Buffalo LinkStation User manual

LinkStation User Manual
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Using your LinkStation ....................................................4
LinkStation Conguration Utility .............................................. 4
Adding shared folders ............................................................. 7
Access Restrictions........................................................................ 9
FTP Server..................................................................................... 15
Direct Copy .................................................................................... 18
Users/Groups .......................................................................... 20
Adding Users ................................................................................. 20
Add users as shown below. ........................................................... 20
Adding Groups............................................................................... 22
Admin Password ............................................................................ 23
Network ................................................................................... 24
Jumbo Frames ............................................................................... 24
System Settings ...................................................................... 26
Name, Date and Time .................................................................... 26
System-Storage ...................................................................... 28
Check Disk..................................................................................... 28
Format a Drive ............................................................................... 30
Adding Storage .............................................................................. 32
Remove Disk.................................................................................. 36
System-Backup ....................................................................... 37
Time Machine ................................................................................ 37
System-Backup.............................................................................. 42
RAID Arrays ............................................................................ 50
System-Maintenance .............................................................. 55
E-mail Notication .......................................................................... 55
System Power Management................................................... 57

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UPS Settings.................................................................................. 57
Sleep Timer.................................................................................... 58
Restore Factory Defaults ............................................................... 60
Format the LinkStation................................................................... 62
Extensions............................................................................... 63
WebAccess .................................................................................... 63
Print Server .................................................................................... 71
BitTorrent Client ............................................................................. 78
Media Server.................................................................................. 84
Using iTunes with the Media Server .............................................. 95
Web/Database Server (LS-WXL, LS-WSXL only)................... 96
Chapter 2
NAS Navigator2 ................................................................98
Chapter 3
Web Administration Tool .................................................103
Home....................................................................................... 103
Shared Folders........................................................................ 104
Users/Groups .......................................................................... 107
Network ................................................................................... 110
System .................................................................................... 113
Extensions............................................................................... 126
Appendix .....................................................................130
Default Conguration Settings ................................................ 130
Mapping Additional Shares ..................................................... 131
Windows ........................................................................................ 131

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Mac OS X....................................................................................... 132
File Sharing Security Level Change Tool ................................ 133
Status LED (LS-XHL, LS-CHL) ............................................... 135
Status LED (LS-WXL) ............................................................. 138
Status LED (LS-WSXL)........................................................... 142
Compliance Information .......................................................... 145
Data Backup............................................................................ 146
GPL Information ...................................................................... 146

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Chapter 1
Using your LinkStation
LinkStation Conguration Utility
To congure your LinkStation, use the web-based conguration utility from a browser on a
computer connected to the same network.
Launch NAS Navigator2. For Windows, click on the [BUFFALO NAS Navigator2] icon on your
desktop. For Mac OS X, double-click on the [NAS Navigator2] icon in the Dock.
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Enter your username and password, and click [Login].
Initially, use the default username and password:
After you log in, change the password for security.
Right-click on the LinkStation icon (on Mac OS X,
click the icon while holding down the control key)
and select [Open Web Setting] from the menu.
Notes: If multiple LinkStations and TeraStations
are connected to the network, multiple
icons will be displayed. Click on the correct
LinkStation.
Record the LinkStation’s IP address from the
bottom right of the NAS Navigator2 window.
Username: admin
Password: password

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Note: Use Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari with the conguration utility. Other browsers may not
display it correctly.
This is the LinkStation’s conguration utility. This
page displays the LinkStation’s current status,
including name, IP address, workgroup, and hard
drive settings.
• Shared Folder
Add/delete shared folders, set access restrictions,
and congure for a direct copy.
• Users/Groups
Register and delete users/groups.
• Network
Register and delete a network or workgroup.
• System
Perform Name, time, disk check format, backup, mail notication settings, timer ON/OFF,
UPS synchronization settings, initialization, complete disk format.
• Extensions
Congure for WebAccess, Print Server, and Time Machine.
The conguration utility is organized by tabs across the top. The following tabs are available.

