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WanMan
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| Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:21 pm Post subject: Wireless-N router with USB storage? |
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Anyone using a wireless-N router that has a USB port for external hard drive and got it to working sufficiently that it can be used as a simple home-NAS solution? The idea would be to have a tablet device access it across their air interface, but not require any PC to be on.
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greg_mitch
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| Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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I seem to remember that Dlinks implementation only works for a single device not like a NAS.
Have you seen the PogoPlug?
Just plug it in by the router and then hardwire it up. Haven't tried it but it would be the simplest wayk to start a NAS if you already have external storage.
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WanMan
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Greg, I have not. Is there a way to limit this to the LAN? Not needing, nor wanting, WAN connectivity [I think]. Then again, maybe I don't think very well. Ok, I read the review and for streaming anything it looks like a solution not worth investing.
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akajester
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Wan, a few solutions come to mind. If you purchase a wireless router with usb port, you may be able to do ddwrt on it. Or check out the sheevaplug, which is a $99 linux wall wart sized computer, with usb port. As long as you're behind your firewall it shouldn't be accessible to the WAN, unless you do some port forwarding.
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greg_mitch
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| WanMan wrote: | | Greg, I have not. Is there a way to limit this to the LAN? Not needing, nor wanting, WAN connectivity [I think]. Then again, maybe I don't think very well. Ok, I read the review and for streaming anything it looks like a solution not worth investing. |
Good to know...I will take it out of my "potential products to recommend" category.
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WanMan
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| Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| akajester wrote: | Wan, a few solutions come to mind. If you purchase a wireless router with usb port, you may be able to do ddwrt on it. Or check out the sheevaplug, which is a $99 linux wall wart sized computer, with usb port. As long as you're behind your firewall it shouldn't be accessible to the WAN, unless you do some port forwarding.
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Seems that this product is OEM and not meant for retail. I can find several products based on it, but they, too, seem for turnkey solutions and not retail. And even funnier is that I think the PogoPlug is based on it. 
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