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Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / September 2008Paging Champ - NAS
Well, mini cheap NAS review: When getting an email from goods-inward to suggest that you 'have a package' (fnarr) do not skip gleefully down the stairs, you'll trip over your own flares and bruise your knees in front of a group of bemused people. (I did a rather nice slide across the polished atrium though) Anyway, it comes in a decent box, with all the right bits of stuff: USB cable, power brick and cable, little stand, hard drive screws. A nice touch is that they include a butter screwdriver so you don't have to wander off and find one. I like toys where the first instruction is 'dismantle'. It's real metal construction (tm) and seems pretty well made. The power button is very gentle to operate and could be knocked. I've shoved a 40gig drive into it that was lying on my desk. The manual suggests a top limit of 300gig but the WEB says theoretical 2Tb max. MMV but I can't test that yet. After reassembly and pluggery, disappointment arrives in the form of a f.cked power lead (no light on brick). A new lead has got it working fine, could be fuse, no idea. I don't have a multimeter or anything useful to hand. It gives a half blue, half purple light on start-up which settles down to a cool blue when running, possibly enough light to be annoying in a dark room. The light flicks purple (red bleeding into blue I guess) when data gets transferred. I created a file on it with a macbook over smb which didn't appear to turn up on the thing, dragged a folder into it and got the same, although it gave a copy dialogue. Logged out and back in and the stuff was there. I've just copied some more stuff to it and it seems to have shown up as I'd expect it to. I streamed music off it whilst pushing data to it and it coped without a cough. I've not tried anything usb with it. For the money, I'm feeling pretty happy with it so far. If I find any deal breakers I'll squeal. This... > I like toys where the first instruction is 'dismantle'. And this... > I don't have a multimeter or anything useful to hand. Begs me to ponder: are you really a girl? > For the money, I'm feeling pretty happy with it so far. > If I find any deal breakers I'll squeal. Thanks for the review. Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Switters <me@privacy.net> typed >This... >> I like toys where the first instruction is 'dismantle'. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Begs me to ponder: are you really a girl? I've met her and I can say that if she's not, she does a f.cking good impression.  SignatureWicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity. > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Switters > <me@privacy.net> typed [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I've met her and I can say that if she's not, she does a f.cking good > impression. I sincerely hope that's not in the biblical sense. My minds eye would curl up otherwise. SignatureBeav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Beav <beavis.original@ntlwoxorld.com> typed >> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Switters >> <me@privacy.net> typed [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >I sincerely hope that's not in the biblical sense. My minds eye would curl >up otherwise. Not in the biblical sense. SignatureWicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity. >Well, mini cheap NAS review: Coo. I got all impatient yesterday and ordered one anyway, on the basis that I had 14 days to send it back. How long did it take between you placing your order and delivery? >I've shoved a 40gig drive into it that was lying on my desk. The manual >suggests a top limit of 300gig but the WEB says theoretical 2Tb max. MMV >but I can't test that yet. Hmmm. The whole point of me getting one is to put this here 1Tb drive in it. We'll see. >I created a file on it with a macbook over smb which didn't appear to >turn up on the thing, dragged a folder into it and got the same, although [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >I streamed music off it whilst pushing data to it and it coped without a >cough. That sounds all positive enough. >For the money, I'm feeling pretty happy with it so far. >If I find any deal breakers I'll squeal. Thanks for the review. SignatureChamp Two standard issue crutches To email me, neal at my domain should work. >>Well, mini cheap NAS review: > > Coo. I got all impatient yesterday and ordered one anyway, on the basis > that I had 14 days to send it back. > > How long did it take between you placing your order and delivery? Ordered on the 2nd at 7:30pm, Order confirmed on the 3rd 8.00am Delivered on the 5th by (I believe) Royal Mail. > Hmmm. The whole point of me getting one is to put this here 1Tb drive > in it. We'll see. Oh, the box says 'ide and sata' but the cables are only sata. There are two boards inside joined with what looks like an IDE header. I've not yet worked out if/how one can put in a non sata drive. Maybe I'll wait to see what you find with your drive before I order my 1Tb drive, I'd be much obliged if you could let me know the results of your efforts. > Thanks for the review. Not a problem. >>>Well, mini cheap NAS review: >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Order confirmed on the 3rd 8.00am >Delivered on the 5th by (I believe) Royal Mail. Ooh, that sounds good - my order was placed on the morning of the 4th and confirmed (by PayPal) that evening. >> Hmmm. The whole point of me getting one is to put this here 1Tb drive >> in it. We'll see. >Maybe I'll wait to see what you find with your drive before I order my >1Tb drive, I'd be much obliged if you could let me know the results of >your efforts. Will do. Perhaps, for everyone else's benefit, we should say that we're talking about this : http://www.mediacase.co.uk/ ? SignatureChamp Two standard issue crutches To email me, neal at my domain should work. > Perhaps, for everyone else's benefit, we should say that we're talking > about this : http://www.mediacase.co.uk/ ? Stupid dhcp seems to be broken on it. if you plug it in at the same time as being on a wifi network it goes tits up in short order. It doesn't need to send dhcp, so I killed it. It could work, but it's changing the default route! *fiddle fiddle* :p > > Perhaps, for everyone else's benefit, we should say that we're > > talking about this : http://www.mediacase.co.uk/ ? