Buffalo LinkStation Pro LS-XHL User manual

User Manual
LS-XHL
LinkStation Pro
www.buffalotech.com 35010807 ver.01 v1.1

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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 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. As time passes, future user interfaces,
updated software, and later versions of this manual may be freely available for download at
our web site www.buffalotech.com.
For best results, attach the LinkStation to an uninterruptable power supply (UPS). Back
up all your stored les regularly. See the ‘Backup Jobs’ page for instructions using the
LinkStation’s built-in backup utility. If you run into difculties or need additional help, feel
free to contact our technical support. Contact information for Buffalo Technology and our
technical support is available on pages 62 and 63.

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Table of Contents
Introduction
Diagrams and Layout 4
Power Switch 5
Installing Software 6
Using your LinkStation
Using your LinkStation with a PC 7
Using your LinkStation with a Mac 8
Finding LinkStation’s IP address 12
Settings and Conguration
Web Admin Tool 13
Users/Groups
Adding Users 15
Adding Groups 16
Network
Settings 17
Workgroup/Domain 18
System
Settings 20
Disks
USB Hard Drives 21
Formatting Hard Drives 22
Mapping Additional Shares 23
Maintenance 25
Notication 26
Backup Jobs 27
Initialization 28
UPS 30
Extensions
Sleep Timer 31
Print Server 32
Time Machine 37
DLNA Media Server 42
iTunes Server 44
BitTorrent Client 45
Direct Copy 47
Remote Access
WebAccess 48
FTP 53
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Multiple Shares 55
Disk Errors 57
Status LED Flash Codes 57
Fan Replacement 59
Appendix
Specications 60
Factory Defaults 61
Contact Information (USA) 62
Contact Information (Europe) 63
GPL Source Code Information 64

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Front Panel Layout
Layout
USB
Power Mode
Switch
Power Plug
Ethernet
(to Router)
AUTO
ON
OFF
Function
Button
Status LED
Replaceable
Fan

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Power Switch
Power
Mode
AUTO
ON
OFF
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.
You must have installed the NAS Navigator2
software on your PC for this feature to work.
Otherwise, if you move the switch to “auto”, your
unit will power down by itself and you will have to
manually turn it back on.
Also note that the unit needs to be powered on to
use either Web Access or BitTorrent. If you use
either of these features regularly, it is best to leave
the Power Mode switch set to “On”.
Move the switch to the “Off” position to turn the
LinkStation off. It will take about 35 seconds to
shut down. Do not unplug or interrupt power to
the unit until shutdown is complete and the Status
LED is no longer lit.

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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.
Step through the wizard to install your software.

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After installation, you’ll have a new shortcut to Buffalo NAS Navigator2 on your
desktop. Click it to open the NAS Navigator2 client utility.
Using your LinkStation with a PC
Double-click on your NAS
device’s icon to open it. Or,
right-click on it for more
options.
From NAS Navigator2, you
can easily browse the shares
on your LinkStation, open its
Web Admin Tool, map a drive
letter to a share, or make a
desktop shortcut to the main
share on the LinkStation.

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Using your LinkStation with a MacUsing your LinkStation with a Mac
After installing the LinkNavigator software, your Mac will have “NAS
Navigator2” in the dock.
Clicking on NAS Navigator2 opens NAS Navigator2, the LinkStation’s
client utility. Click on the “gear” symbol to drop down available
commands.
Open Web opens the Web Admin Tool. Congure opens the menu
on the next page. Color Label lets you color-code your NAS devices
in NAS Navigator2. Show View Options lets you choose the size and
order of icons in the NAS Navigator2 display.

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Using your LinkStation with a Mac
In NAS Navigator2, choose Congure from the drop-down menu to get
to the Web page. Click Open Web Page to go the Web Cong 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.
If you have more than one NAS on your network, Show View Options
can be useful. It lets you choose the order of icons in the NAS
Navigator2 display. You may also adjust the size of the icons from
here.

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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 eld, enter your
LinkStation’s IP address in the form smb://
ipaddress (where “ipaddress” is your
LinkStation’s IP address), and click Connect.
If you don’t know your LinkStation’s IP
address, see page 12.

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Select Guest and click on Connect. Note: If you have congured 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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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 Navigator2
client utility (included on your CD) to nd your
LinkStation. Just click on the icon for your
LinkStation and you’ll be able to read its IP address.
You can always get the LinkStation’s IP address
from your router’s conguration utility. Many
Buffalo routers list this information on the Client
Monitor page, as shown to the right. Consult
your router’s documentation for instructions on
identifying the LinkStation’s IP address.
Finding LinkStation’s IP address

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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. This also works with non-Windows
PCs.
Web Admin Tool
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 Login button when nished.
User name: admin
Password: password

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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
Individual
Settings
Submenus
Help and
Instructions

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To add users, select the Users/Groups tab.
Local Users is the default submenu. Click on
Create User.
Adding Users
Enter your user information and click Save.
For best results, usernames and passwords
should match the ones that users use to log in
to their computers. Otherwise, they may have
to enter them each time that they access the
LinkStation.

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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.
Adding Groups

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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 congure 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.
xxx.xxx subnet with subnet mask 255.255.0.0.
Ethernet Frame Size and Services are also set
from this page. Only use JumboFrame settings
when operating in a Gigabit environment where
all other clients support the same JumboFrame
setting.

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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.
Advanced Settings
Workgroup/Domain Settings

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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 nished.

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In System Settings, you can modify the
NetBIOS name of your LinkStation, date and
time settings, and language settings.
System Settings