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User Manual TeraStation HD-HTGL/R5 www . bu f f alote ch . c om Rev 5.4[...]
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2 Introduction Congratulations on your new TeraStation! This user manual is intended to assist you in conguring it. If you run into difculties or need additional help, feel free to contact our 24/7 Technical Support at (866) 752-6[...]
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3 Table of Contents TeraStationQuickSetup ................................................... 4 TeraNavigatorSetup .......................................................... 8 Accessing TeraStation Data from a PC ............................. 14 AccessingTeraStationDatafromaMac ........................... 17 TeraStation Diag[...]
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4 Begin setting up your TeraStation by plugging your power cable and Ethernet cable into the back of the TeraStation as shown. TeraStation Quick Setup[...]
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5 Plug the power cord intoa120 volt wall socket. Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable intoahub,router,orswitchinyour network. TeraStation Quick Setup Connect your cables[...]
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6 Make sure that the power switch on the rear of the TeraStation is in the ON position, with the “ I ” symbol presseddown. TeraStation Quick Setup Press the power button on the frontpanel.TheLEDswillswirl asyourTeraStationbootsup. After your TeraStation has[...]
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7 TheTeraStation’sEthernet portwillautomatically adjusttouse eithera CrossoverorPatch cable, so you may connect the TeraStation to your network with either type of Ethernet cable. Buffalo Technology doesn’t recommend connecting the TeraStation direc[...]
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8 Insertthe TeraNavigatorCD intoyour PC’sCD-ROMdrive. Setup shouldautomaticallylaunch. If itdoes not,manually launchsetup.exe bypressing the Start menu and selecting the Run... option. When the Run dialog opens,type d:setup.exe (whered isthe[...]
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9 TeraNavigatorisnowrunning.Pleasepressthe Install Client Utility icon,andthen Start . When installationisnished,press Launch . TeraNavigator Setup[...]
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10 The TeraStation Client Utility allows you to easily congure TeraStation’s network settings. The tabs showthenamesofavailableTeraStations.IfyouhavemorethanoneTeraStationonthenetwork, click the tab of the one you want to select?[...]
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11 Thisloginpromptwillappear.Enter admin fortheusername.Untilyouchangeit,the passwordfortheadminaccountwillbe password . Press the OK buttonwhennished. TeraNavigator Setup Username: admin Password: password See page 44 tochangeyourpassword.?[...]
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12 You are now logged in to theTeraStation ManagementUtility . Bookmark thispage inyour browser so it can be easily accessed for future conguration changes. You can also get here by typing http://TERASTATION_NAME intoa Webbrowser,whereTERASTA[...]
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13 Hereonthe Basic page,beginbychangingthe name of your TeraStation in the TeraStation Hostname eld.Afriendly,easy-to-remember name is recommended. The name cannot containanyspacesorspecialcharacters. Alphanumericcharacters,hyphens,and underscores are allowed. As[...]
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14 Congratulations!You’vecompletedbasicsetup.Formoredetailontheothersettingsavailablein yourTeraStation,turnto Advanced Settings ,beginningon page 21 . To access TeraStation data: Press the Start menu, select the Run... option. When the Run dial[...]
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15 TeraStation’srootdirectorywillappear.Youwillseeall oftheconguredshares,including share , the precongured data folder. All users can read and write to all folders unless otherwise congured. To set up security andpasswo[...]
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16 From the TeraStation’s Root Directory screen (see page 15 ), click the Tools pull down menu and select Map Network Drive ; Map Network Drive will run. Select the drive letter you would like to map from the Drive: pull down menu. Enter TeraS[...]
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17 IfyourMacdoesnotautomaticallydetectyour TeraStation’sSharefolderandputitonyour desktop,youwillneedtoaddtheTeraStation totheMac’sserverlist.Beginbyclicking Go , and then choose Connect to Server . Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac In t[...]
