DNS-323 Network Storage

[Bieffe]

KNN did what was told and the drives swapped VOls......ok i will now remove them and physically swap the slots.

 

[Bieffe]

Die my CLUTCH cannot work. Tried to ping my 323 yes is there but cannot connect the clutch. Then I try to telnet my 323 is says "could not open connection to host, on port 23:connect failed" I have enable telnet in my Vista.

Can anyone help me?

 

[Bieffe]

Complete Idiot’s Guide to installing Transmission & Clutch on DNS-323. There could be typo errors/ missed steps. Pls use at your own risks.

Acknowledgements & Credits :
The contents below were 99.99999% extracted from information provided by Shadowandy . Thanks to Shadowandy!!!

1. Go to this webby to dl fun_plug and fun_plug.tgz
http://www.shadowandy.net/2008/05/running-fonzs-fun_plug-05-on-dns-323.htm
Required files
fun_plug (from http://www.inreto.de/dns323/fun-plug/0.5/)
- right click on url and select “Save Target As…” to Volume 1
fun_plug.tgz (from http://www.inreto.de/dns323/fun-plug/0.5/)
- click on url and save to Volume 1

2. Reboot DSN-323 to unzip fun_plug.tgz (Uzip should be automatic)
3. After reboot, check Volume 1 and see if additional folders have been created on Volume1
4. Then click on this url: http://www.shadowandy.net/2008/05/transmission-for-dns-313-dns-323.htm
To dl these 2 files to your Volume 1
- libcurl (7.18.1) download
- transmission (1.22) download

5. On yr PC, click ‘Start’ and select ‘Command Prompt’
6. At command prompt level (“>”), enter “Telnet <your dns-323 ip-addr) ”
7. It should tell you that you are connected to your DNS-323
8. Enter the following commands in sequence
- / # cd mnt/HD_a2
- /mnt/HD_a2 # funpkg -i curl-7181.tgz
System Response: Installing package curl-7181 …
- /mnt/HD_a2 # funpkg -i Transmission-1.22-ffp0.5.tgz
System Response: Installing package Transmission-1.22-ffp0.5.tgz …
If you encounter Fatal Error; File not found, do not call 999. Simply rename the command to .tar instead of .tgz If still cannot, shout for help
Ok, you are half-way there……..the next steps are Life & Death….
9. At the /mnt/HD_a2 # prompt, enter the following command to execute Transmission-Daemon:
/ffp/start/transmission.sh start
System Response: Starting transmission-daemon
10.Enter the command to create a Torrents Folder on Volume 1:
- mkdir -p /mnt/HD_a2/torrents
11. Enter these commands in sequence:
- export TRANSMISSION_HOME=/mnt/HD_a2/.transmission
- transmission-remote -f /mnt/HD_a2/torrents
- chmod a+x /ffp/start/transmission.sh

Now to Install Clutch for Transmission
12. Again at the /mnt/HD_a2 # prompt, enter these commands in sequence:
Downloading the required files
- wget http://www.inreto.de/dns323/fun-plug/0.5/packages/php-5.2.6-2.tgz
System Response: Connecting to www.inreto.de (217.119.59.48:80)
php-5.2.6-2.tgz 100% |*******************************| 6414k 00:00:00 ETA

13. Setting up PHP and lighttpd. Enter these commands in sequence:
- funpkg -i php-5.2.6-2.tgz
System Response: Installing package php-5.2.6-2 …
- cp /ffp/etc/examples/lighttpd.conf-with-php /ffp/etc/lighttpd.conf
- mkdir -p /mnt/HD_a2/www/pages /mnt/HD_a2/www/logs
14. Downloading Clutch. Enter these commands in sequence:
- wget http://clutchbt.com/Files/Clutch-0.4.tar.gz
System Response: Connecting to clutchbt.com (74.52.213.130:80)
Clutch-0.4.tar.gz 100% |*******************************| 155k 00:00:00 ETA

