The NAS supports BT, HTTP, FTP, and RapidShare download. You can add download tasks to the NAS and let the server finish downloading independent of PC.
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Important: Please be warned against illegal downloading of copyrighted materials. The Download Station functionality is provided for downloading authorized files only. Downloading or distribution of unauthorized materials may result in severe civil and criminal penalty. Users are subject to the restrictions of the copyright laws and should accept all the consequences. |
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| 1. | Go to “Application Servers” > “Download Station”. Enable the service. |
| 2. | Click “Download Station” on the top or on the login page of the NAS to connect to the Download Station. If you login the service from the login page of the NAS, you are required to enter the user name and password. |
Before you start to download files, click 
to configure the download settings.
Global Settings
Select continuous download or specify the download schedule for the task.
BT Settings
1. General:
Specify the maximum number of concurrent BT downloads allowed for the NAS and the share ratio. The share ratio is calculated by dividing the amount of uploaded data by the amount of downloaded data. When the ratio has reached its limit, uploading will stop automatically.
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NAS models |
Maximum number of concurrent downloads |
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Intel-based NAS |
30 |
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ARM-based (Non Intel-based) NAS |
10 |
2. Directories
Select the default folder for saving the downloaded files. You can also specify a folder to which the completed downloaded files will be moved to.
3. Connection
Specify the ports for BT download. The default port numbers are 6881-6889. Select UPnP port mapping to enable automatically port mapping on UPnP supported gateway.
Enable DHT network: To allow the NAS to download the files even no trackers of the torrent can be connected, enable DHT (Distributed Hash Table) network and specify the UDP port number for DHT.
4. Bandwidth
Specify the maximum upload and download rate for all BT download tasks. 0 means no limit.
Global maximum number of connections: This refers to the maximum number of allowed connections to the torrent.
Maximum number of connected peers per torrent: This refers to the maximum number of allowed peers to connect to a torrent.
5. BT
Protocol encryption: Enable this option for encrypted data transfer.
HTTP, FTP, RapidShare Settings
1. General:
Specify the maximum number of concurrent HTTP, FTP, and RapidShare downloads allowed for the NAS. Click “OK” to save the changes.
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NAS models |
Maximum number of concurrent downloads |
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Intel-based NAS |
30 |
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ARM-based (Non Intel-based) NAS |
10 |
2. Directories
Select the default folder for saving the downloaded files. You can also specify a folder to which the completed downloaded files will be moved to. Click “OK” to save the changes.
3. Bandwidth
Specify the maximum download rate of a single HTTP, FTP, or RapidShare download. 0 means no limit. Click “OK” to save the changes.
4. Account
You can save the login information of maximum 64 HTTP, FTP, and RapidShare accounts. To add login information, click “Add Account”.
The default host is rapidshare.com. To enter the login information for an HTTP or FTP server, select “Input manually”.
Enter the host name or IP, user name and password. To allow the login information to appear for account selection when configuring HTTP, FTP, or RapidShare download, select “Enabled” from the drop-down menu. Click “Save” to confirm or “Back” to cancel.
To edit the settings of an account, select an entry on the list and click “Edit Account”. To delete an account, select an entry on the list and click “Delete Account”. Click “OK” to save the changes to General, Directories, and Bandwidth.
BT Download
To download a file by BT, click . Browse and select a torrent file and click “OK”. The download task will be shown under “BT” > “Download Tasks” > “All” or “Downloading”. You can view the details and the download status of the task.
You can select particular files to download from a torrent file. Select a download task on the list. Click and select the files to download.
You can view the download tasks and right click a task to start, pause, prioritize, or remove a task. To remove a download task and all its downloaded data, select “Remove and Delete Data”.
RSS Feed
You can subscribe to RSS feeds by Download Station and download the torrent files in the feeds. Click to add an RSS feed.
Enter the URL and the label.
You can view the RSS feeds by expanding “BT” > “RSS” on the left panel of Download Station. To download a torrent file from an RSS feed, right click the feed and select “Download”.
The NAS will start to download the file automatically. You can view the download status in BT download.
To manage the RSS feeds subscription, right click an RSS feed label. You can open RSS Download Manager, add, update, edit, or delete an RSS feed.
RSS Download Manager
You can use RSS Download Manager to create and manage filters to download particular torrent files for BT Download.
| 1. | To add a filter, click “Add”. |
| 2. | Enter the filter name and specify the keyword to include and exclude. |
| 3. | Select the RSS feed to apply the filter settings. |
| 4. | You may also specify the quality of the video torrent files (leave it as “All” if you do not need this function or the torrent file is not a video). |
| 5. | Episode number: Select this option to specify particular episodes or a serial of episodes of a drama work. For example, to download episodes 1-26 of season 1 of a TV program, enter 1×1-26. To download only episode 1 of season 1, enter 1×1. |
| 6. | Select the time interval for automatic update of the RSS feeds. The NAS will update the RSS feeds and check if any new contents that match the filters are available. |
| 7. | Click “Save” to save the filter or “Close” to cancel or exit. |
| 8. | To delete a filter, select the filter from the list and click “Delete”. |
You can view the status of all BT download tasks by clicking “BT” on the left column.
HTTP, FTP, RapidShare, Magnet Download
To add an HTTP, FTP, RapidShare, or Magnet download task, click .
Enter the URL of the download task (one entry per line). Then select the download type: HTTP/FTP, RapidShare, or Magnet Link. If a user name and password is required to access the file, select “Use credentials” and select a pre-configured account (Settings > HTTP/FTP/RapidShare > Account) or enter a user name and password. Then click “OK”. The NAS will download the files automatically.
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Note: You can only enter maximum 30 entries at one time. |
You can view the status of the download tasks by clicking “HTTP/FTP/RapidShare” on the left column.
The common reasons for slow BT download rate or download error are as below:
| 1. | The torrent file has expired, the peers have stopped sharing this file, or there is error in the file. |
| 2. | The NAS has configured to use fixed IP but DNS server is not configured, or DNS server fails. |
| 3. | Set the maximum number of simultaneous downloads as 3-5 for the best download rate. |
| 4. | The NAS is located behind NAT router. The port settings have led to slow BT download rate or no response. You may try the following means to solve the problem: |
| a. | Open the BT port range on NAT router manually. Forward these ports to the LAN IP of the NAS. |
| b. | The new NAS firmware supports UPnP NAT port forwarding. If your NAT router supports UPnP, enable this function on the NAT. Then enable UPnP NAT port forwarding of the NAS. The BT download rate should be enhanced. |
Use Download Software QGet
QGet is a utility to manage the download tasks on multiple NAS servers over LAN or the Internet. You can install the software on multiple PCs or Macs; no license is required. QGet is compatible with Download Station v1 and v2.
| 1. | Install QGet from the product CD-ROM disc. |
| 2. | Follow the instructions to install QGet. |
| 3. | Run QGet from the installed location. |
| 4. | You can use QGet to manage the download tasks on multiple NAS servers as if you were using the web-based Download Station. For the introduction and button description of QGet, see the online help in “Help” > “Contents”. |
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Note: Download Station v2 is only compatible with QGet 2.0 or later. |
