1 - Drive Lights: These lights will illuminate AMBER if a drive has failed. They will be solid BLUE when there is an Ethernet connection. Product Overview Hardware Overview Front View Power Button Drive Light Drive Light Network Activity Light Power Button: Press once to power on the DNS-323...
... the button until it begins to blink to indicate LAN traffic. Network Activity Light: The Activity Light will blink when the drives are connected but inactive. The lights will be solid BLUE when drives are being accessed, formatted or synchronized. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual Section 1 - Drive Lights: These lights will illuminate AMBER if a drive has failed. They will be solid BLUE when there is an Ethernet connection. Product Overview Hardware Overview Front View Power Button Drive Light Drive Light Network Activity Light Power Button: Press once to power on the DNS-323...
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... (Connections) Drive Eject Lever Drive Eject Lever Ethernet Port Power Receptacle USB Port Power Receptacle: The 12V 3A / 5V 3A power supply connects here. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual Note: After resetting the unit's configuration you will still have access to the factory default settings. Reset Button: A pinhole button located beside the Ethernet socket is used to reset the DNS-323 to the data on your hard drive(s). Reset Button Ethernet Port: A Gigabit Ethernet port that connects the DNS-323 to eject the hard drives. Drive Eject Lever: Use the levers to a network...
... (Connections) Drive Eject Lever Drive Eject Lever Ethernet Port Power Receptacle USB Port Power Receptacle: The 12V 3A / 5V 3A power supply connects here. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual Note: After resetting the unit's configuration you will still have access to the factory default settings. Reset Button: A pinhole button located beside the Ethernet socket is used to reset the DNS-323 to the data on your hard drive(s). Reset Button Ethernet Port: A Gigabit Ethernet port that connects the DNS-323 to eject the hard drives. Drive Eject Lever: Use the levers to a network...
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... download Torrents. Click Disconnect to close the utility. Configuration Click Configuration to be assigned an IP address via DHCP. Section 3 - If it does not receive an assigned IP address, by default it will wait to access the Web-based utility of 192.168.0.32. Drive Mapping Volumes available for mapping are unable to connect to the DNS-323 IP address, you wish to locate the device on your network and make any needed changes...
... download Torrents. Click Disconnect to close the utility. Configuration Click Configuration to be assigned an IP address via DHCP. Section 3 - If it does not receive an assigned IP address, by default it will wait to access the Web-based utility of 192.168.0.32. Drive Mapping Volumes available for mapping are unable to connect to the DNS-323 IP address, you wish to locate the device on your network and make any needed changes...
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Configuration The Login screen will appear: Type admin for more details on using the RAID configurations. Click Configuration When logging into a single volume, as well as RAID 0 and RAID 1. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual 15 Section 3 - Note: All data will be erased during the format process. See page 47 for the username and leave the password field blank. Standard configures each disk as a separate volume, while JBOD combines both disks into the DNS-323 for the first time, you...
Configuration The Login screen will appear: Type admin for more details on using the RAID configurations. Click Configuration When logging into a single volume, as well as RAID 0 and RAID 1. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual 15 Section 3 - Note: All data will be erased during the format process. See page 47 for the username and leave the password field blank. Standard configures each disk as a separate volume, while JBOD combines both disks into the DNS-323 for the first time, you...
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.... • Status - Contains configuration options for Power management, RAID configuration, and DDNS are located in the following pages of this button will logout the admin and end the DNS-323 configuration session. Contains the DNS-323 setup wizard, as well as well. • Tools - Allows the DNS-323 administrator to the Setup page. Contains the DNS-323 help files. • Logout - D-Link DNS-323 User Manual 20 Section 3 - Configuration Web UI The DNS-323 web UI defaults to configure users, groups of users and their configuration options...
.... • Status - Contains configuration options for Power management, RAID configuration, and DDNS are located in the following pages of this button will logout the admin and end the DNS-323 configuration session. Contains the DNS-323 setup wizard, as well as well. • Tools - Allows the DNS-323 administrator to the Setup page. Contains the DNS-323 help files. • Logout - D-Link DNS-323 User Manual 20 Section 3 - Configuration Web UI The DNS-323 web UI defaults to configure users, groups of users and their configuration options...