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18 Select Guest and click on Connect .Note:Ifyouhaveconguredshare permissionsonyourTeraStation,select Registered User and enter your Registered User credentials. Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac Selectthevolumethatyouwanttomount,suchas share or share-mac , from the l[...]
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19 Ifyoudon’tknowyourTeraStation’sIPaddress,thereare several ways to get it. OnesimplemethodistousetheTeraStationclientutility (includedonyourCD)tondyourTeraStation(s).Justclick onthetabforyourTeraStationandyou’llbeable?[...]
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20 TeraStation Expansion TeraStation has four USB 2.0 ports, two on the front panel and two on the rear. These ports can be used for adding external USB Hard Drives or a USB Printer. TeraStation will then share the USB devices, [...]
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21 1. Power Button – Press and release the Power Button to turn the TeraStation on. Hold it down for 3 seconds to turn the TeraStation off. 2. USB Ports – USB ports on both front and rear panels of the TeraStation may be used to connect USB[...]
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22 11. Diagnostic LED –The DiagnosticLED may ash whenthe TeraStation encountersan error. Inthisevent, pleasecontact our24/7 technical support at (866) 752-6210 (USA & Canada only; see page 71 for European tech support information). 12. Power –?[...]
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23 18. UPS interface –AnUninterruptablePower Supply can use this interface to safely shut down your TeraStation in the event of a power failure. This interface is non-LPS. DP-1, DP-1P, DP-2, or DP-2P cables may be used to connect[...]
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24 Advanced Settings Welcome to Advanced Settings ! We’ll discuss themanyadjustmentsyoucanmaketo yourTeraStation.Beginbybringingup the Browser Management screen that you bookmarkedon page 12 . You are now at Home . Notice that Home islitupinyellow in the screenshot to the left. You[...]
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25 You may modify your TeraStation’s hostname anddescriptionunder Hostname Setup . Makesurethatthedateandtimearecorrect in Date and Time Setup . To synchronize time settingswiththoseinyourcomputer,press Use Local Time . To have your system time automaticallysetbyanNTPserver,?[...]
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26 Advanced Settings Network (IP Address Properties) Inmostnetworks,TeraStationwillgetitsIP addressautomaticallyfromaDHCPserver. YoumaydisableDHCPhere.IfDHCPis disabledandanIPaddressisnotsetmanually, itwilldefaultto192.168.11.150.The[...]
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27 Advanced Settings Network (Workgroup/Domain) TomakeyourTeraStationamemberofaworkgroupordomain,entertheappropriateinformation intotheeldsonthispageandclick Apply .IftheTeraStationistobepartofaWindowsDomain, theTeraStationshouldb[...]
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28 Advanced Settings Disk Management (Drive Properties) Thispageshowsthecurrentpropertiesofyourhard drivesandRAIDArrays.Tochangethesesettings,click on RAID Conguration at left.[...]
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29 TeraStation uses RAID (“Redundant Array of Independent Disks”) technology to control the four harddrivesinyourTeraStation.RAIDmaybeconguredseveralways: RAID Spanning -All four drivesare striped intoone large drive,giving the maximum?[...]
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30 Advanced Settings Disk Management (RAID Configuration) This page shows your current RAID arrays. You may delete old arrays or create new ones by clicking on the underlined RAID Array # under RAID Array Conguration . You may also disable RAID Array Error Detection Response from thisp[...]
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31 Advanced Settings Disk Management (RAID Configuration) AconguredRAIDarraymaybedeletedbypushing the Delete RAID Array button.Thiswillfreeupall hard drives listed under Disk Structure. Tocongureanunconguredarray,putchecks nexttotheharddisksyouwant[...]
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32 Advanced Settings Disk Management (Disk Check) When RAID Conguration isdone,you’llsee thisscreen.Tocongureanewarray,click on RAID Array # andgobacktothebottomof page 31 .Tosetupsharesturnto page 38 .[...]
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33 Advanced Settings Disk Management (RAID Configuration) You’ll see this screen when your new RAID Arrayiscompletelycongured.Clickon Shared Folders and turn to page 38 tobegin settingupsharesonyourTeraStation.[...]
