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5 Mobile LAN Disk

User Guide

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Contents
1.

2.

Hardware ....................................................................................................................2
1.1

Power ...............................................................................................................................2

1.2

Ports .................................................................................................................................2

1.3

Reset Button.....................................................................................................................2

1.4

LEDs.................................................................................................................................2

1.5

Front View ........................................................................................................................3

1.6

Rear View.........................................................................................................................3

Installation............................................................................................ ....4
2.1 Requirements4
2.2 HW Installation......4
2.2.1 HDD Installation Guide...4

2.2.2 Installation steps of LAN Disk..6

3.

Web .............................................................................................................................7
3.1

Home................................................................................................................................7

3.2

Administration...................................................................................................................7
3.2.1

LAN Settings......................................................................................................8
3.2.1.1

DHCP...............................................................................................8

3.2.1.2

Static IP............................................................................................8

3.2.2

System...............................................................................................................9

3.2.3

USB ...................................................................................................................9

3.2.4

Users ...............................................................................................................10

3.2.5

Share ...............................................................................................................11

3.2.6

BitTorrent.........................................................................................................12

3.2.7

Tools................................................................................................................14
3.2.7.1

Scheduling .....................................................................................14

3.2.7.2

Restart ...........................................................................................14

3.2.7.3

Hard disk Utility ..............................................................................14

3.2.7.4

FW upgrade ...................................................................................15

3.2.7.5

Save Config ...................................................................................15

3.2.7.6

Factory Default...............................................................................16

3.2.7.7

Login Setting ..................................................................................16

3.2.7.8

System Log ....................................................................................16

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1. Hardware Overview
1.1 Power
Receptor for the provided Power Adapter (12V DC, Maximum 2 Amps,
100-240V AC, 50-60Hz)
1.2 Ports
LAN Port

- LAN connection.

USB Port

- Connect your LAN Disk to PC.

USB Host Port

- Connect your USB device to LAN Disk.

1.3 Reset Button (locate on PCB)

STEP1 Remove HDD.
STEP2 Power On and wait for 30 seconds
to get LAN Disk bootup ready.
STEP3 Press the reset button.

- IP will be returned to factory default as 192.168.16.1

1 second
(excluding other setting)
10 seconds - IP and all settings will be returned to factory defaults
1.4 LEDs
Blue

- System ready

Green
Blinking

- Booting & copying file

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About the 3.5 SATA Mobile LAN Disk

1.5 Front View

Ventilation design 1

Ventilation design 2

1.6 Rear View

USB Host Port

LAN Port

Fan Switch

USB port

Power Switch

Power Jack

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2. Installation
2.1 Requirements
The following are required when using the LAN Disk.

TCP/IP Protocol must be installed in your PC.

Connect LAN Disk to a switch/hub port to connect your network.

2.2 HW Installation
2.2.1 HDD Installation Guide

STEP 1 Detach the back panel.

STEP 2 Detach the side faceplates.

STEP 3 Place HDD into the enclosure properly; connect HDD to the SATA
connector.

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STEP 4 Screw HDD to the enclosure.

STEP 5 Reassemble two faceplates back to the enclosure and screw them
together.

STEP 6 Screw the back panel to the enclosure.

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2.2.2 Installation steps of LAN Disk

STEP 1 Connect the network cable to LAN port of LAN Disk.

STEP 2 Connect the power to LAN Disk and press the power button.
STEP 3 Booting up will cost about 30 seconds.

NOTE Fan Specification

1. Dimension80*80*10mm
2. Voltage12V
3. Start Voltage6V (Power ON/OFF)
4. Power Consumption4.2W
5. Max Current0.35A (Safety)
6. Speed2500 +/- 20% P.M.
At 25CAfter 5~10minutes rotating (Fan alone)
7. Max Air Flow22.0CFM
8. Air Pressure1.55MM-H2O
9. Noise29Db-A
10.Weight37g

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3. Web

Just simply type in the LAN Disk IP (default IP192.168.16.1) in the browser to
enter the LAN Disk web.
3.1 Home
The basic information of the LAN Disk will be shown at here.

3.2 Administration
The username and password will be required
when entering this section.
The default username is "admin"
and password is "root".

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3.2.1

LAN Settings

This section contains all LAN settings to configure the LAN Disk to the network.
Depending on how the network is set up, changes to this page may or may not be
necessary. We can choose between DHCP and Static IP from the Protocol

3.2.1.1 DHCP

Selecting this option enables the LAN Disk to request an IP and auto-configure
itself to the network if there is a DHCP Server present.
NOTE

If DHCP Client is enabled, but there is no DHCP server, the LAN Disk

will fall back to the default IP address of 192.168.16.1.

