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Firmware Release Note

NSA210
Release
4.40(AFD.2)C0 [Standard]

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NSA210
Release 4.40(AFD.2)C0

Release Notes

Date: August 7, 2012

Supported Platforms:
ZyXEL NSA210

Notes:
1) Must First Clean your Browser’s cache after performing upgrade
2) Upload Torrent File may not immediately appear in Download list. Usually will first appear in
Queued first before appearing in Download.
3) Share Browser Copy/Move only allows One Instance of Copy and Move
4) After Create First System Volume, you must Reboot
5) Suggested to Rebuild database of media server after performing upgrade
6) If you want to initialize HDD which size is larger than 2T and NSA210 had been installed the
previous firmware, please remove HDD and initialize nor flash firstly. After that, plug HDD and
initialize it again.

Known Issues:

 If FTP Encoding incompatible with FTP client, some files will have odd file names which
Media server cannot support.
 Web Help may not include mention of Web Publishing, File/Copy and UPnP Features.
Russian customer & PM both say this is OK.
 Download Service may not always be able to download 10 at a time. It will depend on how
much free memory is left on the system at that time.
 You cannot copy or move files/folders with a name that includes any of the following
characters:
 “ (double quote)
 / (forward slash)
 \ (backslash)
 : (colon)
 | (pipe)
 < (less than)
 > (greater than)
 ; (semicolon)
 , (comma)
 ? (question mark)
 * (asterisk)
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 Media Server May Not Support the following Formats:

o gif
o tif
o asf
o m2p
o dvr-ms
o ogg
 Broadcatching cannot work with YouTube RSS Feeds
 Share Name or Share Path cannot be longer 200 characters
 Sometimes the database of mediaserver will corrupt and required rebuild database.
 iTunes 8 or later version can not play video
 When enable Jumbo Frame and use Download Service to download BT with a lot of peers
connected, there is a chance to make NSA hang. Workaround is to disable Jumbo Frame.
 There is some rare situation can not repair Raid1 and it requires below procedure to solve
it: 1. Plug only the wanted Raid1 disk on disk1 slot of NSA (leave disk2 slot of NSA empty)
and boot-up NSA so that NSA will solve it automatically. 2. Power-off NSA and add a spare
HD and then you can repair it.
 Some video file (with file extension: mp2) published in music type and when DMA-1000
play it, it may cause DMA-1000 to hang.
 Printer Server is not able to cancel print job if the print job has not been sent to NSA.
 In some situation, eMule is not able to connect to peers. When it happened, disable eMule
and then enable eMule will recover it.
 When quota is full, user can not use share browser to move
 When using NSU to initialize NSA210, if set IP address as DHCP but DNS server static IP ,
NSU will fail to connect NSA210
 Some HDDs cannot be detected when using the “DigiFusion SATA HDD Docking
2535A-UHER eSATA box”. HDD Models that failed to detect: WD4000KS (400G),
WD5000AVDS-63U7B0(500G), WCAUH0288690(500G), Seagate ST3250820SCE(250G)
 DynDNS provider 3322 only accept IP address from China
 [NSU] To run NSU properly, user will need winXP SP2 or newer version
 HDD greater than 2TB can’t migrate from JBOD to RAID-1

Complete Features List:

