Initial Setup

As with the AS5404T, the AS1202T can be located on the network using the Asustor Control Center or ACC, which makes it easy to get started with setup. The first few steps are identical to the AS5404T setup process, but this time we didn't run into any issues updating ADM, as we did on the AS5404T. This might've been because the AS1202T shipped with version 5.0.1, whereas the AS5404T shipped with 4.3.0. After the update to 5.1.2, the system had to be rebooted before the installation could continue.


At the point of configuring the hard drives, things get a bit confusing again. This time around, Balanced means RAID 1, whereas that was RAID 5 on the AS5404T, so not at all confusing. The RAID level is admittedly clearly displayed, but it's confusing that Asustor uses the same terms for very different settings. Apart from that, there were no surprises during the setup process.


Once the setup is done, you have to log in to ADM, Asustor has gone with a slightly lighter colored theme this time around, but as you can see, the selection of apps is the same as what the AS5404T came with. You're also greeted by the same "Before you begin" screen that makes you aware of the default ports and that you might want to consider changing them. In short, no big changes, but as we only saw a minor version change of ADM, we didn't expect much of the general features to have changed in just six months.