On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:01:20 -0500, "ron thigpen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > ezkcdude wrote: > > Please search for existing threads before starting new ones! > > Perhaps they didn't like the way that one ended...
They wouldn't, but such a feature would be very much at odds with the rest of the networked design. > Thinking about this - all that's really missing is some small device > that functions as a USB host, can connect to the network and present a > mounted USB volume to computers on that LAN. Great idea, someone must've thought of that before!. > Such a thing could be standalone, or built into an SBx. Those USB male > to WiFi dongles contain 2/3rds of what would be needed. And the current > SB has the networking bits and a processor. There are many of these things that share usb connected devices to a LAN, the Linksys NSLU2 for instance. > Software wise, there would need to be something that recognized when a > new share was available on the LAN and make it available for music > folder browsing. The device could send a little broadcast, or call > something in the SS CLI. > > Yeah, that would take some doing and require new hardware. You can install a custom version of Linux on the NSLU, watch for the USB attach event and copy files automatically if you desire, making a remote system mount it needs software in two places, so I'd stick to copying. No new hardware needed. > But it would be a cool feature. Let us know when you have it running ;) Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
