Unable to browse to Buffalo Linkstation in Windows 7
After installing Windows 7, you may have noticed that your existing linkstation is no longer browseable. This is based on your user configuration of the Buffalo Linkstation.
To allow Windows 7 to freely access the Linkstation using explorer or mapping a drive, simply remove the user(s) setup under the Security settings.
NOTE: This will prevent FTP users from connecting(unless you have anonymous FTP setup).
Step-by-Step:
Log into the administrative webpage of your Linkstation (http://<linkstation name or ip address>
Then click on the Security Button on the left side of the screen
Next, click on User Setup, then simply remove any users.
Now, you will no longer need a password from any other workstations (XP or otherwise) to access your buffalo shares.
If you're still interested in FTP, we recommend running your own FTP server such as Filezilla. You can configure your users and simply add the Linkstation as the home directory.
This is NO solution, this is crap!
When you have problems with the frontdoor of your house, i bet you will repair it instead of leaving it open all day and all night!
Your analogy is incorrect. The point of this post is to allow for browsing to a linkstation on your LAN. Which are normally considered safe from the outside.
Your inability to protect your LAN from the public Internet would be a separate topic.
Thanks for reading!
This is a better solution since Buffalo came out with a patch to resolve this issue: http://d3planet.com/rtfb/2009/11/01/get-windows-7-working-with-your-terastation/
Excellent solution. Worked for me. The suggestion that goodonyx had worked some time ago but for some reason one of my Windows 7 laptops couldn’t connect to the Linkstation HD inspite of having its NTLM authentication
level tweaked. I’d tried different settings to no avail.
But removing the users on the Linkstation worked great. Many thanks for solving a most frustrating issue.
(By the way, if when adding a Comment on this forum Windows Explorer 9 won’t show the Add Comment button, try clicking compatability and it appears)