Buffalo Technology LinkStation Live User Manual

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User Manual
LinkStation Live
Shared Network Storage
www.buffalotech.com
v1.10
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Introduction
in con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 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: http://www.buffalotech.com.
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 pages 73 and 74.
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Table of Contents
Initial Setup ......................................................................4
Install Software .................................................................8
Using your LinkStation with a PC ...................................11
Using your LinkStation with a Mac .................................15
LinkStation Layout .........................................................21
Advanced Settings ..........................................................22
Network Settings .............................................................26
Disk Management ........................................................... 28
Shared Folders ................................................................32
Groups ...........................................................................36
Users .............................................................................. 37
WebAccess ...................................................................... 39
Troubleshooting Multiple Shares..................... ................43
Backups .........................................................................45
PCast and DLNA .............................................................49
Using your LinkStation with iTunes ................................ 58
Maintenance Settings ......................................................55
System Status ................................................................60
Client Utility ...................................................................64
Printer Installation .........................................................66
Troubleshooting .............................................................. 71
Technical Specications .................................................. 72
Contact Information (USA) ..............................................73
Contact Information (Europe) ......................................... 74
GPL Information ............................................................. 75
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Begin by plugging your power cable and Ethernet cable into the back of the LinkStation as shown.
Connecting your LinkStation
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Plug the power cord into a wall socket or surge protecter. 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.
Connect your Cables
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Powering up
Press the power button on the front panel. LEDs will blink as your LinkStation boots up.
After your LinkStation has completed booting up, check the LINK/ ACT LED on the front of the LinkStation. If it’s lit, then your LinkStation is connected properly, and you can go on to page 8. If it’s not lit, turn to page 7 for troubleshooting.
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Setup Notes
The LinkStation’s Ethernet port will automatically adjust to use either a crossover or catch cable, so you may connect the LinkStation to your network with either type of Ethernet cable.
Verify that the LINK/ACT LED on the front of LinkStation is lit (see page 6’s picture). If it’s lit, go to page 8 to continue setting up LinkStation. 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 LinkStation 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 73 and 74 for technical support contact information.
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Insert the LinkNavigator 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:\setup.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 LinkNavigator to begin installation.
Installing Software
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Press the Begin Installation button to begin.
If you’re installing on a PC, click on Connect this PC to LinkStation (the green, lower button). Mac users can skip this step.
Click Next to step through the installation.
LinkNavigator Setup
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Continue pressing Next to step through the installation.
When installation is complete, you may close the installation window.
LinkNavigator Setup
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Using your LinkStation with a Windows PC
Two new icons will be on your desktop: Shortcut for LinkStation and Buffalo NAS Navigator.
Clicking Shortcut for LinkStation takes you directly to the folders on your LinkStation. Share is the main folder that you can put les and folders in. Info contains a copy of your user manual.
The Buffalo NAS Navigator icon opens the LinkStation’s client utility. Turn to page 64 for more on using the NAS Navigator client utility.
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Accessing LinkStation Data from your PC
To Access LinkStation Data from a PC:
Your LinkStation uses “shares” (folders) to hold data. A share called “share” is already
congured on your LinkStation, and you can create additional shares on page 32. To
start using your LinkStation, you can either click on the Shortcut for LinkStation on your desktop, or you may just use drive L in My Computer, which setup has mapped to the default share in your LinkStation.
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Accessing LinkStation Data from your PC
You can map additional driveletters to shares on your LinkStation.
From the Start menu, select Run.... Enter your LinkStation’s
hostname (see page 25, or you can get it from the NASnavigator utility) or IP address. Press OK.
Your LinkStation should open. “Share” is a data folder in your LinkStation 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.
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Accessing LinkStation 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 nd it with Browse or enter \\LinkStation_ Name\share_name in the Folder: eld, where LinkStation_Name is your LinkStation’s hostname
(page 25) and share_name is the name of a folder on your LinkStation. Check the Reconnect at logon checkbox to have Windows connect to this mapped drive everytime it starts. When nished, press the Finish button. Your share is now mapped to a drive letter.
