Sasquatch NAS usage - norlab-ulaval/Norlab_wiki GitHub Wiki

Using the NAS with your computer

  1. Make sure the NAS is powered off
  2. Connect your computer to the LAN port on the NAS with the tag STATIC 192.168.0.1
  3. Assign the static IP 192.168.0.2 to your wired connection on your computer (view image)
  1. Power on the NAS
  2. You should be able to access the NAS web interface on http://192.168.0.1:5000/
  3. To mount it on your filesystem
SHARE_FOLDER=mamba-demo
NAS_USERNAME=norlab
NAS_PASSWORD=<insert password>
mkdir -p /mnt/nas
sudo mount -t cifs "//192.168.0.1/$SHARE_FOLDER" "/mnt/nas" -o username=$NAS_USERNAME,password=$NAS_PASSWORD,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,nounix

Using the NAS with the warthog

  1. Make sure the NAS is powered off
  2. Connect the warthog LAN to the LAN port on the NAS with the tag DYNAMIC. The warthog router will assign the IP 192.168.3.99 to the NAS
  3. Power on the NAS
  4. You should be able to access the NAS web interface on http://192.168.3.99:5000/
  5. To mount it on your filesystem
SHARE_FOLDER=mamba-demo
NAS_USERNAME=norlab
NAS_PASSWORD=<insert password>
mkdir -p /mnt/nas
sudo mount -t cifs "//192.168.3.99/$SHARE_FOLDER" "/mnt/nas" -o username=$NAS_USERNAME,password=$NAS_PASSWORD,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,nounix

Auto-mounting the NAS

For easier use, you can add a rule to your /etc/fstab so that the NAS can automatically mount when its available (Don't forget to add the password). Then reboot your computer and it should mount automatically.

//192.168.0.1/mamba-demo /mnt/nas cifs username=norlab,password=<insert password>,iocharset=utf8,vers=3.0,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,nounix,_netdev,x-systemd.automount 0 0