3.2.1.2 Static IP

Click this option if there is no DHCP Server present on the network and
manually enter the network settings in the fields provided below this option.

IP Address
Enter the static IP address
Subnet Mask
Enter the Subnet Mask address
Default Gateway Enter the Gateway IP address
DNS1 and DNS2 (both optional) If available, enter those IP addresses
here

If you need assistance in manually entering the above information, contact

your network administrator for additional help in configuring the network settings.
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3.2.2

System

The basic settings of LAN Disk can be set at here. Including Device Name,
Description, Date, Time Zone, Http Port and the NTP, FTP server can be
enabling or disable in here too.

After the NTP option is enabled, youll need to enter a valid NTP server to
make it work correctly. It will get the time from the server. (The selection for the
date and time will be close after NTP is enabled)
Were allowed to use the FTP to access to the device after enabled too.
PS. The FTP Username and password of admin are, Username: admin,
Password: admin
3.2.3 USB
The installed USB hard disk, Flash disk, and USB printer will show in here.

NOTE:
The printer is various in style, therefore the printer function does not guarantee
to support all printers.
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3.2.4 Users
A LAN Disk hard disk MUST be installed for this function to work in properly.

Change Password: We can change the users password from here (only
works if theres a user exist).

Delete User:

We can delete the useless users account from here.

There are two options to choose in here

Leave users share folder for Administrator (read/write)
- This option will move the users folder into administrators folder, and only
read/writeable for administrator (administrators folder will be created
automatically at the time of LAN Disk hard disk is created).
Remove users share folder completely
- This will remove all files and folders of users completely without any
backup.

Add a new user: Type in the username, password we want.

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There are 3 properties can be choose:

No accessible to other usersOnly user himself can access to the folder.
Read-only to other usersThe other user of LAN Disk get in to this users
folder to read only.
Read/Write to other usersThe other user of LAN Disk can read and write
files in this users folder.
Click on Save after you add the user, or Cancel to clear the information
(username, password), or Return to back to the previous screen.

3.2.5

Share

Select the share folder list to change it after a user has been added.

There are three operations types to choose

Not accessible to other users: No accessing. No user is allowed to get access to this folder.
Read-only to other users: Users are allowed to read in this folder.
Read/Write to other users: Users are allowed to read and write this folder.

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3.2.6 BitTorrent
A LAN Disk hard disk is required to use this function.

Global settings
From here we can choose which folder (public or users folder) we want to
place the torrent files.
The max download and upload rate can be limited to the rate we want.
Seed options
Seed infinitely After the download finish. The file will be seed until stop.
Or we can set the percentage of share ratio, or how many long we want to
share. We can choose whether to let it start next job automatically or not after
the condition we set reached.

Add a new job

Download a BitTorrent seed (*.torrent) you want from the internet. And use this
function to add the job.

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After finished uploading the right .torrent file, click on Start to start the
download.

There are four operations we can do

Detail Show the detail information of the job.
Start If you want to running the job clicks this button.
Stop If you want to stop the job click this button.
DeleteStop and delete the job then you can add other jobs.
PS: Can add up to 5 jobs. But only allow 2 running at the same time.

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3.2.7

Tools

3.2.7.1 Scheduling
A schedule for the LAN Disk to restart can be set in here.

3.2.7.2 Restart
Restart the LAN Disk immediately.

3.2.7.3 Hard disk utility

Two functions can be found in this option.
1. FormatFormat a hard disk into a LAN Disk hard disk from here (User
management ONLY works on a LAN Disk hard disk). And the size of
hard disk minimum requirement is 10G.
2

ScandiskCan be use to repair the damaged files in the hard disk.

(LAN Disk hard disk required).

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3.2.7.4 Firmware Upgrade
Whenever a new firmware released, we can upgrade the LAN Disk firmware
from here. This will takes about 1~2 min for the upgrade to complete.

3.2.7.5 Save Config

Here allows us to backup the setting weve set for future use. (Including the
settings in LAN, System and Scheduling)

DownloadThe configuration file will be downloading.

RestoreThis function allows us to restore the previous setting by loading the

configuration file weve saved before.

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3.2.7.6 Factory Default
Only use this function whenever you want the device back to the Factory
Default. LAN Disk will be reboot for the new setting to be effective.

3.2.7.7 Login Settings

The username and password to login the LAN Disk can be change from here.

3.2.7.8 System Log

We can view the log from here.

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