ZyXEL NSA310 1-Bay NAS Media Server (With 500GB HDD) - €90.37 delivered [Dabs.ie]

m4r10 · 04-06-2013 02:07PM

nedd wrote: »

I NAT'd the port for the GUI on my firewall and now I can access it remotely. Working great so far.

How do you access the NAS over internet? Do you need a fixed address? I went over the manual but can't find any reference to this.

nedd · 04-06-2013 02:15PM

I'm not at the NAS now so this guide is from memory:

1. set up account with no-ip.com. This creates a DNS alias for you. The free one with probably be *USERNAME*.no-ip.biz
2. install the dyDNS package on the NAS.
3. Enable and Configure the dyDNS on the NAS admin screen. Put in URL created above, username and password.
4. on your firewall create a NAT rule to allow external access, in the case of transmission the GUI runs on 9091. So set the port 9091 to point to the IP address of your NAS, probably 192.168.1.??
5. Test. go to *USERNAME*.no-ip.biz:9091 and you should get routed through to your Transmission GUI. I installed the Android app and it works perfectly for me.

EDIT: I'm sure you can set up different NAT rules to allow you access to different things of your NAS.

m4r10 · 04-06-2013 02:42PM

Thanks for that.

I got through the first 3 steps without any hitch. Also, I allowed access to port 9091 on Windows firewall, but can't connect from the web browser, neither with *USERNAME*.no-ip.biz:9091 or with the ip address generated by no-ip. I'd say the port is not correct as the DyDNS page on Zyxel shows the correct information.

nedd · 04-06-2013 02:45PM

try connecting to the URL without the port number and you should hit your router directly.

When I talk about creating NAT rules on your firewall I mean that firewall on your Router. I have an eircom Zyxel router and i had to turn the firewall level to low and then create a NAT rule.

m4r10 · 04-06-2013 02:51PM

I was about to edit my post and add that I allowed access to my router as well.

Even without the port number, still I get an error on the browser.
I'll play around with it a bit more, maybe I'll get it working in the end!

nedd · 04-06-2013 02:58PM

When i turned on the dydns on the nas it took a couple of mins for the dns to update.

on the dydns page it should tell you the external IP address of your router. Try going to that directly in the browser and see what happens. When i did that i got the logon screen of my router. Setting up the NAT rule then let me channel through to Transmission GUI.

m4r10 · 04-06-2013 03:23PM

I did go to the external IP address shown on the NAS but still get an error page in the browser.

nedd · 04-06-2013 03:32PM

sounds like the firewall on the router is blocking it then. i had to turn the security level to low

m4r10 · 04-06-2013 03:36PM

It was already on low, I'm not too keen on disabling it. I'll give it a try just to make sure the problem is not with my router.

nedd · 04-06-2013 03:38PM

tell me your ip address, disable the firewall, enter your credit card details here and it should get sorted ;-)

m4r10 · 04-06-2013 04:55PM

Well, did you get my PM with the above? :rolleyes:

I'll give it another try tomorrow with a clear head as I'm starting to lose control with this!

PS. I managed to access it in the end by placing it in the DMZ. Would this be OK or am I leaving the NAS vulnerable?

Access · 10-06-2013 08:27PM

Access wrote: »

A lot of peeps are wary of the beta release of the 4.60 firmware for the NSA310... a few bugs reported already, but a quick google translation on the zyxel germany forums shows that there is a final release of the 4.60 firmware to the public set for the 21st of May coming after all beta testing is completed.

So, i only have to wait a month which is fine by me.

The new firmware sorts out the dropbox issues from what i have read along with a few minor fixes too.

An update to this for people who might have the NSA310 and are waiting on the 4.60 FW...

Well, the 21st of may has come and gone and no sign of the 4.60 FW.