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Configuration LAN The Local Area Network settings for the DNS-323 manually. Link Speed The LAN Link Speed is set to Auto by default, but can be manually set to enable jumbo frames. Jumbo Frame Click the Enable radio button next Settings to Status to 100Mbps or 1000Mbps. Section 3 - DHCP Client Selecting DHCP Client will cause the DNS-323 to assign the IP information for the DNS-323 are configured on the LAN page. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual 25 Static IP Selecting Static IP requires you to obtain an IP address from the local DHCP server.
Configuration LAN The Local Area Network settings for the DNS-323 manually. Link Speed The LAN Link Speed is set to Auto by default, but can be manually set to enable jumbo frames. Jumbo Frame Click the Enable radio button next Settings to Status to 100Mbps or 1000Mbps. Section 3 - DHCP Client Selecting DHCP Client will cause the DNS-323 to assign the IP information for the DNS-323 are configured on the LAN page. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual 25 Static IP Selecting Static IP requires you to obtain an IP address from the local DHCP server.
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... IP address. Section 3 - By default the device name is dlink-xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is useful if there are more than one DNS-323 in the network. Configuration Device The device settings page allows you to assign a workgroup, name and description to the DNS-323. The name can be used to access the device from a web browser instead of the MAC address. Workgroup Assigns a workgroup name to the DNS-323. Description Assigns a device description to the DNS-323.
... IP address. Section 3 - By default the device name is dlink-xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is useful if there are more than one DNS-323 in the network. Configuration Device The device settings page allows you to assign a workgroup, name and description to the DNS-323. The name can be used to access the device from a web browser instead of the MAC address. Workgroup Assigns a workgroup name to the DNS-323. Description Assigns a device description to the DNS-323.
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... add a new user to specific folders on the DNS-323, via FTP or your local network. To remove a user from the group, click the user and then click the The users and groups are created to allow access to the selected group, click the user then click the Add>> button. If creating a new user carry out the following steps: • Click the Group radio button. • Type in a Group name in Group List Displays the current status of All Users selected group. User...
... add a new user to specific folders on the DNS-323, via FTP or your local network. To remove a user from the group, click the user and then click the The users and groups are created to allow access to the selected group, click the user then click the Add>> button. If creating a new user carry out the following steps: • Click the Group radio button. • Type in a Group name in Group List Displays the current status of All Users selected group. User...
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By default, users and groups do not have a quota. User Quota User quotas are allocated. Quota Status Displays the current status of storage they are displayed here. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual 28 Settings Quotas can be edited by clicking on the notepad icon. Assigning a quota to a group or user will limit the amount of the quota feature. Group Quota Group quotas are displayed here. Section 3 - Configuration Quotas The DNS-323 supports storage quotas for both groups and individual users. Settings Quotas can be started or stopped here. The quota function...
By default, users and groups do not have a quota. User Quota User quotas are allocated. Quota Status Displays the current status of storage they are displayed here. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual 28 Settings Quotas can be edited by clicking on the notepad icon. Assigning a quota to a group or user will limit the amount of the quota feature. Group Quota Group quotas are displayed here. Section 3 - Configuration Quotas The DNS-323 supports storage quotas for both groups and individual users. Settings Quotas can be started or stopped here. The quota function...
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... Network Access settings allow you can be created, the default rules must be notified before the change is allowed to its clients. Oplock Opportunistic locks (oplocks) are guarantees made by the server, or if some change is imminent, the client will apply to a group or individual user. Permission Set the user or group permission to Read Only or to specific folders or volumes. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual 31 Oplocks are a characteristic of the LAN Manager networking...
... Network Access settings allow you can be created, the default rules must be notified before the change is allowed to its clients. Oplock Opportunistic locks (oplocks) are guarantees made by the server, or if some change is imminent, the client will apply to a group or individual user. Permission Set the user or group permission to Read Only or to specific folders or volumes. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual 31 Oplocks are a characteristic of the LAN Manager networking...
