> Send ubuntu-uk mailing list submissions to > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ubuntu-uk-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ubuntu-uk-ow...@lists.ubuntu.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-uk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Wireless nas box maybe (Tommy Pyatt) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:39:16 +0000 > From: Tommy Pyatt <tommy.py...@googlemail.com> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless nas box maybe > To: UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> > Message-ID: > <3bd0a4bb1001210339x3197f971tdf47a1614faa3...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Looks pretty good. I've been looking for a NAS lately actually so that I > can > stop leaving my computer constantly turned on to act as the multimedia > server for my Squeezebox. > > I think the price is a bit much though since it has wireless capability > that > isn't *really* necessary considering that if you had a wireless notebook > or > netbook then you would almost certainly use a wireless router to connect > to > the internet which would provide and access point. I'd be more inclined to > use an ethernet cable to connect to my router rather than pay extra for > hardware that I already have. > > Also, virtually all wireless devices, routers etc, use Linux as their > firmware operating system. It makes no difference what operating system > you > use to connect to it though since the configuration is usually a HTML > based > application that you can access through any web browser. > > Does look cool though. > > 2010/1/21 Rob Beard <r...@esdelle.co.uk> > >> Quoting Dave Morley <davm...@davmor2.co.uk>: >> >> > Is anyone looking for a wireless nas box if so try >> > >> http://www.serversplus.com/product.asp?s=NPACE-STEASUK642&utm_source=SP_Eshot&utm_medium=email&utm_content=NasBox&utm_campaign=sp_nasbox_eshot >> > >> > Looks like a nice box, I don't know though. Maybe people in the know >> > can tell if it's any good :) >> > >> >> Seems a bit pricey to me at nearly ?200 + VAT for 1TB. I'd be more >> inclined to build an Atom based PC in a small case and chuck a couple >> of hard drives in. >> >> But I guess not everyone would want to go down that route, although >> I'm sure it's possible to get an adaptor to turn a couple of USB >> external hard drives into a NAS and a couple of external drives for >> much less than what this is going for. >> >> Rob >> >> >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/attachments/20100121/bc2f6c92/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > -- > ubuntu-uk mailing list > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > > End of ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 57, Issue 31 > ***************************************** > >
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