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > *fiddle fiddle* :p So far, my DLINK DNS-323 is doing exactly what it says on the tin. SignatureCab :^) - I'm from *lots* of different places Z1000ABS : http://www.rosbif.org/ukrm (just for WUN) UKRMMA#10 (KOTL), IbW#015, BoB#4, POTM#3, SKA#1 email addy : ukrm_dot_cab_at_rosbif_dot_org >> > Perhaps, for everyone else's benefit, we should say that we're >> > talking about this : http://www.mediacase.co.uk/ ? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >So far, my DLINK DNS-323 is doing exactly what it says on the tin. At around 3 times the price, I should hope so. SignatureChamp What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 racer (for sale) | ZX10R racer (broken) neal at champ dot org dot uk > > So far, my DLINK DNS-323 is doing exactly what it says on the tin. > > At around 3 times the price, I should hope so. ? If you paid the price on their website for the version with the 250Gb drive, then you're looking at, say, 130. I got the enclosure + 2 750Gb drives for a little under 350. Relatively speaking, it's not that much more. SignatureCab :^) - I'm from *lots* of different places Z1000ABS : http://www.rosbif.org/ukrm (just for WUN) UKRMMA#10 (KOTL), IbW#015, BoB#4, POTM#3, SKA#1 email addy : ukrm_dot_cab_at_rosbif_dot_org >> > So far, my DLINK DNS-323 is doing exactly what it says on the tin. >> >> At around 3 times the price, I should hope so. > >? If you paid the price on their website for the version with the 250Gb >drive, then you're looking at, say, 130. No, I'm just buying the 40 quid enclosure for the drive I already have. >I got the enclosure + 2 750Gb drives for a little under 350. >Relatively speaking, it's not that much more. It's loads more than I'm spending. SignatureChamp What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 racer (for sale) | ZX10R racer (broken) neal at champ dot org dot uk >> Perhaps, for everyone else's benefit, we should say that we're talking >> about this : http://www.mediacase.co.uk/ ? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >*fiddle fiddle* :p Well, of course, if you're running a wifi network you almost certainly have a DHCP server already, so I'm not really suprised if it complains - I'd assume that one should disable the DHCP service on it. SignatureChamp What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 racer (for sale) | ZX10R racer (broken) neal at champ dot org dot uk >> *fiddle fiddle* :p > > Well, of course, if you're running a wifi network you almost certainly > have a DHCP server already, so I'm not really suprised if it complains > - I'd assume that one should disable the DHCP service on it. Well, they're different interfaces on different network segments, it's entirely legitimate to run dhcp on two separate networks to which one connects. VPNs often do this. It's the implementation that's bollocks, because this device is NOT a router, cannot route traffic and so giving a gateway out is entirely pointless. I used to do some quite fun routing for my work VPN so that I could download torrents on MY connection whilst doing work on the vpn such that never the twain should meet. Linux is good for that, my plastic Mac is a bit too rubberised to make it so easy. >Perhaps, for everyone else's benefit, we should say that we're talking >about this : http://www.mediacase.co.uk/ ? <clicks> Looks nice, I made a bit of a cock up when we moved, I went wireless instead of re-wiring and adding cat5e throughout. Now we're moving I can't be arsed, the house we're moving to *will* have a proper network, after I've kitted out the garage obviously. We really should sort out those Turbo bits, they're really getting in the way now I've got 2 and 3/4 bikes in the garage. Do you have an impending "back to work" timescale? SignatureMike Buckley RD350LC2 CB72 http://www.toastyhamster.plus.com >We really should sort out those Turbo bits, they're really getting in >the way now I've got 2 and 3/4 bikes in the garage. Do you have an >impending "back to work" timescale? I've actually been going to the office one day a week through August. I'm next in on Weds - how's that for you? SignatureChamp What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 racer (for sale) | ZX10R racer (broken) neal at champ dot org dot uk >>We really should sort out those Turbo bits, they're really getting in >>the way now I've got 2 and 3/4 bikes in the garage. Do you have an >>impending "back to work" timescale? > >I've actually been going to the office one day a week through August. >I'm next in on Weds - how's that for you? Fine by me, I'm off all next week, where and when? toastyhamster at hotmail dot com if you prefer. Anybody else fancy an overpriced beer in Leamington on Wednesday lunch? SignatureMike Buckley RD350LC2 CB72 http://www.toastyhamster.plus.com >>>We really should sort out those Turbo bits, they're really getting in >>>the way now I've got 2 and 3/4 bikes in the garage. Do you have an [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >toastyhamster at hotmail dot com if you prefer. I'll drop you a line closer to the day to arange SignatureChamp What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 racer (for sale) | ZX10R racer (broken) neal at champ dot org dot uk |
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