BW Compatible / Incompatible NAS Drives

dg · Post by dg » Sat Jun 30, 2007 08:29

Which NAS Drives are Compatible with a Beyonwiz?

This thread captures the experience others have had with their NAS drives and the Beyonwiz. I update this post as new information is posted in the thread.

When posting your experience, please consider providing the following information.

Please include:
1.) Compatible / Incompatible
2.) Make and Model
3.) Size (GB)
4.) Connection used - USB/ Ethernet include make and model of switch/router

If compatible then also include:
5.) Disk/Fan Noise
6.) Transfer speed (MB/sec) Copy and WizFX.
7.) Ease of set up.
8.) Other features - e.g. Usefulness with other networked computers. Number and size of streams tested. (See prls note www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=51040#51040 )

If incompatible then also include:
9.) Problems experienced.
10.) If you don't want to repost all of your details then it would be useful if you could just drop a post in this thread with Model number and a link to post in other thread where your problem was discussed without success.

Thanks,
DG

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Below is a summary and index to relevant responses.

The compatibility list generally only lists NAS devices as compatible if they can be seen by and accessed by the wiz. It is recommended that you buy a NAS with at least 500Mhz/128GB RAM. - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 0155#60155

Compatible

Acer Easystore 4x 500gb - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 8310#68310

Buffalo TerraStation Pro TS-2.0TGL/R5 with 4x 500GB WD Green WD5000AADS-0 drives

D-Link DNS-313 Network Storage Enclosure, Samsung 250Gb 7200RPM Serial ATA-II-300 HDD with 8MB Cache (model HD250HJ) - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 6417#26417

D-Link DNS-323 with 2x Samsung 500GB SATAII drives - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 7674#17674

FreeNAS operating system (1.6 Duo, 1GB RAM, Motherboard, Case and 500GB HDD) - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... =8755#8755

HP Media Server LX197 with 1x 1TB drive (also supports 4x USB drives) - runs Windows Home Server

Intel SS4000e 4x 1TB - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 8310#68310

LaCie Ethernet Big Disk (1TB) - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... =8172#8172
- Check that you have the right firmware: http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 1795#21795

LaCie D2 Network 301340A - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 0225#60225

Linksys NSLU2 with OpenWRT Kamikaze 7.09 firmware - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 1887#21887

Linksys NSLU2 with both stock firmware & Unslung - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 1893#21893

Maxtor Shared Storage II 500GB (also available in 1TB) ) - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 2409#12409

Microsoft Home Server operating system - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 4019#24019

Naslite 2.06 operating system (Dell SFF PC with 750GB drive) - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... =8298#8298

Netgear ReadyNAS Duo 2x 500GB drives (also comeswith larger drives)

Netgear/Infrant NV+ 4x 1TB - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 8310#68310

Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ (Drive sizes can range from, typically, 250GB up to 4x 1TB disks supported!.) - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... ?p=894#894 - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 7055#17055

Netgear/Infrant X600 4x 1TB

QNAP TS-101 running a WD GreenPower 1TB drive - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 2078#32078

QNAP TS-109, 1TB WD Green Power HDD - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 1895#21895

QNAP TS-219P with 2x 1TB WD Green drives - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 8899#68899

QNAP TS-239 (it wakes fast enough for the impatient P1 not to initially timeout when accessing it) - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 0154#60154

QNAP TS-409 - 3x 500GB drives in RAID5 - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 1879#21879

Synology DS508 - 5x Seagate 1TB SATA II ST31000340AS HDDs - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 6124#36124

Thecus N299 2TB (but "will not play full hd file because of the file system.") - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 3295#13295

Thecus N2100 (2 slots with 750GB SATA Seagate drives, Raid 0, + 500GB Lacie USB drive.) - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... =1156#1156

Thecus N2100 with 1x 500 GB WD - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 1136#11136

Thecus N4100 4x 1TB[/b] - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 8310#68310

