LinkStation Series Firmware Updater for Windows Version 1.75 Name LinkStation Firmware Updater Version 1.75 File ls_series-v175.zip Size 287,380,980 bytes Date December 15, 2020 Platform Windows PC OS Windows 10 (64- and 32-bit), 8.1 (64- and 32-bit), 8 (64- and 32-bit), 7 (64- and 32-bit), Vista (64- and 32-bit), XP Models LS-XHL, LS-CHL, LS-WXL, LS-WSXL, LS-SL, LS-AVL, LS-VL, LS-WVL, LS-QVL, LS-XL, LS-YL, LS-WXBL Copyright Buffalo Inc. Distribution .ZIP archive Condition Re-distribution is not allowed. Manuals Quick setup guide, user manual This product uses GPL/LGPL applicable software and you are welcome to keep, modify, and redistribute the source code. Please ask our technical support representatives about modified GPL and applicable modules, and how to deliver them. You may be charged for the delivery cost. [Software Description] This software will update the LinkStation firmware to version 1.75. If your unit’s firmware is already version 1.75 or later, you don’t need this update. [How to Verify the Firmware Version] Select your LinkStation from NAS Navigator2. The firmware version is displayed on the bottom right corner of the window. If the hostname contains “EM”, the LinkStation is in emergency mode. In such a case, try updating the firmware to recover it. [Notes] • Please consult technical support or your local customer service representative if the firmware update causes unexpected issues. • Do not turn off the LinkStation until the firmware update is completed and the “Finished” message appears. • Newer LinkStation firmwares (version 1.51 or later) may cause the “unknown error” message to appear in NAS Navigator2. If this message appears, update NAS Navigator2 to the latest version. [How to Update the Firmware] 1. Connect the LinkStation and a computer to run the updater on the same network subnet. The subnet masks should be the same and the first three numbers of the IP addresses should be the same. The last number of the IP addresses should be different. For example, if the IP address and subnet mask of the computer are “192.168.0.10/255.255.255.0” and the IP address and subnet mask of the LinkStation are “192.168.1.150/255.255.255.0”, then the updater will not work properly. In such a case, reconfigure the LinkStation’s IP address and subnet mask to “192.168.0.150/255.255.255.0”. Then, the devices will be on the same subnet and the updater will work properly. 2. Exit all applications. Also, stop or exit any firewall software. 3. Extract the downloaded file and run “LSUpdater.exe”. When a LinkStation is detected, an update window will open. 4. If multiple LinkStations are connected to the network, select which LinkStation to update. 5. Click ‘Update’ and enter the LinkStation’s admin password. 6. Click ‘OK’. 7. It will take several minutes for the firmware to update. During the update process, the power LED will blink amber. Don’t disconnect or power down the LinkStation until the update is finished. 8. When the update is finished, a message will be displayed. [Release Notes] Version 1.75 [2020-12-15] Bug Fixes [Date and Time] • Fixed a bug where if the date is set to “2020/12/1” and a later date and the TeraStation is restarted, the configured date reverts to “2007/11/1”. Version 1.74 [2018-02-05] Bug Fixes [SMB] • Modified to patch a Samba programming vulnerability (CVE-2017-15275). Version 1.73 [2017-07-05] Bug Fixes [SMB] • Modified to patch a Samba programming vulnerability (CVE-2017-7494). Version 1.71 [2015-08-06] Bug Fixes • Improved security of Settings page. • Modified to patch a Bash programming vulnerability (CVE-2014-6278). Version 1.70 [2015-04-06] Bug Fixes • Modified to patch OpenSSL programming vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-3567 and CVE-2014-3568) that are also known as the POODLE (SSL3.0) vulnerability. • Modified to patch Samba programming vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-0178, CVE-2014-0244, CVE-2014-3493, and CVE-2015-0240). Version 1.69 [2014-10-27] • Modified to patch Bash programming vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-6271 and CVE-2014-7169). Version 1.68 [2013-11-19] • Improved security of Settings page. • Now supports 4K sector hard drives. • Improved LS-WXBL models performance. • Fixed the firmware update hangup when the online update server didn’t respond. • Fixed a bug where WebAccess Remote options might not be displayed. • Fixed a bug where the LS-SL models’ LINK/ACT LEDs didn’t light correctly. • Improved the completion message when a RAID rebuild is completed. Version 1.65 [2013-05-27] • Now supports LS-AVL, LS-XHL, LS-CHL, and LS-SL models. • Fixed a bug where the USB device server didn’t work with firmware version 1.64. • Fixed a bug where disk checks didn’t complete