![]() The D-LINK DNS-320 rev A1 is old, but with the firmware update, I’m looking forward to using it. With the original cost of £5 for a NAS box and working SATA hard drive, and then adding a £3 SATA hard drive, I’ve got some additional easy to access storage for my video editing work. My other NAS box, which is also a D-Link box, I use for backups. The files will be access via two different PCs, and I prefer using a NAS rather than a shared folder from a hard disk one of my Windows PCs. Whilst it would be a shame to lose the files, I’m not going to use the RAID functionality of the box. I’m primarily going to use the NAS box for my video editing work, as I’m recording quite chunky files. This NAS box I only intend to use for short bursts of time, and I won’t leave on that often. I already have another D-Link NAS box which I leave on most of the time. Then I ran a scan disk of both hard drives. Via the web interface, I configured the user settings to allow read/write access to both hard drives. If I was going to leave the NAS running for long periods, I probably would invest in a couple of WD RED 3.5” SATA hard drives, which I use in another NAS box. I’m not intending to leave this NAS on for long periods, otherwise I would have installed different SATA drives. ![]() I don’t recommend the Seagate hard drive for NAS use. I removed the faulty hard drive and replaced with a Seagate Video 3.5″ 2TB hard drive I recently removed from a Sky set-top box. I wanted to respect their privacy and sadly formatted the drive. On the working drive (320GB) were files, which upon research were for a couple that I believe had died. I noted down which hard drive was showing and then shut down the NAS box, by pressing the power button on the front until a LED started blinking. Via the administration web interface I looked at the hard drive status, and unfortunately only one drive was showing with a degraded raid status. I then changed the admin password, set a different IP address, created a user for accessing files and configured a few other options. I unzipped the archive and then via the web browser installed the newer firmware. I visited and downloaded the latest firmware, which at the time of writing is from 2014. The box was running firmware version 2.01 dated. The default IP address was 192.168.0.32 and the default admin password is blank. ![]() I unfolded a paper clip and followed the 30-30-30 second reset rules here: Note: Please refer to the manual for more information.I couldn’t access the “ShareCenter” web interface, so I decided to reset the box. Follow the on-screen instructions to configure your D-Link cloud storage. Once you are logged in, click Management and then click Setup Wizard. Step 4: Select System Administrator and click the Login button (leave the password blank by default). ![]() Note:If your network is using a DHCP server and the computer receives IP settings from the DHCP server, the ShareCenter will automatically be in the same subnet. If you have a DHCP-enabled router on your network, you may need to check the DHCP table to see what IP address the ShareCenter was assigned. Step 3: Open a web browser and enter the IP address of your ShareCenter to access the Web UI. Unzip it to your desktop or a folder on your PC. Step 2: Go to the mydlink support page and download the setup wizard specific to your model and operating system. Note: The computer used to access the ShareCenter web-based configuration manager must be on the same subnet as the ShareCenter. This cable should connect the ShareCenter to your local network via a router or switch, or directly to a computer for configuration. Step 1: Connect an Ethernet cable to the available Ethernet port. ![]() Please follow the below steps in order to setup your ShareCenter. ![]()
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