DNS-323 Network Storage

[jaloon]

Hi,

Need advice on how to map dns-323 to my pc.

NAS is connected via ethernet cable to my wireless router. My PC is connected to router wirelessly. How to map the dns-323 to my pc? The easy search utility cant detect the dns-323.

Please advice.

Thanks.

Just find the IP address of the NAS and access it using \\IP Address\... ie \\192.168.1.2\

 

[rexkay]

Thank you all for the advice.

I know the problem liao. It is due the the AVG firewall on my windows PC. Once I disable firewall can see the drive. What rules to put in avg firewall to allow the pc to see the dns-323?

I also followed shadowandy's guide to install tranmission 1.51. But the download very slow and the peers also very little. Any idea how to make the downloading faster?

 

[zjllee]

Hi all, I need help again...

I am think of upgrading the HDDs in my 323 to higher capacity HDDs. I am running RAID 1 right now. Assuming that I am not going to run RAID anymore and I do not have any other means of external storage, what is the best way of cloning my data to my new HDDs?

Here's what I think I will be doing:
1. Copy data in NAS to one of the new HDD in an external casing or usb-SATA adapter (Where can I buy one?)
2. Insert the other new HDD into the 323, then copy in the data to that HDD
3. Insert the other HDD

Will that work? Any other more elegant solutions? Many thanks!

 

[MarineX]

Hi all, I need help again...

I am think of upgrading the HDDs in my 323 to higher capacity HDDs. I am running RAID 1 right now. Assuming that I am not going to run RAID anymore and I do not have any other means of external storage, what is the best way of cloning my data to my new HDDs?

Here's what I think I will be doing:
1. Copy data in NAS to one of the new HDD in an external casing or usb-SATA adapter (Where can I buy one?)
2. Insert the other new HDD into the 323, then copy in the data to that HDD
3. Insert the other HDD

Will that work? Any other more elegant solutions? Many thanks!

erm.. just bring one of your RAID1 HDD and plug it into a SATA port in a Desktop computer will do le ma... afterwhich transfer files into your NAS with the New HDD plugged in..

 

[zjllee]

My desktop sata slots are full haha...I want to pull out as little cables and stuff as possible...

but other than an external casing, i guess that is the only way

 

[abyang]

For those on 1.04 firmware, you may want to upgrade to the 1.05 firmware asap.

Kenna amber light on my raid1 left drive - checked the dns-323 forums and learned that there's some bug in 1.04 firmware which detects drive status incorrectly and kicks out your drive from the array set even though the drive is fine.

Upgraded to 1.05 firmware (thanx richneo for posting the direct official links) and the amber light went away.

Thereafter, next step was to manually join the left drive back into the array - else the DNS-323 will continue to run in degraded state. Once joined, the added drive will be automatically resync-ed - which can take very long for huge drive capacities.

To hot add a disk back into raid:
mdadm /dev/md0 -a /dev/sdb2 (or /dev/sda2 - depending on which drive was kicked out)

Check status of raid resync:
cat /proc/mdstat

... btw, you'll need to telnet or ssh into the dns-323 first before running the above commands... outside scope of this post as I think it's been covered in other posts in this thread.

I got into some really bad luck.

Got myself 2 x 1TB hdds to upgrade the existing 500GB RAID-1.
I tried out the adding of hdd via command-line.

[B]Before doing adding of new hdds[/B]
root@dns323:~# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] 
md0 : active raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[1]
      486544512 blocks [2/2] [UU]
      
unused devices: <none>


[B]Took out 1x500GB hdd and replace with 1x1TB hdd[/B]
root@dns323:~# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] 
md0 : active raid1 sda2[0]
      486544512 blocks [2/1] [U_]
      
unused devices: <none>


[B]Try to add 1x1TB hdd into the RAID-1; think cos not formatted that's why unrecognized.[/B]
root@dns323:~# mdadm /dev/md0 -a /dev/sdb2
mdadm: Cannot open /dev/sdb2: No such device or address

Anyway, I proceed to use the browser to do the formatting.
It detects the new 1x1TB hdd so I go ahead to do the formatting.
After 94% of formatting it got stucked and the button to shutdown doesn't work, so I had to "hard reset".

When it rebooted, I was prompt via browser to select the type of hdd config.
Felt funny cos I haven't formatted finished so I mapped to my folder and discover all my data gone.
All the Fun_plug stuff are also gone!!!

Now, I am stuck and don't know if I should:
- Create a new 1TB RAID-1, put the remaining 500GB into a pc and transfer the data over.


Anyone can advise?

 

[foes]

anyone can help me set up portforwarding for my DNS-323. with payment of course.
PM me
thank you in advance

 

[rexkay]

Hi,

How do i access clutch from outside my network??

I have already registered a hostname with dyndns and update to theDNS-323 DDNS.

