Buffalo Linkstation and filename errors

I've got a Linkstation NAS 250 gig and have been trying out a neat little backup program called Synk Standard 5, in the course of which I've discovered that the Linkstation's linux kernel cannot handle certain characters that appear in file names. I used another program to do a gigantic search and replace to get rid of "/" and other offending characters but it appears that there are still "bad" characters buried deep in other files, for example in the Aperture and iPhoto libraries, that I can't change and wouldn't want to anyway.
Buffalo has confirmed that the filename issue is a problem because of the linux kernel. (Why they claim the hardware is compatible with Macs is an interesting question.) Anyway, my questions are: (a) is there any way around this problem, and (b) is there any good reliable NAS backup drive that I can use without running into this problem?
Thnx.

I have a Ximeta NDAS HD that has no problems, review...
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/netdisk.ars
But that's because I could, (and did), Reformat it FAT32 and HFS+.
That being said, I still prefer FW/USB2 HDs for Backup, no problem for me to backup accross the Network using Sharepoints...
http://www.hornware.com/sharepoints/
And the incredible Tri-Backup...
http://www.tri-edre.com/english/index.html
Can't say enough good about Tri-Backup, always on top of the slightest OS changes for many years.

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