15. Setting up Clutch. Enter these commands in sequence:
- tar xf Clutch-0.4.tar.gz -C /mnt/HD_a2/www/pages/
- mv /mnt/HD_a2/www/pages/Clutch-0.4/ /mnt/HD_a2/www/pages/clutch
- echo “/mnt/HD_a2/.transmission/daemon/socket” > mnt/HD_a2/www/pages/clutch/remote/data/socket.txt * this is a whole command *
16. Starting up lighttpd
- chmod a+x /ffp/start/lighttpd.sh
- sh /ffp/start/lighttpd.sh start
System Response: Starting /ffp/sbin/lighttpd -f /ffp/etc/lighttpd.conf

17. Accessing your Clutch
Now surf to http://<DSN-323 ippr-addr>:8080/clutch/ to use your transmission

18. If you encounter ‘Permission Denied’ during BT, then Telnet to your DSN323 again to give your Torrents folder ‘write’ access. Enter this command:
- chmod -R a=rwx /mnt/HD_a2/<Torrents> * Thanks to Lss *

Followed these steps 100% when i set it up. Now after insert new HDD can't work liao.
Pls help me as I cannot even telnet to it.

 

[nsguru]

I just bought a DNS 323 and put a 500GB WD HDD inside.
I use the DLINK easy search utility and format a standard hdd.
After that, i start to set all those configs.
Then I start install funplug 0.5 by download fun_plug and fun_plug.tgz and ftp them into Volume_1.
Then I was able to telnet.
I try using the default Dlink BitTorrent program. I choose the a relatively small files but with many seeds. But it wont download. I have enable Port Forward on my DIR 655 router.

I saw transmission and ML Monkey on ShadowAndy site. So I just choose one of them and install?
Also where to get the full guide in installing ML Monkey?

Thanks.

 

[Bieffe]

I just bought a DNS 323 and put a 500GB WD HDD inside.
I use the DLINK easy search utility and format a standard hdd.
After that, i start to set all those configs.
Then I start install funplug 0.5 by download fun_plug and fun_plug.tgz and ftp them into Volume_1.
Then I was able to telnet.
I try using the default Dlink BitTorrent program. I choose the a relatively small files but with many seeds. But it wont download. I have enable Port Forward on my DIR 655 router.

I saw transmission and ML Monkey on ShadowAndy site. So I just choose one of them and install?
Also where to get the full guide in installing ML Monkey?

Thanks.

search carefully at ShadowAndy site he gave a guide to MLDonkey for 323.

Transmission and MLdonkey I think need to run together and not either or.

 

[Bieffe]

Complete Idiot’s Guide to installing Transmission & Clutch on DNS-323. There could be typo errors/ missed steps. Pls use at your own risks.

Acknowledgements & Credits :
The contents below were 99.99999% extracted from information provided by Shadowandy . Thanks to Shadowandy!!!

1. Go to this webby to dl fun_plug and fun_plug.tgz
http://www.shadowandy.net/2008/05/running-fonzs-fun_plug-05-on-dns-323.htm
Required files
fun_plug (from http://www.inreto.de/dns323/fun-plug/0.5/)
- right click on url and select “Save Target As…” to Volume 1
fun_plug.tgz (from http://www.inreto.de/dns323/fun-plug/0.5/)
- click on url and save to Volume 1

2. Reboot DSN-323 to unzip fun_plug.tgz (Uzip should be automatic)
3. After reboot, check Volume 1 and see if additional folders have been created on Volume1
4. Then click on this url: http://www.shadowandy.net/2008/05/transmission-for-dns-313-dns-323.htm
To dl these 2 files to your Volume 1
- libcurl (7.18.1) download
- transmission (1.22) download

