Buffalo TS5200DS NAS Firmware 3.53 Download

Posted at April 27, 2024 by PCI-DB Team

Buffalo TS5200DS NAS Firmware 3.53 Description

[Failover]

- Improved the security level.

[Replication]

- A backup device access key is now supported. This access key is the same as the one used for a backup job.
- When configuring replication, the LAN port numbers (LAN 1 or LAN 2) of the source and target TeraStations are now shown.

[Settings]

- Improved the security level.

[Boot Authentication]

- Boot authentication is now added. This is a feature that allows the TeraStation to be authenticated by an authentication server as the TeraStation boots up. For mored detailed information, refer to the TeraStation user manual.
Notes:
To use boot authentication, a Windows PC is required to serve as the authentication server. The application "Boot Authentication Tool for TeraStation" needs to be installed on the PC.
If the Boot Authentication Tool database is erased, the TeraStation using boot authentication will become inaccessible. Make sure to back up the database file.

[Web Service]

- Modified to sync with Dropbox, the online storage service offered by Dropbox Inc.
- A message will be displayed when "Other Amazon S3 API compatible service" is selected.
- Decreased the number of files downloaded from the cloud server when using Amazon S3.
- Decreased the number of files downloaded from the WebAccess Remote target.
- Amazon S3 has been changed to cloud storage.
For customers using Amazon S3:
The path to the Amazon S3 remote folder has changed from "sharewbfsamazons3" to "amazons3" (an example using "share" folder for Amazon S3). A shared folder named "amazons3" will be created automatically. The shared folder settings will be applied to the current folder and backup and replication settings will be configured. The "wbfsamazons3" folder will be deleted after the firmware update. For more detailed information of the new cloud storage feature, refer to the TeraStation's user manual.

[WebAccess Remote and Amazon S3]

- The maximum number of files that can be copied to the remote folder at once has been expanded from 10,000 to 100,000.
- Additional network errors with Amazon S3 will now be displayed.

[SNMP]

- Modified to support SNMPv3.
- Modified to support more settings that can be acquired via SNMP protocol.
Model name
Firmware version
Serial number
Checking whether newer firmware is released
Showing whether the function status is enabled or disabled

Update the MIB file on your SNMP client software to the latest version. You can download the MIB file from the Buffalo website.
- SNMP protocol now support S.M.A.R.T. for each drive on the TeraStation. Update the MIB file of your SNMP client.

[OpenSSL]

- Updated OpenSSL to the latest version.

[Email Notifications]

- Modified so that the report categories and when the email will be sent are now configurable. The current settings will be taken over by the firmware update but we recommend verifying if the function works properly after the firmware update.
- S.M.A.R.T information is now available to be sent via the notification email. It can be configured from "Advanced Report Settings".

[Backup]

- You can now specify how many normal backups to keep.
- The folder for backup logs is now configurable.
- When creating backup jobs, the LAN port numbers (LAN 1 or LAN 2) of the source and target TeraStations are now shown.
- Error codes are now displayed if a backup job fails.

[Update]

- Added scheduled firmware updates.
- Added automatic firmware updates (when new firmware is detected).

[System]

- CPU and memory utilization is now displayed.

[Drives]

- S.M.A.R.T is now supported for the TeraStation's internal drives.

[Network]

- IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS servers can now be configured from the same settings page.

Bug Fixes

[SMB]

- Fixed a bug where the access-restricted folder reserved for admin users cannot be accessed after initializing settings.
- Modified to deal with a Samba programming vulnerability (CVE-2013-4496, CVE-2014-0178, CVE-2014-0244, CVE-2014-3493, CVE-2015-0240, CVE-2015-5252, CVE-2015-5296, CVE-2015-5299, CVE-2015-5370, CVE-2015-7560, CVE-2016-2110, CVE-2016-2111, CVE-2016-2112, CVE-2016-2113, CVE-2016-2114, CVE-2016-2115, CVE-2016-2118, and CVE-2017-7494).

