How to set up a UPS

patrickriley2010 wrote:
i would like to know how to how to set up my APC 550VA. Will it work if i just pass the ethernet from the modem to my Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 through the APC pass through or would i do it between the the Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 and my ReadyNas102?

The pass-through is for a telephone line, not an Ethernet cable.

patrickriley2010 wrote:
Or do I have to use the USB?

Yes, use the USB. The UPS should have come with a special cable: USB A connector on one end, 8P8C connector (Ethernet connector) on the other. Connect that cable between the correct port on the UPS and one of the USB ports on the NAS.

patrickriley2010 wrote:
I dont know what to put in the address section

The UPS should be automatically recognized; it won't be using the SNMP protocol, so you won't need to enter an SNMP address.

fastfwd wrote:

patrickriley2010 wrote: i would like to know how to how to set up my APC 550VA. Will it work if i just pass the ethernet from the modem to my Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 through the APC pass through or would i do it between the the Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 and my ReadyNas102? The pass-through is for a telephone line, not an Ethernet cable. patrickriley2010 wrote: Or do I have to use the USB? Yes, use the USB. The UPS should have come with a special cable: USB A connector on one end, 8P8C connector (Ethernet connector) on the other. Connect that cable between the correct port on the UPS and one of the USB ports on the NAS. patrickriley2010 wrote: I dont know what to put in the address section The UPS should be automatically recognized; it won't be using the SNMP protocol, so you won't need to enter an SNMP address.

Thanks i just really was hoping i could use something else instead of using one my my usb ports. And my UPS has ethernet passthrough, I know because I have them plugged into it.

The ethernet passthrough just helps prevent a power surge from reaching the NAS through the ethernet cable (sometimes nearby lightening strikes can send power through ethernet and coax cabling). The UPS doesn't actually connect to your network.

Protecting your R7000 router from a surge like that is a reasonable idea, so I'd connect it between the cable modem and the router. Then run a speed test to make sure there was no performance drop. You can also power the router from the UPS, just to help protect it (it costs about the same as the RN102 diskless...).

But you will need to use the USB port if you want the RN102 to shut down when the power gets critical.

patrickriley2010 wrote:
i just really was hoping i could use something else instead of using one my my usb ports. And my UPS has ethernet passthrough, I know because I have them plugged into it.

Ah, you must have a relatively new BE550G. The old ones (like mine) have a telephone-line passthrough, and I wasn't aware that APC had changed that part of the design. Good to know.

USB is still the only way for the UPS to communicate with the NAS, though. If you're concerned about losing one of the NAS's USB ports, you can interpose a USB hub between the NAS and the UPS (and if the hub has a power adapter, plug it into one of the UPS's protected AC sockets so the hub will continue to function normally if there's a power outage).

The ethernet passthrough is 10/100 so you want to ensure that the surge protection is placed on a connection where you don't need a gigabit connection - probably between modem and router, not within your lan.

fastfwd wrote:

patrickriley2010 wrote: i just really was hoping i could use something else instead of using one my my usb ports. And my UPS has ethernet passthrough, I know because I have them plugged into it. Ah, you must have a relatively new BE550G. The old ones (like mine) have a telephone-line passthrough, and I wasn't aware that APC had changed that part of the design. Good to know. USB is still the only way for the UPS to communicate with the NAS, though. If you're concerned about losing one of the NAS's USB ports, you can interpose a USB hub between the NAS and the UPS (and if the hub has a power adapter, plug it into one of the UPS's protected AC sockets so the hub will continue to function normally if there's a power outage).

Okay thanks! I was wondering about a HUB.