General information and screenshots fvdw-sl firmware
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:09 pm
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You can now explore the firmware web interface directly with the url :Explore the web-interface of fvdw-sl firmware
This topic gives general information on features included in the fvdw-sl firmware and show screen shots of the webinterface.
What is it ?
fvdw-sl is software (firmware) package for controlling and operating NAS devices,
Currently suported devices by this firmware:
Lacie: network space vs1 and vs2, internetspace vs1, edmini_v2, internet space vs1 (vs2 also but not tested yet)
Philips: spd8020
The firmware has following features that can be controlled using a webinterface. Two web interfaces are available (v13.0 : new)
- The administrator web interface has 14 menu's, each with several sub menu's.
- The user web interface has only 3 menus (screen shots in a specific post)
Menus list of the administrator web interface :
1. System management
information, setup date time, language of web interface (english, french, german, dutch), enabling https protocol for web server, LAN setup, other settings, shutdown-restart
2. User accounts
create, modify, delete users,
set access rights per user (read/write, read-only, none for each shared folder, define FTP home folder
set what user accounts can use the user console (v13.0 : new)
3. File share (shared folders)
Accessible via Samba (used by windows explorer) , FTP, NFS and also used by media servers
Create, modify, delete shared folders,
Define public shared folders, define private shared folders with setting access rights per folder for each user, enabling/disabling per share FTP and NFS access
4. SSH access
The NAS has SSH server running (dropbear)
Setup, change password for SSH access, login mode use keys or password
5. VPN servers
setup, start, stop PPTP server (v13.0 :new)
6. FTP servers
setup, start, stop FTP, FTPS or SFTP server, view FTP log file, set FTP access per shared folder and user
7. NFS server
setup, start stop server, create exports file and set access per shared folder and ip address of clients
8. Media servers
Enabling to use the NAS as mediastreamer for audio, pictures and videos
setup, start,stop, reset mediaservers: included are Minidlna, Twonky, Firefly, Mediatomb including access to web interface of these servers
From version fvdw-sl-12-1 onwards also Logitech Media Server on nwsp2 and isp1
From version fvdw-sl-14 onwards Oxylbox Media Server is no longer available(v14.0 : new)
9. Torrent clients
Use the NAS as torrent client to download torrent files and more
setup, start, stop torrent clients, included are Transmission and Torrentflux-b4rt
10. Web Tools (v13.0 : new)
setup, start, stop WebDav server
setup, start, stop Web-explorer
Wget menu to download files
Httrack menu to copy web sites
11. Task (Cron) scheduler
Define tasks that will run once or at a interval you can set
Define tasks to start or stop servers : FTP, PPTP and some media servers (v13.0 : new)
12. Disk setup features
setup, start, stop temperature guard hard disk, safe remove usb disk, enable write support ntfs usb disks
SMART Tool(v14.0 : new)
13. Attached devices
start,stop p910nd print server,
setup, start, stop Webcam (motion)(v14.0 : new)
List informations of the USB devices(v14.0 : new)
for Lacie nwsp2 support of back side usb port enabling to use NAS as external usb disk
14. Firmware update
Installing new firmware image or uploading patches
In the posts below you will find the screen shots for all (main) menu's
Popups for easy browsing to submenus in the web interface (v13.0: new)
When clicking help an popup menu comes up displaying help information for the menu that is active on that moment
Please note that screen shots concern a mix of several fvdw-sl version (12.0, 13.0 and 14.0)