[TriLUG] Linksys NSLU2 Linux Storage Server, experiences anyone ?

[Greg Brown]

If this is going to be something that people will have to rely on, i.e. 
in a an office setting, I'd shy away from using any Linksys.  Linksys 
makes a decent access point and the 802.11 pcmcia cards work reasonably 
well but anything more complicated than that usually turns out to be 
unreliable cheap junk.  The load balancing router thing we had at the 
old oculan office was a real gem.

Just my experience.

Greg

On Friday, Jul 23, 2004, at 16:39 US/Eastern, Mark W4CHL wrote:

> Anyone had experience with the Linksys Storage Router NSLU2 as a Samba 
> server ?
>
> Looking to implement a small file server in a Window$ only location. 
> Was about to put in an old Linux PC as a server to eventually take 
> over for the current Retrospect backup server running Amanda, but a 
> fellow ham mentioned using Ximeta 120GB integrated network disk after 
> looking into the Linksys NSLU2.
>
> Decided to give the NSLU2 a go, fellow I've dealt with on eBay had one 
> for $83 incl s/h, so I went with it. Looks like a nicely done unit, 
> even has a crude backup/restore utility built-in, and some simple 
> admin functions for data sharing. Now, I could get a lot more function 
> from say a RH10 server, but this little shrink-wrap Linux file server 
> seems to be quite a cost effective alternative !
>
> Some references on search to some hacking the Linux kernel and looking 
> to attach more than just USB disk/compact flash reformatted to ext3.
>
> Anyone else have experience with this or the Ximeta or US Robotics 
> 8200 which seem to compete in this low-end Window$ file sharing space > ?
>
> Cheers de Mark Smith W4CHL
> OCRA liaison to PARC, MPRC
> http://rtpnet.org/parc
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