TimeMachine backing up to Buffalo LinkStation

Hi there,
I'm considering upgrading to Leopard primarily because of the Time Machine, but I'm not certain I would be able to use it as I'm envisioning it.
I have a Buffalo LinkStation NAS drive, is it possible to configure Time Machine to use it as a backup storage drive? I have a MacBook Pro, so it would be ideal to have it backed up to NAS since it wouldn't need to be connected.
Is that possible? If not, do you know of any other software that would that sort of backup with Buffalo NAS (automated backup, set it and forget it kind of thing).
Thanks,
Alex

Time Machine doesn't currently support backing up to a generic NAS. It supports backing up to Time Capsule (which is a NAS, but which has specifications that Apple knows and supports).
There are reports here of people who have gotten Time Machine working with various NAS products, and it works in some cases, while in other cases it has stopped working and caused crashes in Leopard. I'd say, since it isn't supported (and since the only way to get it to work is to set a system preferences like ...allowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes), that it's best to avoid it and go with Time Capsule, or with a locally attached drive (Firewire preferred, but USB2 would work).

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was intriguing so I looked at Bufflalo Technology's web
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Gtrcoop007 wrote:
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