Hardware Emprex NSD-100 P2P Download Engine

What about HD's that are already formated and have data on them? plug n play? Or do you have to format it?

Cool little device, may have to grab one eventually.

 

Got one ordered, should be with me in a few days. My wife is going to love setting this thing up.

It wouldn't surprise me if this is one of those things that takes off on the modding side depending on what people can get to run on it.

 

Just recieved mine, seems great so far, but I dont have my 16GB flash drive yet so I cant use it properly !

EDIT: WARNING:

The storage device you connect to this product must be atleast 10GB in size !

 

That seems a rather random limit.

 

Yeah it's rather strange.

 

I see that it doesn't run NTFS, only FAT32 and "linux" format. That kind of sucks. I really like the concept of an all-in-one device for those "little tasks" that keep your PC on all day, but the limitations just make me want to turn off my fans and underclock.

 

Its a linux box why would it run NTFS? ext3 is at least an equal to NTFS and since its a network device and not a USB device why would you care what the underlying hard drive format is?

 

Using it now with my new OCZ flashdrive, I'm loving it !

 

any reports on LAN transfer speeds from the current owners?

 

slower than I thought it would be LAN wise, although I dont know if that's because i'm running it through two homeplugs (through the house mains) which are both on extension leads, so they're not getting their top speeds. I'm also running it off a flash drive rather than a hard drive, which I imagine will make it even slower.

Probably better to ask someone who's running their machine directly to the router and using a proper drive.

 

Hmm, useless? haha

 

Cause I don't intend on keeping my hard drive permanently affixed to it, and since NTFS is the standard for drives these days on Windows, NTFS would almost be considered a requirement for the majority of people to make proper use of the device.

 

What OS does the NSD-100 use?
ex:ucosii, ecos, uClinux, ...

 

Any ideas if you can use it as a webserver also if your website is stored on the usb hdd?

Scott

 

this device looks like the perfect way to share a printer and an HDD over the home LAN - It seems to be the cheapest solution to that problem ,even without the BT client.

Anyone know if it handles multi-funtion printers - ie can you scan over the LAN from a printer/fax/scanner ?

 

Slewis, Scuzz - sorry I've no idea, the product has since been returned after we reviewed it.

 

Several major problems with this device:
- There is a blog on the net that suggests a firmware upgrade, but I struggled to find the download!
- The same blog suggests you can put any Linux distro on the machine, but not as firmware, instead it would be a usermode linux type thing (unsure).
- 10GB minimum (wtf) as per previous comments is true
- Only natively formatted disks.
- Mine was unreliable so I returned it. This may have been my specific box, but I've read others have the exact problem: it will stream data to an HTPC for a while and then cut out.

Bought myself a second hand NSLU2 and I'm loving it!

All the best.

 

hi can enyone help got one of these and setting up is a problem ie..

i loose internet connection when setting up

connection through wan miniport (pppoe)
error 815 broadband network connectorcould not be established on your computer
because your remote server is not responding

i have managed to set things up but get no connection

heeeelp

 

I don't see why you'd need to take your firewall down for the bt client.. just forward the port you want to use

and the split usb cables aren't really needed with usb 2.0.. also you could start torrents if you left a rig on (but then that defeats the whole point of buying this for me) with remote desktop- this is a cool little device for peeps who can't setup a network.. not being able to access the torrents remotely out the lan is kinda strange- maybe they figure it's saving you from yourself as you also won't be running any blacklists (which is not a good idea anyhow- especially nowdays)

 

hi can anyone help with advice on pppoe can we get it in the uk .... if so is it with a wireless router


my guess is i can only use this with pppoe

as i get the error 815 pppoe .... and loose Internet connection

i have tried on the emprex forum but pointless ... the worst ever support i have come across

any advice would be appreciated