5. On yr PC, click ‘Start’ and select ‘Command Prompt’
6. At command prompt level (“>”), enter “Telnet <your dns-323 ip-addr) ”
7. It should tell you that you are connected to your DNS-323
8. Enter the following commands in sequence
- / # cd mnt/HD_a2
- /mnt/HD_a2 # funpkg -i curl-7181.tgz
System Response: Installing package curl-7181 …
- /mnt/HD_a2 # funpkg -i Transmission-1.22-ffp0.5.tgz
System Response: Installing package Transmission-1.22-ffp0.5.tgz …
If you encounter Fatal Error; File not found, do not call 999. Simply rename the command to .tar instead of .tgz If still cannot, shout for help
Ok, you are half-way there……..the next steps are Life & Death….
9. At the /mnt/HD_a2 # prompt, enter the following command to execute Transmission-Daemon:
/ffp/start/transmission.sh start
System Response: Starting transmission-daemon
10.Enter the command to create a Torrents Folder on Volume 1:
- mkdir -p /mnt/HD_a2/torrents
11. Enter these commands in sequence:
- export TRANSMISSION_HOME=/mnt/HD_a2/.transmission
- transmission-remote -f /mnt/HD_a2/torrents
- chmod a+x /ffp/start/transmission.sh

Now to Install Clutch for Transmission
12. Again at the /mnt/HD_a2 # prompt, enter these commands in sequence:
Downloading the required files
- wget http://www.inreto.de/dns323/fun-plug/0.5/packages/php-5.2.6-2.tgz
This http no longer has the file, file not found
System Response: Connecting to www.inreto.de (217.119.59.48:80)
php-5.2.6-2.tgz 100% |*******************************| 6414k 00:00:00 ETA

13. Setting up PHP and lighttpd. Enter these commands in sequence:
- funpkg -i php-5.2.6-2.tgz
System Response: Installing package php-5.2.6-2 …
- cp /ffp/etc/examples/lighttpd.conf-with-php /ffp/etc/lighttpd.conf
- mkdir -p /mnt/HD_a2/www/pages /mnt/HD_a2/www/logs
14. Downloading Clutch. Enter these commands in sequence:
- wget http://clutchbt.com/Files/Clutch-0.4.tar.gz
This http no longer has the file, file not found
System Response: Connecting to clutchbt.com (74.52.213.130:80)
Clutch-0.4.tar.gz 100% |*******************************| 155k 00:00:00 ETA

15. Setting up Clutch. Enter these commands in sequence:
- tar xf Clutch-0.4.tar.gz -C /mnt/HD_a2/www/pages/
ERROR message of invalid tar magic
- mv /mnt/HD_a2/www/pages/Clutch-0.4/ /mnt/HD_a2/www/pages/clutch
- echo “/mnt/HD_a2/.transmission/daemon/socket” > /mnt/HD_a2/www/pages/clutch/remote/data/socket.txt * this is a whole command *
16. Starting up lighttpd
- chmod a+x /ffp/start/lighttpd.sh
- sh /ffp/start/lighttpd.sh start
System Response: Starting /ffp/sbin/lighttpd -f /ffp/etc/lighttpd.conf

17. Accessing your Clutch
Now surf to http://<DSN-323 ippr-addr>:8080/clutch/ to use your transmission

18. If you encounter ‘Permission Denied’ during BT, then Telnet to your DSN323 again to give your Torrents folder ‘write’ access. Enter this command:
- chmod -R a=rwx /mnt/HD_a2/<Torrents> * Thanks to Lss *

I re-run the whole thing again as above and encounter the problems in red above.
But finally becos of the old files there got it working again

ShadowAndy are the files removed already from ur server?

 

[Bieffe]

I just bought a DNS 323 and put a 500GB WD HDD inside.
I use the DLINK easy search utility and format a standard hdd.
After that, i start to set all those configs.
Then I start install funplug 0.5 by download fun_plug and fun_plug.tgz and ftp them into Volume_1.
Then I was able to telnet.
I try using the default Dlink BitTorrent program. I choose the a relatively small files but with many seeds. But it wont download. I have enable Port Forward on my DIR 655 router.

