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Advanced Settings
Disk Management (Drive Properties)
This page shows the properties for the drives in your LinkStation Mini. If you have a USB hard drive plugged into the linkstation, its properties will appear here as well.
Page 1: ...User Manual LS WSGL LinkStation Mini www buffalotech com...
Page 2: ...d 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 a...
Page 3: ...ettings 18 Network Settings 22 Disk Management 24 Shared Folders 30 Groups 34 Users 35 Passwords 36 WebAccess 37 DLNA Media Server 41 Installing a Printer 42 Troubleshooting Multiple Shares 47 Backups...
Page 4: ...4 Back Panel Layout USB Power Switch Power Plug Ethernet to Router...
Page 5: ...does not manually launch setup exe by pressing Start and selecting the Run option When the Run dialog opens type d LSnavi exe where d is the drive letter of your CD ROM drive Press OK to continue Ins...
Page 6: ...ss the Begin Installation button to begin LinkNavigator Setup If you re installing on a PC click on Easy Setup the pink upper button Mac users can skip this step Click Next to step through the install...
Page 7: ...Setup The wizard will step you through installation Follow the directions on each screen and continue pressing Next to step through the installation When installation is complete you may close the ins...
Page 8: ...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 power...
Page 9: ...s you directly to the folders on your LinkStation Share is the main folder that you can put les and folders in Info contains a copy of your user manual The Buffalo NAS Navigator icon opens the LinkSta...
Page 10: ...ured on your LinkStation and you can create additional shares in Shared Folders To start using your LinkStation you can either click on the Shortcut for LinkStation on your desktop or you may just use...
Page 11: ...know it you can get it from the NASnavigator utility or IP address Press OK Your LinkStation should open Share is a data folder in your LinkStation by default Info contains your user manuals If you h...
Page 12: ...ion_ Name share_name in the Folder eld where LinkStation_Name is your LinkStation s hostname page 21 and share_name is the name of a folder on your LinkStation Check the Reconnect at logon checkbox to...
Page 13: ...Station NAS Navigator is the LinkStation s client utility With the information in the LS ProDuoSettings txt le you can easily connect to the LinkStation from any of your computers on your local networ...
Page 14: ...nd then choose Connect to Server Accessing LinkStation Data from a Mac In the Server Address eld enter your LinkStation s IP address in the form smb ipaddress where ipaddress is your LinkStation s IP...
Page 15: ...your LinkStation select Registered User and enter your login credentials Accessing LinkStation Data from a Mac Select the volume that you want to mount such as share or share mac from the list of fol...
Page 16: ...its IP address The LS ProDuoSettings txt le on your desktop contains the IP address of the linkstation at the time that the setup program was run You can always get the LinkStation s IP address from y...
Page 17: ...rd Drive or a USB Printer LinkStation will share connected USB devices allowing everyone on the network to use them To connect a USB hard drive to your LinkStation simply plug it into the USB port Onc...
Page 18: ...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 You may also open the Con guration GUI from NAS Navigator by rig...
Page 19: ...d Press the OK button when nished Advanced Settings User name admin Password password See page 36 to change your password If this login prompt does not appear your DHCP server may not be functioning c...
Page 20: ...ping http LinkStation_Name into a Web browser where LinkStation_Name is the name hostname of your LinkStation You are now at Home Notice that the Home button is lit up in yellow You can navigate this...
Page 21: ...ttings with those in your computer press Use Local Time To have your system time automatically set by an NTP server enable NTP Server and enter an IP Address for an NTP server e g 192 43 244 18 or use...
Page 22: ...ll default to 192 168 xxx xxx with subnet mask 255 255 0 0 The LinkStation s IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Address and DNS Server address may all be entered manually under IP Address Properti...
Page 23: ...er The LinkStation Pro participates as a member device in the Domain and Active Directory networks allowing the LinkStation to use Users and Groups that reside on the Domain or Active Directory System...
Page 24: ...Settings Disk Management Drive Properties This page shows the properties for the drives in your LinkStation Mini If you have a USB hard drive plugged into the linkstation its properties will appear h...
Page 25: ...25 Advanced Settings Disk Management RAID Setup Con gure your RAID settings here To change the type of RAID array used click on RAID Array 1 under RAID Setup...
Page 26: ...mation 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...
Page 27: ...s 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 o...
Page 28: ...for individual les If you choose FAT32 for your le system you will not be able to store single les larger than 4 gigabytes on the drive Use of the XFS or EXT3 le systems is recommended Press Select T...
Page 29: ...29 Disk Erase To remove all data from a Disk use Disk Erase Once erased this data cannot be restored Advanced Settings...
Page 30: ...ers 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 31: ...Click Apply to build the new shared folder AppleTalk support is available for use with legacy Macs Checking Apple by Shared Folder Support turns on AppleTalk letting you use your LinkStation with old...
