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User Manual
TeraStation
HD-HTGL/R5
Rev 5.4
www.buffalotech.com
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Introduction Congratulations on your new TeraStation! This user manual is intended to assist you in configuring it. If you run into difficulties or need additional help, feel free to contact our 24/7 Technical Support at (866) 75-610 (USA & Canada only). Technical Support in Europe is available between the hours of 9am - 6pm (GMT) Monday through Thursday and 9am-4:30 pm (GMT) Friday for this product. Customers i
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Table of Contents TeraStation Quick Setup ...................................................4 TeraNavigator Setup..........................................................8 Accessing TeraStation Data from a PC .............................14 Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac........................... 17 TeraStation Diagram ....................................................... 21 Advanced Settings ........................................................... 24 Basic Settings ..............
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TeraStation Quick Setup Begin setting up your TeraStation by plugging your power cable and Ethernet cable into the back of the TeraStation as shown.
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TeraStation Quick Setup Connect your cables Plug the power cord into a 120 volt wall socket. Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into a hub, router, or switch in your network. 5
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TeraStation Quick Setup Make sure that the power switch on the rear of the TeraStation is in the ON position, with the “I” symbol pressed down. Press the power button on the front panel. The LEDs will swirl as your TeraStation boots up. After your TeraStation has completed booting up and the LEDs have ceased to swirl, check the LINK/ACT LED on the front of the TeraStation. If it’s lit, then your TeraStation is connected properly, and you c
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TeraStation Quick Setup The TeraStation’s Ethernet port will automatically adjust to use either a Crossover or Patch cable, so you may connect the TeraStation to your network with either type of Ethernet cable. Buffalo Technology doesn’t recommend connecting the TeraStation directly to a PC. Verify that the LINK/ACT LED on the front of TeraStation is lit (see page 6 ’s picture). If it’s lit, go to page 8 to continue setting up TeraStation. If
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TeraNavigator Setup Insert the TeraNavigator CD into your PC’s CD-ROM drive. Setup should automatically launch. If it does not, manually launch setup.exe by pressing the Start menu and selecting the Run... option. When the Run dialog opens, type d:\setup.exe (where d is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive). Press OK to continue. 8
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TeraNavigator Setup TeraNavigator is now running. Please press the Install Client Utility icon, and then Start. When installation is finished, press Launch.
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TeraNavigator Setup The TeraStation Client Utility allows you to easily configure TeraStation’s network settings. The tabs show the names of available TeraStations. If you have more than one TeraStation on the network, click the tab of the one you want to select it. While a TeraStation’s tab is selected, its IP Address is visible and the View Shares button will take you directly to its network shares and folders. See page 66 fo
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TeraNavigator Setup 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 finished. User name: admin Password: password See page to change your password. If you’ve forgotten your password, see page 60. If this login prompt does not appear, your DHCP server may not be functioning correctly. If DHCP is disabled, you may re-enable it, or verify that the TeraStation’s IP
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TeraNavigator Setup You are now logged in to the TeraStation Management Utility. Bookmark this page in your browser so it can be easily accessed for future configuration changes. You can also get here by typing http://TERASTATION_NAME into a Web browser, where TERASTATION_NAME is the name of your TeraStation that you set on page 1 . For detailed explanations of each menu and setting, please refer to the Advanced Settings section (starting o
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TeraNavigator Setup Here on the Basic page, begin by changing the name of your TeraStation in the TeraStation Hostname field. A friendly, easy-to-remember name is recommended. The name cannot contain any spaces or special characters. Alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and underscores are allowed. A short description of the TeraStation can be entered into the TeraStation Description field. You’ll then see this description in Network Neighborhood on Windows machines. Make sure
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TeraNavigator Setup Congratulations! You’ve completed basic setup. For more detail on the other settings available in your TeraStation, turn to Advanced Settings, beginning on page 1 . To access TeraStation data: Press the Start menu, select the Run... option. When the Run dialog opens, type \\TeraStation_ Name (where ‘TeraStation_Name” is the TeraStation Hostname set on page 1 ). Press the OK button to continue. 1
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Accessing TeraStation Data from a PC TeraStation’s root directory will appear. You will see all of the configured shares, including share, the preconfigured data folder. All users can read and write to all folders unless otherwise configured. To set up security and password protection, or add other shares to your TeraStation, please refer to pages 8 - 1 of this manual. To change your RAID configuration, see pages 8 - 1 . T
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Accessing TeraStation Data from a PC From the TeraStation’s Root Directory screen (see page 15), click the Tools pull down menu and select Map Network Drive; Map Network Drive will run. Select the drive letter you would like to map from the Drive: pull down menu. Enter \\TeraStation_Name\share_name in the Folder: field, where TeraStation_Name is the TeraStation Name set on page 1 and share_name is share (if you’re mapping to this preconfigured folde
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Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac If your Mac does not automatically detect your TeraStation’s Share folder and put it on your desktop, you will need to add the TeraStation to the Mac’s server list. Begin by clicking Go, and then choose Connect to Server. In the Server Address field, enter your TeraStation’s IP address in the form smb:// ipaddress (where “ipaddress” is your TeraStation’s IP address), and click Connect. If you don’t know your TeraStation’s IP address, see pag
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Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac Select Guest and click on Connect. Note: If you have configured share permissions on your TeraStation, select Registered User and enter your Registered User credentials. Select the volume that you want to mount, such as share or share-mac, from the list of folders on the TeraStation. The share will open. A link to the shared folder will appear on your desktop. 18
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Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac If you don’t know your TeraStation’s IP address, there are several ways to get it. One simple method is to use the TeraStation client utility (included on your CD) to find your TeraStation(s). Just click on the tab for your TeraStation and you’ll be able to read its IP address. You must have a Windows PC running on the network to use the TeraStation client. See page 66 for more on the TeraStation client utility. If you have an all-Mac network
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TeraStation Expansion TeraStation has four USB 2.0 ports, two on the front panel and two on the rear. These ports can be used for adding external USB Hard Drives or a USB Printer. TeraStation will then share the USB devices, allowing everyone on the network to use them. Up to four external USB hard drives, or one printer and three hard drives, may be added to TeraStation. To connect a USB printer or hard drive to
