NAS Buffalo Linkstation Bittorrent

[NICETOBNICE]

Hi guys has anyone had any experience with buffalo Nas link station?

Its driving me up the wall.

Hers a list of problems I'm having.

It wont let me format my other external HDD when plugged into the usb port it asks for it to be formatted but no matter what type of format you select it cannot fulfil the task. I have even plugged it into the pc to format it but always wants to reformat it before it will show.

The bit-torrent handler is so hard to understand, is it me ? do you have to add the link every time you want to download a file ?

Really appreciate your help guys

[GastonJ]

Are you sure the USB port isn't just there for plugging in a drive to backup the contents of the NAS rather than to be used for sharing external disks?

Which model is it?

[NICETOBNICE]

Are you sure the USB port isn't just there for plugging in a drive to backup the contents of the NAS rather than to be used for sharing external disks?

Which model is it?

Its a Seagate 2tb

It shows it on the device list but says it needs formatting but cannot rat the drive

Ive even tried formatting it on a laptop ten making the drive active but it still don display the files just says format disk ?

[cactikid]

my nas drive is plugged into router by lan cable no usb and setup by disc.

NAS (Network Attached Storage) provides a way to connect a storage device to a local area network such as a home/office WiFi system. NAS drives are different from external hard drives as they don’t directly connect to a computer; instead they connect to a network’s router. They’re an alternative to buying a traditional file server and act as a central data source for all devices connected to the network, a NAS drive is simply a network hard drive. Not only can a NAS device be used for file sharing over a local network and as a sound backup tool, but they can be used as a multi-media streaming device to access music & video files from desktop PCs, laptops & tablets.

[NICETOBNICE]

Think we have Our wires crossed somewhere.

i used to have a Seagate 2tb usb HDD plugged into a usb router which shared all files across the network.


Now I have 3tb buffalo likstation

I wuldlk to add my isting 2tb HDD to my linkstation so ican have 5 TB in toal

I ave not chand al my speling as I edd y admi guys to checkws oing on with the form as it seems to e missingcertain letters whentpeing

[happy_highlander]

Can your nas use 2tb external drive without maybe having to update software. I had to update software on my zyxel to make 3tb usb drive compatible. If it's an older buffalo it may only support 1tb usb drive

[cunny]

How many bays does your NAS have? and how many are populated?

You could, if space is there, take the 2tb out of the enclosure and add it to the nas, giving you the 5tb over the nas

[NICETOBNICE]

Can your nas use 2tb external drive without maybe having to update software. I had to update software on my zyxel to make 3tb usb drive compatible. If it's an older buffalo it may only support 1tb usb drive

When i open up the setting it says latest firmware installed so think thats out the question thanks anyway

[NICETOBNICE]

How many bays does your NAS have? and how many are populated?

You could, if space is there, take the 2tb out of the enclosure and add it to the nas, giving you the 5tb over the nas

Cheers cunny its only a 1 drive nas

[NICETOBNICE]

Wish i could work out this Bittorent client

Cant seem to get it to work

Its a LS210D0301-EU LINKSTATION 210 3TB NAS 1X 3TB HDD 1

[happy_highlander]

Don't forget most isp's block almost all torrent sites. Try a torrent file on your laptop using a torrent client like utorrent so you know that particular torrent site isn't blocked them load the same torrent into the nas bitorrent client.

[NICETOBNICE]

I use torents reguler with my laptop and bittorrent client' but not sure how the whole client thing on the nas works ?

Do i need bittorrent installed on my laptop still to make it work ?

[happy_highlander]

No additional client should be needed. The bittorent client I have on my zyxel is just as simple as uploading a torrent file or torrent url from anywhere on my network or beyond if I connect remotely and just let it download. There is a couple I know of that need you to use them through a Web browser. I'm not familiar with the buffalo. Don't they have specific forum where you might get better help with the setup

[GastonJ]

From the manual

"Note: Hard drives formatted with NTFS, exFAT, or HFS+ will have read-only access"

You are formatting the UBS drive as fat32 rather than NTFS?

Don't know if you've downloaded NAS Navigator from their site, or if you have it, but the setup for Bittorrent is on part of that program that you install on your computer.

http://www.buffalo-technology.com/en/support/downloads/