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Using your LinkStation with a Mac
After installing the LinkNavigator software, your Mac will have two new icons on the desktop.
The Share folder is the main folder that you can put les and folders in. NAS Navigator is the LinkStation’s client utility.
Clicking Share opens the main folder on your LinkStation. You can put les and folders in Share as though it were any other hard drive connected to your computer. You may add additional shares to your LinkStation on page 32.
The NAS Navigator icon opens the LinkStation’s client utility. See pages 23 and 64 for more on using the NAS Navigator client utility.
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Accessing LinkStation Data from a Mac
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 18.
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Accessing LinkStation Data from a Mac
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. A link to the shared folder will appear on your desktop.
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Accessing LinkStation Data from a Mac
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(s). Just click
on the tab for your LinkStation and you’ll be able to read its IP address. See page 64 for more on NAS Navigator.
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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LinkStation Expansion
LinkStation Live has two USB 2.0 ports on the rear. These ports can be used for adding external USB Hard Drives or a USB Printer. LinkStation 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 LinkStation Live. To connect a USB hard drive or printer to your LinkStation, simply plug it into one of the USB ports.
Once your USB hard drive is connected, see page 29 for conguring your LinkStation to use it.
Page 31 will show you how to reformat the USB Hard Drive if necessary. Page 41 and 42 show you how to set up LinkStation to back up to a USB Hard Drive.
See page 66 to set up Windows PCs to print to a USB Printer on your LinkStation.
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Power Button – Press and release the Power Button to turn the LinkStation on. Hold it down for three seconds to turn the LinkStation off.
Link/Act LED – The Link/Act LED glows green when the LinkStation is connectied to a network. It blinks when the LinkStation is sending or receiving data.
Info LED – The Info LED blinks when you have a message waiting for you in the client utility.
Error LED – This LED blinks to signal abnormal operation. See page 71 for a list of LED error codes.
LinkStation Layout
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Init button – The red Init button allows you to return your LinkStation to factory defaults.
10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Port – Use this port to connect your LinkStation 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 – LinkStation offers two USB 2.0/1.1 ports for adding external drives or a USB printer. See page 19 for more on using the LinkStation’s USB ports.
LinkStation Layout
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The Configuration GUI
Advanced Settings
The Conguration GUI may be accessed at any time
by typing the IP address of your LinkStation into the URL bar of a browser running on a computer connected to the same network as the LinkStation. This works perfectly with OS X, Linux, and other non-Windows PCs.
You may also open the Conguration GUI from
NAS Navigator by clicking on Setup and choosing Conguration Settings.
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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 nished.
User name: admin Password: password
See page 38 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 LinkStation’s IP Address is in the same range as that of your PC.
NOTE: Page 26 shows how to enable
or disable DHCP, or congure the
LinkStation with a Static IP Address.
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Advanced Settings - Home
Welcome to Advanced Settings, the conguration GUI for the LinkStation! Bookmark this page in your browser so it can be easily accessed for future conguration changes. If the LinkStation’s
IP Address changes, you will need to recreate the link. You can also get here by typing http:// LinkStation_Name into a Web browser, where LinkStation_Name is the name of your LinkStation
(page 25).
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 LinkStation’s current con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 LinkStation, clicking I’m
here! at the bottom left will cause it to beep, making it easier to nd.
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Basic
You may modify your LinkStation’s hostname and description under Hostname Setup. A friendly, easy-to-remember name (e.g. “LinkStation”) is recommended.
Make sure that the date and time are correct in Date and Time Setup. To synchronize time settings with those in your computer, press Use Local Time. To have your system time automatically set by an NTP server, enable NTP Server and enter an IP Address for the NTP server (e.g. 192.43.244.18) or use the supplied default NTP server.
Ensure that both the Display Language and the Windows Client Language are set to languages that you’re comfortable with.
Once desired elds have been completed, press
the Apply button.