Thecus N4100+ 4x 1TB

Thecus N5200B 5x 1TB

Thecus N5200BR 5x 1TB

Thecus N5200BR PRO 5x 1TB

Thecus N5200PRO (5x 500GB configured as RAID5) - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 1034#51034

Thecus N7700 7x 1TB

Western Digital WD-Netcenter (500GB) - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... =8172#8172

Western Digital WD MyBook World Edition II - 1TB (902GB) - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 2529#32529

Incompatible

Nexstar LX Ethernet NAS ("I will add it's the 'cheapest' NAS on the market...") - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... =8121#8121 - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... =8435#8435
- Some success though here: http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 0542#70542

Hotway LanDrive HD9-U2LA NAS enclosure ( http://www.hotway.com.tw/products/hd9.htm ) - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1636

Mediasonic HD9-SU2LAH NAS+ enclosure (Rebranded Hotway LanDrive) - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 1568#21568

Netcomm NP3680 Multi Server - http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewt ... 4033#34033

Thanks go to my "Colours Consultant" Dave?

IanSav · Post by **IanSav** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:34

Hi DG,

I am happy to start you off:

1. Compatible
2. Infrant ReadyNAS NV+
(Infrant is now owned by Netgear. All the NAS units in the range run the same firmware so all models are equally compatible.)
3. The units support 4 drive slots. Drive sizes can range from, typically, 250 GB up to 750 GB. The 1 TB drives are not yet officially supported but they will be soon.
4. Full duplex gigabit network interface.
5. This unit is not silent but it is quiet enough given that it is not in my home theatre. It sits in my study and competes equaly with all my other gear for noise. There is an almost quite, home theatre component shaped unit called the Repertoire, if this is a requirement.
6. I haven't tested speeds but it is delivering content to my DP-S1 without any issues. I believe tests have the ReadyNAS delivering up to 4 simultaneous HD streams without issue.
7. This unit was a SNAP to setup and worked with the Beyonwiz immediately. Please remember that networking is not the easiest of PC setups and a poorly setup/performing network is not going to suddenly get better just because the Beyonwiz arrives on the scene. Also the Beyonwiz may show up issues in a poorly setup network that have been running OK before the demands of the Beyonwiz. I have a wired gigabit network through the house using a HP gigabit switch. I have no issues. (The Beyonwiz correctly scans my network to the 100% mark and finds all network shares without issue.)
8. The ReadyNAS units have lots of features including RAID redundancy for hard disk failure or X-RAID for online storage expansion and redundancy, general file serving, multiple system compatibility, backup services, etc, etc. Check out the website.

Regards,
Ian.

sctsprin · Post by **sctsprin** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 14:48

Thecus N2100 yes box

1. Compatible
2 Thecus N2100
3. 2 slots with 750Gb Sata Seagate drives, Raid 0, + 500Gb lacie USB drive.
4 full duplex dual gigabit network interface connected via thompson modem/router (telstra adsl), also has 3 usb ports with one touch copy
5 pretty quiet, third party fan makes it silent
6 works well with the wiz (which is only 100mbit ethernet)
7 very easy to setup
8 plenty of third party modules for bittorrent, twonkyvision etc

power supply died after one week, itech.com.au sent a new one, no problems so far.

Lex200 · Post by **Lex200** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 13:04

I was considering the Thecus N4100+

Given the comments about the N2100 above, I presume it would also be compatible. Do you know if the 2 systems operate in the same/similar way?

sctsprin · Post by **sctsprin** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 15:15

Hi Ian,

I believe they're pretty much identical in OS etc, I would get the 5200 though instead of the 4200, as it has a much more powerful chipset and better RAID etc

Darrylp · Post by **Darrylp** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 23:00

IanSav wrote:Hi DG,

I am happy to start you off:

