I have to admit I don't use a Mac but the NAS200 should work just fine with it, once you get it set up. The installation program and the drive mapping software that comes on the included CD-ROM just won't work on your Mac, unless you have the ability to run Windows programs.
The biggest problem is probably that by default, the NAS200 uses DHCP to get a network address. You will have to figure out some way to find out what IP address it's using, to get to the web administration interface. You can do this by inspecting the status of your DHCP server. Alternatively you can use Wireshark on your Mac to see the UPnP (DLNA) broadcast packets. If you have the ability to run Windows programs somehow, you may be able to run the setup program.
Once you find out what the IP address of the NAS200 is, you can log in to the web administration pages using the default password "admin", create shares and do everything else you can do with a NAS. To get to your files, you will have to tell your Mac to browse for Windows (SMB / Samba) file shares, or you can use an FTP client.
You may want to change the NAS network settings so it uses a static IP address that's not part of the address range that your DHCP server uses, so you will always be able to find the NAS at the same address. For example if your DHCP server is set to use 192.168.1.100-192.168.1.149 you can set the NAS200 to use 192.168.1.10.
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Frequent NAS200 Answers:
1. DISABLE the "convert failed logins to guest logins" option to fix permission problems.
2. NEVER insert or remove hard disks while the power is on. NAS200 doesn't support hot swapping.
3. ALWAYS use the power button to turn the NAS200 off, don't just unplug it.
4. Don't trust RAID. Make BACKUPS!
5. To ACCESS the disks directly, you will need ext2 and/or XFS file systems. I recommend using
SystemRescueCD.
6. Disks will get HOT with standard fan, use "green" disks or consider
replacing the fan.
7. FTP server is insecure and
doesn't work behind a NAT router. Use my firmware and SCP instead.
8.
MY FIRMWARE supports SSH shell prompt and SCP for secure file access, and allows running other software.
