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User Manual

LS-WS

LinkStation Mini

www.buffalotech.com

v1.6

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Page 1: ...User Manual LS WS LinkStation Mini www buffalotech com v1 6 ...

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 available for download at our web site www buffalotech com If you run into difficulties or need additional help feel free to contact our technical support Contact information for Buffalo Technology and...

Page 3: ...utton 19 Advanced Settings 21 Network Settings 25 Disk Management 27 Shared Folders 33 Groups 37 Users 38 Passwords 39 WebAccess 40 DLNA Media Server 44 Installing a Printer 45 Troubleshooting Multiple Shares 50 Backups 52 Maintenance Notification 56 System Status 60 Client Utility 64 Troubleshooting 66 Technical Specifications 67 Contact Information USA 68 Contact Information Europe 69 GPL Inform...

Page 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 Installation If you are installing the software on a Mac open the CD and click LinkNavigator to begin installation ...

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 installation ...

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 installation window ...

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 powered on if you want to use the Web Access feature When using Web Access 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 ...

Page 9: ... you directly to the folders on your LinkStation Share is the main folder that you can put files and folders in Info contains a copy of your user manual The Buffalo NAS Navigator icon opens the LinkStation s client utility Turn to page 64 for more on using the NAS Navigator client utility Using your LinkStation with a Windows PC ...

Page 10: ...n your LinkStation and you can create additional shares using the Shared Folders option 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 Accessing LinkStation Data from your PC ...

Page 11: ... t 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 have created other folders they will be visible here too You can map drive letters to any of these folders Accessing LinkStation Data from your PC ...

Page 12: ...ion_ Name share_name in the Folder field 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 have Windows connect to this mapped drive everytime it starts When finished press the Finish button Your share is now mapped to a drive letter Accessing LinkStation Data from your PC ...

Page 13: ...kStation NAS Navigator is the LinkStation s client utility With the information in the LS ProDuoSettings txt file you can easily connect to the LinkStation from any of your computers on your local network The NAS Navigator icon opens the LinkStation s client utility See page 64 for more on using the NAS Navigator client utility Using your LinkStation with a Mac ...

Page 14: ...d 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 is your LinkStation s IP address and click Connect You can get your LinkStation s IP address from the LS ProDuoSettings txt file on your desktop or see page 16 ...

Page 15: ...n 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 folders on the LinkStation The share will open A link to it will appear on your desktop ...

Page 16: ... its IP address The LS ProDuoSettings txt file 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 your router s configuration 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 th...

Page 17: ...d 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 Once your USB hard drive is connected see page 29 for configuring your LinkStation to use it To configure a USB printer see page 45 ...

Page 18: ...ct LED Green This LED lights up when connected to a network and flashes when data is sent and received over the port Info Error LED Orange This LED flashes to indicate system errors and messages See the Troubleshooting section for error codes Power LED Blue Lit when the LinkStation is on Flashes during boot or shutdown Lock Mount This slot is for mounting a security lock to the LinkStation Mini ...

Page 19: ...lowing blue press the function button on top of the LinkStation The following folder is created automatically DirectCopy pictures yyyymmdd where yyyy is the year mm is the month and dd is the day The following filetypes will be copied for USB MSC devices avi divx asf mpg mpe m1v vob mts m2ts m2t mpeg mpeg2 vdr spts tp ts 3gp mov m4v wmv dvr ms xvid mp4 m4v jpg jpeg gif png tif tiff yuv bmp mp3 mpa...

Page 20: ...e function button move the power switch to the On postion The Function LED will begin to flash blue 3 Push the Function button again while the Function LED is flashing Dismount Before disconnecting USB devices from the LinkStation Mini they should be dismounted Hold the function button down until the Function LED glows blue and then turns off It s now safe to unplug your USB device Note Unplugging...

Page 21: ...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 Configuration GUI from NAS Navigator by right clicking on your LinkStation and choosing Open Web Admin from the menu The Configuration GUI ...

Page 22: ...ppear 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 39 to change your password ...