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To open the LinkStation’s conguration utility from a dierent computer, open a browser and type the
LinkStation’s IP address into the URL eld. You recorded the LinkStation’s IP address in step 2 on page 3.
If you have a Mac, you can open the conguration utility from "Bonjour".
1Launch Safari.
2 Select [View] - [View Bookmark Bar] from Safari’s menu.
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1 Enter your username and password.
2Click [Login].
Note:To log in as a guest, type "guest" as the
username and leave the password blank.
Select [Bonjour] from the left-side menu, then
click on your LinkStation in the bookmark list.
The conguration utility opens.
The LinkStation’s name, IP address and drive
information are displayed on the left.
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1 Enter desired characteristics for the new share.
Note: If you would like to copy the settings of an
existing folder, select a source folder from
the [Copy Settings from] dropdown.
2Click [Save].
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You have created a new share.
Adding shared folders
By default, the LinkStation includes one shared folder “share”. You may add additional folders as
follows.
1In the LinkStation conguration utility, navigate
to [Shared Folders] and click [Folder Setup].
To protect your data from accidental deletion, you may enable a Recycle Bin for the share (not
available for Apple and FTP connections). Deleted data in a shared folder will be temporarily moved
to the [Recycle Bin] folder. To recover deleted data, open the Recycle Bin folder and move les.
Read-Only shares cannot be modied or deleted. To make a Read-Only share, select [Read Only] in
the Shared Folder Conguration utility and click [Save].
Notes: • By default, shares are congured as [Read & Write].
• A shared folder set to Read Only cannot be written by any users or groups, even if they have
read and write permissions. Read-Only folders are read-only for all users.
• Read Only shares are described as (Read Only)] in the shared folder description.

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• When using two-byte characters (such as Japanese), make folder or le names with 80 characters or less. You
may not be able to copy a folder or a le whose name length is more than 80 characters.
• You cannot set hidden or read-only attributes to sub-folders or les on the LinkStation.
• If non-Roman alphabetical folder names or workgroup names do not display properly, rename the folder or
workgroup with Roman alphabetical characters.
• Please don’t use any of the following words as the name of a shared folder. These words are reserved for
internal use by the LinkStation:
info, spool, usbdisk1, usbdisk2, usbdisk3, usbdisk4, lost+found, global, printers, homes, lp, auth, test, ram,
disk1, disk2, disk3, disk4, array1, array2, msdfs_root, mt-daapd
• The following characters are handled dierently by Mac OS X and Windows. Avoid using these characters when sharing
data between Mac OS X and Windows:
• The following characters are not displayed correctly by Windows, or by a Mac connected to the LinkStation via SMB.
Avoid their use in le names that will be used with the LinkStation.
• Never turn o the LinkStation or unplug its network cable while data is being written. Doing so may result in an
incomplete le that cannot be opened or deleted. If this happens, restart the LinkStation, delete the le, then retry
copying the le.
• Your OS may update the date and timestamp stored on the LinkStation’s hard drive, or on a USB drive
connected to the LinkStation. This might result in inaccurate information for date-created or date-accessed
data on the LinkStation.
• In the LinkStation’s conguration utility, or from a Mac OS X 10.6 or later, drive size is displayed in gigabytes,
where 1 gigabyte = 1,000,000,000 bytes. This is also how drive capacity is expressed on your LinkStation’s
packaging. However, if you check the drive size from an older Mac, or from a Windows computer, it may
display the size of the drive in gibibytes, where 1 gibibyte = 1,073,741,824 bytes. Since a gibibyte is larger
than a gigabyte, the displayed drive capacity will be a smaller number than the actual drive size.
Notes:

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Access Restrictions
There are several ways to restrict access to users of a LinkStation.
Access restrictions for locally registered users
The next page describes how to congure access restrictions for local users.
Access restrictions by using the Delegate Authority server feature
Follow the procedure on page 11 to congure.
Notes: • Permissions are assigned to shared folders. Child folders in a shared folder inherit their
permissions from the parent folder. If a le or folder is moved into a new shared folder
with dierent permissions from the folder it was originally in, it will now have the access
restrictions from the new shared folder.
• When accessing the LinkStation from Windows via SMB, changing permissions from the
folder’s security tab in the properties screen of a folder is not supported. Access restrictions
for shared folders on the LinkStation can only be congured from within the LinkStation’s
conguration utility.

