Buffalo HS-DHTGL User Manual

User Manual

TeraStation Live

HS-DHTGL/R5

www.buffalotech.com

v1.0

Introduction

Congratulations on your new TeraStation! This user manual is intended to assist you in conﬁ guring it.

Because we’re constantly updating our product, the images and text in this manual may vary slightly from the images and text displayed by your TeraStation. These changes are minor and should not affect the ease of setup adversely. As time passes, future user interfaces, updated software, and later versions of this manual may be freely available for download at our web site: http://www.buffalotech.com.

If you run into difﬁ culties or need additional help, feel free to contact our technical support. Contact information for Buffalo Technology and our technical support is available on pages 80 and 81.

Table of Contents

TeraStation Quick Setup ...................................................4

Installing Software ............................................................8

Accessing TeraStation Data from a PC ............................. 11

Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac...........................15

TeraStation Layout..........................................................20

Advanced Settings ........................................................... 23

Network Settings .............................................................27

Hard Drive Settings .........................................................29

Adding Extra Hard Drives ...............................................36

Shared Folders ................................................................ 40

Groups ...........................................................................45

Users .............................................................................. 46

Troubleshooting Multiple Shares..................... ................ 48

Backups .........................................................................50

Maintenance Settings ......................................................60

PCast and DLNA .............................................................54

System Information .........................................................66

Client Utility ................................................................... 71

Troubleshooting .............................................................. 73

Changing Hard Drives ..................................................... 75

Technical Speciﬁ cations ..................................................79

Technical Support ...........................................................80

GPL Information .............................................................82

TeraStation Quick Setup

Begin setting up your TeraStation by plugging your power cable and Ethernet cable into the back of the TeraStation as shown.

Connect your cables

TeraStation Quick Setup

Plug the power cord into a wall socket or surge protector. Plug type and socket will differ according to country of use.

Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into a hub, router, or switch in your network.

TeraStation Quick Setup

Press the power button on the front panel. LEDs will light as your TeraStation boots up.

After your TeraStation has completed booting up, check the LINK/ACT LED on the front of the TeraStation. If it’s lit, then your TeraStation is connected properly, and you can go on to page 8. If it’s not lit, turn to page 7 for troubleshooting.

TeraStation Quick Setup

The TeraStation’s Ethernet port will automatically adjust to use either a Crossover or Patch cable, so you may connect the TeraStation to your network with either type of Ethernet cable. Buffalo Technology doesn’t recommend connecting the TeraStation directly to a PC.

Verify that the LINK/ACT LED on the front of TeraStation is lit (see page 6’s picture). If it’s lit, go to page 8 to continue setting up TeraStation. If the LINK/ACT LED is still not lit, try the suggestions below to verify that you’re not suffering from common setup problems.

Having problems? Make sure that:

• the TeraStation and the router, hub or switch are both powered on,

• the Ethernet cable is securely plugged in at both ends, and

• the Ethernet cable is not damaged. Verify this by trying a different Ethernet cable.

If problems persist, you may contact Buffalo Technology’s technical support. See pages 66 and 67 for technical support contact information.

Insert the TeraNavigator CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.

On a PC, setup should automatically launch. If it does not, manually launch setup.exe by pressing Start and selecting the Run... option. When the Run dialog opens, type d:\TSnavi.exe (where d is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive). Press OK to continue.

If you are installing the software on a Mac, open the CD and click

Installing Software

TeraNavigator to begin installation.

TeraNavigator Setup

Press the Begin Installation button to begin.

If you’re installing on a PC, click on Connect this PC to TeraStation (the green, lower button). Mac users can skip this step.

Click Next to step through the installation.

TeraNavigator Setup

Continue pressing Next to step through the installation.

When installation is complete, you may close the installation window.

Using your TeraStation with a Windows PC

Two new icons will be on your desktop: Shortcut for TS-Live and Buffalo NAS Navigator.

Clicking Shortcut for TS-Live takes you directly to the folders on your TeraStation. Share is the main folder that you can put ﬁ les and folders in. Info contains a copy of your user manual.

The Buffalo NAS Navigator icon opens the TeraStation’s client utility. Turn to page 71 for more on using the NAS Navigator client utility.

Accessing TeraStation Data from your PC

To Access TeraStation Data from a PC:

Your TeraStation uses “shares” (folders) to hold data. A share called “share” is already conﬁ gured on your TeraStation, and you can create additional shares on page 40. To start using your TeraStation, you can either click on the Shortcut for TS-Live on your desktop, or you may just use drive T in My Computer, which setup has mapped to the default share in your TeraStation.

Accessing TeraStation Data from your PC

You can map additional driveletters to shares on your TeraStation.

From the Start menu, select Run.... Enter your TeraStation’s

hostname (you can get it from the NAS Navigator utility) or IP address. Press OK.

Your TeraStation should open. “Share” is a data folder in your TeraStation by default. “Info” contains your user manuals. If you have created other folders, they will be visible here too. You can map drive letters to any of these folders.

