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User Manual
TeraStation
HS-DTGL/R5
v2.4
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.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 LED’s will swirl as your TeraStation boots up. After your TeraStation has completed booting up and the LED’s have ceased to swirl, check the LINK/ACT LED.on.the.front.of.the.TeraStation... If it’s lit, then your TeraStation is connected properl
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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 TeraStat
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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 69 for more information on TeraStation Client Utility . 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 44 to change your password. If you’ve forgotten your password, see page 64. 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 13. For detailed explanations of each menu and setting, please refer.to.the Advanced Settings section (sta
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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 24.. 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 13). 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 38 - 40 of this manual. To change your RAID configuration, see pages 29 - 32
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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 the \\TeraStation_Name\share_name.in.the.Folder: field, where TeraStation_Name.is.the.TeraStation Name set on page 13 and share_name is.share.(if.you’re. mapping to this preco
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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 page
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Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac Select.Guest.and.click.on.Connect. 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 69 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
