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35010807 ver.01 v1.1

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  • Page 1 User Manual LS-XHL LinkStation Pro www.buffalotech.com 35010807 ver.01 v1.1...
  • Page 2 See the ‘Backup Jobs’ page for instructions using the LinkStation’s built-in backup utility. If you run into difficulties 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction Initialization Diagrams and Layout Extensions Power Switch Sleep Timer Installing Software Print Server Using your LinkStation Time Machine Using your LinkStation with a PC DLNA Media Server Using your LinkStation with a Mac iTunes Server Finding LinkStation’s IP address BitTorrent Client Direct Copy Settings and Configuration...
  • Page 4 Front Panel Layout Layout Status LED Replaceable AUTO Power Mode Switch Ethernet (to Router) Function Button Power Plug...

  • Page 5: Power Switch

    Power Switch 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.

  • Page 6: Installing Software

    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.

  • Page 7: Using Your Linkstation With A Pc

    Using your LinkStation with a PC After installation, you’ll have a new shortcut to Buffalo NAS Navigator2 on your desktop. Click it to open the NAS Navigator2 client utility. Double-click on your NAS device’s icon to open it. Or, right-click on it for more options.

  • Page 8: Using Your Linkstation With A Mac

    Using your LinkStation with a Mac Using 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.
  • Page 9 Using your LinkStation with a Mac In NAS Navigator2, choose Configure from the drop-down menu to get to the Web page. Click Open Web Page to go the Web 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.
  • Page 10 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 field, enter your LinkStation’s IP address in the form smb:// ipaddress (where “ipaddress”...
  • Page 11 Select Guest and click on Connect. Note: If 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 folders on the LinkStation. The share will open.

  • Page 12: Finding Linkstation's Ip Address

    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 this information on the Client Monitor page, as shown to the right. Consult your router’s documentation for instructions on...

  • Page 13: Web Admin Tool

    Web Admin Tool 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.
  • Page 14 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 Submenus Help and Instructions Individual Settings...

  • Page 15: Adding Users

    Adding Users To add users, select the Users/Groups tab. Local Users is the default submenu. Click on Create User. 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.

  • Page 16: Adding Groups

    Adding Groups 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.

  • Page 17: Settings

    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 configure 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.

  • Page 18: Workgroup/Domain

    Advanced Settings Workgroup/Domain Settings 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.
  • Page 19 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 finished.

  • Page 20: System Settings

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

  • Page 21: Usb Hard Drives

    USB Hard Drives Add a USB hard drive to the LinkStation simply by plugging it in to USB port on the LinkStation. It will then appear in the master folder as a new share on the LinkStation. Not all USB hard drives are supported. Some USB hard drives may need to be reformatted with the LinkStation’s format utility before working properly.

  • Page 22: Formatting Hard Drives

    Formatting Hard Drives 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.

  • Page 23: Mapping Additional Shares

    Mapping Additional Shares You can map additional drive letters to shares on your LinkStation. From NAS 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.
  • Page 24 From the Tools pull-down menu, select Map Network Drive. Choose a drive letter from the Drive: pull down menu. To specify the folder to map, either find it with Browse 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.

  • Page 25: Maintenance

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

  • Page 26: Email Notification

    Email Notification If you have access to an SMTP mail server, your LinkStation can send you reports and alerts. To configure this, navigate to System/ Maintenance, open Email Notification, and click on Modify Settings. Enable notification and enter your SMTP server address and port.

  • Page 27: Backup Jobs

    Backup Jobs 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.

  • Page 28: Initialization

    Initialization You can restore settings to their factory defaults by clicking Restore LinkStation. You can choose to either keep the current admin password after initialization, or revert the password to its default setting of “password”. You can also restore factory settings with the following procedure: 1.
  • Page 29 Initialization will affect different settings on the LinkStation depending on which method you use. Initializing the LinkStation from within the Web Admin Tool restores the following settings to their 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.

  • Page 30: Ups

    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.

  • Page 31: Sleep Timer

    Sleep Timer The LinkStation can be configured to go into 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 on the front panel for 3 seconds.

  • Page 32: Print Server

    Print Server • To share a USB printer with the LinkStation, navigate 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. • In NAS Navigator2, right-click on the LinkStation and choose Browse Shares.
  • Page 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 Add Printer Wizard will launch. Select the proper driver for your printer. If the specific printer is not in the list, you will be required to insert the CD that came with your printer into your PC’s CD-ROM drive and click Have Disk.
  • Page 35 • To print a test page or configure additional printer settings, right click on the lp printer icon and select Properties. This will open the printer’s driver properties page. • Click Print Test Page to print a sample page. You can also browse through the available settings for the printer.
  • Page 36 If a corrupt print job is sent to a printer, printing may suddenly fail. If your print jobs seem to be locked up, clearing the print queue may resolve the issue. To delete the print queue, click Delete Print Queue. This will clear all current print jobs.

