Nerwin Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Is it possible to connect a USB Hard Drive to a network? my router does not have a usb port but is there a way where i connect Usb to Ethernet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Only through another computer. If you want to connect a drive to the network, then you'd need NAS.Some products for you to look at:Linksys NSLU2Linksys EFG250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Or buy another housing with Ethernet too, could be the same price or cheaper . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maleko Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Best option for a network drive is defo NAS.You can share an existing USB drive if you just share it out on the computer its connected to. Although, that PC has to be on for others to access it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naji Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 does anyone know how these NAS devices like the linksys EFG250 are built? u guys think its possible to build one? any links or anything at all is much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 You can also use an elder machine with something like:naslite:http://www.serverelements.com/or freenas:http://www.freenas.org/Since the bottleneck is usually the network transfer rate, any PC with, say a Pentium and 64 Mb of memory will do.jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naji Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 (edited) jaclaz: yea that helps.. but i was actually talking abt the unit itself... compacting all the hardware devices into a smaller chassis... like a commercially available NAS unit, the hardware components of an external hdd chassis with ethernet support Edited November 11, 2006 by naji Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 I don't think that it would be economically "sound" to build one, unless you use some parts that you already have lying unused in a corner.This can be a start:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storageit links to this page:https://rnvs.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/twik...AttachedStoragewhere a comparison of several device is done, with links to manufacturers and some speed tests.Here is a list of manufacturers:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_Manufact..._of_NAS_Devicesjaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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