1. Compatible
2. Infrant ReadyNAS NV+
(Infrant is now owned by Netgear. All the NAS units in the range run the same firmware so all models are equally compatible.)
3. The units support 4 drive slots. Drive sizes can range from, typically, 250 GB up to 750 GB. The 1 TB drives are not yet officially supported but they will be soon.
4. Full duplex gigabit network interface.
5. This unit is not silent but it is quiet enough given that it is not in my home theatre. It sits in my study and competes equaly with all my other gear for noise. There is an almost quite, home theatre component shaped unit called the Repertoire, if this is a requirement.
6. I haven't tested speeds but it is delivering content to my DP-S1 without any issues. I believe tests have the ReadyNAS delivering up to 4 simultaneous HD streams without issue.
7. This unit was a SNAP to setup and worked with the Beyonwiz immediately. Please remember that networking is not the easiest of PC setups and a poorly setup/performing network is not going to suddenly get better just because the Beyonwiz arrives on the scene. Also the Beyonwiz may show up issues in a poorly setup network that have been running OK before the demands of the Beyonwiz. I have a wired gigabit network through the house using a HP gigabit switch. I have no issues. (The Beyonwiz correctly scans my network to the 100% mark and finds all network shares without issue.)
8. The ReadyNAS units have lots of features including RAID redundancy for hard disk failure or X-RAID for online storage expansion and redundancy, general file serving, multiple system compatibility, backup services, etc, etc. Check out the website.

Regards,
Ian.

Hi Ian

Please look at this post of mine and advise me.

http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=636

Thanks very much

Regards

Darryl

IanSav · Post by **IanSav** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 02:48

Hi Darryl,

Darrylp wrote:Please look at this post of mine and advise me.

http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=636

Sorry but I am confused. The link has nothing to do with a ReadyNAS NV+.

What exactly are you asking for/about?

Regards,
Ian.

Darrylp · Post by **Darrylp** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 05:21

Hi Ian

Apologies as my post is confusing but it has to do with passwords for a networked USB or a NAS.

I used the search function on the Forum and this Topic seemed the most related to my problem.

I'm asking how one manages to use a NAS with a password and whether the solution will work with a network attached USB too?

Thanks and regards

Darryl

tonymy01 · Post by **tonymy01** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 09:04

Usernames and passwords are coming in the next release, at the moment you have to enable the share for windows "everyone" (group) or windows "guest" (user).
Regards

Darrylp · Post by **Darrylp** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:07

Thanks Tony, I'll just have to wait.

Regards

Darryl

IanSav · Post by **IanSav** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:14

Hi Darryl,

At the moment for the Beyonwiz to see a network device and its contents you must allow the Beyonwiz to connect to that device as user Guest and the password must be blank. (Guest must also have access to all directories and files that you want to see from the Beyonwiz.)

As Tonymy01 said, this situation will soon be extended/changed to allow allow you to use a different username and password for authentication.

Regards,
Ian.

Darrylp · Post by **Darrylp** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:19

Hi Ian

Thanks, I understand and unfortunately as my router connected storage doesn't allow a guest with no password, I'll have to wait.

Regards

Darryl

DrPhil · Post by **DrPhil** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 18:46

IanSav wrote: 2. Infrant ReadyNAS NV+
(Infrant is now owned by Netgear. All the NAS units in the range run the same firmware so all models are equally compatible.)

Hi Ian,

Thats some pretty seriously priced equipment for a home NAS - I'm impressed

My info puts them at about $1300 for a 500GB redundant raid setup. Is that about right?

Phil

IanSav · Post by **IanSav** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 19:04

Hi Phil,

DrPhil wrote:Thats some pretty seriously priced equipment for a home NAS - I'm impressed

My info puts them at about $1300 for a 500GB redundant raid setup. Is that about right?

Unfortunately since the Netgear takeover these units have gone up by up to $500

I assume that you are talking about 2 500GB drives in RAID 1 mode. That price seems a bit low according to some recent prices that I saw. I don't have a price list to hand so I can't be sure.