Page 32: ...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 the way to the Writable...
Page 33: ...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 wr...
Page 34: ...LinkStation click Add Add a name and a description to the Add New Group elds 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 yo...
Page 35: ...nd click Delete To add a new user click Add 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...
Page 36: ...t 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 L...
Page 37: ...S com is recommended Otherwise you ll have to manage your own DNS settings Auto Con gure Firewall is also recommended if your router supports UPnP most do since 2001 If you choose not to enable this y...
Page 38: ...Folder Permissions will allow people with an account on the LinkStation to access the share remotely only if they have read permissions on the speci c share that they re accessing Click the Apply but...
Page 39: ...set on page 37 Alternately you can go directly to your share by typing BuffaloNAS com your_BuffaloNAS_name in the URL window The folders from your LinkStation s share will appear Files from anonymous...
Page 40: ...ividual les will give you other options depending on the letype Clicking on the Audio link at the bottom left corner of the page will give you options for playing music les including the opportunity t...
Page 41: ...e your media les are stored This may be located on a USB hard drive connected to the LinkStation if the USB Disk box is checked Check the Allow Access box for each media player that you want to be abl...
Page 42: ...gged 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 To begin enable the print serv...
Page 43: ..._ Name is the DNS name of your LinkStation Press the OK button when nished Right click on the lp icon and select Connect You may receive a warning about installing from a trustworthy source If you rec...
Page 44: ...sk button Refer to your printer documentation for further information on installing your printer if necessary Press OK to nish If lp is the only printer installed on the PC then it will automatically...
Page 45: ...Page button to print a test page You can also browse through the available settings for the printer Please refer to the printer s documentation for more information on changing the printer s settings...
Page 46: ...current print jobs Users will have to re send any incomplete print jobs to the printer If there are still problems printing to the printer then check the printer manufacturer s documentation for trou...
Page 47: ...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 dri...
Page 48: ...ly 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...
Page 49: ...49 Advanced Settings Disk Backup To create a backup job click on a job number The Edit Backup Job dialog will appear...
Page 50: ...he previous backup or Differential Backups to backup only les changed since the previous backup Select the folder to be backed up from the Local Backup Shared Folder dropbox and the destination for th...
Page 51: ...anced Settings Disk Backup LinkStation List The LinkStation list shows other LinkStations in your network that you can con gure network backups to Press Refresh to get a list of LinkStations on your n...
Page 52: ...ddress in the Remote LinkStation IP Address eld and click the Add to List button For remote LinkStation backups make sure both rewalls are con gured to allow traf c in and out of their networks Note D...
Page 53: ...enable Mail Noti cation and enter the IP Address of your SMTP server in the SMTP Server Address eld Select a Subject line for the emails i e LinkStation Status Report and enter the email address of e...
Page 54: ...54 Advanced Settings Maintenance UPS Settings If using an Uninterruptible Power Supply con gure the LinkStation s UPS settings here...
Page 55: ...LinkStation to make audible noises when a problem is detected Along with the audible noise alert emails will be sent out if Mail Noti cation was properly con gured Please select the features you woul...
Page 56: ...ame 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 LinkStati...
Page 57: ...T lost If you want all data to be erased reformat the drive Specify whether the LinkStation shall keep its administrator password after a initialization or whether the password should be reset to the...
Page 58: ...ation for your LinkStation Firmware updates are occasionally available from www buffalotech com for the LinkStation Mini These must be executed from a Windows PC on the same network Your router switch...
Page 59: ...9 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 60: ...60 Advanced Settings System Status Drive Properties This page shows you the properties of all hard drives in and attached to your LinkStation...
Page 61: ...61 Advanced Settings System Status Network Information This page shows you the System Information for your network connection...
Page 62: ...62 Advanced Settings System Status Logs Choose a Log from the dropdown menu and click View to see it...
Page 63: ...your LinkStations Highlight each tab to show the Host Name Workgroup IP Address and Subnet Mask Gateway and MAC Address of the associated LinkStation as well as the rmware version it s running Right...
Page 64: ...Client Utility IP Address Setup From the IP Settings tab you may enter your IP Address and Subnet Mask manually or enable your LinkStation to acquire them automatically from a DHCP server Press OK wh...
Page 65: ...g the drive will delete all of the data on it so try to backup any data you can before beginning Finally if none of the above solutions help then please contact Technical Support for further assistanc...
Page 66: ...ol Support TCP IP SMB FTP File Sharing HTTP Management NTP Time Synchronization Power Supply 100 240V 50 60Hz Client OS Support Windows Vista XP 2000 Mac OS 10 3 9 or later Power Consumption 15W with...
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