when the LinkStation had many files with firmware version 1.62 or later. • Fixed a bug where the LinkStation didn’t detect external USB drives larger than 2 TB. • Fixed a bug where file copies to shared folders might fail with the LS-WSX240L. • Fixed a bug where the following network media players couldn’t pause when playing music: Pioneer N-30, Onkyo T-4070. • Fixed a bug where the media server and iTunes server weren’t configured properly after initializing the LinkStation. Version 1.63 [2012-10-30] • Improved file transfer speed by SMB. Version 1.62 [2012-09-20] • Added the settings that LinkStation synchronizes DLNA database renewal to reading and writing files. • Improved file transfer speed by SMB. Version 1.61 [2012-08-27] • Fixed failure to register WebAccess’s BuffaloNAS.com settings in some regions. Version 1.60 [2012-07-05] • Modified to path a Samba programming vulnerability (CVE-2012-1182). Version 1.58 [2012.4] • Fixed a bug where applying “Media Server update can not be updated completely” warning and error message when configuring media server. Version 1.57 [2012-03-22] • Fixed a bug where the header of email notification includes bad timestamp. • Fixed a bug where formatting of newly added disk fails. • Fixed a bug where the firmware installation fails on the enclosure model. Version 1.56 [2011-12-14] • Fixed a bug where iTunes 10.5 cannot connect to iTunes Server of LinkStation. • Fixed a bug where some routers fail to connect to WebAccess using UPnP. Version 1.54 [2011-08-11] • Now officially supports Time Machine backup for OS X v10.7 Lion. • Fixed a bug where setting of Time Machine was changed to “Disabled” after recovering from sleep by using the timer feature. Version 1.52 [2011-07-25] • WebAccess is now updated to version 3.4. • Improved the interface when accessing from mobile devices. • Changed and extended the supported devices and OS. Refer to the following URL for details: http://buffalonas.com/manual/en/iphone00.html • Simplified configuration items for Time Machine. • Now supports OS X 10.7 Lion. • Fixed a bug where shared folders with access restrictions enabled could not be accessed via AFP from a computer running OS X 10.7 Lion. Time Machine backup will be supported soon. • Settings now supports in Arabic, Finnish, and Turkish. • Support the error notification feature using S.M.A.R.T. (the self-diagnosis of hard drive). (An error is notified on the status light and via email notification.This feature does not display S.M.A.R.T. information.) • Fixed a bug where the recycle bin of a list of the shared folder in Settings when admin’s user name and password was changed. • Fixed a bug where USB drive not connected to the download folder of BitTorrent could not be selected. • Fixed a bug where the system did not sometimes boot when the power switch was pressed after it was shutting down by synchronization with UPS. • Fixed a bug where the procedure to removing Picture Transferring Protocol (PTP) device was different from the descriptions in the manual. • Fixed a bug where a part of display of the regular report mail collapsed when cooperating with Flicker. Version 1.43 [2011-06-30] • Fixed a bug where configuration by UPnP of WebAccess for specific routers could not be made. Version 1.42 [2011-06-08] • Fixed a bug where the E23 message was mistakenly displayed and RAID array was unable to be used when using the drive as RAID 1. • Fixed a bug where configuration in the LinkStation was corrupted if the power was not off in the correct procedure. • Fixed a bug where the USB drive which was formatted in FAT32 using Buffalo’s utility “Disk Formatter” was not recognized. Version 1.41 [2011-04-12] • Added online firmware update feature. • Now supports hard drives larger than 2 TB capacity. • Fixed a bug where LinkStation does not go to the standby mode after the backup job completes when backup job runs while LinkStation is in the standby mode by sleep timer • Fixed a bug where LinkStation does not wake up at designated time set on Sleep Timer when the time zone is set other than Japan. • Fixed a bug where Direct Copy fails when copying files from a digital camera via PTP mode. • Fixed a bug where rebuilding RAID 10 array may fail. • Fixed a bug where deleting RAID 0 array may fail. • Fixed a bug where RAID array rebuild may fail when enabling Flickr support. • Fixed a bug where the E16 message appears while LinkStation boots up. • Fixed a bug where the seek bar does not work when playing wma file on Squeezebox. • WebAccess is now updated to version 3.3. • Fixed a bug where the file download may fail on Internet Explorer. Version 1.40 [2011-02-28] • Added Squeezebox server feature. • Added USB device server feature. (For LS-VL, LS-WVL, LS-QVL models only) • Added