 Login
 Support “Keep me login for 2 weeks” (But it always requires login if you reboot NSA)
 Playzone
 Common
 Now Playing Panel
 Tool Panel Support Drag-n-Drop
 Music
 By Artist
 Album
 All Albums
 By Album
 By Genre
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 All
 By Folder
 Current Playlist
 Photo
 By Folder
 By Date: List Year -> List Month -> List Photos in Month
 All
 Monoslideshow slideshow
 Cooliris slideshow
 Google Map for photo with GPS information.
 Video
 By Folder
 All
 Favorite:
 My Favorite
 Shared Playlist
 File Browser
 Copy/Move/Create Folder/Delete Folder/file
 Upload File
 Rename File/Folder
 Edit Share
 Delete Share
 Application Zone
 Setting
 System
 Music
 Photo Slideshow
 Password
 Language
 Link to admin
 Admin
 Playzone media format support list:
 Video (with MAC):
 [Video] DAT, M1V, MOV, MP4(isom), MP4 H264(mp42), 3GP, QT(20) , MPEG, WMV ,
ASF, MPE, M4A, AVI(WMV3)
 Video (with Windows):
 [Video] Support DVR-MS, M4V, MOV, MP4(isom), MP4 H264(mp42), 3GP, M2P,
MPEG, MPG2, VOB, MKV, MPE, MPEG2, MPG, MTS, TS, M2TS, AVI(XVID), AVI(VP62),
AVI(FMP4), MJPEG, MJPG, MP2(MPEG Version2), OGM(XVID), QT(20), RMVB(RV40),
DAT, WMV, ASF, DIVX, M2T, M2V, M1V
 [Video] Does not support ISO, RM(RV30), FLV
 [Video] Does not seek MTS, M2TS, TS, AVI(XVID), AVI(VP62), AVI(FMP4), MJPEG,
MJPG
 Music (with Windows):
 [Music] Support MP3, WMA, WAV, MP1, AIF, AIFF, 3GP(AAC), 3G2(AAC), RMI(RIFF
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MIDI), WAV(LPCM), MP4, OGG, AU(8-bit mu-law), M4A, MKA(A_PCM/INT/LIT),

MKA(A_MPEG/L3), MPA(MPEG Audio V1), AC3
 [Music] Does not support AAC, RA, RAM, APE, FLAC, ASF, MP2, M4B
 Music (with MAC OSX quicktime):
 [Music] Support MP3, WMA, WAV, AIF, 3GP(AAC), WAV(LPCM), 3G2(AAC), MP4,
AU(8-bit mu-law), M4A, MPA(MPEG Audio V1), AC3
 Photo: JPE, JPEG, JPG, BMP, PNG
 Playlist: wpl, pls, asx, wax, m3u
 Copy/Sync for Copy Button feature
 Link Capture Browser Plug-in: Supports IE (for Windows) and Firefox (for all)
 Support IPOD web-streaming
 Menu
 Show System Information
 Show Volume Status
 Show Active Session (samba)
 Show UPS Current Capacity
 Show Temperature, CPU Loading, Memory Usage, Fan Speed
 Storage.
 RAID 1.
 JBOD
 External Disk
(Read/write support following filesystem: NTFS, FAT16/FAT32, EXT2, EXT3, ReiserFS)
(Read only support : ISO9660, UDF)
 When Creating Volume, will show volume status with “Create Volume” in the storage
page and system status page.
 PTP Support (Digital Camera Support)
 Support HDD greater than 2T
 Share Management
 Recycle Bin
 Create/Modify/Delete Share.
 Access control (public share/private share/advanced share).
 Support maximum 100 share.
 Publish Share to Media Server.
 Share Browsing/Folder Browsing.
 Copy/Move/Create Folder/Delete Folder/file
 Upload File
 Rename File/Folder
 Account Management
 User Groups
 Create/Modify/Delete Account.
 Support maximum 512 user accounts.
 User Quota Support
 System
 Date & Time (NTP / Manual Setting)
 Time Zone
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 Daylight Saving
 Auto Daylight Saving
 Network
 PPPoE Client Support (also supported in NDU client)
 No Master Browser Setting: Allow Unicode Computer Names in same workgroup
 Jumbo Frames
 Setting DHCP/Static IP.
 Setting DNS Server.
 Ftp Server.( Connection Limit range from 1~20 , Idle Timeout range from 30 ~ 300
MINUTES, Customize Passive Mode Port Range)
 FTP Server Custom Character Encoding
 Support additional HTTP Configuration Port Number Selection
 UPNP IGD Controller
 AutoUpload
 Automatically Upload Files to Flickr or YouTube
 Having log when en-queued files, file uploaded
 FTP Uploadr
 Media Server. (Media Server changed Solution)
 Publish file types.
 Publish Shares.
 iTunes Server Support
 DLNA 1.5 Support
 XBOX360 Support
 File-extension support:
 ID3 Tags Decoding
CATEGORY FILE TYPE EXTENSION
Video dat, dvr-ms, iso, m1v, m2p, m2t, m2v, mp2,
MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 mpe, mpeg, mpeg2, mpg, mpg2, ts, vob,
m2ts, tts
MPEG-4 m4v, mp4
AVI avi
DivX divx, avi
Motion JPEG mjpeg, mjpg
Quick Time Video mov, qt
RealMedia rmvb, rm
Ogg ogm
Matroska mkv
ASF asf
Windows Media Video wmv
Subtitle srt, ssa, idx, sub
Music MP3 mp3, mpa
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Ogg Vobris ogg

