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Rank: Thing Fling
Joined: 10/23/2006
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Easily Add Storage to Your Network - Share music, video or data files We thought we sold them out , but we found a few more lying around. For those of you interested...you can quickly and easily add gigabytes of storage space onto your network with the Network Storage Link from Linksys. This tiny network appliance connects USB 2.0 hard drives directly to your Ethernet network. You can connect up to two stand-alone USB disk drives of any size, and access them from anywhere on your network. You can even plug a USB flash disk into the Network Storage Link, for a convenient way of accessing your portable data files. The Network Storage Link can also be set up so that your storage devices are accessible from the Internet -- files can be easily downloaded via your web browser. Your files can be available publicly, or create password-protected accounts for authorized users. Installation of the Network Storage Link is simple -- just plug it directly into your 10/100 Ethernet network, and attach your USB 2.0 hard drives or flash disk. It can self-configure to your network via DHCP or you can use the built-in utility to manually configure it. With the speedy USB 2.0 interface, you'll get quick response times with even your largest files. The Network Storage Link features built-in disk utilities, accessible through your web browser. You can format new disk drives, and scan drives for errors. The built-in backup program lets you schedule full, incremental, or synchronization backups of your network drives to the Network Storage Link, or vice versa. It will even send you an email message when a hard drive gets nearly full, completely full, or has an error. You can share music, video or data files with managed access by user name or group. The Network Storage Link is a fast, simple, flexible and economical way to add storage to your network. THING FLING price is $53.99.
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Rank: Serious Thing Flinger
Joined: 5/10/2007
Posts: 50
Location: Los Angeles
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hmmmm... refurb..... and although its a nice perk I dont need one thatttt badly for $40.... for $30 I might've went 4 it .... oh btw this thing runs linux.... lots of extra functionality... just ghoogle it for more info  7 fling so far....
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Rank: Hot Flinger
Joined: 1/16/2007
Posts: 176
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For reference:   ___________________________________________________________________________ 20 Things Flung So Far!
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Rank: Hot Flinger
Joined: 1/31/2007
Posts: 11
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Listed as Brand New, detailed as refurb'd. I'm so confused... 
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Rank: Casual Flinger
Joined: 1/23/2007
Posts: 1
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z69vampyre wrote:Listed as Brand New, detailed as refurb'd. I'm so confused... just about to say.....
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Rank: Power Flinger
Joined: 12/13/2007
Posts: 105
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Is it new or refurb? Please let us know before I buy it.
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Rank: Thing Fling
Joined: 10/23/2006
Posts: 3,030
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surratt wrote:Is it new or refurb? Please let us know before I buy it. This item is Brand New... we fixed the description already, thanks.
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Rank: HelpFlinger
Joined: 5/21/2007
Posts: 69
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Dear Flingers, There is a mistake in the product description. The item is new, NOT refurbished. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. 
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Rank: Uber Flinger
Joined: 5/2/2007
Posts: 975
Location: Northern VA
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Check out the wiki on this device: hereAs someone else said it runs linux.. But the part that you might actually care about is that it can be flashed with third party firmware that adds many more features. to quote the wiki: ""The ability to run an unrestricted Linux OS on the device opens up a whole new range of uses. Some common uses are a web server, mail server, DAAP server (iTunes), UPnP AV MediaServers, Bit Torrent client, asterisk PBX [11] and network router (with the attachment of a USB network interface)." Definitely a decent price, below the average for this unit elsewhere. But as for me... well as someone else said it'd be a luxory for me, so I can't justify even at this price, although I really want it. Now if it was 15-20 cheaper, then we'd be talking! 
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 12/18/2007
Posts: 376
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Thanks for clarifying the New/Refurbished issue on it. I couldn't resist jumping on one and am looking forward to the 3rd party hacks mentioned by scaredwitless. I'm hoping for some success with adding the ability to let it work as a network print server as well as storage, which would make this a great deal if I can get it going! Flings flung:
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Rank: Uber Flinger
Joined: 5/2/2007
Posts: 975
Location: Northern VA
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For anyone still mulling this one over before it comes up again, like me, I have two very useful links to share. nslu2 firmware comparison chartShows you all the mainstream firmwares for the slug, including original Linksys branch... Should give you an idea of which firmware would be for you, as well as what kind of features can be had. The NSLU2 forum at linksysinfo.orglinksysinfo.org is the definitive source of all things linksys related, especially the third party firmwares, and they have a forum section that covers the slug.  I don't know if I'll be able to resist this one much longer!
