The easy to use LinkStation Live Multimedia Storage Server is perfect whenever you need dependable network data storage. All computers on your network can share files on this... more
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capacity! Whether you're using it at home or in the office, the LinkStation Live allows you to share your files with other computers on the network, and has an im...
dependable network data storage. All computers on your network can share files on this versatile, flexible, and simple NAS. In addition to its storage capabilities,...
capacity! Whether you're using it at home or in the office, the LinkStation Live allows you to share your files with other computers on the network, and has an im...
storage capacity! Whether you're using it at home or in the office, the LinkStation Live allows you to share your files with other computers on the network, and has...
capacity! Whether you're using it at home or in the office, the LinkStation Live allows you to share your files with other computers on the network, and has an impressive transfer speed and USB 2.0 interface to boot. In addition to its storage capacities, it can stream multimedia content to a computer, Mac, television, or other media player, giving you direct access to different music files on iTunes. The LinkStation Live is best suited for homes and small business that need a central location for files that can be accessed by all devices on a network.
capacity! Whether you're using it at home or in the office, the LinkStation Live allows you to share your files with other computers on the network, and has an impressive transfer speed and USB 2.0 interface to boot. In addition to its storage capacities, it can stream multimedia content to a computer, Mac, television, or other media player, giving you direct access to different music files on iTunes. The LinkStation Live is best suited for homes and small business that need a central location for files that can be accessed by all devices on a network.
storage capacity! Whether you're using it at home or in the office, the LinkStation Live allows you to share your files with other computers on the network, and has an impressive transfer speed and USB 2.0 interface to boot. In addition to its storage capacities, it can stream multimedia content to a computer, Mac, or other media player, giving you direct access to different music files on iTunes. The LinkStation Live is best suited for homes and small business that need a central location for files that can be accessed by all devices on a network.
Advantages: Quiet, fast, small, easy to set up, easy to use Disadvantages: Err.......
...by an ethernet cable. Fortunately Buffalo have thought to provide one. Even better, it's a flat one, so will happily run under your carpet if so required. Both Euro and GB type wall plugs are included, as is a CD with software on it.
It looks ok as well, although that's fairly subjective really. I wouldn't mind it sitting on the bookcase in full view, but my wife would.
Setup
Without any intervention at all, it picked up it's IP address from the ... ...away in the background. It is already set up with an area called SHARE, which is, well, the shared area. Without installing any software, or performing any setup of any kind, I was able to open My Network Places (in Windows of course), navigate to my workgroup (called WORKGROUP) and there was the linkstation. I was able to create new folders under SHARE, and copy data to it straight away. Unless you have changed your workgroup name from the default, ...
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27.02.2008
Quick review of Buffalo LinkStation Live HS-DH500GL Review ofBuffalo LinkStation Live HS-DH500GLby
GEM99
Another excellent piece of kit from Buffalo.
Easy to set up (much better than earlier models). As I already had a Buffalo NAS I did not need to install any software, it was found immediately.
Have yet to explore it fully (there is more to it than previous models) as their have been more additions to the menus/facilities now available.
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Manufacturer's product description
The easy to use LinkStation Live Multimedia Storage Server is perfect whenever you need dependable network data storage. All computers on your network can share files on this versatile, flexible, and simple NAS. In addition to its storage capabilities, it can stream multimedia to a PC, a Mac, a Buffalo LinkTheater, and other DLNA Certified media players. The LinkStation Live seamlessly integrates with iTunes and allows you to access your music files on the LinkStation from your iTunes software. Best suited for homes or small businesses who need a central location for files that all devices on the network can share.
Power
Power Device: Power supply - internal
Voltage Required: AC 100 V ( 50/60 Hz )
Power Consumption Operational: 17 Watt, 21 Watt
Software / system requirements
OS Required: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Linux, Apple MacOS 8.6 or later, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP
Software Included: Drivers & Utilities
Environmental parameters
Humidity Range Operating: 20 - 80%
Max Operating Temperature: 35 °C
Min Operating Temperature: 5 °C
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support Details: Limited warranty - 2 years
As our latest project comes to a close and we face losing any unused capital we again raise the idea of network storage with the boss. It's something we have mentioned repeatedly and suddenly find ourselves with an offer of whatever we can get for £1000. more
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