web service features (Flickr and Eye-Fi connected). • Fixed an FTP issue that shared folders are deleted when connecting via FTP. • Fixed a USB drive backup failure issue when USB drive is formatted FAT. • WebAccess is now updated to version 3.2. • Added collaboration feature with other applications when accessing from iOS devices. (Applications need to be updated.) • Now supports Motorola MILESTONE. • Improved picture quality of preview when accessing to mobile version of WebAccess. • Fixed a bug of multiple file download by a zip file when using an archive software supporting Unicode zip. • Italian revises the problem that is not displayed definitely in Settings. Version 1.37 [2010-10-04] • Now supports LS-VL and LS-WVL models. • Fix an issue that php.ini changed from Settings is not reflected in the web server. Version 1.34 [2010-07-22] • Now supports 4K sector hard drives. Version 1.33 [2010-07-15] • Fixed a bug where WebAccess is not available in Firefox. Version 1.32 [2010-07-05] • WebAccess is now updated to version 3.1. • Now supports accessing from iPad, iPhone 4 and iOS 4 devices. • Now supports accessing HTC Magic, HTC Desire and Xperia X10. • Now supports selecting several items using the Ctrl key. • Now supports renaming uploaded files when the file name is duplicated. • Improved processing speed when multiple clients access LinkStation. For detail description of function, see http://buffalonas.com/manual/en/. Version 1.31 [2010-06-08] • BitTorrent is now updated. By this update, username and password is required to open the BitTorrent download manager. By default, the username is “admin” and the password is blank. • UPS feature is now updated. The LinkStation can interlock with a UPS which is connected to another LinkStation on the same network. • Fixed a bug where RAID operation fails when a USB drive is attached to the LinkStation. Version 1.26 [2010-04-19] • WebAccess is now updated to version 3.0. For more detailed information, see http://buffalonas.com/manual/en/ . Version 1.25 • Firmware updaters for LS-XHL, LS-CHL-V2, LS-WXL, and LS-WSXL models are now integrated. • EDP (Easy Data Protection) is added. (Only for RAID supported models) • RAID array check speed can be changed from RAID array section in Settings. (Only for RAID supported models) • New backup method is supported. (A LinkStation can now be configured to be a backup target or a backup source.The new method of being a target allows a user to create a backup job to pull from a source location or to pushing to a target destination) • Time zone can be selected be by city name from Settings. • Use of multibyte characters other than Japanese in Settings is supported. • Share folder name can be up to 27 byte long. • Share folder description can be up to 75 byte long. • Fixed a bug where the media server folder cannot be browsed from iTunes when “AAC files with certain multibyte characters on the tag” are in the folder. Version 1.24 [2010-01-25] • Fixed a bug where the file size over 4 GB was not displayed correctly when connecting via FTP, and fixed the problem the time stamp was displayed in UTC. • Fixed a bug where behavior becomes unstable and the power did not go off. • Fixed a bug where the SFTP didn’t work even though SFTP is ticked in the shared folder settings on USB drive. • Fixed a bug where building RAID failed when using hard drives with different sizes. Version 1.22 [2009-12-14] (LS-WXL and LS-WSXL models) • Initial release. Version 1.21 [2009-07-27] (LS-CHL models) • Fixed a bug where unable boot up after firmware updating. Version 1.20 [2009-07-21] • Settings now supports Russian. Version 1.10 [2009-05-12] • Fixed following BitTorrent client behavior problems. ◦ Fixed a bug where settings change timing problems when port configuration is changed. ◦ Fixed a bug where previous port setting status is stand by when port configuration is changed. ◦ Fixed a bug where unable to run seed when “Stop seeding when ratio reaches” option is enabled. ◦ Increased stability of DHT act. • Fixed a bug where unable to boot up cause by E06 error. • Fixed a bug where unable to start up iTunes server. • Fixed a compatibility with APC’s UPS. Version 1.03 [2009-01-22] • Fixed a bug where the automatic power switch problem when backup job is performed. • Fixed a bug where an immediate backup schedule does not work properly. • Fixed a bug where time setting does not work properly under the Japanese interface. • Fixed an initialization problem from Settings. Version 1.02 [2008-12-26] • Fixed a bug where LS-XHL models does not respond when LinkNavigator setup is performed with fixed IP address unit. • Fixed a bug where LS-XHL models does not respond when it’s IP address is changed to fixed one from NAS Navigator2.