I have been keeping an eye on the german zyxel forum (via google translate) as the UK zyxel forum and phone support are second to them and only get updates and new FW when zyxel germany release them (according to the uk phone tech i was onto before anyways)... but zyxel are having serious problems in beta testing of the 4.60 fw, so much so that they have abandoned it to concentrate on 4.61... so it seems there will be no FW release for the 310 till at least the end of June. Thats a bit disappointing IMO.

Hello Beta member,

since the v4.60 is not yet stable for the NSA 310 and unfortunately still are a few bugs in this, we will omit the v4.60 release for the NSA 310 and go directly to v4.61!

In brief, we start here with v4.61 B1

Expected Bugfix:

Issue # 1
NTFS External HDD 2TB can not support bigger! (Hardware limitation, need add in Release Notes)

Issue # 2
External HDD 3TB or 4TB XFS or other linux system can create but after reboot, the volume is gone

Issue # 3
Different size external HDD 500GB - 4TB can not work on USB 3.0 front port. (USB 2.0 is fine).

Issue # 4
Power On / Off Schedule NSA cause crash by shutdown!

Issue # 5

VLC issue still exist with v2.0.6

Implementation:

- Testing of new functions to the function / error
- Test on old functions / module updates / bug that should be fixed

Degree:

- Posting everything that is found / not going in detail in forum
- Attach screenshot for Bug Report
- If possible written in English

Please note that it is a beta and may in the worst case data loss.

Download Link:

[Url] / [/ url]

To get new packages:

1) download this file as a file as. Txt file!

ftp://downloader:atokiq74 @ ftp.zyxel.de / TH / beta / web_prefix

2) / Copy the file under admin zy-pkgs

3) Update the package list (transmission, nzbget etc.) will be accessible.

Lots of fun,

Tobias

_________________
Tobias Hermann
Official ZyXEL Germany 2nd level supporter
IT system electronics [/url]

iPhone. · 11-06-2013 12:19AM

m4r10 wrote: »

Well, did you get my PM with the above? :rolleyes:

I'll give it another try tomorrow with a clear head as I'm starting to lose control with this!

PS. I managed to access it in the end by placing it in the DMZ. Would this be OK or am I leaving the NAS vulnerable?

Sounds like you need to find out how to set up a port forwarding rule on your router to forward all traffic hitting that port to the IP address of your zyxel.

m4r10 · 11-06-2013 05:00PM

iPhone. wrote: »

Sounds like you need to find out how to set up a port forwarding rule on your router to forward all traffic hitting that port to the IP address of your zyxel.

It is possible I'm omitting something. I even read the router's manual (Thomson_twg870) but still no joy. Maybe I'm not configuring the right port? How do I find which port needs access to the NAS?

bromley52 · 11-06-2013 06:11PM

m4r10 wrote: »

It is possible I'm omitting something. I even read the router's manual (Thomson_twg870) but still no joy. Maybe I'm not configuring the right port? How do I find which port needs access to the NAS?

I have it setup on my Thomson router. I will list the ports here when I get home. I am using no-ip for external access.

bromley52 · 11-06-2013 08:51PM

I have attached my port forward settings. I found the ports listed somewhere so I just tried it and it worked. I don't know if all the ports I have are required but perhaps someone else might advise on this. The IP address at the start is the address of the NAS.

Just one thing to note, I am using No-IP for external access to my NSA310 and I noticed in the logs shortly activating No-IP that some unknown IP tried to FTP onto my NAS without success. It has a different password to the no-ip site. This might have been some internal NAS process but I deactivated FTP.

m4r10 · 11-06-2013 09:09PM

Thanks for that. Most of them I enabled from the drop-down menu just above the screen posted by you but still couldn't access my NAS, only if set up in the DMZ. I'll try again tomorrow as now I don't have access to it.

PS. Just checked right now and I can access it from work, but don't remember if I left the NAS in the DMZ or I just got the right port earlier on.

nedd · 12-06-2013 08:36AM

I only have port 80 (which allows access to the Web Front End) and port 9091 (which allows access to Transmission) open.

I would only open the ports that are relevant to the application you want to use. For example if you want to FTP into the NAS then open port 21, if not don't open it.

