Buffalo Technology LS-WTGL-R1 User Manual

User Manual

LS-WTGL/R1

LinkStation Pro Duo

www.buffalotech.com

v2.2

Introduction

Congratulations on your new LinkStation Pro Duo. 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.

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
66 and 67.

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Table of Contents

Back Panel Layout ............................................................4

Installation .......................................................................5

Power Mode Switch ...........................................................8

Using your LinkStation with a PC .....................................9

Using your LinkStation with a Mac .................................13

Add Additional Hard Drives ............................................17

Using the Function Button .............................................18

Advanced Settings ..........................................................20

Network Settings .............................................................24

Disk Management ........................................................... 26

Shared Folders ................................................................32

Groups ...........................................................................36

Users ..............................................................................37

Passwords .......................................................................38

WebAccess ...................................................................... 39

Installing a Printer ..........................................................43

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

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

Maintenance & Notication ............................................. 54

System Status ................................................................59

Client Utility ...................................................................64

Troubleshooting .............................................................. 66

Specications ..................................................................67

Contact Information (USA) ..............................................68

Contact Information (Europe) ......................................... 69

GPL Information ............................................................. 68

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Function Button

USB Port 1

Power Switch

Ethernet Cable

(to router)

USB Port 2

Back Panel Layout

Power Cable

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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:\LSnavi.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.

Installation

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Press the Begin Installation button to begin.

If you’re installing on a PC, click on Easy Setup (the pink,
upper button). Mac users can skip this step.

Click Next to step through the installation.

LinkNavigator Setup

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The wizard will step you through installation. Follow the
directions on each screen and continue pressing Next to step
through the installation.

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

LinkNavigator Setup

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Power

Mode

Power Mode

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 based 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 Navigator 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 if
you want to use the Web Access feature. When
using Web Access, 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 all LEDs
are off.

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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 62 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 in Shared Folders.
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 (if you don’t know it, 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 21) 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 LS-ProDuoSettings.txt le contains the IP address of your
LinkStation. NAS Navigator is the LinkStation’s client utility.

With the information in the LS-ProDuoSettings.txt le, you can easily
connect to the LinkStation from any of your computers on your local
network.

The NAS Navigator icon opens the LinkStation’s client utility. See
page 64 for more on using the NAS Navigator client utility.

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Accessing LinkStation Data from a Mac

You can add a link to your LinkStation’s share
folder to your desktop by adding it 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.

You can get your LinkStation’s IP address from
the LS-ProDuoSettings.txt le on your desktop,
or see page 16.

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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 it 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 icon for your LinkStation and you’ll be able to read its
IP address.

The LS-ProDuoSettings.txt le on your desktop contains the IP
address of the linkstation at the time that the setup program
was run.

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 Pro Duo has two USB 2.0 ports on the rear. This port can be used for adding an
external USB Hard Drive or a USB Printer. LinkStation will share connected USB devices, allowing
everyone on the network to use them. To connect a USB hard drive to your LinkStation, simply
plug it into the USB port.

Once your USB hard drive is connected, see page 28 for conguring your LinkStation to use it.

To congure a USB printer, see page 43.

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Using the Function Button

The Function Button has several functions.

You can copy digital media les directly to the LinkStation

Mini from a USB storage device, such as a digital camera, USB

ash drive, or external hard disk.

Function

Button

avi, divx, asf, mpg, mpe, m1v, vob, mts, m2ts, m2t, mpeg, mpeg2, vdr, spts, tp, ts, 3gp, mov,
m4v, wmv, dvr-ms, xvid, mp4, m4v, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, tif, tiff, yuv, bmp, mp3, mpa, wma, aac,

apl, ac3, lpcm, pcm, wav, m3u, m4a, mp4, m4b, aif, aiff, ac, ogg, mp2, mp1, mp4. If the USB
device doesn’t follow the USB MSC standard, then all les will be copied.

1. Connect your USB device to one of the USB ports on the
LinkStation. The Function LED will glow solid blue for 60
seconds.

2. While the Function LED is still glowing blue, press the
function button.

The following folder is created automatically:

DirectCopy/pictures/yyyymmdd

where yyyy is the year, mm is the month, and dd is the day.

The following letypes will be copied for USB MSC devices:

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Using the Function Button

Initialization - You can easily bring your LinkStation back to
factory settings with the following steps.

1. Move the power switch to the ‘Off’ position. The LinkStation

Function

Button

Power

Switch

Dismount - Before disconnecting USB devices from the LinkStation, they should be dismounted.
Hold the function button down until the function LED glows blue, and then turns off. It’s now
safe to unplug your USB device.

Note: Unplugging USB devices without dismounting them rst may corrupt your data!

will shut down after about 90 seconds.

2. While holding down the function button, move the power
switch to the ‘On’ postion. The function LED on the front of the

LinkStation will begin to ash blue.

3. While the Function LED is still ashing, hold down the

function button for six seconds.

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The Conguration 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.

You may also open the Conguration GUI from NAS

Navigator by right-clicking on your LinkStation and
choosing Open Web Admin.

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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.