Regards,
Ian.

DrPhil · Post by **DrPhil** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 19:33

IanSav wrote:Hi Phil,
That price seems a bit low according to some recent prices that I saw. I don't have a price list to hand so I can't be sure.

Bit low

Me thinks I will be going with the ebay special

Cheers

SimonB · Post by **SimonB** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 20:02

Just for a benchmark, I paid $1999 for a 1TB (4x disk) model a month or so ago. Bought it from Harris technology and they wouldn't budge on price and I couldn't be bothered shopping around (the old 'had it in my hot little hand syndrome).

If anyone did better or gets better, I will just go "La la la la" and ignore you!

Simon....

jpp · Post by **jpp** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 20:06

DrPhil wrote:
IanSav wrote:Hi Phil,
That price seems a bit low according to some recent prices that I saw. I don't have a price list to hand so I can't be sure.
Bit low

Me thinks I will be going with the ebay special

Cheers

I think if you're going to spend the dosh on a proper NAS (Infrant of Buffalo) you may as well get the benefit of a RAID 5 setup and populate all 4 drive bays. That way any one drive can die and you can hot swap it for a new one without loosing any of your data. You can even upgrade the total capacity of the system by putting 4 higer capacity drives in one by one without having to take the data off first. The system will gradually build itself up and once the last drive has been added, it will give access to the new total capacity (total capacity is 3 times the lowest capacity drive).

jpp · Post by **jpp** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 20:12

SimonB wrote:Just for a benchmark, I paid $1999 for a 1TB (4x disk) model a month or so ago. Bought it from Harris technology and they wouldn't budge on price and I couldn't be bothered shopping around (the old 'had it in my hot little hand syndrome).

If anyone did better or gets better, I will just go "La la la la" and ignore you!

Simon....

La la la here we go

. Just saw in add in the latest APC for a Buffalo TeraStation Pro 2TB for $1199 (1.5TB useable if in RAID 5 mode). No prrint server USB port and confusing SW so they say. I have an Infrant Reday NV+ (before Netgear got their clutches into Infrant), and yep, I certainly paid more for just 1TB.

IanSav · Post by **IanSav** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 20:23

Hi Guys,

My ReadyNAS NV+ is just shy of a year old. It was bought before the Netgear takeover. I think I paid about $1200 for the NAS and 3 250GB drives in X-Raid mode. It was a very good price at the time.

Regards,
Ian.

NPR · Post by **NPR** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 09:18

OK. I've purchased a Nexstar LX ethernet NAS that has a reasonably primitive interface. It's attached to my Dynalink wireless router by wired ethernet. The link is here;

http://www.vantecusa.com/products/nexst ... 375lx.html

$95 plus the cost of a IDE HDD

Now this works a treat with my wireless networked XP and Vista PCs, allowing all the various file exchanges etc. However the BW will 'see' its network label, and also see the SMB folder generated through its interface, but refuses to see anything else including files within that folder. Any files or folders generated through windows will be seen by the other windows machine (which makes it a cheap file storage server) but not by the BW. Before I move on I should present my personal attributes.

Network Mastery 6 out of 10 (amongst this lot of braniacs anyway. I'm a legend with the geriatrics of my family.

)
Willingness to learn 9 out of 10
Refusal to pay even more money for a NAS 7 out of 10
BW love 8 out of 10

I've spent far too long on getting this thing to see more than just the NAS. The new Windows sharing features appear not to assist. Again I stress that the file movement between the Windows machines and the BW has been straightforward.

So the question is,
1. What might I be doing wrong/possible options.
2. Are there some NASs that simply won't work?
3. If yes to above, what's the cheapest way to get into a NAS that will?

tonymy01 · Post by **tonymy01** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 09:52

WIth windows, there are 2 permissions to setup for a share.
1. share access permissions
2. local access security permissions

one is setup under sharing, one is setup under security.
If you don't have "guest" or "everyone" setup to "list folder contents" (and you will need to also setup "read & execute" or perhaps just "read") for the security permissions (2) then the issue you describe is going to happen.

