Network External Hard Drive in 9.3 Lan

Is anyone using an ethernet external hard drive like this one

Maxtor ShareStorage 200GB Network Attached Storage (NAS)

Not USB but using ethernet connection.

Is setup difficult?

anglers@texs.com adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:

> Is anyone using an ethernet external hard drive like this one
>
> Maxtor ShareStorage 200GB Network Attached Storage (NAS)
>
> Not USB but using ethernet connection.
>
> Is setup difficult?

Not used one but a quick look at the specs says that it is controlled by
a web browser, now normally that means it is a self contained unit
which should just appear as a shared drive on the LAN.

So unless the web server in it needs something stupid like activeX and
IE then I cannot see why it should not work, but don`t quote me on
it :-)

HTH
--
Mark
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK
Novell Support Forums SysOp

Thanks for your input Mark.

I haven't used one of these yet but it looks like they just have some built
in networking logic.

Before shelling out a few hundred bucks I thought I'd see if anyone has
used them.



> anglers@texs.com adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:
>
> > Is anyone using an ethernet external hard drive like this one
> >
> > Maxtor ShareStorage 200GB Network Attached Storage (NAS)
> >
> > Not USB but using ethernet connection.
> >
> > Is setup difficult?
>
> Not used one but a quick look at the specs says that it is controlled by
> a web browser, now normally that means it is a self contained unit
> which should just appear as a shared drive on the LAN.
>
> So unless the web server in it needs something stupid like activeX and
> IE then I cannot see why it should not work, but don`t quote me on
> it :-)
>
> HTH
> --
> Mark
> Twixt hill and high water
> N. Wales, UK
> Novell Support Forums SysOp
>