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34 Advanced Settings Disk Management (USB Settings) Ifyou’vepluggedanexternalUSBhard driveintooneoftheUSBportsonyour TeraStation,youmaysetitupfromthis page.Clickonitsnameunder USB Disk Setup tobegin.[...]
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35 Advanced Settings Disk Management (USB hard drive setup) FromhereyoucanseeyourUSBhard drive’ssetupinformation.Iftheharddrive’s informationisn’tdisplayedproperly,try restartingyourUSBharddriveandthen restartingyourTeraStation.SomeUSB ha[...]
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36 Disk Management (Disk Check) Toinitiateacomprehensivediskcheckonaharddriveorarrayofdrives,selecttheharddriveor array that you want to check from the Target Disk dropboxandclickthe Select Target button. Advanced Settings[...]
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37 Disk Management (Disk Format) Toformataharddriveorarray,selectitfrom the Target Disk dropbox.Choosethele system desired from the File System dropbox (internaldrivescanonlybeformattedwith XFS).NotethatFAT32hasa4gigabytele sizelimi[...]
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38 Advanced Settings Shared Folders TobeginsettingupsharesonyourTeraStation,select Shared Folders fromtheleftsidemenu, and then click the Add buttonunder Shared Folders Setup .[...]
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39 Advanced Settings Add a new Shared Folder Toaddanewsharedfolder,enteranamefor it in the Shared Folder Name boxandchoose which Disk Space it will reside in. You may alsochoosewhichoperatingsystemstheshare willsupportbyputtingtheappropriatechecks nextto Share[...]
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40 Advanced Settings Shared Folders (Access restrictions) To use Access Restrictions forashare,puta dotnextto Enable . Highlightgroupsorusersinthe All Groups/ Users columnandusetheleft-pointingarrow buttons(locatedjusttotheleftofeachbox)to moveindivid[...]
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41 Advanced Settings Shared Folders (Anonymous FTP Setup) Toallow AnonymousFTP, choose Enable for Anonymous FTP Server . Select a folder to share from the Anonymous User Public Shared Folder (only one foldermay be sharedby anonymous FTP)and choosewhether youwant theshare tobe Writ[...]
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42 Advanced Settings Group Management To Delete a group, put a check next to its name and click Delete . To add a group to your TeraStation, click Add . Add a name and a description to the Add New Group elds. Put checks next to each Me[...]
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43 Advanced Settings User Management TeraStation is precongured with two users, admin and guest , out of the box. The guest account allows network users login access so that they can clear the print que. It has no password. The admin and guest user accounts cannot[...]
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44 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 user’s windows computer or domain, the same user name and password should be[...]
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45 Advanced Settings Troubleshooting Multiple Shares Whenadding multiple shares,you may seethis error message. This is caused by having multiple shares to the same resource using different credentials. The error occurs when connecting to at least one secure, restricted[...]
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46 Advanced Settings Mapping Multiple Shares When mapping any share, select the Connect using a different user name option. Alogin andpassword promptwill appear. Use the username and password required by any secure, restricted shares for all shares. All mapp[...]
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47 Advanced Settings Print Server (Settings) AUSBprinter,pluggedinto aUSBporton eitherthefrontorthe rearofyourTeraStation,may be used as a Windows Print Server and/or an Apple Print Server on your networkby choosing Enable onthispageasappropriatean[...]
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48 USB Settings Print Server - Printer Share Installation If TeraStation is set up to share yourprinter ( page 47 ), youcan easilyadd theprinter toany Windows PConyournetwork.FollowthesestepsforeachPCthatyouwanttobeabletoaccessthepri[...]
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49 USB Settings Print Server - Printer Share Installation (continued) The Add Printer Wizard will launch. Select the proper driver for your printer. If your printer is not in the list, you’ll have to insert the CD that came with your printer into yo[...]
