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  • Page 1 User Manual LinkStation Live Shared Network Storage www.buffalotech.com v1.10...
  • Page 2 If you run into difficulties 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    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 ...

  • Page 4: Initial Setup

    Connecting your LinkStation Begin by plugging your power cable and Ethernet cable into the back of the LinkStation as shown.
  • Page 5 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...
  • Page 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.
  • Page 7 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. Setup Notes...

  • Page 8: Install Software

    Installing Software 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).
  • Page 9 LinkNavigator Setup 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.
  • Page 10 LinkNavigator Setup Continue pressing Next to step through the installation. When installation is complete, you may close the installation window.

  • Page 11: Using Your Linkstation With A Pc

    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 files and folders in.
  • Page 12 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 configured 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.
  • Page 13 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.
  • Page 14 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 find it with Browse or enter \\LinkStation_ Name\share_name in the Folder: field, where LinkStation_Name is your LinkStation’s hostname (page 25) and share_name is the name of a folder on your LinkStation.

  • Page 15: Using Your Linkstation With A Mac

    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 files and folders in. NAS Navigator is the LinkStation’s client utility. Clicking Share opens the main folder on your LinkStation.

  • Page 16: 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. Accessing LinkStation Data from a Mac In the Server Address field, enter your LinkStation’s IP address in the form smb:// ipaddress (where “ipaddress”...
  • Page 17 Select Guest and click on Connect. Note: If you have configured 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.
  • Page 18 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 find your LinkStation(s). Just click on the tab for your LinkStation and you’ll be able to read its IP address.

  • Page 19: Linkstation Expansion

    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.
  • Page 20 LinkStation Layout 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.

  • Page 21: Linkstation Layout

    LinkStation Layout 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.

  • Page 22: Advanced Settings

    Advanced Settings The Configuration GUI The Configuration 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.
  • Page 23 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 finished. Advanced Settings 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.
  • Page 24 Advanced Settings - Home Welcome to Advanced Settings, the configuration GUI for the LinkStation! Bookmark this page in your browser so it can be easily accessed for future configuration 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).
  • Page 25 Advanced Settings 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.

  • Page 26: Network Settings

    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 1.1.11.10. The LinkStation’s IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway Address, and DNS Server address may all be entered manually under IP Address...
  • Page 27 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 fields on this page and click Apply. Use of a WINS Server with your LinkStation is strictly optional.

  • Page 28: Disk Management

    Advanced Settings 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.
  • Page 29 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 shares.
  • Page 30 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. Then click on Start Disk Check.
  • Page 31 Advanced Settings Disk Management (Disk Format) To format a hard drive or array, select it from the Target Disk drop box. Choose the file system desired from the File System dropbox (internal drives can only be formatted with XFS). Note that FAT32 has a 4 gigabyte filesize limit for individual files.

  • Page 32: Shared Folders

    Advanced Settings Shared Folders 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.
  • Page 33 Adding a new Shared Folder 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;...
  • Page 34 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 want to give them read access only) or all...
  • Page 35 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.

  • Page 36: Groups

    Group Management Add a name and a description to the Add New Group fields. 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.

  • Page 37: Users

    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.
  • Page 38 User Management (changing passwords) Enter the desired new password in both boxes and click Apply. Advanced Settings 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...

  • Page 39: 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 files, or share them with other people, wherever they may be. ‘Auto-Configure Firewall’ is also recommended if your router supports UPnP (most do since 2001). If you choose not to enable this, you must manually configure your router and firewall to forward internal port 9000 to the Internet.
  • Page 40 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’...
  • Page 41 Using WebAccess 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.
  • Page 42 Clicking on individual files will give you other options, depending on the filetype. Clicking on the Audio link at the bottom left corner of the page will give you options for playing music files, including the opportunity to launch a Flash-based music player that will stream your audio files directly through the Web interface.

  • Page 43: Troubleshooting Multiple Shares

    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.
  • Page 44 Mapping Multiple Shares 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.
  • Page 45 Advanced Settings Disk Backup To create a backup job, click on a Job Number. The Edit Backup Job dialog will appear.
  • Page 46 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 field. Date and Time for the backup may be entered, and Encryption and Compression enabled or Enable Overwrite Backup to have disabled.
  • Page 47 Advanced Settings Disk Backup (LinkStation List) The LinkStation list shows other LinkStations in your network that you can configure network backups to. Press Refresh to get a list of LinkStations on your network.

  • Page 48: Backups

    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 field and click the Add to List button. For remote LinkStation backups, make sure both firewalls are configured to allow traffic 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.

  • Page 49: Pcast And Dlna

    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.
  • Page 50 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 configuration. Update Media List: This updates the list of multimedia folders and files displayed by your media player.
  • Page 51 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.

  • Page 52: Using Your Linkstation With Itunes

    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 files in the Media Folder will be visible from within iTunes 7 or later.
  • Page 53 Using your LinkStation with iTunes You can configure 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.
  • Page 54 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.

  • Page 55: Maintenance Settings

    Maintenance (Notification) * SMTP server must be an open type server. Currently, there’s no provision for entering a username or password. Advanced Settings If your LinkStation is remotely managed, you may choose to receive nightly status reports and be notified of any disk events by email. To set this up, enable Mail Notification and enter the IP Address of your SMTP server* in the SMTP Server Address field.
  • Page 56 Advanced Settings Maintenance (Alert Settings) Alerts can be configured 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 Notification was properly configured. Please select the features you would like to receive an audible sound alert from and then press the Apply button.
  • Page 57 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.
  • Page 58 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.
  • Page 59 Advanced Settings Maintenance (Initialization) Initialization is a reset procedure that restores all settings back to the default, out of box, configuration. All configuration, 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.

  • Page 60: System Status

    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).
  • Page 61 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.
  • Page 62 Advanced Settings System Status (Drive Properties) This page shows you the properties of all hard drives in and attached to your LinkStation.
  • Page 63 Advanced Settings System Status (Network Information) This page shows you the System Information for your network connection.

  • Page 64: Client Utility

    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...

  • Page 65: Ip Address Setup

    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.

  • Page 66: Printer Installation

    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. •...
  • Page 67 • 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 finished. • Right click on the lp icon and select Connect. •...
  • Page 68 • The Add Printer Wizard will launch. Select the proper driver for your printer. If the specific 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.
  • Page 69 • To print a test page or configure 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 •...
  • Page 70 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. Print Server (Delete Print Queue) If a corrupt print job is sent to a printer, printing may suddenly fail.

  • Page 71: Troubleshooting

    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 configuration 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.

  • Page 72: Technical Specifications

    LAN Standards: Transmission Types: Access Media: Media Interface: USB Standard: USB Connector: Data Transmission Speed: Electric Current: Power Consumption: Dimensions: Weight: Operating Environment: Technical Specifications IEEE 802.3u; IEEE 802.3ab; IEEE 802.3 1000BASE-T: 8B1Q4, PAM5; 100BASE-TX: 4B5B MLT-3; 10BASE-T Manchester Coding CSMA/CD RJ-45 USB 2.0...

  • Page 73: Contact Information (Usa)

    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).

  • Page 74: Contact Information (Europe)

    Contact Information (Europe) 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...

  • Page 75: Gpl Information

    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).
  • Page 76 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).

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