Regards

j s · Post by **j s** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:23

1) Compatible\
2) Western Digital WD-Netcenter

If compatible then also
3) 500 (GB)
4) Connection used - Ethernet Dlink 502T Router, several cheapo switches
5) Disk/Fan Noise: Not relevant - it's in a cupboard near the router
6) Transfer speed (MB/sec) - haven't measured yet to BW but speed to PC's is excellent
7) ease of set up. - no issues
Cool Other features - SMB only but does offer a Print Server. USB ports for additonal drives

1) Compatible
2) LaCie Ethernet Big Disk

If compatible then also
3) 1000 (GB)
4) Connection used - Ethernet Dlink 502T Router, several cheapo switches
5) Disk/Fan Noise: Not relevant - it's in a cupboard near the router
6) Transfer speed (MB/sec) - 2.45GB pushed from P1 to LaCie took 35 minutes. The tvwiz file then played back correctly.
7) ease of set up. - no issues but interface a bit slow
Cool Other features - e.g. SMB/FTP/HTTP/Appletalk/Bonjourno. Allegedly also a Media Server but I can't get this to work. Don't need it anyway. USB ports for additonal drives

NPR · Post by **NPR** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 13:32

tonymy01 wrote: If you don't have "guest" or "everyone" setup to "list folder contents" (and you will need to also setup "read & execute" or perhaps just "read") for the security permissions (2) then the issue you describe is going to happen.

These are set up on both machines as you've described, but the NAS's interface is not able to apply such permissions and remote requests via ethernet are denied by the NAS...

IanSav · Post by **IanSav** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 17:33

Hi NPR,

I'll try and fetch the manual for this NAS and have a look at this for you.

Regards,
Ian.

dg · Post by dg » Tue Sep 25, 2007 17:41

j s wrote:1) Compatible\
............
2) LaCie Ethernet Big Disk

............

Hi js,

Is your Lacie the same model as this one . (Item Number : 301156U )

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/LaCie-Ethernet-B ... dZViewItem

Are you able to get WizFx to transfer from the BeyonWiz direct to the Lacie ?

dg

NPR · Post by **NPR** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 18:15

IanSav wrote:Hi NPR,

I'll try and fetch the manual for this NAS and have a look at this for you.

Regards,
Ian.

Ian, you're a gem. I'm not sure how you'll go finding the manual, although I've noticed that other HDD enclosure manufacturers use this 'generic' interface. Laser for example, though the manual doesn't appear on their Aus website. Nonetheless, thanks in advance for your efforts.

Nick

j s · Post by **j s** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 18:49

dg wrote:
j s wrote:1) Compatible\
............
2) LaCie Ethernet Big Disk

............
Hi js,

Is your Lacie the same model as this one . (Item Number : 301156U )

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/LaCie-Ethernet-B ... dZViewItem

Are you able to get WizFx to transfer from the BeyonWiz direct to the Lacie ?

dg

Yes and Yes

Push transfer from a P1 direct to the LaCie : 2.45GB in 35 minutes

(just tried it this afternoon - set up a "wiz" uid with write access and defined that to the P1)

The recording also played back from the NAS server without any glitches

IanSav · Post by **IanSav** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 18:51

Hi Nick,

According to the manual (Page 12 - Section 5.2 SMB Server) it looks like you need to create a directory, move it to the right to make it a share, and then assign it a password to make it writable. "If you wish, passwords can be assigned to directories to establish privileged access."

Did you do this?

I assume the username is the share name and the password is the password of the share.

What happens if you try this?

Regards,
Ian.