Port 22 is for SSH access, 445 is for SMB (Share) access.

Better safe than sorry. If your NAS is getting hit from external then it could easily be North Korean hackers trying to access your NAS, so they can photoshop themselves into your photos. Nasty!

m4r10 · 12-06-2013 06:47PM

I didn't had port 80 open, that's why it wasn't working in the first place. All sorted out now

.
I'll give Transmission GUI a try to see if it's worth purchasing.

nedd · 12-06-2013 08:31PM

m4r10 wrote: »

I didn't had port 80 open, that's why it wasn't working in the first place. All sorted out now .
I'll give Transmission GUI a try to see if it's worth purchasing.

I am using Remote Transmission on my Android phone. Its free and works great.

quarryman · 21-06-2013 10:41PM

Picked one of these up. Neat piece of kit.

Disappointed with the transfer speeds though. Connected from my PC to the NAS through a 100Mb router I'm only getting about 2.5MB/s.

Looks like its going to take an hour to transfer an 8GB file.

What are others getting?

m4r10 · 21-06-2013 11:52PM

quarryman wrote: »

Picked one of these up. Neat piece of kit.

Disappointed with the transfer speeds though. Connected from my PC to the NAS through a 100Mb router I'm only getting about 2.5MB/s.

Looks like its going to take an hour to transfer an 8GB file.

What are others getting?

If the media server is enabled, it will slow down transfer speeds. Disable it and you'll improve the transfer speed.

Basq · 22-06-2013 12:16AM

Yeah.. that's very slow. Transferring a 350MB file typically only takes 8 - 10 seconds for me.

Oat23 · 27-06-2013 08:26PM

Would this be the cheapest place to pick one up now?

Need to upgrade, running out of room to store my media!

eamonnq · 27-06-2013 11:01PM

Oat23 wrote: »

Would this be the cheapest place to pick one up now?

Need to upgrade, running out of room to store my media!

You could probably try FLUBIT or at least Parcel Motel, 9.95gbp delivery to Ireland there.

Bought my one a few months ago via dabs.ie because I was in a hurry:rolleyes: to get it, still haven't even opened it up yet!! Have to clear off the drive I intend putting in it, but have to clear off some other space on other drives to put the stuff from that drive on first.................soon.

Oat23 · 27-06-2013 11:57PM

Cheers, picked it up (using PM). Not gonna bother with flubit as I'd like it sent out tomorrow and hopefully I'll get it early next week.

Also bought a 2TB hard drive for it, exciting times!

Access · 28-06-2013 01:35AM

quarryman wrote: »

Picked one of these up. Neat piece of kit.

Disappointed with the transfer speeds though. Connected from my PC to the NAS through a 100Mb router I'm only getting about 2.5MB/s.

Looks like its going to take an hour to transfer an 8GB file.

What are others getting?

Just checked... damn... 2.5/2.7mb/s also.

Tried turning off media server but made absolutely no difference.

Access · 28-06-2013 01:36AM

Oat23 wrote: »

Cheers, picked it up (using PM). Not gonna bother with flubit as I'd like it sent out tomorrow and hopefully I'll get it early next week.

Also bought a 2TB hard drive for it, exciting times!

Once you own one, you wont know how you did without it. Great bit of kit.

nedd · 28-06-2013 11:24AM

I am loving my one. Got Plex installed and it is working perfectly. Remotely adding torrents from my Android phone. My wife is even using it a little.

quarryman · 28-06-2013 11:44AM

Access wrote: »

Just checked... damn... 2.5/2.7mb/s also.

Tried turning off media server but made absolutely no difference.

Yep same here. It seems I can manage 5-6MB/s when writing. Then about 9MB/s when reading.

really annoying.

At those speeds it's only really worth it for the odd backup rather than streaming etc.

ZyXEL NSA310 1-Bay NAS Media Server (With 500GB HDD) - €90.37 delivered [Dabs.ie]

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