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50 Advanced Settings Print Server (Delete Print Queue) Ifacorruptprintjobissenttoaprinter, printingmaysuddenlyfail.Ifyourprintjobs seemtobelockedup,clearingtheprintqueue may resolve the issue. ToexecutetheDeletePrintQueueprogram, presstheD[...]
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51 Advanced Settings Disk Backup To create a backup job, click on an underlined Job Number . The Edit Backup Job dialog will appear. If the Disk Sleep function is enabled, disable it ( page 58 )beforecreatingabackupjob.[...]
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52 Advanced Settings Disk Backup (Edit Backup Job) A Backup Job can run regularly on a daily or weekly schedule,or immediatelyby appropriate choices in the Backup Job Schedule eld. Date and Time for the backup may be entered, and Encryption and Compression enabled or disabled. E[...]
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53 Advanced Settings Disk Backup (TeraStation List) Press Refresh to get a list of TeraStations on your network. Note:DiskBackupsbetweentwoTeraStationsuseport8873forencryptedbackupsandport873 forbackupswithnoencryption.[...]
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54 Advanced Settings Disk Backup (Add TeraStation) ToaddaTeraStationtoyournetwork,enteritsnumericalIPaddressinthe Remote TeraStation IP Address eldandclickthe Add to List button.[...]
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55 Advanced Settings PCast Clicking on PCast on the left-side menu takes you to this page. Use this eld to set a share on your TeraStation as the media folder for your LinkTheater. Choose Enable for PCast Media Server and choose the share where you keep your media l[...]
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56 Advanced Settings Maintenance (Notification) IfyourTeraStationisremotelymanaged,you maychoosetoreceivenightlystatusreports andbenotiedofanydiskeventsbyemail. Tosetthisup,enable Mail Notication and entertheIPaddressofyourSMTPserver*?[...]
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57 Advanced Settings Maintenance (UPS Settings) Youmayenable Synchronize with UPS and UPS Automatic Shutdown fromthispage. ConsultyourUninterruptablePowerSupply’s documentationforfurtherinformationabout settingupyourUPSsystem. TeraStation’sUPSinterfaceisserial.U[...]
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58 Advanced Settings Maintenance (UPS Settings) ThisisTeraStation’sserialportpin assignmentforserialUPSproducts.[...]
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59 Advanced Settings Maintenance (Disk Sleep Function) If there are regular periods when your TeraStation is not in use, you may want to schedule disk sleeping. Enable Disk Sleep , select the time that you want to initiate sleep mode, and select t[...]
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60 Advanced Settings Maintenance (Shutdown) Fromthe Shutdown page,press Apply to shutdown TeraStation. This has the same function as holdingdownthepowerbuttononthefrontofTeraStation,butmaybedoneremotely.[...]
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61 Advanced Settings Maintenance (Initialization) Pressing Apply for Restore Defaults from Maintenance/Initialization resets Admin Password,Hostname,TeraStationDescription, NTPSettings,WorkgroupSettings,Access Restrictions,UserSettings,GroupSettings, MailNotications,UPSSettings,DiskSlee[...]
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62 Advanced Settings System Status (System Information) ThispageshowsyoutheSystemInformationforyourTeraStation.[...]
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63 Advanced Settings System Status (USB Details) ThispageshowsyoudetailsonUSBharddrivesandprinterspluggedintoyourTeraStation.[...]
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64 Advanced Settings System Status (Drive Properties) This page showsyou the propertiesof all harddrives and RAID arrays in and attached to your TeraStation.[...]
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65 Advanced Settings System Status (Network Information) ThispageshowsyoutheSystemInformationforyournetworkconnection.[...]
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66 System Status User Access Status Thispageshowsyouthecurrentstatusofallusersonthesystem.[...]
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67 TeraStation Client Utility This is the TeraStation Client Utility . Installed on your PC, it allows you toaccess each of the TeraStations on your network. Click Refresh List to get tabs for each of your TeraStations. EachtabshowstheHostName,Workgroup,IP Addr[...]