Advanced Settings
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Network (IP Address Properties)
Advanced Settings
In most networks, LinkStation will get its IP Address automatically from a DHCP server. You may disable DHCP here. If DHCP is disabled and an IP Address is not set manually, it will default to 192.168.11.150. The LinkStation’s IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway Address, and DNS Server address may all be entered manually under IP Address
Properties.
Ethernet Frame Size may also be set manually
on this page. Only use JumboFrame settings
when operating in a Gigabit environment where
all other clients support the same JumboFrame
setting.
Click Apply after making any changes.
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Advanced Settings
Network (Workgroup/Domain)
If you are unfamiliar with networking, then leave the Workgroup Name set to Workgroup.
To make your LinkStation a member of a workgroup, enter the appropriate information into the elds on this
page and click Apply.
Use of a WINS Server with your LinkStation is strictly optional.
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Disk Management (Drive Properties)
This page shows the properties for the main drive in your LinkStation Live. If you have any USB hard drives plugged into the linkstation, their properties will appear here as well.
Advanced Settings
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Disk Management (USB hard drives)
Advanced Settings
From here you can see your USB hard
drives’ setup information. If the hard drives’ information isn’t displayed properly, try restarting your USB hard drives and then restarting your LinkStation. Some USB hard drives must be reformatted from within LinkStation before they can be assigned shares. Select Disk Format from the left-side menu to format your USB hard disk(s). Page 31 has more on disk formatting.
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Disk Management (Disk Check)
Advanced Settings
Disk check checks any of your hard drives for
errors. To use disk check, select the disk that you want to check from the target pulldown and click Select Target. Then click on Start
Disk Check.
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Disk Management (Disk Format)
Advanced Settings
To format a hard drive or array, select it from the Target Disk drop box. Choose the le system desired from the File System dropbox (internal drives can only be formatted with XFS).
Note that FAT32 has a 4 gigabyte lesize limit for individual les. If you choose FAT32 for your le system, you will not be able to store single les larger than 4 gigabytes on the drive. Use of
the XFS or EXT3 le systems is recommended. Press Select Target Disk when done, and then Start format.
Depending on the size of the target hard disk or array, a Disk Format may take several hours to complete. Performance will be slow during the disk format.
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Shared Folders
Advanced Settings
To add new shares on your LinkStation, select Shared Folders from the left side menu, and then click the Add button under Shared Folders Setup.
To delete a share or shares, check the checkbox next to the shares you’d like to delete, and press the Delete button. Deleting shares will remove the
share and erase all of the les
and folders inside that share.
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Advanced Settings
Adding a new Shared Folder
To add a new shared folder, enter a name for it in the Shared Folder Name box and choose which Disk Space it will reside in. You may also choose which operating systems and features the share will support by putting the appropriate checks next to Shared Folder Support, and whether the share supports the Recycle Bin by putting a selecting Enable or Disable. Enter a Shared Folder Description and a Remote Backup Password if desired. Click Apply to build the new shared folder.
Appletalk support is available for use with legacy Macs. Checking “Apple” by Shared Folder Support turns on AppleTalk, letting you use your LinkStation with older Macs. Note that Appletalk
les are limited to 2GB maximum lesize and 32
on is accessed from a modern OS through smb, these limitations will not apply.
Remote Backup Password will set a password on this share for other LinkStations who want to use it as a remote backup target. This password will not affect users attempting to access the share; it only pertains to remote LinkStations trying to access this share for backup tasks.
characters for lenames. If a folder with AppleTalk
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Shared Folders (Access restrictions)
Advanced Settings
To use Access Restrictions for a share, select Enable.
Highlight groups or users in the All Groups/ Users column and use the left-pointing arrow
buttons (located just to the left of each box) to move individual groups or users from the All Groups/Users column to the Read Only box (if you want to give them read access only) or all the way to the Writable box, if you want to give them full access to the share. Right-pointing arrows will move highlighted users or groups back to the right.
Click Apply when you have your groups and users in the appropriate boxes.
