nas on a lan only

[wks2509]

Hi all i am a NOOB a very old noob. i had a WD my book live and got a email from WD about removing it from the internet because of a security issure. So i removed it and removed hard drive. I then bought a qnap ts-230 nas and joined this forum only to find about several security threats. I only want to watch my movie collection and listen to my music. I usually store my photo's and documents as a back-up as well.

My question is can someone do a step by step guide for dummies to set my nas up for lan only

TIA
Bill

[dolbyman]

Only thing you need to do is to disable upnp on your router, without upnp or manual port forwards, your NAS will be only available in your local LAN..nothing else to do

[wks2509]

Thankyou for the reply. Could you explain port forwarding and how to turn it off.

TIA
Bill

[dolbyman]

Here is an article on NAT that explains it
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network ... ranslation

The how to depends on your router model...check it's manual

[wks2509]

Hi thanks again but i didnt have to duck that went so far over my head. As for router manual i am in the uk and i am with sky and the bit of paper showed me where the power and the phone cable went. It then showed how to connect to the router with the computer which i have and turned off upnp.

TIA
Bill

[dolbyman]

Turning off upnp should be done in the web gui of your router.

Maybe open a ticket with sky and have a tech help you

[wks2509]

Thanks will contact sky. Is it ok to turn it back on only when i read about the security problems i turned it off.

[dolbyman]

why would you need upnp?

[wks2509]

Sorry, I ment so say ok to turn the nas back on. I turned upnp off.

TIA
Bill

[dolbyman]

ohh. yes..without upnp or manual port forwards the nas should be safe

[OneCD]

Also, be aware if you install the original HDD from your WD into the QNAP, the drive must be formatted by the NAS before it can be used, which means you'll lose anything already on it.

[wks2509]

I bought a new hard drive the same size as the WD and was going to copy over the contents and then install the hard drive in the nas and have a play this raid thingy. Dolbyman Thank you very much for your help its much appreciated.

Bill

Bill