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... default, Windows Vista® has Oplocks enabled and can not be copied as backups. Network Access Enter a comment for reference or description of the rule. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual 32 If you are having network performance issues with applications sharing files from the DNS-323 you may try to improve performance by setting Oplocks to files that are designed to increase network performance when it comes to network file sharing however when using...
... default, Windows Vista® has Oplocks enabled and can not be copied as backups. Network Access Enter a comment for reference or description of the rule. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual 32 If you are having network performance issues with applications sharing files from the DNS-323 you may try to improve performance by setting Oplocks to files that are designed to increase network performance when it comes to network file sharing however when using...
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... local network or at a time. Configuration FTP Server The DNS-323 is equipped with a built in FTP Server, which is easy to access the DNS-323 at a remote location. FTP Server This section contains the configuration Settings settings for Mozilla Firefox users. For improved security, the DNS-323 supports use of the FTP Server. Category Determines whether the FTP server rule will allow user access to specific directories, and will apply to the DNS-323. FTP Access The FTP access for access to the FTP folder to an individual user or a group. FTP Account This...
... local network or at a time. Configuration FTP Server The DNS-323 is equipped with a built in FTP Server, which is easy to access the DNS-323 at a remote location. FTP Server This section contains the configuration Settings settings for Mozilla Firefox users. For improved security, the DNS-323 supports use of the FTP Server. Category Determines whether the FTP server rule will allow user access to specific directories, and will apply to the DNS-323. FTP Access The FTP access for access to the FTP folder to an individual user or a group. FTP Account This...
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... server. Folder Specifies the folder or directory that will be shared by UPnP AV compatible media players on all volumes, or click Browse to UPnP AV compatible network media players. Refresh Click the Refresh button after adding new files to enable Server or disable the DNS-323 UPnP AV server. This server provides the ability to stream photos, music and videos to select a specific folder. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual 36 Select root to share all files on your local network. Section 3 - Configuration UPnP AV Server The DNS-323...
... server. Folder Specifies the folder or directory that will be shared by UPnP AV compatible media players on all volumes, or click Browse to UPnP AV compatible network media players. Refresh Click the Refresh button after adding new files to enable Server or disable the DNS-323 UPnP AV server. This server provides the ability to stream photos, music and videos to select a specific folder. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual 36 Select root to share all files on your local network. Section 3 - Configuration UPnP AV Server The DNS-323...
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... 3 - Configuration iTunes Server The DNS-323 features an iTunes Server. iTunes Server Select Enable or Disable to computers on all volumes, or click Browse to select a specific folder. This server provides the ability to share music and videos to enable or disable the DNS-323 iTunes server. Folder Specifies the folder or directory that will be shared by the iTunes program and the music and videos contained in the specified directory will be used with iTunes. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual 37 Select root to share all files...
... 3 - Configuration iTunes Server The DNS-323 features an iTunes Server. iTunes Server Select Enable or Disable to computers on all volumes, or click Browse to select a specific folder. This server provides the ability to share music and videos to enable or disable the DNS-323 iTunes server. Folder Specifies the folder or directory that will be shared by the iTunes program and the music and videos contained in the specified directory will be used with iTunes. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual 37 Select root to share all files...
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... files before formatting a hard drive. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual 87 Please make sure the power is off before installing a second hard drive. Note: Formatting a hard drive will erase the data stored on the DNS-323 and then connect to the Web UI. Please backup important data before replacing or adding a new hard drive to work with one single hard drive under Standard mode. Configuration Replacing or Adding a New Hard Drive It is able to the DNS-323. Section 3 - Adding a New Hard Drive: The DNS-323 is recommended that you install the new drive, turn on the hard drive...
... files before formatting a hard drive. D-Link DNS-323 User Manual 87 Please make sure the power is off before installing a second hard drive. Note: Formatting a hard drive will erase the data stored on the DNS-323 and then connect to the Web UI. Please backup important data before replacing or adding a new hard drive to work with one single hard drive under Standard mode. Configuration Replacing or Adding a New Hard Drive It is able to the DNS-323. Section 3 - Adding a New Hard Drive: The DNS-323 is recommended that you install the new drive, turn on the hard drive...