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Rank: Power Flinger
Joined: 12/13/2007
Posts: 105
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scaredwitless wrote:For anyone still mulling this one over before it comes up again, like me, I have two very useful links to share. nslu2 firmware comparison chartShows you all the mainstream firmwares for the slug, including original Linksys branch... Should give you an idea of which firmware would be for you, as well as what kind of features can be had. The NSLU2 forum at linksysinfo.orglinksysinfo.org is the definitive source of all things linksys related, especially the third party firmwares, and they have a forum section that covers the slug. I don't know if I'll be able to resist this one much longer! Do you know if the firmware upgrades address the slow transfer speeds and formatting issues? How about printer support? Looks like a super price. I was going to pull the trigger until I read the reviews from cnet and others. If the firmware upgrades do fix these issues, I gotta have one. Here's the cnet review and user reviews: http://reviews.cnet.com/...30733762.html?tag=viddet
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Rank: Uber Flinger
Joined: 5/2/2007
Posts: 975
Location: Northern VA
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Well I don't know for sure if they do or not, but I do believe with fair certainty they probably fix any problems the original linksys firmware suffers... I would be new to the slug, but I am not new to the third party firmware scene and linksysinfo.org, particularly with how it relates to the linksys WRT line of routers. In my experience, the stock Linksys firmware is always crap, and being that it's linux and opensource the 4rd party developers usually fix up all the problems first and then start adding the goodies. And since these are mature products on the slug, I think it's probably safe to assume that any fixable problems have been fixed. But like I say that's just my hunch though I'd put a fare wager on it. I have barely scratched the surface on my slug research but I would be very surprised if there is not a ready to go installable print server package for the 3rd party firmwares that support addon packages. o you would need to dig around a little but it seems to me that since ceating a print server in linux is fairly straightforward that it would be very doable on the slug. Just my 2 cents.
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Rank: Uber Flinger
Joined: 5/2/2007
Posts: 975
Location: Northern VA
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Rank: Power Flinger
Joined: 12/13/2007
Posts: 105
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Thanks for taking the time to find the information. Looks like a lot of stuff to do just to print. Price is making it very tempting. I would like to eliminate some of the printer shares and my share drive on some pcs. Just gotta decide how much trouble these firmware hacks and printing work arounds will take on each pc. Its neat that folks setup web servers on these, but have a LAMP server setup already. Decisions, Decisions...
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Rank: Uber Flinger
Joined: 5/2/2007
Posts: 975
Location: Northern VA
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Hey you're welcome it was easy to find as all my tabs are open researching o this thing so I can decide whether I really want to throw down the money or not. It's a good price, maybe not a steal of a price, but it is lower than everyone else I've found. anyway--if you like to tinker this thing will probably keep you busy for a while, that is in part, a big part of why these linux doohicky small boxes are popular. There might be a less involved method than the one I linked to, it was just the first link Ifoun. Anyway it might take a little work to familiarize yourself if you're not familiar with linux and this device, but once it's setup it would be setup and require little other effort. Not having used the firmware I can't even speak for... well I don't feel comfortable making any conclusions about its interface or how easy or dificult is to do things, as I've never used it. I have already a linux PC on my network doing web server work, as well as ftp and a few other things, and another dedicated PC doing file serving and acting as an email server, so in earnest I could live without this thing, an thus the quandry... It just seems so cool! Hah I think I'd have fun playing with it, and maybe even offloading some of the work my other computers are doing on to it. If it was ten cheaper I'd probably just throw caution to the wind and jump on it. This price is good, but it makes me have to debate with myself about the merits.... :/
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Rank: Uber Flinger
Joined: 5/2/2007
Posts: 975
Location: Northern VA
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Thingfling! You big jerk!! You tempted the $54.99 (had a 5 off coupon left from last mystery box) right out of me! -sigh- (hooray! I got me a new slug!
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Rank: Hot Flinger
Joined: 12/20/2006
Posts: 563
Location: NJ
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Ah, I missed it. Any idea if this will come back up?
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Rank: Uber Flinger
Joined: 5/2/2007
Posts: 975
Location: Northern VA
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jonrad wrote:Ah, I missed it. Any idea if this will come back up? Well it's been up now maybe 4 or 5 times, so it's definitely in the rotation, I'd say it's a good chance you'll have another shot at it.
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Rank: Royal Flinger
Joined: 12/26/2006
Posts: 1,251
Location: Wichita, KS
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jonrad wrote:Ah, I missed it. Any idea if this will come back up? Welcome back Jonrad! It's been a while since we've seen you around here. Does your kids' school have a Circle of Friends? Circle of Friends is a social mentoring program based in schools pairing students with special needs with their regular education peers. It will change your kid's life in a positive way! Go to: www.buildingthecircle.org to learn more.What is Y.E.S.S.? Find out here: www.arc-sedgwickcounty.org/YESS.htmlDid you know that 1 in every 150 children in America has an autism spectrum disorder?Visit www.autismspeaks.org for more info on autism.
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