ZyXel - How to Use Dropbox with the NSA325-v2

1. Open the Application - Dropbox page and check Enable Dropbox
2. Then press Apply
   
3. This wil open een internet session with Dropbox and at the same time a Get Ready Message on your NSA.
4. DO NOT PRESS  THE Get Ready BUTTON before you complete the Dropbox internet session!
5. If you don't get the Dropbox internet session, disable the pop-up protection in your browser.
6. Login with your Dropbox username and password.
7. Here after you will see:
   
8. Press Allow and Zyxel NAS is connected to your Dropbox, now press Get Ready. Done!
   
9. The moment you select Logout you must repeat the process as from step 1
10. In order to temporarily disable the copy function from Dropbox to the NSA uncheck Enable Dropbox and press Apply
11. To reactivate the process re-enable the checkbox and click Apply.
12. Do not delete the NAStoken file as this is needed for your NSA to communicate with the Dropbox account.
13. Dropbox creates 2 folders Drop2NAS and zDownload in your Dropbox account together wit a so calle NAStoken. The moment that this token is removed the copy function from Dropbox to NSA is no longer in place.
    

From the instruction for use:

Here is how to use the Drop2NAS and zDownload folders the NSA creates in your Dropbox account.
Using the Drop2NAS Folder
The NSA connects to Dropbox and copies files in the Drop2NAS folder to the NSA’s admin\Dropbox\FromDropbox folder and empties the Drop2NAS folder. The NSA initiates connections to the Dropbox server so you do not need to configure rules on a firewall in front of the NSA to allow access to the NSA. Dropbox is not connecting to the NSA. When you upload files of the same name to the Drop2NAS folder, the NSA adds a number to the names of the files in the NSA’s admin\Dropbox\FromDropbox folder in the format of “filename(n).extension”.

Note: Do not delete the NAStoken file as it is needed for your NSA to work with the Dropbox account.

Using the zDownload Folder
The NSA copies *.torrent files in the zDownload folder to the NSA’s admin\download\torrents folder and automatically starts downloading them.
The NSA adds a suffix to the name of each torrent file in the Dropbox account’s zDownload folder and keeps updating it to show the job’s state (downloading, queued, paused, canceled, uploading, finished, error, or retrying).

The NSA does not take any action for folders nor other types of files in the zDownload folder.

NSA325-v2 and TimeMachine configuration

In order to prevent that your HD in your ZyXel gets completely filled with TimeMachine files, do the following to limit the space to 500GB.

 

Create a share called TimeMachine
Create a limited user called timemachine
Limit the quota for this user to 500 GB
Goto Shares, Edit share as below
Now activate TimeMachine in your iMac using above credentials.
Done!

NSA325v2- Read/Write performance

In LAN with GB  Router from NAS to PC:....and don't expect miracles...
You may want to download a binary test file from here:

Cables and Connections

All cables between a cable modem, a router or switch and to other network connections are so called “straight” cables.

This kind of cable you cannot use between 2-PC’s! 

 If you want to connect PC <-> PC, you need a so called “cross-cable” .
How and what to do:
Cut about 2 inches /5 centimeter from the outside isolation;
Take care not to damage the isolation of the wiring.

Un-twist the wires as:
1. Orange/White 2. Orange 3. Green/White 4. Blue 5. Blue/White 6. Green 7. Brown/White 8. Brown

Cut the wires to approx 10 mm and move the wires as indicated in the drawing; check the position before you use the RJ-45 plier!

Do you need a cross cable?

First make on one end a straight connection as above; the other end of the cable has a different color sequence:
1. Green/White
2. Green
3. Orange/White
4. Blue
5. Blue/White
6. Orange
7. Brown/White
8. Brown