To set up new groups and users, see pages 36 and 37.
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Advanced Settings
Shared Folders (Service Setup)
To allow FTP Access to LinkStation, choose Enable for FTP Server. To enable legacy AppleTalk support, choose Enable for AppleTalk Protocol.
FTP Server Info: Enabling the FTP Server will allow users to connect to shares via FTP protocol. Their username and password is used for their login credentials, and they will only have access to shares that have read-only or writeable access to on the LinkStation. The network administrator
of your network may need to enable trafc on port 21 to the LinkStation for FTP to work over the
Internet.
Click the Apply button to set up these services.
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Group Management
Groups allow for easier management of permissions
in some networks, specically networks with a lot of
users in different departments.
To Delete a group, put a check next to its name and click Delete. To add a group to your LinkStation,
click Add.
Add a name and a description to the Add New Group elds. Put checks next to each Member User that you want to be part of the group. Click Apply when your group is set up the way you want it.
Active Directory and Domain Groups are not shown here but are available under Share Management.
Members can be added or removed from a group at any time by editing the group. This is done by clicking on the Group name on the main Group Settings page.
Advanced Settings
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User Management
The Add New User dialog will appear. Enter a User Name, Password, and User Description for the new
user and click the Apply button. If a user will be accessing the LinkStation from a Windows 95/98 computer, their password should be 15 characters or less. Mac OS 8 and OS 9 users’s passwords should be 9 characters or less. Users of other OSs may have passwords of up to 20 characters.
Advanced Settings
LinkStation is precongured with two users,
admin and guest, out of the box. The admin and guest user accounts cannot be deleted. To delete any other user, put a check next to their name and click Delete. To add a new user, click
Add.
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User Management (changing passwords)
To change an account’s password, click on the name of the account under User Settings. Note: if a user name and password are used to log into a user’s windows computer or domain, the same user name and password should be used when creating the user’s account on the LinkStation, or problems accessing shared folders may occur.
Enter the desired new password in both boxes and click Apply.
Advanced Settings
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WebAccess
With Buffalo’s WebAccess, you can access your LinkStation from anywhere in the world with an
Internet connection. It’s easy to access your les, or share them with other people, wherever they
may be.
WebAccess is set up from within the Conguration GUI. First, select ‘Web Access’,
and then ‘Service Setup’ from the menu on the left.
To use Webaccess, set ‘Web Access Service’ to Enable.
You may enable SSL Encryption if desired.
Using ‘BuffaloNAS.com’ is recommended. Otherwise, you’ll have to manage your own DNS settings.
‘Auto-Congure Firewall’ is also recommended if your router supports UPnP (most do since 2001). If you choose not to enable this, you must manually congure your router and rewall to forward
internal port 9000 to the Internet.
Choose a name for your BuffaloNAS account and a password (“key”). This name is the name that will be used to access your LinkStation and to share with your friends. The password for this protects other people from using it, so picking a strong password is recommended.
Click Help in the top right of the window for detailed information on each setting.
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Configuring WebAccess
Select ‘Folders Setup’ in the left-side menu. Any shares on your LinkStation will appear on the list to the right. Click on the icon beside it to select a share for web access.
Choose your desired level of Web Access from the ‘Web Access Settings’ dropbox:
‘Disable’ will prevent remote access to this share through WebAccess. This is the default setting.
‘Allow Anonymous’ will allow anyone to access the share. Don’t use this setting unless you want your LinkStation share to be
available publicly to everyone in the world!
‘Allow All Groups/Users’ will allow only people who have an account on the LinkStation to access this share remotely.
‘Use Inherited Folder Permissions’ will allow people with an account on the LinkStation to access the share remotely only
if they have read permissions on the specic share that they’re
accessing.
Consult your user manual for more information on setting up groups, users, and permissions on the LinkStation.
Click the Apply button to save your changes.
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To access your LinkStation remotely, open a browser window on any computer connected to the Internet and go to buffalonas.com.
In the dialog box, type the BuffaloNAS name that you set on page 39.
