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DNS-323 Talker · 2007-05-21 10:27:37

Well, I took the plunge and ordered tonight, based on reviews, feature set/flexibility, price, and the existence of this forum. Having a forum like this to come crawling to for help and hearfelt "Gee, that's too bad, mate." messages makes the concerns over potential problems so much easier to deal with.

I ordered the DNS-323 and the Seagate Sata II 500 GB drive...they should arrive by Wednesday.

Since I'm upgrading (at least it had better be an upgrade!) from a Netgear SC101, so far my favorite message in this forum is:

fordem wrote:
Yes, it's faster than the SC101 - roughly 50% faster on a 100 mbps network - and there is no reduction in write throughput with mirrored disks as there is with the SC101.

The SC101 has been very reliable, never dropped a byte, but performance is problemmatic. For now I'm going to be on a 100 mbps network, but in the near future (anyone a member of the UUC?) will be going to a gigabit Netgear router/NIC setup.

I'm planning on:

1. Install/format drive on primary desktop
2. Update firmware (based on what I've read I'm assuming that I won't be able to update until I've installed a drive)
3. Reformat drive (just to be safe)
4. Complete setup and copy data from SC101 to new drive (<sigh> That will be a lengthy process)
5. Map drive to other desktops/laptops

And as time allows, read some more and explore other features. Any suggested modifications to above?

Couple simple questions:

1. Will I need to run a "drive finder" utility on each other desktop to get the drive-letter mapping, or can I just map the drive using Windows (all desktops are on Win XP Pro SP2).
2. I never could see the SC101 from my laptop, the Netgear SW just couldn't find the SC101. Any issues on getting to the DNS-323 via wireless from my laptop?

Thanks for the help.

DNS-323 Talker · 2007-05-21 11:08:43

Just finished reading a bit about the USB port mod to allow connecting hard drives directly to the unit. Sounds like fun...and the instructions look simple enough for me to follow.

If you've done this, can drives connected in that manner be shared as well over the network?

mykroft · 2007-05-21 13:34:45

They can be, but you have to manually edit the smb.conf file - there is no way to do it from the web gui from what i have read

fordem · 2007-05-21 18:09:59

D-Link does provide a drive finder utility called EasySearch, along with I believe a trial version of a backup untility called Memeo - I've never used either one. My DNS-323 shows up in My Network Places and I can point and click and map and whatever else I wish - you may need to create users & possibly groups before you can map drives in Windows XP, depending on your security focus - I'm not too concerned about security, in any case your options are "read" & "read/write" so there is no real security.

Wireless works, but, your experience may be different to mine - that is the nature of wireless.

Depending on which laptop I'm using, wireless transfers will go through at reduced speed (as compared to wired) or with one particular laptop will fail with a source/destination drive not available mesage, depending on the direction of the transfer - this is a function of the number of receive errors on the laptop, and has nothing to do with the DNS-323 itself.

DNS-323 Talker · 2007-05-21 18:50:10

Thanks...the SC101 was pretty simple in one way, run the SC101 software on each system and it allowed you to find/map to the SC101 drive and from that point forward that system had access to all the folders on the drive from a drive letter. I'd like something similar w/the DNS-323.

I'm not concerned about security for the files on the DNS-323, as it will have photos, music, videos, homework, non-critical personal files, etc.. More concerned about easy access for my family via their PCs/laptops.

fordem · 2007-05-21 22:14:53

You can use the DNS-323 exactly like that - I just choose not to.

Mapped drives are very handy, especially if your users are not computer savvy, but if you map a drive on a laptop and then disconnect it from the network, you get warning messages about the missing network shares, so I have gotten accustomed to navigating to the network drive whenever I need to, and my children, having grown up in the middle of a computer network, just learned it that way.

DNS-323 Talker · 2007-05-21 22:25:27

Thanks...that's what I expected from what I've read...good to have it confirmed.

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