Buffalo Technology LS-WSGL - Manual

5 Insert the LinkNavigator CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. On a PC, setup should automatically launch. If it 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). ...

6 Press 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.

8 Power Mode 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 based 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.Yo...

9 Two new icons will be on your desktop: Shortcut for LinkStation and Buffalo NAS Navigator . Clicking Shortcut for LinkStation takes you directly to the folders on your LinkStation. Share is the main folder that you can put fi les and folders in. Info contains a copy of your user manual. The Buffalo...

10 To Access LinkStation Data from a PC: Your LinkStation uses “shares” (folders) to hold data. A share called “share” is already confi gured 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 LinkSta...

13 After installing the LinkNavigator software, your Mac will have two new icons on the desktop.The LS-ProDuoSettings.txt fi le contains the IP address of your LinkStation. NAS Navigator is the LinkStation’s client utility. With the information in the LS-ProDuoSettings.txt fi le, you can easily connec...

14 You can add a link to your LinkStation’s share folder to your desktop by adding it to the Mac’s server list. Begin by clicking Go , and then choose Connect to Server . Accessing LinkStation Data from a Mac In the Server Address fi eld, enter your LinkStation’s IP address in the form smb:// ipaddre...

17 LinkStation Expansion LinkStation Mini has two USB 2.0 ports on the rear. This port can be used for adding an external USB Hard 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, simp...

18 Advanced Settings The Confi guration GUI may be accessed at any time by typing 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 Confi guration GUI from NAS Navigator by right-clicking on yo...

19 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 OK button when fi nished. Advanced Settings User name: admin Password: password See page 36 to change your password. If this login prompt does not appe...

20 Welcome to Advanced Settings , the confi guration GUI for the LinkStation! Bookmark this page in your browser so it can be easily accessed for future confi guration changes. If the LinkStation’s IP Address changes, you will need to recreate the link. You can also get here by typing http:// LinkStat...

21 You may modify your LinkStation’s hostname and description under Hostname Setup . A friendly, easy-to-remember name (e.g. “LinkStation”) is recommended.Make sure that the date and time are correct in Date and Time Setup . To synchronize time settings with those in your computer, press Use Local T...

28 Disk Format To format a hard drive or array, select it from the Target Disk drop box. Choose the fi le system desired from the File System dropbox (internal drives can only be formatted with XFS). Note that FAT32 has a 4 gigabyte fi lesize limit for individual fi les. If you choose FAT32 for your fi ...

29 Disk Erase To remove all data from a Disk, use Disk Erase . Once erased, this data cannot be restored. Advanced Settings

31 Advanced Settings Adding a new Shared Folder To add a new shared folder, enter a name for it in the Shared Folder Name box and choose which Disk Space it will reside in. You may also choose which operating systems and features the share will support by putting the appropriate checks next to Share...

34 Advanced Settings Group Management Groups allow for easier management of permissions in some networks, specifi cally networks with a lot of users in different departments.To Delete a group, put a check next to its name and click Delete . To add a group to your LinkStation, click Add . Add a name a...

35 Advanced Settings User Management LinkStation is preconfi gured with two users, admin and guest , out of the box. The admin and guest user accounts cannot be deleted. To delete any other user, put a check next to their name and click Delete . To add a new user, click Add . The Add New User dialog ...

37 With Buffalo’s WebAccess, you can access your LinkStation from anywhere in the world with an Internet connection. It’s easy to access your fi les, or share them with other people, wherever they may be. WebAccess WebAccess is set up from within the Confi guration GUI. First, select ‘Web Access’, and...

38 Select ‘Folders Setup’ in the left-side menu. Any shares on your LinkStation will appear on the list to the right. Click on the icon beside it to select a share for web access. Choose your desired level of Web Access from the ‘Web Access Settings’ dropbox: ‘Disable’ will prevent remote access to ...

39 To access your LinkStation remotely, open a browser window on any computer connected to the Internet and go to buffalonas.com . In the dialog box, type the BuffaloNAS name that you set on page 37. Alternately, you can go directly to your share by typing BuffaloNAS.com/your_BuffaloNAS_name in the ...

41 If you have a LinkTheater or other DLNA compatible media player, this page is where you confi gure your LinkStation to work with it.Choose Enable for Media Servers and select the folder where your media fi les are stored. This may be located on a USB hard drive connected to the LinkStation if the U...

42 Printer Installation If a USB printer is plugged 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 server in the confi guration GUI for your LinkStatio...

47 Accessing Multiple Shares from a single PC When accessing multiple shares to a Windows PC, you may see this error message. This is caused by having multiple shares to the same resource using different login credentials. The error occurs when connecting to at least one secure, restricted share. Du...

48 Advanced Settings Mapping Multiple Shares When mapping any share, select the Connect using a different user name option. A login and password prompt will appear. Use the username and password required by any secure, restricted shares for all shares. All mapped shares on a single PC must use the s...

49 Advanced Settings Disk Backup To create a backup job, click on a job number. The Edit Backup Job dialog will appear.

63 LinkStation Client Utility This is the Buffalo NAS Client Utility . Installed on your PC, it allows you to access each of the LinkStations (and TeraStations) on your network. Click View to get icons for each of your LinkStations. Highlight each tab to show the Host Name, Workgroup, IP Address, an...

64 LinkStation 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.

65 Disk Errors If LinkStation encounters a disk error, it will be reported in the LinkStation status on the top of any of the Web-Based confi guration screens. Run a Disk Scan in the event of this error. If that doesn’t work, try a reformat. Reformatting the drive will delete all of the data on it so...

66 Technical Specifi cations Data Transfer Rates: 10/100/1000 Mbps Hard Drives: (2) SATA Main Connector Type: RJ-45 (Ethernet) USB Interface: USB 2.0/1.1 Protocol Support: TCP/IP SMB, FTP (File Sharing) HTTP (Management) NTP (Time Synchronization) Power Supply: 100-240V 50/60Hz Client OS Support: Win...

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