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Turn your extra USB hard drives or flash drives into network storage devices with the NSLU2 from Linksys. This diskless system will connect up to two devices at a time to your network through a fast Ethernet connection. But it's more than a couple controllers married together.
The built in file server lets you access your data from the internet. Back up software is also built in. This advanced application lets you schedule full, incremental or synchronization back ups.
Setup is easy with automatic DHCP configuration. Or you can set everything up manually. Once it is configured the USB 2.0 and Fast Ethernet interfaces will keep the data flowing fast and free.
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Great unit for the informed
- Pros: This unit is a dream for those who hack or are willing to invest the time. It is really a little Linux computer.
When modified, this unit can run a print server, astrix, itunes server, mail server etc. There is very little it cannot do.
The new units (since spring 2006) run at the full 266 Mhz without mod.
Forget about having problems with formating. Go online before you buy and find out what you can really do. Search for SLUG NAS and be prepared to be blown away by the potential of this unit. Warning, most people seem to love them so much they end up buying two, One to play with and the second to run all the time.
- Cons: NOT FOR THE NOOB WHO WILL NOT INVEST A MINUTE.
No NAS unit I have seen is easier than this unit, but that does not mean it is brain dead simple.
Boy, would it be nice if Linksys came out with a 400Mhz version with Gigabit Ethernet!!!!!
- Other Thoughts: After you read up on this unit (on the net) go read the comments in this section again, the detractors will give you a good laugh.
Awsome!
- Pros: Small, cheap, extremely adaptable.
Using with a WD1600BB drive formated by the NSLU2 as EXT3 and it runs like a charm on my home network with Vistas and XPs.
I don't keep files in my computer drives anymore, just the Favorites and teh Outlook files which could be transferred also to the NSLU2 but on the laptop it would make it not mobile so there is no sense on doing that. Just have to remember to backup these once in a while but all the rest, all my work files including CAD data, and personal including videos, music are all on the NSLU2. I just bough another WD1600BB to plug on the second port to be set as automatic backup of the port one. Sweet!
- Cons: None!
How can there be?
- Other Thoughts: Some people say it's SLOW.
Nonsense!
Whoever says it's slow you can bet are using a NTFS drive formated on the PC and them plugged on the NSLU2. Even worse, a single drive. Wrong way!
The NSLU2 is a Linux computer and it runs better, I mean tons better if you format your drive from whithin the NSLU2 web managing tool. Only then the Linux OS will have it's cache to work with in the drive and with a second drive it makes it a perfect system full of resources.
then, if you want to plug the EXT3 drive into your PC, you just have to install a free EXT driver for Windows and it works as if nothing is different than the NTFS you are used to.
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| Port RJ-45 | 1 x 10/100M |
| Port USB | 2 x USB2.0 |
| Capacity | Diskless System |
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Great if used as intended
- Pros: This thing works great if you use it with a USB stick or a bus-powered USB Hard Drive like a WD Passport.
- Cons: Did not work with several external HD's that were 7200rpm powered from ac adapters. Not sure why but this thing only works with bus powered usb drives.
- Other Thoughts: If you want something to use with a bigger external HD get a different model.
Great Low Power NAS
- Pros: I got this unit to run as a backup NAS drive and it is perfectly suitable for this purpose, especially since I keep it running 24x7 (it uses very little power).
I have this currently attached to a 320GB WD drive (in a Rosewill RX353-S enclosure) and have been using it for a few days now. The speed is more than sufficient for my use - especially since the backups are run at night.
Note that the drive is formatted as EXT3 - this gives the best performance compared to others. Also, I find that there are a few "windows drivers" available that can read EXT3 drives - which is great in case the NLSU2 fails, I will still have access to the files from Windows. (much better than NAS drives based on ReiserFS - did not any good Windows drivers for those).(There is always the LiveCD approach to recovery in any case).
- Cons: Unit is shipped under clocked and as others have mentioned - th e firmware has not been updated for years.
The current setup is configured with firmware release 2.3 R63. (unofficial release is R76 but not easily available since it is unofficial).
- Other Thoughts: Power Consumption (based on actual measurements using P3):
NLSU2 + 320GB Drive = 13W (or 9.522kWh monthly), about $1.58 per month in electricity.
A barebones AMD Sempron file server = 76W (or 55.384kWh monthly), about $9.20 per month in electricity costs.
Transfer Speed:
I did a simple test transfering a 4571MB iso file and recorded the time it took (all within the same local 100Mbs network).
1) PC to another PC - 8 mins (34.38GB/hr)
2) PC to a laptop via wireless-G - 34 mins (8.84GB/hr)
3) PC to NLSU2 - 20 mins (13.7GB/hr)
4) PC to *turbo* NLSU2 - 17 mins (16.13GB/hr)
Note *turbo* in (4) indicates the results after I modified the hardware (removed resistor) to increase clock speed (voids warrantee). Also after I increased the clock speed, I noticed that the web browser interface loads much faster.
I bought this from another site (been Out of Stock at NewEgg for a while) so this review is similar to review I made at the original site.
Okay for Linuxers
- Pros: I've heard that most folks who use the unmodified unit can get it to work reliably with "modest-sized" (<= 500GB) USB drives. Just be sure to have an empty drive, and format it using the NSLU2. Don't expect to just plug in a single NTFS drive and have it work. You _can_ plug in two drives, and then one of them can be NTFS. See "other thoughts" on what happens if you just use a single NTFS volume.
I got better results by replacing the standard firmware with Debian Linux. This little guy is now a file server, time server, and print server for a handful of Windows and Linux boxes.
This little guy will handle big backups (60+ GB) as long as you aren't in a huge hurry. Run them at night.
- Cons: The default firmware is challenged, and hasn't been updated since 2005. I was getting really frustrated with its poor reliability with a large (750 GB) disk, which is when I started using Debian.
Not too speedy. Expect about 3MB/second throughput on writes.
The factory firmware doesn't appear to stay synchronized with a network time source. This can be a problem if you depend on file time stamps to tell which version of a file is newer.
- Other Thoughts: If you do try to simply use a single NTFS drive with the standard firmware you might get it to kind-of work, but you will be puzzled (as I was). You won't be able to change the admin password, create users or groups, or manage permissions. You'll be stuck with the default admin account and a factory-default password.
There's a large community of folks who support this thing with after-market software, and you'd be amazed at what folks do with it. I have several projects in mind myself, and will probably buy a few more of these. If you like tinkering it's an incredible deal.
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| Brand |
LINKSYS |
| Model |
NSLU2 |
| Spec |
| Standards |
IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u |
| Port RJ-45 |
1 x 10/100M |
| Port USB |
2 x USB2.0 |
| Capacity |
Diskless System |
| LEDs |
Status, Ethernet, USB1,USB2 |
| Power |
External, 5VDC/2A |
| Dimensions |
5.1" x 3.6" x 0.8" |
| Weight |
0.34 lbs. |
| Temperature |
5°C - 40 °C |
| Humidity |
10-80% Non-condensing |
| Features |
| Features |
Built-in 10/100 Fast Ethernet port for throughput up to 200Mbps
Simple Web-based user interface for fast configuration from anywhere on the network
Connects USB 1.1 or 2.0 disk drives and flash disks 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 |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
NSLU2
Quick Installation Guide
Resource Disk
RJ45 Cable
Power Adapter
Other Accessory |
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Reviewed By: John Jamieson on 12/21/2006
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
