QNAP Qfinder 4.0.3 Installation

Should you lot non accept an Internet connection bachelor the best pick would be to run the Qfinder software from the CD. The TS-221 and TS-220 came with Qfinder 4.0.1 which is vastly improved from the previous version.

Upon opening the application, it will detect whatsoever QNAP NAS products installed on the network and then let you select the device and configure information technology. Here you tin also see the NAS proper noun, IP accost, firmware version and MAC address.

With the NAS selected, we tin bank check the server details and above y'all can see that the TS-220 came with its older three.8 firmware installed. You can also run into that two HDDs have been detected, in our case a pair of Western Digital Ruddy 1TB drives.

The setup magician's first menu gives you the choice of doing a quick setup or a transmission setup, the latter of which offers much more customization.

From in that location, y'all can set the server proper name and administrator'south password along with an optional eastward-mail address. There is as well a disk configuration pick that lets yous ready the NAS up for single deejay employ or RAID.

Next we accept the network options which offering the choice of DHCP (Obtain an IP address automatically) or manually configure the IP address, Subnet mask, Gateway and DNS settings.

After that'south washed, you lot can uploading the firmware. If yous have access to an Cyberspace connection, which you lot probable will, then the automatic characteristic volition make life easy as it downloads the latest firmware from the QNAP website and then installs it. Nevertheless, if you desire to install a particular version you can manually upload it to the NAS.

The Qfinder setup then asks the user to confirm the setup information, though it simply shows the server proper noun and network settings.

Finally, the setup wizard begins the installation, which goes through 4 phases: preparing the NAS, configuring the settings, initializing the hard drives and finally restarting the NAS.

Washed!