I saw transmission and ML Monkey on ShadowAndy site. So I just choose one of them and install?
Also where to get the full guide in installing ML Monkey?

Thanks.

http://www.shadowandy.net/2009/01/mldonkey-297.htm
INstruction for MLdonkey on323

 

[Bieffe]

I just bought a DNS 323 and put a 500GB WD HDD inside.
I use the DLINK easy search utility and format a standard hdd.
After that, i start to set all those configs.
Then I start install funplug 0.5 by download fun_plug and fun_plug.tgz and ftp them into Volume_1.
Then I was able to telnet.
I try using the default Dlink BitTorrent program. I choose the a relatively small files but with many seeds. But it wont download. I have enable Port Forward on my DIR 655 router.

I saw transmission and ML Monkey on ShadowAndy site. So I just choose one of them and install?
Also where to get the full guide in installing ML Monkey?

Thanks.

BT by Dlink is lousy...very slow one. But it should work. Try BT 1 file 1st may take awhile to start and did ur firewall block? and did u set correctly the port for both sides.

 

[nsguru]

search carefully at ShadowAndy site he gave a guide to MLDonkey for 323.

Transmission and MLdonkey I think need to run together and not either or.

After more reading, I find that they are just different torrent clients.
So I decide to use Transmission after finding that transmission uses less memory.
So I follow ShadowAndy guide to install the transmission and finally got it running well.
Speed wise also very fast.

If I download halfway and want to shut down the NAS, is it recommend to pause the torrent, press the NAS button, follow by off the powerpoint switch?

Also what is clutch use for? I cant find anywhere that say clutch is used for.




Also for blocklist, I edited transmission.sh for blocklist support. Then from telnet I download blocklist-downloader.sh to /mnt/HD_a2/.transmission-daemon/blocklists followed by a restart command.
Then after restart transmission, I go back to /mnt/HD_a2/.transmission-daemon/blocklists and list the file. I found that there are 1 more file there now: blocklist-downloader.bin
So is this correct way to have blocklist?

Thanks.

 

[shadowandy]

After more reading, I find that they are just different torrent clients.
So I decide to use Transmission after finding that transmission uses less memory.
So I follow ShadowAndy guide to install the transmission and finally got it running well.
Speed wise also very fast.

If I download halfway and want to shut down the NAS, is it recommend to pause the torrent, press the NAS button, follow by off the powerpoint switch?

Also what is clutch use for? I cant find anywhere that say clutch is used for.




Also for blocklist, I edited transmission.sh for blocklist support. Then from telnet I download blocklist-downloader.sh to /mnt/HD_a2/.transmission-daemon/blocklists followed by a restart command.
Then after restart transmission, I go back to /mnt/HD_a2/.transmission-daemon/blocklists and list the file. I found that there are 1 more file there now: blocklist-downloader.bin
So is this correct way to have blocklist?

Thanks.

Clutch is the web interface for transmission. Clutch is now integrated in the newer transmissionbt releases.

It is better to pause the torrent first to allow the cached data to be written to disk. However, I believe the amount of cached data is negligible.

For the blocklist part, do refer to your transmissionbt's log to see if the addresses are loaded.

 

[shadowandy]

I re-run the whole thing again as above and encounter the problems in red above.
But finally becos of the old files there got it working again

ShadowAndy are the files removed already from ur server?

clutchbt.com and inreto.de does not belong to me. I believe the owners of these domain have removed the files or a newer revision has been released by them. Do check their website out to find out more.

 

[shadowandy]

I just bought a DNS-323.

Installed harddisk, tried to access the web UI to config, blank screen.

Removed harddisk, tried to access again, blank screen.

I tried pinging the device, it responds and I can see the LAN icon blink on the device.

The IP is correct.

Anyone can help?