Accessing TeraStation Data from your PC

From the Tools pull-down menu, select Map Network Drive. Choose a drive letter from the Drive: pull down menu. To specify the folder to map, either ﬁ nd it with Browse or enter \\TS-Live\

share_name in the Folder: ﬁ eld, where TeraStation_Name is your TeraStation’s hostname and share_name is the name of a folder on your TeraStation. Check the Reconnect at logon checkbox

to have Windows connect to this mapped drive everytime it starts. When ﬁ nished, press the

Finish button. Your share is now mapped to a drive letter.

Using your TeraStation with a Mac

After installing the TeraNavigator software, your Mac will have two new icons on the desktop.

The Share folder is the main folder that you can put ﬁ les and folders in. NAS Navigator is the TeraStation’s client utility.

Clicking Share opens the main folder on your TeraStation. You can put ﬁ les and folders in Share as though it were any other hard drive connected to your computer.

The NAS Navigator icon opens the TeraStation’s client utility. See page 71 for more on using the NAS Navigator client utility.

Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac

You can manually add TeraStation Shares (folders) to your desktop by adding them to the Mac’s server list. Begin by clicking Go, and then choose Connect to Server.

In the Server Address ﬁ eld, enter your TeraStation’s IP address in the form smb:// ipaddress (where “ipaddress” is your TeraStation’s IP address), and click Connect.

If you don’t know your TeraStation’s IP address, see page 18.

Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac

Select Guest and click on Connect. Note: If you have conﬁ gured share permissions on your TeraStation, select Registered User and enter your Registered User credentials.

Select the volume that you want to mount, such as share or share-mac, from the list of folders on the TeraStation.

The share will open. A link to the shared folder will appear on your desktop.

Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac

If you don’t know your TeraStation’s IP address, there are several ways to get it.

One simple method is to use the NAS Navigator client utility (included on your CD) to ﬁ nd your TeraStation(s). Just click on the tab for your TeraStation and you’ll be able to read its IP address. See page 73 for more on the client utility.

You can get the TeraStation’s IP address from the LCD display on the front of the TeraStation as it boots up.

You can always get the TeraStation’s IP address from your router’s conﬁ guration utility. Many Buffalo routers list this information on the Client Monitor page, as shown to the right. Consult your router’s documentation for instructions on identifying the TeraStation’s IP address.

TeraStation Expansion

TeraStation Live has two USB 2.0 ports on the rear. These ports can be used for adding external USB Hard Drives. TeraStation will share connected USB storage devices, allowing everyone on the network to use them. Up to two external USB hard drives may be added to TeraStation Live. To connect a USB hard drive to your TeraStation, simply plug it into one of the USB Ports.

You may plug in additional USB hard drives to either of the USB ports on your TeraStation. See page 36 for setting up your USB hard drives on the TeraStation. Page 50 shows you how to set up TeraStation to back up to a USB Hard Drive.

Power Button – Press and release the Power Button to turn the TeraStation on. Hold it down for three seconds to turn the TeraStation off.

Hard Drive Access – The Access LEDs will blink green when the associated hard drive is accessed. During startup, it’s normal for all the lights to blink.

Hard Drive Cage – The tubular lock prevents physical access to hard drives when locked. See

TeraStation Layout

page 75 for information on replacing hard drives.

TeraStation Layout

The Status LCD can be conﬁ gured to display speciﬁ c TeraStation information. Please see page 62 to conﬁ gure the various display options.

Power Plug

US: AC 100-120V

Europe & Middle East: AC 200-240V

10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Port – Use this port to connect your TeraStation to a switch, a router, or another computer. The port is autosensing, so either a conventional Ethernet cable or a crossover Ethernet cable may be used.

USB Ports – TeraStation offers two USB 2.0/1.1 ports for adding

TeraStation Layout

external drives.

The Conﬁ guration GUI

Advanced Settings

The Conﬁ guration GUI may be accessed at any time by typing the IP address of your TeraStation into the URL bar of a browser running on a computer connected to the same network as the TeraStation. This works perfectly with OS X, Linux, and other non-Windows PCs.

You may also open the Conﬁ guration GUI from NAS Navigator by clicking on Setup and choosing

Conﬁ guration Settings.

Advanced Settings

This login prompt will appear. Enter admin for the user name. Until you change it, the password for the admin account will be password. Press the OK button when ﬁ nished.

User name: admin Password: password

See page 47 to change your password.

If this login prompt does not appear, your DHCP server may not be functioning correctly. If DHCP is disabled, you may re-enable it, or verify

that the TeraStation’s IP Address is in the same range as that of your PC.

Note: Pages 67 and 68 describe how to conﬁ gure the TeraStation with a Static IP Address.

Advanced Settings

Welcome to the conﬁ guration GUI for the TeraStation! Bookmark this page in your browser so it can be easily accessed for future conﬁ guration changes. If the TeraStation’s IP Address changes,

you will need to recreate the link. You can also get here by typing http://TeraStation_Name into a Web browser, where TeraStation_Name is the name of your TeraStation.

You are now at Home. Notice that the Home button is lit up in yellow. You can navigate this menu by clicking on the buttons at the left of the screen. Here at “Home”, you can see basic information about your TeraStation’s current conﬁ guration. You may close this screen by clicking Logout at the bottom left, or just by closing the browser window. If you have lost your TeraStation, clicking I’m

here! at the bottom left will cause it to beep, making it easier to ﬁ nd.

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