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 -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
