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Linksys Storage Link for USB 2.0 Disk Drives NSLU2
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MSRP: $190.00
Your Price: $76.42
Savings: $ 113.58 ( 60% )
Shipping: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Linksys
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Linksys Storage Link for USB 2.0 Disk Drives NSLU2 Features
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Connects USB 1.1 or 2.0 hard drives and flash drives directly to your network
Share music, video, or data files with managed access by user name or group
Integrated file server--access your files from the Internet
Built-in disk utilities--format, backup, and scandisk
Connects directly to a 10/100 Ethernet network for throughput up to 200 Mbps
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Additional Linksys Storage Link for USB 2.0 Disk Drives NSLU2 Information
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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. You can even plug a USB flash disk into the Network Storage Link, for a convenient way of accessing your portable data files. The Network Storage Link can also be set up so that your storage devices are accessible from the Internet - files can be easily downloaded via your web browser. Your files can be available publicly, or create password-protected accounts for authorized users.Installation of the Network Storage Link is simple - just plug it directly into your 10/100 Ethernet network, and attach your USB 2.0 hard drives or flash disk. It can self-configure to your network via DHCP or you can use the built-in utility to manually configure it. With the speedy USB 2.0 interface, you'll get quick response times with even your largest files.The Network Storage Link features built-in disk utilities, accessible through your web browser. You can format new disk drives, and scan drives for errors. The built-in backup program lets you schedule full, incremental, or synchronization backups of your network drives to the Network Storage Link, or vice versa. It will even send you an email message when a hard drive gets nearly full, completely full, or has an error.The Network Storage Link is a fast, simple, flexible and economical way to add storage to your network.
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What Customers Say About Linksys Storage Link for USB 2.0 Disk Drives NSLU2:
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It is not compatible with windows at all. You will not be able to use the disk you are using with nsl pluged directly in a windows PC. Also, it is not compatible with windows vista.
The devise was very easy to set up and configure on all computers in the network. Mapping the drives after configuration was simple also.
Slooooow.Other than these caveats the unit works well. Do not purchase this access point if the following apply:1) You have external drives full of data you want to make available on your network. If you run XP or older OS you will probably love it. You must first reformat the drives to ext3 (a Linux format) which means you loose the data.2) You have PC's running Vista on your network. The only reliable means of uploading data in Vista is as an ftp client and that is achingly slow.3) You want to place frequently accessed files on the attached drives. If you run Vista you'll probably loathe it. I cannot speak to Mac or Linux as I have not tried these systems.By the way customer support is excellent but this unit is not supported in Vista so you are on your own.
I would give it five stars, but having to reformat your storage to get it to work really is a pain. The user administration is a little clunky, but you will catch on quickly.User's can have their private storage areas as well as public storage. I had to scramble to move the data around a few computers to get it to work, then the time it took to move it all back.I will say once set up that I am extremely happy with the product, I have a 750GB drive and use multiple USB drives to move things around as well. I use this with Apple products, Windows XP, as well as linux, so it's definitely something you should consider. The NSLU2 is also extensively customizable from the linux community. I haven't had a lot of time to play with that feature.
It's a nice little thing for your home network but I feel it's a little bit slow. I guess it's a good back up solution but not a good daily basis kind of drive.
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