Hi,
I just got myself a used Buffalo LinkStation 421DE NAS. I'm convinced that hardware itself is functioning properly. However when it comes to software part - NAS navigator and WEB UI then everything I touch seems to be broken. For example.
- I try to modify some setting from WEB UI. Then save it. I get popup that buffalo nas cannot be reached. After that when I navigate to WEB UI it is either blank or aborts to load with some JavaScript error. Restarting won't help but doing a manual reset will.
- HDD formatting does not work. Just says can't format without providing any further explanation.
- When I managed to format HDD externally and try to map drive in Windows 10 via NAS Navigator it says there is no share directory.
while in fact there is.
How do you guys even use this device? Everything I touch seems to be completely f-d up. I'm running 1.85 firmware. I've heard that earlier firmwares are less buggy. Which version would you recommend?