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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 (hostname) of your

LinkStation.

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 by just closing the browser window.

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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 an 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.xxx.xxx with subnet
mask 255.255.0.0. 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 Domain/Active Directory
networking, then please leave the Network Type selected as
Workgroup and Workgroup Name set to Workgroup.

To make your LinkStation a member of a workgroup or
an NT domain, enter the appropriate information into the
elds on this page and click Apply.

If using NT Domain or Active Directory, LinkStation must be
added as a member computer in the Domain Server.

Setting NT Domain or Active Directory for network type
integrates the LinkStation with a server. The LinkStation
Pro participates as a member device in the Domain and
Active Directory networks, allowing the LinkStation to use
Users and Groups that reside on the Domain or Active
Directory System. If Active Directory is used, then the
LinkStation will automatically receive update information

from the domain controller(s). To congure the LinkStation Pro on an Active Directory network, you must

have the Domain Administrator login credentials. Enter the Domain Name and Domain Controller into the

appropriate elds. In an Active Directory environment, check the Active Directory Domain checkbox and ll
in the remaining elds. The Authentication Setup elds will be automatically lled out, so no input is needed
there. Once you have nished, press Apply.

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Disk Management (Drive Properties)

This page shows the properties for
the drives in your LinkStation Pro
Duo. If you have a USB hard drive
plugged into the linkstation, its
properties will appear here as well.

Advanced Settings

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Disk Management (RAID Setup)

Advanced Settings

Congure your RAID settings here. To change

the type of RAID array used, click on “RAID
Array 1” under RAID Setup.

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Disk Management (USB hard drives)

Advanced Settings

From here you can see your USB hard drive’s

system 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).

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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 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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Disk Erase

Advanced Settings

To remove all data from a Disk, use Disk Erase.
Once erased, this data cannot be restored.

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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.

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Advanced Settings

Shared Folders (Service Setup)

To allow FTP Access to your 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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Conguring 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. Choose

this if you want your LinkStation share and all les on it to be

freely accessable by everyone.

‘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.

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 37.

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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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 DNS name of your LinkStation). 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.

Printer Installation

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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.

Printer Installation

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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.

Printer Installation

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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

LinkStation. Finally, you may try turning the LinkStation off, turning the printer off, turning the
printer back on, and then turning the LinkStation back on again.

fastened to both the printer and the

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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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Advanced Settings

Maintenance (Notication)

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 (UPS Settings)

If using an Uninteruptable Power Supply, congure the LinkStation’s UPS settings here.

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Maintenance (Alert Settings)

Advanced 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 (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.

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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 Pro
Duo. 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)

Advanced Settings

This page shows you the properties of
all hard drives in and attached to your
LinkStation.

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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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System Status (Logs)

Choose a Log from the dropdown menu and click View to see it.

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 View to get icons for each of
your LinkStations. Highlight each tab to show
the Host Name, Workgroup, IP Address, and
Subnet Mask, Gateway, and MAC Address
of the associated LinkStation, as well as the

rmware version it’s running.

Right-click on a LinkStation for more options.
You can open the Web Admin GUI, map a share
to a drive letter, or create a shortcut on your
desktop.

To change a LinkStation’s IP Address, click

Menu and choose Properties.

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LinkStation Client Utility

IP Address Setup

From the IP Settings tab, you may enter your IP Address and Subnet Mask manually, or enable
your LinkStation to acquire them automatically from a DHCP server. Press OK when you’re done.

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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 Specications

Data Transfer Rates: 10/100/1000 Mbps

Hard Drives: (2) SATA
7200 rpm

Main Connector Type: RJ-45 (Ethernet)

USB Interface: USB 2.0/1.1

Protocol Support: TCP/IP
SMB, FTP (File Sharing)
HTTP (Management)
NTP (Time Synchronization)

Power Supply: Internal; 100-240V 50/60Hz

Client OS Support: Windows

Mac OS

Power Consumption: ~21W (with no USB devices connected)

Dimensions: 3.9” x 6.4” x 8.7” (99 x 163 x 221 mm)

Weight: ~6.8 lbs. (3.1 kgs)

Operating Environment: 41°-95° F, 5°-35° C; 20-80% non-condensing

Vista™, XP, 2000,

®

10.3.9 or later

®

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Contact Information (North America)

Buffalo Technology USA Inc.
11100 Metric Blvd., Suite 750
Austin, TX 78758

GENERAL INQUIRIES

Monday through Friday
8:30am-5:30pm CST

Direct: 512-794-8533 | Toll-free: 800-456-9799 | Fax: [phone] | 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: [phone] | Email: [e-mail]

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Contact Information (Europe)

Buffalo Technology UK Ltd.
2 Bracknell Beeches, Old Bracknell Lane
Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 7BW
United Kingdom

GENERAL INQUIRIES

Email: [e-mail]

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Buffalo Technology provides technical support in English, German, French, Italian and
Spanish. For opening hours and relevant telephone numbers, please go to:

www.buffalo-technology.com/contact

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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.
11100 Metric Blvd., Suite 750
Austin, TX 78758
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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