Buffalo LS-XHL, LS-CHL User Manual

User Manual

LS-XHL and LS-CHL

LinkStation Pro and Live Models

www.buffalotech.com

35010807 ver.01 v2.2

Introduction

Congratulations on your new LinkStation! This user manual is intended to assist you in

conguring it.

Because we’re constantly updating our products, the images and text in this manual may vary
slightly from the images and text displayed by your LinkStation. 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 www.buffalotech.com.

For best results, attach the LinkStation to an uninterruptable power supply (UPS). Back

up all your stored les regularly. See the ‘Backup Jobs’ page for instructions using the

LinkStation’s built-in backup utility. If you run into difculties or need additional help, feel
free to contact our technical support. Contact information for Buffalo Technology and our
technical support is available on page 62.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Diagrams and Layout 4
Power Switch 5
Installing Software 6

Using your LinkStation

Using your LinkStation with a PC 7
Using your LinkStation with a Mac 8
Finding LinkStation’s IP address 12

Settings and Conguration

Web Admin Tool 13
Users/Groups
Adding Users 15
Adding Groups 16
Network
Settings 17
Workgroup/Domain 18
System
Settings 20
Disks
USB Hard Drives 21
Formatting Hard Drives 22
Mapping Additional Shares 23
Maintenance 25
Notication 26

Backup Jobs 27
Initialization 28
UPS 30
Extensions
Sleep Timer 31
Print Server 32
Time Machine 37
DLNA Media Server 42
iTunes Server 44
BitTorrent Client 45
Direct Copy 47
Remote Access
WebAccess 48
FTP 53

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Multiple Shares 55
Disk Errors 57
Status LED Flash Codes 57
Fan Replacement 59

Appendix

Specications 60
Factory Defaults 61
Contact Information (USA) 62
GPL Source Code Information 63

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USB

Front Panel Layout

Layout

Status LED

Replaceable
Fan

Power Mode

Switch

Ethernet

(to Router)

Power Plug

AUTO
ON
OFF

Function
Button

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Power

Mode

AUTO
ON
OFF

Power Switch

The “Power Mode” switch on the back of the unit
has three positions: “Auto”, “On”, and “Off”. The
“Auto” position automatically powers the unit on
or off with your PC. If your PC is turned on the
LinkStation will power up; if the PC is turned off
the LinkStation will power down.

You must have installed the NAS Navigator2
software on your PC for this feature to work.
Otherwise, if you move the switch to “auto”, your
unit will power down by itself and you will have to
manually turn it back on.

Also note that the unit needs to be powered on to
use Web Access, BitTorrent, or Sleep Timer. If you
use any of these features regularly, it is best to
leave the Power Mode switch set to “On”.

Move the switch to the “Off” position to turn the
LinkStation off. It will take about 35 seconds to
shut down. Do not unplug or interrupt power to
the unit until shutdown is complete and the Status
LED is no longer lit.

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Installing Software

Insert the Link Navigator CD into your computer’s CD/DVD drive. On
a PC, the setup wizard will launch automatically. Select your preferred
language to continue.

Alternately, you can launch the program manually. Open your
LinkNavigator CD and click on “Lang.exe”.

If you are installing the software on a Mac, open the CD and click on the
LinkNavigator icon to begin installation.

Step through the wizard to install your software.

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Using your LinkStation with a PC

After installation, you’ll have a new shortcut to Buffalo NAS Navigator on your
desktop. Click it to open the NAS Navigator2 client utility.

Double-click on your NAS
device’s icon to open it. Or,
right-click on it for more
options.

From NAS Navigator2, you
can easily browse the shares
on your LinkStation, open its
Web Admin Tool, map a drive
letter to a share, or make a
desktop shortcut to the main
share on the LinkStation.

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Using your LinkStation with a MacUsing your LinkStation with a Mac

After installing the LinkNavigator software, your Mac will have
“NASNavigator” in the dock.

Clicking on NASNavigator opens NAS Navigator2, the LinkStation’s
client utility. Click on the “gear” symbol to drop down available
commands.

Open Web opens the Web Admin Tool. Congure opens the menu
on the next page. Color Label lets you color-code your NAS devices
in NAS Navigator2. Show View Options lets you choose the size and
order of icons in the NAS Navigator2 display.

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In NAS Navigator2, choose Congure from the drop-down menu to get
to the Web page. Click Open Web Page to go the Web Cong Tool, or
click IP Address to change the LinkStation’s IP Address settings.

The IP Address page lets you change the LinkStation’s IP address
settings.

Show View Options lets you choose the order of icons in the NAS
Navigator2 display. You may also adjust the size of the icons from
here.

Using your LinkStation with a Mac

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You can manually add LinkStation 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 eld, enter your
LinkStation’s IP address in the form smb://
ipaddress (where “ipaddress” is your
LinkStation’s IP address), and click Connect.

If you don’t know your LinkStation’s IP
address, see page 12.

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Select Guest and click on Connect. Note: If you have congured
share permissions on your LinkStation, select Registered User
and enter your login credentials.

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

The share will open.

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Finding your LinkStation’s IP Address

If you don’t know your LinkStation’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 nd your
LinkStation. Just click on the icon for your

LinkStation and you’ll be able to read its IP address.

You can always get the LinkStation’s IP address

from your router’s con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 LinkStation’s IP address.

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Web Admin Tool

Advanced Settings

To open the Web Admin Tool, right-click on your
LinkStation in NAS Navigator2 and choose Open
Web Admin.

Alternately, you could type the LinkStation’s IP
address in the URL bar of a browser running on a
computer connected to the same network as the
LinkStation. This also works with non-Windows
PCs.

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 Login button when nished.

User name: admin
Password: password

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Welcome to the Web Admin Tool! On the left side, you can see your LinkStation’s system
information. Tabs and Submenus along the upper edge allow easy access to all of the settings
pages for your LinkStation.

Category Tabs

Submenus

Help and

Individual

Instructions

Settings

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Adding Users

To add users, select the Users/Groups tab.
Local Users is the default submenu. Click on
Create User.

Enter your user information and click Save.

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Adding Groups

To add a group, select the Local Groups
submenu under the Users/Groups tab. Click
on Create Group.

Enter information for your group and click on

Save.

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Network Settings

Network Settings contains settings that
affect your Ethernet connection. In most
networks, LinkStation will get its IP Address
automatically from a DHCP server. You

may disable DHCP here and congure the IP

address settings manually if desired. If no
DHCP server is available and an IP Address is
not set manually, then the IP address will be
assigned to a random address on the 169.254.
xxx.xxx subnet with subnet mask 255.255.0.0.

Ethernet Frame Size and Services are also set

from this page. Only use JumboFrame settings

when operating in a Gigabit environment where

all other clients support the same JumboFrame

setting.

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Workgroup/Domain Settings

To add the LinkStation to your workgroup or
domain, click Modify Settings.

Depending on your network type, you may
choose to authenticate in Workgroup or NT
Domain mode.

Advanced Settings

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Screens are different depending on whether
you authenticate in Workgroup or NT Domain
mode. Whichever mode you choose, enter the
information needed to log in to the network and
click Save when nished.

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