Buffalo LinkStation 250 GB Network External Storage Center HD-H250LAN

by BUFFALO

Product Details

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Product Manual [7.37mb PDF]

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Data Sheet [1.51mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002ICEIQ
• Item model number: HD-H250LAN
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 19, 2005

Product Description

From the manufacturer

Store and Share Multimedia Content Over Your Network!

The quick and simple way to store and share all your music, videos, images and other files in one safe and convenient location! Easily stream digital media to a Buffalo LinkTheater Network Media Player!

The LinkStation Network Storage Center from Buffalo Technology offers an easy and economic solution to add 250 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, an additional hard drive can be added for extra space or backups instantly. Simple setup and maintenance, versatile usage, and a compact design make the LinkStation the "must have" solution for storing and sharing files on your home or small office network.

Features

• 250 GB Network Attached Storage
• Quick and Easy Installation
• Compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux Systems
• Additional Drive Capacity via USB 2.0 Ports
• Managed Backups over the network or via USB 2.0 to External Storage
• Built-in Print Server
• Built-in FTP Server
• Minimal Power Consumption and Schedulable Auto-power Off
• Compact, Aesthetic Design
• Silent Internal Fan
• Internal Power Supply

Product Description

BUFFALO TECHNOLOGY HD-H250LAN -- The LinkStation Network Storage Center offers an easy to use, affordable solution to your network storage and sharing needs. Add 250GB 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

84 of 92 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ...Something you should know..., November 13, 2005

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MagMusic (Richmond, VA, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buffalo LinkStation 250 GB Network External Storage Center HD-H250LAN (Personal Computers)

I purchased this device some months back. It's not as fast as I'd have liked, but it's a marked improvement over the Maxtor Shared Storage Drive NAS, which was so incredibly slow I had to send it back. (At the time I bought it, this 250 gb drive cost MORE than the Maxtor 300 gb NAS unit, BTW.) It works tolerably, though I have experienced the hesitations others here have mentioned. (I have NO trouble with real long file names, though. None at all.) Eventually, I filled the thing up, but that's not a problem because according to the marketing info I could buy a large gb USB2 external drive, attach it to the LinkStation and commence to steppin', right? Well yes, BUT... What Buffalo doesn't tell you ANYWHERE--not even in the manual--is that when you add an external drive, it becomes available as a SINGLE share point only, named USBDrive1 (unchangeable), and that IT IS NOT ABLE TO HAVE ANY OF THE ALREADY-LIMITED SECURITY FEATURES OF THE MAIN UNIT. I found this out by calling Buffalo.

This is completely useless, stupid and duplicitous on Buffalo's part. I bought the unit with the expectation that I could expand it and the expansion space would either integrate itself into the main pool of disk space or would at least behave like the rest of the unit, allowing me to "parition" it into share points of my choosing that I could assign drive letters to. Who needs a 300 gb pool of disk space that you can't keep ANYONE out of? And you can only add ONE external drive, at that. My only option here is to buy another LinkStation altogether and tie up another port on my switch. I certainly could use it, but I'm not sure Buffalo deserves any more of my money after this.

From what I've been reading, there IS no decent, fast, well-thought out NAS unit priced for the home/small business market. I think Buffalo's TeraStation is way too expensive for home use, and from the reviews I've read it's not appreciably better than the LinkStation, anyway.

I didn't want to have to build a PC and screw around with Microsoft's interminable security BS just to have large mass storage at my disposal, but it looks like that's the only choice there is, which is really disappointing.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars garbage, April 10, 2006

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bloodnok "it must have be some other filthy s... (east finchley) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buffalo LinkStation 250 GB Network External Storage Center HD-H250LAN (Personal Computers)

i regret the acquisition of this waste of time. it fails to accept files from either windows or osx if the filename is longer than a ridiculously short default, it's as slow as molasses, and it's bloody noisy to boot. also buffalo technical support is pathetic.

mine is for sale once i wipe its disk ...

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This is NOT a Mac-compatible device!!!, January 5, 2006

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Charles Dunaway (Ithaca, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Buffalo LinkStation 250 GB Network External Storage Center HD-H250LAN (Personal Computers)

Although the manufacturer says it is Mac compatible and supplies a separate Mac setup guide, the device has a 32-character file name limitation! That means that you can't really copy or backup your Mac files to the Linkstation if any of them have long filenames.

So for my purposes, this is pretty much a worthless device and I returned it the same day it arrived.