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Restricting access for local users
You can set access restrictions for shared folders by username or group names for users that are
registered on the LinkStation.
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2 Register users and groups on the LinkStation.
1Add users as described on page 20.
2Add groups as described on page 22.
3 Congure access restrictions for groups and/or users.
1In the LinkStation conguration utility, navigate
to Shared Folders/Folder Setup.
2Click a shared folder you want to set access
restrictions for.
Create a new user accounts and passwords in Windows, or record existing Windows
usernames and passwords. Each account on the LinkStation will have the same username
and password as the user’s Windows account.

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7Click [Save].
You have assigned access restrictions.
• If you log on from a Microsoft Network Domain, you can set the access restrictions with the users
and/or groups which are registered on the domain.
• If both read-only and read-and-write permissions are given to a user, that user will have read-only
access.
Click [Add].
Note: The procedure described here shows how to
set access restrictions for users. To set access
restrictions for a group of users, click [Local
Groups] - [Add].
1Check the users (or groups) that you want to
permit to access the share.
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2Click [Add].
Select the level of access for the user or group you
added.
Check [Access Restrictions] to enable.

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Access restrictions by using the Delegate Authority server feature
You may administer all user accounts and passwords centrally from a delegate server as described
below. This procedure is intended for network administrators only.
Notes: • You can set access restrictions on shared folders. You cannot set dierent restrictions on
folders in a shared folder. Child folders in a shared folder inherit their permissions from the
parent folder.
• When accessing the LinkStation from Windows via SMB, changing permissions from the
folder’s security tab in the properties screen of a folder is not supported. Access restrictions
for shared folders on the LinkStation can only be congured from within the LinkStation’s
conguration utility.
There are restrictions when administrating through a delegate authority server:.
• To access the LinkStation, you must be logged into Windows with the account registered to the
authentication server.
• If you use the Delegate Authority option, you cannot connect as a guest user via AFP.
• If you use the Delegate Authority option, you cannot connect anonymously via FTP.
Notes:
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003/Server 2008 users need to change the security settings to
use the Delegate Authority to External SMB server feature to restrict access.
[Start] - [BUFFALO] - [File Sharing Security Level Change Tool] - [File Sharing Security Level Change
Tool], and then select [Change Security level] to change the security settings (Select "Recover
default security level" change it back to the previous setting).
For Windows Vista, the "File Security Tool" on the LinkNavigator CD will change this setting for you
automatically.

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1 Double click "Workgroup" (even if you are in a
domain environment).
2Enter the workgroup name. To use a Windows
Domain Controller as an external SMB
authentication server, enter its name for the
workgroup name.
3Select [Delegate Authority to External SMB
Server].
1Enter the name or IP address of an
authentication server.
Note: When connecting with AFP or FTP, an IP
address is recommended.
2Check [Use Windows Domain Controller as
Authentication Server], [Automatic User
Registration] and [Enable Authentication
Shared Folder].
3Enter the shared folder name for
authentication.
4Click [Save].
1In the conguration utility, navigate to
[Network] - [Workgroup].
2 Click [Modify Settings].
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4 The shared folder for authentication should be created on the LinkStation
A user that has been registered to the specied authentication server will be automatically
registered as a user on the LinkStation when they open the shared folder for authentication (you can
also register users directly).
Conguration of the Authentication Server is complete.
Notes:
• A user who is automatically registered will belong to the "hdusers" group. They added to other
groups from within Group settings.
• You can restrict access to shared folders by username or group.
• The names of registered users are listed in [Users/Groups] - [External Users]. To delete an
automatically registered user, select that user and click [Delete].
• When connecting through AFP or FTP, always use an IP address. Using a server name may cause
problems with authentication.
• To specify a server from another subnet, enter its IP address.
• AFP and FTP connections don’t support delegating authority to an external SMB server.

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FTP Server
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By default, the LinkStation’s shares are only accessible by users connected to the same network
or router as the LinkStation. The optional FTP server allows users to access the LinkStation from
outside of the local network. You may enable it as follows.
In the conguration utility, navigate to [Network]
- [Settings] - [Network Services] and click [FTP].
2Check [FTP].
1 Select whether the shared folder is to be read-
only or writable.
3 Click [Save].
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Click [Shared Folders] - [Folder Setup].
The folder is now congured for FTP access. Don’t forget to give read (or write) permissions for the FTP share
to any users that will be accessing the share remotely. Folder permissions can only be changed from the
LinkStation’s conguration utility. Changing them remotely with FTP client software is not supported.
Click the folder to enable remote FTP access on.
1 Select [Enable].
2 Click [Save].