[Backup]

- Fixed a bug where backup settings were not configured in Easy Admin.
- Fixed a bug where a backup job did not start when the TeraStation was not connected to the network.
- Fixed a bug where Settings showed different options between when configuring a backup job and after configuration has finished.

[Failover]

- Fixed a bug where the USB drive settings were copied to the backup unit if failover is configured with connecting the USB drive to the main unit.
- Fixed a bug where a backup job failed because the off-subnet device lists were not sent over to the backup unit when failover occurred.
- Fixed a bug where the backup unit could not switch to the main unit when the main unit could not be detected on the network even if failover settings were configured so that the backup unit could switch to the main unit manually.
- Fixed a bug where newly-created folders or files saved on the main TeraStation could not be copied to the backup TeraStation and the backup unit did not replace the main unit properly.
- Fixed a bug where failover could not be canceled temporarily if an online update notice is present.
- Fixed a bug where the backup TeraStation's Settings cannot be accessed if failover is configured while an external HDD is connected to the main TeraStation.
- Modified to show a notification message in Settings when configuring failover with web services enabled.

[Replication]

- Fixed a bug where the replication task was resynced using a different LAN port from the configured LAN port if the configured LAN port is disconnected.
- Fixed a bug where synchronization failed when multiple tasks are created.
- Fixed a bug where the replication task could not be configured if the replication target TeraStation was different from the replication source.
- Fixed a bug where an IP address could not be re-assigned correctly when the Ethernet cable was removed if the IP address that begins with "169.254" was assigned because the Ethernet interface has become disabled since removing the Ethernet cable.
- Fixed a bug where replication errors may occur when both virus scan and replication were enabled.
- Fixed a bug where the performance of TeraStation became slow when too many files were copied to the replication target.
- Fixed a bug where replication failed if any file handling were operated to the replication source target more than 8 hours.
- Fixed a bug where replication failed if a shared folder which contains a single-byte space in its folder name was configured as a replication source folder.
- Fixed a bug where replication could not be configured if the replication target folder had a multibyte space in its folder name.
- Fixed a bug where a replication error message was still displayed after the replication task was deleted.
- Fixed a bug where an error occurs during file transfers if an NFS-mounted shared folder was configured as a replication source and NFS was enabled on both the replication source and target TeraStations.

[Antivirus]

- Fixed a bug where a virus-infected file path was not displayed correctly when LVM was enabled.
- Fixed a bug where a quarantine target file path was invalid in the notification email sent when a virus was detected.
- Fixed a bug where the virus scan was run for a quarantine folder.
- Fixed a bug where the quarantine folder was not displayed correctly depending on the drive settings.
- Fixed a bug where the virus scan did not become disabled even if the setting was disabled for the shared folder when it was created.
- Fixed a bug where quarantine may fail when multiple infected files were detected at the same time.

[UPS Sync]

- Fixed a bug where the E10 error message did not disappear even after disconnecting/reconnecting the serial cable of serial connection UPS device.
- Fixed a bug where the E10 error message displayed randomly if the UPS device is connected to the TeraStation and the time settings are changed to a future time.

[UPS Sync]

- Fixed a bug where the TeraStation did not properly sync with a UPS.
- Changed to have E10 error display when the connection between the TeraStation and the UPS could not be established.
- Fixed a bug where the E10 error occurred when a specific settings were made without connecting the UPS to the TeraStation.
- Fixed a bug where a blackout was falsely detected when a self test was run on Schneider Electric (APC) UPSs.

[iSCSI]

- Fixed a bug where an iSCSI volume could not be removed after the volume connection was disabled.
- Fixed a bug where an iSCSI volume may be corrupted if the RAID array is created and LVM is enabled.