Alternately, you can go directly to your share by typing BuffaloNAS.com/your_BuffaloNAS_name in the URL window.
The folders from your LinkStation’s share will appear. Files
from anonymous shares will appear to the right. To see les
from shares that are not set to anonymous, you will need to log in. The ‘login’ link is on the top left corner of the page.
Using WebAccess
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Clicking on individual les will give you other options, depending on the letype. Clicking
on the Audio link at the bottom left corner of the page will give you options for playing music
les, including the opportunity to launch a
Flash-based music player that will stream your
audio les directly through the Web interface.
Using WebAccess
To access individual folders on the right, click on their open links.
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Accessing Multiple Shares from a single PC
When accessing multiple shares to a Windows PC, you may see this error message.
This is caused by having multiple shares to the
same resource using different login credentials. The error occurs when connecting to at least one secure, restricted share. Due to a constraint in Microsoft Windows, only one set of login credentials can access or map drive letters for a network resource such as the LinkStation. As such, only one username and password can be used while mapping drives to a PC. If unsecure, unrestricted shares are mapped and then an attempt to map a secure, restricted share is made from the same PC, this error will occur. To prevent this, you must create all mapped shares using the same login and password information. Please follow the steps on the next page to remedy this problem.
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Advanced Settings
Mapping Multiple Shares
When mapping any share, select the Connect using a different user name option. A login and password prompt will appear.
Use the username and password required by any secure, restricted shares for all shares. All mapped shares on a
single PC must use the same username and password!
If only unrestricted shares are being mapped, then it’s not necessary to set a username and password for shares. Multiple mapped drives to unrestricted shares can exist without a username or password as long as no restricted, secure shares are mapped. If an unrestricted share and a restricted share are both being mapped or accessed, use the restricted username and password for the unrestricted share login by using the Connect using a different user name option. This will allow a Windows PC to access both shares without any problems.
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Disk Backup
Advanced Settings
To create a backup job, click on a Job Number.
The Edit Backup Job dialog will appear.
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Disk Backup (Edit Backup Job)
Advanced Settings
A Backup Job can run regularly on a daily or weekly schedule, or immediately by appropriate choices in the Backup Job Schedule eld. Date and Time for the backup may be entered, and Encryption and Compression enabled or disabled. Enable Overwrite Backup to have each scheduled backup write over the previous backup, or Differential Backups to backup only
les changed since the previous backup.
Select the folder to be backed up from the Local Backup Shared Folder dropbox, and
the destination for the backup les from the
Destination Backup Shared Folder dropbox. The destination folder may be on a USB drive attached to the LinkStation, or another LinkStation on the network. Click on Select to approve the backup targets.
Click the Apply button when your backup job is set up the way you want it, or Clear Job to stop a job from running again.
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Advanced Settings
Disk Backup (LinkStation List)
The LinkStation list shows other LinkStations in your network that you can congure network
backups to.
Press Refresh to get a list of LinkStations on your network.
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Advanced Settings
Disk Backup (Add LinkStation)
To add a remote LinkStation to your network, enter its numerical IP Address in the Remote LinkStation IP Address eld and click the Add to List button. For remote LinkStation backups,
make sure both rewalls are congured to allow trafc in and out of their networks.
Note: Disk Backups between two LinkStations use port 8873 for encrypted backups and port 873 for backups with no encryption.
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PCast
PCast and DLNA are special services that can run within LinkStation, allowing it to be a media server for LinkTheater or other digital multimedia players. The LinkTheater product is a media server that connects to your television and streams multimedia content. The PCast service allows you to stream any multimedia content directly from LinkStation to the LinkTheater. DLNA is an industry standard supported by many digital multimedia players.
If you do not own a multimedia player, PCast and DLNA settings may be ignored.
For more information on LinkTheater, please visit Buffalo Technology’s web site at www.buffalotech. com and look under Multimedia Products.
