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Re: Slug




Hiya Mark...
How do you find the 'Slugs' for speed? Have thought about getting the
EFG120's ( http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=555&scid=43
)  (they have the built in HD's) Dont think anyone has 'hacked' them yet
in the same way as the slugs.

If anything I would use 'it' for would be as a media store (MP3's (have
a Slimp3) - Movies etc) - so getting the slimserver software on there is
possible I believe.

Cheers
Wayne.

mark wrote:

>Just an update on this thread.
>Regarding the Linksys NSLU-2 "SLUG" units - I have posted
some pictures
>of NODE-0 with them installed.
>
>http://www.markryder.me.uk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=90&pos=0
>
>Please excuse the messy patch cable wiring!
>
>My NODE-0 is installed in the loft.
>Everything is powered by UPS.
>All the rooms are wired with CAT-5 and COAX back to this point.
>Most rooms I have installed four CAT-5 points (this was definitely
worth
>the effort).
>
>I have an SLX8L 8-Way RF Distribution Unit mounted outside the rack.
>This distributes SKY, Terrestrial and FM round the house and can also
>take inputs from CCTV.
>
>I have a telephone exchange/switch mounted outside the rack.  All it's
>ports are connected to a CAT-5 Patch Panel in the rack.
>
>I have a 54G Wireless Ethernet adapter outside the rack.
>
>In the rack I have a patch-panel for all the room Cat-5 ports.
>+ 16-Port 10/100MB Ethernet Switch
>+ ADSL Modem
>+ 3 x NSLU-2 Network Attached Storage Link
>+ 6 x 250GB External Hard Drives
>
>This arrangement allows me to connect (by patch cable) any room Cat-5
>outlet to either phone service or network.   It's been a very flexible
>solution that has worked really well.
>
>Thanks to all the support and advice from this group!
>
>Cheers,
>Mark
>
>
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>
>mark wrote:
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>>The NSLU-2 was ?46 +VAT.
>>The DS-101 difference is that it has an internal IDE connector for
one
>>hard
>>drive.
>>The Slug only supports external USB Hard-Drives.
>>
>>You do get external USB ports on the DS-101 for external hard
drives too.
>>Plus you can also attach a USB printer.
>>
>>Most other features are the same.
>>Unless the print-server feature is important, I'd still stick with
the
>>Slug.
>>Also, the fact there is a hacker-community for the Slug means that
>>there are
>>many other things that the Slug can now do.  The media-server
concept
>>was a
>>great bonus.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Mark
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: Alex Clark [mailto:alex@xxxxxxx]
>>  Sent: 19 February 2005 22:49
>>  To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>  Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Slug (was: Do we all use more electricity?)
>>
>>
>>  There's also the Synology Disk Station DS-101
>>
>>(http://www.synology.com/enu/products/diskstation/index.php?page=ds-101&co
>><http://www.synology.com/enu/products/diskstation/index.php?page=ds-101&co>
>>nt
>>  ent=overview&current_sub_link=1), but it seems twice the
price.  Is it
>>  identical?
>>
>>
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: mark [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
>>  Sent: 19 February 2005 18:40
>>  To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>  Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Do we all use more electricity ?
>>
>>  ... The Linksys NSLU-2 (or slug, as most people call it) is a
tiny linux
>>  machine the size of a DAT tape that connects
>>  two USB2 external hard disks to your ethernet network.   I have
now
>>bought
>>  three of them, and connected 6 x 200GB external drives to them.  
I
>>already
>>  had some of the hard drives and the external enclosures are only
?18
>>from
>>  ebuyer.
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