[Drives]

- Fixed a bug where the "mediacartridges" folder that is created automatically when the drive was formatted as a media cartridge could not be erased.
- Fixed a bug where the E22 error message remained even after the defective drive was replaced with a new drive and the RAID array was rebuilt.
- Fixed a bug where the E30 error message disappeared when restarting the TeraStation while a failed drive was connected and the RAID array was in degraded mode.
- Fixed a bug where a formatted media cartridge showed "Unformatted" if it was inserted while the TeraStation was off.

[Workgroup/Domain]

- Fixed a bug where Active Directory domain settings could not be configured in Easy Admin if the default gateway was set.
- Fixed a bug where Active Directory domain settings could not be configured in Easy Admin if a different IP address from the secondary DNS server address was entered into the "DNS Name" box.
- Fixed a bug where domain users could not access shared folders if the group that these domain users joined is configured for access restrictions.
- Fixed a bug where access restriction settings were disabled when restarting the TeraStation after configuring domain user access restrictions to the shared folders. If this occurs, the settings will not be restored even if the firmware update is applied. In such a case, configure the access restrictions again after the firmware update.

[NFS]

- Fixed a bug where the TeraStation could not be accessed from specific NFS clients.

[Sleep Timer]

- Fixed a bug where sleep timer did not work properly if UPS sync is configured.

[Network]

- Fixed a bug where the ARP cache was not cleared.
- Fixed a bug where default gateway and DNS settings were cleared when disconnecting and reconnecting the Ethernet cable.
- Fixed a bug where unnecessary response packets were sent when searching for the device using UPnP.
- Fixed a bug where backup failed with the Ethernet frame size configured to 9216 bytes on 5000 series TeraStations. Now, Ethernet frame sizes of 1500, 4084, 7404, and 9216 bytes are supported.

[Email Notifications]

- Fixed a bug where blank emails was sent.
- Fixed a bug where some notification emails were detected as spam by a mail server. As a countermeasure for this bug, the "Sender Address" field has been added to the email notification settings page in Settings. This box will be blank after updating to this firmware version so configure the sender address to use email notification properly.
- Fixed a bug where the date in the sent email header was blank.
- Fixed a bug where the source backup folder's name was not logged when the backup finished if the folder name contained a single-byte space.
- Fixed a bug where the spare drive appeared as "Unknown Drive" in the notification email.

[System]

- Fixed a bug where the settings saved on the USB drive could not be restored from it.
- Fixed a bug where a spare drive may malfunction when the TeraStation boots up.
- Fixed a bug where a working drive was erroneously identified as malfunctioning.
- Fixed a bug where the SMB log did not rotate.
- Fixed a bug where the "Size on disk" of files on the TeraStation was displayed larger than the actual size on Windows 8.1 or later.
- Fixed a bug where the I18 message did not disappear when the TeraStation was restarted while rebuilding the RAID array.
- Improved for more stable operation even when during high load file transfers.
- Fixed a bug where the system hanged when the TeraStation experienced a high data transfer load.
- Fixed a bug where the NAS connection drops when removing and reconnecting an external hard drive.

[Settings]

- Fixed a bug where unexpected error message was displayed while multiple replication tasks are edited.
- Fixed a bug where unexpected error message was displayed when multiple users are deleted.
- Fixed a bug where Settings could not be accessed.
- Fixed a bug where if surveillance server is enabled, an error message is displayed when changing the display language.

[FTP]

- Fixed a bug where the TeraStation could not be accessed via FTP after configuring access restrictions with a group that includes a specific number of members, then restarted.

[Services]

- Fixed a bug where a music file saved on the folder that contains a space in its folder name was not detected if the folder was used as a iTunes public folder.

[WebAccess]

- Fixed a bug where WebAccess did not work properly if the WebAccess settings were configured to use UPnP.

[OpenSSL]

- Modified to deal with OpenSSL programming vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-3567, CVE-2014-3568, CVE-2016-2176, CVE-2016-2109, CVE-2016-2108, CVE-2016-2107, CVE-2016-2106, and CVE-2016-2105).

