Download Station

The Download Station supports BT, HTTP, FTP, RapidShare, and Magnet download without a PC.

Important: Please be warned against illegal downloading of copyrighted materials. The Download Station functionality is provided for downloading authorized files only. Downloading or distribution of unauthorized materials may result in severe civil and criminal penalty. Users are subject to the restrictions of the copyright laws and should accept all the consequences.

Go to “Administration” > “Applications” > “Download Station”. Enable the service.

Connect to the Download Station from the login portal of the NAS or click the service link on “Administration” > “Applications” > “Download Station”.

Before you start to download the files, click to configure the settings.

Global Settings

•	Download Schedule: Select continuous download or specify the download schedule. When setting the download schedule, select “Full speed” to use the global speed limit (unlimited) for all the download tasks. Select “Limited” to apply the speed limit settings of the downloaded services.

•	Location of Downloaded Files: Specify the default directory on the NAS for the downloaded files.

•	Notification: Select to send a notification by email and/or instant messaging when a download task has completed. Note that the SMTP and IM settings must be configured properly in “System Administration” > “Notification”.

HTTP

•	Connection: Specify the maximum number of concurrent HTTP downloads.

•	Bandwidth Limit: Specify the maximum download rate of HTTP download tasks. 0 means no limit.

NAS models	Maximum number of concurrent downloads
Intel-based NAS	30
ARM-based (Non Intel-based) NAS	10

FTP

•	Connection: Specify the maximum number of concurrent FTP downloads.

•	Bandwidth Limit: Specify the maximum download rate of FTP download tasks. 0 means no limit.

NAS models	Maximum number of concurrent downloads
Intel-based NAS	30
ARM-based (Non Intel-based) NAS	10

•	Connection:

•	Specify the ports for BT download. The default port numbers are 6881-6889.

•	Enable UPnP port mapping: Enable automatic port mapping on the UPnP supported gateway.

•	Enable DHT network: To allow the NAS to download the files even no trackers of the torrent can be connected, enable DHT (Distributed Hash Table) network and specify the UDP port number for DHT.

•	Protocol encryption: Enable this option for encrypted data transfer.

•	Bandwidth Limit: Specify the maximum download rate of BT download tasks. 0 means no limit.

Global maximum concurrent downloads: Specify the maximum number of concurrent BT downloads.

NAS models	Maximum number of concurrent downloads
Intel-based NAS	30
ARM-based (Non Intel-based) NAS	10

•	Global maximum upload rate (KB/s): Enter the maximum upload rate for BT download. 0 means no limit.

•	Global maximum download rate (KB/s): Enter the maximum download rate for BT download. 0 means no limit.

•	Maximum upload rate per torrent (KB/s): Enter the maximum upload rate per torrent. 0 means no limit.

•	Global maximum number of connections: This refers to the maximum number of allowed connections to the torrent.

•	Maximum number of connected peers per torrent: This refers to the maximum number of allowed peers to connect to a torrent.

Seeding Preferences:

Specify the share ratio for seeding a torrent and the sharing time. The share ratio is calculated by dividing the amount of uploaded data by the amount of downloaded data.

•	BT Search: Select the BT engines to enable for BT search on the Download Station.

Account List

You can save the login information of maximum 64 HTTP, FTP, and RapidShare accounts. To add login information, click “Add Account”.

The default host is rapidshare.com. To enter the login information for an HTTP or FTP server, select “Input manually”.

Enter the host name or IP, username and password. To allow the login information to appear for account selection when configuring HTTP, FTP, or RapidShare download, select “Enabled” from the drop-down menu. Click “Save” to confirm or “Back” to cancel.

To edit the settings of an account, select an entry on the list and click “Edit Account”. To delete an account, select an entry on the list and click “Delete Account”.

RSS

Update: Enable RSS download and specify the time interval to for the NAS to update the RSS feeds and check if any new contents that match the filters are available.

