Changing the IP Address. Buffalo Tech TeraStation 5000

Note: Make sure the TeraStation’s Ethernet frame size is smaller than the hub or router’s. Larger frame sizes may not transfer the data to the TeraStation correctly.

Changing the IP Address

Normally, the TeraStation’s IP address is set automatically from a DHCP server on your network. If you prefer, you can set it manually. An easy way to do this is to change it from NAS Navigator2 running on a computer connected to the same router (subnet) as the TeraStation. The procedure to change the IP address in Settings is below.

Note: If the TeraStation is being used as an iSCSI hard drive, to change the settings, navigate to Drives - iSCSI in

Settings and move the iSCSI switch to the temporarily before changing network settings.

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In Settings, click Network.

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Click to the right of “IP Address”.

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Click the LAN port where the IP address will be changed.

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Click Edit.

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Disable “DHCP” and enter the desired network address settings, then click OK.

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Notes:

• Do not set the same address for LAN port 1 and LAN port 2. This may cause unstable network communication.

• Use LAN port 1 to access different network subnets from the TeraStation. Access to a different network subnet is not possible from LAN port 2 since it doesn’t have a default gateway.

• The following IP addresses are reserved and should not be used. If you configure one of them by accident, initialize all settings with the init button on the TeraStation.

Local loopback address: 127.0.0.1, 255.255.255.0

Network address: 0.0.0.0, 255.255.255.0

Broadcast address: 255.255.255.255, 255.255.255.0

The IP address range from 224.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255

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