NPR · Post by **NPR** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 20:01

IanSav wrote:Hi Nick,

According to the manual (Page 12 - Section 5.2 SMB Server) it looks like you need to create a directory, move it to the right to make it a share, and then assign it a password to make it writable. "If you wish, passwords can be assigned to directories to establish privileged access."

Did you do this?

I assume the username is the share name and the password is the password of the share.

What happens if you try this?

Regards,
Ian.

Unfortunately I've already done this, but I will try again. I'll respond tomorrow as I'm settling down for the evening to actually use the BW for what it's intended for, not as a means to angina/headache. Thanks again for your efforts Ian. Cheers.

Martyn · Post by **Martyn** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 21:19

1. Compatible
2 Naslite 2.06
3. Dell SFF PC with 750gb drive
4 full duplex dual gigabit network interface connected via 1 GBit switch & Linksys 54GL running tomato 1.07
5 pretty quiet (its in the linen cupboard)
6 works well with the wiz (which is only 100mbit ethernet)
7 runs in 128mb RAM very easy to setup & cheap ~$35.00 AU

Martyn

brianh · Post by **brianh** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 21:28

DG,

would you consider collating relevant info here and editing into the first post? that way we could refer to this one fro the FAQ sticky.

j s · Post by **j s** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 22:34

NPR wrote:
IanSav wrote:Hi Nick,

According to the manual (Page 12 - Section 5.2 SMB Server) it looks like you need to create a directory, move it to the right to make it a share, and then assign it a password to make it writable. "If you wish, passwords can be assigned to directories to establish privileged access."

Did you do this?

I assume the username is the share name and the password is the password of the share.

What happens if you try this?

Regards,
Ian.
Unfortunately I've already done this, but I will try again. I'll respond tomorrow as I'm settling down for the evening to actually use the BW for what it's intended for, not as a means to angina/headache. Thanks again for your efforts Ian. Cheers.

A question I haven't seen answered but maybe I missed it....did you define this username and password to the BW in the new "Windows Sharing" setup?

Until the latest firmware the BW relied on Guest access (read only) but now can use the defined username and pw to get read/write access. If the username/pw is not set then the BW reverts to read only Guest access.

NPR · Post by **NPR** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 18:15

j s wrote:
NPR wrote:
IanSav wrote:Hi Nick,

According to the manual (Page 12 - Section 5.2 SMB Server) it looks like you need to create a directory, move it to the right to make it a share, and then assign it a password to make it writable. "If you wish, passwords can be assigned to directories to establish privileged access."

Did you do this?

I assume the username is the share name and the password is the password of the share.

What happens if you try this?
Unfortunately I've already done this, but I will try again. I'll respond tomorrow as I'm settling down for the evening to actually use the BW for what it's intended for, not as a means to angina/headache. Thanks again for your efforts Ian. Cheers.
A question I haven't seen answered but maybe I missed it....did you define this username and password to the BW in the new "Windows Sharing" setup?

Until the latest firmware the BW relied on Guest access (read only) but now can use the defined username and pw to get read/write access. If the username/pw is not set then the BW reverts to read only Guest access.

To answer both yourself and Ian, setting up Windows Sharing allows the BW to see the SMB created folder if a password is created in the NAS interface, but still fails to 'see' (ie hides) the files and folders accessible via the Windows machine. For some reason, the BW simply does not see the contained files and folders, before and after the intro of Windows sharing. I've even tried to shange permissions via Linux to no avail.

Ian, thanks for the advice you gave but despite reattempts, the above comments remain. I will add it's the 'cheapest' NAS on the market...

NPR · Post by **NPR** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 18:59

brianh wrote:DG,

would you consider collating relevant info here and editing into the first post? that way we could refer to this one fro the FAQ sticky.

Great idea. It would be terrific to have a listing of NASs with an associative success/failure rate based on people's experiences that is easier to view than trudging through a long thread.

macca · Post by **macca** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 16:05

Hopefully this is in the right thread, can anyone confirm compatibility with the DNS-323 and the BW DP-S1, especially since the latest firmware was released this month, along with WizFX app?

