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Avorill
Nov 19, 2012Aspirant
iTunes. NV+ V2 4bay's
Hi all. I just got my first NAS. I read on the Netgear website about the device before I both it and noted it had a iTunes Server but I can't find how to turn the iTunes server on the NAS. Dose th...
axg20202
Nov 23, 2012Aspirant
OK, this is from memory so take it with a pinch - use at your own risk. I would get familiar with the cd (change directory) and ls (list files in the directory) before copying and replacing files using SSH. Don't blame me if you cock it up!
1) Install the SSH Access add-on and restart your NAS
2) Download the free PuTTY SSH client from t'internet and install it on your PC
3) Enter the IP address into PuTTY and click 'open' to start an SSH session with your NAS
4) Once successfully connected, logon with username: root and password: [your admin password for your ReadyNAS] - PuTTy should confirm the connection and bring you to a command prompt
The rest requires that you have admin access via Windows explorer so that you can browse the NAS file structure in Windows and edit files on the NAS.
5) In the PuTTY command window, you will use Linux shell commands to copy files, edit them on your PC, and then copy the edited versions back using PuTTY.
5a) In PuTTY, enter the command cp /c/etc/default/services /c/[nas folder of your choice e.g. /c/]
This copies the services file to another folder on the NAS so that you can edit it with Notepad in Windows, so choose a folder that exists and that you can access on your PC. cp /c/etc/default/services /c/ will copy the services file to the C/ root of the NAS.
5) Now open the copy of the services file with Notepad and find the entry DAAP=0. Change the 0 to 1 and save the file.
6) Back in PuTTY, enter the command cp /c/services c/etc/default/ This copies your edited version of the services file (at /c/) to replace the original.
You may need to restart the NAS after replacing the services file to get Firefly running.
In theory, you should now be able to do the rest of the configuration using the Firefly web admin page at http://your_ReadyNas_IP:3689
Here you can edit the location that Firefly will look for your music files.
Itunes picks up the share automatically.
If someone could confirm this that would be great as this is from memory.
Andy.
1) Install the SSH Access add-on and restart your NAS
2) Download the free PuTTY SSH client from t'internet and install it on your PC
3) Enter the IP address into PuTTY and click 'open' to start an SSH session with your NAS
4) Once successfully connected, logon with username: root and password: [your admin password for your ReadyNAS] - PuTTy should confirm the connection and bring you to a command prompt
The rest requires that you have admin access via Windows explorer so that you can browse the NAS file structure in Windows and edit files on the NAS.
5) In the PuTTY command window, you will use Linux shell commands to copy files, edit them on your PC, and then copy the edited versions back using PuTTY.
5a) In PuTTY, enter the command cp /c/etc/default/services /c/[nas folder of your choice e.g. /c/]
This copies the services file to another folder on the NAS so that you can edit it with Notepad in Windows, so choose a folder that exists and that you can access on your PC. cp /c/etc/default/services /c/ will copy the services file to the C/ root of the NAS.
5) Now open the copy of the services file with Notepad and find the entry DAAP=0. Change the 0 to 1 and save the file.
6) Back in PuTTY, enter the command cp /c/services c/etc/default/ This copies your edited version of the services file (at /c/) to replace the original.
You may need to restart the NAS after replacing the services file to get Firefly running.
In theory, you should now be able to do the rest of the configuration using the Firefly web admin page at http://your_ReadyNas_IP:3689
Here you can edit the location that Firefly will look for your music files.
Itunes picks up the share automatically.
If someone could confirm this that would be great as this is from memory.
Andy.
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