  • Page 37: Time Machine

    Time Machine To use the LinkStation as a location 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 Attributes.
  • Page 38 Navigate to Extensions/Time Machine and click Modify Settings. Enable Time Machine. For the Target Folder, choose the folder you 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 Network Preferences page.
  • Page 39 For the Target Host Name field, enter the Mac’s “Computer Name” from the Sharing page. Navigate to this page by selecting Sharing in System Preferences. To work with Time Machine, the Computer Name should contain only the following characters: 0123456789-abcdefghijklmnopqrstu vwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ and “-”(hyphens).
  • Page 40 It will take several minutes for the image file to be created. The file ‘TargetHostName_TargetMACAddress. 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.
  • Page 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: Dlna Media Server

    DLNA Media Server A share on the LinkStation can 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 Save when done.
  • Page 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: Itunes Server

    iTunes Server Your LinkStation includes iTunes server capability. The iTunes server will be available 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 iTunes under “Shared”.

  • Page 45: Bittorrent Client

    BitTorrent Client LinkStation’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.
  • Page 46 To add a torrent, select either Add Torrent From Add or File Torrent From URL, and then Browse. Navigate 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”...

  • Page 47: Direct Copy

    Direct Copy You can copy digital media files directly to the LinkStation from a USB storage device, such as a digital camera, USB flash drive, or external hard disk. 1. Connect your USB device to the USB port on the back of the LinkStation.

  • Page 48: Remote Access

    Remote Access - WebAccess With Buffalo’s WebAccess, you can access your LinkStation from anywhere in the world with an Internet connection. It’s easy to access your files, or share them with other people, wherever they may be. To use Webaccess, Enable ‘Web Access Service’.
  • Page 49 To enable WebAccess for a share, double-click on the sharename from Extensions/WebAccess. Choose your desired level of Web Access from the ‘Web Access Settings’ drop-down menu: ‘Disable’ will prevent remote access to this share through WebAccess. This is the default setting. ‘Allow Anonymous’...
  • Page 50 Using WebAccess 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 48. Alternately, you can go directly to your share by typing BuffaloNAS.com/your_BuffaloNAS_name in the URL window.
  • Page 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 Uploading Files with WebAccess To upload files to the LinkStation, click Upload in the bottom left corner of the window. Note: This option will not appear unless you are logged in and at least one user (besides admin) has been given access to the share. This window will pop up.
  • Page 53 Remote Access - FTP The LinkStation includes FTP server capability, allowing you to access files on it from anywhere. If FTP is enabled for a folder, then you can read, edit, and save to any files in that folder from anywhere. To use FTP, 1: Set up your account.
  • Page 54 To access your LinkStation remotely, type ftp://username:password@ipaddress/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) share - is the name of the folder on your LinkStation that you’re accessing.

  • Page 55: Troubleshooting Multiple Shares

    Troubleshooting Multiple Shares When accessing multiple shares from 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.
  • Page 56 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 same username and password! If only unrestricted shares are being mapped, then it’s not necessary to set a username and password for shares.

  • Page 57: Disk Errors

    Troubleshooting 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 configuration 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 try to back up any data you can before beginning.
  • Page 58 LED Information Codes: The status LED will flash amber to give information codes. Like the error codes, these alternate between 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.

  • Page 59: Fan Replacement

    Fan Replacement Replacement fans for the LinkStation Pro are available from Buffalo 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 fan will now slide straight out to the side.

  • Page 60: Specifications

    Specifications Data Transfer Rates: 10/100/1000 Mbps Hard Drive: 3.5” SATA Main Connector Type: RJ-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: Windows Vista™/XP/2000, Windows XP MCE ®...
  • Page 61 Factory Defaults GPL Information (North America) Administrator Name: admin (cannot be changed) Password: password Default Shared Folder: share Recycle Bin: enabled for share DHCP Client: Automatic. If no DHCP Server is available, then the IP address is assigned randomly to the 169.254.xxx.xxx subnet with subnet mask 255.255.0.0.
  • Page 62 Contact Information (North America) Buffalo Technology USA Inc. 11100 Metric Blvd., Suite 750 Austin, TX 78758 GENERAL INQUIRIES Monday through Friday 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 days a week. (USA and Canada).

  • Page 63: Contact Information (Europe)

    2 Bracknell Beeches, Old Bracknell Lane Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 7BW United 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...
  • Page 64 GPL Source Code Information GPL Information (North America) Source code for Buffalo products that use GPL code is available at http://opensource.buffalo.jp.

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