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User Manual
LS-WTGL/R1
LinkStation Pro Duo
v2.2
www.buffalotech.com
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Introduction Congratulations on your new LinkStation Pro Duo. This user manual is intended to assist you in configuring it. Because we’re constantly updating our products, the images and text in this manual may vary slightly from the images and text displayed 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 ou
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Table of Contents Back Panel Layout ............................................................4 Installation .......................................................................5 Power Mode Switch ...........................................................8 Using your LinkStation with a PC .....................................9 Using your LinkStation with a Mac .................................13 Add Additional Hard Drives ............................................17 Using the Function
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Back Panel Layout Power Cable Function Button USB Port 1 Power Switch Ethernet Cable (to router) USB Port 2
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Installation 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). Press OK to continue. If you are installing the software on a Mac, open the CD and click LinkNavigator to begin installation.
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LinkNavigator Setup Press the Begin Installation button to begin. 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.
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LinkNavigator 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.
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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. You must have installed the NAS Navigator software 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 man
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Using your LinkStation with a Windows PC 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 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 62 for more on using the NAS Navigator client utility.
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Accessing LinkStation Data from your PC To Access LinkStation Data from a PC: Your LinkStation uses “shares” (folders) to hold data. A share called “share” is already configured 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 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. 10
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Accessing LinkStation Data from your PC You can map additional driveletters to shares on your LinkStation. From the Start menu, select Run.... Enter your LinkStation’s hostname (if you don’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
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Accessing LinkStation Data from your PC 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 (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 sta
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Using your LinkStation with a Mac After installing the LinkNavigator software, your Mac will have two new icons on the desktop. The LS-ProDuoSettings.txt file contains the IP address of your LinkStation. 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 us
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Accessing LinkStation Data from a Mac 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. 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. 1
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Accessing LinkStation Data from a Mac 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. A link to it will appear on your desktop. 1
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Accessing LinkStation Data from a Mac If you don’t know your LinkStation’s IP address, there are several ways to get it. One simple method is to use the NAS Navigator client utility (included on your CD) to find your LinkStation(s). Just click on the icon for your LinkStation and you’ll be able to read 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
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LinkStation Expansion LinkStation Pro Duo 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, simply plug it into the USB port. Once your USB hard drive is connected, see page 28 for configuring your LinkStation to use it. To configure a USB printer, see page 43. 1
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Using the Function Button The Function Button has several functions. You can copy digital media files directly to the LinkStation Mini from a USB storage device, such as a digital camera, USB flash drive, or external hard disk. 1. Connect your USB device to one of the USB ports on the Function LinkStation. The Function LED will glow solid blue for 60 Button seconds. 2. While the Function LED is still glowing blue, press the function button. The following folder is created automatically:
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Using the Function Button Initialization - You can easily bring your LinkStation back to factory settings with the following steps. 1. Move the power switch to the ‘Off’ position. The LinkStation will shut down after about 90 seconds. Function Button 2. While holding down the function button, move the power switch to the ‘On’ postion. The function LED on the front of the LinkStation will begin to flash blue. Power Switch 3. While the Function LED is still flashing, hold down the fu
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Advanced Settings The Configuration GUI The Configuration 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 Configuration GUI from NAS Navigator by right-clicking on your LinkStation and choosing Open Web Admin. 0
