Network Attached Storage (NAS) and FTP

The DOVADO PRO (or 4GR) allows you to insert and share a USB hard drive, flash drive or MicroSD card* to act as a centralized storage server for any kind of files within your network. 

As the NAS communication shares the bandwidth through the USB interface with your USB modem, the DOVADO PRO has been programmed to place higher priority on Internet traffic (via USB modem) than on transfer rates to/from the NAS. Also note that the NAS functionality only supports drives that are formatted with NTFS or FAT32.

*MicroSD cards are supported by most USB modems in combination with the DOVADO PRO.

SMB (Server Message Block):

This is your typical network share which can be accessed by all operating systems (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc). It allows you to map a network drive on your computer, and then use it just as if it were a drive connected directly to your computer.

With the DOVADO PRO, the typical transfer rates vary between 30-180Mbps depending on write/read and NTFS/FAT32 file format.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol):

his optional method is quite practical for several reasons. It allows certain network devices (other than your regular desktop/notebook computers) to dump/fetch files from the storage server in a more simplified manner. In many cases with Ethernet-based security cameras, the video/photo images are typically uploaded to an FTP server.

Transfer rates tend to be somewhat higher with FTP than with the SMB protocol.

For a complete guide, refer to Dovado's website on NAS & FTP.