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User Manual

LS-XHL

LinkStation Pro

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35010807 ver.01 v1.1

Summary of Contents for LinkStation Pro LS-XHL

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

Page 2: ...asses 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 u...

Page 3: ...s 20 Disks USB Hard Drives 21 Formatting Hard Drives 22 Mapping Additional Shares 23 Maintenance 25 Notification 26 Backup Jobs 27 Initialization 28 UPS 30 Extensions Sleep Timer 31 Print Server 32 Ti...

Page 4: ...4 Front Panel Layout Layout USB Power Mode Switch Power Plug Ethernet to Router AUTO ON OFF Function Button Status LED Replaceable Fan...

Page 5: ...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...

Page 6: ...ch 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...

Page 7: ...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 Lin...

Page 8: ...ng 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 Configure opens the menu on the ne...

Page 9: ...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 If you have more than one NAS on your network...

Page 10: ...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 is your LinkStation s...

Page 11: ...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 f...

Page 12: ...t 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 configuration utility Many Buffalo routers list th...

Page 13: ...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...

Page 14: ...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 Sett...

Page 15: ...ubmenu 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...

Page 16: ...16 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...

Page 17: ...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...

Page 18: ...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 Se...

Page 19: ...9 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 finishe...

Page 20: ...20 In System Settings you can modify the NetBIOS name of your LinkStation date and time settings and language settings System Settings...

Page 21: ...formatted with the LinkStation s format utility before working properly Before disconnecting a USB device from the LinkStation it should be dismounted Hold the function button down until it glows blue...

Page 22: ...Formatting of hard drives is done in the System Storage area of the Web Admin Tool To format hard drives select the hard drive s that you want to format and click on Format Disk Formatting Hard Drive...

Page 23: ...AS Navigator2 right click on your LinkStation and select Browse Shares Your LinkStation will open Share is a data folder in your LinkStation by default Info contains your user manuals If you have crea...

Page 24: ...rowse or enter LinkStation_ Name share_name in the Folder field where LinkStation_Name is your LinkStation s hostname and share_name is the name of a folder on your LinkStation Check the Reconnect at...

Page 25: ...25 The Maintenance submenu holds settings for Email notification You can also restart the LinkStation from here Maintenance...

Page 26: ...l Notification and click on Modify Settings Enable notification and enter your SMTP server address and port If your SMTP server requires authentication choose the authentication type from the drop dow...

Page 27: ...27 To create a new backup job click Create New Job in System Backup Backup Jobs Setup Select the desired job schedule and properties and click Apply when done Backup Jobs...

Page 28: ...ssword You can also restore factory settings with the following procedure 1 Move the power switch to the Off position The LinkStation will shut down after about 45 seconds 2 While holding down the fun...

Page 29: ...r factory defaults LinkStation name description NTP settings Workgroup settings shared services shared folder access user list group list email notification UPS settings and backup jobs The Admin pass...

Page 30: ...30 An Uninteruptable Power Supply may be attached to the LinkStation Pro s USB port Once attached you may configure it from System Power Management UPS Settings UPS...

Page 31: ...nto power saving sleep mode at regular intervals Click Modify Settings to configure a sleep interval To manually wake a LinkStation from sleep mode before its wake up time hold down the power button o...

Page 32: ...vigate to Extensions PrintServer in the Web Admin Tool and Enable print server functionality Connect the printer to a USB port on the LinkStation and power it on Print Server In NAS Navigator2 right c...

Page 33: ...33 Right click on the lp icon and select Connect You will receive a warning that the server does not have the proper drivers Click OK to continue...

Page 34: ...the lp icon and selecting the Set as Default Printer option from the drop down menu The Add Printer Wizard will launch Select the proper driver for your printer If the specific printer is not in the l...

Page 35: ...n 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 pri...

Page 36: ...rent print jobs Users will have to re send any incomplete print jobs to the printer If there are still problems sending jobs to the printer shut down the LinkStation and the printer Turn the printer o...

Page 37: ...n for backups from a Mac running Time Machine begin by creating a folder for the backups In Shared Folder Setup click on Create Folder Name the folder Make sure that Apple is checked for Shared Folder...

