External HD Enclosure With Ethernet??

[willbemcse]

I am looking for a external HD kit which has NIC that wayI can attach that drive to my router and use it as a network drive , I didn't see any on newegg do they exist.

 

[amdskip]

Here's something that lets you do what you wantHook up a usb enclosure with a hard drive and you are good to go.

 

[DGath]

Originally posted by: amdskip
Here's something that lets you do what you wantHook up a usb enclosure with a hard drive and you are good to go.

And if you go that route, check out all the custom firmware out there as it is linux based.

 

[willbemcse]

No I am not intrested in the one from Linksys, does anyone makes a enclosure like that besides Linksys version

 

[DaveSimmons]

You need a storage server appliance (which the linksys is). Snap and Mirra are the only brands I can think of offhand.

You will not find a $30 Bytecc enclosure that works as a stand-alone network drive, because usb/firewire are "dumb" and controlled by the specific PC, while an ethernet connection to the router requires the box to be "smart" and act as a little file server.

 

[CrashX]

D-link Home Network Storage:
http://www.dlink.com/products/...y.asp?cid=65&sec=0

IoGear Boss:
http://www.iogear.com/main.php...ge&category_id=166