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68 TeraStation Client Utility IP Address Setup Here,youmayenteryour IP address and Subnet Mask manually,orenableyourTeraStationto acquirethemautomaticallyfromaDHCPserver.You’llneedtheadministratorpasswordtouse this screen. Press OK when you’re done.[...]
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69 If TeraStationencounters adisk error,it willbe reportedin the TeraStation status on thetop ofany of the Web-Based conguration screens. Run a Disk Scan in the event of this error. If that still doesnotresolvetheproblem,a Format isrecommended.[...]
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70 Troubleshooting Should a Hard Drive Fail: When using RAID1 or RAID5 - The failed drive will have a red light blinking in the STATUS/FULL positionofthefrontdisplay.Ifyouneedtodeterminewhichdrivehasfailed,restart theTeraStation and watch which disk?[...]
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71 Replacing a Hard Drive If a STATUS/FULL led is blinking, note the drivenumber beforecontinuing. Usea clean,padded work area to dissassemble your TeraStation. You’ll need a #2 phillips screwdriver. You will be removing and replacing[...]
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72 Replacing a Hard Drive 3 Removethe3screwsfromtherearpanelasshown. M3Screw4mm 4 RemovethecoverbyslidingittowardstherearoftheTeraStation. 5 Removethefrontpanelbyremovingthe4screwsonthesidesofthe TeraStationthathold[...]
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73 Replacing a Hard Drive 6 UnpluganddetachtheLEDcableatthepointindicated. 7 Removethethreescrewsfromthesidepanel. M3Screw4mm 8 Removetheindicatedscrewfromthebasepanel. M3Screw6mm[...]
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74 Replacing a Hard Drive 9 ThesidepanelcanbeopenedtowardsthefrontoftheTeraStation. 10 Unplugthepowerandharddrivecablesfromthemotherboard. 11 Remove the three screws as indicated from the hard drive chassis. M3Screw4mm[...]
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75 Replacing a Hard Drive 12 Place the TeraStation on its base and slide out the hard drive chassis. 13 Removethepowerplugsfromallfourharddrives.[...]
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76 Replacing a Hard Drive 14 Remove the 4 screws from the sides of the failed hard drive. Note that thehard drivechassis ismarked withnumbers correspondingto the drivenumbersonthefrontdisplay. 4mmHDscrew(notethatthethreadsarecoarserthan the?[...]
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77 Replacing a Hard Drive 17 Reassemblyisthereverseofdissassembly. 18 ReconnectcablesandpowertoyourTeraStation. 19 LogintotheTeraStation’sweb-basedcongurationtool. 20 Clicktheerrorlinkontherstpageofthemanagementinterface. 21 Follow[...]
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78 Technical Specifications LANStandards: IEEE802.3u100BASE-TX;IEEE802.310BASE-T TransmissionTypes: 1000Mbps/100Mbps/10Mbps;100BASE-TX 4B/5B,MLT-3;10BASE-TManchesterCoding AccessMedia: CSMA/CD MediaInterface: RJ-45 USBStandard: USB2.0 Hi-Speed(HS) Full-Speed(F[...]
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79 Contact Information (North America) BuffaloTechnologyUSAInc. 4030WestBrakerLane,Suite120 Austin,TX78759-5319 GENERAL INQUIRIES MondaythroughFriday 8:30am-5:30pmCST Direct: 512-794-8533| Toll-free: 800-456-9799| Fax: 512-794-8520| Email: sales@ buffalotech.com TECHNICAL SUPPORT [...]
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80 BuffaloTechnologyUKLtd. 176BuckinghamAvenue, Slough,Berkshire,SL14RD UnitedKingdom GENERAL INQUIRIES Email: sales@buffalo-technology.com TECHNICAL SUPPORT Phone(UKonly):08712501260* Phone:+35361708050 Email: helpdesk@buffalo-technology.ie *Callscost8.5pperminute Techni[...]
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