cool new toy
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Just ran across this link: Network Storage Link for USB2 Disk Drives[^] Now you can quickly and easily add gigabytes of storage space onto your network with the Network Storage Link from Linksys. This tiny network appliance connects USB 2.0 hard drives directly to your Ethernet network. You can connect up to two stand-alone USB disk drives of any size, and access them from anywhere on your network. Kind of a poor man's NAS? I think I might have to try it out! Anyone had any experience with this product? Thanks, Mike
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Just ran across this link: Network Storage Link for USB2 Disk Drives[^] Now you can quickly and easily add gigabytes of storage space onto your network with the Network Storage Link from Linksys. This tiny network appliance connects USB 2.0 hard drives directly to your Ethernet network. You can connect up to two stand-alone USB disk drives of any size, and access them from anywhere on your network. Kind of a poor man's NAS? I think I might have to try it out! Anyone had any experience with this product? Thanks, Mike
I could use that to hook up my old 16MB USB flash memory to the network... ;P
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Just ran across this link: Network Storage Link for USB2 Disk Drives[^] Now you can quickly and easily add gigabytes of storage space onto your network with the Network Storage Link from Linksys. This tiny network appliance connects USB 2.0 hard drives directly to your Ethernet network. You can connect up to two stand-alone USB disk drives of any size, and access them from anywhere on your network. Kind of a poor man's NAS? I think I might have to try it out! Anyone had any experience with this product? Thanks, Mike
Ximeta makes drives (NetDisk) that can be connected to an Ethernet network too. They just released a driver update that supports multi-write access, allowing multiple users to read AND write to the NetDisk. Their high end unit is 250MB and can be found for under $400. The drives also support USB 2.0 /1.1. Multiple drives can be connected to the network. They also allow access thru a wireless access point - the D-Link and Iomega units do not. Ximeta has both full size units (80, 120, 160 and 250MB)and a mini unit (40MB) and they just announced a unit that is a combination 250MB Netdisk and 8 port Ethernet switch. :cool: I picked up the 160MB unit a few months ago for under $200 (with a rebate) and just learned that they have SureSaver, a data backup program, available on their website for free. Steve
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Just ran across this link: Network Storage Link for USB2 Disk Drives[^] Now you can quickly and easily add gigabytes of storage space onto your network with the Network Storage Link from Linksys. This tiny network appliance connects USB 2.0 hard drives directly to your Ethernet network. You can connect up to two stand-alone USB disk drives of any size, and access them from anywhere on your network. Kind of a poor man's NAS? I think I might have to try it out! Anyone had any experience with this product? Thanks, Mike
I think you can also get USB to Ethernet converters which would be a cheaper way to do this. Otherwise neat. Neville Franks, Author of ED for Windows www.getsoft.com and coming soon: Surfulater www.surfulater.com
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Ximeta makes drives (NetDisk) that can be connected to an Ethernet network too. They just released a driver update that supports multi-write access, allowing multiple users to read AND write to the NetDisk. Their high end unit is 250MB and can be found for under $400. The drives also support USB 2.0 /1.1. Multiple drives can be connected to the network. They also allow access thru a wireless access point - the D-Link and Iomega units do not. Ximeta has both full size units (80, 120, 160 and 250MB)and a mini unit (40MB) and they just announced a unit that is a combination 250MB Netdisk and 8 port Ethernet switch. :cool: I picked up the 160MB unit a few months ago for under $200 (with a rebate) and just learned that they have SureSaver, a data backup program, available on their website for free. Steve
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I think you can also get USB to Ethernet converters which would be a cheaper way to do this. Otherwise neat. Neville Franks, Author of ED for Windows www.getsoft.com and coming soon: Surfulater www.surfulater.com
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I think you can also get USB to Ethernet converters which would be a cheaper way to do this. Otherwise neat. Neville Franks, Author of ED for Windows www.getsoft.com and coming soon: Surfulater www.surfulater.com
That probably would not work in this situation - you need a driver to process the ethernet packets on the USB side (which would be connected to the hard drive). These converters are generally used to allow an ethernet connection into a computer thru a USB port and have a special driver running on the comptuer to manage the connection. Steve