Tried resetting already and still the same.

I believe we have solved this mystery during our previous conversation.

 

[shadowandy]

Die my CLUTCH cannot work. Tried to ping my 323 yes is there but cannot connect the clutch. Then I try to telnet my 323 is says "could not open connection to host, on port 23:connect failed" I have enable telnet in my Vista.

Can anyone help me?

fun_plug must be in volume_1 (first disk) as mentioned by a lot of members in this thread.

 

[nsguru]

Clutch is the web interface for transmission. Clutch is now integrated in the newer transmissionbt releases.

It is better to pause the torrent first to allow the cached data to be written to disk. However, I believe the amount of cached data is negligible.

For the blocklist part, do refer to your transmissionbt's log to see if the addresses are loaded.

Your blocklist-downloader.sh seems to not able to work for me.
So I manually download the level1.zip and extract level1.txt to \.transmission-daemon\blocklists
follow by a restart then after restart, theres a level1.bin created beside it.

Heres the log
[18:52:12.442] Blocklist "level1.bin" updated with 223651 entries
[18:52:12.461] Blocklist "level1.bin" contains 223651 entries

So this consider the blocklist is working?

 

[shadowandy]

Your blocklist-downloader.sh seems to not able to work for me.
So I manually download the level1.zip and extract level1.txt to \.transmission-daemon\blocklists
follow by a restart then after restart, theres a level1.bin created beside it.

Heres the log
[18:52:12.442] Blocklist "level1.bin" updated with 223651 entries
[18:52:12.461] Blocklist "level1.bin" contains 223651 entries

So this consider the blocklist is working?

You have to download the blocklist before starting your transmission for it to work. Else download it and restart ur transmissionbt. I've just tested and it is working for me. If you like you can do your manual process of downloading and extracting and restart twice. After all, I am just sharing what I've done. I am assuming users know what they are doing.

/mnt/HD_a2 # ls .transmission-daemon/blocklists/
/mnt/HD_a2 # ./transmission-blocklist-update.sh
Downloading new blocklist ...
Unpacking new blocklist ...
Done. Blocklist downloaded and unpacked to /mnt/HD_a2/.transmission-daemon/blocklists
/mnt/HD_a2 # ls .transmission-daemon/blocklists/
level1
/mnt/HD_a2 # sh /ffp/start/transmission.sh restart
Stopping transmission-daemon
Starting transmission-daemon
/mnt/HD_a2 # tail -n 32 .transmission-daemon/transmission-daemon.log | grep Blocklist
[03:28:27.051] Blocklist "level1.bin" updated with 223650 entries
[03:28:27.053] Blocklist "level1.bin" contains 223650 entries
/mnt/HD_a2 # ls .transmission-daemon/blocklists/
level1 level1.bin
/mnt/HD_a2 #

 

[NeMeSiS_T]

Hi Andy

Anyway to reduce the CPU usage of MLDonkey, my 343 will hang (can't ping nor connect) after sometime

Thx

 

[shadowandy]

Hi Andy

Anyway to reduce the CPU usage of MLDonkey, my 343 will hang (can't ping nor connect) after sometime

Thx

Like mentioned before, use nice or renice to change the cpu priority of the process

 

[Helbreath]

hi i wanna ask all experts here

if i buy a network storage like the DNS323, i can just plug it directly to my wireless router using ethernet.

then i can read/write directly from my mac/PC wirelessly?

 

[NeMeSiS_T]

Like mentioned before, use nice or renice to change the cpu priority of the process

I google on nice command and tried but it keeps giving me error
Any example to nice mlnet? Thx

 

[shadowandy]

I google on nice command and tried but it keeps giving me error
Any example to nice mlnet? Thx

Make sure the error you get is not due to disk full. You should either set the necessary variables or edit mlnet.sh directly so that you nice it at start up.

I do capture the pid in a file, you can also utilize this with renice to change the priority value.