Router: dlink DI-624
hostname: ******family.podzone.net (registered under free dyndns)
DNS IP: 192.168.0.xxx
portwarding: TCP 9091 (Private and public port)

 

[Lucky123]

I got into some really bad luck.

Got myself 2 x 1TB hdds to upgrade the existing 500GB RAID-1.
I tried out the adding of hdd via command-line.

[B]Before doing adding of new hdds[/B]
root@dns323:~# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] 
md0 : active raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[1]
      486544512 blocks [2/2] [UU]
      
unused devices: <none>


[B]Took out 1x500GB hdd and replace with 1x1TB hdd[/B]
root@dns323:~# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] 
md0 : active raid1 sda2[0]
      486544512 blocks [2/1] [U_]
      
unused devices: <none>


[B]Try to add 1x1TB hdd into the RAID-1; think cos not formatted that's why unrecognized.[/B]
root@dns323:~# mdadm /dev/md0 -a /dev/sdb2
mdadm: Cannot open /dev/sdb2: No such device or address

Anyway, I proceed to use the browser to do the formatting.
It detects the new 1x1TB hdd so I go ahead to do the formatting.
After 94% of formatting it got stucked and the button to shutdown doesn't work, so I had to "hard reset".

When it rebooted, I was prompt via browser to select the type of hdd config.
Felt funny cos I haven't formatted finished so I mapped to my folder and discover all my data gone.
All the Fun_plug stuff are also gone!!!

Now, I am stuck and don't know if I should:
- Create a new 1TB RAID-1, put the remaining 500GB into a pc and transfer the data over.


Anyone can advise?

Stopping at 94% is due to some bug with IE. Try using firefox will help.

 

[absoluthk]

i tried to access the dns323 from network neighborhood instead of mapping the folders

so i tried to edit smb.conf and change some line "security= SHARE" to "security = USER" so i can access with username/passwd. but the problem is i need to restart samba every time as smb.conf is not permanently saved.. (<- am i right this point)

i could write a script to change the smb.conf and restart samba automatically.. but is there anyway to permanently saved it so i can cut down my bootup time?

 

[Lss]

how hot does yours run? i have 2 500g wd aaks inside and its a little too hot for comfort. running at 50 degrees at times and the fan drives me crazy.

what can i replace it with? hopefully higher capacity and cooler (so the fan doesnt kick in)

 

[kababoom]

wat brand of hdd is recommended to be used on this nas ?

 

[armaniexchange]

hmm my dns323 runs at 43 or 44 degrees most of the time. The fan only comes on occasionally. Is my temp consider normal? What about the other users?

 

[Mon5ter]

My 323 running on fw1.06 web admin page always get disconnected and I have to reboot the 323 for it to access again.
Is it the 323 problem or it is IE or xp problem?

 

[kennyg1969]

My 323 running on fw1.06 web admin page always get disconnected and I have to reboot the 323 for it to access again.
Is it the 323 problem or it is IE or xp problem?

It is fw1.06 problem. I had that problem. I reflash back to fw1.05.

 

[Mon5ter]

It is fw1.06 problem. I had that problem. I reflash back to fw1.05.

Oh ok, Thanks...
Another problem is when I'm watching movies via the 323 on wireless, it'll slow to a crawl after 3/4 way of the movie. Reboot still same.
Hopefully it's also the fw problem, else it'll be a good excuess to change my router to wireless N.

 

[armaniexchange]

i sometimes do get that too while playing movies off wireless. and the funny thing is the laptop is in the same room as the router although i suspect its the wireless coverage issue.

 

[jingwei]

what torrent client u all use for dns-323? Used the one from dlink,the download is awfully slow, any recommended client ?Eg transmission or mldonkey? tried a same torrent on utorrent and dns-323, the same file download faster in utorrent, did port forwarding already but still slow, anyone can help or recommend a torrent client?

 

[HeeroYuy84]

Feature Additions: 1. Supports 1.5 TB Hard Drives 2. USB port supports UPS monitoring 3. Add option to Manually or Automatically Rebuild Raid 4. UPnP AV supports Microsoft XBoX 360, Sony PlayStation 3 5. Support FTP over SSL/TLS 01/07/2009
1.05 1) Added Bit-torrent support

2) Added Jumbo Frame support
3) Added LLTD


what does the added bt support means? how do i setup bt?

 

[revogsx]

what torrent client u all use for dns-323? Used the one from dlink,the download is awfully slow, any recommended client ?Eg transmission or mldonkey? tried a same torrent on utorrent and dns-323, the same file download faster in utorrent, did port forwarding already but still slow, anyone can help or recommend a torrent client?

yes, i agree, dlink torrent on 323 is very slow..
i'm using Transmission 1.42 right now, so far so good i am happy with it