RealMedia ra, ram
WAVE wav
Windows Media Audio wma
Matroska mka
Monkeys Audio ape
MP1 mp1
MP4 mp4, m4a, m4p
PCM wav
LPCM wav
DTS dts
AC3 ac3
Free Lossless Audio Codec Flac
Au Au
AAC Aac
3GPP 3gp, 3g2
AIFF aif, aiff
RIFF-based MIDI Rmi
Playlist wpl, pls, asx, wax, m3u
Photo JPEG jpe, jpeg, jpg
Bitmap Bmp
PNG Png

 Printer Server
 Add / Delete Printer
 Cancel Print Job
 Download Service
 Download BitTorrent, HTTP, or FTP files
 FTP authentication supported
 Pause, Delete, Continue Downloads
 Priority
 Max 10 items job processing
 Support Configure Maximum Number of Seeding Job
 Two Keep Seeding Criteria Support: Upload/Download Ratio and Seeding Time
 Resume Completed Torrent Job to Do Seeding Again.
 Support Show Detail Job Information and Configure Comment for Each Job
 Support Download Service Download Period Control
 Support IP Filter Table Management
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 Support Encryption in BT Protocol

 Open Share Browser on Location of Completed Job to See Download Files.
 Configurable Maximum number of Connections (max is 500)
 DHT Enable / Disable Option
 BT selective download
 Download Service Notification (RSS Server): Notify Downloaded File from Download Service
/ Broadcatching Torrent Job
 Broadcatching
 Add RSS 2.0 Feeds with enclosures Only
 Invalid feeds will show red color
 Support encoding other than UTF-8
 Package Management
 Retrieve Package List (from internet server)
 Install/Upgrade package
 Uninstall package
 Enable package
 Disable package
 Cancel Install package
 Packages:
 eMule
 SqueezeCenter
 MySQL / PHP / phpMyAdmin
 S.M.A.R.T.
 DyDNS Client
 DynDNS (http://www.dyndns.com/)
 No-IP (http://www.no-ip.com/)
 3322 (http://www.3322.org/)
 zoneEdit (http://www.zoneedit.com/)
 DHS (http://www.dhs.org/)
 Gallery (Album)
 WordPress (Blog)
 NFS
 BackupPlanner
 Backup
 Restore
 Maintenance

 Configuration backup/restore.
 UPS shutdown capacity (Not supported in this version yet)
 Power Management
 Power Resume
 Power Control Schedule
 SSL: HTTPS, FTPS, Force HTTPS support, CA Management Support
 FW Upgrade:
 FW Upgrade by uploading FW file.
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 On-Line FW Upgrade.
 System shutdown/restart.
 High Temperature Buzzer alert support
 Over Temperature auto-shutdown support
 Logs
 E-mail Alert in plain text or HTML

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Release Package:

