INSTALLATION

Thecus releases firmware and application updates quite often so i really suggest heading over to their official support page prior to using the device.

Running the Thecus installation wizard is the easiest way to do things. However if you are not very much into computers i really suggest turning the DHCP feature on so a proper/correct IP can be assigned to the device.

WEB INTERFACE PART 1

The web interface is as usual accessed through your internet browser and to enter the main web interface you need to click on the key and then enter the default password (admin).

As mentioned earlier i strongly suggest performing a firmware update before everything else. It takes a while to complete but unlike other NAS servers the N4100EVO only requires 100s to restart.

Now the very first screen you will see is the favorites tab inside which Thecus has placed some shortcuts and of course you can place others as well. Unfortunately the web interface of the N4100EVO falls short compared to what we see by QNAP and Synology but at the same time it is a bit easier in terms of navigation for new users.

Overall Thecus provides mostly basic settings/features with the N4100EVO which makes sense since it is their latest 4 bay low-end unit. So the first drop down menu you will come across is the system management one from which you can reboot/shutdown the server, create schedules, enable/disable notifications and perform firmware updates.

Under the system network tab you can adjust pretty much anything related to the network/internet from the units IP address and the FTP server up to the Samba, UPNP and Bonjour services.

You can create new JBOD/RAID configurations, create shared folder and also check the status of your drives via SMART inside the Storage menu.

Add and removing users is quite simple and can be done from within the User And Group Authentication drop down menu.

You can also perform backup tasks via the Rsync tab in the Backup menu.

Right beneath the drop down menus Thecus has placed 5 small icons from where you can access directly the status of the system and the installed drives (it may be a firmware bug since we only used the latest version but the 3 other icons didn't seem work).