![]() I wanted to reserve the front port for connection to USB portable hard drives so that means I can only play around with the rear port. The Buffalo linkstation has 2 USB ports – one on the front, and one on the back. ![]() ![]() Now we can remove the scanner and connect it to the Buffalo NAS. Make sure that everything is working perfectly. After this is done, do a test run of the scanner connected to the PC. The first step after this is to of course, connect the scanner to the PC, install all required drivers/software that interfaced with the scananer (such as the ScanSnap Manager and ScanSnap Organizer). So the following assumes that you have already read my previous post…. Read about the required steps here in my previous post – Buffalo Quad Pro – Network USB Navigator and Multi-function Printer/Scanner. So to get this running, we will need to install the network USB support software. There is no device for me to buy and no hassle for me to deal with a bunch of USB network hubs which are not working otherwise. As the Buffalo Linkstation already comes with its own built-in Network-USB capability, it is a no brainer for me to use this as the first preference. the ones made by Belkin) and see if they work. You could probably try one of those network USB hub devices (eg. So essentially we would need some sort of a Network-USB bridging device to overcome this limitation. If you have a buffalo NAS and wanted to share out your scanner, then read on…Īs the ScanSnap S1500 has no ethernet port, there is no way you can connect to the network. And the conclusion is that with the parallel usage of the Buffalo Linkstation, this is made possible. The ScanSnap S1500 is not a network scanner (never claimed to be) so it would be an achievement for me if this works at all. After my initial success with network sharing a Dell 1133 multi-function printer/scanner through the Buffalo Linkstation Quad Pro NAS, I became bolder and decided to see if I could also network share the ScanSnap S1500.
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