Installation of Twonky Server 7 on NAS-devices

German version of this tutorialAfter a few requests i’ve now tried to install Twonky Server 7 on the NAS_Devices and i can tell you that it works. The following article describes the installation. Before you proceed please check here if Version 7.11-Special is still the current version. If not, please add a comment below.

This tutorial requires an installed fun_plug!

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D-Link releases updated Firmware 1.02 for the DNS-325

D-Link has released a update (1.02) for the firmware for the DNS-325. Here is the changelog:

1. [Bug Fix] Port redirection issue of GUI.
2. [Bug Fix] P2P seeding function is broken.
3. [New Feature] Support 3TB Disk.
4. [Bug Fix] Apple Finder failed to browse file through Samba issue.
5. [New Feature] Support Amazon S3 Cloud Backup.
6. [Bug Fix] Support WD My Book Essential 2TB USB 2.0.
7. [Bug Fix] P2P shared folder able to invisible via FTP.
8. [Bug Fix] “Blocking unauthorized login of nobody, root and etc special users”.
9. [Bug Fix] Block Raid Migration from DNS-323 (causing corrupted data).
10. [New feature] WebDAV support Open Mode.
11. [Bug Fix] System time will be +1 hour after restart.
12. [Bug Fix] If you apply a Samba share to FTP service, you are no way to disable it individually besides deleting the whole share from “Network Share”.
13. [Bug Fix] Print server does not work when custom shares are configured.
14. [Bug Fix] Workgroup Name is to restrictive and does not allow legitament characters.
15. [Bug Fix] printserver does not work when custom shares are configured.
16. [Bug Fix] Fan non-stopping issue.
17. [Bug Fix] Cannot copy files bigger than 200MB to USB drive.
18. [Bug Fix] External Drive with NTFS partiton support Read/Write.
19. [New Feature] Time Machine fails to work on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion issue.
20. [New Feature] Support Samsung D2 version Nand Flash.
21. [Bug Fix] System Time drift issue.
22. [Bug Fix] FTP backup issue with 722/726.
23. [Bug Fix] Support IE9.

You can download the Firmware here (or from my mirror)

Beta Firmware 1.02 Build 01 for the D-Link DNS-325 was released

D-Link DNS-325D-Link has released Beta-Firmware 1.02 Build 01 for the D-Link DNS-325 on 01-Jun-2011 without me noticing it. Here you can see the Changelog:

1. [New Feature] Support for 3TB drives.
2. [BUG FIX] Apple Finder failed to browse file through Samba issue.
3. [New Feature] Support for Amazon S3 Cloud Backup.
4. [BUG FIX] Support WD My Book Essential 2TB USB 2.0
5. [BUG FIX] P2P shared folder now able to be hidden from FTP server
6. [BUG FIX] “Block unauthorized login of nobody, root and etc special users”
7. [Change] Block Raid Migration from DNS-323 (causing corrupted data)
8. [New Feature] WebDAV support Open Mode.
9. [BUG FIX] System time will be +1 hour after restart
10. [BUG FIX] If you apply a Samba share to FTP service, there is no way to disable it individually besides deleting the whole share from “Network Share”

Add-On Updates

Audio Streamer: DNS-325 audiostreamer Package v1.01
Photo Center: DNS-325 PhotoCenter Package v1.01
SqueezeCenter : DNS-325 squeeze_center Package v1.10
SqueezeCenter related : squeezeboxserver-7.5.3
Blog: DNS-325 Blog Package v1.01

Attention: This is BETA-Code, it might break your device, delete your data and eat your dog!

You can get the Firmware here at D-Link (Or from my Mirror).

Precompiled Kernel-Modules for the D-Link DNS-320 and DNS-325

German version of this tutorialA while back i wrote a tutorial on how to compile additional kernel-modules for the D-Link DNS-320 and DNS-325. From time to time i get asked if it would be possible to compile module XYZ. In this post I’m publishing the past results of my compilation sessions. If you need further modules, i can provide them on request.
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Building an additional Kernel Module for the DNS-320 / DNS-325

A while back i updated the openvpn-package with the tun.ko for the DNS-320 and DNS-325. Problem was, that i needed to compile a kernel module first. Thankfully D-Link provides a ZIP-File with the sources of Code used for the DNS-320. Unfortunately it didn’t work out of the box, but i was able to pull a script which works together for you. If you want to download all my finished modules just visit this page.
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Update of Twonkymedia Server 6 on the Conceptronic CH3MNAS, D-Link DNS-320,DNS-321,DNS-325 and DNS-343

Twonkymedia ServerGerman version of this tutorial

This tutorial is deprecated, please use the tutorial for the current version.

Since a while there is a new version of the Twonkymedia Server 6 available. Many readers asked me how to update to this version without loosing the configuration of the already installed version. This article describes the update for the following devices:

  • Conceptronic CH3MNAS
  • D-Link DNS-320
  • D-Link DNS-321
  • D-Link DNS-325
  • D-Link DNS-343

For other devices, please follow this article. If you are searching for the article regarding the initial installation (not the update), please look here for this.
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Installation of Optware on the D-Link DNS-320, DNS-321, DNS-325, DNS-343, DNS-345 and Conceptronic CH3MNAS

Many people asked me to compile various packages over the last few years. Sometimes i was able to help and sometimes (in rare occasions) i had to reject a request when it was impossible to fulfill it. Then i often told the requestor to install optware which originated from the NSLU2-Project and provides many addition packages. I didn’t have experienc on this, so i had to leave them in the dark. Until recently. Continue reading Installation of Optware on the D-Link DNS-320, DNS-321, DNS-325, DNS-343, DNS-345 and Conceptronic CH3MNAS

Transfer rate and Networkperformance of the D-Link DNS-325

After unpacking the D-Link DNS-325 i checked the performance of the DNS-325 in the Network. All these measurements were done in my home environment so be careful to see them as representative.
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Output of /proc/cpuinfo on the D-Link DNS-325

Here the output of cat cat /proc/cpuinfo on the D-Link DNS-325:

Processor       : ARM926EJ-S rev 1 (v5l)
BogoMIPS        : 1196.03
Features        : swp half thumb fastmult edsp
CPU implementer : 0x56
CPU architecture: 5TE
CPU variant     : 0x2
CPU part        : 0x131
CPU revision    : 1
Cache type      : write-back
Cache clean     : cp15 c7 ops
Cache lockdown  : format C
Cache format    : Harvard
I size          : 16384
I assoc         : 4
I line length   : 32
I sets          : 128
D size          : 16384
D assoc         : 4
D line length   : 32
D sets          : 128
 
Hardware        : Feroceon-KW
Revision        : 0000
Serial          : 0000000000000000

Output of /proc/meminfo on the D-Link DNS-325

Here the output of cat cat /proc/meminfo on the D-Link DNS-325:

MemTotal:       255472 kB
MemFree:        115328 kB
Buffers:         22200 kB
Cached:          90708 kB
SwapCached:          0 kB
Active:          65260 kB
Inactive:        56680 kB
SwapTotal:      530040 kB
SwapFree:       530040 kB
Dirty:               4 kB
Writeback:           0 kB
AnonPages:        9048 kB
Mapped:           9948 kB
Slab:            15024 kB
SReclaimable:     5036 kB
SUnreclaim:       9988 kB
PageTables:        488 kB
NFS_Unstable:        0 kB
Bounce:              0 kB
CommitLimit:    657776 kB
Committed_AS:    55196 kB
VmallocTotal:   385024 kB
VmallocUsed:      1284 kB
VmallocChunk:   383736 kB