Page 23: ... http LinkStation_Name into a Web browser where LinkStation_Name is the name hostname of your LinkStation You are now at the Home screen Notice that the Home button is lit up in yellow You can navigate this menu by clicking on the buttons at the left of the screen Here at Home you can see basic information about your LinkStation s current configuration You may close this screen by clicking Logout ...

Page 24: ...hose 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 click on the box below to use the supplied default NTP server Ensure that both the Display Language and the Windows Client Language are set to languages that you re comfortable with Once desired fields have been comp...

Page 25: ...s is not set manually it will 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 Properties Ethernet Frame Size may also be set manually on this page Only use JumboFrame settings when operating in a Gigabit environment where all other clients support the same Ju...

Page 26: ... a server 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 If Active Directory is used then the LinkStation will automatically receive update information from the domain controller s To configure the LinkStation Pro on an Active Directory network you ...

Page 27: ...d 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 28: ...s maximum capacity and improved performance but doesn t include any redundancy If either drive fails all your data is lost RAID 1 mirrored set Uses up half of your total drive capacity but includes full redundancy If either hard drive fails your data is still safe on the other drive RAID 1 is the default setting If you change RAID modes all data on the drives will be lost Back up all data before c...

Page 29: ...rmation 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 Select Disk Format from the left side menu to format your USB hard disk s ...

Page 30: ...gs 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: ...for individual files If you choose FAT32 for your file system you will not be able to store single files larger than 4 gigabytes on the drive Use of the XFS or EXT3 file systems is recommended Press Select Target Disk when done and then Start format Depending on the size of the target hard disk or array a Disk Format may take several hours to complete Shares on the LinkStation will not be accessib...

Page 32: ...32 Disk Erase To remove all data from a Disk use Disk Erase Once erased this data cannot be restored Note Disk Erase may take several hours to complete Advanced Settings ...

Page 33: ...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 Deleting shares will remove the share and erase all of the files and folders inside that share ...

Page 34: ...y 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 older Macs Note that AppleTalk files are limited to 2GB maximum filesize and 32 characters for filenames If a folder with AppleTalk on is accessed from a modern OS through SMB then these limitations will not apply ...

Page 35: ...s 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 box if you want to give them full access to the share Right pointing arrows will move highlighted users or groups back to the right Click Apply when you have your groups and users in the appropriate ...

Page 36: ...nnect 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 The network administrator of your network may need to enable traffic on port 21 to the LinkStation for FTP to work over the Internet Enabling FTP is not recommended unless you ve configured access res...

Page 37: ...k Add 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 only visible if the LinkStation is participating in an Active Directory or Domain network Members can be added or removed from a group at any time by editing the grou...

Page 38: ...e 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 Mac OS 8 and OS 9 users s passwords should be 9 characters or less Users of other OSs may have passwords of up to 20 characters Note In an AD or Domain n...

Page 39: ...under Local 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 problems accessing shared folders may occur Enter the desired new password in both boxes and click Apply ...

Page 40: ...AS com is recommended Otherwise you ll have to manage your own DNS settings 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 Choose a name for your BuffaloNAS account and a password key This name is the name that will be used...

Page 41: ...ing Allow Anonymous will allow anyone to access the share Don t use this setting unless you want your LinkStation share to be available publicly to everyone in the world Allow All Groups Users will allow only people who have an account on the LinkStation to access this share remotely Use Inherited Folder Permissions will allow people with an account on the LinkStation to access the share remotely ...

Page 42: ... set on page 40 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 shares will appear to the right To see files from shares that are not set to anonymous you will need to log in The login link is on the top left corner of the page Using WebAccess ...

Page 43: ...dual 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 44: ...e your media files 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 able to access your media files You may choose the interval at which the list of multimedia files on the LinkStation is updated An interval of 60 minutes is recommended Configuring Media Server ...

Page 45: ...gged in to 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 server in the configuration GUI for your LinkStation ...