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PCast Settings - LinkTheater
Media Server Function: The Media Server Function will need to be enabled for this function to work. If you do not own a LinkTheater than disabling this feature is recommended.
Media Folder: The Media Folder species which shared folder to share with LinkTheater. All of
the multimedia les inside this shared folder
will be available to LinkTheater. NOTE: At this time, only one shared folder can be accessed with LinkTheater. Please make sure that all
of the multimedia les you wish to share with
LinkTheater are in this shared folder.
PCast Password: Restrict access to your media
server by specifying an access password.
Limit DLNA Client Access: Choose what devices can access your media server. See next page for
more information on conguration.
Update Media List: This updates the list of multimedia folders and les displayed by your media
player. Some changes may not be shown until the list is refreshed or the media player rebooted.
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PCast Settings - LinkTheater
Get to this page by clicking Choose Devices on the previous page.
Search for DLNA Client: This will show a list of all clients that could connect to the media server. For any that you want to have access, put a checkmark next to their MAC address and click Allow Access. You can deny access to any DLNA client by checking it and clicking Deny Access.
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Using your LinkStation with iTunes
Your LinkStation may be used as a music server for computers running iTunes. As long as PCast’s Media Servers function is enabled, the Media Folder (“Share” by default) will appear in iTunes on computers on the same subnet.
All music les in the Media Folder will be visible from within iTunes 7 or later. Music les stored in this folder will be playable
from up to 5 computers on the network.
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Using your LinkStation with iTunes
You can congure iTunes to store all of your music on the
LinkStation if desired. To do so, select Edit and then Preferences.
On the Advanced tab, to change the iTunes Music folder, click
Change.
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Using your LinkStation with iTunes
Browse to the media folder on your LinkStation (by default, the media folder is “//LinkStationName/share”). Click OK, and then OK again.
ITunes will now save all music to the media folder on the LinkStation.
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Advanced Settings
Maintenance (Notification)
If your LinkStation is remotely managed, you
may choose to receive nightly status reports
and be notied of any disk events by email.
To set this up, enable Mail Notication and
enter the IP Address of your SMTP server*
in the SMTP Server Address eld. Select a
Subject line for the emails (i.e. “LinkStation
Status Report”) and enter the email address of
each person you want to receive notication
emails into a Recipient Mail Address eld.
* SMTP server must be an open type server. Currently, there’s no provision for entering a username or password.
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Advanced Settings
Maintenance (Alert Settings)
Alerts can be congured on the LinkStation to make audible noises when a problem is detected.
Along with the audible noise, alert emails will be sent out if Mail Notication was properly congured. Please select the features you would like to receive an audible sound alert from and then press the
Apply button.
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Advanced Settings
Maintenance (Status LED Settings)
Adjust the brightness of the LEDs on your LinkStation’s front panel here. Press Apply to update the settings.
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Advanced Settings
Maintenance (Shutdown)
From the Shutdown page, press Apply to shutdown LinkStation. This has the same function as holding down the power button on the front of LinkStation, but may be done remotely. Turning on the LinkStation after a shutdown requires a physical button push on the front of LinkStation. The Restart Now button simply reboots the LinkStation, bringing it back to functionality after about 120 seconds.
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Advanced Settings
Maintenance (Initialization)
Initialization is a reset procedure that restores all settings back to the default, out
of box, conguration. All conguration,
users, groups, and backup jobs are lost, but actual data and shares on the hard are NOT lost. If you want all data to be erased, reformat the drive.
Specify whether the LinkStation shall keep its administrator password after a initialization or whether the password should be reset to the default password (default password is password). Press the Apply button once you make the selection.
Press the Restore button to begin the initialization process; this will restore all settings to factory defaults but will NOT erase the data on the hard drives. Start Disk Formatting begins a complete disk format that will erase all information on the LinkStation’s internal hard drives. This cannot be undone.
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System Status (System Information)
This page shows you the System Information for your LinkStation.
Firmware updates are occasionally available from www.buffalotech.com for the LinkStation Live. These must be executed from a Windows PC on the same network. Your router, switch, or hub should pass through ports 8873 and 22939 for this to work (most do).
