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Buffalo HD-H250LAN 250 GB LinkStation Network External Storage Center | List Price: $400.99
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Brand: Buffalo
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Add 250 GigaBytes of network-attached storage via wired or wireless connections
- Dual USB 2.0 ports make it easy to add additional hard drives for extra space or backup
- Simple setup and maintenance, versatile usage, and a compact design
- Minimal power consumption and scheduleable auto-power off
- Silent internal fan; internal power supply
Easy Network Storage [Posted on 2007-01-22]
Anyone looking for network attached storage should buy this device - easy configuration and very user friendly.
Poor quality and support [Posted on 2007-01-31]
Setup is ok, but not for a novice. Not exactly easy. However, the quality is poor. The fan burned out in about 1 year and the company does not offer an out of warrently repair program (even though I was willing to pay). After many calls to support where i repeatedly recieved incorrect information, they basically said too bad, I have to fix it myself. In addition, the fan is a "special" fan that has to be ordered from a 3rd party, but Buffalo does not know the part number for the fan - so good luck getting it from a distributor. IF you are putting data on the drive that you dont want to risk losing then I suggest avoiding the product and company.
Really Not Your Best Choice [Posted on 2007-11-03]
Fan "burnout" in 13-months so that the fan noise was annoying. A call to support elicited a recommendation to buy a new fan at Radio Shack and install it myself.
Difficult to use on my network because of chronic problems with losing time synchronization, which complicates my automatic file backup procedure. But transfer speed is good and (until total catastrophic drive failure after 3 years) the fan problem was tolerable.
Worked OK for a few months. [Posted on 2008-01-11]
Worked OK for ~6 months then it started making a loud buzzing noise. Still worked but the noise drove me crazy. Sounded like a fan bearing going out. Couldn't figure how to open the case and take a look, tech support no help at all. It's sitting on top of a cabinet now, gathering dust.
Buffalo Linkstations are crap [Posted on 2008-07-12]
These products are inferior. My Windows XP system sees the drives but rarely do they connect. I have messed around with these things for over a year and they don't work well at all. The tech support is awful. All they say is things like "plug it into your router and see if that helps". "Or what version are you running?" It's as if they are just looking at things in a book and throwing out meaningless questions.
The only question is "does the product really work?" So far, no.
My recommendation is stay away from Buffalo products. It is a huge waste of money.
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