2/28/2023 0 Comments Seagate dockstar as a nas![]() I would think that the dns323 would be far more useful. besides, I've enabled SSH and have root access, and can probably modify it if I want to. ![]() also, no mention of fees from so I assume the 1 year access thingy is gone. although I'd have to make my drives as externals, vs installed internally in the DNS-323, the fact that I can use NTFS and it's turnkey no-hassle install, I prefer the dockstar. I'm gonna get rid of my DNS-323 and get another dockstar. speed is same as copying from a computer to another computer via network. I can read it from anywhere even on Vista/Win 7. it worked flawlessly, recognized by, and shows up on my network and defaults to share the whole drive. plugged in my Dual Dock Blacx using USB that had 2 WD20 drives (2TB each), one's an EARS, the other's an EADS which I had on my DNS-323. Khulit wrote: ↑Still on sale at NCIX for $29.99 You get, with the Dockstar, to specify your workgroup. On the other hand the pogoplug gives you the cloud thing for as long as you own the unit (no $30 fee) but makes enabling smb a bit trickier. They already had someone write the script to turn it on. The bottom line is that the Dockstar makes enabling smb easy. Some people who got the low transfer rates were in fact sending their files out to pogoplug's site and then back to the computer they were trying to transfer to! ![]() The smb sharing will work even if you don't go out to the internet and you don't need to connect it to a computer. There you can enable ssh and smb sharing. When you use it you can set up an account at ( just got mine so I haven't set it up yet). With the Dockstar, you get 3 (as opposed to 4) usb ports and one for their seagate 2.5 drive. There are never any fees to play with the pogoplug. It's really kind of neat but more expensive than the Dockstar. The PogoPlug does not have a power brick which is nice. With the PogoPlug you can enable ssh and from there you can set up smb sharing, but it requires a bit of Linux/Unix knowledge. If you do is it required each time its power up or does it stick and require another command to disable etc? Lead wrote: ↑so without pogo plug this will appear as any normal smb on your network without connected to your comp? under say workgroup? or do you have to telenet in to enable smb. So without pogo plug this will appear as any normal smb on your network without connected to your comp? under say workgroup? or do you have to telenet in to enable smb. The Dockstar is basically the same thing, but it has the advantage of not requiring a hack to enable smb. I was getting over 13MBs reading large files which is fine. I had a PogoPlug and I could easily stream 720p video. Obviously these devices are not meant to replace a good NAS. I just can't see them rendering a bunch of Dockstars useless without paying $30. The Dockstar already has the smb capability as well as the advantages of the PogoPlug. There are clients for windows, mac, linux but I couldn't get it to work with my media player, even after they opened up support for media streaming ( via UPNP). I was running a Drobo off the PogoPlug when I was testing one. I don't know if the trick works with EXT2/3 but that is how I plan to format drives connected to the Dockstar. NTFS on Linux works but it's nowhere near as fast as you are going to get with EXT2/3 or even FAT. The trick mentioned earlier to run it without connecting to pogoplug seems to be designed for NTFS. The thing with both these devices is they are running Linux like most NAS units. Lead wrote: ↑a quick google all i could fine was one mentioning of nas speed of 20-50kb a sec.
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