Page 38: ...ou created for the backups Click Save Enter the Mac s Computer Name from its Sharing page as the Target Host Name For the Target MAC address enter the Mac s Ethernet ID from Advanced Settings in its N...

Page 39: ...jklmnopqrstu vwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ and hyphens Spaces underscores and other characters should not be used if Time Machine is to function properly For the Target MAC address enter the Mac s E...

Page 40: ...ess sparsebundle is being created in the backup folder To be safe wait ten minutes before continuing After ten minutes have passed open the Finder Click on All below Shared Find your LinkStation in th...

Page 41: ...41 Open Time Machine Click on Choose Backup Disk Choose your LinkStation from the list and click Use for Backup In 120 seconds Time Machine will begin running a backup...

Page 42: ...be streamed to DLNA compatible media players on your network To configure DLNA media streaming click on Modify Settings Highlight Enabled and choose the media folder on your LinkStation to share Click...

Page 43: ...43 Clicking Authorized DLNA Media Clients opens this screen where you can see all of the available media players on your network Click Close when done...

Page 44: ...as long as a share is enabled in the LinkStation s DLNA media server settings Computers running iTunes on the network with your LinkStation will detect the server which will appear on the left side of...

Page 45: ...on s built in BitTorrent client will download your files for you To enable it select Enabled Choose a target folder for downloaded files to go to and click Save Then click Open Download Manager BitTor...

Page 46: ...to the torrent file and open it Click Add The file s will automatically download in the background Note For best results move the power mode switch on the back of the LinkStation to the On position wh...

Page 47: ...yyy is the year mm is the month and dd is the day All files from the source USB device are copied to that folder The function button will flash during file transfer and turn off when it s done Before...

Page 48: ...Access WebAccess Auto Configure Firewall is recommended if your router supports UPnP most do since 2001 If you choose not to enable this then you must manually configure your router and firewall to fo...

Page 49: ...e default setting Allow Anonymous will allow anyone to access the share Choose this if you want your LinkStation share and all files on it to be freely available to everyone in the world Allow All Gro...

Page 50: ...ge 48 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 wi...

Page 51: ...51 To access individual folders on the right click on their open links Clicking on individual files will give you other options depending on the filetype...

Page 52: ...ou are logged in and at least one user besides admin has been given access to the share This window will pop up Click on Browse and navigate to the file that you want to upload Then click Upload The f...

Page 53: ...omputer Then you won t have to retype it in each time you access the LinkStation locally 2 Enable remote access In Shared Folders Setup click on the folder that you want to be able to access remotely...

Page 54: ...dress share into a web browser where username is your username password is your password ipaddress is the WAN side IP address of your router can get this from your ISP or go to http whatismyip com sha...

Page 55: ...oft 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...

Page 56: ...stricted 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...

Page 57: ...us LED is lit blue It flashes during boot and shutdown It will flash red in case of errors alternating between flashing for 1 second tens digit and 1 2 second ones digit Combine the number of longer f...

Page 58: ...etween flashing for 1 second tens digit and 1 2 second ones digit Combine the number of longer flashes with the number of shorter flashes to produce a two digit information code I19 erasing disk I23 i...

Page 59: ...o Technology The part name is OP FAN LS This is the only fan you should use in your LinkStation Before replacing the fan power down the LinkStation Remove the screw from the top of the LinkStation The...

Page 60: ...J 45 Ethernet USB Interface USB 2 0 1 1 Protocol Support TCP IP SMB CIFS HTTP FTP AppleTalk File Sharing HTTP Management NTP Time Synchronization Power Supply 100 240V 50 60Hz Client OS Support Window...

Page 61: ...x xxx subnet with subnet mask 255 255 0 0 Three default groups are always available on the LinkStation hdusers admin and guest These groups may not be deleted or edited Microsoft Network Group WORKGRO...

Page 62: ...day 8 30am 5 30pm CST Direct 512 794 8533 Toll free 800 456 9799 Fax 512 794 8520 Email sales buffalotech com TECHNICAL SUPPORT North American Technical Support by phone is available 24 hours a day 7...

Page 63: ...ited 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 rel...

Page 64: ...64 Source code for Buffalo products that use GPL code is available at http opensource buffalo jp GPL Information North America GPL Source Code Information...

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