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Advanced Settings
System Status (USB Details)
This page shows you details on USB hard drives and UPSs plugged into your LinkStation. In this example, no USB hard drives are plugged in to the LinkStation.
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System Status (Drive Properties)
This page shows you the properties of all hard drives in and attached to your LinkStation.
Advanced Settings
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System Status (Network Information)
This page shows you the System Information for your network connection.
Advanced Settings
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LinkStation Client Utility
This is the Buffalo NAS Client Utility. Installed on your PC, it allows you to access each of the LinkStations (and TeraStations) on your network. Click Refresh List to get tabs for each of your LinkStations. Each tab shows the Host Name, Workgroup, IP Address, and Subnet Mask of the associated LinkStation, as well as
the version of rmware it’s running.
With a LinkStation’s tab selected, you can click on the View Shares button to go directly to its root share. Clicking the Setup pulldown menu and selecting Browser Management takes you to the browser management tool that we began exploring on page 22. And clicking Setup and choosing Modify IP Address takes you to the following screen . . .
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LinkStation Client Utility
IP Address Setup
Here, you may enter your IP Address and Subnet Mask manually, or enable your LinkStation to acquire them automatically from a DHCP server. You’ll need the administrator password to use this screen. Press OK when you’re done.
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Printer Installation
If a USB printer is plugged into your LinkStation, you can easily add the printer to any Windows PC on your network. Follow these steps for each PC that you want to be able to access the printer.
To begin, enable the print server in the conguration GUI for your LinkStation.
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Access the LinkStation by pressing Start, selecting the Run...
option, and entering \\LinkStation_Name (where LinkStation_ Name is the name you set on page 25). Press the OK button
when nished.
Right click on the lp icon and select Connect.
You may receive a warning about installing from a trustworthy
source. If you receive this message, press Yes to continue.
You will receive a warning that the server does not have
the proper drivers. Press OK to continue.
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The Add Printer Wizard will launch. Select the proper
driver for your printer. If the specic printer is not
in the list, you will be required to insert the CD that came with your printer into your PC’s CD-ROM drive and press the Have Disk button. Refer to your printer documentation for further information on installing your printer if necessary. Press OK to nish.
If lp is the only printer installed on the PC, then it will
automatically be set as the default printer. If it’s not the only printer, you may make it the default printer by clicking Printers and Faxes in Control Panel, right clicking on the lp printer icon and selecting the Set as Default Printer option from the File drop-down menu.
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To print a test page or congure additional printer
settings, right click on the lp printer icon and select Properties. This will open the printer’s driver properties page.
Press the Print Test Page button to print a test page. You
can also browse through the available settings for the printer. Please refer to the printer’s documentation for more information on changing the printer’s settings.
NOTE: The printer installation process can be done on any
machine on your network. Multiple machines may print to the printer at the same time. Repeat this process on all computers that require access to the printer.
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Print Server (Delete Print Queue)
If a corrupt print job is sent to a printer, printing may suddenly fail. If your print jobs seem to be locked up, clearing the print queue may resolve the issue.
To delete the print queue, press the Delete button. This will clear all current print jobs. Users will have to re-send any incomplete print jobs to the printer.
If there are still problems printing to the printer, then check the printer manufacturer’s documentation for troubleshooting information. Also, verify that the USB cable is securely
TeraStation. Finally, you may try turning the TeraStation off, turning the printer off, turning the printer back on, and then turning the TeraStation back on again.
fastened to both the printer and the
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Troubleshooting
Disk Errors
If LinkStation encounters a disk error, it will be reported in the LinkStation status on the top of any of the Web-Based conguration screens. Run a Disk Scan in the event of this error. If that doesn’t work, try a reformat. Reformatting the drive will delete all of the data on it so try to backup any data you can before beginning. Finally, if none of the above solutions help, then
please contact Technical Support for further assistance.
