Connect to a NAS with crossover cable?

[crazychicken]

In the info it says you "simply connect it to your router". Is there any reason it needs a router? or will a hub suffice? Also, what about straight to a computer through a cross over cable?

This is the NAS I'm talking about fyi:
http://www.maxtor.com/en/hard-...tor-central-axis.html#

Thoughts?

Thanks!
Dave

 

[JackMDS]

A NAS can be connected to any available port on a Switch/Hub on the Network.

If a NAS is connected Directly to a computer, and the NAS or the computer do Not have MDX NIC the connection need to be done with crossover cable.

 

[sswingle]

Will a NAS give itself a 169 IP in absense of a DHCP server?

 

[JackMDS]

No.

In any case NAS should be configured with Static IP so it can be always at the same address.

 

[kevnich2]

Yep, any server type device (print server, server, NAS, etc) where others have to access items on it needs to either have a static IP or a reserved DHCP address (doesn't change)

 

[Madwand1]

Originally posted by: crazychicken
In the info it says you "simply connect it to your router". Is there any reason it needs a router? or will a hub suffice? Also, what about straight to a computer through a cross over cable?

Hubs are dead. Switches are cheap, even gigabit ones. Even though odds are that the NAS you've picked is "fakegigabit" in actual performance, inexpensive gigabit is the way to go for LAN and NAS performance.