BUFFALO TECHNOLOGY HD-H120LAN LinkStation Network Storage Center

by Buffalo Technology

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000ZPPB4
• Item model number: HD-H120LAN
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 14, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The LinkStation Network Storage Center from Buffalo Technology offers an easy and economic solution to add 120 GigaBytes of network-attached storage via wired or wireless connections. Quick and simple installation allows you to instantly store and share your music, videos, images and other files via a web browser from both PCs and Macs. Offering a built-in print server, the LinkStation simplifies network printing, and with two USB 2.0 ports, additional hard drives can be added for extra space or backups instantly. Simple setup and maintenance, versatile usage, and a compact design make the LinkStation the Òmust haveÓ solution for storing and sharing files on your home or small office network.

Product Description

BUFFALO TECHNOLOGY HD-H120LAN -- The LinkStation Network Storage Center offers an easy to use, affordable solution to your network storage and sharing needs. Add 120GB of network attached storage via wired or wireless connection, for instant sharing of music, videos, images and other files via web browser from both PCs and Macs. One year warranty

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent storage center plus, January 17, 2005

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W. H Tang "Reader" (Hollywood, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BUFFALO TECHNOLOGY HD-H120LAN LinkStation Network Storage Center (Personal Computers)

I bought this product after Thanksgiving Day. (...) What a great deal! This product has so many features such as built-in FTP server, authorization and group access, file sharing, 2 USB ports for printer or hard drive, sleep mode, and etc. I really enjoy this product.

22 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great idea, bad implementation, November 25, 2004

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Martin Anderson "Martin" (Santa Ana, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BUFFALO TECHNOLOGY HD-H120LAN LinkStation Network Storage Center (Personal Computers)

This Network Attached Storage device looks like a great idea, and it mostly does what it advertises. It does make 120GB of storage available over your network and is reasonably priced.

There are some significant flaws. First, the user interface does not allow you to give someone read only access to a particular share. Buffalo could fix this simply by changing the firmware, and it really is a pretty significant oversight. The whole point of having network attached storage is to allow multiple users on a network to have different access levels to data.

Also, the unit is sealed and thus does not allow the user to change the hard drive.

There are other options out there. The Linksys NSLU2 will allow you to hook up USB drives to a network and does allow read only user level access. In additionl, Linksys also has the EFG120 which does the same thing, but has internal IDE hard drives which are user replaceable.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love it - and it's very quiet, May 16, 2005

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Paul (Bay Area, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: BUFFALO TECHNOLOGY HD-H120LAN LinkStation Network Storage Center (Personal Computers)

I bought both a 160 GB and a 120 GB Linkstation. Product manual was a bit too brief, but after a few quick calls to Buffalo customer support I had the 120 up and running in no time (Customer service support was fabulous - especially after hours). Unfortunately, the 160 had some type of defect. Customer support walked me through a firmware upgrade and other tweaks - but we never got the drive to a point where it was usable, so I had to return it.

Also, the 120 drive was significantly quiter than the 160 drive. I don't know if this was just the luck of the draw, or if the larger drive always makes more noise. The difference was so significant that I've actually decided not to buy another 160 version.

All in all, I was very impressed with Buffalo's customer support - and I love what the Linkstation does for my home network (which is a mix of Mac and PC platforms). I suspect the defective 160 drive I recieved was an exception, but I love the 120 GB drive.