Can a Linux computer see on the network: I understand that the linux box wouldn't be able to use the software provided, but would it be able to see the drive on the network and read and write to it?
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Don, I have. and yes it does work. the device is actually running an embedded version of linux. it is running arch. with the right searching you can actually find out how to ssh into it and do what you want for running apps. I have gotten into mine, no large modifications as the device is my primary backup at the moment. the device is really just running SAMBA to give network access to the storage. I hope this helps if your still wondering. :)
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I would be very certain that it can. I had it in a laptop running Ubuntu Server (12.04 LTS, I believe) and it recognized it the moment I booted up the laptop. I shared a hard drive with the network, and I could acheive nearly 100Mbp/s (the max of the network, of course).
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depends, if used on a windows system, yes. if you use a linux distro, you could turn the system into an access point with this device and receive wifi clients (and if that box has Internet on another network device, pass it through this device).
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Yes, you can use a thumb drive or a hard drive on the router as a network drive Follow the instructions in the setup and you will have it up and running in no time. You can assign read only or read write to the drive as well as password access.You can find more detailed information on the manufacturers website.Hope this helps.
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I don't know how it would act with Linux, but, with Microsoft Windows is proved to be unreliable - data corruption, lock ups... with a known good SATA drive. In other words, I would look elsewhere if you value your data!
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By "file server" does that mean that it can connect to the internet on it's own? without any other device connected to it?Example: Can I leave this drive on at home or the office (connected to the internet, without a cpu), and travel to somewhere with a internet connection and see my data? Or even download or upload to it?Is there any tech info available on this besides the "Data Sheet" which sounds more like a sales pitch then a technical document?
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Well, I do not know as it seems pretty neatly closed, but there is always the alternative to use an external and/or network accessible drives. That's what I do over a Gigabit network. Good luck.
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Hi Dan -- this is a network attached storage device, and as such your PC would access the NAS via the network connection. However, if your concern is access restriction, you can restrict access to other devices on the network in a variety of ways.
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Zhi:Thanks for all your great explanations.Maybe S.Pachella knows how to put both the pc and netbook on the same network, but I don't. Could you explain? Linking a pc w/DVD to the netbook seems like such a perfect approach. Thx.Gayle
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this doesn't have it's own network adapter. Unless the USB external drive has a network adapter don't believe that will work. Sorry :(
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It is a usb device and cannot be directly connected to a network. It can be connected to a computer or server then shared on the network from that device making it available to any other device on the network.
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Yes you can if it connects by USB. You can also connect over a network if the drive is shared and skip the wires.
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Can you plug an HD Antenna into the back with a USB dongle & watch local over-the-air channels? - I have not tried it, but I don't believe so. Can it see/browse video files on a network NAS? - Yes. It was able to see my SaMBa share without any problems and play the videos there.
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It's not wireless, it has a wired Gigabit network card. I'm sure you can use all the different sized drives but you probably can't make them part of a drive array. Are you looking for a server or a way to share your hard drives? Windows server software (or Linux for that case) can share drives and folders but it takes some knowledge of the operating system.
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The computer sees it as a USB camera. If you have something like Cheese on your Linux box you will be able to see the image. I imagine it will be similar on a mac. I never tried the enclosed software as I have similar software on my W7 box.
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I don't know about questions 2 & 3, but as for question 1, no, the usb port is just for decoration apparently. I could not get a usb network attached drive to work, so called customer support. They said that this function does not work despite the claims that it is marketed with and even the description in the manual and on the box. They would not even say when or if there will be a firmware fix. Would suggest another brand.
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I haven't tried it but the only limitation I found is with USB 3.0 it won't see the drive.