Also looking for advice as to the noise factor of the D-Link, is it acceptably low enough to sit in the same area as the DP-S1 and TV?

Cheers and TIA

dg · Post by dg » Thu Sep 27, 2007 18:50

brianh wrote:DG,

would you consider collating relevant info here and editing into the first post? that way we could refer to this one fro the FAQ sticky.

Hi Brianh,

I like your idea.

Is that what you are after ?????

dg

brianh · Post by **brianh** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 19:30

dg wrote:
brianh wrote:DG,

would you consider collating relevant info here and editing into the first post? that way we could refer to this one fro the FAQ sticky.
Hi Brianh,

I like your idea.

Is that what you are after ?????

dg

Yay! ...I will add a link, you should request the mods to make this a sticky (if you are willing to keep it updated

)

dg · Post by dg » Thu Sep 27, 2007 19:34

Hey Mods,

If you deem it worthy, can you please make this thread a sticky.

Thanks,

DG

brianh · Post by **brianh** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 19:51

This may be out-of-scope for this thread, but does the NSLU2 count as a NAS "device" - given that it still needs a HDD device attached to its USB ports.....is the desired compatibility a function of the HDD/case combination, or with the NLSU2 doing the "negotiation" doesn't it matter?

tonymy01 · Post by **tonymy01** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 23:51

Given it is providing a network based file share thru typically windows means (using samba I believe to achieve this) it is completely a function of the slug and not the HDD attached to it.

DrPhil · Post by **DrPhil** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 18:42

I have finished setting up my FreeNAS box and can confirm that it is compatible with the BW S1.

I can see all share points and have copied a recording directly from the BW at about 12 Mbps (with no TV showing - ie staying in file mode).

I then streamed back the same recording and it worked well.

For those that are interested the brand new box (1.6 Duo, 1GB RAM, Motherboard, Case and 500GB HDD) cost $500 exactly. About 4 Hrs spent setting up FreeNAS on a 1GB USB Memory stick.

Cheers

Phil

Teddles · Post by **Teddles** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 20:58

Simple question if I may

Can anyone recommend a good usb HD to hang off the PC for streaming to the Wiz?
Can a drive > 500gig be accommodated on the Wiz?

Thanks

IanSav · Post by **IanSav** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:33

Hi Teddles,

I have a CoolerMaster X-Craft enclosure (it is USB and eSATA enabled) and I chose to put a 500GB Seagate server grade drive in it.

I believe that the latest generation of these enclosures can take a 750GB drive (and possibly bigger). I haven't tried anything larger than 500GB on my DP-S1.

Regards,
Ian.

np · Post by np » Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:48

I was looking at purchasing a DNS-323 from D-Link. Can anyone advise whether this would be compatible with BW ?

Thanks,
Nick P

IanSav · Post by **IanSav** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 13:20

Hi Np,

why not purchase it from a place that offers "no questions asked" returns (like Dick Smith PowerHouse). That way you can try it out in your environment and it you don't like it you can return it. If it does work then you can post a report for those that come after you.

Regards,
Ian.

np · Post by np » Mon Oct 08, 2007 13:58

Hi IanSav,

I am not really a fan of buying from those sort of places, but you make a valid point.

I seem to remember someone on this forum having a DNS-323, so hopefully they will respond.

Cheers
Nick

Teddles · Post by **Teddles** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 17:01

IanSav wrote:I have a CoolerMaster X-Craft enclosure (it is USB and eSATA enabled) and I chose to put a 500GB Seagate server grade drive in it.

Thanks for that Ian

IanSav · Post by **IanSav** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 17:03

Hi,

Regards,
Ian.

dg · Post by dg » Wed Oct 17, 2007 07:10

Hi,

I have been sumarising the responses to this thread in the first post.
Does anyone experiences with any new drives they wish to add ?

DG

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