LED Flash Codes:
3 ashes - Partition problem with hard drive. Reformat the hard drive. 4 ashes - Fan problem. 5 ashes - ROM problem. 6 ashes - Hard Drive can not be recognized. 7 ashes - Problem with motherboard (RAM, LAN, or Hard Drive controller).
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Technical Specifications
LAN Standards: IEEE 802.3u; IEEE 802.3ab; IEEE 802.3
Transmission Types: 1000BASE-T: 8B1Q4, PAM5; 100BASE-TX: 4B5B MLT-3; 10BASE-T Manchester Coding
Access Media: CSMA/CD
Media Interface: RJ-45
USB Standard: USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (HS) Full-Speed (FS) Low-Speed (LS)
USB Connector: USB A Connector (2)
Data Transmission Speed: Max: 480 Mbps (HS Mode) Max: 12 Mbps (FS Mode)
Electric Current: 120V A/C
Power Consumption: ~21W (Varies slightly with drive size)
Dimensions: 2.4” x 6.3” x 8.5” (60 x 160 x 216 mm.)
Weight: ~3.5 lbs (1.6 kg.) (Varies with drive size)
Operating Environment: 41°-95° F, 5°-35° C; 20-80% non-condensing
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Contact Information (North America)
Buffalo Technology USA Inc. 4030 West Braker Lane, Suite 120 Austin, TX 78759-5319
GENERAL INQUIRIES
Monday through Friday 8:30am-5:30pm CST
Direct: 512-794-8533 | Toll-free: 800-456-9799 | Fax: 512-794-8520 | Email: sales@ buffalotech.com
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
North American Technical Support by phone is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. (USA and Canada).
Toll-free: (866) 752-6210 | Email: info@buffalotech.com
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Buffalo Technology UK Ltd. 176 Buckingham Avenue, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 4RD United Kingdom
GENERAL INQUIRIES
Email: sales@buffalo-technology.com
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Phone (UK only): 08712 50 12 60* Phone: +353 61 70 80 50 Email: helpdesk@buffalo-technology.ie *Calls cost 8.5p per minute
Technical Support Operating Hours Monday - Friday (GMT) 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Monday-Thursday 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Friday
Contact Information (Europe)
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GPL Information (North America)
Thank you for your interest in Buffalo products. Our GPL software delivery policy is outlined below.
For each individual product and revision, please send one individually packaged self addressed padded CD shipping envelope, containing a blank CD-R to the following address:
Buffalo Technology USA Inc. 4030 W. Braker Lane Suite 120 Austin, TX 78759 Attn. GPL Department
Within the envelope containing the self addressed padded CD shipping envelope, please include a bank draft or money order for $20 (USD) (Made out to: Buffalo Technology) to cover our handling fee, postage and CD preparation. The CD-R should have the name of the product and revision number clearly written on the actual CD-R (not on the insert).
We do not send GPL source in bulk on a DVD. And order conrmation is not required by the GNU General
Public License.
We are more than happy to comply with your request; however, we must ask you to comply with our GPL distribution policy, which complies with the GNU General Public License.
Sincerely, Buffalo Technology GPL Department
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GPL Information (Europe)
Thank you for your interest in Buffalo products. Our GPL software delivery policy is outlined below.
For each individual product and revision, please send one individually packaged self addressed padded CD shipping envelope, containing a blank CD-R to the following address:
Buffalo Technology Ireland Ltd Free Zone East, Shannon, Co. Clare Ireland Attn. GPL Department
Within the envelope containing the self addressed padded CD shipping envelope, please include a bank draft
or money order for €20 (Euro) (Made out to: Buffalo Technology) to cover our handling fee, postage and CD
preparation. The CD-R should have the name of the product and revision number clearly written on the actual CD-R (not on the insert).
We do not send GPL source in bulk on a DVD. And order conrmation is not required by the GNU General
Public License.
We are more than happy to comply with your request; however, we must ask you to comply with our GPL distribution policy, which complies with the GNU General Public License.
Sincerely, Buffalo Technology GPL Department
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