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Product: LS200 Series | LS200 SoHo Series | LS700 Series | LS700 SoHo Series

How to Open WEBUI Settings on LinkStation

See also:

Setup your Buffalo NAS out of the box

Initial setup a LinkStation from your mobile device

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LS200 series

LS700 series

LS200 Series

Configure and manage your LinkStation using the Settings interface, accessible from a browser window. Open the interface using the appropriate procedure below or type the LinkStation’s IP address into the URL field of your browser. Within Settings, the Easy Admin page gives you quick access to commonly-used settings.

Note: Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft Edge, Firefox 18, Google Chrome 24, Safari 5, and later are supported. If you have difficulty viewing Settings, check whether you have a proxy server enabled in the browser settings. If you do, disable the proxy server.

Using a Computer

1. Double-click the NAS Navigator2 icon ( ) to start NAS Navigator2.

2. Right-click your LinkStation’s icon and select Open Settings. For macOS, select the LinkStation’s icon while holding down the control key, then select Open Settings.

3. Enter the username and password, then click OK.

Notes:

• If the time-out period is set to “10 minutes”, you will be logged out of Settings after 10 minutes of inactivity.
• Click Secure Connection to log in using an encrypted connection. For detailed information about encrypted connections, refer to the “Encrypting Data Transmission” section in User Manual.

4. The process is complete when Easy Admin is opened.

5. (Optional) Click Advanced Settings to open the Advanced Settings UI.

Using a Mobile Device

Notes:
• If you have an older version of SmartPhone Navigator installed on your device, update it to the latest version. Your icons and software may be slightly different from the examples in this manual.
• You must be logged in as a member of the administrator group.
• Mobile devices that support mobile-optimized Settings display are described in the “Specifications” section in User Manual.

1. Tap the SmartPhone Navigator icon ( ) on your mobile device.

2. Tap your LinkStation from the list of devices.

3. Tap Open Settings.

4. Enter the username and password, then tap Log In.

Note: The default username and password are “admin” and “password”.

5. The process is complete when Settings is opened.

Notes:
• Username/Password Combinations:

• To go back to Easy Admin, click the home icon ( ).
• Tap Desktop on Settings optimized for mobile devices to show Advanced Settings. This screen gives the full array of settings that could be changed from a computer, but it is not optimized for mobile devices.

LS700 Series

Note: Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 9 or later, and Safari 9 or later are supported. If you have difficulty viewing Settings, check the following:
• If you use Internet Explorer to open Settings, the interface may not be displayed properly. In such a case, use another browser.
• If there are a large number of registered users, groups, or shared folders, the Settings interface may take a longer time (up to 20 minutes) to load.
• If you have a proxy server enabled in the browser settings, configure the exception settings for Settings or disable the proxy server.
• With Internet Explorer, set security to Local intranet. On Windows Server operating systems, higher-level security is configured by default. Set the security to a lower level temporarily.

Using a Computer

1. Double-click the NAS Navigator2 icon ( ) to start NAS Navigator2.

2. Right-click your LinkStation’s icon and select Open Settings. For macOS, select the LinkStation’s icon while holding down the control key, then select Open Settings.