On Jan 28, 3:10 pm, Steve R <[email protected]> wrote:
> My D-Link DNS-323 NAS Dual drive enclosure arrived today, and I'm
> busily going over the information I'd already read prior to ordering
> the unit. However, I thought I'd ask here if anyone already has set
> up this unit for OS X Leopard and if they have any tips/cautions that
> I should be aware of before starting? I plan on using it as two
> separate drives with iTunes server, BitTorrent, storage and possibly
> playing with the Fun plug-in everyone is raving about on the forums.
>
> Steve R
Steve,
I don't have experience with this box but I did just install a Ximeta
Netdisk drive enclosure which is usb and ethernet. I have an older
Airport extreme which connects to my MacBook and a G4 tower. The
airport and G4 are connected to the airport via ethernet through a
switcher.
The Netdisk enclosure is PATA, not SATA, T100 not gigabit, has usb2
connectivity as well as ethernet. It only cost me only about $30 so
the older drive type and slower connectivity is less of a problem than
if I had spent big bucks. (Actually only the switcher and G4 can
handle gigabit...the Airport can't, so the MacBook doesn't either.)
One big advantage of this little drive is that it works fine with Mac
formatted drives as long as there are no PCs looking at it.
I think NAS is really interesting so I thought I'd reply to your
message with my experience. I'm interested in how yours works out.
I have about 50,000 photos on the drive and it is ok for iPhoto on the
MacBook through the Airport, just a little slow. I expect to add an
iTunes library soon. The T100 system is fast enough to support that.
The big problem for me is that the drive appears on either the MacBook
or the G4 but not both. The software isn't suppposed to allow read/
write access on any but one computer on the network. All others
should be set up as read only, which is a disadvantage in itself.
But the other computer won't even display the drive. I have a support
question in to Ximeta but haven't heard anything yet.
Anyone with experience with this kind of system? Comments? Please
feel free to open another thread.
Rich
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