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Gadget Review: Addonics NAS Adapter

April 1st, 2009 9:10 PM | by Albert S.

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Click…click…click…yep, you’ve heard it before, the sound of a dead USB hard drive crashing its depressed head into the platter. And who can blame it after a monotonous life writing data back and forth, back and forth, back…and…forth, 24/7, catering to your every whim and desire. Well, enter the Addonics NAS Adapter, the digital Prozac that dramatically injects new life into your storage device by transforming it into a honest to goodness Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. Too good to be true? Let’s take a look in detail. …Continue reading: Gadget Review: Addonics NAS Adapter


Gadgets At A Glance: Addonics NAS Adapter

December 12th, 2008 5:41 PM | by Albert S.

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What is it: The Addonics NAS adapter turns any USB hard drive into a NAS enabled device. What does that mean? Basically, it turns your USB hard drive into a network device so you can access it from anywhere on the network

Features: USB to ethernet adapater, LED status lights, built-in bittorrent client, DHCP server/client, web-based management

  • Convert any USB 2.0 / 1.1 mass storage device into a Network Attached Storage device
  • Great for adding Addonics Storage Tower, Storage Rack or any Addonics USB storage device onto the network
  • Great for creating a custom Network Attached Storage appliance.
  • USB port can be used to power most 2.5″ USB hard drives or any low powered USB storage device.
  • Support Fast Ethernet 10/100Mbps.
  • Simple to install
  • Small and light weight. Size slightly longer than a C size battery. Can be installed practically anywhere
  • Can be set as DHCP server or client.
  • Support Samba server for up to 64 concurrent clients.
  • Support FTP server for up to 8 concurrent users.
  • Can be set as a print server to attach any USB printer to the network
  • Built-in Bit Torrent client for direct download to the attached USB storage device
  • Can be set as a UPnP AV server to share photo/music files stored on the file server with XBOX 360 video game consoles connected to the LAN
  • User management to allow read only or read/write access to folders
  • Administrative management access via web browser with password security.
  • Compatible with all Windows OS, Mac OS, Linux 2.6.x and above

Availability: Here

Price: $55

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