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    User Manual LinkStation Pro Shared Network Storage www . buffa lote ch . c o m v1.7[...]

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    2 Introduction Congratulations on your new LinkStation Pro! This user manual is intended to assist you 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 adver[...]

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    3 Table of Contents Initial Setup ...................................................................... 4 Install Software ................................................................. 8 Accessing LinkStation Data from a PC............................. 12 Accessing LinkStation Data from a Mac .......................... 13 LinkStation Layout ..[...]

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    4 Begin by plugging your power cable and Ethernet cable into the back of the LinkStation as shown. Connecting your LinkStation[...]

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    5 Plug the power cord into a 120 volt wall socket or surge protecter. Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into a hub, router, or switch in your network. Connect your Cables[...]

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    6 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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    7 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. Buffalo Technology doesn’t recommend connecting the LinkStation directly to a PC. Verify that the LINK/ACT LED on the front of LinkStation is lit (see page 6[...]

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    8 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. Installing Software If you [...]

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    9 Press the Begin Installation button to begin. LinkNavigator Setup 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.[...]

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    10 LinkNavigator Setup Continue pressing Next to step through the installation. When installation is complete, you may close the installation window.[...]

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    11 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 cl[...]

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    12 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 29. To start using your LinkStation, you can either click on the Shortcut for LinkStation on your desktop, or you may just use drive L[...]

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    13 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 othe[...]

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    14 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 . Accessing LinkStation Data from a Mac In the Server Address eld, enter your LinkStation’s IP address in the form smb:// ipaddress (where “ipaddress” is your LinkStation?[...]

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    15 Select Guest and click on Connect . Note: If you have congured share permissions on your LinkStation, select Registered User and enter your Registered User credentials. Accessing LinkStation Data from a Mac 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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    16 If you don’t know your LinkStation’s IP address, there are several ways to get it. One simple method is to use the NASnavigator 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 52 for more on the LinkStation client utility. You [...]

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    17 LinkStation Expansion LinkStation Pro has two USB 2.0 ports on the rear. These ports can be used for adding external USB Hard Drives. 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 Pro. To connect a USB hard drive to your LinkStati[...]

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    18 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 me[...]

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    19 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 – LinkStati[...]

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    20 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. If you have a PC running the Buffalo NAS Client Utility, you can [...]

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    21 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. Advanced Settings User name: admin Password: password See page 36 to change your password. If this login prompt does not appear, your DHCP server may not be functioning corre[...]

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    22 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[...]

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    23 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 automaticall[...]

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    24 Advanced Settings Network (IP Address Properties) 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[...]

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    25 Advanced Settings Network (Workgroup/Domain) If you are unfamiliar with Domain/Active Directory networking, then leave the Network Type and Workgroup Name set to Workgroup . To make your LinkStation a member of a workgroup or domain, enter the appropriate information into the elds on this page and click Apply . Only select NT Domain if you ha[...]

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    26 Advanced Settings Disk Management (Drive Properties) This page shows the properties for the main drive in your LinkStation Pro. If you have any USB hard drives plugged into the linkstation, their properties will appear here as well.[...]

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    27 Advanced Settings Disk Management (USB hard drives) 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 s[...]

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    28 Advanced Settings Disk Management (Disk Check) 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 .[...]

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    29 Disk Management (Disk Format) 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 2 gigabyte single le size limit. If you choose FAT32 for your le system, you will not be able to store s[...]

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    30 Advanced Settings Shared Folders To begin setting up 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 an[...]

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    31 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 [...]

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    32 Advanced Settings Shared Folders (Access restrictions) 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 wa[...]

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    33 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 credent[...]

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    34 Advanced Settings 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. P[...]

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    35 Advanced Settings User Management 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 . The Add New User dialog will appear. Enter a User Name , Password , and U[...]

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    36 Advanced Settings 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 pro[...]

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    37 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 s[...]

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    38 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 sh[...]

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    39 Advanced Settings Disk Backup To create a backup job, click on a Job Number . The Edit Backup Job dialog will appear.[...]

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    40 Advanced Settings Disk Backup (Edit Backup Job) 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 th[...]

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    41 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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    42 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 betw[...]

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    43 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. [...]

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    44 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 [...]

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    45 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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    46 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 si[...]

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    47 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[...]

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    48 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. 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[...]

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    49 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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    50 Advanced Settings System Status (Drive Properties) This page shows you the properties of all hard drives in and attached to your LinkStation.[...]

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    51 Advanced Settings System Status (Network Information) This page shows you the System Information for your network connection.[...]

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    52 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[...]

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    53 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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    54 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 beginnin[...]

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    55 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: M[...]

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    56 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 availabl[...]

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    57 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[...]

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    58 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 787[...]

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    59 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 Irelan[...]