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Title: Lost software CD
Post by: desdichado79 on March 31, 2015, 10:09:26 AM
Hi to all,
I had my DNS 320 lying around for almost two years without setting it up. Guess I'm a procrastinator. Now that I am determined to give it a go I realized I lost the software CD. The D-link website is useless, all the download links are dead. I would be really grateful if someone could upload it for me or even just suggest a place I could download it from.

Thanks in advance.
Viktor
Title: Re: Lost software CD
Post by: FurryNutz on March 31, 2015, 10:20:49 AM
Have you tried accessing the DNSs IP address via a web browser when connected to a main host router?

Title: Re: Lost software CD
Post by: desdichado79 on March 31, 2015, 10:45:53 AM
I did. But uploading files to the DNS seemed tedious as it looked like I cannot upload folders just files. So I gave a try to this Alt-F firmware and now I cannot even find a way to save anything on the DNS.....
Title: Re: Lost software CD
Post by: FurryNutz on March 31, 2015, 10:50:35 AM
How are you uploading files to the DNS? using Windows Explorer? You should be able to drag and drop folders and files from explorer to the mapped drive on the DNS...
Title: Re: Lost software CD
Post by: Hard Harry on March 31, 2015, 10:56:57 AM
The D-link website is useless, all the download links are dead.

Im NOT sure this is a legit site, I think it's just D-link Taiwan sub-domain? But it has sloooow download but just about every file you can think of.

http://tsd.dlink.com.tw/downloads2008detail.asp

Its weird I can't do a Whois on the domain.  :o First time I got ?????? as a answer.
Title: Re: Lost software CD
Post by: FurryNutz on March 31, 2015, 11:00:57 AM
D-Link HQ Taiwan owns that.

The D-link website is useless, all the download links are dead.

Im NOT sure this is a legit site, I think it's just D-link Taiwan sub-domain? But it has sloooow download but just about every file you can think of.

http://tsd.dlink.com.tw/downloads2008detail.asp

Its weird I can't do a Whois on the domain.  :o First time I got ?????? as a answer.
Title: Re: Lost software CD
Post by: desdichado79 on March 31, 2015, 11:12:23 AM
FurryNutz: There is no way to map the drive without the original software package...or am I wrong?
Title: Re: Lost software CD
Post by: desdichado79 on March 31, 2015, 11:15:04 AM
Hard Harry: That website has lots of things except what I need. Thanks anyway
Title: Re: Lost software CD
Post by: FurryNutz on March 31, 2015, 11:34:08 AM
Hmm.. well I don't have experience with this older model. However I presume if the 320 has a built in UI, you should be able to set up the DNS by using browser and connect to the DNSs admin page...I know my DNS 345 does this...
Title: Re: Lost software CD
Post by: Hard Harry on March 31, 2015, 01:16:52 PM
Hard Harry: That website has lots of things except what I need. Thanks anyway

What exactly are you looking for? Not the "Utility:DNS-320 A1 D-Link Storage Utility v5.0.0.0"? Pretty sure it has all contents of the CD (and more) for every hardware version of the DNS 320. For some reason they just label it all firmware. And for some reason my previous link now says "Access not allowed" so use http://tsd.dlink.com.tw/ instead and just enter in what ever model.
Title: Re: Lost software CD
Post by: desdichado79 on April 01, 2015, 02:13:45 AM
Thanks for the reply Hard Harry, it is really confusing that they label the softwares as firmware. I downloaded the Storage Utility, but it just wouldn't see my DNS. It is f*ing annoying. It is there. I can reach from the browser...now I just want to map it. Is that a lot to ask for? :-)
Title: Re: Lost software CD
Post by: ivan on April 01, 2015, 03:41:03 AM
I'm not sure where you have managed to get to or why you want the CD.

Since we do not use the windows operating system here we have never used the CD.  What we do is open a browser (firefox in our case) put http://192.168.0.32 in the address bar, give the username as admin and we can then setup the NAS.

Before you can map anything you need to setup services and who can use them (example, CIFS (Samba), FTP Server and so on).  The FTP server will allow you to use FileZilla to transfer anything from single files to the whole hard disk.  To use CIFS and FTP it requires you to set up network shares (under account management).  Once you have those setup the NAS should appear under network places in windows.

All of this information is in the manual even though they do rabbit on about the CD at the start - it isn't necessary.
Title: Re: Lost software CD
Post by: desdichado79 on April 01, 2015, 02:38:40 PM
Ivan: Many, many thanks. Finally someone explained it to me properly. You were very helpful. Thanks
Title: Re: Lost software CD
Post by: FurryNutz on April 02, 2015, 06:57:46 AM
So does this method work for you?  ???