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- Page 1 User Manual LS-XHL and LS-CHL LinkStation Pro and Live Models www.buffalotech.com 35010807 ver.01 v2.2...
- Page 2 Introduction Congratulations on your new LinkStation! This user manual is intended to assist you in configuring 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.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Introduction Backup Jobs Initialization Diagrams and Layout Power Switch Extensions Installing Software Sleep Timer Using your LinkStation Print Server Using your LinkStation with a PC Time Machine Using your LinkStation with a Mac DLNA Media Server Finding LinkStation’s IP address iTunes Server BitTorrent Client Settings and Configuration... - Page 4 Front Panel Layout Layout Status LED Replaceable AUTO Power Mode Switch Ethernet (to Router) Function Button Power Plug...
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Page 5: Power Switch
Power Switch 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 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. -
Page 6: Installing Software
Installing Software Insert the Link Navigator CD into your computer’s CD/DVD drive. On a PC, the setup wizard will launch automatically. Select your preferred language to continue. Alternately, you can launch the program manually. Open your LinkNavigator CD and click on “Lang.exe”. If you are installing the software on a Mac, open the CD and click on the LinkNavigator icon to begin installation. -
Page 7: Using Your Linkstation With A Pc
Using your LinkStation with a PC After installation, you’ll have a new shortcut to Buffalo NAS Navigator on your desktop. Click it to open the NAS Navigator2 client utility. Double-click on your NAS device’s icon to open it. Or, right-click on it for more options. -
Page 8: Using Your Linkstation With A Mac
Using your LinkStation with a Mac Using your LinkStation with a Mac After installing the LinkNavigator software, your Mac will have “NASNavigator” in the dock. Clicking on NASNavigator opens NAS Navigator2, the LinkStation’s client utility. Click on the “gear” symbol to drop down available commands. - Page 9 Using your LinkStation with a Mac In NAS Navigator2, choose Configure from the drop-down menu to get to the Web page. Click Open Web Page to go the Web Config Tool, or click IP Address to change the LinkStation’s IP Address settings. The IP Address page lets you change the LinkStation’s IP address settings.
- Page 10 You can manually add LinkStation shares (folders) to your desktop by adding them to the Mac’s server list. Begin by clicking Go, and then choose Connect to Server. In the Server Address field, enter your LinkStation’s IP address in the form smb:// ipaddress (where “ipaddress”...
- Page 11 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.
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Page 12: Finding Linkstation's Ip Address
Finding your LinkStation’s IP Address 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. Just click on the icon for your LinkStation and you’ll be able to read its IP address. -
Page 13: Web Admin Tool
Web Admin Tool Advanced Settings To open the Web Admin Tool, right-click on your LinkStation in NAS Navigator2 and choose Open Web Admin. Alternately, you could type the LinkStation’s IP address in the URL bar of a browser running on a computer connected to the same network as the LinkStation. - Page 14 Welcome to the Web Admin Tool! On the left side, you can see your LinkStation’s system information. Tabs and Submenus along the upper edge allow easy access to all of the settings pages for your LinkStation. Category Tabs Submenus Help and Instructions Individual Settings...
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Page 15: Adding Users
Adding Users To add users, select the Users/Groups tab. Local Users is the default submenu. Click on Create User. Enter your user information and click Save. -
Page 16: Adding Groups
Adding Groups To add a group, select the Local Groups submenu under the Users/Groups tab. Click on Create Group. Enter information for your group and click on Save. -
Page 17: Settings
Network Settings Network Settings contains settings that affect your Ethernet connection. In most networks, LinkStation will get its IP Address automatically from a DHCP server. You may disable DHCP here and configure the IP address settings manually if desired. If no DHCP server is available and an IP Address is not set manually, then the IP address will be assigned to a random address on the 169.254. -
Page 18: Workgroup/Domain
Advanced Settings Workgroup/Domain Settings To add the LinkStation to your workgroup or domain, click Modify Settings. Depending on your network type, you may choose to authenticate in Workgroup or NT Domain mode. - Page 19 Screens are different depending on whether you authenticate in Workgroup or NT Domain mode. Whichever mode you choose, enter the information needed to log in to the network and click Save when finished.
- Page 20 System Settings In System Settings, you can modify the NetBIOS name of your LinkStation, date and time settings, and language settings.
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