Page 46: ..._ Name is the DNS name of your LinkStation Press the OK button when finished Right click on the lp icon and select Connect You may receive a warning about installing from a trustworthy source If you receive this message press Yes to continue You will receive a warning that the server does not have the proper drivers Press OK to continue ...

Page 47: ...isk button Refer to your printer documentation for further information on installing your printer if necessary Press OK to finish If lp is the only printer installed on the PC then it will automatically be set as the default printer If it s not the only printer you may make it the default printer by clicking Printers and Faxes in Control Panel right clicking on the lp printer icon and selecting th...

Page 48: ...lso browse through the available settings for the printer Please refer to the printer s documentation for more information on changing the printer s settings NOTES The printer installation process can be done on any machine on your network Multiple machines may print to the printer at the same time Repeat this process on all computers that require access to the printer Not all USB printers are sup...

Page 49: ...l 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 troubleshooting information Also verify that the USB cable is securely fastened to both the printer and the LinkStation Finally you may try turning the LinkStation off turning the printer off turning the...

Page 50: ...n 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 If unsecure unrestricted shares are mapped and then an attempt to map a secure restricted share is made from the same PC this error will occur To prevent this you must create all mapped s...

Page 51: ...nly 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 ...

Page 52: ...52 Advanced Settings Disk Backup To create a backup job click on a job number The Edit Backup Job dialog will appear ...

Page 53: ...he previous backup or Differential Backups to backup only files changed since the previous backup Select the folder to be backed up from the Local Backup Shared Folder dropbox and the destination for the backup files from the Destination Backup Shared Folder dropbox The destination folder may be on a USB drive attached to the LinkStation or another LinkStation on the network Click on Select to app...

Page 54: ...anced 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 55: ...ress 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 56: ...enable Mail Notification and enter the IP Address of your SMTP server in the SMTP Server Address field Select a Subject line for the emails i e LinkStation Status Report and enter the email address of each person you want to receive notification emails into a Recipient Mail Address field SMTP server must be an open type server Currently there s no provision for entering a username or password ...

Page 57: ...ings Maintenance UPS Settings If using an Uninterruptible Power Supply configure the LinkStation s UPS settings here Note settings on this page can only be changed while a supported UPS is connected to the LinkStation ...

Page 58: ...58 Advanced Settings Maintenance Restart From the Restart page press Restart Now button to reboot the LinkStation bringing it back to functionality after about 120 seconds ...

Page 59: ...NOT 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 default password default password is password Press the Apply button once you make the selection Press the Restore button to begin the initialization process this will restore all settings to factor...

Page 60: ...mation 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 or hub should pass through ports 8873 and 22939 for this to work most do ...

Page 61: ...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: ...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: ...63 Advanced Settings System Status Network Information This page shows you the System Information for your network connection ...

Page 64: ... 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 firmware version it s running Right click on a LinkStation for more options You can open the Web Admin GUI map a share to a drive letter or create a shortcut on your desktop To change a LinkStation s IP Address click Menu and choose P...

Page 65: ...n 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 when you re done ...

Page 66: ...he 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 assistance LED Flash Codes The orange error LED will flash to indicate error type 3 flashes Partition problem with hard drive Reformat the hard drive 4 flashes RAID problem 5 flashes ROM problem 6 flashes Hard Drive can not be recognized 7 f...

Page 67: ...0 240V 50 60Hz 110 115V US only Client OS Support Windows Vista XP 2000 Mac OS 10 3 9 or later Power Consumption 15W with no USB devices connected Dimensions 5 3 x 1 6 x 3 2 135 x 40 x 82 mm Weight 17 6 ounces 5 kg Operating Environment 41 95 F 5 35 C 20 80 non condensing Mac and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries Windows is a registered trademark of Micro...

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Page 69: ...nited Kingdom GENERAL INQUIRIES Email sales buffalo technology com TECHNICAL SUPPORT Buffalo Technology provides technical support in English German French Italian and Spanish For opening hours and relevant telephone numbers please go to www buffalo technology com contact Contact Information Europe ...

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