[Cloud Storage]

- Fixed a bug where uploading failed if multiple files that are 64 MB or larger were uploaded at the same time.

[RAID]

- Fixed a bug where after resync and rebuild were finished when the TeraStation was in degraded mode, an I17 message keeps displaying because drives had been dismounted during resync.

[Users]

- Fixed a bug where a user's primary group was not changed when the user joined a new group.

[Update]

- Fixed a bug where the wrong error was displayed when the network was disconnected during a firmware update.

[Amazon S3]

- Fixed a bug where folders on the TeraStation could not be copied to the Amazon S3 remote folder after recovering from a network disconnection.

[File Sharing]

- Fixed a bug where access restrictions were disabled for a folder when all users with access privileges to the folder were deleted.
- Fixed a bug where the dialogue that a shared folder was created was not displayed with IE 8.
- Fixed a bug where extra folders were created when recovering settings from a USB device if the shared folder's description contained a single-byte space.
- Modified the default setting of offline files from "Manual File Caching" to "Offline Files Disabled".
- Fixed a bug where "Other DNS Service Hostname" was not displayed properly in Settings.

[Direct Copy]

- Fixed a bug where Direct Copy could be enabled for a folder with a blank folder name.

[Management]

- Fixed a bug where IE8 did not display an SSL-protected Settings.

[ImageMagick]

- Modified to deal with an ImageMagick filtering vulnerability (CVE-2016-3714).

[Bash]

- Modified to deal with Bash programming vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-7186 and CVE-2014-7187).

Before updating the firmware:

- Do not turn off the TeraStation until the firmware update is complete and the "finished" message is displayed.
- USB drives may not be mounted automatically after updating the firmware. To mount them, unplug and then reconnect them.
- Disconnect iSCSI volumes with the iSCSI Initiator before updating the firmware.
- Make sure the TeraStation's Ethernet frame size is smaller than the hub or router's. Larger frame sizes may not transfer the data to the TeraStation correctly.
- If an external USB drive is configured as a target for TeraStation backup, the drive should be formatted with ext3, XFS, or FAT32. Do not use an NTFS-formatted drive as a backup target or unexpected behavior may result.
- If a "Replication I33 ReplicateFailure" error occurs, navigate to 'Backup' - 'Replication' and click 'Run Differential Backup'.
- If a "I33 ReplicateFailure" replication error occurs, navigate to 'Backup' - 'Replication' - 'Edit Failover Status' and click 'Sync'.

How to Update the Firmware:

- Connect the TeraStation 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.
- Exit all applications. Also, stop or exit any firewall software.
- Extract the downloaded file and run "TSUpdater.exe". When a TeraStation is detected, an update window will open.
- If multiple TeraStations are connected to the network, select which TeraStation to update.
- Click 'Update' and enter the TeraStation's administrator password.
- Click 'OK'.
- It will take several minutes for the firmware to update. During the update process, the info LED will blink. Don't disconnect or power down the TeraStation until the update is finished.
- When the update is finished, a message will be displayed.  

About Network-Attached Storage Updates:

Upgrading the Network-Attached Storage (NAS) firmware can improve the system's overall performance, stability, and security by adding various fixes for related issues, enhancing existing features (or adding support for new ones), or updating different applications.

Due to the high number of NAS manufacturers, as well as network storage types, installing a new firmware might not be always as easy as it appears – and not too safe either. Failing to perform a software update can cause serious malfunctions to the network storage.

So, before you even consider applying this release, carefully read the installation guide and initiate the process only when you have understood and completely familiarized yourself with all the steps.

Moreover, it would be best if you take into account using a UPS unit (Uninterruptible Power Supply) to perform this task, because no power disruption should affect the upgrade.

With all these aspects in mind, after you have read the installation guide, click the download button to apply this firmware version to your NAS. Remember to check back with our website in order to stay up to speed with the latest releases.

  It is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available.

Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver. This will help if you installed an incorrect or mismatched driver. Problems can arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer.

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