Buffalo LinkStation Live HS-DH500GL

...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, ...

smileandnod 27.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Buffalo LinkStation Live HS-DH500GL

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. ...

GEM99 18.12.2007
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Review of Buffalo LinkStation Live HS-DH500GL

An excellent storage facility, I have been using the Baffalo brand for a number of years now and still use my original 80g unit. Other brands I have used have gone under, causing me to lose some data, so I up to now have no reason to doubt Baffalo's reliability, which is my main concern when choosing storage. Even with a few clumsy people around the place it has handed a few knocks and tumbles with no drama. The newer link stations have become quieter ...
...lot about Baffalo as a company, in terms of the effort they put into developing their products. I also like the sleek yet robust design, as mentioned they have a good sturdy feel. It is simple to use straight out of the box and easily intergrated into a network, primarily used as back-up in my case. ...

hoshino 05.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Buffalo LinkStation Live HS-DH500GL