SmartStor telnet access solution previously described here is fine, but has one significant problem: configuration settings does not persist after reboot, because /etc is mounted as a ramdisk and its contents (mostly) populated using startup system scripts.

Instead of modifying and reflashing system software it's much easier to create simple application plugin (idea borrowed from this post and telnet access plugin description in the same thread).

The plugin does very few things:
- suppresses automatic rewriting of /etc/telnet.user
- enables telnet access for 'admin' user
- adds 'admin' to /etc/sudoers

After all, plugin modifies AFPD configuration for better Apple Time Machine compatibility.

You may download it from here and install using PASM or SmartNAVI (disclaimer: I take no responsibility for any possible data damage, lost warranty or other issues caused by usage of this plugin).

Enjoy!

After spending a few hours with my SmartStor NS2300N while trying to guess why its download station plugin does not function like I want it to, I finally was able to find a solution.

Download plugin for NS2300N is simply MLDonkey P2P client. That is, you are able to connect to it and manage it using a bunch of GUIs, including Sancho which I could recommend as a best choice. GUI allows managing downloads and (more interesting!) managing MLDonkey configuration also.

My goal was to gain full access to the ways MLDonkey runs and manages files & torrents.