File name Description

440AFD2C0.bin NSA Firmware Package Standard
440AFD2C0.doc Firmware release note

Installation Notes:
Install/Upgrade Method Procedure
Initialize NSA-210 with FW 1. Install NDU.Client on the PC
2. Install the internal Hard Drive on NSA-210
3. Let NSA-210.GbE port connect to the same LAN with the PC
4. Power On NSA-210.
5. Use NDU Client to Discover NSA-210 and click on config to
start the initialization wizard.
6. Follow the initialization wizard and choose the NSA
Firmware to initialize NSA-210.
7. NSA-210 will restart when finished and work normally with
GUI
FW Upgrade from GUI if 1. Login to GUI page: Administration > Maintenance -> Fw
NSA-210 is initialized Upgrade.
2. Select <firmware version>.bin and click the upgrade
button. System will show progress percentage after upload
<firmware version>.bin to system memory.
3. System will auto reboot
4. New Firmware should apply

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Default Settings for NSA210:

Menu Item Function Default Value

admin’s password 1234

Server Name nsa210

Status Model Name NSA210

Media Server Status Enabled
FTP Server Status Enabled
Web Publishing Status Disabled
 Server Name: nsa210
 Description:
Server Name  Workgroup Name: WORKGROUP
 Prevent NSA From Being Master
Browser: Unchecked
 Date Time Setup:
System Setting
 Selected: Get from Time Server
 time.stdtime.gov.tw
Date/Time  Time Zone
 (GMT +8:00)
 Manual Daylight Saving:
Unchecked
 IP Address: Dynamic
 DNS: Dynamic
 HTTP (Web Configurator): Disabled
TCP/IP
 Jumbo Frames: Disabled
 Network Diagnostic Tool:
Network a.root-servers.net
BitTorrent: 9090
CIFS (Windows File Sharing): 445
UPnP Port Mapping
FTP: 21
HTTP (Web Configurator): 80
PPPoE Disabled
 Enable FTP: Enabled
 Connection Limit: 10
 Idle Timeout: 15 minutes
Application FTP Server  Port Number: 21
 Enable Anonymous FTP Access:
Unchecked
 Customize the port range for data
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transfer: Unchecked
 Download/Upload Rate For All Users
(include admin)
 Max. Download Rate: Disabled
 Max. Upload Rate: Disabled
 Character Set: (UTF-8)
 Share Publish
 video: Publish Music Tracks /
Photos / Videos
 photo: Publish Music Tracks /
Media Server
Photos / Videos
 music: Publish Music Tracks /
Photos / Videos
 Enable iTunes Server: Enabled
 Enable Download Service: Checked
Download Service
 Enable Download Notify: Unchecked
Web Publishing Disabled
Broadcatching N/A
Print Server N/A
 Copy Settings
 NSA Copy Target: public
 USB Volume:
 Copy Direction: USB -> NSA
 Create a New Folder for Copied
Files: Checked
 Backup Files to be Replaced:
Copy/Sync Button
Disabled
 Sync Settings
 NSA Sync Target: public
 USB Volume:
 Sync Direction: NSA <-> USB
 Backup Files to be Replaced or
Removed: Unchecked
Package N/A
 Flickr/YouTube: Disabled
Auto Upload
 FTP Uploadr: Disabled
Users default user(s): admin
Groups default group(s): none
Sharing default share(s):
 video (Predefined)
Shares
 photo (Predefined)
 music (Predefined)
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 public (Built-in)
 admin (Built-in)
 Turn off hard disk(s): 3 minutes
 Minimum UPS Capacity: 50 %
Power  Power On After Power Failure: Keep
Former Status
 Power On/Off Schedule: Disabled
Maintenance Log N/A
Configuration N/A
SSL Force HTTPs: Disabled
Periodically Check for Latest Firmware
FW Upgrade
Automatically: Enabled
Shutdown N/A

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History
Modification in V4.40(AFD.2)C0 | 08/07/2012
Modification in V4.40(UAE.2)D0 | 08/07/2012
None

Modification in V4.40(AFD.2)b1 | 07/23/2012

Modification in V4.40(UAE.2)b1 | 07/23/2012
[Fix]
 [eITS#120601175] NSA 210 & change the default port "80"
 Fix users can't set password with consecutive $ through NSU

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