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Congure your FTP client software with the following settings:
• Host Name IP address of the LinkStation.
• Username Username registered on the LinkStation
• Password Password registered to the LinkStation
• Port 21
Example ftp://192.168.11.150/
• You cannot write by FTP if the shared folder is set to read-only on the LinkStation.
• Access restrictions are applied based on the settings in the LinkStation. The restrictions
aren’t displayed for users without permissions for the share.
• To access your FTP share from outside of your network, you may need to congure your
router and rewall. Consult your router documentation for more information.
• Shared folders appear as follows when connected by FTP:
- disk1 share
- usbdisk1
- info
• The internal hard drive of the LinkStation is displayed as disk1, and a USB hard drive
(optional) will be displayed as usbdisk1.
• "usbdisk1" is not displayed when the USB hard drive is not connected, or if access is
restricted.
To access to the LinkStation with an FTP client

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To allow anonymous access to your FTP share, disable access restrictions on the FTP share.
Congure your FTP client as follows:
• Host Name IP address of the LinkStation
• Username anonymous
• Password any set of characters
• Port 21
Example ftp://192.168.11.150/
• To make your FTP share available from outside your network, you will need to congure
your router and rewall. Consult your router’s documentation for information on how to
allow FTP trac.
• If the LinkStation joins a domain, anonymous users cannot access it.
• Folders created or copied via an AFP connection may not be deleted from the AFP
connection. This is because an automatically generated ".AppleDouble" folder begins
with a dot. To delete these les, use an SMB connection.
• Do not exceed 250 characters for a le/folder name including directory path when you are
creating it by using an FTP connection. Otherwise, you cannot view or delete it in Explorer
or other applications.
Accessing the LinkStation with an Anonymous user:

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Direct Copy
DirectCopy automatically copies movie, music, and images directly to the LinkStation from a USB
device.
You can connect many types of USB devices to the LinkStation, including USB hard drives, USB ash
drives, single-card card readers, digital cameras, and USB printers. USB hubs, mice, keyboards, and
card readers that support 2 or more cards are not supported.
1 Connect to a USB device (USB ash/digital camera/hard disk/card reader) to the LinkStation.
2 While the function button is blue, press it to automatically copy data from the USB device to
a shared folder on the LinkStation. The function button will ash blue during the copy. Push
the function button again to abort the copy.
After the USB device is recognized, the function button is lit in
blue for 60 seconds. After the function button is lit in blue, you
can access the USB device.
If an unsupported USB memory device is connected to the
LinkStation, then the function button will not light up in blue,
and the device will not be mounted.
USB
Connector
Status LED
Function
Button

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Files are copied to the folder:
<shared folder>/pictures/yyyymmdd
yyyy: year copied
mm: month copied
dd: date copied
You may change the destination shared folder for DirectCopy in [Shared Folders] - [Direct
Copy] - [Modify Settings] in the conguration utility. Subsequent DirectCopy folders are
created at:
<DirectCopy folder>/pictures/yyyymmdd/n
yyyy: year copied
mm: month copied
dd: date copied
n: 1st time n=0, 2nd time n=1, 3rd time=2 and so on.
For USB Mass Storage class USB devices, les with following extensions will be copied.
avi, divx, asf, mpg, mpe, m1v, vob, mts, m2ts, m2t, mpeg, mpeg2, vdr, spts, tp, ts, 3gp, mov,
m4v, wmv, dvr-ms, xvid, mp4, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, tif, ti, yuv, bmp, mp3, mpa, wma, aac, apl,
ac3, lpcm, pcm, wav, m3u, m4a, m4b, aif, ai, ac, ogg, mp2, mp1
For digital cameras that don’t follow the USB Mass Storage Class standard, all les on the
device will be copied.
3 When the access LED of the USB device goes o, the copy is nished. Dismount the USB
device before unplugging it.
To dismount the USB device if the LinkStation is on, hold in the function button for 3 seconds.
The blue LED will go out, and the USB device is dismounted. You may now unplug it safely.
If you turn o the LinkStation, the USB device is already dismounted, and you can remove it
safely.