RSS Download Manager:

You can use RSS Download Manager to create and manage filters to download particular torrent files for BT Download.

1.	To add a filter, click “Add”.

2.	Enter the filter name and specify the keyword to include and exclude.

3.	Select the RSS feed to apply the filter settings.

4.	You may also specify the quality of the video torrent files (leave it as “All” if you do not need this function or the torrent file is not a video).

5.	Episode number: Select this option to specify particular episodes or a serial of episodes of a drama work. For example, to download episodes 1-26 of season 1 of a TV program, enter 1x1-26. To download only episode 1 of season 1, enter 1x1.

6.	Select the time interval for automatic update of the RSS feeds. The NAS will update the RSS feeds and check if any new contents that match the filters are available.

7.	Click “Save” to save the filter or “Close” to cancel or exit.

8.	To delete a filter, select the filter from the list and click “Delete”.

Add-on

To download the YouTube videos by the HappyGet add-on to the NAS, enable the website subscription service. For more details, please see the application note: http://www.qnap.com/en/index.php?sn=5319&lang=en

BT Download

To download a BT file, click .

Click “Add File”. Browse and select a torrent file.

Specify the folder where the downloaded files will be saved to.

Use credentials: Select this option and enter the login information to download the files.

Show torrent files: Select this option to choose the files to download after clicking “OK”.

Select the file(s) to download and click “OK”.

Click the icons to manage the download tasks.

Icon	Description
	Start a download task.
	Pause a download task.
	Delete a download task.
	Start all, pause all, or pause all download tasks for a specified time period, remove all completed tasks, remove all completed tasks and delete data.

HTTP, FTP, RapidShare, Magnet Download

To add an HTTP, FTP, RapidShare, or Magnet download task, click .

Enter the URL of the download task (one entry per line). Then select the download type: HTTP/FTP, RapidShare, or Magnet Link. If a username and password is required to access the file, select “Use credentials” and select a pre-configured account (Settings > Account List) or enter a username and password. Then click “OK”. The NAS will download the files automatically.

Note: You can only enter maximum 30 entries at one time.

RSS Feed

You can subscribe to RSS feeds by the Download Station and download the torrent files in the feeds. Click to add an RSS feed.

Enter the URL and the label.

To download a torrent file from an RSS feed, select the file and click or right click the feed and select “Download”.

The NAS will start to download the file automatically. You can view the download status in the Downloading list.

To manage the RSS feeds subscription, right click an RSS feed label. You can open the RSS Download Manager, add, update, edit, or delete an RSS feed.

The common reasons for slow BT download rate or download error are as below:

1.	The torrent file has expired, the peers have stopped sharing this file, or there is error in the file.

2.	The NAS has configured to use fixed IP but DNS server is not configured, or DNS server fails.

3.	Set the maximum number of simultaneous downloads as 3-5 for the best download rate.

4.	The NAS is located behind NAT router. The port settings have led to slow BT download rate or no response. You may try the following means to solve the problem:

a.	Open the BT port range on NAT router manually. Forward these ports to the LAN IP of the NAS.

b.	The new NAS firmware supports UPnP NAT port forwarding. If your NAT router supports UPnP, enable this function on the NAT. Then enable UPnP NAT port forwarding of the NAS. The BT download rate should be enhanced.

Use Download Software QGet

QGet is a utility to manage the download tasks on multiple NAS servers over LAN or the Internet. You can install the software on multiple PCs or Macs; no license is required. Please download the latest version of QGet from http://www.qnap.com/ to use with the Download Station 3.

1.	Install QGet from the product CD-ROM disc.

2.	Follow the instructions to install QGet.

3.	Run QGet from the installed location.

4.	You can use QGet to manage the download tasks on multiple NAS servers as if you were using the web-based Download Station. For the introduction and button description of QGet, see the online help in “Help” > “Contents”.

url http://www.yourdomain.com/help/index.html?download_station.htm

Download Station					Download_Station Applications > Download Station / Dear Support Staff,
Download Station