User manual BUFFALO HS-DGL : LINKSTATION HOME SERVER

[. . . ] LinkStation MultiMedia Home Server HS-DGL Series User Manual www. buffalotech. com v1. 4 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase!Your LinkStation Home Server gives you a central location for storing all your media files in your local network. All your computers and media players will be able to access files on the LinkStation. This user manual uses images representative of LinkStation user interfaces and software at time of publication. [. . . ] Group Description: The group description should be used to differentiate the different groups on LinkStation. A brief sentence or phrase regarding the users inside of the group is recommended. Select Affiliated Users: Select the users that are to be added to this new group. The check box next to the user's name should be checked if they are to be added to the group. Users can be added to or removed from the group at a later time by editing the group and checking or unchecking their respective boxes. Clicking Apply will set the settings. 42 Security Settings - Shared Folder Setup User accounts allow LinkStation to limit access to certain or all shared folders. This password is used to obtain the data inside the shared folder. If a user does not have the proper user account credentials, then access to the data will be denied. NOTE: User accounts will only be used on shares with the Access Restriction function Add New User: This begins the process of creating a new user. Edit User Info: This allows user information to be changed. A user's password may also be changed here. Delete User: This button deletes a user. If a user is deleted, they will also be removed from any groups they were associated with. 43 Security Settings - Shared Folder Setup User Name: Enter a name for each user here. Each name should indicate the named user. For instance, you could use the user's first name as the user name. Password: The user password is the password associated with the user. The password can be up to 8 characters and can contain spaces, hyphens, and underscores. The password will need to be confirmed on the Password (Confirm) line as well. The password can be changed at a later time by editing the user's settings. User Description: The user description can help to differentiate different users on LinkStation. The Apply button will set the settings. 44 USB Settings USB Details: Normally, all devices currently connected to the LinkStation will be displayed under USB Details. Newly attached USB devices may not be visible here until the LinkStation is restarted. [. . . ] If unsecure, unrestricted shares are mapped, and then an attempt to map a secure, restricted share occurs, this error will occur. To remedy the situation, you must create all shares using the same login and password information. Please follow the steps on the next page to remedy this problem. 76 Troubleshooting - Multiple Shares When mapping any share, select the `Connect using a different user name' option. A login and password prompt will appear. [. . . ]